Sentences with phrase «modern fable»

A "modern fable" is a story or tale that teaches a moral lesson or imparts wisdom in a contemporary setting or with modern characters. It combines elements of fiction with lessons or truths that are applicable to our current society or issues. Full definition
It's like some lovely modern fable — a warm embrace of a film, full of compassion, pain, and hope.
In this absurdist, black - comic modern fable, which Yorgos dreamed up with cowriter Efthymis Filippou, Ariane does a star turn in a supporting role as the chambermaid in a hotel where people arrested for being single are taken and given forty - five days to find a mate from among the other «guests.»
A Monster Calls (Dec. 23): Liam Neeson is the monster in this special - effects - laden modern fable, about a bullied boy who can summon a monster to help fight his battles.
Guillermo del Toro has returned with another deliciously visual modern fable, The Shape of Water.
This new modern fable — which, at 192 pages, is more of a novella — tells the story of a man who returns to his native English village and suddenly realizes the cost of the horrible evil he fought as a child, with the help of Lettie Hempstock and her extraordinary mother and grandmother.
Pay It Forward is a delightfully uplifting, moving, and inspiring modern fable that has the power to change the world as we know it — which would be a wonderful phenomenon indeed.
This is like some lovely modern fable — a warm embrace of a film, full of compassion, pain, and hope.
The Leader Who Had No Title: A Modern Fable on Real Success in Business and in Life (Free Press) Robin Sharma
Link's biggest adventure turns a blind eye to some technical insecurities but bets everything on an inimitable style, a perfect mix between fantasy and fantastic, perfect incarnation of a thin and modern fable.
«Collateral Beauty» Blu - ray contains the following special features: · A Modern Fable: Discovering Collateral Beauty
«Collateral Beauty» Standard Definition DVD contains the following special features: · A Modern Fable: Discovering Collateral Beauty
Purists might argue that Marker's time - traveling - thug concept has suffered from creative de-evolution, but credit the makers of the SyFy series — Terry Matalas and Travis Fickett («Terra Nova»)-- with finding their own way through this modern fable.
When white - trash dreamer Hilary Swank wanders into wise old trainer Clint Eastwood's backstreet gym, another Rocky fairytale looms, yet this modern fable takes us into darker territory — the perilous lure of success and the impassable road to redemption.
Of course, this heartwarming, modern fable is ultimately resolved in a manner designed to deliver a shamelessly - sentimental lesson about the value of true friendship, loyalty and cooperation.
While folding a story of redemption into a modern fable, Terry Gilliam re-created New York in his own image.
In addition, the entire staff will be reading and discussing Camel - Makers: Building Effective Teacher Teams Together (A Modern Fable for Educators) by Daniel L. Kain.
It is also heartbreaking, slightly surreal, a modern fable
«A former Adventure Time artist creates lush landscapes for a modern fable about a pack of forest animals who inadvertently destroy a cherished gold leaf.
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