After her dramatic arrival, Cleopatra did not appear in the marketplace as expected. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

We caught her—some adding dramatic grunts—but Ema didn’t look any more trusting. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

This was not due to a major change in black values, behavior, or culture; this dramatic shift was the result of deindustrialization, globalization, and technological advancement. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

But his mother, who had an excellent sense of dramatic timing, beat him to it; she executed a beautiful, flawless swoon, landing right at Despereaux’s feet. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

“But I have a wide dramatic range, believe me.” The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Although Dad’s driving was fraught with peril, there was a strange fascination in its brushes with death and its dramatic, traffic-stopping scenes. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Taking in the situation, he threw his wide minister’s hat clear across the stage in a dramatic but unseemly gesture, stepped stiff-leggedly to the machine and ground the coffee and thus saved the heroine. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

With dramatic flair, she lifts one foot and plants it on her ball. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

However, both saw promise in the dramatic arrest, jailing, and trial of a fifteen-year-old bus protester. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

Tema is an impressive sounding language, especially if you have a good dramatic baritone, which I did. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Now Kino instinctively knew his own dramatic effects. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

A scalded relative was a dull figure in Irene’s dramatic gallery. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now he could add “dramatic” and “childish” to the list of reasons he didn’t want to hang out with her anymore. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Frieda was almost as dramatic as Lucy, except she really cared and wasn’t showing off. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

The other part of me yearned for desperate and dramatic change, to leave Fentress far behind. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

To many of my classmates Mrs. Finley’s dramatic readings of the English poets were comical, and I went along with laughing at her, but secretly I wanted to be an English poet. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Oppenheimer thought of a line from the ancient Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad-Gita, a dramatic moment in which the god Vishnu declares: “Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lily recounted this dramatic scene for me just as she’d heard our father recount it to our mother. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

To my surprise, my mother wasn’t persuaded by my father’s dramatic concessions. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The name given to that one dramatic moment in an epidemic when everything can change all at once is the Tipping Point. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She even puts on a Count Dracula accent to make the moment more dramatic. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

But now my face is almost obscured by the dramatic highlights and dark shadows. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

At their house on Saturday evenings, Ollie would heave dramatic sighs every time he thought Bas and I were disrupting his work. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“I know. It’s dramatic. But you are the very definition of a missing minor at this point.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“She has a certain flair for the dramatic.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

We would learn that Ralph could never let a meeting end without dropping some final dramatic insight, observation, or prediction. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

People who know me always say I’m so dramatic. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Pilots flying new planes could provide swift transport over otherwise impossible distances and heights, perform glamorous stunts and dramatic rescues, explore new territory...and, of course, embark on dangerous acts of war. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

The PAC put forward a dramatic and overambitious program that promised quick solutions. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

By then, Seaborg would observe, the existence of element 94 had been revealed to the world “in the most dramatic form possible”: with a detonation in the skies above Nagasaki, Japan. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

And she moved up to the table to select her cake while Miss Lulu played another dramatic roll on the piano, and everybody applauded. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“And by the way, what play was your dramatic monologue from, Nate?” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

The audience probably thought it was for dramatic effect, but I was mostly trying to steady my breathing. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Here and there we have dramatic evidence of the presence of these chemicals in our streams and even in public water supplies. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

When he talked to the Washington Post reporters, he was careful not to discuss the more dramatic aspects of the operation. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everything was going smoothly until April took down the question and with a dramatic flourish got ready to pretend to read. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Amanda sighed a real big dramatic sigh and stared past me. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

We have seen, in this book, how a number of relatively minor changes in our external environment can have a dramatic effect on how we behave and who we are. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sweep her into my arms, going for dramatic, romantic, larger-than-life. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The conductor displayed to Poirot with a dramatic gesture the beauty of his sleeping compartment and the neat arrangement of his luggage. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was so dramatic that at first I didn’t register someone calling my name. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Jam watched as Whisper caught the fruits one by one, dropping their torso into a deep and dramatic bow when the performance was complete and the air was empty. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t you disguise yourself as a beautiful lady? I brought lipstick and powder too. And at some dramatic point, you pull off the wig and say, ‘I am Moon Orchid.’ The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“One more week, Master,Underwood. And then, if you cannot prove your claims, it will be time for you to pursue another career. Something to suit your dramatic talents. Puppet theater, perhaps. Or tap dancing.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

The Station Inspector reached forward for Hugo, but the old man said, in his most dramatic voice, “Take your hands off of him.” The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

They’d read it right away, the senator said, and set up a public hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee—a dramatic setting in which to unveil the Pentagon Papers to the American people. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

This surge of public concern did not correspond to a dramatic shift in illegal drug activity, but instead was the product of a carefully orchestrated political campaign. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

I don't mean to be dramatic, but God save me from Morgan picking our set list. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

First, it is crucial to recognize that Washington’s extraordinary reputation rested less on his prudent exercise of power than on his dramatic flair at surrendering it. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

They are covered with lush giant trees that shadow the ground, making the flame bursts seem particularly dramatic. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The 587th was involved in six massive air battles while they were at Krasnodar, including, on a dismal and cloudy day in early June, probably their most dramatic engagement of the entire war. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

He should have—I’m very dramatic; I was totally committed to the moment, and I was selling this bit. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

A bit overly dramatic and, like my parents, a little too paranoid for my taste. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

They look like the losers of a dramatic, tumultuous race, sitting on the floor. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

At the campfire, everyone kept looking at the stars, as if they expected Leo to come back in some dramatic, last-minute surprise. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Ignatius stumbled past Jones, who had never expected the sabotage to assume such dramatic proportions. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Juanga leans against the locker and slaps it with his hand, all dramatic about it. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

This had been building up steadily ever since I had led Muslims in the dramatic protest to the police when our brother Hinton was beaten up. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The audience of witches was listening intently, sensing that something dramatic was about to happen. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

I look up into those blue eyes that no amount of dramatic makeup can make truly deadly and remember how, just a year ago, I was prepared to kill him. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Yet another common suffragist strategy was the presentation of pageants, which the dictionary defines as “an elaborate public dramatic presentation that usually depicts a historical or traditional event.” 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Shan asked, slightly drunk, slightly dramatic, and now sitting yoga-style on the floor. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

This stunning development reflects the dramatic increase in the number and race of those sent to prison for drug crimes. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Connor let out a dramatic sigh, clearly disappointed we wouldn’t get to battle each other to our bloody virtual deaths. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

An advisor was with him, putting the final touches on the dramatic ending the president had recently come up with. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

There was, however, one group of students in Chicago who did see a dramatic change: those who entered a technical school or career academy. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

And the final film was a dramatic presentation of the Algerian Revolution. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know I’m being a little dramatic, but it’s nice having her attention. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

In many ways she represented the end of an era, the most dramatic, and the most tragic, era in American history. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The eventual result was the inflation theory, which holds that a fraction of a moment after the dawn of creation, the universe underwent a sudden dramatic expansion. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Mom never said anything about us not working, which made our strike less dramatic. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Not with a scream or a shout, and he didn’t bolt upright or gasp or anything as dramatic as that. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

With less than a minute to go, Herrmann's orchestra launches into a dramatic finale, marking the end of the radio play. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

“No need to be so dramatic,” says Mama. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“Don’t be so dramatic. I think they want experienced insiders to do stories that are about more than just the number of Biafran dead.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She is the most dramatic member of the family, and the worst actress, which in our family is a crucial skill. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

If she’d learned one thing from watching him at the Night Zoo all these years, it was how to tell a story, how to capture an audience with embellished words and dramatic pauses. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“Or he just wanted the contest to end with a big, dramatic finale,” Aech offered. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The most dramatic clash came in 1800, when Burr ran alongside Jefferson in the presidential election—his reward for delivering the bulk of New York’s electoral votes, which made Jefferson’s victory possible. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

The long coat and swinging chain and the Punjab pants were much more dramatic if you stood that way. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, to top it all off and heighten its dramatic appeal, the petition arrived under the signature of Benjamin Franklin, whose patriotic credentials and international reputation were beyond dispute. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Despite his size, he moved with force and authority—Cora recalled the mounted bear in the museum, posed at the dramatic moment of his charge. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“But Mr. Allen says, ‘Leave out the explanations, make it brief and dramatic, and let the characters tell the story’,” interrupted Jo, turning to the publisher’s note. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

He blows on the spoon, all dramatic like it’s burning hot, and then he puts it into his mouth. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She doesn’t want to say it, because it sounds too dramatic, and she’s not sure anyway. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“But all those years . . .” “Good years, for the most part. But not particularly dramatic.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

We watched the picture and, boy, was it ever dramatic. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dramatic high point of the Civil Rights Movement occurred in 1963. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

But his sense of caution did not prevent him from making immediate and dramatic changes to combat the Red Scare. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

It was the kind of place where the poorest of students lived, where the differences in housekeeping between the halls and the rooms were as dramatic as the occupants could manage. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the distribution of Khoisan languages testifies to an even more dramatic engulfing. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I strike a dramatic pose, which makes him laugh. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

With a dramatic flourish, he placed a black airline pilot’s bag on the table. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She did not report happenings truthfully, but gave them color, excitement and dramatic twists. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was the first time in almost seven years that Zooey had, in the ready-made dramatic idiom, “set foot” in Seymour’s and Buddy’s old room. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Julian smiled at us, allowing a dramatic pause for our astonishment to blossom to the full. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

After a round of applause for Mr. Wilde’s speech, students began putting on dramatic performances for the audience, which included several white people, benefactors of the school in one way or another. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stood in front of her, shaking all over, hands at my sides, martyrlike, fully aware of the dramatic moment that might backfire but willing to take the chance. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

The yard was paved with black cinder, and there was no greenery at all except a few gingko trees in postmodern tubs, placed at dramatic intervals. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He had a flair for the dramatic and for high-flown if imprecise language. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted him to know that we had dramatic new evidence of innocence that exonerated Walter and that justice demanded his immediate release. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately, at the same time that civil rights were being identified as a threat to law and order, the FBI was reporting fairly dramatic increases in the national crime rate. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“It wasn’t any one page or volume or individual revelation that was so dramatic,” he later explained. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I was merely foolish, when I had felt myself dramatic. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I gave Coach a dramatic glare and everybody laughed, lightening the mood. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

The war, which until then had been only a word to designate a vague and remote circumstance, became a concrete and dramatic reality. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Perhaps I was overly dramatic to pull the gun on him. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“Is it lame to say I think I’m stuck in a nightmare? I always thought everyone was being so dramatic when they said that: ‘This feels like a nightmare.’ They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

But in the evening of 11 November 1572 his life was changed again by one of the most dramatic events that the Universe can provide. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

Both had dramatic vistas over rolling lawns and tall trees, but the students here were almost a different species. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Irene coughed and spit for a good thirty seconds, always dramatic. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

In a country of 225 million people, 1.6 million abortions per year—one for every 140 Americans—may not have seemed so dramatic. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

And it was in May that the most dramatic of the fugitive slave cases began to unfold in Boston. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He considered shooting a column of fire at the nearest tour bus and blowing up the gas tank, but he decided that might be a tad dramatic. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I was playing several small roles, my most dramatic being that of a soldier who dies a bloody death in one of the battle scenes. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

The plot was that I was to be successfully taken off the island, but killed in a dramatic shootout with security forces at the airport as I tried to leave the country. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ridiculous. Couldn’t the commander pick a less dramatic moment for this nonsense?” Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

The eviction fight was such a dramatic issue that most of the leaders feared that their followers would have rallied to us without them. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The most dramatic photograph in the museum spanned an entire side of the room. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“There’s no need to be dramatic here. Just explain to Tomas that I told you girls to go to church. We’ll talk about everything tonight.” Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Despite the fact that I knew I must cut quite the dramatic figure, I quickly grew tired of the drag on my neck, unfastened the cloak, then stuffed it into a saddlebag. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

But the consensus came about through this conversation: This community needed to stage a demonstration outside the campus during school hours, something that would be dramatic, distracting, and unable to be ignored. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

And, of course, the reaction I got from the little girls in the bungalow was dramatic. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Things didn’t go just the way she wanted, and she had to make a big dramatic gesture. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

I was tempted to thrust the book into the drawer of my desk and lock it, but this seemed absurdly dramatic. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

He holds his naked hand to his chest, kneading the palm, the flickering light from the fire painting his face in dramatic shadows. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“It was highly dramatic. Stephen Byerley was a young lawyer, a powerful speaker, a great idealist—and with a certain flair for biophysics. Are you interested in robotics, Mr. Byerley?” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

“Oh, sorry,” Natalie said, and Emma liked that she didn’t make it all fake and dramatic, I feel so bad for you! The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Finally I said, “Splash pad,” with serious dramatic flair. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The prayer was long and dramatic, full of the preachy punches in between each point. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He made a dramatic sweeping gesture with one hand. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

But I also know that sometimes Adam needs to do things the dramatic way. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Booth frames every action through the prism of the dramatic, a trait that comes from being born and raised in an acting household. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

It looks back at him and flaps its wings one dramatic time. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

He admitted to Calder that he might have been a bit dramatic with the kidnapping stuff, but facts were facts: Frog was there one day and gone the next. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

“He was speaking to me very strongly that he wanted to see an increasing and dramatic spiritual revival in a place like Princeton,” Bennett said. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

The most dramatic departure was by Officer Mendez, whom I had sat next to against the wall one night at the Academy while waiting for pay phones. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was a dramatic and gratifying thing to hear—and one which I repeated to a number of people—but secretly I thought it was an exaggeration. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Bronwyn finished dragging the rock to the middle of the stage, and for an awkward moment she just stared into the crowd, as if someone had told her to pause for dramatic effect. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

With the pale skin and dramatic dark eyes of a romantic heroine, Gabriela's face reminds Yolanda of the lover's clutch of hands over the breast. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Washington was an indisputable American patriarch, but more an actor than a leader, brilliant at striking poses “in a strain of Shakespearean...excellence at dramatic exhibitions.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Over the summer, I went to Agent for a back tattoo. I wanted something big and dramatic. So he drew up this elab-orate artwork, with swirls and lettering and then ...” She stopped. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

He’s actually squatting so deeply that I can’t help but stare; this dramatic Yoga pose is the first evidence that he must have really been a good dancer once. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Though it probably occurred too late to have much, if any, bearing on the results, the most dramatic event of the campaign was provided by Hamilton. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

His ready smile, his way of leaning forward, his dramatic nose. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

The foragers were there before us and they brought about dramatic changes even in the densest jungles and the most desolate wildernesses. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The overly dramatic gestures make the plot easy to follow even without a soundtrack. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Their speech was formal and lofty, their manner slow and unhurried, and the traditional clicks of our language were long and dramatic. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Reporters flocked to Montgomery from all over the world to report the dramatic racial showdown. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

That message had a dramatic effect on Dad. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Ngubase’s dramatic testimony caused a stir in and out of court. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom gave a dramatic sigh of defeat and let her head drop down on the table. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

"It would have been much more dramatic if they'd spilled a little blood first." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

At Adolf-Hitler-Platz, concentric rings of tall masts flying Olympic flags surrounded a central tower, sixty-two feet high, draped with twenty swastika flags, forming a dramatic, blood-red cylinder in the middle of the grassy square. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

It was more dramatic than Faye had anticipated, quiet and electric. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I told Audrey she could go to Marcus’s party if she didn’t want to hang out with us, but she said she’d rather eat a flaming cockroach, which seemed a little dramatic. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Relatively little organized opposition to the drug war currently exists, and any dramatic effort to scale back the war may be publicly condemned as “soft” on crime. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Perhaps there was a little more discharge in the inner corners, but it was nothing dramatic, certainly not as dramatic as his overall ap­pearance. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

We had several dramatic encounters that first term. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Her long, thin fingers, covered in rings, moved in dramatic gestures. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

“No student is permitted to leave his seat for any reason other than a dramatic health concern once a section of the achievement tests has begun. There are no exceptions.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

The suffrage movement, while having made great progress at the state level, badly needed a dramatic happening at the national level if it was to succeed. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

“The wight himself. They are fond of dramatic gestures, and invariably leave behind some taunting memento.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

The Joe Louis matches from years ago were the most exciting, dramatic sporting events I ever heard. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

We all roll the eyes in unison with dramatic Grandma Sweetwine flair. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Shan asked Ifemelu, with a sweep of her hand, taking in the dramatic furnishing: a red rug, a blue sofa, an orange sofa, a green armchair. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Why does she have to be so dramatic? The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

As the season advanced, Cody replaced the attack with the even more dramatic “Battle of the Little Big Horn...showing with historical accuracy the scene of Custer’s Last Charge.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

It was a stunningly sunny day; Congo had entered its rainy season, with its dramatic showers followed by clean and invigorating sunshine. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

In a panel of the oak wall, between crossed British flags, hung a dramatic arresting photograph of Major Sir Milo Minderbinder in the dress uniform of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I say “we” as though I were going to do something dramatic to help, other than sit here blowing on my fingers to keep them warm and hoping no one finds me! Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“This is a bit dramatic,” Nora observes, sucking an olive off the end of a toothpick. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Lincoln’s inaugural speech is a performance worthy of a great dramatic actor. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

The eight-oared rowing sequence is still among the most dramatic action scenes in Olympia. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Mom heaved the dramatic sigh of a mother from an Indian movie whose daughter desires to marry a simple peasant instead of the rich, suitable suitor. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Racing, a sport whose sustained dramatic action was ideally suited to narration, became a staple of the airwave. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

It made everything he did lately seem more dramatic. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Poppet asks, lowering her voice to a dramatic whisper. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Surrounded by their admiring neighbors, they reenacted the more dramatic moments of the afternoon and speculated on how they might do things differently the next time. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

The scenes were even more dramatic with the orchestra playing right in front of us. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

On the train I watched as the scenery went from lush greens to dramatic reds to dry desert browns. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Chrissie paused and looked at each of us, maybe for dramatic effect, maybe to check us for signs of recognition. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He celebrated the “dramatic improvement in my prospects,” which included marriage—his second—to a bride who shared his deep love of music. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“These cultic movements and AA can achieve dramatic and rapid transformation,” he says, speaking very broadly of religious movements. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I watch how the leaves bend and curl with the breeze and the way the trunks of trees cast long, dramatic shadows. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

It begins by describing how blacks were asked to become involved in the crisis, detailing in dramatic fashion what they did. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

“Anyway, a nice dramatic touch. Someday maybe you should go into the movies or something.” The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

This seemed to Mrs. Hubbard to be a dramatic climax rather than an anticlimax. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

With a certain dramatic grandiloquence, he slurped the oyster into his mouth. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gat, with his dramatic nose, sits cross-legged, reading a book. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

If you put those two together, you’ll see a dramatic difference. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Manufacturing jobs have disappeared in a dramatic fashion. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

But he needed to do something much more dramatic if he really wanted to break out. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Whatever. Anyway, something dramatic can happen and the whole thing will turn around. Then you’ll have as much good luck as you had bad luck.” 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I think it would be dramatic for you to go by yourself. He opens the door. And there you are—alive and standing on the porch with all your luggage. ‘Remember me?’ you say. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It might be different if he were flagging down a passing car or trying to phone for help, but typing, in and of itself, is not an inherently dramatic activity. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

In the following chapters we will see time and again how a dramatic increase in the collective power and ostensible success of our species went hand in hand with much individual suffering. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, Captain,” Booth cries out, his old sense of the dramatic now fully returned, “you may prepare a stretcher for me. Draw up your men. Throw open the door. Let’s have a fair fight.” Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

The scale of Beethoven’s seventh symphony was to be overtaken in a dramatic way, however, by the ambition of his ninth and final symphony. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

The eye makeup, with my usual winged corners, was dramatic enough, and my sparkly leo would complete the effect. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Pauling’s talk was made with his usual dramatic flair. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

So the dramatic points of Father’s pageant were lost on most of Kilanga. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some love stories are tragedies—epics, spanning years, and built on dramatic irony, wars, Russian winters, and hours of film. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

He had planted the rhododendrons, too, not at all for their brief, dramatic show of colour in May and June, but for their dark green, leathery leaves and toughness of stem, their substantial look. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

But when one of his precious sports teams accomplishes something, he has the banner made professionally, rolled up, and revealed in dramatic fashion in front of six hundred cheering kids. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

I realized now that he’d meant that I would like it, because it was named after a dramatic weather condition and weather is what interests me most. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Early on, she settled on heart attacks— events with a known cause and a quick dramatic arc—as a way of illustrating how illness plays out differently in different classes. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

One of the biggest, and certainly the one with the most dramatic name, was Most Precious Blood of Our Lord, also known as MPB. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Below that dramatic vista, the sea is as glass—a perfectly reflective surface, mirroring the sky. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Such dramatic changes in behaviour would occur only if something changed in the chimpanzees’ DNA. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was another dramatic change in Mollie’s life. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

It was less dramatic and far more practical than her girlhood had led her to believe. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“The scene inside the shelter was dramatic beyond words,” recalled Gen eral Thomas Farrell, who was there with Oppenheimer. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

But she also knew that a final dramatic development was needed if that goal was to become a reality: gaining the support of President Woodrow Wilson for the passage of a constitutional amendment. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

"They're packing and shipping Tater?" says Duke with a dramatic whip of his head. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

She might never have visited her father's country, but he was convinced at that moment of her Africanness; how else would she be able to fling herself to the ground with that perfect dramatic flourish? Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The high school seniors would wait in empty classrooms to make their dramatic entrance. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

As always, he allowed the dramatic pause to go on way too long. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I zoom in to catch the dramatic effect. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

It was a temptation for her to be magical and dramatic, and to regard what she had witnessed as a tableau mounted for her alone, a special moral for her wrapped in a mystery. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Susana did my makeup—sparkly silver eye shadow on the lids, a dark pencil to make my eyebrows dramatic, blush to accentuate my cheekbones. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Immie sat at the front end of the boat, her profile dramatic against the sea. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Its effect on the children was dramatic: they turned and fled at once. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The story of the machinations employed to enable the Fischer–Karpov World Championship match to take place are enough to fill a separate book—and have!—but the details are hardly dramatic in retrospect. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

But even if the preindustrialized Appalachians were only half as wild and dramatic as in the paintings of Durand and others like him, they must have been something to behold. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

He laughs into Henry’s mouth, instantly caught up in his own dramatic mental portrait of the two them painted in oils, young icons of their nations, naked and shining wet in the lamplight. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

And the dramatic advances in technology in the twentieth century affected popular and classical music in very different ways. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

On the train he felt a terrible foreboding and an unspoken desire that something dramatic should take place, but he did not know that the drama had already begun when he desired it. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted to walk away, to make a dramatic exit, but he couldn’t move. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

It’s easy to oversimplify what was undoubtedly a rapid and dramatic expansion, and to picture all Khoisan in the way being trampled by onrushing Bantu hordes. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Harry was sure that Slughorn had not forgotten the potion at all, but had waited to be asked for dramatic effect. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The park’s gravest flaw, at least from Olmsted’s perspective, was that its shoreline was subject to dramatic annual changes in the level of the lake, sometimes as much as four feet. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

His untidy hair and rumpled clothes and dramatic poetry put her at ease. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Standing in the doorway, wearing a grand gown of deepest blue with a dramatic red scarf to set it off, was the most beautiful woman Ophie had ever seen. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Only after she genuinely faints during a session, rather than perfectly executing the choreographed dramatic swoon, does he relent to a respite at their home in New York. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She hugs me all dramatic, like she didn’t just talk to me this morning. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

Nothing quite as dramatic as the sinking of the First National Bank of Midland had taken place for some time, but by then people had become immune to catastrophe anyway. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their most dramatic — and naive — promise was that liberation would be achieved by the end of 1963, and they urged Africans to ready themselves for that historic hour. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

December is rarely bitter cold in South Alabama during the day, but at night the temperatures can drop, a dramatic reminder that it's winter, even in the South. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The distinction between the two “races” of flies by virtue of a single chromosomal inversion was the most dramatic example of genetic variation that any geneticist had ever seen in a natural population. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

The painter chose to represent a dramatic moment—the instant when survivors regain hope of rescue—but he conveyed their desperate situation through an array of painterly devices. The Annotated Mona Lisa 1992-06-01T00:00:00Z

Compared to the music of his teacher Haydn or to Mozart, it seems much more dramatic and pianistic, almost to the point of theatricality, than anything they had written for the same instrument. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Every now and then Ted pops in to watch with me, pausing the video to underscore a particularly dramatic moment: “See how she’s working around the vase? That’s an accident waiting to happen. ” Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rarely did he pursue me in front of the others, and then only if he were in the foulest humor, sometimes asking in a dramatic voice for me to speak on behalf of Koreans everywhere. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have no idea why they say that, because I’m really, really, really not dramatic. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

“The Amyr are dramatic figures. When we are young we all pretend to be Amyr and fight battles with willow-switch swords. It is natural for boys to be attracted to those stories.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

In a dramatic gesture, Shackleton took his gold cigarette case and a handful of gold coins from his pocket and dropped them on the snow. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

On December 26, 1991, Gorbachev took his final, dramatic step when he resigned and declared that the Soviet Union was dissolved and that the countries within its umbrella, including Russia, were now independent. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

All that is known of him is the dramatic story of his death. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The students showed dramatic improvements in their test scores in several subjects, and many more of them graduated from high school and applied to college. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“My mamá says I should be an actor because I’m so dramatic.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She paused to give dramatic emphasis to her words. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

The stage is vast, the lighting is dramatic, the extras are innumerable, and the budget for special effects is absolutely unlimited. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

This isn’t just me being dramatic—it’s something that scientists have been able to prove. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

This was the assassin’s first chance to describe his deed, and the actor in him probably made the most of the dramatic story. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

For black Americans, the four decades between World War II and the crack boom had been marked by steady and often dramatic improvement. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Kennedy, a folklorist at heart, apparently wanted to put across the most dramatic story possible, and therefore included not only his own anti-Klan activities but those of another man, code-named John Brown. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

You may think I’m being dramatic, but I assure you I’m not. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

His last discernible words, uttered to the physician and family gathered around the bedside, indicated he was hoping to time his exit in dramatic fashion: “Is it the Fourth?” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

There was yet another dramatic influx between 1880 and 1910, when more than four million Italians made the long, dangerous Atlantic crossing. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

I spun La Llorona’s ear pendant with a dramatic flick of my hand. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t quite as dramatic a showing, though, since instead of a tree he’d armed himself with a leaf. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

But the most dramatic moves—which we did not practice on each other—were saved till the end. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Paul had wanted to try another dramatic but nonviolent form of protest. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

When I came out of the wagon, he had her in a dramatic dip and was giving her a kiss. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

As a result, the contrast between musical styles in around 1500 and those of fifty years later, at the height of the European religious reforms, is dramatic. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

They could talk about anything they wished, including the gradual abolition of slavery itself, though he felt that Congress was unlikely to take any dramatic action “tending to the emancipation of the slaves.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Sometimes he likes to get dramatic and tell it all in person, but the least he could do is text back. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Searching for precedents, the foresters could remember other scourges of spider mites, though less dramatic than this one. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

However that may be, the very next day provided a dramatic second opportunity to put Hazel’s idea into practice. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Sadia's dramatic way of talking was one of the reasons I loved her, but I wasn’t convinced. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The escalation of military force was quite dramatic in cities throughout the United States. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

These dramatic questions, as much as the location of the capital on the Potomac, were the residual legacies of the dinner at Jefferson’s. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

We in this colony took as our own the most dramatic, and the most obvious, of our white masters’ characteristics, which were, of course, their worst. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Natalie drummed her fingers against the wall, ending with a dramatic thump. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He had killed many times before, only on those other times there had been no handy victim or circumstance to make visible or dramatic his will to kill. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

She brings her toes and heels together in a single dramatic click, overemphasizing a military way of standing straight. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Out of good faith, and honor to the Great Goddess,” Kaltain said in a dramatic voice. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

It seems to call for a big, dramatic speech, but all I get out is one almost inaudible sentence. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Mom says that’s a dramatic way of looking at things, but sometimes the truth is dramatic. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Her jaw dropped open in such dramatic fashion that, for a second, she looked like an anime character. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I guess all British people are experts on acting and accents and scene-work and dramatic structure, or something. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Like I say, the good shrinks know when to throw in a dramatic pause. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Today we know that the fall was not quite as rapid, dramatic, and widespread as earlier scholars believed. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Somehow, this remark did not elicit the dramatic response I expected. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

After the dramatic capture of the sympathizers and the runaway, his appearance nudged the night into the realm of the fantastical. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I hear some one ask in a totally fakey dramatic voice from outside the ICU’s automatic doors. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whoever they are, they certainly have a flair for the dramatic. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Even if fairly dramatic changes were achieved while ignoring race, the results would be highly contingent and temporary. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Could quantum me- chanics have an equally dramatic effect on the big bang and big crunch singularities? A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Good day to you!” said the familiar, misty voice, and Professor Trelawney made her usual dramatic entrance out of the shadows. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Enrique’s journey is not fiction, and its conclusion is more complex and less dramatic. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

They politely told people that they were listening to a dramatic show, not news. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

“My dear Xan,” Glerk said, feeling a rumble deep in his chest, which he hoped sounded imposing and dramatic, and not like someone who was simply coming down with a cold. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

One week later a rumor from somewhere that was not supported by any proclamation gave dramatic confirmation to the prediction. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Sometimes she went for the dramatic fling other times she favored the heel-kick slam. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Houseman admired the “innate dramatic instinct” Welles brought to each show. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

Her house is famous for its dramatic displays, but I’d bet they’re scaling back this year, with Mrs. Jones so sick. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

While Eurasia provides the world’s widest band of land at the same latitude, and hence the most dramatic example of rapid spread of domesticates, there are other examples as well. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“And you should find something dramatic. To show how you can cry on cue.” P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Nevertheless, the Burr-Hamilton duel helped turn the tide against the practice of dueling by providing a focal point for its critics and serving as a dramatic object lesson of its self-destructive character. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Deacon Hurd let a dramatic pause cross the water and hover over his audience. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

I’d like to tell you I remained calm and did my best to intimidate them further, or at the very least that I said something dramatic or witty before I left. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I had read the dramatic poetry of Wilfred Owen, who had been killed in the first world war, and took to filling pages with my own romantic poetry about the nurse, war, and heroic deaths. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

He didn’t want a million dramatic, heart-stoppingly romantic moments—he wanted just one long, sustainable partnership. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Alex has always suspected the soulful brown eyes and perfectly groomed stubble and dramatic cheekbones won back any votes Luna lost by being both Latino and openly gay. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

There were dramatic readings of poetry in the parlor. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

On the morning of July 6, 1865, the clock began ticking on one of the most dramatic events in the history of Washington, the climactic event of the manhunt. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, maybe throwing all those papers was a bit dramatic.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Neva: had Lyra seen it so brilliant and dramatic; with every twitch and shiver, new miracles of light danced across the sky. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“I thought this room would be visually dramatic for my little film. That’s why I picked this place to meet you. It’s perfect, isn’t it?” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The thought of a child being shot through the chest with a neighbor’s gun is gruesome, dramatic, horrifying—in a word, outrageous. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Rain slanted in the lights, which were angled to cast long, dramatic shadows. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The judge's dramatic warnings now made Mr. McMillian's emotional claim of innocence too intriguing to put off any longer. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The most dramatic departure was by Officer Mendez, whom I had sat next to against the wall one night at the Academy while waiting for pay phones. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

From the end of the seventeenth century, through sermons and lectures, through popular textbooks and dramatic dialogues, the new science was disseminated to a wider audience than ever before. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

In a thick drawl, more ponderous than his low mass responses, the priest spoke the Latin phrases with a sonorous, dramatic discernment. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

For dramatic purposes, Curly had jazzed up a few of the details. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lord Asriel took out the last slide but left the lantern on, and in the dramatic glare of the circle of light he bent to lever open the box. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Nathan’s hot dogs. New York pastrami, corned beef, baked pretzels, NewYork Italian ices, and don’t forget”—he pauses, dramatic—“Manhattan clam chowder.” Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

With dramatic music in the background, the announcer said, “Tonight we will learn why scientists believe that cancer can be conquered.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

However, when I studied myself in the mirror, I was forced to admit that I appeared rather fetching in a dramatic way. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Boo preened himself, taking dramatic pauses to glare at them every now and then. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Maybe the foreign students were preparing a dramatic entrance. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Mostly, the vibe I got from my mom was that she thought I was a dramatic, sentimental sort of teenager whose interests were cute but useless. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

He dropped his backpack on the floor and flopped down on the couch with a big dramatic sigh. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

When there was only one exposure left, Patrolman Mancuso decided to combine two of the props for a dramatic finale. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jefferson’s drafting of the Declaration of Independence was a perfect example of such dramatic distortions. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

It was an effective and highly dramatic performance. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are almost no characters in this story, and almost no dramatic confrontations, because most of the people in it are so sick and so much the listless playthings of enormous forces. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wondered how I might have reacted had somebody been killed, but then I dismissed the thought as overly dramatic. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Clarke appeared at her side drenched with milk, for the pitcher had been upended when the squirrel made its dramatic exit. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

We let the dramatic orchestra music fill the awkward silence for us. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Sheridan had made a dramatic ride to rally his straggling troops and turn a nearly-lost battle into a decisive Union victory. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You must be calm as you walk in. Oh, this is most dramatic—in broad daylight and in the middle of the city. We’ll sit here for a while and look at his building.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he told himself that he was being silly and dramatic. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

This event was exciting for Papa and me not only because Alice's mother was about to make her dramatic debut but also because Sillington House was, too. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

He mixed in various plot lines from Austrian, Norwegian and German sagas, and set about moulding them into a coherent dramatic whole. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

These matters are not merely academic, and there is a direct way in which the mass media’s predilection for dramatic reporting leads to extreme politics and even pseudoscience. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I will say, he stuck pretty much to the facts, but I didn’t think his big dramatic pause before he got to the part about the license plate was really necessary. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Allegations of racial profiling in federally funded drug interdiction operations resulted in numerous investigations and comprehensive data demonstrating a dramatic pattern of racial bias in highway patrol stops and searches. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Twenty states rewarded individual schools for good test scores or dramatic improvement; thirty-two states sanctioned the schools that didn’t do well. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

As it was, events played out in a rather dramatic face-to-face encounter. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Life has got awfully dramatic all of a sudden, hasn’t it? Just like a fiction....By the way, did I tell you that some men came round to see me yesterday afternoon?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The six grandest buildings of the exposition towered over the central court with an effect more dramatic and imposing than even he had imagined. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He’d been about to create a dramatic story about his escape. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom tells me I'm being dramatic when I tell her I think Uncle Max is stealing from me. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

His favorite parts are the long, dramatic monologues. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Certainly no one expected his survey to yield any dramatic breakthroughs. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

And, of course, after the girls changed into pajamas, Taryn suggested they watch a movie about a big, dramatic high school dance. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

To most people, this was an event of dramatic astrological importance, and Kepler had to interpret its significance as part of his duties as Imperial Mathematician. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

I allowed Desdemona to slip out of my narrative because, to be honest, in the dramatic years of my transformation, she slipped out of my attention most of the time. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

But by being there beneath the plains of Weehawken for their interview, they managed to make a dramatic final statement about the time of their time. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t in love with the book—I thought it was overly dramatic—but I liked Hemingway’s writing, and I thought the scenes of the sea would look good on a wide screen. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

I was in favor of this dramatic gesture, for it highlighted the iniquities of the State of Emergency. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It was much more dramatic the first time, let me assure you.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

My aim, as I remember it, was to write something wonderfully dramatic. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Okay, so maybe evil is a little bit dramatic. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

From the angle Pez is holding the phone, he can see Wales rolling by though the car window, dramatic and plunging. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

There was a curtained gateway at each end, like the dramatic hole through which the circus people ride into their arena. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pauses while he tears open the envelope in as dramatic a fashion as he can. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

My change from girl to boy was far less dramatic than the distance anybody travels from infancy to adulthood. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He certainly did add ‘spirit’ to the meetings, and ‘a tone’ to the paper, for his orations convulsed his hearers and his contributions were excellent, being patriotic, classical, comical, or dramatic, but never sentimental. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

This dramatic change in policy gave state and local police an enormous stake in the War on Drugs—not in its success, but in its perpetual existence. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

As soon as the letter was read, she upstaged her runaway brothers with her own dramatic exit. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The long interactions between Africa’s many peoples generated its fascinating prehistory, including two of the most dramatic population movements of the past 5,000 years—the Bantu expansion and the Indonesian colonization of Madagascar. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I officially had illegal immigrant fatigue, and it had caused the most dramatic family rift I'd ever experienced. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

“My nephew is entering it wi :h a dramatic reading, and I must be there for the boy.” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Despite these drawbacks, Welles jumped at the chance to reach millions of people with his own dramatic productions. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

“We tired, man; hold on,” says Sneaky, flopping on the floor all dramatic. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Instead, he read passages from his books to them, and sometimes reenacted some of the more dramatic bits. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

“American cooking competition shows are nothing like that. They’re all sweaty and, like, dramatic death music and intense camera cuts,” Alex says. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The strike broke out two weeks later and it did not have the dramatic consequences that had been feared. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Resigned Local Takes Westbound 7 Train to Childhood's End Sure, I can be a little dramatic, but that’s what it feels like. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

He took a stamp, dampened it on a small sponge, stuck it on my envelope with a dramatic flourish and said, “Any kind of special occasion?” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

She had dyed bright-red hair, large gray eyes with dramatic eye makeup, and a soulful pout on her round face. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

“This all seems really dramatic. I don’t understand why you just won’t come home.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The story appears frequently in his biography, but may have been embellished by some of Bateson’s students for dramatic flair. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Despite the absence of sudden and dramatic symptoms, one who handles such materials is unquestionably storing up toxic materials in his body. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

You see, my dramatic entrance to the University had made quite a stir. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

They told the incredibly dramatic—and highly improbable—tale of their escape from PSF custody over our shared meal of fruit snacks, stale Pringles, and Twinkies. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

When we fight now, it’s far less dramatic, often more efficient, and always with our love for each other, no matter how strained, still in sight. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I can be here forever and ever, studying all the art and walking up and down the dramatic marble staircases. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Following the dramatic Americanization of their children, even my parents grew more publicly confident. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the moment silence was more dramatic than anything she could say. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Viola gave me a used book of Bible stories with dramatic illustrations. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Spoon was about to hit the computer key when Ms. Owens cleared her throat in dramatic fashion. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Shhh, everybody,” said Jenny as music swelled and the dramatic Dog Squad opening filled the screen. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Fires were extremely common back then and thought to be as exciting and dramatic as a night at the theater. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

But then Chet would have a big, dramatic story to tell, so maybe it was for the best. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Harry was running his fingers over the piano keys in a dramatic thrumming riff, either Chopin or Liszt—I wasn’t sure which. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

I shout as she takes a dramatic gulp. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

The end explanation that he had “given her up” so as to save his soul, and that he had now returned horn a sense of dramatic magnanimity, was not the true one. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Despite the fire’s approach, the heat and shower of burning debris, Chamberlin remained calm, watching the dramatic scene in front of him and mentally taking notes. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

The foundation for the next dramatic change of his life’s course had been laid years before. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

What is interesting about these three explanations is that none of them is at all dramatic. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Ms. Washington gets all excited about a lesson, she gets real theatrical and starts speaking in this dramatic, booming voice like she would if she were on a stage. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

The converse phenomenon—the loosening of the island—was faster, more dramatic, and the reasons for it more evident. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve noticed it usually happens when—well, I’m an emotional sort of fellow, and I do get carried away. I might, ah, readjust the facts slightly; purely for dramatic effect, you understand.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

A dramatic one-year spike in test scores might initially be attributed to a good teacher; but with a dramatic fall to follow, there’s a strong likelihood that the spike was brought about by artificial means. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Oppenheimer’s arrival at Berkeley was rather less dramatic than his arrival a few months earlier at Caltech, which he had reached after a breakneck automobile drive through the desert punctuated by two serious crack-ups. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

There are few moments in all music as dramatic, as unexpected and as moving. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

I cleared my throat in dramatic Vonetta fashion, hoping to get a smile out of her. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

During this period, Nixon called for a “war on drugs”—an announcement that proved largely rhetorical as he declared illegal drugs “public enemy number one” without proposing dramatic shifts in drug policy. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Van Ness went on to provide additional detail about Burr’s behavior during the dramatic interval. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

The walls are painted a deep shade of red, a dramatic contrast to the sleek black chairs, the crisp white tablecloths. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Mordred had begun dressing- with this dramatic simplicity since the time when he had become a leader of the popular party. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Sokoloff penthouse was dramatic and modern but cluttered with piles of books, magazines, and keepsakes. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

But as the days passed and the rumblings failed to develop into anything dramatic, people grew restless, and the view became general that the volcano wasn’t going to blow after all. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

“That scale is mostly iron, unless I miss my guess. How can I make that more dramatic than it already is?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

His eyes glowed and he hesitated before making his dramatic announcement to the world. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I observed how some speakers used emotion and dramatic language, and tried to move the audience with such techniques, while other speakers were sober and even, and shunned emotion. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sitting down in front of a stranger struck him as uncomfortable, if not a tad dramatic. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Doctor Orangehair, probably better known as Dr. McFall, was used to irate or worried relatives, and was not intimidated by Aunt Queen’s dramatic entrance. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Any one of his features would be dramatic, but all of them together, it’s a turf war, a rumble for territory, nose against mouth against flashing eyes. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

As “The Trial of the Century” reached its dramatic conclusion, my old professor was sitting on the toilet. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

This might all sound overly dramatic on my part, but everyone in the room is thinking the same thing on some level after seeing what Boy21 can do. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t give up, boy. Maybe your father is running late. Most omens are not as dramatic as a chicken, of course. I knew a fellow once who got a dung beetle—” “Thanks, Vitellius,” Frank said. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“You don’t say so,” said Lenina politely, not knowing in the least w'hat the Warden had said, but taking her cue from his dramatic pause. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was charm, both in the color, which exactly matched her eyes, and in the angle, which made her face look dramatic instead of simply thin. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

At lunch, when Link said he was Jewish, I figured he was just being dramatic about how anti-swastika he was. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

She tweaked the eyebrows, making their arch more dramatic, and added roundness to the cheeks. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Alvarez wondered what it was about a thin lamina of clay, barely a quarter of an inch thick, that could account for such a dramatic moment in Earth’s history. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

"I'm a student of history, sir," another interrupted with dramatic gestures. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now he could add “dramatic” and “childish” to the list of reasons he didn’t want to hang out with her anymore. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Many of the headlines and articles contained dramatic language and exaggeration. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

“What are you talking about? Everyone loves you. Don’t be so dramatic.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I want to say that I am a rock crab and Tressa is a seagull, but I know Grammy would say I am being dramatic. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

This has all been devised by the Gamemakers to guarantee the most dramatic showdown in history. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

This dramatic change in the roster of nations making up the new America is yet another stage in the saga of this country as a melting pot of cultures and experience. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

As I drew what I hoped looked like wing tips, I thought about the singer with the dark, dramatic eyes on the album cover at Spins & Needles. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Freezing was just the first of several dramatic improvements HeLa helped bring to the field of tissue culture. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Second, the improbably symmetrical ending to the dialogue casts an irresistibly dramatic spell over the entire story and the way to tell it. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

While dramatic progress was apparent in the political and social realms, civil rights activists became increasingly concerned that, without major economic reforms, the vast majority of blacks would remain locked in poverty. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

The Wreck of the Hesperus’ is by a poet called Longfellow, and it is a very dramatic tale. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Yet it has been changes in our laws—particularly the dramatic increases in the length of prison sentences—that has been responsible for the growth of our prison system, not increases in crime. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Perhaps the most dramatic effect of legalized abortion, however, and one that would take years to reveal itself, was its impact on crime. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Bending at the waist, he takes a dramatic, inverted bow. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

This whole thing was dramatic enough without my involving my parents and their inevitable hyperventilations. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I shrugged, and drew a second giraffe with a dramatic, Z-shaped crook to its neck. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

To make matters worse, dramatic technological changes revolutionized the workplace—changes that eliminated many of the jobs that less skilled workers once relied upon for their survival. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

By the way, it should definitely be illegal for a person as dramatic as her to drive a car this big. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

But now and then there were dramatic manifestations. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

With a dramatic gesture, Father Time whipped open the Yearbook to a seemingly random page. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Seventh-grade spring was ridiculously busy, and dramatic—Drew asked me out again in December and then we broke up on New Years Eve. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

He could have been depended upon to take a loud dramatic departure, so that the school would have reverberated for weeks afterward with Brinker’s Last Words, Brinker’s Military Bearing, Brinker’s Sense of Duty. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve edited together some very dramatic stuff, most of it from movies. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

I find some dramatic music, including the song “We Know the Way” from Disney’s Moana. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

One would imagine the contents of a dish, and the other would uncover it with a small, dramatic flourish. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The neighborhood experienced a dramatic population influx in the 1840s, when the Irish potato famine led to a great migration to America, as tens of thousands of Irish immigrants landed in Boston. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

“And with no flying car available you decided that bursting into the Great Hall halfway through the feast ought to create a dramatic effect.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

So the lady lent him a black horse which turned out to be a fiend, and it vanished in dramatic circumstances when Percy luckily crossed himself that evening. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, we’re so lucky we don’t live there,” the girl sitting next to her declares, and then Sheila adds, “Can you imagine?” with a dramatic sigh. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Still nothing on TV except for an overly dramatic Lifetime movie that my mother was totally into. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, for dramatic effect, we would hold the flashlights under our chins while we were explaining something in detail. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

In 1985, however, things took a dramatic turn when Mikhail Gorbachev became head of the Soviet Union. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Ms. Blum was introducing their new project, speaking, as she always did, with grand hand gestures that Hazel used to find dramatic but now made her fear for the jars of paint. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Then one day, she was back,” Ruth barks, snapping her fingers for dramatic effect. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Still, Ignatius found the tiny imprint offensive, and over it he painted a dramatic and stylized version of a fleur-de-lis. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She used to wear housecoats, but about a month ago she began wearing ankara- and kente-print dresses in dramatic color combinations. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

My eyes well up with tears again, and I feel stupid and dramatic. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

The full lineup for the fest, now in its 32nd year, features 17 films in the section for U.S. dramatic features, 16 in international dramatic features and 17 in documentary features. Outfest 2014 unveils full lineup of LGBT films 2014-06-04T04:00:00Z

Lowery started his career as a set designer and it shows: he used the singers as props for visual tableaux, rather than as dramatic characters. Semiramide ? review 2011-08-29T17:30:00Z

The effect of Hunter’s trading on Amaranth was dramatic. Hedge fund’s wild side: The man who lost $8 billion 2013-06-01T20:30:00Z

But for this concert Mr. Beck mostly set aside the long, dramatic arcs and searing peaks of his own catalog to be part of an oldies act. Music Review: Beck?s Back, With Roots Rock the Les Paul Way 2011-03-29T21:58:33Z

But as beautiful as it is, “Epic” is fatally lacking in visceral momentum and dramatic edge. Movie Review: ‘Epic,’ Directed by Chris Wedge 2013-05-23T22:59:35Z

The most dramatic possible outcome would be for the SIS participants, or at least some of them, to upstage their mentors. In the galleries: Exhibition explores the art of mentoring 2016-12-23T05:00:00Z

Also, the dramatic arc of “The Amen Corner” owes as much to Shakespeare as it does to more contemporary references. Perspective | A theater highlight for D.C.: James Baldwin’s rarely seen ‘Amen Corner’ 2020-01-27T05:00:00Z

For one thing, there has not been enough genuine dramatic conflict to give sad events the full, cathartic weight of tragedy. Review: In ‘Me Before You,’ a Broken Man Meets a Free Spirit 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z

Even in his funniest moments, he has an intensity that makes comedy dramatic. What Makes Katt Williams Great? It’s Not the Jokes, It’s the Performance 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z

“The Ashlee Simpson Show” also brought viewers behind the scenes of dramatic events in Ms. Simpson’s life, like the “Saturday Night Live” lip-syncing incident. Ashlee Simpson’s New Reality 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z

Carney was dramatic, almost operatic, and filled the small and acoustically lively room with waves of big statements. A delicious and bite-size program of two piano quartets 2015-11-01T04:00:00Z

The dramatic concept was both startling intricate and familiar, a Postmodern mélange of the French Revolution and Beaumarchais’ Figaro trilogy, with riffs on many popular operas. Critic's Pick: 'Ghosts of Versailles' 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z

Without dramatic anachronism or frame-breaking, the movie—written by Lemmons and Gregory Allen Howard—addresses more than the monstrous institution of slavery, which was officially ended in 1863. The Stunning Achievement of Kasi Lemmons’s “Harriet” 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z

I still have no settled opinion on the matter, but the poems do seem to have a clear dramatic narrative. Don Paterson on Shakespeare's sonnets 2010-10-15T23:06:00Z

He was in a middle of a divorce and reckoning with a dramatic dip in the art market that affected the value of his work. In Berlin, a Creative Paradise That’s Easiest to Reach by Boat 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z

The juicy dramatic possibilities of buried secrets and lies and cybertrickery are left unexplored. Movie Review: ‘Brief Reunion,’ Written and Directed by John Daschbach 2013-01-17T22:37:51Z

I’m just glad it’s a comedy, because if I had to do dramatic acting with 30 cameras going off, it would be hopeless.” film: Much Taller, Still Plastered 2010-08-27T19:23:00Z

The most dramatic and seductive demonstration of this was the performance by Ariadne Greif, who possesses a luminous, expressive voice and an uncanny ability to imitate bird song. Music Review: Resonant Bodies Festival at ShapeShifter Lab in Brooklyn 2013-09-06T22:26:20Z

Located on the picturesque campus of Southern Maine Community College, formerly Fort Preble, the lighthouse sits at the end of a dramatic 900-foot granite breakwater. In South Portland, Maine, the sun is the star 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z

These included colored lens filters, dramatic re-enactments of past events told from multiple perspectives and heightened romantic scenes in which Christopher and Susan are presented as idealized Hollywood versions of themselves. In ‘Landscapers,’ True Crime Meets Hollywood Fantasy 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z

The role of Giselle, a peasant girl who dies of heartbreak and, resurrected, saves her lover from a tribe of ghost women, should lend itself to dramatic and bittersweet goodbyes. Dance Listings for May 22-28 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey is hoping to foster dramatic talent in the Middle East with a new theater arts academy. Kevin Spacey seeks to boost Mideast theater 2011-02-06T12:16:05Z

Kinberg said killing off a character played by an A-lister as big as Lawrence was “the strongest, most dramatic thing for the movie.” "X-Men" director spoils huge "Dark Phoenix" death, explains why the A-list actor had to exit 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z

Although under different circumstances the role could provide an edgy dramatic turn to burnish an actor's resume, it more likely will burnish Lohan's image as damaged goods. Lindsay Lohan returns to theaters, as naked junkie 2010-09-01T11:50:00Z

In the course of Harun’s dramatic monologue, he confesses that in spite of his professed animosity toward Camus and the French, he never participated in the Algerian revolution. An Algerian novelist takes on Camus in ‘The Meursault Investigation’ 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z

Berlin’s life was rich and full of incident, and the material she took from it for her stories was colorful, dramatic, and wide-ranging. The Story Is the Thing: On Lucia Berlin 2015-08-12T04:00:00Z

Its subdued ending led, without pause, to the dramatic burst that begins another work in A minor: Robert Schumann’s war horse piano concerto. Review: Schumann at the Philharmonic. Robert, Too. 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z

In commercial prospects," he says of The World's End, "it couldn't be less dramatic: a film completely set in pubs. The World's End: meet Edgar Wright 2013-07-13T05:00:00Z

Their slant “was the sculptural element that made the work as dramatic as possible,” said Ms. Pepper, 87, who visits Waccabuc periodically to check on her project. House Proud: Theater Producers Put Drama in Their Own Backyard 2010-08-11T22:44:00Z

But at least there was some dramatic point to it. In ‘Game of Thrones’ Finale, a Breakdown in Storytelling 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z

Rhodes is instantly recognisable by her pink hair, dramatic make-up and iconic jewellery. Day-Lewis knighted in Honours list 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z

Casting a wide net over the topic of Palestine, the 2012 London Palestine Film Festival kicked off last week, presenting  contemporary comedic and dramatic films, a 1974 Susan Sontag documentary, and video installations. In Transit Blog: In London, Films About Palestinians 2012-04-25T19:10:23Z

As Meehl tails him on his annual nine-month treks through stunning American landscapes to conduct seminars for horse owners, another, more dramatic story emerges. Buck: Horseman, Don't Pass By 2011-06-18T05:45:00Z

Throughout "Never Have I Ever," Devi is often criticized for and forced to confront her anger issues that causes her to act out in brash and dramatic fashion. "Never Have I Ever" star identifies with having to dress up in a "cringe-worthy" costume for a job 2021-07-31T04:00:00Z

J.J.’s excellent idea is he needs somebody with him so he can be dramatic so he’s not just staring hard at things all the time. Watch the Intense First Trailer for J.J. Abrams New Time-Travel Series 2016-01-09T05:00:00Z

Bug's silent grief mirrors another dramatic scene where a character's silence ratchets up the intesity – when Freamon comes face to face with his nemesis Marlo, picks up his cellphone and exchanges a knowing, extended glare. The Wire re-up: season five, episode nine ? deserve got nothing to do with it 2010-04-12T23:15:00Z

But his playing soon settled without losing vividness or dramatic thrust. Review: Behzod Abduraimov Nurtures and Protects in Full Exposure 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z

There her life, never dull, became even more dramatic. The Woman at the Heart of Beethoven’s ‘Moonlight’ Sonata 2020-05-27T04:00:00Z

A biography of the beloved English author and poet, whose dramatic life was as striking as her literary output. 50 notable works of nonfiction in 2019 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z

She usually went with the one that conveyed the most dramatic, least absorbable sensation of difference. Previously Unseen Arbus, Unearthed Years After Her Death 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z

Davis is as always, a rock solid actress, and through her quiet forcefulness, almost sells a last-minute dramatic revelation about Nona’s dark secret involving her own learning-challenged son. Won't Back Down: Maggie Gyllenhaal Burns to Be Erin Brockovich 2012-09-27T18:01:29Z

Swaths of lakefront for running, biking and taking in the dramatic Chicago skyline. Instead of the Magnificent Mile, head to Hyde Park for a real sense of Chicago 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z

It’s bracing stuff, made all the more dramatic by the burbling bass undertow and skeletal piano chords. Album review: Bobby Womack, 'The Bravest Man in the Universe' 2012-06-11T20:41:00Z

Last week, she was nominated for her first Golden Globe Award in the best dramatic actress category. Rooney Mara preps for stardom with "Dragon Tattoo" 2011-12-21T22:42:21Z

The others are variously fearful, stoical and weary, and the tensions and bonds of solidarity that develop among them are the film’s dramatic sinews. | 'Meek?s Cutoff': Out on the Frontier, Bringing All That Baggage With Them 2011-04-07T22:33:01Z

This time it's the story from Genesis of Jacob wrestling with an Angel, though once again it's the dramatic content rather than its religious significance that interested Birtwistle and his librettist Stephen Plaice. BBC Singers/London Sinfonietta/Atherton ? review 2011-08-22T14:57:59Z

As an anthology of short dramatic texts by a diverse group of established and emerging writers, it is both varied and, perhaps inevitably, uneven. In Salzburg, New Lives for Two Scandalous Plays 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z

But when he discovers that his liaison with Erica has dramatic implications, he decides to take brutal revenge. "Red White & Blue" whips up familiar torture porn 2010-10-08T02:33:00Z

Ottinger’s art is more deeply stylistic and intellectual than it is dramatic. “Johanna d’Arc of Mongolia” and the Question of the Substance of Style 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z

But then Caitlin suddenly — and not very convincingly, in dramatic terms — announced that she was setting aside her career for love and marriage. ArtsBeat: 'The Good Wife' Revisits Some Core Themes 2012-03-12T05:00:38Z

Apparently determined to rewrite 2,500 years of dramatic literature, Anderson ignores another cardinal tenet: that a character’s early preoccupations will bear verdant or evil fruit later in the story. The Master: Neither a Scientology Exposé Nor a Cinema Masterpiece 2012-09-13T12:00:39Z

Mr. Gillett applied the same dramatic principles to his own performance. Music Review: Eric Michael Gillett Sings at Feinstein?s at Loews Regency 2010-07-07T21:57:00Z

It’s a truism of TV that dialogue drives the medium: budgets and schedules being what they are, even a visually dramatic show has to lean a lot on conversation. Justified Watch: All Talk, All Action 2013-03-20T12:00:29Z

The history of Masterpiece is full of similarly dramatic moments, especially within the last decade. How Americans Almost Missed Out on Downton Abbey 2013-10-29T09:45:14Z

But the idea that could have the most dramatic impact on Anacostia is the 11th Street Bridge Park. A tour of a changing capital 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z

A cable car rising up Bergen’s dramatic northeastern ridge above the historic Bryggen neighborhood to a lookout, playground, restaurant and cross-country ski trails. A U.S. traveler’s urge to see Norway is all in his genes 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z

The building probably will be hailed as a dramatic departure from other Smithsonian museums — in part because its interior space evolved during the same design process that vitiated its exterior. Even a $540 million building can suffer from cost cutting 2016-05-16T04:00:00Z

The drive with hairpin turns and steep drops down the Upper Fraser Canyon had stark, dramatic views of the surrounding mountains and sheer cliffs in the late afternoon sun. Canada’s grand western loop around British Columbia is prime for a road trip 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z

And you get a really dramatic peek behind the curtain of the man who made it and all those decisions, including the ending that you’re still arguing about 10 years later. Tell Us 5 Things About Your Book: A Deep Dive Back Into ‘The Sopranos’ 2018-12-30T05:00:00Z

With the help of a determined prosecution lawyer and a decent man who was in the bar and decides to give evidence, the men who cheered the rapists on are convicted amid dramatic courtroom scenes. Rape films vs realism 2011-01-19T09:30:00Z

In a dramatic move, he produced the white lace dress that the witness alleged she had been wearing at the time of the 2013 incident and had never worn since. Harvey Weinstein trial: attorney shows dress witness wore during alleged attack 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z

It was fun because the ring starts glowing, and it’s rather dramatic and unexpected.” Field Notes: With This Torch, I Thee Weld a Ring 2012-01-05T23:06:01Z

The libretto is clunky, rather pleased with its own cleverness and takes most of the first act to exert a dramatic grip. Elegy for Young Lovers 2010-04-25T21:05:00Z

There was a dramatic shift in his artistic output: his palette moved into a calmer rose period. Malangatana Ngwenya obituary 2011-01-17T18:54:55Z

Each concert paired excerpts from an opera with a programmatic piece, an inherently dramatic form that depicts a story or a character using instrumental forces. Review: The Met Opera Orchestra Raises a Glorious Noise 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z

“I wanted to play the Baroque card, but with a faster dramatic rhythm tailored to modern attention spans.” ?The Enchanted Island,? a Baroque Mash-Up at the Met 2011-12-22T15:38:19Z

It was a dramatic tale but one in touch with the history of art, which is unfortunately full of tragic stories of early deaths, from Giorgione and Raphael to Basquiat and beyond. Never forget David Bowie masterminded "the biggest art hoax in history" 2019-02-23T05:00:00Z

But the awards also boost the Oscar hopes of Britain's Colin Firth, who was named best dramatic actor for his role as stuttering George VI in . Colin Firth reigns! 2011-01-17T07:24:35Z

Far from repining in the sheltered world of the rectory, she was surrounded by sensational, exotic, dramatic life. The Real Jane Austen: A Life in Small Things by Paula Byrne – review 2013-02-08T07:00:02Z

The most dramatic consequence, of course, is the effect we are having on the atmosphere and the climate. From global warming to fluoride: Why do people deny science? 2013-05-25T20:30:00Z

But a dramatic, upsetting incident occurs at the restaurant that impacts the restaurant's ability to serve food. How "Bob's Burgers" uses "foxhole humor" to keep the American dream alive after 200 episodes 2020-11-15T05:00:00Z

Their babble must sound self-assured and realistic, and must suit the dramatic context of a given scene. Learning 'Lear': The How-To's of Hub-Bub 2014-07-29T04:00:00Z

“It’s not just an isolated incident … The gap is pretty dramatic.” Four women allege discrimination in major Disney pay gap case 2019-07-05T04:00:00Z

One of the great things about horror and speculative fiction is that you are throwing people into really outsized, dramatic situations a lot. Talking to Victor LaValle about 'The Changeling' and the horror of parenthood, H.P. Lovecraft and more 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z

“So it wasn’t a collection of rock tracks or something put together. It had to be read to you and you could understand — the dramatic context of the whole thing had to be the recording.” ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ at 50: What Was the Buzz? 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z

Ms. Fox paused for dramatic effect against the chatter of customers anxiously awaiting their Italian pastry. Julia Fox, Diamond in the Rough of ‘Uncut Gems’ 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z

This dramatic reenactment of the rant is also quite good. How Unboxing Videos Soothe Our Consumerist Brains 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z

But the symptoms continued to build: panic attacks in public places, more uncharacteristic and dramatic failures at work. Brain on Fire by Susannah Cahalan - review 2013-01-24T09:01:01Z

AMC's "Mad Men" won the Emmy for best dramatic series for the third consecutive season. Split personality for Emmy Awards 2010-08-30T13:39:00Z

Some of the scenes in “Nightmare Scenario” are drawn out to the point of dramatic exhaustion. Reliving a Year of Death, as Havoc Reigned in the White House 2021-06-27T04:00:00Z

But for all the cleverness of Christie’s designs, they don’t so much nourish Marianne Elliott’s production as overwrite it, filling its many dramatic holes with eye candy. On Broadway Stages, the Beautiful Rooms Are Empty 2021-12-30T05:00:00Z

While many presidents have held events in the garden, Donald Trump has been especially inclined to use its dramatic backdrop of colorful flowers and white neoclassical columns to hold outdoor news conferences. Melania Trump announces the White House Rose Garden will be revamped, a throwback to the Kennedy era 2020-07-27T04:00:00Z

A dramatic Jack Goldstein painting of lightning strikes shows what the family might see from their living room windows during a Colorado summer. Peak Experience 2010-05-01T04:00:00Z

Strevens thinks it's a bit disingenuous "when overnight figures are reported and compared to previous consolidated figures, in order to make the most dramatic headline." "Doctor Who" producer downplays falling ratings for season 13 2022-02-21T05:00:00Z

If shifting the opera’s setting from Renaissance Italy to 1920s Berlin was not entirely convincing, this was still a detailed, dramatic staging, full of insights into the characters. Review: Amid Omicron, the Met Opera Opens a Weimar ‘Rigoletto’ 2022-01-02T05:00:00Z

Through these dramatic storylines, we found moments that are more cinematic than Bond-esque, but it allowed us to have shots of police and helicopters and people on the run. In "The Other Fellow," real people named James Bond reveal the blessing and curse of the 007 moniker 2023-02-18T05:00:00Z

The question of whether he is a real baritone was once summed up this way in a review in The Los Angeles Times: “Baritone, schmaritone: Domingo was a commanding vocal and dramatic presence.” Plácido Domingo Defies the Gravity of Age 2014-03-07T15:00:03Z

“My son will be an ambassador of France, a chevalier of the Legion of Honor, a great dramatic author, a second Ibsen, a new Gabriele d’Annunzio,” she yelled at anyone who would listen. Underneath Romain Gary’s Many Masks 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z

With the Byredo candle burning in the lobby and dramatic hallway light installations, the whole place oozes chic; even the elevator is inexplicably cool. Check In/Check Out: Hotel Review: Hotel Skeppsholmen in Stockholm 2011-04-22T18:55:00Z

Tickets were acquired through our concierge, and the next day we took our seats in a stadium flanked by dramatic rocky escarpments and surrounded by tough-looking fans clad in pink, Palermo’s team color. In Sicily, Tasting Seafood With a Skeptical Son 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z

Last year, however, Plaza took her eccentric persona to new dramatic heights in the comedy-drama Ingrid Goes West, which she also produced. 'It's exhausting not being human' – the weird world of Legion's Aubrey Plaza 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z

Still, this performance got below the surface of the score to reveal its dramatic and musical complexities. Bolshoi Opera Brings ‘The Tsar’s Bride’ to Lincoln Center 2014-07-13T04:00:00Z

I’m willing to accept that, in a story about bullying and depression involving a supporting character on the show, there will be a certain amount of dramatic compression. Glee Watch: The Bully Becomes the Bullied 2012-02-22T15:03:38Z

That's presented in a very real and dramatic way in this film. DIY film-making 2011-04-04T08:03:08Z

Unsurprisingly, the years that produced the work saw a dramatic rise in white supremacist activism and racist violence. We Need to Move, Not Destroy, Confederate Monuments 2017-08-20T04:00:00Z

Besides the invigorating performance of Ms. Blige, who punctuated her songs with high kicks, there were extended sets from the high-energy 112, the slyly tough Total and the dramatic crooner Carl Thomas. Review: Sean Combs Leads a Bad Boy Reunion, With a Surprising Amount of Soul 2016-05-21T04:00:00Z

This judgment may sound overly sweeping and dramatic. Burning down their house 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z

“This show is about ratings,” she noted, and she was pitted against the other female contestants because it was “dramatic.” ‘Dumbest story ever’: How Omarosa’s reality-star exit from the White House hijacked the news. 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z

"The Beast" bristles not just with dramatic strokes, but with dramatic slashes. Spectrum's 'The Beast': brutal rigor and energy 2011-10-01T17:17:04Z

In Beethoven’s “Appassionata” Sonata, Mr. Perahia was able to build up generous arcs of dramatic development through the juxtaposition of that rooting bass line and the emotionally charged harmonic progressions straining against it. Music Review: Murray Perahia’s Powerful Sound Unfurls at Avery Fisher 2014-03-10T20:54:55Z

That is something she experienced firsthand last year, when she took a dramatic role on Broadway in "Promises, Promises," versus the numerous lighthearted and comedic musicals such as "Wicked" that had come before. Kristin Chenoweth comes home for country album 2011-09-06T12:41:24Z

Burt is clearly attracted to dramatic performance, to persona, to characterization. The Education Issue: Stephen Burt, Poetry’s Cross-Dressing Kingmaker 2012-09-16T00:17:27Z

Reaction videos are designed to capture, above all, surprise — that moment when the world breaks, when it violates or exceeds its basic duties and forces someone to undergo some kind of dramatic shift. Riff: Reaction Videos as Anthropological Study of America 2011-11-27T04:00:09Z

Joachim’s approach meshes well with Eighth Blackbird’s theatrical streak; the group tends to offer dramatic stagings, “evenings” as opposed to concerts. Strong group, light music: Eighth Blackbird at the Kennedy Center 2016-03-08T05:00:00Z

You can’t really visit Santa Cruz without taking a spin up or down the dramatic Pacific coastline on Route 1, the setting for many a car commercial. Frugal Traveler: Budget Fun on the California Coast 2014-04-02T18:18:48Z

Stuart Walker, the library's chief book conservator who retired in 2013, tells the Boston Globe that dramatic shifts in relative humidity are a serious problem. Good news and bad news for the Boston Public Library 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z

She worked on radio, won dramatic contests and in 1934 entered the prestigious Abbey Theatre School in Dublin. Maureen O’Hara, smoldering Irish beauty of movie fame, dies at 95 2015-10-24T04:00:00Z

And to say you aren’t sure seems pretty reasonable when you think about the dramatic change you’re going to be dealing with in the future. A Refreshingly Honest Take on Maternity Leave 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z

His hourlong “Percussion Cycle,” commissioned by Les Percussions de Strasbourg, the granddaddy of all percussion ensembles, is a masterful, dramatic exploration of electronically enhanced timbres: skins, metals, wood. The UW mixes art and science with worldwide talent 2014-03-05T21:10:38Z

That form of demise also offers dramatic pictorial possibilities, as local painter Timothy Johnson reveals in his Touchstone Gallery show, “Fables of Decapitation.” Review | In the galleries: From artist Timothy Johnson, a heady exhibition 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z

Knowledge of others so bred in the bone doesn’t, in real life, provoke a lot of dramatic revelation. The Kennedy Center sets an inviting table for ‘The Gabriels’ 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z

Ending with Navalny’s dramatic arrest in Moscow a year ago, the movie certainly has a suspenseful, stranger-than-fiction feeling, enhanced by its subject’s dashing, humorous charisma. Worried About the Health of Cinema? Sundance Has Good News for You. 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z

Because they told stories in verse, his poems — others include “The Song of Hiawatha” and “The Wreck of the Hesperus” — were popular recital pieces back in the day when dramatic declamation was a minor art. Review | Beloved, patriotic, sentimental: A look at the life and poetry of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z

Yet in his more overtly dramatic way, Mr. Thomas also brings lucid textures and structural coherence to Mahler, as he did here in the 90-minute “Resurrection” Symphony. Music Review: Michael Tilson Thomas Opens Tanglewood 2010-07-11T22:38:00Z

I wanted to look at people where something dramatic really happens to them. Coming to the L.A. Times Festival of Books: Atticus Lish 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z

"It used to be about the lip, but for me," she says, "the holidays are all about a dramatic eye." Plaid scarves, fleece-lined boots and pea coats won't do 2011-12-05T17:18:31Z

Consider adding wood trim details and painting the backs of the bookcases a darker color to create a dramatic focal point. How to downsize to a smaller, more urban living room 2016-03-01T05:00:00Z

But in the hope of better transmitting the information to a largely illiterate audience, he recruited a 51-year-old midwife named Mary Coley to play the protagonist in a series of dramatic re-enactments. George C. Stoney, Documentarian, Dies at 96 2012-07-15T05:57:17Z

The other miners supply comic relief and dramatic interest. Review: ‘The 33’ Recalls a Chilean Mine Disaster and the Men Who Endured It 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z

When the film works, the bold drama of his visuals and the dramatic boldness of his stories flow together, becoming all of a narrative piece. Review: In ‘The Martian,’ Marooned but Not Alone 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z

He'd spent his whole life taking stupidity and finessing it into an art, by making videos for the Offspring and adding pointlessly dramatic sound effects to hair-swishes in the Charlie's Angels films. Terminator Salvation recap: McG gives us a robotic sequel with added stupidity 2013-07-12T11:20:00Z

Bach, much admired by the young Mozart, generally wrote in major keys but deviated on the Symphony in G minor, resulting in a dramatic, expressive work. Seattle Symphony celebrates baroque dads 2012-03-01T20:54:05Z

It is a dramatic entrance, one that Lord, a 19-year-old former racehorse, has made for years. Enter Stage Left: A Donkey Debuts at the Met Opera 2022-05-17T04:00:00Z

If this device has remained popular for thousands of years, it’s because it allows writers to create useful dramatic effects with hardly any work. Will McAvoy, you’re so smart! 2012-07-23T18:30:00Z

I keep my eyes locked on one of the execs, who registers dramatic facial expressions — surprise! delight! fear! — that pull me back from the edge of terror. One Writer’s Diary for Television Pitch Season 2014-11-14T05:00:00Z

According to legend, she was forced to wear a muzzle or face mask and a heavy iron collar, both to conceal her dramatic beauty and to prevent her from speaking. Review | This 93-year-old artist has been taking on racism and sexism for decades — and is finally getting her due 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z

And the American Cinema Editors named “Mad Max: Fury Road” best edited dramatic film — another bellwether because winners in that category often go on to land best picture. Topsy-Turvy Oscars Race May Gain Clarity in Directors Guild Awards 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z

But McQueen’s illuminations of the conditions of the time, in the bright light of fleeting and emblematic reflections, are undermined by the traditional dramatic composition of his hermetically assembled plot. “Widows,” Reviewed: Steve McQueen Grafts Heist Film 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z

In the 11 dramatic tales that make up her second story collection, Groff’s version of Florida comes with menace, but no less wonder. 8 New Books We Recommend This Week 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z

The chapels are often described as “theaters of the mountain” for their realistic and dramatic depiction of scenes of Christ’s life. Heads Up: High in Lombardy, Italy, a Less Crowded Pilgrimage 2012-04-06T19:37:00Z

With the questioner’s contributions mostly marked as “inaudible,” these interviews are essentially dramatic monologues, and like the classics of the genre they are rich with deliberate evasiveness and accidental disclosure. Sex Goddess, Celebrity and the Best Hope for Her Country 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z

Director Ben Twist used little more than space and light to frame Farnsworth's electrifying performance as the King; the onus was on delivery, and Farnsworth responded with a vocal and dramatic tour de force. Hebrides Ensemble – review 2012-11-13T19:00:06Z

Still, this was not the solution to the inherent dramatic problems. Music Review: Kaija Saariaho’s ‘Émilie’ at the Gerald W. Lynch Theater 2012-07-20T23:33:07Z

I’d be a whole lot worse without them, and – yes, I intend for this to sound dramatic – I might even be dead. You want to be pregnant. You're depressed. A tough choice lies ahead 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z

"If I were a mezzo or I were a dramatic soprano then there are those parts, those character parts, but for the soprano voice there's almost nothing" after a certain age, Fleming said. Soprano Renee Fleming at 55: 'I may leave well enough alone' 2014-11-12T05:00:00Z

But “now, from the perspective of 2018,” he added, “we see many of the dramatic gestures that Henze makes in ‘new music’ or even in popular music. Is ‘The Bassarids’ an Operatic Masterpiece, or ‘Strauss Turned Sour’? 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z

The winners of the awards, too, have finally started to reflect the dramatic evolution of popular music. The Grammys Want Us to Know That They’re Trying 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z

Many of the images “look like theater sets, so there’s that dramatic appeal to it,” Mr. Dearinger said. Nightshade Is Growing Like Weeds 2011-03-06T00:26:18Z

Castiglioni paired, for example, a red belted coat with a dramatic cape effect with the palest blue cropped pants. Summertime looks spill onto winter runway 2012-02-26T21:54:14Z

And while there are heterosexual characters in “The Inheritance,” they aren’t serving the same dramatic function in my play that the Puerto Rican characters do in “West Side Story.” The Great ‘West Side Story’ Debate 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z

Hitchcock uses them to punctuate important moments in the dramatic action, giving a subliminal jolt to viewers, when, for instance, Rupert catches Phillip in a lie. Never Given a Close Look to Hitchcock? Start Here 2020-04-02T04:00:00Z

As usual, Chris Harrison promises it’s the most dramatic rose ceremony ever. 'The Bachelor' Watch: The Women Tell All 2016-03-07T05:00:00Z

For the 1988 sequence, which focuses on Job's launch of the NeXT computer after his dramatic departure from Apple, the crew used the War Memorial, shooting from mid-February to mid-March. 'Steve Jobs' movie: A backstage look at a backstage drama 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z

The richly textured, dark-hued opening movement proved the most rewarding, with dramatic pizzicatos and slashing gestures in the strings underpinning the clarinet’s rhapsodic lines. Music Review: Clarinets and Orion String Quartet at Alice Tully Hall 2012-04-01T20:47:40Z

As Gavigan says: "A literal approach to history and historical characters will miss the audience. A more dramatic, genre-driven approach is now the norm." Holy-wood: the film industry's new passion for Christ 2012-08-24T16:46:55Z

And as much as I enjoyed Meryl Streep's witch, I have questions: 1. why did they interrupt her rap at the beginning, so dramatic, by jumping to another scene? ‘Into the Woods,’ Disney’s Take on the Sondheim-Lapine Classic 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z

Whether this dramatic richness is enough to overcome the showier, moneymaking charms of "An American in Paris" remains to be seen. Showy or rich? Energetic or tempered? What Tony Award voters must consider 2015-06-06T04:00:00Z

Barry Sullivan said his son, who had a tendency to be dramatic, was not meek and would have lowered his lift if he thought he was in danger. Sullivan's family doesn't blame Notre Dame 2011-10-27T02:00:00Z

A diet hewing to a Western palate, to be sure, but also one that often tried to extend the menu and expand the table of dramatic possibility. How will the Shakespeare show go on without Kahn? 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z

Yet those 77 steps offer a dramatic entrance to a secluded space. Over Headphones and in a Truck, the Philharmonic Stays Alive 2020-09-14T04:00:00Z

It was this dramatic setting that drew the photographer Edward Sheriff Curtis here in 1904. Photographer Edward S. Curtis’s Southwest 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z

Mizoguchi’s technique — unobtrusively dramatic compositions, elegant camera movements and a seeming ability to make any kind of shot dazzling — is unmatched. Critic’s Notebook: Mizoguchi Films in a Museum of the Moving Image Series 2014-05-01T22:16:40Z

Mr. Landay pays a lot of attention to tactics, both legal and dramatic ones. Books of The Times: ?Defending Jacob,? by William Landay 2012-02-12T23:38:56Z

“It was so quick: here’s our new protocol and then our protocol is we’re closed. It was very intense and very dramatic.” Embracing change: pandemic forces professional cuddlers to get creative 2020-07-22T04:00:00Z

A collaborator not beholden to tradition but one who understands that freedom is born from dramatic rigor. 'Family Album' confirms Stew and Rodewald's musical instincts 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z

As the soundbite-frenzied media descended in the wake of the dramatic rescue, it was local Good Samaritan and Big Mac aficionado Charles Ramsey who brought an earthy levity – and blunt racial context — to the proceedings. Charles Ramsey, hero and viral superstar 2013-05-07T16:49:00Z

"However, it's always easier to acknowledge the dramatic roles and the big showy parts," he says. Best picture Oscar contenders often break the genre film barrier 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z

Teachers Village is not only the most impressive of several new initiatives in Newark, but also the most dramatic example yet of what is shaping up to be a significant and hopeful trend in architecture. Architecture: Newark Project With Schools and Housing for Teachers 2010-05-03T22:57:00Z

“It’s our most fabulous, dramatic pieces that are selling the fastest,” he said. Carolina Herrera brings splashes of color on Valentine’s Day 2022-02-14T05:00:00Z

The chef delivers five or so varieties, including black tomato for dramatic effect. Review | The Restaurant at Patowmack Farm, under a new chef, calls for a road trip 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z

The lead attorney for the accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev began his defense this month with a blunt and dramatic statement: “It was him.” Review: ‘The Brothers’ and the Boston Marathon Bombing 2015-03-30T04:00:00Z

The lazy, formulaic screenplay settles for types and stock plot mechanics that gloss over dramatic situations without developing them. Movie Review : In ‘Unfinished Song,’ Vanessa Redgrave Lives for Music 2013-06-20T21:51:31Z

We’ve mostly talked about the dramatic aspects of the show, but at times it was hilarious. ‘Succession’ Finale: Jeremy Strong on Kendall’s Struggles and What Comes Next 2018-08-06T04:00:00Z

Earth's dire disarray pushes Amos to use his abilities as a strategist and negotiator instead of relying on brute force, and allows Chatham to spread his dramatic range wider than he has before. "The Expanse" shows the dangers of treating extremism as a joke 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z

The heady sense of periphery becoming central, the close interplay between performers and spectators, the larger dramatic shape: These were all diminished. Pam Tanowitz Brings Her Steps to Lincoln Center Out of Doors 2014-07-27T04:00:00Z

The Memphis museum uses light to dramatic effect, but in a very different way. 50 Years After Dr. King’s Death, New Lessons for Today 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z

A team of scholars reports that there's been a “dramatic” increase in curse words in American literature since 1950, the Guardian reports. Books in America are full of swear words: the more recent, the more profane 2017-08-09T04:00:00Z

That echo suggests another crucial element of the exemplary qualities of “Queen of Earth”—its fusion of the personal and the dramatic. The Best Cinema Goes Beyond Mere Storytelling 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z

Currently, there are dried air plants and dramatic lengths of sweet autumn clematis. How to decorate with flowers beyond the average bouquet in a vase 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z

Ms. Abt’s unhurried pacing and fluid, unobtrusive camera work allow the characters to breathe, and though some tough, dramatic developments are signaled early on, the tone is quietly naturalistic rather than melodramatic. Movie Review | 'Toe to Toe': On a High School Lacrosse Team, Opposites Attract and Attack 2010-02-26T00:00:00Z

Constance, Blanche’s fellow novice and dramatic foil, is easily cast with a perky coloratura voice. Review: Poulenc’s Nuns, United by Faith, Return to the Met 2023-01-16T05:00:00Z

It was nice to see something different, something dramatic. Stella McCartney shakes up fashion show 2012-02-19T02:46:03Z

At this point in the series, “Game of Thrones” has had miles of plot; watching it, when you remember what has happened to everybody, is an odd emotional and dramatic experience. Let the Flayings Begin! “Game of Thrones” Returns 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z

The play also saddles Ken with some cumbersome dramatic luggage, including the obligatory Secret From His Past and a concluding scene that rounds off things a little too resonantly and expectedly. Theater Review | 'Red': Alfred Molina as Mark Rothko in John Logan?s Drama 2010-04-02T10:10:00Z

Here and there, it rises into pert peaks and swells outwards in dramatic overhangs; from other angles, it appears to slump like a deflated meringue. Serpentine Gallery becomes Serpen-Tron 2013-06-04T15:46:57Z

That is a lot of people, which could have a dramatic effect on American politics from the presidency to Congress on down. Donald Trump and the “N-word”: Many voters would still support him — but not enough 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z

The string instruments were modern, but the influence of the early music movement was felt in the tempo choices, often buzzsaw-fast, and the dramatic narrative approach. BSO skillfully illuminates familiar terrain of Vivaldi, Handel and Bach 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z

“Once we can bring the sort of commercial, free enterprise sector into it, then we can see the dramatic acceleration that we saw in the internet.” In This Space Race, Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk Are Competing to Take You There 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z

Britten uses children's voices to great dramatic effect here, underlining the universality and seriousness of the Christian message. Benjamin Britten: a top 10 2013-01-09T19:30:01Z

If you saw even a moment of "Country Strong," did you notice how Gwyneth Paltrow gained a dramatic 20 pounds to play a washed-up singer? Is gaining 15 pounds really "torture"? 2011-08-12T19:35:00Z

This sympathetic approach allows Meacham to draw out Bush on the most emotional moments of his life and tell them with dramatic verve. Jon Meacham’s ‘Destiny and Power: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush’ 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z

Throughout “The Exchange,” which is set to string-quartet items by Dvorak, you can see his compositional expertise: changing and intricate geometries, arresting dynamics, multiple dramatic incidents. ‘We, the Dancers’: At City Ballet’s Gala, Affirming Ballet’s Honor 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z

And not just in the scripted weddings, either; the most dramatic exchanges of vows on TV are often made by people who aren't getting paid to say the lines. Weddings and TV: a happy union? 2010-09-24T12:56:00Z

The romantic remake is plenty dramatic, but the Globes has a whole category specifically for musicals and comedies. ‘A Star Is Born’ and ‘Vice’ Lead the 2019 Golden Globes Nominations 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z

Audiences can tell, too, from her animated but not overstated movement, dizzying technical facility across the flute family, and extended techniques that branch out into vocalization and dramatic text recitation. Claire Chase Is Changing How People Think of the Flute 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z

“I was thinking about my propensity to pity myself when these things happen; however dramatic or sad they are,” she said. Julien Baker Believes in God 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z

Like OK, what is the scene in another movie that would be doing this dramatic moment? Directors on the ADHD theory of "Everything Everywhere All at Once" 2022-04-17T04:00:00Z

Minor chord Motown pianos make this as dramatic as any Bond theme. A losing game 2011-07-24T18:15:01Z

Not many documentaries about families are truly able to get into the unkempt reality of home life, without tidy explanations and dramatic beats. ‘Charm Circle’ Review: There’s No Place Like Home 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z

After intermission there was a dramatic mélange derived from sections of Mozart’s Requiem, with interpolated chants, readings and funereal chimes, titled “Mozart’s Death in Words and Music.” Critic’s Notebook: The Pittburgh Symphony Orchestra Plays at Carnegie Hall 2014-05-11T21:00:39Z

But the art is a deeply pleasurable array of pieces both familiar and surprising, from the cerebral text paintings of Arakawa to the dramatic stoneware of Win Ng. Art We Saw This Fall 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z

They are dramatic, they preen, they get depressed, they fall in love. At a Public School in Denver, Refugee Children Find Hope and Frustration 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z

But in an institution that values its elite status, such a dramatic expansion is unlikely to happen soon, if at all. The Oscars and Race: A Stir Over Rules to Change the Academy 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z

Semigloss white paint creates a clean look and the most dramatic change, but whitewashing preserves some of the color variation in the stone. How to update a stone-facade fireplace 2016-01-08T05:00:00Z

In dramatic terms, though, the show, which ran on BBC3 this summer, doesn’t break new ground. Review: ‘Fleabag,’ Biting, Bitter and Pushing Boundaries 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z

Mr. Lee, who attached himself to the show after a version of it appeared in Las Vegas in April, has not brought to it the dramatic ebb and flow of his best movies. Theater Review: ‘Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth’ at Longacre Theater 2012-08-03T02:00:00Z

These include a graceful Roman theater, a dramatic 3,600-foot colonnade and various pagan temples. Islamic State reported to destroy historic tombs in ancient city of Palmyra, Syria 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z

But ultimately, where better shows tend to build in the spaces between these dramatic moments, “Sons” just waits around for the next one to occur. 'Sons of Anarchy' 'Greensleeves' recap: eyes open 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z

The effect, entertaining enough, was to flatten Mozart's perfect musical and dramatic structure. Les Troyens; Le nozze di Figaro; Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra/Dudamel – review 2012-06-30T23:07:11Z

Often what’s dramatic for America is great for documentary filmmakers, Bank observed. Filmmakers unpack Roger Stone on Netflix: Is he “the sinister Forrest Gump of American politics”? 2017-05-14T04:00:00Z

For instance, the same survey found a dramatic uptick in the acceptance of single motherhood. Divorce is a good thing: Americans have become too judgmental about marital separation — you must accept that not all marriages work out 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z

Seabirds circulated among the dramatic sea stacks, alighting atop slanted trees. For a Seattle writer, trips to the Olympic Peninsula made time to reconnect with outdoors, others 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z

It’s a beautiful scene of confrontation, powerful and truly dramatic, lacking any inadvertent ridiculousness. “Game of Thrones”: The Door 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z

This is a huge test not only for the president but also for the show, as we’ve seen countless television presidents stamp out crises in dramatic ways. ‘Designated Survivor’ Series Premiere: Glasses Off 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z

There is a certain neurasthenic element in the piece, but, without shortchanging its dramatic tension, Morlot was as convincing in highlighting its bucolic aspect as he was to be with Mahlerian delicacy after intermission. Mahler’s challenge triumphantly met at SSO | Classical review 2012-11-30T19:07:07Z

Their debut eponymous album expands on this aesthetic: classic house and disco beats evoke the hedonism of more unfettered days; Azari & III build on them with dramatic, swooping arrangements and a ton of charisma. Azari & III: Toronto's dark divas of dance 2011-07-21T21:45:01Z

White’s colonial — and the barn that housed the inspiration for literature’s most beloved pig — occupy a dramatic stretch of coastline overlooking Blue Hill Bay and Mount Desert Island. Blue Hill, a Literary Enclave, Grows in Downeast Maine 2015-09-01T04:00:00Z

In the travel industry, I’ve seen a dramatic uptick in messages to — and responses from — executives. Perspective | Got a complaint about the travel industry? Take it to the top. 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z

Yes, apparently: “Bellow borrows real-life qualities and oppositions in drawing his characters, then exaggerates them to meet dramatic or fictional ends.” ‘The Life of Saul Bellow: To Fame and Fortune, 1915-1964,’ by Zachary Leader 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z

The trumpeted publicity still is the latest and, in some ways, most dramatic step in the difficult gender transition of former Olympic decathlon gold medalist Bruce Jenner. Caitlyn Jenner's courage is bold, Annie Leibovitz's portrait cliched 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z

“Second Act” is more of a workplace comedy, with a dramatic family subplot; for once, the relationship is secondary to the character’s evolution, which Lopez loved. Jennifer Lopez on Her Power Bossness, ‘Second Act’ and A-Rod 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z

Together, however, they make for a dramatic display and an immersive experience. Review | Three large masterpieces, reunited for the first time 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z

He wrote the part of the medium with City Opera’s longtime house diva, the soprano Lauren Flanigan, in mind, and she can still deliver the dramatic goods. Spring Performance: Music : Donizetti and Schwartz Fill Out Opera Program 2011-02-20T02:00:56Z

But, while I don't resent Bean's questioning of conventional wisdom, he never achieves the perfect dramatic balance between the personal and political. The Heretic - review 2011-02-11T00:20:01Z

The exhibitions feature artifacts testifying to Hamilton’s political genius as well as to the dramatic personal story made familiar by the musical. The Many Faces of Alexander Hamilton, Just in Time for the Fourth 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z

I'm a little bit like that, in that even when I'm working with dramatic material, I tend to find ways to find humor in it, even if it's not on the page. Michael Showalter on American con artists: "We really are screwed if there's no such thing as truth" 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z

Although her love of bold colors may tempt her to suggest a dramatic wall treatment, her go-to wall colors are White Dove and Simply White, both by Benjamin Moore. The reign of beige: In a political town, design stays neutral 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z

She said her dramatic roles inform her romantic roles, and vice versa. Kaitlyn Dever on Becoming a Face of Addiction in ‘Dopesick’ 2022-08-16T04:00:00Z

It was my daughter’s own dramatic orthodontic transformation that inspired me. "You want a rich lady mouth": Could fixing my teeth fix my life? 2019-09-15T04:00:00Z

“Merry Wives” gave the women of the company as much opportunity to sharply define the comic consequences as “Henry IV” did in more seriously dramatic terms for the men. Perspective | Who needs a director, anyway? A classical theater in Staunton, Va., lets the actors run the show, and it’s a hit. 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z

Dury’s childhood polio and subsequent disability form the dramatic core of the film, but his struggle with the disease and its aftereffects also gives the movie an element of sentimental predictability. | 'Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll': Andy Serkis Stars in Ian Dury?s Punk-Rock Story 2010-05-04T22:55:00Z

“There’s no drug casualties, we don’t have that conflict of other bands with brothers in the band — so are there enough dramatic elements to make it interesting?” Now Sparks Can Confuse Fans on the Big Screen 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z

And does the addition of elaborate digital video enhance or detract from the dramatic intensity of the climactic “Confrontation” number, in which the good doctor performs a duet with his own bad self? Theater Review: Frank Wildhorn’s ‘Jekyll & Hyde,’ at the Marquis Theater 2013-04-19T02:00:54Z

The madcap, vividly dramatic "Yowzie" includes allusions to some of those early dances even as it resonates with contemporary dilemmas. Twyla Tharp is marking her 50-year anniversary by looking ahead 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z

“I’ve been blessed with a wonderful voice. And I have a real innate sense of the dramatic.” Laurence Fishburne Cools Down With Classic Jazz and Cashmere Blankets 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z

Its urgent string tremolos unfolded with intensity, and the score’s ominous undercurrents ebbed and flowed in dramatic arcs. Music Review: Riverside Symphony Performs Works by Takemitsu and Honegger 2014-01-26T21:13:20Z

Red carnations — a historic symbol of the Russian proletariat — adorn each table under dramatic crimson chandeliers. On the Menu in Moscow, Soviet-Era Nostalgia 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z

One of the more dramatic ladies pounds on her chest. The flight of Lola Catalina Lorenzo: In the Philippines, "comfort women" demand long-delayed justice 2017-09-10T04:00:00Z

The show includes his later landscapes, the most dramatic of which capture the volcano Mount St Helens in Washington, US, just after it erupted in 1980. Portraits of women – by the men who loved them 2013-06-19T14:52:00Z

The region’s elevation, 1,000 to 2,000 feet above sea level, allows for dramatic temperature shifts between warm, dry days and cool nights, permitting a long, balanced ripening season. The Applegate Valley Offers Oregon Winemakers a Quiet Place to Experiment 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z

The Yale Choral Artists, a new professional choral ensemble, sang expressively and with dramatic vigor, despite a few blemishes. Music in Review: Yale in New York in an All-Handel Evening at Zankel HallMacedonian Pianist Simon Trpceski at Zankel Hall 2012-02-28T23:30:49Z

Yet the competitions, including the season championship, aren’t terribly dramatic, except for the somber moments when paramedics have to be called into the ring. Review: Netflix’s ‘Fearless’ Explores the World’s ‘Most Dangerous Sport’ 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z

The actress Felicity Jones won a Special Jury Prize for her role in the long-distance transcontinental romance Like Crazy, while the film won the Grand Jury Prize for a dramatic film. Brits shine 2011-01-31T15:55:26Z

Not a lot happens, but there is so much anticipation that when something does happen, it is all the more dramatic because of that. The Carpetbagger: Caught Between Cutie and the Boxer 2014-02-07T18:32:29Z

Grand Manan is a large island with a dramatic coastline just off the easternmost edge of Maine. A different kind of coasting: Maine to Canada via the Bay of Fundy and St. John River 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z

Hours after that dramatic broadcast, many Americans reclined in their living rooms to watch the season finale of “Dallas.” How CBS stole the show in covering Tiananmen Square

“These are observational documentaries, but ‘casting’ them and finding the right characters that were likely to have these tensions allowed us to sort of exploit that dramatic form.” ‘Dynasties’ Focuses on the Family Drama of Lions and Penguins 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z

Lazarus begins The New Colossus with bold denial: "Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame…" This trope allows her a dramatic build-up to proclaiming Liberty's gender. Poem of the Week: The New Colossus by Emma Lazarus 2012-06-04T10:42:44Z

The role of the second Mrs. Hawking, one of his nurses, is reduced in the film, and the circumstances of Stephen's life-threatening tracheotomy are made more dramatic. From page to soundstage: Award-contending films based on books 2015-01-17T05:00:00Z

The most dramatic, of Tottenham on fire and the blackened aftermath, are positively apocalyptic. London burning: history just went sci-fi 2011-08-08T11:46:42Z

In addition to playing with her trademark virtuosity, he said, she “captures the bewildered and visceral side of the piece with utmost dramatic strength.” Hear the Martha Argerich Recordings That Inspired 8 Young Pianists 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z

He's a writer's rapper, and recites his rhymes like a dramatic poetry reading, mindful of Eric G's tempo but free with his own rhythm. Friday Favorites: USF, Sax G Whiz, ????? 2010-08-27T17:09:00Z

None of these devices seems to have any real dramatic function, remaining purely decorative. No sets, please, for Shakespeare – or anything else 2012-07-04T13:07:54Z

Here this still-young, extravagantly gifted composer grabbed the dramatic moment and met it with energy and originality. Review: ‘Eurydice,’ a New Opera, Looks Back All Too Tamely 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z

His absence will be filled by streaming services, upstart studios and veteran production houses scrambling to buy the most buzzed-about films at the festival in an industry undergoing dramatic change. Buyers jockey for indie films at Sundance without Weinstein 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z

And the comic jabs threw me off balance, setting up the dramatic uppercuts. 'Mad Men' Watch: Welcome Back; We Missed You 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z

A: I've been doing some more dramatic work, I'm writing something now and eventually I might direct something. A Minute With: Steve Carell on being a 'Despicable' dad 2013-07-03T09:28:12Z

But as dramatic entertainment, it's often touching and amusing and through its sensitive handling of topical subjects it means to do some good in the world. Amusing, sensitive 'Immediate Family' tackles sexual orientation, race 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z

Her dramatic gesture underlined the strict rules to which Japan's young pop stars must adhere to project an image of unimpeachable morals. Japanese pop star shaves head in apology - for night with boyfriend 2013-02-01T11:10:33Z

Singing with lovely bloom and sensitivity, Mr. Nylund scaled down her essentially dramatic soprano voice to emphasize the lyrical eloquence of the music and the subtle emotions of this complex character. Review: A Radiant Revival of ‘Der Rosenkavalier’ 2019-12-15T05:00:00Z

Their rift, dramatic as it was, paled in comparison to Will's sudden death at the hands of a crazed client in an episode in March. 'The Good Wife' cast wraps Season 5 in a triumphant mood 2014-05-17T04:00:00Z

Cate Fox, senior program manager at the foundation, hopes the strategy becomes a model for others hoping to push for dramatic change in institutions that are often slow to embrace it. Nonprofit pushes Chicago to build anti-racist arts community 2021-06-14T04:00:00Z

That dress and related looks are to provide the dramatic high point on Ms. LaPointe’s catwalk, on Sept. FITTINGS: Countdown to Fashion Week: Thank the Deli for That Dress 2013-08-21T18:17:47Z

I didn't want it to be too dramatic or overly emotional. Comics and sci-fi powerhouse J. Michael Straczynski has an incredible origin story of his own 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z

People want food to be simple and dramatic, when it’s a hugely complex web of … Deconstructed Nutella: nuts, cocoa – and 58% sugar 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z

She then largely withdrew from the silver screen, but the story of her dramatic life was made into dramas and musicals that are performed even today. Japan's World War II film idol Rikoran dies at 94 2014-09-15T04:00:00Z

But that relaxed appearance belies the dramatic occurences of Dean's musical life, and the tragic events around the composition of Bliss. Brett Dean on the trials of getting his opera Bliss on to the stage 2010-08-29T21:00:00Z

The scenery is one of steep sand dunes, gingerbread houses and sea views, both inspirational and dramatic. 20 of the best Baltic beach holidays 2018-08-11T04:00:00Z

“Let’s see what happens. It doesn’t have to be so dramatic.” My Quarantine Boyfriend Lost Everything (but Found Me) 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z

They don’t focus on the issue of workforce training, of dramatic reforms in education, the need to address climate change — it’s like we’re sunk. John Kasich: ‘I think members of the Republican Party are in a coma right now’ 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z

That gap between story and symbol is typical of “Eve’s Song,” which remains a smart, vivid concept still in search of full dramatic development. Review: In ‘Eve’s Song,’ the Ghosts Are Not the Scariest Part 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z

"They arrived this morning," Robin says in the same dramatic whisper. 'Jesus, Ralph, you're dangerous' | Rupert Thomson 2010-03-27T00:36:00Z

Using dreams as a dramatic device is always risky: Anything goes, but it can go too far. Review: ‘JFK’ Puts a Very Dark Day in an Operatic Light 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z

Since the debate constitutes one of this book’s big dramatic moments and is so hastily introduced, it’s not surprising to find smaller plot points being treated in equally haphazard ways. 2010-01-21T05:11:00Z

Statistics compiled by the service organization Opera America clearly reveal that despite the plurality of musical and dramatic styles in opera today, “American verismo” continues its overwhelming dominance in the country’s mainstream opera houses. When Puccini Rode Tall In the Saddle 2010-12-03T19:38:00Z

But the most dramatic pieces were inevitably those in which the designer expressed her belief that “a climate revolution is the only means to a sound economy.” In Milan, ’Angry Young Men’ to Camouflage 2013-01-14T17:42:24Z

“I passionately believe that a show can be touching and funny and sad and mysterious and dramatic,” she said, speaking from her home in London recently. Did Daisy Haggard Create the Next ‘Fleabag’? Not Exactly 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z

The Scarlatti is purely decorative, the Stravinsky lightweight and never remotely dramatic, while the dark heart of La Valse is obscured in swathes of prettification. Stravinsky: Three Movements from Petrushka; Brahms: Paganini Variations; Ravel: La Valse; Scarlatti: Two Sonatas 2010-06-24T21:12:00Z

“And so rewriting that story is an incredibly dramatic moment in your life.” How to Follow Your Dreams and Burst Into Song 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z

The setting: Exposed brick walls, dark-wood booths separated by filmy curtains and dramatic lighting set the stage for a quiet rendezvous. Add flavor to your next date night at The Spice Room in Columbia City 2011-04-21T23:36:07Z

Gratefully, the blood is only occasionally red — for dramatic effect. 'A Dame to Kill For' is a sinful waste of a sequel 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z

Mozart's dark comedy is regularly staged, and versions bringing its dramatic context up to date and closer to home are nothing new. Don Giovanni ? review 2011-08-24T17:41:34Z

His release was met with joy and astonishment — the latter driven by the 36-year-old’s dramatic weight loss. Gucci Mane, taking a spin through his catalogue, shows why he’s idolized by rappers and fans 2016-10-23T04:00:00Z

The play gave us a gathering of spiritually minded, academic arch-conservatives contemplating their own crises of faith, with gripping dramatic conviction. Off Broadway’s Season Shook Up Norms of Life and Theater 2020-04-06T04:00:00Z

With her magenta hair, dramatic makeup, and star tattoo on her wrist, she looks like she’d be at home behind the bar of a hip nightspot. Is Michael Pollan a sexist pig? 2013-04-28T01:00:00Z

Baker said that he had followed Rex’s career since the 1990s and that Rex’s appearance in the satire “Bodied” convinced him that the actor could take on a dramatic part. In His Films, Big Roles Go to Passers-by and Professionals Alike 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z

Yet the highly dramatic final chapter also makes it clear that it’s also the beginning of their end. Writers Recount Stories of Grief and Joy in Illustrated Panels 2017-05-16T04:00:00Z

And you can include in that “Breaking Bad,” you can include in that “Mad Men,” you can include in that pretty much everything that you think of as being character-driven dramatic television. Steven Bochco and Others on Creating ‘Hill Street Blues’ 2014-05-01T17:39:39Z

It may sound whimsical to suggest it, but all two-handers are in some sense love stories, dramatic analogues for the desire most feel to commune with just a single other soul. Two-Character Plays Are Highlights of Theater Season 2010-05-08T02:40:00Z

Jenkins nicely balances romantic and dramatic scenes that reveal the true natures of the characters who are ordinary people just trying to make the best out of the bad situation they find themselves in. The 18 most memorable movies of 2018 — for better and for worse 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z

Laffer in early October publicly endorsed a dramatic tax-cutting plan proposed by Liz Truss, who was just getting settled in as Britain’s prime minister. Tax-cut guru still says he’s right about Trump, Truss and trickle-down 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z

Using simple melodic lines and dramatic, repetitive notes, he crafts wordless narratives that, true to their name, sound like scores in search of images. John Carpenter goes from behind the camera to center stage 2016-07-10T04:00:00Z

They get to know one another, but not through the style of traditional naturalism, in scenes moving cleanly toward an emotional or dramatic turning point. Review: In ‘The Flick,’ Contemplating a Life of Stale Popcorn 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z

"I agonize over some of the dark and cruel things that I write. I want them, for me, to be effective and authentic and dramatic and moral, I guess," she says. Anne Rice talks about reviving vampire creations in 'Prince Lestat' 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z

It's almost a comic turn, and the Academy generally does favor the dramatic. Why Margot Robbie could be a dark horse for the Best Supporting Actress Oscar 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z

Unfortunately the alternatives he comes up with to supply the evening with a dramatic arc, while more sensational, are even less credible. | 'High': Kathleen Turner in Matthew Lombardo Play in Hartford 2010-08-09T21:57:00Z

And Stemme rises to meet it, if not always in voice then in dramatic intensity, which has only grown since she sang the title role in the Chéreau production’s first outing at the Met. Review: Two Sopranos Make an ‘Elektra’ Both Mythic and Human 2022-04-03T04:00:00Z

She recommends finding planters with mouths no smaller than 30 inches in diameter, because “the larger scale is so dramatic.” Our favorite pots for spring plantings 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z

She went on to appear in a range of dramatic productions, notably replacing Uta Hagen in the early 1960s as the shrewish Martha in Edward Albee’s “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” Elaine Stritch, vivid stage and screen personality, dies at 89

It revealed Webre at the height of his choreographic powers, featuring a company bristling with well-tempered energy and, most especially, a ballerina with the dramatic capacity to bring the whole fantasy to life. Enchanting ‘Sleepy Hollow’ awakens the best of the Washington Ballet 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z

Milch often plays fast and loose with his characters; like any smart creator he’s never been averse to tinkering with the record when it suits his dramatic purposes. Before the profane delights of "Deadwood," silver-tongued "Tombstone" rode in 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z

One bonus of the diary form is dramatic irony: the reader, unlike the diarist, knows what will happen next. I witness 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z

The moment-by-moment attention to comic detail is eye-popping, but there is a cost in the overall dramatic stakes, or, at times, the lack thereof. A gothic 'Cripple' in Chicago straight from Galway 2011-03-17T14:32:10Z

But it's the section devoted to Grimes that is the most dramatic. George Crabbe: The man behind Benjamin Britten 2013-06-14T17:00:01Z

Without dramatic action, hunger will get worse until the economy dramatically improves. Looking ahead: The top food and agriculture stories for 2021 2020-12-31T05:00:00Z

Then every few seconds one daredevil must make a sudden, dramatic move. Critic’s Notebook: Tightrope Comedy, on the Fly 2012-07-05T21:08:32Z

But something was missing from these contemporary works that Shakespeare and his contemporaries would have considered unthinkable to do without: dramatic poetry. 'Taste' and 'Backyard' revel in gore and lack style 2014-06-04T04:00:00Z

That inner distance between events and dramatic arcs is one of the film’s great virtues. The Return of Julie Dash’s Historic “Daughters of the Dust” 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z

But unlike “Ocean,” the dramatic pivots in this new piece were less obvious. Five Nights of New Music, From Gentle to Terrifying 2017-08-07T04:00:00Z

That is the only real dramatic issue at stake, the only question that might smudge the family Christmas card perfection of this story. Film review: The Blind Side 2010-03-25T22:20:00Z

And “Hollywood,” the album’s darkly dramatic finale, pulses throughout its 14 minutes with a foreboding bass line as Cave sings about predators, abandonment and a child’s death. Nick Cave Searches for Solace on ‘Ghosteen’ 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z

Some of the best stories are not tied to the dramatic action but the dalliances, the self-contained exploits that often provide opportunities for the characters to goof off or slip into more existential meditations. The Good, the Bad and the Jazzy: What ‘Cowboy Bebop’ Gets Right and Wrong 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z

Musically, the recitative exchanges are given full dramatic flair. ‘Don Giovanni’ Revival by the Paris National Opera 2015-01-18T05:00:00Z

Yes, tango is inherently dramatic and scintillatingly musical, but its whole emphasis can be distorted by rendering it theatrical or exhibitionistic. Dance Review: Gabriel Missé and Analía Centurión Dance Tango 2013-08-12T21:40:10Z

“The dramatic events probably helped make this premiere a legend, but it’s kind of obscured the original intention,” Mr. Pollack said. ‘The Cradle Will Rock’ Returns With Its Brazen Politics Intact 2017-07-09T04:00:00Z

The dramatic material is slightly overstretched in places, but Ives creates the stunning effect of a hall of mirrors. 'Venus in Fur' is a delicious study of sexual power dynamics 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z

The weakest link is the Dutchman himself: Eglitis debuts in the role and hasn't yet found the vocal colour or dramatic pathos to pull it off. The Flying Dutchman – review 2013-04-05T16:58:32Z

And naturally there are the moors that, with their peaks, valleys and undulating grasses changing colors with the moody sky, make a suitably dramatic backdrop for transcendental reveries. ‘Emily’ Review: A Brontë Sister’s Savage, Hardy and Free Life 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z

It’s all so Hollywood, so poetic, so dramatic. Review: Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher, at Home in ‘Bright Lights’ 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z

So this sweet, soft aria undermines the dramatic tension. Opera Review: An Opera Strays Into a Clairvoyant Realm 2011-04-20T15:57:07Z

“The Best Day” is not a dramatic reinvention by any means; in fact, Moore admits it sounds in some ways like a Sonic Youth album, but adds that such similarities are inescapable. Thurston Moore: Sonic Youth “wasn’t really surprising anymore” 2014-10-18T04:00:00Z

It might, of course, be a nod to Sophocles's dramatic form, but that's not quite enough justification for the reams and reams of speech that compose a large part of The Watch. The Watch by Joydeep Roy-Bhattacharya – review 2012-06-15T21:55:04Z

These appear to be held in check by a rock and a coil spring, suggesting that the line we walk between self-destruction and a positive future is both delicate and dramatic. Venice Biennale: castles in?the air 2010-08-30T20:31:00Z

Still, the production here belonged entirely to Ms. Sorrell, who devised the concept, which she called “a dramatic presentation”; conducted, often from the small positive organ; and even wrote extensive program notes. Review: Apollo’s Fire Enhances ‘St. John Passion’ 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z

History's own campaign is not targeting a religious audience, emphasizing some of the dramatic scenes to suggest that audiences won't be preached to. Husband and wife behind 'The Bible' miniseries 2013-03-01T16:17:08Z

It was exciting, funny and dramatic but, rarest of all, the female lead was as interesting and inspiring as the male even though she couldn’t fly on her own. 'I barely breathed': Tilda Swinton, Emma Thompson, Steve McQueen and more on their most memorable moments at the movies 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z

The nightclub and the city fall to pieces around them in a dramatic feat of stagecraft. Review | This dark, stunning ‘Cinderella’ has chain-smoking stepsisters and an AWOL fairy godmother 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z

Of these nearly 700 were successful, some with a dramatic increase, most with a modest cut. Arts Council rejects: where did we go wrong? 2011-04-05T14:09:44Z

Where a dramatic backdrop is available — for Zan Fiskum, an RV she renovated in her parents’ Washington backyard — the show uses it. Live(ish), From Someone’s Room, This … Is American Isolation 2020-05-08T04:00:00Z

The show tries to walk this dramatic line of people doing unethical things that are truly just part of the job. 'Good Wife' creators talk about going behind bars for Season 6 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z

Ballet, as Ms. Kirkland knows, has been telling dramatic stories since at least the 18th century. Arts & Leisure Preview: Story Ballets, Still Romantically Inclined 2010-08-04T22:16:00Z

Bong demonstrates a precise awareness of dramatic proportion; he knows exactly what he needs to do to create a convincing set-up and make the audience believe in his work's intention. Big wins for "Parasite" including Best Picture provide the thrills in a long, dull Oscars 2020 2020-02-10T05:00:00Z

High Commissioner for Refugees, told the talks that Jolie would become "our special envoy mainly for the most dramatic refugee situations that require a lot of advocacy" and to mobilize strong international support. Jolie to take on new UN refugee role 2011-10-04T16:37:21Z

In what's become another "Late Night" signature, New Yorker editor in chief David Remnick stops by to introduce highly dramatic live stagings of cartoons from the esteemed magazine. Emmys 2014: The show gets an update with host Seth Meyers 2014-08-23T04:00:00Z

But they both showed real dramatic chops in "Better Call Saul." 'Better Call Saul' finale: Message of that smoke on the water 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z

This brand of highly dramatic nonfiction sells, and for good reason. Books of The Times: ‘Killing Kennedy’ by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard 2012-10-10T21:54:31Z

Their stories are especially tempting for those in the movie trade, coming as they do fully realized — the charismatic appeal, dramatic arcs, unimaginable plot twists are built in. Biopics find new life at the Oscars and beyond 2015-01-24T05:00:00Z

Now, that would be a dramatic first step worth celebrating. Motherlode Blog: What People Magazine Could Do for Huma Abedin (but Not Anthony Weiner) 2012-07-18T21:20:15Z

Festival director Dieter Kosslick says that "Meryl Streep is a brilliant, versatile performer who moves with ease between dramatic and comedic roles." Berlin film festival to honor Meryl Streep 2012-01-02T14:03:12Z

“That’s not just being dramatic, it’s the actual truth. These people have access to anything.” That Vintage Dress on the Red Carpet? There’s More to the Story. 2022-01-06T05:00:00Z

His sinner may not touch the deep, dramatic disaffection that the actor displayed in his Oscar-nominated portrayal in "Lost in Translation" or the sheer zany delight of his roguish weatherman in "Groundhog Day." Hallelujah, 'St. Vincent' lets Bill Murray run amok 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z

Over dinner, her mother confronted them about their relationship, giving a dramatic reading of tender passages she found while snooping in Shapland’s notebooks. She Found Carson McCullers’s Love Letters. They Taught Her Something About Herself. 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z

His physicality, timing and dramatic projection are all different — brilliant, extraordinarily clear, but bracingly different. City Ballet Review: History, Rarity and an Odd, Fascinating Solo 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z

Mr. Lindholm tells this story with an objectivity that sometimes feels cold but that also gives “A Hijacking” dramatic credibility. Movie Review: ‘A Hijacking,’ a Modern Piracy Drama, Unfolds at Sea 2013-06-20T22:51:37Z

Variety film critic Owen Gleiberman said the film "has the distinction of being the first dramatic comedy that’s an explicit - and provocative - allegory of the Age of Trump." 'Beatriz at Dinner' seen as tale for the Trump era 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z

So we took a ferry to Ometepe Island — a startlingly fertile 170 square miles of green topped by two dramatic volcanoes — and found what I thought was the perfect spot, the Villa Paraiso hotel. Frugal Summer: Highs and Lows 2010-09-16T02:13:00Z

It is more Wagnerian in tone and length than most dramatic pieces but it indeed 'works' as theater. Review: ‘Phaedra(s)’ Goes Psycho With Isabelle Huppert 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z

This week's episode tackled all these questions and more, in an hour that channelled the dramatic tension enabled by last week's "fastest merger in history" from the start. Mad Men recap: season six, episode seven – Man With a Plan 2013-05-15T22:00:00Z

Clark, however, puts his own spin on it, transforming what is normally beneath notice into something more traditionally sculptural and dramatic. James O. Clark throws some light on an unexpected subject 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z

That’s why it ends up being as dramatic as it is. Veep Q&A: Anna Chlumsky on Amy's Meltdown 2015-05-10T04:00:00Z

The dramatic core of the romance novel is the moment when the two pieces finally click! into place, but for that click to satisfy, readers need to know those puzzle pieces in detail. Writing the White Boyfriend: How today's love stories are revising interracial romance tropes 2022-08-21T04:00:00Z

As two gothic doors opened to dramatic music, a pearl sheath dress emerged from the night at Monday's show and grew lightweight octopus tentacles made of glass that enveloped its female host. Dior impresses and Versace dazzles in couture 2012-01-24T00:17:19Z

The recognisable and familiar is what we connect with here, and that needs to be the dramatic core. Short Shrifts – review 2012-07-04T17:12:41Z

Steel City Steals Our most affordable city to buy a home, Pittsburgh, Pa., never experienced the dramatic run-up in prices that characterized the national housing bubble--so it was spared the subsequent bust. Most Affordable Cities To Buy A Home 2010-06-23T18:25:00Z

Her transformation is less dramatic than her brother’s was, which also means that it’s more surprising—to her, and probably to her parents. This Week in Fiction: Antonya Nelson 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z

The noble Confucian model of the morally grounded intellectual speaking truth to power in a single dramatic confrontation was called on so often as to become, seemingly by intention, an unnoble and relentless insistence. Critic?s Notebook: An Artist Takes Role of China?s Conscience 2011-04-05T22:31:29Z

The film won the prestigious World Cinema Jury Prize in the dramatic category at this year's Sundance Awards in January. Gangster film wins big at Australian Film Institute awards 2010-12-13T17:45:00Z

The book contains an exquisitely subtle, insightful, dramatic teasing-out of the thoughts and impulses below the surface of the writing, and of the literary impulses arising below the surface in the course of life. Catching Saul Bellow's Mind in Constant, Roiling Action 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z

He provides some comic ballast, and Mr. Smith’s sad eyes and whispery line readings stand in for a missing dramatic core. Review: In ‘Focus,’ a Grifter (Will Smith) as Life Coach 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z

The grant, announced by the Department of Culture, Media and Sport, will finance a company tour of China in 2016 and allow for select Chinese dramatic works to be translated into English. Shakespeare, in Mandarin 2014-09-14T04:00:00Z

I always wanted to be a dramatic actor, always. Television: Eugenio Derbez Stars in ?Rob? and ?Girl in Progress? 2012-02-29T16:29:15Z

From a dramatic perspective, it's down to technical realities. Should radio drama be more realistic? 2011-07-28T10:51:37Z

In 1991, the same year he secured his much larger pension, Daley's administration helped aldermen land a dramatic pension increase, providing them with benefits far exceeding those of the average city worker. How Daley beefed up his pension payouts 2012-05-02T02:00:00Z

Every so often, though, Waters develops a longer dramatic set piece. Michael Dirda reviews ‘The Paying Guests,’ by Sarah Waters

BBC Radio 1 is to make dramatic cuts to its live music output, with the number of sessions by pop and rock bands dropping from 250 to 160 per year. Radio 1 to slash live music coverage 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z

But as Tessa speaks to the courtroom despite being warned by the judge to stop, Miller, the playwright, herself a former criminal defense lawyer, likewise breaks free from the dramatic frame to let her. Review: In ‘Prima Facie,’ Jodie Comer Makes the Case 2023-04-23T04:00:00Z

The sense of dramatic discovery — both for the actress and for her audience — is an essential ingredient in every role Rampling takes. Oscar suddenly notices Charlotte Rampling, after ‘45 Years’ 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z

That sense of each family member chipping away at the armor acquired in 15 years of independence is crucial to the dramatic issue that must hang in the balance: Will Nora leave again? Review | Nora’s back in ‘A Doll’s House, Part 2.’ Lucky for us, she’s played by Holly Twyford. 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z

As the Evangelist, William Hite, who sang in a pew to the side of the choir, lacked the dramatic flair of Mr. Müller but delivered his texts with an appealing voice and clear tone. Critic?s Notebook: Two ?Passions,? With Two Very Different Effects 2011-04-17T22:14:02Z

For Portillo, the melodramatic furies of the movies, both dramatic and stylistic, are merely a controlled concentration of ordinary life, in all its extraordinariness. “The Devil Never Sleeps,” Reviewed: A Mexican Documentary Filmmaker’s Rare Classic About the Mysteries of a Death in the Family 2019-06-12T04:00:00Z

And yet I remained dry-eyed when Rose concluded her dramatic confession with howls of anguish. Theater Review: ‘Red Dog Howls,’ by Alexander Dinelaris 2012-09-25T02:30:05Z

But the fact is, if you like brooding, witchily beguiling rock with a keen sense of the darkly dramatic, you'll love this. New band of the day ? No 1,062: Kyla La Grange 2011-07-14T16:19:48Z

And when an artist is also beautiful, it naturally lends dramatic richness and theatrical realism to a performance. New York Times Critics Respond to Glyndebourne ‘Fat’ Reviews 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z

This week, we get to watch the second half of this surprisingly dramatic two-part finale. The Bachelorette Watch: And The Final Rose Goes To… 2013-08-06T13:32:43Z

She was a really wonderful, dramatic actress, as well. "I bought into the whole diet industry": Valerie Bertinelli on loving herself, food and Betty White 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z

That scene looks so dramatic on the screen. Oscar Best Actress Nominee Carey Mulligan on 'Education' 2010-03-03T18:10:00Z

It takes a surreal turn in the dramatic canto of the Angels of Death with high-pitched voices shrieking "I am the angel of death, I catch breath", followed by repeated expletives. 'Shell Shock' opera brings trauma of World War One to stage 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z

Koh's program put the first and third sonatas together on the first half of the program, common-sensically withholding the most impressive and dramatic and longest — the C-Minor Sonata, Opus 30, No. 2 — until after intermission. Jennifer Koh and Shai Wosner play in the transforming spirit of Beethoven 2016-03-28T04:00:00Z

Ralph Lauren, which used dramatic 3D projections last year on its terrestrial flagship stores in London and New York, has a Web site that scores well with its menswear focus on sports coverage and products. Style: Next Step for Labels: Cyber-Boutiques 2011-09-05T13:01:05Z

This take looks much darker and more dramatic than its predecessors, more like a sci-fi film based on a comic book than a Guardians of the Galaxy-style romp. Everything You Need to Know About the New Fantastic Four Movie 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z

H. W. Brands’s study of Brown and Lincoln, which features this dramatic moment, is at heart an appraisal of contrasting political designs and personas in prerevolutionary times. John Brown and Abraham Lincoln: A Study in Contrasts 2020-10-06T04:00:00Z

“Make it as dramatic as possible,” he said. Inside MoMA PS1’s Back to School Bash 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z

In dramatic tenor roles demanding stirring power and stamina Mr. Vickers had few rivals. Jon Vickers, Opera Star Known for His Raw Power and Intensity, Dies at 88 2015-07-12T04:00:00Z

“Knickerbocker Holiday” is a prime example of a show whose signature song is so affecting that it alters the dramatic chemistry in unforeseen ways. Music Review: In Refrains, Echoes of Political Strife 2011-01-26T23:09:51Z

The arc is quite dramatic, very interesting for an actor to play. Why Diego Luna Took Convincing to Play a Kingpin in ‘Narcos: Mexico’ 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z

The box office slaying that was “A Million Ways to Die in the West” — just $17 million and third place on its opening weekend — would seem to be a dramatic blow to Seth MacFarlane. Seth MacFarlane's surprising tumble 2014-06-03T04:00:00Z

The shtick is amusing, but the melodramatic campiness lowers the dramatic stakes. Comedy for hypochondriacs: It's A Noise Within's 'The Imaginary Invalid' 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z

Steven, I found this take on “Contagion” published back in 2011: “It’s one of the most accurate movies I have seen on infectious disease outbreaks of any type … very dramatic, tense, exciting.” Steven Soderbergh and Amy Seimetz Made the Pandemic Movies of the Moment 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z

Among Anderson’s signature shots is the dramatic zoom-out, with the camera pulling back to reveal some panoramic hellscape, or a cavernous chamber full of corpses, as the industrial soundtrack pulses louder. The Unusual Genius of the “Resident Evil” Movies 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z

What came next in the set was another waltz, which would have been a mistake if not for the dramatic character of the tune. Music Review: Melding Incongruities, as Only Those With a History Can 2010-10-13T21:47:00Z

Based on true events, “Christine” is riveting and not just because Campos builds to the dramatic moment when the troubled newscaster shoots herself. The enduring tragedy of Christine Chubbuck: “She got headlines for blood and guts, which is what she abhorred” 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z

Young Americans was recorded quickly, the title track a fusion of images and observational narratives that signalled a dramatic move from the wilfully disconnected imagery of Diamond Dogs. Who is David Bowie? A guide to the V&A retrospective 2013-02-16T19:59:00Z

Yore, who oversaw a dramatic increase in the station's revenue and notable programmatic changes. WAMU hires Erika Pulley-Hayes as new station manager 2021-07-13T04:00:00Z

The foundation is endowed by the late Swedish dramatic soprano and is said to be the "most generous prize in the world of classical music". Vienna Philharmonic archives showing Nazi ties to get new home 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z

Also, in their lives now, the stakes are enormously high… they’re dramatic people. Anna Chlumsky Explains How Veep's Amy Came to Her Breaking Point 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z

Her film is one of 16 that will compete in the US dramatic section of the festival. Gloria Allred and Idris Elba headline Sundance film festival 2018 lineup 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z

Lane’s expressionistic drawings are dramatic and agitated, with many drowning scenarios. Review | In the galleries: Black women artists collaborate on innovative book project 2021-08-18T04:00:00Z

Gingrich, in turn, kept up his assault on Romney and welcomed the endorsement of Perry, urging South Carolinians "to nominate a bold Reagan conservative who will offer a dramatic contrast with President Obama." GOP presidential campaign weathers trio of potential shake-ups 2012-01-20T06:30:00Z

The current debate is the latest episode in a story so dramatic and colourful it could inspire a book, a feature film or an opera. Can Foster and Acosta rescue Cuba's lost temple to ballet? 2012-11-25T00:05:43Z

It’s fair to say that they, and not the pianist, are the stars of this Grieg Concerto, with their sumptuous sound, meltingly beautiful orchestral solos and mastery of the score’s dramatic trajectory. CD reviews: ‘Considering Matthew Shepard,’ 18 years later 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z

Public humiliation: “If a device is picked up during family time, we get to open texts, and my husband and I do dramatic text reading.” When Tech Is a Problem Child 2016-11-19T05:00:00Z

The silence in the gap of time it takes to flip the LP allows the dramatic and sudden conclusion of side one to reverberate within the listener. The Beatles’ revolutionary use of recording technology in "Abbey Road" 2019-10-06T04:00:00Z

Monumental and textural, its moments of grandeur still carry a wonderful dramatic charge. Carr?/Laborintus II | Classical review 2010-03-22T22:15:00Z

The dramatic action unfolds in a single day as a series of vignettes that coalesces into a grim existential joke. Review: Arturo Ripstein’s ‘Bleak Street,’ the Story of a Mexican Murder Case 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z

"The tricky thing is directing myself and directing Brad. It's hard, dramatic material, and we're balancing." Angelina Jolie 'absolutely' wants to quit acting to direct 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z

If only he had said this trenchant line to the director, “American Moor” might be a more dramatic play. Review: In ‘American Moor,’ an Insider’s Guide to ‘Othello’ 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z

Nevertheless, 87 percent still seems like a pretty dramatic price differential, don’t you think? Down with free parking! 2013-06-09T17:00:00Z

Some may prefer a more overtly dramatic approach to Beethoven. Music Review: Philharmonic Opens Season at Avery Fisher Hall 2012-09-20T16:22:20Z

But it’s the family’s dramatic journey that will keep readers to the end. In New Novels for Kids, Dangerous Journeys and Hockey Madness 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z

Particularly dramatic were the changes for women of color and those of low socioeconomic standing. How bills to replace Obamacare would especially harm women 2017-07-10T04:00:00Z

While seeking Georg, Hoffner mourns the emotional loss of his older son, who has embraced Nazi ideals — and who makes a dramatic appearance. Crime fiction: lingering shadows of World War II in three new suspense novels 2011-04-06T23:05:04Z

At the Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center on Saturday, the level of classical dancing remained praiseworthy, but the big news involved the attempt to bolster the work’s dramatic credibility in Act 1. Missteps aside, Los Angeles Ballet brings new life to 'Giselle' 2015-10-04T04:00:00Z

But the capsizing, which reaches a pinnacle at the novel’s clever, dramatic end — a testament to the manual’s perfect triumph — may nonetheless be too neat a resolution, historically. Tear Down That Will: An East German Guide to Breaking the Spirit 2020-08-11T04:00:00Z

"I'm making the most dramatic choice," she replied. Suzan-Lori Parks moves a stage beyond race to get to our 'mythic or epic experience' in her plays 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z

“I think with global warming, vintage differences in Chablis may be getting more dramatic,” said Larry of Boston, pointing to 2018 and ’19 as well as 2014 and ’15 as good examples. Among Chardonnays, Chablis Is Not Better, Just Different 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z

Mr. Eastman said that presenting 10 paintings together in Gagosian’s premier space would create a dramatic visual impact that would help sell the works. 10 Late de Kooning Works to Go on View, and on Sale 2013-09-02T21:06:59Z

Its destruction was widely televised and photographed and carried with it what seemed at the time deep historic and dramatic resonance. When our icons tumble 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z

It is a dramatic fall for the partners who, not long ago, seemed to embody every young designer’s dream. Taking a Hard Spill in Designer Shoes 2012-08-01T20:19:05Z

I wasn’t telling her not to be sad; I was telling her, in a dramatic fashion, that this wasn’t a pain I could erase. Why I Let My 8-Year-Old Use Swear Words 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z

Ms. Zadravec and her director, Erica Schmidt, are more effective at conveying individual vistas of horror than at creating a convincing dramatic panorama. | 'Honey Brown Eyes': When War Begins, Nothing Is Normal 2011-01-20T22:13:19Z

So did Ms. Sontag’s dramatic good looks and sleek black-clad figure. Cultural Studies: Thomas Piketty, the Economist Behind ‘Capital in the Twenty-First Century’ Is the Latest Overnight Intellectual Sensation 2014-04-25T23:51:03Z

He described North Iceland as “dramatic, with steep mountains that fall into the ocean,” noting that the trouble is getting there, requiring a domestic flight or a long drive. Driving Iceland’s Overlooked North 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z

With the abandonment of glamour, however, comes tremendous dramatic freedom. Rigoletto - review 2010-10-12T21:45:00Z

The second deer appeared in a more dramatic fashion: It barreled into the car and slammed against the driver’s side. On Skyline Drive, make way for a rented Maserati. (Are you listening, deer?) 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z

But another one of the next things you have coming out is more dramatic, even though it stars a big comedian. "Red Notice" star Chris Diamantopoulos swears he wasn't trying to break up Jim and Pam 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z

Mozart also writes runs with crazy coloratura, as well as some dramatic moments. The Pains and Privileges of Staging Mozart’s ‘Don Giovanni’ 2023-04-29T04:00:00Z

In their ways, things like racism and sexism and classism, biases against the mentally ill are outsized, dramatic issues in real life. Talking to Victor LaValle about 'The Changeling' and the horror of parenthood, H.P. Lovecraft and more 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z

The most striking thing about the documentary is the dramatic evolution of Israeli cuisine over the last few decades. Tips From an Ambassador for Israeli Cuisine 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z

In choosing what to leave in and what to throw out, they have made a pared-to-the-bone show with an undistinguished score by Mr. Galperin, no pulsing human vitality and no dramatic tension. Review: ‘Bulldozer,’ a Robert Moses Musical With a Rickety Foundation 2017-12-17T05:00:00Z

He's used re-enactments, dramatic coloring and music and animations, all completely cinematic elements. How the real-life "Cheer" team became fodder for an "SNL" spoof and memes 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z

“It came down to narrative choices,” he said, adding that the gangster’s later years as a fugitive with Greig were “less dramatic.” Sienna Miller cut from Johnny Depp gangster biopic Black Mass 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z

On Wednesday, she brought effortless power, gleaming sound and dramatic intensity to this unforgettable Elektra, earning an ovation so ecstatic she was overcome with teary emotion. Review: Boston Symphony Orchestra Delivers Electric ‘Elektra’ 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z

Not that Toscanini, as a person, wasn’t dramatic, especially in the slice of his life that the author, Eve Wolf, focuses on. Review: In ‘Maestro,’ a Downbeat Look at the Great Toscanini 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z

Iambic pentameter was the obvious form for something so unlikely and dramatic, Mr. Bartlett said, because it allows for “a heightened version of how we speak, with a sense of formality and a fluidity.” Mike Bartlett Turns to Shakespeare to Voice His ‘King Charles III’ 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z

No, people don’t always change, and when they do, it’s not always dramatic. Why Mad Men Needed Betty 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z

But in terms of the most dramatic moment, it's Christy's father arriving. Niamh Cusack: 'Widow Quinn is an outsider. There's something incredibly anarchic about her' 2011-08-27T23:06:30Z

To my surprise I found a lengthy queue of people seeking my help – and, best of all, a dramatic response when I managed to prescribe effectively. Paperback Q&A: William Sieghart on Winning Words 2012-07-31T17:33:00Z

Certified as exceptional in 1997 when he won a MacArthur Foundation "genius grant," he's juggling multiple commissions to write new plays, along with a day job as a tenure-track professor of dramatic writing at USC. Luis Alfaro's 'Mojada' draws on Greek tragedy, Mexican American immigration 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z

The 63-year-old Oscar-winning comedic virtuoso, whose madcap style and dramatic versatility made him one of film and television's top stars, was found hanged at his home in Northern California on Monday. Robin Williams' death highlights Parkinson's-depression link 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z

It makes the film very dramatic, because you seem like such a plainspoken and pragmatic person in a realm of spin and empty words. Male grooming: The movie 2012-05-18T23:15:00Z

Does our conception of a modern-day ethnological museum need a dramatic rethink? When a Visit to the Museum Becomes an Ethical Dilemma 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z

Yet it held the stage with mostly sure dramatic pacing in this simple, striking production. Opera Review: An Opera Strays Into a Clairvoyant Realm 2011-04-20T15:57:07Z

Sometimes giving up on your ideals isn’t a flashy or dramatic process. Review: A Better Better Call Saul Proves It's Broken the Spinoff Curse 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z

Her clothes were not as dark or dramatic as McQueen's, but still bold enough to make her a fashion-forward choice for a royal bride. At look at possible royal wedding dress designers 2011-04-18T13:23:20Z

Not only the dramatic scenes, but I'm in some fantastic action and fight sequences too. Dean Richards: January Jones is in on the action 2011-02-18T16:35:00Z

The possibility of dramatic transformation amid historical ferment is at the heart of “The World of Tomorrow,” a fat novel stuffed with well-drawn characters grappling with different versions of themselves. ‘The World of Tomorrow’ captures swirling New York in 1939 2017-09-03T04:00:00Z

The authors of the study found that no one group was responsible for the overall change, even through some sort of dramatic progressive leap forward. Public support for women making their own money reaches an all-time high 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z

She lost because lower- and middle-class white people wanted dramatic change, and these voters felt that, in spite of her gender, she offered them more of the same. Trump’s misogyny didn’t win him the election. But it will change women’s lives 2016-11-12T05:00:00Z

She kissed him because it's a TV show and made for "dramatic" TV. ‘The Night Of’ Season 1, Episode 7: A Test of Faith 2016-08-21T04:00:00Z

Nonetheless, the show needed to focus on the dramatic journey at the heart of our hero's tale, and formulating that dramatic action correctly was our most important task. The birth of 'Hamilton,' told by the man who was in the room where it happened 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z

After leaving MGM, she starred in two Universal dramatic films, “The Unguarded Moment” and “Raw Wind in Eden.” Technicolor Star Esther Williams Dies at Age 91 2013-06-06T18:07:18Z

Erected as a dramatic plaza centerpiece when the Los Angeles County Museum of Art first opened on Wilshire Boulevard 50 years ago, "Space Sculpture" stumbled through a less-than-splendid existence. LACMA's 'Space Sculpture' shot from center stage to oblivion 2015-04-11T04:00:00Z

In the qualities of dramatic clarity and musical integrity, coupled with a healthy, confident voice, she reminded me of Joyce DiDonato. Music Review: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Honors Hunt Lieberson 2013-08-25T20:04:13Z

But writing a play about yourself and your family presents its own set of dramatic challenges, first among them staying clear eyed about character development and plot conflicts. Tapping a Rough-and-Tumble Life 2010-12-25T04:00:48Z

Several of the other monks are tempted to leave, and some of the most dramatic scenes in the movie show them debating the merits of various courses of action. | 'Of Gods and Men': Between Heaven and Earth 2011-02-24T22:55:48Z

Ms. Purl combined a modest folk-pop voice with grand dramatic concepts that she sometimes strained to realize. Music Review: Linda Purl Sings at the Metropolitan Room 2010-06-10T22:16:00Z

Still, you wonder whether Holloway might have found ways to tease more out of the characters’ expanding friendship and dramatic clashes. Blues are buoyant, but ‘Black Pearl Sings!’ should have been rousing emotional duet 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z

Here we see Margaret’s dramatic strapless gown, worn when she stands in for the queen to address foreign ambassadors. Jewels from ‘The Crown’: A costume exhibition at Delaware’s Winterthur Museum 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z

But his reënactments were—and remain, at twenty-seven years’ remove—deadening and trivializing, not because of their subjectivity but because of their impersonality, because of their dramatic and directorial banality. “The Jinx” and the Blight of Documentary Reënactments 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z

I presume it is as it sounds, that this is a scenario that requires serious intervention and you are not using dramatic licence to describe less onerous family power struggles. My father believes the world is ending – and is abusive to my mother | Mariella Frostrup 2018-10-28T04:00:00Z

The wait staff, dressed like their chef in classic 1940s shirtwaist dresses, vintage hairdos, dramatic eyeliner and bright red lipstick, perfectly accessorize this whimsical cafe. O, San Francisco, land of flour and honey

Diners sit on 60s-style polyprop stacking chairs beneath a dramatic modern chandelier made from hundreds of glass milk bottles that float in the middle of the high-ceilinged structure. 10 of the best industrial-chic spaces worldwide 2016-03-07T05:00:00Z

Eventually the writers stumble somewhat while seeking dramatic closure, but they never lose our attention. Ted – review 2012-08-04T23:05:27Z

Mr. Franklin altered none of the traditional steps; instead, he invested them with fresh dramatic motivation. Frederic Franklin, Inventive Ballet Star, Dies at 98 2013-05-05T17:58:24Z

The poster of the barn and the bright-yellow corn under the dramatic black American sky, that was good, a source of inspiration. At the Writing Academy 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z

Filling 10 hours is always challenging, but this narrative is dense that we barely spend time with three out of the seven tribes, and it sacrifices dramatic tension to immerse us in Thra’s varied cultures. "The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance": A seductive fantasy very relevant to our reality 2019-08-28T04:00:00Z

Directed by Frank Coraci, the film feints at comedy with background gags and an occasional broad performance or two, but it’s primarily a dramatic story — and not a focused one at that. ‘Hot Air’ Review: A Right-Wing Radio Host Learns to Love Again 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z

He’s returning to dramatic form onstage in a new play that he’s also producing, Julia Doolittle’s “Tell Them I’m Still Young.” Andre Braugher leads ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’ to a new network 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z

Few were surprised when Natalie Portman was named best dramatic actress for her role as a ballet dancer in Black Swan. Glee and Network dominate Globes 2011-01-17T04:16:58Z

For Caplan — who calls the film "a broad, ridiculous comedy, not a political statement" — the movie represents a welcome departure from her often emotionally and physically draining dramatic work on "Masters of Sex." Lizzy Caplan goes from 'Freaks' to killing Kim Jong Un 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z

Colin Firth is considered the likely winner for best dramatic actor for "The King's Speech," in which he plays Queen Elizabeth II's father, George VI, amid his struggle to overcome a debilitating stammer. A king and a Web kingpin face off at Golden Globes 2011-01-16T15:54:08Z

Last year’s grand jury prize and audience award in the United States dramatic competition went to “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire,” about a Harlem teenager who suffers extreme abuse. 2010-01-21T06:26:00Z

As played by Mr. Campbell with complete command and cool control, the music seemed an episodic yet tautly dramatic narrative. Review: Jay Campbell, the Cellist, Displays Strengths at Weill Recital Hall 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z

The color exploding at Issey Miyake was as shimmering as the mirrored backdrop and even more dramatic when flame red licked at coal black, as though a volcanic explosion were taking place on the runway. Fashion Review: Raf Simons and the Heart of Art 2014-01-16T15:13:02Z

Reynolds is not necessarily known for his dramatic skill, and parts of his performance sometimes strain both credulity and continuity. 'Buried': An agonizing, ingenious experience from inside a box 2010-09-30T20:43:00Z

After all, the dramatic atrium, only one floor up, amply rewards a visit. A Glowing Shrine to the Printed Word 2021-07-04T04:00:00Z

The choristers manipulate complicated sets of magnets in their robes to reveal red, green or white linings, depending on the dramatic needs of the moment. Review: A Blunt New ‘Lohengrin’ at the Met Stars a Shining Knight 2023-02-27T05:00:00Z

And now their lives and the case are being depicted in a scripted dramatic feature, “Devil’s Knot,” due Friday from the director Atom Egoyan. West Memphis Three Inspire Yet Another Film, ‘Devil’s Knot’ 2014-05-07T14:13:32Z

I’m not being dramatic when I say this was devastating. Television: Life Without Cable TV? Not Such a Tragedy 2012-11-24T22:12:05Z

When the new series of The Thick of It was shot earlier this year, the wobbling stargate between ordinary space and the claustrophobic world of contemporary politics felt even more dramatic somehow. The Thick of It: the agony of tight spaces 2012-08-26T19:00:00Z

“I was worried about them thinking that I was being dramatic,” Rosenfelt said. Rape in the storage room. Groping at the bar. Why is the restaurant industry so terrible for women? 2017-11-17T05:00:00Z

Botti moved up to Stanley from Boise years ago and the difference, he said, “was dramatic. In Stanley, this is as good as it gets.” Central Idaho is more than a ski destination. Here’s how to find world-class stargazing 2021-07-02T04:00:00Z

Mahesh Kumar, a consultant head and neck surgeon in London, confirmed that the last decade has seen a dramatic rise in this form of cancer, particularly among younger sufferers. Michael Douglas: oral sex caused my cancer 2013-06-02T20:11:00Z

This harshly lighted theater of cruelty is the dramatic heart of “Monday Mornings.” Television Review: ‘Do No Harm’ on NBC, and ‘Monday Mornings’ on TNT 2013-01-30T22:51:11Z

In another study, at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, a mushroom trip was shown to ease the anxiety of people with life-threatening cancer, leading to dramatic improvements in mood and wellbeing. 'My mother-in-law called me Walter White': how magic mushrooms rescued me from grief 2019-07-13T04:00:00Z

But what she brings to a familiar dramatic theme is a surprising moral ambiguity. Review 2011-01-21T00:42:01Z

Puns and pop culture riffing substitute for dramatic logic.   The Troubies turn an ancient Roman comedy into a modern 'Haunted House Party' 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z

The most dramatic dimensional passage is navigated by Francine Haskins’s “Equality,” a patchwork banner that transforms into a nearly life-size rag doll, complete with boots on the ground. Review | In the galleries: Black women artists collaborate on innovative book project 2021-08-18T04:00:00Z

All this will be conducted in the dramatic language of "saving" it for the "nation", as if it were at risk. Let Rembrandt's self-portrait leave Britain 2013-07-17T15:21:26Z

And the way she tells the tale of her mother’s dramatic final night a little at a time makes that story into a propulsive chorus to the song that is the rest of the book. Viv Albertine, Midlife Radical 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z

Well, Toibin's written a book that de-pressurizes — that, when faced with a dramatic moment, shies up its collar and ducks into the alley. Colm Toibin's new novel may not be a beauty, but greatness abounds 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z

Inspired by the aurora, he began photographing the phenomenon and developed a following online for his dramatic images. Viewing the Northern Lights: ‘It’s Almost Like Heavenly Visual Music’ 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z

Blitz and Hummingbird – the two worst performers – are both London-set tales aiming for more dramatic heft among the thrills and spills. Despicable Me 2 beats double challenge of Wimbledon and Glastonbury 2013-07-03T08:00:12Z

“This film traverses distasteful dramatic ground,” a critic for The New York Times wrote. See the Real Live Man Who Grew Up in a Carnival 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z

In a dramatic shift in the way cultural institutions communicate with their audiences, arts groups across the country are increasingly cutting out the middleman and publishing news stories written by in-house journalists. Arts organizations are hiring pros to tell their stories

One says something shocking, or slaps the antagonist’s face, and the camera slowly pans a circle of men and women frozen in horror and dismay, as chords of dramatic music rain down. Indian Soap Operas, Ruled by Mothers-in-Law 2012-12-25T22:38:41Z

And that’s just it: Of all the recent dramatic work that could be supported, why does a minor, conventional potboiler merit this singular kind of showcase? Review | I’m not rejoicing over a play produced by the Kennedy Center. Here’s why. 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z

I share his undogmatic view of dramatic lengths, but too often it seems that playwrights are conforming to a format that is not in the service of their own storytelling. Oh, the dreaded intermission: Long plays at a time when shorter is sweeter 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z

The fidelity to the score ties “Narcissus” to the narrative faults of the music, which is more decorative than dramatic. ‘Narcissus’ Review: Remember Echo Too (and Don’t Forget Their Fate) 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z

Sun-baked colors, like ochre, burnt sienna and cocoa, gave the collection a more relaxed feeling than the dramatic jewel tones of seasons' past. Chanel's casual chic vs. Givenchy's extreme art 2011-01-25T23:56:11Z

The tense rapport between the siblings is the most dramatic aspect of “Night Falls,” but the play doesn’t spend enough time exploring it. In ‘Night Falls,’ a woman’s body becomes a temple of the otherworldly 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z

Though the playing abounded in youthful energy and dramatic sweep, other, deeper qualities distinguished the account of this early Wagner opera, first performed in Dresden in 1843. Review: Met Opera’s Next Music Director Captains a Blazing ‘Dutchman’ 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z

The shifts of mood were sometimes starkly dramatic. Review: The New York Philharmonic Plays a Piece Inspired by Night 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z

Each hour will be devoted to the story of a different presidential campaign, using archive footage, interviews with key players and dramatic recreations. Kevin Spacey will make 'Race for the White House' doc series for CNN 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z

“Sparkle” is only Houston’s fourth feature film, and she brought to her role a sharper dramatic focus than in her previous screen performances. Movie Review: Movie Review: ‘Sparkle,’ With Whitney Houston and Jordin Sparks 2012-08-17T15:03:02Z

It made her sudden disappearance from New York, hiatus from art-making and permanent relocation to the Southwest that much more dramatic. Survey of Agnes Martin's powerful yet meditative work draws a straight, vibrant line to Zen 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z

But it has now emerged that the dramatic episode may not have been purely the result of Nesbit's imagination. E Nesbit's classic The Railway Children accused of 'plagiarism' 2011-03-21T14:40:53Z

And this is Wallenda’s follow-up to dramatic tightrope crossings over Niagara Falls and the Grand Canyon in recent years. Nik Wallenda on Why He's Walking a Tightrope Above Chicago 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z

As a dramatic subject, though, she fascinates him. Michael Urie thrives in ‘Buyer & Cellar,’ a story of Barbra Streisand that she’s unlikely to see

But obviously it’s much more jarring and dramatic with the plane going down, so I flipped it.” ArtsBeat Blog: Getting Noticed at the Fringe: 'Fourteen Flights' 2011-08-17T12:00:30Z

The clouds are changing every second and form a very dramatic stage set. On Cloud Nine at Phulay Bay 2010-03-03T10:00:00Z

The archive, at turns zany and poignant, is a photo album of a long and dramatic decade, from the aftermath of Sept. 11 to the reverberations of the Arab Spring. Bidoun, an Influential Magazine of the Middle East, Extends Its Reach 2015-12-25T05:00:00Z

Thursday night, the audience at Meany Hall was treated to a bravura performance of the classic “Don Quixote” pas de deux, complete with soaring leaps, dramatic partnering and spot-on spins. The Trocks: They could’ve danced all night | Dance review 2013-05-17T20:47:19Z

I miss the first season's willingness to linger on a dramatic moment, or a musical moment, and let us bask in it. Dear "Treme": Why are you in such a hurry? 2011-06-27T15:01:00Z

But it has a chance to be the most significant work of architecture of the three, a low-slung building that spreads beneath a dramatic canopy of white aluminum. From UC Davis to the National Mall: Key architecture projects this fall 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z

The 10th, written in 1961, is a colorful mix of cluster chords, glissandos and dramatic dynamic contrasts. Music Review: Taka Kigawa Plays Piano at Le Poisson Rouge - Review 2011-08-24T21:20:26Z

But Arkin more than holds his own against Harris here, and in later duets with Pacino, a similarly heavyweight dramatic actor. Alan Arkin Could Do It All. In ‘Glengarry Glen Ross,’ He Did. 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z

For her part, Bloom likes to write songs based on contrasts of “silly and dark, dramatic and light”. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend: 'The songs are the heart of the show' 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z

Entitled “Shake It Off”, the song is a dramatic departure from the country songs that made her a household name. Taylor Swift Drops Surprise Single and Video, Announces New Album '1989' 2014-08-18T04:00:00Z

“It’s a very dramatic space and reminds me somewhat of a cathedral — an urban secular cathedral,” said Mr. Brown. Gavin Brown Moving Gallery to Harlem 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z

But in dramatic efficacy it is at least the equal of its grander cousins, and it shows a singular musical ingenuity. Music Review: ‘The Turn of the Screw,’ by Opera Moderne, at Symphony Space 2012-05-28T22:04:32Z

Stephen Greenblatt's "The Swerve," a dramatic account of the Renaissance era rediscovery of the Latin poet Lucretius, won for nonfiction Wednesday night. Jesmyn Ward's 'Salvage' wins National Book Award 2011-11-17T03:58:07Z

Students will compete in a range of categories, including policy debate, dramatic interpretation and congressional debate. Kansas hosting national speech and debate event 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z

He designed Californian houses that celebrated the state’s dramatic landscapes, erupting from canyons and clinging to cliffs. | Q&A: The Architect Harry Gesner, Still Riding That Wave 2012-03-14T23:30:22Z

The result was a dramatic increase in yield. Let’s open two: Dusty Baker wines now available around D.C. 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z

As if to compensate, the dramatic gestures swell into melodrama. ‘Rosas Danst Rosas’ Revisits a Choreographer’s Early Work 2014-07-13T04:00:00Z

The Odyssey committee said that "the narrators' dramatic, forceful performances meld two emotional and wrenching plot lines." Corner: Let's hear it for these winning audiobooks 2011-04-13T20:22:06Z

Hough, better known as a singer and dancer than a dramatic actress, is likably spunky, but Duhamel fades into the background, and there are no lively supporting players in the ensemble. Review: 'Safe Haven' is routine romantic thriller 2013-02-14T01:31:06Z

‘The political stakes are high, the dramatic story unspools tidbit by tidbit and the stark us-versus-them dynamics provide plenty of fodder for emotionally charged social media brawls.” Perspective | Trump, the TV president, finally meets a media story he can’t control 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z

Critics are desperate to get away from the usual run of dramatic realism and into the realm of imagination, but they’re also snobbishly sick of the people’s fantasies—namely, superhero movies. The Petty Laments of Yorgos Lanthimos’s “The Lobster” 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z

Contributing reviewer Margaret Gray writes that he plays the dramatic, insecure Hedwig with aplomb — in a performance that is “inexpressibly, addictively wonderful.” Essential Arts & Culture: A wondrous Hedwig, Renaissance music remade, Boyle Heights gallery crimes 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z

Outrage is in the musical, literary and dramatic language of “Girls.” Where to look for treasure in California's new gold rush? Try John Adams' new opera 2017-11-26T05:00:00Z

Still: the harrowing outlandishness of the dramatic situation is almost sufficient to emotionally concuss the viewer. ‘The Last’ Review: A Revelation Leaves a Family Shattered 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z

And the most dramatic sign of her growth lies not in something she does, but in something she decides to do no more, because it doesn’t comport with who she’s already become. ‘Eighth Grade’ Review: The Agonies and Glories of Growing Up 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z

It is enough to say that for this moment to be the film’s dramatic turning point is an indication of its softness. Movie Review: ?Salmon Fishing in the Yemen,? With Ewan McGregor 2012-03-08T23:10:43Z

The dramatic counterweight to “Baby Mamas” is “Circle of Life,” which takes place in a waiting room — Scott Pask’s versatile set quickly adapts to a variety of locations. ‘Ain’t No Mo’’ Review: After Great Tribulation, an Exodus of Black Citizens 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z

Given Shakespeare’s dramatic fascination with the relations between fathers and their offspring, and with the complicated questions of lineage and inheritance, the casting choice looked less like nepotism and more like a fruitful artistic convergence. Rebecca Hall’s Complicated Inheritance 2017-06-03T04:00:00Z

But if his skewing of Pushkin's story makes for dramatic implausibility, Cranko compensates with passages of resonant choreography, of which a strong cast takes full advantage. Onegin – review 2013-01-27T00:06:11Z

So he'd been around long enough to provide a dramatic structure to his public life. 2010-01-08T21:05:00Z

But reality TV shows — especially ones that highlight danger — have added risks, industry safety experts say, because producers need dramatic footage to compete for viewers in an increasingly crowded field. Filming accidents increased in last five years, data show 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z

The back story to this premiere is as dramatic and improbable as any opera plot. In Santa Fe, an Early Look at a New Opera 2010-07-23T19:50:00Z

So it should not come as a surprise that Sunday’s episode, the season 6 finale, contained a couple dramatic curlicues. Surprise! The twists in the “Homeland” season 6 finale pay off 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z

At this point in her career, Racette says, those vocal and dramatic challenges are exactly what she is craving. The most fearless woman in opera? Patricia Racette on coming out, Trump, nudity and the demands of 'Salome' 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z

Whatever one might think about the wisdom of these strategies, both these events are bold moves in the war for the heart of the reader, and indicate dramatic change. Penguin Random House merger begins a new chapter for publishing 2013-01-07T15:11:37Z

"The Imposter" - A gripping documentary about a missing boy filled with the kind of twists, turns and dramatic character revelations of a page-turner mystery. AP critics pick the year's best movies 2012-12-14T21:29:02Z

But as the familiar 19th-century dramatic devices of secrets, blackmail and subterfuge encroach on her, something radical happens. A desperate wife cuts up and cuts out in ‘Doll’s House’ | Theater review 2013-01-09T22:10:59Z

In several of these cases, cellphone video of the incident offered a dramatic contradiction of the first police accounts. Journalists are reexamining their reliance on a longtime source: The police 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z

Films where characters try to “pass” as gay often mine comic, romantic, or dramatic tropes to examine issues of sexual identity. “Guys don’t iron other guys’ underwear”: When characters in movies pretend to be gay 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z

His impressive technique, instinctive approach to partnering and dramatic flair made him one of the company’s most well-rounded performers. Dance in NYC This Week 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z

He sees dramatic change in the medium — but not necessarily in the fundamentals of the Millennial generation. Special Report: Marketing to the Millennials 2010-03-02T13:30:00Z

Like many filmmakers, Mr. Crowe also wanted to tidy up history to suit his dramatic needs. Review: In ‘The Water Diviner,’ Russell Crowe Revisits Gallipoli 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z

Unlike typical renditions, Ratmansky chose not to have Juliet sit on her bed after Romeo leaves and ponder her dilemma to the swell of some of Prokofiev's most dramatic music. Alexei Ratmansky wants to reignite Romeo and Juliet's spark 2014-07-05T04:00:00Z

The Hudson, owned by Millennium Hotels and Resorts and used in recent years for meetings and events, will become the 41st Broadway theater, joining the nation’s most prestigious and lucrative dramatic marketplace. Broadway Is Getting Another Theater, Its 41st 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z

Beyond the cemetery, Dallas Road takes other names but continues along the dramatic rocky coast through neighborhoods such as upscale Oak Bay, where you’ll find art galleries and British-style pubs and teahouses. 36 Hours in Victoria, British Columbia 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z

Jonah Hill's first major dramatic performance, as Beane's assistant, might also be an awards candidate. Best of Toronto: Oscar candidates and indie breakouts 2011-09-16T00:30:00Z

Aside from its gender reversal, what was important about “Swan Lake” was that “it returned the dramatic male dance performance to center stage,” said Luke Jennings, a former dance critic for The Observer in Britain. Boys Will Be Swans: ‘What Is That Show, and How Do I Do It?’ 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z

Sutherland won her first singing competition when she was 19, and had two years' free study with two leading Australian teachers who promptly persuaded her she was a dramatic soprano. Dame Joan Sutherland obituary 2010-10-11T17:56:00Z

By contrast, the vocal lines often seem forced, shackled by the leaden text; and the dramatic shape wavers. Thelma ? review 2012-02-10T18:15:51Z

It seems to be working for audiences: at the Sundance Film Festival this year “Like Crazy” won the Grand Jury Prize for dramatic feature, and Ms. Jones earned her own special jury prize. ?Like Crazy? Was Filmed Without a Script 2011-10-23T01:03:02Z

Seven years in the making, the new art complex includes original industrial buildings juxtaposed with dramatic new ones. The Prada Foundation’s New Arts Complex in Milan 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z

Asked by a tempting lover to turn and look at him, a woman replies, "I don't dare", three words which match the dramatic ambiguity of a line by Harold Pinter. Binocular Vision by Edith Pearlman – review 2013-02-28T10:00:01Z

And then, just like Hamilton’s tumultuous life story, there was a dramatic twist: The letter was authentic and a valuable piece of American history. What a stolen Alexander Hamilton letter reveals about the sticky business of fine art 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z

As each bubble hits the wires, it bursts into flames, an effect that is startling, dramatic and hilarious. The global economy, summed up in these two bubble machines 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z

In November, he’ll make his first big screen appearance in five years: a dramatic role in Ang Lee’s “Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk.” What follows 'Bright Star'? For Steve Martin, it's 'Meteor Shower' 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z

Goldfish, signifying life, add a dramatic splash of color to the New Year table and are traditionally released into the wild after the celebration; however, they're unlikely to survive the transition. Why you’ll find marzipan goldfish on my Nowruz table 2022-03-19T04:00:00Z

It wasn’t always dramatic — like that three-hour blackout that I told you about. The drunkard’s loop: How one writer fought her way back from blackout alcoholism 2015-06-21T04:00:00Z

One work is related to the dramatic landscape of Sicily, and one to a Byzantine mosaic. In Switzerland, Culture With a View of Scenery and History 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z

In the Mahler Mr. van Zweden put a higher priority on musical character and dramatic impact than on flawless execution and textured sound. Music Review: Philharmonic, With Jaap van Zweden Conducting Yuja Wang 2012-04-13T20:58:17Z

“I couldn’t see anything except the orangey-red tip of her cigarette levitating over her bed as she took long, dramatic pulls in the pitch-blackness of the Connecticut morning.” Review | James Whiteside isn’t a typical ballet star, and his memoir isn’t a typical ballet story 2021-08-18T04:00:00Z

The incident provided one of the few dramatic moments during the first half of the program, the last in the society’s 40th-anniversary season. Music Review: Chamber Music Society in Its Season Finale 2010-05-24T23:32:00Z

Here, too, there was an alluring surface shimmer to the playing that was never quite matched by dramatic intensity. Music Review: Marlboro Chamber Ensemble in Peoples’ Concert Series 2014-04-09T21:19:01Z

“Everyone who knows him is like: He is so funny. He should do more comedies. All his best friends, the jokes are nonstop. Yet he’s known as a serious, dramatic actor.” Val Kilmer on a life in illusion and the new doc ‘Val’ 2021-07-14T04:00:00Z

It’s this tension that creates the show’s first dramatic stakes. When “The Office” is Wal-Mart: “Superstore” tackles workplace comedy with an eye on the minimum wage 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z

What he doesn't impart in Dawn Treader is any dramatic momentum. Richard Corliss reviews The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader 2010-12-09T19:20:00Z

Dom’s words burble and gurgle musically with increased dramatic heat until you finally get enough of the big picture so that it’s clear he isn’t actually alone. Movie Review: In ‘Dom Hemingway,’ Gangsters Meet Up in France 2014-04-01T22:56:10Z

Perhaps the most dramatic of his planned projects will be an addition to the Bornholm Art Museum in Denmark, housed in a 20-year-old building on an island near the coast of Sweden. James Carpenter?s Architectural Adventures in Glass 2010-08-01T02:00:00Z

The difference between the two men in Malabar’s orbit is dramatic: “Ben’s hands chopped wood, built fences, deftly killed animals of every sort. Charles’s hands were baby-soft, his right one lacking dexterity since his stroke.” A Mother’s Secrets, a Daughter’s Lies 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z

That is the world he hides from; the world he paints is an escape into vivid colors and dramatic strokes. Painter recolors Afghanistan 2010-04-05T19:16:00Z

The most dramatic gallery occupies the heart of the 1917 building, filling a double-height room topped with a long, narrow and peaked skylight. Why does this huge new gallery in downtown L.A. underwhelm? It's a familiar story 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z

The story operates on the classic dramatic binary system in which like pairs off with like. Review: Renée Fleming Plays Against Type in ‘Living on Love’ 2015-04-20T04:00:00Z

He went to St Albans grammar school for boys, and then to Trinity Hall, Cambridge, in the mid-1960s, where he read modern languages, directed plays and became president of the amateur dramatic club. Malcolm Griffiths obituary 2010-12-02T18:18:00Z

That was the year, of course, in which the British army had to stage its dramatic retreat from France during the famous Battle of Dunkirk. Was Christopher Nolan’s “Dunkirk” whitewashed? And if so, what does that mean? 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z

Her dramatic vocals perfectly compliment Rodgers classic guitar riff. 10 essential Nile Rodgers songs: a beginner's guide 2013-05-03T16:38:00Z

Mr. Serkin offered an excellent performance of this rhythmically incisive and harmonically colorful piece, imbuing the somber interludes with a poetic introspection and the dissonant, dramatic, bell-like passages that conclude the work with bristling fervor. Music Review: Peter Serkin Brings Musical Abstraction to 92nd Street Y 2014-05-12T21:40:29Z

“I want to see soft and dainty, and dramatic and severe,” Pray Tell bellows. On ‘Pose,’ dancing isn’t just about self-expression. It’s a survival skill for trans women. 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z

On some islands, the tale would be a defining one, but here, it was just a slim chapter in a dramatic history. Jamaica, Beyond the Beach 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z

Family dysfunction, that age-old staple of the dramatic canon, permeates the walking wounded that populate “The House of Yes” in a respectable, albeit still-gelling 25th anniversary revival at the Zephyr. 'The House of Yes' accentuates the negative 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z

I have previously gone on record saying that Harry and Edna were principally authorial devices, dramatic catalysts of whom it is hard to portray persuasively. ‘A Delicate Balance’ Revival Stars Lithgow and Close 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z

“Horace and Pete” is a riveting series that dares to take big dramatic risks, but what makes it frustrating is that its problems are mundane. How ‘Horace and Pete’ Made the Network Suits Look Good 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z

The problem with "Zealot" isn't the dramatic outline, which is reasonable enough, but the poorly observed execution. Scones and tea won't help Theresa Rebeck's 'Zealot' at SCR 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z

And fashion has been a hallmark of K-dramas, especially when they’re undercutting a tragic or dramatic scene about to take place. When a Track Suit Embodies a Nation 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z

It never quite gets the blend of dramatic intensity, comic-book embroidery and cathartic action that it seems to be going for. Review: Al Pacino and Nazis, in Amazon’s ‘Hunters’ 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z

Now, the Bowl is planning 50 events and is hoping to fill 65 percent of capacity, reflecting the dramatic decline of the virus and the lifting of regulations. A Soaring Arts Scene in Los Angeles Confronts a Changing Landscape 2021-05-12T04:00:00Z

The brain surgery on "Today" carried much more dramatic risks; it also made for some fascinating television, Murphy said "Our level of risk is very small," he said. ABC's Sam Champion being operated on live on TV 2010-05-11T22:31:00Z

But while “Hannibal” is, to my mind, merely fine, “Penny Dreadful” is fantastic—and tonight it concludes one of the most astounding dramatic runs on current television. “Penny Dreadful” finishes strong: This sophisticated, evocative Victorian thriller appeals to fantasy and history fans alike 2015-07-05T04:00:00Z

Wagner's music is not formally banned in Israel, but since 1938 there has been an informal embargo and the few occasions on which it has been broken have been dramatic ones. Dance with the devil 2011-07-26T08:01:01Z

But in a genre that depends on tightly wound plotting, not all the dramatic screws and springs are in place to synchronize this dark fable and make it pop. Women on the edge, in 2 plays with local settings, on Seattle stages 2012-03-15T21:02:05Z

At least they weren’t editing the actual coverage for dramatic effect, though, because that would’ve been… Oh, wait. Reality or “Reality”?: Should NBC’s Olympics Coverage Be More Straightforward? 2012-08-08T12:00:20Z

Jodie Foster’s new film, “Money Monster,” a dramatic satire, is about television by the yard, the kind of shouty punditainment where personality takes the place of information and sensationalism gets in the way of investigation. Jodie Foster's Boring and Exciting “Money Monster” 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z

So, even though that was a serious and dramatic scare tactic, as you said, it did work. Jemele Hill opens up about the difficult, insulting and unseen parts of racism in newsrooms 2022-10-30T04:00:00Z

The American culture war, that combustible, stupefying cocktail of religion, sex, politics and everything else that gets people hot and bothered, represents a rich vein of satiric and dramatic potential. | 'Salvation Boulevard': An Evangelist, an Atheist and a Murder That Tests Faith 2011-07-14T23:06:36Z

I've been in too many split-second decision moments of my own; I understand that there is no certainty in hypotheticals, that so much within a real dramatic situation hinges on its surrounding details. A stranger, twisted and bleeding on the sidewalk. What would you have done? 2022-07-23T04:00:00Z

The songs were “Latch” by Disclosure, “La La La” by Naughty Boy and “Stay With Me,” all performed by Sam Smith, a 22-year-old native of rural England known for his dramatic pronunciation and rich voice. Chart Attack: Ed Sheeran and Sam Smith 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z

If the drunken nights and dramatic fights of “Jersey Shore” aren’t for you, this Japanese take on the reality-show genre sits on the opposite end of the spectrum. What’s on TV Tuesday: ‘Tig Notaro: Happy to Be Here’ and ‘Beerland’ 2018-05-22T04:00:00Z

Much of it is inert, with pretty detail piled upon pretty detail in the service of no conceivable dramatic purpose. 5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z

A few weeks more, and the plant goes through what is basically botanical puberty: a dramatic shift from its vegetable stage to its reproductive stage. May I Recommend That You Grow Your Own Corn 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z

It also is a pity that designer Jason Arnold’s admittedly dramatic lighting, which often reproduces the effect of a single bulb dangling in an interrogation room, sometimes creates shadows that obscure facial expressions. A battle of wills and wits in Forum Theatre’s ‘The Pillowman’ 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z

The finished statue was unveiled in a dramatic ritual in Detroit last July. “It’s unacceptable to give religious privilege only to those who believe in the supernatural”: The Satanic Temple challenges the religious right 2015-11-21T05:00:00Z

There’s a solid ethical strain in Rogen’s comedy that also carries over to his performances in dramatic movies, such as “Steve Jobs” and “Take This Waltz.” “The Night Before” and Seth Rogen’s Ethical Comedy 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z

That conversation had a dramatic effect on me; it was a real conversion experience, but one that took me out of the church. Racism is “America’s original sin”: Unless we tell the truth about our history, we’ll never find the way to reconciliation 2016-01-18T05:00:00Z

Not unlike the Bollywood thrillers Khan is famous for, the hit-and-run case became a drawn-out saga full of murky details and dramatic twists. Bollywood Star Salman Khan Convicted in Hit-and-Run Case 2015-05-06T04:00:00Z

The dramatic comedy, which is in competition at the Cannes International Film Festival, will probably shed a little sunshine on a festival laden by dark themes. Film: With 'The Source,' Radu Mihaileanu Looks at the Battle of the Sexes 2011-05-16T12:30:06Z

No spitting à la Gordon Ramsay here: The most dramatic reaction in the premiere is the subtle clearing of Mr. Hollywood’s throat. Bake-Off in a Tent 2014-12-27T05:00:00Z

The current looks are “dramatic,” confirms Catherine Dougherty, senior vice president for communications for MAC Cosmetics. Brows, contour, lips, lashes: How the ‘full-beat face’ took over the Internet 2018-02-13T05:00:00Z

It’s worth noting that was not the most egregious plan of the company that built the ominously dramatic “Futurama” at the 1939 World’s Fair. British Nuns, General Motors and Other Letters to the Editor 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z

Taken in the context of the day’s news and the park’s dramatic river and skyline views, the show as a whole reads as a simple, and singular, cry for attention. With ‘Eyes on Iran,’ Artists Bring Protests to Roosevelt Island 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z

"Better Things" a dramatic comedy about life, which – as "The Galaxy Song" reminds us – can only be soft-scripted at best. The "Better Things" final season reminds us of how incredible it is that we – and it – exist 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z

Natalie Portman won best dramatic actress for her role in Black Swan due for UK release on 21 January and Toy Story 3 reigned supreme as the best animated feature. Golden Globes: All the winners and nominees 2011-01-17T16:46:04Z

He doesn’t really blame them for his addiction, however, nor for his dramatic inability, as a boy, to urinate without first spending hours alone in the bathroom performing a desperate kind of rain dance. Books of The Times: ?Portrait of an Addict as a Young Man?: a Memoir by Bill Clegg 2010-06-15T23:13:00Z

This week, two aspiring pop stars will be cut from the remaining 11 due to last week's dramatic save of Casey Abrams. 'American Idol' update: Get poked by contestants; see who is the most-searched 2011-03-30T21:58:17Z

What unites us is that we like writing stories that have high dramatic stakes.” Nathaniel and Simon: The Brothers Rich 2013-01-04T21:32:05Z

It is intensely dramatic and serious – as far from a bouncy castle as you can get. Jeremy Deller's bouncy castle softens the image of Stonehenge 2012-08-02T16:15:23Z

I realized even then that it would become bigger and more dramatic, but you never know how soon. Music: Katarina Dalayman in ?G?tterd?mmerung? at the Met 2012-01-22T02:23:06Z

To the extent that it’s an immediate cinematic experience, it’s a daring but tasteless jumble of stylistic flourishes and dramatic intentions. “Son of Saul” and the Ungraspable Horrors of Auschwitz 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z

She also knows Tao well and finds his dramatic ways amusing, especially when she can get a rise out of him with a dry, pointed remark about his love of "Donnie Darko." The best breakout TV performances of the year, from twins and vamps to werewolves and superheroes 2022-12-26T05:00:00Z

There are plenty of other examples, the most recent of which may be the most dramatic of all — when the country, after electing the first black president, then decided to give the racist a shot. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: Tom Hanks (as Mister Rogers) ... and other perfect swing candidates. 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z

The film tells the dramatic story of whistleblower Edward Snowden, a former private contractor for the National Security Agency, or NSA, who worked with journalists to expose the U.S. government’s global surveillance programs. Snowden jokes “everybody at NSA just stopped working” to watch new trailer for Oliver Stone film 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z

Marital infidelity, drug dependency and selling out are among the topics of the dramatic threads, and for most of the movie the comedic material outpaces the serious stuff. Review: ‘Almost Christmas,’ a Home-for-the-Holidays Comedy 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z

Perhaps most dramatic is Waimea Canyon, a chasm over 3,000 feet deep and composed of a thousand shades of brown, green and red. 36 Hours in Kauai, Hawaii 2013-12-05T17:25:08Z

When the show moved to its new post-watershed hour last year, it was to open up exciting new creative and dramatic horizons for the show, according to the gush at the time. Killing The Bill 2010-03-26T16:06:00Z

In theory, a subscription-based model should be a dramatic improvement, substituting for the relentless pursuit of page views the superior goal of producing journalism that can’t be found anywhere else and is worth paying for. The Urgent Quest for Slower, Better News 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z

In 1957 he was nominated for an Emmy for best continuing performance by an actor in a dramatic series for his work on "The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp." Hugh O'Brian, star of TV's 'The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp,' dies at 91 2016-09-05T04:00:00Z

Chastain, who is currently promoting her role opposite Matt Damon in Ridley Scott space drama The Martian, is known for dramatic roles in civil rights period piece The Help and super-serious science-fiction thriller Interstellar. Jessica Chastain: Hollywood oversexualises female action stars 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z

The role requires extensive speaking as well as lyrical and dramatic sung passages, which Mr. Degout delivered in a rich, jammy tone. Review: ‘Pinocchio,’ the Opera, Is a Hit For a Renovated Theater 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z

But the final two acts went more smoothly and the music gained steadily in dramatic tension through the glorious Act 4 quartet up to the shattering conclusion. Simon Keenlyside scores as Verdi's jester 2010-06-26T11:06:00Z

It is notable that he has only been nominated for his dramatic roles and never his comedic roles. Jonah Hill: 'Having a bad day doesn't reflect who I am as a person' 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z

It’s a signature piece for harp soloist Sophie Baird-Daniel, and nearly twice the length of a typical performance on silks, allowing Perry to expand her act with dramatic drops and additional performers. Seattle trapeze artists team up with live orchestra for what may be a first-of-its-kind performance 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z

He refused to cooperate with the film and told Oprah Winfrey on her chat show on Friday, "It's a movie, it's fun" but his life was not so dramatic. "The Social Network" opens in NY to buzz, controversy 2010-09-24T20:27:00Z

That group dynamic builds the tension, I suppose, and makes it seem more dramatic when there's disagreement. The truth behind Affleck's Argo 2013-01-14T00:55:56Z

“It sounds so dramatic, but I’ll say it: Hollywood just doesn’t know what to do with me,” she said, with self-mocking flair. Parker Posey’s Offbeat Glamour 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z

Or visit the nearby Becket Land Trust Historic Quarry and Forest and walk the trail leading to a lake surrounded by dramatic rocky outcrops. Dance at Mount Tremper, Saratoga and Jacob?s Pillow 2010-07-15T21:59:00Z

Early on, Mr. Díaz said he envied writers of earlier centuries, like Tolstoy and Flaubert, because for them divorce was a far more dramatic plot point. ArtsBeat: Friends Remember David Foster Wallace at New Yorker Festival 2012-10-08T20:56:32Z

And he was woefully weak during Aeneas’ most dramatic moment, in Act V, when, hearing ghostly voices, the tormented Aeneas resolves to abandon Dido, follow his destiny and establish Rome. Music Review: Berlioz’s ‘Troyens’ Returns to Metropolitan Opera 2012-12-14T22:22:35Z

This marks Charles’ first dramatic role on the small screen since he left The Good Wife in the middle of the show’s fifth season, when his character was dramatically killed off. Josh Charles Books First Major Post-'Good Wife' Arc on 'Masters of Sex' 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z

It is propelled by no urgency and no dramatic stakes other than the recombination of two commercially successful films into a hybrid sequel. “Glass,” Reviewed: M. Night Shyamalan’s Unsatisfying Obsession with Superheroes 2019-01-19T05:00:00Z

From FX's "The Bear" to Mark Mylod's "The Menu," this has been the year prestige entertainment has mined professional kitchens for all their inherent dramatic potential. Salon's favorite books of 2022 — fiction and nonfiction 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z

There were dramatic silhouettes, elegant evening wear, and liberal use of jaunty straw hats, often with hatbands that played off the colors of dresses and pantsuits. Tom Ford adds to glitz for London Fashion Week 2011-09-16T11:41:11Z

It is unfortunate that the dramatic poet who taught the American theater to lyrically soar is once again being remembered for his dissolute decline rather than for the sublimity of his best writing. 'God Looked Away,' and so should you: Why Al Pacino's play falls so short of expectations 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z

‘Of course, it ended all over the country the same time, but I don’t expect it was quite as dramatic anywhere else as it was in Northmont.’ ‘Nothing Is Impossible: Further Problems of Dr. Sam Hawthorne,’ by Edward D. Hoch

In a story the length of a novella, such overbearing repetition turns into caricature and slapstick, making any dramatic turn or fitful heartbreak seem unwarranted. ‘Paper Lantern’ and ‘Ecstatic Cahoots,’ by Stuart Dybek

Hoffman is a facilitator and explicator of drama, rather than a dramatic principal. Review: ‘Steve Jobs,’ Apple’s Visionary C.E.O. Dissected 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z

There's an emphasis on glitz, skin and dramatic production here, not wearable undergarment trends for typical Victoria's Secret shoppers. Rihanna a rock star on Victoria's Secret catwalk 2012-11-08T04:05:08Z

As a work of dramatic literature, unfortunately, “Green Eyes” is negligible. Festivals In Review: Warring Relatives and Joking Rabbis 2011-01-15T00:29:04Z

He also served as Bill Cosby’s agent for decades, helping have him cast on “I Spy,” which made Cosby the first African American star of a dramatic television series. Norman R. Brokaw, Hollywood agent for Elvis and Marilyn, dies at 89 2016-10-29T04:00:00Z

His mad scene at the end of Act 2 lacks the musical richness of Handel’s comparable scene, but it is highly dramatic. Music Review: On Paris Stages, Intriguing Vivaldi and Novel Wagner 2011-03-15T12:30:07Z

Emeritus College Acting Troupe Showcase A selection of comedic and dramatic scenes. L.A. theater openings, March 1-8: 'Circles' and more 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z

“I like the sense of movement and running; it felt dramatic and emotional.” Get to Know the Colors on Paul Taylor’s Palette 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z

There is a tuxedo jacket, which is something I’ve been doing for the past few seasons — short in the front and curved but very dramatic in the back. Special Report: Haute Couture: Skeletons, Family and Religion 2010-07-06T17:38:00Z

He especially liked one dramatic sequence when he traps and kills a hyena — a moment that gives the filmmakers a suitable climax to the coming-of-age arc. Sometimes, Making a Documentary Can Take Years (and Years and Years…) 2023-06-03T04:00:00Z

The asymmetrical, industrial-style building, with its dramatic, cantilevered entrance will sit between the High Line and the Hudson, the newest fixture on New York’s fashionable West Side. The Whitney Museum’s new Renzo Piano–designed location to open May 1, 2015 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z

The Julia Roberts series “Homecoming” alternated between two ratios for different years — then abruptly went from narrow to wide at a crucial dramatic moment. The Movie Is Opening Wide. The Screen Is Changing Shape. 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z

Lowery reduces the movie’s dramatic arc to minimal threads; replacing the conventional, sonata-like narrative form of conflict and resolution with variations on the theme of bank robbery. Review: “The Old Man and the Gun” Is a Peak in Robert Redford’s Career 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z

Digital technology has already resulted in a dramatic erosion of personal privacy. Technology is a double-edged sword 2012-12-23T00:07:19Z

It’s got serious dynamics: his own self-effacing lead singing, relaxed grooves, dramatic band swells. Playlist : New CDs: Josh Berman, Guardian Alien, Rodrigo Campos 2012-08-17T19:49:57Z

Her Sibelius was exquisite, especially in its exploration of subtle color effects and dramatic surprise. Conductor Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla lights up the San Diego Symphony with sparkling sonics 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z

She was also praised for her sensitive musicianship, powerful dramatic characterizations and impeccable diction. Lili Chookasian, Opera Singer, Dies at 90 2012-04-12T17:31:06Z

A dining room is a good place to do something dramatic, if that’s your style. Ditch the island: Why you should rediscover your dining room 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z

I became too conscious of the writers putting things in for gritty dramatic effect, rather than how they might have happened in real life. ‘The Night Of’ Finale: In a Lonely Place 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z

Why was Bach, a composer of such powerful dramatic instincts, never drawn to opera? Berlin Philharmonic Performs 'St. Matthew Passion' at the Park Avenue Armory 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z

The movie tweaked real life events to add dramatic dazzle, and it’s an excellent sports film, that rare kind that makes sport watchable even for those who don’t know their block from their blitz. Box set blockbusters: when movies make better TV shows 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z

The critics say he invented chiaroscuro, or dramatic shading never seen before. Letters: Art from the sublime to the ridiculed 2010-06-18T23:06:00Z

The film snagged the U.S. dramatic grand jury prize and the dramatic audience award, voted on by festival audiences, at Sundance. ‘Minari,’ ‘Boys State’ win top honors at Sundance 2020-02-02T05:00:00Z

Thursday’s announcement of the Emmy nominations will almost certainly include a face-off between two of the year’s most lavishly praised dramatic series, even though one of them really is not a series. 2014 Emmy Nominations: What to Expect 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z

Lutoslawski’s aleatoric techniques result in colorful sound clouds and riotous sonic landscapes, punctuated by the soloist’s dramatic lines, which Mr. Campbell played with flair throughout. Music Review: A Composer Who Rolled the Dice 2011-01-30T22:07:57Z

That makes the film sound a lot more calculated and Hollywoodish than it is, but the point she's making is that "The Kids Are All Right" has a dramatic agenda but no political agenda. "The Kids Are All Right": The gay-marriage movie America needs 2010-07-08T01:01:00Z

Metal I-beams and disintegrating concrete dominated the space, serving as a dramatic, contradictory backdrop for a collection that was full of polish and sophistication — and the joy of experimentation. At Proenza Schouler show, all rules about leather in spring melt away

But soon the trail began to follow the brim of a dramatic bluff, high above the tree-blanketed valley below. Frugal Traveler: Music and Moonshine in the Mellow Ozarks 2013-08-01T17:02:55Z

“It captured our spirit. We were funny at times and dramatic at other times and always good ballplayers. The movie showed that.” “There’s no crying in baseball!”: “A League of Their Own,” a film about the sport’s women pioneers, resonates at 25 2017-07-01T04:00:00Z

We live in dramatic times, in case you haven’t seen the news. Nick Olsen and the Kips Bay Decorator Show House: Oh, the drama of it all 2017-04-30T04:00:00Z

Some get antsy at the long silences and lack of dramatic payoff. The understated drama of ordinary people 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z

We took him to the bus station, and I cried because I was 18 and dramatic. Finders keepers: my favourite piece of clothing 2014-08-25T04:00:00Z

The theme of Mitski’s show was set when she seized the stage to the dramatic 1960s pop anthem “Era Vivere,” belted by famed Italian singer Mina. Review | Indie artist Mitski expresses songs with voice and legs 2018-11-18T05:00:00Z

Freelance journalist Jonathan Franklin, who has covered the dramatic story for the Guardian from day one, is to pen an account of the saga, provisionally titled 33 Men, for publisher Transworld. Chile miners' story signed up by publishers 2010-10-14T09:39:00Z

It is, according to his label, "a dramatic homage to the Apocalypse, existential ennui and Paul Simon's Sounds of Silence". Sufjan Stevens Delights People with surprise EP 2010-08-23T11:12:00Z

But he seemed to be pushing his voice and sometimes barked lines, especially stretches of dramatic recitative. Review: ‘Ernani,’ With Plácido Domingo, a Tussle to Hold on to a Love 2015-03-22T04:00:00Z

Not just the beard itself but the whole ensemble of heavy coat, big boots and huge dramatic hat with lighted matches sputtering beneath the rim struck such terror in his victims that resistance fell away. Hello World: Where Design Meets Life by Alice Rawsthorn – review 2013-05-10T13:00:03Z

Mr. Crash’s unconventional operas blend spoken dialogue; meditative, surrealist scores; surrealist dramatic elements; and experimental vocal idioms. Classical & Opera Listings for April 17-22 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z

It's a question that's ripe with dramatic potential; fiction tends to thrive amid doubt and wilt in the presence of certainty. The Newsroom: 'It's self-indulgent, but it feels so good' – critics have their say 2012-06-25T16:07:00Z

This dramatic scene for mezzo-soprano and orchestra painted Cleopatra’s suicide by snakebite in such lurid colors that the shocked jurors refused to award any prize at all. Review: Berlioz, Rendered Newly Audacious at Carnegie Hall 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z

The Chicks staged dramatic readings of the most absurd takes over Zoom. The Chicks Are Done Caring What People Think 2020-07-08T04:00:00Z

Especially the young ones, who are today’s wandering Jews, a diaspora of the underemployed, their thumb drives bursting with ideas for structures with dramatic curves and angles. A Harvest of Temporary Shelters 2010-09-16T22:54:00Z

This year's theme was "power" and Delahaye was praised by the chair of the judges, David King, for "the sheer artistic excellence, dramatic intensity and narrative power" of his images. Luc Delahaye wins the 2012 Prix Pictet award 2012-10-09T18:00:02Z

It was always meant to be more dramatic, and to give Johnny the “Better Call Saul” treatment. ‘Cobra Kai,’ YouTube’s ‘Karate Kid’ Update, Returns for Another Round 2019-04-23T04:00:00Z

Jurors heard Murray tell police in a taped interview about the dramatic hours at the hospital on June 25, 2009, where Jackson was officially pronounced dead. Jackson's mother wept when told of singer's death 2011-10-11T18:58:44Z

How to make it as dramatic and compelling as the real thing? Why doesn't fiction deliver birth scenes? 2012-08-05T18:00:01Z

Near memoir’s end the author, at this point a married man, learns of a dramatic incident that occurred early in his parents’ marriage, one that finally allows him to view his father as a hero. Books of The Times: Done With Drugs, But the Legacy Is Unfinished 2011-01-13T22:30:07Z

“This guy can improvise, he’s funny, he’s really great with delivery. And he’s proven even in those six-second Vine videos that he has dramatic capability,” Baker says. Serendipity strikes for Simon Rex as an adult-film antihero 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z

It’s a dramatic transition from there to the civic scale of Cadman Plaza Park, with its allées of tall London plane trees. Brooklyn Bridge, Star of the City: Here’s a Tour 2020-05-06T04:00:00Z

His mother enrolled him in a dramatic arts workshop. George Bartenieff, Fixture of Downtown Theater, Dies at 89 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z

But it isn’t really liberating to make up exceptional women with dark, dramatic pasts. My “Supergirl” hypocrisy: Female superheroes don’t need to be “broken” to kick ass 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z

These odd dramatic slivers are a bit like listening to the curious twists of someone else's dream: absolutely uninvolving, and a bit irritating after a while. Short Shrifts – review 2012-07-04T17:12:41Z

His style, though minimalist, captured dramatic contrasts and movements. Avedon photos go to auction in Paris 2010-11-18T19:16:00Z

Next week’s program features two symphonies: the seething First and the dramatic Fourth. Opera & Classical Music Listings for March 7-13 2014-03-06T23:20:26Z

It’s an inherently dramatic device — because a letter is both a vessel for self-expression and a catalyst for a response. The Drama of Letters, Swirling With Suspense 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z

In that sense, “The Souvenir” reveals the pitfalls of classic auteur cinema, the concept of the screenwriter-director who relates her own experience by way of dramatic fiction. “The Souvenir,” Reviewed: Joanna Hogg’s Ambitious, Frustrating Autobiographical Drama 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z

Its layout, the dramatic spectacle of life and death it presents to the visitor, helped establish the basic Stations of the Cross for literary museum worship in St Petersburg. St Petersburg's homely tributes to Russia's great artists 2012-11-20T13:56:01Z

Eschenbach’s presentation of “Bolero” is rather dramatic; he does no conducting whatsoever until the big modulation just before the end. NSO and Eschenbach venture to Spain, taking the well-trod route 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z

He should trust that the associative turns of his keen mind provide sufficient dramatic incentive. Trump as theater: Mike Daisey's one-man show, 'The Trump Card,' delves into the Donald phenomenon 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z

Frances counters, nastily, with what she thinks is a huge dramatic revelation. "In Treatment" recap: Frances reads her test results 2010-11-23T13:30:00Z

Two hundred years ago, Shakespeare accounted for one-quarter of all dramatic productions in cities up and down the Eastern Seaboard. Measuring America’s Shakespearean Devotion 2014-03-19T20:47:10Z

His surrealist streak is now in service of something more dramatic like gibberish rap, in which he puts together a hip-hop song by mixing clichés and nonsense over a beat. Hannibal Buress Evolves From Cult Star to Showman 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z

Paul, an ex-convict who has found religion, is a bit less clear about what he wants, and he clings to a sense of his own righteousness, even after some dramatic backsliding. Movie Review: Michael Bay’s ‘Pain & Gain,’ With Mark Wahlberg 2013-04-25T14:00:02Z

Does that handover scene - the roll call of royally messed-up residents - exaggerate reality for dramatic effect? Addicts' hostel inspires debut play 2013-09-19T11:33:10Z

The region’s beauty exists because of — and despite — its dramatic history. Hello, Dolly. A visitor finally gets to West Virginia’s ‘bit of Canada gone astray.’ 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z

Lurid biblical tales such as “Susanna and the Elders” are upstaged by the dramatic action of brush on canvas. In the galleries: Remapping the boundaries of drawing 2017-03-03T05:00:00Z

For years, the story’s enduring image has been the dramatic photograph of a terrified 6-year-old boy, cornered by an armed federal agent. Divisive Battle Over Elián González Reverberates on a Miami Stage 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z

June 6, 1968: Robert F. Kennedy is shot to the ground in Los Angeles’s Ambassador Hotel, triggering one of the most dramatic waves of collective mourning the nation has ever seen. Robert F. Kennedy and Mr. Rogers: Two icons of masculine empathy sorely missed today 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z

The dressmakers stayed true to their feminine, romantic style, showing delicate gowns with dramatic bows and heavy embroidering. Dressmaker Marchesa evokes Japanese gardens for spring, summer 2017-09-13T04:00:00Z

You see more Hollywood people, filmmakers and actors and executives on the dramatic feature side, who are jumping into the doc business. In the Fall of Saigon, Lessons for Today 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z

The finest dancers always seem to have time, but Ms. Mearns — a naturally dramatic performer — fills that time with meaning. Dance Review: A ?Swan? Of Complex Shades 2011-02-14T05:15:08Z

Every vocal phrase is impelled by the emotion and dramatic intention of the moment. Music Review: Natalie Dessay in ?La Traviata? at the Met 2012-04-11T21:29:22Z

Director Ron Howard's feel-good tale of a group of elderly folks rejuvenated by benevolent aliens marked one of Horner's first major dramatic projects, which he gave a whimsical, romantic sound. Film composer James Horner feared dead: Six of his memorable scores 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z

Netrebko seems on the verge of becoming one of the great dramatic Verdi sopranos of our time, but she displayed none of that. Anna Netrebko, Yusif Eyvazov raise roof in power operatic performance at the Broad Stage 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z

There was her translucent dramatic gift, always backed up by scrupulous research into the characters she danced, and there was the sheer force of her presence on stage. Tamara Rojo 2010-12-05T00:05:00Z

Yet Gilmer’s performance, particularly in the dance’s more dramatic moments, wasn’t exterior, but interior: private, resolute, haunting. Ailey’s New Secret Weapon: The Heroically Unmannered James Gilmer 2021-12-10T05:00:00Z

And Spandau Ballet made a splash in 1980 with the glamorous "To Cut a Long Story Short," which paired a swerving keyboard line with dramatic vocals and reached No. 5 on the UK singles chart. "Planet Earth" at 40: The perfect debut single that boldly launched Duran Duran 2021-01-30T05:00:00Z

Born on the radio, they needed bells, whistles, buzzers and dramatic music to fill dead air. The secret history of the presidential debate buzzer 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z

All of these women had more interesting real lives than the ones they hammed up for the crowd – cigar-smoking Allingham dabbling in spiritualism, secretive Tey, Christie and her dramatic disappearing act. Cathi Unsworth: women and noir 2012-06-29T21:55:21Z

They tell their stories in dramatic monologues as they motor into Kent, recalling the structure and the events of William Faulkner's Modernist classic As I Lay Dying, set in Mississippi in the 1920s. Ten of the best 2011-02-05T00:14:00Z

A tempest may seem more dramatic, but a glacier sculpts the lasting landscape. Farewell to David Letterman, 'a force of nature' 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z

The book, illustrated mostly in black and white, with Cott's own drawings and photographs, is so rich in dramatic adaptations and bizarre lifestyles, the lack of colour doesn't seem to matter. Peter Forbes's top 10 books on colour 2011-03-16T17:49:51Z

But she was also someone who shaped her world through dramatic embellishment. Beryl Bainbridge: The writer who used tragedy as an entry point into farce 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z

“And it kind of wants to be judged that way — for its technical skin rather than its dramatic soul.” What’s on TV This Week: Kennedy Center Honors and ‘Insecure’ 2021-12-20T05:00:00Z

So masterly is Manguso at making beauty of boring old daily pain that when more dramatic plot turns arrive — suicides, teen pregnancies — they almost seem superfluous, visitations from an after-school special. ‘Very Cold People’ Makes Something Beautiful Out of a Painful Childhood 2022-02-06T05:00:00Z

The song now incorporated elements of Catherine’s dramatic Blackfriars speech, which she defiantly delivered in 1529 in an unsuccessful attempt to save her marriage. The Making of ‘Six’: How Tudor Queens Turned Into Pop Stars 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z

Above all, Antoni Wit is a profoundly idiomatic Schumann conductor, presenting his credentials in a superb account of the overture, and bringing the same dramatic sweep to all the choral numbers that follow. Schumann: Scenes from Goethe's Faust ? review 2011-02-17T22:00:00Z

Finally, a dramatic role he can throw himself into and still play the fool. Robin Williams burning brightly: There was just one human being who could do this thing 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z

Varma's offering is a dramatic reconstruction of the attack viewed through the perspective of Mumbai's police chief and the lone gunman who survived the attack. Indian director releases film on Mumbai attack 2013-03-01T10:31:04Z

Reese, the opening scene where you throw the boot is such a beautiful shot and such a dramatic sequence. Reese Witherspoon and Laura Dern find inspiration in filming 'Wild' 2015-01-01T05:00:00Z

He earned much greater success on television, where between 1974 and 1989 he was a producer or executive producer of more than 20 dramatic shows intended for schoolchildren home at the end of the day. Martin Tahse, TV and Broadway Producer, Dies at 84 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z

He ignited the violence by killing Hershel in a rather dramatic and brutal way. The Walking Dead Watch: Too Far Gone 2013-12-02T10:14:40Z

There’s something amazing about seeing real people in real, dramatic situations. ArtsBeat Blog: Darren Aronofsky Gets a Reality Check from the Margaret Mead Film Festival 2011-11-09T13:00:02Z

For the past several years, however, he’s also taken on ever more dramatic roles. Ray Romano Still Fears the ‘Funny Police’ 2017-06-30T04:00:00Z

Cinematic flourishes such as picking out the coat of one little girl fleeing the SS in red become the dramatic signposts in this ethical transformation. Schindler's List at 25: looking back on Spielberg's defining Holocaust drama 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z

“The Rainstorm,” reportedly composed when Wiggins was 5, is both beguiling and dramatic. He Was Born Into Slavery, but Achieved Musical Stardom 2021-03-03T05:00:00Z

These they waggled at me in person one morning after rainstorms flooded the subways of Manhattan, in an enormous penthouse apartment with views of the Hudson River — and, Dixie noted, dramatic lightning strikes. The D’Amelios Are Coming for All of Your Screens 2021-08-28T04:00:00Z

Mischievous and sly, she speaks in dramatic curlicues, partly because she is biding her time before springing a trap. Review: In ‘The Children,’ the Waters Rise and a Reckoning Comes Due 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z

The songwriters took their school project with Armitage in 2017 to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, one of the theater world’s great laboratories for dramatic innovation. ‘Six’ was shut down on the day it was set to open. It’s finally getting its big Broadway night. 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z

Repetition was an engine in all four works Mr. Gosling played, but so was harmonic density and a clear sense of development — sometimes classically formal, sometimes dramatic and picturesque. Music Review: New-Music Champion Pays a Call 2011-01-09T22:56:47Z

Witness Theater, introduced in New York City in 2012 by Selfhelp Community Services, a Jewish aid organization, pairs survivors with high school students, who work together to create a dramatic production. Spare Times for Children for April 10-16 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z

He uses an enormous orchestra and chorus, but deploys them judiciously, guided less by dramatic momentum than by atmospheres both sacred and profane. Review: ‘The Devils of Loudun’ Offers No Escape From Horror 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z

The images can be found at open.asia.si.edu and include everything from this dramatic Utagawa print of a dragon to shards of clay vessels.  Roundup: The Broad unveiled, digitized museums plus reports of art's death 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z

Certain creative choices proved popular, like beginning and ending within a circle of light and the use of dramatic instrumental music. Review: Roberto Villanueva’s BalaSole, a Kaleidoscope of Human Shapes 2015-07-19T04:00:00Z

Not only is it unusual for a broadcast network to introduce a dramatic series in late June, but CBS has broken with network tradition by selling the exclusive digital rights to Amazon. Stephen King’s ‘Under The Dome,’ Adapted for a TV Series 2013-06-22T16:14:50Z

To create a dramatic and colorful spring centerpiece, place yellow tulips in a simple vase, and anchor the blooms with lime slices. Spring Table Settings 2010-03-25T21:17:00Z

And this is a production with dramatic ideas aplenty — just the right format for polishing up a seldom-heard gem for a new life on the stage again. Seattle Opera revives a gripping, polished ‘Consul’ 2014-02-24T19:05:37Z

In the next room, reenacted in dramatic detail with period decorations and wax figures, was the White House deathbed of their eleven-year-old son Willie. Road to Recovery 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z

Last year, for example, Style Network made a dramatic shift and became Esquire Network to primarily attract male audiences. TV Guide Network to change its name to Pop 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z

In “An Ideal Husband,” accommodation and even forgiveness are pitted against rigid morality in a series of deliciously contrived dramatic conflicts. Deep Dives Into Justice From Shakespeare, Wilde and Atticus Finch 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z

"This is my life, so I know it is not that dramatic." Fact or fiction? Facebook film the latest "truth" tale 2010-09-29T18:39:00Z

That photo is one of several that captures a dramatic sky, its billowing clouds dotted with patches of sunlight. Review | In the galleries: Art, interrupted, in ‘Carte Blanche,’ curated by Adah Rose Bitterbaum 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z

It’s a cinematic throwback to the not-necessarily-happy days of Hollywood’s dominion, a high-concept studio film made with all the psychological shorthand and dramatic shortcuts of popular movies. Review: Taraji P. Henson Redeems “What Men Want” 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z

Organizers said the crack of a snare drum would mark the exact moment in the show when the shot was fired, and a student portraying Lincoln's wife would add a scream for dramatic effect. Lincoln impersonators rub gangly elbows in Ohio 2013-04-12T17:28:09Z

"Love's Victory is crucial evidence of women's engagement with a dramatic tradition that is usually thought to be exclusively male," Professor Findlay said. Early comedy makes 'stage history' 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z

The political subtext never detracts from the film's chilling dramatic effect and the air of intrigue, which intensifies in the very final scene. Hidden: No 9 2010-10-17T10:47:00Z

They are epic issues, demanding such dramatic solutions that it is easy to forget the gentler, quieter genre of design projects, which fulfill the old-fashioned objective of improving our quality of life. Gems to See, Sail and Serve 2010-10-03T15:00:00Z

There was consistently distinguished solo playing, while Gergiev maintained momentum and poise while ensuring an ongoing dramatic continuity. Prom 42: Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre/Gergiev 2011-08-16T11:10:01Z

In less capable hands, a fictionalised shooting might be used as a cheap dramatic device, transforming memories of shocking events, such as the Raoul Moat shootings in 2010, into headline-grabbing TV. Southcliffe: TV that threatens the status quo 2013-07-21T17:59:00Z

He and I are not the only reunion truthers prone to dramatic feelings about bass players. Reunion Tour! The Band Is Back! Wait, Who Are These Guys? 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z

The age-old conflict between duty and desire provided the dramatic tension. Noboru Ando, 89, Mobster and Film Star in Japan, Dies 2015-12-26T05:00:00Z

No single reaction is possible: the work manages to exhibit both MacMillan’s worst flaws of construction and his unmistakable gifts for dramatic seriousness. Dance Review: Nerve and Verve On a Grand Scale 2011-03-07T22:49:07Z

Strange, then, that just when the mean-spirited, oddball humor of "Glee" is firing on all pistons, the dramatic dialogue remains utterly tone-deaf. "Glee" could be great -- if it weren't so awful 2010-10-09T23:01:00Z

Kharatian, an artist of singular presence and dramatic heat, marks her 20th anniversary with the company this season, which was probably a second, well-deserved reason for the ovation. Review | Washington Ballet opens its new season with three eye-catching, yet incomplete premieres 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z

Silver appears in the film, along with his mother, Cindy Silver, who often acts in dramatic roles in his films. This Week in Cultural Clicks: Sushi Cats, Post-Internet Poetry, and More 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z

Charles has an easier time of it; Barnes has given the Duchess a clear dramatic profile with a rising arc of crisis. Review: Royalty as Horror Show in ‘Duchess! Duchess! Duchess!’ 2021-03-10T05:00:00Z

In other words, Neshat transforms empathy into a dramatic act we witness, in real time, on the stage. ‘Wish You Were Here’ Review: The Saga of Female Friendship 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z

For dramatic purposes, Mr. Sorkin could not leave Will in jail forever, but in real life the most difficult of these press-versus-government standoffs have no easy resolution. 'The Newsroom' Recap: Technology's Latest Victim 2014-12-07T05:00:00Z

The famed space, defined by Maxfield Parrish’s iconic Old King Cole mural, has been outfitted with graphic carpeting, dramatic metal vases, and a replica of the dreamy sky painting that once covered the ceiling. King Cole Bar & Salon at the St. Regis New York Hotel Puts a Modern Twist on a Historic Space 2014-01-21T05:00:00Z

This time around, the requisite earth-shattering secret is a discovery made by Edmond Kirsch, a computer genius with a flair for dramatic presentations and infinite delays. Review | Attention, Tom Hanks: Dan Brown’s new novel, ‘Origin,’ is ready for you 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z

“It takes a while to get to the dramatic hook, but I like the cast and it’s a decent heist story. Sure!” The genius of “Underground”: A gripping slavery drama that dares to be entertaining 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z

It's not uncommon to see performers seek to reinvent themselves at Sundance, but the abundance of comic actors in dramatic roles is a particular trend this year, organizers said. Sundance: Slate includes Sarah Silverman as addict, Jemaine Clement as dad 2014-12-03T05:00:00Z

Now, with “For Me and My Gal,” he acquired both a tone and a theme that expanded that dramatic vision into a world view of historic scope. The Front Row: “For Me and My Gal” 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z

While Guadagnino rarely feels the need for anything so dramatic as a fire, his films are built around themes of change, death and renewal. The show the military couldn't stop: Luca Guadagnino on We Are Who We Are 2020-11-10T05:00:00Z

A rule of thumb in modern moviemaking says that the first step in creating dramatic tension is to take away every character’s cellphone, so they get lost and can’t call for help. Six U.S. soldiers go AWOL in Baghdad to honor a fallen brother 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z

“I’m interested in a certain pathos,” she said, “a dramatic continuity through a synaesthetically charged environment.” Chains Clink, Water Splashes: A Composer’s Beautiful Noise 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z

“Facing Goya” calls itself an opera, though it almost wholly lacks seeming essentials: mainly, a consistent flow of dramatic action and emotion. The Operas ‘Facing Goya’ and ‘Katya Kabanova,’ at Spoleto 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z

And unlike its competitor Chanel, Dior has not made dramatic hikes in prices. Perspective | Dior was part of the patriarchy. Then she changed everything. 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z

The issue made for dramatic headlines recently as “Modern Family” star Sofia Vergara was hit with a lawsuit by her ex-fiance, who wants custody of their two fertilized embryos to use for a potential pregnancy. Fertility medicine brings babies — and tough decisions 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z

Mr. Rollins also helped shape the career of a onetime San Francisco street performer, Robin Williams, focusing his antic energy into a comedy routine, then into a long career as a comic and dramatic actor. Jack Rollins, manager of Woody Allen, Billy Crystal and others, dies at 100 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z

But it explains exactly why Bergman endorsed O'Neill's dictum that "dramatic art that does not impinge on the relationship between man and God does not interest me". Review 2010-06-16T23:56:00Z

The collection debuted a wide variety of mid-length dresses with plunging necklines or flared, dramatic silhouettes alongside chic mini-dresses, some with colorful floral patterns. Carolina Herrera brings splashes of color on Valentine’s Day 2022-02-14T05:00:00Z

Rita Shane, a dramatic coloratura soprano admired for the range, flexibility and size of her voice, as well as the intensity she brought to her performances, died on Thursday at her home in Manhattan. Rita Shane, a Met Soprano Known for Range and Intensity, Dies at 78 2014-10-12T04:00:00Z

The moment was a dramatic plot twist, and the painting stole the scene. “Empire”: TV’s Contemporary-Art Gallery 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z

Camillo’s fate is linked to the expectation that a young man of his background would pursue stability and worldly success — family and career — or else rebel in a dramatic and consequential way. ‘Marx Can Wait’ Review: A Director Digs Into His Brother’s Death 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z

But 25 years later, the Wilson staging seems like an ahead-of-its-time landmark, a harbinger of how the company’s dramatic range would broaden. Review: A Blunt New ‘Lohengrin’ at the Met Stars a Shining Knight 2023-02-27T05:00:00Z

There’s sadness in endings, even if they are not overtly dramatic. How to dump someone on Valentine's Day – or any day – without being a jerk 2017-02-13T05:00:00Z

Their routine, peppered with dramatic pauses, tricky partnering moves and quick, flashy turns, opened with a comic flourish. Rumba 101 With Two Ballet Pros 2017-07-02T04:00:00Z

“The magnitude of Gorbachev’s personal contributions to the dramatic change, not just in the Soviet Union itself but throughout Eastern Europe, can scarcely be exaggerated.” Europe’s Glorious Years of Peace and Prosperity 2019-05-04T04:00:00Z

There are very few people who can do what Baldwin does; he’s such an incredibly gifted, dramatic and comedic actor, and he really brings all of that together in 30 Rock. From a talking horse to the Dark Knight: Will Arnett ranks his own roles 2020-05-25T04:00:00Z

Most famous for his maritime scenes, full of misty oceans and dramatic clouds, the English artist J.M.W. Spring Shows to Keep Art Lovers Busy 2020-03-10T04:00:00Z

Mr. Hagman’s dramatic arrival was part of a preview event for Julien’s Saturday sale of his stash of memorabilia and estate items, many from his days on “Dallas.” Selling J. R., Lock, Stock and Swagger 2011-06-03T22:25:06Z

"He puts on this naive look and tells very dramatic, very complex things, very simply," said Ricardo Vaca, president of Barlovento Comunicaciones a media consulting firm that produces audience share numbers for Spanish television. A hit TV show rises from the ashes of Spain's crisis 2013-04-11T11:39:34Z

However one feels generally about the dramatic tone that Preston favors, it feels especially inappropriate in this book. Can You Make a Page-Turning Thriller Out of the Ebola Crisis? 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z

The oil wells were still burning; although they were beautifully dramatic, I took few pictures of them. Artist and photographer Sophie Ristelhueber's best shot 2010-04-28T21:30:00Z

Other activities — an interactive, immersive guide through the Hebrew Bible, for example, and a dramatic presentation of the New Testament — are free but require a separate timed ticket for entry. Bible Museum expects capacity crowds for opening 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z

It's like a gripping, can't-turn-away dramatic scene from a David Simon cable series, "The Wire" or "Treme," except that nobody is acting and this dude completely intends to go shoot someone. Pick of the week: Real-life crime drama "The Interrupters" 2011-07-29T01:01:00Z

This story of a young girl in a wondrous but poor part of Ghana is an anguished delight and an exemplar of dramatic freedom. 2019 Has Already Been an Exceptional Year in Movies 2019-03-30T04:00:00Z

He divided his career between directing production numbers for movies whose comedic and dramatic scenes were overseen by other directors, directing full movie musicals, and directing non-musicals. Busby Berkeley’s Personalized Beauty 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z

Abbey Lincoln, Jazz Singer and Writer, Dies at 80 Abbey Lincoln, a singer whose dramatic vocal command and tersely poetic songs made her a singular figure in jazz, died on Saturday in Manhattan. Abbey Lincoln, Jazz Singer and Writer, Dies at 80 2010-08-14T19:25:00Z

We get some hints in the halls devoted to mammals and dinosaurs, where explanations, interpretations and uncertainties accompany dramatic displays. Museum Review: The Natural History Museum in Los Angeles, Redesigned 2013-08-02T19:53:12Z

He has written a dramatic monologue as well, and hopes it will soon be performed in Dublin. A life in books: Colm T?ib?n 2010-10-25T07:00:00Z

The real talk among moneyed collectors was the impact of a skidding stock market coupled with a dramatic cooling of luxury real-estate values around South Florida. Art Basel Miami Beach: Cracks in the Glittering Facade 2018-12-09T05:00:00Z

His absence will be filled by streaming services, upstart studios and veteran production houses scrambling to buy the most buzzed-about films at the festival in an industry undergoing dramatic change. Buyers jockey for indie films at Sundance without Weinstein 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z

Robert Zemeckis hopes to do the same in the dramatic categories with this 3D fictionalised version with Joseph Gordon-Levitt as the Frenchman. And the Oscar may go to … 40 key movies in contention for 2016 awards 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z

Johnny Kidd and the Pirates' Shakin' All Over should be a perfect fit, but the theatricality of the arrangement – full of dramatic pauses – works against it, removing the original's coiled, brooding intensity. Wanda Jackson: The Party Ain't Over ? review 2011-01-13T15:29:00Z

Unlike other television shows in which a dramatic scene might take place in a strip club with anonymous women twisting in the background — props, basically — Katori Hall’s “P-Valley” focuses on the dancers themselves. ‘P-Valley’: How Katori Hall Made a Progressive Show About Strippers 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z

In Ingmar Bergman’s “The Virgin Spring,” the quintessential western “The Searchers” and “Death Wish,” it’s the dramatic event that inspires a man to head off on a hero’s journey in pursuit of vengeance. How Movies and TV Address Rape and Revenge 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z

For Hill, who came from a basketball background and had never acted before being cast as the star of “Swagger,” the test was reversed: Dunking came more naturally to him than dramatic monologues. How ‘Swagger’ Raised Its Game 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z

There’s the effortless, elegant presentation, combined with a dramatic proclamation: “I cooked an entire fish for you! On a school night!” It’s Easy. It’s Impressive. It’s Dinner. 2018-07-09T04:00:00Z

His characterizations are economically drawn, and his sense of dramatic structure is steady. Theater Review: ‘Don’t Go Gentle,’ by Stephen Belber, at Lucille Lortel 2012-10-15T02:00:00Z

And it highlights the vocal and dramatic cautiousness that was once masked by the sheer plushness of her soprano. A ‘Rusalka’ Shows Two Sides at the Metropolitan Opera 2014-01-24T10:13:05Z

Behind him a dramatic sunset turned the Nile to molten gold. A Cutting-Edge Music Festival in Uganda Keeps the Beat 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z

The players' shared understanding found them moving easily between subtle understatement and emphatically resonant delivery of the composer's most dramatic articulations. Gould Piano Trio – review 2012-05-24T13:58:27Z

Instead of dramatic play-by-play and hackneyed triumph, Hill gives us the more quotidian moments that come after the game, between seasons, after the sun of youth sets. 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z

What is most unnerving about the way their story is presented here — Andrew Jay Cohen directed, and wrote the script with Brendan O’Brien — is the absence of that kind of dramatic intensity. Review: ‘The House’ Is a Comedy Built on Despair 2017-06-30T04:00:00Z

When the joke leans on an exaggerated reaction to the ordinary, it helps to have some dramatic notes to belt out. Instead of Killer Punchlines, Killer Choruses 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z

The dramatic setup can seem like a vintage New Yorker cartoon shot through with Pinteresque menace. 'Delicate Balance' teeters slightly but always fascinates 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z

The scientist appears somewhere in every scene, and when at last he gets his glimpse of the olinguito, the moment is dramatic. The best children’s and YA books of the month, February edition 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z

His gift for dramatic, resonant endings does not fail him here. Review | ‘Invisible Hand’ a taut political thriller worthy of ‘Homeland’ watchers 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z

The supine object of her dramatic monologue becomes her sang-e sabur, the patience stone of Persian lore to which "you confess everything in your heart, everything you don't dare tell anyone". The Patience Stone by Atiq Rahimi 2010-04-23T23:07:00Z

Fired up by its kinetic Danish conductor, Thomas Dausgaard,   this versatile ensemble performed the musical selections in the first half  without breaks, drawing a dramatic arc that proved emotionally satisfying and intellectually stimulating. Music Review: Swedish Chamber Orchestra and Nina Stemme at Alice Tully Hall 2013-04-26T22:53:14Z

We wanted something that was highly intimate but at the same time dramatic.” 54 Below, Restaurant-Nightclub Under the Former Studio 54 2012-02-05T22:46:57Z

In this short, suspenseful book, Mr. Herrera relates Makina’s perilous and sometimes dreamlike journey and makes room for several dramatic incidents and minor characters who make a lasting impression. Reviews: New Books From Thomas McGuane, Hanif Kureishi and More 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z

His dramatic elevator-doors-opening entrance is to the magnificent “Psychedelic Shack” by the Temptations, which is the only positive element of this particular plot line. Behind the music on “Vinyl”: Getting Sly & the Family Stone all wrong — at the expense of the band’s women 2016-03-07T05:00:00Z

As Sin-Dee and Alexandra make their way up and down the boulevard, the film becomes an unusual blend of a screwball buddy comedy and a dramatic adventure. 'Misery loves comedy' in 'Tangerine,' a seriocomic film about trans sex workers 2015-07-03T04:00:00Z

The cast was huge, and it was sensational, headed by a legendary dramatic soprano, Teresa Stratas. Critic's Pick: 'Ghosts of Versailles' 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z

I was on my way to doing dramatic and classical work in Detroit, and I met a bunch of real fun actors, and they were all performing at Second City. Keegan-Michael Key Puts Comedy Aside and Shoots for His Dreams 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z

Here, the multiple perspective thing is woven into the experience of the show in a really exciting way, but that’s always been my idea as a dramatic writer. Why Showtime's The Affair Will Be as Intense as Game of Thrones 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z

Once I was past Cocachimba, the trail to the falls started out calm enough — bursting with monarch butterflies and flowering trees, with the dramatic green hills maintaining their distance. A Fortress in the Clouds, a Guinea Pig in the Pan 2010-07-14T03:00:00Z

For those who don't, the central story is still fascinating and dramatic. Masada in CBS' 'The Dovekeepers': Bad storytelling in every way 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z

He also used lamps and spotlights to produce a dramatic view of a worker beneath a towering cliff of salt, so denuded and striated it appears almost like a lunar landscape. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z

O’Farrell was sitting in her car, writing in her diary about Robert Browning’s dramatic monologues. Maggie O’Farrell Looks for Stories Hiding in Plain Sight 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z

Jason, people know you as a comic actor, but this is your second dramatic film in a row. Paradise found: Jason Segel and Charlie McDowell talk about “The Discovery” 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z

The first Beethoven sonata I learned as a young pianist was the dramatic “Pathétique.” Glenn Gould’s Every Detail. But Why? 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z

Part 2, which sets the mystical concluding episode of Goethe’s “Faust,” had a refreshing naturalness and dramatic flow, while packing plenty of heaven-bursting power and exuberance. Music Review: Finding the Right Pace (and Support Crew) for a Marathon 2010-10-22T22:44:00Z

Without twists or turns, hills or valleys, its dramatic engine chugs reliably forward, delivering its cargo of World War II tragedy with bland efficiency. Review: An Act of Rebellion, Blandly Told in ‘Alone in Berlin’ 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z

And she shines in dramatic parts, as when she played Matt Damon’s wife in “The Informant!” Melanie Lynskey?s Star Shines at Sundance 2012-01-20T23:54:21Z

The moment in which Glenn’s and Johnson’s tireless efforts intersect is condensed for dramatic effect in the movie, but no less meaningful as it really happened. Hollywood Film Spotlights the Women Who Put John Glenn Into Space 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z

His late-career voice change poses not only musical challenges, but also dramatic ones: Mr. Domingo has never liked to play bad guys, a staple of the baritone repertory. Plácido Domingo Defies the Gravity of Age 2014-03-07T15:00:03Z

The roiling interior torment that is envy might not seem to lend itself to succinct dramatic expression. GALA’s ‘Cervantes’ captures the twists and torments of a writer’s life 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z

Success in comedy kindled Mr. Curtis’s ambitions as a dramatic actor. Tony Curtis, Hollywood Icon, Dies at 85 2010-09-30T11:11:00Z

There's more comic than dramatic possibility here, but "The Cut" opts to treat the matter in deadly earnest, for the most part. Review: 'The Cut' at Open Circle Theater delivers little pleasure with its close shaves 2011-01-20T23:40:05Z

My personal vision of the piece is different in terms of tempos and dramatic timing. Maestro to embrace the theatrical side of ‘Messiah’ for SSO 2012-12-13T22:15:11Z

The invasion is most dramatic when there is a full moon or new moon, creating the highest tides of the month. Millions of horseshoe crabs spawn on the shores of Delaware Bay each year. Here’s how to see them. 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z

Attend any new-music concert, and you hear works by composers in their 20s and 30s that may be good or bad but are almost always restless and frenetic, full of dramatic contrasts. Review: New York City Opera, a Quiet ‘Sunday Morning’ 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z

Trails navigate woods and emerge to dramatic water and mountain views. Lopez Island in the fall: Hikes, farm stands and fine dining 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z

The work, a world premiere, opens with Rebecca Warner and Natalie Green borrowing steps from George Balanchine’s “Serenade” — ecstatic, space-devouring jumps and spins; dramatic falls — but most of the vocabulary is simpler. RoseAnne Spradlin’s ‘g-h-o-s-t c-r-o-w-n (working title)’ 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z

The marketing was tight: TV spots were dramatic and the huge billboards dominate the LA skyline. US goes bananas for Apes, while Universal will be satisfied by Purge 2014-07-21T04:00:00Z

But however shocking, this scene had a sound dramatic purpose. 'Sons of Anarchy': Making a case for TV violence 2012-11-19T12:58:13Z

Their lives are interesting, with a dramatic twist.” ‘Push Girls’ on Sundance Looks at Disabled Women 2012-06-01T16:00:00Z

That movie followed a filmmaker making a film very much like "Women on the Verge," a Madrid-set story about the intertwining and dramatic lives of a group of women. Almodovar's 'Women on the Verge' will go musical 2010-07-26T20:51:00Z

Mr. Zwick speaks of the sex scenes in his new film as a kind of dramatic icebreaker: the ingredient necessary to “break down the wall” with which contemporary audiences guards their emotions. Film: It?s the Relationships, Stupid 2010-11-20T19:13:00Z

Affecting a whispery, raspy voice, she narrates the song from the perspective of the mother, while dramatic, string-heavy music that resembles a silent movie score churns around her. Tori Amos' "Strange Little Girls" is a quietly triumphant covers collection that endures 20 years on 2021-09-19T04:00:00Z

Yet I can’t deny the dramatic ferocity of the images, the aliveness of the people in them and the righteous indignation of the artist. Art Review: Behold the Anonymous Downtrodden 2011-06-02T21:57:17Z

This exhibition, primarily of works created while Beckmann was living in New York, uses his dramatic death as a starting point. Art Fall Preview: From East Coast to West Coast. From Concrete to Ethereal. 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z

It has been a dramatic fall for Winehouse, whose grasp of pop and soul - along with her trademark beehive hairdo and her raunchy stage act - brought her worldwide fame and substantial sales. Rest of Amy Winehouse's European tour in doubt 2011-06-20T17:07:15Z

“I think I remember that because it was really dramatic,” she says. My father had a lifelong ticket to fly anywhere. Then they took it away 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z

He summoned thrilling power for the dramatic outbursts but also could caress the vocal line with tenderness. 2 updated visions of Wagner's last opera 2011-02-21T13:16:05Z

This book has everything - a rhythmical, memorable text, dramatic tension, scary bits, humour - and Helen Oxenbury's amazing illustrations, so full of life and movement. Lucy Coats's top 10 bear picture books 2013-03-21T12:47:16Z

“This period saw a significant rise in ‘overwork,’ the practice of consistently working 50 hours or more a week, along with a dramatic increase in the financial incentives for working long hours.” What the rise of the 50-hour work week is doing to mothers 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z

It was easy to sympathise with the 1980s characters, but in this new world, in which The Thick of It has given the foul-mouthed spin doctor dramatic form, it's more difficult. Former special adviser Tom Clark on Yes, Prime Minister 2010-06-06T21:31:00Z

On the contrary: The event would propel him to bolder literary expressions of activism that cemented his role as a dissenting dramatic voice on the left. A playwright who wants to change society, not merely observe it 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z

Regardless of the dramatic licence Da takes – and I understand he sometimes does – this is an astonishing performance. Better Man - TV review 2013-07-25T22:49:05Z

Though Hope is one of the title characters, she’s treated like a dramatic appendage. “Ant-Man and the Wasp” Should Have Been the “Godfather: Part II” of Superhero Movies 2018-07-04T04:00:00Z

Great actor, great director, great character, he played dramatic roles, and lived a dramatic life. I was Dennis Hopper's henchman 2010-06-03T21:29:00Z

One of the problems with baseball movies is that baseball itself is so exciting and so dramatic and also real. What's the best baseball movie? 2011-09-23T20:59:00Z

Shange’s rise to international fame and her sudden disappearance — followed by decades of physical and mental health challenges — are part of one of the most dramatic lives in Broadway history. Review | Ntozake Shange, author of ‘for colored girls,’ returns with powerful new poems 2018-01-01T05:00:00Z

Perceived societal breakdown, whether real or imagined, can lead to dramatic responses in society. More "disease" than "Dracula" — how the vampire myth was born 2021-10-25T04:00:00Z

The shoot was the cause of Matthew McConaughey's dramatic weight loss last year; he takes the lead with Jennifer Garner as his doctor. Toronto film festival 2013: The Fifth Estate to open packed Oscars preview 2013-07-23T16:00:09Z

"Although I was worried about it still being boring and dull, I saw it as a dramatic thriller. I felt like it wouldn't get an audience as a documentary-type film," Stone said. Money, roadblocks and drama; Oliver Stone's battles over 'Snowden' 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z

You don’t need any familiarity with Australian political history to get hooked on this docuseries, which chronicles one of the most dramatic moments in the country’s history. 6 Podcasts About Political Scandals and Upheaval 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z

Sarah Silverman, whose dramatic turn as a substance-abusing, depressed housewife in I Smile Back was more warmly received than the film itself, was another less expected contender for Best Actress. The SAG Award Nominations Featured a Lot of Snubs and a Few Surprises 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z

The watershed Caesarean surgery was just one dramatic crisis in an episode that offered several, including Cornelia’s encounter with Hobart Showalter. 'The Knick' Recap: Sexual Politics and the Early-20th-Century Woman 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z

It now hosts 40 creative studios and a gallery, all framed by a dramatic sculpture garden. Five Places to Go in Chicago 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z

It’s always disappointing to have that be the answer because you want to have a big dramatic thing that you can do that will solve everything all at once. Aimee Mann talks about new solo effort “Mental Illness”: “You’re not in a cool rock band — you’re in a cool soft band. Embrace the soft.” 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z

All of these are seamlessly woven together in this dramatic collage. At On the Boards: Young Jean Lee bares notions of identity 2013-04-05T20:23:45Z

Mr. Dean’s 25-minute concerto, in a single movement with five sections, is an intensely dramatic and mercurial piece. Review: She Returns to Lead the Philharmonic. For Real, This Time. 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z

Belfast native and director Matt Torney is quite proud of the theater that has come out of Ireland, both historically and during the country’s current dramatic renaissance. Studio Theatre’s new associate director brings a bit of the Irish 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z

"I started getting offered these really cool dramatic parts, and I figured I'd done this other stuff for the last 10 years, so I wasn't about to spoil the party," he recalls. Eric Bana on making Aussie thriller "The Dry" in his hometown and escaping "the comedy straitjacket" 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z

The particular moments may not be dramatic, but it can be the violence of the space, or the event. In "Whether the Weather Is Fine," typhoon survivors "transform from being zombies to becoming human" 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z

Most impressive is how Ms. Paulus and her performers bring the anarchic good spirits to a climax that is suddenly and strikingly dramatic, despite the simplicity of its staging. | 'Hair': Back When Even War Seemed a Bit Less Scary 2011-07-14T02:01:04Z

Oboes and horns raised their bells for dramatic and sonic painterly effect. Dudamel, L.A. Philharmonic power through Mahler's potent Sixth 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z

Veils can add a dramatic element of surprise to an increasingly boring ritual. When It Comes to a Veil, Brides Can Take It or Leave It 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z

The dramatic sweeping staircase is replaced by a set featuring mirrors and mazes. A darker, grittier 'Phantom of the Opera' haunting Pantages 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z

The simple song structures of Li's lonesome, stripped-down pop were punctuated by the drummer's dramatic pops. Swedish singer Lykke Li cuts a Bergmanesque figure at the Showbox 2011-05-27T21:13:04Z

I had heard about other dramatic rodent sightings in Manhattan’s West Village, where I had moved just in time for the pandemic to close restaurants, sending rats in search of new food sources. If a Rat Falls Into Your Bed, Call Your Lover’s Boyfriend 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z

Bardem discusses this very dark representation of Barcelona and why his happy-go-lucky personality means he's drawn to such dark dramatic characters in his film work. Bardem on Biutiful 2011-01-27T16:18:00Z

Another daring style that left critics divided: her dramatic 2012 Emmys look. January Jones: Fashion criticism 'makes me laugh' 2013-04-05T18:45:12Z

Her appeal is emotional rather than aesthetic, and she knows how to control dramatic tension as skillfully as any of the Bourne movies. Stephenie Meyer swaps vampires for Jason Bourne in ‘The Chemist’ 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z

For his recently opened hotel, the New York Edition, he turned to hospitality design powerhouse and AD100 firm Rockwell Group to create dramatic yet understated interiors. Tour the Rockwell Group–Designed New York Edition Hotel 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z

Her soft-grained singing is a consonant-free zone, her phrasing approximate, and there are only glimpses of the commanding dramatic presence the role demands. Adriana Lecouvreur - review 2010-11-19T21:30:00Z

In “Götterdämmerung,” Clay Hilley was a last-minute replacement as Siegfried, and he would have been impressive even under less dramatic circumstances. Review: A New ‘Ring’ at Bayreuth Does Wagner Without Magic 2022-08-07T04:00:00Z

The process was similar for “Confessions to My Unborn Daughter,” which opens the album on a note of dark dramatic tension. Music: For a Team Player, the Solo Moments Are Secondary 2011-04-01T21:46:41Z

Mr. Patton is a kinetic, physical comedian who favors large, dramatic gestures. On Comedy: Appreciating the Comics Sean Patton and Ted Alexandro 2014-03-12T20:01:16Z

From its very first sentence, Anna Pitoniak’s third novel, “Our American Friend,” wastes no time hitting a dramatic note. The First Lady Asks an Unknown Reporter to Write Her Biography. Why? 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z

Contrary to what screenwriting manuals will tell you, absence of dramatic conflict is not necessarily a flaw. ‘Fatherhood’ Review: He Lost His Wife. Go Easy on Him. 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z

When Yadiz goes rogue after an intense exchange with Clémence, the film builds to a dramatic conclusion, and there is real tension and investment in seeing who will come out unscathed. In the shrewd "Promises," Isabelle Huppert is a local politician dealing with truth and perception 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z

It’s difficult to square this theory with the dramatic rise in obesity since 1980, or with much other evidence. The sugar conspiracy | Ian Leslie 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z

Randolph is initially both dignified and hilarious, especially when "OVERpreparing" for a big audition by rehearsing a dramatic Lady Macbeth speech. Review: 'What Rhymes With America' is quirky fun 2012-12-13T01:43:08Z

All of which rings the alarm – Wolf is known for his bombast, his dramatic flourishes, and many of these are machine-made. Patrick Wolf: Sundark and Riverlight – review 2012-10-11T22:00:18Z

In morning light the red brick lighthouse and accompanying wood-frame keeper’s house set at the breakwater’s end form a dramatic sight as they seem to float in the middle of the harbor. 36 Hours in Midcoast Maine 2012-08-02T16:56:43Z

Despite the dramatic events, the overall effect is one of surprising blandness, like something you've read before. The Garden of Evening Mists by Tan Twan Eng - review 2012-08-24T21:55:01Z

Stylish score: A hanging plate rack doubles as a dramatic window treatment. 28 Ways to Customize Your Kitchen for Less 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z

His dramatic realism, he says, is more appreciated in the US. 'I used to be a raving lunatic' 2010-09-02T20:00:00Z

Add a dose of arrogance, and the result looks to some like a dramatic fall waiting to happen. The movie that foretold the rise of Donald Trump 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z

I just think the writing somehow still manages to balance that tightrope of delivering on, well, comedy — first and foremost, it's a comedy — but like you say, emotional storytelling and dramatic storytelling as well. Nate is a "troubled soul": "Ted Lasso" star Nick Mohammed on his character's dark turn 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z

In southern Germany’s Bavaria region, the otherworldly 19th-century “King’s Castles” capture kids’ imaginations with a dramatic setting and fanciful architecture that inspired Walt Disney’s Cinderella castle. Top places in Europe to take the kids include Copenhagen, castles and a real magic kingdom 2019-06-27T04:00:00Z

“I wasn’t abandoned and I was in college,” Ms. Bebecka said, shrugging off Ms. Minter’s dramatic reimagining of her Polish girlhood. The Gimlet Eye: Marilyn Minter, the Artist, Needs Crew for One-Woman Show 2010-06-02T20:38:00Z

The battle to get Kenneth Lonergan’s sophomore feature released was nearly as dramatic as the events onscreen, culminating in a protracted battle over final cut that put the picture in theaters years after its completion. ‘Margaret,’ ‘American Animals’ and More Streaming Alternatives 2021-01-25T05:00:00Z

At the heart of “The Renaissance City” gallery, a courtyard is evoked with a working fountain surrounded by dramatic sculptures. 2010-01-22T18:54:00Z

Urgency, dread, alienation, foreboding – all the greats are invoked on this dark, dramatic and devastating debut. New band of the day – No 1,276: Savages 2012-05-25T09:22:34Z

“As is the case with most movies based on historical events, Spotlight contains fictionalised dialogue that was attributed to Mr Dunn for dramatic effect,” the statement said. Spotlight producers admit dialogue of Boston school worker was 'fictionalised' 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z

I was born in California but spent portions of my childhood and young adulthood in Ireland; I witnessed parts of the dramatic transformation he describes in "We Don't Know Ourselves," but only halfway understood it. Fintan O'Toole on Ireland's transformation — and the reverse version now underway in America 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z

The Hugo Awards also honor television and movies, and this year, the film "Arrival" won for best dramatic presentation, long form, beating "Ghostbusters," "Deadpool" and the first season of the television show "Stranger Things." Women were the big winners at the 2017 Hugo Awards 2017-08-14T04:00:00Z

The groupings are guided neither by chronology nor ritual, but by the desire to create a dramatic contemporary effect: You thought the only beautiful objects were Western artworks? Critic?s Notebook: Quai Branly Museum in Paris Glorifies the ?Other? 2011-11-25T23:47:39Z

He took not one, but two prizes, collecting favorite dramatic movie actor as well. The People's Choice Awards: You Did This to Yourselves 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z

“Focus more on the dramatic beats first,” he said, “and the humor will come naturally with the characters.” The Carpetbagger: For '50/50's' Writer, the Hardest Part Was the Drama 2012-01-13T19:56:38Z

But none of these works seems likely to add to the legacy of his grand-scale, big-screen dramatic frescoes—the films that are being celebrated in the BAM retrospective. Richard Brody: Spike Lee Comes Home 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z

CANNES, France — The movie market at Cannes is such a dramatic sideshow that this year it's getting its own film. In the shadows of art, Cannes' market flourishes 2012-05-20T14:46:12Z

The 70-year-old star tenor sings the leading baritone role - a devastatingly dramatic court jester who drops his mask to reveal what Domingo calls "a hunchback filled with vengeance, and sadness." Domingo sings live from streets of Italy, on PBS 2011-07-15T02:03:08Z

It was so intense and so respectful and so dramatic. 'Mad Men' stars remember biggest bombshells hurled at them on series 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z

If he actually became a hero and actually became a good president, that is the most dramatic, most crazy, most bizarre thing that I could imagine happening to Donald Trump. How to Write TV in the Age of Trump: Showrunners Reveal All 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z

Which is kind of amusing, considering the fearlessness of his dramatic writing. Sam Shepard’s plays eulogized the American West’s pioneering spirit 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z

Like the stones of so many very old structures throughout the Hebrides, they would tell a dramatic tale. In Scotland, a ferry-borne exploration of the Inner Hebrides 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z

Range is trying to be ironic and dramatic at the same time, and it backfires. Wretched David Bowie biopic "Stardust" should be launched into the sun 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z

Bond returns the compliment with suitably dramatic finales. Exhibition Review: ‘Exquisitely Evil,’ Bond Villains at International Spy Museum 2012-11-15T23:35:07Z

Trifonov plunged ferociously into the opening section and never allowed his dramatic grip to slacken. Daniil Trifonov – review 2012-12-05T19:40:44Z

Director Jean-Marc Vallée also put Leto, who leads the rock band 30 Seconds to Mars, through a dramatic transformation for the movie where he plays Rayon, a transgender woman. VIDEO: Rockstar Leto returns to the movies 2013-09-09T00:08:28Z

There is precious little direct interaction among the three of them, and the time frame aligning them often goes awry for dramatic purposes. Los Angeles as the City of Dreams, and Nightmares 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z

I normally try not to do comedies, but it's a dramatic comedy, a drama with a comedic edge. Izzard finds his kind of role in Showtime's 'Tara' 2011-04-20T21:48:13Z

Kerala is synonymous with kathakali, a classical dance form known for its dramatic stories of gods and demons, and elaborate masks, headdresses and makeup. 36 Hours in Kochi, India 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z

She is a crisp dramatic actor with a facility for screwball, as well as a knack, best exhibited in last year's "cancer " 50/50, for being adorable without lapsing into kookiness. Anna Kendrick: 'It's all about that fatal flaw' 2012-05-24T19:30:00Z

The large dramatic gestures and sweeping implications are off-screen, between the lines, discernible as a kind of negative afterimage of what is actually seen. | 'Night Catches Us': Radical Actions of the ?60s, Reverberating in the Reflective ?70s 2010-12-02T23:58:00Z

Columbia University on Friday said the playwrights will share the award and $100,000, one of the largest prizes given for dramatic writing. Schenkkan, O'Brien win award honoring Sen. Kennedy 2013-02-22T05:35:17Z

And on Sunday the series will vie for 12 Emmy Awards, including those for best dramatic series and best lead actor in a drama — Mr. Fox, who’s nominated for the award for the first time. TV?s ?Lost? and Its Hero: Dead but Not Dead 2010-08-24T23:27:00Z

The relationship between analyst and patient is a familiar dramatic theme. Shrunk 2010-05-26T21:01:00Z

The role earned him two Emmy nominations as best actor in a lead dramatic role. Actor Ben Gazzara dead at 81 2012-02-06T05:34:16Z

Mr. Chailly opened the second half with a vigorous rendition of Dvorak’s Symphony No. 9 “From the New World,” with fast tempos, dramatic shadings and sharply defined phrasing. Music Review | Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra: Hurtling Through Beethoven, With Grace 2010-03-02T22:19:00Z

Even when Beth threatens to break up Dink’s marriage — and even, later, when she is threatened with the possibility of prison time — the dramatic and emotional stakes seem trivial. Movie Review: ‘Lay the Favorite,’ Directed by Stephen Frears 2012-12-07T00:55:30Z

Heggie's orchestral writing is of more use setting mood and scene than conveying dramatic argument. With L.A. Opera's 'Moby-Dick,' call it a success 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z

Is it postroots, then, the sound of this album, which, thanks to Mr. Vernon and his studio cronies, sounds lusher, more dramatic and sometimes riskier than Ms. Edwards’s early albums? New Music: Kathleen Edwards, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Cate Le Bon ? CDs 2012-01-16T22:48:58Z

And he takes advantage of the large amounts of information that has been declassified about the raid on Osama bin Laden’s compound to produce a dramatic chapter on that episode. Inside the C.I.A. 2020-10-07T04:00:00Z

His hopelessly romantic outlook is still mostly intact, affording him some of the show's most dramatic exits. Michael Showalter on the Mature Side of Wet Hot American Summer 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z

"The gold rush is over," he announced at one point, an apparent reference to the dramatic California landscape. Coachella Festival's epic factor plays out in the music, good and bad 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z

Even if the death of the ancient man, discovered in a melting Alpine glacier in 1991, is pretty well understood, the events preceding it leave plenty of room for dramatic speculation. ‘Iceman’ Review: Retribution in the Neolithic Age 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z

That September day, Ms. Williamson, the author, spiritual teacher and erstwhile presidential candidate, was wearing dramatic draping sleeves like a wizard’s. Marianne Williamson: A Politico or Apolitical? 2022-01-16T05:00:00Z

That is an overly dramatic metaphor, obviously, but it conveys the generally accepted notion that opening a bottle too soon is a horror. For Savennières, Age Comes With Benefits 2017-11-24T05:00:00Z

Our own meal, some 40 years later, was somewhat less dramatic; we ate a basket of fresh vegetables, then snails and rabbit in blood sauce, but left the birds alone. Back to Provence 2011-06-17T18:55:00Z

“This big, dramatic music forces me to find a bigger vocabulary than I have used in the past.” Alexei Ratmansky’s Epic Ballet Arrives in a Changed World 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z

The grounds of Mohonk Mountain House, an imposing Victorian hotel designated a national historic landmark, include 28 miles of groomed and tracked trails that offer dramatic views of the Wallkill and Rondout valleys. Skiing Without the Lift Lines and Without the Long Drive 2011-02-03T23:15:27Z

No more “you have the top scores,” just individuals stepping forward to plead their cases, leading to awkwardness but not dramatic tension. ‘Making the Cut’ Is New, but the Pattern Is Familiar 2020-03-27T04:00:00Z

This is two years after the dramatic capture of Adolf Eichmann in Argentina. Imagining the World of Nazi Hunters 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z

Jay O. Sanders, her husband, is another dramatic funambulist who has appeared in all 12 plays. Review: In ‘What Happened?,’ a Questioning Farewell to Rhinebeck 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z

Some forays have been comedic, some intensely dramatic, some inspiring, gruesomely nightmarish or even musical. Clip joint: nuns 2012-11-14T15:27:04Z

The music of Stephen Sondheim is an ultimate test of a theater singer’s dramatic smarts. Review: Vanessa Williams, Strong and Steady, Without Taking Chances 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z

“Whether it’s blending comedy with a dramatic performance or with a heightened sense of surrealism, all the things that we were playing with sort of found their way into ‘Atlanta.’” He Gives ‘Atlanta’ Anxiety. And That’s a Good Thing. 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z

In “Lydia Entertaining Christ and the Apostles” there is a glimmer of dramatic intrigue. Art Review: Louis C. Tiffany Works at Museum of Biblical Art 2012-12-31T23:14:26Z

Gaps in the historical record allowed the filmmakers to take other liberties for dramatic effect. Film: Hypatia: Martyr to Christian Zealots 2010-05-22T07:01:00Z

Yet, in another sublime paradox, this very dramatic compression and abstraction renders the remarkable cast’s performances all the more powerful. Terrence Malick’s “Knight of Cups” Challenges Hollywood to Do Better 2016-03-07T05:00:00Z

Beneath its summit the steep cliffs of Salisbury Crags form a dramatic border, and around their perimeter runs the Radical Road, a track that was paved in the early 19th century. Once upon a life: Caryl Phillips 2010-10-16T23:00:00Z

Making such an accusation is a dramatic, attention-grabbing move, and it often seems to fill the sails of the accusers with the hot wind of righteous indignation. Enough bogus plagiarism scandals! “True Detective,” Rick Perlstein and our obsession with intellectual theft 2014-08-10T04:00:00Z

“We’ve actually seen a dramatic increase in responses to our pitching efforts,” she said. The Art of the Pitch in the Midst of a Pandemic 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z

When telling the story of a movie star, the dramatic possibilities are limited once you get beyond career ascendency and career decline. 'Entourage's' star may rise again in final season 2011-07-20T23:07:04Z

As if to highlight his dramatic shortcomings, his screen mother Atkins, like some theatrical kleptomaniac, stole every scene she was in. Rewind TV: Upstairs Downstairs; When Harvey Met Bob; Michael Jackson's Secret Hollywood; Toast 2011-01-02T00:04:01Z

I would recommend these books to anyone who likes an interesting, dramatic story full of surprises. The Hetty Feather trilogy by Jacqueline Wilson - review 2013-03-19T09:00:00Z

A symphonist and composer of song, Mahler wrote no dramatic music, but he was a famed opera conductor and he elevated symphonies into great epics. Mahler's 'Song of the Earth' and sky and sea, the L.A. Phil way 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z

The crowd scenes are powerful, the chorus on fine form, and the sense of musical and dramatic layering – Otello standing aloft and eavesdropping, as Iago intends – well conveyed. Otello; The Minotaur – review 2013-01-20T00:07:21Z

The results are astounding and, yes, even more dramatic than tennis itself. Watch Tennis Rackets Slice Through Jello In Slow-Motion 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z

“Taking inspiration from a dramatic 1930s Art Deco rug by Jacques Adnet, our living room is reminiscent of the bygone era of classic Hollywood glamour,” she says. Behind the Scenes at the Sotheby’s Designer Showhouse 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z

“An Ant,” the fourth section, depicted that tiny creature with scurrying sounds and solemn gestures, while the ominous whirlwind of “Hurricane” concluded the suite with dramatic intensity. Music Review: Contemporary Solo Piano Music at Le Poisson Rouge 2010-05-31T19:17:00Z

Even so, the novel’s grip stays loose from start to ­finish, despite many ­potentially dramatic moments: There’s a ­fatal car accident. In Molly Gloss’s “Falling From Horses,” a cowboy goes to Hollywood to play one

At this point his character achieves velocity and direction — he becomes a dramatic vector, a supersleuth. A Novel of 1918 New Orleans, With Murder and All That Jazz 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z

The Springsteen stage show is a jumpy, nervous, desperately dramatic affair; not carefully constructed like the Stones', not floppily spontaneous like the Who's, but lived. 'If Bruce Springsteen had been British he would have been Leo Sayer' – a classic feature from the vaults 2012-11-13T15:39:23Z

Serving a less dramatic function, the Man of Sorrows becomes the thumb-sized lid handle of a beautiful pyx, a container for the consecrated host. Art Review: The Enduring Power of an Icon 2011-03-31T21:48:50Z

In recent years, though, it has undergone a dramatic overhaul with a radical gentrification plan and an aggressive citywide push to lure artists. 45 Places to Go in 2012 2012-01-06T17:44:12Z

It records one of the most dramatic stories the explorers told about America's indigenous peoples: they are naked, nudo, wrote the adventurer Amerigo Vespucci, who followed soon after Columbus. Native American encounters took art into pastures nude 2013-05-06T11:33:36Z

For the cast, backstage was often more dramatic than the show itself. A Swarm of 13-Year-Olds Took a Broadway Stage. What Could Go Wrong? 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z

It's a dramatic story, somewhat over-simplified, but accompanied by riveting archive material. Two in the Wave ? review 2011-02-13T00:05:31Z

There was a curfew, which I thought was brilliant—daftly dramatic. Roddy Doyle on Ex-Hurricane Ophelia and the Wild Atlantic Way 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z

Coincidentally, Israel also submitted a film about the same topic, “Bethlehem,” but the Academy found Mr. abu-Assad’s version to be more dramatic and dynamic. Carpetbagger: Divisions in the Foreign-Language Category 2014-01-16T16:09:55Z

In “Cleo,” the story of a woman who is killing time in the face of death, Varda, who died on March 29th, at the age of ninety, rendered the act of observation tensely dramatic. What to Stream This Weekend: Agnès Varda’s Chronicle of a Parisian Pop Star’s Dread-Filled Afternoon in “Cleo from 5 to 7” 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z

The team makes the league’s World Series and squares off against the Racine Belles, a matchup made all the more dramatic because it pits two sisters, Dottie and Kit Hinson, against one another. “There’s no crying in baseball!”: “A League of Their Own,” a film about the sport’s women pioneers, resonates at 25 2017-07-01T04:00:00Z

Faulkner’s novel is a tougher sell than F. Scott Fitzgerald’s, which had a more conventional dramatic arc. Signifying something 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z

Instead, he now emphasizes sweet melodies and mildly dramatic arrangements, similar to those of brother Charles Kelley's trio, Lady Antebellum. Review: Josh Kelly country transition a rocky one 2011-03-23T15:50:19Z

These are two guys who have years of history together, and it completely changes the dramatic nature of those fights. Arrow Co-Creator Marc Guggenheim on Tonight's Season 2 Finale 2014-05-14T04:00:00Z

But if Diaghilev is dramatic, he doesn’t much lend himself to drama. Review: An Impresario of ‘Fire and Air’ (if He Does Say So Himself) 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z

This soprano is among few singers who bring the dramatic skill of an Ibsen or O’Neill veteran to any work they touch. Best Classical Music Performances of 2022 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z

They reckon with their past mistakes, which often are plentiful, owing to the producers’ need for dramatic conflict and the players’ personal inventories of chemical and emotional dependencies. “The Hills: New Beginnings” and Our Warped American Reality 2019-07-17T04:00:00Z

I’ve always considered the treason of Arnold one of the most dramatic stories in American history. Tell Us 5 Things About Your Book: A Fresh Look at Benedict Arnold’s Treason 2018-06-24T04:00:00Z

The later narratives centered on God and the dramatic action took place around the soul’s private state of crisis and eventual rebirth. The man who made America: Reason, religion and the brilliant mind of John Locke 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z

Losing part of one’s skeleton in such a dramatic manner caused me to contemplate mortality, which caused me to consider how my experiences at this end of life might benefit you, the younger reader. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: A few (end of) life hacks for the young geezers 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z

Maybe the title wasn’t as popular as the producers thought, the performers not as appealing, the stories not as dramatic, the songs not as memorable. Anatomy of a Broadway Flop: Why These 4 Shows Failed 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z

On the film festival's opening night, Alec Baldwin swooped up his fiancee, Hilaria Thomas, dressed in a dramatic raven lace number, to carry her up the steps. Cannes style flourishes despite soggy red carpet 2012-05-24T11:36:29Z

Yet, against all odds and despite the dramatic triteness that afflicts “Christine,” Campos nonetheless provides one good reason, and it’s one that leaps out from the confines of his drama to leave an enduring mark. Why Dramatize an On-Air Suicide? 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z

The 2016 election campaign that saw Republican Donald Trump triumph over Democrat Hillary Clinton last November was one of the most dramatic in living memory. Trump-Clinton election campaign to get HBO miniseries treatment 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z

The final version of the opera will be unveiled at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago in October with additional visual and dramatic components. Review: ‘Afterword, the AACM (as) Opera’ Lends a Voice to Stories of Black History 2015-05-24T04:00:00Z

Serra was known to be a very dramatic, fiery speaker who brought people to their knees. On Junipero Serra, soon to be sainted by Pope Francis 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z

The musical, dramatic and emotional richness of Puccini’s “La Bohème” emerges anew every time an eager cast, good orchestra and sensitive director present it. What Shouldn’t Change About Classical Music 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z

Mr. Golding, previously a model and TV host, hasn’t had much dramatic experience, but you’d never know it from his winning performance. ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ Review: Conspicuously Consuming Fun 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z

"Being a great actress, being very dramatic," she replied. Big band singer Margaret Whiting dies in NJ at 86 2011-01-12T22:42:15Z

They’re often slow and pretty, a little vaporous and inherently dramatic. Critics? Choice: New CDs 2011-01-17T22:03:49Z

Opened in 1928, the building was envisioned as part of an expansive, more dramatic complex, with two towers and one large tower in the middle. In Energized Detroit, Savoring an Architectural Legacy 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z

His latest project is shaping up to be his best live-action dramatic role in two decades, if early reviews are to be believed. How Shaq’s Films Compare With His Free Throws 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z

This is no sketch, in other words, but a fully rendered piece of dramatic work. Discovering the screenplay of Joan Didion's 'Play It As It Lays' 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z

Both she and Ms. Simmons, who was training her lens on an ominous doll cosmos, were doing new things with photographs, namely, lending them the dramatic scale and color-rich palette traditionally associated with painting. Recalling Sarah Charlesworth’s Photographs 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z

“His personal passion and the really highly dramatic nature of his music made it approachable even though it was unfamiliar,” Mr. Stucky said in a 2012 statement circulated by Cornell after Mr. Husa’s death. Karel Husa, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Composer, Dies at 95 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z

Black suits had exaggerated "New Look" waists, while a half-top, half-cape creation in electric fuchsia wool crepe over black cigarette pants was a dramatic nod to Dior's love of flowing fabric. Raf Simons makes dazzling Dior debut with floral bounty 2012-07-02T20:03:31Z

Ten years ago Ms. Voigt seemed destined to claim this touchstone dramatic soprano role. Spring Performance: Music: ?Ring? Resumes, With All Eyes on Br?nnhilde 2011-02-20T02:02:17Z

Ms. Sutherland’s fiery Turandot suggests she had dramatic abilities that were never tapped. Joan Sutherland, Opera Soprano, Dies 2010-10-11T16:29:00Z

The dramatic peak is scaled by thousands of climbers annually. Nepal sherpas can't help clear Matterhorn trail after entry permit tangle 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z

Two of the greatest dramatic sopranos of the twentieth century were born in Sweden a century ago, within a few weeks of each other. A Tale of Two Sopranos: Astrid Varnay and Birgit Nilsson 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z

Mr. Woodward provides a dramatic account of the angry phone call in which Mr. Boehner told Mr. Obama that the deal was off. Books of The Times: ‘The Price of Politics,’ by Bob Woodward 2012-09-08T00:31:09Z

These recent dramatic changes are the heft of Williams’ book, although she also covers evolutionary basics, like why we have them, what they’re made of and how they work. A night at the vibrator museum 2012-05-20T00:00:00Z

It’s a dramatic and satisfying complement to the paintings downstairs by her husband, Gary Lang. What to see in L.A. galleries: Andrew Masullo's off-kilter world, plus Gary Lang and Ruth Pastine 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z

The film will include some re-enactments, Ms. Dash said, because “she was a dramatic person.” Vertamae Smart-Grosvenor Dies at 79; Celebrated Gullah Food and Culture on NPR 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z

“It’s the most dramatic and the most comic moment in the opera.” Critic?s Notebook: More Drama for an Opera, Not All of It From the Singers 2011-04-14T22:02:56Z

A typewriter originally meant the female operator, and the machine in this picture takes on a dramatic identity of its own. Populaire – review 2013-06-01T23:05:28Z

The exhibits in both Tacoma and Auburn display in dramatic fashion how contemporary indigenous artists are broadening their horizons while upholding their cultural legacy. Review: South Sound exhibits explore contemporary art with ancient roots 2017-08-15T04:00:00Z

The program notes were more dramatic, titled “Epic Masculinity.” The Greatcoat Fights Back 2013-01-13T18:36:27Z

In case you missed that this was dramatic, to really bring the point home, the song started with ten-seconds of thudding heartbeat. Dancing with the Stars Watch: So Many Tears, So Many 10s 2012-04-03T12:29:20Z

Live, the work packs a terrific dramatic punch, which came across vividly in the only previous recording, by the Fires of London and conducted by the composer. Maxwell Davies: Vesalii Icones; Linguae Ignis, etc ? review 2011-08-04T21:00:00Z

It's an evening of rich enjoyment; it's just that McPherson himself, in writing a masterpiece such as The Weir so early in his career, set the dramatic bar dauntingly high. The Night Alive – review 2013-06-20T16:46:16Z

A deep cut in his catalogue, the poem was published in “The Negro Mother and Other Dramatic Recitations,” a trim collection of longer poems written as dramatic monologues. “The Black Clown” Beautifully Reconfigures a Langston Hughes Poem 2019-07-24T04:00:00Z

Note: You can skip the step of mixing the pie and load a slice directly into a piping bag, for dramatic effect. Thanksgiving leftover recipes that go beyond hitting 'reheat' 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z

That’s because since Broadway’s golden age, in the middle of the last century, the most dramatic loss has not been great musicals or plays. Critic’s Notebook: Broadway’s Laughs, From Nathan Lane to Bette Midler 2013-05-29T16:05:07Z

In the world of text however, the report sees technology playing even more of a dramatic role. 2010-01-19T12:32:00Z

The clanging of bells of trains entering and leaving the Santa Fe Railyard, where the market was set up, provided a dramatic backdrop. Native American Artists Display Works in Santa Fe 2015-08-21T04:00:00Z

The disparity between those two numbers is less dramatic if you strip out Thor's previews, and can easily be explained by differences in the weather over the two weekends. Harry Potter's Deathly Hallows creeps up on Philosopher's Stone 2011-08-02T16:48:43Z

Her own life was flipped after “a dramatic health issue”, after which she dropped out of her course and went to Tel Aviv to study cinema. Maysaloun Hamoud, the female director shaking up Israel and Palestine 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z

In a dramatic moment, she pliés deeply and he picks her up from behind. Review: Exploring Nature and Nightlife at Martha Graham 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z

The switch was as dramatic as his move from Prince Hal to King Lear. Ian Holm, Malleable Actor Who Played Lear and a Hobbit, Dies at 88 2020-06-19T04:00:00Z

But he revealed how many opportunities the company offered for dramatic secondary roles. Edward Bigelow, Dancer With the New York City Ballet, Dies at 93 2011-04-08T03:11:36Z

Best are his dramatic panoramic double-page spreads that suggest Chinese landscape painting. American Artists, Inspiring and Enchanting 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z

Some images appear to be shot with an infrared filter, giving them a spooky, surreal quality, with dramatic sky effects and tree leaves appearing bright white. Perspective | One of the world’s greatest sculptors warns America about the NRA 2018-03-12T04:00:00Z

Nothing here is in itself highly dramatic or revelatory. Exhibition Review: ‘1812: A Nation Emerges,’ at National Portrait Gallery 2012-06-25T21:40:37Z

The year she turned seven, for example, she was filming I Am Sam, her first movie, in which she appeared with Sean Penn, whom her mother assured her was a “great dramatic actor”. Dakota Fanning: ‘There was an expectation – to fail, to succeed’ 2016-10-01T04:00:00Z

It will also be interesting to see Rock tackle a dramatic role, as he recently did in the series “Fargo.” What to Know About ‘Spiral’ and the ‘Saw’ Franchise 2021-05-14T04:00:00Z

She composes with dramatic authority: Birch tucks one daughter under an arm, and the twisting tree connects him, like Laocoön's serpent, with the other. Laura Knight: The unashamed illustrator 2013-07-06T08:01:40Z

At that, Ben excuses himself from the table and goes to pout and be dramatic outside for awhile. The Bachelorette Watch: O Say Can You Ski? 2013-06-25T03:52:08Z

The view was nice but not dramatic, which may be why at least two of the several notable paintings of the Clove contained significant inventions by the artists. In New York’s Catskills, the Hudson River school art trail brings landscape painting to life 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z

Q: There’s been a lot of talk in the critical community about dramatic changes made to the show between Season 1 and Season 2. Mimi Leder on the Struggles of Being a Female Director 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z

But there’s another less tonal issue for the show, and that’s the question of dramatic stakes. “The Americans” ups its stakes: Finally, the slow-burn drama lays out consequences for its family of spies 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z

For his sand and salt paintings, Mastrangelo combined the raw materials with resin and then worked the mixtures until they cured with dramatic textures. Fernando Mastrangelo’s striking new paintings are made from salt, sand, and resin. 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z

But the piece as a whole suffered from its lack of clarity and loss of dramatic arc in the muddy not-quite-procedural of the second act. Review | A #MeToo opera that misses the ‘me’ and the ‘too’ 2018-04-08T04:00:00Z

The company employs almost a thousand workers in its 16 outlets around the country and is poised for even more dramatic growth. José Andrés thinks food can fix the world, starting in Haiti

It’s the first time that I’ve sat through a digitally presented work of dramatic art that probably would not be more successful on a stage. Review | A play premieres online — and it couldn’t be more relevant to how we are right now 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z

"She gave a startling, most dramatic and effective interpretation which could jolt an audience out of its complacency anywhere," he marvelled. Strange Fruit: the first great protest song 2011-02-16T08:00:05Z

Aster lines up details that don’t merely invite reconciliation but provide virtually the entire dramatic experience. “Midsommar,” Reviewed: Ari Aster’s Backwards Horror Story of an American Couple in Sweden 2019-07-08T04:00:00Z

She squirms in the confines of her chosen cell until she chooses to escape entirely in a dramatic, reckless and satisfying fashion. "Where'd You Go, Bernadette?": Women can be troubled creative geniuses too 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z

The game footage is larded up with that overly dramatic music that the N.F.L. ArtsBeat: Channel Surfing: 'Namath' 2012-01-27T22:01:45Z

But for most young people, elite schools don’t bring dramatic returns that we can measure. Motherlode Blog: Stop Worrying About Your Child Getting Into College. Worry About What Happens Next. 2014-04-30T16:34:53Z

Set in the wilds of Scotland, the company's 13th feature is full of lush, green forests and dramatic, rolling hills, all of which appears even more idyllic bathed in a delicate, mystical sunlight. Review: `Brave' is beautiful but plays it too safe 2012-06-19T00:23:16Z

Some people have more serious dramatic shows that are fun and interesting to watch. Cedric the Entertainer Wants to Make the Emmys More Accessible 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z

Our familiarity with the chronological breakdown of the Sussexes' conscious decoupling from the rest of the Windsors requires Lacey and Huda to engage in more than a bit of dramatic license. Surprise! Lifetime's new “Harry & Meghan” movie isn't a total joke, veering from kind to just weird 2021-09-06T04:00:00Z

His body is buried in Rimini’s cemetery, and I arrived at the grave, a dramatic abstraction of the prow of a ship, as darkness was falling. Inspired by Rimini: a tour of Fellini’s magical home town 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z

From an early age, Mr. Blame was dramatic and flamboyant, his youngest sister, Jenny Forestell, remembered; and he always had, in his own recollection, an eye for fashion. His Name Was Blame: A Legend of London Fashion Remembered 2018-03-03T05:00:00Z

However, dramatic license changes their roles and ages to emphasise the hierarchical character of 1930s archaeology. "The Dig" on Netflix: a refreshingly accurate portrayal — according to an archaeologist 2021-02-08T05:00:00Z

But storytelling’s bread and butter is dramatic heartache and romantic misadventure. Critic?s Notebook: Advancing a New Form of Comedy: Storytelling 2012-04-04T22:52:28Z

In the dramatic intensity and psychological and vocal nuances Ms. Richter brought to this study of a guilt-tormented soul at night, there were bright flashes of a promising operatic talent in the making. Anna Lucia Richter Sings Hugo Wolf’s Lieder 2014-10-05T04:00:00Z

The dramatic reconstruction of the doomed flight United 93 was inevitable, and in different hands could have resulted in a tasteless cash-in on the lives lost on September 11. Clip joint: plane disasters 2013-01-31T12:58:00Z

On Jimmy Kimmel Live!, the comic called the last 24 hours “one of the most dramatic episodes of The Celebrity App-president yet”. Late-night hosts on Trump's healthcare bill: 'Insane, cruel and reckless' 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z

Both are superb dramatic actors, but that's only part of the equation. Here's the real secret to being a great action hero 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z

This may seem a too convenient dramatic touch. Review: ‘JFK’ Puts a Very Dark Day in an Operatic Light 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z

He said in a voice that was sad but dramatic, “Expunging one’s history seems problematic” Splitties applauded! Perspective | Gene Weingarten: The Seussian tale of Morton McTavish McGonigal Thnitt 2021-03-18T04:00:00Z

It was one long, dramatic flow, a high point of energy, emotion, pacing and even sound: Nearly all the rest of the main-stage performances suffered from sound problems, but not this one. Critic’s Notebook: Essence Music Festival With Mary J. Blige, in New Orleans 2012-07-09T22:42:42Z

As the screws start to fall, not only is he destroying a miracle machine that we now know works – the dramatic irony! – but he’s endangering four children’s lives as debris rains down on their heads. ‘Feasting on fantasy’: my month of extreme immersion in Disney+ 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z

Their characters’ deaths, like the others in the movie, occur not because they reflect any dramatic insight or symbolic import but because Fogelman has set up an outcome that depends upon those moves. “Life Itself” Is Excruciating, Ill-Conceived, and Mainly About Death 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z

"Hopefully I can pull them into my dramatic trap, and make them forget Jessica Fletcher for two hours and introduce them to Madame Arcati. "The main thing is to entertain. Angela Lansbury follows in mother's footsteps 2014-01-23T10:49:10Z

Lou Lumenick of the New York Post called it "the most dubious 'dramatic' debut of any singer since Britney Spears" and took Cyrus to task for "displaying approximately one and a half expressions." Critics sing the blues over Miley Cyrus movie 2010-03-31T20:40:00Z

Tim Mitchell's dramatic lighting pulls off a couple of startling apparitions. Feast; In the Beginning Was the End; The Turn of the Screw – review 2013-02-10T00:05:37Z

Her style of comedy is subtle, just like her dramatic performances; a flick of the eye, a twist of the lips. Why Emily Blunt can't believe her luck 2012-06-16T21:31:04Z

Wilson's dramatic skill lies in finding visual metaphors to express his characters' need to explore their cultural roots while they are being assimilated into 20th-century America. Joe Turner's Come and Gone 2010-06-04T20:30:00Z

Since then, she continued: “I have yet to be given a dramatic role in this town. Comedy is what they put me in.” Doris Roberts, Mother on ‘Everybody Loves Raymond,’ Dies at 90 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z

Each shot asks viewers to pay attention, and each dramatic moment — large or small — rewards that attention. Alfonso Cuarón’s “Roma” is a masterpiece — see it in the theater if you can 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z

And though some of the heated exchanges play out like dramatic re-creations, each of the talented actresses brings a convincing compassion to the singular Noble's cause. Uneven perhaps but still a 'Noble' and gratifying effort 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z

There are explosively dramatic battles, with a lot of 3D plunging from vertiginous heights. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – review| Peter Bradshaw 2012-12-09T14:21:38Z

The exposition is too diffuse, and situation rather than psychology forms the dramatic centre. Maria di Rohan ? review 2011-07-10T16:46:00Z

Qatar’s biggest modern crisis unfolded from 2017-21 when, without warning, its neighbors placed the country under economic and political embargo, in a dramatic escalation of a long-running regional rivalry. 5 Books to Read About Qatar Before the World Cup 2022-11-13T05:00:00Z

Winds, brasses, strings, piano and percussion cycle through chattering yet softly voiced motifs — until Mr. Singleton punctuates the mist with sinuous solos or dramatic eruptions. So You Want to Be a Socially Distanced Orchestra 2020-06-16T04:00:00Z

The Sense of an Ending”, which won the Man Booker prize for fiction in 2011, offers a dramatic reassessment of one man’s past. Music and memory 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z

But in dramatic testimony to parliamentarians on July 19, Murdoch acknowledged that had never been true. Credibility fading, James Murdoch returns to UK 2011-11-09T20:22:08Z

“Revolution in the Arab world is inspiring, dramatic and confusing,” says A.O. ArtsBeat: Critics' Picks Video: 'Lawrence of Arabia' 2011-06-06T23:38:09Z

That makes sense, because there is sort of a cinematic or dramatic arc not only to the kind of the sequencing of the album, but also the individual songs. How Airborne Toxic Event's album "Hollywood Park" became the "soundtrack" to Mikel Jollett's memoir 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z

The conflicts got worse as the business failed to thrive, sending the pretty little ice-cream parlor hurtling toward a dramatic implosion. Weekend Reading: Serendipity Wars, A Flight 370 Theory, and More 2015-03-01T05:00:00Z

Of late, the Kennedy Center is showing signs of coming to its dramatic senses. The Kennedy Center sets an inviting table for ‘The Gabriels’ 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z

But beyond that we want to support and inspire a sea-change in the perception of the arts and a dramatic change in the demographics that are able to access and enjoy the arts. Culture enriches lives, yes, but it should enrich all lives 2013-05-30T10:30:42Z

Scotland’s islands may be distant fringes, but those who venture to them are richly rewarded with dramatic landscapes, a rich heritage, and a warm welcome. Exploring Scotland’s majestic Isle of Skye 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z

This is why they would rather opt for cosmetics and dramatic clothing. 2010-02-08T20:50:00Z

Once in the park and before reaching the visitors’ center, I pulled over at a picnic area to look at dramatic, rocky ravines and spires of pumice and ash bordering Annie Creek. In Oregon’s lone National Park, hike the country’s deepest, bluest lake 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z

In that inviting space, with the city visible through dramatic, wall-spanning windows, audience members share small cocktail tables and enjoy complimentary wine. Emanuel Ax, the Emerson Quartet and Other Recitals With a View 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z

He said he was now at a point in his development where he could allow himself to focus less on vocal technique and more on dramatic expression. An American Tenor Is ‘at Home Everywhere’ 2022-09-25T04:00:00Z

But pared-down surroundings focus attention on the singers, demanding vocal glamour or dramatic commitment. Music Review: ?Faust,? With Joseph Calleja, at the Met - Review 2012-01-15T23:23:25Z

It couldn't sound more dramatic, and it's actually one of the funniest movies I've ever seen. Judd Apatow: 'There's a narcissism to my characters' 2013-02-16T06:00:00Z

“The challenge for us was conveying all of the turmoil that me and Emily’s parents were going through,” Nanjiani explained of the dramatic license they took. 5 reasons Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon stayed married after turning their love life into 'The Big Sick' 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z

From the menacing bass clarinet line that opens the first movement, the focus was on instrumental color and dramatic momentum. Music Review: Boston Symphony Orchestra Opens the Tanglewood Festival 2013-07-07T21:57:38Z

The ripped-from-the-headlines true story would be engrossing any way you slice it, but Jackman elevates the facts into a sublime dramatic work. Bad Education: is this Hugh Jackman's greatest performance to date? 2020-04-23T04:00:00Z

That might not sound cinematic, but when you’re going through it, the inner turmoil can feel as dramatic and dire as any war story. ‘False Positive’ and the Horror-Filled Truth About Fertility Treatments 2021-06-29T04:00:00Z

When dramatic works draw upon historical events, is their primary responsibility to tell a good story or to tell the truth? LBJ, MLK and “Selma”: Hollywood’s controversy and the search for historical truth 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z

Kelley, speaking by telephone, said: “You’re looking for an actor who can be funny without compromising those dramatic stakes. John keeps things real.” In a New ‘Night Court,’ John Larroquette Plays Defense 2023-01-16T05:00:00Z

Radvanovsky seemed not so concerned with warmth and beauty of sound as with dramatic credibility, even if that sometimes meant a harsh or even grating tone. Sondra Radvanovsky triumphs in dynamic recital 2014-11-09T05:00:00Z

Even when her words are dramatic, as when she compares the gouged stretcher to a crime victim, her tone stays cool. The Mystery of the Inconclusive Podcast 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z

With clothes on, she’s chic and striking, an occasional Eileen Fisher model with “dramatic” silvery hair set off by her blue eyes. The Erotic Truths of “Scary Old Sex” 2016-03-29T04:00:00Z

“She either comprehends or intuits, not what necessarily is the most obvious choice for dramatic action or dramatic events, but what’s under the surface, where the real meaning of a piece lies,” Kushner said. Jeanine Tesori’s Gift: Conjuring the Storytelling Potency of Music 2021-12-29T05:00:00Z

A decade after "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon," Michelle Yeoh has returned to the martial arts genre with dramatic acting skills to match her formidable swordplay and fight moves. Michelle Yeoh returns to martial arts film genre 2010-10-04T13:52:00Z

But when does cruelty as a dramatic focal point in itself turn excessive, or at least cease to be compelling? ‘A Little Life’ Review: A Collage of Unrelenting Torment 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z

The modern touches are welcome but barely necessary in Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones's impressively accessible reworking of the original, staged to dip in and out of letters only at the most dramatic, sensual or funny moments. Dangerous Liaisons 2010-04-30T21:20:00Z

Mother Dolores Hart, who left Hollywood 49 years ago to pursue a religious life, made a dramatic return Sunday to take part in the 84th annual Academy Awards ceremony. God, family make appearance on Oscar red carpet 2012-02-27T03:02:09Z

Georgetown University theater professor Derek Goldman directed, with a light touch — though perhaps too light, as dramatic intent was not always distinct. ‘Body/Soul’ and heart, in dances of the many shades of love 2015-06-14T04:00:00Z

Because the act of bondage so clearly and self-consciously is an act, with its dramatic “role playing” and “props,” it cannot be wholly faked. | Restrain Yourself 2014-02-10T17:08:11Z

But we thought it was very important for the dramatic moments to hit, to be a counterpoint to absurdity. Mia Wasikowska: ‘After a while acting leaves you feeling hollow' 2019-11-16T05:00:00Z

"Wearing gloves on a red carpet, as simple as it sounds, is a very dramatic move," he added. The ultimate Golden Globes fashion accessory: Amal Clooney 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z

In a dramatic moment of the “Reservation Dogs” pilot, a car with tinted windows rolls up on the Dogs, a crew of four teenage petty thieves living on a Native reservation in Oklahoma. ‘Reservation Dogs’ Uses Humor, Not Magic, to Conjure Native Culture 2021-08-06T04:00:00Z

He’s had a run of memorable guest-stints on a few other comedies—“Enlightened” and “New Girl”—but I liked him the most in “Shameless,” which gave him a lot of dramatic opportunities. Let’s start arguing about the Emmys now: The critic’s dream ballot that could come true 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z

The first half of the race was relatively pleasant but after 17 miles he had a dramatic collision with the famous "wall". 'Where I'm where I've always wanted to be' 2012-06-16T23:05:17Z

His turn as a relationship adviser is not a complete career reinvention, it is a definitely a dramatic redefinition. Television: Multimedia King? Survey Says, ?Steve Harvey? 2010-12-26T02:23:54Z

It is revered for its purity and simplicity, performed without the facial makeup and dramatic gestures of traditional Kabuki. Dance Review | Yasuko Yokoshi: ?Tyler Tyler? Offers Subtle Mix of Gestures 2010-03-18T22:35:00Z

The classical simplicity and depth of feeling in the Orpheus legend appealed to Gluck, as did the possibilities of expressing an impassioned fable through a balanced blending of music, words and dramatic narrative. Seattle Opera's 'Orpheus' is a love story for all time 2012-02-15T23:05:03Z

For such dramatic fare, the piece is unbelievably dull. 'Smokestack' revisits bloody Everett uprising 2012-02-04T22:47:55Z

With various nods to Pirandello, Tom Stoppard and Alan Ayckbourn — the last a British playwright known for his ingenious manipulations of dramatic structure and timing — Posner turns the Milton into confessional way station. Review | Sometimes, no sisters are better than ‘Three’ 2017-03-21T04:00:00Z

Nahko and Medicine for the People were the liveliest of the groups, after a stirring performance from a local artist, Ron Artis II, that nature tried to sidetrack with a dramatic squall. At Hawaii Resort, Yoga by Day, Party by Night 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z

Yet the artistic differences among them is most often dramatic. 'London Calling' at the Getty and the tension between abstract and figurative painting 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z

The transition was so dramatic and so unprecedented. `Anna Karenina' inspires 5 super-stylized films 2012-11-15T22:38:12Z

The movie reaches a dramatic peak of sorts with images of two blimps that collide to the strains of Rachmaninoff’s “Isle of the Dead.” Review: In ‘The Forbidden Room,’ a Submarine Full of Dark Imagery 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z

I lean toward independent films of the dramatic kind, but this silly movie made me laugh harder than I've laughed in a long time. ‘The Interview,’ With James Franco and Seth Rogen, Is Back On 2014-12-25T05:00:00Z

This is my favourite part because it is the most dramatic and quite scary. Slated by Terri Terry - review 2013-07-29T08:00:00Z

Robertson, a Scot who’s written six previous poetry collections, is known for his exquisite descriptions of the natural world and dramatic, violent retellings of Greek myths. Review | Poetry need not be a call to action, but ‘The Long Take’ is 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z

Dickens knew a thing or two about the dramatic potential of a will, writing a bitter inheritance battle into the plot of Bleak House. Last orders: what do our wills say about us? 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z

Sometimes the human theater is less dramatic, if no less absurd. Rackstraw Downes?s Landscapes, at Three Sites 2010-07-23T21:42:00Z

Another is that there is a proven market for people promising the dramatic, imminent doom of the administration. Review: Tom Arnold’s ‘Trump Tapes’ Blows Smoke With No Smoking Gun 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z

With Chan and Li cutting down on output and seeking more dramatic roles, Yen is now the most prolific action star. Yen emerges from shadow of Chan, Li 2010-08-04T03:54:00Z

“R.I.P. Zayn,” read the sign in black and red ink, an appropriately dramatic send-off for a teen idol known for triggering life-or-death emotions. How Harry Styles accidentally saved a One Direction concert 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z

In a telephone conversation, Mr. Smith said that researching the role of Prince Philip had made him aware of what “an interesting, dramatic and painful life” he had. In ‘The Crown,’ a Young Queen, but a Young Woman, Too 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z

Thomson notes that Muybridge's photo series of animals in motion, or of naked men and women walking or running or performing mundane tasks, have no intrinsic dramatic tension, tell no story. The Big Screen by David Thomson – review 2012-10-12T21:55:01Z

Though their love duet was affecting, any dramatic tension that had built up in the scenes with the Forester fell away. Review: The Berlin Philharmonic Stages a Musically Glorious ‘Vixen’ 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z

Still, Jim Holt, the president and chief executive of Memphis in May, said, “It’s going to cause a dramatic reduction of our usable space and capacity.” Will World-Class Architecture Bring Civic Pride Back to Memphis? 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z

It was the fourth season – which took us into the city’s troubled classrooms – and saw The Wire reach its greatest dramatic heights and sociological depth. The Sopranos to Blackadder – what are the definitive series of the best TV shows? 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z