Sentences with phrase «into bombast»

If the director occasionally strays into bombast,... he still manages to make a strong case for war between democracy and capitalism, two systems conjoined in Western thought, but now terribly at odds.

Not exact matches

Audiences who go to see The American expecting a conventional Hollywood spy thriller will no doubt be disappointed to find out they've stumbled into an art - house film — and an unrelentingly grim one at that — but those seeking relief from the inanity and bombast of the summer movie season will be pleasantly surprised.

This is a cinematically holistic work of diversity, in which cultural identity has been carefully woven into every element of the movie: a cast almost exclusively made up of people of color; a costume design based on traditional African jewelry and garments; a soundtrack that, at its best, puts a damper on the usual orchestral bombast and allows chanting or drumming to dominate.

While some games desperately grab for your attention with relentlessly needy bombast, others are more content to immerse you in their world by way of osmosis, gently seeping into your brain and taking root in your imagination.

What's great about Majima Everywhere is that it incorporates the bombast Yakuza eventually developed over more than seven games back into the original.

At the end of a long incubation period, SITE is aiming to elbow its way back into the big league, equipped with a literal sharp edge — and perhaps some added wisdom to protect from bombast and frivolity.

This show presents Frank Stella in 1966, at the height of his fame and just before he pushed his clarity into fatal bombast.

The late Harold Rosenberg disparaged her work as «decorative bombast sustained by dubious art history,» and younger critics have occasionally accused her of lapsing into formula.