Sentences with phrase «driven by violence»

The Museo Reina Sofia devotes a seminar to the literary collage The Words of Others assembled by León Ferrari between 1965 and 1967, driven by the violence and extreme cruelty that appeared in news reports of the Vietnam War.

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The region's violence is in large part driven by drug trafficking and organized crime — in Mexico, fragmentation of criminal groups has stoked more bloodshed in recent months.

The violence has largely taken place outside of areas frequented by tourists, who drive what is a $ 20 billion industry for Mexico, and statistics suggest it hasn't had great effect on how many people are visiting — occupancy rates exceed 90 %.

Instead, the US appears to have more lethal violence — and that's driven in large part by the prevalence of guns.

Despite Congress's dawdling, there is little question that America's abundance of guns — the country has by far the highest rate of civilian gun ownership in the world — is driving its unique gun violence problem.

One of our small goals at the beginning stages of Project Orange Tree was to host food drives because neighborhoods most affected by the city's gun violence were also food deserts.

The condemnation descended on the president a day after he told reporters in a defiant news conference at Trump Tower in Manhattan that «alt - left» demonstrators were just as responsible for the violence in Charlottesville last weekend as the neo-Nazis and white supremacists who instigated protests that led to the death of a 32 - year - old woman, struck down by a car driven by a right - wing activist.

He bases his argument on gender analysis but avoids a merely biological account of violence by arguing that the crucial factor is not simply the innate drives of men but also the relationship of young men with their elders.

In addition to the reported forced payments, many Christians are being driven from their communities by the violence or may soon face the prospect of being forced to flee from the brutal insurgent group...

In the light of Easter as it shines specifically on Christians in America in 1974, it can hardly remain hidden that this system of competition, domination and violence, of sexism and oppression, carefully programming us by the pattern of the marketplace and subliminally driven into us by advertising, inhibits, to say the least, our walking as men and women of love and hope.

In summary, there are four major reasons for the high amount of sexual violence and overall violence in TV produced in the U.S.: (1) monopoly control of program production and distribution by a handful of powerful companies (2) the drive for profits far in excess of those enjoyed by the vast majority of U.S. businesses (3) a lack of accountability on the part of sponsors and

Major reasons for lack of control of violence in TV are monopoly dominance by a few powerful companies, the drive for profits, the lack of accountability and a lack of the FCC to exercise oversight.

There are three major reasons for the high amount of sexual violence and overall violence in programs: (1) monopoly control of program production and distribution by a handful of powerful companies; (2) the drive for profits far in excess of those enjoyed by the vast majority of American corporate business, and (3) the failure of the Federal Communications Commission to exercise adequate oversight of broadcasting.

Violence actually can drive out violence» Satan actually can drive out Satan, to use Girard's formulation» by aiming all the escalating and random violence of a culture at a single enemy and victim, a scapegoat for all that Violence actually can drive out violence» Satan actually can drive out Satan, to use Girard's formulation» by aiming all the escalating and random violence of a culture at a single enemy and victim, a scapegoat for all that violence» Satan actually can drive out Satan, to use Girard's formulation» by aiming all the escalating and random violence of a culture at a single enemy and victim, a scapegoat for all that violence of a culture at a single enemy and victim, a scapegoat for all that ails it.

«We have seen that this type of violence is not driven by the overwhelming power of the perpetrators — it is driven by the utter vulnerability of the victims,» said Haugen.

Black men were 67 percent of those killed by CMPD since 2013, according to data collected by Campaign Zero — a data - driven platform that presents solutions to end police violence in America.

This isn't entirely driven by my unquenchable thirst for fiery violence (although it helps); as the preeminent Game of Thrones military scholar, I'm also intrigued by the tactics Daenerys will employ.

My hunch is that behind the baffling rise in gang violence, drive - by shootings and wildings, lies a group of young males raised without the love, discipline and guidance of a father.

Trump condemned «this egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides» in Virginia after a car driven by James Alex Fields Jr., 20, plowed into a crowd of people peacefully protesting the white supremacist rally.

Violence was accepted as a political tool against foreign as well as domestic enemies of their cause, which was to be achieved by a national revolution led by a dictatorship that would drive out the occupying powers and set up a government representing all regions and social groups.

A day after two children were injured in a drive - by shooting, Mayor Bloomberg said city officials are «worried» about an upswing in gun violence.

Aggressive efforts during the administration of Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani drove violence down drastically by the late 1990s, but the brutality increased again under Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg.

He also urged Nigerians to remember to provide refuge to those who could not enjoy Christmas at home with their families, or have been driven from their homes by insurgency or violence, particularly the Internally Displaced Persons.

By gaining a deeper understanding of what drives certain people to seek revenge, researchers will be able to create profiles that could be used to identify those who are most likely to commit violence in the future and intervene.

A key misunderstanding, however, seems to pervade popular thinking: that mobs are irrational and are driven to violence by a few bad apples.

Group dynamics, often driven by charismatic leadership, play a powerful role in convincing individuals to embrace expansive goals and use violence to attain them.

Note: Kenneth's usual Thursday post will appear tomorrow ======================================== U.S. House Majority Whip Steve Scalise was seriously wounded by a loony leftist gunman, who obviously had been driven over the edge by all the recent hate signals coming from a violence - inciting media.

Drive is, in other words, Taxi Driver if Mann had made it in the eighties, a meticulous character study done in long, drawn - out takes and extended silences punctuated now and again by extreme violence.

He is further driven to violence by his complete inability to deal with his unhinged infatuation with his most productive slave girl, Patsey (incredible newcomer Lupita Nyong» o).

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening June 11, 2010 BIG BUDGET FILMS The A-Team (PG - 13 for profanity, smoking, and pervasive action violence) Screen adaptation of the pyrotechnics - driven TV series from the Eighties chronicling the exploits of a squad of former Special Service soldiers determined to clear their names after unfairly being branded war criminals.

Violence: C Teens carrying guns; two drive - by shootings; car catches on fire; fist - fighting and kicking during two brawls with minor bleeding injuries; clawing and scratching fight between female characters; male character slaps and threatens two female characters; bloody head of dead woman.

Teases together four disparate stories of people driven to violence by the purgatorial pain of their modern existence.

With «Drive», director Nicolas Winding Refn mixes high art, bloody violence and pulpy crime drama into a high - octane thriller punctuated by some excellent performances.

It's Got: Hitchcockian tension (and Hitchcockian glee in killing off or marginalising major characters); brutal violence; cowboy morality; zombie - like assailants; an early portrayal of drive - by shootings; a driving electronic soundtrack; and a heroine with a confusingly skin - toned sweater which will have you double - taking.

A Hard Day — Somewhere the dominant strain of the crime movie genre morphed from Woovian tales of moral codes in unjust societies (ala A Better Tomorrow) to Rube Goldberg narratives driven by slapstick escalations of violence.

It is the story of Joseph (Peter Mullan), a man who is plagued by a violence and rage that is driving him to self destruction.

One of the oddest films about mental illness to come along in awhile, this pitch black comedy from Marjane Satrapi (Persepolis) follows the downward spiral of Jerry (Ryan Reynolds), a fellow driven to violence by the voices in his head... which seem to be emanating from his pets.

Scholars in Europe began to embrace the term in 1955, when Raymond Borde and Étienne Chaumeton, in their book Panorama du film noir américain, used it more broadly to describe the wave of American crime films after World War II that, among many other attributes, featured insulted, beaten heroes driven by desperation to acts of violence.

Directed by Fritz Lang on a modest budget, the 1953 crime drama stars Glenn Ford as the workaday family - man cop driven over the edge when the mob violently kills his wife in a hit meant for him (the scene is the first of the film's explosive eruptions of violence that tear through the poise of normalcy).

If you're tickled by gratutious violence and general sleaziness, «Drive Angry» is hot - rod B - movie heaven.

Starring Hemlock Grove's Kaniehtiio Horn — a First Nations Mohawk who grew up on the Kahnawake Reserve — as a Mohawk woman driven to violence by soldiers» assault on her family and her ancestral home in early 19th - century New York, the film engages with the horrors of American history in an uncommonly blunt way, using them to tell a tale of supernaturally tinged revenge.

Drive plays like a mix of Steve McQueen flick, as if it were directed by a young Michael Mann with a dash of Taxi Driver, with its terse dialogue and sleek, stylized, music - tinged sequences, though with sudden bursts of rather bloody, quite disturbingly graphic violence.

Peggy Cummins and John Dall star, meeting in a sexually charged carny shooting contest and soon driven by impulses of violence and arousal they don't fully understand.

1) Drive - Smooth, alive, aurally and visually stylish, and cast to a fare - thee - well, «Drive» has emotion, style, mood, pulpy violence, and a deep, charismatic performance by Gosling who barely says a word.

The bulk of the film focuses on that time period, with brief bursts of violence bridged together by quieter, character - driven moments.

If you're not familiar with Drive but have played Hotline Miami, know that the latter's droning synth beats and shocking violence were heavily inspired by the former.

Separated into four stories, each set in a different region of China, and each concerning cash - strapped characters either driven to or victimized by horrific acts of violence, Jia's 2013 Cannes prize winner (for best script, though it should have been a Palme D'Or) constitutes an attempt to take on the dark side of the country's much - touted 21st - century social and economic progress.

The harsh realities of inner city life are portrayed, with teens engaging in fistfights and crime (like car theft and acts of vandalism), as well as gang violence that leads to a drive by shooting (some blood is shown).

Mulholland Drive: Criterion Edition Rated R for violence, language and some strong sexuality Available on DVD and Blu - ray It makes sense that Criterion would take on this 2001 thriller by David Lynch about a women with amnesia (Laura Harring) who befriends a young actress (Naomi Watts) staying in her aunt's home in beautiful but gritty Los Angeles.

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening Thanksgiving 2008 BIG BUDGET FILMS Australia (PG - 13 for violence, sensuality and profanity) Romance drama, set at the dawn of WWII just before the bombing of Darwin by the Japanese, chronicles the love relationship which blossoms between a genteel heiress (Nicole Kidman) and the rough - hewn rancher (Hugh Jackman) who helps her drive a herd of 2,000 head of cattle to market across hundreds of miles of unforgiving terrain.