Sentences with phrase «commentary on our society»

Her new book TOUCH is a witty commentary on society's increasing reliance on digital communication.

It's also a rather sharp commentary on society, too, and it's handled with lots of intelligence and care, and I couldn't be happier about that.

From the indelible impression her films have on audiences, to her singular vision and aesthetic, which underscore her subtle commentary on society and culture, Sofia has made a lasting contribution to the art of film.»

Perhaps this is merely commentary on our society, though providing a more intellectual solution would have been in line with the rest of the story.

This question just occurred to me: What kind of commentary on society is it (or not) that the «real» author of the book felt the need to write and publish her book under Leonard's name?

A great read and commentary on our society..

Splicing together images taken from popular magazines, illustrated journals and fashion publications, she created a humorous and moving commentary on society during a time of tremendous social change.

As always, using a cheerful aesthetic borne out of disturbing detritus, Mar's work is commentary on society's waste.

For the first time in twenty - five years, Glexis Novoa has made works on paper; these drawings, like the artist's marble works, show Novoa's commentary on society and culture from a miniature perspective.

Much of her work alludes to the human presence without the inclusion of figures, focusing often on the remnants of daily life and providing commentary on society's materialism.

Katz has also maintained a kind of running commentary on society and social manners, fashion and style, politics, and the dramatic arts.

Splicing together images taken from fashion magazines and illustrated journals, she created a humorous and moving commentary on society during a time of tremendous social change.

Splicing together images taken from fashion magazines and journals, she created a humorous and moving commentary on society.

It's a sad commentary on society's views on sex within...

It seems everywhere you turn these days there's some new diatribe against the generational focus of commentaries on society.

Not exact matches

«A Boom with a View,» Erin Griffith's long - running column on the impact of technology on society, received an honorable mention in the Commentary / Opinion category for medium - sized publications.

The book's narrator (the Clooney character in the movie) gives a rather urbane and quite sustained semi-Porcherist commentary on the sad and ridiculous excesses of our techno - virtual displaced society.

While they amplify understandings of the structures of becoming that seem to be exemplified everywhere in history, and while they build general arguments based on those structures, they can not be said to be primarily interested in examining any particular historical society This is not to deny that, say, Whitehead or Charles Hartshorne made pungent and perceptive commentaries on the histories in which they lived — for they did.

Our predicament is a commentary, not on instruments and instrument makers, but on the human inability to employ both scientific knowledge and technical achievement to bring about the good life and the good society.

An excellent, timely, and well - needd commentary on modern society and economics by a man who is asking us to remember the little poor man.

I love to read the comments though that are wrong though, because it is a good commentary on what societies as a whole need to work on... wait... I think you're in Canada?

-LSB-...] may have either seen on the Indy's website, or picked up on from Mark's commentary on her speech to the Society of Editors, Baroness Buscombe, the new Chair of the Press Complaints Commission, has been making noises about -LSB-...]

It's biased, and it's backwards,» says Spiegel, author of a commentary on sex published online May 10 in Proceedings of the Royal Society B.

The historic generalization of amoebas leans to the less sexy side, which is almost certainly wrong, concludes a study published online March 23 in Proceedings of the Royal Society B (for which Spiegel was a reviewer and on which he based his commentary).

A special task force set up to create guidelines for bringing stem cell therapies from bench to bedside will be accepting public commentary on the guidelines, continuing until this fall, the group announced today at the annual meeting of the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) here in Philadelphia.

The Plastic Sea July 24, 2006 Commentary by Paul WatsonFounder and President of Sea Shepherd Conservation Society On the beach on San Juan Island, Washington, Allison Lance walks her dogs every morninOn the beach on San Juan Island, Washington, Allison Lance walks her dogs every morninon San Juan Island, Washington, Allison Lance walks her dogs every morning.

Modern scholars point to mid-19th-century commentary on the Hatha Yoga Pradipika, the manual for hatha yoga, as the first reference to a Sun Salutation practice, but they say written instructions did not appear in any books until the early 2oth century — a time when the rajah of Aundh (a former state in India) sought to strengthen society physically and spiritually via a series of asanas.

But whereas Warhol's «Campbell's Soup Cans» made waves in 1962 as a commentary on post-war consumerist society, today's fashion creatives are much more complicit.

Friedman is widely acclaimed for her direct and pragmatic approach to the industry, as well as her incisive commentary on the socio - political ramifications of the role of fashion in today's society.

Commentary on today's dumbed down society nearly goes for the throat, but decides to lie down and have a beer instead.

This documentary is a lyrical exploration of both a person and the place she died in, as well as a devastating commentary on American society's approach to mental health.

It made some valid commentary on our over-offended society (friends throw ethnic insults at each other without getting offended — unthinkable!).

Clearly this is the filmmakers» thinly - veiled commentary on how we, as a society, have altered the way we now converse, speaking in 140 character tweets and status updates without context or compassion.

So the young man just bangs out a commentary on Frederick Douglass, all neatly typed, and hands it in before heading out, broken bone and all, to be pounded, tormented, humiliated, forced to eat dog food and so much more, for the privilege of joining the august society.

DVD Extras A great range of features for a film so old — including an audio commentary, deleted scenes, three documentaries (The Great Idea, The Self Preservation Society and Get A Bloomin Move On) and a theatrical trailer.

A blockbuster action flick, a thriller, a pulp plot, a winking noir, a commentary on classism in an increasingly urbanized society — the movie is all of these things, down to the marrow of its very existence.

Last year GLAAD did a big call out to Disney - owned Star Wars considering the sci - fi film franchise features «unique worlds whose advanced societies can serve as a commentary on our own.»

Release Date: 16 March 2010 Bandslamreleases on DVD with the following extras: - Audio commentary with Hudgens, Michalka, Connell and director, Todd Graff - Nine deleted / extended scenes with optional director's introduction - Honor Society - Bandslam Music Video - Vanessa Hudgens - Musical Performance

Queue Inception soundtrack, shots of brutalist architecture, and blatantly obvious commentary on individuality in modern society and you've got yourself another Hunger Games.

Not only does the narrative assuredly work on face value as a commentary on modern society (and all our foibles and failings), it completely functions in all of its Mobius strip - like allegorical connections (religious and whatnot).

The Stepford Wives meets Guess Who's Coming to Dinner in Get Out (2017), the directorial debut of writer / comedian Jordan Peele, a tricky and successful mix of social satire, modern horror, and savvy commentary on race as experienced by a person of color in a largely white society.

It also has a brilliant social commentary on how the news and other media can manipulate society's opinion.

It also serves as an effective commentary on how we've become a society utterly dependent on technology as means of communication.

However, The Candidate isn't just a commentary on the seduction of the participants in the race for office, but also on the society that elects the empty suits and phony promises.

Needless commentary on the use of technology in society?

It's probably his most accessible picture to date, but it's also a fine piece of American cinema that delivers a much - needed commentary on the affects of violence on society.

But it's also a commentary on the invisible status of trans women like Marina in Chilean society.

A visually rich item that will engage students and instruct on the way literature can be relevant in its commentary on contemporary society, and at the same time entertaining, humorous and thought - provoking.

It is a very sad commentary on modern society.

The book, which is an incredible commentary on Chinese society was banned as it explores the government's role in society and the values of what individuals consider important.