Sentences with phrase «fascinating portrait»

The result is fascinating portrait of schools where students tackle real - world challenges in the context of supportive relationships with others.

I am not being entirely sarcastic here: I have reread both «Tom Sawyer» and «The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn» several times in recent years, precisely because Twain draws such fascinating portraits of children whose behavior is familiar, even if we now describe it differently.

In vivid prose that details all of Fuller's eccentricities and achievements, Keats strips away the icon's layers to reveal a truer, even more fascinating portrait of the 20th century genius.

Fixer Downer: Cedar Unleashes Fascinating Portrait of Aggravating Underdog There's an unshakeable sadness to Israeli director...

Recently topping The New York Times» list of the century's best films, writer - director Paul Thomas Anderson's compulsively fascinating portrait of capitalism and religion at war for the soul of America strives for greatness at every turn — and Day - Lewis recognized that subtlety had no place in such a searing vision.

Brimming with hope and practical advice, this inspiring book combines fascinating portraits of real leaders with down - to - earth mindfulness practices that work.

In his series People of London, award - winning photographer Peter Zelewski dedicated hundreds of hours to explore every corner of the city to capture fascinating portraits that highlight the rich diversity of the capital.

by Walter Chaw Towards the end of Errol Morris's fitfully - fascinating portrait of legendary large - format Polaroid photographer Elsa Dorfman, The B - Side: Elsa Dorfman's Portrait Photography, Dorfman, looking at one of the dozens of snapshots she's taken of the late Alan Ginsberg, says that maybe the true life of a photo isn't revealed until the subject has died.

What emerges from all this is a fascinating portrait of the process of institutional innovation itself.

It's a fascinating portrait of what happens when a religious leader's tries to reconcile the demands of faith with the messy world of church politics.

«Parliamentary Pioneers: Labour Women MPs 1918 - 1945», written by the Labour MEP, Mary Honeyball, paints a fascinating portrait of political trailblazers — from Margaret Bondfield to Stella Creasy — who have much to teach the wannabe politicians of today.

Director Clint Eastwood's handling of claims that Hoover's right - hand man, Clyde Tolson, was also his lover makes J. Edgar a fascinating portrait of a very complicated man.

As he did in his fascinating portraits of the elements, Kean profiles individual gases such as nitrogen and oxygen primarily through the scientists and entrepreneurs who discovered or sought to harness them.

But what emerges, almost incidentally, is a fascinating portrait of «normal people» from her perspective and, by analogy, from the perspective of animals too.

People who wake up each morning dreading what President Trump has said or done the previous night may not want to revisit the emotional rollercoaster of Election Day 2016, but 11/8/16 nevertheless provides a fascinating portrait of the country's mood, filtered through the real - time reactions of a cross-section of Americans with various political affiliations.

Producer / actor Danny Abeckaser plays Dino Lapron, the best friend of real - life mob hitman Richard Kuklinski, in The Iceman, Israeli director Ariel Vromen's fascinating portrait of the notorious contract killer of the 70's and 80's.

Two more films from Cannes that tie into the theme of love and sexuality are Laurence Anyways, Xavier Dolan's vivid melodrama of an impossible love story; and the engaging documentary The Invisibles which focuses on the stories of eleven gay men and women of an older generation from across France, giving a fascinating portrait of the development of French social attitudes.

Tom Ford's scathing second feature is a fascinating portrait of the narratives that hold us prisoner.

Zierra's film manages a fascinating portrait of the wiry, once - emaciated, now near - bankrupt Vitali, the man who found Danny Lloyd for The Shining; who insisted that Kubrick consider Lee Ermey as the drill instructor in Full Metal Jacket; who personally checked every print, video transfer, and soundtrack compilation from every Kubrick film; and who can't stop looking out for his outsized boss.

The Venerable W is a fascinating portrait of Ashin Wirathu, a nationally renowned Buddhist monk in Myanmar who gently preaches incendiary rhetoric against the «Rohingya» Muslim minority and has unarguably incited slaughter.

For all that, Bhowani Junction is a very interesting film that tackles difficult political issues from a woman's POV & paints a fascinating portrait of a woman living at that place at that time.

-LSB-...] Movie Review: CAPTAIN FANTASTIC, a fascinating portrait of typical family living atypical life (Preston Barta)-LSB-...]

The Armstrong Lie is a fascinating portrait of a man in denial, told from the firsthand perspective of Gibney, who himself was duped at a certain level by Armstrong's own confidence and charm.

From The Colour of Pomegranates to A Quiet Passion, seek out these fascinating portraits of verse - makers.

Though it's not a slam dunk like the filmmaker's 2010 effort, To the Wonder is a fascinating portrait of love, infidelity, and mistakes that plays more like a tone poem rather than a feature film.

Written and directed by Rod McCall, it's an excellent companion piece and a fascinating portrait that conveys life for Ushio, his young family, and other struggling Japanese artists in a much different New York half a lifetime ago.

It's a fascinating portrait of modern youth and how mentally exhausting it is to go to public school.

«This biography is a fascinating portrait of a brilliant, complex, and wonderful man.

A fascinating portrait of a brilliant social misfit who intuited a way to involve humankind race in the Kevin Bacon Game.

Whitney's taut story is a fascinating portrait of a teen caught between conflicting moral codes and the pull of family, tradition, and love.

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It is also a fascinating portrait of a man who might be too smart for his own good struggling with grief and mortality.

This hip, beautifully designed biography is a fascinating portrait of the famous architect and his work, with high - quality photos and reproduced sketches.

Louisa is a fascinating portrait of a complex woman, her sometimes tumultuous marriage and the extraordinary era in which she lived.

Confronting the popular mythologies of cattle drives and cowboys with gritty reality, Stanley delivers a fascinating portrait of a little - known part of American history.

Sheinkin offers a fascinating portrait of Daniel Ellsberg, whose decision to leak the Pentagon Papers revealed unsavory government secrets about America's involvement in Vietnam.

At the beginning of the book he paints a fascinating portrait of A.W. Jones, most of which I've never read before, and with his other subjects he offers plenty of fresh insights and anecdotes.

The result was a fascinating portrait of contemporary life and its burgeoning acceptance of consumerism.

The collection of fascinating portraits were taken on the beach that was once «littered with broken glass, beer - can pull tabs, and soda bottle tops», as described in the book's introduction.

The print catalogue weaves together a fascinating portrait of the vitrine, examining the powerful Wittgenstein family and exploring how the vitrine came to symbolize the debate over ornamentation as it shaped the very definition of Viennese modernity in the 20th century.

This weekend, the New York Times published a fascinating portrait of Erich Spangenberg of IPNav, who has been called one of «one of the most notorious patent trolls in America.»