Sentences with phrase «stories about grief»

After my son Matthew died from bone cancer, I wrote a number of stories about grief.

Incendiary I missed this film when it released, but I'm always up for Michelle Williams movies, even if stories about grief and ill - advised relationships don't tend to be my thing.

There are stories about grief, love, sex, joy, growing up on Maui, friendship and moon bathing naked under the night sky.

Collateral Beauty is a story about grief, recovery and redemption — themes also found in Kenneth Lonergan's brilliant Manchester By Sea.

It's a story about grief, depression, parenthood, and all the scary creatures that live under the bed and in the darkest corners of the closet.

At its core, A Fantastic Woman is a story about grief, and the walls we put up to avoid processing it, that just so happens to include the added context of trans identity.

Ari Aster has crafted a story about grief and the loss of control that will resonate with everyone that's ever lost a loved one.

I began with the desire to tell a story about grief from a child's perspective and I found myself gravitating increasingly toward these grand Shakespearean themes.

Parents and children alike will cherish Carolyn Beck's That Squeak, a sensitively rendered, accessible story about grief and friendship.

It's one of the best - looking video games of the modern era, a Norse epic that weaves an overarching mythological tale together with a smaller - scale, personal story about grief and family.

Not exact matches

Did you see the recent story about Prince Harry finally seeking counseling for his grief over Princess Diana's death?

Particularly when stories about trauma are discussed on every TV channel and shared on every social media platform, uncounted millions are exposed to the grief of a few.

What I loved about the rituals of grief — the viewing, the flowers, the stories, the songs, the laughter, the sobbing, the burial — was that they forced me to keep moving, to avoid getting stuck in a place of despair.

There are people writing books, making art, and sharing stories about their children and their grief.

Here at PALS we welcome many stories about the journey of grief and joy during your subsequent pregnancy.

Recently I had the opportunity to speak to Ashley — who has shared her story and, most recently, here — about birth mother grief, healing and community - building; about what expectant mothers need to know before and after relinquishing their baby; and about how she sees her role as an open adoption «truth - teller.»

These young women are not given the other side of the story, about the grief and regret they will suffer.

«More than just a great handbook, this is an honest and often very moving story about valuing truth over hope, even in the face of grief.»

So open up about your grief, share your favorite stories about your pet, and maybe seek advice from someone you know who has gone through a similar experience.

The story is ultimately about grief that never goes away but has to nonetheless be overcome.

But we said that whatever happened in the year between the death of the daughter and when we meet Mildred — which we thought was probably depression, not getting out of bed, all the stuff that can come about as a result of intense grief — we wouldn't touch on that because the story we wanted to tell is about the billboards and the anger and the war that she unleashes.

A ghost story as much about the vanity inherent to international stardom as it is coming to terms with grief and death, Personal Shopper receives an essential Blu - ray transfer from Criterion.

It's a story about love and grief.

Personal Shopper is more of a psychological drama about loneliness and grief rather than a frightening ghost story.

As she is trying to cope with her loss and searching for a sign of her brother's presence, it becomes clear that Personal Shopper is more of a psychological drama about loneliness and grief rather than a frightening ghost story.

Other titles in this section include: Naomi Kawase's sweet, light and leisurely AN; Tom Geens» COUPLE IN A HOLE, about a couple living in an underground forest dwelling to be left alone to deal with their mysterious grief; DEPARTURE, Andrew Steggall's delicate first feature about longing, loneliness and nostalgia for a sense of family that may have never existed; Jacques Audiard's Palme d'Or - winner about a makeshift family trying to cement their bonds, DHEEPAN; the World Premiere of Biyi Bandele's FIFTY, a riveting exploration of love and lust, power and rivalry and seduction and infidelity in Lagos; the European Premiere of Maya Newell's documentary GAYBY BABY, following the lives of four Australian children whose parents all happen to be gay; Mark Cousins returns to LFF with his metaphysical essay film I AM BELFAST, Stig Björkman's documentary INGRID BERGMAN — IN HER OWN WORDS, a treasure trove of Bergman's never - before - seen home movies, personal letters and diary extracts alongside archive footage; Hirokazu Kore - eda's beautiful OUR LITTLE SISTER, focusing on the lives of four young women related through their late father in provincial Japan; the European Premiere of Mabel Cheung's sweeping Chinese epic based on the true story of Jackie Chan's parents A TALE OF THREE CITIES and Guillaume Nicloux's VALLEY OF LOVE starring Isabelle Huppert and Gérard Depardieu in a tale of love, loss, memory and the mystical.

Although Burton did give his audience some grief by thinning his second act into a somewhat aimless walkabout (Mr. Melin had plenty to say about this in his review), the overall result was fairly true to Lewis Carroll's story.

Following the after - life story of a man who dies in a car crash, this is a film about grief and existentialism but, most importantly, about time.

The investigating officer, Calloway (Trevor Howard) tells Martins about Lime's unsavory character, but his grief - stricken lover, Anna (Alida Valli) doesn't believe the stories, so perhaps neither should Martins.

Is it a horror film about grief, or is grief the real horror story all along?

The «A» story of Never Steady, Never Still is Judy's matriarch as she grapples with the grief of losing her husband, worrying about her conflicted son, and coping with her ever - worsening Parkinson's, and it's an alternately downcast and fittingly encouraging affair.

«A Ghost Story,» a surreal drama about death and grief, is the best movie of 2017 — so say the members of the Utah Film Critics Association, who voted Sunday on the group's major awards.

This film is about more than the story of JFK and Jackie O, the «beautiful people» as Bobbie Kennedy calls them; it's a film about grief and bereavement and a woman whose husband dies in her arms.

As a result, the filmmaker naturally and enthrallingly created a relatable and realistic story about two families that are both struggling to overcome their grief during times of physical and emotional crisis.

Though I Kill Giants is ultimately an uplifting story about a young protagonist dealing with death and grief, the film is perhaps not best suited to very young viewers.

If A Ghost Story is about grief as pining, Columbus is about grief as practice.

A Ghost Story David Lowery's tone poem about grief and time is the most unusual haunted house movie ever.

A deeply sentimental and meditative film about the weight of grief and the attachments we have to the homes we build, A Ghost Story overcomes its somewhat pretentious trappings (long, Malickian takes with whispered narrative, shooting in Academy Ratio with rounded corners) and silly premise of watching Casey Affleck spend nearly the entire film with a sheet over his head and spins a metaphysical tale that transcends space and time.

«Southpaw» goes beyond the specifics of boxing and becomes a universal story about tragedy and grief.

Playwright and filmmaker Kenneth Lonergan examines grief and family dysfunction with a story about a small - town handyman, played by Casey Affleck, whose past has turned him into a sad, bitter character.

In seven minutes, It's Not an Accident, a film the Illinois Department of Transportation uses to teach new drivers about the grim realities of train crashes, tells a compelling story full of palpable grief.

BEST OF THE WEEK Image from a recent story from WLRN public radio about the return to classes at MSD high school today: Trauma And Grief Loom Large As Stoneman Douglas High Prepares To Reopen After Deadly Shooting There was some pretty amazing journalism this week about the aftermath of the Parkland school -LSB-...]

What does this story say about the ways in which children deal with grief?

There are so seldom stories written about true love striking «senior citizens», or in this case, two mature widowed individuals that are clearly battling both their own personal grief over their lost spouses as well as their own loneliness.

At a recent workshop, award - winning author Jessica Handler (Invisible Sistersand Braving the Fire) offered pointers for other authors writing about trauma through sharing her own powerful story of grief and loss.

- Wall Street Journal «Students of writing will find «Watchman» fascinating for these reasons: How did a lumpy tale about a young woman's grief over her discovery of her father's bigoted views evolve into a classic coming - of - age story about two children and their devoted widower father?

Sharon Sala writes a charming story about a second chance at life and love in The Curl Up and Dye.When LilyAnn Bronte lost her high school sweetheart 11 years ago, she became mired in grief.

Also, we talk about why a story about friendship and grief is powerful, hopeful — and not at all sappy.

Great story about love, grief, and what we are willing to risk for others (Michele N.) Hepworth writes with compassion and understanding of the impact of this cruel disease on all who know and love the patients (Helen S.)(Reviewed by BookBrowse First Impression Reviewers).

For a story that's at its core about grief, I laughed out loud more than I expected to.