Sentences with phrase «with frankness»

This pioneering book by Marnie Ferree bravely addresses the taboo subject of female sexual addiction with frankness, compassion, and vulnerability.

His pictures reveal his subjects» innermost fears and aspirations, their perceptions and illusions about themselves, with a frankness that makes the portraits as engrossing as they are disturbing.

The sex scenes are also handled with a frankness and intimacy that you don't see in films too often, and that, coupled with a pair of superb performances by John Hawkes and Helen Hunt, is what makes «The Sessions» such a real joy to watch.

Social castes are flayed bare with a frankness unheard of in polite entertainment as the hero penguin — flawed (retarded, even) in his ability to communicate through song but gifted with funk and that loping, soulful gait of Glover's (an artist who by himself reshaped his medium)-- befriends a quintet of «amigos» in the Antarctic barrio.

While he has had no reservations speaking with frankness on the EU, Gove has so far remained tight - lipped on Cameron's deal itself, reluctant to criticise his old friend.

Francis answered them with the frankness that has become a hallmark of his young papacy.

Pell responded to the prosecutors» questions with a frankness that bordered on heedlessness.

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If there was even a modicum of frankness in Harper's discussion with that family on the first day of the campaign, it would have been a very short conversation indeed.

Its intention to hold on to the control of the means of production at any price, while being incapable of making the socially necessary use of them is here expressed with complete frankness in the superstructure.

Barry Sheerman, chairman of the parliamentary cross-party has reacted to all this with admirable frankness: no weasel words here, simply an open suspicion of all religion when it is actually believed rather than just talked about.

Despite his manifest imperfections — of which the Bible speaks with amazing frankness — David represents a Hebrew worthy of emulation.

The third chapter surprised readers with its sexual frankness when it appeared as a short story in Partisan Review, but candor defines her approach to every subject, including society, politics, and psychoanalysis.

He didn't beat about the bush in Confession; the central issues were dealt with straight away, with directness and frankness.

He was all about transparency, frankness and a commitment to love and grace, no matter who we were dealing with, way too radical for our supposedly progressive Non-denominational Evangelical church.

Over his shoulder, he talks to you about his great love, the Afrikaans language: its earthy flavor, sexual frankness, its connections with manor life and with a earlier, seemingly happier, time for his people.

Like Pope Francis, Cardinal Sarah speaks with great frankness.

With it he sent a letter to the Pope himself, written with all the frankness, openness, intellectual integrity and respect for authority of which Luther was capaWith it he sent a letter to the Pope himself, written with all the frankness, openness, intellectual integrity and respect for authority of which Luther was capawith all the frankness, openness, intellectual integrity and respect for authority of which Luther was capable.

As we looked out over the water with the fascination of gay bright lights playing upon our eyes, he talked with complete and disarming frankness.

The spirit of openness to dialogue in frankness and fairness has been received with warm appreciation, as well as especially the emphasis on prayer with and for each other and the positive focus on ecumenical texts of the scriptures.

«Yes,» Arnold answered with delightful frankness.

Here he talks with revealing frankness about his disappointing victory

Packed with quotes from real moms and dads, this reference guide brings each topic to life with honesty and frankness.

The restored paragraph reads: «Some Security Services officials appear to have a dubious record relating to actual involvement, and frankness about any such involvement, with the mistreatment of Mr Mohamed when he was held at the behest of US officials.»

Yet, in this case, that does not seem to have been true: as the evidence showed, some Security Services officials appear to have a dubious record relating to actual involvement, and frankness about any such involvement, with the mistreatment of Mr Mohamed when he was held at the behest of US officials.

Be honest because only with total frankness can you be open to actually changing yourself for the better.

I like frankness and candidness with decency and positive attitude

And that is a good sign — no more letters with fake frankness and friendliness.

Burdon falls head over heels in love with Kathy's toughness, her humorous, self - deprecating frankness.

Kay Cannon's Blockers approaches the randiness of her female characters with unvarnished frankness.

Kelly eventually leads these characters toward the inevitable, and the frankness with which he handles scenes involving end - of - life decisions, fear in the face of death, and the desire to find meaning in any of this mess is admirable.

TELLURIDE, Colo. — Three of the best films at this year's Telluride festival deal with unusual frankness with sex.

The writing / dialogue is at times brutally frank but then this frankness is juxtaposed with moments of comedy that resulted in laugh - out - loud moments in the packed theatre.

The film chronicles Anne's decline with naked frankness, and Riva ably registers Anne's struggle to maintain her dignity.

As I look at this slate of beautiful work, I could just make a series of simple observations: that these films come from all over the globe; that there is a nice balance of filmmakers known and unknown to many here in New York; that the overall balance between frankness and artistry holds me in awe; that there are two gala selections with the word «wonder» in their titles; and that eight of the 25 films were directed by women.»

Juggling heartbreaking frankness with uplifting scenes of love and solidarity, this is a sensitive exploration of family, faith and opposing cultures.

Though Blumberg treats the topic with admirable frankness, the film's insights would've had more impact if he wasn't so quick to hop to the next storyline whenever matters get especially thorny.

Deservedly lauded at Sundance for its frankness and non-judgemental approach to female and young - adult sexuality, the film impresses on its own terms as a solidly - constructed character study of a mercurial, still - forming artist, told with a straight face despite the period eccentricities.

In the seductively wonderful Weekend (2011, Peccadillo, 18), writer - director Andrew Haigh and leading players Tom Cullen and Chris New evoke an emerging love story that blends the tender uncertainties of Before Sunrise with the goofiness of Gregory's Girl and fragments of the sexual frankness (verbally at least) of Taxi zum Klo.

A former actress currently taking a professional break after an affair with a married filmmaker ended badly, Young - hee is seen in the film's first part wandering around Hamburg with an older friend, Jee - young (Seo Young - hwa), talking about their romantic desires and regrets with remarkable frankness.

There's a startling frankness to the performance with her vocal deliveries dotted with an acidic tartness.

Although the anti-gifted and anti-parent attitude demonstrated by this particular administrator at this particular school is extreme, and the frankness with which the attitude was expressed is atypical in my experience - the belief system underlying the attitude is, unfortunately, a common one.

Joseph Wambaugh says it with an air of that same authenticity, in his stories of contemporary Police activities, and, with a disarming tongue in cheek, frankness.

I was inspired to write about my journey because of the frankness and honesty that you have shown, along with other indie authors.

YA / Mature Readers: Durrow's frankness about race, along with her young characters and the enormous odds against them, will resonate powerfully with teens.

The frankness of Litte's analysis is helpful, especially in a section in which she offers her view — which, of course, won't jibe with everyone's — about Amazon's 70/30 royalty split in the KDP program:

Artists like Stanley Spencer RA and Lucian Freud addressed head on, with unprecedented frankness, the nature of male heterosexual desire, and the fact of the body as simply flesh.

Greenberg had written, with insight but over-simplification, that «Manet's paintings became the first modernist ones by virtue of the frankness with which they declared the surfaces on which they were painted.»

Naidenov's pulp paper sculptures are instantly deceptive, mimicking the béton brut of the National Theatre or the Thamesmead Estate with confrontational frankness.

With extraordinary generosity and frankness and somehow with a lot of sympathy as well, he compared what he felt to be the bleak but possible heroic fate awaiting us when we left Art School to the cosy, hierarchical life of an Art Historian.&raWith extraordinary generosity and frankness and somehow with a lot of sympathy as well, he compared what he felt to be the bleak but possible heroic fate awaiting us when we left Art School to the cosy, hierarchical life of an Art Historian.&rawith a lot of sympathy as well, he compared what he felt to be the bleak but possible heroic fate awaiting us when we left Art School to the cosy, hierarchical life of an Art Historian.»

Though her work shares the unassuming frankness and heady optimism found in the work of the leading First Generation New York School poets, her art parts company with those poets» sensibilities in that it never traffics in surrealism, pop culture, fragmentation or collage.