Sentences with phrase «more shadowy»

It used to be that the curator was a much more shadowy figure.

Khan appears to suggest that our linear experience of time and place has a more shadowy relationship with memory and the subconscious, and that they can not be so easily grasped.

In the 1950s, she snaps people in theaters, in front of a movie screen, more shadowy than the fictive lives within.

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The UI has been updated on Android to be a little darker (showing more shadowy tones), but it also appears that performance has been improved with even smoother video playback.

You may want a more shadowy shot with a subdued smile.

It still sparks, as does its more shadowy, sinewy 1953 French inspiration The Wages of Fear (BFI, 12), cannily also given a smart reissue.

While war stories often do the same in the realm of action film - making, spy stories show another, more shadowy angle of the chaotic upkeep of the «war on terror».

Looking sad eyed and put upon by fools, Paul Giamatti breaths life into one of the more shadowy founders of the American republic in the popular imagination.

After these molecules arrive at the moon, it is thought they get energized by sunlight and then bounce across the lunar surface; and they get stuck, at least temporarily, in colder and more shadowy areas.

While some lobbyists can perform a useful function in bringing issues to light or making sure that interests are articulated, there is a more shadowy side to their activities.

Like Egypt, it is a large Muslim nation and home to extremist groups like Jemaah Islamiyah that is more shadowy and violent than Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood.

Not exact matches

Though when pressed, he backs away from the threatening tone of the campaign, implying the shadowy figures are more metaphorical than literal.

«One thing they got right is that they're getting away with the shadowy aspect of it, so more of it is going through formalized banking channels,» he told CNBC.

Last fall, Facebook told lawmakers it would tighten its ad policies after disclosing that more than 3,000 ads were bought by 470 fake accounts and pages run by the Internet Research Agency, a shadowy organization in St. Petersburg, Russia.

I know there are those who will accuse me of exaggeration when I say this, but, until baseball appeared, humans were a sad and benighted lot, lost in the labyrinth of matter, dimly and achingly aware of something incandescently beautiful and unattainable, something infinitely desirable shining up above in the empyrean of the ideas; but, throughout most of the history of the race, no culture was able to produce more than a shadowy sketch of whatever glorious mystery prompted those nameless longings.

In most philosophical and theological systems Being was endowed with a more dignified status of the true reality, of which the temporal realm is merely a pale, shadowy replica.

While it tickles us to think about a shadowy cabal of owners colluding in smoky conference rooms, the real truth is a lot more boring.

Shadow Treasury minister Catherine McKinnell said the government needs to show more urgency in tackling shadowy banking practices.

But one story, outside of the ETS debacle, more than any other raises questions about what this shadowy legal organisation is doing.

Sixty - eight percent said his cuts to school aid and tax cuts would convince them to oppose him, while 67 percent said the Committee to Save New York would keep them from pulling the lever for Cuomo, after the pollsters» described the group as a «shadowy» organization «that raised more than $ 17 million from Wall Street, real estate moguls and other business interests to promote his agenda of education cuts and tax breaks.»

However, he said he would advocate for the immediate disclosure of independent expenditure spending in an effort to help make more transparent shadowy entities that pump millions into campaigns.

In a dig at Mr. Donovan, who is expected to receive more support from national Republicans and political action committees, Mr. Brannan added: «We are not relying on shadowy corporate donors, super PACs or people like the Koch Brothers to get our message out to the people of New York's 11th congressional district.»

Cyberwarfare is more likely to reflect the wars fought against shadowy terrorist networks such as al - Qaeda as opposed to conflicts between uniformed national military forces.

Aside from the shadowy machinations of the characters, the detail with which Pavone paints the city of Luxembourg (he lived there himself when his wife took a job abroad) is captivating and makes the novel's nail - biting moments even more compelling:

Inspired by the blues of a crisp twilight, the plums of an Autumn sunset, and the greens of a shadowy pine forest, these hues tap into the deeper, more dramatic atmosphere that characterizes this time of year.

This shadowy company, headed by the creepy Niander Wallace (Jared Leto, Suicide Squad, 2016) wants to find this mystery child too as its secrets could unlock the potential to vastly expand replicant production and create more slave labor.

Over the course of a few short days, as Anthony watches from the shadowy background, Richard first uses nocturnal pranks to unnerve the gang, before threatening them more directly («I'm gonna fuckin» hit you all»), and then finally executing them one by one in cold blood.

However, of far more consequence here than any of these touchstones in Hoover's career is the shadowy specter of him and his life mate secretly sharing stolen moments, whether holding hands in the back of a limo, whispering sweet nothings in each other's ears, or enjoying makeup sex after a heated argument.

The prequel benefits from not having to build on the numerous mistakes of the sequel, inventing a fresh angle on the shadowy tale that allows for more melodramatic posturing, better actors, and room to spill monster blood by the bucketful.

The extortion subplot involving Ansel's manager and Lance Reddick's shadowy menace (playing a mysterious figure in the way only he can) may be a necessary evil to motivate Ansel toward taking on the family as clients, but in practice it is such a half - baked flimsy concept that it never evolves beyond plot device status, feeling more like manipulation than motivation.

That doesn't sound like much but it does include a surprisingly graphic look at the shadowy, pivotal (supposedly simulated) fellatio scene and more to a couple of Ryan / Ruffalo sex scenes.

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However, the one most worth discussing in greater depth is Daniel Brühl (Rush) as Helmut Zemo: the shadowy antagonist with a mysterious agenda in Civil War whose true motivation makes him more complex than your average Marvel movie villain.

Sorcerer casts a shadowy spell, the obligatory happy ending eschewed for something far more spurring, but also, strangely, far more edifying.

Nevertheless, Scott's elegant, shadowy atmosphere and deliberate pacing make the film a delightfully spooky experience (it's more in line with part one of the series, Michael Mann's 1986 Manhunter), though the extreme gore may be too much for some viewers.

Colours are more nuanced than they are in standard - def (if similarly prone to oversaturating), but the drop - off into black is a bit steep in shadowy areas of the image, and the 1.78:1, 1080p transfer is ultimately shackled by a certain flatness endemic to the sitcom style of DP Thomas Ackerman, late of Balls of Fury and Superhero Movie.

Believing they have left behind shadowy figures from their past, newlyweds Christian and Ana fully embrace an inextricable and unfamiliar stability, new threats could jeopardize their happy ending before it even begi... [Read More]

Giallo - like in its plot convolutions as well as its stark, shadowy visual style, this rare foray into strict horror by dark crime thriller master J. Lee Thompson is perhaps best known for its infamous shish - kebab murder scene, but the underappreciated slasher film has much more to offer, with a whole slew of show - stopping death set pieces and a stellar supporting cast, including Glenn Ford as Virginia's doctor.

If you're dedicated about finding every scrap of paper and recordable scene you'll get a more complete idea of what is going on, but most players will have more of a shadowy half - formed conception of the plot and forces at work, which is the way things should be in a proper horror experience.

The first film at least bested the latter - day Bond movies in plastic spy - movie pleasures — spiffy gadgets, goofy bad guys, over-compensating production design — and had a more or less consistent narrative, with working - class English delinquent Gary «Eggsy» Unwin (Taron Egerton) learning to become an agent of Kingsman, a shadowy «independent» intelligence agency disguised as a Savile Row tailor shop, under the tutelage of gentleman spy Harry Hart (Colin Firth).

Phyllis Nagy's straightforward screenplay contains the drama to the tight exchanges of its source material, but Haynes benefits just as much from regular director of photography Edward Lachman, who resurrects the shadowy, noir - like shadings of «Far From Heaven» while imbuing the more intimate scenes with a warm palette that enhances the romanticism in play.

That being said, the final act more - or-less abandons most of the familiar subtext the film sets up and charges forth as gory, full - fledged horror, capitalizing on a killer sound design and showcasing the shadowy, aforementioned woods in all their claustrophobic glory.

Even more effectively than in Frankenstein, Whale adapts the shadowy darkness of the silent German Expressionist classics to the early sound era, a time when most Hollywood directors had seemingly forgotten everything that had been learned about the creation of mood, atmosphere and meaning through image over the prior 20 years in the struggle to capture the novelty of actors actually talking (By 1932, this phase of film was thankfully on it's way out, thanks to Whale, Howard Hawks (Scarface) and Busby Berkeley).

The dark corridors and shadowy streets of post-WWII Vienna were never more ominous than in this film, which stars Joseph Cotten and a scene - stealing, iconically evil Orson Welles.

As they explore the underbelly of the shadowy areas in their borough, reality turns out to be more terrifying than the legend.

It would be about the slow convergence of many forces at work in our education system, including the shadowy world of deep pocketed oligarchs who leverage astonishing sums of money into even more astonishing influence regardless of the people's will.

Another Cat's Table denizen, the shadowy Miss Lasqueti, is perhaps more than what she seems.

As Jane, determined to protect her mistress, digs deep into the shadowy corners of the most illustrious homes, she finds a mystery much more sinister than she imagined.

Citing those ever - shadowy unnamed industry sources, Digitimes says the new Nook would incorporate more tablet - like functionality, including e-mail, music, games, and other apps.