His writing covers genres
from magical realism and horror to science fiction and epic fantasy.
From a magical realism viewpoint, maybe Whitehead was trying to say that the railroad was built by slave labor to help slaves escape.
Not exact matches
Writerly insights on far - flung fiction (and some cool science - y facts)
from fairy tales and myths to dystopian fantasy and
magical realism.
As fantastical and
magical as this story is, Dayton and Faris bring a warm
realism to the material, and the screenplay rings clear as a bell for anyone who has ever suffered
from identity crisis or pressure to live up to an ideal image in a romantic relationship.
For a facile, glossily uninvolving treatment, witness this mawkish stab at
magical realism from David Frankel (The Devil Wears Prada).
The relationship eventually sours, and it's
from there that Lanthimos, known for bitter strains of
magical realism, finds footing for an ice - cold rumination on regret and responsibility.
The philosopher Stanley Cavell has called the classic screwball movies like The Awful Truth (1937) and The Lady Eve (1941) «comedies of remarriage,» in which couples are rudely bounced
from their Edenic connubial gardens and reunited (after a series of farcical /
magical contrivances) in a spirit of wry
realism: This time they know they'll live bumpily ever after.
The film plays coy with whether this dash
from her intended life is real or imagined, a bit of
magical realism in a world of real magic.
January 25, 2018 • A dose of
magical realism in praise of women makes for a compelling first look
from the Soulection alum's forthcoming LP.
Ostensibly a vignette
from the life of jaded prison warden Paul Edgecomb (Tom Hanks) who bonds with mysterious, possibly
magical prisoner John Coffey (Michael Clarke Duncan), the film's ugly combination of brutal prison
realism and high sentimentality is a tough pill to swallow, even despite the best efforts of Thomas Newman's magnificent score.
Empty Nest (Unrated) Argentinean slice of
magical realism about a man (Oscar Martinez) in the midst of a midlife crisis who takes refuge
from his crumbling marriage in a parallel fantasy universe of his own creation.
Another plus is the
magical production's recreation of the period via an appropriately retro musical score along with fitting backdrops, wardrobes, mannerisms and slanguage
from the bygone era via painstaking attention to detail which only add to the picture's palpable sense of
realism.
Adapted
from a 2006 novel by Lloyd Jones, this highly personal effort
from Shrek director Andrew Adamson mixes
magical realism with hard - hitting historical drama in a way that feels both contrived and questionable, even if the filmmakers clearly have their hearts in the right place.
Anchored by Jessup's beautifully empathetic performance and layered with doses of
magical realism ranging
from Oscar's talking hamster, Buffy (ingeniously voiced by Isabella Rossellini) to Cronenbergian body horror, this tale of sexual awakening is one of the year's most underappreciated gems.
For example, the elements of
magical realism inherent in the works of Latin American writers consist of regional phrases and usages
from Latin American culture.
One of the most anticipated books of the year (we, along with everyone else, have been buzzing about it since January), the new novel
from the author of Salvage the Bones blends
magical realism with race relations in the 21st - century American South.
And some, like the
magical realism - infused The Future of Us by Jay Asher and Carolyn Mackler, take place in a past so recent — in this case, 1996 — that adult readers will recognize elements like VCRs and cordless phones... maybe
from their own teen years.
Opposite - sex love, same - sex love, love between unexpected partners and seemingly inevitable love all find voice in these tales, which range across genre lines
from realistic fiction to science fiction to
magical realism and beyond.
Young Maya's journey
from sand - covered surroundings to a world overflowing with rich violet and pink hues offers a visual feast of vibrant colors and
magical realism.
From Kindle bestselling writer and cartoonist Scott Semegran, The Meteoric Rise of Simon Burchwood is for fans of literary fiction with a touch of
magical realism and a dose of dark humor.
In its pages, you will find science fiction:
from near - future, sociological soft SF, to far - future, star - spanning hard SF — and fantasy:
from epic fantasy, sword - and - sorcery, and contemporary urban tales, to
magical realism, science - fantasy, and folktales.
From Kindle bestselling writer and cartoonist Scott Semegran, The Spectacular Simon Burchwood is for fans of literary fiction with a touch of
magical realism and a dose of dark humor.
Their work spans an extraordinary range of styles and techniques,
from abstraction to figuration, minimalism to
magical realism, and straight oil - on - canvas to mixed - media and installation based painting.
It is rarer for a young artist (Kowch is now 31 years old) to inspire that level of confidence that she will make paintings that meet expectations, both men separately said, stemming
from Kowch's abilities as a consistent painter of technical excellence and weaver of narrative
magical realism.
Influenced by
magical realism and lifting motifs
from diverse sources such as Flemish still life, baroque art and Weimar painters, the artist enters into conversation with the history of painting with the aim of bringing a present - day sensibility to the table.
, Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA 14th Annual Inliquid Benefit Auction, Gallery Joe Booth, Icebox Project Space, Crane Arts, Philadelphia, PA 2013 In Front of Strangers, I Sing: 72nd Annual Juried Exhibition, Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA 2012 Transformations, Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral, Philadelphia, PA All About Etchings, Chris Neptune Gallery, Washington, DC 2011 Something French, Art Gallery at City Hall, Philadelphia, PA Exhibition of Select Prints, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA 2010 Prints by Gallery Artists, Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA Selections
from C.R. Ettinger Studio, 2000 - 2010, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA 2009 50 very small drawings, Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA 2008 The Figure Today, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, New York, NY The Figure Today, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA Fantastical Imaginings, Delaware Center for Contemporary Art, Wilmington, DE Group Show, Loyola University, Baltimore, MD 2007
Magical Realism, Abington Art Center, Jenkintown, PA 2006 Art on Paper 2006, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC 2005 Telling Stories: The Narrative in Contemporary Art, Pennsylvania College of Art and Design, Lancaster, PA Collaboration As a Medium, Edison Gallery, Washington, DC (traveling Art Place, Baltimore MD and more sites) 2004 Figure Out: Drawing as Narrative, Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA 2002 25th Anniversary Exhibition, The Drawing Center, New York, NY 2001 Ten Contemporary Artists, 5 x 2, Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA 2000 Drawing With Color, Mangel Gallery, Philadelphia, PA When Reason Dreams: Drawings Inspired By the Visionary, the Fantastic, and the Unreal, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA Body Dismorphia, Hicks Art Center, Bucks County Community College, Newtown, PA curated by Jeanne Jaffe Allentown Art Museum, 27th Annual Juried Exhibition, Allentown, PA (Juror: Judith Tannenbaum, Curator, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI) 1999 Biographies: Philadelphia Narratives, Institute of Contemporary Art, Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (catalog) Biographies: Philadelphia Narratives, Freedman Gallery, Albright College, Reading, PA (Nov. - Dec.)
In this way, Hamilton's work draws
from the literary modes of
magical realism, southern gothic, and the carnivalesque in order to meditate on disruption and magic in the seemingly mundane routines and rituals of rural life.