Sentences with phrase «sexual angst»

In a 2004 NYTimes review of a solo exhibition at Mitchell Algus, Ken Johnson described Dennis Kardon «s paintings as «generously painterly, voluptuously creepy narrative pictures of familial conflict, sexual angst and infantile yearning.»

This, in turn, causes enough sexual angst that the bird starts attacking itself.

After all, Twilight has taught us by now that sexual angst, like beluga caviar, sells by the ounce.

A chance encounter on the street with a beautiful and mysterious French woman leads him into a life - altering affair in which he learns that love and marriage are not necessarily the same thing as his Jewish - American sexual angst meets French practicality in the traditional cinq a sept, or 5 to 7 of the title, the time French married couples spend apart from each other and with their lovers.

Repression and sexual angst play out at the season in Dominic Cooke's half - successful period adaptation.

Not exact matches

We discussed JP Morgan's would - be deal, the challenges of Uber's new board, CEO angst, the latest round of sexual harassment accusations in Silicon Valley and how the industry can respond, and a big new round of funding for meditation app Headspace.

But all this means a new duty for the Christian: he must bear it patiently and not imagine that it could be overcome by sexual promiscuity, incessant activity, moneymaking, a never ending round of pleasure, tourism and whatever other means there are to drown the ultimate Angst of life.

The film is on a fine line between fantasy and thriller with an element of sexual fantasy running through the plot for young teenage girls, nothing strong, think along the lines of «Twilight» teenage angst mixed with «Cursed» or a little bit of «Ginger Snaps» but not as in your face as those films, there is still an enjoyable werewolf film here.

Quite simply, it was a matter of timing: here was a film that, with its depiction of bourgeois boredom, teenage angst and sexual liberation (not to mention those awesome Simon and Garfunkel songs) absolutely nailed the mood of the late 1960s.

While Araki's previous films, such as Totally Fucked Up and The Doom Generation, were self - consciously trashy tales of teen angst and chic nihilism, Mysterious Skin explores the difficult, painful and frequently sensationalised issue of child sexual abuse.

Truly vibrant, compelling plots about personal responsibility, sexual awakening, teen angst, questions of loyalty and wrenching complications of unexpected death played out here.

The result is one of the most fearsomely original chillers of recent times, its central conceit a subtle, supple metaphor for all kinds of teenage angst, sexual trauma or any of the shadows that latch onto us when we're young, and never quite pass.

It probes with humor, warmth and depth all of the following: a volatile mother - daughter relationship, the financial strains of college, high school theater, the navigation and pursuit of authentic friendship, the navigation and pursuit of one's authentic self, class conflict, sexual tension, the special angst of the early aughts.

Teenage angst and sexual frustration are equally important to the doubtlessly endeavored antagonist in It Follows making a horror film that's largely inspired by the genre's past and yet not quite like anything else before it.»

Notwithstanding your critique of the shoddy plot device and turnaround, the film is a marked example of female sexual awakening and resulting angst / hardship.

Using deadpan humor and savage charm belying deep empathy for her characters, Miller's debut captures the angst, sexual rivalry, and escalating self - doubt of teenage life in America while announcing Miller as a fierce new voice.

Accessible and informative as well as sensitive, Ford's collection of interviews follows six men and women who have accepted their sexual identity after leaving the angst and turmoil of adolescence behind.