Sentences with phrase «for human drama»

In the last few years, discussions of the Anthropocene (the new geological epoch shaped by human activities that we are living in) have begun to re-evaluate some cherished beliefs of modernity, not least the assumption that planetary geography is the given context for the human drama.

Instead, the discussions generally begin as nourishing meetings of the mind, transform into indignant sparring sessions, and resolve as apologetic declarations of mutual respect — each a microcosmic demonstration of Davies's refined feel for human drama.

But the knack for human drama that's helped lift Morgan from TV to the big screen (The Queen, The Last King of Scotland) shines through here, as does his apparent interest in political biopics of any age.

Not that I have anything against DDL or Charlize's magnificent performances... I just have a soft - spot for human drama that doesn't feel this need to go all out on the «transforming into the character» stuff... but maybe that's more a flaw with me (it's certainly not a flaw with those performances!).

It plays more for humor, as well as for the human drama, but it never manages to step out of the shadow of its predecessor to distinguish itself as anything other than a retread.

I've been writing about animals for many years, and I've become really curious about how often animal characters are simply vehicles for human dramas or desires.

Texas - based artist Melissa Miller is widely known for her expressionistic paintings that use animals as metaphors for human dramas and dilemmas.

Not exact matches

«It was pretty obvious to see if you look closely that people were obsessed with these events because they represented hope for the future and human drama,» he says.

The decline of BB is perhaps a more familiar story, but «Losing the Signal» enhances the drama with personal human stories: how the founders» genius and strengths ultimately became their downfall: the reliance on efficiency of network and battery use ignored the groundswell of desire for an always - with - me computer.

I just know the character of human beings in general and logic dictates we have a world of drama queens ready to have the spotlight on them for their victimhood.

And what if, instead, there's a supreme being who says, «let me reward those who have used their human faculties, reasoning and intellect,» and to add the drama that you so love, «and let me punish for eternity those with weak will who blindly adopted the fantasties and fairy tales pushed upon them without ever questioning...» What do you do then???

Serious social scientists have no professional vocabulary to deal with the mystery of death, the human search for meaning, the moral struggle, the primacy oflove or the drama of salvation.

For the church to be pastoral it must be willing to engage in the real human drama of people's lives.

The Coen's common tack of forcing the audience to confront the possibility of nihilism being true, of human life being essentially meaningless, which for them has usually played out within a crime drama, here occurs in a mundane set of events.

Ours, however, is the massive drama that saturates the In Between Time and inflates everyday life and human interaction to cosmic proportions; it searches with a loving gaze for the «inscapes» of the visible world.

It is a drama that unfolds in several contexts at once: within the historical context of a «great cloud of witnesses», that is, in relationship to all of those who speak (and have spoken) as «Christian preachers»; within the context of the speaker's own human existence in relation to other statements of faith collected as «Christian theology» within the time and space set aside for the performance of Christian liturgy.

The study of history thus provides opportunities for the practice of freedom, by participating imaginatively in the decisions of persons who have acted in the past, thereby transcending the narrow confines of one's own existence, and by engaging in the activity of constructing and reconstructing a picture of the past, in the search for an ever more adequate account of the human drama.

For the first time on the stage of world history, we humans can envisage the possibility — some would say, the probability — of a self - inflicted, abrupt, and apocalyptic nuclear end of the drama as we have lived it till now.

And if our children disappear, the untold potential for insight, for creativity, and for love and compassion of which the human spirit is capable, would vanish from the stage of the unfolding cosmic drama.

the possibility and necessity of living in a dimension of meaning in which the urgencies of the struggle are subordinated to a sense of awe before the vastness of the historical drama in which we are jointly involved; to a sense of modesty about the virtue, wisdom, and power available to us for the resolution of its perplexities; to a sense of contrition about the common human frailties and foibles which lie at the foundation of... our vanities; and to a sense of gratitude for the divine mercies which are promised to those who humble themselves.

However, I do believe that ideas of biblical eschatology, of a final consummation of the human drama, of heaven and hell, have primary relevance for history itself.

Second, they should remember that cultural and political life is always subordinate to the deeper drama of God's quest for the human heart and the human heart's quest for God.

To compromise that transcendence was, for Bernanos, to let the principalities and powers write the script of the human drama.

Only, because it is always a joy to me to thank him to whom I am indebted, I would thank Lessing for the one solitary hint of a Christian drama which is found in his Hamturg ~ Drama ~ urgieA» He, however, fixed his glance upon the purely divine side of the Christian life (the consummated victory) and hence he had misgivings; perhaps he would have expressed a different judgment if he had paid more attention to the purely human side (theologia viatodrama which is found in his Hamturg ~ Drama ~ urgieA» He, however, fixed his glance upon the purely divine side of the Christian life (the consummated victory) and hence he had misgivings; perhaps he would have expressed a different judgment if he had paid more attention to the purely human side (theologia viatoDrama ~ urgieA» He, however, fixed his glance upon the purely divine side of the Christian life (the consummated victory) and hence he had misgivings; perhaps he would have expressed a different judgment if he had paid more attention to the purely human side (theologia viatorum).

God withdraws and blends in, setting the stage for a free and historical encounter of humans with God as a single «Thou» in the drama of history.

The world becomes the impersonal stage for the drama of human life, if not an object to be exploited for man's benefit.

And it is traditional free will theists who have implied, and sometimes explicitly said, that the whole universe was created for evoking moral and spiritual virtue in free human (and perhaps, on other planets, humanlike) souls, so that it is only this divine - human drama that contains intrinsic value.

If the project moves forward (the script is still being written), the drama will center on a scientist and her former mentor as they battle for control over the human genome, the culmination of which could mean life or death for the entire human race.

I have been devouring this paradigm - changing book, sitting on my bedside table for several months - a riveting combination of scientific thriller / biochemistry metabolic revision / human and global scientific / drama of gargantuan pharmaceutical and scientific jealousy which posits and convincingly documents how cancer is not a genetic but a metabolic disease.

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Like Benjamin Button, this drama plays around with the human lifespan, is slickly produced and feels far too serious for its own good.

Being Mary Jane, the BET drama staring ageless vampire and beautiful human being, Gabrielle Union, will not be renewed for a fifth season.

Despite pretending to be an intimate drama about human relationships for a generous portion of the snooze - inducing running time, The Amazing Spider - Man 2 reveals an altogether more sinister purpose in its final throes.

Cuse, of course, helped deliver Lost, Bates Motel, and FX's campy vampire drama The Strain in recent years, while Graham is known for his work on Fringe and Almost Human.

Asghar Farhadi's devastating drama, the recent Oscar winner for Best Foreign Language Film, expertly measures the slow drip of human weakness.

Drama, tension, unexpected humor... Characters who you feel empathy for, but who can frustrate you at the same time... It's messy, harsh, all too human stuff, and this is what makes «Rabbit Hole» such a compelling watch.

It is unusual for characters in a Holocaust drama to have sexual lives, but in the long days and months living underground, human impulses are bound to surface, and «In Darkness» they do.

Gattaca director Andrew Niccol reunites with Ethan Hawke for this timely drama about the human costs of advanced war technology.

• «War for the Planet of the Apes,» directed by Matt Reeves, which expands the science - fiction franchise to an emotionally resonant war drama, as the reclusive ape leader Caesar (Andy Serkis) faces off against an enigmatic human colonel (Woody Harrelson).

Resembling a children's movie for grown - ups while reining in Del Toro's worst tendencies, its hybrid form holds clear appeal for another year when the highest - grossing films replace humans with costumed superheroes and animated creatures, our postmodern costume dramas.

It becomes the object of a legal battle, but moreover, it's the stage for a sad human drama about these two people.

The other new worth watching trailer is for Paddy Considine's Tyrannosaur, yet another drama about violent human beings, but this one seems to have a bit more emotion to it than the Vincent Cassel one.

By its quietly satisfying ending, Almost There has provided enough human drama for a season of soap operas, plus insights into mental illness, aging in America, and the redemptive power of art.

Though far from being the first to broach the subject, Garland fleshed out his drama through nuanced explorations of the human psyche, relying upon established scientific techniques like the Turing Test — a method for measuring a computer's intelligence and awareness.

The unconscionable exclusion of Amy Adams for her work in the impossibly human drama Arrival (about aliens) has managed to annoy everyone.

I'd also like to compare it to dramas like TV's The Walking Dead or War of the Worlds starring Tom Cruise in how a father has to fight for his family's survival in an almost apocalyptic environment against all odds and with his fellow humans being a bigger threat than just the situation itself.

A wannabe - Sturm und Drang relationship drama between characters barely recognisable as human, The Room became a cult phenomenon for obvious reasons, because there's no possible doubt in the matter: it's obliviously terrible in ways just about anyone could see, save for its notorious creator, who poured $ 6 million of his own mysteriously - gotten savings into the project.

Language: English Genre: Drama / Action MPAA rating: R Director: Alfonso Cuarón Actors: Clive Owen, Julianne Moore, Claire - Hope Ashitey Plot: In 2027 hope for the human race is running thin.

What emerges more than just a typical individual - training - for - sport movie is an interesting human drama, one with an effectiveness that is hard to pinpoint and a magnetism that is undeniable.

Still, this is ultimately a mature human drama and so few of those are made that it is easy to appreciate for its depictions and emotional complexities.