| 单词 | unflinching |
| 例句 | There were times in the telling when Katie had to use words which were considered dirty but she used them bravely and unflinchingly because she knew no other words. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He took her hands unflinchingly and held them in his own. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z “This is unavoidable,” his voice seemed to say; “this is what we have got to do, unflinchingly. But this is not what we shall be doing when life is worth living again.” 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z I stood outside the car door, unflinching, like a northern kid. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z That kind of unflinching confidence makes me uneasy in a way it never has before. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Olmsted had intended the report for a professional audience, one that would take for granted Jackson Park’s fundamental acceptability and value the report as an unflinching guide to the challenges ahead. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z He’s braver than the woman to my right -- he stares at the Dauntless soldier in front of him, unflinching. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z I look unflinchingly at Fizz’s face, but my lips close up after saying his name. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z He sat there unflinching as the maester dabbed and squeezed and cleaned the pus away with squares of soft cloth boiled in vinegar. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z As he sat down ready to pronounce the Om, Siddhartha softly recited the verse: ”Om is the bow, the arrow is the soul, Brahman is the arrow’s goal At which one aims unflinchingly.” Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z “He unflinchingly snapped her spine! Everyone heard it. I’m sure it woke up the scythes sleeping in the back row!” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Except for unflinching courage, they were not those that distinguished Theseus. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z He went so far as to hope that human justice would mete out punishment unflinchingly. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z But when Richard Parkers amber eyes met mine, the stare was intense, cold and unflinching, not flighty or friendly, and spoke of self-possession on the point of exploding with rage. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z She stared at the castle unflinchingly, her form silhouetted against the blazing brightness that sat on the edge of the Avery River. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z That spring, however, McCandless s sights were fixed unflinchingly on Alaska. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z His talent didn’t necessarily reside in a wisdom for capital and markets but rather in an expert and unflinching opportunism, the hunch for the big kill. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He had trained me, and now he trusted that I would create something that was true and honest, unflinching but not gratuitous. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z “It may be useful in explaining their current condition,” Penelope said, unflinching. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z They unflinchingly respected the accuracy of observational data, and their predictions of the motion of the planets to high precision provided compelling evidence that, at an unexpectedly deep level, humans can understand the Cosmos. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Mother’s beauty made her powerful and her power made her unflinchingly honest. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Whereas both Haydn and Mozart aimed to reveal human emotions through the filter of a gentlemanly, well-bred composure, the funeral march in Eroica is remarkable for the unflinching grip of its mood. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z I stare at them right back with my eyes cold and unflinching. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Someone with unflinching courage, and I’m still working hard at even finding mine. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z But she just stared back, unflinching, her eyes haunted with fear and sadness that only softened when Henrietta rocked her back and forth. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z He had still to tell her that her unflinching hope was baseless. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Her forehead is damp with sweat, but her smile is unflinching. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Before her pencil he sat rigid and unflinching, as he had faced the cannon’s mouth in days gone by. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z Although tonally distinct, both novels describe single working-class motherhood and small urban apartments in unflinching detail. A Japanese Literary Star Joins Her Peers on Western Bookshelves 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z A recent episode, titled “The American Holocaust,” offered an unflinching discussion of America’s sins against Indigenous nations, or “the most horrific acts the U.S. has ever perpetrated on a people — which is saying a lot.” 8 Podcasts to Help Make Sense of Post-Trump America 2021-04-21T04:00:00Z Much of the horror of “Antebellum” is in its unflinching depiction of the violence inflicted on slaves. Horrors of slavery at center of Janelle Monae’s ‘Antebellum’ 2020-09-16T04:00:00Z Melrose, giving the performance of a lifetime, charts Wozzeck's disintegration with unflinching veracity and an extraordinary expressive range that veers from lyrical intensity to snarl or eerie falsetto. Wozzeck – review 2013-05-12T13:50:43Z To write a family novel is to move into that house and delve unflinchingly into its inevitable messes. Married 39 Years, and Ready to Call It Quits Over Their Kids’ Objections 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z Every year brings a fresh collection of all-too-believable tales of West Country bleakness, delivered in an unflinching monotone and garnished with impressively arcane jokes about pop culture. This week's new live comedy 2013-02-16T00:05:15Z This unflinching sensibility harks back to the New Queer Cinema of the 1990s. ‘Pariah’ at 10: When Black Lesbian Characters Had the Spotlight 2021-12-28T05:00:00Z Griffiths's drawn features are a perfect mirror of the soldiers' dismay – and unflinching testimony is what he gets back. Isolation: a soldier's tale 2010-08-05T15:54:00Z Ms. Goldin, 58, who is best known for her unflinching autobiographical documentation of New York’s antiestablishment fringe in the 1970s and 1980s, has been feted by the establishment quite often of late. ArtsBeat: Nan Goldin Given Lifetime Achievement Award 2012-06-04T18:18:52Z I urge you to learn, quickly, to decline with calm, unflinching good nature any unwelcome request for non-emergency assistance. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Bob’s ignoring his family. Should we ignore him? 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z The depiction of the disease’s cruelty is unflinching. Review: ‘It’s a Sin’ Tells the Stories That Were and Could Have Been 2021-02-17T05:00:00Z An emotionally lacerating documentary about fame and family trauma, "I Am a Noise" provides an unflinching portrait of singer and social activist Joan Baez that will leave audiences gripped to the screen. Joan Baez reflects on remembering trauma, activating her voice and the "wrecking ball" of politics 2023-10-08T04:00:00Z Her songs were as unflinching as her voice, a no-nonsense register that was as clear as it was melodic. By turning straw into gold records, Loretta Lynn helped me love where I come from 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z Throughout, though, she is unflinchingly critical of her own shortcomings. A White House Memoir That’s Equal Parts C-Span and ‘Sex and the City’ 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z At 82, Takei has evolved into an increasingly powerful voice for oppressed communities, and “Enemy” finds him at peak moral clarity — an unflinching force in these divisive times. Review | George Takei has talked about his family’s internment before. But never quite like this. 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z Ms. Tice, a wisp of a dancer suited to allegro parts, was in her element in “Syzygy” — which grows tiresome in its relentlessness — leading a pack of 12 others in an unflinching swirl of motion. Dance Review: Celebrating Paul Taylor at Lincoln Center Out of Doors 2010-08-08T22:44:00Z Strayed unflinchingly recounts the journey in her inspiring bestseller and also gives Witherspoon the role she has needed for a while. 'Wild' takes Reese Witherspoon into raw, bracing new territory 2014-12-02T05:00:00Z It was deemed nowhere near as good as City of Life and Death, Lu Chuan's unflinching 2009 take on the same subject. The Flowers of War fails to bloom for Chinese film industry 2012-08-02T19:00:07Z Goliath appears to be a self-portrait, a hunted, haunted likeness, capturing Caravaggio’s fear and his unflinching pursuit of the real. Cultured Traveler: Rome?s Soft Spot for Caravaggio 2010-05-28T14:26:00Z The vulnerability and transience of human life was unflinchingly explored in a spectacular Colombian film, The Colours of the Mountain, as nine-year-old Manuel risks his life venturing through a minefield to rescue his football. ?Viva! Latin America is brought to life in Manchester through film 2011-04-01T16:38:03Z Though unflinching about its past, Berlin is also looking toward the future. My Berlin: Reckoning With the Past 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z But his message does not, perhaps, strike quite the conciliatory tone his record label – who find themselves flogging a collection of bleak, unflinching to people expecting another album of post-Winehouse retro-soul – might have hoped for. Plan B: Ill Manors – review 2012-07-19T14:29:01Z Strickland maintains an unflinching tone throughout the film, and he is ably abetted by his cast who all recite their lines with deadpan glee. "Flux Gourmet" is an absurdist adventure in pretentious performance art made from food sounds 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z Empathetic yet unflinching, it captured the tragedy of an anglophile leader who lashed back at his own people, black and white, after feeling betrayed by Britain. Heidi Holland 2012-08-22T11:56:32Z Crimp, Benjamin said, writes “terrifying, unflinching, and uncompromising plays” that contrast with a man who, when they first met, he found “gentle of nature.” An Opera Partnership’s Next Step: A Fable About Happiness 2023-07-03T04:00:00Z Cosimo's armies subdued the whole of Tuscany, and he unflinchingly ordered the torture, execution and assassination of his republican enemies. Bronzino's Medici portraits ? review 2010-10-22T23:07:00Z Nonetheless, she writes in her unflinching memoir, she remains buoyed by the “idealistic belief that a photograph might affect people’s souls.” Notable memoirs for February: ‘He Wanted the Moon,’ ‘It’s What I Do,’ ‘Displacement’ 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z In unflinching detail, DuVernay shows the waves of devastation caused by an egregious, racially biased police investigation that appeared to select suspects by an almost random process. Feel-bad TV: why are we obsessed with small-screen tragedy? 2019-06-19T04:00:00Z The album is an aesthetic vindication of his unflinching type of love. Perfume Genius’s New Album, “No Shape,” Is Full of Sunlight 2017-05-08T04:00:00Z A museum of humor, if it were comprehensive and unflinching in its catalogue of all the things that once made us giggle, would be no laughing matter. Perspective | A humor exhibition at NGA might not be funny, but it reminds us to laugh at what’s stupid 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z Johnson’s memoir earned glowing reviews for its unflinching and at times exuberant look at the challenges and joys of growing up Black and queer. Book Banning Efforts Surged in 2021. These Titles Were the Most Targeted. 2022-04-04T04:00:00Z Mr. Richardson’s unflinching look at one family’s decision and the contentious Oregon law that allows physician-assisted suicide for the terminally ill comes as the debate over assisted suicide is set for another round. Unflinching End-of-Life Moments 2011-01-24T22:53:04Z In the 1990s, Havoc and Prodigy’s heyday, they were ruthless and unflinching, making only the barest of concessions to the genre rapidly changing around them, and in many ways past them. Music Review: Rap Duo Heads Back to the Stage, Granting No Compromises (or Smiles) 2011-05-13T22:45:09Z An older child answered the door: a girl, maybe 17, with shorn hair, dark-brown skin and unflinching grey eyes. No place like home: America’s eviction epidemic 2017-02-12T05:00:00Z “The book was such an unflinching portrayal of British celebrity culture,” he said in an interview. Rowling Book Skyrockets to Instant Hit 2013-07-16T21:39:52Z Something unapologetic, unflinching, and shameless in the very best sense. Lady Gaga's sexual revolution sees female stars reach for the leather 2010-08-21T23:06:00Z Frost played one of the gunmen in Gus Van Sant’s unflinching look at adolescent life, “Elephant,” when he was only 15 years old. ‘Elephant’ at 20: A Drama About a Mass Shooting Remains Chilling 2023-10-24T04:00:00Z It's an unflinching chronicle of death and survival as the Japanese Army invades Nanking to slaughter thousands of Chinese soldiers and innocent civilians. May 30 at SIFF: 'Waste Land,' 'Winter's Bone,' Joan Rivers documentary are highlights 2010-05-26T23:18:00Z “Basically, everyone in it is a black man, so it’s been impossible to get it released in America,” Jones says unflinchingly. Chimerica's Cherry Jones: 'Everything progressive in America has been trampled on' 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z Daenerys has shown a ruthless side ever since the moment she unflinchingly watched her brother's skull melt. 'Game of Thrones' writers on season finale and why 'All Men Must Die' 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z He came across the work of Roque Dalton, the Salvadoran poet and activist who wrote unflinchingly about oppression, class struggle, freedom and love. Javier Zamora Carried a Heavy Load. He Laid it to Rest on the Page. 2022-09-05T04:00:00Z Its unflinching depiction of warfare made “Fallen Angels” one of the most challenged books of its day. Walter Dean Myers was a pioneer of diversity in young adult books 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z Gillespie refused, and her resolve to train her camera on Judy gives the film an unflinching quality. ‘The Fire that Took Her’ Review: An Unflinching Portrait of Pain 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z In fact, Birk is unflinchingly neutral on the question of the reform of Islam. Provoking discussion, not riots: Sandow Birk’s “American Qur’an” is quietly transgressive, eschewing the satirical depictions of the Prophet Muhammad that grab headlines 2015-12-13T05:00:00Z Abi Morgan is prolifically pushing this envelope, too: this year not only has she scripted The Iron Lady, but also Shame, Steve McQueen's unflinching study of sex addiction in New York. Bafta awards: British women vie for writing prizes 2012-02-10T19:16:05Z His films are unified by an unflinchingly critical view of Soviet history. Acclaimed Russian film director Alexei German dies 2013-02-21T14:35:11Z Elegant, witty and tall, with fine-boned features and unflinching blue eyes, he was in some ways an ideal Hamlet or Richard II. David William obituary 2010-08-23T17:41:00Z Even in a struggle, she’s unflinching, intent on taking her power to a new place. Dance Review: Jodi Melnick at New York Live Arts 2012-03-09T23:41:20Z Five years ago, Christopher Hitchens went public with his esophageal cancer diagnosis, and went on to chronicle his last few months with his typical unflinching eye, sending dispatches from “Tumortown” and railing against “pseudo-scientific nonsense.” “I feel intensely alive”: Oliver Sacks contemplates death with eloquence after terminal cancer diagnosis 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z Its music shows both songwriters’ clear fingerprints: the pithy, hard-nosed clarity of Mr. Pop’s lyrics and the unflinching tone of his voice; and the crispness, angularity and deft convolutions of Mr. Homme’s chords and melodies. Iggy Pop and Josh Homme Team Up for Secret Album 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z This is a subtle but unflinching psychological horror picture with a devastating finale. Sex and Power: The Provocative Explorations of Catherine Breillat 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z The book is lean and ferocious — not unlike Ms. Legler’s attributes as a competitive swimmer — and offers an unflinching account of the “dogged devotion to routine and repetition” required of Olympians. A Female Olympian Who Models Men’s Clothing 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z This assured first novel shines an unflinching, compassionate light on three generations of a black family in New Orleans. 100 Notable Books of 2017 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z There’s also her unflinching approach to her own health. Some Personal News From Samantha Irby 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z But this unflinching film is full of shocking, jarring moments. Michel Franco's dystopian drama "New Order" is an electrifying cattle prod to the nether regions 2020-09-14T04:00:00Z Her account of his final months — physical deterioration that happened seemingly overnight, excruciating trips between home and hospital, doctors delivering devastating news in overcrowded emergency room corridors — is unflinching and brutally precise. It’s the End of Marriage as They Know It and They Feel Fine 2022-08-16T04:00:00Z Paris Hilton is to produce an “unflinching, authorized documentary” on herself, it was announced at Cannes. Paris Hilton to produce 'unflinching' documentary about herself 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z Literary critics and fellow poets have long admired her intensely distilled language and her unflinching self-examination. Louise Glück Is Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z A fierce, unflinching and at times hilarious portrait of modern society," and @poppydavid nominated the same film for the "most terrifying moment … the teeth. Your year at the movies 2010-12-22T22:45:01Z The political message of the "Egmont" Overture, for instance, is an unflinchingly ferocious demand for democracy. Beethoven sounds a defiant tone at the Bowl 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z She takes a long unflinching pull of it before passing it round and beginning a murder story. Extract: The Whales by Evie Wyld 2010-09-06T13:47:00Z “Each novel should refute the previous one,” said Mr. Neuman, who boldly changes register with “Talking to Ourselves” to deliver a contemporary family drama and unflinching story of grief. Andrés Neuman’s New Novel Is ‘Talking to Ourselves’ 2014-04-16T20:50:36Z It's an unflinching, "post-dramatic" piece – non-linear, fragmentary, – bristling with ideas and fierce feeling, but even with a fraction of the full text performed, watching it is an endurance sport in itself. Sports Play – review 2012-07-23T17:07:08Z They are tender but unflinching images of survivors, many of whom were physically wounded by the event. Andrea Gjestvang wins L'Iris d'Or at Sony world photography awards 2013-04-25T21:59:02Z Ms. Davis and Mr. Taborn are two pianists with an ear for stark clarity and unflinching abstraction. The Playlist: Drake Preps for a Return, and 12 More New Songs 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z It’s about an unflinching estimation of what works. Boyfriend’s rages enough to rule out marriage? 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z It has an unflinching naturalism and authenticity which makes this ambling, unfocused quest for an elusive good time into painfully compulsive viewing. The 25 greatest summer films 2017-06-24T04:00:00Z President Trump’s former chief strategist is the subject of “American Dharma,” an unflinching portrait by the veteran documentary maker Errol Morris that had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival on Wednesday. Steve Bannon Documentary Debuts. Controversy Naturally Follows. 2018-09-05T04:00:00Z She confronts the big issues with unflinching passion and brutal honesty. Tonight's top shows: Diamanda Galas, Scott Lucas and his Married Men 2012-02-23T15:34:00Z Es has an unflinching desire to approach theatre in an almost musical fashion beyond the restrictions of naturalism. The artists' artist: set designers 2011-07-20T21:31:01Z This, maybe despite itself, is the unflinching realism of “The Exhibit.” Another Once-in-a-Lifetime Chance at an Art Career 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z Played with unflinching precision by the Philharmonia, the performance was a reminder that it's one of Shostakovich's greatest and most Mahlerian achievements, full of strange, beautiful and profoundly ambiguous music. Philharmonia/Salonen – review 2013-05-17T15:50:26Z True enough: “Kanal” is exalted and unflinching in depicting the struggle to remain human — in hell. Remembering Andrzej Wajda, Unflinching Observer of Modern Poland 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z It's rare to have a film that looks unflinchingly at the business of dying. @Michael_Haneke: 'Izzy huppert always speeks the truth even wen shes high' 2012-12-24T12:22:00Z But Banks long ago proved her unflinching bravery, one that will no doubt serve her well. Azealia Banks' 'Broke With Expensive Taste' worth the lengthy wait 2014-11-11T05:00:00Z “Fire Sermon” offers an unflinching description of that kind of pain. Jamie Quatro’s First Novel Centers on Religious and Sexual Passion 2018-02-06T05:00:00Z Yet violence is depicted unflinchingly, in a way that shows the importance of community. ‘As One’ Has Its Premiere in Brooklyn 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z “It would be remiss not to mention the theme of sisterhood in this smart, unflinching novel,” our reviewer, Mary Kubica, writes. 12 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z The American version of “Prime Suspect” could be good, but the British original, smart and unflinching, cannot be matched. ?Prime Suspect?: Returning to the Source 2011-07-14T22:20:55Z He traveled the far reaches of the British Empire to research his stories, indelible and unflinching examinations of human nature. A year of magical biographies 2010-11-19T22:09:00Z Based on the evidence, Berlin audiences have a large appetite for her brash, energetic and exuberantly discomfiting work, with its unflinching and unsentimental look at women’s bodies and desires. A Splashy, Messy All-Naked Revue 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z Police dramas of the more unflinching and serialized variety, like ABC’s “Detroit 1-8-7” and Fox’s “Chicago Code,” were canceled after a season. ?Southland? With Michael Cudlitz and Regina King on TNT 2012-03-16T16:10:35Z Far from being gratuitous, the scene was integral to the program's unflinching attitude toward the vilest human behavior. The problem with American remakes of British shows 2011-02-09T15:01:00Z Not only did he read his own CT scans, he stared unflinchingly at his own life and shared his findings with unimaginable courage. Who Saves an Emergency Room Doctor? Her Patients 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z You can stop saying you have a sitter for when “I am” at work and make that an unflinching “we are.” Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Insensitive husband just adds to stressed-out new mom’s burden 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z A similar heap of past journalistic efforts, to say nothing of Jackson’s acquittal in a prolonged and hotly prosecuted 2005 molestation trial, accompanies the unsettling facts that “Leaving Neverland” presents so unflinchingly. Review | A devastating and credible ‘Leaving Neverland’ will turn you off Michael Jackson for good 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z It’s possible to admire the four directors’ unflinching depiction of the dying process, but the film is mostly unilluminating and grim — not least because almost all of the deaths discussed are untimely. ‘A Will for the Woods,’ a Documentary About Natural Burial 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z With Joyce, the unflinching recklessness of the familiar yet unspoken, going where even daredevils once feared to tread. Appreciation: Philip Roth 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z In 2011, it was weirdly similar: this year's festival opened for me with Sold, also at the Pleasance, also endorsed by Thompson, also unflinching in its exploration of the same troubling subject. Edinburgh fringe theatre roundup 2011-08-06T23:06:34Z Wagner takes questions about her family's past Nazi links unflinchingly. Wagner descendant heads a music fest -- Beethoven, not Bayreuth 2014-11-07T05:00:00Z It is an unflinching critique of the American dream and who gets to live it. White people get “The Wire” all wrong: Its lessons on race and racism must be absorbed 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z On the “after” side, that’s when you’re going to want someone who is emotionally resilient, good for his promises, accountable, self-aware, able to speak a difficult truth and unflinchingly committed to you. Carolyn Hax: Boyfriend’s cold feet chills her 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z The series is billed as an “honest, no-holds-barred account” that gives an “intimate, unflinching look into the life of one of the world’s most sought-after celebrities.” Watch Oprah Swear At Lindsay Lohan In Lindsay Reality Show Trailer 2014-03-05T13:10:13Z But instead, she chooses her family every time, unflinching in the face of what Waystar and Shiv herself have done to other women with less power in the process. On “Succession,” Shiv weaponizes womanhood 2021-10-24T04:00:00Z Not merely complacently sure of herself, like Bernhardi, she is, in Stevenson’s unflinching performance, a completely unsympathetic blowhard. Review: In ‘The Doctor,’ a Rare Case of Physician, Harm Thyself 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z What you get is a raw, unflinching look at the ways we hold young girls responsible for the criminal actions of grown men and, even worse, how victims come to blame themselves. Review | ‘My Dark Vanessa’ is being described as ‘Lolita’ for the #MeToo era. It’s more than that. 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z “Shooting Ghosts” is unflinching, yet it is not stoic. How men recover from war 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z She is by no means flawless, but she swaggers with an unflinching certainty in the fact that one doesn’t have to be perfect to win. A Female Rapper Pushes Forward 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z And few are more deserving – and more timely – than the extraordinary Fire at Sea, a film about the migrant crisis which is as lyrical as it is unflinching. And the real winner is… welcome to the Observer’s alternative Oscars 2017-01-29T05:00:00Z Throughout the book, she offers an unflinching portrayal of her anxieties and her aspirations. 'Life Would Be Perfect If I Lived in That House': Maybe, maybe not 2010-05-18T22:24:00Z Served with unflinching clarity, it was more an indictment than a recital. Reviews: Ian Bostridge, Tenet and Tallis Scholars in Performance 2015-04-19T04:00:00Z Playwrights Horizons, which commissioned the play, calls it "an unflinching look at gender politics in the wake of 20th century feminist ideals." Amy Brenneman to star off-Broadway this spring 2012-04-02T22:49:14Z On the one hand, Ms. Papadopoulos’s take on the art and fashion worlds, which commodify and counterfeit every tender human virtue, is clearly unflinching. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z It’s a privilege to hear Zauner recount the ordeal in unflinching detail, as if a friend is confiding her most shattering experiences. From Nigella Lawson to David Chang, Chefs Narrate the Stories Behind the Dishes 2021-04-30T04:00:00Z Offutt's prose is clear-eyed and unflinching, even in the face of great conflict and pain. A legacy of 400 pulp porno novels: Chris Offutt's revealing 'My Father, the Pornographer' 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z In the final room of the exhibition a series of self-portraits show Munch's unflinching preoccupation with his own physical decline. No "Scream" but plenty of darkness at UK Munch show 2012-06-27T11:50:20Z Roots landed a slew of awards but its lasting legacy is in bringing its unflinching portrayal of American slavery into a nation's living rooms. Six to watch: US miniseries 2012-08-06T09:57:28Z Now, at the Royal Academy of Arts, the Norwegian painter has found a kindred spirit in the contemporary British artist Tracey Emin, whose work has an equally unflinching relationship to pain. Tracey Emin and Edvard Munch, Leaning Into Pain 2020-12-03T05:00:00Z While visiting his mother’s hometown, Chris witnesses the aftermath of a gruesome accident, which the author describes in as much unflinching and vivid detail as she does the works of art her characters create. In the Caribbean and Beyond, Aunties Are So Much More Than Just Family 2020-11-17T05:00:00Z The raid on the McCullough homestead is described by Mr. Meyer with this book’s hallmark blend of understatement and unflinching clarity. Books of The Times: ‘The Son,’ a Novel by Philipp Meyer 2013-06-19T21:01:43Z The unflinching crime world saga focuses on Lincoln Clay , a biracial orphan and Vietnam War vet, as he battles for control of the city's black mafia. At E3, game makers introduce more diverse heroes 2016-06-18T04:00:00Z The contradiction is remarkable — how exalting the moment is without compromising Roston’s unflinching gaze at Hathaway’s destructive demons. Review | Solo actors capture dark and light in ‘Twisted Melodies’ and ‘Every Brilliant Thing’ 2019-06-25T04:00:00Z Swift, 27, ended a six month absence from the public spotlight to deliver unflinching testimony against a radio DJ in a Denver court earlier this month. Taylor Swift announces new album 'Reputation' a week after court victory 2017-08-23T04:00:00Z And in “What Happened,” Simone emerges as a singer whose unflinching pursuit of musical and political freedom establishes her appeal for contemporary activism. Nina Simone’s Time Is Now, Again 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z The drama is infuriating—and devastating, because it presents, clearly and unflinchingly, the agonies endured by those who are wrongly convicted and unjustly executed, as well as those suffered by their families and their community. “Just Mercy” and the Challenges of Depicting Real-Life Heroes 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z Getting any action widely implemented in the restaurant world would be radical in its own way; if it were something that speaks directly and unflinchingly to the problem it would be more radical still. One Year of #MeToo: A Modest Proposal to Help Dismantle the Restaurant Industry’s Culture of Sexual Harassment 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z I wanted to write a book that was entirely about gratitude but still unflinching in the way that I depicted certain things — and about the fact that I haven’t figured out all of this. “I’m the parent who wants their kids to have sex”: Mary Louise Parker talks poetry, nudity, one-night stands and her brilliant new book 2015-12-19T05:00:00Z Innovative, unflinchingly mature and richly imagined, it is driven by fascinating, finely nuanced characters navigating a fantasy world of dark political intrigue and ambiguous morals. Video Game Review: Exploring Moral Consequences, the Obvious and the Unintended 2011-06-21T21:39:34Z It is a pact that drives much of the action and eventual catharsis in Okuno’s taut, unflinching, relentlessly sharp first feature. ‘Watcher’ Review: Terror, at a Glance 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z It is in this space between them where Coster, who writes with unflinching romance, wills us to examine all the ways we come to unlove our beloveds, our families and ourselves. Two Families Are Brought Together by a Busing Initiative 2021-03-02T05:00:00Z His suffering and exploitation at the hands of a succession of slave owners is unflinchingly detailed in a film that lays bare the cruelty and barbarity of this heinous institution. Toronto 2013: Reporter's diary 2013-09-09T07:46:10Z Those who are accustomed to social media as a way to tout how fabulous your life is, beware: these sites can be unflinchingly graphic and wrenching. An Online Generation Redefines Mourning 2014-03-21T21:07:21Z As our reviewer, Ayelet Tsabari, put it, “The novel digs into the enduring wound of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and offers an unflinching, unforgiving look into the harsh realities of the occupation.” New in Paperback: ‘Let the Lord Sort Them’ and ‘The Five Wounds’ 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z Most remarkable among those late pieces are five song cycles with texts by major American poets who wrote during Carter's lifetime, unflinching texts that deal with morality. Southwest Chamber Music celebrates Elliott Carter's late career surge 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z It’s a complex, subversive work, written in 1942 after the arrest and subsequent death of a friend of the composer’s, and Johnson looked unflinchingly into its anguished depths. Trio of talent from Verge gives powerful performance at American Art Museum “He had an unflinching eye for the intensity of experience in L.A.,” Julian Wasser, the ‘Photographer Laureate’ of L.A., Dies at 89 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z They are, for the most part, hard-edged realist stories that take an unflinching look at life. Love ‘La La Land’? Hate It? So Do We. 2017-02-15T05:00:00Z That said, it's an unflinching look at a marginalised section of society tearing itself apart, and how a culture of violence is being passed on to its children. TV highlights 24/06/2013 2013-06-24T06:00:11Z She’s always charming, anxious, brave, optimistic and unflinchingly liberal, with a tendency to rattle on when nervous. Smoking! Belts! Awkward sex! Diane Keaton film cliches 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z Without any thought for his career, Lino unflinchingly seeks revenge. Five Action Movies to Stream Now 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z But the way to do that is to show your small corner of it as specifically and unflinchingly as you can. What’s with all the viral poems? Why we turn to verse in a time of war 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z “The Handmaid’s Tale” got where it is with its unflinchingly dark portrait of an America gone horribly wrong. Perspective | We survived another grueling season of ‘The Handmaid’s Tale.’ Here are 3 things we need from Season 3. 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z A FAR cry from the outsider-in-Africa literature made famous by Karen Blixen and Elspeth Huxley, “Who Will Catch Us As We Fall” is an unflinching novel about an Indian family in Nairobi. Out of Africa 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z The next frontier for Hindi cinema would be an unflinching look at the caste system, she says. From vibrators to gay kisses, how Bollywood embraced the taboo 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z He may be unflinching when his superiors yell at him for his latest indiscretion, but his defiance is inspiring. Colin Farrell's best, most quietly smoldering roles, from "Banshees of Inisherin" to "Phone Booth" 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z If the bend of cruel geometry that landed Eric here, comatose and broken, came from not being seen, we now needed to give him our attention — generously, unflinchingly. Two Open Marriages in One Small Room 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z It's an unflinching, in-your-face, decidedly unpleasant journey that dares viewers to hop on a rather nightmarish tour bus. 'Maps to the Stars' a nightmarish tour of Hollywood narcissism 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z She could write unflinchingly of personal hardship, including being sexual abused by her father when she was a girl and her struggles with cancer and kidney failure as an adult. 2010-02-17T05:56:00Z Some readers may be put off by the book’s meandering pace or its unflinching depiction of a world where hunting is a necessity. Girl Moves Mountains After Mountain Moves Her 2020-06-06T04:00:00Z The book’s title captures its unflinching spirit: It’s how Gless explained to a friend her decision to go to rehab, not long after Cagney struggled with her own alcoholism on the show. Sharon Gless Admires Eddie Redmayne and L.A.’s Union Station 2021-12-28T05:00:00Z In its unflinching depiction of a French teenager’s gay awakening, “The Wounded Man,” is among his most confrontational works. ‘The Wounded Man’: Dark Night, Lost Soul 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z I was a bit better here and here, but I know I'm guilty of throwing in a "pitch-perfect", a "rollicking" or an "unflinching" when I'm looking for a quick shorthand to describe a book. Eyes down for the cliches: it's time to play Book Review Bingo 2010-03-17T12:15:00Z The character, synonymous with Helen Mirren, is in constant battle with an unflinchingly chauvinist police culture, using intelligence, suppressed rage and supreme confidence. Anne Holt's top 10 female detectives 2010-12-08T12:34:00Z The Cutting Season is an unflinching examination of politics, race, the family and the stranglehold of the past. Christmas gifts 2012: the best crime and thriller books 2012-11-30T22:55:05Z "Falcon and the Winter Soldier" unflinchingly highlights the horrors of institutionalized white supremacy. How 9/11 helped define this generation’s new brand of patriotism 2021-09-11T04:00:00Z Imagine my surprise as an unflinching optimist that this is usually never the case. The science of Jerry and Elaine: The unsettling reasons why some exes keep each other close 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z She presents as an unflinching yet compassionate fighter, who can more than hold her own in the male-dominated martial arts scene. "Shang-Chi" is an unapologetically Asian triumph about an unapologetically Asian superhero 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z That realism is part of the power of Bausch’s work and its ability to confront the viewer with the unflinching truth of experience. Review: Pina Bausch’s ‘On the Mountain’ in Paris 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z It helps that in addition to being unflinching and well-researched, The Deuce also has a dark and bawdy sense of humour. 'It's never sexy': why the women behind porn drama The Deuce refused to titillate 2017-09-13T04:00:00Z She sees the world for what it is, unflinchingly, a certain determination powering her voice and allowing her narrator to move on past the pain. Poised for Grammy coronation 2012-02-03T16:49:20Z Others, though, are unlikely to fare much better, given that this unflinching debut feature from Russ Harbaugh delivers something rarely seen in American movies: a warts-and-all examination of extended grief. Review: In ‘Love After Love,’ an Unflinching Look at Extended Grief 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z Based on the police interview transcripts and records from the case, Director and screenwriter Vincent Lambe's 30 minute film is an unflinching recreation of the investigation, with standout performances from its young stars. Making Ted Bundy a "rock star": Are we creeps for loving true crime? 2019-02-02T05:00:00Z The show is also fielding a supporting actor candidate in Aaron Paul for a second time, and there's a strong sense of goodwill for its unflinching acting and storytelling. Emmy voters favor fresh, complex drama series 2010-08-12T02:36:00Z In one self-portrait in the show, Elina Brotherus stands naked and unflinching, her whole body visible among a collection of nude paintings and next to a camera that, like the artist herself, stares back unapologetically. Peek Inside Artists’ Studios in the Exhibition “A Room of One’s Own” in New York 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z It also ventures unflinchingly into those dark and depressing places, with no easy happy endings in sight—a multi-season meditation on what mental illness is, and what it does. The Origin Story of the Depressingly Good “BoJack Horseman” 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z It unflinchingly explores how, despite the evilness of his act, Jade’s attacker still has a hold over her. 'I hid my scars for years ... I thought I was only good for horror movies' 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z Movie critics largely agree that "Fury," like the crew it depicts, accomplishes what it set out to do with unflinching violence and skilled execution — though not without its share of casualties. 'Fury': Brad Pitt tank drama carries out its mission, reviews say 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z Did they not tell it via a large profile in the Cut, Meghan’s podcast, “Archetypes,” or Harry’s upcoming memoir, advertised as a work of “raw, unflinching honesty”? Perspective | Meghan and Harry made a fairy-tale escape. They still seem trapped. 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z The show’s unflinching approach makes for tough listening: In addition to talking to the investigators, the host, Daemon Fairless, interviews the website’s unrepentant owner, Ben Faulkner, who’s currently serving a 35-year prison sentence. 6 Podcasts About the Dark Side of the Internet 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z The stories they tell online—unflinching looks at what it is like to grow up different—resonate with young people because the stories are so relatable. Jerome Jarre and Casey Neistat, Heroes in the Age of Vine 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z The front-runner for best play, “The Humans” by Stephen Karam, offers an unflinching look at how we live in this post-American-dream era. A critic's take: Why 'Hamilton's' Tony Award record ushers in a new era for theater 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z His Marc Maron interview offered an unflinching look at racial inequality in modern-day America. It’s hip to be square: Hillary Clinton isn’t cool — and she shouldn’t have to be 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z “Radical” is a cultural and scientific history of the disease and an unflinching memoir of survival. 9 New Books We Recommend This Week 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z Because she looked into her heart and wrote about what she found there with unflinching precision. My hero: Anne Lister by Emma Donoghue 2010-08-27T23:05:00Z Typical of his past work, Kristofferson's new tunes delineate his feelings in descriptive verse that is unflinchingly honest and ultimately full of wonder. Review: Kris Kristofferson confronts mortality 2013-01-28T15:47:08Z Few documentaries look so unflinchingly yet so compassionately at the cruelty of relentless medical ordeals. Stream These Three Great Documentaries 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z He walks toward me, unflinching and envelopes me in a warm hug. Modern Love: Newly Wed and Quickly Unraveling - Modern Love 2012-07-26T21:46:18Z The dark and gritty series will unflinchingly explore the dysfunction and glamour of the ballet world. Starz’ New Ballet Drama Flesh and Bone Sounds Exactly Like Black Swan 2014-01-28T22:34:16Z Keegan keeps that in the foreground, and her measured approach is a key to the show’s cautious yet unflinching tone. Review | Paula Vogel’s ‘How I Learned to Drive’ steers into the #MeToo era 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z Shia, who is half white and half Lebanese, tries always to answer with unflinching honesty, knowing well by now that her responses will likely appear in her daughter’s poetry and prose. At 15, Daniela Shia-Sevilla’s writing has already wowed the literary community 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z While these films span time periods and political movements, they all share an unflinching commitment to racial justice and depict Black resistance and African-American resilience as a powerful strategy against white supremacy. We Asked Four Documentarians: How Does Film Shape the Fight for Racial Justice? 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z Despite what seem like the trappings of a Lifetime movie, writer-director Claudia Myers presents us with an unflinching and complex character study of an imperfect woman juggling motherhood and her determination to succeed among men. 'Fort Bliss' a taut character study of female soldier in crisis 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z Let's hope this sideshow does not impact on the film itself, a riveting and unflinching rite of passage built around two intensely committed performances. Toronto 2013: Reporter's diary 2013-09-09T07:46:10Z But those onstage must project an unflinching sincerity and optimism. ‘The Book of Mormon’ on Broadway Retains Its Charms 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z The first series of Top of the Lake was unflinching in its examination of misogyny and abuse, and the second continues those themes, examining the ramifications of Griffin’s return to the workplace. ‘Nicole Kidman asked for a part. Then it was fun to write a sequel’ 2017-07-08T04:00:00Z Rebecca, then 49, was unflinching about the path ahead. I had an affair while my husband had dementia 2015-10-24T04:00:00Z Effectively directed and choreographed by Paige Hernandez, the production features Regina Aquino as the Singer, an impish but unflinching everyday sage who shares stories about loss, loneliness and death. Review | An unvarnished view of reality in two lively shows: Round House’s ‘We’re Gonna Die’ and Constellation’s ‘The Last Five Years’ 2021-06-21T04:00:00Z In her six novels, she anatomized each with an unflinching boldness that was, and remains, unparalleled.” Make kids memorize poetry 2012-06-13T02:00:00Z At once unflinching and excitable, revelling in the antics of its non-professional performers, Kids caused an uproar and found itself slapped with a prohibitive NC-17 rating. Chloë Sevigny: ‘I now have total disdain for directors’ 2016-05-14T04:00:00Z Whether it's circumcision or the Holocaust, his inquiry is unflinchingly divergent. Readers recommend their favourite books of 2010 2011-01-01T00:05:32Z My parents were unflinching in telling my brother and I about the ugliness in the world. How ‘Star Trek’ Pushed Cory Booker to Make It So 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z Superbly filmed in black and white, it's an unflinching chronicle of death and survival as the Japanese Army invades Nanking to slaughter thousands of Chinese soldiers and innocent civilians. May 22 at SIFF: John Jeffcoat's 'Amplified Seattle' rocks the Neptune 2010-05-21T19:15:00Z Mr. Blanchard, in his trumpet solo over the plaintive theme, struck a careful tonal balance, sounding haunted but unflinching. A Cri de Coeur From Jazz Musicians in a Black Lives Matter Age 2016-08-07T04:00:00Z In 2004, the Labour MP Stephen Pound put down an early day motion asking the house to recognise the 10th anniversary of Hicks's death, describing him as an "unflinching and painfully honest political philosopher". The adulation of Bill Hicks 2010-05-16T22:30:00Z She is unflinching about the abuse that they — that she — endured, and the cultural norms that enabled it. The Comedy-Destroying, Soul-Affirming Art of Hannah Gadsby 2018-07-24T04:00:00Z Fisher was known for many things: unflinching honesty, acting talent, writing skill and beauty. 'Carrie Fisher taught me to be my own hero': readers' tributes to the late star 2016-12-28T05:00:00Z A D.E.A. agent named Art Keller is both our guide through this world and an active player in its scenes of unflinching violence — as well as surprising tenderness. From Drug Cartels to the Mafia, Crime Runs in the Family 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z Ms. Laubrock has a strong, unflinching tone on the tenor saxophone, but she uses it to outline and define space, not fill it. 14 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in NYC This Weekend 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z Along the way, it also takes an unflinching look at the intricate nature of family, the elaborate give-and-take of friendship, and the perils of hero worship. Review | Meg Wolitzer’s ‘Female Persuasion’ captures our era’s gender politics 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z It's a nowhere-to-hide passage, and the tension shows in her face, but it's her unflinching attack and high, pure line that you take away. Birmingham Royal Ballet ? Pointes of View 2010-09-25T23:06:00Z This week’s show exemplifies his unflinching desire to muddy the waters of extremist thinking and get viewers to ask tough questions and refuse pre-packaged scripts. Let’s listen to Bill Maher: On Paris, religion and race, Maher walks a fascinating and tricky line 2015-11-15T05:00:00Z She’s the artist Rob Gibbs’s daughter, who stares unflinchingly from a soaring 70-foot mural across from South Station, the city’s biggest train terminal. New Faces, New Places, as Boston Gets Revitalized 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z With its unflinching exploration of the effects of imprisonment and physical abjection on prisoners and guards alike, the film invokes the specters of Guantánamo Bay and Abu Ghraib, but also of political ideology run amok. 2010-01-29T20:06:00Z For all its awkwardness, Mr. Daugherty’s book ultimately rekindles great interest in Heller’s work, especially in “Something Happened,” by far his most unflinching novel and perhaps his most influential too. Books of The Times: The Catching of Two Joseph Hellers 2011-07-27T22:06:58Z Elegiacal and exhilarating, “Ka” is both consoling and unflinching in its examination of what it means to be human, in life and death. John Crowley's new epic 'Ka' is a late masterpiece in a stellar fantasy career 2017-10-27T04:00:00Z He must be sympathetic, discreet, unflinchingly honest, judgmental without being pushy, loving but impersonal. In William Maxwell’s Fiction, a Vivid, Varied Tableau of Midwestern Life 2021-08-23T04:00:00Z It is a mark of Herzog's achievement that he has provided us with so many such images that unflinchingly encapsulate our fragility and our endurance. Werner Herzog: 50 years of potent, inspiring, disturbing films 2013-06-01T08:01:00Z “Over the Moon” deserves credit for launching an unflinching lesson about grief. ‘Over the Moon’ Review: After Loss, a Lunar Adventure 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z The angular quartet stands out among the U.K.’s current post-punk renaissance, thanks to vocalist Florence Shaw’s observational spoken-word lyrics delivered with an unflinchingly dry sense of humor that has critics raving. The hottest concerts to catch in the Seattle area in fall 2021 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z He consistently attacks the vacuous nature of celebrity, and challenges us to look at our own prejudices through his searing, unflinching deconstruction of society's holy cow subjects. Is Frankie Boyle actually funny? 2010-12-19T00:06:27Z Wallace and Schraf — partners in real life — share some lovely, unguarded moments that draw you into the Lomans’ struggles, but they are also unflinchingly brusque with the family’s uglier moments. Review | Willy Loman still dreams big in Miller’s ‘Salesman’ at Ford’s 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z In the video, O’Connor matches the viewer’s gaze in a plaintive, unflinching way. The Feminist Trailblazing of Sinéad O’Connor 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z Shooting digitally in black and white in an aggressively shaky style, the camera unflinchingly captures it all, while an assaultive metal soundtrack underscores Ms. Getsic’s screams. Rodleen Getsic in the Horror Film ‘The Bunny Game’ 2012-09-15T03:18:45Z Also: you'll hear both women speaking up for their success, sharing an unflinchingly confident and respectful anthem of mutual boosting. 5 Songs You Need to Listen to This Week 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z The film, directed by Anatol Litvak, was an unflinching study of mental illness and the treatments available then, from narcotics to electroshock. Olivia de Havilland, a Star of ‘Gone With the Wind,’ Dies at 104 2020-07-26T04:00:00Z Anecdotes like this, as well as Bourdain's unflinching details about misbehavior and drug use in the kitchen, helped propel the narrative that chefs are rockstars, which has been something of a double-edged sword. Why is everyone so horny for kitchen slang? 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z Her debut novel is a sharp work with complex characters and an unflinching skepticism about human motivation. 'The Submission': the lingering tragedy of 9/11 2012-04-27T19:57:04Z He looks at me levelly, dark eyes unflinching. Zachary Quinto: 'Playing Spock was about cultivating an inner life' 2013-05-04T17:00:02Z But though unflinching on the desperate trap of the last illnesses, the movie speaks to the beauty of bravery and, ultimately, the reward of peace. Mary Pols’ Top 10 Movies of 2012 2012-12-20T14:00:34Z The result is something raw, as in uncooked or immature — not raw as in unflinching. 'Mommy' showers audiences with excessive emotion 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z A portrait of personal uncertainty by one of the most unflinching visual diarists of our time. The 10 best … photographic self-portraits 2013-03-23T16:00:00Z And children make for an unflinchingly honest audience. Australia excels at theatre for young people 2013-07-19T05:02:07Z No writer in comics has made a bigger impact in so short of time, thanks to well-crafted, unflinching, humane comics — which are often about best intentions gone wrong. One of comics’ best writers is former CIA agent 2017-06-10T04:00:00Z Who knows, maybe unflinchingly depicting both the charm and the brutality of madmen could even help reduce the stomach-turning volume of fan mail that murderers like Chris Watts manage to receive. Making Ted Bundy a "rock star": Are we creeps for loving true crime? 2019-02-02T05:00:00Z It includes clips from Pentagon news conferences as it offers an unflinching look at Rumsfeld's career through his own words. Rumsfeld docu director puzzled by ex-defense chief 2013-09-04T23:02:28Z Swed also took in an “an unflinchingly ferocious” performance of Prokofiev’s Sixth Symphony led by guest conductor Xian Zhang, also at Disney Hall. Essential Arts & Culture: A 2017 rewind, lots of 'Nutcracker' and Bach, art and selfie marketing 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z While Ms. Maynard, who was aligned with Black Arts Movement of the 1960s and ’70s, explored various mediums and materials over a six-decade career, her work was consistently unflinching in its social commentary. Valerie Maynard, Artist Who Celebrated Black Identity, Dies at 85 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z In Allmusic, Tim Sendra’s verdict was especially unflinching: “It is truly sad when artists with great vision and imagination, whose work is filled with power and beauty, just kind of lose it all at once.” Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds Rush Into the Unknown on Push the Sky Away 2013-02-20T14:30:07Z The living wasn’t easy; the songs cope unflinchingly. Boxed Sets of CDs and DVDs for 2012; Critics’ Picks 2012-11-22T21:24:13Z Mehra delves unflinchingly into each of her identities and their sharp intersections. Five Essay Collections by Women of Color 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z The severity of Rekdal’s vision — the word “unflinching” is sometimes carelessly applied to poetry, but it’s the right word here — is at times frightening. Poet Paisley Rekdal should be better known, and 'Imaginary Vessels' may be the collection to do it 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z Bergen is unflinchingly honest — about herself, her relationships, the imperfections of people in her life. ‘I wanted to be Murphy Brown’ 2015-04-08T04:00:00Z There’s an unflinching close-up of an arrow thwacking into a face, a gun butt bashing into a face, a flying kick to a face. How historically accurate is The Revenant? 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z Soul-baring and furious, the documentary “One Child Nation” takes a powerful, unflinching look at China’s present through its past. ‘One Child Nation’ Review: Controlling Minds and Bodies 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z At the center of it is an unflinching protagonist. ‘Our Father’ Review: A Doctor’s God Complex Revealed 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z She is funny, but she also brings an emotionally unflinching French sensibility to writing about relationships. Writers Recount Stories of Grief and Joy in Illustrated Panels 2017-05-16T04:00:00Z The uncategorisable French clarinettist Louis Sclavis has been one of Europe's most creative contemporary musicians since the 1980s, and as an ECM Records artist since 1991, he has unflinchingly avoided repetition from album to album. Louis Sclavis Atlas Trio: Sources – review 2012-05-24T21:10:01Z Harry Belafonte praised “the humanity that Pete Seeger displayed in his every deed,” adding, “His courage was unflinching; his commitment to justice irreversible.” Musicians Join in a Seeger Tribute at Lincoln Center 2014-07-21T04:00:00Z Most of Austen's admirers regard her as the most unflinchingly satirical of all great novelists. Jane Austen is not that soothing 2013-07-11T16:47:00Z Writing in The Washington Post, movie critic Rita Kempley called it “a rude, insistent rap, an unflinching, often funny, always compassionate look at coming of age.” Remembering ‘Boyz N the Hood’ 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z That's not entirely fair: Loudon also examines his relationships with his family with unflinching, even lacerating honesty – and Rufus follows suit with Dinner at Eight, his curiously inexpressive voice smudging the violence of the song. House of Rufus ? review 2011-07-22T17:44:20Z The dance routines become progressively more explicit and the camera filming them is unflinching. Perspective | ‘Cuties’ is an unflinching look at what it means to be a preteen girl. No wonder people can’t handle it. 2020-09-16T04:00:00Z The lead single off last year’s unflinching “In These Silent Days” album is nominated for best pop solo performance, as well as song and record of the year. Brandi Carlile is Americana’s latest transcendent star. And she hasn’t forgotten her roots 2022-03-30T04:00:00Z She has gravitated toward roles in which she plays someone moneyed, or unflinchingly elegant yet internally tormented, in the midst of rejecting monogamy or a conventional life. Kristin Scott Thomas on Playing a Different Kind of Part 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z And it gives us an unflinching close-up of a famous abuser that only fiction could pull off right now. The Only Hollywood Abuser I Want to Hear From Is a Horse 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z “He has written work that is absolutely unflinching and yet at the same time completely compassionate and full of heart for people of East Africa,” Mengiste said. Abdulrazak Gurnah Is Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z Although Sen is unflinching about his material, one suspects that at his heart he must be an optimist. Mystery Road - Sydney film festival review 2013-06-06T00:54:00Z He steps forward to deal with trouble, and deals with it unflinchingly. Stella Grey and Edward walk off together into the sunset 2016-03-26T04:00:00Z S, the Seattle group led by Jenn Ghetto, sang in a wispy but unflinching voice about breakups, betrayal and loneliness while transparent but steely patterns of guitar picking revealed the nervous energy behind them. Eras Mix Among 1,300 Groups at CMJ Music Marathon 2014-10-26T04:00:00Z Radha Blank, who plays her, is a terrific performer, supplying compassion and also the unflinching candor that is a necessary ingredient in any kind of memoir. Best Movies of 2020 2020-12-03T05:00:00Z When the diminutive plaintiff finished her testimony, Mr. Wapner saw the hulking defendant approaching her and unflinchingly instructed the man to sit down. Joseph A. Wapner, Judge on ‘The People’s Court,’ Dies at 97 2017-02-26T05:00:00Z She’s gracious, accommodating; but on screen, her comedy is vivid, unflinching and full-bodied, and often veers into displays of rage. How did Sam Bee’s “Full Frontal” find its brilliant voice? By amplifying the unheard 2018-11-17T05:00:00Z There’s a hunger for entertainment that favors unflinching articulation and externalization over implication and internalization — to have our greatest fears verbalized without restraint, even heavy-handedly, along with a good deal of style and wit. Can Works Like ‘Don’t Look Up’ Get Us Out of Our Heads? 2022-01-23T05:00:00Z Your most important contribution to honesty here is to remain calm and unflinching in your expectation that you be given the truth. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Husband pulls an all-nighter and keeps you in the dark 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z But there's also something resolute and unflinching about her, and here the balance -- and conflict -- between her reserve and her steeliness is something to watch. 2009-12-16T01:15:00Z Unusual and unflinching case studies, as in the man who came to believe both that his wife was an impostor and that he was already dead. 9 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z “My Monticello” is, quite simply, an extraordinary debut from a gifted writer with an unflinching view of history and what may come of it. Review | Jocelyn Nicole Johnson’s ‘My Monticello’ explores America’s racist past — and present — with grace 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z Writing in The New York Times, Lena Wilson called it a “taut, unflinching, relentlessly sharp” film and “one of this century’s most arresting tales of female anxiety.” Five Influences on the Horror Film ‘Watcher’ 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z Her unflinching opportunism on "Impeachment" is emblematic of conservative "feminism" as a whole. “Impeachment” pokes at the enduring myth of conservative feminism 2021-09-12T04:00:00Z Some critics and commentators lauded it as patriotic and unflinching; others dismissed it as reductionist and racist. What moviegoers in Baghdad think of “American Sniper” 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z It would be hard to overstate how much I’ve valued this latitude — both professionally and personally, as someone who thinks the world desperately needs honest, unflinching writing about sex. From negging with a pick-up artist to leather hounds: A sex writer’s greatest hits 2015-07-03T04:00:00Z Lee’s art is not cruel, mercifully, but it is unflinching. For Mire Lee, Rising Art Star, It All Comes Down to Guts 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z Like much of the unflinching cooking at Nari, which opened last August in San Francisco’s Japantown, the dish is absolutely delicious. At Nari, a Thai Chef Revitalizes Fine Dining 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z Your approach is: Talk openly with kids about their world, early enough and often enough and unflinchingly enough that you set a precedent of being the safe place to bring their difficult questions. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: The birds and the bees in the Internet age 2018-04-22T04:00:00Z “Full Frontal” host Samantha Bee last night reviewed Senate Democrats’ 15-hour filibuster and their Republican counterparts’ unflinching devotion to the NRA’s deep pockets. Samantha Bee is always right: She schools Republicans — again — on their ludicrous blocking of gun control 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z It carries the thrill of this indie-rock-guitar player pushing into synth pop and piano ballads — and writing her best songs, with unflinching lyrics about failed/failing relationships. S makes ‘Cool Choices' and King Tuff casts a ‘Black Magic Spell' | New recordings 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z His unflinching reaction to a video of Ramsey flashing the Laker Girl Cheerleading squad with a paper bag over his head is as menacing as it is ridiculous. Terence Stamp: five best moments 2013-02-22T12:11:28Z As a filmmaker, McQueen has made a specialty of unflinching attention to real-world cruelty, testing our endurance in the service of moral enlightenment. ‘Widows’ Review: Viola Davis Commands the Screen in a Somber Heist Film 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z Within those contrasts, the story also offered Gleitzman the opportunity to explore another area of interest for him: the potential of stories to contextualise; to show, unflinchingly, all sides of the story. Morris Gleitzman's 'friendship books' 2010-10-01T12:04:00Z So horrific and unflinching at points that you'll need to bite down on something but still absolutely worth it. TV listings and previews: plan your week's viewing - 19-23 November 2012-11-19T07:00:00Z On the day of my eventual arrival, although we were strangers, Mark and I were unflinching in our conversations about the parts of us for which words don’t come easily. Tending to Grass, and to Grief, on a Tennis Court in Iowa 2022-09-05T04:00:00Z Longtime fans of actor, writer and comic Chris Gethard are already familiar with his self-deprecating, unflinching candor about his experiences with depression. WATCH: Chris Gethard explains why you don’t have to be depressed to be funny 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z Based likewise word for word on multiple interviews, it’s about a gay sauna — or perhaps generically “the gay sauna” — and it is unabashed, unflinching, both funny and sad, and highly informative. ‘John’ at the National Theater in London 2014-11-09T05:00:00Z Guterl’s strengths as a writer show in his unflinching analysis of this and other racially complicated scenes, but what’s often lost is how these scenes connect to and define the family story. When Your Family Becomes a Noah’s Ark-Style Experiment With Race 2023-03-28T04:00:00Z He delves into the confusion of his upbringing with unflinching clarity, attempting to come to terms with both his mother's love and her self-destructiveness. Essential albums of 2015: Bjork, Kendrick and 8 others on the edge of pop 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z With jury selection underway in Manhattan this week, Rotunno has appeared each day at Weinstein’s side, unflinching in the face of flashing cameras. Will having a lead female defense attorney help Harvey Weinstein? The jury is out 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z Prepare for many sleepless Wednesday nights with the return of this unflinching, mind-bending horror show from creator Ryan Murphy. The week ahead: Arts and entertainment highlights for the week beginning Oct. 14 2012-10-10T22:46:04Z I had always stepped boldly into love, unflinching, unafraid, foolish. What’s Love? Don’t Ask the Answer Couple 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z Tough and unflinching, “Nitram” is about the evolution of a killer. ‘Nitram’ Review: Slouching Toward Infamy 2022-03-30T04:00:00Z Her book, free online, is an unflinching account of her father’s manic drive to succeed. A Towering Figure in South Korean Art Plans His Legacy 2021-06-16T04:00:00Z “But actually it’s almost the exact opposite. It shows everything that Michael Lindsay-Hogg could not show in 1970. It’s a very unflinching look at what goes on.” Know How the Beatles Ended? Peter Jackson May Change Your Mind. 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z The scene is nearly unreadable, the unflinching prose keeping us alive to what "before" and "after" photographs would have us forget; this is a violent procedure, partly conducted with a hammer. A Great Big Shining Star by Niall Griffiths – review 2013-02-01T15:01:01Z Made at a turning point in the artist’s career, it was vividly colored, dramatically composed — even provocative in its blatant nudity and unflinching emotion. Artificial intelligence is restoring lost works by Klimt, Picasso and Rembrandt. Not everyone is happy about it. 2021-12-28T05:00:00Z “Also,” says Glazer, “his Disasters of War etchings, urgently titled I Saw It or This Is Worse. Hell on earth, witnessed like a photojournalist such as Robert Capa or Don McCullin. Ferocious, factual, unflinching.” Jonathan Glazer: 'Nazism took hold like a fever. It's happening again' 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z In it, he wrote unflinchingly of having contracted polio at 11, the painstaking odyssey of relearning to walk with crutches and leg braces and, most notably, his enduring anger. Leonard Kriegel, 89, Dies; Wrote Unflinchingly About His Disability 2022-10-11T04:00:00Z Here the approach is scattershot rather than systematic, but in the area devoted to the body, there is an unflinching examination of its powers and failings. Museum Review: The Perot Museum of Nature and Science in Dallas 2012-12-01T00:56:04Z Affinity Konar’s unflinching second novel, “Mischling,” imagines the children’s lives at Auschwitz and the process by which they managed to carry on after the war. The story of twins who endured Josef Mengele, the Nazi ‘Angel of Death’ 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z Despite venturing, ultimately, into territory that’s both soapy and overwrought, it is nevertheless unflinching. ‘The Bandaged Place’ Review: A Dance With His Devils 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z Such a quiet, personal, deep, philosophical, unflinching, peaceful voice. The U.S. poet laureate on what America should be reading now 2017-02-28T05:00:00Z What struck me then and strikes me now is the way he worked out which camera he was on and, through it, looked unflinchingly and winningly into our homes. David Bowie's TV appearances: a history 2013-05-24T07:43:07Z Her sets feature unflinching techno arranged with an impossible-to-resist blend of precision and creativity, captivating audiences from the legendary electronic music festival Tomorrowland to the Great Wall of China, where she performed last week. 13 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z "I knew the boy hanging from the swing could have been me," he writes, unflinching. The strange life of Tim Guest 2010-03-28T00:05:00Z There is tenderness, too, in the black and white photographs and the accompanying writings, as well as an unflinching eye for the telling detail. Darcy Padilla's Julie Project: when photography becomes humanitarian 2011-01-25T15:36:46Z As a drama it’s brutal, devoid of cliche and unflinching in its depiction of human frailty and savagery. From John Carpenter to Slipknot's Clown: what scares the masters of horror? 2016-10-29T04:00:00Z What Weitzmann does not do is propose solutions, even if one is implicit in his unflinching account: France needs an honest confrontation with the untamed demons in its midst. How France Became a Dangerous Place to Be a Jew 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z In places like Atlanta, it is a crucial selling point for the unflinching style of hip-hop known as trap music, which builds on earlier iterations of gangster rap and centers on the drug trade. Violent Gang, or Rap Label? Prosecutors Say Young Thug’s YSL Is Both. 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z What results is one more unflinching and genuinely touching account of what happens when men realize the impact of their actions and try, often ham-handedly, to make things right. 'This Is How You Lose Her': love, lust and the divided heart of the male 2012-09-12T22:05:04Z Practice in front of a friend or video camera until you master an honest, unflinching delivery. @Work Advice: So you were fired. How to talk about it during future job interviews. There was my student, unflinching, chewing a piece of gum, occasionally asking someone to stop grabbing at his flag. White pride in my classroom 2013-06-05T00:00:00Z The Tom Hanks episode was a particular favorite — from Tom’s putting on that sweater as “America’s Dad” to “Black Jeopardy,” everything was hysterically funny and unflinchingly topical. What the Watched Were Watching: TV Pros Pick Their Favorites 2016-12-28T05:00:00Z Affliction, Paul Schrader's unflinching portrayal of generational violence, also explores the cyclical nature of flawed fatherhood. Why Joe just might change Hollywood's bad dad trope 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z It is acted and directed with unflinching ambition, moving with deliberative slowness, periodically accelerating at moments of high drama and suspense. Cannes 2014 review: Leviathan - a new Russian masterpiece 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z This Bessie Award-winning choreographer — and a Randjelovic/Stryker resident commissioned artist at Live Arts — opens the organization’s fall season with the premiere of “Y,” which investigates form and transformation through rigorous, unflinching repetition. 9 Dance Performances to See in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z His unflinching, classic vision of what is cool has guided the band since its inception. 2010-01-07T21:50:00Z Her bid to escape him, and his reaction to it, shows us everything about why their toxic relationship can’t be cleaned up, and how unflinching Horgan will be in exploring that. Girls, Insecure and Stranger Things: how bathrooms became TV’s safe space 2017-12-09T05:00:00Z Review: ‘The Underground Railroad’ is traumatic, unflinching and relentless. Filming ‘The Underground Railroad’ was grueling. But the cast grasped ‘the weight of what we were doing.’ 2021-05-12T04:00:00Z She has written — “unflinchingly,” as her publisher inevitably puts it — about the pain and madness that enveloped her during the year that followed. Books Of the Times: The Shock Of Losing A Spouse 2011-02-14T05:27:15Z Because it was from Bergman, a director who specialized in salting life’s open wounds, “Scenes” was unflinching in its portrayal of spouses as intimate strangers. ‘Scenes From a Marriage,’ Adapted From Ingmar Bergman 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z Sharon Olds took the poetry Pulitzer for her TS Eliot award-winning collection about her divorce, Stag's Leap, which judges called "a book of unflinching poems … that examine love, sorrow and the limits of self-knowledge". Pulitzer prize goes to novel about North Korea 2013-04-16T11:36:36Z The elder Tweedy is unflinching in his observations. Jeff Tweedy of Wilco and son Spencer perform songs from 'Sukierae' 2015-03-21T04:00:00Z “Allegedly” is an unflinching view of the juvenile justice system; “Grown” spotlights sexual exploitation in the music industry. 6 Thought-Provoking Y.A. Thrillers That Tackle Social Issues 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z Their performances are tightly focused and unflinching; too bad they are surrounded by a lot of heavy-handed, poorly aimed cinematic showing off. Review: ‘Una’ Examines an Abuser and His Victim 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z As with The Wire, it is relatively unstylised but is unflinching in its depiction of the near-impossibility of police work in the face of overwhelming social despair. Natural World 2010-07-08T07:00:00Z The autobiography / biography category includes Great British Bake-Off expert Mary Berry, alongside comedy actor David Jason, and Jennifer Saunders, whose Bonkers: My Life In Laughs recounts her treatment for breast cancer in unflinching detail. Bridget Jones up for book award 2013-11-18T17:43:12Z James Norton bravely shows the ugliness that has crept into Stanhope's soul, as well as his unflinching courage, and Graham Butler's Raleigh develops from childish hero-worshipper to understanding and manhood. Journey's End ? review 2011-03-16T19:15:00Z An unflinching gaze into a swamp of drugs, alcohol, guilt and trauma. First Love 2010-08-25T07:00:00Z Both poems articulate an unflinching directness about the details of his own life and some of those close to him. Poetry in brief 2011-03-26T00:05:32Z But there's no mistaking the intensity and commitment that Elschenbroich and pianist Alexei Grynyuk bring to it, and the closing pages, which look unflinchingly towards extinction, are unnerving in the extreme. Shostakovich/Shafran: Viola Sonata; Rachmaninov: Cello Sonata – review 2013-05-09T21:40:01Z Friday morning in Disney, the Chinese conductor Xian Zhang was the Los Angeles Philharmonic guest conductor for an unflinchingly ferocious performance of Prokofiev’s Sixth Symphony. An L.A. Phil reminder that but a mile, and fate, separate Disney Hall from skid row 2017-12-10T05:00:00Z Having cut his teeth playing in Los Angeles punk bands, he’s an unlikely proprietor and impersonator, and unflinchingly liberal. Las Vegas After the Shooting: Renewing Vows, Embracing Community 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z "Unflinching: The Making of a Canadian Sniper" is also described as raw; unflinching's in the title. The anticipation around Prince Harry's "Spare," from its ghostwriter to the memoir genre 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z The 20-year-old rapper Angel Haze begins talking casually about the most raw, unflinching song she has written but her words soon pour out, as though she has practised them in her head for years. Rapper Angel Haze on religion, rape and survival 2013-01-31T19:10:01Z Lowery is unflinchingly honest about the journalistic temptation to seek false balance. Black Deaths Matter 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z The Service that owned his unflinching allegiance was in a state of corporate rot that would take another generation to heal. John le Carré: 'I was a secret even to myself' 2013-04-12T20:01:01Z Case is a quirky pop songwriter, but her attitude is defined by the unflinching delivery of mountain-soul music, hard country and punk. Neko Case, Mavis Staples captivating at Hideout 2013-09-07T05:25:00Z Juan Thompson is unflinching in his depiction of his father’s decline, and he writes with great emotional openness about his suicide, in 2005, at the age of 67. ‘Stories I Tell Myself: Growing Up With Hunter S. Thompson’ review 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z She gives insight into the experiences and challenges of transgender women with unflinching honesty. 20 Years of L.G.B.T.Q. Lit: A Timeline 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z That unflinching inner vision was at the core of everything Thursday, from new, harrowing songs such as “Grid” to a version of “Write to Your Brother” that Hadreas undertook at an audience member’s request. Perfume Genius, intensely personal and enthralling Paul Watkins was the soloist here, wonderfully contained and stoically insistent in a work that depicts the cello as a heroic, unflinching champion of individuality against the threats and menace of the orchestra. Prom 8: BBCSO/Adès - review 2013-07-18T09:58:27Z But Mr. Daniels said he hoped that “unflinching introspection” and transparent disclosure would create “a stronger foundation for our relationship.” At Johns Hopkins, Revelations About Its Founder and Slavery 2020-12-09T05:00:00Z RS Thomas didn't aim to soothe but to unsettle with an unflinching record of his inner life. RS Thomas, my favourite religious poet 2010-04-29T16:50:00Z “Saunt has written an unflinching book that reckons with this history and its legacy.” 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-04-02T04:00:00Z Kay Redfield Jamison writes so unflinchingly about bipolar illness and suicide in “An Unquiet Mind” as to hold a mirror up to the self. Salon’s guide to writing a memoir 2013-01-20T23:00:00Z The result is “The Underground Railroad,” an unflinching portrayal of Cora, an enslaved woman who escapes a Georgia plantation and its horrors only to be pursued by an unrelenting bounty hunter. Barry Jenkins on his unflinching epic ‘Underground Railroad’ 2021-05-12T04:00:00Z This was the N.Y.C. of my own coming of age: a setting of gestating danger and unflinching tension, a time when the scope of neurotic magical thinking rivaled the enormity of actual impending disaster. Inspiration Information: 'The Last Illusion' 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z There’s no lesson, no punch line, just the unflinching gaze of someone who’s already seen too much. Albums by Leonard Cohen, Otis Brown III and Lee Ann Womack 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z It often delved deeply into their lives and their pasts with a kind of grace and unflinching precision not found in any family photo album or stream of Facebook posts. At home with her memory 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z Green is indeed unflinching when it comes to the manifestations of their conditions, and this may be why the novel has been praised for its realism. Teen fiction and the shadow of cancer 2013-01-26T10:00:01Z “See me,” says its unnamed heroine, fully and unflinchingly embodied by the brilliant Magdalena Cielecka. ‘4:48 Psychosis,’ a Polish Adaptation of Sarah Kane’s Play 2014-10-20T04:00:00Z On a deeper level, “Shoot Me” is an unflinchingly honest examination of a woman who is aware that the end is approaching. Movie Review: ‘Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me’ Goes Backstage With a Legend 2014-02-20T22:58:17Z “He’s very close to the actors and to the characters, and he’s unflinching.” Pablo Larraín on His Latest Films, ‘Jackie’ and ‘Neruda’ 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z In one moment, the 35-year-old bassist/producer/general musical virtuoso can be unflinchingly open, vulnerable, generous and sincere. Think there can’t be a jazz-funk fusion superstar in 2020? Then you don’t know Thundercat. 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z Because SoA plays a long game, it depends on how well and unflinchingly it looks at the tragedy’s consequences, whether it’s something more than one more problem for Jax to deal with. Trigger Warning: Sons of Anarchy Out-Shocks Itself Again 2013-09-11T14:55:02Z Kendrick went on to praise Mo'Nique's unflinching portrayal and said, "Honestly, I couldn't ask for a more deserving performance to lose to." Streep, Bullock provide rare Oscar suspense 2010-02-19T06:10:00Z On her podcast and in conversation, she is as enthusiastic and ebullient as she is unflinching and grounded. Nora McInerny rejects the cult of positivity that demands we get over grief: "Bitch, how?" 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z The Comeback is so funny that you will ache and so unflinching that you will chew the flesh from your hands. Forget Friends! The 25 greatest overlooked sitcoms – from Lovesick to Younger 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z On the brink of adolescence, she observes the world with both a childish sense of wonder and the unflinching, no-nonsense perspective of a young person. Debut fiction: The Tiger's Wife by T?a Obreht; When God was a Rabbit by Sarah Winman; Today by David Miller ? reviews 2011-03-20T11:43:01Z Song for song, it’s the most dynamic and unflinching collection of her career. Brandi Carlile holds nothing back on unflinching new album ‘In These Silent Days’ 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z “A Family Tour,” which dramatizes the intimate implications of those choices, is unflinching, probingly analytical, and fiercely angry. Highlights from the 2018 New York Film Festival 2018-09-24T04:00:00Z But along the way it was often moving and unflinching as it portrayed the toll that a girl’s brutal murder took on her survivors and the detective, Sarah Linden, who investigated it. Vacation Robo-Post: The 2011 Cincy Awards 2011-12-27T13:58:58Z And he may be our only hope for Peace on Earth and all that, but he’s just so annoying with his sadness, quiet dignity and unflinching nobility. 'Homeland' Recap: It's Back, With Quinn in the Driver's Seat 2014-10-05T04:00:00Z “The result of this unflinching, tenacious reporting is a rare and powerful work whose stories will live inside you long after you’ve read them,” Matthew Desmond writes in his review. 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z The dancers shown in old black-and-white photographs of works from the 1960s and ’70s reveal an unflinching seriousness and a sleek sense of purpose. The Best Dance of 2018 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z Life is dangerous and Rory is unflinching in describing daily horrors. 'Girlchild': Trying to rise above restraints of poverty 2012-03-07T22:46:06Z Tense and unflinching, the documentary slowly unfolds with crowds attacking Korean-owned stores and dragging motorists out of their cars. LA riots on film: the projects marking the 25th anniversary of an uprising 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z Those letters, and the videos and oral histories nearby, are unflinching. A Museum Takes a New, Unvarnished Look at a Massacre 2023-10-18T04:00:00Z While black music has always been a refuge, these songs expressed a new way of thinking, combating racism with unflinching pride. 15 Essential Black Liberation Jazz Tracks 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z This first-person documentary is a bitterly revelatory work of history, a monstrous family story, and an unflinching view of current politics. The Best Movies of 2018 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z This collection by a poet who teaches at Walla Walla Community College is described as "an unflinching, lyrical meditation on nature's forced exodus from the human." Local-interest books of week include thriller, poetry, picture book 2010-06-14T22:50:00Z And though “Incendies” provides an unflinching account of brutality, it also suggests that to keep such an account can be a transformative act of kindness. | 'Incendies': Scavenger Hunt for Family Secrets Across Time and Geography 2011-04-21T22:24:49Z In Paul Thomas Anderson’s Oscar contender Phantom Thread, the brutality of this is explored in all its jagged splendour with ghoulish humour, unflinching honesty and ultimately, surprising tenderness. Why Phantom Thread should win the 2018 best picture Oscar 2018-02-28T05:00:00Z From the moment the two meet, she regards him with a desire that registers as an unflinching determination. Review: A Baby in a Boat Changes Everything in ‘The Light Between Oceans’ 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z If not free of sentimental moralizing, “Freaks and Geeks” is generally unflinching in its identification with high school outcasts. On DVD: Rock ’n’ Roll High Schools in Taiwan and America 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z And yet he unflinchingly depicts the abuse suffered by enslaved black people in an unsentimental way. The Most Important Decade for Movies About Black Lives 2019-12-30T05:00:00Z Greenberg’s unflinching look includes shower scenes with real water and nudity. Jesse Tyler Ferguson pivots to baseball in a Broadway play 2022-04-11T04:00:00Z These images are by turn — and sometimes all at once — bold, unflinching, poetic, familiar, cloaked, direct, joyful, defiant, mischievous and suspicious. Foot soldiers and unheralded leaders of the Black Panthers 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z But the cinematic energy, fierce comic spirit and unflinching realism of Lee’s best work is already on display in this formative effort, which also inspired a recent Netflix series adaptation. Stream These 10 Movies Before They Leave Netflix in August 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z And the way to get over any kind of anger is to identify its origins with unflinching honesty and address them vs. trying to smile it away. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: The horrid in-laws make nice after grandchildren are born 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z Because when a show manages to surprise you like this, sending off a central character well but unflinchingly—well, that’s just something you gotta do yourself. Boardwalk Empire Watch: Do It Yourself 2011-12-12T13:20:05Z He tells his story simply, but with a Kitson-esque storytelling structure that constantly snakes back on itself, and with scrupulous, unflinching honesty. An Instinct for Kindness ? review 2011-08-16T18:15:01Z Popkey presents us with a shrewd record of the act of unflinchingly circling these amorphous notions of pain, desire and control, all the while quietly noting their clichéd contrivances in snarky, dark humor. How Much Power Do Women Want? A Novel Circles the Question 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z And when he is perpetrating the unflinchingly filmed acts of violence that have already made this movie somewhat controversial, he seems almost as vulnerable as his victims. | 'The Killer Inside Me': Casey Affleck in Michael Winterbottom?s Adaptation 2010-06-17T22:56:00Z Callender is unflinching, too, in how they write about the intersection of Moon’s mental health and racial and gender identity. A Fantasy Novel About a Harsh Reality: Childhood Depression 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z “Dept. of Speculation” was a tether that kept me from floating away during my own first year as a mother; it was smart, experimental, unflinching and tender. Max Porter's debut 'Grief Is the Thing With Feathers' soars with complexity 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z "The idea of an abandoned colony on a distant planet is a great SF trope, and Chris Beckett is unflinching in answering the challenges posed by his original 'what if?' concept," said Hunter. Chris Beckett wins Arthur C Clarke award for Dark Eden 2013-05-01T20:01:01Z But it also drew criticism for its unflinching depiction of violence and gore. NBC cancels 'Hannibal' after three seasons 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z With its unconventional heroine and unflinching portrayal of an abused girl’s fight to save herself, “My Absolute Darling” seems poised to become the breakout debut of the year. A Debut Novelist’s Descent into Darkness 2017-08-27T04:00:00Z Don McCullin is best known for his unflinching photo reportage of war, famine and disaster from around the world, but he is also a fine observer of youth culture. Five decades of the Observer Magazine 2011-07-30T23:05:00Z Yet the minor miscalculations pale beside the film’s unflinching depiction of the perils of heedless upward mobility that, for all the luxuries it affords, looks pretty grim. | 'The Company Men': Perils of the Corporate Ladder: It Hurts When You Fall 2010-12-09T22:34:00Z Two doctors, Oliver Sacks and Paul Kalanithi, recently wrote beautifully and unflinchingly about their struggles with insurmountable cancer, as did Christopher Hitchens. In 'The Violet Hour,' Katie Roiphe looks at five great writers shuffling off this mortal coil 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z Novels that consider the unflinching question of whether to die often bend toward showing us how to live. Review | A writer turns her suicide attempts and self-harm into lyrical prose with ‘Juliet the Maniac’ 2019-05-06T04:00:00Z The series is equally unflinching when it comes to portraying the monstrous way women were treated at the time. ‘Alias Grace’ is the second Margaret Atwood TV series, with more on the way. Why now? 2017-11-02T04:00:00Z White was revealed as the anonymous donor on Tuesday by Sobran, who applauded his "magnanimous generosity and unflinching loyalty to this historic building and his Detroit roots". Jack White saves Detroit music venue 2013-06-05T14:19:03Z Though unflinching, it was not a simple-minded denunciation of prison. Andrew Anthony 2010-05-15T23:05:00Z Swift, 27, ended a six month absence from the public spotlight to deliver unflinching testimony against a radio DJ in a Denver court earlier this month. Taylor Swift announces new album 'Reputation' a week after court victory 2017-08-23T04:00:00Z With 17 tween and teen novels under her belt, Ms. Myracle, 43, a newly divorced mother of three, ruffles feathers because she unflinchingly addresses the pitfalls of adolescence. Lauren Myracle, Calling It As She Sees It 2012-12-28T20:19:26Z Today we lost a titan, a warrior, an unflinching iconoclast. Reaction to the death of AIDS activist, writer Larry Kramer 2020-05-27T04:00:00Z The camera unflinchingly — indeed, mercilessly — keeps rolling through such awkward moments in long, sometimes excruciating, takes. In ‘Our Terrible Country,’ Mohammad Ali Atassi Explores the Syrian Revolt 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z Please stand up to Emma’s mom in kind and unflinching terms. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Mother of daughter’s friend wants to commandeer party planning 2017-12-10T05:00:00Z Bravo to Princeton for taking an unflinching, unabashed look at its own for the sake of learning from it. Princeton Digs Deep Into Its Fraught Racial History 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z “Forever” derives much of its power from the anger Orlandersmith carries and unflinchingly expresses. 'Forever,' a harrowing memoir with no Hollywood ending 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z Her unflinching perusal of the existential void is leavened by the dark whorls of poetry, the zigzags of wit and the musicality of Beckett's 1961 text. In 'Happy Days,' character is buried in sand, wrestling with life 2012-03-14T20:22:04Z He grew up with a palpable sense of the horrors of Naziism, learning an unflinching account of the war at school in what was then West Germany. High on Hitler and Meth: Book Says Nazis Were Fueled by Drugs 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z For our latest Weekend Watch Party, we revisited the broiling Brooklyn of Spike Lee’s “Do the Right Thing,” a film whose unflinching, complex depiction of racial tension has not dated much in 31 years. Why ‘Do the Right Thing’ Is Still a Great Movie 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z Harrowing and hilarious, Pen15 derives its power from its unflinching portrayal of adolescence. The stars of Pen15 on playing their teenage selves: ‘It seems like torture’ 2020-10-10T04:00:00Z Mr. Spielberg and Mr. Hanks — one as director, the other as star — had already made strides in that direction in 1998 with “Saving Private Ryan,” whose unflinching depiction of the D-Day landing startled audiences. Television: No Enchanted Evenings in This Pacific Warfare 2010-03-05T18:56:00Z But aside from a few notable outliers — Bottega Veneta’s reset, Rick Owens’ alien priestesses, Balenciaga’s unflinching storm — the momentum that characterized fashion last fall was missing. What Do Women Need Now? 2022-03-09T05:00:00Z Eight years after his own presidential bid failed, Giuliani has emerged as Donald Trump’s unflinching chief apologist, cheerleader and rhetorical Rottweiler, even as GOP leaders far and wide abandon their party’s candidate. What happened to ‘America’s Mayor’? How Rudy Giuliani became Trump’s attack dog. 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z In this clip, Mirren’s commander is unflinching in her resolve, refusing to allow emotional considerations to interfere with what amounts, in her mind, to a simple calculation to preserve as much human life as possible. Exclusive: Helen Mirren Is an Unshakable Colonel in Clip From 'Eye in the Sky' 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z His memoir A Preparation for Death is an unflinchingly honest account of his self-destructive personal decay in his early 30s, and his redemption throug writing. Greg Baxter's top 10 memento mori 2010-07-21T11:15:00Z Jafa is adamant that the disaster that set forth Black American existence is also foundational to Black creative genius, and thus warrants unflinching examination. At His Moment of Triumph, Arthur Jafa Is Looking for Trouble 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z Why were so many of these characters unflinching as their lives crumbled under the gaze of whiteness? In ‘This Other Eden,’ a Historical Tale of Paradise Lost 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z Cross of Iron is an atmospheric, unflinching tale of the German retreat, though its sedate pace holds it back from greatness. Cross of Iron: gritty story of the German retreat from the Soviet Union 2013-04-18T07:59:49Z Spanbauer is unflinching as he looks at physical need and carnal desire. ‘I Loved You More:’ love, sex and hope for true belonging 2014-04-17T20:28:08Z Drawing on her expertise, Ms. Gordon’s account of her husband’s early career includes some of the most incisive, unflinching criticisms of the midcentury music business on record. Jazz Wouldn’t Be the Same Without Them. But Few Applauded These Hidden Figures. 2018-12-26T05:00:00Z The unflinching portraits of the men, with their white backgrounds and rich detail, were typical of Avedon's style at the time. Richard Avedon, Truman Capote and the brutality of photography 2023-01-16T05:00:00Z Unaccustomed to such treatment, Judith arranges a close encounter — presented in unflinching detail — with the yacht’s captain. ‘Maestra’: The sexiest novel in years also has a delicious plot 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z Despite the film's uneven qualities, “Destroyer” is compelling because of Kidman’s unflinching performance. Nicole Kidman is gunning for an Oscar in "Destroyer" 2018-12-25T05:00:00Z But the new United Sounds of America marathon, which unfolds over the next two weekends, delves deeply into American roots music, and unflinchingly so. Symphony Center leads a musical trip through America 2011-06-06T13:46:53Z The novel digs into the enduring wound of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and offers an unflinching, unforgiving look into the harsh realities of the occupation and its impact on people’s lives. In the West Bank, Violence Begets More Violence 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z On "Sound the Bells," “5 Out of 6” becomes even more potent as Dessa shares her intoxicating statement about unflinchingly living out loud arrayed against Thompson’s explosive score. Dessa's "Sound the Bells": Indie hip-hop collides with an explosive orchestral score 2019-11-16T05:00:00Z It was somber, detailed and unflinching, with the strings as full participants. Big Ears Festival: 15 Performances That Soothed, Jolted and Intrigued 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z The book is an unflinchingly honest account of her struggle with grief during the difficult process of the hawk's taming and her own untaming. Helen Macdonald's 'H is for Hawk' wins British non-fiction prize 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z She is the most critically acclaimed jazz guitarist to emerge in that span, an unflinching original who has revealed new possibilities within the music. Mary Halvorson on Guitar: Unflinching and Full of Grace 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z This may be the early 1980s in the Midwest, but Ms. Campbell’s you-go-girl novel, written in a spare, unflinching style, has the feel of a western. Newly Released Books 2011-07-20T21:21:46Z His stubborn, unflinching vision leads him into places most of us will never go. Herzog's Cave of Forgotten Dreams: the real art underground 2011-03-17T23:00:01Z From a Table Away is one of those songs that captures a moment of emotional cognisance with unflinching accuracy. How Sunny Sweeney became a country star via New York 2011-03-24T22:24:01Z Like many other post-“Saving Private Ryan” combat movies, this one emphasizes the chaotic immediacy of battle, staking its claim to authenticity on the unflinching depiction of bloodshed: Heads are vaporized by mortar rounds. Movie Review: ‘Fury' Has Brad Pitt Killing Nazis Again 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z So it’s refreshing that Doris, the Swedish heroine of Sofia Lundberg’s debut novel, “The Red Address Book,” is truly old at 96 and depicted with an unflinching eye toward the realities of advanced age. Hygge and Kisses 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z So, please, be fierce in protecting your children and unflinching in directing your spouse toward help. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Parent has unhealthy focus on ‘suboptimal’ results 2020-05-17T04:00:00Z Against the current Netflix climate-change satire, “Don’t Look Up,” she does cast her gaze unflinchingly into the heavens — plus down and sideways, even if it leaves her own flanks vulnerable. ‘Lost & Found’ Ponders Profound Grief Alongside Newfound Love 2022-01-04T05:00:00Z Still more perplexing was the po-faced narration by Juliet Stevenson, whose voice is more suited to, say, an unflinching exposé of animal vivisection. Rewind TV: Last Tango in Halifax; Homeland; The Aristocrats: Blenheim Palace; Gadget Man; Supersized Earth – review 2012-11-25T00:05:39Z However, it also stands out as perhaps the only contrived element in a work of otherwise unflinching honesty. "The Pacific" a realistic view of American combat 2010-03-02T02:39:00Z From the opening thread of triplets to the brassy, extroverted finale, the solo lines kept coming back to Hausmann, who handled them all with unflinching virtuosity. Review: Trilling birds and a sedate waltz, expertly delivered by Serkin at the SSO 2011-02-11T23:25:06Z From the band's Broken EP, its unflinching sonic barrage makes it one of their heaviest tracks. Nine Inch Nails: a beginner's guide 2013-07-08T13:52:00Z It’s such a revealing, unflinching portrait of this person who is putting himself out there in a way that is so unguarded. Why artist Tim Youd is spending his nights on Hollywood Boulevard retyping John Rechy's hustling novel 'City of Night' 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z Here as in her past work, she captures the interior states of young people with an unflinching psychological honesty that is striking in its vividness and depth. Elena Ferrante Returns With ‘The Lying Life of Adults’ 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z The Author is subtly unflinching in its satirical attack on certain practices in the creation of art and the mediation of violence. Death of The Author: how did my play fare in LA? 2011-03-07T17:31:16Z It quickly becomes clear that Scott’s unflinching cocksureness is as much about the heartbreak he’s endured during his short life as it is his predilection for rebellion. Saying Goodbye to Strike Back’s Odd Couple 2015-10-10T04:00:00Z "I'm Glad My Mom Died" is an unflinching account of McCurdy's abusive mother, who pushed her into show business at an early age. "She taught me an eating disorder": Jennette McCurdy on why some moms "don't deserve" to be revered 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z She adds that he especially valued “ ‘veracity,’ originality and an unflinching readiness to show people what they are.” Review | The literary tastemaker who helped bring Joseph Conrad and E.M. Forster to light 2018-01-03T05:00:00Z The series begins on Inauguration Day and with the camera locked on Baranski’s shocked, unflinching expression as Diane watches Trump take the oath of office. Forget civility: On “The Good Fight,” “Luke Cage” and “Dietland,” resistance means go... 2018-06-30T04:00:00Z There remains no more adept fuser of the sacred and profane working in pop, and no one else who, time and again, will unflinchingly assess — at his own peril — the costs of audacity. The Best Albums of 2016 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z Discomforting and at times boring to look at, it conveys the tedium, incarceration and petty frustrations of war with unflinching veracity. Billy Budd; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Idomeneo/ Queen of Spades – review 2012-06-23T23:05:37Z He stares out, his blue eyes unflinching beneath scruffy red brows. Prince Harry, Up Close 2023-01-09T05:00:00Z At the end of Season 1 Jamie’s abuse was unflinching and brutal in ways that perhaps contradicted its intent. ‘Outlander’ Season 2, Episode 2: The Wounds We Carry 2016-04-16T04:00:00Z Kartemquin Films is receiving the Institutional Award for its “unflinching” projects focusing on social justice and the marginalized in U.S. history, the Peabodys said in a statement. Huerta, Hansberry documentaries among Peabody Award winners 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z His direction is energetic, copious, precise,, and unflinching in the face of the turmoil that he conjures and the trouble to which he seemingly bears witness. “Sorry to Bother You,” Reviewed: A Wild Workplace Comedy Energized by Righteous Anger 2018-07-03T04:00:00Z She’s unflinchingly patient and endlessly supportive of the white women around her. This "cool black girl" is gone 2017-09-02T04:00:00Z I say kind of because it is a rare political memoir – and this is not one of them – that is unflinchingly candid. Tony Blair's A Journey: Andrew Rawnsley's review 2010-09-04T23:06:00Z Scott called the film a “deceptively dreamy-looking, unflinchingly tough-minded documentary” when it played at the virtual Sundance Film Festival this year. Winter Movies 2021: Here’s What’s Coming Soon to Streaming and Theaters 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z She is monitored, detoxed, sweated and analyzed under unflinchingly bright lights. ‘Counter Clockwise’: slowing down the tick tock of time 2013-06-12T22:36:30Z Mr. Gratz said that he expected a book like “Refugee,” an unflinching and sympathetic look at people whose lives are upended by war and oppression, might repel some readers. Children’s Authors Take On the Refugee Crisis 2017-08-06T04:00:00Z “I write songs and then I deal with the consequences later,” Goulding says unflinchingly. Singing the blues, Ellie Goulding turns darkness into light 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z Once inside the gallery, the air was different: Ms. Paggett’s tasks were less weighted with obscure meaning and more a reflection of her unflinching control and trancelike concentration. Dance Review: Taisha Paggett Stages Performance Piece at Whitney Museum 2014-04-17T21:22:30Z "Detroit" is an unflinching look at events in the summer of 1967 riots in the U.S. city, when tensions between black residents and a predominantly white police force erupted. Director Bigelow hopes Trump watches 'Detroit' and is humanized by it 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z This nail-biter of a thriller recreates that violence with unflinching, often unsettling detail. What’s on TV Tuesday: ‘Mr. Mercedes’ and ‘Hotel Mumbai’ 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z “It is a confusing time to be a woman who loves a troubled man,” Henderson writes in this unflinching memoir of her husband’s long and confounding medical conditions. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z Ms. Ali is best known for “Brick Lane,” an unflinching and best-selling novel about a Bangladeshi teenager forced to move to London for an arranged marriage to a much older man. ArtsBeat: A Different, Happy Ending for Diana? Monica Ali Novel Imagines a Future 2011-01-07T17:04:27Z This is where the novel hits its stride, with an unflinching look at capital punishment, no doubt influenced by the author’s own experiences as a newspaper reporter covering the death penalty in Alabama. School Newspaper Editor Bears Witness 2021-08-13T04:00:00Z The publisher of "Spare," Penguin Random House, describes the book in a statement as "intimate and heartfelt" and created "with raw, unflinching honesty." The anticipation around Prince Harry's "Spare," from its ghostwriter to the memoir genre 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z "Jack's magnanimous generosity and unflinching loyalty to this historic building and his Detroit roots is appreciated beyond words." Jack White has venue named after him 2013-06-05T10:36:34Z Her tone is exact and unflinching, the bitter enemy of anything extraneous or false. Murder in mind in Karin Fossum's new thriller 'Hell Fire' 2016-08-26T04:00:00Z The Times’ Meredith Woerner called the book “an unflinching, sometimes painful, sometimes hilarious look inside the mind of a 19-year-old actress.” After Carrie Fisher's death, her books are flying off shelves 2016-12-28T05:00:00Z Her tale, as told unflinchingly by Mercy, was of loving cricket from a very young age and excelling at it. Teenagers trade personal stories: 'It's great to find you are not alone' 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z It is a story that Stone often tells in unflinching detail, beginning with the near-death experience that helped inspire her to write the book. Sharon Stone Is Telling Her Side of the Story 2021-03-24T04:00:00Z The other aspect is we tried to paint an honest unflinching portrait of a very complicated individual. "You have a religious devotion to this sport": Director on bodybuilding movie "Magazine Dreams" 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z Beth Macy takes you there with her thorough, unflinching and empathic reporting. Looking for a Book to Read With Friends? 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z It won Oscars for its unflinching portrayal of Brad Pitt’s face, right up nice and close, beaming against a glorious sky, at the exclusion of everything else, for two and a half hours. The Snowman, Yogi Bear and Hollywood's unintentionally funny movie posters 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z In a review for The Times, Gary Goldstein calls "Maps" a "train-wreck watchable melodrama" and an "unflinching, in-your-face, decidedly unpleasant journey that dares viewers to hop on a rather nightmarish tour bus." 'Maps to the Stars' an incendiary tour of Hollywood hell, reviews say 2015-02-28T05:00:00Z Similarly, Unsworth's latest novel Weirdo is both a seaside noir set in Norfolk in the 1980s and the present day, and an unflinching study of the horrors of teenage friendship. Queens of noir 2012-08-13T19:00:10Z We loved her when she was open and raw, giving unflinchingly monologues on small stages she often ran onto, with piddling crowds she had to win over. Goodbye to "Mrs. Maisel": You were almost briefly, marvelous 2023-05-27T04:00:00Z Yet while the hosts of "The View" might disagree, many readers of the book found solace in Havrilesky's unflinching take on marriage. "The View" hosts offended by humorous marriage book: "You don't need to call people funny names" 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z Parents claimed your books, with their gobby narrators and unflinching subject matter, contribute to the trend. Jacqueline Wilson: 'I just try to reflect what life can be like' 2010-10-16T23:06:00Z Instead, with candor, self-awareness and considerable humor, he turns an unflinching eye on both himself and an American society constructed and sustained by racism. Review | In ‘What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Blacker,’ Damon Young turns an unflinching eye on himself and society 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z But he is also political, and unflinchingly liberal in his views. Marc Maron ? news from the garage 2011-11-25T04:12:13Z His encounters with world leaders, celebrities, and scoundrels — or combinations of all three — built the program’s reputation for unflinching pursuit of the truth on the viewer’s behalf. Mike Wallace and the Legacy of 60 Minutes 2012-04-08T19:47:57Z They are not our cute punk pin-ups but unflinching hardline activists whose work demands a response on two fronts. Pussy Riot: activists, not pin-ups 2012-12-20T18:35:44Z The self-portraits Kahlo produced in Detroit dramatize her unflinching response to the miscarriage that ensued after a period of doubt about her fitness for motherhood. Frida Kahlo in ‘Gringolandia’ 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z Dunthorne thrusts poetry into the observational and is unflinching about the business of being a teenage boy, so Tate is a mostly believable and likeable narrator. Rachel Trezise's top 10 Welsh underground novels 2010-05-19T07:56:00Z In smart, terse prose, Adjei-Brenyah is unflinching, and willing, in most of these 12 stories, to leave us without any apparent hope. ‘Friday Black’ Paints a Dark Portrait of Race in America 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z The film is the tenderest in a career defined by unflinching brutality, as well as arguably the least cinematic: a two-hander set in a Paris flat. Michael Haneke wins second Palme 2012-05-27T19:05:02Z As unflinching as “Underground Railroad” is, the show is ultimately less about the torture of slavery and more about the quest for freedom in the face of endless obstacles. Filming ‘The Underground Railroad’ was grueling. But the cast grasped ‘the weight of what we were doing.’ 2021-05-12T04:00:00Z With an ear for the nuances of teenage conversation, Abrahamson conjures a beautifully balanced drama, compassionate yet unflinching. Mark Kermode's DVD round-up 2013-04-06T23:05:13Z What usually carries the day, Mr. Gethard said, is the unflinching optimism of his character, a trait that he is trying mightily to cultivate in real life. Television: Chris Gethard Carries Comedy Central?s ?Big Lake? 2010-08-13T17:38:00Z His latest film, “Maps to the Stars,” is a change of pace for the Canadian filmmaker — it is the first film he’s shot in Los Angeles — but it is no less uncomfortable or unflinching. David Cronenberg: “Hollywood hasn’t fed me very much. Biting their hand would be gratuitous” 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z When the hour of decision came on May 28, it was Chamberlain’s willingness to bet on Churchill’s unflinching approach rather than on Halifax’s attempt at negotiation that made the difference. Great Leadership in a Time of Crisis 2020-03-24T04:00:00Z One of jazz’s standard-bearing tenor saxophonists since the 1990s, Mr. Potter revels in an unflinching command at almost every part of his instrument. 14 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z And when she explored her own origin story in the memoir "The Mistress's Daughter," she was just as unflinching and nuanced toward her birth parents — and herself — as she's ever been with her characters. A.M. Homes, too, has met this guy at a reading: “I don’t read books by women” 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z It’s a harrowing collection, gravid with meaning, unflinching in its appraisal of the author’s mistakes, including infidelity, and plain-spoken in its reckoning with his life’s terminus. Review: Clive James, Writing Toward the Twilight 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z Set in the river towns and vast waste sites that line the banks of the Yangtze in Guangdong province, it tackles the grim issue of forced abortions and sterilisations with a prolonged and unflinching gaze. The Dark Road by Ma Jian – review 2013-05-02T11:00:02Z It also puts the viewer on notice, announcing the movie’s unflinching embrace of the impolite and the incorrect. ‘Funny Pages’ Review: Ordinary Life, Complex Stuff 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z Laymon’s writing, as rich and elegant as mahogany, offers us comfort even as we grapple with his book’s unflinching honesty. When Excellence Is a Survival Strategy 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z The film announced the arrival, in DuVernay, of an unflinching new voice in mainstream American cinema. Ava DuVernay: 'I’ve always fiercely held on to my blackness' 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z The film, directed by a fellow Brit, Steve McQueen, who is up for a best director Golden Globe, unflinchingly depicts the brutality of slavery and the physical and mental violence rained upon its human prisoners. The Carpetbagger: Chiwetel Ejiofor’s Moment of Self-Doubt 2013-12-12T17:31:01Z Friendship and romance provide the escape and a different reality for Felix and her young companions in an unflinching and thrilling story which captures the chaos, action, moral choices and curious romance of war. Children's fiction prize book club: A World Between Us by Lydia Syson 2013-06-24T11:22:00Z Mr. Bourdain was a blood-and-organs kind of guy, and he became identified with his unflinching, at times ostentatious, descriptions of life, death, sex and digestion. Anthony Bourdain Was a Teller of Often Unappetizing Truths 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z But he added that the film's unflinching portrayal of sex as an illness could limit its awards potential. Venice film festival wins on points, lacks knock-out 2011-09-09T13:29:02Z If this sounds like a hard sell to a proud service, “Terminal Lance” fans have rewarded Mr. Uriarte’s unflinching take and reportage with a full embrace. A Comic Strip About the Marines: The Few, the Proud, the Bored Out of Their Minds 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z The result is unflinchingly honest – a ruefully frank, loving testament and a brilliant book. Andre Gerard's top 10 father memoirs 2013-06-12T15:11:54Z In unadorned, unflinching prose, it narrated her life from her early childhood through her involvement in the civil rights movement as a young woman. Anne Moody, Author of ‘Coming of Age in Mississippi,’ Dies at 74 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z Yes, she replies, looking demure, but with an unflinching candor more troubling than a blush would be, “I will sleep in your bed.” Good, Clean, Fun: A Revival of “Gigi” 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z The concert was an unflinching yet nonchalant survey of personal, societal and physical devastation. A Review of Bob Dylan at the Beacon Theater 2014-11-29T05:00:00Z She is wry and unflinching, stating the songs so boldly that their male chauvinism, untenable romanticism or high morality start to form a genre of dark humor. Pop and Jazz Fall Preview: 66 Albums, Shows and Festivals 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z “Skin,” George Benjamin’s unflinchingly savage second opera with the librettist Martin Crimp, was hailed as a landmark at its premiere at the Aix-en-Provence Festival in 2012. Review: An Opera’s Exquisite Brutality Arrives in America 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z He is in rehab at this point, and, when she comes to see how he is doing, he offers her an unflinching apology. Ben Affleck Tried to Drink Away the Pain. Now He’s Trying Honesty. 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z Now, strangely, he is a moving exemplar for many readers, who see him as an inspiring model of integrity who faces his sad life with unflinching courage and finds redemption in faithfulness to his ideals. Classic ‘Stoner’? Not so fast. 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z This was evident in the evenly breathed phrasing, the layered textures of the second movement, and of course the unflinching focus on the work's great culmination. RCO/Haitink – review 2012-05-22T17:10:53Z And thank goodness there is still a place for potty humor and weird sex jokes and unflinching forays into human want and folly. Alt comics artists take us to our rough edges 2014-03-12T22:48:22Z An unflinching artist, Wainwright invited Martha to sing her half of his scathing 1995 song “Father-Daughter Dialogue,” in which a father is castigated by his daughter for rarely being present in her life. Loudon Wainwright III on family and 'Haven't Got the Blues (Yet)' 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z What happens when he returns to Mississippi is unflinching in its realism and brutality, as the local white nationalist community turn on him with venom, despite his service for their country. Meet the new hotshots of American film-making 2017-10-22T04:00:00Z Though some have bristled at its unflinching depiction of sexism and male privilege in the era before women's liberation, it is widely considered one of the most feminist shows on television. Women of 'Mad Men' make a strong impression amid their fight for change 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z The seven stories in “Hunter’s Moon” act as an unflinching reality check on the state of middle-age manhood at the close of the second decade of the 21st century. Even in Hemingway’s Woods, Sometimes a Man Needs to Cry 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z It would be remiss not to mention the theme of sisterhood in this smart, unflinching novel, seamlessly translated from the Swedish by Neil Smith. In ‘The Golden Cage,’ a Kept Woman Grabs the Keys to the Kingdom 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z In Hermann Hesse’s book “Siddhartha,” from 1922, the river is a mirror that reflects or reveals challenging truths—a numinous and unflinching soothsayer. Lost in America with Hiss Golden Messenger 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z There are moments of unparalleled genius, to be sure, but they are bookended by instances of unflinching reality. "Now and Then": The history of the Beatles' final song and how it's getting released 46 years later 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z Instead of the proto-Spinal Tap, Hammer of the Gods version of Led Zeppelin, we get Ellen Sander’s first-person account of the band’s second American tour, an unflinching look at the ragged underside of stardom. The Trouble with Building a Rock-Writing Canon 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z “VanderMeer makes the case — viscerally, unflinchingly — that we would do well to envision ourselves at this existential inflection point.” 9 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z What has grounded Seales' roles and creativity throughout her career is a commitment to telling unflinching, unapologetic truths about race, politics, culture, gender, and history. What Amanda Seales knows: On comedy, authenticity and success on her own terms 2019-01-26T05:00:00Z The subject matter is an unflinching look, from four cultural and musical points of view, at a sex trafficking scandal uncovered 13 years ago in the San Diego strawberry fields. Unflinching 'Cuatro Corridos' opera comes to Zipper Concert Hall 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z The writing was as unflinching as Maude herself, asking hard questions and honestly portraying a wide range of perspectives. Celebrating Norman Lear, progressive architect of the Archie-verse, as he turns 100 2022-07-27T04:00:00Z The museum, which left me short of breath and teary, takes an unflinching look at Munich’s role in the rise of Hitler and the Nazi party. In Munich and Dessau, Art and Design Call. But History Is Even More Compelling. 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z But “13 Rivers,” his new one, is filled with the spark of his peak moments: a grim urgency, an unflinching gaze, a lean intensity to the music. The Playlist: Lana Del Rey’s Smoldering Return, and 12 More New Songs 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z This is why, as they’ve explained in interviews, and in a companion episode called “Beyond the Reasons,” they decided to depict Hannah’s suicide in such “unflinching” detail. “13 Reasons Why” Makes a Smarmy Spectacle of Suicide 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z In the process, the project has become increasingly unflinching. Two Musicians of Color Are Creating Their Own Space 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z Direct, unflinching and inspired by the slick detritus of pop culture, it invigorated her followers, inspiring them to action in the messy war-time morass of the 1960s. Corita Kent's distinct pop of art-activism on view at a Pasadena show 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z And those were the true highlights: the late-night clarity of “Sister Song,” the unflinching “Mr. Peterson” and the piercing “No Good.” Perfume Genius, intensely personal and enthralling Aside from her co-stars, Ms. Lister-Jones was unflinching about the all-female edict: She even banned her male financial backers and executive producers from the set. When the Grip Is a Woman (and the Gaffer and the Camera Operator, Too) 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z Or take Phil Earle: his novels Being Billy and Saving Daisy are gritty and realistic, unflinchingly offering young adult readers the chance to think about subjects like self-harm, loss and grief. If you like books like these: dark teen reads 2012-05-31T10:17:09Z Lenny Bruce I loved, just his way of talking about the world and his unflinching sort of way of speaking. A Minute With: Emma Thompson on comedy, bathing suits and success 2014-05-21T04:00:00Z He deals with Mike as a peer, unflinching and serene. Breaking Bad Watch: Mag-neato 2012-07-16T12:00:01Z The terror is unflinching and explicit, and its images of burned bodies collapsing into putrid decay are impossible to forget. Chernobyl: horrifying, masterful television that sears on to your brain 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z More typical is a chilling scene in which Anna supports Stalin so unflinchingly before three English academics that they think she is mad. Music: A Tortured Russian Poet's Twisted World 2011-04-05T13:30:06Z Many of Balabanov's films are metaphorical black comedies that gaze unflinchingly at the bleakness and violence of the last days of communism and post-Soviet society, with classic Russian rock music on the soundtrack. Aleksei Balabanov obituary 2013-05-19T17:18:05Z Critics have celebrated the film’s unflinching honesty about the vivacious, clever, troubled star, but it is without a doubt a difficult viewing experience. Amy Winehouse Doc Ranks Among Highest-Earning Specialty Pictures In Years 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z Yes, it was gruesome, but no more so than the myriad other awful deaths unflinchingly documented over six seasons. ‘The Walking Dead’ Season 7 Premiere: Negan’s Victim Is Revealed 2016-10-23T04:00:00Z In short vignettes, Lillian looks back, drawing an impressionistic portrait of a bold life full of adventure — erotic and otherwise — in prose spiked with unflinching observations, riotous riffs and poignant reflections. Review: Alison Jean Lester’s novel ‘Lillian on Life’ stars an older woman with moxie 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z Despite its unflinching portrayal of Canadian law enforcement, “Three Pines” has won praise from some Québécois police officers, who have commended its stark realism. ‘Three Pines,’ Based on Louise Penny Books, Tackles Indigenous Suffering 2023-01-03T05:00:00Z So Chukwu moved her camera into the execution chamber, focusing on Bernadine’s face for three unflinching minutes as she oversees a lethal injection. One Shattering Scene: Alfre Woodard in ‘Clemency’ 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z In making the announcement Thursday, publisher Penguin Random House billed the book as a “landmark publication” written with “raw unflinching honesty.” Prince Harry has a tell-all book with an already controversial title: ‘Spare’ 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z Its raw, unflinching story of addiction was something I couldn’t put down. Carrie Brownstein, Carly Rae Jepsen and Others on First-Time Cultural Experiences 2015-09-06T04:00:00Z Another seems to break the fourth wall to speak to any critics who might be reading: “You know how book reviews always call something ‘unflinching’?” she asks rhetorically. This Novel Is Set in a ’90s M.F.A. Program. The Author Is Aware of Your Concerns. 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z There are surprise gunfights and deaths, unflinching displays of violence and speeches about how efforts to return to your old life lead only to death. ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Episode 7: Crossing the Border 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z Although she died 26 years ago, Alice Neel, who has become something of a feminist icon because of her bohemian lifestyle and her unflinching dedication to her work, is Miro's current passion. Victoria Miro 2010-07-10T23:05:00Z Kahn is unflinching in her drive to see and document life as it really unfolds. Chat rooms, home movies, life, death: A tangled, touching video at Susanne Vielmetter 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z The strengths of her art over the past 25 years — striking, enigmatic film images; an unflinching perspective on gender in the context of exile and violence — went unused. 10 Days at the Salzburg Festival, Music’s Disneyland 2017-08-25T04:00:00Z That’s a solid tradition at The Post, where Baron said Monday that Trump coverage would plow forward, “honorably, honestly, accurately, energetically, and unflinchingly.” Does it matter that Donald Trump has banned us? Not in the way you’d think. 2016-06-14T04:00:00Z "Detroit" is an unflinching look at events in the summer of 1967 riots in the U.S. city, when tensions between black residents and a predominantly white police force erupted. Director Bigelow hopes Trump watches 'Detroit' and is humanized by it 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z But Ada, as this slice of Russian miserablism unflinchingly shows, is very tied to her family. "Unclenching the Fists" is a shattering picture of one woman's inability to escape her needy family 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z They talk about it in an unflinching way just the way they take a punch. The Carpetbagger: Behind Camera, Checking the Ego 2010-12-08T23:38:00Z Pharrell Williams has produced tracks for him since the Clipse days and recently offered him the superb Raid, just one among his many tracks to offer an unflinching but supremely versatile take on street life. Pusha T, Stan Tracey, Pissed Jeans: this week's new live music 2013-06-29T05:00:14Z That her unflinchingly bright motifs were hand-drawn added a noticeable optical wobble. Harriet Korman: ‘Line or Edge, Line or Color: New Paintings and Drawings’ 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z An interview with Mr. Burkett’s father, who is serving a long prison sentence, is also heartbreaking: a chronicle of waste and failure delivered with unflinching, plain-spoken honesty. | 'Into the Abyss': ?Into the Abyss,? by Werner Herzog - Review 2011-11-10T22:23:18Z Described as an "unflinching" look at the life of a tank crew in the final days of World War Two, it took £2.69m. Brad Pitt's Fury tops UK box office 2014-10-28T04:00:00Z Michelle is a colleague of mine at The Washington Post, and her money advice is solid and unflinching. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Mom tries to steer her toward a new car 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z This is art that unflinchingly dares to tackle the tragic grotesqueries of modern day warfare. Exhibitions picks of the week 2010-05-21T23:06:00Z Ms. Ryder, playing the least sympathetic character with unflinching dignity and candor, is in many ways the reason “The Dilemma” works as well as it does. | 'The Dilemma': A Guy Thing? Not That Kind. And Not That Kind Either. 2011-01-13T18:24:54Z A comedy that is sharp but not cruel, a drama that is poignant but not sentimental, an informative and unflinching look at fertility treatments — “Private Life” is all those things. The Best Movies of 2018 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z Gilbert promises an uncomfortable read for those "used to the complacent, self-congratulatory tone set by standard accounts" and an unflinching look at the army's many failings. Authors prepare to mark centenary of first world war with flood of new books 2013-06-09T08:30:02Z But Jackson’s ferocity — an ethical outrage inflamed with disgust for the charade of authority and laden with anguish for human frailty — made for a bracing reencounter with this unflinching tragedy. Notes on a truly Shakespearean year: An enlightened boldness brings out the best in the Bard 2016-12-19T05:00:00Z That simplifies things but deprives us of insights that could be taken from looking more carefully, being unflinching, taking a hard look at something we have an aversion to looking at. Bennett Miller's 'Foxcatcher' is a true American horror story 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z Is there any drama, excepting maybe "The Good Wife," as consistently smart and unflinching about these things as "Inside Amy Schumer"? Comedy should have the last laugh in television 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z Perhaps the novel’s most memorable scene is the examination of Overbury’s corpse, which is conveyed with both pathos and an unflinching attention to its wounds. A Thriller Set in Jacobean England Delves Into a Notorious Murder 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z “This Bridge” contains multitudes and unflinchingly bears their weight. Review: ‘This Bridge’ Is an Audacious New Dance Work 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z He is beloved by most of the men in his charge and unflinchingly committed to them. Review: ‘War Machine’: Brad Pitt Has Met the Enemy. He Just Doesn’t Know It Yet. 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z Wilson sounds as unflinchingly rugged as of old on Red Guitar, and likewise on the traditional-sounding No More Blues. Cassandra Wilson: Another Country – review 2012-07-12T21:40:00Z In short, Mr. Hazlitt bids us drift no longer under the spell of our old Constitution worship but remodel our government with unflinching courage. Notes From the Book Review Archives 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z One of the things I admire about French cinema is the unflinching bourgeois realism; or is it perhaps the lack of inhibition about where they find inspiration? French films glow with confidence and culture. Ours should do the same 2010-08-07T23:05:00Z Thirty years later, Mr. Stuart told The Los Angeles Times that its popularity lies in its unflinching honesty. Mel Stuart, ‘Willy Wonka’ Director, Dies at 83 2012-08-11T03:02:29Z The exhibition is unflinching in acknowledging that not all Black children survived the struggle. Viewing the Civil Rights Movement Through Children’s Books 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z |
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