Sentences with word «undercurrent»

It's a bit like attending a gathering where you know no one, but everyone else is friends - only gradually do you become aware of undercurrents of tension or affection that are already obvious to everyone else in the room.

Many of the issues I noticed at Yarl's Wood were similar to those I had seen at other locked institutions, however I had never seen the same level of sexual undercurrent in the way officers interacted with residents as I did there.

New York - based conceptual photographer Anne Collier (born 1970) creates neutral images of objects that already exist in the world, often charged with undercurrents of emotional complexity and vulnerability.

And this gloomy theme is underlined throughout the film by an unusually dark undercurrent of humor, such as gag in which De la Cruz is crushed to death by a bell.

Three of those dogs die, too, by the way, just to reiterate the real emotional undercurrent of the movie.

It's still a strong undercurrent in those parts of the world.

Much like Al Qadiri's «Muhawwil», which she calls «advertisements of moral conduct», all of Never Never Land «s artworks are teeming with codes and signifiers that reveal a political undercurrent in opposition to the one being mediated in the Middle Eastern mainstream.

Through the trope of the archipelago, Relational Undercurrents challenges the understanding of the Caribbean as discontinuous, isolated, hermetic, and beyond comprehension.

Until leaders, citizens and institutions do something about this past, their present and future relations are likely to be corrupted by undercurrents of hostility.

The higher sea level near the western ocean boundary creates a west - east pressure difference in the ocean, that results in the equatorial undercurrent flowing from west to east below the surface.

As Susan reads the fictional story over the course of a lonely weekend, she reminisces about her relationship with Tony and the unforgiveable betrayal that led to their divorce, haunted by the novel's thematic undercurrents of resentment and rage that play out like retribution for her own sins.

Venus in Fur opens amid thunder and lightning, the camera tracking along a desolate Paris boulevard, propelled by the sound of a dissonant cabaret - like polka (Alexandre Desplat's spare score provides a dark undercurrent throughout).

Facing The Modern — The Portrait in Vienna 1900: Is a new exhibition at The National Gallery, London (9 October 2013 — 12 January 2014) Art Journalist Sara Faith takes a look at the dark undercurrent running through this significant exhibition.

It's a true story with powerful undercurrents.

There is, too, a strong sexual undercurrent in many of the paintings — most notably in «Pleasure Rage», a rearing phallic composition in violent reds and oranges.

And while we commiserate, we'd really like to keep you right in the middle, caught we hope in a constant undercurrent of conflict and permit you no peace or stability.

Former race boss Jean Todt had just become CEO of the car division too, so the transfer of ideas, technology and engineering from F1 to the road car programme — always present as a strong undercurrent at Maranello — had gained a new, arguably defining, impetus.

That's why this video from Undercurrents (found yet again via the ever - excellent Permaculture Magazine) showing how to sustainably tap birch sap is so cool.

It considers the complex undercurrents for this occurrence in art today, and posits other and possible realities existing simultaneously, via careful re-orientations of tense; elevating the need for vigilance towards the present and future over a concern for the past.

There are many subtle undercurrents in the case that can't be adequately summarized here but are beautifully laid out by Stephen S. Hall of Nature in a long feature that is essential reading if you care about the tough intersection of uncertain science and risk management in disaster hot spots.

Kingsman is a movie addicted to its own excesses, with cultural undercurrents that are frequently reactionary bordering on retrograde bordering on reprobate.

Primate redux With James Franco in the lead and a political undercurrent about animal testing, Rise of the Apes reboots the reboot of the Planet of the Apes franchise in June.

What makes Toni Erdmann, the finest comedy in recent memory, so wonderful and beguiling is the deep undercurrent of sadness that informs its eventual life lessons.

Gone Baby Gone is a thoughtful, serious film, whose strong moral undercurrents carry it beyond mere genre.

This outreach needs to be authentic in order to overcome the often hidden undercurrent of cultural / ethnic tensions between English - dominant school staff and teachers and limited - English parents.

The Devil's Backbone and Pan's Labyrinth benefited greatly from their political undercurrent while also tapping into horror and folklore, respectively.

Over more than four decades his work has repeatedly challenged audiences to confront popular myths and wrestle with the psychological undercurrents of capitalism.

Some of us rational folks would like to resolve as many issues as possible without war, especially with that misguided faith as undercurrents flowing through your viens.

Abuse of Weakness has a steady undercurrent of tension throughout, and Huppert's emotionally clamped down performance combined with the alternately placid and disturbing textures of Maud's life give it the feel of a waking dream, with hints of the Gothic.

There's a pretty nasty undercurrent going here as they pick one of the worst singers they can find.

«Exclusion undercurrents seemed to be developing,» Nancy notes.

Young Ivana Baquero puts in a performance that belies her tender years and the stunning visuals create a fantasy world that is beautiful yet conveys a suitably dark and disturbing undercurrent in Guillermo Del Toro's inimitable style.

The conflict also taps into strong undercurrents within the Onondaga County Republican Party, which has been torn by public infighting for years.

His photographs reveal the cultural, psychological and historical undercurrents beneath the surface of modernity.

The California Undercurrent originates in equatorial regions primarily at depths 100 to 200 meters and flows poleward beneath the equatorward flowing California Current.

However, closer inspection reveals a dark, sometimes sinister undercurrent.

The terms of the problem are interchangeable and an erotic undercurrent hints at the generalizing quality of desire: the artist remembers feeling envy upon seeing his mother's photograph, an unexpressed attraction to the man in the image that remains unresolved in the installation.

There would generally be little racial undercurrent, as quite frankly it is not really an issue back home.

complex undercurrent of social, cognitive, emotional and physiological processes that organize

But there's also an earnest emotional undercurrent here.

It suggests the spiritual undercurrents within digital technology through its potential for enlightenment, transcendence, and evocation of the infinite.

Bradford's international reputation is built on richly layered canvases that push the boundaries of class, culture, race and gender in order to explore the powerful undercurrents beneath the surface.

During her unsuccessful run for mayor, her ironclad control of the Council was a persistent undercurrent in the public narrative, even if much of it was based on sources unwilling to speak on the record.

But an ominous undercurrent flows just out of sight.

I'll admit that is a little disappointing, but the melancholic undercurrent found throughout -LSB-...]

It takes a room of night scenes, at the very back, to hint at sadder undercurrents even now.

The new British comedy «What We Did on Our Holiday» carries on a fine tradition of lively romps with serious undercurrents, blending a cast of comedy stars and solid actors to create hilariously offbeat characters...