Sentences with phrase «human character study»

British writer - director Mike Leigh has struck many chords with supremely human character studies.

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Twenge and Campbell are drawing here on research from the so - called positive psychology movement, which recently has attempted to shift the focus of psychological research away from disease and disorder to a study of the character strengths that make for happiness and human flourishing.

«If the Torah can be studied scientifically like any other human document,» he asks, how then can «the movement insist on the binding character of its laws?»

One of the many virtues of Larsen's study is its revealing of the «all too human» character of the scholarship of the anthropologists he examines.

When my new acquaintance discovered that I was a theologian and that I was particularly interested in studying how Romanesque art and architecture illustrated the Augustinian - Anselmian character of the faith of the early Middle Ages — with its profound pessimism about the human condition apart from grace — the conversation sent him into a mood of self - reproach and even to consideration of abandoning his dissertation topic.

Humboldt felt that the study of human character types had been neglected: neither the deductive reasoning of the philosophers nor practical moral treatises had done them justice.

Psychologists who have studied attachment have found that when human kids have that same kind of licking and grooming - style bonding with their parents, especially in the first year of life, it gives them all sorts of psychological strength, confidence [and] character that, when they reach school age and even into adulthood, will make a huge difference in how well they do.»

The first government - funded human genomics research study performed on African soil — aimed at unlocking the unique genetic character of southern African populations — has revealed a high level of genetic diversity.

But the study also notes there was no significant increase in levels of physical aggression after fighting human - looking video game characters, something that suggests social prohibitions against violent acts remain strong.

Video games that pit players against human - looking characters may be more likely to provoke violent thoughts and words than games where monstrous creatures are the enemy, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Connecticut and Wake Forest University.

Through many years of study and mastery of the Character Structures, Rhys stumbled upon a deeper truth — it is the core human quality that holds the secret to humankind.

The metaphysical aspects here are used in the service of the characters, not the other way around — this is, first and foremost, a human study, a love story, an existential treatise on the inevitability of death and the preciousness of life.

In Barbara, Petzold has fashioned not only a superb character study but a film that illuminates the effects of oppression on the human...

Time was when virtually all disaster movies were essentially character studies, and examined (with varying degrees of success) how extreme circumstances bring out the best and the worst in human beings.

Östlund's method, as always, is to stage the human comedy in miniature: Nearly every scene is presented as an impeccably framed tableau, a tactic that effectively transforms characters, extras and audiences alike into participants in a grand sociological study.

An in - depth study of human emotions, constant attention to detail and perfect casting leads to the secrets of the characters in Silent Hill 2, but the monsters are every bit as ambiguous.

An ensemble of characters popping in and out despite focusing more attention on the characters of Sarah and Brad, it's one of the more in - depth studies of human behavior and their foibles in a gated community.

With strong performances by a very intriguing cast, particularly by Kate Winslet, Little Children manages to overcome the obstacles of the artificiality of the characters and situations to deliver ultimate truths about the human condition, particularly in the lives of people who normally wouldn't make for interesting study.

What makes Cheap Thrills really good is that it's not necessarily just a movie about two guys being dared to do outrageous things, but more a character study of the human condition.

This summer: A Midsummer Night's Dream with two of Broadway's very best performers (Danny Burstein & Annaleigh Ashford) and Julius Caesar with Corey Stoll, Nikki M James, Elizabeth Marvel and more Vox interesting piece on Sanrio's most popular character since Hello Kitty Mic new study suggests cats like humans more than food.

Logan is first and foremost a character piece — a sad and remorseful study of superheroes who are too human to think of themselves as heroes anymore.

Any movie like this made for the most part since the 1980s would talk the talk about showing the changes, but not show it, show it badly and / or be more sexually oppressed than not, but Russell has zero trouble from this first film he had control over himself dealing with all kinds of human sexuality, yet that freedom is incidental to character study, capturing the story and bringing it to life as he does so well here.

As she's pursued by the threatening yet slow - moving creature, who relentlessly trails her close behind, the film becomes something of a character study of victims, both monster and human — a zombie humanized with a happy past, and a woman desensitized by a more troubled one.

Note that this list excludes human characters that study in the games» tennis schools (outside the Mushroom Kingdom), such as Alex.

Co-starring Matt Damon, Mark Ruffalo, and Matthew Broderick, Margaret is an engrossing character study with so much insight into human frailty that it's actually quite disturbing.

Created by the New York animators the Fleischer Brothers (Max, the eldest of the three, produced; Lou animated and later supervised the music; their little brother, Dave, directed), she was, as the animation historian Donald Crafton puts it in his recent study, «Shadow of a Mouse» (University of California Press), «one of the earliest cartoon characters to be a fully fleshed - out human being and the only classic» toon star generated as female (neither Minnie nor Daisy were leading ladies).»

Rudolph's underrated and visually inventive comedy Investigating Sex (2001)-- loosely inspired by José Pierre's study of the relationship between surrealism and sex — returns the director to a more salient concern with the connection between human desire and art; as its characters discuss their thoughts on sex, they sit among paintings and sculptures that would likely have also piqued the interest of Hilly Blue in Trouble in Mind.

The first half of this early glimpse really makes it look like a return to character study form for Crowe, while the second half lays on the heavy saccharine (I winced at «I like the animals, but I love the humans»).

Despite its flaws, I found Spill Simmer Falter Wither both moving and unforgettable, and recommend it to readers who enjoy literary, quietly paced character studies that focus on the healing bond between humans and animals.

These character - driven novels, which transcend the mystery genre, are travelogues of Brunetti's Venice and character studies of the human condition that go beyond nationality and station.»

Through the use of props, posing, and a deft attention to personality, he developed a distinct style, fulfilling his clients» aspirational self - presentation and achieving international recognition for these beautiful and nuanced studies of human character.

He is also one of the first artists to capture the refined gesture, while his portraiture includes complex studies of human characters and emotions.

I first learned of efforts to use satellites to monitor human rights abuses while trudging through a ground blizzard in sub-zero darkness behind Harry Bader, a remarkable character who, at that time (December, 2003), was studying the warming of North Slope tundra.

Never underestimate the power of the 140 - character tweet: When studied word - by - word, shades and particulars of human sentiment can be unpacked in just a line or two.