Sentences with phrase «of poignant reflection»

The joy on the young players» faces was balanced by moments of poignant reflection.

Even if the plotting of the relationships never quite deviates from the cliché, the actors still sell their characters and situations, whether it be for laughs or a moment of poignant reflection, and the end result is a movie that delivers just enough choice, novel situations and funny moments to get a solid recommendation.

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It's a fun reflection of the aspects of my life that have been especially poignant and noteworthy lately.

During our pre-wedding practice, Rebecca shared some of her own thoughts and perspectives on my imminent marriage, and I was extremely moved by her poignant reflections.

Weaving together a wealth of archival footage from the most glamorous moments in fashion history with André's poignant reflections on his life and career, The Gospel According to André is a cinematic monument to one of the most unique figures of 20th Century American culture.

By building upon universal human experiences, Team Gotham have created a poignant game which distills romance without being sappy, compassion without ulterior motive and self - reflection without the fear of others» expectations.

The film, which features the extraordinary cast of Hoffman, Emma Thompson, Ben Stiller, Elizabeth Marvel, and Adam Sandler (exercising welcomed restraint, i.e., more «Punch Drunk Love» than «You Don't Mess with the Zohan») is a poignant, funny reflection on the stories that get told (over and over and over again) and how they sculpt who we are.

Their story unexpectedly changes from lighthearted fun to poignant reflection and does so to great effect, never wasting a second of its 16 - minute runtime.

And for any adult who's suffered the detours and disappointments of life, the film offers a poignant reflection on reality.

Based on the lives of Siamese twins Chang and Eng Bunker, this poignant first novel presents wistful reflections on loyalty, liberation, and love.

Interestingly, Lawson slaps the reader upside the head from time to time with touching and poignant self - reflection and confession, especially her soul - ripped - open portrayals of her struggles with anxiety disorder and a rare form of rheumatoid arthritis.

This vision of isolation receives its apotheosis in A Bar at the Folies - Bergère [6], perhaps the most poignant image of alienation ever painted, a deadly serious spoof of Watteau's Gilles in completely modern «naturalist» terms, the anonymous yet concrete figure trapped between the world of tangible things and that of impalpable reflections, existing only as a way station between life and art.

In a poignant reflection on a well - documented abusive childhood at the hands of his stepfather, Perry's ceramic work Mad Kid's Bedroom Wall Pot (1996) states, «I was a mad kid and now I ain't.

Hypnotic and mesmerizing, the film offers a poignant reflection on the aesthetics of authority during an era of political upheaval and uncertainty ---- from the impact of Brexit to the unknown outcome of the current French elections.

Shown alongside five new large - scale collage works on paper that use gold leaf, cuttings from the Financial Times, batik fabric flowers and luxury magazine covers, Shonibare's reflection on the Hong Kong economy and its desire for luxury goods is a poignant reminder of the cycle of contradictions surrounding wealth and power, poverty and danger; dare to dream rich and you may lose your head, fail to dream rich and risk dying of poverty.

Poignant reflections on loss, the complexities of motherhood, female stereotypes or marriage, encounters with violence and renewal, as well as explorations of sexuality and eroticism — are all explored with either poignant candor or insightfuPoignant reflections on loss, the complexities of motherhood, female stereotypes or marriage, encounters with violence and renewal, as well as explorations of sexuality and eroticism — are all explored with either poignant candor or insightfupoignant candor or insightful humor.

Her new work begins with the raw energy of long haphazard black slashes of paint, reflections of gold leaf, foreboding faces with gnarled and jagged teeth smiling through chards of broken mirror... A three - month residency in Chashama's Harlem studio has set the artist on a cataclysmic outpour of large politically poignant pieces.

The show's equal emphasis on verticality and upwardness is more than poignant by contrast, converting the difficult space of MOCA GA's main gallery into a resonant, cathedral - like nave, dedicated to reflection and imagined transformation.

Through a series of metaphors, this film depicts some of the harsh realities in the Chinese art world in the 1990s, and remains poignant in the context of this exhibition for its reflection on the restriction that continues to challenge the exhibitions generation of young artists.

The exhibition is based around the concept of the self portrait; the definition of self in a city; love; identity; time; performance; spiritual reflection; migration — for which the inaugural exhibition is naturally a poignant time.