Sentences with phrase «with dramatic incident»

In his works, Hartley expertly blends intelligent, ironic humor with dramatic incident, gripping his eccentric, usually obsessed, but always very passionate characters with deep philosophical quandaries.

Not exact matches

You could also point out that this Old Testament incident is hardly as dramatic or wrenching as, say, David's nasty detour with Bathsheba.

Group H is tightly contested between those 3 nations but things in this group might suffer a dramatic change as Croatia is in danger of getting some of their points removed or might even be kicked off from the tournament due to an incident which occurred back in June 12 when Croatia hosted Italy in the Polijud Stadium in a match that concluded with a final scoreboard of 1 - 1.

As easygoing as a country ballad (and its laconic star), director John Carroll Lynch's film is short on dramatic incident but long on mood and heavy with philosophical substance, as Stanton's Lucky grapples with issues of realism, happiness and what awaits us after we shuffle off our mortal coil.

But after drifting along with the aimless young characters for a while, the story takes a dramatic turn and major incidents begin to pile up: deaths, near - deaths, and disappearances.

The French writer - director, who has a gift for portraying meaningfully changing lives and turning minor incidents into major themes, has perfected her dramatic style over the last decade; we'll see how she does with this globe - trotting premise, a change of pace from her usual, dependably low - key plotting.

«I want to share an anecdote with you that happened to me today,» said director Tarik Saleh on - stage after his The Nile Hilton Incident won the World Cinema Dramatic Grand Jury Prize.

Experience dramatic decreases in suspensions, expulsions, referrals, and dangerous incidents across all levels — schoolwide, in the classroom, and with individual students.

In general, the colour is becoming either sharper or more sonorous, in fact more dramatic; the handling of paint more obviously expressive; and the content of each painting more solidly a «scene» or «situation» of greater weight or elaboration than earlier canvases which seem to be concerned instead with an enlarged «incident» in close - up.