A self - confessed
outsider whose «parents didn't know anything about art,» Otero readily admits to catching the art bug late, after a friend showed him reproductions of Abstract Expressionist paintings in a textbook — dog - eared images of Pollocks, Rothkos, and de Koonings.
Other plot threads focused on a man slowly replacing his body with machine parts as a means of suicide, his companion, a sweet little girl who happened to be a robot, a wealthy warrior forever trapped in the body of a child, and a magical
outsider whose mystery was trumped only by his power.
But as a true
outsider whose heart is vulnerable.
A classic American revenge story, Blue Ruin follows a mysterious
outsider whose quiet life is turned upside down when he returns to his childhood home to carry out an act of vengeance.
A reserved
outsider whose childhood is marked by battling parents and (eventually) an absentee dad, Cathleen finds comfort and peace in Catholicism as a teenager; she tells her worldly, skeptical mother, Nora (Julianne Nicholson), that she's fallen in love with Jesus.
In a sport of princesses, Tonya Harding was the perpetual toad: a trashy, too - brash
outsider whose mind - blowing axels and sheer athleticism could never quite make up for the fact that she didn't fit the demure, spangled mold of an ideal figure skater.
It's a posture, and it's soon clear that Harry, our primary and (as played by Hackman) most sympathetic surrogate, is
an outsider whose physical and intellectual gifts are entirely worthless when it comes to penetrating the calcified arteries of a society's diseased heart.
Instead, it's a deliciously amusing and sometimes surprisingly poignant look at the difficulties of being a 15 - year old
outsider whose chief goals in life are getting laid and making sure his parents don't split up.
Like Trump, Goldwater was
an outsider whose nomination seemed impossible until it became inevitable.
Kirkus Reviews describes it as a a «sparkling debut», Publishers Weekly thinks it is «an impressive novel of
outsiders whose feelings of alienation are more natural than supernatural,» and Waterstones (a leading UK bookseller) describes it as «darkly captivating and intensely readable....
Not exact matches
And, after World War II, there was simply nothing in this country to resemble a group that was not only closed to
outsiders, but
whose members were immediately distinguishable by speech, dress, and manner from the rest of the population.
In fact Malcolm was the archetypal
outsider, a peripatetic and restless individualist one of
whose favorite sayings was rien n'est beau que le vrai — nothing is beautiful but the true.
Fifty years ago, Steve Saint was a 5 - year - old missionary kid in Ecuador
whose father, Nate, was one of five men trying to reach out to the native Waodani tribe, who were known as merciless killers — of each other, and of
outsiders.
This requires listening carefully to the voices of
outsiders, especially those
whose dignity it has repeatedly offended.
As it engages in this transformation, it needs to listen carefully to the voices of
outsiders, especially those
whose dignity it has repeatedly offended.
Since the unveiling a year ago, Roma have made some slow progress on the new facility The mafia corruption scandal at city hall played in their favor, neutralizing their opponents on the council and empowering Mayor Ignazio Marino, a surgeon who studied in the United States and
whose outsider status in Roman politics kept him clear of the dirty business.
But there are overlaps between contemporary anti-Semitism and Islamophobia - the roots in reality shorn of context, the conspiracy narratives, the radicalising echo chamber, the dissidents
whose narratives you co-opt (Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Maajid Nawaz), the
outsider status of you against the world.
Definitions vary according to the size of the window that constitutes life, (when it starts and stops), its quality or relative value as measured by those in power, (i.e. slaves regarded as half - people, uncharismatic mutations, the sick and aged,
outsiders, outlaws, enemies, militarily weaker populations with confiscatable possessions, those with «fates worse than death», et al), and
whose lives, (responsibility for all of a wars» deaths might be attributed to the defeated).
Lazio has been trying throughout his campaign to cast himself as an
outsider and Cuomo as an insider
whose ties to Albany are too strong to allow him to clean up state government.
Republican State Party Chairman Ed Cox, a patrician Wall Street lawyer
whose proximity to political power goes back decades, seems an unlikely
outsider.
Rice also refers to herself as an «
outsider» and a «career prosecutor,» but her crime - fighting record has been under fire by one of her AG primary opponents, Sen. Eric Schneiderman,
whose campaign has noted that crime in Nassau County has actually risen on Rice's watch.
In this Year of the
Outsider, Sestak's playing his independence for all it's worth, and it's probably earned him some lefty support on enemy - of - our - enemy grounds even though it's not clear he's more liberal than McGinty,
whose mentor is Al Gore (another supporter in the primary).
These
outsiders helped identify and question policies
whose main justification seemed merely to be «that's the way we do things here.»
While
outsiders remain hopeful that Elbaz —
whose contract was terminated in October 2015 after a falling out with Wang — may return to Lanvin, the prospect is unlikely, according to sources.
Her shape - shifting Mystique has gone from an alienated
outsider to a would - be assassin
whose actions will dictate the whole of human history.
Dull, flavorless, and fundamentally incurious, «The
Outsider» is a clueless misfire, the cinematic equivalent of a study - abroad student showing off the kanji forearm tattoo
whose meaning he never bothered to learn.
With The Disaster Artist, James Franco transforms the tragicomic true - story of aspiring filmmaker and infamous Hollywood
outsider Tommy Wiseau — an artist
whose passion was as sincere as his methods were questionable — into a celebration of friendship, artistic expression, and dreams pursued against insurmountable odds.
Jason Statham (Redemption, Parker) stars as ex-undercover DEA agent Phil Broker, the
outsider with a new identity who relocates to his deceased wife's small home town in Louisiana after a major drug bust reveals his true identity to the motorcycle - gang kingpin (Zito, Jimmy Hollywood)
whose son ends up dead.
Not that it's easy sailing tackling this story in this locale, not least in the wake of 9/11 when newspapers are seen to have other, more immediate matters on their minds and the Globe itself has a new editor, Marty Baron (a coolly persuasive Liev Schreiber, pictured above),
whose outsider status to the city under scrutiny is a mixed blessing.
Robert Duvall (in The Judge) and Laura Dern (in Wild) were
outsider shots in the best supporting categories
whose inclusion was met with cheers as the nominees were read out.
Smart, sexy, and pulsating with suspense, the series begins with Sarah (Maslany), a punk
outsider and orphan
whose life changes dramatically after witnessing the suicide of a woman, «Beth,» who looks just like her.
Only Great Britain, adopting a very totalitarian government
whose main purpose is to drive all refugees from other countries out, remains intact as a ruling nation, although the standard of living has been on a serious decline, with the brutal police and other authorities systematically torturing and killing those they deem as
outsiders or troublemakers.
Nell Minow: Sally Hawkins gives an exquisite performance as the
outsider artist
whose vibrant, life - affirming paintings brought joy to everyone who saw them.
Denis Côté is a Québécois filmmaker
whose films focus on
outsider figures and communities, the violence that can exist between the two and the blending of genres and styles.
Pfeiffer, who has often struggled being funny in comedies over the years, actually does deliver a likeable, and quite amusing performance, ingratiating herself by taking on the less glamorous role of a woman
whose looks are fading to the point where she often feels like an
outsider looking into a world she is supposed to be front and center of.
Erik, formerly N'Jadaka, is an
outsider to Wakanda (and a discgraced one, at that, if they're sticking to the comics), so he's the only Wakandan character
whose outfit feels like your run - of - the - mill American action fare.
The film is about a New York art curator
whose quest to find out who killed her brother dovetails with an obsession for collecting the violent drawings of New Orleans
outsider artist Roy Ferdinand.
Rotten: Dull, flavorless, and fundamentally incurious, «The
Outsider» is a clueless misfire, the cinematic equivalent of a study - abroad student showing off the kanji forearm tattoo
whose meaning he never bothered to learn.
Barry is an
outsider artist withoutknowing it, in total contrast to the pretentiously egomaniacal painter andperformance artist Kieran (Jemaine Clement),
whose work is being represented byTim's sparkling girlfriend, Julie (Stephanie Szostak).
Based on the best - selling tell - all book about the making of the cult - classic disasterpiece The Room, «The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside The Room, the Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made», by Greg Sestero and Tom Bissell, and written for the screen by Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber, The Disaster Artist tells the hilarious true story of aspiring filmmaker and infamous Hollywood
outsider Tommy Wiseau — an artist
whose passion was as sincere as his methods were questionable — into a celebration of friendship, artistic expression, and dreams pursued against insurmountable odds.
Unfortunately, when the factory that produces the substance has issues, they call in an
outsider to assist... one
whose wife happens to be the ex of one of the vampires, played by Maxwell Caulfield.
The Academy's director's branch is known for giving at least one spot here to industry
outsiders, assuming you feel folks like Pedro Almodóvar and Paul Greengrass qualify as such, and though Darren Aronofsky (The Wrestler) fits that criterion quite nicely, so does five - time Oscar nominee Mike Leigh, a surprise Best Director entrant a few years back for Vera Drake and
whose Happy - Go - Lucky may be his best work to date.
In the comics, Killmonger,
whose actual name is N'Jadaka, competed for the Wakandan throne as an exiled
outsider.
The narrative sections of this book document a journey to a remarkable place: an isolated Middle Eastern village
whose inhabitants «speak» sign language — a language unlike any other in the world, witnessed by few
outsiders and never before described.
This Ripley-esque tale is told from the point of view of Martin — an
outsider in a world of wealth and privilege — as he recalls his friendship (and obsession) with classmate Ben,
whose family comes from old money.
Abundance reveals a compassionate and spontaneous Marie Antoinette who rejected the formality and rigid protocol of the court; an enchanting and tenderhearted
outsider who was loved by her adopted homeland and people until she became the target of revolutionary cruelty and violence; a dethroned queen
whose depth of character sustained her in even the worst of times.
Taking us from the dreary confines of New York City's Emma Lazarus Immigrant Absorption Society to the hip frontier wilderness of Prava — the Eastern European Paris of the nineties —
whose grand and glorious beauty is marred only by the shadow of the looming statue of Stalin's foot, this is both a madcap adventure and a serious look at what it means to be an
outsider in America, and what it means to be an American.
I suppose my inquiries are easily ignored — coming, as they do, from an «
outsider»
whose blog has just 330 - some subscribers.
The two land in an isolated village called Wormwood Creek,
whose residents have come to despise
outsiders after an attack by the Gittish Empire hundreds of years ago.
Shadow of the Colossus features the protagonist, Wander and his trusted horse Aggro entering a wasted and forbidden land to hunt down the legendary Colossi in order to bring back to life a girl named Mono
whose presence is seen as a curse by the
outsiders.