| 单词 | storyteller |
| 例句 | Kyle went into the Children’s Room, where kids were reading books with their moms and dads or watching a puppet show or listening to a storyteller or singing along with Mother Goose and her goslings. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z He was a great storyteller, but forget about his studies or the Eiffel Tower or the Louvre or the cafes of the Champs-Elysees. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “Unless the storyteller has passed, the easiest way to find out more is to just...go ask them.” Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z Uncle Turu was a storyteller who liked to fling his arms about for show, but inside he was as soft as the baby alpaca’s fleece. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z “Charlotte is the best storyteller I ever heard,” said Fern, poking her dish towel into a cereal bowl. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z By now, it seemed, they'd run through the best storytellers and were left with people who took five minutes deciding whether they visited Asheville, North Carolina, in June or July of 1961. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z I tried to find a way to bait her into a story, and I figured there’s no better bait for a storyteller than to get part of the story wrong. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z After a sufficiently brave time, she returned to the storytellers. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The storyteller’s eyes rolled around to focus on the Justice. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I was curious to find out how this white woman, born in New York City, had become a storyteller. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z The Justice watched his bodyguard begin to tie Skarpi’s wrists, then turned his body slightly away, as if dismissing the storyteller from his mind. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “You’re a good storyteller,” I complimented him, still staring into the waves. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Which was his way of saying a good storyteller gives the people what they want. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Nick is the storyteller with incomparable access to his story. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Without looking in the storyteller’s direction, he began to gently, methodically, wash his bottles. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z They were natural storytellers and beautiful singers; innately charming people who treated us like long-lost cousins. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z She had thought herself many things before—a scared mouse, a quiet girl, a coward—but never a storyteller. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z But being some kind of magic storyteller wasn’t going to be of much use in an iron-monster attack. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Remember how I said that we Dinka are storytellers? Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z What kind of storyteller am I if I couldn’t even reach my own brother? The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “On behalf of the gods and storytellers around the world, we hope you leave with your life intact and your imagination brimming.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z At festivals, storytellers would recite the epic adventures of the most popular bogatyri, the tsar’s most trusted and magical knights. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z The storytellers who had absorbed her history, the villagers who breathed the same air and dreamed the same memories—all of them were black. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Again, it’s hard to know how honest individual storytellers are about their feelings for Stalin, even with themselves. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z "The way I look at it, there's nothing wrong with making things. Or selling things you make. Right? I made up a story and sold it. You think storytellers are liars?" Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z If the other storytellers had been reassuring one another with science, then my mother would have flown stories as factual as bats into the listening night. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Virgil didn’t consider himself much of a storyteller, but he gathered all the pieces of Paulito together in his head and began the best way he knew how—at the beginning. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z The storyteller found Hermes among the people he passed in the street. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Any storyteller worth listening to knows this is so. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z It was as the storyteller, the bard, that Harriet’s active years came to a close. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s when the storyteller might not be worthy of your trust. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z I might be nuts by the time we arrive to Sagan, but I’ll be the best kind of crazy storyteller known to humanity. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z In the realm of the real, she might have been just a girl, in hiding and in peril, but in the unconscious mind she was all-powerful: sorceress and storyteller, puppeteer and dark enthraller. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “A storyteller? I mean, he always told us cool bedtime stories, but…” Sierra sighed. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Dandelion, the dashing storyteller, so eager to be off that he jumped the ditch and ran a little way into the field before stopping to wait for the rest. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The old storyteller didn’t seem to have any idea what sort of trouble he was in. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z After a heavy supper we settled in the room of my uncle Mateo, because he was the storyteller. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He could have pretended to be a wandering storyteller. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z The bearded guy bent over in laughter, and then the storyteller looked over at Lindsey. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z Here I fear my skills as a storyteller will fail me. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z But when they told of the coming of love and light the early storytellers were setting the scene for the appearance of mankind, and they began to personify more precisely. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The entire room buzzes, the ghostly whispers of thousands of storytellers in the bookcases engulfing me. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z During each of these gatherings, when it was my time to respond, I always told the storyteller that I would think it over, which of course was not a good enough answer. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z The thing I was fighting for—a life with Javier, a future for the other kids, to be a great storyteller. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z The light of the fires jumped and danced, and the people sitting around the storytellers were boulders rising from the earth. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z My father was a born storyteller, largely because his own life had been like one fantastic tale. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z The eyes of the Justice flicked to one of the men who had tied the storyteller. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z My uncle is a musician and a storyteller. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z “I’m no storyteller,” she told him as she walked away. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I had heard a young girl speaking in an awed voice about a storyteller who spent all his time in a Dockside bar called the Half-Mast. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Perhaps some storyteller saw the helpless, suffering creature Odysseus left behind as a thing to be pitied. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The actress and storyteller Awele Makeba transforms the auditorium into a packed city bus, the scene of a tense standoff between a determined black girl and several uniformed white men. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z “Let’s just see them find a storyteller to beat him.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z It was their storyteller’s voice, both rough and pure, their friend's voice that repeated every fool phrase they threw at him in their language lessons. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Most of the facilitators worked for NGOs, but there was a short white woman with long dark hair and bright eyes who said, “I am a storyteller.” A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z In a way, it was like watching TV, because he was such a good storyteller. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z The first storytellers in Greece told story after story about them, how they had been created and why they were so beautiful. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z You supposed to be a master storyteller, right? Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Old Cob was filling his role as storyteller and advice dispensary. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Like with the phrase “Once upon a time,” a storyteller will say, “And so the following night, Scheherazade began her tale once again.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z The storyteller, usually an elder, would pose this unanswerable question at the end of the story in the presence of the children’s parents. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z He was also the village storyteller, and she loved to watch the expressions on his face as he acted out the stories she had heard since childhood. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Now, their own storyteller had shown that they were no mere bunch of tramps. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z As for the park itself, it was an American version of a Middle Eastern bazaar, with folk singers, storytellers, beggars, political dissidents, soapbox orators, and even the occasional snake charmer. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z And now I find that I, too, can be a storyteller. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z I was here as a storyteller, a fly on the wall, not as a friend. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z It was these qualities that made her a superb storyteller. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a mundane unraveling that could not be reversed, and therefore offered no opportunities to the storyteller: it belonged in the realm of disorder. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Some storytellers say there was also a woman, known as Agent 355. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Without them, how can I be a great storyteller? The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Jule had been a listener when required, a storyteller when required. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I was just getting into the story and wondering how it was going to play out, because I’m such a good storyteller that I’d fascinated myself, when the four kids jumped up, squealing for balloons. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z One, every story is the sound of a storyteller begging to stay alive. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Let’s say the greatest storyteller to ever entertain had infused it with magic somehow. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “You would think,” Skarpi’s voice rolled out like thick honey, “fine churchmen such as yourselves could find better things to do than arresting storytellers and extorting money from honest men.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The thought came to me: they would have liked each other, Scooter and Henry Wilhide Webb III. Two storytellers. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z “I don’t go to the baker for soap. And I don’t go to the storyteller for cures.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Sometimes a good storyteller may find a place; or a seer, or intuitive rabbit. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z With all the folklore and mythology, along with Lita’s stories, I have at least a chance to try and convince Mom and Dad I should be a storyteller instead. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z In fact, the storyteller might be a complete liar. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z My body bends and twirls with more strength and grace than the others; my eyes and hands are better storytellers. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Yes, I think he’s my uncle Ahmad, who fancied himself a storyteller. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “Amir jan. Our aspiring storyteller. What a pleasure,” he said. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z And it’s kinda funny, cause he’s a dentist, so a good storyteller also makes sure to keep them coming back. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Bull was a good storyteller and an even better singer. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z The storyteller vividly described the landscape of their pre-infant life: the hunting they did, the games they played, how they listened to our world ... A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z By all accounts those storytellers, born Black and male before the turn of the twentieth century, should have been ground into useless dust. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “On second thoughts, Hazel remembers that we have a good storyteller among us. Dandelion will tell you a story of El-ahrairah. That can’t go wrong, anyway,” he whispered. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “He was a dedicated storyteller, performer, curmudgeon and irascible and difficult man,” her statement said. W.P. Kinsella, Author of ‘Shoeless Joe,’ Dies at 81 2016-09-17T04:00:00Z How did Pittsburgh develop you as a storyteller? Damon Young on wooing with Wu-Tang, teaching Whiteness 101 and how survival "makes you blacker" 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z "Margaret was the quintessential storyteller, weaving magical and mystical tales that inspired and entertained children and adults around the world," he said. Children's author Mahy dies at 76 2012-07-24T11:54:50Z “He took his own transactions with the world and transposed them into images and stories. We do the same. The best description we can make of ourselves is as storytellers of a sort.” Newton Harrison, a Founder of the Eco-Art Movement, Dies at 89 2022-09-23T04:00:00Z Boyle has long been one of the most exciting and intelligent storytellers in the United States. Top 10 most anticipated novels of 2015 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z Both of these works displayed his storyteller’s ability to look deeply into the human heart at the residues of tragedy and triumph and uncover compassion and optimism. Review | Paul Taylor Dance Company makes a triumphant return to Kennedy Center 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z “He was very learned, well-read and intellectual,” Pogue said, and a great wit and storyteller who was often the last to leave a party. 'L.A. Law' Actor Larry Drake Dies At 66 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z Most of Mr. Ross’s characters, it turns out, are similarly gifted storytellers — or liars, as the case may be. Books of The Times: Tall Tales From Gifted Storytellers 2011-06-20T22:00:07Z He’s a very good storyteller and he can be quite heartbreaking. What Megan Mullally Likes: Soft T-Shirts and Sad Songs 2021-02-09T05:00:00Z Mr. Jewison clearly relishes all these memories, but although he’s an enthusiastic storyteller he doesn’t seem to be living in the past. A Director of Ideas With Decades of Them 2011-05-22T01:13:01Z In this, as in much else, Burns seems a bundle of contradictions: an inveterate storyteller who keeps her private life to herself, a born leader who admits to bouts of loneliness. Nica Burns: queen of Edinburgh comedy 2011-08-26T11:45:01Z Her attention to the recurring nature of racism in this country, and her gift for weaving these insights into a gripping narrative, establish Benz as an adept critic and storyteller. The Legacy of Slavery in Two Novels of the American South 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z “Even though there’s a lot of hype and a lot of excitement it’s still pretty new in terms of how storytellers are being able to engage it in different ways,” she says. Virtual Reality: the immersive film-making wowing Sundance 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z But her confident grasp of the material and her natural gifts as a storyteller will keep you in her spell and leave you, at the end, slightly altered. Money Can’t Buy Love, but It Can Buy Goods — and in These Stories, Lots of Trouble 2018-05-21T04:00:00Z And maybe the solution is not to throw so many scraps into their story, and they are storytellers. Fashion Review: Jason Wu, Peter Som, Richard Chai, Kimberly Ovitz - Review 2012-02-11T00:19:47Z Just as the US likes to think of itself as the world’s policeman, it is also unquestionably the world’s storyteller. ‘Death to the infidels!’ Why it’s time to fix Hollywood’s problem with Muslims 2016-03-08T05:00:00Z But after an office meltdown, he is haunted by her observations, and discovers a life that lets him entertain others as he was entertained by the storyteller. Review: In ‘Tamasha,’ Finding a Path to Love, Show Business and Adulation 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z Let me pause to say: Obreht has real gifts as a storyteller. Téa Obreht Follows Up an Acclaimed Debut With a Visit to the Old West 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z This was, he said, a parable that the storyteller in him could not ignore. Titanic's legacy: A fascination with disasters 2012-03-31T22:31:05Z Comedians, storytellers and others will be sharing their favorite video footage. Spare Times 2012-03-15T22:19:01Z Unapologetic, passionate and one of the best storytellers on the planet. "Stunned and saddened" by Anthony Bourdain's death, celebrities and peers honor great chef's legacy 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z Master storyteller Doig returns to 1960 Montana for this moving coming-of-age story of a precocious boy, his bachelor, bartender father, and an unexpected revelation that threatens to upend both their lives. 25 best books of 2012 2012-12-13T00:31:12Z Minhaj and Youssef were among several Muslim screenwriters who told me that they roundly rejected the defensive posture earlier Muslim storytellers felt compelled to assume for the sake of public relations. ‘Ramy’ and the New American Muslims of TV 2020-05-28T04:00:00Z What I want to do when I’m onstage, more than being a vocal singer, is be a storyteller. A Tenor’s Met Opera Debut, Long Delayed, Is Worth the Wait 2022-11-13T05:00:00Z “We wanted to maximize our options as storytellers and artists,” Anthony Russo said. ‘Avengers,’ the Most Lucrative Movie Franchise Ever, Is Wrapping Up. Why? 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z The Swahili storytellers have this quote: “The story has been told. If it was bad, it was my fault, because I am the storyteller. But if it was good, it belongs to everybody.” ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’: The Oral History of a Modern Action Classic 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z And I don’t think all artists are storytellers. Mapping Oliver Jeffers’s World 2019-02-09T05:00:00Z If most diarists are essentially weather-scapists, White was a weather storyteller. The unpredictable power of nature 2013-02-15T18:01:01Z I found myself marveling at the verve and wit of this great American storyteller, now 96. ArtsBeat: New Herman Wouk Novel, 'The Lawgiver,' Coming From Simon & Schuster 2012-04-09T14:00:20Z He wasn't a fan, thus went to work purely as a storyteller, without having to deal with any emotional baggage or nostalgic attachment. Star Trek Into Darkness: how it was made, by the people who made it 2013-05-11T05:00:00Z "At one point we even made these poor studio interns collect bones," says Yannis, who can switch in an instant from being reserved and slightly distant to an enthusiastic storyteller. Foals on Holy Fire: 'We were inspired by voodoo' 2013-04-25T17:11:02Z Mr. Dulli is a blowzy, heartfelt storyteller, a sex symbol for the down and out, and a prodigious and surprisingly respectful coverer of R & B standards. The Week Ahead: May 20 ? 26 2012-05-20T08:00:06Z Mr. Ratmansky, a consummate storyteller, brings colorful intrigue to a mystical avian tale, while Mr. McGregor, a British choreographer known for aggressive physical extremes, reconsiders the ubiquitous dance classic “The Rite of Spring.” 10 Dance Performances to See in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z “There are many terrible things about being Lebanese, but to be any kind of storyteller in our part of the world,” Alameddine said, “there has to be a lightness of touch.” Refugees Are Suffering. This Novelist Won’t Look Away. 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z They are just different ways of telling a story. I’m a storyteller. The Carpetbagger: Sebastian Junger and the Complicated Obligations of Friendship 2014-01-15T13:30:55Z And then honestly they were helpful on the growth we had as storytellers and the sort of long narrative form of dealing with four hours of content as opposed to an hour and a half. Show runners examine the ever-changing television landscape 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z Mr. Kore-eda is a smooth enough storyteller that this coincidence doesn’t disrupt the flow too much. Review: In ‘The Third Murder,’ Guilty as Charged Isn’t the Whole Story 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z “I don’t know that he feels that he’s a natural storyteller, and Lincoln was, so he wanted to make sure that the stories fit in his mouth well.” The Carpetbagger: Writers Rethink Words for the Big Screen 2013-01-02T23:34:49Z Simon often approached the show’s narratives about labor and crime from a journalist’s point of view, while Pelecanos thinks more like a storyteller. ‘We Own This City’ Brings George Pelecanos Back to Baltimore 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z He may be considered as a storyteller, as a teacher, and as an enchanter. Suddenly in the Depths of the Forest by Amos Oz | Book review 2010-04-02T23:05:00Z Bobby 'Blue' Bland, who has died aged 83, was among the great storytellers of blues and soul music. Bobby 'Blue' Bland dies at 83 2013-06-24T17:00:00Z Recent episodes focused on storytellers and athletes, for example. For Henry Louis Gates Jr., a lifelong interest in family history in 'Finding Your Roots' 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z Underneath her brass is a sophisticated jazz singer and wise storyteller who can bring tears to your eyes. Review: Warmth of the American Songbook, From 2 Keepers of the Flame 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z “He’s an artist, he’s a storyteller, he’s a musician, and he’s an animator, really.” ‘Kubo and the Two Strings’ Blends Animation and Origami 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z For an ideas guy, Garland is an especially strong visual storyteller. Review: ‘Devs’ Is a Cold and Beautiful Machine 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z Walter is a storyteller whose narratives unfold as you walk past them. 'Synthetic' a colorful show at Winston W?chter 2011-07-21T19:37:04Z “And how appropriate for Walt, who is perhaps the greatest storyteller we have had.” The opera about Walt Disney, and how Long Beach landed the U.S. premiere of 'The Perfect American' 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z Instead, written and directed by Neil Jordan, the relatively low-budget film is a contemporary fairytale grounded in a rich tradition of Irish storytellers and yarn spinners. Fishy tale 2010-03-05T08:51:00Z The storyteller, Tracker, spoke as if I were already well acquainted not only with the bizarre land he inhabits, but also the inner workings of his mind. Marlon James’s Moon Witch Tells Her Side of a Haunting Story 2022-02-14T05:00:00Z I hope the comics will provide the on-the-job training that will make me a better storyteller. How to write a novel 2013-02-13T01:00:00Z There's nothing quite as gratifying as spending 90 minutes in the company of a gifted storyteller. 'The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey' shines with humanity 2016-01-16T05:00:00Z This is the ideal scenario, in which storytellers strive for enriching complexity. Mission impenetrable: are Hollywood blockbusters losing the plot? 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z The first step, to judge by the absurd crew onstage, will be to change the storytellers. Review: In ‘The Thanksgiving Play,’ Who Gets to Tell the Story? 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z TV today is packed with murder, murder, murder, with storytellers who are still too often obsessed with the creeps who commit the crimes. Perspective | In resisting the allure of a killer’s good looks, ‘Preppy Murder’ series restores some dignity to his victim 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z The unvarnished acting brings to the fore the human presence of an ensemble that reflects the director’s vision of “a storyteller with many heads.” Portrait of the artist as an ageless man: At 92, Peter Brook treads a different path through 'The Mahabharata' 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z At some point, though, I became aware of the narrator’s ignorance, and this notion of a storyteller stumbling blindly in the fog, without truly knowing anything, fired my imagination. A Brief History of Death 2016-11-06T04:00:00Z That's what matters to me — a storyteller who can command a voice and working with directors who are real visionaries in any genre. "He's very much a peacock": Raúl Castillo on his "Army of the Dead" role and not feeling tokenized 2021-05-20T04:00:00Z “I do see myself as a storyteller and who do I tell stories to? Largely young people.” Michael Rosen: ‘Stories hung in the air about great-aunts and uncles who’d gone’ 2019-12-28T05:00:00Z “I kept telling them, ‘As a filmmaker and storyteller, this is everything I was exposed to my entire life,’” he said. An All-Latino Cast? Hollywood Passed, but ‘El Chicano’ Is Coming 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z A great storyteller, he can spin the tiniest anecdote about the musician’s life into a sidesplitting absurdist yarn. Music Review: John Pizzarelli Quartet at Café Carlyle 2012-05-30T21:21:30Z A Team Player Becomes the Captain Even when David Lowery was a movie-mad teenager in Dallas, he was training himself to be a storyteller. David Lowery Directs ‘Ain’t Them Bodies Saints’ 2013-08-09T19:06:44Z As a storyteller, “he plays with facts,” his wife, Lizzie, tells us. An Italian vacation is not what two couples hoped in Delia Ephron's 'Siracusa' 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z The intention was to illuminate an overlooked aspect of his work: his skill as a reality-grounded storyteller. The Best Art of 2018 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z “If the problem is our problem as storytellers, that’s one thing,” he says. Critic’s Notebook: TV Shows at Moments of Creation 2013-07-28T19:05:05Z Pads containing written lyrics to “Brenda’s Got A Baby” and “Much 2 Young to Die” show Shakur’s prowess as a lyricist and storyteller. Tupac Shakur exhibit at Grammy Museum showcases his ambitions 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z Its 150 works attempt to show him as a storyteller, who used a brush and bold colors to depict a local Tahitian culture fast losing its identity to the modern world. Gauguin exhibit of major work opens at Tate Modern 2010-09-29T18:45:00Z And he's a hilarious storyteller: the tales unspool with lubricated ease, as if he's sitting in a bar, pint in hand. Peter Mullan: the swot who lost the plot 2011-01-19T21:31:00Z Suspense, often thought of as the specialty of the thriller, is the essential tool of all storytellers. Looking at Agatha Christie and Feminism 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z When Shahrzad, a fierce and enchanting storyteller, volunteers to marry Khalid, no one can understand why, but she has a plan, one that doesn’t include falling in love with the vicious ruler. 6 Y.A. Love Stories to Add to Your Reading List 2022-09-10T04:00:00Z "She was a great storyteller and we enjoyed her capacity to engage, entertain and surprise us." Author Maeve Binchy dies aged 72 2012-07-31T09:27:27Z Okkervil River is at once a fitting and a curious choice to include: For the last decade, the band’s chief songwriter, Will Sheff, has proved to be one of indie rock’s most vivid storytellers. Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z Is the Passion’s savage depiction of the Jews simply the work of a master storyteller? Bach’s ‘St. John Passion’ Has More Humanity Than Anti-Semitism 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z The concluding monologues build in intensity, culminating in that of Ms. Killebrew, a natural storyteller, who paints a detailed, emotionally alive portrait of a breakup. | 'The Momentum': Life Is an Existential Cabaret, My Friend 2011-02-09T01:42:27Z She unlocked my creativity, allowing me to craft my own little stories before I even knew I wanted to be a storyteller. The final blonde: My ongoing journey to decolonizing Barbie from my dress-up 2023-07-22T04:00:00Z And so now following “Tusk,” Kevin Smith is busier than ever, writing his own rules, and giddily reenergized as an artist, storyteller and filmmaker. Toronto Film Festival: Kevin Smith returns with 'Tusk': 'I was done and out' 2014-09-06T04:00:00Z Mr Winik, a talented storyteller, serves up memorable glimpses of the negotiations. Roosevelt’s failure 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z I prefer to think she would have been a writer of some kind; certainly a storyteller. The Life Lessons of “Little Lulu” 2019-11-29T05:00:00Z “I did grow up around two adults who were marvelous storytellers,” Rather said. Perspective | Listen in as Dan Rather anchors the story of his own highly theatrical life 2020-08-05T04:00:00Z One vivid character melts into another; we’re also shown the human charm of the storyteller herself, delighted to have shared this myth in which an adorable fairy tale turns into a demonstration of religious awe. An Odissi Dancer Contains Sublime Multitudes 2017-08-22T04:00:00Z I encourage everybody to be a storyteller, even if it's just so you tell your kids stories. There are some mysteries Patricia Cornwell, crime novelist and creator of Kay Scarpetta, can't crack 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z “That became a real challenge for us as writers and storytellers to say, ‘OK, we’re going to own this pandemic,’” Fogelman said, speaking by telephone. How the Pandemic Is Coming to Prime Time (or Not) 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z It is possible, even if storytellers don't always get it. "Orphan: First Kill" horror homages, from the ribbon around the neck to that knowing bird 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z SUN Learn the basics from Paul "Cheoketen" Wagner, Native American flute player and storyteller; flutes available to borrow or buy, 1 p.m. Community calendar 2012-02-15T23:01:04Z "These guys are master storytellers," says Found Magazine's Davy Rothbart, who's performed at Pop-Up. Pop-Up Magazine: Purposefully evanescent performance art written large 2014-11-17T05:00:00Z Gardens, of course, must be cultivated, and thus they are rich allegorical territory for storytellers of all sorts. Review: In ‘This Beautiful Fantastic,’ a Gardener Blooms 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z “That’s, in part, why we have created this company — to change the model and open the doors to filmmakers and storytellers who might not otherwise be given the chance to show what they can do.” Peter Jackson to make original animated content for Weta 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z Mr. Kinane has the raspy, laid-back presence and sneaky wisdom of the best barroom storyteller. Bill Cosby and Many Others Hit the New York Comedy Festival 2014-11-02T04:00:00Z And Burton, an often magical storyteller attracted to off-kilter material, seemed as if he might be a good match for Charles Addams’s macabre cartoon family. ‘Wednesday’ Review: The Strange Girl Is on the Case 2022-11-22T05:00:00Z The "I May Destroy You" finale is far from the only instance of a storyteller choosing an unconventional ending. "I May Destroy You" ends with a revolutionary "ego death" because the other options would be a lie 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z It was a profession she knew little about, except that she was sure that at heart she was a storyteller, not a scientist. A Pakistani-American Tale Upends Expectations Onscreen and in Life 2021-02-16T05:00:00Z "At the end of the day, we're all storytellers, and I don't think when we're defining a character that the gender is the major defining factor." Are Hollywood awards by gender out of touch? 2013-01-24T13:24:09Z Whether describing life in the early days of the Merce Cunningham company or being part of one of Robert Rauschenberg’s zany performances, Mr. Paxton is an entertaining storyteller — self-effacing and wry. Steve Paxton, a Buddha of American Dance 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z Sonny read my stuff and said that he thought I was his next Irish storyteller. Sharon Stone Is Telling Her Side of the Story 2021-03-24T04:00:00Z Based on oral and written accounts from numerous storytellers, the first version of the tales was published in 1812; Mr. Pullman’s book marks its bicentennial, though his version draws on the more popular 1857 edition. Books of The Times: ‘Fairy Tales From the Brothers Grimm,’ by Philip Pullman 2012-12-17T22:41:07Z The responsibility of storytellers, she said was to absorb “the complexity of the moment and reflect it in our work.” They Create Nightmare Worlds for TV. Now They’re Living in One. 2020-03-29T04:00:00Z Those connotations can be narrative gold for visual storytellers, and for advertisers they offer instant humanization. Ukulele Crazy 2011-04-17T00:31:06Z I believe my purpose is to be a storyteller and I feel things in a particular way. What women want: a vivid portrait of female lives around the world 2017-10-29T04:00:00Z Twist endings, that tried and true horror staple, are the storyteller’s way of jolting us back to reality with one last scare we did not count on. "The Terror: Infamy" twist ending: humanity wins, as long as we don't forget our sins 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z Up to five storytellers tell their often amazing stories, with audience Q&A afterwards. This week's new events 2011-02-12T00:05:47Z Most storytellers offer modest tales of 5 to 10 minutes that pivot on a personal moment. Critic?s Notebook: Advancing a New Form of Comedy: Storytelling 2012-04-04T22:52:28Z In the case of Ms. Barnes and Mr. Glass, host of the public radio show “This American Life,” both are funny, accessible storytellers. Dance Listings for Sept. 5-11 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z The ease with which Mr. Lithgow inhabits the character, merely untucking his shirt to suggest a barber’s smock, hints at the way all effective storytellers are complicit in their stories. Review: Surprise Lessons From John Lithgow’s ‘Stories by Heart’ 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z Meanwhile, in the “Mother Goose” Suite, she proved a fondly evocative storyteller, exquisitely careful with colorful orchestral details yet refusing, even here, to sugarcoat. Mirga's majestic moments at the Bowl before her big one in Birmingham 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z This fall, several fantastic authors — great storytellers all — will be coming to Los Angeles to share their work. Fall literary preview: 6 terrific L.A. events 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z As Derek, he is haughty but vulnerable, an unselfconscious and assured storyteller, whether tearing into his adversaries or recalling an ill-fated bus trip to see LuPone perform in “Gypsy.” ‘Mister Miss America’ Review: A Fight for the Crown 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z This is where being a storyteller crosses every field. In conversation: Nathan Englander and Jonathan Safran Foer 2012-02-10T09:00:01Z "Joyce is a great natural storyteller," says Morris. Errol Morris: two sides to every scandal 2011-03-10T22:34:01Z I was brought up on stories – my grandmother was a storyteller and her stories were laced with humour, so that they were tolerable. Debut author: NoViolet Bulawayo 2013-06-16T10:30:01Z As a storyteller, she was having difficulty taking her listeners along. Review: In ‘Charolais,’ Competing With His Mother and His Cow 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z More amateur storytellers might use this angle to provoke suspicion; Garbus wisely lets it rest there for the viewer to mull. Review | ‘Who Killed Garrett Phillips?’ is a masterful study in the evils of assumptions 2019-07-21T04:00:00Z His films birthed a generation of young scholars, explorers, artists, community leaders, entrepreneurs and storytellers. Losing John Singleton, the mentor I never met 2019-04-30T04:00:00Z The film asks us to believe that she is at once an astute storyteller and an emotional automaton entirely lacking in psychological insight. Movie Review: ‘Saving Mr. Banks,’ With Tom Hanks and Emma Thompson 2013-12-12T15:00:18Z But as a storyteller, Szot was most affecting when he dialed down his stentorian volume a notch. | Paulo Szot’s Outsize Broadway Grandeur 2013-08-06T18:51:02Z “I like that there’s all these places, all these homes that are willing to accept good storytellers,” he said of the rapidly multiplying platforms. Perspective | The year in movies: Hollywood’s survival might depend on figuring out what women want 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z Hill also shares his thoughts on how storytellers and other artists should approach the Age of Trump. "American Carnage" isn't about Donald Trump: "I don't think the Trumps are that interesting" 2019-07-06T04:00:00Z Ron Simon of the Paley Center for Media said Brown was "one of radio's great storytellers." Himan Brown, radio storytelling star, dies in NYC 2010-06-07T16:52:00Z Traylor was a natural stylist and a born storyteller who pushed images of the life around him toward abstraction with no loss of vivacity. Art Review: Bill Traylor Finally Gets a Spotlight in New York 2013-07-04T23:46:01Z You are not a politician as a moviemaker, you are a storyteller. The Carpetbagger: Hany Abu-Assad on ‘Omar’ and Strange Coincidences 2013-12-11T16:35:21Z "In Kitty Crowther we found an artist and storyteller strong in her humanity and sympathy... she follows the weak, she shows ways of life," he said. Crowther wins top writing prize 2010-03-24T17:44:00Z For that reason, I think it does have a real storyteller quality to it. "You have to think about hope": Author Silas House on democracy's demise, climate refugees and dogs 2022-09-27T04:00:00Z "The industry is reluctant to support female storytellers and voices," Smith said. 'Fifty Shades' success upends thinking about winter movies 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z The heavy lifting storytellers are accustomed to becomes light work. Homeland: the show that became a work of genius – after you stopped watching 2020-02-17T05:00:00Z It's about who is and isn't credible as a storyteller in a media ecosystem and greater society centered around whiteness and maleness. Who should cover stories about sexual violence? 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z I think that was a turning point for me, where I started to see my job as a storyteller, and that is separate from a polemicist. Anais Mitchell's folk opera ambitions 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z Few sources are naturally good storytellers, even in the entertainment business. Power, Ambition and Betrayal in Hollywood: James B. Stewart on ‘Powerhouse’ 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z Mr. Guirgis is known for vibrant, gritty dramas, including “Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train” and “Our Lady of 121st Street,” and he is an imaginative storyteller. The Week Ahead: April 10 ? 16 2011-04-08T13:57:40Z He’s an artist who considers himself to be a visual storyteller, revealing everything Seattle from the mundane to the marvelous. ‘Seattle Sketcher’ Gabriel Campanario’s work at MOHAI 2014-01-09T21:06:32Z Did Berlin learn her fantastic ability to tell a story from the storytellers she grew up with? The Story Is the Thing: On Lucia Berlin 2015-08-12T04:00:00Z When she takes center stage to mutely recount the myth of the Ganges falling from heaven, you know you’re in the eloquent hands of a great storyteller, even if you don’t understand the language. Review: Keeping the Dance Fires Burning at the Joyce 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z If someone was a great storyteller, that was a really honored gift in my community. Tonya Lockyer: ‘powerhouse personality’ turns Velocity around 2013-07-04T11:51:19Z Or ghost stories by candlelight with aerial troupe the Cabiri -- with members of the audience being chosen as storytellers. How to get free tickets to arts events 2012-09-14T13:46:07Z He’s also still learning how to be a better storyteller. Ira Glass: 'I feel like I’m actually sort of scared all the time' 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z The point of these stories, besides entertaining the listener, is to demonstrate what an amazing lawyer the storyteller is: a brilliant strategist, skilled interrogator or eloquent advocate. Two High-Powered Black Attorneys Confront a Justice System’s Flaws 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z In Ms. Bareilles’s songs, Ms. Paulus saw both range and a storyteller’s craft — “Gravity” being “a personal, deeply searing heartache of a song,” while “King of Anything” was “spunky with lyrical twists.” Sara Bareilles Takes Her Slice of Broadway With ‘Waitress’ 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z The comedian and storyteller Mike Birbiglia didn’t want to become a father. Review: Mike Birbiglia Has a ‘New One.’ It’s Funny Until It Isn’t. 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z Ford’s quintessential westerns were the inspiration “simply because he became such an iconic storyteller through landscape,” Mr. Kaminski said. The Carpetbagger: Below the Line: Green Valleys, Golden Sunsets and 'War Horse' 2011-12-21T19:13:47Z Rhimes is a born storyteller, but she also works to level the playing field regarding race and sex. Screen queens: the funny, fearless women who revolutionised TV 2019-03-03T05:00:00Z “It’s a portal, it’s a storyteller, it’s a carrier of ancestral memory, and it’s gone through a lot of hands.” It’s Peak Season for Tamales in Los Angeles 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z This production, directed by Drew Minter, with music direction by Mary Anne Ballard, begins with a storyteller, a woman costumed appropriately to biblical times, who welcomes the audience in conversational English. ‘The Play of Daniel,’ at Trinity Church 2014-12-28T05:00:00Z And therein, as another sage storyteller once put it, lies the rub. ‘The Walking Dead’ Season 6, Episode 4: The Price of Inner Peace 2015-11-01T04:00:00Z As a storyteller, McCraney would rather slip and slide than steadily build. Keeping the faith in Tarell Alvin McCraney's 'Head of Passes' 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z He was a great storyteller, a loyal friend and a wise spirit. Omar Sharif: Celebs remember the Egyptian actor as 'dashing,' 'gracious,' 'loyal' and 'wise' 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z “On the World Wide Web, future storytellers and their readers can mingle at leisure and talk at length.” Jason Epstein, publishing editor and innovator, dead at 93 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z Kaag is a lively storyteller who brings Nietzsche’s life into continual contact with his own. Two New Books Confront Nietzsche and His Ideas 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z I think often that if I do my job as the storyteller, it’s going to resonate with unexpected readers. Saeed Jones on "How We Fight For Our Lives" and writing with "skin in the game" 2019-11-09T05:00:00Z And then there are those who posses both talents, writers and storytellers. Bestselling Author Debbie Macomber on Faith and Writing 2013-05-28T15:54:07Z Thankfully, over the last two decades, a new generation of storytellers and actors has emerged and added contributions to this alternative canon. The American Latino Experience: 20 Essential Films Since 2000 2020-10-01T04:00:00Z Alex is a very elegant storyteller, and so it’s really symmetrical. The Stars of ‘Homeland’ Get Their Final Debriefing 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z A terrific storyteller, he unearths vivid details that show how the philosophies of these men weren’t the arid products of abstract speculation but vitally connected to their temperaments and experiences. Times Critics’ Top Books of 2020 2020-12-02T05:00:00Z A bad storyteller can't even get us to believe that a fictional character has brushed his teeth. Damn His Blood by Peter Moore – review 2013-06-11T10:16:10Z Might this be the first time we see the maverick storyteller's vision truly realised successfully on celluloid? Can Lindsay Lohan finally bring Bret Easton Ellis's LA vision to life? 2012-07-19T12:54:00Z There’s space and time to create here, two things that I need as a storyteller, things I didn’t always get in New York. Neal Bledsoe on the love triangle of 'The Pride' and finding home onstage — and in downtown L.A. 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z “I knew within 20 minutes of meeting Meli that she was an amazing storyteller, and that she was made for the stage.” At 63, she enrolled at the university that sold her enslaved ancestors. Now she’s starring in a play about them. 2021-04-07T04:00:00Z As the packed frame suggests, Sjon is a prodigal storyteller, in all senses of the phrase. A Psychedelic Epic That Wants to Consume the World 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z As a storyteller, Glodell possesses a nascent sophistication, and he's a good actor. 'Bellflower': Promising drama undone by mayhem, pretension 2011-09-01T19:16:05Z Mills is an able storyteller and the premise is terrific, so it's a shame that The Long Shadow never shocks as it should. Thrillers roundup – reviews 2013-07-04T09:00:00Z Norris is a master storyteller and serves up plenty of inside stuff. ‘Between You & Me,’ by Mary Norris 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z The contracts remind us that the subject is the "author," the storyteller, the person the reader will identify as the "I" of the story. My so-called life: Jim Ruland on writing memoirs for other people 2015-12-24T05:00:00Z He’s a great storyteller and a fun guy to hang around with. ArtsBeat: ‘Breaking Bad’ Creator Vince Gilligan’s Next Project: An Appearance on ‘Community’ 2014-03-12T15:01:30Z A Gentle Reminder: Miss Coco Peru’s Guide to a Somewhat Happy Life The drag artist and storyteller returns in this new solo show. L.A. theater openings, Feb. 5-12: Chita Rivera, Julia Migenes and more 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z Her adviser, convinced she was a natural storyteller on the strength of a one-page writing exercise, suggested she try her hand at fiction. All Souls Trilogy: Harry Potter for Grown-Ups? 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z Those and other mysteries were unraveled by dozens of African storytellers in Nairobi on Saturday, helping keep alive oral traditions increasingly under threat in the internet and smartphone age. Rediscovering truth: African storytellers tap into rich tradition 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z Great storytellers exist in multiple mediums throughout history and are appreciated in a lot of ways throughout history. Tyler Oakley on How He Became a Social-Media Star: 'It’s Not in My Interest to Change Who I Am' 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z As a veteran storyteller Ms. Oates knows she must hoard the book’s few real surprises about her husband and treat them as big revelations about his family and his early years. Books Of the Times: The Shock Of Losing A Spouse 2011-02-14T05:27:15Z The whole thing would be a postmodern mess if it weren’t for Haddon’s astounding skill as a storyteller. Review | Mark Haddon’s ‘The Porpoise’ sounds like homework. It’s actually fantastic. 2019-06-10T04:00:00Z Throughout this vivid re-creation of one of the most fascinating and neglected episodes in the enticingly murky history of the Gothic novel, the storyteller keeps his reader deliciously in the dark. How Did Bram Stoker Dream Up ‘Dracula’? A Novel Offers Hints 2020-06-16T04:00:00Z An engaging storyteller who effortlessly balances personal tales and political ruminations, she performs two shows of her new hour, “Madigan Again.” Comedy Listings for Nov. 7-13 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z I felt an expanded sense of my cultural lineage in learning that there were many different kinds of storytellers, novelists, essayists, playwrights, and poets. The Ancestral Blessings of Toni Morrison and Paule Marshall 2019-08-17T04:00:00Z I’ve said before that fortunately or unfortunately, I’m unable to be a real storyteller. ArtsBeat: Cannes Film Festival: A Director Who Likes to Start in the Middle 2012-05-23T12:00:56Z Sometimes other storytellers perform, as does a puppet troop. Storyteller entertains kids in Mexico City apartment complex 2020-07-19T04:00:00Z Mr. Moretti isn’t a flashy visual stylist, but he’s a canny storyteller. ‘Mia Madre’ Review: Mom’s in the Hospital. The Riot Scene Needs Retakes. 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z Instead, they may be traditions assigned to Jesus by later storytellers in order to heighten his eminence and significance. Did Jesus think he was God? New insights on Jesus’ own self-image 2014-03-23T17:00:00Z These scenes are framed by interjections from a griot, or traditional Black storyteller. Review: A Perfect Storm of Weather and Racism in ‘shadow/land’ 2021-04-13T04:00:00Z Can you give an example of how the gender of the storyteller changed the narrative? Why Showtime's The Affair Will Be as Intense as Game of Thrones 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z Mr. Wiseman’s touch is deft but light here, and the experience of watching “National Gallery” is pleasurable and immersive because he’s a wonderful storyteller. In ‘National Gallery,’ Frederick Wiseman Plies His Art 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z As Birmingham shows, Dostoyevsky wasn’t the schematic storyteller his critics make him out to be, mapping out some grand ideologies and then deducing the details. How a Murderous Poet Inspired One of Dostoevsky’s Masterworks 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z I think that it is incumbent upon us as storytellers to dwell in the gray because that is life. Inside Netflix's "Innocence Files": "The system is set up to attain convictions" 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z If we tell stories to children to impart moral lessons, and the protagonist of such a story isn't someone to admire, has the storyteller failed? Poor unfortunate souls: False feminism and criticism of Disney’s "Little Mermaid" 2023-05-29T04:00:00Z I was surprised, though, to discover that Lo is a reticent storyteller when the story is herself, because as a writer, she is forthright, funny and sly. For this top New York chef, an asparagus dish that ‘didn’t make sense’ led to a career without borders 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z Ramsey may well be a brilliant storyteller, but the publishing world’s desperation to turn a moment of Internet fame into something people want to purchase and read is hit or miss. Charles Ramsey’s publishing future: The uncertain economics of viral-hero book deals 2013-12-23T21:22:00Z In the end Walter is most closely allied with Mr Quill, the romantic mapmaker, who – like the storyteller in The Gift of Stones – is excluded from the world of practical work by his damaged arm. Harvest by Jim Crace – review 2013-02-14T08:01:02Z Jewish Nasielsk is a town that exists only in memory and those memories — of stonecutters and storytellers, mischievous school boys, a little girl with a red ribbon in her hair — are fading. 'Three Minutes in Poland' offers glimpse of world lost to Holocaust 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z He added, “It was really more about adapting, as a filmmaker, a storyteller, to the Marvel sensibility.” The Spell ‘Doctor Strange’ Is Missing: Sam Raimi’s Macabre Vision 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z “My great-great-grandfather said, ‘I tell the stories of my people, I’m a storyteller,’” she continued. Sierra Teller Ornelas on the Roots of ‘Rutherford Falls’ 2021-04-21T04:00:00Z My roots are from the South and Southerners are known for being big storytellers. Deborah Rodriguez: 'Kabul Beauty School' author turns to Mazatlan 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z In “Brief as Photos,” an elegant fusion of philosophy, memoir, and poetry, he calls himself a storyteller—and storytellers, he says, are “Death’s Secretaries.” When John Berger Looked at Death 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z But he is such a powerful visual storyteller. Next for ?Survivor? Producer: Bible-Based Scripted Drama 2011-05-24T04:11:21Z Also at the library that day will be Taffy Thomas, the UK's first storyteller laureate based at Grasmere. Cumbria is the place to boggle your Hallowe'en mind 2012-10-29T10:33:55Z While not a terribly inventive lyricist, Collins turns out to be a gifted storyteller and a likable narrator of his own audiobook. Phil Collins Wants You to Know He Isn’t Dead Yet 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z After drifting through college, Mr. Awlaki discovered that he was a gifted storyteller. Review: Scott Shane’s ‘Objective Troy,’ on Killing the American Jihadist Anwar al-Awlaki 2015-09-20T04:00:00Z Let our viewers know a little bit about your days as a firefighter because I really want them to feel the storyteller? Danny Trejo reflects on life, prison and Hollywood: "Movie stars are d**ks, OK? They suck" 2021-08-07T04:00:00Z What the documentary shows is that I might be a good storyteller. Debut directors seek Cannes success 2013-05-19T16:15:08Z One of the most magnetic storytellers in comedy today, he plays with hot-button cultural issues, but not for cheap shock. Four Stand-Up Specials That Showcase Hard-Working Comics 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z That they don’t quite succeed is testament to the strength of Labaki’s humanist convictions and also to her instincts as a storyteller. ‘Capernaum’ Review: A Heartbreaking and Defiant Look at a Boy’s Life in Beirut 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z “He is a great storyteller — I find that very attractive,” Eleni said. Date Lab: Will she change her mind about dating younger men? 2018-03-19T04:00:00Z For millennia, storytellers have been turning people to dust. What I remember about the dust 2021-09-11T04:00:00Z That ultimate paradox is a testament to Atkinson’s inventiveness as a storyteller, as well as to her powers for creating characters too real for comfort. Review | Kate Atkinson’s new spy novel toys with our expectations 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z He is the great storyteller – a towering figure. Dickens statue planned for Portsmouth 2011-08-19T11:46:45Z “It’s really important to take a step back and say: ‘I just want a great storyteller,’” Zitt said. As Audiobook Market Grows, Narrators of Color Find Their Voice 2020-06-03T04:00:00Z Notaro’s character plays a radio storyteller, and her tales wend oddly, taking precious time to get to their destination; the space they take up is all the more pronounced by the show’s abbreviated six-episode run. How Low-Key Comedies Are Owning Fall TV 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z I wanted to do something as a storyteller that felt like my experience of Miles Davis as I listened to his music, as I read about his life. Don Cheadle on playing the drug-addled Miles Davis in “Miles Ahead,” and the toxic costs of Hollywood racism 2016-03-29T04:00:00Z Now, he sees a bright future for indie filmmakers — “I don’t know if you can call us that anymore, but we’re independent-minded storytellers” — in streaming and premium cable. Edward Burns Returns to Long Island with ‘Bridge and Tunnel’ 2021-01-22T05:00:00Z Avoiding a huckster’s brash flash, he is a soft-spoken storyteller who uses sleight-of-hand, manipulation and illusion to explore his sense of self and gently invite theatergoers to do the same. ‘Derek DelGaudio’s In & Of Itself’ Review: Wow Factor Meets Why Factor 2021-01-22T05:00:00Z As some of the country’s major storytellers, why don’t the studios tell these remarkable stories? Hollywood’s Diversity Problem and Undocumented Immigrants 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z Whether the pastiche is deliberate or a young storyteller’s desperate grasp at a narrative arc of redemption, it gives Don Jon an entirely welcomeending. Don Jon: Love, Lust and Loneliness 2013-09-27T00:00:44Z In fact, Ms. Ojih Odutola functions as much as a storyteller as a visual artist, spinning a fantastic tall tale around the images. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z Serilda is a storyteller, marked by the god of fate, whose magic lies in the tales she weaves. 4 New Y.A. Fantasy Novels Full of Dark, Enchanting Twists 2021-11-09T05:00:00Z The impasse, which pits Hollywood studios against creators, hangs on a question: How much does the system truly value these storytellers? The Tribeca Festival Has a Story to Tell 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z “Gladwell is a wonderful storyteller. When he is introducing characters and showing them in conflict, ‘The Bomber Mafia’ is gripping. 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z "Redemption" extends the Caribbean Island storyteller's art into the 21st century and hopefully, beyond. Fresh voices in science fiction: Karen Lord, Eleanor Arnason and Amelia Beamer 2010-07-25T04:46:00Z Mbue is a bright and captivating storyteller, inflecting her own voice with the tenor of her characters’ thoughts and speech. ‘Behold the Dreamers’: The one novel Donald Trump should read now 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z "Instead of people looking at me as a rapper, I'm also a singer, a songwriter and a storyteller," he says, adding that he wants the album to work as "a film for the blind". Plan B's new Motown sound 2010-04-10T23:08:00Z Instead, I try to appreciate how the storytellers use physics ideas to tell an interesting story. ‘Westworld’ and ‘Devs’ Asked Big Questions. A Physicist Responds. 2020-05-04T04:00:00Z Kelly praised Zaslow as a "good storyteller" and "the best writer" for the kind of book they wanted. Gabrielle Giffords has deal for a memoir 2011-06-21T15:37:10Z The reality is that Potter’s work as a storyteller is uneven and at times dark — “The Tale of Two Bad Mice” is uncomfortably vandalistic, the “Tale of Mr. Tod” is horrific. Beatrix Potter died 73 years ago. Now she has a new book. What to make of it? 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z But he does all this primarily as a storyteller, a myth-maker, so he makes a reader think and see by making them dream.” Nigerian writer Helon Habila wins a Windham Campbell Prize 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z "We believe that the arts and the humanities are in many ways reflective of our national soul. They're central to who we are as Americans: dreamers and storytellers and innovators and visionaries," Obama said. Obama awards arts medals to Mel Brooks, Audra McDonald, Berry Gordy 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z He’s a cryptic storyteller, in so much as his stories have beginnings, middles or ends. Future and the Art of Flooding the Market 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z Ever since the Byzantine times, Istanbul has been home to artists, poets and storytellers. Read Your Way Through Istanbul 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z Controversies to the side, Rowling remains that rarest of creatures: a natural, supremely confident storyteller. Review | J.K. Rowling’s ‘Troubled Blood’ is her most ambitious Robert Galbraith novel yet — and likely the most divisive 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z If the plumes of smoke have a whiff of triteness, it’s dispelled by the show’s fable-like treatment of doubles, and in how it shapes its story to resonate against the imagination of this storyteller. The Best Part of “The Deuce” Is Maggie Gyllenhaal’s Emerging Auteur 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z From him Michael picked up the New Orleans trick of being a storyteller rather than a preacher, with the result that his tales have become the parables of our times. Becoming Michael Lewis 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z For club members, it offers a rare opportunity to question authors in person about the writing process, their intentions as storytellers and perhaps a stray plotline that needs explanation. Be Careful at the Book Club, the Author Might Be There 2014-01-29T21:49:15Z Assi is an avid storyteller who gleefully relates the histories of her pieces. An Unorthodox Design Gallery in a London Townhouse 2018-04-30T04:00:00Z Among Pelecanos’s gifts as a storyteller is that he understands the appeal of moral ambiguity and authentically flawed characters. Review | George Pelecanos has helped make TV great again. His new book reminds us why. 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z “It’s their vision to find and nurture the next generation of storytellers that will make this channel a home.” Spike Jonze, Cinema’s Big Kid, Gets a New Playground 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z Her new novel, "Mrs. Everybody" is a culmination of Weiner's work as both a storyteller and a truth-teller, a sweeping multigenerational family saga against a backdrop of 70 years of women's history. Jennifer Weiner was right about sexism, media and women writers: "We were told we were lying" 2019-06-17T04:00:00Z “I’ve had a fascinating life working at the crossroads of Hollywood and Washington with captivating people. I’m a storyteller and this was an opportunity I couldn’t resist.” George Stevens Jr. memoir, ‘My Place in the Sun,’ out in May 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z But whether she is writing short stories or novels, and despite the beauty of her finely detailed prose, Hadley is still very clear that she's a storyteller. Tessa Hadley: A life in writing 2011-02-28T00:04:00Z This story of broken hearts and human frailties is the best-known work of August Bournonville, an important Danish choreographer of the Romantic era and one of the greatest dance storytellers. Peter Martins, dipping into his past while bounding into the future 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z But Jerome Robbins, the company’s truest storyteller, didn’t augment the repertory with a “Swan Lake” or “Sleeping Beauty.” Dance Review | New York City Ballet: From a Dreamy World to a City?s Tough Streets 2010-02-19T23:14:00Z I want to challenge myself as a storyteller but also consider important issues. Amnesty teen takeover: Sara Grant's top 10 books that entertain and inspire 2012-08-22T11:19:10Z The blockbuster nonfiction storyteller offers his look at the science of weather prediction and how the government handles information about the storms on their way. New & Noteworthy 2018-08-07T04:00:00Z This concert brings together some of the most deeply rooted and wildly inventive storytellers in improvised music. 14 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z But as she becomes a storyteller herself, she also becomes a believer. Review | What inspired ‘The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe’? One novel explores the possibilities. 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z He inspired me not just as a storyteller, but as a man, particularly as a Black man in America, to spend my time doing a lot more. Showtime's "The One and Only Dick Gregory" pays tribute to the legend who left comedy for activism 2021-07-04T04:00:00Z “I can teach the false-news correspondent mechanics, but not the singularity of someone’s talent. When you get somebody like that, who’s a great storyteller, introspective and humble, you just go: ‘O.K. Can Hasan Minhaj Make Topical Comedy Work on Netflix? 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z I believe in being a versatile actor, dancer, storyteller. Ariana DeBose on Hosting the Tonys: ‘Whatever We Do Is Going to Be Fun’ 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z A storyteller relates mesmerising tales that describe Bombay in different moods, both dark and bright. Manil Suri's top 10 books about Mumbai 2013-03-13T13:28:19Z But because my mother is a transcendently good storyteller, the stories get away from her. Cultural Studies: Sharing Her Secrets 2011-03-24T21:13:59Z Like her father, filmmaker and photographer Dennis Hopper, she is a storyteller. Marin Hopper opens Hayward House on New York’s Upper East Side 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z “They are, by nature, storytellers,” says the host of “Late Night With Seth Meyers,” whose comedy special “Lobby Baby” is on Netflix now. Why Seth Meyers Loves Having Authors on His Show 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z Lil Wayne is a savage storyteller, always ready with a taunt, threat or boast. Lil Wayne Becomes an Elder, While Logic Grows Up 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z Or are they something else — generous storytellers, willing to render their experiences as universal life lessons? Memoirists weigh in with 'Why We Write About Ourselves' 2016-02-05T05:00:00Z That’s not to mention the Sanskrit scholars, Hindu priests and temple storytellers in India whom Mr. Brook consulted for the creation of “The Mahabharata.” For Peter Brook, the Experimental Showman, ‘Nothing Is Ever Finished’ 2019-09-18T04:00:00Z Riordan promises the adventures down under in the new book will be “very intense,” even for a storyteller unbounded by human possibility. Rick Riordan: ‘House of Hades’ is ‘Very Intense’ 2013-10-04T14:16:29Z Watch, or sign up at the door; the evening’s storytellers will be picked from a hat. Spare Times for May 3-May 9 2013-05-02T23:24:26Z "Ben, you are a storyteller, nothing more but nothing less," he concluded. The Carpetbagger: Spielberg and Affleck Get the Last Laughs 2013-02-05T17:52:16Z He is, in this way, a storyteller like any in the Afghan mountains, his authority as a Marine veteran given away in favor of empathy for the people beside and against whom he fought. An unusual first novel by a veteran of the U.S. Marines 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z War is a storyteller, with a tale so grand and corrupt that even death becomes beautiful. At the Met, Heavy Metal on a Continental Scale 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z “Like a plastic surgeon,” Tom Maurstad wrote in The Dallas Morning News, “storyteller King keeps trying to find new ways to lift and tighten his characters, but they have become garish caricatures of themselves.” Film: Un-Innocents Abroad: The Drubbing 2010-06-02T22:04:00Z “Byrd has a great voice, is a terrific storyteller and is generous with his time and talent to many worthy organizations.” Petri Hawkins Byrd deliberates on life after ‘Judge Judy’ 2020-12-01T05:00:00Z But Major Marquis Warren isn’t the only storyteller in the house. “The Hateful Eight”: Quentin Tarantino’s Playfully Adolescent Filmmaking 2016-01-01T05:00:00Z Also playing a part is Li Du’s old friend, Hamza, a storyteller for whom magic spells, charms and the powers of invisibility and flight are matters of course. Review | The best audiobooks to listen to this month 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z The storyteller, public speaker, editor, poet, and author wrote the solo series for America Chavez, Marvel's first queer Latina star. Inside Gabby Rivera's joyful, queer Marvel revolution 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z Blackwell’s work as a storyteller and actor confronts issues related to the transgender experience. Joe’s Pub Announces a Diverse Group of Artists in Residence 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z Backstage anecdotes that demanded an enthusiastic delivery with a storyteller’s sense of delight sounded flat and rushed. Review: ‘A Funny Thing Happened,’ Insights into What Made the Musicals Sing 2016-01-10T05:00:00Z Iles has always been an exceptional storyteller, and he has invested these volumes with an energy and sense of personal urgency that rarely, if ever, falter. Greg Iles concludes his spectacular Natchez Burning trilogy 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z Allen is a storyteller, says David Thomson, critic and author of The New Biographical Dictionary of Film. Woody Allen's screen magic outshines shadows in his private life 2014-07-19T04:00:00Z “Being a great nonfiction storyteller is no longer enough. You also have to be a great moviemaker.” Documentaries: Where Sundance Goes, Oscars Follow 2013-12-27T23:08:10Z In his fiction, Vargas Llosa is a storyteller in the 19th-century mode, one who seeks to "abolish the distance between the story and the reader." Mario Vargas Llosa: Nobel Prize in Literature Goes with a Well-Known Name 2010-10-07T16:10:00Z “We actually went out and approached some of the strongest storytellers in the world,” he said, telling them to "'bring us your passion project; we’ll take off the handcuffs.'" Upfronts 2014: ABC doubles down on Shonda Rhimes amid schedule shuffle 2014-05-13T04:00:00Z The series, for ages 6 and older, continues this Saturday with tales and a celebration of the life of Diane Wolkstein, the storyteller and children’s author who was instrumental in establishing the program. Spare Times: For Children, for Sept. 12-18 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z Costello, a storyteller, spun out amusing lines that pleased him and us all night, producing them as easily as those faucets produced the chowder. Elvis Costello at the Beacon: Misery and Splendor 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z Because Rowling is a brilliant and beloved storyteller who is astonishingly good at entering lexicons, manipulating language and telling fantasy stories. Perspective | Listening to ‘The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling’ is exhausting work 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z Trial lawyers are storytellers — and they especially love telling stories about themselves and their courtroom exploits. Two High-Powered Black Attorneys Confront a Justice System’s Flaws 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z In a statement, the company said it has routinely given a platform to storytellers “to present their unvarnished vision without regard for partisan politics.” Filmmaker’s Suit Says A&E Networks Suppressed ‘Watergate’ Series 2021-03-22T04:00:00Z But fortunately my mom and dad were great storytellers and there were so many great stories. Book Talk: Slovenia's Feri Lainscek on Facebook writing 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z Hagerty knew the stories would help her Ph.D. research on forensics and human rights; it was less clear how giving voice to such painful memories would help the storytellers. In the Search for Latin America’s Disappeared, Memories and Evidence Entwine 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z “For me, a storyteller, he’s like a passer, that’s to say like somebody who gets contraband across a frontier.” John Berger, influential British art critic, novelist, dies at 90 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z Martha Graham was one of the 20th century’s great storytellers, whether she was compressing Greek tragedy into a few terse postures or distilling American optimism and courage into her most famous dance, “Appalachian Spring.” Crossfit junkies have nothing on these dancers: Martha Graham’s hardbodied style Such complications become even more vivid when we consider them through the lens of privilege: the privilege of the storyteller to control or shape the narrative. What do writers owe their subjects? 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z Redford says Eyre's "influence on a new generation of storytellers will be significant." Native filmmaker to head Santa Fe Univ. film dept. 2012-01-18T22:46:04Z "When you tell a story, it sterilises it a bit…'" He is a natural storyteller – a smart, entertaining guy. Anyone got a good story ? and the nerve to tell it? 2011-01-02T00:02:03Z The book was conceived not as a commercial venture but as a carefully crafted tribute to a rather different Joyce, the family man and grandfather who was a fine storyteller. Joyce children's book sparks feud 2012-02-10T15:54:49Z Kander says Pierce, “who is the best storyteller I know,” was the first person he called. Composer John Kander Rides New Creative Wave at 86 2013-10-16T14:09:00Z “He was an extraordinary storyteller because he always found the heart in every story,” Ms. Grunwald said in an email. Jeffrey Tuchman, 62, Dies; Directed Clinton ‘Man From Hope’ Film 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z She is also a prophetic storyteller who magically prefigures the plight of her one schoolroom champion, the aptly named Miss Honey. Matilda ? review 2010-12-10T00:06:00Z I think that's when I felt like I wanted to be an actor and a storyteller. “Hopefully you love to hate me”: Anna Camp on her "wickedly fun" villain past and new horror film 2023-04-30T04:00:00Z Mr. Tyrell, who said he had become close to the Sinatra family, is a terrific storyteller. Review: Steve Tyrell Keeps a Comfortable Pop-Swing Style in Honoring Sinatra 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z The event, formerly known as the Grants Banquet, celebrated some of the organizations with aspiring artists, filmmakers and storytellers. Golden Globe group gives $5.1 million in grants 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z Hannah performs her pain for the storytellers’ radio hour “The Moth,” which obviously she takes to like a you-know-what to a flame. You Don’t Like the Girls in ‘Girls’? That’s Its Genius. 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z He was a keen visual artist, a storyteller, playwright, novelist, news reporter, radio DJ, a verse and prose writer and an enthusiastic walker. Woody Guthrie: a century of protest 2012-07-13T21:54:03Z "As a storyteller, a media maker, I have long been fascinated not just by his story, but I have never seen a contemporary criminal so pass into the cultural myth-making apparatus the way Bulger has. " Whitey Bulger: An American crime drama 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z Follett may not be a great literary artist, but he is a commanding storyteller who has taken on an impossibly large task and accomplished it with passion, intelligence and skill. ‘Edge of Eternity,’ the final installment in Ken Follett’s sweeping trilogy Don Graham, a professor of English and American literature at the University of Texas in Austin, said McMurtry is "preeminently a storyteller." McMurtry revisits American West in newest book 2014-05-08T13:08:55Z The answer is never in doubt, but it’s a pleasure to have it confirmed by a celestially inspired storyteller. Fascinating Alternate Histories in Four New Novels 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z Lisa Lewis, a playwright and essayist, is the guest storyteller, but the microphone is open to all for stories of five minutes duration, beginning at 7:30 p.m. Spare Times for Jan. 13-19 2012-01-12T22:18:55Z As a storyteller, I was determined to prove her and other close-minded people who thought like her to be on the wrong side of history. In Search of Black Santa 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z A natural storyteller, Kidd uses graphic design as a language to tell his own stories while helping others to convey theirs. A Decade in Book Design 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z “I think Nizar is one of the great storytellers of our time,” Adams says. Perspective | A Palestinian play comes to the Kennedy Center, offering a comedic olive branch 2020-01-29T05:00:00Z Look, “making art” is complimentary, but I’ve never considered myself an artist—I’m a storyteller and a producer. Dick Wolf on 'Law & Order' and His New Book 'The Ultimatum' 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z She not only makes McNamara a presence, she also makes her the primary storyteller, through a host of ingenious — if not always wholly transparent — strategies. Review: A Killer, a Writer, and the Questions Both Left Behind 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z The series, for ages 6 and older, continues this Saturday with Ron Sopyla relating Andersen’s “The Wild Swans,” and Peninnah Schram and a youth storyteller offering the Jewish tale “The Magic Pomegranate.” Spare Times for Children for June 13-19 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z When Alex Haley wrote “Roots,” first thing he did is go back to the country of his forebears, Gambia, to meet the griot, who were storytellers. Our most dangerous hike 2012-05-21T01:00:00Z They are learning from master storytellers and want to “keep the art form alive,” Turk said. In two award-winning African folk tales, water is a common thread 2017-10-31T04:00:00Z Mr. Bernhardt, as if he were the best of Irish storytellers, lets the play stop, start, ramble and gather its direction.” Melvin Bernhardt, Tony-Winning Director Who Helped Stars Shine, Dies at 84 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z "It's fascinating, but also a minefield of potential controversy. The storyteller in me was very attracted to the hornet's nest of it." Mideast political minefield keeps 'Tyrant' producer nimble 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z At the heart of Christopher Sorrentino's stunning new novel is a storyteller. Christopher Sorrentino's 'The Fugitives' spins a story of deception and double-dealing 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z In the case of Ms. Barnes and Mr. Glass, host of the public radio show “This American Life,” both are funny, relatable storytellers. Dance Listings for Sept. 12-18 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z Each month, the host Susan Seliger presents a nonprofit production of musicians and funny storytellers that raises money to support the artists on the bill. 9 Last-Minute Valentine’s Day Ideas 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z “Iceland is a culture of storytelling and storytellers,” she told me. Touring Iceland with Annie Ling 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z They occupied the earliest storytellers and continue to occupy us now. Ch-ch-changes 2010-07-29T11:27:00Z He told me he is principally a writer and a storyteller. Storyboard P: Where Is the Place for a Genius of Street Dance? 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z He truly understood how to deal with crime, and was a key founder and maestro of the CompStat policing accountability system, along with being a great storyteller. Bill Bratton Doesn’t Root for the Bad Guys 2021-06-10T04:00:00Z He was a masterful storyteller who could transform a boring highway into a monster’s endless tongue, pulling our family car into a treacherous adventure. Long aftermath of a mass shooting: Remembering my father, killed in 1991 at the University of Iowa 2019-09-28T04:00:00Z On his CBS show, Ferguson opens with jokes and moves on to interviewing celebrity guests, but where his peers are masters of one line jokes, Ferguson is more of a storyteller. Craig Ferguson sees Conan debacle as "wake-up call" 2010-03-22T18:59:00Z The real star, though, is Mr. Ratnam, a talented visual storyteller who directs action crisply and fills the screen with striking images. | 'Raavan': An Indian Epic With Bollywood Glamour 2010-06-18T00:22:00Z Shelly was a skillful storyteller with a knack for whimsical comedy. 2009-12-03T17:21:00Z But I’m working with an incredible storyteller who was very open-minded. Meet Rebecca Ferguson, the Scene-Stealing Star of Mission: Impossible 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z Mr. Bembury is a storyteller through his designs, but he’s also very pragmatic. A Day in the Studio With Salehe Bembury 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z Staff members are called “storytellers” and greet everyone at the door. Shopping in stores is a misery. Can wine, yoga and ‘storytelling’ make it fun again? 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z After moving back to the reservation he eventually got a construction job before becoming a successful storyteller. Jim Northrup, Vietnam Veteran Who Wrote About Life on the Reservation, Dies at 73 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z In “Victory City,” a new novel by Salman Rushdie, a gifted storyteller and poet creates a new civilization through the sheer power of her imagination. Salman Rushdie Has a New Book, and a Message: ‘Words Are the Only Victors’ 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z The culture is untouched. It’s a dream for a filmmaker and storyteller. Why Ethiopian director Yared Zeleke is generating buzz with 'Lamb,' his first film 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z Nearly everyone here is a storyteller of some kind. Bryan Washington on Writing Stories That Don’t Make You Feel Worse 2020-01-13T05:00:00Z But it was the conceptualist, the idea man, the storyteller, who began making news. Art Review: The Shock of Fashion, When It Turns Into Something Else 2011-05-04T23:32:08Z Mia's a total delight to work with - very funny, very smart, a great storyteller, and a real pro on the set. Director Todd Solondz looks for lightness in new "Dark Horse" 2012-07-26T18:21:08Z While the stories are by no means uniform in style or detail — some informants were more skilled storytellers than others — patterns do emerge. The Haunted Past 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z This week’s performer is Robin Bady, a storyteller who will offer tales of jungles, both literal and urban. Spare Times for Children for Aug. 16-22 2013-08-15T22:37:20Z Aletta Collins, a sharply observant storyteller and maverick choreographer of dance, opera and musicals, makes an ambitious attempt to choreograph a version of the Oliver Sacks book Awakenings. This week's new dance 2010-10-01T23:06:00Z Though her work forces us to face indelible stains on American history, DuVernay understands herself to be a storyteller, not a historian. Ava DuVernay: 'I’ve always fiercely held on to my blackness' 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z “We are working with great storytellers on some fascinating ideas for the year’s first pilot season,” said Amazon Studios vice-president Roy Price in a press release. Here's How You Can Help Choose Amazon's Next Shows 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z But Harkaway is a far tougher storyteller than that, and the battle in which Ferris and Robin are engaged is ultimately no comic-book fantasy, just as a poisoned island is no paradise. ‘Tigerman,’ by Nick Harkaway There's this wonderful storyteller, Steven Spielberg, making benign movies that are enormously successful, while I'm mainly known for making movies about people shooting and cutting each other up. Bonnie and Clyde director Arthur Penn dies aged 88 2010-09-29T17:03:00Z “Often there isn’t a strong point of view, either in the writing or in how it’s realized; the camera or storyteller is stepping back and admiring the world — the carriages, the sets and costumes.” A ‘Howards End’ True to Then and Now 2018-04-07T04:00:00Z Lying and stealing and invading, it should be said, make for captivating reading, especially in the hands of a storyteller as skilled as Anderson. When America’s Cold War Strategy Turned Corrupt 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z Her parents, a social couple who talked openly about what they endured in the camps, who were storytellers and who had humor, fell into the second category. The Couples Therapy Expert Esther Perel Takes On Sex and Sexuality 2014-01-24T22:13:57Z He is a storyteller who could not write a book. Facing death on the mountain: What my father taught me on his last great climb 2018-06-17T04:00:00Z But what makes "Into the Woods" so entertaining is the cleverness of the tale itself and the way specific characters match the talents of its storytellers. The trip 'Into the Woods' is spooky, thoughtful, delightful 2014-12-25T05:00:00Z Among the great ones -- and Morgan can be pretty great -- are storytellers, revealing their narratives in a way that invites the audience to recognize its own fears and failures. Tracy Morgan is ready to make nice 2011-06-14T14:56:00Z NYT: I’m sorry, but I have to interrupt: You are known as a storyteller and a talker. ArtsBeat: Cannes Film Festival: Bruce Dern and Will Forte on ‘Nebraska’ 2013-05-24T16:19:58Z I appreciate that you are a storyteller, like Lucy. Neil LaBute talks "House of Darkness," his modern take on "Dracula" that flips the power dynamic 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z Understandably, Mr. Dern, a ribald storyteller on an average day, was in an irrepressibly good mood when he sat down in the Carlton Hotel here for an interview with his co-star Mr. Forte. ArtsBeat: Cannes Film Festival: Bruce Dern and Will Forte on ‘Nebraska’ 2013-05-24T16:19:58Z Ms. Condé was praised as “a grand storyteller” whose “authorship belongs to world literature,” according to the New Academy. Not-the-Nobel Prize in Literature Is Announced 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z All I knew for sure was that each Yom Kippur, Dad — the Shapiro storyteller — recounted why he took up fasting and praying. Why my father fasted on Yom Kippur: On survival, memory, and the power of a family story 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z “There’s a wonderful energy that things are changing, that storytellers are changing,” said Matthew Shilvock, San Francisco Opera’s general director. She’s Making History in Opera. Can She Help Ensure Its Future? 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z Beneath Mauritanian tents, a storyteller tells moral fables inspired by the oral tradition of Senegal's nomadic Fula people as children design artwork from desert sand. Malian music by moonlight seems far from country's woes 2013-11-27T11:27:16Z “She was a great storyteller,” said Melissa Harris, the editor in chief of the Aperture Foundation, who edited several of Ms. Mark’s books. Mary Ellen Mark, Photographer Who Documented Difficult Subjects, Dies at 75 2015-05-26T04:00:00Z As a storyteller, Shonda took huge swings right off the bat. The Gladiators of ‘Scandal’ Leave the Arena 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z Rowling is a capable storyteller, but I find her prose weak and her borrowings entirely too blatant. "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1": Harry Potter goes dark 2010-11-18T02:01:00Z “So it’s refreshing when it’s not about that. But it’s complicated, because you don’t want to ignore that fact. Part of our responsibility as storytellers is to tell the truth.” Sooner or Later, Zoë Kravitz Was Going to Be a Star 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z In one of the parts, Berger says, “If I am a storyteller it’s because I listen.” Postscript: John Berger, 1926-2017 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z It’s just an epic collection of stories and storytellers. Why running is the perfect time for podcasts 2016-05-31T04:00:00Z These eight books by Nigerian storyteller Atinuke center on a curious, energetic young girl who lives with her large extended family. These books can help build strong girls — and boys — for today’s world 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z I think he is a brilliant storyteller and filmmaker, and I thought he was the right person to work with me on this project. From the "Green Book" to Buicks, PBS' "Driving While Black" examines the history of Black mobility 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z There is a line in one of those early plays, The Pillowman, in which the lead character says: “The only duty of a storyteller is to tell a story.” Three Billboards director Martin McDonagh: 'Little girls don’t have a Marlon Brando to emulate’ 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z For better or for worse, I’m the storyteller and my cousin is not. Annabelle Gurwitch on family — the one you're born with, and the one on your book cover 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z Jamaica has libraries all over the country, all of which host a weekly children’s storytelling hour, and all of which would jump at the chance of having a storyteller who is not a regular volunteer. Read Your Way Through Kingston, Jamaica 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z Bidart’s ability as a storyteller fuels many of these pieces, including his famous dramatic monologues about child murderer Herbert White, an anorexic woman named Ellen West and other unsettling figures. Frank Bidart, Mary Jo Salter and Mary Jo Bang: Poets on desire and politics 2017-08-15T04:00:00Z He’s a sidelong storyteller, juggling the personal and prosaic, and never stooping to the conventionally artful use of a refrain. Albums From Terius Nash, George Strait, Cymbals Eat Guitars 2011-09-05T22:44:58Z Beatrix Potter was an extraordinary storyteller, illustrator and artist, and the exhibition will give a new audience the opportunity to view her original work. Peter Rabbit 'made me write book' 2012-08-31T19:05:58Z Or even better, I’d try the Arabian Nights approach: Put Sultan Trump in a room with dozens of fabulous storytellers. By the Book: Julia Alvarez 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z Aesop was an ancient fellow, but you can imagine that he’ll be pretty hip when portrayed by the master storyteller and playwright David Gonzalez. Events for Children in NYC This Week 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z As a storyteller, I was interested in the question: How would I, as a normal citizen, act and react if someone would invest me with this power and in this position. "Collective" is an urgent exposé of killer corruption & how journalism and the people fought back 2020-11-20T05:00:00Z “With this new wave of storytellers, we’re getting to see who we are.” Daughters of African Immigrants Use the Stage to Tell of Two Worlds 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z Nesbø is a talented storyteller and his narrative intuition is on full display, even without the usual guns and guts. 'Midnight Sun' is a softer, gentler Jo Nesbø - as far as that goes 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z But the home owner and middle-aged father of three is also a gifted storyteller, musician and character actor. From "Happy Endings" to "FUBAR," Adam Pally's goal is to "find the unexpected" chaos in each role 2023-07-16T04:00:00Z Among the Tangier eccentrics, de Corcuera Gandarillas is relatively new and in some ways he is the most extravagant, the biggest storyteller, the most vivid, the most sartorially unafraid. T Magazine: The Aesthetes 2014-04-11T18:32:15Z "It's a bleak collection, very bleak, but he has such attention to detail and is a real storyteller, a real craftsman." Frank O'Connor award goes to Ron Rash 2010-09-20T11:37:00Z I think it’s going to bring a lot of pitchforks and torches out for me from certain segments of the fandom, but we have to make choices as storytellers about what happened and why. Ryan Condal Was Surprised People Liked ‘House of the Dragon’ So Quickly 2022-10-23T04:00:00Z One of the things about natural storytellers is that they can tell a tale over and over and it never gets old. All Souls Trilogy: Harry Potter for Grown-Ups? 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z And I cried because as long as films like this are celebrated as a portrait of deafness, there is no place for a storyteller who is actually deaf in Hollywood. Is "CODA" the "Green Book" of films about deaf people? 2022-03-27T04:00:00Z Her voice, though limited in range and not conventionally beautiful, was a forceful dramatic instrument that she wielded with the authority of a great storyteller. Julie Wilson, Sultry Cabaret Legend and Actress, Dies at 90 2015-04-06T04:00:00Z “I started this as a hobby and it’s still a hobby. We just tell people we’re storytellers.” Pressing plants feel the strain with vinyl records back in the groove Jonas is equal parts liar and elegant storyteller, a survival skill acquired from his mother which he relies upon to cope with his stagnant marriage and career. 'How to Read the Air': Dinaw Mengestu's novel of the Ethiopian conflict's legacy 2010-10-13T23:09:00Z Say what you will about Daisey — there’s plenty — but he’s an ace storyteller. 10 plays to see this fall 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z “I never imagined I’d be writing a book with a master storyteller like Jim, much less two,” Mr. Clinton said in the announcement released by the publishers, Knopf and Little, Brown. Bill Clinton and James Patterson Are Writing a Second Book Together 2020-05-21T04:00:00Z Virtually every issue that has roiled us since the 1950s found a clear-eyed sounding board and a compassionate storyteller in Nichols. Mike Nichols' incisive, touching films got personal 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z "A lovely gracious man! Always loved running into him! Gorgeous man!," said Morgan Fairchild, while Antonio Banderas called the Egyptian native "a great storyteller, a loyal friend and a wise spirit." Omar Sharif: Celebs remember the Egyptian actor as 'dashing,' 'gracious,' 'loyal' and 'wise' 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z In the low, measured tone he cultivated decades ago to shed his native New York accent, Mintz says he’s a better storyteller than writer. Hollywood pro offers free inside look at the stars 2014-05-17T04:00:00Z Maya Forbes recalled her father as a great storyteller, "a very compassionate person." Maya Forbes recalls her loving, troubled father in 'Infinitely Polar Bear' 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z It's the storytellers' responsibility to show their work, to make us believe it. The “Roseanne” revival we really needed is the one they’d never make 2018-06-02T04:00:00Z In this week of momentous change, it is artists and storytellers who can give meaning to the tumult. Essential Arts & Culture: A breathtaking art exhibit, Noh now, farewell Leonard Cohen 2016-11-12T05:00:00Z Grann, a consummate storyteller, unearths this history and describes how local corruption led to the development of a national investigative force. Best books of 2017: The best nonfiction 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z Ms. White, in particular, has a storyteller’s way with a song — and when she sings “Oh Freedom,” she imbues it with strength, defiance and tears. ‘Texas in Paris’ Stars Lillias White at York Theater Company 2015-02-06T05:00:00Z “Her talents as a storyteller and songwriter have made Olivia one of the most authentic and exciting new artists to explode onto the scene in years.” Olivia Rodrigo named Woman of the Year by Billboard 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z He is a showman, but not a storyteller. Roland Petit ? review 2011-07-22T17:34:48Z That the storyteller is a paranoid schizophrenic Native American who retreats into imaginary fog every time the chaos hits the Combine isn’t arbitrary or insignificant. Eli Gottlieb’s ‘Best Boy’ 2015-08-25T04:00:00Z It says:" Let's show our support to one of the greatest storytellers of our time." Hollywood director jailed for perjury 'disintegrating' in prison, admits wife 2013-06-04T14:32:00Z Above all, she is a storyteller, with a sense of pace and timing, relish for a good scene and a wry sense of humour. Woman of substance 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z As a trans storyteller, I’m often treated with ambivalence by movement leaders who want my story to be less complicated, to be "simplified for middle America." "Sissy" author Jacob Tobia says we all have "a coming-of-gender story" 2019-03-10T05:00:00Z “Other than fascination with a brutal crime, what would be the real, responsible storyteller reason to touch this story?” Danish crime show turns lurid procedural trend on its head 2021-01-27T05:00:00Z “So I would say my medium are stories instead of I’m a storyteller.” A Laurie Anderson pilgrimage? Just don’t tell her you’re calling it that. 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z I’m excited to be embarking on this stage version, which affords me the opportunity as a storyteller to expand on my original vision and let the characters express their innermost feeling and thoughts through song.” ArtsBeat Blog: 'Diner' Musical, By Barry Levinson and Sheryl Crow, Is Setting a Place on Broadway 2011-09-20T15:40:33Z The concept of doctor as storyteller is not a new one, nor is the idea that it’s a critical component of a doctor’s identity. What Medical Students Learn from Drawing Mickey Mouse 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z Rawson Marshall Thurber is a tremendous fellow, an excellent director, a cinephile, a storyteller, and beyond all of that is just a guy that you realize loved watching movies growing up. "Red Notice" star Chris Diamantopoulos swears he wasn't trying to break up Jim and Pam 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z Of one of Hamilton’s many less-than-admirable notions about government, the storyteller says: “I think it’s one of the deleted scenes.” Review | The provocative Mike Daisey is a straight-shooter in his solo show about guns. 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z A troupe of young poets and storytellers performs. The week ahead in L.A. theater, Dec. 3-10: 'Hamilton's' Leslie Odom, Jr. and more 2017-12-03T05:00:00Z “They were the old storytellers, the master glassblowers who taught me and other children the craftsmanship, the art, of spinning fantastic yarns,” Mr. Fo recalled in his Nobel speech. Dario Fo, Nobel-Winning Italian Playwright, Dies at 90 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z Under the title Awakening The Walls, the nights leading up to Halloween will see plays, ghost stories, fires, illuminations, acrobats and storytellers around the mile-long circuit. A very Derry Halloween: a carnival of frights, fireworks and parades 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z “He still thinks like a storyteller,” she said. David Milch Still Has Stories to Tell 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z On “Telefone,” she experimented with the emotional remove of the griot, the itinerant storyteller who gives the people their founding lessons on mortality. On the Hypnotic “Room 25,” Noname Comes of Age 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z He was known as a profligate drinker, a world-class storyteller, an attention-grabbing party guest and great company. Mick Farren, British Rock ’n’ Roll Renaissance Man, Dies at 69 2013-08-01T03:34:55Z She began to consider her calling as a storyteller and focused on writing songs. Abbey Lincoln, Jazz Singer and Writer, Dies at 80 2010-08-14T19:25:00Z The better for soaking in Monk rapping by himself in storyteller mode, relating a tale of interviewing for a corporate job in a 34-story highrise. Music Monday: The Physics' "Three Piece" EP 2010-05-10T19:11:00Z I'd thought he might be quite forbidding but he's a great storyteller with a healthy sense of humour that he's happy to turn against himself. Stewart Brand and the Whole Earth Catalog, the book that changed the world 2013-05-04T23:00:04Z For this reason, he is, as a storyteller, fascinated by extremes, by the cosmos itself, by the possibility of apocalypse. Edinburgh international book festival: writers' picks 2011-08-12T21:55:15Z The oft acoustic storyteller had recently gone through a divorce and was sitting on a batch of material, thinking the time was right for a little shake-up. Pearl Jam’s Stone Gossard and singer-songwriter Mason Jennings discuss new Painted Shield collaboration 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z He functions in “The Grand Budapest Hotel” less as an influence — Mr. Anderson is a much sloppier storyteller — than as a point of reference. Movie Review: Wes Anderson’s ‘Grand Budapest Hotel’ Is a Complex Caper 2014-03-06T15:00:02Z He was tall, fair-haired in his youth with a chiseled jawline, a charismatic storyteller who never missed a punch line. Bringing to Life the Ruth Bader Ginsburg Only Her Family Knows 2018-12-27T05:00:00Z “We have a many-tentacled antagonist, and the nation’s storytellers are begging for protagonists to battle against the hydra.” Trump has been great for the economy. The anti-Trump economy, that is. 2017-09-25T04:00:00Z The mind, the ultimate storyteller, the griot of griots! The subway is a moving temple: Underground meditation on the A Train 2018-09-03T04:00:00Z As the evening drew on, and free champagne flowed, attendees edged closer to him, the way children may shyly creep toward a storyteller. Let the Fountain Pens Flow! 2018-12-26T05:00:00Z That all-knowing storyteller quality might clash with the immediacy of storytelling in a TV series, no? ‘A Stone in the Mosaic’: A Director Enters the House of Wagner 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z I come from a good family of storytellers. Lauren Graham rethinks identity, from writing to directing: "I want to be the one to tell the story" 2022-12-30T05:00:00Z "The British writer Christopher Hitchens was a great friend of mine and he was a great Moth storyteller. All I want to see is people telling stories in his spirit. That would be beautiful." Moths to the flame 2014-09-06T04:00:00Z It's a storyteller, trying to ease in ideas and concepts, and trying to parlay some of what makes him a storyteller on to the page itself. Rereading Stephen King, chapter 22: The Eyes of the Dragon 2013-06-20T15:00:35Z “I was aware of her feeling out the colors she had on her palette, but the loss of that range has done nothing to diminish her emotional power as a storyteller.” Joan Baez on Her Next Chapter: ‘I Don’t Make History, I Am History’ 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z As he performed at the Metropolitan Room on Wednesday evening, several inner storytellers jostled to be heard in a show made up equally of jazz, soul and blues. Music Review: Gregory Generet at the Metropolitan Room 2012-03-30T22:52:00Z But Whitehead “applies a master storyteller’s muscle not just to excavating a grievous past but to examining the process by which Americans undermine, distort, hide or ‘neatly erase’ the stories he is driven to tell.” Pulitzer Prizes: A Guide to the Winning Books and Finalists 2020-05-04T04:00:00Z What really gives these tales – which encompass the miraculous and the ribald – their emotional punch is the clever framing device: the storyteller is new bride Shahrazad, who is telling the stories to stay alive. This week's new theatre 2012-12-15T00:05:32Z Gutierrez is an exuberant and romantic storyteller, and his relationship with Equiha, who designs all of his female characters, is one of his best stories. Animator Jorge Gutierrez brings Day of the Dead to 'Book of Life' 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z It is a city of artists, musicians, storytellers and dancers. Patter and Patois 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z The first wave of people tended to be reporters, storytellers which was a great introduction to the field. How to be happier and have fewer regrets: Stop buying stuff and start doing things 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z It’s difficult for even a storyteller as skilled as Mr. Gladwell to engineer surprise re-readings of history on wildly different topics. You Know Your History? These Podcasts Aren’t So Sure 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z The main Malian musical tradition is that of the griot, an itinerant poet/storyteller/praise singer. Can opera singers sing pop ? and vice versa? 2011-07-28T22:00:03Z At the very beginning of the novel, the renowned storyteller Solibo Magnificent dies while addressing a crowd in the capital of Martinique, Fort-de-France. Notes From the Book Review Archives 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z "It would be great to get the industry to be better storytellers about themselves in a sense," Dodd said in an interview. Chris Dodd makes debut as Hollywood advocate 2011-03-29T22:21:24Z “Even though I know that that’s the worst possible thing I could be doing as a storyteller, based on my past, but I’m just drawn to that kind of storytelling.” ‘The Leftovers,’ About a Small Town’s Loss, Comes to HBO 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z Or was she always attracted to storytellers, did she seek them out, learn from them? The Story Is the Thing: On Lucia Berlin 2015-08-12T04:00:00Z Is there a hint of reproof from the storyteller, who follows Hagar and Ishmael to safety, under God's protection? The Book of Genesis, part 6: Patriarchs and others 2011-01-18T12:37:35Z He would often draw inspiration from his own life in his performances and was a skillful storyteller. Birju Maharaj, legend of India’s kathak dance form, dies 2022-01-16T05:00:00Z But, while “Testimony” proves that Robertson is an immensely capable storyteller and a keen observer of the gifts of others, he is less adept at explaining his own creative process. Robbie Robertson Offers His Story of the Band 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z Their aim now is to widen the net of storytellers. Anyone got a good story ? and the nerve to tell it? 2011-01-02T00:02:03Z He was a joker, a Jerusalem native, an Israeli war veteran, an accordion player and a storyteller. Modern Love: A Photo on the Floor: My Father?s Double Life 2010-04-02T17:49:00Z In cities like Los Angeles and New York, where so many of our storytellers live, it's easy to believe we have it all. A sweet and trippy reading in Joshua Tree 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z In this case, the storytellers are not lying. Critic’s Notebook: ‘Peter and the Starcatcher’ and ‘Murder Ballad’ 2013-05-23T02:00:01Z “Finn is a storyteller at heart. He’s looking for every opportunity to convey story, not just the dialogue.” Finn Wolfhard doesn’t really want to be famous 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z It forced him to rethink his lyrically approach, aiming to be more of a mood facilitator than picture-painting storyteller. Pearl Jam’s Stone Gossard and singer-songwriter Mason Jennings discuss new Painted Shield collaboration 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z It is not a remarkable life and Asimov is not a born storyteller so inevitably there are longueurs. How to Love Wine by Eric Asimov – review 2012-11-22T08:00:02Z Karel describes herself as “a staccato person”—a quick talker, a giddy storyteller, by her own account a little “woo-woo”—but Hillary, she says, is a “molding character,” a grounded authority figure. The Surreal Election Season of a Hillary Clinton Impersonator 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z From the silent era to the Sixties, Hawks prided himself a no-nonsense storyteller and, above all, a professional moviemaker on whom any studio could trust to deliver. Howard Hawks: Hollywood’s Proud Professional 2013-05-30T22:18:27Z “I commend you all. Our job as producers are protectors, stewards. … Stewards of the story and protectors of the storytellers. And I find that to be an awesome responsibility.” ‘1917’ takes top honor at the Producers Guild Awards 2020-01-19T05:00:00Z A natural storyteller, Dunham passed on many of her best to her kids while under the glow of the moon. President's sister puts their mom in picture book 2011-04-12T11:13:09Z Although "the historian and anthropologist in Meyer sometimes impede the storyteller", – and in particular the Colonel, its "grimly compelling" patriarch – is "a remarkable achievement". Book reviews roundup: The Divine Comedy, The Son and The World Is Ever Changing 2013-07-19T18:00:00Z Iglesias is, first and foremost, a storyteller, which, at least as seen here, proves both a strength and weakness. Gabriel Iglesias in 'The Fluffy Movie,' good fun, standard film 2014-07-28T04:00:00Z “There are a lot of storytellers down there,” the soft-spoken Griffin says of Mississippi. The quiet impresario: Pulling the right strings at the Folger 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z Friday; community gathering with storyteller, craft activities, music, 9:30 a.m. Community Datebook calendar 2012-07-11T23:17:04Z The sequence in question finds Maeve, now a fully conscious and active storyteller in Sweetwater, playing with the loops that once dictated the course of her days. ‘Westworld’ Season 1, Episode 8: Maeve Plays God 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z Which means he’s also a first-class storyteller and a first-class self-deceiver, and that we’re going to hang on to his words. | 'Fences': Denzel Washington and Viola Davis in August Wilson?s Classic 2010-04-27T02:03:00Z The female gaze is about women storytellers planting their feet down and shouting with a camera: I AM HERE. This is what the female gaze looks like: “Transparent” returns for a thrilling second season 2015-12-13T05:00:00Z From the start then, Westlake viewed himself as primarily a storyteller. Michael Dirda reviews ‘The Getaway Car,’ a collection of Donald E. Westlake pieces She’s a gifted writer and storyteller with an unwavering command of her plot. Review | In Emily Temple’s ‘The Lightness,’ troubled teens fall hard for the promise of spirituality 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z A brand new world indeed, one that storytellers and actors like him are increasingly flocking to. How Sony's free streaming service is trying to take on Netflix and Amazon 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z Preston has an undoubted storyteller's instinct; This Bleeding City is consistently engaging and zips along at a decent crack – albeit not fast enough to stop one stumbling over clichés and implausibilities. This Bleeding City by Alex Preston | Book review 2010-03-27T00:08:00Z My late father, who was quite a storyteller, was also a stamp collector who adored the U.S. Lunch goes postal: why I love the U.S. Postal Service 2010-10-08T22:27:00Z In their citation, the judges described the book as a "kaleidoscopic vision of conflict and homecoming" and Klay as the "quintessential storyteller of America's Iraq conflict." Writers Phil Klay and Evan Osnos win top National Book Awards 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z “He is not merely a confident storyteller,” our critic Dwight Garner wrote of Adiga, “but also a thinker, a skeptic, a wily entertainer, a thorn in the side of orthodoxy and cant.” 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z Doctorow will live on as one of the world’s great storytellers. What E.L. Doctorow meant to President Obama, fellow authors 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z He prefers to think of himself as a storyteller. How TikTok personalities are making a name for themselves by delivering news to Gen Z 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z At his best, he is an electric storyteller, with verses that vibrate fiercely on the word level while assembling into something epic. Lil Wayne Becomes an Elder, While Logic Grows Up 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z Because we found ourselves in this sort of privileged position of being able to comment on what was actually happening contemporaneously in the world, and that felt energizing to us as storytellers. This Season of ‘Homeland’ Was Written in Something Like Real Time 2017-04-07T04:00:00Z But most of all Lulu was a storyteller. The Life Lessons of “Little Lulu” 2019-11-29T05:00:00Z Eilenberger is a terrific storyteller, unearthing vivid details that show how the philosophies of these men weren’t the arid products of abstract speculation but vitally connected to their temperaments and experiences. How Wittgenstein and Other Thinkers Dealt With a Decade of Crisis 2020-08-14T04:00:00Z "Billy Joel is a storyteller of the highest order," said James H. Billington, the librarian of Congress, in the statement. Billy Joel to receive Gershwin Prize from Library of Congress 2014-07-22T04:00:00Z He is a profound storyteller — as you can gather from this clip. Memorable Sinatra Moments 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z Mr. Dodgson was Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, a mathematics lecturer at Christ Church, a recently ordained deacon in the Church of England, brilliant logician and consummate storyteller. Finding Alice’s ‘Wonderland’ in Oxford 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z Whether newspaper article, essay or book, Danticat ranks among the best storyteller in this age. Edwidge Danticat: Dawn After the Tempests 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z But Wong is good company and an accomplished storyteller, and she and Yew have made a show that is both heartening and cathartic. ‘Kristina Wong, Sweatshop Overlord’ Review: Our Sewing Superhero 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z Made with complete theatrical authority from first to last, it shows many aspects of Mr. Ratmansky: satirist, storyteller, dramatist, poet. Dance Review: A ?Nutcracker? Sprouts Alter Egos 2010-12-24T22:30:03Z People love talking about writers as storytellers, but I hate being called that: it suggests I got it from my grandmother or something, when my writing really comes out of silence. Colm Tóibín 2013-02-19T18:17:50Z I laughed, wondering if he, like many great storytellers, was being screwy just to pile on the suspense. Digging up gems — and skeletons: the critic Juan Vidal on writing memoir 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z In our current climate of isolationism, the transnational storyteller must do more than entertain — she must educate. A Beautiful, Urgent Novel of the Palestinian Struggle 2020-08-26T04:00:00Z The television series won’t have much effect one way or the other on Mr. King’s reputation as a master storyteller. Stephen King’s ‘Under The Dome,’ Adapted for a TV Series 2013-06-22T16:14:50Z Instead, it’s that the storyteller in Mr. Shafer isn’t at war with the thinker and the word man in him; he’s got a sick wit and a high style. Book Review: ‘Whiskey Tango Foxtrot’ May Be the Novel of the Summer 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z The program will identify, develop and create opportunities for the next generation of audio-driven storytellers. Audible enlists Waithe, Gladwell to help find new talent 2020-12-07T05:00:00Z “Didactic” is no insult; there are great and inspiring teachers, and directing might as well involve the role of teacher along with that of storyteller. “Widows,” Reviewed: Steve McQueen Grafts Heist Film 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z When the supply dried up, he opened a high-fashion men's store, where he established his reputation as a natural salesman and storyteller. Clothier who dressed Elvis Presley dies in Tenn. 2012-11-15T16:10:12Z “I never really got a clear idea of why other than I got the sense that they had this feeling that storytellers of the past hadn’t worked out,” said Smerling. A Wilderness of Error: the year's most troubling true crime series 2020-09-25T04:00:00Z And if you don’t aspire to be a professional storyteller, he says to find another class. His class is famously tough. ‘The Dark Knight’ and ‘Westworld’ wouldn’t exist without it. 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z This elegant unpredictability of construction helps Chopin create unique larger forms, too — it makes him a compelling storyteller. The Pianist Jeremy Denk on the Joys of Chopin, Our Most Catlike Composer 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z Court records say Parker, a well-known Vermont storyteller, persuaded about 700 people to invest in the film by offering double-digit interest payments on their money. Movie fraud sentence upheld 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z I saw one that really resonated with me in Vegas: “Travel leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller.” D. J.s, Swim Briefs, $25 Coladas: In Vegas, the Party’s at the Pool 2018-09-04T04:00:00Z I must say that I knew that I always was going to be a storyteller. Katori Hall on creating "P-Valley," demystifying sex work and the art of filming a pole dance 2022-07-31T04:00:00Z He was an artist of such ability, and an author of such talent and vision – his writing wasn’t showy, it never drew attention to itself, he was just a sublime storyteller. The Crown writer Peter Morgan on William Goldman: 'He was just a sublime storyteller' 2018-11-17T05:00:00Z And, as both a person and a storyteller, this poses a problem for him. The invention of Obama 2010-04-23T23:06:00Z "She really works at the intersection of journalist and artist and storyteller." Filmmaker takes center stage in surveillance story 2013-06-14T06:53:07Z Mulligan inserts himself into the reporter's story by lying about his relationship to the storyteller as casually as he might drop a character into a scene. Christopher Sorrentino's 'The Fugitives' spins a story of deception and double-dealing 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z I see myself as a storyteller—or at least that’s what I try to do. Blake Lively on Her First Year of Preserve: 'The Site’s Not Close to What I Want It to Be' 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z Yan is a deft and engaging storyteller, with a proclivity for dramatic revelations, often to a fault. Review | Yan Ge’s ‘Strange Beasts of China’ is a luminous, beguiling chronicle of fantastical beings 2021-07-14T04:00:00Z He is such a good storyteller and delivers a good cliffhanger at the end of every chapter! Alan Cumming Would Like to Play the Title Character in ‘The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie’ 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z Sitting for a spell a couple dozen feet from the stage, listening to a talented storyteller spin a version of a year not entirely unlike the one I had just spent, felt really, really good. Perspective | I wondered what it would be like to be vaccinated and back in a theater. My panic lifted as soon as the lights went down. 2021-04-07T04:00:00Z Of this newfangled gig, Strauss says: “I think he has a story to tell, the story of his life. And he’s an amazing storyteller.” Perspective | Bruce Springsteen is a totally new thing for Broadway. Will it change because of him? 2017-09-27T04:00:00Z The Broadway League said Wednesday it would dim its lights Friday for Wallace, “a storyteller in the most specific yet subtle ways.” Eli Wallach, veteran character actor, dies at 98 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z The next evening, Gardner proved to be a natural storyteller with a thrilling and theatrically paced rendition of Sibelius’s Second Symphony. Enescu, an Underplayed Composer, Is Still a Star in Romania 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z For her part, Rivers saw a pair of storytellers who would dig into psyche and show it -- warts and all. New film undoes Joan Rivers' cosmetic makeover 2010-06-08T17:35:00Z But in so generously and honestly telling the truth of his life, he has again shown himself to be a master storyteller and a uniquely gifted writer. Comics and sci-fi powerhouse J. Michael Straczynski has an incredible origin story of his own 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z Mr. Sarandos said that when he met Reed Hastings in 1999, he was driven by the desire to help great storytellers reach people around the world. Ted Sarandos Talks About That Stock Drop, Backing Dave Chappelle, and Hollywood Schadenfreude 2022-05-28T04:00:00Z Ms. Hilferty, who often refers to herself as a storyteller whose medium happens to be clothes, decided her Wonderland would be simple. What Befits a Legendary Queen 2011-04-03T02:14:52Z Kerr, who died in March of 2018, was a scholar as well as a storyteller, and “Metropolis” rewards a little investigation on the reader’s part. Review | Philip Kerr’s posthumous gift: A classic crime novel that delivers in high style 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z Mitchell's solo albums Hadestown and Young Man In America proved her to be one of America's most captivating storytellers. Anais Mitchell's folk opera ambitions 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z That makes it almost threatening to mainstream storytellers and carefully calibrated celebrity personas, like the stuff of illicit hack or snuff film. When Fan Fiction and Reality Collide 2017-06-21T04:00:00Z Dray is an excellent and conscientious storyteller, taking care to alert us when the historical record is spotty or ambiguous while still offering vivid specifics wherever he can. When Jim Crow Violence Came to a Small New York Village 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z Jimmy Chin: We were also interested in making a narrative feature to grow as storytellers and filmmakers. "Nyad" star Annette Bening brought "sharp edges" to courageous swimmer and refused body touch-ups 2023-10-23T04:00:00Z "Twitter is a frontier for creative experimentation, and we want to invite authors and creative storytellers around the world to push the bounds of what's possible with Twitter content." Twitter fiction festival set to launch 2012-11-28T10:54:43Z Ms. Tatham is an enthusiastic performer and storyteller with a medium-size, occasionally shaky voice and a rudimentary jazz-inflected style who offered heart-on-sleeve renditions of “Easy to Be Hard” and “Blue Moon.” Joanne Tatham’s ‘Soundtrack New York’ 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z "When I looked at the painting, I saw politics, art, history and race all tied in a big bow but set in an Austen-esque world and that, for a storyteller, is a gift," explains Asante. Asante says new Belle film was 'gift' 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z And so you need storytellers to make sense out of that chaos, but it’s as I said, it’s a chaos of a very different kind today, and the writer struggles. Screenwriting guru tells all 2010-04-21T15:06:00Z As a storyteller and performer, Ms. Anderson imagined a museum of her work might resemble a radio broadcasting station. A Museum Where Giant Art Has Room to Breathe 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z While documentaries easily shift perspective, moving from one witness to the next, the scope of the movement has, so far, thwarted most fictional storytellers. Arts & Leisure: Black-and-White Struggle Through Hollywood?s Rosy Glow 2011-08-09T13:34:47Z But the two share a common lineage to a re-energized Israeli movie industry being fueled by a new generation of storytellers. Israeli film "Ajami" gets real, aims for Oscar 2010-03-04T00:01:00Z Both artists in Adah Rose Gallery’s “May You Live in Interesting Times” are storytellers, but of rather different kinds. Review | In the galleries: A focus on sensitive portraits with biographical elements 2021-03-24T04:00:00Z Geared to children 5 and older, it features Daniel Brenner, a rabbi, storyteller and aerobics instructor, who will be engaging audiences with a tale about a dancer, the Old Badchen, and his apprentice, Levi. Spare Times for Children Listings for Aug. 5-11 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z He’s a storyteller whose punch lines are as likely to be silly as sharp. Hannibal Buress Evolves From Cult Star to Showman 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z Suffice it to say that the book shows a gifted storyteller at the start of an illustrious career, not blasting but chipping away at the stubborn rock that is Oskar Johansson. Review | Five years after Henning Mankell’s death, his gritty first novel makes a welcome appearance 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z If you look at storytellers and poets, it’s about a taking stock and a gathering up of wherever you are. Dead Can Dance's Lisa Gerrard, the interview: 'It hurts, there is pain, there are blessings' 2012-08-16T04:25:00Z “She could weigh in as a storyteller: ‘You know, I think he needs to get his heart broken in here somewhere.’ Richard Linklater and Sandra Adair: Three Decades of Action and Cuts 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z Bohjalian is not only a talented storyteller; he understands women, and it shows in the insightful and empathetic way in which he tells their stories. Review | Chris Bohjalian’s thriller ‘Hour of the Witch’ is historical fiction at its best 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z I’ve always been an ensemble storyteller and like to look at stories from multiple points of view. With ‘Lucy in the Sky,’ Noah Hawley Expands His Universe 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z This tiny little island is a place of great storytellers, the best of whom long ago demonstrated that judicious restraint serves a narrative far better than a heavy-handed touch. Ryan Seacrest, you’ve been replaced 2012-08-01T15:55:00Z Never forget, in "Mrs. Nixon," that we're in the hands of a storyteller. 'Mrs. Nixon': Stories, real and imagined, of an enigmatic first lady 2011-12-01T00:41:04Z So, I think coming at it as storytellers, we all have a weird sense of respect or awe. ArtsBeat: Holy Terrors: A Conversation With the Creators of 'The Book of Mormon' 2011-02-16T16:23:16Z I don't want to shut down any kind of film-making, nor do I want to prevent storytellers from exploring the interconnections of love and death, which have underpinned much great art. Why is there so much movie violence against women? 2010-06-03T21:45:00Z That, to me, as a storyteller, was such a compelling way to tell this story. Deborah Norville on the Gilgo Beach murders and what happens next 2023-08-21T04:00:00Z Visitors can also experience a Buffalo Soldier re-enactment with expert storytellers by reservation. 8 Places Across the U.S. That Illuminate Black History 2023-02-05T05:00:00Z Spinning narratives is her business, after all — “actors are storytellers,” she likes to say — her own tales often underscoring a conviction that no creature, hairy or quilled, is disposable. Down on the Farm With Isabella Rossellini 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z In recent years I've discovered more and more wonderful films directed by Sidney Lumet and I consider him to be one of the great american storytellers. Hollywood pays tribute to Lumet 2011-04-10T10:38:11Z It sets up conflict, which every good storyteller knows is necessary to keep readers reading and viewers viewing. Fay Jones’ awkwardly magical, mysterious paintings 2013-11-29T15:01:24Z For me as a storyteller, his significance is in his inspiration—his transformation. Russell Brand's Documentarian: Following the Star Is a 'Roller-Coaster Ride' 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z As filmmakers and storytellers, we don't believe in individual evildoers. In solving his own son's murder, "The Pharmacist" also took on the opioid epidemic 2020-02-08T05:00:00Z It’s not just a “voice of God” narrator, but a storyteller who is a character unto himself. Director Morgan Neville on “They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead” and the last years of Orson We... 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z “Leah is more a storyteller, which might mean a slow build, so I wouldn’t start with her,” Ms. Ways said, preferring to begin with someone who gets laughs fast. The Art and Anxiety of Booking a Hit Comedy Showcase 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z “I see myself primarily as an artist and storyteller,” he said. Men’s Wear Is on a Quilt Trip 2021-02-17T05:00:00Z Whether told by a fireside, in a book, or on a movie screen, Delaney hopes that "The Last Storyteller" will lead to a lot of first-time storytellers. "Last Storyteller" Delaney knows how to get attention 2012-02-02T19:15:19Z Mr. Duwenhögger, now 60, is a sly, seductive storyteller adept in several mediums, especially figurative painting. Museum & Gallery Listings for June 3-9 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z And with magisterial poise and serene control, Mr. Hadelich became a riveting storyteller, which was the point of this piece. Music Review: David Lang’s ‘collected stories’ Series Ends With ‘memoir’ 2014-04-30T19:28:03Z As a habitual over-sharer and a storyteller who has won the Moth’s open mike StorySLAM contest, she knew that “I’m probably going to talk about it anyway.” Can cancer ever be funny? Comedian Caitlin Brodnick thinks so. 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z “We are watching the world’s favorite storyteller emerge as a writer,” Sturrock writes. Roald Dahl Turns a Hundred 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z Petit is a clear, effective dance storyteller partly because he doesn’t muddy the waters with complex characterization or relationships; instead, he distills narrative to its essentials, often blending realism and fantasy. Roland Petit: A French Choreographer, Most Savored in France 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z Do we storytellers choose which one to tell? Ahdaf Soueif: In times of crisis, fiction has to take a back seat 2012-08-17T15:00:01Z It was an explosion of my psyche, my aesthetic and my beliefs about theatre; it was then I became a director, a storyteller and an artist. Portrait of the artist: Emma Rice, artistic director 2012-05-29T17:30:01Z And then we can say, as storytellers, it's not just this snapshot. From masculinity to race, Apple's basketball series "Swagger" addresses "so much more than sports" 2023-08-12T04:00:00Z People, by the way, can be natural storytellers. Our most dangerous hike 2012-05-21T01:00:00Z But we're clear in our mandate: Pushing stories and helping storytellers get the film to the screen. Producing more, Brad Pitt is 'Killing Them Softly' 2012-05-24T10:54:09Z I'm just trying to bring those things so that we can all confront them and hopefully do our part as storytellers to add value to things that people decided didn't have value. Roy Choi shines a light on our broken food systems: "We'll throw away food before we feed people" 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z There’s something in that challenge that I really like as a storyteller. Sterlin Harjo Can Do a Lot More Than ‘Reservation Dogs’ 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z He's a brilliant storyteller and he's writing about things that have actually happened. Dido: 'If you think I'm MOR you need to crank it up' 2013-02-15T07:00:43Z They also debated whether a lack of working-class programming is the fault of the storytellers or the channel executives themselves. Trump is our first reality TV president. So how could his victory change reality TV? 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z They are enchanting, wrapped in a visual narrative that showcases her gifts as a powerful storyteller. Annie Leibovitz, the Un-Fashion Photographer 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z And things like “Nassim,” though they might be scary on the surface, they really hone that listening skill, which is essential for storytellers. Please Welcome Tracy Letts to the Stage. Now, Say Goodbye. 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z “I think we have to ask ourselves … the narrators, the storytellers, the journalists: Are we ringing the alarm in the right way? Are we doing our jobs to try to uphold our democracy?” The AP Interview: Nikole Hannah-Jones’ warning on democracy 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z Continuing to defend his counterpart, Mr. Cannavale added, “The guy’s a storyteller! And even the story of their relationship, it’s all story upon story upon story. And somewhere in there, it’s all true.” What if the Guy With the Red Pencil Is Nuts? 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z The prize honors people who have made an impact on society similar to Twain, a satirist, commentator and storyteller. Tina Fey to get top Mark Twain humor prize in DC 2010-05-25T16:52:00Z Perhaps most powerfully, though, women’s absence as storytellers severely limits the narrative warp and woof of the movies themselves, and we need only travel to the local multiplex to see the evidence. Women almost never direct big movies. ‘Fifty Shades’ shows why that matters. 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z Terry Pratchett … 'One of the great comic writers and storytellers of our time.' A Blink of the Screen by Terry Pratchett – review 2012-11-15T08:00:07Z The story ends with this admonition to storytellers yet to come: “There is no story that is not contained here.” Film: India?s Epic Poems, Resonating in Modern Lives 2010-07-04T05:11:00Z Eager to hear what happens next, Shahryar decides to keep the charming storyteller alive a little while longer. Review | How ‘Aladdin’ came to be: Thank (or blame) an 18th-century French scholar 2019-06-11T04:00:00Z She said that both as a storyteller and a human being, she thought it was important to pierce the mythology surrounding Cohn and depict him as a highly intelligent and almost uniquely conflicted person. "Roy Cohn" filmmaker Ivy Meeropol on her new HBO doc about the man who killed her grandparents 2020-06-19T04:00:00Z “Including more Latino films in the National Film Registry will help elevate Latino stories, promote an inclusive media landscape, and empower Latino filmmakers and storytellers.” U.S. Lawmakers Suggest 25 Movies About Latinos to the Film Registry 2021-03-08T05:00:00Z Endowed with an attention-grabbing dark mezzo, its depths bracing like strong coffee, she seems to thrive in the role of a storyteller, greatly enhanced by her symbiotic interaction with her husband and accompanist, Christopher Cano. Review: Jennifer Johnson Cano and Dimitri Pittas at the Morgan 2016-05-16T04:00:00Z Spielberg, a consummate showman and fluent storyteller, was steeped in the middlebrow movie grammar he grew up with, reimagining those reassuringly familiar structures to create the fairy tales and myths of a new generation. Perspective | The Stevens — Soderbergh and Spielberg — defined late-20th-century film. Can they agree on its 21st-century future? 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z Visitors should bring their own video cameras; the museum will provide the backdrop, tips from a professional storyteller and a tour through the museum’s exhibits of famous families for inspiration. Spare Times: For Children, for Nov. 25-Dec. 1 2011-11-24T20:05:50Z That was what morphed into the idea of a podcast — we wanted to be storytellers and tell our stories out loud. The ‘Office Ladies’ Return to Dunder Mifflin 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z A group of children visit a wise old woman, a storyteller or griot. A New Collection Upends Conventional Wisdom About Migration 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z "Rich is one of the most creative storytellers, ratings drivers, brand builders and TV executives in the industry today," Zaslav said. Rich Ross named president of Discovery Channel 2014-10-28T04:00:00Z He is a thorough researcher and skilled storyteller who excels at drawing characters and scenes. 'India: A Portrait': Patrick French's new history of India since 1947 2011-07-27T19:39:04Z Welcome to Asian AF, a monthly showcase for actors, storytellers and comedians of Asian descent that regularly sells out U.C.B. theaters in Los Angeles and New York. Comics of Asian Descent, Tired of Being Invisible, Put Themselves Onstage 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z Like that great storyteller, Mr. Lecesne evokes a grittily specific world, but one in which good and evil are real presences. Review: ‘The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey,’ James Lecesne’s One-Man Play 2015-02-22T05:00:00Z Judging by the character of his content, Obama still views himself as a storyteller, as a keeper of the flame of hope. Obama at 60: Feet on the dance floor, eyes on the future 2021-08-08T04:00:00Z It consists of encounters between professional storytellers and visitors. Unilever quits as Turbine sponsor 2012-08-17T09:32:35Z A West African griot is not just a singer, but a storyteller, poet, singer of praise, entertainer and verbal historian. N'Dour, Saariaho share Sweden's Polar Music Prize 2013-05-07T14:02:10Z There will also be musicians, storytellers and clowns providing outdoor entertainment. Spare Times for June 6-12 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z They’re instructors and storytellers and reference guides, with personalities as distinct as different friends. Baking tips from expert Rose Levy Beranbaum 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z Everything that used to be funny about puberty and middle-school drama is still humorously ripe and awkward, but today’s storytellers seem to have tapped a fresh vein of understanding. Review | In ‘PEN15,’ two women play themselves at 13 and it’s not just another nostalgia trip 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z “I spent a lot of time with Philippe and he’s a great storyteller and I just pounded him with questions about what it felt like, what it felt like, what it felt like,” he said. Zemeckis uses 3-D to make wire-walker’s story ‘bigger than life’ 2015-10-04T04:00:00Z For an anxious storyteller, these are high stakes – higher now that everyone’s listening. Ira Glass: 'I feel like I’m actually sort of scared all the time' 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z As the storyteller, Gary Lagden is commanding, engaging beautifully with his young audience. The Tin Soldier ? review 2010-11-21T22:00:00Z Each of these collaborations between Native American storytellers and comic book artists coheres in surprising ways. Indigenous Stories for Young Readers 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z In a sense, Mr. Lynch never stopped thinking like a visual artist: In his movies he’s as much an image maker as a storyteller. Exploring David Lynch’s Paintings and Drawings 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z SUN Nothwest Native American storytellers share stories about our relationship to Earth, 2 p.m. Community calendar: festivals, fairs and more 2014-04-08T13:33:41Z When it was published it was hailed by Saul Bellow as "a masterpiece", and its author as "a wonderful storyteller, a wonderful novelist", but it's still off the radar. Books that change your world, but no one else's 2011-01-24T13:30:01Z Okay, so maybe the man really was the greatest natural-born storyteller of the age — and, as it happens, not just in fiction. Do we need another book about Sherlock Holmes? 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z Viewers who value high-quality television should bear that in mind and hope for a fair resolution that improves conditions for the medium's storytellers as opposed to a swift one that favors our convenience. What to expect with TV writers on strike: First late night will go dark. Then comes the fall? 2023-05-03T04:00:00Z Elba said his film was not about “black people” but about Jamaican culture, adding: “I think it’s a dangerous thing to categorize stories by color. I am very much a storyteller by culture.” Idris Elba brings 'Yardie' to Berlin International Film Festival 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z In 11 spare tracks, Ms. Marshall seems confident, at last, in her identity as a rootless seeker and storyteller, firm in the instability of her atypical existence. Cat Power Has a Lot to Be Proud Of. Now She Knows That. 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z Strengths and weaknesses pale, though, next to Mr. Haddon’s sheer confidence as a storyteller. Newly Released Books Include ‘The Pier Falls’ by Mark Haddon 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z Like a master storyteller Christgau artfully blends "showing" and "telling," never condescending to explain what might be better presented as narrative. 'Going Into the City,' rock critic Robert Christgau's back pages 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z Cash is a good storyteller, capturing the cadence of Southern speech and the complexity of modest lives with thoughtful intelligence. New Southern Fiction By Percival Everett, Wiley Cash and Andrew Siegrist 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z With "The Flight of Gemma Hardy," you sense that you're in the hands of a master storyteller — and that, quite possibly, Brontë herself might have approved. 'Gemma Hardy': a Scotland-set homage to 'Jane Eyre' 2012-02-01T19:22:06Z It was the voice of a benign storyteller, a deeply romantic true believer with a heroic vision of American history and the African-American contribution. Music Review: Allan Harris Performs at the Metropolitan Room 2010-04-06T22:27:00Z But Mr. Pullman’s “Fairy Tales” offers something unique: the chance to watch a master storyteller think through these most foundational of tales. Books of The Times: ‘Fairy Tales From the Brothers Grimm,’ by Philip Pullman 2012-12-17T22:41:07Z Mr Duhigg is an effective storyteller with a knack for combining social science, fastidious reporting and entertaining anecdotes. Getting the most out of one’s self 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z It’s a very exciting time to be a storyteller if you can crack the formula of how to make it economically feasible. Tony Gilroy Kept the Faith for ‘Andor.’ Its 8 Emmy Nods Are Affirmation. 2023-07-12T04:00:00Z The intimate voice of the storyteller made people feel as though she was speaking directly to them. Review: ‘Charlotte Brontë: A Fiery Heart’ 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z My mother was a good storyteller and when I was about five she began one of the best stories of my childhood. My grandparents’ secret courtship 2015-10-24T04:00:00Z Bearden was a sophisticated storyteller — he relished the idea of the “unreliable narrator” — so he surely intended both associations. Review | First the New Yorker profiled Romare Bearden. Then the artist and activist decided to tell his own story, in pictures. 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z Now, as outsiders, the pair have more of a mercenary quality, and though they are armed with a big budget, they are less sure storytellers. “American Vandal” Season 2 Goes from Poop Jokes to Adolescent Dystopia 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z At his core, he remains a storyteller who refuses to let his lyrical style overwhelm the narrative substance of his plots. Any Human Heart: William Boyd on telling the story of the 20th century 2010-11-21T08:00:00Z The designers, the winners this month of the Fashion Group International rising star award, are natural-born storytellers. New York Fashion Week’s Under-the-Radar Talents 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z “So when people asked me what I wanted to do when I grew up, I told them I wanted to be a storyteller — which is what I’m doing now.” Buchi Emecheta, Nigerian Novelist, Dies at 72 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z Among other things, she taught me the value of being a storyteller. Samantha Power: ‘Being at the UN is like trying to get heard at an Irish dinner table’ 2018-01-07T05:00:00Z In her acceptance speech — which was actually four short speeches — Stead began by wondering "when does the life of the storyteller begin?" Kids' books: Winners of Newbery, Caldecott medals share their inspiration 2010-07-02T06:00:00Z Their encounters, which are as often violent as they are haphazard, evoke a heady host of classic American storytellers. Review: Lost and Found in a Steve Earle Soundscape in ‘Samara’ 2017-04-16T04:00:00Z A nonfiction writer, storyteller, digital maker, critic and performance poet based in Pittsburgh, she is working on her first full-length book, “The Violence.” How novelist Fernando Vallejo's work reveals Colombia's deep divisions 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z “There’s a fresco trail in the Blue Ridge right outside of Asheville,” Brook van der Linde, Haywood Street’s chief storyteller, told me, gauging my interest. Following a trail of frescoes in the mountains of North Carolina 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z In a statement, Molly Stern, the senior vice president and publisher of Crown Archetype, called Ms. Abramovic “a born storyteller with a unique voice and original point of view.” Marina Abramovic to Publish a Memoir in 2016 2015-03-01T05:00:00Z Critics called him a journeyman storyteller who strived for historical accuracy, populating his books with the likes of Benjamin Franklin, Samuel Adams, Paul Revere, Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis. John Jakes, Whose Historical Novels Hit the Jackpot, Dies at 90 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z On the other, the improbable hero of his own story, the son of an absentee father, a born storyteller with a once-troubled youth. Mark Twain invented Mitt 2012-07-06T14:20:00Z He was an old-fashioned, omniscient author, a storyteller. William Trevor, Spare Chronicler of Diminished Lives 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z But Mr. Berry will always be remembered as rock’s first storyteller: “That’s one thing that he really brought to rock in its early days,” Mr. Pareles said. How Chuck Berry Became a Rock ’n’ Roll Mastermind 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z The manuscript, written with the dramatic flair of a natural storyteller but in unpolished English, with grammatical and spelling errors, traces his life from childhood to his years at Auburn. Prison Memoir of a Black Man in the 1850s 2013-12-11T22:27:21Z A born storyteller, he was also a devotee of classical music, and I often ran into him and Susan at Meany Hall and Benaroya concerts. Clayton Corzatte is remembered for more than fine acting 2013-05-15T23:24:28Z As a storyteller Mr. Bourne is unwavering in his ease, and Lez Brotherston’s set is full of surprises, like when the prince’s bed, in reverse, becomes a royal balcony. Dance Review: Prince?s Fate, Entwined With Desire 2010-10-17T22:25:00Z Menkedick is a skilled storyteller and her accounts of women from varied socioeconomic and racial backgrounds drive home how little society has to offer mothers. Is Fear the Last Taboo of American Motherhood? 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z He’s a visionary and a storyteller, and you feel better about the world when you’ve seen it through his eyes. 'She's 85 and can out-dance me': the joy of the age-gap friendship 2018-06-09T04:00:00Z "As storytellers, that is our legacy," she stated in the memo, "and we will continue bringing the history and impact of classic films to life on-air and in other ways." Turner Classic Movies holds our cinematic past. Does it have a future under Warner Bros. Discovery? 2023-06-26T04:00:00Z So, I think it's just part of our job as storytellers and documentarians to try to capture the character of that city, and this helped us to illustrate that. "Last Chance U" director on Coach Beam's "Yoda-like" wisdom & the Oakland team's sacrifices 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z Follett has always been an accomplished storyteller, but his latest reflects a sense of urgency that lifts it well above typical apocalyptic thrillers. Review | Ken Follett’s latest epic is a cautionary tale of global catastrophe 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z “They show,” he writes, “better than the Holmes stories and perhaps better than any of Doyle’s other connected stories, his skills as a storyteller.” Do we need another book about Sherlock Holmes? 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z Karp is a skilled plotter and storyteller who vividly portrays Sanford's world: an uneasy mix of academics and hands-on medicine, close cooperation and vicious turf wars. 'A Perilous Conception': a test-tube mystery 2011-12-15T20:53:04Z I’m trained as a traditional storyteller, and I’m also trained as a critical theorist in narratology, psychoanalysis, Marxism. In ‘Afropessimism,’ a Black Intellectual Mixes Memoir and Theory 2020-04-05T04:00:00Z They toyed with that issue by framing the story with Davis as a storyteller, recounting parts of his life in his own unique fashion. Miles Ahead: Don Cheadle on doing Miles Davis justice on screen 2015-10-10T04:00:00Z He was a consummate author, creating the modern-day thriller, and was one of the most visionary storytellers of our time. Tom Clancy, U.S. master of spy thriller novels, dies at 66 2013-10-03T00:08:15Z Between songs, Ms. Arocena was an endearing storyteller, explaining some of her songs with earnest sincerity and wry twists. Review: Daymé Arocena Mixes a Cosmopolitan Vibe With an Earthy Tone 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z Tohan is another storyteller at We Testify, and a Texan like Rusk, who was fresh off of sharing her abortion story with the U.S. On abortion, "religious leaders should be asking for your forgiveness" — not the other way around 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z “Brandon is a photographer, he’s a storyteller, and he’s a social media phenomenon,” she said. Humans of New York Goes Global 2014-08-18T04:00:00Z Shakespeare is simply the best playwright we have ever produced – the most wonderful storyteller, the most exquisite poet. Shakespeare and me: Thea Sharrock 2012-06-30T23:05:28Z An enthralling storyteller, Bowen excels equally in colorful descriptive passages, whether depicting a cardinal’s gorgeously luxurious apartments or the wild vegetation, cypress groves and marble fragments of ancient Rome: Review | ‘Black Magic’ is an oft-overlooked thriller. Don’t overlook it. 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z Elba said his film was not about “black people” but about Jamaican culture, adding: “I think it’s a dangerous thing to categorize stories by color. I am very much a storyteller by culture.” Idris Elba brings 'Yardie' to Berlin International Film Festival 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z Given the events of the past year and a half, Doyle said, storytellers “must be addressing the stories they tell.” Head of Classic Stage Company to Depart in 2022 2021-07-19T04:00:00Z What we do as actors and storytellers is explore humanity and there’s no place where you’re going to find more humanity than in India. Dev Patel: 'I Want to Be Very Selective in the Story I Go to India to Tell' 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z Cosby conjures his own vernacular to describe his sexual encounters, and when recalling a night with Constand, he calls himself “one of the greatest storytellers in the world.” Bill Cosby’s own words provide scandalous details of his hidden life 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z The center is holding a free monthly Family Sunday at the show — this is the last one — when storytellers and educators will explore the art and artifacts, and children can make masks from recycled materials. Spare Times for Children Listings for June 3-9 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z Our reviewer, Charles Finch, called Harper “a prickly, smart, effective storyteller.” New in Paperback: ‘The Schoolhouse Gate’ and ‘Ghost Wall’ 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z “That seems like definitely a worthy cause and one I’m all for. But also these people are just great storytellers and they’re both super talented. They deserve to be there.” Casey Affleck explores parenting in the apocalypse 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z A chef by training, Howard is first and foremost a storyteller. ‘Deep Run Roots,’ reviewed: A Southern chef and TV star brings on the charm 2016-11-07T05:00:00Z For Pevzner, 27, a blogger and multimedia storyteller, an all-female course was the perfect way to experience mountaineering for the first time. Why women-only adventure travel is surging 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z “She was one of the best storytellers ever.” Critic?s Notebook: At the Met, a Soprano Ascendant 2011-04-19T21:15:09Z They were storytellers but I could become a writer. Diamond jubilee: writers reflect on growing up Elizabethan 2012-06-01T21:50:02Z His gruff energy and laid-back demeanor mask Mr. Kinane’s skills as a storyteller and joke writer, one who is at his finest when dissecting the worst experiences of his own life. 10 Things to Do Now in NYC 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z For that we also need our greatest children's storytellers, and that's just one of the ways in which our country is made poorer by the loss of Nina Bawden. Nina Bawden's Carrie's War speaks a truth about the ripple effects of conflict 2012-08-24T16:30:00Z The series, for ages 5 and older, continues — this week with a variety of performers offering tales — in memory of the storyteller Carol Lewis. Spare Times for Children for June 8-14 2012-06-07T22:45:43Z "There is a pride in his family in being the best storyteller, in looking at life and making little observations about it, to try and find some meaning, or just for the fun of it." Helen McCrory: 'Attack yourself ? don't get lazy' 2010-06-01T21:00:00Z Ms. Finn is a remarkably confident and supple storyteller. Books by Melanie Finn, Alexandra Kleeman, Robert Seethaler and Margot Livesey 2016-09-25T04:00:00Z Philip Gourevitch: Above all, I suppose, to be a good historian you don’t necessarily have to be a good storyteller. Philip Gourevitch: Memory is a disease 2012-09-26T20:31:00Z I just was excited at the opportunity to just try to stretch myself as a storyteller. "Dead to Me" creator on the show's secret to success: "I'm interested in genre-nonconforming" 2020-08-22T04:00:00Z She prefers the word "storyteller", and winces at the term "performer" – she left a major record company recently after they tried to get her to record her every waking move with a camera. New band of the day: Olivia Sebastianelli (No 1,466) 2013-03-06T16:32:47Z Individual portraits focus on dancers, musicians and storytellers; group compositions are often layered multiple images of the same person. In the galleries: A testament to Australia’s indigenous people, and to an artist 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z A great American storyteller in the vein of Woody Guthrie and Bob Dylan, Springsteen dares to be earnest in an age of mind-numbing cynicism. Bruce Springsteen's "Western Stars" album packs sweeping cinematic power 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z Kuniyoshi remained to the end equally a stylist, storyteller and master of atmosphere. Yasuo Kuniyoshi, a Modernist Often Overlooked, Gets a Smithsonian Retrospective 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z “That’s what’s really interesting to me about this, that journey of why we believe certain stories and why certain storytellers are effective.” Hollywood heads to the mountains to kick off Sundance fest 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z “Yet I was a show-off, a dreamer, a storyteller.” Ralph Waite, Patriarch in TV Series ‘The Waltons,’ Dies at 85 2014-02-14T06:00:50Z The master storyteller David Gonzalez doesn’t just tell tales, he also reinvents them. 7 Things to Do With Your Kids in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z In their free time they tracked down verbose storytellers. Journeys: In Germany, on the Grimm Brothers? Fairy Tale Road 2010-06-24T21:07:00Z Mr. Sigarev is an unnerving storyteller: movie-star handsome but loath to smile or make eye contact, and so soft-spoken as to be nearly inaudible. Vassily Sigarev, a Voice From Russia’s Rust Belt 2012-07-29T22:00:23Z It is a hybrid", says David Shirley, director and BA programme leader at the school, "but from the point of view of the actors, they're storytellers. Carl Davis: my Kindertransport song cycle 2012-06-15T10:28:34Z “Consider me your time-traveling griot,” she tells the audience with wry buoyancy, evoking the West African tradition of storytellers who propagated endangered legacies. For Her New Play, Tori Sampson Revisited Her ‘Black Power Household’ 2023-06-02T04:00:00Z But Hannaham, a former editor at Salon, is an even more propulsive storyteller. Novel will make you think twice about those beautiful fruits at the store 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z From 1 to 3 p.m., the storyteller Jeff Hopkins will use live drawing to illuminate Hanukkah tales, and, at 2:30 p.m., Spare Times for Children for Dec. 12-18 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z Through the novel’s protagonist, Scooter, his fictional alter ego, Mr. Murray evoked an unharrowed childhood enriched by music, legends, jiving and jesting, and the fancy talk of pulpit orators and storefront storytellers. Albert Murray, Essayist Who Challenged the Conventional, Dies at 97 2013-08-19T16:57:56Z In an interview with The New York Times about the current state of Hollywood, Waithe says one of the biggest roadblacks facing young black filmmakers and storytellers is the lack of black financiers in Hollywood. Lena Waithe calls out Will Smith and Denzel Washington for not financing films with black talent 2019-06-21T04:00:00Z "Shakespeare was a master storyteller who used musical language and poetry," he says, and the same is true of the best rappers. Hip-hop 'Othello' resonates behind bars 2013-08-30T13:57:05Z And I always felt like one of my chores in life was to grow up and hopefully be a real storyteller. Robbie Robertson remembers: “People were screaming and booing and throwing sh*t” 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z SAT Music from Mexico and other Spanish-speaking countries, Spanish storyteller, 1 p.m. Community calendar 2011-10-26T23:24:10Z This is a fictional series created by professional storytellers, and it's based on a long-running English show that raised a lot of hell but is widely thought to have artistic merit. Why MTV should stick up for "Skins" 2011-01-21T14:01:00Z The result is deeply interesting, because Feigel is a good storyteller and responsive to the nuances of expression in the period. The Love-Charm of Bombs: Restless Lives in the Second World War – review 2013-01-18T09:00:02Z Of course, the war between the North and South has for decades supplied a bottomless well of drama — and potential profit — for storytellers. Hollywood takes on the Civil War 2011-05-04T20:19:19Z The Jim Henson Company's archives director, Karen Falk, who has spent nearly 20 years poring over Henson artifacts and who unearthed the script, spoke to Reuters about the storyteller. Book Talk: Absurdist Jim Henson film that wasn't 2012-01-19T10:01:06Z A Chicago Tribune critic termed Doig a "grand storyteller" who explores "the American West with humor and pathos." Seattle's Ivan Doig welcomes first stage adaptation 2012-02-09T23:20:06Z The story centers on a young Japanese storyteller named Kubo who embarks on a perilous journey to battle an evil spirit. The 12 Best Summer Movies You Might Have Missed 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z “We see Mike as kind of a campfire storyteller,” says Sherburne. How did some of cinema's greatest films end up in an Iowa shed? 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z In other words, entertainment is the storyteller’s mandate. In ‘Extrapolations,’ Scott Z. Burns Dramatizes Some Inconvenient Truths 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z But Cranston is a good-enough storyteller, practiced enough in his skills of self-examination, to make those five decades pull their weight. This Season’s Best Books on Hollywood 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z Instead, what we see in “Soft Power” are artists emerging as expert, if sometimes slick, “storytellers,” a term now co-opted by marketing parlance. ‘Soft Power’: When Political Art Walks a Very Fine Line 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z I invite you to go read the whole thing, because it’s fascinating to see what some of the most forward-thinking and imaginative storytellers of that time saw when they cast themselves toward today. Science fiction’s 2012 2012-08-05T16:00:00Z A British storyteller and comedian, his shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe are routinely the hottest tickets in town. A New Theater Season of Hitting the Boards Hard, From Broadway to Oregon 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z While wearing an all-white suit, Fonda raised the Globes’ highest honor above her head Sunday before commending storytellers for their vital role in troubled times. Fonda says Hollywood needs more diversity after Globes honor 2021-02-28T05:00:00Z Mr. Story is a fine storyteller, personable and enthusiastic, and he throws in some amusing interplay with the audience. Review: ‘Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus, Live!’ 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z Jackie Morris is one of my favourite children's illustrators and storytellers, and The Ice Bear is one of her most beautiful stories. Lucy Coats's top 10 bear picture books 2013-03-21T12:47:16Z “You look at this landscape of storytellers and there’s so few women, and you realize that some of them are missing because they were harassed and abused.” With Harvey Weinstein out, Hollywood speculates on whether its culture will change 2017-10-11T04:00:00Z There are storytellers, and then there is Scheherazade, the savvy bride who in “One Thousand and One Nights” entertains her husband, the king of Persia, by telling him stories. ‘Three Thousand Years of Longing’ Review: Desire, Once Upon a Time 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z She’s softly animated and a vivacious storyteller in person, a departure from the melancholy, sometimes hopelessly sad characters she usually plays. Deirdre O’Connell, Theater’s Master of the Melancholy Mom 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z It's not that Jews write the best things, it's that Jews are storytellers. Hershey Felder gives Irving Berlin one-man-play treatment at Geffen 2014-12-06T05:00:00Z Fellow broadcaster Sir Michael Parkinson remembered Whicker as "a fine journalist and great storyteller". Broadcaster Alan Whicker dies at 87 2013-07-12T16:18:54Z A wider audience got to know him through Julian Temple's 2009 documentary "Oil City Confidential," which restored Dr. Feelgood to its rightful place as punk precursor - with Johnson as its wide-eyed shaman and storyteller. Dying guitarist Wilko Johnson rocks until the end 2013-02-04T11:16:03Z Science fiction as often considered by an audience, filmmakers and other storytellers as well, views our future as being dystopian. "Captive State" director Rupert Wyatt on sci-fi, commercial failure and the age of Trum 2019-04-28T04:00:00Z It is one of the most endearing attributes of this storyteller of outsize gifts and estimable skills at synthesizing the arcane and the everyday into illuminating, spoken treatises, usually on vital American subjects. Review | The provocative Mike Daisey is a straight-shooter in his solo show about guns. 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z “These stories have to be retold every generation,” Else said, “and they have to be told by new storytellers.” ‘Oppenheimer’ Fans Are Rediscovering a 40-Year-Old Documentary 2023-07-27T04:00:00Z Shchedrin is a delightful storyteller in music, and his score ripples with wonder and innocence. Poetry in motion: Mariinsky Ballet brings Russian fairy tale to the stage 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z “As a Mexican, I want to say this is a first for a Mexican storyteller,” Mr. Del Toro said in his acceptance speech. ‘The Shape of Water’ Takes Top Venice Film Festival Prize 2017-09-09T04:00:00Z As de Leon looks ahead at the possibility of collaborating with American and European storytellers, she remembered Dean, who died in August. The Power Player of ‘Triangle of Sadness’: Dolly de Leon 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z But taking charge of the story is the one thing that some sensitive and artistic storytellers don't want to do. Philip Pullman calls time on the present tense 2010-09-17T23:06:00Z You will smile sometimes and shiver more often, but invariably find yourself firmly in thrall to the voice of the storyteller. Michael Dirda selects three magical books 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z Boyle’s new novel demonstrates why he’s one of the greatest storytellers in the country. T.C. Boyle’s new novel takes us to America’s far-right edge 2015-03-24T04:00:00Z This latter tends to use words as narration and the dancers as props, rather than storytellers. Lost in translation: does dancing to words work? 2011-04-06T15:58:31Z Croke is a natural storyteller, and she deftly evokes Williams’s tale. ‘Elephant Company,’ by Vicki Constantine Croke 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z But, he said, exploring the Grateful Dead demanded that he draw on the same storyteller instincts, “where you feel there’s a yawning gap between the myth and the reality.” Grateful Dead Documentary: A Four-Hour Jam on Jerry Garcia’s World 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z But perhaps his best role was as a storyteller. Rik Mayall's funniest TV moments – in clips 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z Neither words nor images, as the best storytellers have always known, can match the exuberant strength of a willing reader’s imagination. In J.K. Rowling’s Latest Fantasy Novel, Pigs Do Fly 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z Judges award marks both for what storytellers say and how they say it. Moths to the flame 2014-09-06T04:00:00Z “It is so, it isn’t so,” Arab storytellers would traditionally begin their tales, as Rushdie writes in “The Satanic Verses.” ‘Quichotte’ Is Salman Rushdie’s Latest. But the Act Is Getting Old. 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z She also does not particularly like being referred to as a storyteller, though that is effectively what she does, whether through music, film or interactive objects. A Laurie Anderson pilgrimage? Just don’t tell her you’re calling it that. 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z The methodical movements of the dancers and Ms. Sweeney’s allure as a storyteller imbued the work, which ended its run at the Performance Project at University Settlement on Sunday, with a sense of suspense. When the Body Is a Canvas, Accented With Paint or Peanuts 2017-11-14T05:00:00Z Mr. Horowitz has built a career as an experimental storyteller. The Story So Far: Fiction Podcasts Take Their Next Steps 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z But even as Hoffman the researcher shows her work, Hoffman the storyteller continues to dazzle. Alice Hoffman Brings Magical Realism to the Holocaust Novel 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z I think with a good story you have a question in the back of your mind and the storyteller knows how to create an irresolution or imbalance that you are waiting to experience. Amazon's "Vast of Night" is a Richard Linklater, sci-fi, "All the President's Men" thriller mash-up 2020-05-29T04:00:00Z Frank was a shy, sad-eyed man who openly, and gruffly, preferred being the storyteller and not the subject. Groundbreaking photographer Robert Frank dies at age 94 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z With this week’s selection of titles, we put ourselves into the hands of experts: expert storytellers, expert thinkers, expert biographers of expert subjects. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z Indeed, Mr. Smith is a robust storyteller, the type who wears a few extra pounds as if they’re a trophy from good living. Up Close: A Founder of Vice Magazine Branches Out 2010-08-16T21:02:00Z His album “Sli’merre” is one of the year’s best rap releases, and on “No Problem” he’s just as strong, an eerie storyteller with one eyebrow arched. The Playlist: Unreleased John Coltrane, and 9 More New Songs 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z Alongside fine artworks, the show includes a variety of objects used in performances of these stories, like painted backdrops and textiles worn by puppeteers and storytellers. What's on This Week Around the World 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z His father, Wadey, the senior Murphy, is well known among watermen as an entertaining storyteller. The catch: Can watermen be as good in tourism? "Mrs. Nixon" isn't a definitive biography — and isn't remotely meant to be — but it's a vivid, elegant study of two women: the subject and the biographer/storyteller, entwining in the imagination. 'Mrs. Nixon': Stories, real and imagined, of an enigmatic first lady 2011-12-01T00:41:04Z It's happening now, where narratives get corrected faster, and better representation in media and more diversity of storytellers makes a huge difference. Anita Hill's seismic testimony and its reckoning 30 years later: "She was in no woman's land" 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z But if Vance is an adroit enough storyteller, he’s a fiercely astute social critic of the sort we desperately need right now. New Memoirs Show How the Other Half Lives 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z Ms. Barry’s magical skills as cartoonist, writer and storyteller are at their richest in the many more or less autobiographical tales told by a goofy, smart, economically underprivileged young girl named Marlys. Lynda Barry: ‘Everything: Part I’ 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z Joel was praised for being "a storyteller of the highest order". Billy Joel to receive Gershwin prize 2014-07-23T04:00:00Z “Rappers were my storytellers,” he said in an interview after the event. Authors, friends share their inspiration for new books 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z But now Zweig, prolific storyteller and embodiment of a vanished Mitteleuropa, seems to be back, and in a big way. Stefan Zweig, Austrian Novelist, Rises Again 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z It’s thanks to such a gifted storyteller as Whitaker that this forgotten chapter of American history can finally be told in all its vibrancy and glory. Harlem Wasn’t the Only Place With a Renaissance 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z From the opening aerial shots of a thoroughly denatured agricultural landscape and the lethal confrontation that follows, we know we are in the presence of a masterly visual tactician and a shrewd storyteller. Review: ‘Blade Runner 2049’ Tries to Honor the Original and to Slip Free of It 2017-10-02T04:00:00Z Mr. Numrich, who will turn 26 on Saturday, the day before “Golden Boy” closes, grew up in St. Paul, where he was home-schooled by his father, an actor, director, playwright and professional storyteller. Seth Numrich of ‘Golden Boy’ Polishes His Boxing Moves 2013-01-14T22:11:05Z What makes Chappelle such a master storyteller is how he telescopes broad swaths of history through his personal narrative in a way that lets you know the past haunts the present. How Richard Pryor Changed the Way Comedy Sees Police Brutality 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z They want entertainment, diversion, the playful spin of a born storyteller. Tabloid: The Honey Blonde and the 'Manacled Mormon' 2011-07-14T21:10:00Z Schumer is a comedian, an oral storyteller bent on making people laugh. Reading Amy Schumer: The powerful missed message in “The Girl With the Lower Back Tattoo” 2016-08-20T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, she encounters Izza, a street kid who is a master storyteller and gang leader. New science fiction and fantasy for July After the war French writers rejected the idea of narrative because and Stalin were storytellers, and it seemed naïve to believe in stories. Abroad: In Age of Globalism, Pardon My French 2010-04-21T22:03:00Z The Hollywood Reporter called the result “a portrait of morally corrupt early-1960s America with an outsider tale of love and friendship molded by a master storyteller.” ‘The Shape of Water’ Takes Top Venice Film Festival Prize 2017-09-09T04:00:00Z The program this weekend is a celebration dedicated to the memory of Diane Wolkstein, the author and storyteller who was instrumental in founding the series. Spare Times for Children Listings for Sept. 9-15 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z "As a composer I'm a storyteller with music," Schonberg says. Cleopatra reborn 2011-02-24T10:41:18Z One of Kat's most memorable storylines is her time running for office, and from there, we continue to see her grow as a leader and, in her own way, a storyteller, throughout the series. Saying goodbye to “The Bold Type”: “Happily ever after” looks different for all women 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z Perhaps now that Elmore Leonard is ensconced in the Library of America, it’s time that a new generation rediscovered this comparably great storyteller. Michael Dirda reviews ‘The Getaway Car,’ a collection of Donald E. Westlake pieces "Plus, Lisa's such a brilliant storyteller. Being an editor, she really understands how a story is put together, and how it works." Goldfrapp tell tales in cinema project 2014-02-27T02:04:21Z There are a lot of nice things that the format can do for you as a storyteller. An interview with the dean of "Community" 2011-09-28T22:30:00Z She added: “The academy recognized a new generation — authors, filmmakers, actors, storytellers — in such a beautiful way. It’s unfathomable in some ways.” 2018 Oscar Nominations: ‘The Shape of Water’ Leads the Race 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z The bread-and-butter money of a lot of those smaller performances was really good, because I was the only one in the Baltimore-Washington area — the only sort of professional storyteller or narrative performer. ‘Prostate Dialogues’ storyteller John Spelman gets personal — but not in a ‘TMI’ kind of way Appl handles the cycle’s sharp turns with affecting control, a storyteller’s thrall and, above all, trust in the text. 5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z In concert, he’s an engaging storyteller with a gift for sound effects. Comedy Listings for Nov. 28-Dec. 4 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z A pair of ‘80s albums were entitled “The Poet” and “The Poet II,” a tip of his trademark boatsman’s cap to his facility as a lyricist and storyteller. Bobby Womack interview: 'I wonder why I'm still here' 2012-09-20T19:41:00Z Bob Iger, chief executive of Disney, praised Lasseter for his vision and assembling storytellers and innovators “to set the standard in animation for generations to come” Pixar's John Lasseter steps down from Disney in wake of #metoo 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z "He was a great storyteller with lots of anecdotes about his experiences of discovering these birds in the wild." Philly museum brings 'Birds of America' to public 2011-11-26T17:33:09Z But I think Woody Allen remains an extraordinary storyteller. No director Oscar nod? No problem says Hooper 2013-02-04T14:53:09Z Mr. Schaff said, “Will is a true storyteller, with a wonderful sense of detail, and he’s definitely inviting people into his life in a way he’s never really done before.” A Treasure Map of a Childhood, Filled With Magic and Newts 2013-08-30T23:15:33Z Mr. Nguyen, the oldest of three sons, said he always knew he would be a storyteller. How Mom and Dad Met, With Ninjas 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z "I think the resonance says something," says Gurira, who enjoys acting in part because it helps realize the vision of other storytellers. 'Walking Dead' star Danai Gurira also breaks out in the New York theater community with two plays 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z The first authors who wrote in chapters were not storytellers. The Chapter: A History 2014-10-29T04:00:00Z I come by it honestly because my dad was a really good storyteller. Richard Marx reflects on fame with a healthy dose of self-deprecation 2021-07-07T04:00:00Z Remembering the Songs: Music Traditions from the Zuni, Navajo, and Salish SAT Short film on music of the Dine, Zuni, and Salish communities, performance by flute artist and storyteller Gary Stroutsos, 2 p.m. Community calendar 2012-09-26T21:45:04Z If you were to read my early work, stuff I wrote as a teenager, you'd see that I was much more of a musician than I was a storyteller. Ottessa Moshfegh on becoming a writer and her buzzed-about novel, 'Eileen' 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z Commissioned by a Sikh, this Sanskrit text owes a debt to a Hindu storyteller, and was illustrated by a Muslim. The Ramayana's epic journey into the digital world 2013-03-01T10:20:54Z In “Pearls of the Crown,” the first of Guitry’s great historical pageants, the off-screen narration is given to a chorus of storytellers. DVDs: Films of Sacha Guitry, a French Charmer, on DVD 2010-07-31T05:00:00Z The game’s stark, melancholy music is as much a storyteller as the occasional snippet of exposition. Video Games: Reviews: Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes, FarmVille 2: Country Escape and Monument Valley 2014-04-22T20:57:56Z They were simply an opportunity to spend time with a good storyteller, a droll soul with the skills to turn even the flimsiest bits of real-life anecdotage into pleasurable reading material. Propane, Peapods and Perplexities 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z That’s what Hawkins and his band of extraterrestrial misfits are after, and exactly what the pair of seasoned storytellers that brought them to life did with the source material, warts and all. ‘Treasure Planet’ at 20: Disney’s Failed Space Odyssey Deserved to Soar 2022-12-28T05:00:00Z But what television provides me as a storyteller is great, because I get to tell the same stories for a long, long time. Tyler Perry on 'The Passion,' the Election, and the Oscars Controversy 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z Bostridge tells you things, and he tells them with a histrionic intensity suggestive of a storyteller at ease in the comfort of his own drawing room. Review: Baroque music, superbly played and sung, at Benaroya 2011-05-05T16:06:05Z “If I’m a storyteller, it’s because I listen,” Mr. Berger says in the film. John Berger, influential British art critic, novelist, dies at 90 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z His status as the forefather of rap and America's quintessential urban storyteller sits lightly on his shoulders. Gil Scott-Heron 2010-04-26T22:30:00Z These storytellers adapted, reinvented and recreated all the time, to reflect changing times and tastes. War Horse: adapt and survive 2010-08-20T23:06:00Z “Imagination may not be limitless,” the storyteller observes. ‘On Such a Full Sea’: Chang-rae Lee’s vision of a grim future 2014-01-08T23:28:01Z The list gave Mr. Obama “a chance to highlight talented authors, artists, and storytellers — some who are household names and others who you may not have heard of before,” he wrote. Barack Obama’s Favorite Book of 2018 Was ‘Becoming.’ Here’s What Else He Liked. 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z Paule Marshall was an exuberant and sharpened storyteller who drew upon classic and vernacular literature and her mother’s kitchen conversations for such fiction as “Brown Girl, Brownstones,” ”Daughters” and “Praisesong for the Widow.” Paule Marshall, novelist of diverse influences, dead at 90 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z Its tangle of overlapping cultures, and the heightening pace of change, still throw particular challenges at storytellers. A Hijacking and The Reluctant Fundamentalist announce a new narrative order 2013-05-15T12:47:25Z I am, above all, a visual storyteller and I don't want to be beholden to any one process: every single one is relevant. Shooting from the Hipstamatic: how I wised up to my smartphone's potential 2013-03-01T15:58:35Z "Cali Hills" by Guilty Simpson "Cali Hills" is beleaguered intelli-thug Detroit rapper Guilty Simpson at his best: nostalgic and in full-on storyteller mode. Music Monday: Joker, Guilty Simpson, Lil B feat. Elliott Smith 2010-04-12T19:43:00Z Mr. Hirani remains an excellent storyteller, weaving his disparate story strands into a convincing, satisfying whole — a rare Bollywood feat. ‘PK’ Explores Religion Through an Extraterrestrial’s Eyes 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z In a bold pairing of medieval and modern works, Tuesday’s program, called “hero,” opened with the early music singer and consummate storyteller Benjamin Bagby performing his scenes from the Anglo-Saxon epic poem “Beowulf.” Music Review: David Lang’s ‘collected stories,’ at Zankel Hall 2014-04-23T21:25:46Z It’s like “Once upon a time …” which means the ending is known by the storyteller and he’s just going to tell you how. The Carpetbagger: A Crime Tragedy, not a Crime Drama 2012-02-16T14:11:26Z "The Academy is an organization of storytellers from around the world, and we owe our global membership a commitment to supporting the planet," said the statement. From the Impossible Burger to the Oscars, the rise of veganism in the mainstream 2020-02-09T05:00:00Z One of the things that surprised me was what amazing storytellers these people are. A Killing Spree Ignored for Decades 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z I’ve been around great storytellers all my life and, like an enthusiastic student, I want to tell some of my own. This Week in Fiction: Tom Hanks 2014-10-20T04:00:00Z All the while they interrupt each other with fragmented thoughts and exclamations, that is, when the storytellers aren’t being interrupted by sudden blasts of pop music. Review: In ‘Misdemeanor Dream,’ Speaking to the Unseen 2022-03-13T05:00:00Z I am struck by the implied assumption that the default Hollywood storytellers are a hundred guys. I love Joss Whedon, and I’m done with Joss Whedon 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z How is it a collaborative process with the filmmakers and the other storytellers and the other actors? "People are starved to be in a crowded room again": Cherry Jones on how theater will bounce back 2020-05-28T04:00:00Z “It helps them become better storytellers, and they become familiar with the equipment,” he said. That’s a Wrap. What Did I Miss? 2015-08-15T04:00:00Z Or, as its much-heralded press release put it this week: “The Academy is an organisation of storytellers from around the world, and we owe our global membership a commitment to supporting the planet.” How do you know when the Oscars have gone vegan? Answer: they keep telling you 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z Most rewardingly of all, Mr. Ratmansky here is an enchanting storyteller. Dance Review: ‘The Nutcracker’ From American Ballet Theater at BAM 2013-12-15T22:25:37Z The film shows your talents as a storyteller, not only as a director, or actor, but as a father engaging his son in a fantasy. How do you explain death to a kid? Mark Webber on fantasy and reality in "The Place of No Words" 2019-04-27T04:00:00Z “Because theater is all about the story, the story, the story. And as a choreographer in concert dance, I want to be a storyteller.” A Storytelling Choreographer Who Listens to Her Audience 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z He is a marvelous storyteller with the expansive style of a rural yarn spinner, who becomes more excited the more wound up he becomes. Music: Jimmy Webb Sings on ?Just Across the River? 2010-07-18T02:31:00Z You consider all options, as a storyteller, and then you sort of rule them out. “Mayor Pete” director on capturing authenticity: "The process of campaigning is dehumanizing" 2021-11-13T05:00:00Z What are the storytellers trying to say about human nature, about life on earth right now? In defense of film and TV "hoaxes" 2010-10-22T14:31:00Z Polsky is a scattered storyteller, and it takes a while for “Red Penguins” to coalesce from a haphazard assembly of clips and reminiscences into more than a macho specialty item. ‘Red Penguins’ Review: A Rowdy Look at Post-Soviet Russia 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z Lisa Moore, an Australian pianist long based in and around New York, has always been a natural, compelling storyteller. Music Review: A Night of Newer Works, With a Glance to the Past 2011-04-22T22:10:09Z Outside tournament time, docent “storytellers” will take you on a free golf cart tour around the course. 36 Hours in St. Augustine 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z If she hadn’t existed, a good storyteller would have had to invent her as the one character whose very presence disrupts the lives of all others. Review | The Charles and Diana saga weighs heavy on ‘The Crown,’ but Gillian Anderson’s Thatcher is a triumph 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z It’s one of the basic requirements of storytellers, to put themselves in somebody else’s shoes. 'Mike's Place' tells the true story of terror in a Tel Aviv blues bar 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z I’m a journalist and a storyteller, and it’s very difficult for me to leave Rory’s story untold. Motherlode Blog: Why I Didn't Search for My Daughter's Birth Parents 2011-11-09T20:12:50Z But I’m a storyteller, and I like to bring this layer. A Tenor’s Met Opera Debut, Long Delayed, Is Worth the Wait 2022-11-13T05:00:00Z SUN Native artist and storyteller shares stories, song and dance; hot cocoa and cookies, 2 p.m. Community calendar 2011-12-08T00:22:09Z I don’t think comedians are better travellers but they are communicators and storytellers. David Baddiel on the Silk Road 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z But who ultimately is the storyteller in charge here, the great purveyor of all these fears and fantasies, this imaginer of the imaginings of others? Review: Blue State Blues Meet the Black of Night in a Thrilling ‘Shipwreck’ 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z “She was just a really deep storyteller, and really good storytelling is about solving problems – and all of your problems tend to be people,” he says. ‘Without my daughter, drinking would have been a problem’: Patton Oswalt on bereavement 2019-06-10T04:00:00Z The prize jury cites Tan as a "masterly visual storyteller, pointing the way ahead to new possibilities for picture books." Australian illustrator wins Astrid Lindgren prize 2011-03-29T12:18:07Z “This was a person who was deeply engrossed in the history of the town and a magnificent storyteller — strong narratives that brought Charleston to life and weren’t trite.” How the Concierge Endures in an Internet World 2016-12-16T05:00:00Z NPR's "All Songs Considered" has praised Smith as an "amazing storyteller," but like other gifted singer-songwriters he has yet to break beyond a small, passionate following. Sound of the White Buffalo can be found between tenderness and a growl 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z Being a good storyteller is what it's about. DA Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus: 'A film-maker needs to watch like a cat' 2013-03-06T00:39:54Z "You rely on these stories to know your own history. Thanks to systemic racism, most of your storytellers prioritize white accomplishments, which leaves you with an incomplete picture." In viral anti-racism PSA, "Steven Universe" character Pearl challenges our whitewashed history 2020-12-10T05:00:00Z I don't know whether there is a storyteller's gene, but though Jim Loach is very much his own man, elements of his father's gift for narrative emotional clarity shine through his film. The Loach family business 2010-10-23T23:05:00Z Philosophical musing by a master storyteller whose novels often mine the pecularities of the technological age. Page turners 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z Is there any contemporary American storyteller who blends shock and sentiment as enthusiastically Ryan Murphy? The boldest "Pose" episode yet: This shocking turn affirms the show's genius 2019-07-10T04:00:00Z He had a wonderfully mellifluous, clear drawl of a voice, and a storyteller’s instinct for timing, humor, and suspense. Stanley Greene, a War Photographer Who Stayed When Others Left 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z In the current environment, many Somali-Americans in Minnesota are leery of Hollywood storytellers. HBO drama thrusts Minneapolis Somalis into unwanted spotlight 2016-10-30T04:00:00Z Coetzee will be housed at the University of Texas' Harry Ransom Center humanities library, providing a rare glimpse into the man considered a master storyteller of the South African experience and public injustice. APNewsBreak: Univ. of Texas buys Coetzee archive 2011-10-09T21:16:03Z The initiative seeks to “discover new storytellers, explore new storytelling techniques, and experiment with new production workflows.” Pixar's animal abuse short "Kitbull" will break your heart and put it back together — watch 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z The final pages of “The Lost Man” are somewhat predictable, but Harper is skillful enough, a prickly, smart, effective storyteller, that it doesn’t matter. Murderous Husbands, Flapper-Era Gun Molls and Korean Assassins: The Best Winter Thrillers 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z Frey and Henley prove gifted storytellers for "History of the Eagles." Eagles document their complicated history 2013-02-13T17:01:07Z The storytellers are chosen by lottery at the event, so their excitement comes through in their stories. 8 Podcasts That Will Captivate Your Mind 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z Behind Nolan's traditional storyteller's direction of your consciousness for 148 minutes, though, Inception makes more than a nod to the realm of the participatory form that is its great rival, the video game. Calling on the audience to live the dream 2010-08-21T06:00:00Z His father, Henry, was a dentist, and though not bookish he was an avid storyteller, whom Mr. Stern credited with fostering his own desire to tell tales. Richard G. Stern, a Writers’ Writer, Is Dead at 84 2013-01-25T03:25:06Z “We know how good of a storyteller Kathryn is,” said Algee Smith, who is from nearby Saginaw and plays Mr. Reed. A White Director, the Police and Race in ‘Detroit’ 2017-08-02T04:00:00Z A certain Louis CK, whom critics like me hail rightfully as not just a comedic genius but a humane, insightful storyteller. Laughing Gas: In Defense of the Fart Joke 2013-10-02T14:28:05Z He was a great storyteller, and his stories do translate well to the screen. Bradbury 'a bright burning spark' 2012-06-06T17:44:08Z It would be better — for storytellers, for performers and above all for viewers — if this ever-more-popular genre realized its potential to show that dreams come in every imaginable color. Guess Who’s Coming to Mordor 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z An early pioneer in color- and gender-blind casting, Mr. Brook defines the actor as a storyteller who transcends his visible physicality. For Peter Brook, the Experimental Showman, ‘Nothing Is Ever Finished’ 2019-09-18T04:00:00Z Ultimately, though, Hurwitz is a storyteller, and he isn't beholden to fact. Gregg Hurwitz is full of thrilling, erudite contradictions 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z They take the chaos in our experiences, strain them through the point of view of a storyteller, and give context and insight to our lives. David Simon, J. Cole, Patricia Lockwood and Others on Social Issues as Manifested in Art 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z From 2002 to 2007 the hairdresser, storyteller and mother of two from Michigan faced the daily dangers of living in a war-torn country. Deborah Rodriguez: 'Kabul Beauty School' author turns to Mazatlan 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z As a storyteller, Radtke is most inventive when she focuses on a single personal insight. Writers Recount Stories of Grief and Joy in Illustrated Panels 2017-05-16T04:00:00Z Every good politician is a storyteller, and Abrams is a novelist with several titles under her belt. Stacey Abrams Has a Message for You: Get Involved 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z “There is some Joan Didion quality to her voice, detached but not uninterested, with a conspiratorial tone that makes her a very compelling storyteller.” That Voice You’re Hearing? It Might Be Hers. 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z At the time, he was a naval officer, and he remains a natural-born storyteller with a gruff sense of humor and a vivid sense of detail. ‘Last Days in Vietnam’ Looks at Fall of Saigon 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z A lot of futuristic storytellers mix and match eras and designs to good effect, but the sort-of-steampunk, sort-of-Action Comics, sort-of-spy-thriller world of “Electric City” is more distracting than it is thought provoking. Watch List: ‘Electric City’ by Tom Hanks to Make Debut on Yahoo! Screen 2012-07-16T21:54:39Z Between tunes, he’s a storyteller who easily ambles his way toward big themes. Asaf Avidan, Folk-Rock and Pithy Poetry 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z A laconic though riveting musical storyteller, Mr. Clark was adept at getting at the heart of an experience or an event. Guy Clark, a King of the Texas Troubadours, Is Dead at 74 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z On maps and storytelling: My father was a great storyteller, so as a kid I’d map the stories he’d tell of imaginary places: the Pirate Islands, the Kingdom of the Mice, Tooth Fairy Land. Close-Up: ‘Story First, Maps Second’ 2013-12-04T17:05:38Z Aboagye told me that African storytellers have a particular responsibility to tell narratives that are different than the ones we’ve heard before. Telling a Different Story About Africa 2016-04-16T04:00:00Z Here, the fun comes from watching a crack storyteller put his noir stamp on one of Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies. Review | Jo Nesbo puts a Nordic chill on ‘Macbeth’ 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z Because a diversity of storytellers is incredibly important and also I want to see their movies. Greta Gerwig: 'I'm at peak shock and happiness' 2018-02-04T05:00:00Z Mr. Lucas, 71, the “Star Wars” filmmaker, said in a statement that he is “a storyteller at heart.” Cicely Tyson and George Lucas Among Expanded Class of Kennedy Center Honorees 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z On his walk to the beehive huts, he’s following an old blind man named Mourteen, a local storyteller who gave him all sorts of material. Voyages: My Debt to Ireland 2012-02-10T20:35:10Z I think of myself as a storyteller, that’s what I like to do, and maybe I just like the stories in theater better. 'That '70s Show's' Debra Jo Rupp on her new 'Cake' and breaking the rules — in baking and in life 2017-06-21T04:00:00Z Weidenfeld & Nicolson; £25 A cruel history of hereditary power, by a master storyteller who lifts this unfamiliar narrative with vivid, amusing and surprising details. High fliers 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z Clothing remains the great statement-maker and storyteller it has always been. Review: ‘The Plains Indians,’ America’s Early Artists, at the Met 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z Each day at 2 p.m., the storyteller and songwriter Flor Bromley will entertain with a musical puppet performance on the theme of hibernation. Spare Times for Children for Jan. 24-30 2014-01-24T00:40:59Z Why should the idea of the destruction of the Ninth Legion be so attractive to storytellers? Centurion kicks off British sword and sandals film wave 2010-04-22T22:15:00Z He is not merely a confident storyteller but also a thinker, a skeptic, a wily entertainer, a thorn in the side of orthodoxy and cant. Review: ‘Selection Day’ Presents India as Seen Through the Wickets 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z The great ones are great storytellers, and I'm interested in what I might learn from this and be able to bring back into the poetry business. Paul Muldoon: a life in poetry 2013-03-31T05:59:01Z The storytellers' involvement in their own tales adds to the developing supernatural atmosphere. Review: Haunting, effective revival of 'The Weir' 2013-05-24T17:12:08Z It helps that Ms. Tanner is such a strong storyteller, and her distinctive voice — winsome without being dopey — engulfs you immediately. Books of The Times: Young Russians in Brooklyn Find Love, the Wonder Wheel and Then Life 2011-05-30T19:56:24Z As a storyteller, Strout’s Lucy is almost apologetic in her humility. ‘Lucy Barton’ Review: Laura Linney Finds Her Perfect Match 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z But what I didn’t realize was that every one of those jobs was making me a better storyteller. ArtsBeat: Q. and A.: Geoffrey Fletcher on ‘Violet & Daisy’ 2013-06-06T18:02:20Z Diffident, aggressive, humane and often startlingly funny, the storyteller Daniel Kitson brings his new work to Brooklyn. 9 Plays and Musicals to Go to in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-11-28T05:00:00Z But Ms. French is a psychological storyteller much more than a forensic one. Tana French's 'The Secret Place' Involves a Girls' School 2014-08-25T04:00:00Z This year’s festival brings together Scottish and Mediterranean storytellers, academics and artists to share history and culture. In Transit Blog: Q&A: An Autumn Trip to Edinburgh 2011-10-04T14:31:15Z Temple festivals sprouted monthlong carnivals with acrobats, storytellers, trained animals, staged dramas, sideshows, you name it. ‘Unexpected Smiles: Seven Types of Humor in Japanese Paintings’ Review: Elegance That Encourages Laughter 2018-06-02T04:00:00Z Mr. Twist said that he did not think of himself as a storyteller but a creator of time-based experiences. ‘The Rite of Spring,’ Basil Twist’s Spin on Stravinsky 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z The minstrel in European and North American society evolved as a parody — an ignorant interpretation — of the griot, the storyteller and guide of West African culture. Ulysses Jenkins: Journeys of a Video Griot 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z A master storyteller with a keen musical sense, he was doing the work of a so-called curator long before that job title became fashionable. Mike Nichols: a film and stage director with music on his mind 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z I’m pretty much a failure at what a network would want from a storyteller. ArtsBeat: The Game Never Ends: David Simon on Wearying 'Wire' Love and the Surprising Usefulness of Twitter 2012-04-05T16:14:47Z As it happens with even the best storytellers, Questlove unfortunately — and one hopes unwittingly — at times plagiarizes his own work. Review | Questlove puts his obsessive music expertise on full display 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z His weapon of choice — used not to create wounds, but to heal them — is the curiosity of the storyteller. Oscar-nominated ‘The Insult’ reopens old wounds — but to heal them 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z “If you put the greatest storyteller of all time together with some of our greatest storytellers of now, you get this alchemy.” Novelists Reimagine and Update Shakespeare’s Plays 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z “Rather than claiming certainty or authority where none exists, storytellers stay honest by writing about what we ourselves don’t fully understand.” A Contemporary Feminist Spin on the Traditional Pioneer Novel 2019-07-08T04:00:00Z Mr. Duwenhögger is a sly, seductive stylist and storyteller, adept at figurative painting as well as film, sculpture and suavely domestic installations — all guided by a decorative sensibility that is both between-the-wars and among cultures. Your Last Chance to See One of New York’s Great Gallery Spaces 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z At the end of “The Whispering Muse,” the old man does indeed learn a lesson, but the cost to his rival storyteller is dear. Inspiration Information: 'The Whispering Muse' 2014-05-13T04:00:00Z I was born in Lahore, Pakistan, to a family of storytellers. We need diverse influences: Artist Shahzia Sikander on her multicultural past and our future 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z She’s become an impressive storyteller, a musical historian excavating frothy disco and lithe funk, and a voice reporting from the frontiers of new love, fading love and motherhood. Review: Mariah Carey's Collects All of Her Hits on '#1 to Infinity' 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z When this smart, complicated storyteller sings, you don’t pay attention to the notes as much as you follow the performance’s conversational flow. Review: Carolyn Montgomery-Forant, Back on the Cabaret Stage With Stories and Laughter 2015-05-10T04:00:00Z “In times of crisis, we as storytellers have a responsibility to gather our community, large or small, around the proverbial campfire, and try to help them heal,” Wright continued. At Middleburg, the pandemic pause yields a crop of thoughtful, deeply personal movies 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z On the other hand, Lee has proved himself an adroit, tech-savy visual storyteller, and his previous film, "Life of Pi," was praised for its artful use of 3-D. Ang Lee film 'Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk' to open in November 2016 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z But another storyteller with another focus might have flipped that perspective on the same story. ‘The Last of Us’ Season 1, Episode 8 Recap: There But for the Grace 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z “The original Powerpuff Girls was a franchise phenomenon for Cartoon Network, paving the way for a new generation of innovative storytellers and enthusiastic fans worldwide,” Sorcher said in a statement. The Powerpuff Girls Are Coming Back to TV 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z “I think what I do as a storyteller and what we all do as storytellers is kind of fundamental to the fabric of society.” Charise Castro Smith brings Latin experience to ‘Encanto’ 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z Here is a storyteller who not only knows his characters, but knows all the details around them as well. All-American Stories by Walter Mosley, Matthew Baker and Ron Rash 2020-09-18T04:00:00Z Which in almost the opposite way and with a very young director, Damien Chazelle who did “Whiplash,” he knew because he was a musician and a storyteller and a visual artist. For these guys, it's about finding that rhythm 2014-11-25T05:00:00Z "An Iliad" is entirely successful as a paean to the art of the storyteller, he who bears witness and shares wisdom via his voice, body, powers of description and compassion. Theater review: 'An Iliad' proves an ancient tale can still be meaningfully and well-told 2010-04-15T20:08:00Z “The alcoholics are better storytellers than the women in Al-Anon, which is mostly for wives,” he writes. Review | From cult to Stanford to stardom: ‘Hollywood Park’ traces an indie rocker’s tumultuous path 2020-05-29T04:00:00Z This vivid storyteller — who turns conventional premises, such as a trip to Trader Joe’s, into enthralling, epic tales — will be supported by Joe List at these shows. Comedy Listings for Dec. 12-18 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z Young speaks in a deep Southern drawl, with frequent asides interrupting his train of thought, but a good storyteller’s knack for getting back to the point. Just because you can age wine in bourbon barrels doesn’t mean you should 2020-02-28T05:00:00Z The diverse board of esteemed artists, podcasters, producers and writers was created to help Audible experts define and “further the creative vision” of storytellers. Audible enlists Waithe, Gladwell to help find new talent 2020-12-07T05:00:00Z As Craig Jenkins wrote for Vulture, "Nipsey was getting better at his craft, becoming a more pointed storyteller without sacrificing the subtle, unpolished, conversational tone that made him an instrumental voice in Los Angeles rap." Nipsey Hussle's remarkable legacy: Acclaimed rapper never stopped giving back to South L.A. 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z He remains a generous storyteller, too, giving what may be the best episode of this season to Abbass. "Ramy" Season 2 benefits from the calm, charismatic guidance of Mahershala Ali, as do we all 2020-05-29T04:00:00Z Neyfakh is a gifted and trustworthy storyteller, with a gently wry tone; the details in his writing are lightly comic and well chosen, evincing empathy and amazement. “Slow Burn” Season 2, Reviewed: The Painful Lessons of the Clinton Impeachment 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z Yet the role that Yetemegnu finally inhabits is not that of mother but storyteller. She Didn’t Know How to Read, but Her Stories Captured History 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z Matthew Weiner and his crew are strong enough storytellers to know this, and they’ve used the entertainment power of their charming rakes to earn goodwill for Mad Men’s darker, more interior stretches. Mad Men Character Study: Meet the Old Don. Same As the New Don? 2013-05-07T09:45:20Z They are all storytellers who understand the narrative power of youth and innocence pitted against the institution. Janusz Kondratiuk: Poland's answer to Woody Allen 2011-03-24T16:39:35Z In this rapidly changing neighborhood, it is an increasingly rare black-owned property, and now it is claiming space for black artists and storytellers. Stop in for coffee and a story: A Central District home becomes a gathering place for black art and history 2019-06-26T04:00:00Z She said Oyelowo made things easier for herself and the rest of the crew, calling him a consummate actor and storyteller. David Oyelowo fulfills new directing passion in ‘Water Man’ 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z The longer works, however, show the Seattle writer’s skills not only as a storyteller but also as a perceptive observer of the social order. ‘Search Party’: stories of trouble and rescue 2013-07-18T19:56:28Z Madame Hamri is a born storyteller, a person with tales to tell and a darling way of telling them. T Magazine: The Aesthetes 2014-04-11T18:32:15Z See what I mean about the voice of the storyteller? Michael Dirda selects three magical books 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z He was such a convincing storyteller in persuading us that his machines were really part of us that when he died there was something about us dying at the same time. Steve Jobs: the afterlife 2015-11-01T04:00:00Z “He’s a guy who gets caught up in the story. He’s a great storyteller. But sometimes storytellers embellish. But you don’t embellish about getting hit by an RPG.” ‘Brian being Brian’: A unique storytelling ability connected Brian Williams with viewers, but it also led to his downfall 2015-02-14T05:00:00Z The first thing you may notice about him as an artist is that he’s an ace storyteller, so good that you realize how rare that is. Kerry James Marshall’s Paintings Show What It Means to Be Black in America 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z The structure works because Smith is a lively storyteller. Hacker for Hire 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z I find it a little bit dispiriting as a storyteller that there is so much good stuff now, only because it gets harder to capture everyone’s collective attention. Insiders’ TV: writers and producers share their tips 2018-08-12T04:00:00Z Played with soft, confiding intensity by Zuzanna Szadkowski, she speaks her series of monologues directly to the audience, and is a riveting storyteller. ‘Events’ Review: There’s Kool-Aid in the Water Cooler 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z There are complicated ideas children can grasp if the storyteller relates to him in an authentic way. Trevor Noah Thinks Kids Can Handle the Truth 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z “Billy Joel is a storyteller of the highest order,” Mr. Billington said in a statement. Billy Joel to Receive Gershwin Prize for Popular Song 2014-07-22T04:00:00Z Like Mr. Rumley’s bizarre 2006 feature, “The Living and the Dead,” “Red White & Blue” proves the director a bona fide storyteller with more tools in his arsenal than shock and awe. | 'Red White & Blue': Loose Connections That Lead to Horror 2010-10-08T01:34:00Z “Woody’s got the jokes and the one-liners, and Frankie’s a poet and a fantastic storyteller.” ‘Bullet for Adolf’ by Woody Harrelson and Frankie Hyman 2012-08-02T15:28:53Z As a deep thinker and gifted storyteller, Johnson is the right author to tackle the topic. How Do We Make the Long-Term Decisions That Matter? 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z None of the storytellers could be described as transfixing yarn spinners. | 'Magic Trip': Stoned Archive: Wild Ride Of the Merry Pranksters 2011-08-04T19:00:07Z “All this is true,” says one of Kehlmann’s storytellers, “even what has been made up is true.” When All the World’s at War, Only Theater Feels Real 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z “It’s the responsibility of the storytellers to manage that, really. And I think, you know, it’s pretty weak to blame that on fans. You’re either along for the ride or not.” Martin Freeman: 'I’m not horrible or unfriendly. But I’m my own person' 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z The little ring of storytellers, gathered in a small patch of flickering light on a vast plain, effortlessly coexists as concrete setting and existential symbol. A brief survey of the short story part 50: Ivan Turgenev 2013-06-21T13:42:13Z Auster is an irresistible storyteller and this novel fairly skipped along. The Great American Novelist tournament 2013-01-22T12:51:05Z Our focus is on the fact that he’s a great filmmaker and storyteller and so we look forward to the show in 2016.” Amazon chief defends Woody Allen series, deflects critic questions: “I think you have to look at the whole picture” 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z “We look forward to adding fresh perspectives from diverse storytellers who enlighten, uplift and most importantly entertain.” ‘1917’ takes top honor at the Producers Guild Awards 2020-01-19T05:00:00Z It was there, in her grandma’s arms, that a slip of a six-year-old girl decided that one day she would become a storyteller, too. Janelle Monáe: ‘I am the whole package’ 2017-01-21T05:00:00Z Imagine your dream grandpa: He's the best storyteller. Caroll Spinney's proudly worn Big Bird's yellow feathers for 45 years 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z These days, he said, he just calls himself a storyteller. Noah Hawley Keeps Changing Lanes 2022-01-02T05:00:00Z In a more skilled storyteller’s hands, perhaps shifting the balance toward the girls wouldn’t have thrown the dynamic out of whack. What if Wendy and Lily Voted Peter Off the Island? 2021-06-16T04:00:00Z It soon became clear that she is a strong storyteller who is good at “killing your darlings’’: cutting narrative fat. Jennifer Lee, Queen of the ‘Frozen’ Franchise 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z There are meandering odysseys captained by storytellers with a wicked sense of humor. Tripping up the King's Jester: How is Hasan Minhaj still in the running to host "The Daily Show"? 2023-09-23T04:00:00Z Great storytellers make readers co-authors, letting them complete with their imagination what has been left unsaid on the printed page. Reflecting on a Lifetime of Reading and Other Letters to the Editor 2021-04-30T04:00:00Z "Ray is a man who, as a storyteller, understands the intense joy and pain of living," Sundance Channel president Sarah Barnett says, adding she considers "Rectify" the network's "signature show." 'Rectify's' Ray McKinnon tries to find what matters 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z “Sam is like a storyteller, and it was so interesting to hear what was happening in Cairo in the 1930s and 1940s,” she said. Art Reoriented, a Curator Duo, is in High Demand 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z Branum is a taut storyteller who reveals and confides with great skill, in a narrative composed of addictive passages rather than conventional chapters. From Blood and Phlegm to Alcohol and Defenestration, Novels of Heartache 2022-01-21T05:00:00Z “There is kind of a cottage industry of books about how storytelling is the way we all best absorb information, so the importance of highly skilled storytellers has grown,” Gore added. In ‘Extrapolations,’ Scott Z. Burns Dramatizes Some Inconvenient Truths 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z It’s more about storytellers of color and transgender and female and overweight and differently-abled folks telling their individual stories so they can share in that knowledge. “Being black and gay in America both come with heavy doses of self-loathing”: Actor Darryl Stephens opens up about typecasting, visibility and telling his own story 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z Often described as a storyteller as much as an artist, his work is packed with narrative prequels and subplots spun from cultural history and personal anecdotes. Artist of the week 89: Ryan Gander 2010-05-26T14:35:00Z Poor, a visual artist and professor of photography from the Bay Area, had another surprise: what great storytellers the inmates were. Ear Hustle: unlocking the truth about San Quentin 2018-07-01T04:00:00Z Though Martin considers herself a natural storyteller, writing a book was "torturous," she says. Andrea Martin is living in the moment these days 2014-10-20T04:00:00Z Ironically, they say it was film that first inspired them to become storytellers. Festival of Books: Film inspired authors, whose books then became films 2015-04-18T04:00:00Z Fisher poets and storytellers sail into Ballard Thursday night for the 10th annual Stories of the Sea competition. Fishy tales will be told at Conor Byrne Pub 2010-05-05T22:42:00Z From the multiple storytellers in his first novel, Moth Smoke, to the book-long monologue of , the skill has won the novelist acclaim. Mohsin Hamid 2013-03-26T19:07:18Z An enthusiastic storyteller, but always off on a tangent. Blind date: ‘He kept my attention even when Hugh Grant sat next to us’ 2016-02-13T05:00:00Z The only praise Attenborough will accept is for his skill as a storyteller. The real David Attenborough 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z They are creative storytellers and great performers who make themselves the hero or the victim of their tall tales, rarely nervous or hesitant while telling them. What made George Santos lie so much? Experts weigh in on his deception. 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z That last dramatic tale gets a closer look in an epilogue — maybe sometimes Joyce was too good a storyteller? — but we get Winspear’s point: She’s her mother’s daughter. Review | The inspiration for Maisie Dobbs? Jacqueline Winspear’s memoir offers charming clues 2020-11-09T05:00:00Z He rubbed elbows again with Franklin, Miller, Monk, Cook, Prioress, Shipman, all noisily interacting, and made himself a storyteller, too. The racket of genius 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z He shouldn't have: he was also funny, tough, disturbing, lyrical – as well as an addictive storyteller. The Lost Man Booker prize 2010-04-01T07:00:00Z Such a great storyteller and he knew so many fascinating people. Why Michael Ian Black Doesn’t Like Mystery Novels 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z The Dungeon Master resembles “the tribal storyteller who gathers everyone around the fire to tell stories about heroes and gods and monsters,” he said. Dungeons & Dragons Has Influenced a Generation of Writers 2014-07-13T04:00:00Z Rash is an enormously gifted storyteller who knows exactly how to keep the dramatic tension in his fiction as taut as a fly line with a lunker on the hook. ‘Above the Waterfall’ review: A powerful tale of modern Appalachia 2015-09-02T04:00:00Z And so she moves to New York, and finds her vocation — performer, poet, storyteller — when she happens upon the Nuyorican Poets Cafe. Review: In ‘MotherStruck!’ Staceyann Chin Chronicles Her Quest to Become Pregnant 2015-12-14T05:00:00Z Mr. Chappelle has different demons and is a more elusive storyteller. Dave Chappelle Returns to Stand-Up, With Stories to Tell 2013-08-15T11:55:00Z Perlstein, an engaging storyteller, offers a clear guide to the intellectual and ideological debates of the time. 13 Books to Watch For in August 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z But “Humble Quest” does not seek to hide the hybrid nature of Morris’s gifts as a soulful, R&B-obsessed hook machine and a storyteller in a Southern tradition. Maren Morris, a Pop-Curious Hitmaker, Is Country, After All 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z This sense of catharsis, of epiphany even, occupies the center of much of King's fiction; he is an old-fashioned storyteller, after all. Stephen King's 'Bazaar of Bad Dreams' pulls us in and then out 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z Every once in a while a producer comes along who manages because he's a great storyteller to change the terms of the national discussion for the better. `Glee' producer Ryan Murphy to honor Norman Lear 2012-11-18T18:16:03Z Smith’s youngest daughter grew up to be a librarian, a storyteller and Yanique’s grandmother. Tales of shipwreck, war and nightclub dancers all at the National Book Festival A piece of wood whispers in the ear of a storyteller, who recounts a ship in Greek myth skimming the ocean’s surface, gliding between sea and sky as Orpheus strums his lyre. With Jóhann Jóhannssson and Bedroom Community, L.A. Phil tries to break through the Icelandic cliches 2017-04-18T04:00:00Z He describes himself as a "documentary storyteller" and uses handwritten text, video stills, Polaroids and found ephemera to undercut our preconceived notions of reportage. Do the Deutsche B?rse prize jury really get photography? 2010-12-02T16:06:00Z Jordan says it was hard to narrow down what he wanted to write about because he’s a storyteller by nature. Leslie Jordan parlays Instagram fame with new book and album 2021-04-22T04:00:00Z Everyday life in Louisiana is rife with wonderful storytellers, some of whom have read very little, if at all. Patter and Patois 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z She was a funny lady, a great storyteller. Robert Lepage Discusses His Origins and the ‘Autofiction’ of ‘887’ 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z “Art is communication. It is to inform and to be fun,” said Weitzman, who describes himself as a storyteller. National Harbor offers lots of outdoor art you can touch 2019-06-24T04:00:00Z Smiley is a master storyteller, with a penchant for turning archetypal allegories into seemingly straightforward, contemporary narratives. Jane Smiley brings 'Some Luck' to readers 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z “The animation that has come out of Japan has been so exceptional that I was thrilled by the thought of these artists and storytellers interpreting what ‘Star Wars' means to them,” Kennedy said. In ‘Star Wars: Visions,’ Lucasfilm and Anime Join Forces, and Go Rogue 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z To kick off the program of hands-on activities, Willems is putting together lessons for budding artists and storytellers, including tips for how to draw his characters. Mo Willems brings a little silliness into the Kennedy Center’s storied halls 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z Price, though, is a steady, methodical storyteller associated with slow-burn narratives such “The Wire,” “The Night Of,” and “The Deuce.” The slow dread of "The Outsider," HBO's series that defies Stephen King expectations 2020-01-12T05:00:00Z It's gratifying, then, to see that this harrowing and infuriating narrative is once again in the hands of skilled and sensitive storytellers. "Athlete A" is a fierce indictment of the gymnastics culture that enabled a predator 2020-06-24T04:00:00Z If his voice has thinned a bit, he still conveys the jovial intimacy of a born storyteller whose public self-mockery exorcises demons. Albums From Banks, Lee Brice and Matthew Shipp 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z Plenty of reported speech means Jack's task as storyteller is not as onerous as it might be, and for much of the time we simply watch the action unfold in dialogue. Room by Emma Donoghue and Forgetting Zoe by Ray Robinson 2010-08-06T23:05:00Z But more important, he’s a savagely detailed storyteller. The Playlist: Danny Brown and the Weeknd Serve Up Twists and Turns 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z Mr. Cohen, a New York filmmaker and video artist with an eye for rough urban landscapes and eccentric artistic characters, is a patient observer and a cunning, subtle storyteller. Movie Review: Jem Cohen’s ‘Museum Hours’ Explores Links of Life and Art 2013-06-27T21:18:15Z Here she fiddles around with the very concept of the narrative voice by splitting the story between two storytellers. Many Sinners, Very Few Saints 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z The 79-year-old storyteller and humorist is getting chuckles on all the right beats from an audience of mostly gray heads. Inside Garrison Keillor’s attempted comeback after his #MeToo downfall 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z But Reynolds plans to deputize hundreds of young storytellers. Jason Reynolds named National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature 2020-01-13T05:00:00Z While no one denies Maugham’s gifts as a storyteller, his prose has regularly been dismissed as pedestrian. Review | ‘Ashenden’: the perfect late summer escape read, and a classic 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z There were times when I wasn’t sure if I were the subject or object, storyteller or listener. Critic?s Notebook: Crossing the Line Festival 2011-09-20T21:15:12Z This book is a compendium of all the women you might like to see and be, organized into categories: inventors, healers, storytellers, etc. Perspective | Hillary Clinton is the one that got away. But isn’t going away. 2019-10-05T04:00:00Z Giddens, a crack banjo player and penetrating storyteller, opened the evening with a few of her own songs before joining three other singers for the main event. Review: Songs That Defy the ‘Quotidian Nature of Evil’ 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z So in 2010, we commissioned writer and storyteller Anna Maria Murphy to deliver a project of her choosing. Kneehigh theatre and the art of the app 2013-05-17T10:37:09Z Over the years, Mr. Letterman played with the form less, but he developed into a great conversationalist and storyteller. David Letterman Leaves His Successors a Rich Comedic Bequest 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z Aside from this blind spot Boyle is a great storyteller. The Future Is Now, and Dark, in T. Coraghessan Boyle’s Stories 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z “As a storyteller,” Johnson told me in an email exchange about the book, “I’m drawn to realistic, contemporary situations and to figures caught up in danger and chaos.” Denis Johnson had ruthless honesty and transcendent power 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z But now my parents see the world is global and there are great opportunities as an actor/storyteller. Han who? Sung Kang on his new "Snakehead" bad boy: "Even his hairstyle – he's overcompensating" 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z And Ms. Rebeck’s confidence as a storyteller in any case moots the historical infidelities that mar so many period pieces. Review: What’s a Woman’s Role? All of ’Em, ‘Bernhardt/Hamlet’ Argues 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z He’s also a good storyteller, structuring the revelations to prompt physical reactions — most commonly, outraged exhalations. Review: ‘Dream/Killer,’ a Father’s Battle to Free His Son in a Wrongful Conviction 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z "The history of movies is paved with storytellers using mental illness as a building block for the villain," Hawke said at the press conference. "Moon Knight" hired Oscar Isaac’s brother to play his other personality 2022-04-02T04:00:00Z Ms. Mulder is a wonderful natural storyteller who reminisces about growing up in Syracuse as the daughter of newspaper people. Review: Marissa Mulder Trusts Her Intuition at the Metropolitan Room 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z The storyteller and stand-up Mike Birbiglia sits down for another comic monologue. 13 Plays and Musicals to Go to in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z He’s also painted as a storyteller: a master of cunning and thinking on his feet. Q. and A.: Chris Potter on ‘The Sirens’ 2013-02-05T17:18:12Z At its worst, it requires storytellers to be fortunetellers as well. Are we having fun yet? “Party Down” addresses the pandemic the way few shows have 2023-02-26T05:00:00Z So smart, so kind and a great storyteller. Curtis Hanson, director of LA Confidential and 8 Mile, dies aged 71 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z Those poems, deeply moving and sad, demonstrate the importance of the poet’s role as storyteller and push him closer to a series of works about his father. The best poetry books for January take on race, current events, love and loss 2016-01-12T05:00:00Z Unsurprisingly, the performances – given that the storytellers are not allowed to use notes – tend towards the raw and unstructured; they also occasionally blur the distinction between oral literature and stand-up comedy. What a performance 2010-07-30T23:05:00Z Already a gifted artist, mandolin and flute player, singer and storyteller, Boshirullah had honed his talents as a boy in what was then Burma. For Rohingya Survivors, Art Bears Witness 2021-03-19T04:00:00Z But in the English-speaking world, we still woefully undervalue these master storytellers who choose panels and word balloons to work with. Jonathan Ross meets Jim Steranko, his comic-book hero 2010-07-20T23:10:00Z All the while, she remains one of blogdom’s most compelling storytellers, sharing with her readers style observations, travel tales and all sorts of miscellany. Garance Doré, the Style Blogger, Snatches the Spotlight 2014-05-07T21:18:59Z "I've been around great storytellers all my life," he told the New Yorker last month. Hanks to publish typewriter stories 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z “Story/Time” is strongest when the storyteller doesn’t so unequivocally win out, and, often, when Mr. Jones’s humor comes to the fore. Dance Review: ?Story/Time? by Bill T. Jones at Montclair State - Review 2012-01-22T21:59:44Z To achieve that, storytellers studied “Star Wars” films, TV shows and books, recreating details such as droid tracks on the ground. Disney bets on a new planet to wow 'Star Wars' fans at U.S. parks 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z We have to connect with or be awed by the storytellers. Kathryn Erskine's top 10 first person narratives 2012-02-09T12:13:49Z As much as he is enamored of the food and wine, Mr. Walker is at heart a historian and storyteller who is drawn to the Périgord by its layered, copious history. The Delicious World of Bruno, Chief of Police 2017-07-24T04:00:00Z “The industry is reluctant to support female storytellers and voices,” Smith said. ‘Fifty Shades’ success upends thinking about winter movies 2015-02-22T05:00:00Z The former was a writer, a storyteller – the latter is a poet who just happens to write. Chinua Achebe peered deep into the Nigerian psyche 2013-03-22T16:43:31Z Ms. Collins is a wonderful storyteller who always finds new ways to describe her early days as a New York folk singer. Review: Judy Collins’s Clear, Pure Brook of Song 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z Cheriyal scrolls painted on traditional khadi cloth formed colorful backdrops for storytellers whose narrative occupation gradually vanished as movie theaters and televisions crept in. Endangered Crafts and the Destinations Keeping Them Alive 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z He is a master storyteller who in his best-known works, like “The Wire,” “Treme” and “The Deuce,” brings an edge of polemic to his narratives, calling attention to societal or institutional injustice. ‘The Plot Against America’ Imagines the Rise of an Intolerant Demagogue 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z She’ll listen to their stories — and try to decipher what they reveal about the storytellers and the city they live in. Is there a D.C. dialect? It’s a topic locals are pretty ‘cised’ to discuss But at their best, they shine their light on the story and the storyteller equally. Rock ’n’ Roll, Between the Covers 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z Lynn's songs turned straw into gold, a lesson that lived experiences matter, which can apply to all storytellers, no matter your medium. By turning straw into gold records, Loretta Lynn helped me love where I come from 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z Hepola is an enchanting storyteller who writes in a chummy voice. The perfect pick for a a booze-free book club and other top June memoirs 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z But her first job she says “is as a storyteller.” Attica Locke left Hollywood to write novels. Now she’s found success in both worlds. 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z I just think the people who made the Jordan movie are better storytellers. ‘The Melt Goes On Forever’ Review: David Hammons Makes, and They Take 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z It reveals this artist to be not only a gifted storyteller, but a virtuoso of photographic technology. Zoe Leonard’s Messages Strike Hard — and Cast a Spell 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z There’s a reluctance to tell your story, and a reluctance to ask questions because there are social complications around just the identity of storytellers. “Am I being punished for being gay?” 2012-06-05T16:37:00Z Only after the breakup of her marriage did she blossom into a quirky musical storyteller composing her own music. Dory Previn, as Portrayed by Kate Dimbleby 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z The series, made up of snapshotlike photographs of her family, was a product of Ms. Weems’s abiding interest in black culture and her gifts as a born storyteller. Art Review: Carrie Mae Weems Charts the Black Experience in Photographs 2014-01-23T23:42:31Z This should be a lesson for peak-TV storytellers: Get the characters right first, and viewers will float you some credit for the plot. Review: HBO’s ‘The Deuce’ Works a Vibrant Hustle in the Naked City 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z Above all, Mackay is a compelling storyteller, whatever his topic: haunted houses, phony relics, celebrated highwaymen, the clever guiles of fortune-tellers. Review | The 19th-century book that helps us understand the allure — and perils — of social media 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z She felt there was “a huge gap” between the cozy storyteller she saw at home, who enjoyed woodworking, and the cool intellectual she saw in interviews. Rebecca Miller on the Mother of All Subjects: Her Father 2018-03-11T05:00:00Z “If you write comedy, if you write period, you learned something from Neil Simon. A truly great American storyteller.” Actors and Writers on Neil Simon: ‘When He Laughed, You Knew You’d Hit His Truth’ 2018-08-26T04:00:00Z Gray is a genius, a born storyteller whether at a visionary or a more down-to-earth level; even the poorest of the stories contains something intriguing or funny. Every Short Story 1951-2012 by Alasdair Gray - review 2012-11-14T08:00:03Z If ever you’ve wanted to read a book about the impossibility of writing a book, “First Person” is the book for you, a story about a storyteller trying to decode another storyteller. Review | If a rich liar asked you to ghostwrite his memoir, would you do it? 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z It’s less about one storyteller reaching many, but about many people telling a story together. American Identity, Muslim Identity 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z It’s a masterly piece; you immediately feel yourself to be in the steady hands of an expert storyteller who knows the terrain. What We’re Reading This Summer 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z It’s electric: these eight podcasts capture the storytellers’ adrenaline as they step into the spotlight to tell their tales. Love live storytelling? These 8 podcasts tell the good, bad and mortifying truth 2017-08-15T04:00:00Z This Cranko work is a welcome treasure, seldom seen here, created by a masterful storyteller who favored naturalism and simplicity. Washington Ballet unrolls a season of world premieres and masterworks 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z But there is an upside for "storytellers," the writers and producers who are finding more work, and for networks like his that take chances on showcasing new voices, he said. TV executive predicts 500-show bubble destined to deflate 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z I felt, somewhat, as a storyteller, I wanted to address matters that weren't for 14-year-olds. 'Fargo' mastermind Noah Hawley makes stranger-than-fiction real 2014-08-24T04:00:00Z But wow, they’re gorgeous — proof that she’s one of the most brutal and sophisticated storytellers in country music, or any music. The best music of 2014: Young Thug, Aphex Twin, Charli XCX and more Scotton is a natural storyteller with a terrific knack for visiting trouble upon his characters and pushing them into confrontation. Book review: ‘The Secret Wisdom of the Earth’ 2015-02-23T05:00:00Z Some of Freud's sitters have given a sense of his character: anarchic, a superb storyteller and intensely vigorous, working on three to four subjects a day, seven days a week. Life writ large 2011-07-22T17:34:00Z As a journalist or a documentary storyteller, you need to sort of guard against what feels false, what feels regurgitated, what feels like a platitude. “Mayor Pete” director on capturing authenticity: "The process of campaigning is dehumanizing" 2021-11-13T05:00:00Z Mike Birbiglia, the comedic storyteller who has mined his experiences with romance, fatherhood and sleep disorders for narrative purposes, will return to Broadway this fall with a new show prompted by swimming. Mike Birbiglia to Return to Broadway With a New Show This Fall 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z As a metaphysician, Mr. Lowery is not hung up on rules, but as a storyteller and an orchestrator of emotional effects he appreciates the need for coherence. Review: ‘A Ghost Story’ Has a Sensitive Specter With Time on His Hands 2017-07-05T04:00:00Z It’s clear that West sees himself in this story, and doubly: He’s Daniel, the consummate storyteller and interpreter, the prophet and hero, and he’s also the suffering leader who’s found peace in God. Kanye West Is Operatic. His Opera Isn’t. 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z Ms. Marcovicci is a wonderful traveling companion and storyteller whose taste in songs and sense of how to string them together into a witty nostalgic journey is second to none. Music Review: Andrea Marcovicci Sings at the Oak Room - Review 2011-11-18T23:47:18Z Our reviewer, Marina Warner, praised the collection, calling Arimah “a witty, oblique and mischievous storyteller.” Paperback Row 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z The more storytellers can learn to recognize the limitations of certain forms, the more open readers and viewers may be to conceptualizing what the end of the world means. With threats of nuclear war and climate disaster growing, America’s "bunker fantasy" is inadequate 2022-04-09T04:00:00Z “So smart, so kind and a great storyteller. I will miss him.” Curtis Hanson, director of LA Confidential and 8 Mile, dies aged 71 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z The drug was was never supposed to directly tear you apart as a storyteller because you're covering the stories as they happen. "Democracy is never perfected": David Simon on his new HBO series and the 2020 "s**tshow" election 2020-03-16T04:00:00Z As a longtime storyteller, he also savored the primacy of narrative within the stories — particularly the frame story. A 9-Hour Play? Sit, Eat, Drink, Even Fall Asleep to ‘One Night.’ 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z Sharpton has spent a lifetime calling the storytellers out for their slant — and schooling us to do the same. ‘Loudmouth’ Review: Portrait of the Firebrand Preacher as a Young Man 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z The characters: a group of storytellers who have come to pitch their narrative concepts. Essential Arts & Culture: L.A. culture after the riots, a stirring Beethoven concert, controversial Carl Andre 2017-04-29T04:00:00Z Or when you realize that the storyteller has been doing something to you without you realizing. Phoebe Waller-Bridge Loves Antiheroines. Of Course. 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z He once imagined a time when his sophistication as an artist and storyteller would become so advanced and refined that his work would become effortlessly shorter and concise. Daniel Clowes is looking for a role model in comics (sort of) 2016-03-29T04:00:00Z At 12:15 p.m., the storyteller Jeff Hopkins will use live drawing to illuminate Hanukkah tales, and, at 2:30 p.m., Spare Times for Children for Dec. 4-10 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z Photograph: Christopher Thomond for the Guardian Frank Cottrell Boyce is a bewitching storyteller, leading on his delighted audience, whether readers of his books or listeners to his tales, from step to extraordinary step. Cosmic professor 2012-06-18T18:45:01Z But he was, above all, a fantastic storyteller, able to impose a narrative line on seemingly disparate events and find hope and purpose where before there was nothing but despair and anger. 8 books about Muslim life for a nation that knows little about Islam 2015-12-12T05:00:00Z Mr Simon is an engaging storyteller, even if he offers few surprising insights into the relationship between the two men. Under the surface of Eisenhower’s era 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z National Storytelling Week, Nationwide, Sat to 5 Feb Tales tall and short, as experienced and amateur storytellers swap stories, plus workshops, courses and competitions. This week's new events 2011-01-29T00:06:33Z In her review, Suzanne Berne wrote, “Mr. Eugenides is blessed with the storyteller’s most magical gift, the ability to transform the mundane into the extraordinary.” 50 States, 50 Love Stories 2020-02-10T05:00:00Z What happens when you put games developers, web designers, open data geeks, music obsessives, journalists, digital storytellers and hacking wizards in a room together for a weekend? Hacks hotting up: Two days to Guardian Hacks SXSW 2011-02-10T13:58:43Z The family, struggling financially, moved from one house to another in nearby towns, but Reynolds, their first child, benefited from the doting attention of cousins, aunts and uncles — all of them, it seemed, gifted storytellers. Reynolds Price, a Literary Voice of the South, Dies at 77 2011-01-21T06:23:00Z Using previously unpublished accounts and other archival material, Frankel notes that the facts surrounding her experience were twisted and molded, if not outright invented, to fit each storyteller's purpose. New book 'The Searchers' exposes roots of a legend 2013-02-19T17:37:09Z On stage he said: “I want to dedicate this to all the indigenous kids in the world who want to do art, we are the original storytellers and we can make it here as well.” 'I've been a scoundrel all my life': quotes of the Oscars 2020 2020-02-10T05:00:00Z Already celebrated in his native Australia, he has emerged on the global stage at age 37 as a major visual storyteller. Shaun Tan?s Wild Imagination 2011-04-23T04:30:02Z Naomi Sturm, a folklorist from Staten Island Arts, will moderate the event, which will include storytellers from Ghana, Liberia and Sierra Leone. Spare Times for Children for May 22-28 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z "On top of his amazing history, he's a born storyteller – you might say preacher," said Walton. Civil rights hero John Lewis writes graphic autobiography 2013-06-28T11:59:08Z An eighth le Carré feature film, Tomas Alfredson’s “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy,” will be released on Dec. 9, and it’s a fair illustration of the fiendish difficulties this sly, subtle storyteller’s work presents to moviemakers. Adapting John le Carr? Novels for the Movies 2011-09-18T00:03:03Z The show, directed by Adam Brace and presented by the comedic storyteller Mike Birbiglia, opened in previews Off Broadway last week at the Cherry Lane Theater, where it will remain through Jan. 8. 5 Things to Do This Weekend 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z Equally important, what emerges in “The Late Show” is a character whose sense of justice, fairness and determination reflect Connelly’s strengths as a storyteller as much as they do his better-known detective. Michael Connelly starts a new thread with 'The Late Show' 2017-07-21T04:00:00Z I would say I come from a family of very dryly funny storytellers, on especially my dad's side of the family. Lauren Graham rethinks identity, from writing to directing: "I want to be the one to tell the story" 2022-12-30T05:00:00Z “I loved this family. Wheelan is a lucid and likable storyteller, and his antic family dialogues are spot-on. … What I liked best about the book was watching two people parent their teenagers well.” 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-02-11T05:00:00Z At the Ubud Festival in Indonesia they want me to talk about Sinbad, the great Arabian storyteller. Literature does not stop at national borders 2013-02-27T13:59:46Z As a comic and a storyteller, it's a dream come true to move here and be able to do that. Ronny Chieng on Andrew Yang: “There aren’t enough Asian people in positions of power” 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z The standup and storyteller, revered by his peers and critics, refuses interviews and stopped doing television work a long time ago. Daniel Kitson; I've Never Seen Star Wars: radio review 2013-01-24T17:30:01Z But by that point, the reader knows even the most seasoned storyteller can’t fool himself, let alone us, into trusting such a clearly forced excuse. Two Lies and a Truth: Story Collections Exploring the Spectrum of Human Honesty 2020-03-10T04:00:00Z As the introduction to “This Is Our Song” puts it, she is “a storyteller, a mind-reader, a believer, and a friend.” The Book on Taylor Swift 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z Based on the African griot, a storyteller, historian, artist and healer, Being sometimes felt like an Oracle. Rashaad Newsome Pulls Out All the Stops 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z Fu, the author of the novel “For Today I Am a Boy,” is a propulsive storyteller, using clear and cutting prose to move seamlessly through time. After a Camping Trip, Five Girls’ Lives Are No Longer the Same 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z Knowing what a gifted storyteller she was, were you hoping she’d end up writing her own account instead of sharing her experiences with a reporter? She Stayed Silent When a Producer Turned Sexual Predator Went After a Friend 2022-08-14T04:00:00Z Its storytellers, scientists, artists and scholars, perched at the crossroads of Eurasia, left marks as deep as those of the cruellest rulers. A history of violence 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z The power I have as a storyteller is the power of suggestion. ArtsBeat: Tribeca Film Festival: A Thriller Director Who’s Afraid of Blood 2014-04-24T17:00:49Z In the years since 2000, Hodgman has made his way as a humorist and storyteller at the confluence of Brooklyn literariness, podcasting and, for lack of a better term, “nerd culture.” In ‘Vacationland,’ John Hodgman confronts surrealism of adult life 2017-10-27T04:00:00Z The third of three monthly workshops introducing young people to genealogy, “Hanukkah Lights” will feature the author and storyteller Peninnah Schram. Spare Times for Children for Dec. 14-20 2012-12-13T23:06:51Z “As a gifted documentary filmmaker and impassioned storyteller, Alanis brings awareness to vital Indigenous issues and is widely recognized as a national treasure because of her extraordinary body of work.” Toronto Film Festival to honor Villeneuve and Obomsawin 2021-07-22T04:00:00Z This week, we’ve chosen a selection of pieces about American singers and songwriters who are master storytellers. Sunday Reading: American Singers, Songwriters, and Storytellers 2019-07-14T04:00:00Z Sarah Hall's inclusion is also no surprise – she's a stylish and versatile storyteller, who has submitted an intriguing extract about the "rewilding" of a large tract of Cumbria. Best of Young British Novelists 4, edited by John Freeman – review 2013-04-16T14:14:05Z She is a storyteller touched by magic, as far as I’m concerned. Attica Locke, Novelist and TV Writer, Has Some Suggestions for Hollywood 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z The Times article notes that Rhodes is a published short-story writer and aspiring novelist who is a skilled “storyteller.” Obama official says he pushed a ‘narrative’ to media to sell the Iran nuclear deal 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z Del Toro entered the project as a curator and a fan, with the goal of highlighting stories, storytellers and filmmakers he loves. Guillermo del Toro Opens His ‘Cabinet of Curiosities’ 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z Like some earlier storyteller, Prose suggests that “all the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players.” Francine Prose’s ‘Mister Monkey’ takes on the bananas world of children’s theater 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z Like the author, the book's protagonist, Shaltiel Feigenberg, is a storyteller, and, like Wiesel, too, most of his work is "intellectual, preoccupied with the mystical." 'Hostage': Elie Wiesel's novel of kidnapping and captivity 2012-08-22T19:12:05Z “Lying and stealing and invading, it should be said, make for captivating reading, especially in the hands of a storyteller as skilled as Anderson.” 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z Ms. Wecker is too vivid a storyteller to let any of these theoretical discussions slow down her narrative. Books of The Times: ‘The Golem and the Jinni,’ a Novel by Helene Wecker 2013-05-06T19:57:43Z And I just feel that’s what we do as actors and as storytellers. Film: Australian and Scottish Common Film Sense 2010-12-10T21:30:00Z Moreover, it confirms that Švankmajer is as exceptional and unique a storyteller as he is a technician and artist. This week's new DVD & Blu-ray 2012-06-08T23:05:17Z But at a closer glance, there was a narrative cohesion to the concert that revealed Ms. DiDonato’s intelligence as a storyteller. Joyce DiDonato Celebrates Camille Claudel at Zankel Hall 2015-02-06T05:00:00Z She’s a folk musician, a country artist and a storyteller, evoking times and places long gone — places you didn’t know you missed. A&E highlights: Plate of Nations, tulips, Rihanna 2013-03-28T00:24:18Z The power that you have as a storyteller is to be able to tell stories that are at once entertaining but also never lose sight of what’s going on in the real world. ‘Luke Cage’ Season 2: A New Villain and Respectability Politics 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z If imitation is the highest form of flattery, the forthcoming horror flick "Karen" might as well be an ode to the legendary storyteller Jordan Peele. New horror flick “Karen” already causing backlash as a “Jordan Peele-knockoff” 2021-06-23T04:00:00Z As Gandalf might say: You are a very fine storyteller, Mr. Jackson, and we are most grateful for your Hobbit. Review: Do Enlist in The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z He called Emmerich "an out, proud, fearless storyteller" with a "wildly positive spirit." Kerry Washington, Roland Emmerich push for diversity at GLAAD awards 2015-03-22T04:00:00Z We’re storytellers, so I think this is a great opportunity for artists to build that vision. Four Black Artists on How Racism Corrodes the Theater World 2020-06-10T04:00:00Z Before the modern era, ancient African chronicles were passed on by word of mouth, from storyteller to storyteller, and many sculptures, early and late, embody centuries-old accounts of real people and real lives. Art Review: ?Heroic Africans? at Metropolitan Museum of Art - Review 2011-09-22T22:00:39Z He joins a group of stranded mutants and becomes the storyteller, every night, around the campfire, he tells them distorted, half-forgotten versions of Greek and Hebrew myths. Wu Ming's top 10 utopias 2013-05-29T12:00:01Z “There are great storytellers out there that are female,” she said, “and we want to give them an opportunity as well.” Ballet Theater to Bring ‘Like Water for Chocolate’ to Met Stage 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z The American Film Institute was founded in 1967 to preserve the legacy of US film heritage and nurture the next generation of storytellers. Tony Scott memorial scholarship set up at American Film Institute 2012-08-28T09:45:23Z Goldstein is a talented storyteller, and we root for her characters as, moment by moment, they try their hardest. “Janesville” and the Dangers of American Optimism 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z I’d read most of his books before doing It; he’s such a great storyteller. 'He knows everyone is vulnerable to something': actors and directors on the grisly joy of adapting Stephen King 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z This Eminem, the one preoccupied with his own pain, is a dazzling storyteller with ample territory to mine. Hip-Hop Changes. Eminem Doesn’t. 2017-12-18T05:00:00Z They perform here on a bill with Matana Roberts, an alto saxophonist and a multimedia storyteller of manifold approach. 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z I’m a sound designer by title but I’m a storyteller first. 5 Broadway Veterans on Race and Representation in Theater Design 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z In some ways, he’s become the chief storyteller of this drama-filled political moment. Adam Schiff once wanted to be a screenwriter. Can he give the Trump presidency a Hollywood ending? 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z It’s true that most of the writers who approach this subject are serious people, stylish storytellers and focused on a particular angle. ArtsBeat: For Titanic Anniversary, the Books Go On and On 2012-03-20T17:49:46Z It's clear that even before Salesses became a storyteller, he felt subject to the power of the prevailing narrative – or lack of one – about Asian Americans playing basketball. Shooting hoops and K-dramas: The American dream of not being relegated to a subplot 2023-03-18T04:00:00Z The coldhearted storyteller expands the tale to global proportion on the epic, nearly 14-minute title song. Album review: Bob Dylan, 'Tempest' 2012-09-07T16:48:00Z There’s no one alive who isn’t a storyteller, even if they don’t think they are. Steven Spielberg on Storytelling’s Power to Fight Hate 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z Race is at the core of Obama's story and, like any good storyteller, he heightens whatever opportunity arises to get at his main theme. The invention of Obama 2010-04-23T23:06:00Z At its worst, it requires storytellers to be fortunetellers as well. Are we having fun yet? “Party Down” addresses the pandemic the way few shows have 2023-02-26T05:00:00Z She was a talented painter, an author and an engaging storyteller. The easygoing guide for wine drinkers who don’t go all in 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z It’s a very contemporary form of storytelling, a technologically enhanced one, a kind of modern magic, a voyage of discovery where you are at once storyteller and reader. On a Family Road Trip Through Germany: Fairy Tales, Castles and Cuckoo Clocks 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z We realized, "Okay, we're storytellers. Let's bring 'The L Word' back." "The L Word" star Jennifer Beals on why we need "Generation Q" more than ever 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z Photograph: Rex Features This is a wonderful novel. 's skills as a storyteller are on a par with RL Stevenson, Conan Doyle and PD James. The Casual Vacancy by JK Rowling – review 2012-09-29T23:05:13Z Jansson was a more interesting writer than a painter, and her life sheds much light on her particular quality as a storyteller. Moomins’ magic maker 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z “You get to be a storyteller,” he says. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the basketball icon, reinvented as culture vulture 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z He is a riveting storyteller, ably heightening the tension between the story’s past and present. A newly discovered corpse raises new questions about a 20-year-old mystery 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z How does that affect you as a storyteller trying to weave nuance into the work that you do? Inside Netflix's "Innocence Files": "The system is set up to attain convictions" 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z “Serial’s” acclaim convinced them to adopt a serialized approach, and Smerling adds that “crime stories are heightened drama, so there’s a sort of natural place for people to go as storytellers.” ‘Serial’ helped spark an explosion of true crime stories. Will its new season be heard above the noise? 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z “The conflict is between the storyteller and themselves,” she said. Audible Creates $5 Million Fund for Emerging Playwrights 2017-05-30T04:00:00Z Johnson is a terrific storyteller, and he moves fluidly from past to present, place to place. T. Geronimo Johnson brings culture clash to 'Welcome to Braggsville' 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z Mr. Raab, a native of Cleveland and a staff writer for Esquire, is a powerful storyteller in full command of his game. Books of The Times: ?Whore of Akron? and ?When the Garden Was Eden? - Review 2011-12-25T22:22:07Z I visited him in prison, and found him to be a very engaging character, very funny, good storyteller. Jack Abramoff, Eliot Spitzer: A tale of two swindlers 2010-05-06T16:01:00Z It looks like the days of sex shops and long drives are on hold, but can he maintain the noir storyteller guise while resigned to a life of hotels and service station sandwiches? Daughn Gibson: 'I just want to see the weird' 2013-06-20T15:30:02Z This was just the beginning for a writer who possessed the gift of the true storyteller. Glenn Taylor's top 10 books of the American South 2011-04-13T09:41:42Z You can see variety acts, burlesque artists, Shakespearean adaptations, solo storytellers, comedies, dance troupes — you name it. Fringe festival’s new cry: Eastward Ho! 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z Nines is a sober storyteller, rapping with a persistently unimpressed tone, often about drug dealing. Grime Sets Today’s Music Agenda in Britain, and Tomorrow’s 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z "And does that anticipation help or hinder you as a storyteller?" Meeting Mr Controversial 2013-07-31T08:21:02Z The center is holding a free monthly Family Sunday at the show, when storytellers and educators will explore the art and artifacts, and children can make masks from recycled materials. Spare Times for Children Listings for May 13-19 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z “You’re teaching history to people who didn’t live it, but you have walking, talking artifacts among you, who are important storytellers, too,” said Kari Watkins, executive director of the Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum. Museums for tragedies like 9/11 face a new challenge: Visitors too young to remember 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z "We believe that arts and the humanities are in many ways reflective of our national soul. They're central to who we are as Americans — dreamers, storyteller, innovators and visionaries," he said. Obama honors Mel Brooks, others in arts and humanities 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z The storytellers reveal how they spend their days and what their city means to them; and then they provide readers a phone number to contact them. In Transit Blog: A Travel Book With a Global, and Personal, Touch 2013-08-30T20:00:07Z This gave the tribal members permission to name themselves after the alligator, creating a new Coushatta clan, said Eli Langley, 23, a tribal storyteller and activist familiar with the tribe’s history. The Gator Finds a Place at the Tailgate 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z Early on you have this sense that you are in safe hands, that the storyteller knows what they’re doing, and if you go along with them, it’s going to be rewarding. Seth Meyers Takes a Break With ‘Strange Adventures’ and Monty Python 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z “Elizabeth was a peerless singer, pianist, storyteller, teacher, dealer and raconteur, as well as a unique player of Scottish traditional music on the piano,” Dr. McKean said by email. Elizabeth Stewart, Champion of Scotland’s Folk Music, Dies at 83 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z What she has that few others have so fully possessed are the gifts of a captivating storyteller, the ability to turn messy life into a tale for the ages of lost innocence and squandered youth. Bleak Reality in Nan Goldin’s ‘The Ballad of Sexual Dependency’ 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z These new storytellers will carry this powerful tradition into the future. In two award-winning African folk tales, water is a common thread 2017-10-31T04:00:00Z “Duke is the best storyteller that jazz has ever had,” says Berger, a jazz composer, arranger and bandleader. Obsessed with Duke Ellington, one man is determined to illuminate the jazz composer’s stunning output 2021-02-11T05:00:00Z Photograph: Illustration by D. Baum/Alamy I've recently been pondering some of the more unusual methods children's storytellers use to build character. Why aren't there more musical instruments in children's books? 2012-09-28T17:21:46Z Diffident, aggressive and often startlingly funny, the storyteller Daniel Kitson brings his new work to Brooklyn. 15 Plays and Musicals to Go to in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z Master storyteller that he is, Daisey makes these horrors personal, vivid and essential to confront. Review: One-man show describes falling in and out of love with Steve Jobs' Apple gadgetry 2011-04-28T00:40:34Z “It’s certainly about a young woman sort of asserting herself as the storyteller and beginning to define herself with the narrative that she chooses to tell,” Affleck told a news conference. Casey Affleck's new film explores fatherhood in world without women 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z Ms. Llosa is a sly and careful storyteller, and she creates suspense by slipping between past and present, hinting at and withholding important bits of information. Review: ‘Aloft’ Trains an Eagle Eye on Human Misery 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z Our reviewer, Lisa Ko, praised the novel, writing that Fu is “a propulsive storyteller, using clear and cutting prose to move seamlessly through time.” New in Paperback: ‘What Are We Doing Here?,’ ‘The House of Broken Angels’ 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z Beamed Reeves, “Netflix is at the forefront of a new age in how storytellers are reaching an audience.” Science friction: can Netflix figure out its blockbuster problem? 2018-02-27T05:00:00Z She was still glowing lavender — “wonderful storytellers, writers and artists,” the description said. Evan Rachel Wood Turns Her Trauma Into Good. On ‘Westworld’ and in Life. 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z Despite those body counts and the dire sheep-and-wolves worldview expressed in his latest book, Mr. Thor is relentlessly sunny and a natural, even compulsive storyteller in person. Inside the World of Brad Thor 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z Since moving here in the ’80s, he’s become known to many of us as an inspirational teacher, a world-class storyteller, and a genuinely lovely man. Remembering Stewart Stern 2015-02-06T05:00:00Z “One of our jobs is to be storytellers and to tell the story of the whole piece. But also we help the performers with their character,” she said. Broadway, Hollywood costumes go on exhibit in heart of NYC 2021-08-04T04:00:00Z But I'm not really a storyteller – unfortunately I don't have that big an imagination. dEUS's Tom Barman: 'I was fed up with singing about myself' 2012-07-04T11:41:37Z Emotion matters, and Kaufmann proved a fine storyteller and fine actor. Schubert's lonely hearts club band and a heart throb tenor 2018-01-16T05:00:00Z Olsen is a born storyteller; she feigns apathy, but the more she talks the clearer it becomes that death care actually matters to her. A nice place to rest 2012-10-07T20:00:00Z They became kataribe storytellers, a centuries-long Japanese tradition in which selected individuals pass on historical information to fellow citizens and to future generations. Susan Southard's 'Nagasaki' faces nuclear horror as the 70th anniversary of the bombing approaches 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z “We’re the only one. There’s a reason Reagan found a home here. Storytelling is what Iowa’s all about. And he was a great storyteller.” Iowa exudes a decency that even politics can’t undo 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z "People want to go deeper into these spaces; they want to become their own cameras and their own storytellers." Immersive theater appeals to audiences wanting to take part in art 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z Announcing the acquisition Sunday at the Cannes Film Festival, GK Films founder Graham King said Jolie's debut "signals the arrival of a visceral and compelling storyteller." Jolie's directing debut on Bosnia opens Dec. 23 2011-05-15T18:31:06Z Podcasters, too, are indebted to Morris for making the world safe for intelligent meandering, in which a storyteller diligently chisels at a complicated and even arcane subject with no guarantee of a satisfying conclusion. Review | In ‘Wormwood,’ Errol Morris finds a limit to how many layers a mystery can have 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z Kouyate, whose parents came from a long line of griots - or traditional storytellers - was also made an officer of arts and letters by the French government at the Cannes Film Festival in 2009. Mali actor Kouyate dies aged 74 2010-04-18T13:29:00Z He can be a classicist, a ballet historian, a lyrical pure-dance modernist, a comic cartoonist, a riveting children’s storyteller or an adult commentator on gender and society. What to Look Forward to in the Fall Dance Season 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z “He’s been at the forefront of supporting independent artists and deeply invested in the careers of storytellers and the field as a whole.” Sundance Film Festival Names Eugene Hernandez Its Next Director 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z Koenig notes that one of the “magical things about podcasting” is its ability to form a unique connection between the storytellers and listeners — especially when it involves a podcast as intimately narrated as this one. ‘Serial’ helped spark an explosion of true crime stories. Will its new season be heard above the noise? 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z I've always been a storyteller, even when I was young, I would make up stories. "Wildhood" is a Two-Spirit liberation: "I’m done with Indigenous and queer characters that are sad" 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z Yet it is a testament to Mr Eka’s gift as a storyteller, particularly his skill at ratcheting up and tactically releasing tension, that he keeps readers enthralled nonetheless. Burning bright 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z But making narrative sense of all these events, which involves establishing cause-and-effect relationships, a sensible timeline and a good pace, is the mundane but essential work of a good storyteller. 'Narcos' Episode 5 Recap: There Will Be a Future 2015-08-30T04:00:00Z “There are black film-makers and storytellers who take a back seat to just get it done. It’s good, but it’s not right there. It’s been compromised.” John Singleton: 'The crack epidemic gave me something to write about – but I had to survive it first' 2017-06-28T04:00:00Z He is not merely a confident storyteller but also a thinker, a skeptic, a wily entertainer and a thorn in the side of orthodoxy and cant. Times Critics’ Top Books of 2017 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z The author has created a singular, resonant voice, an American teenager raised by Old World Afghan storytellers. Two Young Men Come of Age Amid Violence and Pathos Overseas 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z For the young storyteller, accustomed to working alone with complete creative freedom, collaborating as part of a larger production provided eye-opening. How a 14-Year-Old Came to Animate a Scene in ‘Across the Spider-Verse’ 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z And how can today’s storytellers honor people from the past whose passions may have been suppressed or erased? ‘Bros’ Review: Boy Meets Boy Meets Multiplex 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z They are, by nature, storytellers, and even though it’s rare that a majority of the audience has read the book, people love hearing writers talk about their process. Why Seth Meyers Loves Having Authors on His Show 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z This is Denmark, consistently one of the top five countries in the annual World Happiness Report and home to one of the planet’s most famous storytellers, Hans Christian Andersen. Need a hygge? Try Copenhagen for a happiness fix 2018-07-01T04:00:00Z Over the decades, the profile of a jazz vocalist has changed; we’ve had everything from virtuosic scatters to deep storytellers, from songwriters to vocalists and pianists. 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Jazz Vocals 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z "A girl arose" – the trope is that of an ancient storyteller. Poem of the week: The Sorrow of Love by WB Yeats 2010-08-09T09:17:00Z “He’s always been a master storyteller with beautiful prose, but this one is much more ambitious,” said Kate Medina, Mr. Canin’s editor for more than 20 years. ‘A Doubter’s Almanac,’ Ethan Canin’s Latest Novel, Has Real-Life Parallels 2016-02-15T05:00:00Z Originally created as part of an audio project by two outstanding storytellers, the inclusion of two CDs makes this a rich multimedia resource that honours the oral tradition. Christmas gifts 2012: the best children's books 2012-11-30T22:49:01Z Wheelan is a lucid and likable storyteller, and his antic family dialogues are spot-on, but he is not — and does not pretend to be — a poet of place. Meet a Family Who Spent 9 Months Traveling the Globe, Pre-Plague 2021-01-26T05:00:00Z “To see the pieces, the visitor was given a pocket flashlight, while a storyteller standing by told the tale of each piece,” Edéenne said. Special Report: Jewelry: Jewelry That Sparkles With Stories and Gems 2011-05-12T13:49:21Z Miller is a gifted storyteller who establishes her authority by stacking details, setting scenes. The Irrepressibly Political Survivorship of Chanel Miller 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z At the time, Newfoundland was a largely oral culture of storytellers and singers and sauce-boxes, living in small villages along thousands of miles of rocky coastline. Read Your Way Through Newfoundland 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z The format: four storytellers, three of them telling true personal tales, one lying; the audience tries to guess who the liar is. 10 Unconventional Halloween Diversions 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z Here is Yergin the master storyteller transporting us to the Saudi desert in the late 1930s. The Future of Energy 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z Onstage and off, she’s a vivid presence: a voluble storyteller with an imposing Afro and a boisterous laugh. Behind a ‘Best New Artist’ Nod: Yola’s 20 Years of Experience 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z “One of the finest humans, friends, storytellers and musicians, on the entire planet just went home to rest,” Arnaz said, noting she had known Hinsche since childhood. Billy Hinsche, longtime Beach Boys collaborator, dead at 70 2021-11-21T05:00:00Z As in life, saying goodbye is not easy for storytellers. Perspective | What book has the most disappointing ending? Readers have many opinions. 2020-10-17T04:00:00Z It is clear that Pacino is a masterful storyteller - playing to the crowd well and easily handling friendly heckles from excitable audience members. An evening with Al Pacino in London 2013-06-03T12:40:22Z Mr. Hines can be an amusing storyteller, and he wows us with his footwork as he sings classic song after song, including a blazing version of “Luck Be a Lady.” Review: ‘Maurice Hines Tappin’ Thru Life,’ a Jazz- and Tap-Filled Journey Through the Past 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z Some scientists are naturally great storytellers and you just have to listen but others – who may have great stories to tell – need a bit more prompting or directing. Penny Bailey on science writing: 'You need to know how to tell a good story' 2013-03-27T07:00:01Z “I consider myself a storyteller, so the idea is that hopefully your story and what you’re developing will resonate with new audiences,” Mr. Strachan said. Perrotin Sees Further Potential in Seoul 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z Please don't confuse the character in a story and the storyteller. Filmmaker Werner Herzog on his new box set and more 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z Murphy is a very specific type of storyteller, so it’s admittedly somewhat of an unfair comparison. Review | I watched Bravo’s ‘Dirty John,’ and now I’m the one who feels conned 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z If there’s any admirable heft to the monologue, it’s in the lack of judgment that the British storyteller, a young married man named Alex, applies to the tragedy. Review | Jake Gyllenhaal is a stage animal for sure. But he needs more feral turf in ‘Sea Wall/A Life.’ 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z Like any good storyteller, though, he has narrative roots that are deeper and more painful. The Out of Towner: Where Lone Stars Don?t Feel So Alone 2011-06-23T22:25:49Z Mr. Walsh, a Tony winner for the book of the musical “Once,” belongs to that essential school of Irish storytellers whose characters find the epic in the everyday, and the monstrous in the mundane. Review: Dancing to Destruction in Enda Walsh’s Fierce ‘Disco Pigs’ 2018-01-10T05:00:00Z They are natural-born storytellers, so for them, it was very important that their voices could be heard after their previous bad experience with media. "Four Daughters" seeks to understand radicalization by ISIS: "People can go to the side of darkness" 2023-10-27T04:00:00Z The poet and the storyteller co-exist in human beings, though not to the same degree in individuals. The death of the novel will presage a rebirth of writing 2012-08-22T12:52:45Z Storytellers can be teachers, like Aristotle, or they can just be storytellers like – I don't know, who's writing the trash these days? Q&A: Harlan Ellison 2013-06-14T15:00:16Z This strong, moving ending is a testament to Beah’s confidence as a writer and a remarkable storyteller. A ‘Little Family’ Against the World 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z Hopper exerted significant influence on the noir storytellers of American literature and film. Who owns patriotism, the left or the right? American artists know the answer 2018-06-16T04:00:00Z Class consciousness has frequently played a role in Mike Leigh’s films, and not only because, as a storyteller whose native terrain is modern Britain, he can hardly hope to avoid it. | 'Another Year': Injustice, British and Otherwise 2010-12-28T18:18:34Z Even though it’s my voice, I’m a storyteller.” Arts & Leisure: Frank Ocean’s ‘Channel Orange’ 2012-07-04T17:31:15Z There was a time when a lavish, entertaining remake of a cherished American classic, directed by one of our most revered cinematic storytellers, would have been a slam-dunk, with audiences and award-givers alike. Perspective | Awards season this year is already a nothingburger. And that’s okay. 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z James was an excellent listener and gifted storyteller. Auditioning for the Role of Boyfriend 2020-12-18T05:00:00Z That lack of a positive outlook could leave storytellers in a rut. Real-life mass shootings: the subject Hollywood dare not touch 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z “I liked that she was a storyteller at heart and the sound of her process.” A Ballet ‘Jane Eyre’? Reader, She Dances With Him 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z The three storytellers in Quotidian Theatre Company’s “This Lime Tree Bower,” on the other hand, spin Conor McPherson’s Irish tale with low-key confidence. Romeo, Romeo — wherefore art thou so old? 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z Both mediums allow for “creative voices who reflect on and mirror both popular culture and contemporary thought and issues — all storytellers, basically,” she wrote. Prodigy’s ‘H.N.I.C.,’ Street Lit From Infamous Books 2013-05-31T21:16:57Z There are some incredible storytellers in this list, with tales about family, loss, drugs, madness, colonialism, love or war every bit as gripping as any novel.' Tempest storms poetry talent list 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z While researching the book, Turk traveled to Morocco several times and interviewed elderly storytellers. In two award-winning African folk tales, water is a common thread 2017-10-31T04:00:00Z The first series of 26 stories premiered in September 1984 on ITV in the UK, with Starr as storyteller and Mr Conductor in the first and second season. Former Brookside actor to be Thomas the Tank Engine narrator 2013-05-17T00:56:08Z “Suffice it to say Rustad has done what the best storytellers do: tried to track the story to its last twig and then stepped aside.” 12 New Books We Recommend This Week 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z Listen to them weave a storyteller’s spell in this song about a nighttime tryst in a fishing boat, and marvel at the emotional arc they weave with the simplest of gestures. The 25 Best Classical Music Tracks of 2020 2020-12-17T05:00:00Z "Like all songwriters, he was a master storyteller, but it was the realism in his rhymes that captured so many." Notorious B.I.G. to Posthumously Receive ASCAP Founders Award 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z Mr. Faber is a genuinely gifted storyteller, however, and his novel gains resonance and tidal force in its final third. ‘The Book of Strange New Things,’ by Michel Faber 2014-10-28T04:00:00Z In a recent interview, Mr. Mizrahi, 54, spoke of his approach to work, his view of himself as a storyteller and what it was like to comb through his archives with the show’s curators. A Word With: Isaac Mizrahi, Dramaturge of the Runway 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z The emotional weight of that and the way it affected so many people, that's why I became a storyteller. ArtsBeat: 'Walking Dead' Man Walking: An Exit Interview With Glen Mazzara 2013-02-05T13:04:20Z It seems that it really matters -- to Hollywood and its press and its executives and its female moviemakers and storytellers and performers -- how it does. Seeing "Bridesmaids" is a social responsibility 2011-05-12T16:17:00Z He had a storyteller’s grace with a lyric, a jazzman’s sureness with a melody, and in his finest performances he delivered them with a party giver’s welcome, a palpable and infectious affability. Tony Bennett, Champion of the Great American Songbook, Is Dead at 96 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z Toward the end of her time in Brooklyn, as her trips home grew longer, she said she came to appreciate all that Springfield offered her as a visual storyteller. Springfield, Missouri, Is Their Muse 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z "He had the charisma and the ability as a storyteller and raconteur to hold your interest," said Mann. Dennis Farina 2013-07-23T11:58:32Z Ms. Cash, who is previously the author of “Bodies of Water,” a book of short stories, is a self-consciously literary storyteller. Books of The Times: Rosanne Cash Writes ?Composed: A Memoir? 2010-08-10T19:00:00Z He was a writer who was more of a spiritual seeker than just a storyteller. JD Salinger's secret life exposed in new documentary 2013-05-18T12:04:10Z That life is painful, but it’s also fertile ground for a disturbing, haunting memoir that comprises 33 letters to biological family, chosen family, friends and other storytellers, including Toni Morrison. Review | Akwaeke Emezi’s memoir is a healing ritual for the displaced 2021-06-19T04:00:00Z He blurs the lines between fiction and nonfiction by sometimes using a contrived storyteller’s voice in an essay, or by throwing criticism into something that sounds more like a piece of fiction. Have personal essays gotten too personal? 2013-03-17T17:00:00Z The psychologically astute storyteller Amy Bloom and the adept historical novelist Kelly O’Connor McNees could hardly be more different as writers; consequently, their books occupy distinct territories. Eleanor Roosevelt’s Love Life, as Fodder for Fiction 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z As readers of Moore’s fiction know, she is a brilliant storyteller and sentence-maker. Review | ‘It would be all right’: Novelist Susanna Moore finds solace in a sometimes troubling life story 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z It had multiple pools and was one day the site of a children’s Easter party that I got to see from my room, with an animated storyteller recounting “La Resurrección de Jesus Cristo.” Place 10 of 52: In Los Cabos, Beaches Abound, but So Does Generosity 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z Her storytellers may be tapped out, but the compulsion to turn chaos into narrative order will never die. Annie Baker's 'Antipodes' opens a door to the coveted writers room 2017-04-23T04:00:00Z It also includes lounging areas and hammocks hanging from the ceiling that contain audio recordings from American storytellers. The best exhibitions of summer 2019 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z We didn't listen to wild stories without grilling the storyteller and then doubling back to fact check everything. Sorry, but forced apologies are the worst. Why can't we quit this insincere ritual? 2021-08-21T04:00:00Z Usually I stick with novels, but this year the best storytellers for me were in non-fiction. Your books of the year 2012-12-28T22:55:18Z Marshall is a compelling storyteller, whether on canvas or in conversation. For Kerry James Marshall, the mission is clear: Bring portraits of black life into very white art museums 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z Morris, clog and sword dancers add to the atmosphere of historic revelry with local musicians on hand, while storytellers bring some context to the oddity. This week's new events 2013-01-12T06:00:21Z A storyteller, a black man, who wears on his head the model of a ship. While You’re Waiting for the Next Hilary Mantel, Try Andrew Miller 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z Italo Calvino: I’d need a master metaphysician, storyteller and prestidigitator to make something glittering out of my mostly repetitive and rather beige existence. The Classic Novel That Robert Macfarlane Just Couldn’t Finish 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z Musicians have long served a function as storytellers. The Guardian made music: 'found' sounds and food, chiffchaffs and Labour contenders 2010-10-08T14:38:00Z In one room a storyteller speaks to a circle of children. The House Where Winter Lives; Hansel and Gretel; Pinocchio – review 2012-12-30T00:06:25Z No longer an actor, my greatest role now was as wife and mother and storyteller. Almost famous: On loving and leaving "Sex and the City" 2023-05-01T04:00:00Z These storytellers are, for the most part, a privileged, educated lot. The Heroines in Curtis Sittenfeld’s First Story Collection Are All Grown Up 2018-05-08T04:00:00Z There are bad storytellers and good storytellers: Bad white storytellers and good white storytellers, bad black storytellers and good black storytellers.” The Perfect Guy's Director and Producer Explain Why Hollywood's Racial Categorizing Goes Too Far 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z “That should remind us that he’s a novelist and a storyteller more than a political symbol.” Salman Rushdie Has a New Book, and a Message: ‘Words Are the Only Victors’ 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z Yet graphic novelists and other comics storytellers adapted and rose to ongoing challenges. 2020 graphic novels and comic books: Five trends that defined the year 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z Readers of Union’s first book, “We’re Going to Need More Wine,” know the actor and activist is a brave, funny and irreverent storyteller. Get to Know Your Favorite Actors and Artists a Little Better 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z The Democrat in question was as skilled a storyteller as he was proficient a drinker. Iowa’s Heartland Beyond the Campaign Trail 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z “I really believe there are good writers and there are good storytellers, and they’re rarely the same person,” he said. Caught Between Worlds? For Elizabeth Acevedo, It’s a Familiar Feeling 2020-05-04T04:00:00Z Michael Cavna, a visual storyteller and cartoonist, is creator of The Post’s “Comic Riffs” column. ‘Dork Diaries’: The book empire built one awkward moment at a time 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z That person has a lot of great information and they may be great storytellers, but they lack that personal connection to the material. Honoring the Challenger's "Final Flight": Docuseries creators on putting the shuttle's people first 2020-09-19T04:00:00Z |
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