Sentences with phrase «intimate story about»

Disregarding the order it may seek, at its core, Thomasina is an intimate story about a family, a cat, and an atypically depicted witch.

Signs is different, using genre conventions brilliantly to tell a more intimate story about a man and where he feels his authority comes from.

She tricks us into believing this is an intimate story about a specific character, time, and place until the culmination of the laughter and the tears makes you realize it's actually a grand epic that is as universal, relatable and emotionally powerful as any story of mothers and daughters that has ever been put on film,» said Focus Chairman Peter Kujawski in the news release.

Based on Richard Matheson's 1956 short story «Steel,» Real Steel isn't an action adventure about giant war robots, it's a much more intimate story about an estranged father and son - as well as their not - so - giant boxing robot.

Michelle Pfeiffer excels in an intimate story about a woman on the edge of financial ruin.

INDIANAPOLIS — Intimate personal stories rarely make the rounds among media interviews at the NFL Scouting Combine, but Fresno State quarterback Derek Carr shared a deeply intimate story about his infant son on Friday.

Not just for a Hong Kong Second Wave filmmaker more associated with telling small, intimate stories about the relationships between people and their community, but for cinema writ large.

One had intimate stories about Kline, de Kooning and these people and he also had his own.

Art tells intimate stories about humanity — about hopes and dreams as well as our losses and tragedies.

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It wasn't just about the subject matter — although it's tricky to write about such a tender and intimate time in a person's life, to tell your own story while still holding space for stories that are so different than your own, to attempt to shepherd people well in the liminal spaces of their faith journeys — but it was also just the season of life with being pregnant with our fourth and then giving birth and suddenly having four tinies between the ages of 9 and newborn meant I had a lot less time with a lot less energy (and even less sleep!)

The story of Sodom and Gomorrah is about a threatened gang rape, not an intimate companionship.

The book is a story about a pastor who ends up leaving his church to follow Jesus in intimate ways he never thought possible.

Jacqueline writes about people who make delicious things; chefs, farmers, beekeepers, bakers, wine makers and distillers, bringing their stories to life through intimate interviews, «As Told To...» pieces, and ghostwriting for their websites and cookbooks.

The intimate audience was treated to a compelling two - hour talk by a man known for utilising his extensive network to find out about the biggest football stories before they even happen.

From partners accidentally tasting milk during intimate moments, to that one dad who was in the news for making cheese out of his wife's pumped breastmilk, there's no shortage of interesting stories about lactating moms and their significant others.

It seems like every time a celebrity surrogacy story breaks, people want to know the most intimate details about the surrogate's life, her relationship with the celebrity, and how much she was compensated.

Hear intimate stories from mothers about their struggles and pain with breastfeeding.

I've shared intimate details of my birth stories, revealed the dark side of blogging, and exposed the extent of my crunchiness writing about menstrual cups...

When you're alone together and the situation becomes more conducive to intimate discussion, you'll be better equipped to get to know more about her by asking questions and exchanging life stories.

None of that is right in the foreground of the film's latest trailer, which doesn't mean that it isn't terrifying: The film's intimate title and POV comes The New Scariest Thing You Didn't Know About «The Silence Of The Lambs» The costume designer shares a new on - set story about Anthony HopAbout «The Silence Of The Lambs» The costume designer shares a new on - set story about Anthony Hopabout Anthony Hopkins.

Joachim Lafosse captures with great magnitude, the painfully intimate, harrowingly fascinating drama about the emotional and financial complexities of a separation and the complexity of the end of a long love story.

Jolie's directorial debut was the little - seen «In the Land of Blood and Honey,» a film that traded epic sweep for a more intimate but no less brutal story, about a woman's sexual subjugation during the Bosnia - Serbia conflict.

The filmmaking is extremely impressive because it shows so much both inside and outside the truck, and addresses so many topics about politics and Egypt through this intimate story of various people arrested and thrown inside.

A compelling story about an unraveling marriage, the complexities of contemporary Iran, and the damage wrought by divorce, writer - director Asghar Farhadi's A Separation is a stunning film that is equally intimate, moving, and free of affectation.

With The Lost City of Z, he has realized his true epic — a story that spans continents and decades — yet kept his finger on the intimate pulse that's always made his movies work: This is a great movie about ambition, colonization, and audacious dreaming, but even more than that it's a moving (and tragic) story about fathers and sons.

Yakin is no stranger to tales of crime, exploiting his talent in developing a story about a 14 - year - old with intimate knowledge of a small gang of gun smugglers, pursued not only by men who would like to see him dead but by a person he considered a pal who thinks twice and three times before shooting the otherwise bland lad.

His latest, the Palme d'Or — winning «Amour,» is a more intimate work: a quiet, tender story about elderly couple Georges (Jean - Louis Trintignant) and Anne (Emmanuelle Riva), retired music teachers who are still deeply in love.

There is ultimately something a bit soft and nebulous about Arrival: for all the forehead - furrowing concepts it entertains, it can't actually, as a big - budget Hollywood movie, sell us big ideas without packing them in the cotton floss of meaningful intimate experience, which was also the case with Interstellar and even Gravity (one movie where the protagonist could easily have done without a heart - wrenching back story).

The film begins with a gag about Jasmine Francis (Cate Blanchett) who had been unloading intimate details of her life story to a complete stranger who had mistaken Jasmine's talking to herself as an invitation for a conversation.

Washington, D.C. — In a historic year for African - Americans in films, in front of and behind the camera, the year's biggest winner at the 17th Annual Black Reel Awards was the small and intimate coming - of - age story of a young boy growing up in a tumultuous, yet nurturing community environment, searching for answers about his sexual identity in Barry Jenkins» cinematic masterwork, Moonlight.

Sarah Ward speaks to Weekend «s writer and director Andrew Haigh about the importance of character - driven drama, the impact of authenticity in approach, and the intricacies of telling an intimate love story.

Compared to something like A Fantastic Woman, Lelio's intimate, wrenching drama about a trans woman in Chile that is also screening at this festival, Disobedience is a distant chamber piece, a story about hidden passions without much of its own.

The film shares their intimate stories with touching candor, and in doing so reveals basic truths about all parents and all children, truths of acceptance and love that feel especially urgent at this historic moment.

Hirokazu Kore - Eda delivers another layered, intimate story, this time about a poor Japanese family that lovingly kidnaps an abused girl.

An incredibly intimate and authentic story about a broken man forced to confront his demons, «Manchester by the Sea» is the most devastating, heart - wrenching drama of 2016.

Cathy Moriarty and Bridget Everett, also forces of nature, support Macdonald in one of the most intimate and touching family stories in a while that challenges our thinking about many social issues.

Sarah Ward spoke to assistant editor turned writer and director Haigh about the importance of character - driven drama, the impact of authenticity in approach, and the intricacies of telling an intimate love story.

It's just an intimate, personal story about two college students (Anton Yelchin, Felicity Jones) falling in — and eventually out — of love.

Not much is known about the film except that it would be an intimate and focused story, far removed from the rest of the DC universe.

Life is Strange: Before the Storm looks to deliver a more intimate character - driven story about the power of teenage girls without the need of...

When doctoral candidate Elizabeth Blair set out to research how college women make meaning of their intimate relationships, she anticipated hearing stories about romance, care, and love, especially considering the decades of research that associated these narratives with women.

In light of the #MeToo movement and a growing number of men and women sharing their intimate stories, it's clear that it is never too early to start exploring these topics with kids and educating them about respecting boundaries, open communication, and what a healthy relationship looks like, whether romantic or not romantic.

Book clubs could certainly discuss the merits of a children's literary society for budding writers, how revealing intimate details about yourself can affect relationships, how writers get ideas for their stories, and keeping secrets.

In A View from My Window, readers get an insight into the intimate world of Forrest's life through a unique collection of stories about women of all ages, from all over the country.

This beautiful novel examines a Southern tradition — the do - it - yourself, at - home wedding — in all of its intricacies, from the cast of characters who make the big day a reality and the new relationships that form in such intimate settings to the surprises that wedding guests will tell stories about for years to come.

A hauntingly intimate, deeply compassionate story about things that touch and test our human core, Wish You Were Here also looks, inevitably, to a wider, afflicted world.

The basis of your story is about catfishing, which is a deceptive manner of creating an intimate relationship for the purpose of deceiving someone.

A new manga from the creator of the acclaimed A Silent Voice, featuring intimate, emotional drama and an epic story spanning time and space, To Your Eternity is a totally unique and moving manga about death, life, reincarnation, and the nature of love.

Dark Matter, a mix of speculative fiction and thriller, tells the story of brilliant physicist Jason Dessen, in «a brilliantly plotted tale that is at once sweeping and intimate, mind - bendingly strange and profoundly human — a relentlessly surprising science - fiction thriller about choices, paths not taken, and how far we'll go to claim the lives we dream of.»

Claire Bushey's story about tracking down a travel crush online was intimate and powerful.