Sentences with phrase «masterful work»

Yet artists deploying the stylistic resources of representation were also a major influence — as this exhibition demonstrates through a series of masterful works from the collection, some of which are rarely shown.

A vibrant, masterful work of art, HBO's novelistic urban saga The Wire is the best show on television.

Unfortunately, they came up short awards-wise, barely beaten out in the supporting acting categories and edged by masterful work in directing and original screenplay.

In the end, perhaps fittingly, Allen's film plays more like a moral and philosophical musing than a fully realized story, leaving audiences with existential questions to ponder with afterward, even if its answers are more potently wrestled with in his own more masterful works on similar subjects matter in Crimes and Misdemeanors and Match Point.

Drawings, paintings and sculptures representing contemporary views on the human figure, landscape and still lifes, this exhibition is full of imaginative and masterful works by contemporary artists who are actively contributing to our artistic discourse with future generations.

The film is «masterful work with Morris's trademark sense of humor splattered all over it,» I wrote at the time.

He has done masterful work; the films are reverent without being precious - and play well on their own terms.

Brown died in 2004, leaving behind his sixth novel: a rugged, masterful work about a crotchety old man who builds a catfish pond on his property and eagerly awaits fishing season.

Early artists like painter Mark Rothko and musician Philip Glass composed masterful works that were simplistic and elemental.

Good Karma Creative's creative director George Lois, known for the «I want my MTV» campaign and his Esquire covers, then told the crowd his rules «to truly produce masterful work.»

The great Roger Deakins was the film's cinematographer, and as with his equally masterful work on The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, he understands how to use the landscape to enhance the characters» emotional state.

If you've seen Drive, you know how masterful the work these two can create.

The Gravedigger's Brawl is not only a very masterful work of erotica — especially in the realm of LGBT literature — but it is an incredibly artful piece of ghost literature.

It's easy to forget that the early work of every writer, no matter how gifted, is usually mediocre at best... (in the past) the publishing industry was a lot more receptive to writers who hadn't yet mastered their craft... Writers tended to stick with a single publisher as well, so an editor like Max Perkins could nurse budding authors like Hemingway and Fitzgerald through their early, less masterful works, knowing they would stick with Scribners once they hit their stride.

Artistically masterful works like Mother 3, Mizzurna Falls, LSD: Dream Emulator, and Moon: Remix RPG Adventure lack English translation and official releases outside Japan.

«Facing the Modern» at the National Gallery boasts masterful works from a turbulent period in Vienna's history.

Polke's masterful works ground the exhibition's themes of disaster and rebirth wthout feeling heavy handed.

A mature and masterful work of contemporary fiction from one of our most accomplished storytellers, Lost Memory of Skin unfolds in language both powerful and beautifully lyrical, show - casing Banks at his most compelling, his reckless sense of humor and intense empathy at full bore.

Executed during the same period as her celebrated Sunflower paintings, together these paintings stand as «audacious, masterful works in which the artist adroitly juggles emptiness and fullness, balance and unbalance, lightness and weight» (P. Albers, Joan Mitchell: Lady Painter, New York, 2011, p. 315) and as act as works which show Mitchell at the height of her artistic prowess.

Allen Morrison spoke to Reid about the project for the June 2014 issue of Downbeat and in a special NPR report (audio below), the composer described how he captured Catlett's masterful works with sound.

Topped with tremendous performances by the cast, and masterful work from DP Matthew Libatique, production designer Philip Messina and the entire sound department, this provocative picture's nihilism wows.

Our gratitude goes out to Jason Andrew (and his beautiful job curating this selection of Elizabeth Murray's works) and to the Murray — Holman Family Trust and Pace Gallery for working with DAVID&SCHWEITZER Contemporary to exhibit Elizabeth Murray's masterful works on paper in conjunction with our Daniel John Gadd exhibition.

Included are masterful works by elusive artist James Brown, Thornton Dial, Sheldon Peck, Ammi Phillips, and Martin Ramirez, as well as quilts, furniture, cobalt - decorated stoneware, assemblages, and works on paper.

And you can achieve that with just one piece of content, especially if that content is a masterful work of art.

Or you could look at C.S. Lewis» masterful work, The Screwtape Letters.

Once the new vision is articulated and embodied in masterful works, it spreads quickly, indeed indomitably — uniting people in a common cause.

Hugh Brogan's Alexis de Tocqueville is a masterful work, the fruit of nearly a half - century of labor on «an old friend,» as Brogan calls Tocque - ville.

The War that Ended Peace can truly be termed a masterful work of scholarship, detailing the origins of the war in both outstanding breadth and depth.

There is, however, no doubt that this is a masterful work of contemporary history based on the most careful scholarship.

The play with different shades of blue and the way the blues were highlighted by the purple sneakers was a masterful work with color.

The story speeds along at a fast clip, opening with fine voice - over narration from Geoffrey Rush, who puts us in nostalgic mind of the masterful work done by Boris Karloff for Dr. Seuss» «How the Grinch Stole Christmas!»

Veteran producer Martina Niland and first - time feature director Carmel Winters» new film Snap is a masterful work of concealment and revelation that demands total engagement from beginning to end.

Travolta was never better than he is within this masterful work, and even considering Casualties of War (1989) I daresay this is De Palma's greatest work.

Phoenix shed the majority of the baggage he collected during his I'm Still Here experiment with his, well, masterful work in The Master, and he continues that stellar run in this film.

Masterful work in a film that is much better than it seems it should be.

Casey Affleck won Best Actor for his masterful work in «Manchester by the Sea» while Isabelle Huppert picked up the Best Actress prize for her bravura turn in «Elle.»

The absence of The LEGO Movie still stings, but not at the expense of Isao Takahata's masterful work in The Tale of the Princess Kaguya.

I admire a lot of the effects work in this category, and I am acutely aware of the Academy's continued neglect of the masterful work Weta has done with the Apes films over the years.

First Reformed (2018) First Reformed, a summation of Schrader's four - decade long career, combines all of the director's reigning pet interests into a masterful work about a lonely priest (Ethan Hawke, in one of the best performances of his storied career) who adopts an alienated environmentalist's martyrdom as the 250th anniversary of his small parish approaches.

It's also a masterful work by filmmaker Dee Rees and powerful performances from each and every actor.

The Mill & the Cross / Poland, Sweden (Director: Lech Majewski; Screenwriters: Michael Francis Gibson and Lech Majewski)-- A visually vibrant and masterful work that seamlessly fortifies rich painterly compositions with digital effects, bringing Peter Brugel's 1564 painting, The Way to Calvary, to real life.

There are very few cinematographers that can place us smack - dab in the center of the world they're shooting like Bigazzi and Lubezki, which is why I continue to enjoy their masterful work.

From welcoming back Richard Linklater to Seattle with his groundbreaking epic Boyhood, to honoring Laura Dern, Chiwetel Ejiofor, and Quincy Jones for their masterful work, to welcoming Caroll Spinney, the puppeteer who has brought Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch to life for years, to the hundreds of first - time directors making their debut, it's been another year of indelible cinematic experiences.

And it's been a particular privilege as well as a rocking good time getting to know Mr. Gaiman, whose generous insights and masterful work have certainly convinced me that the Lord of Dreams and the Prince of Stories are one and the same Endless pattern.

«Without the course website and Jacy's masterful work, we would not have been able to bring the case to life for the students.»

If you look at the traffic at the end, Antonio was masterful working his way through it.

Aftermarket extraordinaire, Wald International, is pulling out all the stops with the release of another styling package to go along with their masterful work on the Rolls Royce Phantom Extend Wheelbase.

Many readers will come to this novel wanting Price to walk a fine line, hoping to find either a masterful work of crime fiction that transcends the genre or a finely crafted novel shot through with a thrilling dose of crime drama.