Sentence examples for dark contemporary from inspiring English sources

Drawn from dark contemporary trends, the bitter world of The Handmaid's Tale is ruled by a repressive American religious regime.

Outwardly you couldn't get much more Agatha Christie than this scene, but, as Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot both know, appearances can be deceptive, and BBC1's new three-part adaptation of Christie's And Then There Were None aims to hold its own with such dark contemporary crime dramas as Luther and The Bridge.

Mikla, atop the Marmara Pera Hotel, is a hot spot for its dark, contemporary cocktail lounge with floor-to-ceiling glass windows and outdoor terrace, perfect for admiring the greatest-hits-of-Istanbul view.

So it's no wonder that people think the world is falling apart, and many are in a very dark contemporary mood.

"Old master black is much darker than contemporary black".

Yet at the same time, and this complicates the show in dark ways, contemporary history intrudes.

What's this dark, urban, contemporary film's link to the rest of Mr. Michell's work?

To deal with this latter question, Cracknell turned to a theatrical dark art, contemporary dance, calling in Australian choreographer Lucy Guerin to bring Medea's magic to life.

While designed for viewers new to opera, the recent Swiss productions have in their way been highly adventurous, beginning with the dark, uncompromisingly contemporary "Magic Flute" staged by Martin Kusej (available on DVD from Deutsche Grammophon).

This was because to be faithful to medieval design would have left the houses cold and dark by contemporary standards.

After its first showing in Florence, The Destiny of Men headed to Urban Spree with hopes that the city might provide the geographic context needed to reveal a darker, more contemporary vision of the series. .