Sentences with phrase «portray books and reading»

Not a bad idea from my perspective, and a not a bad way to portray books and reading.

Not exact matches

They are basically the stars of the film, and I don't really understand why, since the majority of audience members are women who came because they read the books, think Christian is hot, and want to see their own secret fantasies portrayed on camera.

The movie is a bit like a Russian nesting doll in that it's designed as a story within a story within a story, opening on a young girl reading a book about the titular hotel that was written by an unnamed author, portrayed at various ages by Tom Wilkinson in a brief 1985 flashback and Jude Law in 1968.

READINGS Books about all aspects of filmmaking and film culture Reinventing Hollywood by David Bordwell, reviewed by Nick Pinkerton; California Infernal: Anton LaVey & Jayne Mansfield As Portrayed by Walter Fischer, reviewed by J. Hoberman; Metaphors on Vision by Stan Brakhage, reviewed by Michael Joshua Rowin

When was the last time a Hollywood movie portrayed the acts of reading and writing in such a gratifying and fulfilling way that it made you want to read a real book rather than an «airport» bestseller?

Teasley and Wilder (1997) defined this approach as a «' read - the - book - see - the - movie» pattern» (p. 6) and argued that such an approach «does a disservice to both film and literature by portraying literature as the difficult business in the classroom and film as a frivolous experience» (p. 7).

Liar Temptress Soldier Spy By Karen Abbott Harper Perennial • $ 16.99 • ISBN 9780062092908 In a history book that reads like a suspense novel, Abbott portrays four women who operated as spies during the Civil War — two for the Union and two for the Confederacy.

JLPen77, a friend of mine read the book before I did and she thought each chapter was meant to portray a different era of race relations in American history.

Let's Take the Long Way Home by Gail Caldwell (Random House) Some people might think I'm crazy for recommending this tearjerker to a person going through a breakup, but I have my reasons: This is an engrossing story of a powerful friendship between two women, and it can be refreshing to read a book that portrays a meaningful, non-romantic relationship.

After reading the book aloud, talk with students about the stories of each generation portrayed in the book, particularly the power of making quilts to show the path to freedom and literacy.

The sometimes overdone bravado and gung - ho attitude portrayed throughout this book was initially an obstacle for me, one that I almost didn't want to overcome in order to keep reading.

* Historical Novel Society Editors» Choice «The various members of the McCullough family are portrayed with careful detail and some moments of unexpected humor, but it's the tortured John Weldon who commands the book; his slow and halting search for personal redemption makes for mesmerizing reading....

Steve Carrell, Christian Bale, Ryan Gosling, and Brad Pitt all did wonderful jobs of portraying their characters, and I was really amazed by how true to the book that the movie was (of course, that's not something I realized at first, but only after also reading the book).

The playing board is satisfyingly thick, as well.The game comes packing a grand total of 132 cards, each one lovingly illustrated with characters and locations spanning almost all of Terry Pratchett's work, and I must sat that almost every character portrayed is drawn just as I pictured them looking in my mind when reading the books.

I love this site and I do read all of your papers and books as they are published, but this 2 degree fear is a little sketchy as it is being portrayed by some.