Sentences with phrase «gives poignancy»

But the reappearance of an Oscar Wilde pendant (a reaffirmation of what the music does for the listener) gives poignancy, depth, and hope to the climax.

Luckily, if you're not quite up to speed on the epic storyline, Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 provides enough flashbacks to provide context - which is imperative given the poignancy of the narrative's finale.

Presenting the exhibition in the Turner Contemporary, which looks directly onto the sea, gave poignancy to the poem's motifs of «drowning, voyages and shipwrecks,» Mr. Tooby said.

Not exact matches

As this nearness was experienced in all of its power and poignancy, it was natural to assume, given the apocalyptic expectations of the day, that the long awaited kingdom of God was also chronologically near as well.

But in his frequent references to the soul's «hidden wholeness,» his own experience of a war - to - the - death within gives the phrase special poignancy.

If the 2 - 1 win over Manchester United to complete a rare unbeaten home record in Tottenham's final season at the iconic old ground wasn't an historic milestone in itself, once the pitch had been cleared by stewards and uniformed police after several pleading announcements, the afternoon was given unforgettable poignancy with the parade of 48 former Tottenham legends plus a cinematic trip down memory «Lane» narrated on giant screens by renowned Spurs fan, actor Kenneth Branagh, chronicling the illustrious history of the club and rendering many fans misty - eyed.

There would be a special poignancy given that the current EU president is Nicolas Sarkozy.

This phenomenon gives «Deathly Hallows 2» a particular poignancy, since audiences will likely look at these young actors and see themselves growing old as well.

It's Graham's transformation from insecure daughter and wife to journalist in her own right that gives «The Post» its narrative drive and poignancy.

The performances also work for Indiewire, which notes, «It has considerable charm and no small amount of poignancy thanks to the performances,» but The Guardian can only give two out of five stars to this «wholesome drama.»

While the film's flashbacks and - forwards are disorienting, the performances give the film propulsion and poignancy.

And Cara's role and nudity in the film gives it a greater sense of poignancy.

Ivan Menchell and Clare Sera's script gives the big, dumb physical gags to Sandler and the boys, but mines some real poignancy, even some melancholy, from Lauren's kindly introduction to Larry into the ways of girlhood and from Espn's insistence that she can see her dead mother everywhere.

Instead of giving audiences something meaningful and eerily timely to reflect upon, the film is plagued with incoherence and a shocking lack of poignancy.

I thought one song would have given the film a new level of poignancy, but he gave me two songs and they were so beautiful.

By giving us all three, CBGB gives us none of them enough to satisfy, breathlessly running from one to the other to the other, never quite lingering long enough in any of them for poignancy to set in.

It lets Douglas revive one of his most famous characters, and his own health problems give his performance an added layer of poignancy.

(Even though it's been long enough now since release that if you've remained unspoiled, you're kind of amazing and you should definitely go into this film knowing as little as possible — not because it depends on not knowing what's going on, but because it just gives it that much more oomph and poignancy if you learn gradually along with the film.)

Jason Reitman's film excels in giving the delicate family balance a kind of rewarding poignancy.

On par with films such as RUSHMORE and ELECTiON, it's chock full of progressive poignancy, 8 - bit nostalgia, really - relatable side characters (with Kieran Culkin giving one of the greatest performances ever!)

Given the recent tragedy, however, her lessons hold particular poignancy.

In previous works like The Siege and The Club Dumas, the poignancy and emotional devastation was a by - product of the tightly knit story, while in this book the emotional revelations feel like an adjunct to the plot, tacked on to give the derring - do of the almost 500 pages an emotional heft.

His veiled paintings give sexual imagery a proper, knowing detachment, like Gerhard Richter or Pop Art without the thrill or poignancy.

It was this total commitment combined with his underlying cynicism for the art world that gives Kippenberger's work such a unique place in art history, pitching itself between pain and optimism, bitterness and poignancy, aggression and sensitivity.

This flawed and fragile medium gives the works their poignancy, especially the still life in which neither of the figures appears.

The melancholic air of «Arctic Summer» was given added poignancy when, two weeks after the opening, dealer Margo Leavin announced that this show would be her gallery's last.

That Kelley had been involved in its organization only gave the idea of this retrospective exhibition an added poignancy in light of the artist's suicide in January 2012.

It is their lens - like ability to capture fleeting moments of light and colour, and to convey both the brightness and the brevity of youth, that give her paintings their depth and poignancy.