I am timidly getting my flash
fiction piece in decent enough shape to submit to the critique group.
Very loosely based on Robert Ludlum's novel of the same name, indie punk Doug Liman (director of Swingers) has constructed a parable of self - discovery that can as easily be read as a subversion of the conventions of the thriller genre, a discussion of the ways in which the audience participates in the process of genre fiction, or as a science -
fiction piece in which strangely robotic über menschen run amuck in a technocratic world metropolis.
I tend to write flash
fiction pieces in one sitting — a bit like freewriting — and then edit the hell out of it afterwards.
Very few purely literary novels sell — and most of those are by authors who have published scores of exquisitely crafted short
fiction pieces in prestigious journals and / or have endowed chairs at major universities.
Not exact matches
«This is a
piece of
fiction that I wrote
in 1972, I think,» Sanders said.
In an unsurprising surprise, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk made good on his Friday promise and debuted the first official footage of Falcon Heavy's inaugural flight,
pieced together by none other than the co-creators of the science
fiction show Westworld.
There has been modest tinkering with the Canadian rules over the years, but my Globe and Mail opinion
piece notes the law is struggling to remain relevant
in a digital age when our personal information becomes increasingly valuable and our consent models are little more than a legal
fiction.
That bullshit might have worked when mankind was living
in caves and a couple of thousand years ago when some desert dwellers wrote a crappy
piece of
fiction now called The Babble, but we now know better on many, many fronts.
It's ridiculous to put so much effort
in order to get inserted into a
piece of
fiction.
Just when it looked like the storm had blown over, Pete Enns wrote an excellent
piece for the Huffington Post
in which he asks, Does God talk to us through
fiction?
NO... but people that believe
in the biblical fantasy will always try to add some kind of science angle to it so as to legitimize the badly written
piece of crappy
fiction..
In a book replete with evaluations and magisterial judgments tossed in as throw - away lines, Till We Have Faces — arguably the most powerful piece of fiction written by Lewis — is mentioned only twic
In a book replete with evaluations and magisterial judgments tossed
in as throw - away lines, Till We Have Faces — arguably the most powerful piece of fiction written by Lewis — is mentioned only twic
in as throw - away lines, Till We Have Faces — arguably the most powerful
piece of
fiction written by Lewis — is mentioned only twice.
Sometimes, when we lose ourselves
in fear and despair,
in routine and constancy,
in hopelessness and tragedy, we can thank God for Bavarian sugar cookies, and fortunately, when there aren't any cookies we can still find reassurance
in a familiar hand on our skin, or a kind and loving gesture, or a subtle encouragement, or a loving embrace, or an offer of comfort, not to mention hospital gurneys, and nose - plugs, and uneaten danish, and soft spoken secrets, and Fender Stratocasters, and maybe the occasional
piece of
fiction.
Wow, one more crappy long boring
piece of
fiction... that's quite the imagination you have Austin - did you by chance damage your brain
in the crash?
As to the story's purpose, we are confident that it is not (as some remarkably allege) a subtle
piece of
fiction describing
in fact the practice of a Bethlehem fertility cult.
And while it sometimes can be overwhelming to work on
fiction while working on non-
fiction parenting
pieces in the same week, it also lets me have a break while still being productive if something is frustrating me
in one area of my writing.
It's the first
piece of
fiction since the financial crisis to deal not with the technicalities of high finance but with the daily ways
in which it is eating into our society.
There aren't many other
pieces of political
fiction in which you would find Trollope's description of the word MP «as highest and most legitimate pride of an Englishman».
This
piece of audio forensics was science
fiction when it appeared
in the movie The Conversation more than three decades ago.
But what's interesting, especially about that one, and that one [is a]
piece written by Larry Greenemeier, was that, you know, all the popular science
fiction treatments of that kind have it [suddenly] happening and conflict between humans but through Larry's reporting it seems more likely that we will see it coming; that machine self - awareness will occur
in a certain kind of stepwise fashion where they're getting better at certain tasks; [that they'll be able to do] autonomous activities, and from there that you can actually see them develop, and it shouldn't come up as a big surprise as it if finally happens.
Being transported emotionally into an alternative reality helps us to invest more completely
in a
piece of
fiction, no matter how unbelievable.
Filmed with non-actors
in Pine Ridge, The Rider is a stunning
piece of
fiction played close to the bone.
It plays like a response to the age of fan theories and puzzle box
fiction,
in which stories are set up to be
pieced together, with every element eventually snapping into place.
The film had great set design and art
pieces, but it's not really like a blatantly fantastical fantasy — it is shot and depicted almost like a historical
fiction with some bizarre creatures
in it.
In any other fictional film if you have bad characters, underdeveloped elements, and sloppy narrative you simply get a bad
piece of
fiction.
I wish people would read the damn book, or at least be aware of what is contained
in Jackson's wonderful
piece of psychological
fiction.
Endo's 1966 novel «Silence,» a stern, exquisite
piece of historical
fiction about Portuguese Jesuit priests persecuted for their beliefs
in 17th century Japan, walks a thin line separating West from East, religious fervor from spiritual skepticism.
Though it heavily reworks Bissell's story, the film feels as beautifully calibrated as a great
piece of short
fiction, only with visual accents and emphases filling
in for the prose.
That's harder said than done, resulting
in a relationship that not only feels more real than most of the films this year, but plays a big part
in its success as a romantic dramedy and an enchanting
piece of science
fiction.
In fact, for a film that's based on a true story, «Machine Gun Preacher» is riddled with more clichés than most
pieces of
fiction.
I still love the power of
fiction, and I've written
pieces about movies
in the past year that I'm proud of, like this one on David Lynch and this one on the intersection of movies and video games.
Each segment establishes its own vibe: the first is dim and claustrophobic, the second is naturalistic with one stark science
fiction set
piece, and the third ties
in with «Black Museum's» frame story, which is shot with a grind house seediness.
The best thing about the film, though, is that even though it's all about real events and real people, it still feels like a very well - written
piece of
fiction — not to say it feels unrealistic, it's more to say that the characters are more developed and intriguing than
in most biopics.
As he did
in 2009's superb District 9, writer / director Neill Blomkamp has created another
piece of absorbing, socially - conscious science
fiction that is visually sumptuous yet disturbing
in its implications for the human race.
A chase film with tinges of science
fiction in the margins, this is a thriller that does not burden its audience or overcomplicate its narrative with extraneous exposition, allowing you as the viewer to
piece many of its mysteries together yourself.
With its wonderfully constrained narrative and stunning vision of a future society
in decay, Dredd is a violent and blisteringly compelling
piece of dark science
fiction.
Goya's Ghosts (2006) Mixing elements of historic fact with
fiction, the easiest explanation for Bardem's wig - like mess
in this Milos Forman film is that it's a period
piece set
in the late 18th - century.
I caught some of the titles: Nugu - ui ttal - do anin Haewon (Nobody's Daughter Haewon) is a delightful film from the South Korean auteur Hong Sang - soo, the story of a female student's «sentimental education» as it were, as she traverses through reality, fantasy, and dreams, we viewers never quite sure what we are watching; Jim Jarmusch's Only Lovers Left Alive (TIFF's Opening Night film) is an engaging and drily humorous alternative vampire film, Tilda Swinton melding perfectly into the languid yet tense atmosphere of the whole
piece; Night Moves is from a director (Kelly Reichardt) I've heard good things about but not seen, so I was curious to see it, but whilst the film is engaging with its ethical probing, I found the style quite laborious and lifeless; The Kampala Story (Kasper Bisgaard & Donald Mugisha) is a good little film (60 minutes long) about a teenage girl
in Uganda trying to help her family out, directed
in a simple, direct manner, utilising documentary elements within its
fiction.
It can also be a dangerous choice, and perhaps should only be used by seasoned professionals, since
in the wrong hands it can snap you out of the flow of the
piece by reminding them that they are indeed participating
in fiction.
Despite its brevity or because of it, «
Fiction» is the stronger of the two
pieces; Solondz crams issues of misogyny, race, and Ivory Tower pretension into its tight arc and transfers the embedded hypocrisies of both onto the process of literary criticism as it manifests itself
in college writing courses.
That's harder said than done, resulting
in a relationship that not only feels more real than most of the films last year, but plays a big part
in its success as a romantic dramedy and an enchanting
piece of science
fiction.
5) «Looper»
In the cleverest volte - face of the year, Rian Johnson made everyone think they were going in for a smart, original piece of science - fiction reminiscent of «The Terminator» and «Twelve Monkeys,» among other thing
In the cleverest volte - face of the year, Rian Johnson made everyone think they were going
in for a smart, original piece of science - fiction reminiscent of «The Terminator» and «Twelve Monkeys,» among other thing
in for a smart, original
piece of science -
fiction reminiscent of «The Terminator» and «Twelve Monkeys,» among other things.
Edgar Rice Burroughs» tale of an ordinary man who mysteriously transports to Mars, first serialized
in 1912, is the template for just about every
piece of fantastical science
fiction that has come after.
But, of course, this is all just a flimsy foundation upon which director / co-writer Rick Friedberg and fellow scripters Dick Chudnow, Jason Friedberg, and Aaron Seltzer hang set
pieces parodying specific films such as Pulp
Fiction, True Lies, Speed, and
In the Line of Fire, to name a few.
Both open with abortive space - docking action set -
pieces, both involve brief explorative sections aboard the alien Derelict cruiser, and both tread the same hallowed ground of their source films with reverence that is sometimes so close to the films that it can be like playing someone's fan -
fiction,
in which they insert themselves into the story of the game as a way to replay the movie with themselves
in the lead.
From the so called Package, a weekly update of content privately distributed
in Cuba, which include a Classics section, I picked out Andrzej Wajda's Czlowiek z źelaza (Man of Iron, 1981), a quintessential
piece of auteur cinema, blending
fiction and facts
in an unprecedented and maybe never again possible way, all suffused with romanticism.
Taken
in a vacuum, «The Hunger Games» is a nice
piece of speculative
fiction.
For those
in the mood for this kind of tale, it's a well - acted and absorbing
piece of dramatic
fiction, which is the least you would expect from an Irving adaptation.
It's an impressive, epic and emotional
piece of hard science -
fiction, convincing
in its scientific detail, but able to handle spectacle and character alongside it.
On the year of Bond's 50th anniversary, here is Skyfall — a celebration of the character's full potential, this immortal member of mainstream
fiction,
in a glorious
piece of entertainment that only has our respect for the «classics» keeping it from immediately being designated the secret agent's most spectacular movie yet.