Sentences with phrase «tale of magical realism»
«A Ragman's Vow» — On Spec # 73 Summer, 2008 Read: Print Web Anthology Builder Kindle / iPhone / iPod Smashwords Nook Apple iTunes Kobo Sony Reader «A Ragman's Vow» by Brent Knowles is a wonderful tale of magical realism, and the best tale in this installment of On Spec.
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The filmmaker really broke out internationally with «Heavenly Creatures,» his poetic tale of magical realism that centered on the dangerous romance between two (ultimately) murderous teen girls played by a young Kate Winslet and a young Melanie Lynskey.
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A mix of distinctive cultural detail with magical realism, «Whale Rider» is still a fascinating and uplifting motion picture — a tale of tribal tradition and female empowerment that's like a live - action model for Disney's «Moana.»
The tale of two children separated by time but united by disability and experience and imagination as they walk the same halls of the Natural History museum five decades apart speaks to the magical realism that was so fundamental to the charm of Hugo.
Anchored by Jessup's beautifully empathetic performance and layered with doses of magical realism ranging from Oscar's talking hamster, Buffy (ingeniously voiced by Isabella Rossellini) to Cronenbergian body horror, this tale of sexual awakening is one of the year's most underappreciated gems.
It is so philosophical and abstract combining stream of consciousness, magical realism and fairy tales.
Tamara Ellis Smith's first novel sweeps readers up in a tale imbued with magical realism, a definitive mix of gritty...
With luminous prose infused with Latino folklore and magical realism, this mixes fairy - tale ingredients with the elegance of a love story, with all of it rooted in a deeply real sense of humanity.