Sentences with phrase «odd corner»

Why do builders come up with those ridiculous odd corner fireplaces?

Effectively shot by McQueen's longtime cinematographer Sean Bobbitt on several real Louisiana plantations, «12 Years» explores a number of odd corners of the slavery situation, like the slave Mistress Shaw (Alfre Woodard) who is married to the plantation owner and serves an elaborate tea on Sunday mornings.

But as the farmer goes about the task of raising wheat, he finds the most beautiful of flowers springing up in odd corners; he notices for the first time a grove of stately trees.

Few things in cinema have been as reliably funny as watching Christopher Guest assemble his de facto repertory company and bring to life the misfits and malcontents who make up some small, odd corner of the universe.

Displayed in casually elegant arrays, in odd corners and on the stairs, Tillmans» images take us from total photographic abstraction to a tiny black - and - white image of bare trees, from a colourful closeup of a car's headlight to a portrait of an onion.

He takes his listeners through an odd corner of 1 Samuel 4 in which the Israelites respond to defeat at the hands of the Philistines by fetching the Ark to ensure victory — after which they are defeated again, with far worse casualties.

These were some of the questions I explored when researching The Psychopath Test, my new book about the odder corners of the «madness industry».

In this space, a Fiddle Leaf fig is the perfect addition to a niche, which created an odd corner spot behind the front door.

One of your best, go - to choices for an odd corner is always a big, leafy plant.

It almost seemed to know its own way around the 70 - odd corners, and the damping in particular felt quite perfect.

Meeting in a succession of odd corners, the group was eventually relegated to the stacks where old card catalogs were stored.

The game's four factions, Skaven, High Elves, Dark Elves and Lizardmen are all meaningfully different from one another, delving deeper into the odd corners of old Warhammer fantasy lore.

Meanwhile Zürcher once again recasts its Nolita gallery as Salon Zürcher, with guests from France, the Netherlands, and an odd corner of East Williamsburg.

In an odd corner of my kitchen, I used to have a coffee / tea / hot cocoa station there with a decent sized chalk board.

Also, loving the reading nook in the odd corner.