Sentences with word «upending»

Director Michael Sucsy seems to gravitate to stories about women who find their romantic lives upended by an out - of - the - blue event.
She's a key part of the film's sneaky upending of expectations: In a role usually reserved for a testosterone - sipping male brawler, Gurira stirringly leads her Amazonian horde and still has time to complain about wearing a wig over her shaved head during an undercover mission in South Korea.
In 2015, companies like his, which had packed their production schedules to take advantage of an expiring tax credit, found their timelines completely upended when Congress unexpectedly extended that credit by five years.
Add in the rise of ebooks and self - publishing, and you have an industry completely upended in the blink of an eye.
You may have read last week that the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) has issued new guidance on children and peanut allergies — advice which completely upends what parents have been told in the past.
From keenly - observed book covers, tulips and toys, to candy and cocktails, Baker's still lifes captivate the viewer by playfully upending traditional perspective.
The CW's «The 100» has managed to create more forward momentum with a similar budget and premise, in part by upending expectations and creating impossible choices and terrible consequences for its characters.
A translator and novelist (Catherine Keener) has her contented small - town life upended when she discovers that her eldest daughter (Hannah Gross) has dropped out of college and is inexplicably living on the streets and holding a cardboard sign that says only «GOODNESS.»
Like Dean, he was a charismatic rebel who upended conventional notions about his craft, inspired countless younger artists, died at an early age, and left cult - like legions of fans who mourn his loss to this day.
When Blockchain, the Internet - borne technological underpinning of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, erupted onto the scene several years ago, many wondered if the technology might not upend traditional financial institutions, including global banks, card networks and money - transfer companies.
While the 2016 presidential debates will be remembered for upending assumptions about preparedness and the importance of facts, they might also be noteworthy for the integration of technologies and platforms designed to increase civic engagement.
For a presidential cycle known for upending conventional political wisdom, one thing certainly hasn't changed: It's hard to vote in the Senate if you're campaigning across the country.
It's a classy little design, and one Google doesn't plan on upending with the Chromecast Ultra.
«Easily the most disturbing and unsettling book I have read this year is Rena Olsen's debut novel, The Girl Before, the first - person tale of a woman in the throes of upending everything she holds to be real and true.
The sharing economy is starting to dramatically upend how creative work fashioned for advertising is sourced.
Their life gets upended in a big way though when a young enthusiast of Josh's work named Jamie (Driver) and his wife Darby (Amanda Seyfried) befriend them after a chance encounter.
Marijuana dispensaries and manufacturers are increasingly worried that the Trumpadministration will crack down on enforcement of federal laws that ban growing and selling marijuana — reversing the president's stance during his campaign and potentially upending what has become a $ 7 billion market.
But when it came to Season 2, he felt it was «smooth sailing right from the jump,» something his co-star Drew Barrymore agreed with — though she did have some issues with leaping back into the story of Sheila, whose hyper - normal suburban existence gets upended after some sort of curse turns her into a flesh - craving zombie.
The relative stability of this initial quintet is upended with the introduction of the remaining figures of the film, all of whom, again, identify with their jobs and their perceived responsibilities.
Indeed, this movement is upending many of our institutions.
Starlet is a rich, satisfying film about upending expectations and circumventing stereotypes to reveal the deeper truths beneath the kinds of people society really cares to get to know.
The arrest of Mr. Silver, 70, immediately upended state government, throwing the capital into convulsions just as this year's legislative session gets underway.
Stunning finds in the Republic of Georgia upend long - standing ideas about the first hominids to journey out of Africa
«In most of the Western world, salary just isn't something people feel comfortable talking about,» writes researcher David Burkus in his 2016 book «Under New Management: How Leading Organizations are Upending Business as Usual.»
But it would be difficult for any one single program, no matter how ambitious, to upend New York City's long - held reputation as one of the toughest places in the world to build.
And they also potentially upend modes of IP rights enforcement, through the very structure of how creative works are registered and sold / shared.
The New Museum upended conventions related to the museum's educative role, its relationship to artists and audiences, and its emphasis on permanence rather than process or change.
The Trump administration is holding talks on providing nuclear technology to Saudi Arabia — a move that critics say could upend decades of U.S. policy and lead to an arms race in the Middle East.
A look at the deeply intertwined history of humanity and freshwater reveals looming challenges that could upend power structures around the world.
Knight's script further upends assumptions of on - the - run resolution by jumping forward — weeks, months, years.
The study upends more than half a century of research that assumed outdoor air pollution in cities was to blame for higher asthma rates — a hypothesis repeatedly used by EPA regulators to justify the agency's regulations.
With Michael Shannon and Luke Evans also upending expectations in supporting roles, it's a confident debut that should reap considerable attention from distributors, and opportunities for Danluck, following its premiere at this year's Tribeca Film Festival.
If you've been on a solid career trajectory for the past 15 years, you can easily spend a year or two doing consulting work or taking on «leapfrog» positions without upending everything.
Many upend social codes («Smile at a stranger», commanded Louise Bourgeois) and there are plenty of subversive calls to arms, like Ai Weiwei's guide to spray - painting the lens of a CCTV surveillance camera.
Federico Fernandez then upended Son as Van der Hoorn being caught forward left him exposed one - against - one.
«Our findings upend widely held assumptions about the security of the underlying hardware.
Who upended all my assumptions in the very best way.
PLATTSBURGH Le Ly Hayslip was just a kid when war upended her tranquil existence in central Vietnam.
The speech was also an attack on Hillary Clinton and the very political establishment Trump upended over the last 400 - plus days of his campaign.
Creating a female cyborg of advanced age, one clearly postmenopausal, could potentially upend society's correlation between gender and age in regard to re / productivity, sexuality, and relevancy.
Taken out of its original context, reimagined, and signed by the artist, the readymade upended tradition and artistic convention — transforming an everyday, ordinary object by virtue of the artist selecting it.
Meanwhile, its totally upended medical insurance for the other 300 million americans who had insurance.
The foundation's innovative funding model upends traditional incentives.
Left - leaning news site Mother Jones warned readers about the potential «revolutionary outcomes, from upending a century's worth of settled corporate law to opening the floodgates to religious challenges to every possible federal...
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