Not exact matches
Not only does Steven Spielberg's crisp retelling of the Pentagon Papers
story call attention to journalism's highest calling, but Washington Post publisher Katharine Graham's heroic stand — having been thrust into that position — is a stirring
portrait of courage
during feminism's pre-Roe v. Wade era.
Where the 1998 movie, also directed by Shekhar Kapur and starring Cate Blanchett, painted a compelling
portrait while also telling a riveting narrative, the sequel simply takes a chunk out of Elizabeth's life and says, «Here's what happened
during these years,» without bothering to shape it into a
story.
Based on a true
story, Chastain plays Catherine Weldon, a
portrait painter from Brooklyn, who travels to the Dakotas in the early 1890s to paint a
portrait of Sitting Bull (Michael Greyeyes), the famous Native American chief who defeated Col. George Custer and his battalion
during the Battle of Little Bighorn.
The movie tells the
story of an artist who falls for a young married woman (Alicia) while he's commissioned to paint her
portrait during the tulip mania of 17th century Amsterdam.
Beautifully written, utterly unforgettable, this is a
portrait of a lady as the amoral chatelaine of a logging camp in the American South
during the Great Depression, as well as the
story of the poor guy who is utterly dazzled by her.
If you were drawn to Doerr's not - unsympathetic
portrait of German life
during wartime — and the explanation of how everyday people could be caught up in the Nazi machine — pick up Hummel's realistic
story of a German hausfrau on the homefront, which is based on the lives of her grandparents.
Shot by Mikai Danger Karl, the video was shot
during his recent trip to the country in April, 2014, and features some incredible images of the country's landscape, along with stunning
portraits of Afghans who, if you asked, probably have a lifetime of
stories to tell about their lives.
The location of this
portrait depends on which order you've visited the Snow Kingdom and the Seaside Kingdom
during the
story.
Next up, beginning in the spring of 2018, is a solo show by the artist Deana Lawson, another UM regular, whose photographs, many made
during a UM residency, were paired with paintings by Taylor in the 2017 Whitney Biennial, and who is responsible for the
portraits in this
story.