Sentences with phrase «for voyeuristic»

Omer Fast's new exhibition at the Chinatown branch of James Cohan Gallery, August, revels in the power of the Western imagination to utilize non-white cultures as a way to role play and «time travel» into playgrounds for voyeuristic pleasure - seeking that reinforce Western modernity's sense of superiority.

«Scopophilia,» a term borrowed from the psychoanalytic set to denote a desire rooted in observation, is a fitting title for an exhibition by an artist well known for her voyeuristic proclivities: Nan Goldin's latest show is a penetrating, self - critical look at a career spent depicting others.

A real pleasure feast for the voyeuristic eyes.

These ensembles are not only completely inappropriate for the mission at hand, but also reduce otherwise capable characters to sexual objects for the voyeuristic enjoyment of players.

Emma In the Night will appeal to readers looking for a voyeuristic peek into the lives of a wealthy, but extremely troubled family.

If only the movie had the same level of distaste with the exhibitionist Players as it does for the voyeuristic Watchers, it might have been on to something.

It's intensely erotic, though for all its voyeuristic intention, it's not prurient.

Sean Penn's fifth film as director, a romantic drama starring Charlize Theron and Javier Bardem, would likely be worth checking out even if it wasn't for the voyeuristic thrill of seeing Penn and Theron on the red carpet less than a year after their relationship broke up.

Not exact matches

Public interest is often fleeting and voyeuristic, and whether action is taken to rectify the presented situation often depends on the media savvy and eloquence of participants, and whether other issues are, at the time, vying for the attention of netizens.

Not quite «LarryCam,» but for those who thrive on the thrill of reality TV, a small chunk of voyeuristic candy.

And no matter what I came to the store to get, I always seem to find myself in the beauty department, strolling the aisles to see what's new and what people are picking up (yes, it's a bit voyeuristic, but it's helpful for my job as a beauty editor).

Whether you're looking for something voyeuristic or a full - blown orgy, you can find it online.

It can be easy for certain kinds of films to feel overly voyeuristic.

Zac Efron, in the central role of Cole, does a lot of that funny thing with his eyes that he mistakes for acting, while director Max Joseph concentrates on pointing his voyeuristic camera at Emily Ratajkowski's chest.

Equally interesting was Love / Sick which presented a number of works focusing on sexuality, including the strangely disturbing eroticism of Larry Clark's voyeuristic Impaled, which sees the director searching for a male who will have sex with a porn star on screen.

But Hitch was also recognized for «Psycho,» his innovative experiment in terror, as well as the voyeuristic tour - de-force «Rear Window.»

Sex is a metaphor for every transaction, and we watch as DiCaprio repeatedly acts out his consummation of the deal in rooms full of voyeuristic traders, while some poor schnook on the other end of the line happily gets the shaft.

Still, it's an organic session with almost voyeuristic appeal at times thanks to Davidtz's and Adams's mutual compulsion for making a clean breast of moderately embarrassing secrets.

, Edy Ganem (Devious Maids, Like Crazy), Lou Diamond Phillips (Longmire, Young Guns), Gregory Alan Williams (Hidden Figures, Greenleaf) and Yohance Myles (2 Guns, This Is The End), Created Equal is based on the novel by Roger A. Brown, which offers a voyeuristic view of the stained - glass ceiling that exists for women in the Catholic Church and other religious and non-religious organizations around the world.

And though it begins stilted and ends badly, its thick mid-section is the enabler of our obsessive, maybe ugly, voyeuristic impulses, gratifying the viewer with the sensation that, for all the dense verbal webs spun in these little progressive one - acts, the real expert is the viewer.

Gamer (R for nudity, sexuality, profanity and pervasive graphic violence) Sci - fi thriller, set in the near future, revolving around the attempt of a human gladiator (Gerard Butler) to free himself from the clutches of a deadly mind - control game invented by a voyeuristic, reclusive billionaire (Michael C. Hall) which pits people against each other.

Voyeuristic, perverse and extremely creepy, this one will give apartment dwellers nightmares for years to come.

Pair With: Force Majeure — for more hotel - based antics — here, a family grapples with the aftereffects of a small but significant moment of cowardice in a ritzy ski resort, surrounded by whirring machinery and voyeuristic staff.

The film lingers on the consequences of celebrity and fame, and the cruelty of the public eye — but does so in its own voyeuristic way that feels like watching a train wreck for a second time, in slow motion, and with commentary.

Instead of taking the path of someone like Brian De Palma (whose fantastic Blow Out I nearly chose for this list) where the Hitchcock influence is more authentic and direct, Arteta and White twist the voyeuristic themes and Norman Bates - like qualities of Buck to a wildly different effect.

This approach shifts the dramatic focus from being a voyeuristic examination of a crime to the emotional and psychological journey of Rowe's second wife, which allows him an opportunity for redemption.

For some real voyeuristic thrills, one can not do better than Universal's sparkling remaster of Alfred Hitchcock's timeless (that is, aside from the dated, soundstagey production design) 1954 classic Rear Window.

QNX and Bentley even have a view - only monitoring app, for those of a voyeuristic bent.

If you are curious, voyeuristic, or both... download Fling — Message The World for iOS and see what arrives.

In chapters separate from the murder mystery, Heming recounts his unsettling childhood that, to Hogan's credit, creates a context for why he is an invasively voyeuristic person.

With ebook covers visible only to the reader, voyeuristic pleasure is gone for those who like spying on what others are reading on the train.

We wanted the game to create a sense of eeriness and evoke a voyeuristic experience for the player.

Karmakar is known for his casual and voyeuristic self - portraits, in which he places his naked body in intimate settings.

Built upon the foundations of heritage documentary, intimately composed engagements with the lens act as an empathetic observation of Northern Britain, and stand as a voyeuristic argument for its contributions to contemporary expression.

The window as a framing device is an integral motif for Genzken, not just as a voyeuristic element as with Windscreen 2 (2008)-- where a cracked car windscreen protrudes from the gallery wall, lending the audience a fractured view of a framed image of an anonymous nude male and female embracing — but as an architectural framework.

Actually Jukkala's work was conceived as a small show, but it requires you to peek into the space — a voyeuristic act for which, in this instance, you are welcomed

Many of the pieces are immediately emotive: Jeff Mermelstein's voyeuristic snapshot of New York after 9/11, for example, shows the city covered by a grainy layer of white and grey powder.

Struth believed that photography was «a tool of scientific origin for psychological exploration,» rather than a voyeuristic or fetishizing medium.

• Ed Kienholz (1927 - 94) Washington - born sculptor noted for his satirical, voyeuristic, life - size three - dimensional sculptures and installation art.

He achieved immediate recognition for his superrealist voyeuristic life - size nudes made out of painted polyvinyl, finished with human hair.

The curators for this project have selected and commissioned works from a wide cross-section of international artists who challenge an exotic voyeuristic positioning.

The results are compositionally and aesthetically striking, providing a voyeuristic experience for his audience.

Although required to take in the room's contents, it is also voyeuristic, especially since there is nothing of true value to see — a pocketbook hung on a rack, for instance.

The paper compares the aquarium's educational cruise to other «toxic tours» of polluted inner - city areas in New York's South Bronx; Oakland, California; and Chicago, as well as «reality tours» of slums in Mumbai, Rio de Janeiro, and Johannesburg, which are increasingly popular among visitors seeking a glimpse of what lies behind the glossy photos in tourism brochures — but also controversial for promoting what some call a voyeuristic approach to poverty.

Unlike their male counterparts, where there is a high frequency of voyeuristic and exploitive sex, use of sex workers and anonymous sex, women exhibit more seductive, exhibitionistic and fantasy patterns and use sex for power, control and attention.

But it doesn't end with that site Mr. Reality, some of this information is being circulated throughout the net by some who pick it up and for their own voyeuristic reasons repost it elsewhere.