Sentences with phrase «own lyricism»

His bombast about technology and progress does not fare well against Don's lyricism — especially when the subject is the stars, for heaven's sake.

Kimelman, a professor at Brandeis University, concludes in his analysis of the commission's report that «It remains to be seen whether a modern nation state, beseiged on so many fronts, can maintain such a demanding moral standard... If the Israeli effort to admit and rectify errors bears fruit, the lyricism «a light to the nations» may yet become reality.»

Christian Dietrich Grabbe, in 1829, produced Don Juan und Faust, a vast, seething swamp of large ideas, exaggerated passions, incoherent action, crushing monologues, deranged lyricism, and adolescent moral nihilism, which is somehow made even more unbearable by its numerous moments of poetic brilliance.

Its lyricism and poetry eloquently express a sense of wholeness and a reverence for nature.

In its conclusion, the book of Job has shown us how, instructed by wisdom, the knowledge of how to suffer is surpassed by the lyricism of supplication in the same way that narration is surpassed by the lyricism of praise.

I'm a fan of baseball's story, its winding lyricism.

Seraphina is both feminine and noble, with the boldness that comes with four - syllable girls» names, and the poetic lyricism of a flower or jewel.

Read about Gil Scott - Heron, Talib Kweli, Mos Def, Common, and other hip - hop poets whose intellect and lyricism shine through in their

Great Album full of lyricism.

Born Liar honors this approach by putting lyricism ahead of clarity.

But the lyricism of this emotionally driven film editing and deeply personal interior

But the lyricism of this emotionally driven film editing and deeply personal interior landscapes is landmark.

The knotty lyricism and psychedelic rumble of 12 Reasons to Die II should be more than enough to keep Ghostface fans satisfied.

Sketching Keith's inner conflicts and practical struggles with a graceful, mood - rich lyricism, Porterfield presses gently but painfully on some of the most inflamed and sensitive parts of American society.

Daldry's screen version is well acted but too literal, failing to convey the complexity or the lyricism of Cunningham's seminal novel.

But there could be no mistaking The Rider for a veiled documentary: Zhao's sense of lyricism and emotional rhythm is all her own.

[Dances With Wolves] is so evocative of the sweep and lyricism of the American West that it could be pegged as the cinematic equivalent of a Frederic Remington painting.

The lyricism is impressive, and it's easy to get lost in it, but — some very noteworthy highlights aside — once that wears off, it's unlikely you'll return to Hell all that often.

He's simultaneously explored meditative electronic beat music, and on the remarkable FLOTUS (For Love Often Turns Us Still), Wagner has drenched his baritone in vocal effects and, with two collaborators, woven downtempo beat music and his effervescent lyricism into something really magical.

... Costner is capable of permeating certain sequences with lyricism.

Filmed with widescreen grandeur on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, The Rider reinvigorates tropes from the western genre of men, horses, honor codes and vast expanses of nature with a refreshing lack of sentimentality, without sacrificing their inherent lyricism and poetry.

A prolific filmmaker who is more concerned with the drive of her characters rather than the plot that weaves them together, she has been dubbed by one critic as one of the only current French directors who «has been able to reconcile the lyricism of French cinema with the impulse to capture the often harsh face of contemporary France.

Stylish and painterly, with moments of great lyricism, it flies over the Spanish countryside to the sea... the film does everything in its power to escape the claustrophobia inherent in the story.

Because, here's the thing: If I were to interview Jane about some of those experiences, and I said, «Describe to me the first time you walked into Gombe,» whatever she's going to say it would not be invested in the same sort of lyricism that one creates when they're writing.»

Adding to that impression are the bold stylistic shifts from realism to surrealism, from action to horror to lyricism to black comedy to allegory and back again.

His lyricism is engaging, and his message is tough.

Directed with stirring beauty and lyricism by the Chinese American filmmaker Chloé Zhao, the film was acquired for North American distribution by Sony Pictures Classics during the festival.

Lee uses 3D with the delicacy and lyricism of a poet.

Frank Perry's revisionist Doc (1971) comes closer to the skimpily documented truth but lacks My Darling Clementine's mythic resonance and quiet lyricism.

Silence is more expressive than dialogue and poetic lyricism dominates spectacle.

For example, the stunningly offbeat lyricism of the shot in The Conformist where the main character and his mother lean into a wind that drives a sea of autumn leaves about their ankles has now been partially saved from the gratuitousness that seemed so apparent in 1971.

Not unlike «Get Out,» «The Shape of Water» offered up its own eerie supernatural tale of minorities rising up against a brutal white oppressor — a 2018 movie in»60s Cold War drag, its themes driven home via passages of exquisite if strenuous lyricism and a few sadistic jolts of violence.

Much of the film's bruising lyricism comes from the camera work: as a DJ plays a bizarre mix of anti-police rap and Edith Piaf, the camera lurches drunkenly into the air at rooftop level.

The first barbs exchanged by the bounty hunters Marquis Warren (Samuel L. Jackson) and John Ruth (Kurt Russell, pictured above with Jennifer Jason Leigh) intentionally puncture the grandeur, as if Tarantino were averse to Fordian lyricism.

Like Foley himself, it's a movie of its own exquisite tenderness and lyricism, with an overall warmth that only comes from such self - assured, sincere artistry.

A consistent sense of danger underpinned the lyricism of It Felt Like Love as Lila's attempts to puff herself up sexually and thus conform to a certain societal standard veered into breathtakingly fraught moral terrain.

Amid the tumultuous family dynamics on display in Arnaud Desplechin's A Christmas Tale, Emmanuelle Devos delivers a performance of remarkable subtlety and lyricism.

Germany's Inbetween Worlds reveals the lyricism and pathos of the encounter of two very different cultures, East and West, through a complex tapestry of fraternal love, friendship and honour.

Gia Coppola's debut about the teen experience has a lyricism that transcends James Franco's source novel.

Yet his score is just as grounded in the calming, melodic lyricism of the Buddhist Sutra as it is spectacular, magic - powered musical action that Dr. Strange would be envious of.

With a haunting theme that's often accompanied by female voice, Del Mar's flowing orchestral melody captures a lyricism that's worthy of Debussy's «La Mer» in communicating the literally transformative effect of nature on man, his lovely themes for aching violin capturing despair and acceptance, playful pizzicatos embodying a renewed sense of hope (as well as endearingly comic crabs) and exotic percussion hearing the mystery of an island and its outlying sea.

Ava DuVernay's 13th is an equally important film and worth a watch, but the lyricism and beauty of Raoul Peck's I Am Not Your Negro, based on an unfinished manuscript by social critic James Baldwin detailing his friendships and interactions with civil rights leaders, has stuck with me.

Since then, Kawase has continued to hone a documentary - realism style of filmmaking that combines poetic lyricism and quiet reflection with shrewd insight into the human condition.

«What makes Davyeon feel so different is that writer - director Amman Abbasi transplants hood movie tropes to the Deep South, infusing the bucolic settings with some of the same junkyard lyricism we saw in executive producer David Gordon Green's George Washington.

In observing these characters» whimsically wayward lives, their indecision over work and frequent skipping between living situations (their apartments range across Manhattan and Brooklyn), Baumbach captures the current young - NYC - boho milieu with an exactitude that's almost anthropological and a lyricism that's both droll and engaging.

The most striking images have an eerie, suspended - in - time lyricism: Reilly's king walking across the ocean floor in a clanging metal diving suit, or a scarlet - haired damsel (Stacy Martin) wandering naked in the woods.

And it isn't as if the homoeroticism here makes her a soul sister to Jean Genet, even if some of her imagery — perhaps most notably a patch of lyricism about legionnaires ironing trouser creases — calls him to mind.

Boasting none of the lyricism, grace or psychological incisiveness of his prior masterworks (Paris, Texas; Wings Of Desire), Wenders» latest is a misbegotten stew of turgid drama and look - at - me 3 - D gimmickry, with the director using his signature special effects to highlight foreground - background dynamics in the most unnecessarily self - conscious manner possible.

Best - case scenario: Green adds satire to his increasing portfolio of skills and infuses it with his signature lyricism and offbeat humor, helping Sandra Bullock continue her late - career streak of actually appearing in good movies.

It's rich and transporting, if also a bit calculated in its lyricism; you can sometimes see Del Toro's mental gears spinning as he writes his characters into one corner after another.