Sentences with phrase «engaging character studies»

This is the character actor's debut as a writer and director, and it's a good beginning as Buscemi is able to flesh out real people in an engaging character study, of characters who are not the inventions of Hollywood.

Director Morten Tyldum's The Imitation Game is an engaging character study, which is sumptuously executed.

In its modest manner, Wadjda calls attention to Saudi Arabia with refreshing acuity, and unfolds an engaging character study along the way.

The result is this engaging character study, the closing night film at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival.

Churchill is a small but interesting film that presents a brief, engaging character study of the British icon in the days leading up to the Allied invasion of Normandy (codename: Operation Overlord).

An engaging character study of a man seeking redemption, «The Wrestler» may be overly sentimental and even a bit long, but Randy is such an interesting subject that you don't really mind.

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In a seven - year study of executive teams at Fortune 500 companies, privately held firms, and nonprofits, Fred and team show how a CEO and senior leadership team's character impacts the bottom line (nearly 5x greater returns), reduces risk, and engages the workforce (26 % greater level of workforce engagement).

The same study revealed that 60 percent of executives think the rise in consumer activism is forcing companies to authentically showcase their character in the way they operate and engage with the public, while 73 percent believe consumers are increasingly judging companies on the humanness of their corporate character.

Whether you look at it as an important achievement in filmmaking or simply a flavorful, engaging ensemble character study, Robert Altman's Nashville is worthy of your time and admiration.

Paul Thomas Anderson's closely observed character study represents a reverse image of its predecessor, There Will Be Blood, in which a prospector (Oscar winner Daniel Day - Lewis) and his protégé (Paul Dano) engaged in an epic battle of wills.

Masters of Sex is at its best when exploring the contradictions of its characters — Bill's insistence on academic honesty while lying to his wife and making unilateral decisions about the study without consulting his partner, Virginia engaging in an affair with Bill while remaining a confidant of Libby — and the hypocrisies of society, and it does so with engaging personal stories.

Haneke's work to date has not only confronted audiences with intimate and uncomfortable character studies, but with questions as to how they watch, consume, and engage with entertainment.

Kazik Radwanski's threadbare character study is a stunningly empathetic portrait, with an engaging lead performance from Erwin Van Cottheim.

A crime thriller crossed with a character study, the film is an engaging hybrid of the brooding masculinity that will be familiar to fans of his «True Detective» series with something more emotionally resonant.

Included: vocabulary study from various chapters comprehension questions for a variety of chapters character analysis on all of the main characters in the book a wide range of independent activities which engage children with the content of the story.

Line by line, Michael Kardos dazzles with prose strength and style... A fascinating character study and engaging thriller.»

I resonated with the concept of the three states of life — pleasant, engaged, and meaningful — and I wanted to study and support the development of positive emotions, character strengths, and institutions.