Sentences with phrase «confront bigger forces»

If the «Merchant Posters» are, conceptually speaking, Bradford's miniatures — crystalline notations of local moods and needs — then his larger works confront bigger forces of social history beyond Leimert Park and beyond Los Angeles.

Not exact matches

Perhaps traditional grocery stores will be forced to confront the challenge posed by big box stores and delivery companies like FreshDirect by playing up the community aspect of the shopping experience — just as some of the most successful bookstores have become more like coffee shops and community centers in order to stay in business.

When you don't have a reliable paycheck to count on, it forces to you to not only confront your biggest fears, but to do something about them as well.

While Dorothy struggles with the revelation, she is forced to confront The Wicked Witch of the West, who has descended upon the Big Apple, determined to settle an old score.

Think of it as a slacker «The Big Sleep,» a shaggy dog parody of classic L.A. detective stories where the passive hero is threatened, confronted, assaulted, seduced, drugged and so completely bummed out that he's forced to solve a mystery so everyone will just leave him alone to enjoy his dope and his Dylan.

The film has its charms — not the least of which is a cameo appearance by Jim Thompson... as Charlotte Rampling's husband — but Mitchum (who would reprise the role of Marlowe in the truly terrible 1978 version of The Big Sleep) is the one who gives the film its secret force, as if he were confronting the end of both his leading - man identity and the world that formed him as a star with bravery and grace.

To vindicate her husband, she'll ultimately be forced to confront Ian Prince, the ruthless telecom billionaire behind a terrifying top - secret surveillance system every bit as plausible in our hyper - connected age as George Orwell's Big Brother was during his.

And that forces you to confront the big issue of job satisfaction.