Sentences with phrase «on macabre»

This can be seen in the sinister skeletons of Jackson Pollock's series Untitled Panels A — D (1934 — 38), the architecture depicted by Mark Rothko in Interior (1936), and the Philip Guston work The Porch (1946 — 47), where the human figure seems to be threatened and takes on a macabre tone clearly influenced by the Holocaust.

-- 10.05.2015 5th floor, Gallery of Contemporary Art The exhibition focuses on macabre topics and their relations to the world of beauty and glamour in the art and visual culture in the 1990s.

That was largely due to being an angsty metalhead at the time, with the game using a rock soundtrack and focusing on a macabre world.

A few minigames break up the tension between fights, be it building up steam to bust some boards by tapping the triggers or keeping your eyes fixed on a macabre shell game.

In Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, we've seen the Sabotage, Continuum, and Absolution DLC Packs, which have each added a brand - new zombies adventure based on the macabre world of twisted horror director Willard Wyler, along with 12 additional maps for multiplayer.

Working with a suitably drab desaturated Super-16 palette, first - time director Fabrice Du Welz draws heavily on the macabre domestic slapstick of Tobe Hooper's Texas Chainsaw Massacre and the rural paranoia of Straw Dogs and Deliverance for this unsettling male - anxiety fantasy, striking the right balance between grim sadism and grotesque comedy.

The film is worth watching alone for Tracy Letts» performance as an awful LA dad, and for Ellen Burstyn, who brings levity and dark humour to a climactic sequence that borders on the macabre.

Out of the three episodes based on the macabre tales by Edgar Allan Poe, the third — the only modern - day one, directed by Federico Fellini — is far and away the best.

Apparently I have a wicked sense of humour, definitely bordering on the macabre side.

It's classic but combined with a bit of otherwordly mystique, which makes it the perfect fodder for finding captivating baby names that touch on the macabre and are infused with magic and passion.

Not exact matches

Without committing spoilers, I'll say only that the repose Ustin - turned - Laurus eventually enjoys is unlikely to soothe readers with any sugary piety; the novel ends on a lurid note, as beautiful as it is macabre.

The danse macabre in the Middle East, the Israel - Palestinian conflict, the torrent of diabolic weapons showered by the U. S. for the use of Afghan rebels who first hung noble President Najibullah on a street pole and then indulged in mutual massacre flooding with blood the snow - white mountains (the sombre slaughter, even amidst natural calamities, is still unabated) and other holocausts baffle description.

On Fire Island it is more than unattractive, it's macabre, sinister, irritating, and somehow tragic.

At a time when America was gripped with fear of violent crime, this macabre event established Clinton's tough - on - crime bona fides — and diverted talk from a nascent sex scandal.

[133] While Osborne has used macabre imagery about Theresa May in the past, he did not directly comment on the incident, although he was criticised for the alleged remark.

«Any deaths of these kids during this period is on the governor, and that's totally macabre and awful, and also true.

The faction stated, «The most absurd of this charade is the macabre dance on the so called $ 43,449,947, # 27,800 and N23, 218,000, purportedly recovered at an apartment in Osborne Road, Ikoyi, Lagos.

Spontaneous human combustion is a macabre phenomenon people either dismiss as a myth or blame on alcoholism.

One day, while approaching New York's Tappan Zee Bridge on his way to Giants Stadium, Carson's mind took a macabre turn.

Records kept by the Romans describe the macabre rituals practised by the Germanic peoples on the bodies of their vanquished enemies, but this is the first time that traces of an ancient holy site have been unearthed.

Scientific research provides abundant evidence that a poor prenatal diet, followed by a steady childhood diet of low - nutrient food spawns a whole host of physical defects and diseases, including early - onset osteoporosis, diabetes, coronary occlusion, obesity, acne, dental irregularities and, most important, acute distortions in brain chemistry — bizarre distortions with macabre perceptions that could easily trigger the tragic shootings on our school campuses.

There are many crazed, macabre, and brilliant ideas going on in his vivid imagination.

You'll be a lot happier too, especially if you appreciate Burton's macabre Zen of humor (watch out for that Joker handshake), the superb visual effects of Derek Meddings and John Evans, the Gothic - futuristic sets of Anton Furst and Gothic - rhapsodic score by Danny Elfman — with perky Prince songs on the side.

A thoughtful, emotive, occasionally macabre comedy - drama about such issues as life, death, knowing when to hold on and knowing when to let go.

Written by Gosling, the story centers on Billy, a single mother of two, who is swept into a macabre and dark fantasy underworld while her teenage son discovers a secret road leading to an underwater town.

Unfortunately, this macabre movie is marked by a fatal flaw, specifically, the fact that it's based on more unsubstantiated urban legends than authentic Darwin Awards cases.

I've been enjoying a lot of the Trailblazing Women programming myself but since we're in the middle of Schocktober, I thought I'd set aside some time to highlight some of my favorite horror films and thrillers directed by women who have left their macabre mark on a genre that many mistakenly assume is not very female friendly.

Though it terrified me as an eight - year - old when I first went on it, as an adult it's a wonderful mix of silliness and the macabre.

Tusk is a unique experience, a macabre experimental lark from Kevin Smith, but it also seems to be the first in a new direction for a man who made his millions on stoner comedies.

And upon landing, they're greeted by a pal with a macabre skull - and - crossbones emblazoned on his hard hat.

THE WEEKEND GUIDE: On NBC's too good to miss (and deliciously creepy to boot) Hannibal (Friday, 10 / 9c), forensic whiz Beverly Katz (Hettienne Park) continues to defy orders, surreptitiously consulting with Will Graham (Hugh Dancy) on the «mural killer» case, as Will keeps pleading for someone to believe his theory of Hannibal's culpability in all the macabre mayhem that surrounds theOn NBC's too good to miss (and deliciously creepy to boot) Hannibal (Friday, 10 / 9c), forensic whiz Beverly Katz (Hettienne Park) continues to defy orders, surreptitiously consulting with Will Graham (Hugh Dancy) on the «mural killer» case, as Will keeps pleading for someone to believe his theory of Hannibal's culpability in all the macabre mayhem that surrounds theon the «mural killer» case, as Will keeps pleading for someone to believe his theory of Hannibal's culpability in all the macabre mayhem that surrounds them.

Given that this film starts right away on a note that combines the macabre with the impish, in a scene where Ed Gein — the inspiration for Norman Bates — kills his brother while Hitchcock (who was not present at the actual crime scene) looks on, it is clear that the filmmaker is out to give us a good ride rather than to actually probe the depths of the great director's psyche.

This movie begins on an emphatically macabre note: a poor soul steps in front of a speeding train in Tokyo's busy and fraught public transport system.

Unfortunately the Phoenix family didn't give their blessing, possibly looking at the project as a macabre cash - in on the upcoming 20th Anniversary of his death.

The opening lines of Stephen Sondheim «Äôs macabre musical may be missing, but our introduction to the gruesome, grimy streets of London still retains a distinctive visual flair; saturated in soot and scum, Tim Burton's take on the Demon Barber of Fleet Street borders on graphic novel, oozing with oil - black humour.

Don't Starve: Giant Edition — Klei Entertainment's macabre humor - laden survival sim bundled with its Reign of Giants expansion — will launch for PlayStation Vita on Sept. 2, the developer announced today in a post on the PlayStation Blog.

«The first 10 minutes of the season, this season, takes place in a very eerie macabre way on election night and there's something terrible that happens in the lives of our characters on election night as they're watching it all go down.

From the macabre mind of Rob Zombie (House of 1000 Corpses, The Lords of Salem, The Devil's Rejects), comes his newest nightmare, 31 (read our review), arriving on Blu - ray and DVD December 20 from Lionsgate.

Having turned in a couple of ill - received films delving into the matters of political intrigue, Alfred Hitchcock went back to Britain and, practically at the very end of his career, made another great film on the trail of the works that had given him the title of the master of suspense and the macabre.

The Gallows DVD Review by Kam Williams Horror Flick Features 2nd Generation of Grisly Goings - on at Haunted High School Back in 1993, a student accidentally died onstage during the opening night performance of «The Gallows,» a macabre play being staged at Beatrice High.

Dark Shadows has the unmistakable look of a Depp / Burton film with its macabre atmosphere and emphasis on production design.

Perusing Mill Creek Entertainment's upcoming release for Vincent Price: 5 Frightening Features brought on two personal revelations: the first being that, without a shadow of a doubt, the distributor's collection represents two of the very best Mr. Price's brilliant catalog of macabre treats as well as a handful of other fun cinematic treats for the Halloween season.

Unfortunately, all is not on the level, and a big surprise lays in wait in House of Sleeping Beauties, a macabre mystery based on the Japanese language novella by Yasunari Kawabata.

(Das Haus der Schlafenden Schonen) DVD Review by Kam Williams Headline: Lonely Widower Turns to Hookers in Macabre Drama on DVD Edmond (Vadim Glowna) has been down in the dumps since the day his wife and daughter died in a car accident which he suspects might have been a suicide.

(2015) dir Matteo Garrone w / Salma Hayek, Vincent Cassel, Toby Jones, John C. Reilly, Shirley Henderson [133 min; DCP] Based on three spellbinding stories of magic and the macabre by 17th - century folklorist Giambattista Basile, TALE OF TALES unleashes a barrage of mind - bogglingly gorgeous and fantastical imagery as it brings to life the (mis) adventures of three kings: in the kingdom of Darkwood, the King (Reilly) and his Queen (Hayek) attempt to conceive a child through very unusual means; meanwhile, in Highhills, the none - too - bright monarch (Jones) marries off his daughter to a brutal ogre while developing a strange obsession with breeding a giant flea; and, the sex - obsessed crown of Strongcliff (Cassel) is in for a shock when the woman he falls in love with is not quite what she seems.

On the surface, his reaction to the news seems one of macabre joy.

Self - reflexive and dosed with macabre humor, this offbeat exercise in just - around - the - corner horror grounds the largely exhausted found - footage approach in classical storytelling and visual values, resulting in a refreshing (and memorably strange) genre piece, premised almost entirely on a child's willingness to accept grown - up weirdness as long as it ensures stability.

Based on the slightly macabre children's books, Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events actually combines the first three of them into one movie (which is what Steven Spielberg wanted to do with Harry Potter, but it didn't go down too well with JK Rowling).

Shin Megami Tensei is a polarizing franchise that attracts as many new fans as it repels, with bizarre tales and often macabre setpieces that go all - in on anime aesthetics.

Blending the macabre with a wicked sense of humor, director John Landis (National Lampoon's Animal House) delivers a contemporary take on the classic werewolf tale in this story of two American tourists who, while traveling in London, find their lives changed forever when a vicious wolf attacks them during a full moon.