Director's passion burns ever bright Sep 25, 2008
"A classic mannerist painting - mannerism was a kind of reaction to the coolness and clarity of the high renaissance. "What a startling image. The face is distracted - it's not the slightest bit interested in us. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
The NDC's Politics of Comics ..... Sep 16, 2008
They are surely by their intended misdeeds pushing for coalition government which I support, but not as a resultant of their annoying mannerism of violence. My Coalition government as envisaged is not viewed from their same opaque lens of malevolence and their ill-mannered resort. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Environmental politics dominate show Sep 15, 2008
Using Prismacolor (soft colored pencils), he meticulously fills large areas of the paper surface with a dot-dash mannerism. The style is not unlike the ink drawings of Vincent Van Gogh, who is portrayed in one of Shepard's drawings, along with Lincoln and Elvis, pointing "the accusing finger" at Republicans. (Anchorage Daily News)
Read Obama's first book and you will know him Jun 20, 2008
And he's developed a mannerism that is quite effective in delivering a speech. This is the thing that scared the Founding Fathers -- that people could fall in love with the sound of words and never stop to think about the ideas and politics that are being presented. (Fort Madison Daily Democrat, IO)
First show, first nomination? Strange Jun 13, 2008
He's not playing Stew -- exactly -- but he does use Stew mannerisms to make the connection ... "One of the first things I did physically was put my shoulders forward. I hid my heart that way and that opened the character for me." He also used references from his niece -- "she had all these mannerism when she was 10. Since the character is called 'Youth' I was able to pull from as many different references as possible. That was great for a coming-of-age story.". (Sioux City Journal, IO)
'I work in waves' Jun 3, 2008
It was the sensation of the moment; you can't warm it over, unless you want mannerism. When it does come, it's natural. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Nothing says Fashion Week like an air kiss Mar 19, 2008
Over the years the air kiss has been caricatured as insincere "a snobby kind of mannerism," according to etiquette know-it-all Letitia Baldridge. Like air hockey and air guitars, air kisses are not the real thing. (Toronto Star)
A sense of urgency drives Maastricht art fair Mar 15, 2008
The complex scene influenced by Italian Mannerism is as fresh as on the first day. An American collector, undeterred by the 3. (International Herald Tribune)
A spare but richly told 'Henry V' Jan 17, 2008
She keeps the five actors moving and talking with vigor and without fuss; they shift among wildly different characters not by exaggerated changes of mannerism, voice, or costume, but by giving each one a full, clear, and unimpeded voice. Noel knows what more directors should: If you just stay out of Shakespeare's way, he does most of the work himself. (Boston Globe)
Controversy amid the calm Jan 5, 2008
His style is so distinctive that it becomes a mannerism, indicating that these drawings owe more to the inner eye than the physical one. By reducing his palette to predominantly black and white, he conjures up a stark and mysterious atmosphere, as though we are looking at X-rays in which our view of the bones is occluded by vaporous shapes shifting within the body. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Juneau painter's exhibition explores fresh frontiers Aug 15, 2007
Kincaid describes his paintings as "broken down, messed up, mutilated and put back into a message." His work is painted on large metal road signs in a comic-book mannerism. The concept has many possibilities not utilized by the artist. (Anchorage Daily News)
Rodent in the kitchen Aug 5, 2007
The painstaking research for the film also meant that the production crew had cages of rats for about a year in the studios to allow them to study the movement and mannerism of rodents. Another infinitely more enjoyable aspect was dining at some of the best restaurants in the world, all in the name of research. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Connect the dots, and you'll get a sense of the bigger picture Jun 24, 2007
The temptation to indulge in this sort of mannerism and alert resistance to it provide the sense of inner conflict that makes Komarin's work more involving to the eye than reproduction can convey. The camera imposes a tidiness and suavity on Komarin's work that in reality most of it lacks. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Rajnikanths Sivaji: Whats all the fuss about? Jun 20, 2007
Firstly, there are his mannerisms or style or ish-tyle that one is treated to during the course of the film. Every such mannerism is amplified by some booming sound effects for added pleasure ... He was a bus conductor during which time he reportedly caught the fancy of the bus travellers with his mannerisms and style of issuing tickets and blowing the whistle and so on. (Merinews)
Once singing starts, a star is reborn Jun 15, 2007
Not only does she look and sound uncannily like Garland; she goes beyond mannerism to create a real sense of the woman behind the image. McLean encourages us to think about that private person by opening with a long monologue, spoken into the microphone of a reel-to-reel tape recorder. (Boston Globe -- Living)
