Sentences with phrase «penetrating look»

A beautiful, subtle exploration of loss and recovery, pierced throughout with Anne Tyler's humor, wisdom, and always penetrating look at human foibles.

Some of the essays take penetrating looks, in the spirit of Kass's own approach, at great Western texts by ancient Greeks such as Homer, Sophocles, and Plato; by modern philosophers such as Spinoza, Rousseau, Heidegger, and Strauss; and by literary greats such as Austen, Hawthorne, and James.

For a more penetrating look at the Bible as presented by the History / Duck Dynasty / Pawn Star / Big Shrimpin» channel here's Stephen Colbert's take:

His forthcoming book «The Demon in the Machine,» is a penetrating look at the power of information to explain the physics of living matter.

Mansome (Unrated) Testosterone - level documentary, directed by Morgan Spuirlock, taking a penetrating look at what it means to be a man in today's less macho age marked by manscaping and metrosexuality.

Indeed, the sum total of Watts's appeal hardly compares to a single one of Dern's stabbing, penetrating looks.

«In reality, the series is a penetrating look at the larger criminal justice system and those who operate within it, with mesmerizing performances by Kevin Bacon and Aldis Hodge anchoring the suspense.»

It's a penetrating look at eccentricities and obsession.

David Nevins, President & CEO of Showtime Networks, said of the show: «The series is a penetrating look at the larger criminal justice system and those who operate within it, with mesmerizing performances by Kevin Bacon and Aldis Hodge anchoring the suspense.»

It offers an emotionally turbulent look into dying as well as a penetrating look into the female soul, and laments that its dying virgin heroine can't bring her woeful sisters to understand before it's too late that life's true pleasures might only last in the memories that are filled with a nurturing love.

«Menashe,» is loosely based on the title figure's own experiences, a penetrating look at this community, many of whom had never seen a movie (their smart - phones have blocked Internet access).

A penetrating look at the sport from Joel Conroy, specifically the waves of Ireland and surfing's unexpected roots in the country — at least as far as its modern popularity is concerned.

Some take a quick, penetrating look at the manuscript project.

Some take a quick, penetrating look at the manuscript project (see: New to Inkslinger?

-- S.L. Hoglund, Choice - S.L. Hoglund «A penetrating look at the portraits....