Sentences with phrase «wry self»

Leading the Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Auction, Glenn Brown's epic Böcklin's Tomb (copied from «Floating Cities» 1981 by Chris Foss) achieved # 2,322,500 / $ 3,750,838 / $ 2,740,550, followed by Martin Kippenberger's wry self - portrait, Nieder mid der Bourgeoisie (Down with the Bourgeoisie) at # 1,818,500 / $ 2,936,878 / $ 2,155,830.

In each diptych, Baselitz pairs reconsidered motifs from his own work with iterations, in ink with blue, yellow or green watercolor washes, of an intimate late work by Hokusai, a wry self - portrait sketched at the end of a letter to his print publisher in 1842.

But these moments feel like exaggerations of things Abrams did in The Force Awakens — with the wry self - awareness coming off as more tiresome by comparison, since this franchise should feel less burdened by now with the task of establishing itself and its lineage.

Nor is the picture aided by what appears to be wry self - awareness of how opportune it is that giant fucking eagles materialize whenever there's a machina that needs deus - ing.

True, they capture that wry self - deprecation and slightly wounded winsomeness.

Not exact matches

Published in 1844 and recounting a journey in the Middle East made a decade before, it is a masterpiece of the wry and elliptically self - mocking English travel memoir; only Eric Newby improved on the model in any respect.

In the first film, the sassy Johnson rendered Ana's «smart mouth» as a wry edge that brought some wit to the project without openly mocking the lines, but the franchise's hint of self - deprecation has evaporated as the sequels progress.

Even the resourceful, likable Reynolds is at a loss to elevate this rather dreary piece of would - be escapism, which calls out for the wry, pulpy touch of a John Carpenter (or his acolyte David Twohy) and instead gets the strained self - seriousness of director Tarsem Singh.

His delivery beneath more layers of latex than any actor should have to endure, is funny and sweet, taking his solid - stone status and adjusting it to a world too fragile, not to mention dainty, for his hefty self with a wry sense of self - deprecation.

The raucous, raunchy Deadpool 2, which opens in wide release Friday, is a fitting sequel to the wry and self - referential original, a superhero film billed as a new frontier in superhero cinema that took the box office by storm in 2016.

Wry and self - aware but never finger - wagging, Office looks back on an economic precipice and finds more humor and spirit than any other depiction yet made about it.

With its self - flagellation and wry nods, 21 Jump Street is surprisingly enjoyable.

Peter Greenaway comes on like Oliver Stone transformed into a wry art scholar in Rembrandt's J'Accuse, his self - described «investigation» of the Dutch master's 1642 painting The Night Watch, which he posits...

This one features a plucky little girl with an epic mane of magic hair that glows when she sings (Mandy Moore), a dashing rogue of an outlaw who ends up a partner on her quest (Zachary Levi), a stepmom who walks all over her self - esteem (Donna Murphy), a chameleon with a wry sense of humor, a horse that thinks he's a dog and a rogues gallery of hard - bitten thugs with a dream in their hearts.

A defiantly Jewish bit of mishegoss that was conceived as a U.S. / Israeli co-production, the film is a wry, self - defeating response to the anti-Semitic tradition of stories about conniving «Court Jews» who talk their way into becoming one of the king's most trusted advisors.

But even the resourceful, likable Reynolds is at a loss to elevate this rather dreary piece of would - be escapism, which calls out for the wry, pulpy touch of a John Carpenter (or his acolyte David Twohy) and instead gets the strained self - seriousness of director Tarsem Singh.

The episode of coitus interruptus that follows sets a wry pattern for all of Isabelle's interactions with her many suitors (played by Nicolas Duvauchelle, Bruno Podalydès and others), in which the thrill of initial interest soon gives way to hesitation, disappointment and lacerating self - critique.

Colin Firth gives a riveting central performance as a noble underdog with a crippling handicap and a wry, self - effacing sense of humor.

For the hardcore comic - book fans, there's the Wilhelm scream, the Stan Lee cameo, the Marvel - history inside jokes, and a self - aware humor that even includes a wry dig at Raiders Of The Lost Ark..

This warning - cum - promise, delivered by 16 - year - old Hazel Grace Lancaster (Shailene Woodley) in the voiceover monologue that opens The Fault in Our Stars, is the first and most telling moment of self - sabotage in Josh Boone's faintly wry but mostly cloying film.

Stubborn, wry, and self - knowing, Baruch Kotler is one of the great creations of contemporary fiction.

His wry, sometimes self - serving view of life, humans, dogs, and friendship is both hilarious and touching.

Wry, self - aware, and intelligent, this is the voice of stroke - victim Jonathan Hooper, narrator of Keith Cronin's debut novel, Me Again, out in hardcover though Five Star.

The writing and voice acting are pitch - perfect in the wry, self - deprecating, vaguely cheesy fashion appropriate for a pulp adventure.

His work is a wry, anarchic, and often unsettling reflection of a society with a self - destructive gene.

Emma Amos's wry work on paper mimics several tropes of fashion magazines, transferring the advice column model of self - improvement to her experience as a black woman trying to make it in the art world.

The Buddha meditating upon himself points to the self - reflexivity of the experience of the television viewer — a wry comment that equates the TV viewing experience to the practice of Zen meditation as means to achieve a higher level of consciousness.

Above all, these paintings can be read as wry and self - deprecating commentary on Mesler's roles as a father, artist and art dealer, with the hand of judgement pointing to geographical locations that mark significant moments in the genesis of his personal evolution.

Selbstporträt mit Gurkenglas (1971) shows a middle - aged Lassnig holding a jar of pickles, defiantly looking at the viewer, the greenish tint of the work reflecting the contents of the jar; a wry commentary on the tumultuous workings of the artist's inner self.

There's nothing inherently wrong with wry distance or self - conscious irony; they're part of life.

However in the midst of the doom and gloom of her perception of a self - destructive world Hambling's wry humour is ever present, none more so than in her satirical bronze Politician, a gory and glorified orange pink slobbering head.

Both works exist formally on their own accord, however each houses a subversive support structure that seems to drip with wry, self aware humor.

But at this costs hearing, the self - represented Respondent father suggested a wry variation: «Legal Aid gives you wings.»