Sentences with phrase «by erudite»

It involves a teenaged Zero (Tony Revolori) joining the hotel as lobby boy and being instructed by the erudite head concierge, M. Gustave (Ralph Fiennes).

Film criticism, not without its own scandals last year, is now dominated not so much by erudite journalists but white, male geeks who, somewhere between their love of comic book movies and web design, decided they had the chops to write about cinema without relevant education or experience.

«After comprehensive and extensive discussions and deliberations on the theme of the conference and lecture titled «The Southwest and the Challenges of Change in Nigeria which was lectured by the erudite scholar, Professor Ropo Sekoni, the following were adopted as resolutions:

As such, it hardly warrants rousting the philosopher Hubert Dreyfus to argue about acuity being discursively codified — and perhaps the point is even weakened by this erudite reference.

Not exact matches

And a few of us remember from the No Left Turns days that, while ultimately not agreeing, he admitted the power of a Christian and virtue - ethics «media - fasting» case made against all TV by the commenter «wm.» «Wm» is a very erudite and Catholic (and yet also rock - attuned) professor whose identity I'll reveal if I get permission, and here's a taste of what he said in that thread:

Under the avalanche of commentary on the new translation of the Ordinary Form of the Mass, just approved by the Vatican, I poke my head above the erudite criticisms, to speak as a man whose entire priesthood has been in parishes....

For though my theologic bent is bounded by this century I'm of a temperament so fearless, plucky and adventur - y You must admit that as an erudite elite dialogist I am the very model of a modern ultramontanist

Had he stopped with late antiquity I would have expressed no such disappointment, but Fowden invites some criticism by concluding an intelligent and erudite book with a set of superficial and strained reflections on multiculturalism and the global village.

One reason I will share, however, is that I feel I have something to say on the debate that I have not found written anywhere else by any of the well educated and highly erudite scholars on both sides of the debate.

In this atmosphere, mandarin disquisitions on hermeneutical theory or political - moral philosophy bequeathed to us by our elders come to seem no longer elegantly erudite, but instead weirdly comic.

Describing Justice Ofoe's decision as «erudite», Mr Justice Korbieh said Woyome's guilt was not proved based on the totality of the evidence adduced by the prosecution.

The appointment is a coup as Coleman is known as an erudite and talented operator who worked for Ken Livingstone in City Hall — and was recently employed by Corbyn's team as «director of policy and rebuttal».

Erudite professor of History, Stephen Adebanji Akintoye has debunked the claim by Professor Muhammed Umar Labdo, which asserts that Benue State belongs to the Fulani by...

The town is abode to several yogis, erudite, and gurus whose innate souls have been braced by the glory of this quintessential place.

a frustrating mess, redeemed intermittently by a few solid musical performances and by the towering, erudite presence of Cohen himself.

Somerset is a bachelor, an erudite loner who spends his time with books (it is he who understands the significance of the quotation from Milton left by the killer at the first crime scene).

The now in - charge Erudite is once more led by the coolly cruel Jeanine (played by an over-qualified Kate Winslet), initially glimpsed as a giant image spewing propaganda like some sort of Big Sister.

Their common enemy is Jeanine, an Erudite usurper played by Kate Winslet with ice - cold eyes and a knowing smile.

The villainous Jeanine (Kate Winslet) of the Erudite faction tells us this box holds the secret to the society's future, left for them by their founder, and only to be opened by a «divergent».

Meanwhile, Tris and Four — both faction - defying Divergents and therefore deemed dangerous — are joined by her seemingly timid Erudite brother Caleb (Ansel Elgort) and onetime Dauntless member Peter as they find refuge with the peace, love and outdoorsy Amity tribe, overseen by Octavia Spencer's earth mama Johanna.

In case you're new to the series, or have just plain forgotten, «Insurgent» is set inside a future post-apocalypse Chicago, where a new society has been formed by using personality traits to divide individuals into factions named Abnegation, Amity, Candor, Dauntless and Erudite.

In the Season 1 premiere, Sean and Beverly are shocked when they arrive in California to discover that their erudite, stage veteran star has been replaced by the network with Matt LeBlanc.

A quick Divergent refresher course - in the trilogy of YA books by Veronica Roth, and in the film franchise based on same, what's left of society is divided into five factions: Abnegation (the selfless), Amity (the peaceful), Candor (the honest), Dauntless (the brave), and Erudite (the intelligent).

Tris (Woodley) and Four (James) are now fugitives on the run, hunted by Jeanine (Winslet), the leader of the power - hungry Erudite elite.

The simulations that are done on Tris in Erudite by Jeanine took a lot of planning.

Synopsis: A pair of brothers living in Brooklyn are caught in the middle of, and deeply affected by, the divorce of their erudite parents, Bernard (Jeff Daniels) and Joan Berkman (Laura Linney).

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Tris decides to take the fight to Jeanine's doorstep by attacking Erudite, but Four knows the fight will be harder than Tris thinks.

By the end of the film, you'll either come away refreshed that it doesn't exactly end up how you might think, or upset that you've wasted your time following phony - baloney characters stuck in the middle of a faux - erudite shaggy - dog story.

She also finds herself threatened by Jeanine Matthews (Kate Winslet), the Erudite faction's leader.

Though he appeared in Wah - Wah, Clash of the Titans, and as the lead in the UK's original version of Skins, Hoult's true mainstream breakout came in X-Men: First Class, which cast him as a young version of Hank McCoy, the erudite mutant who'd evolve to sprout blue fur and go by the name of Beast.

But the screenplay by Bruce Wagner, whose novels («I'll Let You Go,» «Still Holding») explore the film industry's demimonde, is way too erudite to be easily dismissed (a key plot point involves surrealist poet Paul Eluard's «Liberté»).

and Tris» Erudite brother, Caleb (Ansel Elgort) framed by the evil Janine (Kate Winslet) for the massacre of Abegnation, Tris» natal faction.

Uncontrolled by the simulation, Tris (a Divergent — one who fits into multiple factions), was forced to kill her close friend Will in self - defense and ultimately escaped from Dauntless and Erudite soldiers with her boyfriend Four (Theo James, «Underworld: Awakening»), her brother Caleb (Ansel Elgort, «Men, Women & Children»), and fellow Dauntless - initiate Peter (Miles Teller, «Whiplash»), to seek shelter before attacking again.

This is the rarefied environment in which Luca Guadagnino's Call Me by Your Name is set, a world in which beautiful and / or flawlessly erudite people spend balmy summer days and nights, fall in love, ponder on the vagaries of life, in and around a stately Italian villa, while almost invisible domestics — at least, they're occasionally glimpsed, but have next to no dialogue — tend to their needs, cooking, gardening, or presenting them with handsome, freshly caught fish.

These strong - willed women are joined by Barbara's erudite and philandering husband, Bill (Ewan McGregor); their precocious and disillusioned daughter, Jean (Abigail Breslin); Karen's thrice - married fiancé, Steve (Dermot Mulroney); Violet's flustered and grumpy sister, Mattie Fae (Margo Martindale); Mattie Fae's mediating, perpetually stoned husband, Charles (Chris Cooper); and their benevolent son, Little Charles (Benedict Cumberbatch).

Even erudite books that go viral, like Iain McGilchrist's «The Master and His Emissary: the Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World» published in 2012 by Yale University Press has not the capability to change global brain hemisphere leadership.

He did it by being compelling and kind and funny, sharing his vast, erudite knowledge, and doing so in a way that made students crave more.

Encountering her historical work 20 years ago, I was struck by her hard - hitting, erudite analyses.

David Berliner Regents» Professor Emeritus, Arizona State University «The Mismeasure of Education is a magnificent work, an elegantly written, brilliantly argued and erudite exposition on why the «what,» «how» and «why» of effective teaching can not be adequately demonstrated by sets of algorithms spawned in the ideological laboratories of scientific management at the behest of billionaire investors... This book will serve as a sword of Damocles, hanging over the head of the nation's educational tribunals and their adsentatores, ingratiators and sycophants in the business community... The Mismeasure of Education will have a profound resonance with those who are fed up with the hijacking of our nation's education system.

John Meacham, the erudite presidential historian, was asked if he thought the protest by the students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School would change the gun laws in this country.

Inspired by Mazda's KODO Soul of Motion design philosophy the CX - 3 has a personal, erudite feel.

it had been poor on imdb boards too, before they too, were disbanded by (amazon)... in that case in particular, the disbandment and destruction of - years - of often erudite commentary on movies / tv shows was compared to a book burning... which I agree with.

For me, Publishers Weekly sums things up succinctly by saying, «erudite exposition is packed into the book, so that character study and discourse occasionally grind the plot to a halt.

In this novel, erudite citations are side by side with references to comic books or the movies, and not just art house movies but commercial blockbusters.

Along the way, bien sûr, he is joined by a beautiful and erudite French colleague, and together they navigate many a château, pausing frequently to enjoy the countryside's abundant pleasures.

Here's a wonderful non-fiction book that is so lightly and entertainingly erudite that you can open it anywhere and be delighted by the writing.

Setterfield's erudite first work of fiction has all the hallmarks of a classic gothic novel, including the creepy ruined house, long - kept secrets, a madwoman in the attic and a dabbling of ghosts, Set in present - day England it has drawn comparisons to novels by the likes of Daphne du Maurier, Wilkie Collins and Charlotte Bronte.

Structured around a syllabus for a Great Works of Literature class and containing ironic visual aids (drawn by the author), Pessl's debut novel is complex yet compelling, erudite yet accessible.

So I was delighted to hear of this tale, written by a concert pianist who abides in Europe, about the battle of Waterloo seen through the eyes of an erudite bunny.