The phrase
"companion piece" refers to something that is created or shown together with another thing, often to provide more information or a different perspective. It complements or goes along with the main thing.
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Fans of the books will find it a near -
perfect companion piece that brings much of the books to full - colored life.
A retro - style chair is a
fitting companion piece, especially with a tie - on seat pad in a pretty country - inspired fabric.
However, if you're looking for a complete history of the core series, it's a
fantastic companion piece to the first compilation.
We haven't just been talking the talk — we've also developed products available exclusively to members
as companion pieces to the report, designed to help them adapt their practices.
Financial Planning Handbook for Responsible Investors (available from Co-op America, 1612 K St. NW, Suite 600, Washington, DC 20006, $ 5) is a nice
companion piece for would - be investors who want a social, as well as financial, payoff.
With room - size
companion pieces of hanging sculpture made of charcoal from burned - down churches in the American South, Londoner Cornelia Parker coaxed multiple meanings from seemingly spent matter.
I will also recommend watching the feature Ingrid Goes West as a
nice companion piece with this film.
Old Dominion University art professors match their artwork
with companion pieces from the Chrysler Collection.
* A very
good companion piece to Ed Sector's report is this new paper by Thomas Ahn and Jacob L. Vigdor, which argues that NCLB — despite the ritualistic political thrashings it gets today — deserves some credit.
Three letters in comment, as well as a response
companion piece by the Warning authors publishes today in the peer - reviewed journal BioScience.
One presents the first genome from the Cryptomycota, Rozella allomycis, in a manuscript published in Current Biology along with a nice
companion piece from Mark van der Giezen about the work.
It's a pungent study of fads, trends and the way everything once genuine ends up being homogenized and exploited beyond recognition by corporate America — a
fine companion piece to Stacy Peralta's «Dogtown and Z - Boys,» but with a more raw, punkish aesthetic.
I consider his memos to be essential reading, and The Most Important Thing acts as an
excellent companion piece with additional thoughts and commentary.
Thanks to career - defining performances, a subtle and elegant screenplay by James Ivory (Maurice) and intelligent, playfully seductive direction by Luca Guadagnino, who also made I Am Love and A Bigger Splash, the movie, a gay coming - of - age story, is a more than
worthy companion piece to Moonlight, Brokeback Mountain and Carol.
Gerwig has written plenty of very good stuff over the past few years, including co-scripting a pair of female - centric Noah Baumbach joints, charmers both, but the most
obvious companion piece to her «Lady Bird» is surely «Mistress America.»
The result is often more efficient than remarkable, emerging as a less
powerful companion piece to Citizenfour, the documentary by Laura Poitras (who makes an appearance here, played by Melissa Leo).
«It started out as
direct companion piece to Red Dead Redemption, so the story was the first aspect we looked at.
Improving on repeat viewings, Adam McKay's sharply - acted ensemble tale stands as an improbably accessible and consistently
compelling companion piece to Martin Scorsese's The Wolf of Wall Street.
It has also recently been published in the Journal of Legal Education, along with a number of
short companion pieces.
While it may pale somewhat in comparison to another independent film with a title that is monosyllabic nickname for coffee, Mud, Joe still ultimately emerges as a fine,
lesser companion piece than a just a simple variation of the same thing.
Once the film turns itself over to the footage of Big Edie and Little Edie Beale, this movie comes into its own as a
fascinating companion piece and prequel to the Maysles Brothers film.
As usual, Twilight Time has done a terrific job on the Blu - Ray and packaging, and includes an interesting, if not highly
unusual companion piece, a feature length documentary about the life and career of co-star Nancy Kwan, entitled, To Whom It May Concern: Ka Shen's Journey.
If you remember Emilio Estevez» brilliant film, «The Way,» from a few years ago, «Wild» would be a most
welcome companion piece.
A
natural companion piece to the director's 2011 immigrant tale, «Le Havre,» «The Other Side of Hope» follows a young Syrian refugee (Sherwan Haji) who finds himself in Helsinki, where he falls in with a group of Finnish restaurant workers whose misadventures have the relaxed, we're - all - in - this - together vibe of a Howard Hawks western.
Perhaps Him would function better if the Weinsteins put it at the top of the double bill instead of at the bottom; not only would that fix the issue of diminishing returns, it would restore some mystery to Eleanor, whose titular
companion piece makes Him feel basically redundant.
On the surface, a minor sort of
thematic companion piece might be something like Kate Aselton's The Freebie, in which she starred with Dax Shepard as a married couple who, trying to liven up their stagnant sex life, agree to mutual one - night - only, no - strings - attached hall passes, only to find discord and regret in their decision.
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