Sentences with phrase «psychological portrait of»

Sheldon provided a very clear psychological portrait of the mindset of committed deniers.

Alternating between fact and fiction, public and private, the universal and the particular, Holzer's work offers an incisive social and psychological portrait of our times.

The documentary Eva Hesse, structured around excerpts from her journals, provides a psychological portrait of the artist.

It's a murder mystery and a literary thriller, a multilayered nonlinear narrative and a psychological portrait of the dark side of human nature.

Award - winning author Lily King's Father of the Rain: spans three decades in a riveting psychological portrait of a wildly charismatic patriarch as seen through the eyes of his daughter.

With Sisters, Lily Tuck delivers riveting psychological portrait of marriage, infidelity, and obsession; charting with elegance and insight love in all its phases.

Not simply a chronicle of an investigation, Evil Genius also doubles as a psychological portrait of those with unfulfilled «potential,» and director Barbara Schroeder expertly weaves the police procedural aspects with creepy yet touching personal stories.

From filmmaker Antonio Campos (Afterschool), the indie drama Simon Killer is an unsettling psychological portrait of a well - educated, handsome young man named Simon (Brady Corbet) who travels to Paris to get over a recent break - up.

But most intriguingly, «Borg vs. McEnroe» is shaped not as a ticktock of a legendary sports event, but as a psychological portrait of competition, friendship and a complicated, temperamental prodigy, whose outbursts and lack of self - control threaten to derail what promises to be a fruitful athletic career.

Known for her extraordinary dignity and poise, here we see a psychological portrait of the First Lady as she struggles to maintain her husband's legacy and the world of «Camelot» that they created and loved so well.

It quickly became a polarizing film for film critics, many embracing the Red Shoes meets Repulsion psychological portrait of neurosis and obsession in a meek, repressed young woman (Natalie Portman) who still has little girl prima ballerina dreams, others critical of the melodrama, hysteria and blunt metaphors («high - grade hokum,» as one critic called it).

Ahead of its UK release later this month, Lionsgate has debuted the first poster and trailer for director Anna Rose Holmer's award - winning drama The Fits; take a look below... THE FITS is a psychological portrait of 11 - year - old Toni (Royalty Hightower)-- a tomboy assimilating to a tight - knit dance team in Cincinnati's West End.

Nevertheless Lucky Luciano is a «cine - inchiesta» more than a fictional biography of the great crime boss although the recreation of the character of Lucky Luciano through the great acting talents of Gian Maria Volontè certainly manages to present something of a psychological portrait of this dark and enigmatic figure.

Steven Soderbergh delivers a poignant psychological portrait of the late Spalding Gray in this deftly structured documentary.

A psychological portrait of competition, friendship and a complicated, temperamental prodigy, whose outbursts and lack of self - control threaten to derail what promises to be a fruitful athletic career.

Getting all of that data can theoretically help computers build an even more accurate psychological portrait of a person — and then fit him or her into a psychological consumer category.

Here is something most neo-noir miss: the classic noir weren't just super-stylized thrillers or sex dramas (though many were), they were psychological portraits of a nation wounded by war and horrified by the dawning Atomic Age.

Los Angeles, fine artist Anja Salonen returns to figurative painting with psychological portraits of herself and her friends posing with chains, wigs, sunglasses; all elements the artist explains as connected to the formation of the personalities of those shown.

Known for her psychological portraits of women and children, Bishop Good's photographs reveal the subtle nuances of the human drama by examining the hidden feelings that belong to the realm of self - awareness.

Recently seen in Young Americans 2 at the Saatchi Gallery in London, Lowe is best known for his hyperreal, close - up, psychological portraits of children and babies executed on metal panel.

These sculptures function as psychological portraits of his imagined subjects — usually male, usually black — whose features are in fact an amalgamation of sources: observed individuals, «types» represented in the media, and ancient, classical and neo-classical sculptures.

Not exact matches

At least one psychologist has attempted to create a «psychological portrait» of Trump in the June 2016 issue of the Atlantic using information gathered from the media, his own public statements, and his biographies.

A portrait of grief and guilt that's only mildly engaging, until it morphs into a wannabe psychological thriller and turns limp, laughable, and just plain icky.

What a portrait of young love, self destruction, and the Great Depression (both as historical event and psychological metaphor).

Other highlights in this strand include: Miguel Gomes» mixes fantasy, documentary, docu - fiction, Brechtian pantomime and echoes of MGM musical in the epic ARABIAN NIGHTS; the World Premiere of William Fairman and Max Gogarty's CHEMSEX, an unflinching, powerful documentary about the pleasures and perils associated with the «chemsex» scene that's far more than a sensationalist exposé; the European Premiere of CLOSET MONSTER, Stephen Dunn's remarkable debut feature about an artistic, sexually confused teen who has conversations with his pet hamster, voiced by Isabella Rossellini; THE ENDLESS RIVER a devasting new film set in small - town South Africa from Oliver Hermanus, Diep Hoang Nguyen's beautiful debut, FLAPPING IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, a wry, weird socially probing take on the teen pregnancy scenario that focuses on a girl whose escape from village life to pursue an urban education has her frozen in mid-flight; LUCIFER, Gust Van den Berghe's thrillingly cinematic tale of Lucifer as an angel who visits a Mexican village, filmed in «Tondoscope» — a circular frame in the centre of the screen; the European premiere of KOTHANODI a compelling, unsettling fairytale from India; veteran Algerian director Merzak Allouache's gritty and delicate portrait of a drug addicted petty thief in MADAME COURAGE; Radu Muntean's excellent ONE FLOOR BELOW, which combines taut, low - key realism with incisive psychological and ethical insights in a drama centering on a man, his wife and a neighbor; and QUEEN OF EARTH, Alex Ross Perry's devilish study of mental breakdown and dysfunctional power dynamics between female best friends, starring Elisabeth Mosof MGM musical in the epic ARABIAN NIGHTS; the World Premiere of William Fairman and Max Gogarty's CHEMSEX, an unflinching, powerful documentary about the pleasures and perils associated with the «chemsex» scene that's far more than a sensationalist exposé; the European Premiere of CLOSET MONSTER, Stephen Dunn's remarkable debut feature about an artistic, sexually confused teen who has conversations with his pet hamster, voiced by Isabella Rossellini; THE ENDLESS RIVER a devasting new film set in small - town South Africa from Oliver Hermanus, Diep Hoang Nguyen's beautiful debut, FLAPPING IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, a wry, weird socially probing take on the teen pregnancy scenario that focuses on a girl whose escape from village life to pursue an urban education has her frozen in mid-flight; LUCIFER, Gust Van den Berghe's thrillingly cinematic tale of Lucifer as an angel who visits a Mexican village, filmed in «Tondoscope» — a circular frame in the centre of the screen; the European premiere of KOTHANODI a compelling, unsettling fairytale from India; veteran Algerian director Merzak Allouache's gritty and delicate portrait of a drug addicted petty thief in MADAME COURAGE; Radu Muntean's excellent ONE FLOOR BELOW, which combines taut, low - key realism with incisive psychological and ethical insights in a drama centering on a man, his wife and a neighbor; and QUEEN OF EARTH, Alex Ross Perry's devilish study of mental breakdown and dysfunctional power dynamics between female best friends, starring Elisabeth Mosof William Fairman and Max Gogarty's CHEMSEX, an unflinching, powerful documentary about the pleasures and perils associated with the «chemsex» scene that's far more than a sensationalist exposé; the European Premiere of CLOSET MONSTER, Stephen Dunn's remarkable debut feature about an artistic, sexually confused teen who has conversations with his pet hamster, voiced by Isabella Rossellini; THE ENDLESS RIVER a devasting new film set in small - town South Africa from Oliver Hermanus, Diep Hoang Nguyen's beautiful debut, FLAPPING IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, a wry, weird socially probing take on the teen pregnancy scenario that focuses on a girl whose escape from village life to pursue an urban education has her frozen in mid-flight; LUCIFER, Gust Van den Berghe's thrillingly cinematic tale of Lucifer as an angel who visits a Mexican village, filmed in «Tondoscope» — a circular frame in the centre of the screen; the European premiere of KOTHANODI a compelling, unsettling fairytale from India; veteran Algerian director Merzak Allouache's gritty and delicate portrait of a drug addicted petty thief in MADAME COURAGE; Radu Muntean's excellent ONE FLOOR BELOW, which combines taut, low - key realism with incisive psychological and ethical insights in a drama centering on a man, his wife and a neighbor; and QUEEN OF EARTH, Alex Ross Perry's devilish study of mental breakdown and dysfunctional power dynamics between female best friends, starring Elisabeth Mosof CLOSET MONSTER, Stephen Dunn's remarkable debut feature about an artistic, sexually confused teen who has conversations with his pet hamster, voiced by Isabella Rossellini; THE ENDLESS RIVER a devasting new film set in small - town South Africa from Oliver Hermanus, Diep Hoang Nguyen's beautiful debut, FLAPPING IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, a wry, weird socially probing take on the teen pregnancy scenario that focuses on a girl whose escape from village life to pursue an urban education has her frozen in mid-flight; LUCIFER, Gust Van den Berghe's thrillingly cinematic tale of Lucifer as an angel who visits a Mexican village, filmed in «Tondoscope» — a circular frame in the centre of the screen; the European premiere of KOTHANODI a compelling, unsettling fairytale from India; veteran Algerian director Merzak Allouache's gritty and delicate portrait of a drug addicted petty thief in MADAME COURAGE; Radu Muntean's excellent ONE FLOOR BELOW, which combines taut, low - key realism with incisive psychological and ethical insights in a drama centering on a man, his wife and a neighbor; and QUEEN OF EARTH, Alex Ross Perry's devilish study of mental breakdown and dysfunctional power dynamics between female best friends, starring Elisabeth MosOF NOWHERE, a wry, weird socially probing take on the teen pregnancy scenario that focuses on a girl whose escape from village life to pursue an urban education has her frozen in mid-flight; LUCIFER, Gust Van den Berghe's thrillingly cinematic tale of Lucifer as an angel who visits a Mexican village, filmed in «Tondoscope» — a circular frame in the centre of the screen; the European premiere of KOTHANODI a compelling, unsettling fairytale from India; veteran Algerian director Merzak Allouache's gritty and delicate portrait of a drug addicted petty thief in MADAME COURAGE; Radu Muntean's excellent ONE FLOOR BELOW, which combines taut, low - key realism with incisive psychological and ethical insights in a drama centering on a man, his wife and a neighbor; and QUEEN OF EARTH, Alex Ross Perry's devilish study of mental breakdown and dysfunctional power dynamics between female best friends, starring Elisabeth Mosof Lucifer as an angel who visits a Mexican village, filmed in «Tondoscope» — a circular frame in the centre of the screen; the European premiere of KOTHANODI a compelling, unsettling fairytale from India; veteran Algerian director Merzak Allouache's gritty and delicate portrait of a drug addicted petty thief in MADAME COURAGE; Radu Muntean's excellent ONE FLOOR BELOW, which combines taut, low - key realism with incisive psychological and ethical insights in a drama centering on a man, his wife and a neighbor; and QUEEN OF EARTH, Alex Ross Perry's devilish study of mental breakdown and dysfunctional power dynamics between female best friends, starring Elisabeth Mosof the screen; the European premiere of KOTHANODI a compelling, unsettling fairytale from India; veteran Algerian director Merzak Allouache's gritty and delicate portrait of a drug addicted petty thief in MADAME COURAGE; Radu Muntean's excellent ONE FLOOR BELOW, which combines taut, low - key realism with incisive psychological and ethical insights in a drama centering on a man, his wife and a neighbor; and QUEEN OF EARTH, Alex Ross Perry's devilish study of mental breakdown and dysfunctional power dynamics between female best friends, starring Elisabeth Mosof KOTHANODI a compelling, unsettling fairytale from India; veteran Algerian director Merzak Allouache's gritty and delicate portrait of a drug addicted petty thief in MADAME COURAGE; Radu Muntean's excellent ONE FLOOR BELOW, which combines taut, low - key realism with incisive psychological and ethical insights in a drama centering on a man, his wife and a neighbor; and QUEEN OF EARTH, Alex Ross Perry's devilish study of mental breakdown and dysfunctional power dynamics between female best friends, starring Elisabeth Mosof a drug addicted petty thief in MADAME COURAGE; Radu Muntean's excellent ONE FLOOR BELOW, which combines taut, low - key realism with incisive psychological and ethical insights in a drama centering on a man, his wife and a neighbor; and QUEEN OF EARTH, Alex Ross Perry's devilish study of mental breakdown and dysfunctional power dynamics between female best friends, starring Elisabeth MosOF EARTH, Alex Ross Perry's devilish study of mental breakdown and dysfunctional power dynamics between female best friends, starring Elisabeth Mosof mental breakdown and dysfunctional power dynamics between female best friends, starring Elisabeth Moss.

Carr's novel goes into tremendous detail as it explores the early origins of psychological profiling and forensic science, while also offering an eye - opening portrait of urban life under 19th century capitalism, in a time of tremendous wealth inequality and social injustice.

The Fits (Director: Anna Rose Holmer, Screenwriters: Anna Rose Holmer, Saela Davis, Lisa Kjerulff)-- In this psychological portrait, Toni, an 11 - year - old tomboy, is assimilating into a tight - knit dance team in Cincinnati's West End when a mysterious outbreak of fainting spells plagues the team, and her desire for acceptance is twisted.

Its title referring to multiple elements of its tale, it's a portrait of hubris, ambition and insanity, led by a collection of excellent performances that root the action in a complex sense of emotional and psychological upheaval and disintegration.

But it is also an unmissable portrait of one man, FBI informant Saeed, the psychological toll the job has taken on him and the incredible story of one particular operation that ends in an (as far as we know) completely unjustified arrest and eventual incarceration.

His portraits of reprehensible humans are rife with too much glee and bitter contempt and not enough psychological understanding.

This raw psychological drama about an engineer unable to adjust to the world around him following his suicide attempt is at heart a scathing portrait of social alienation and moral compromise.

An unnervingly, chilly blend of madness and pathos, the film is a solid, horrifically engrossing portrait of the slow slide into madness, and the ripple effect that psychological disorders can have on families.

Part psychological drama and part crime thriller, this warped love story leverages its disturbing plot into a mesmerizing and nerve - wracking portrait of a damaged woman forced to reckon with her true nature.

a solid, horrifically engrossing portrait of the slow slide into madness, and the ripple effect that psychological disorders can have on families

This is another psychological portrait, but of a shared psychology, one facing great strife.

Vertical Entertainment has revealed an official US trailer for the release of the psychological horror - thriller Rupture, from director Steven Shainberg (of the film Secretary over a decade ago, as well as Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus).

This allegorical portrait of the Algerian resistance was inspired by the real - life story of the Papin sisters, two maids who brutally murdered their employers in 1930s France — also the basis for Jean Genet's influential 1947 play The Maids and Claude Chabrol's 1995 psychological thriller La Cérémonie.

A character - portrait novel in the full definition of that type — which means as meticulous in detail and as sound in psychological understanding as a biography — Irishman Tóibín's latest rich novel, following the provocative Testament of Mary (2012), is self - assured in its authenticity, daring in the male author's presumption of inhabiting a female protagonist, and all this is achieved through prose at once alive and understated.

Part psychological thriller, part dystopian nightmare, The Uninvited is a powerful and viscerally unsettling portrait of apocalypse in embryo.

While it includes all the requisite details of Hemingway's storied life — the love affairs, the feuds, the wars (real and emotional)-- that shaped the writer in all his complexity, her portrait is a largely psychological one, seeking both the impetus for his distinctive fiction as well as the roots of the failures in his personal life.

All this makes Hellblade more of a psychological portrait than anything else, and as such, the story itself isn't all that complicated.

The latest, Self - portrait as the Billy Goat, brings together a selection of physical, psychological and imaginary self - portraits by more than a dozen leading international artists including Pawel Althamer, Louise Bourgeois, André Breton and the Surrealists and Enrico David.

A subset of the «Cells,» the «Portrait Cells» present a concentrated portrait of a psychological or emotional state, and usually give prominence to the human head as the seat of iPortrait Cells» present a concentrated portrait of a psychological or emotional state, and usually give prominence to the human head as the seat of iportrait of a psychological or emotional state, and usually give prominence to the human head as the seat of identity.

From Hannah Wilke's unflinching self - portraits in illness and Matthew Barney's performance - based installation to Cindy Sherman's surreal photographs and Kara Walker's antebellum figures, Into Me / Out of Me examines how artists have explored the physical and psychological boundaries of their bodies and those of others creating images of fragility and strength, illness and suffering, tenderness and violence.

The exhibition surveys fifty years of Neel's paintings and is arranged thematically into nine themes: Allegory, the Essential Portrait, the Psychological Portrait, Portraits from Memory, Cityscapes, Nudes, Parents and Children, the Detached Gaze and Old Age.

The composition of Ossorio's intriguingly titled psychological portrait Donald Clean and Healthy with His Worries in His Hair (1944 - 49) is re-worked almost twenty years later as an abstract congregation in Undistracted (c. 1963).

From the 18th century on, portraits became psychological studies, culminating in the works of Freud and highlighted here, the unique profile of Alfred Hitchcock.

The psychological emphasis of the series title, Portraits, connects Saccoccio's new paintings to the Interrupted Grid series of her 2008 exhibition at Eleven Rivington.

Alfred Leslie sought to maximize psychological impact in enormous portraits of nude and nearly nude women.

Preferring to make portraits of people he knows, a selection of works from the Arts Council Collection introduces some of his early social circle, revealing the skill, sensitivity and psychological insight with which he represented them.