Sentence examples for dark portrait from inspiring English sources

Although it is not overtly political, the film does present a dark portrait of China.

So was "Edward Scissorhands, Tim Burton's indelibly dark portrait of the artist as a young goth.

In 2002, Hollywood actor Matt Dillon shot City of Ghosts, an affectionate, dark portrait of post-war Phnom Penh.

The statement hinted at a very dark portrait of the governor, but evidence of that, if any, was not disclosed.

There isn't much talking in Jones's dark portrait of country life, but the way he's laid out the dialogue speaks volumes for his ambition.

The company has assembled a terrific cast for "Port Authority," a trio of monologues drawing a dark portrait of three generations of Irishmen in contemporary Dublin.

The script, full of rapid, clever switchbacks, implacably follows the downward spiral of the principal characters, while on the way Siodmak's direction paints a dark, dingy portrait of the other America -- of bungalows, bus stations and bars -- that has barely been allowed to appear in Hollywood movies since.

Acquavella Galleries of New York has also invested in China, agreeing to represent Mr. Zeng, whose crisp, dark portraits of life and nature are popular among European collectors.

A diplomatic amateur, he was too easily impressed by whichever host responded to his interests or appreciated his gifts, which included a shipment of fifty baby chicks and a glow-in-the-dark portrait of Stalin executed in radioactive paint.

Court officials answering to the Communist Party have painted an even darker portrait.

— now begins to paint a darker portrait of an emerging psychopath with serious developmental issues.