Sentences with word «poignancy»

Tiffany Haddish, Rita Moreno, and the Surprising Poignancy of Celebrities Repeating Outfits They've Worn in Public Before

Weaving together moments of humor with poignancy by way of personal anecdotes — as well as reflections on newsworthy events of the past 12 months — Ryan told graduates to take pride in their work and accomplishments, while asking themselves what more might they do to help others.

Its failures are remarkably similar to those of Clockwatchers in that no matter the polish of the cast nor the professionalism of the narrative, there's a decided lack of spontaneity in its execution and a dearth of real poignancy in its epiphanies.

Pia Camil wants people to donate objects of power, aesthetic interest, and of poignancy for her new installation, A Pot For A Latch, at the New Museum.

This haunting version by Nouela achieves added poignancy with dramatic film clips.

Against all odds — and amid the expected story beats of a Marvel movie — Doctor Strange even manages a couple scenes of unexpected poignancy.

But Bell jettisons any possibility for radical ideals or emotional poignancy in favor of a hackneyed rom - com ending tacked onto a movie that's both stale and unpleasantly madcap.

It's a game type that takes the most unexpected moment of poignancy from the campaign and turns it into an entirely new Deathmatch mode — one that plays like a slightly modified version of King of the Hill — it's just that the hill is a pigeon and the pigeon is moving.

(This revelation gained a certain poignancy by the fact that David Weiss had passed away only two weeks earlier.)

Similarly diverse are the metaphors of time, memory, and family that can be relevant to any culture but which have particular poignancy for those who experienced China in the second half of the 20th century.

The brothers» bond is movingly drawn; in contrast to much of the film's macho posturing, there's real poignancy in their clashes.

Christ's universality» the «universal perspective of the kingdom»» is, Bartholomew notes, «precisely what gives poignancy and density to the local and the particular.»

This emphasis comes with poignancy when we consider our responsibility to the earth.

Cronkite may or may not know it, but his words have a special poignancy for American Jews.

The film is funny, but never outrageously so, reducing the laughs to find poignancy with Po's parental quest.

So, too, does Stallone gain more poignancy in those two films, not necessarily by doing things differently (in the worst of circumstances, he's pretty charming as Rocky) but by allowing his advanced age to sink in on screen.

It also features a showstopping song - and - dance number and moments of surprising poignancy and emotion.

The narration does also result in some genuine poignancy on occasion, especially when Brad meets two of his son's attractive female friends at a restaurant, prompting Brad to mourn all of his missed possibilities, least not that he could never know these women in a romantic context.

It's initial attempts at poignancy may seem a bit clumsy and predictable at first, but it quickly develops into something much more satisfying, if far from the elegance of Pixar.

The family dynamics lack nuance, but real - life husband and wife Krasinski and Blunt bring poignancy, the CG beasties are striking and the film pulses with ideas.

In one of the year's best performances, she imbues Gerda with such poignancy and grace that Redmayne all but fades into the background.

A gathering of top police officials for a viewing of a play about diversity took on added poignancy on Wednesday evening as Mayor Bill de Blasio and police commissioner Bill Bratton acknowledged the murder of police officer Randolph Holder on Tuesday night.

Sherman achieves the series» striking artistry and emotional poignancy through her unique ability to create a seamless whole.

In an attempt to create a film that is lovable — and make no mistake, it certainly is lovable — Faxon and Rash have shied away from anything of too much poignancy or resonance, and instead favored the simple, if slightly whimsical, moral of finding our own paths.

This contrast appears also with great poignancy in the description of the utter destruction that will fall upon Rome, which the author identifies with Babylon, «the beast,» a «great harlot» drunk with the blood of the saints, and the blessedness of the new heaven and the new earth which God has in store for his faithful ones.

The story meets with true poignancy when their friendship faces the ultimate hurdle: the looming shadow of tragedy.

Elizabethtown mistakes countless scenes of people throwing their hands over their heads as they're walking away to some alt - pop tune as poignancy while mistaking Bloom as a viable romantic lead when he's more accurately a plaster casting of one.

«Workers Memorial Day will now take on a new poignancy.

Widely derided as one of George Stevens» worst movies, its sincerity gains poignancy when you process its love - and - especially - peace message through Stevens» own backstory.

However, each uses light in a poetic fashion to lend poignancy and drama to everyday life.

The powerful poignancy with which Sanlé captured his subjects at this particular moment and place in time is what distinguishes him from his contemporaries.

Familiarity with death meant that resurrection possessed a considerable poignancy for the women, bringing a hope that countered the ubiquitous fear of death.

To say the short run is all a human being may have, and that the tragedy for him is irreducible, still lacks poignancy.

Michael Shannon (the intransigently patriotic ex-Marine in World Trade Center) played Peter onstage for years, and his sunken demeanor — his lack of spontaneity — gives him a Golem - like poignancy.

I even shed a tear as with Mother's Day approaching it made me really empathise with the character who has lost her mother, so poignancy too... But you root for our plucky heroine and leave the cinema with a big smile on your face!

That may be so, but nonetheless, the very poignancy of the spiritual instinct that prompted a youngster to turn to God and to the sacraments so strongly under stress says a lot about the age of faith in which he lived and the spiritual formation he had received.

An adult, like a child, can be scolded until he feels the terrible poignancy of the word, «Reproach hath broken my heart.»

For example, the problem of evil takes on peculiar poignancy when the evil in view is the century - long oppression of Blacks.

Able to play characters ranging from a name - dropping Manhattan socialite to a withdrawn, abused wife, the 6» 0» Janney infuses all of her portrayals with equal parts poignancy and unforced gusto.A product of Dayton, Ohio, where she was born November 19, 1959, Janney was raised as the daughter of a homemaker and the president of a real estate firm.

'' «Fair Game» starts in New York City, set against a backdrop that will carry an air of what - if poignancy for many viewers: A new president is about to be inaugurated, and she is a woman.»

As the pair travel, they converse joyfully on subjects ranging from art and creativity to friendship, joy and the inevitability of death; given an extra poignancy thanks to Varga's pragmatic approach to her own advancing years.

What seems beyond denial is that it is an intensely personal piece of filmmaking, a movie shot through with sneaky, unruly pleasures and no small poignancy.

The look of cold disgust Dovid gives his wife when she opens up to him is startling, but ultimately, it's the moving integrity of this character that gives the drama its satisfying emotional breadth and lingering poignancy.

The movie is silly and ridiculous, but at times can demonstrate subtle poignancy and moments of graphic violence.