Sentences with phrase «compelling exploration»

Pessl's maelstrom of a story starts with a reclusive film director and his daughter, an apparent suicide, but quickly expands from a seemingly straightforward mystery into a densely byzantine yet hypnotically compelling exploration of truth and illusion.

As both book and film, The Human Stain comes to vividest life in its extended flashbacks, which offer the most compelling exploration of Roth's perennial themes of self - loathing and reinvention.

Hollywoodland is a uniquely compelling exploration of fame and identity, inspired by one of Hollywood's most infamous real - life mysteries.

In a career spanning more than four decades, the Los Angeles — based artist Charles Gaines has become known for his conceptually rigorous and formally compelling explorations of the relationships between aesthetics, systems, and cognition.

These instruments of production are reimagined, becoming works unto themselves and deepening McCloud's compelling exploration of object regeneration.

Entries include a compelling exploration of both sides of the U.S. - Mexico border wars («Cartel Land»), a look at the shooting death of a black teenager at a Florida gas station («31/2 Minutes, Ten Bullets»), a film about Sudanese farmers («The Dream of Shahrazad») and another about a solo female artist's attempt to stage a concert in Iran («No Land's Song»).

No need to expend time and care in honed characterizations, well - integrated plotting, and a compelling exploration of themes done with intelligence and emotion.

And God help them if their mother finds out... Darkly comic, disturbingly prescient, and incredibly accomplished, Tell Me How This Ends Well interweaves the stories of this very troubled family into a rare and compelling exploration of the state of America itself, asking profound, chillingly perceptive questions about where our world, country, and each of us could be headed.

Her mesmerizing debut is a compelling exploration of the meaning of family: the sacrifices we make, the secrets we keep, and the lengths to which we will go to protect the ones we love.

Changes to the weapon upgrade system and equip weight encourage more experimentation with builds, and the world is so gorgeous it compels exploration.

The series» long running critique of cult psychology returns (got ta love the Unitology soldiers whose motivation to kill you is to ensure they get reborn), and there's a compelling exploration of the notion of sacrificing not just yourself but your ideals.

The DNA of Nintendo's game is felt in every pixelated corridor — the compelling exploration, the backtracking, the eerie otherworldly atmosphere, the tough bosses — but it has plenty of ideas of its own.

Ekow Eshun, Creative Director of Calvert 22 Foundation said: «Michał Siarek's Alexander is a compelling exploration of history, memory and national identity as rendered by a richly talented young photographer with an acute eye for detail.

Serra's work disorients you and compels exploration.

As a freshly minted UNSC recruit, you will learn to identify and fight terrifying alien combatants in this compelling exploration of what Halo's virtual future might hold.