Sentences with phrase «scrabble life»

Raised on a black cotton farm among eleven siblings, Binion's minimalist painting practice is deeply steeped in the hard - scrabble life and the racial injustices of the Deep South.
A moving and deftly told portrait of the hard - scrabble life.
As she did on «Mad Men,» Hendricks does a fine job of quietly showing how much the men around her character disappoint her, and how difficult it has been to keep any kind of optimism in her hard - scrabble life.
But, this is no dire look at the hard - scrabble life of poor people.
After following the personal life of one transgender sex worker in Hollywood, California, Sean Baker will set his sights next on exploring the hard scrabble life of the average American citizen living in the greater state of Florida.
The enormous rift between Gonzalo's comfortable household and Pedro's hard - scrabble life a few miles away in an illegal shantytown ultimately becomes impossible to bridge, once the bloody military coup of September 11, 1973 erupts.
The Docks of New York (1928), the simplest, most delicately visualized and most perfect film of the set, is the turn - of - the - century bowery answer to Sunrise, with a romantic idealism fighting its way out of hard - scrabble lives and resigned characters of the waterfront culture.

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I'm a single parent of 3 teenage girls, Had no social life for god knows how long.I do not drink, watch football, do pubs & clubs or suffer fools gladly.I do like the movies, scrabble, card games, reading &... and after 2 yrs It's driving me mad.lol.anything else pls ask.
From a simple story of personal struggle, Zhao coaxes forth a stirring ode to a little - seen, hard - scrabble way of life and a sobering portrait of masculinity in crisis.
Director: Ben Wheatley Cast: Brie Larson, Cillian Murphy, Armie Hammer, Sharlto Copley, Michael Smiley, Jack Reynor, Sam Riley, Babou Ceesay Plot: An arms deal goes wrong, causing a bloody shoot - out, where everyone finds themselves scrabbling for their lives.
A swirling camera and symphonic music are the director's instruments, which can elevate even the hard - scrabble existence of a young Liverpudlian to heights of poetry, and here they transfigure the space of the Dickinson estate into a expanse of wallpaper and candlelight, and most importantly, they give remarkable sonorousness to an otherwise hushed life.
Look at what Pagani has accomplished in the nineteen years since he and his new bride arrived in Italy, living in a tent and scrabbling at odd jobs to survive, and you are a good person indeed if you are not just a little bit touched by Envy.
Photographer Hadrian St. Claire, the son of a whore who has scrabbled to a halfway decent life, is facing both bodily and financial ruin after...
Publishers Weekly said, «The natural cadences of Hyde's prose; her clever, realistic dialogue; her sharp descriptions of hard - scrabble country; and her warm humor raise the novel... to the level of a complex tale of one man's struggle to make sense of life.
At the front of the house, there is a spacious living / dining room, with plenty of room for 8 people to relax, watch DVD s, listen to music or even play cards, dominoes or scrabble which are provided for your use in the living area, or sit and eat in the dining area, should you choose not to eat out at any one of hundreds of excellent restaurants to choose from in the Costa Del Sol.
Though the opportunity for isolation and solitude are intrinsic to the experience, what proves far more vital is the construct of community, of interaction between all types of people — not just the fellow artists who live down the road, but also the farmers and everyone else scrabbling to get by.
Well scrabble no more, because for every Christmas tree light, there's a smart home solution waiting to make your life easier.
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