Sentences with phrase «affection for outsiders»

Rife with Stillman's signature sardonic wit and affection for outsiders, the film marks the final work in his trilogy — including Metropolitan and 1994's Barcelona — about the group he termed the «urban haute bourgeoisie.»

There is the same affection for outsiders, whether they be radicals knocking on the doors of Jewish federations or poor Jews in Roxbury and Dorchester.

Not exact matches

It's clear why Linklater and White would tackle something like School of Rock, enfolding both artists» affection for professional outsiders married to the questioning of the system in a giant, sloppy embrace; the problem with the picture is that nothing about it seems especially organic: the kids are cute, Black is cute, Joan Cusack is severe and cute, and the parents who want to kill Dewey come around in the end mainly because the narrative strictures of stuff like this demands that they do.