Sentences with phrase «on magical realism»

I realize contemporary writers like Karen Russell and Haruki Murakami have put their own spin on the magical realism form, but I'm still concerned that because my writing has a more cultural, historical - flashback, language - oriented feel to it, it might not be well received by readers looking for something more current to read.

Also, the synopsis gives the film a satiric feel to it, boarding on magical realism.

Not exact matches

(I suppose that that tingly feeling of being SPECIAL and of having the fantasy that my prayers somehow are a bit of magical power and control about what's going on is missing, but realism is what it is)

Writerly insights on far - flung fiction (and some cool science - y facts) from fairy tales and myths to dystopian fantasy and magical realism.

Critics Consensus: Though it leans rather heavily on its central metaphor, The Tree is a moving and ultimately hopeful meditation on grief with shades of magical realism.

Punch - Drunk Love enthrals for its craftsmanship and its conviction, for its fabulous instinct for magical realism (a harmonium appearing in the middle of a road, a telephone booth light coming on at the moment of joyous connection), and for a pair of performances that almost speak more for Anderson's talent for casting than the actors themselves.

The relationship eventually sours, and it's from there that Lanthimos, known for bitter strains of magical realism, finds footing for an ice - cold rumination on regret and responsibility.

In the hands of Holmer, who dabbles with on - the - table issues — «the fits» refers to an epileptic epidemic plaguing the dancers, theorized as a symptom of the rec center's water — and magical realism to turn a simple story into an electrifying metaphor for growing up female.

The incongruous image of a piano on a beach sets the theme for the film - melancholy, and tinged with magical realism.

The filmmaker really broke out internationally with «Heavenly Creatures,» his poetic tale of magical realism that centered on the dangerous romance between two (ultimately) murderous teen girls played by a young Kate Winslet and a young Melanie Lynskey.

Vogt and Trier also inject a bit of additional unnecessary magical realism on Conrad's part, sequences brought on randomly and not quite cohesive with the film's sobering take on guilt and the necessity of communication.

A little girl is accused of witchcraft after a minor accident, a situation that takes on shades of magical realism along with social commentary.

The film is more ambitious — adding elements of magical realism to his cinema of emotional verité — and having a trusted group of actors on board was surely a help to the young director.

New Zealand director Niki Caro debuted on the world cinema stage with the remarkable Whale Rider (2002), a film with comparable understanding of its female protagonist and a similar flirtation with magical realism.

Yet in MICROBE AND GASOLINE, his semi-autobiographical film, he has kept his gift for magical realism in check, focusing instead on the magic of friendship at a... Read More»

Now add the promise of some magical realism and illuminating, emotional prose and this one just got bumped up on my to - read list.

More recently, I also enjoyed Kafka on the Shore, by the Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami, a master of magical realism.

Cortney is happy to take pitches on behalf of her co-agents at Corvisiero Agency in the following fiction genres: contemporary romance, thriller, adventure, urban fantasy, middle grade (all kinds), erotica, LGBTQ, young adult (all kinds), romantic suspense, new adult, historical fiction, and magical realism.

Her fiction centers on interesting female characters, especially in Urban Magical Realism with a Southern Slipstream flavor.

Anchored by a unique blend of existential contemplation and magical realism, the novel follows Tsukuru on his lonely journey to confront his four high school friends and solve the mystery of the friendship's abrupt end.

As fans of fantasy, science fiction, horror, apocalyptic fiction, and magical realism, we have the taste and the technology to bring you the best deals on quality speculative fiction.

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«A Ragman's Vow» — On Spec # 73 Summer, 2008 Read: Print Web Anthology Builder Kindle / iPhone / iPod Smashwords Nook Apple iTunes Kobo Sony Reader «A Ragman's Vow» by Brent Knowles is a wonderful tale of magical realism, and the best tale in this installment of On Spec.

I'm concerned, however, that my style (lyrical language) and preferred literary sub-genre (magical realism) is not «on trend» these days.

What Remains of Edith Finch (PC / Mac, Xbox One, PS4) Low on interactivity but crammed with intelligence and humour, this strange work of interactive magical realism casts the player as one of the Finches, «America's most unfortunate family».

Continuing our year long focus on Black Speculative Art, the Creative Currents Artist Collaborative Summer Artist Residency allows literary, visual, performance, dance and music artists 2 weeks in conversation with their creative muse and each other as we explore the Black Speculative Arts amongst the backdrop of historic Portobelo, Panama - a place full of the magical realism that is our shared Afro - Diasporic history.

Their work spans an extraordinary range of styles and techniques, from abstraction to figuration, minimalism to magical realism, and straight oil - on - canvas to mixed - media and installation based painting.

His compositions are marked by a sense of magical realism, which he uses to capture timeless moments and mysterious utopias on canvas.

Susan Hall walks boldly on the magical side of realism.

For his booth in the fair's Survey sector, focusing on art made before 2000, the gallerist will recreate the studio of the late Brazilian artist Wesley Duke Lee, who is known for forging the Magical Realism movement in São Paulo and staging one of Brazil's first happenings in the 1970s.

, Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA 14th Annual Inliquid Benefit Auction, Gallery Joe Booth, Icebox Project Space, Crane Arts, Philadelphia, PA 2013 In Front of Strangers, I Sing: 72nd Annual Juried Exhibition, Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA 2012 Transformations, Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral, Philadelphia, PA All About Etchings, Chris Neptune Gallery, Washington, DC 2011 Something French, Art Gallery at City Hall, Philadelphia, PA Exhibition of Select Prints, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA 2010 Prints by Gallery Artists, Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA Selections from C.R. Ettinger Studio, 2000 - 2010, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA 2009 50 very small drawings, Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA 2008 The Figure Today, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, New York, NY The Figure Today, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA Fantastical Imaginings, Delaware Center for Contemporary Art, Wilmington, DE Group Show, Loyola University, Baltimore, MD 2007 Magical Realism, Abington Art Center, Jenkintown, PA 2006 Art on Paper 2006, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC 2005 Telling Stories: The Narrative in Contemporary Art, Pennsylvania College of Art and Design, Lancaster, PA Collaboration As a Medium, Edison Gallery, Washington, DC (traveling Art Place, Baltimore MD and more sites) 2004 Figure Out: Drawing as Narrative, Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA 2002 25th Anniversary Exhibition, The Drawing Center, New York, NY 2001 Ten Contemporary Artists, 5 x 2, Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA 2000 Drawing With Color, Mangel Gallery, Philadelphia, PA When Reason Dreams: Drawings Inspired By the Visionary, the Fantastic, and the Unreal, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA Body Dismorphia, Hicks Art Center, Bucks County Community College, Newtown, PA curated by Jeanne Jaffe Allentown Art Museum, 27th Annual Juried Exhibition, Allentown, PA (Juror: Judith Tannenbaum, Curator, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI) 1999 Biographies: Philadelphia Narratives, Institute of Contemporary Art, Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (catalog) Biographies: Philadelphia Narratives, Freedman Gallery, Albright College, Reading, PA (Nov. - Dec.)

In this way, Hamilton's work draws from the literary modes of magical realism, southern gothic, and the carnivalesque in order to meditate on disruption and magic in the seemingly mundane routines and rituals of rural life.

Even just listening to electronic music on SoundCloud, or watching Bob Ross paint some magical sunset on YouTube, I get a ton of realism and authenticity to the sound.