Sentences with phrase «charismatic figures»

The monograph provides invaluable new research on one of the most influential and charismatic figures on the contemporary art scene.

In the popular imagination, fueled by Hollywood, hero teachers are charismatic figures, endowed with an unshakable will, and a deep, abiding belief in the untapped genius of their (inevitably) unruly students.

(In addition to the aforementioned stars, the picture also boasts appearances by charismatic figures as Jake Lacy, Damon Wayans Jr, Jason Mantzoukas, and Anders Holm.)

From small town Iowa to the red carpets of Hollywood, three - time Emmy winner Steines has established himself as one of the most trusted and charismatic figures in entertainment news.

With the added pressure on major religious broadcasters now being brought by saturation characteristics and a constant flow of new charismatic figures, there is pressure to find a new thrust.

Even when a disciplelike understanding of church order put charismatic figures alone in leadership roles, the witness of every individual was still crucial.

That's not to say the only answer is to install a charismatic figure like Jobs at the helm.

In Weber's typology, a prophet is an agent of radical social change, a charismatic figure claiming a personal, divine call to act and sometimes attracting followers.

As democratic ideals and beliefs took root among the Indian masses, the extraordinary consensus Nehru had created around his own charismatic figure and the Congress Party was always likely to fracture.

All of the major paid - time religious programs have a central charismatic figure or host such as Robert Schuller, Oral Roberts, Rex Humbard, Pat Robertson, Jimmy Swaggart, Jim Bakker, and so on.

We need to buy a striker — I'm not saying that Giroud isn't good enough — he's done a good job, but sometimes you need a charismatic figure.»

«Sometimes a charismatic figure in the team can affect the rest of the players.

For many of his followers, Anis Sayegh was an astute intellectual and a passionate and charismatic figure.

A massively charismatic figure on screen despite a real life stature of just 3» 9.5», Mark Povinelli studied at Miami University before beginning an on - screen acting career with roles on TV shows like Fraser, and movies like The Polar Express.

It sees Ernesto «Che» Guevara as a charismatic figure but no T - shirt deity, as a guerrilla fighter with blood on his hands but also a revolutionary almost holy in his single - minded conviction that things weren't fair in the world and that one man — or one small group of heavily - armed men — could affect change that mattered.

«We started exploring the diva that Sonia is and thought a short film about this charismatic figure would be a great story,» said Soliday.

Frozan becomes the movie's focal point — and with her steely eyes, caustic but playful sense of humor and cocky defiance, she cuts a charismatic figure.

Mireles is a charismatic figure who convinces residents of towns to join his movement or at least resist the cartels and their terrors, but, as the movie shows in one of its surprising twists, he has his own flaws, as does his group and their retaliatory tactics.

It's a scene that calls to mind «Raging Bull,» juxtaposing the brutality of that to which Harding has been reduced (a reluctant second - rate boxer, a pop cultural punchline) with the iconic and charismatic figure she once cut on the ice: passionate, fiery, tough and shot through with a formidable athleticism that, for several years, went critically underappreciated and grossly misunderstood.

The matriarch of the family (Kelly) is immediately smitten with this handsome, charismatic figure.

Mireles is a charismatic figure and whole villages rally to his side; in one mesmerizing early scene, a Mexican army unit tries to disarm the Autodefensas only to back down in the face of a mob of angry men and women.

They've proven that you can do it without the charismatic figure.

Then an authoritative and charismatic figure shows up offering us reassurance & returns, and all for a small fraction of what we hope to make..!

Nevertheless, he somehow ended up attending the Kunstakademie in Dusseldorf in the early Seventies, a kind of free school where some 600 refusniks from art colleges across Germany had congregated around the charismatic figure of Joseph Beuys.

Upon her return to the United States, DeFeo settled in the San Francisco Bay Area, where she became a central, charismatic figure in the California avant - garde, along with friends Bruce Conner, Joan Brown, George Herms, and Wallace Berman.

Most prominent among them, Gordon Parks, documenting Malcolm X's life and political activities for Life magazine, became friends with the charismatic figure and godfather to his daughter Quibilah.

Brodie was charismatic figure, but this is not why he should be remembered.

There was previously a company called Carrian, headed by a charismatic figure named George Tan.

Not exact matches

The 64 - year - old Modi is a complex, charismatic and controversial figure.

His legacy of writings and the Faith movement remain a remarkable achievement for someone who never really held any academic posts but was, in his quiet way, a «charismatic» figure, much loved by many and whose thinking and unique apostolate had a profound effect, especially on the young.

The horizontal x axis in Figure E holds in binary opposition the canonic and gnostic sides, while the vertical y axis has as its poles the charismatic and gnostic sides.

The Protestant evangelical model, which tends to stress charismatic leadership, may be useful in understanding the widespread perception of certain public figures as «trustworthy.»

The important difference of course is that in the experience of tongues there is no figure of Jesus giving form and content to the coming kingdom, so that the subjectivity of the early charismatic had little to guide it.

But in this account Jethro, Moses» father - in - law, does not figure at all; and in the episode of the somewhat excessive charismatic seizure of the indefatigable Eldad and Medad, Moses is given one of the finest lines ever given a professional to speak of other professionals.

The 25 - year - old front man enjoyed his best form under the charismatic Ulsterman, hitting double figures in three consecutive seasons with O'Neill.

Morbid Racism: Active racism combined with psychopathic tendencies (usually possessed by a charismatic lead figure) lead to unspeakable evil that have occurred in history and which I am not very comfortable talking about.

Then there is Eva Braun, played with charismatic verve by Kohler, whose jovial, hedonistic figure seems the very antithesis of Hitler's somberness — yet whose support for him never once wavers.

The figure around whom the film revolves is not Banksy himself, but Thierry Guetta (aka Mr. Brainwash), a boundlessly charismatic but borderline - insane amateur filmmaker whose obsessive camcorder chronicling of street artists at work over a period of several years provides the film with the bulk of its fascinating footage.

His role is less to be a charismatic catalyst than to be perpetually schooled on the inveterate cruelty and viciousness of existence by a series of more interesting and colorful underworld figures.

Sporting an absurdly oversized moustache, it's testament to Sir Ken's charismatic performance that we can take this sympathetic, kind - hearted figure seriously — and the prospect of him returning for Death on the Nile is as pleasing as this comfortingly old - fashioned piece of cinema.

Deeper down, there are thematic parallels to Wes Anderson's The Royal Tenenbaums, with Dustin Hoffman equalling Gene Hackman's performance as a ramshackle but charismatic father figure who boasts refined skill for pressing his children's buttons.

The charismatic Wagner proves to be as controversial a figure as you're going to encounter onscreen, as he somehow comes off as simultaneously likable and despicable.

Best - case scenario: Cranston — a gifted and charismatic comic actor who's just as good when he's deadly serious — finally gets a big - screen role that plays to all of his strengths, and viewers get to enjoy the likes of Stephen Root, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Louis CK playing a variety of historical and composite figures.

He's a good figure that can you can follow the intense action sequences and a charismatic funny guy that people like him for.

Evans has never been the most charismatic or interesting figure even in his own franchise, and while that remains true here, the opportunity to take an unpopular stand for what he believes in lends this sturdily old - fashioned character a more compelling edge.

How Heineman figured out his two vigilante protagonists on either side of the border, and his willingness to plunge with his tiny crew into dangerous situations yielded a remarkable portrait of two complex and charismatic characters (one American, one Mexican) worthy of a Hollywood action movie, and a shadowy underground world we do not usually get to see.

It's a beautiful - looking film filled with action and dominated by a lordly, charismatic central figure.

Touched by resonant tragedies amongst his own friends (River Phoenix, Philip Seymour Hoffman) and learning to play the trumpet for the role, Hawke is compelling, offering a magnetic portrayal of an exasperating but deeply charismatic, engaging figure.

The intriguing documentary marks the feature film directorial debut of Randall Wright, who does a great job of humanizing his subject to the point where you really feel as though you know this inscrutable, if charismatic public figure.

Largely keeping to the facts of the matter, Fruitvale Station is imbued with a sense of omnipresent doom, while Jordan makes for a charismatic central figure.