Sentences with phrase «of cultural commentary»

In spite of the cultural commentary, the work is not particularly moralistic.

Or maybe it should be put the other way round: Stubbs's imagery seems constantly on the verge of converging into some form of cultural commentary, but the fundamental abstractness and even irrationality of his overlapping poured shapes seems calculated to prevent that — to insist on the painting as an agreement to disagree between wayward materials and stubborn intentionality.

Although his imagery seems to allude to some form of cultural commentary, the relation between abstraction as an irrational process on the one hand and the manifestation of the overlapping poured shapes on the other asserts a calculated agreement to disagree with the language of painting and its representation.

The Atlantic offers a feature while The New Yorker and Wired offer a mix of cultural commentary and review.

In the tradition of Jonathan Lethem's They Live monograph and the 33 1/3 series of longform album reviews, Miracle Mile offers a mix of cultural commentary, film criticism, and memoir as Walter dissects Miracle Mile's therapeutic function in his life following a traumatic event in the summer of 1989.

For the US has witnessed an impressive range of cultural commentaries on the epidemic, exploring the conflicts and evasions that determine so much social policy, from safer sex campaigns to television soap operas.

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With hard - hitting commentary, the latest on the cultural and social scene in Arts & Life, more than just the scores with entertaining Post Sports coverage, and the best business reporting in Canada within the pages of Financial Post, it is Canada's Business Voice.

First Things continues to bring its readers each month the most insightful and lively information and commentary on religion, books, politics, science, cultural trends, and the great moral questions of our time.

Discovering Biblical Equality: Complemenatrity Without Hierarchy, edited by Ronald W. Pierce and Rebecca Merrill Groothuis; Colossians Remixed: Subverting the Empire by Brian J. Walsh and Sylvia C. Keesmaat; The Womens» Bible Commentary, Expanded Edition, edited by Carol A. Newsom and Sharon H. Ring; The Cultural Context of Ephesians 5:18 - 6:9 by Gordon D. Fee

Political and cultural commentary is probably best left to people with a better understanding than I, but I think it is obvious that the world is in a state of upheaval.

The book brings together a stunning array of past and present social commentary and data, making it an invaluable resource for putting «cultural revolution (s)» in context.

I had done my best to uncover as much of the cultural background material as I could for my commentary, and I wanted to see if I had missed anything.

Little do they know that the writer of this post has degrees in Bible and theology, knows Greek and Hebrew, and has written an entire commentary on 1 Corinthians, looking at the historical, cultural, and grammatical contexts.

One difference is that today's commentaries hold very little knowledge of Torah culture and even the Jewish dialogue going on in the New Testament and although they have a lot of knowledge, it is diluted by a full cultural engagement which leaves a lot out with a very gentile understanding of Scripture.

Niebuhr's account of sin and his understanding of theology as cultural commentary provided a compelling «sociology» for a theology done in a new idiom.

The first key argument of this commentary, therefore, after the legal, cultural and socio - political, context described above, is that corrupt campaign finance is a big problem in Nigerian politics, and that money poses the biggest threat to our democracy.

Complete with cultural commentary, practical preparation guidance (including recipes), and a demonstration for just - right sauerkraut — and featuring an extended interview with Katz — this video is perfect for food - lovers of any kind.

Though it hides under the guise of global commentary, the picture is best approached as a rocket sled experience, diligently pulling together mayhem while tiptoeing around sensitive cultural issues.

If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, David Cronenberg should be feeling pretty chuffed with son Brandon's big - screen debut, a petri dish of high - concept perversity and cultural commentary teeming with lo - fi ickiness.

Set at the intersection of post-Vietnam paranoia and the myopic introspection that became hippiedom's most lasting cultural contribution, the Philip Kaufman - directed Invasion alternates social commentary with impeccably crafted scares.

Hill's work on Observe & Report, The Foot Fist Way, and his cultural breakthrough, HBO «s Eastbound & Down, contains more glass - darkly social commentary and life - lived expression than the work of any hotshot young novelist in recent memory.

It's a classic high - concept sketch that's stuffed with good jokes and a layer of commentary on our cultural obsession with Trump over everything.

The pairing of act and music isn't so much farce as inane fodder for ensuring The House's removal from anything resembling genuine social commentary, but it also indulges the laziest form of cultural fantasy, where the awkward, middle - aged white couple is allowed to engage in cultural appropriation for a spell before returning to their dull middle - class lives, and all without consequence.

Extras: New audio commentary featuring jazz and film critic Gary Giddins, music and cultural critic Gene Seymour, and musician and bandleader Vince Giordano; new introduction by Giddins; new interview with musician and pianist Michael Feinstein; four new video essays by authors and archivists James Layton and David Pierce on the development and making of «King of Jazz»; deleted scenes and alternate opening - title sequence; «All Americans,» a 1929 short film featuring a version of the «Melting Pot» number that was restaged for the finale of «King of Jazz»; «I Know Everybody and Everybody's Racket,» a 1933 short film featuring Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra; two Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoons from 1930, featuring music and animation from «King of Jazz.»

There is also a moment of fantastic cultural commentary in the season two premiere.

A grisly critique of representations of violence, the original version shot a hole right through the fourth wall, but Haneke's echo — which re-uses the same locations and stresses its own pointlessness at every turn — transforms his cultural commentary into an endless hall of mirrors, completing the project by repeating it.

This definitive release recycles Altman's excellent DVD commentary and adds enticing new features, such as a rare - for - Criterion retrospective documentary where the likes of actors Rene Auberjonois and Keith Carradine reflect on the film's production and its cultural moment.

It's one of the all - time great feel good films, but its sly cultural commentary is what makes it the masterpiece that it is.

In particular, the slight cultural commentaries of «Screwed» can't save it from feeling like little more than a knockoff Madonna song circa the mid-1980s (both musically and subject-wise).

Its political commentary can be occasionally simplistic, but also offers important messages around cultural tolerance, and the strong performances of the film's leads paper over any cracks in the film, bringing Mullin's gentle romantic comedy to life.

DVD Extras: Cultural critic commentary, «Theo & Julian» featurette, «Futuristic Design» featurette, «Visual Effects: Creating The Baby» featurette, «The Possibility Of Hope» talking heads commentary directed by Alfonso Cuaron, deleted scenes.

«Billions continues to be a show on the rise, growing not only in audience, but in critical buzz and cultural relevance,» the premium cabler's David Nevins said of the Damian Lewis, Paul Giamatti, Maggie Siff and Malin Akerman led show «It offers a unique mix of pure entertainment with sly commentary on our current have / have - not economy.

But the gags are predominantly broad and the cynically - minded commentary, which touches on everything from cultural capitalism and art world smuggery to the current political climate and the fickleness of success, doesn't run very deep.

(In French, German and English) Lagerfeld Confidential (Unrated) Uncritical portrait of cultural icon Karl Lagerfeld features commentaries by Nicole Kidman and Princess Caroline of Monaco about the pony - tailed fashion designer.

He also publishes The Texas Pilgrim (www.texaspilgrim.com), a monthly letter of commentary on cultural and public policy issues.

[16] It is a complete reprint of the strip, including side notes about cultural and political references made in the strip, «Headlines» breaks to identify the top stories of the day, and commentary from Breathed.

Shadowshapers are a disappearing community in which Sierra has a powerful role, and Older's depiction of it weaves in commentary on gentrification, cultural appropriation, the shifting social mores of immigrants, and more.

This collection of Moore's nonfiction writing covers the last three decades of her reviews, cultural commentary and more.

Published by New American Press, MAYDAY Magazine presents new poetry, prose, translations, political / cultural commentary, and visual art to a growing international community of readers.

So, on top of delicious food tastings, you'll also enjoy a hearty helping of neighborhood commentary including historical, architectural and cultural information about the neighborhood you are visiting.

The New Republican style School Hall (1912) forms part of the museum which is a cultural, historical and architectural commentary on the heritage of Oudtshoorn.

Curated by Fairfax Dorn, Comic Future features paintings, drawings and sculpture by artists who combine abstraction, formalism and narrative with political satire as well as cultural and biographical commentary to explore both comedic and apocalyptic visions of the future.

While incorporating similar themes, her Pop Art has less in common with the ideals and politics of Judy Chicago or Miriam Schapiro, and is not necessarily related to the more blatant cultural commentaries of Warhol or Lichtenstein.

Darren's studio practice consists of text - based observations, and arrangements of common objects, as cultural commentary.

In addition, the book employs sidebars to provide brief and incisive accounts of and commentaries on important contemporary political, economic and cultural events, and on exhibitions, biennales, workshops, artist groups and more.

Her intertwining of classical genres with cutting edge technologies, such as the combination of live drawing with video environments, offer both lyrical readings and cultural commentary on today's world.

In these exhibits, some of the artists creatively transform everyday objects as part of their social, political, and cultural commentary: the materials are part of the message.

In a profile for The New Yorker, John Brooks noted that Gutman was «probably the only writer of a broker's stock - market letter whose readers count on him not only for financial advice but also for cultural commentary, psychological insights, and even spiritual guidance.»

With commentary from historian David Driskell, cultural critic Greg Tate, and art historian Joanne Cubbs, this volume brings long - overdue recognition to Dial's remarkable career and offers audiences an unprecedented look into the creative world of this important artist.

Bradford employs the «tools of civilization» — billboards, merchant posters, newsprint, comics, magazines, and endpapers — to conflate cultural and political forces, and create layers of social commentary in paintings that evoke deep feeling.