Sentences with phrase «established genres of»

The work of both artists spans the majority of the 20th Century, from late 1920s until the end of the of the 1970s, and reflects their reevaluation of Post-Impressionism and various phases of Cubism, employed through well - established genres of still life and landscape painting.

Tracing the course of the author's work from Typee to Billy Budd, Kelley shows convincingly that Melville — though he borrowed from many different sources — belongs completely to none of the established genres of Victorian city writing: the Romantic pastoral that used urban depravity to extol rural virtue; the popular «Reform Literature» of the yellow journalists that sensationalized municipal corruption and disorder; the «scientific» tracts of the emerging city planning movement; or the urban strolls of the flâneur and the Addisonian «spectator» (a genre that reached its peak, for New York, with what Kelley calls the «humorous - genteel - sentimental - melodramatic - ironic» observations of Charles Dickens in his 1842 American Notes).

Indeed, the whole point of Anchor Standards in ELA and the Practices in Mathematics is to establish the genres of performance (e.g., argumentation in writing and speaking, and solving problems set in real - world contexts) that must recur across the grades in order to develop the capacities needed for success in higher education and the workplace.

These changes and influences create add a new flavor to the established genre of Balinese traditional...

Carucci's fresh take on the established genre of portraiture weaves together intricate strands of the artist's own life, celebrating moments of intimacy with her extended family; her parents, -LSB-...]

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Though a newcomer on the country music scene, Luke Combs is quickly establishing himself as one of the genre's most promising artists, so much so that he's announced a headlining tour...

While the term appears to be of recent coinage, the rudiments of the genre were established as early as 1989 in the work of Integrity.

Award winning actor F. Murray Abraham has also established a reputation for his powerful and sensitive work in the genre of spoken word with music.

The first seven film outings were sober and straight - faced; the eighth go - round (the first after a 38 - year lapse) does a 180 to shamelessly poke fun of the rules established by the genre.

In terms of mechanics and content it is a yet another sequel to a well - known series that itself is in a long - established genre.

As important as Scream to the modern genre, Kevin Williamson and Jim Gillespie's slasher is far from inventive or self - aware, but established the template for a new generation of 90s horrors.

Those iconic words, heard in each episode of The Adventures Of Superman, established a clear precedent for the superhero genrof The Adventures Of Superman, established a clear precedent for the superhero genrOf Superman, established a clear precedent for the superhero genre.

He says he has a number of ideas for the genre that, within the confines of an established series like Silent Hill, «Konami simply didn't let me do.»

It's those narrative conveniences that make «In Darkness» feel slick and worked over - the sense that an immensely powerful story of survival has been cut to fit the cloth of a by now well - established genre.

The Silence of the Lambs opened up the Best Picture categories genre requirements, Miramax established itself as a major player on the indie scene with Best Picture squarely in its sights, and Steven Spielberg went from being official Oscar bridesmaid to one of its all - time favorites.

Continuing with the formula they've established of taking typically male - dominated genres (raunch comedy, buddy action movie) and inserting a dominance of women into the primary characters, this one sees McCarthy take on the role of Susan Cooper, a well - trained CIA agent who has spent her time in the agency as the desk - bound partner in the earpiece of well - groomed field agent Bradley Fine (Jude Law).

David Mamet ---- «House of Games «If it feels like some of the writers on this list kind of lucked into direction having written a film (or several) that became a mainstream success thereafter, there are a few others whose writerly voice was already so established that the idea of having them direct a straightforward genre film is kind of inconceivable (see also: Charlie Kaufman).

One such example is Blade & Soul, which, like many of China's already established MMOs, takes its art style from the Chinese martial arts fantasy genre known as Wuxia.

As we've seen a few times in this entry, Broken Age was another popular Kickstarter project, with Tim Schafer's return to the point and click adventure genre striking a chord that helped to really establish Kickstarter as a viable means of funding.

Not only is it a work of terrifying brilliance, but it's also one of the most important films ever made: after 1960's Psycho and 1974's Black Christmas, Carpenter's Halloween firmly established the concept of the slasher film and changed the entire genre of horror forever.

Peter Weir's Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975) is popularly credited with beginning the trend and establishing many of the recurrent features of the genre, such as its basis in literature, its pictorial treatment of the rural landscape and its thematic emphasis on institutions and education, and how they are often inimical to personal individuality and positive self - identity (see, in particular, the female experience as charted in Gillian Armstrong's My Brilliant Career [1979] or Bruce Beresford's The Getting of Wisdom [1977]-RRB-.

Helmed by veteran TV director Mimi Leder in somehow small - screen - friendly Panavision (that she manages to make her panoramic establishing shots look like the stock transitions in any episode of «Hart to Hart» should be included in a textbook somewhere), the picture goes through the motions — from discovery of the peril by naïfs to the involvement of the Internet to the slow - in - coming participation of the powers that be — of a genre most recently (and faithfully) resurrected by The Day After Tomorrow.

Establishing a sharp metaphor within a narrative that at once challenges and breaks down the sexual tropes of the genre, Mitchell uses a staggeringly original and timeless visual language to accentuate and confront relatable troubles and terrors of adolescence.

With two subsequent sequels proving to be even more profitable, Neeson has firmly - established himself as a bonafide action star, and although Martin Scorsese's upcoming Silence may well find him back on prime dramatic form, he is showing no signs of turning his back on the genre that he has seemingly embraced with opening arms in recent years.

The martial arts plus movie, like the Spaghetti Western, the neo-noir and the collected works of Martin Scorsese, Quentin Tarantino and the Coen Brothers exists as not as a genre in itself but as a response to, subversion of or homage to a previously established genre.

That's because while Clark's successful, seductive, and I guess unpremeditated iteration of the giallo formula (whodunit structure, operatic set - pieces, abundance of shots from the killer's P.O.V.) as established by Mario Bava and his peers sparked a genre unto itself in America, the more pioneering copycats, lacking Clark's flair for interpersonal dynamics, so grotesquely oversimplified Black Christmas as to discard its most distinguishing feature: its empathy.

Here, it provides one of the many opportunities for directors and co-writers Phil Lord and Christopher Miller to take established genre conventions and turn them on their heads, similar to their inspired version of «21 Jump Street.»

But in his first thirteen years of writing and directing features, he has also established a wheelhouse in accessible, homagey genre British comedies co-written with Simon Pegg and starring Pegg and Nick Frost.

Coming into the toys - to - life genre this late in the game it faced stiff competition in the form of the very well established Skylanders and Disney Infinity franchises.

And today Namco Bandai established Surge, a new publishing label «dedicated to providing cutting - edge, genre - defining games that are targeted at satiating the appetite of western gamers.»

Ably assisted by screenwriter Mike Carey, adapting his own bestseller from 2014, their film takes the elaborately overdone zombie genre and resuscitates it, while also taking and revamping a handful of well - established genre tropes ---- apocalypse premise, creepy kids, mad scientists ---- and tweaks them in eccentric and imaginative new ways.

This movie takes all the well - established clichés of the genre and gives them a big grateful hug.

A question as old as the genre itself and exhausted to boot, most would say; however, it is not in the concept itself but the quiet confidence of its delivery that Garland establishes himself as much more than a pen on paper.

The vibrancy and dynamism of the filmmaking, plus its shocking violence, Shakespearean plotlines, and wide tapestry of characters, launched a revolutionary new genre, establishing the series as one of the great masterpieces of world crime cinema.

Five years after Rosemary's Baby, the genre would establish an even bigger beachhead at the Oscars, courtesy of a gamechanging blockbuster and a vulgar, vomit - spewing little girl: The Exorcist.

It continues Del Toro's trend of mixing his style with established genres to make something that feels familiar and yet still his own.

The former is a supernatural thriller whereas Giallo, a genre established by Mario Bava in 1967 with the visually sumptuous KILL, BABY... KILL, may invoke the spirit but leans heavily toward the murder - mystery elements of noir.

With studios like Blumhouse (Get Out, Split, and the Insidious franchise) and A24 (The Witch, It Comes at Night) establishing distinct identities in the minds of moviegoers and television shows like American Horror Story, Bates Motel, and even Stranger Things spreading the genre elements across the airwaves — or, more likely, your laptop — it's difficult to deny that we're in the midst of an era of horror filmmaking that prizes subtext, mood, and tone over gore effects, elaborate kills, and jump - scares.

When a genre is firmly established, two things generally happen - you end up with your niche fans who almost exclusively live and breathe said games, and you start to push out a lot of regular folk who are sick of seeing the same thing over and over again.

We believe it to be one of the genre's best and most challenging, as we have included plenty of twists and surprises for players to experience, as well as putting plenty of new twists on the established platformer formula.

Director Rupert Sanders» sci - fi actioner comes off like a pained imitation of genre jewels «RoboCop» and «Blade Runner,» unduly proud of its gamut of glitzy establishing shots, airtight in its disinclination to charisma.

While earlier films mythologize legend, and do so in fascinating manners — Touch of Zen's ghost story elements for example — The Hidden Sword takes advantage of an already established genre, thus reducing the power of its reach.

Writer and director Jeremy Saulnier has quickly been establishing himself as a master of physical and existential terror with films like 2013's Blue Ruin and 2007's Murder Party and his latest offering Green Room should even further solidify his status as a genre filmmaker to watch.

It's so self - assured, its genre identity bends from noir, to western, to heist, to caper, all within the confines of an established fantasy / sci - fi realm.

With its sharp - edged political assessment of American culture, Tragedy Girls is a subversive little provocation that clearly establishes itself as one of the year's best genre films, and its reputation, like Sadie and McKayla's, is destined to soar.

In Hollywood, not even the mix of a solid premise, a time - tested genre, an accomplished cast, and an established director can ensure that your movie gets the type of exposure desired.

Established in 2010 and based in New York City, IFC Midnight is a leading U.S. distributor of genre entertainment including horror, science fiction, thrillers, erotic art house, action and more.

Not the sort of fun a team of game - making experts create after months of exhaustive development work with an eye on an established genre, but the sort of fun that starts out with drunken conversation and a few «what if» scenarios that ultimately get out of hand.

And though Kill List fit most easily into the horrorscape because of its acrid use of bloodshed and razor wire tension, it also established a director predominantly preoccupied with splicing genres together.

Gears of War: Ultimate Edition: The original Gears of War was a seminal work, establishing the cover - based third - person shooter as a genre unto itself back in 2006 on the Xbox 360.