Sentence examples for gritty picture from inspiring English sources

Hence the value of that gritty picture in the FT (even if it was largely seen by stockbrokers lounging around Long Island).But is the heartland really such an embodiment of self-reliance?

Although the usual Connelly fingerprints are in evidence here – a gritty picture of US detective work and the trenchant office politics of the LAPD – the real achievement is the creation of his tenacious heroine, Ballard.

Cinematographer Freddie Francis gave it a gritty, Picture Post-style look and went on to shoot other films in the British new wave this film launched (Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, and Sons and Lovers).

Ms. Levitt is best known for deeply sympathetic yet unflinchingly gritty pictures of children.

Take Harvey Pekar, whose "American Splendor" is based on his own life stories and illustrated with the gritty pictures of R. Crumb and Joe Sacco.

"I'd haunt the animal section in the library and one day picked up a beautiful book called Hill Shepherd full of the most evocative photos I could imagine – not just romantic views, but gritty pictures of the blood and the grime.

This is, after all, a man who came to public attention more than 40 years ago in gritty pictures like "Mean Streets," "The Godfather Part II" and "Taxi Driver" and  has averaged nearly two Oscar nominations — and a half-gazillion roles — each decade since.

On the intervening wall, Adriaen Brouwer's "Youth Making a Face" (1632-35) gives a grittier picture of tavern life, as does a tiny gray scene (around 1635) that includes a man relieving himself, this one by David Teniers the Younger, who was influenced by Brouwer.

A tribute to Tim Hetherington (CNN): The Oscar-nominated photojournalist was killed in the war-torn Libyan city of Misrata last week; Peter Bergen writes about the "humble" and "modest" man who could be relied on to take the grittiest pictures of combat.

"Shiri," which is one of the highest-grossing films in South Korean history (beating even the unsinkable "Titanic"), has the polished, expensive look of one of Mr. Woo's big-budget Hollywood efforts, which, impressive as they are, are not as much fun as his earlier, grittier pictures.

Joe Roth, whose Revolution Studios produced "Black Hawk Down," conceded he's taking a chance with a gritty war picture.