Sentences with phrase «is an intimate portrait»

Bluntly edited, with no hand - holding transitional scenes, the film is an intimate portrait of an idealistic, understaffed, sometimes wrongheaded team battling youth prostitution, thievery rings and adult predators from every class of society.
Still Bill is an intimate portrait of soul legend Bill Withers, who has written some of the most beloved songs of our time and who truly understands the heart and soul of a man.
Melancholy and funny by turns, it is an intimate portrait of a working - class family in a suburb just north of London — an irrepressible mum and dad (Alison Steadman and Jim Broadbent) and their night - and - day twins, a bookish good girl and a troubled, ill - tempered layabout (Claire Skinner and Jane Horrocks).
An international breakthrough for Leigh, Life Is Sweet is an intimate portrait of a working - class family with twin daughters who couldn't be more different: the bookish plumber Natalie (Claire Skinner) and the bulimic, ill - tempered Nicola (Jane Horrocks).
Faults is an intimate portrait of a broken man trying to get back on his feet that features a fantastic lead peformance by Leland Orser.
Here is a movie that pulls from multiple genres to form a solid mystery thriller, at the heart of which is an intimate portrait of a broken man trying to get back on his feet again.
The film is an intimate portrait of a community leader striving to maintain her traditional heritage.
Restless Creature: Wendy Whelan is an intimate portrait of prima ballerina Wendy Whelan as she prepares to leave New York City Ballet after a record - setting three decades with the company.
One film that premiered in the later half of the Sundance Film Festival that has still left a lasting impact on myself and Ethan is a intimate portrait of a father and son from writer / director / actor Mark Webber.
It is an intimate portrait of the director as he reflects on his life and career and blends documentary with fictional elements.
The movie is an intimate portrait into the recovery of a new father, struggling to overcome his agoraphobia, and defeat the feral children who tore apart his family, in order to provide a good home and life for his newborn daughter.
And Everything Is Going Fine Director: Steven Soderbergh And Everything Is Going Fine is an intimate portrait of master monologist Spalding Gray, as described by his most critical, irreverent and insightful biographer: Spalding Gray.
Dirty Pictures Director: Etienne Sauret Dirty Pictures is an intimate portrait of the life and work of Dr. Alexander «Sasha» Shulgin, one of the world's most renowned chemists who is considered by many to be the «Godfather of Psychedelics.»
One of the stranger doc profiles from last year, Sam Cullman and Jennifer Grausman's Art and Craft is an intimate portrait of Mark A. Landis, possibly the most notorious art forger ever.
Silverstein's short film, winner of the Cinéfondation Award in 2014, is an intimate portrait of Leila, a fourteen - year - old girl who is intimidated by the advances of a dogfighting boy.
This is an intimate portrait of four Syrian families arriving in Baltimore, Maryland and struggling to find their footing.
- Kirkus «Adeline is an intimate portrait of a sister, a wife, a woman, and most importantly, an artist.
Poignant, evocative, and unforgettable, The Space Between Us is an intimate portrait of a distant yet familiar world.
The Chairs» Hiatus is an intimate portrait of a musician who's lost both her music and herself, and the quiet journey back to understanding.
Combining archival research with journal excerpts and testimony from friends and family, most notably Alliluyeva's youngest daughter, Olga, Stalin's Daughter is an intimate portrait of a complicated woman who was a symbol to many but truly known by only a few.
The painting is an intimate portrait depicting the artist with her husband.
His latest series of drawings are intimate portraits that are remodelled into painting.
Exit Art is an intimate portrait of an institution that from 1982 to 2012 challenged social, political, aesthetic and curatorial norms.
The work is an intimate portrait by one artist of another, and therefore stands in tradition of earlier works by Anna Gaskell, for example of her SVETA series, which was focused on Svetlana Lunkina, the former prima ballerina of the Bolshoi Theatre, and of her film Echo Morris, which was Gaskell's first portrait of the artist Sarah Morris.
Equally eerie and enchanting in its monochromatic chiaroscuro, Basement Study ($ 3,000 / $ 5,000), is an intimate portrait of Vickery's son with their cat.
Riley's meticulous hand - woven tapestries are intimate portraits into past experience, of both personal and communal memory.
The result is an intimate portrait of the object, capturing both a natural likeness as well as the often unseen or overlooked character of her chosen subject.
The Lovings is an intimate portrait that documents the extraordinary love story of Mildred and Richard Loving, an interracial couple in 1950s America whose powerful bond helped to change history forever.
The film is an intimate portrait of the life of the art icon directed by Lisa Immordino Vreeland (Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel).
Auerbach's The Pillar Box III and Leon Kossoff's Stormy Summer Day, Dalston Lane, are intimate portraits of their familiar city.
Auerbach's The Pillar Box III, painted in 2010 - 2011, and Kossoff's Stormy Summer Day, Dalston Lane, painted in 1975, are intimate portraits of their familiar city.
Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict is an intimate portrait of the life of the art icon directed by Lisa Immordino Vreeland.
Location: Floor Three, Susan and John Hess Family Theater Everybody Knows... Elizabeth Murray (2016) is an intimate portrait of the groundbreaking artist Elizabeth Murray.
The miniature urban vignettes on view are intimate portraits of New York City's gritty street corners, storefronts and subway stations.
The result is an intimate portrait of the modern condition in 2017.
The film Everybody Knows... Elizabeth Murray is an intimate portrait of the groundbreaking artist Elizabeth Murray.
My favorite work is an intimate portrait of a young boy, suggestive of both the subject's sexual awakening and the viewer's voyeuristic gaze.
The film is an intimate portrait of Murray's life in art that explores the relationship between the artist's family life and career.
Everybody Knows... Elizabeth Murray is an intimate portrait of the groundbreaking artist Elizabeth Murray.

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She is known for her elegant and intimate portraits, which have been featured in media worldwide.
What it's about: An intimate memoir, this book paints a portrait of a Vietnamese family — the author's own — fleeing the country in 1978.
The author paints intimate portraits of the Cowboys» famed running backs, who are as different as they are exceptional
It tells the true birth stories of eight women painting an intimate portrait of how low - risk, educated women are giving birth today.»
The National Portrait Gallery — St.Martin's Place, London, WC2H 0HE The crowning glory of Trafalgar Square, London's National Gallery is an intimate space which houses a collection of wonderful portraits.
It is as intimate and honest a portrait of a rock artist's creative roots as any film has attempted.
«The Fearless Freaks is the most intimate portrait of a band you're likely to see... as heartwarming and heartbreaking as the band's music itself,» said Bill Crandall of Rolling Stone.
With its intimate focus on Harding as a difficult personality, this is still an extraordinarily rare sort of portrait of a woman as a flawed human being full of hypocrisies, strong - willed yet weak, tough to pin down.
Barack Obama is not the subject of «Quest,» Jonathan Olshefski's new documentary, an intimate and patient portrait of a North Philadelphia family.
The documentary feature Whitney is an intimate, unflinching portrait of Houston and her family that probes beyond familiar tabloid headlines and sheds new light on the spellbinding trajectory of Houston's life.
Critic Consensus: At turns comical and sincere, Garcia Girls is an intelligent and intimate portrait of three women finding love at different ages.
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