| 单词 | frank |
| 例句 | And Beatrice at our first meeting, looking me up and down, frank, direct, “You’re so very different from Rebecca.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z So he often speaks, frank yet cautious, ironic, as if always aware that I see and judge as an alien: a singular awareness in one of so isolate a race and so high a rank. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z “Millie and I had a very long, very frank conversation yesterday. I’ve made it abundantly clear what steps I will take if this bullying continues.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z He looked at me, on the edge of emotion, his expression frank and humble. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z His hair, still the color of afternoon sunlight on ripe wheat, fell to his shoulders, revealing a high and wide brow over his frank brown eyes. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Even so, most locals were oblivious to how they and their colleagues spent their days; and to be frank, they found them more than a little peculiar. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z “No, I come to seek you,” he says, startling me with his frank reply. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Anastasia stared at me, frank and unfriendly; Do not mess with me, hairless one. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z But to be quite frank, Mrs Taylor, during the time I was most involved in great affairs, Mr Churchill was not such a key figure and was not really expected to become one. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z It was...well, to be frank, Scoob still hasn’t figured out how he feels about the whole thing. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z He looked straight at Teacher Zhang, with his face as frank and sincere as usual. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z That occasion also was memorable because of the remarks of a frank neighbor, who watched the blaze from his yard. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z I hate to be that frank around all you adults. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z A Horse, born in 1918, destined to be obstinate and frank to the point of tactlessness. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z As you may know, complimentary remarks of this type are all too often made by well-meaning adults to children who are, to be frank, perfectly ordinary- looking. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Don’t you think . . . excuse me for being frank. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z He saw a simple, sincere face that was incapable of subtlety or guile, an honest, frank face with disunited large eyes, rusty hair, black eyebrows and an unfortunate reddish- brown mustache. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z And while we’re on the subject, was I the only one who was shocked by those old Ball Park ads with their shots of red franks swelling and lengthening? Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z His shifgrethor must be founded, and composed, and sustained, altogether differently from ours; and when I thought myself most blunt and frank with him he may have found me most subtle and unclear. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z He moved closer, smiling now, but without the leer she expected; his face was frank and delighted. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I’m no Big Ma in the kitchen, but I would have opened a can of beans and fried up some franks. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “I want you to hide a Jew for me. I can’t be more frank than that.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Simmon gave me a frank stare, “She came looking for you. She obviously wants something.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The frank laughter of the gigantic Jesuit lifted Pedro Tercero’s spirits and brought a smile to his lips for the first time in three weeks. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “That is because my lord Benderesk has not been wholly frank with you. I will be frank. Come, sit by me here.” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z And “Frankly, he’s boring” doesn’t mean the guy is boring in a frank way. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “I cannot sell you a frank, sir. Is that clear?” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Shannon surveyed me with frank disappointment, taking in my baggy flannel coat and oversized men’s jeans. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z His clothing in tatters, his shoes cracked, the old knapsack on his shoulder his only luggage, he looked like a beggar, but his bearing had a dignity that was in frank contradiction to his appearance. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z He saw Julia pick up her glass and sniff at it with frank curiosity. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Tuve upbraided Lawrence with all the authority of his six weeks’ advantage in age and with all the frank liberty afforded to one childhood friend speaking to another. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Obinze was amused by how obvious it seemed, how frank she was in her flirtations. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z But first we have to be frank about a subject that we would all too often rather ignore. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z I asked Oliver to join me but he said, “Nel, you must see him on your own. Then you can be completely frank.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The evaluator found that Hale showed no obvious “evidence of repression nor of frank psychosis” but nevertheless had “extremely vicious components in his make-up.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “I am merely being frank. I don’t believe in sugar- coating things for the young. That is how I was raised, and I turned out perfectly well.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z It was an action shot—women’s volleyball—and Martha was bent horizontal to the floor, reaching, the palms of her hands in sharp focus, the tongue taut, the expression frank and competitive. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He still hadn’t officially announced his varsity boat assignments, but he was frank: “The sophomore crew has been a deep disappointment to me.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z That’s what makes it so compelling and—to be frank—terrifying. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z “To be frank,” he said, “I cannot see what you are going to do next.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t know,” answered Hazel, trying to look frank and feeling foolish. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “It quickly became apparent to me,” he wrote, that. . . the prison warden, to be effective, would have to constitute himself not as an instrument of punishment but a firm, frank friend in need. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Probably seemed quite sullen—not surprised, really, but Penn was so frank it felt like being hit in the face. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z I had asked him to be frank, so I could not complain. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The women stared with frank amazement as she paddled toward the land. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Being a vegetarian also meant giving up traditions I value: the Thanksgiving turkey, my mother’s beef brisket at Passover, or even franks at the ballpark. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Reserved people often really need the frank discussion of their sentiments and griefs more than the expansive. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z His eyes were kind, frank, more gray than blue. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z He was frank, and expected a reciprocal frankness that I might not be able to supply. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z He studied her, the honesty in her eyes, the frank openness of her face, and his shoulders relaxed. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z To be quite frank, sir,' I heard Mr Lewis say, 'I was appalled at their attitude towards your countrymen. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z The day before the charrette opened, the Carolina Times ran an interview unprecedented for a black newspaper: a frank discussion with the head of the local Ku Klux Klan. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z That didn’t sound like John, and she knew he was looking up at her with the straightforward look that she had always been ready to meet and answer with one as frank till now. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z It means, “I’m being frank when I say he’s boring.” Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Denna gave me a frank look, gesturing sarcastically at the wreckage of the cabin. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Perhaps I had been too frank about returning to the college, maybe he was against our having a higher education . Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z As Cosmopolitans editor from 1965 until 1997, Ms. Brown was widely credited with being the first to introduce frank discussions of sex into magazines for women. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Even if everyone in town wasn’t scared to death, I doubted I’d be able to find anyone willing to speak with frank honesty about the dead. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Little by little the town names along the way began to take on a frank industrial tone—Port Carbon, Minersville, Slatedale—and I realized I was entering the strange, half-forgotten world of Pennsylvania’s anthracite region. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z This was an exceptionally frank confession, though no less so than was demanded by scientific convention. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z He supplemented his soup and rice with canned C rations he’d brought with him: familiar American food like beans and franks, even if he had to eat it cold from the can. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Anger just distracts from the all-encompassing sadness, the frank knowledge that you killed her and robbed her of a future and a life. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z They ate a cold supper of cornbread and beans and franks from a tin. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z But to be perfectly frank, Stevens, I wasn't paying much attention to the glories of nature. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z “I’m afraid not,” Theodora said, and the other three turned and regarded her with frank dismay. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z "He's the kind caint nobody please. Be frank though, there's lots feel like that now." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z She was smart, generous, her looks unquestionably homely, queer, egregiously frank, hip to the bones. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Wilkins and Franklin worked cordially at first, meeting for occasional coffee at the Strand Palace Hotel, but the relationship soon froze into frank, glacial hostility. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z And she saw the frank relief on the pilot’s face turn to bewilderment and apprehension as he was increasingly surrounded by blue uniforms and the stripes and badges of the Royal Air Force. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z I’ve eaten a tremendous amount of Jaffa Cakes about it, to be frank. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z He spoke softly, smiled often, and held her in his frank blue gaze. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z He has launched an attack on the ANC and in doing so he has been less than frank. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But when I asked if I would finally get my period, Dr. Luce was frank. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Immediately Holmes deployed his tools of seduction, his soothing voice and touch and frank blue gaze. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z She looked at Ifemelu, a frank sizing up that was not shy to be a frank sizing up. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Ball Park franks plumped when you cooked them, but Hercules Hot Dogs did something better. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He stared at the children with his frank gray eyes, willing them to understand. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z She was nice enough—frank, sincere, and sympathetic. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The doomy horrorhouse atmosphere of the church was not helping at all and he stared at his surroundings with frank terror, while Camilla took his arm and tried to nudge him down the row. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “She expired without a sigh. How desolate it makes one to think of her frank cordial manners.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I would be valiant, open-handed, frank, and pure of heart, courteous — the soul of chivalry. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z While she was growing up, Petey’s mother, frank as she was, would talk to Petey about falling in love and falling in lust and everything in between, because surely someone would one day notice Petey. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “People need to have frank projects, not perfect projects. It’s something without any lie.” How the Blaze’s Emotional Dance Music Brings Listeners to Tears 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z In a frank and provocative post that originally appeared on Very Smart Brothas but this week created a stir on HuffPo, writer Damon Young comes clean about his female trouble. Why don’t men believe women? 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z The pictures can be funny but they are also frank. What Resulted When a Photographer Gave Rural Children Cameras 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z Jordan Seavey’s “Homos, or Everyone in America” was a daringly frank and funny comedy-drama about, yes, gay men looking for lasting companionship, and finding the terrain rocky. A New Day for Gay Plays? 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z They've become more inclusive, both ethnically and in regards to LGBTQ+ awareness, and are having more frank discussions of sex and consent. "He's All That" and why the Pygmalion story is so important to – yet undermines – teen stories 2021-08-28T04:00:00Z And — let’s be frank — we knew we’d need some babysitting help. Traveling to Tokyo With Three Generations 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z In lieu of heavy oak and country kitsch is bare plywood that wraps from floor to wall to ceiling, giving Kinski a frank sense of space. Now Serving | The Art of Kn?del 2010-03-10T21:02:00Z Mr Spencer is frank about the sins of the church. The search goes on 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z She asks questions, and gets answers – frank, honest answers. TV Review: The 15-Stone Babies; Pensioners Behind Bars 2012-12-13T23:00:00Z Did you feel inhibited about being so frank in your book? José Andrés keeps up the fight to feed the hungry 2019-01-04T05:00:00Z In response, MTV sent us the following statement of confidence: Skins is a show that addresses real-world issues confronting teens in a frank way. 'Skins': Kiddie porn? MTV fights back 2011-01-21T00:19:25Z But the book's frank and often unflattering portrayal of the inner lives of Katherine, her ex-boyfriend Daniel and their friend Nathan, recently discharged from a mental health unit, also provoke humour, sympathy and unexpected insight. Debut author: Sam Byers 2013-04-21T14:00:01Z It was also widely parodied, and even some fans professed to be mystified by such a frank display of weirdness. Perspective | Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke dances like no one’s watching — and it’s a beauty to behold 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z Ms. Satpathy is as frank about what this dance means to her as she is about the other stories she depicts. A Great Odissi Dancer Conjures Gods and Demons Alone 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z Sulkowicz graduated last spring and her first solo outing, titled simply “Self-Portrait,” is a frank response to this media attention. Moving beyond 'Mattress Girl': Artist Emma Sulkowicz pushes the conversation forward 2016-02-28T05:00:00Z Steward’s punctilious, frank documentation of his sexual adventures was one of the things that appealed to Kelly, himself a diarist whose decades-long practice fueled his 2018 “live memoir” of a show “Time No Line.” Dramatizing the Story of a Gay Mid-Century Tattoo Artist Who Was So Much More 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z But he tells us little about who she actually is, beyond her “frank declaration and piercing facial expressions.” Critic at Large Rebecca Carroll on Wesley Lowery's 'They Can't Kill Us All' 2016-12-19T05:00:00Z “I was too terrifyingly frank,” the composer proffers. ‘Virgil Thomson: The State of Music & Other Writings’ Paints a Troubling Portrait 2016-08-23T04:00:00Z That was followed by some swift, frank advice: “Don’t even think about it.” It Took Them a Couple Years to Become a Pair 2020-12-18T05:00:00Z In his frank and poignant first book, Jollett tries to capture the path to discovering the forces that shaped him. Review | From cult to Stanford to stardom: ‘Hollywood Park’ traces an indie rocker’s tumultuous path 2020-05-29T04:00:00Z "This is a missed opportunity," Roger tells him in his usual frank tone. "Mad Men" recap: Who is Don Draper? 2010-07-26T06:02:00Z “More sex,” these marvelously frank Russians advised, pushing the youngsters’ pelvises together. Review: Sexy Soviet Ballet Steps, Once Delivered as Protest 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z I meant it to be quite frank and clinical about what it means to have MS, the journey from diagnosis through to now, and to say that it's OK. MJ Hyland: why I had to write about my MS 2012-08-11T23:27:00Z They arrive staggered on an angular white plate whose austerity belies the food’s frank pleasures. Sweet Simplicity at Leche y Miel in the Bronx 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z You won’t own anything I do because, let’s be frank, we are talking a very small amount of money. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: How about I rewrite that contract for you, Mr. Lawyer? 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z A fresh, frank and rather realistic tale of a self-assertive young mom, told from a working-class perspective, starring a woman who also runs the show. Review | ‘SMILF’ is another cable dramedy that has the moves, but not the meaning 2017-11-03T04:00:00Z Pointedly, the show will include a selection of unpaid bills and collection notices that Goode Bryant kept in her files — a frank acknowledgment of the roadblocks JAM faced. A Utopian Space for Black Artists, Reimagined at MoMA 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z Perry, the “Friends” star, offers a frank and unsparing account of his addiction and efforts to stay clean. 15 Books Coming in November 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z For here is a frank, revealing and clear-eyed testament of the experiences faced by a young asylum-seeker in the contemporary world. In the Sea There Are Crocodiles by Fabio Geda ? review 2011-08-26T21:55:08Z Mescal said he recognized that for many men “there is something traditionally terrifying” about being frank about your feelings. Paul Mescal Has Been Working Things Out 2022-10-25T04:00:00Z The goal, according to the network, was to present a frank, grassroots-level look at the racist terrorist group, as well as the work of anti-hate “extractors” who help Klan members leave. A&E Says It Will Rework, Retitle Its Ku Klux Klan Series 2016-12-23T05:00:00Z We don't have frank, honest conversations about it with each other. Life after lust – the appeal of sexless marriage 2012-06-01T21:28:27Z It represents a confidence so utterly frank that few people will be simple enough to accept it as true. Brief Encounter: Archive review 2010-10-16T10:54:00Z One-on-one, Morrison was intently focused and frank with her. Toni Morrison’s former students reflect: ‘She had this physical presence, this voice, that just took up space in this very magical way’ 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z “A Common Turn” by Anna B Savage This is her debut album, and it’s extraordinary to have the courage to be as frank as she is here. To Play Hamlet, Alex Lawther Became an ‘Expert on Grief’ 2022-06-28T04:00:00Z But Lucas is that and more, a new-generation leader who is frank, straightforward and shares easily on social media. Lisa Lucas, head of the National Book Foundation, wants you to love reading 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z Otherwise this smartly constructed show is utterly transporting — and, for all its romance, frank about the bigotry and shame that gay men faced in that era. Review: A Song of Eternity in ‘Midnight at the Never Get’ 2018-10-21T04:00:00Z These public efforts bring authenticity to the play but also permission to explore its frank humanity without mawkishness. Review: In ‘Cost of Living,’ a Familiar Alienation 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z Their contribution is important for its frank discussion of the possibility of a nuclear attack and their presentation of potential courses of action. 3 Books on North Korea and the Threat of Nuclear War 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z The movie is as good as Todd Haynes’s “Carol,” which is saying a lot, and its love scenes are considerably more frank. Big Issues (and, Yes, Amour) Hit Rendez-Vous With French Cinema 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z In the 1970s she wrote a remarkably frank autobiography called Lauren Bacall, By Myself, which went on to become a bestseller in several countries. Obituary: Lauren Bacall 2014-08-13T04:00:00Z From a former chief editor of the Oxford English Dictionary, a charmingly frank account of a 35-year career dedicated to lexicography. 9 New Books We Recommend This Week 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z Even the flamboyant and fiercely frank Xiomara has a romantic secret of her own. ‘Jane the Virgin’ on CW and ‘Cristela’ on ABC 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z There, for now, the placard says "attributed to Titian", but as Penny wonders in his frank way, "'attributed to' – what does that mean?" Titian discovery at National Gallery 2013-01-07T21:51:45Z He said that he wanted the event to be in "a new spirit of open and frank discussion" – branching out from the book-festival formula of authors talking about their new books. Edinburgh festival turns back clock 50 years to literary debates of 1962 2012-08-10T15:45:44Z Before she left, she had a frank discussion with her ex about their future. Perspective | Till death do us part: A voodoo-themed wedding celebration at Congressional Cemetery 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z The salt was frank, barely tempered by a douse of kecap manis, the Indonesian sweet soy sauce. Spreading the Flavors of Indonesia, One Table at a Time 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z To be frank, I’m pretty sure this is the exact same question many of us asked ourselves during the 2016 election cycle. Is this the future we want? 2017-07-04T04:00:00Z To Crayne, the idea of invoking Olive Garden as a selling point at Marcel’s is incomprehensible, the equivalent of explaining Wiedmaier’s famous boudin blanc by comparing it to, say, a ballpark frank. Relaxed style of restaurant service blurs the line between staff and customer 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z Boiled or grilled, with mustard or ketchup, sauerkraut or relish – a frank in a bun is the best way to celebrate the holiday. In search of America's best hot dog: 14 supermarket varieties, taste-tested 2018-06-30T04:00:00Z In one of the more frank discussions of publishing in American fiction, his agent assures him that the novel doesn’t have to — and probably won’t — sell well. Ben Lerner Imagines ‘Different Futures’ in His Novel ‘10:04’ 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z She was unusually frank about the insecurities of performers at the mercy of producers who audition them and critics who judge them. Review: Julia Murney in Honesty Mode at Feinstein’s/54 Below 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z So catch him while you can because this is the most open, frank profile of a musician you're going to see for a very long time. Wiley's Ustream is more addictive than any music journalism 2010-09-02T11:59:00Z To the chime of the cowbells nearby, I crouched by Claude’s grave, picturing the black-and-white portrait — a frank, open face; round glasses; and a gently amused smile — that adorned my mother’s nightstand. Her uncle died with the French Resistance, and she had to visit the spot 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z She has no use for euphemisms anymore, and both she and Ben are hilariously frank and cranky in discussing his imminent demise. | 'The Lyons': ?The Lyons,? by Nicky Silver, at Vineyard Theater - Review 2011-10-12T02:05:01Z Add ground beef, and it’s suddenly franker and richer. At Suki, Patience Seasons the Curry 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z In the quest for inclusion, franker discussions are occurring about white entitlement and the demands for greater access by people of color. Perspective | This prestigious New York theater has an unlikely season coming. All of the titles are TBA. 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z To be frank, I reduced Albert to a “hood dude.” When a Summer Hookup Lasts 12 Years, It’s Time to Reassess 2021-07-23T04:00:00Z “The Porter” has a refreshingly frank approach, and the performances are terrific across the board. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z This is a frank and searing discussion of race by the public intellectual Michael Eric Dyson, an ordained minister and sociologist at Georgetown University. Six New Books We Recommend This Week 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z To be really frank, that was a taste. The Choreographer Alonzo King: No Fancy Plans, Just Dance 2018-07-24T04:00:00Z If it’s casual and frank, it is usually a promising sign. Is glossy Netflix hit Dating Around the best dating show on TV? 2020-06-09T04:00:00Z While Gray takes to games of chance for fun, she is frank about her lack of prowess at picking stocks. Me and My Money: Macy Gray 2012-10-03T15:33:40Z “I had a very frank discussion with my dad recently. He said, ‘Look, you’ve had the major surgery to save your life. ‘I was not willing to die for my breasts': the young women opting for mastectomies 2018-05-12T04:00:00Z Lawson’s large color prints — a suite of which is on display at the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh — are frank, overt, all on the surface. Review | In new show, photographer Deana Lawson explores black lives, black loves 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z The better parts of “And Just Like That” are frank about aging and mortality. Are We Having Fun Yet? ‘Party Down’ and the Sadness of the Sitcom Revival 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z This show is so frank and so unlike anything else out there, so I feel pretty naked. In ‘The Bisexual,’ Desiree Akhavan Grapples With All Kinds of Sexuality 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z The new Cosmo that he and Helen cooked up would consist of “frank discussions about sex, money, careers, apartments, fashion and beauty — oh, and men, men, men.” Was She a Feminist? The Complicated Legacy of Helen Gurley Brown. 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z The caption accompanying the initial upload, however, says that the music was played at a “very very secret frank ocean listening party.” A Brief Timeline Of Waiting For Frank Ocean's New Album 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z It is a remarkably frank and tender undertaking. Gloria Vanderbilt’s Story (Reprised) 2016-04-02T04:00:00Z With this frank admission, however, the eggs were suddenly transformed from scientific objects with little future to historical objects of immense power. The worst egg hunt in the world 2013-07-16T13:12:00Z He was so determined that my wife finally wheeled round and gave him a brief but frank description of the whole business. 'I've been good and bad, caring but useless': Tim Dowling on two decades of fatherhood 2017-05-13T04:00:00Z Esi’s childhood world is one of dreams, visions, and premonitions, which burst onto the screen with a spare, frank simplicity, reflecting the precocious yet ingenuous sensitivity with which she confronts implacable realities. “The Burial of Kojo,” Reviewed: A Boldly Lyrical Portrait of a Young Ghanaian Girl 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z Be frank, and express your willingness to try to return to a more comfortable, anxiety-free erotic connection. I have herpes and my partner and I have lost our libido 2017-08-07T04:00:00Z “Black or White” is a frank, touching and very well-acted melodrama about child custody and cultural perceptions of “blackness” and “the race card.” ‘Black or White’: Well-acted film gets into gray areas of race 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z The result is unflinchingly honest – a ruefully frank, loving testament and a brilliant book. Andre Gerard's top 10 father memoirs 2013-06-12T15:11:54Z These stories are appealingly frank and astute about sex on the cusp of adulthood, when childhood informs desire. ‘Goodnight, Beautiful Women’ — lucid, sensual stories 2016-05-30T04:00:00Z Smart and frank as it is, “Precious Little” adds up to a bit less than the sum of its many parts. In ‘Precious Little,’ a linguist grasping for the right words 2013-08-08T19:43:11Z They question whether people would be as frank in public, and they worry that comments would be short and episodic, rather than comprehensive and conceptual, and that know-nothings would predominate. Wikipedia Age Challenges Scholars? Sacred Peer Review 2010-08-23T21:47:00Z He also needs a frank talk about puberty. My 6-year-old is melting down When Mr. Wink was asked what would change about Blue Man Group going forward, he was frank: “Hopefully, very little.” Blue Man Group Is Bought by Cirque du Soleil, With Plans to Expand 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z Yet the cool, frank, charismatic, seemingly indefatigable cat who died on Tuesday, at 96, had something else, something as crucial. Harry Belafonte, Folk Hero 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z I enjoy the frank calm of both these women — Ms. Juodkaite even talks as she spins — until it tips, repeatedly, into self-indulgence. Review: A Choreographer’s Head-Spinning Turns as Self-Revelation 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z Her request, like many of her conversations, is awkwardly frank. ‘The Novelist’s Film’ Review: Real Talk 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z Given the album’s frank political message and the loosening of genre standards of late, one could imagine “A Seat at the Table” existing as an ambient, spoken-word album or a patchwork quilt of found sounds. Solange Knowles’s Album of Black Life in America 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z The movie takes its tone from Ms. McIver, who is a wry, frank narrator with a comedian’s timing. At Home With Beverly McIver: At Home With the Artist Beverly McIver 2012-02-08T23:47:19Z Sometimes it's frank, as in Wu Tsang's luxuriously erotic video dance, enacted on a floor and a bed, reflected in mirrors and watched while lolling on plush cushions. 'Made in L.A.' biennial art survey taps a social undercurrent 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z Admit openly that you might be judging, pending the bride's response to some frank what-the-fluff-did-I-just-witness-type questioning. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Bride dumps her ‘moody’ best friend; are her other friends disposable, too? 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z “To be frank,” one agency manager confided, “clients hire us to have temps do the jobs they don’t want to do.” When workers die: “And nobody called 911″ 2013-03-27T00:00:00Z Springsteen’s been very frank about his evolution, talking about how artists need to reinvent themselves, and about his feeling of responsibility to the world, his community. An Appreciation: Yearning for Gift That Bruce Springsteen Gave Us 2012-09-17T17:00:27Z But Wilder was actually shaking up Broadway by deconstructing long-entrenched stage conventions, and crafting a boldly frank rumination on death and loss in counterpoint to the fragile beauty of everyday life. ‘Middletown’ at ACT: A little Thornton Wilder, a little Beckett 2013-09-09T21:26:13Z "That was the mandate which was presented to me, to be frank in this kind of discussion." ABC's 'American Crime' series pushes hot buttons of race, culture 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z “As a character study it is rich and insightful, frank in its judgments but deeply sympathetic. … ‘Catching the Wind’ lends a cinematic sweep to Kennedy’s legislative crusades.” 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-12-17T05:00:00Z Her latest, a New York Times bestseller that began life as a Vogue piece, is a frank exploration of ageing in a society that prizes youth. Confessions in new women's lit: Emily Gould, Meghan Daum and Sloane Crosley 2010-07-31T23:06:00Z To be frank - this is a completely ridiculous article that any decent editor would have nixed. Alec Baldwin Skewers Trump. And Supports Allen and Toback. 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z Skins is a show that addresses real-world issues confronting teens in a frank way. TV watchdog calls for child porn probe of "Skins" 2011-01-20T23:02:31Z The filmmakers stand in for the white power structure, eliciting all manner of frank comments from marchers and onlookers: “Why should we fight for you? You got it all.” G.I.s ‘Without a Country,’ Protesting the Vietnam War 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z Rankin morphs in the press from small and slight with “locks of fire” to “tall and slender, with frank hazel eyes, sandy hair, and energetic mouth.” A Century Before Hillary 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z Updike’s novel “Couples” is based on the Ipswich years, and his “Rabbit” novels broke new ground in their frank exposition of sex, particularly what Begley calls “the ache of a male’s physical desire.” ‘Updike’: Prolific writer lived a life full of contradictions 2014-04-09T19:38:35Z The luncheon featured the five women of “The Real” cast, along with production executives, in a frank discussion about the show, television and their lives. Early Start to Upfronts, as ‘The Real’ Cast Meets Advertisers 2014-02-05T21:45:18Z But I did remember, and it may be that my dim recollection of those few frank conversations figured in my eventual crackup and sorting-out. My friend is out of control 2013-01-14T01:00:00Z This is where the performance clicks, with Gibson absorbing the invective, digesting it slowly, processing and sending cultural venom back as wisecrack or frank truth. Review | ‘Turn Me Loose’ pays homage to Dick Gregory 2018-09-16T04:00:00Z It ends with “Maybe I’m the Only One for Me,” a frank, country-tinged contemplation of being alone forever: “I’m starting to suspect / though I hope I’m incorrect / that maybe I’m the only one for me.” David Berman Made Us Feel Less Alone 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z He fixes you with the kind of frank hooded gaze that's less come-to-bed than already in bed, moments from passing out. Rhys Ifans: 'I'm a bloody good actor' 2010-10-05T20:30:00Z “I just felt like she had this frank stolidness,” Gerwig explains to W Magazine of the heroine’s appeal. A tale of two It Girls: Chloë Sevigny, Greta Gerwig and the generational likability divide 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z Its emotional dexterity and frank but gentle attitude would be great to see in a show for adults, and they are particularly welcome here in something designed for young viewers. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z Can a frank dialogue exist and spark change? ‘Trouble in Mind’: A timely look at prejudice, principle 2013-07-24T23:15:10Z That’s the whole show, so frank in outline you may at first be tempted to sift through its simplicity for something more complex. Review: In ‘We’re Gonna Die,’ Pop Songs for the Reaper 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z She suffered for her frank outspokenness – her only child was taken away and she spent time in mental institutions. Kamin Mohammadi's top 10 Iranian books 2011-07-20T11:07:13Z The publisher told The Associated Press exclusively on Monday that Cuomo's book will be a "full and frank look at his public and private life." APNewsBreak: Publisher lands rights to Cuomo book 2013-04-30T02:14:08Z It’s an artisanal hagiography, a frank and admiring piece of fan nonfiction. Review: ‘Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg’ 2015-10-25T04:00:00Z “At the same time, to be frank, we want to bring attention to this issue.” Meek Mill hoops with Philly kids affected by justice system 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z Aside from the implication that Fleets were something other than an attempt to incorporate a competitor's feature in the hopes of increasing engagement, the announcement was unusually frank. Twitter Is Stuck With Itself, Too 2021-08-04T04:00:00Z There, you can appreciate the genius of Thomas Jefferson as well as his imperfections, embodied in a frank guided talk about slavery and the country’s third president. 10 places to visit during ‘shoulder season,’ the sweet spot between high and low periods 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z He added: “Let’s be frank, the US is not going to negotiate to sell its own medicines for less.” Jeremy Corbyn reveals dossier 'proving NHS up for sale' 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z “Heavy” is filled with frank admissions like these — moments when Laymon realizes that his own vulnerability didn’t prevent him from exploiting the vulnerability of others. In ‘Heavy,’ Kiese Laymon Recalls the Weight of Where He’s Been 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z Using your “franking privileges” to send out mass mailings with nasty innuendo about your campaign opponent’s spouse. Oh, SNAP 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z He’s one part very frank, one part childlike and, on the other hand, philosophical. Scene City: A Cozy Premiere for Keanu Reeves 2011-04-07T00:37:02Z Bobby Gillespie: 'We always saw music as a revolutionary force'Primal Scream's forthright frontman offers some typically frank thoughts on Boris Johnson, the horror of bland rockers – and the challenge of recording while off drugs 2. Sleeve notes: Primal Scream, Harlem Shake and SXSW 2013 2013-03-15T13:20:00Z The debates offer a venue for a frank discussion on policy, which occasionally yields moments of appreciable complexity; op-eds and discussions on Sunday morning shows might do some more. Our new late-night wars: How Hillary, Bernie and the Donald are battling it out for bedtime TV dominance — and who’s winning so far 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z You've got to admire a programme that, quite early on, includes a frank refutation of its entire premise. Oedipusenders 2010-04-14T05:45:00Z But the truth is that Rock's frank discussions about the social, political and economic issues of the day are hard to ignore. Yeah, he said it 2010-05-28T23:04:00Z He’s very frank with her and they’re much more like colleagues now that he doesn’t own her anymore. ArtsBeat: The 'Mad Men' Season Finale: Series Creator Matthew Weiner Discusses 'The Phantom' 2012-06-11T18:58:07Z But Delta’s Web site states this frank caveat: “Lower promotional fares may be available on delta.com or through Delta Reservation Sales and may serve as a better option in some markets.” For urgent travel, low fares are available I wonder if your way of speaking adds additional comfort when you're sitting in front of people and having these very frank conversations about sexual preference, as in "Do you like bondage?" Just the tips: "How To Build a Sex Room" host wants to spice up your life with sensual design 2022-07-10T04:00:00Z "I have to be completely frank with you, I had every intention of keeping it quiet," Hall said about the disease. 2010-01-18T04:50:00Z Writer and media entrepreneur Rachel Sklar’s frank and defiant essay “I’m 41, Single and Pregnant” was met with loud applause on social media today for its unapologetic dismissal of retrograde attitudes about women and reproduction. Rachel Sklar smashes the pregnancy “cone of silence”: Why it’s still women’s work to explain fertility 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z She is both a frank and friendly person and someone who's only going to let you see so far. "Countdown to Zero": Valerie Plame Wilson's new anti-nuke crusade 2010-07-23T01:02:00Z “To be perfectly frank, I really didn’t take the app too seriously,” he said. A Tinder for Modern-Day Yentas 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z “I mistrust all frank and simple people, especially when their stories hold together.” Hemingway's Hidden Metafictions in "The Sun Also Rises" 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z She also convinces in male disguise – a frank impossibility for most exponents. Fidelio ? review 2011-03-30T18:45:01Z We try to be brutally frank and honest about it. Ilene Chaiken on ‘Empire’ and All That Affects the Lyon Family 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z Ms. Fisher is brainy and salty and hilarious, and she’s frank and eloquent in describing being bipolar. Review: Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher, at Home in ‘Bright Lights’ 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z It’s the first work I’ve seen in ages that treats the illusions of art with such frank delight. New York Galleries: What to See Right Now 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z But it soon dawned on me that the kind of frank conversations that took place between the actors and their parents are anomalous. Theater Review: ?You Better Sit Down,? by the Civilians, at Flea Theater 2012-04-13T02:00:01Z Publicising her uncompromisingly frank film, Fairy Dust, she told the New Musical Express she hopes to normalise female nudity rather than limit it. Cinema trains lens on role of nude scene: artistic, erotic or gratuitous? 2016-11-26T05:00:00Z "To be frank, I am disappointed that Deep Purple is not included in that group," Lee said. Public Enemy, Donna Summer and Rush for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2012-12-12T15:10:42Z “Sugarcoating doesn’t do anybody any good,” he says of the film’s frank portrayal of Native American struggles. With ‘Wind River,’ Taylor Sheridan continues to smash western stereotypes 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z "Body Worlds" is frank, almost blunt in treating people as tissue, as matter to be manipulated. Third visit still a charm for 'Body Worlds' 2011-03-18T17:38:00Z The reckoning after that is with her, about frank conversation itself. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Your wife still won’t talk about having kids after 15 years of stalling 2021-05-21T04:00:00Z “I was not overwhelmed by her taste, to be quite frank,” Goldman said in an interview. She Made Glimmerglass a True Festival. Now She’s Moving On. 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z The letters are "particularly frank," and Britons reading them might not think the prince is politically neutral, as a monarch must be, Grieve said. Prince Charles' letters to gov't to stay secret 2012-10-16T11:42:09Z Ben Evans, the festival director, is similarly frank about what success means to him. What price success? London Design festival misses a trick ? again 2010-09-28T15:09:00Z Like school audiences, prison audiences are fantastically frank. Drama in the wings: why theatre in prisons matters 2010-06-25T12:49:00Z Mr. Zimmern is bracingly frank about where his marriage went wrong. Andrew Zimmern’s Nonstop Road (and Food) Show 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z CEO Jeffrey Collins said the rapper never mentioned the shooting but was frank about his other problems when they began working together about six months ago. Rapper confesses to '93 NY murder, authorities say 2010-12-21T21:06:08Z Books such as “The Hate U Give,” by Angie Thomas, and “Long Way Down,” by Jason Reynolds, have led to frank conversations about violence and teens. Laurie Halse Anderson shocked readers with a book about rape. She’s at it again. 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z Mr. Richards’s 2010 autobiography, “Life,” topped The New York Times’s best-seller list — and deserved to, with its frank and kaleidoscopic mingling of music lore, drug chronicles, romance, strife, loyalty, score-settling and improbable survival. Pop: The Rolling Stones at 50 Prepare to Tour 2012-11-08T16:00:00Z There’s a guitar riff from Lodger!—but the gazing back feels like a frank reckoning instead of a sign of defeat. David Bowie: Back to His Mysterious Best 2013-03-07T12:00:25Z Hoss’s work is impeccable and illuminating, and the movie’s foursquare, frank, brisk approach is salutary. ‘The Audition’ Review: A Violin Teacher on the Verge 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z The hip Soho hangout was abuzz with laughing, chatting, selfie-snapping, champagne-sipping fans of the novel that launched a thousand breast enhancement exercises and frank conversations about puberty. Why ‘Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret’ Still Matters 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z “There’s usually far better storytelling in a hair salon than on the stage, to be frank,” wrote one. Perspective | I am a theater critic in New York. Not a hair salon in Dublin. Let me explain. 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z One of the most emotional and frank parts of the film is when Brooker meets Lee, a fellow Arsenal supporter and recent paraplegic, and the pair talk of their concerns about being disabled dads. 'What if my kids are scared of me?': Alex Brooker on life as a disabled dad 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z This opens up the conversation, so advice can be delivered in a frank way rather than seeming clinical and removed. 'It answered my weird questions': what do teens really think of Netflix's Sex Education? 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z There are three or four people who are very relevant to this story who said, six months ago, come back in six months and we can have a free and frank conversation. The Rise of FTX, and Sam Bankman-Fried, Was a Great Story. Its Implosion Is Even Better. 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z Like others in its genre, it is long and slow, but it is frank, thoughtful and clearly written. John Kerry Describes Politics as It Used to Be 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z The art is best executed through a frank and honest description of your desires and feelings – in language that might stretch your limit, but never overstep it. I find dirty talk awkward during sex – is that a problem? 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z That inherent sort of attention to modesty makes one very frank, because you don’t tend to try to create a massive persona or have personality as a performance art. Gillian Flynn isn’t writing “the next ‘Gone Girl'”: “I feel like I need a break from their voices in my head” 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z That only hadn’t happened yet because to be that direct and frank is outside the courtly, well-established rules of pop. Katy Perry and Nicki Minaj Are Doing What Pop Stars Aren't Supposed to Do 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z There’s no Homeric apotheosis here, just a frank appraisal of a man who lives within the limits of the natural world. DVD: John Wayne and Alex Cord: Two Ringo Kids of ?Stagecoach? 2011-10-15T22:23:03Z They don't complain that they're being exploited, but they are frank about the difficulties of working here. Too much to bare: behind the scenes at a lap-dancing club 2012-07-20T21:59:00Z Taking off my wedding ring had been like taking off an invisible shield, one that had protected me from frank stares, from strangers striking up conversation in public places. We Wanted to Split Up. OkCupid Had Other Ideas. 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z But his $20 presentation for dinner at the Polo Bar is a far cry from a ballpark frank. Ralph Lauren’s Take on the Ballpark Frank 2018-08-07T04:00:00Z Harry’s frank disclosures about his own torment helped to break down some of the current British taboos over discussion of mental health issues in public. Oprah Winfrey and Prince Harry making mental health documentary for... 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z It was to young white suburbanites, many of them Afrikaans, for whom he represented an improbable icon of transgressive anti-establishment thinking with frank songs about drugs, sex and the hypocrisy of the men in power. Sixto Rodriguez, Secret Rock Star Behind Searching for Sugar Man 2012-08-21T12:00:30Z In the April issue of Australian Vogue, the Academy-Award winning actress gets frank about the issue of women’s equality in the entertainment industry, which she says she believes to be improving. Cate Blanchett on Hollywood sexism: Female audiences don’t stop consuming culture “once they stop menstruating” 2015-03-24T04:00:00Z Such frank admissions of frailty has resonated with Britons as has his natural ease when mingling with the public. When Harry weds Meghan: A week until Britain's royal wedding 2018-05-12T04:00:00Z He continued to make banana-centric drawings and wrote poetry that was later published in a small collection, “Still Life,” some of it so frank and unhinged he has difficulty talking about it now. Farm to Gallery: Peter Nadin?s Comeback 2011-07-03T05:30:29Z Like many Japanese chefs, Mr. Gudmundsson’s cooking showcases the purity and frank flavors of exceptional local seasonal produce. New New Nordic Cuisine Takes Hold in Oslo 2018-05-29T04:00:00Z ‘We’d get together in a pub and we’d talk about everything, get it off our plate. It would be frank and open, and you never reported it.’ Why have the papers become such crybabies about the royal baby? 2019-04-18T04:00:00Z Rich Lowry, editor of the conservative National Review magazine, laid into the actor for an alleged refusal to accept “frank truths about the Muslim world” in an article published on 7 October. Ben Affleck attacked by rightwing media for defence of Islam 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z But he does share with his protagonist a mournful, raw intensity, and is frank about his own struggles with drugs and alcohol. Possessed: Crosses That Bear the Past 2011-06-10T17:30:02Z So let's be frank: the show is as good as it's ever been. Has Doctor Who really lost its way? 2013-05-17T11:02:27Z But it promises to be frank about the other roles of the mafia in building Las Vegas, such as its skimming of casino takings to keep them from being taxed. Las Vegas mafia museums open new mob rivalry 2010-04-25T17:05:00Z Tiffany's novel is a frank and bewitching consideration of instinct, and of the ways in which it thrums through our every move. Mateship with Birds by Carrie Tiffany - review 2012-06-29T21:55:16Z Given the brutal subject matter, the opera stays remarkably agile, avoiding sentimentality even as it embraces frank sentiment. A Hotbed of Operatic Innovation Wins With Tradition 2018-09-24T04:00:00Z There certainly weren’t any frank discussions about such topics when Garza was growing up. 'Sex addiction can happen to anyone': author Erica Garza sheds light on a female taboo 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z The decline into madness is fast and cruel: the volume prints, for the first time, Plath’s distressingly frank letters to her friend and psychiatrist, Dr. Ruth Beuscher. The Poetry I Was Grateful For in 2018 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z They were all remarkably frank, breathless and impatient to tell their stories to an outsider. Algiers: a city where France is the promised land – and still the enemy 2013-01-27T00:06:03Z But she's frank about the rejection.Frustrated, she took a course on stand-up at London's City Lit and started getting gigs. Kerry Godliman: 'We're cracking up on stage for your entertainment' 2013-04-27T23:05:02Z “I thought the script covered so much terrain, the love story was quite frank, and my character was electric,” she said. Film: It?s the Relationships, Stupid 2010-11-20T19:13:00Z "The producers were quite frank with me," he says. Pete Doherty: the challenge of making a film as a heroin addict 2012-05-24T20:00:02Z Her view of the world is sensitive, frank and intersectional, an inclusive concept that refers to breaking down different systems of oppression. How "Euphoria" challenges viewers’ expectations of what a television show should be 2022-04-18T04:00:00Z In “Attention Servicemember,” he is frank about his disillusionment with the war and refreshingly clear-eyed about the nature of his involvement in it. “Relentless Absurdity”: An Army Photographer’s Censored Images 2020-01-19T05:00:00Z “To be frank, it’s something that might not have solutions.” What it takes to be in Vogue 2012-06-11T14:58:00Z The tone is frank and chummy, as Guerrero recalls the harrowing details of her family’s split-up and the emotional and financial challenges she faced building a life on her own. She’s a successful TV star. But she’s still grappling with her parents’ deportation. 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z She often characterizes romantic love as a kind of sublime balm—as the best way to dull the blues of living—but she is endlessly frank about its limitations and challenges. Joni Mitchell Discusses Her New Book of Early Songs and Drawings 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z Everyone appreciates a flame-licked meal, even if it’s humble burgers and franks. Lamb, Slow-Roasted the Moroccan Way, Without the Barbecue Spit 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z Ten years later, Ms. Albert is too ambitious and too intoxicated with her own grift to venture a frank assessment of its causes and consequences. Review: ‘Author: The JT Leroy Story’ Renders a Literary Charlatan 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z We argue about whether or not the United States is in some sense a “Christian nation,” and to be frank, both sides have a point. “Winter’s Tale” and America’s tortured quest for the divine 2014-02-15T17:00:00Z Her debut album, “Shea Butter Baby,” was released in May and is notably frank in its observations and reflections. Ari Lennox is R&B’s next star. Ask anyone (except her). 2019-07-23T04:00:00Z But the movie takes us back in time to show how the old grump was once a young blade, a dashing officer of frank and good-natured simplicity who won a VC during the Boer war. The Life and Death of Colonel?Blimp ? review 2012-05-17T20:52:01Z She wrinkled up her nose in frank surprise and disgust. Working Piers 2011-01-17T08:00:05Z Describing the recent swell of influencers as a “social media gold rush”, Weist is frank about his priorities; his favorite part of managing social media stars, he says at one point, is his bank account. Jawline: behind the social media documentary about short-lived fame 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z Despite the broad diagnosis promised by the title, the focus is narrow, personal — and frank. A Writer Gets Candid About Marriage and Humiliation in ‘The Trouble With Men’ 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z Still, suggesting that nomads are more enlightened for living in frank acknowledgment of this reality seems too easy, not to mention arrogant. My generation, living on the road 2014-04-20T23:59:00Z Just this week she conducted a disarmingly frank beauty tutorial for Vogue’s YouTube channel. 11 Things About Naomi Campbell 2020-06-22T04:00:00Z The most frank woman I speak to is a bit older than the others, and comes down to rest her feet while they're upstairs. Too much to bare: behind the scenes at a lap-dancing club 2012-07-20T21:59:00Z This is not to say that no one had acknowledged Flossie’s slow death; my dad reminded her in moments of crisis in his frank way that this would kill her and that she needed help. Anorexia killed my grandma 2012-07-22T13:00:00Z Later that day, several company members were frank about their initial ambivalence, and spoke of living with the issues that the book explores. Searching for a Promised Land in South Africa 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z Adams is known to look at scores and give frank, productive feedback, but also lessons applicable beyond the work at hand. John Adams, an American Master at 75 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z A senior manager of another news network, also speaking on background to offer a frank assessment, quickly ticks off a list of 10 bullet points about what he believes ails Fox. ‘An absolute disconnect’: How a crisis at the top could hurt Fox News at its bottom line. 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z Dressed in jeans and a denim shirt, an American Spirit cigarette almost ever-present in his hand, the often combative actor adopts a friendly mien and seems frank, engaging and unguarded. ‘Citizen Penn’ Review: A Portrait of Sean Penn as an Advocate 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z Before filming began, LaBeouf says, she and he had a frank conversation. 'It was like lighting yourself on fire': how Shia LaBeouf's co-star changed his life 2019-10-18T04:00:00Z It incensed social conservatives for its unapologetic depiction of female desire, but struck a chord with readers for its frank portrayal of sexual longing without moral approbation. Annie Ernaux’s Work Dissecting the Deeply Personal Is Awarded the Nobel 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z The book’s frank depictions of sex, drugs and alcohol made it somewhat controversial when it appeared in 1969. Read Your Way Through Tangier 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z In frustration, Ms. Mirren had abandoned the car and trekked home on foot, to a few looks of frank astonishment from people who recognized her. Helen Mirren Goes Back to the Palace in ‘The Audience’ 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z The author is admirably frank about his craft. How One Company Scammed Silicon Valley. And How It Got Caught. 2018-05-21T04:00:00Z In 2014, Rock wrote a frank essay for The Hollywood Reporter where he referred to Hollywood as “a white industry” that remains unchanged at the top. Academy president 'disappointed' with all-white Oscar nominees 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z Writers may not get the freebies and refreshingly frank sexual encounters offered to sportspersons, actors, musicians and politicians, but we do get accommodation. I'm being patronised. It's wonderful 2010-09-16T11:50:00Z Mr Lerner takes his cue from Keats, but is a little more frank when he describes “the fatal problem with poetry: poems”. War of words 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z But Kobabe and others note that many of the challenges stem from the memoir’s frank discussion of gender fluidity. Book Banning Efforts Surged in 2021. These Titles Were the Most Targeted. 2022-04-04T04:00:00Z “As frank as they are, they aren’t confessions,” she says of the essays. ‘Unspeakable,’ Essays by Meghan Daum 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z It's easier to be frank about sexual attraction – here and when the BBC version undresses Firth – than to admit, as Jane Austen does, the amorous allure of money. The classics revisited 2011-08-20T23:04:02Z Furthermore, TV writers, especially those in mostly censor-free premium cable and streaming TV, are undoubtedly eager to push the envelope of frank realism in a less puritanical era. Awkward Sex, Onscreen and Off 2016-10-08T04:00:00Z It was one of Scott's rare forays into sci-fi, but it remained frank, no-nonsense entertainment. Tony Scott: a career in clips 2012-08-20T11:31:18Z It was all the harder for independent filmmakers when their artistic originality was accompanied by frank and daring ideas about race and gender. The Front Row: “Ganja & Hess” 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z A few weeks later, after the holidays, on a “first date” in Brooklyn that both came to with some trepidation, they had a frank conversation about their aspirations and their hopes and their values. The ‘Right Time’ Came a Decade Later 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z The record’s song is plucky and mesmerizing, as is the movie; its end, frank and poetic at once, is the end we will all meet. The Screening Room: “(Otto)” 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z In being so frank, perhaps she feels relief. Tiger, Tiger: What is the point of reading this memoir of abuse? 2011-03-27T00:05:57Z No. I would still be frank and honest and funny, but I’d be more sensitive. | Sandra Bernhard on How She Plans to Ring in the New Year 2013-12-23T20:13:06Z “I think it’s important to destigmatize a healthy, naturally occurring monthly process not just to men, but also among women to encourage frank and open dialogue about our reproductive health,” Patel told Salon. “It’s my ‘downstairs mixup’”: Comedians hilariously describe their relationships with their periods 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z And to be frank, if you don't want to bust a few moves when she's performing like an adrenalised marionette, then you might technically be dead. Pitchfork Music festival Paris speaks the international language of indie 2012-11-08T10:36:38Z Her Bathsheba is brisk and practical, frank and friendly, and a little impatient with the trio of suitors who admire her moxie even as they compete for the honor of suppressing it. Review: ‘Far From the Madding Crowd,’ the Rom-Com 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z The book turns out to be a surprisingly frank look at Gifford’s fight, and the couple’s loving bond. Galley Girl: The Tragic and Inspiring Tale of Gabby Giffords 2011-12-11T16:46:42Z In its brief run, Wilmore's show has tackled some thorny subjects, such as a recent episode that featured a frank discussion of black fatherhood. New 'Daily Show' host Trevor Noah heralds a new frontier in TV: diversity 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z With her frank and unpretentious point of view, Bushnell developed an appealing and assured mode of storytelling that marries aspirational fantasy with friendly confessional. ‘Is There Still Sex in the City?’ Review: Candace Bushnell Dishes Hot Details 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z He is a fine man and a loving husband, but let’s be frank: Whatever the heck was happening was not going to be his particular problem to solve. Perspective | How to make the Internet bug out 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z This home movie footage of Russell Brand is pretty hard to watch, but it's typical of Brand's self-absorbed/searingly honest character that he has chosen to include it in this frank documentary about heroin addiction. TV highlights 16/08/2012 2012-08-15T19:00:03Z This frank, unruly look at sex, privilege and power unfolds so much like real life that it proves an intriguing and strangely immersive experience. 'Welcome to New York' a fearless take on real-life sex scandal 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z A court in Switzerland convicted a museum cashier on Friday of stealing almost a million swiss franks by pocketing entry fees paid by visitors at the Beyeler Foundation, a prestigious art museum outside Basel. Swiss Museum Cashier Pockets Over $1 Million in Yearslong Scam 2023-08-08T04:00:00Z The narrative is also interrupted by disturbingly frank mini-profiles of the kids murdered in the initial mass shooting. Review | 3 novels that aim for the heart of America’s love affair with guns 2018-03-19T04:00:00Z “But Jimmy’s got to get through this surgical thing and see where he is and have frank conversations about what’s possible.” Scrambling at the Met Before James Levine?s Surgery 2010-04-05T22:24:00Z “Vida” makes a lot of racket while trying to be sex-positive; like “Looking” and “Girls,” these scenes aim to be frank and provocative but can just as easily come off as gratuitous and immature. Review | Beneath ‘Vida’s’ so-so take on family drama, there’s a better show about gentrification 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z It's one of the frankest depictions of King's addictions you'll find in his books. Rereading Stephen King: week 17 – Cycle of the Werewolf 2013-03-07T12:02:36Z In her memoir of “midlife reckoning” called “Love and Trouble,” Claire Dederer sidesteps both theatrical prose and broad clichés in favor of frank and colorful admissions of impatience, lust and guilt. For Better, for Worse: Three Memoirs Report From Marriage Country 2017-05-16T04:00:00Z You’re so frank in the book about your own struggles with mental health. ‘I Came From Nothing’: An Undocumented Writer Defies the Odds 2020-10-21T04:00:00Z His supervisor should speak with him, be completely frank about his job performance and suggest strongly that his job will be in jeopardy if he doesn’t step up. Perspective | Ask Amy: Late arrivers don’t get to sulk in the kitchen 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z This is a chilling claim, but Stein repeatedly allows herself to be impolitic and wincingly frank, almost using herself as a foil for the limitations of second-wave feminism. ‘Unbound’ Shows Transgender Men Ripping Up Old Scripts 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z I will be frank with you: I am a little boy. A Q&A with Cars 2 Director John Lasseter 2011-06-22T09:30:00Z Her essays felt like aged Lucinda Williams’ songs, the rawness sanded down, the comedy born of wisdom softening the angst, but the voice still frank and strong. Nora Ephron: Remembering Everything 2012-06-27T08:30:05Z Shields said, speaking with the frank candor of a woman who has spent endless hours talking about why she is the way she is. Brooke Shields is just getting started 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z Throughout the conversation, Shields is stoic but sharp, and offers frank observations about losing her religious faith, enduring breast cancer and approaching the end of her life. The Radical Ordinariness of Carol Shields’s Literary World 2020-08-15T04:00:00Z And she is frank about her own struggles with addiction and her tortured emotional past. | 'High': Assisting Recovery, Craving Redemption 2011-04-20T02:01:29Z Are you more frank when the chat is virtual? Robots give uneasy comfort in the sly sci-fi play ‘Marjorie Prime’ at Olney 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z If a follow-up is necessary, Miss Manners prefers, “Can we speak about something else?” to the frank, “I’m still not able to talk about it.” Perspective | Miss Manners: Guest shocked to see host’s four-legged dishwasher 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z From frank lines about her “daddy issues” in “I Love You, I Hate You” to her discussion of female empowerment in “Woman,” Little Simz covers a lot of ground in her sprawling 19-track record. AP’s top albums of 2021: ‘Sour,’ ‘Donda,’ H.E.R. and Eilish 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z Ms. Schumer has long used stand-up material filled with frank talk about sex. ‘Trainwreck Comedy Tour’ Is Amy Schumer’s Thing 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z Appearing before a camera “bores me and it scares the s--- out of me, to be frank,” he said during a “My Own Private Idaho” 1991 promotional interview, where he never removed his sunglasses. River Phoenix died 25 years ago. He’s still slipping away from us. 2018-10-28T04:00:00Z The picture is striking for its frank, loving depiction of the messy aftermath of sex. A Photographer’s Intimate Chronicle of Her First Romantic Relationship With a Woman 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z This Is 40 is in fact, within its limits, an honest, frank, often painful film about married life, bringing up children, dealing tactfully with difficult parents, getting older without necessarily getting wiser. This Is 40 – review 2013-02-17T00:06:00Z “Lonely Boy” is a pretty frank tale that asks for little forgiveness. ‘Pistol’ Tells Steve Jones’s Story. With a Touch of Showbiz. 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z Though it's a multicourse meal, it's not tough to successfully execute at home if you think beyond the humble backyard franks and patties. 14 flavor-packed recipes for the best Korean barbecue 2021-07-21T04:00:00Z There were no light shows and no fireworks and, to be frank, they weren't remotely missed; Japandroids' slaloming, hurtling, bruised and tuneful noise satisfies on its own terms. Japandroids – review 2012-10-29T18:50:18Z It exists in a frank embrace of the support or ground on which all this light-play happens: the technology that produces it. Light fantastic 2013-01-26T09:00:44Z After their frank discussion, "we started to form our own language, our own communication," Basinger said. Kim Basinger made the time for low-budget '11th Hour' 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z Falling Down was controversial, not least because of its frank depiction of the racist, aggressive “angry white male” stereotype. Michael Douglas: five best moments 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z With its frank discussions of racial prejudice, feminism, the Vietnam War and other hot-button issues, “All in the Family” shattered TV taboos. Bud Yorkin, innovative TV producer and director, dies at 89 2015-08-19T04:00:00Z "The famous problem of the movie's frank language turns out to be no problem at all," critic Richard Schickel observed at the time. How Elizabeth Taylor silenced the censors 2011-03-30T23:53:15Z Ralph Ellison brought readers to underground places and dared them to listen for lower frequencies to find a frank and fearsome accounting of Black experience. Black Experience, Past and Present, Made Haunting and Surreal 2023-06-18T04:00:00Z A Jesuit unafraid of frank debate, Francis has set off a clash of opinions not seen since the reformist Second Vatican Council of 1962-1965. Pope Francis plays long game to reform Catholic Church 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z Text-book catharsis, manages to be frank, funny and sweet – much like Grant himself – while considering the origins of its author's crippled self-esteem. John Grant 2010-06-19T23:05:00Z But he says he was immediately drawn to Morris’s script, reading it in one sitting and impressed by the openness and believability of her female characters – particularly in their frank discussion of sex. Simon Pegg: ‘I find it very hard to write for women’ 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z Among new arrivals there’s Charles Demuth’s frank and lovely pencil drawing “Two Men Urinating,” which concludes a wall of his watercolors. Art Review: ‘American Legends: Calder to O’Keeffe’ at Whitney Museum 2012-12-27T22:56:49Z Where another writer might seek the most self-flattering light, Tillman is unsparingly frank about the power she knew she had: “I was conscious of it, but didn’t forsake my privilege.” ‘Mothercare’ Takes a Hard Look at What Happens When Duty Outlives Love 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z At work she is frank, sensible and at times relentless, but she professed not to be overly demanding of her staff, merely confident that she knows what is right and wrong. Still the Boss of Le Bernardin, Maguy Le Coze Strides On 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z Stella’s path to a happy ending is littered with obstacles, from her discomfort with human touch to her frank — and sometimes unintentionally insensitive — conversation style. A romance novelist struggled with Asperger’s. Now she writes about love on the spectrum. 2019-07-19T04:00:00Z Like much of his art, it is autobiographical: a frank representation of his young self and his obsession with popular culture. Peter Blake, ‘Sgt. Pepper’ Artist, Still Going In and Out of Style 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z It's a frank exploration of one individual's journey to authenticity, and a hopeful case for a kinder version of Christianity. "As a Woman" author Paula Stone Williams: I was "unaware of my male privilege" until transition 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z Blair promised a frank account of his life in politics, and he delivered. Stryker McGuire: 'Americans have had a taste of Blair's feud with Gordon Brown, but they will be struck by Blair's venom' 2010-09-04T23:06:00Z Civil rights leaders will join survivors of tragedy for a frank discussion on the black lives matter movement in New Orleans this week. Essence Festival to Focus on Black Lives Matter 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z The first explanation, and to be frank the most straightforward, has to be that the men are simply better. Forward poetry prize: who got rid of the women? 2011-07-14T12:06:45Z Closeness and frank conversations can emerge out of this swathe of time, at unplanned moments such as during a journey to a football match or while doing another activity. 'You will have an emotional reboot': the ultimate guide to stress at every age 2019-02-03T05:00:00Z Aside from being the frank reflections of legendary musicians, these books refute notions of the tortured genius. The Beach Boy and the Boss: Darkness on the Edges of Two Memoirs 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z What follows is a remarkably frank conversation, with more peaks and troughs than the Rockies. Mark Serwotka: ‘I read on Twitter eight weeks ago that I was dead’ 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z Both the stage musical and the film filtered the 1950s through the prism of the 1970s, offering an often frank, funny and unsentimental view of sex, class and gender at an American high school. In This ‘Grease’ Prequel Series, Pink Is the Word 2023-04-04T04:00:00Z The launching experience is, to be frank, mainly lonely. The book launch letdown 2011-08-23T10:26:59Z Lightfoot is frank about sizing up that work — the movie opens with him expressing disdain for the sexism of his early hit “For Lovin’ Me” — and he’s refreshingly up-to-date in his perspectives about today’s music. ‘Gordon Lightfoot: If You Could Read My Mind’ Review: A Troubadour Looks Back 2020-07-29T04:00:00Z Limbaugh, 70, has been frank about his struggle with what he said last year is advanced lung cancer. Rush Limbaugh is ailing. And so is the conservative talk-radio industry. 2021-02-09T05:00:00Z The Tibetan historical narrative, to put it mildly, is more frank. Thinking of visiting Tibet? Amdo is one of the best places for first-timers. 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z Such frank and straightforward storytelling is poignant, even if it sometimes leads to a shortage of tension or plot. Review: In ‘This Is Mary Brown,’ Mom Has Troubles but Is Quite a Character 2015-06-14T04:00:00Z But Mr. Martins has been frank about what “Les Bosquets,” which opens almost every program this week, is supposed to do for City Ballet: attract the young people who follow J R on social media. Dance Review: New York City Ballet’s Spring Season Begins 2014-04-30T17:50:19Z Theatergoers with sensibilities not attuned to the frank discussion of sex among the hookup generation should be forewarned. | 'Bachelorette': Wedding Trash Talk in Leslye Headland?s Comedy 2010-07-27T02:04:00Z Kate, a frank Midwesterner, described all of this on the phone to me last week. Perspective | The slippery language around domestic violence 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z Perhaps not always fortunately, subsequent writers, far more frank and confessional, showed far fewer qualms in writing about their fathers. Andre Gerard's top 10 father memoirs 2013-06-12T15:11:54Z He is very likable, willing to tease himself and disarmingly frank. Jason Donovan 2010-10-16T23:05:00Z Her frank articles about pop culture and sex, which she wrote in her first job at New York magazine from the late 1990s, provided the template of what I wanted to write one day. ‘All my friends had some nightmare experience trying to get pregnant. My story took the cake’ 2017-03-11T05:00:00Z As with Channel 4's excellent maternity ward documentary One Born Every Minute, it's moving without being sentimental, and frank without being morbid – especially when giving a platform to some heroically cussed teens, refusing further operations. Great Ormond Street 2010-04-19T23:05:00Z Their Gen Z daughters are profoundly frank when it comes to their ever-evolving bodies: They would never call their period being “on the rag,” or, God forbid, “the curse.” Welcome to the Menopause Gold Rush 2022-12-20T05:00:00Z That was long and kind of disgusting, if you don’t mind my being completely frank with you. What would a theater critic write to the creator of 'Letters From a Nut'? Well, let's start with ... 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z Vuong also likes O’Hara and the other New York School poets for their frank sex talk. How a Poet Named Ocean Means to Fix the English Language 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z Given the frank exceptionality of those numbers, there is a specious argument to make here about resonance and communion and what it means, qualitatively speaking, to reach huge numbers of people with your art. Can We Escape the Diabolical Clichés of Coldplay? 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z “These frank and poignant oral histories of many of the nation’s musical icons give us unique insights into them as artists, entertainers and human beings.” Bono, Bob Dylan and Ella Fitzgerald Among Rare Interviews Soon Available to the Public 2012-06-19T10:45:32Z The book, “Early Stages,” was instead a frank examination of her childhood and the years of turmoil that formed her, ending poignantly with the deaths of her parents. Anne Jackson, Stage Star With Her Husband, Eli Wallach, Dies at 90 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z Miller and Shales must be extraordinarily talented interviewers, because their subjects are surprisingly uninhibited and frank and willing to dish and slag. Those Guys Have All the Fun: An Unauthorized, Uninhibited History of ESPN 2011-05-25T15:20:00Z Ephron’s frank and hilarious commentary on such unmentionables as the problem with feminine hygiene sprays, our cultural obsession with breasts and the shackles of ladylike behavior all struck a deep chord with me. “Don’t become invisible”: My Lubavitcher mother couldn’t utter the words, but let me discover Nora Ephron and Ms. and Judy Chicago 2015-07-11T04:00:00Z But Ms. Heller is frank without being exploitative and morally serious without being moralistic. New Directors/New Films Festival Gives Spotlight to Youth 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z Timothy Hull, center, with “frank o’hara in laurels,” 2008, left, and “vases in cases and in case the case of vases in cases,” 2011, right. | Timothy Hull 2011-02-04T21:24:12Z “They are derisive about fantasies of racial purity, black or white. They are unsparing on the madness of racial classification but frank, and very beautiful, on the lure of racial belonging.” 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z We point and laugh because, to be frank, it’s increasingly cathartic in a world that seems beyond the control of normal people. Golden Globes: thank you, famous people, for embarrassment, insincerity … and Mel 2016-01-08T05:00:00Z “I realised it was an interesting way to have frank, non-judgmental conversations with a teen audience about sex,” says Nunn, “but always in a light-hearted way.” 'Take care of your actors': the intimacy director keeping Netflix’s sex scenes safe 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z It’s not a support group; the point is simply to encourage more frank conversation. 'So, do you come here often?' An evening at New York's Death Café 2016-05-21T04:00:00Z The contestants could be frank and honest about the kind of bodily evaluation that goes into very-short-term dating, but instead still speak about “connections” and potential futures together. “Dating Naked”: Welcome to the nude reality-show boom 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z To change history is one thing – to be frank about what happens afterwards takes rare honesty. Peter Fonda: the elegant rebel who set the counterculture in motion 2019-08-17T04:00:00Z Mr. Foote read an early draft of “Him,” she said, and “he was shocked by it, how dark it was and frank.” Stage Fright: Daisy Foote on Writing Since the Death of Her Father, Horton 2012-09-27T22:29:22Z Mr. Colbert’s comedy hasn’t become radically different, but it has been more frank and caustic. Colbert Rides a Trump Wave, While Fallon Treads Water 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z Before Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj performed “Side by Side,” their frank boudoir anthem to women on top, Ms. Franklin confidently laid down a similar groove, setting the pace for “this funky dance all night.” Aretha Franklin Was the Personification of Black Woman Magic 2018-08-18T04:00:00Z First published in 1983, the book horrified some with its frank portrayals of the women at their most unguarded, vulnerable or drunk, but there’s no denying its power. Times Critics’ Top Books of 2017 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z Malcolm implicates herself in that immorality, and the essays in “Nobody’s Looking at You” might be understood, in their sequencing, as an amplification of that earlier book’s famous opening and frank project. In the Hands of Janet Malcolm, Journalism Becomes Art 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z As the rotund Robert gets a little too frank about his intentions, his wife and Daniel draw away from him in moral disgust and each walks off in a different direction. A Late Quartet – review 2013-04-06T23:06:19Z In a frank and wide-ranging interview on BBC2’s Newsnight, she said the casting-couch culture exposed in the past week was endemic and part of a systemic gender crisis that was endangering girls and women. Colin Firth expresses shame at failing to act on Weinstein allegation 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z However, Zambra turns sentiment and nostalgia into occasions for humor, vulnerability and truth by deploying a frank specificity. For the Art of Love and the Love of Art 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z But Ms. Cody’s book for “Jagged Little Pill” — which strips away the picture-perfect veneer of a Connecticut family over the course of a year — is unapologetically on brand: by turns bitingly satirical, touching and frank. Has Alanis Morissette Made the Most Woke Musical Since ‘Hair’? 2018-05-16T04:00:00Z Its frank, gritty language brazenly violated the Production Code, rigid guidelines that had dictated the content of American movies since 1934. How Elizabeth Taylor silenced the censors 2011-03-30T23:53:15Z With its frank examination of race, gender and class, "American Crime" is the more thematically provocative show, a gratifying breakthrough for television and a truly golden child of the age. ABC's 'American Crime,' USA's 'Dig' up the ante on Thursdays 2015-03-04T05:00:00Z One answer to our family impasse is an open dialogue, a frank exchange of feelings and a willingness for collective compromise. How to Win the Clutter War 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z He was frank about the cynical needs of the pop industry and the cruel distinction between being good and being great — the difference between a singer and a star. The End of ‘American Idol,’ TV’s Last Cultural Big Tent 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z Where this book sharply departs from Strout’s previous work is in its frank, unapologetic emphasis on forbidden desire. Elizabeth Strout’s Lovely New Novel Is a Requiem for Small-Town Pain 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z As a character study it is rich and insightful, frank in its judgments but deeply sympathetic to the man Gabler regards as “the most complex of the Kennedys.” The Best of the Kennedys? 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z Good call: Scheuer’s melodies may not be quite as irresistible as Simon’s best, but Scheuer’s delivery is equally frank and generous. The one-man musical 'The Lion' leaps to the L.A. stage with songs of regret and hope 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z The production often harks back to Simon and Garfunkel’s pristine guitars and the Beatles’ string ensembles, but her frank self-questioning is new. Selena Gomez’s Boldly Revealing Ballad, and 9 More New Songs 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z Gutierrez, who had a podcast called “Are You for Sale?,” has been unusually frank about the financial precariousness of artists’ lives in New York. Miguel Gutierrez Awarded New York Live Arts Residency 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z Nowadays, however, even right-wing pundits feel the need to cloak their attacks with false pretenses and evoke sexist stereotypes through insinuation, rather than the frank misogyny they would have used in the past. Women's World Cup was a triumph — and totally triggered the right-wing snowflakes 2019-07-09T04:00:00Z Decades into his singularly successful career as an actor, Paul Newman offered a frank admission. A Posthumous Memoir Reveals Paul Newman in His Own Words 2022-10-16T04:00:00Z Reading that, I’m reminded of the stories of William Carlos Williams when he wrote as the family doctor he was—his directness, his frank and knowledgeable details of medical conditions and treatment, his objective reporting. The Story Is the Thing: On Lucia Berlin 2015-08-12T04:00:00Z The new film doesn’t ignore them but adds perspective through frank interviews with, among others, two jurors and Mark Fuhrman, the former police detective whose record of racist remarks proved damaging to the prosecution’s case. It’s a Long Story: ‘O.J.: Made in America’ Seeks Your Time 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z They are frank, beautiful, bewitching — they unmask their subjects’ best and truest selves. Review: ‘Insomniac City’ Recalls Life With Oliver Sacks 2017-02-08T05:00:00Z The online world has recently engaged in a frank and intermittently illuminating conversation with itself over the meaning — if there is one — of the word “clickbait.” RIP “clickbait”: The REAL reason to stop talking about this word 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z The story and its subjects can be unsettlingly frank, but “The Deuce” excels at examining corruption and sin as innately human instincts — and as business propositions. Review | Fall TV 2017: 10 new shows worth checking out (and 5 you can totally skip) 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z Still, the idea of the first lady as a brand is not unheard of — though it is rarely spoken of in such frank terms. The Melania controversy is nothing new: Eleanor Roosevelt pitched hot dog buns. 2017-02-08T05:00:00Z “To be very frank, I think it was harmful,” he said. Reynold Levy’s New Book Names Names, Including the Met and Peter Gelb 2015-04-15T04:00:00Z “Death” does not shy away from mortality, but it’s not gloomy: The show’s approach is frank, warm and wise. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z Which is why it isn’t surprising that her frank "Brief But Spectacular" segment about growing old has been viewed 7 million times since it originally aired on PBS NewsHour. “Brief But Spectacular” stars Mahogany L. Browne and Flossie Lewis in conversation 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z Some of this, like his explanation of why he smiles so much, is brutally frank. Jerrod Carmichael Comes Out in a Riveting Special That’s About So Much More 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z Powell was no happier when he was targeted in “gossipy and disobligingly frank extracts” of Waugh’s diaries, published posthumously. The One-Hit Author Whose One Hit Had 12 Volumes 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z Though nothing explicit is shown, all the story lines in “Super Deluxe” have a little sexual motor, and there’s plenty of frank, off-color language, too. ‘Super Deluxe’ Review: A Tamil Film, With a Cosmic Indie Vibe 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z They are unsparing on the madness of racial classification but frank, and very beautiful, on the lure of racial belonging. Two Classic American Novels About the Madness and Beauty of Race 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z They were also, if we are being frank, exploiting the word’s particular taboo charge, one only intensified when the writer is a white Southerner. Riff: How William Faulkner Tackled Race — and Freed the South From Itself 2012-06-30T04:00:04Z A response from Kathleen Volk Miller, whose essay about her very frank talk with her daughter led to a lot of equally frank responses. Motherlode: More on the Mother-Daughter Sex Talk 2011-07-29T22:03:26Z Is this a kind of horror film or a frank depiction of individuals’ negotiating market forces to their advantage? NoBudge, a One-Man Independent Film Factory 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z Television — all entertainment, if you want to be frank about it — is a boys’ club. Trump’s great TV comeuppance: The very thing that created Donald Trump is destroying him 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z To anyone wishing to look their best – the flaws of the flesh concealed – she must have seemed disobligingly frank, though only if one believed in the body as the soul's representative. Alice Neel: Painted Truths 2010-07-10T23:05:00Z The survivor’s calculus is frank, even as we witness those same nurses muscling their way through spartan university conditions, knowingly graduating into the teeth of the disaster’s wreckage.. In ‘Zo,’ Love Must Overcome Class Difference and Disaster 2020-08-11T04:00:00Z Projects like those that APF produces typically involve a huge amount of logistical maneuvering, and, to be frank, a huge amount of cash. AD Innovator: Art Production Fund 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z During a recent interview at The Blue Box Cafe at the Tiffany flagship store on Fifth Avenue, Ferg was frank about the mutual interest driving the partnership. ASAP Ferg Feels ‘Like a Walking MoMA Installation’ 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z He didn’t think the way he’d help people was simply by being himself on a global TV show – or by penning a generous and frank memoir. Jonathan Van Ness on being HIV positive: 'It gave me a reason to really fight' 2019-09-22T04:00:00Z This frank and informative commentary was attached to the Criterion Collection laser disc of the movie. A Robot Romance on Amazon, American Indies and a ‘Taxi Driver’ Commentary 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z “To be quite frank, you just find a way to make it work. What I really appreciate about her is she gets that. And I feel it’s my job to support her doing her work.” Two Actors Find the Perfect Parts in Love 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z As I've written before, it's a beautiful, frank story about life and loss in professional kitchens. Why is everyone so horny for kitchen slang? 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z The diary entries are also frank about how autism affects McAnulty’s life. A Young Naturalist Inspires With Joy, Not Doom 2021-07-07T04:00:00Z I think I was reaching critical mass with watching directors screw up my performances, to be perfectly frank with you. Kyra Sedgwick knows we're obsessed with her marriage to Kevin Bacon: "I totally feel pressure" 2023-04-14T04:00:00Z There are a more than a few clumsy moments, but for the most part Simien's feature debut is funny and frank in all the right ways. 'Dear White People' takes a funny, frank, provocative look at race 2015-01-31T05:00:00Z I made the mistake of not ordering my frank well done, so after the first flabby one, I returned to the counter. Chat & Chow: Making ‘Famous Nathan,’ a Film at the Tribeca Festival 2014-04-24T14:00:02Z “She was a powerful gray-haired lady who knew her own mind and spoke in a frank sort of way,” Mr. Burlingame said recently. The Invisible Hand Behind Harper Lee’s ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ 2015-07-12T04:00:00Z He was very open with his feelings but, paradoxically, very reserved with them even though entirely frank about that reserve. 'This is the best moment of my life,' he said, lying in the bath: Ian Holm remembered 2020-06-22T04:00:00Z The effect is enhanced by Kehlani’s seeming hunger for vulnerability across the board, and her eagerness to use this album to showcase the voices of other women willing to be as frank as she is. Review: Kehlani’s ‘SweetSexySavage’ Gives Love an R&B Workout 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z WARNING: this podcast contains frank information and graphic details about animal sex. Science Weekly podcast: The birds and the bees (X-rated version) 2011-02-14T00:01:00Z Your neighbor has been frank with you regarding her intentions. Perspective | Ask Amy: Vaccination conflict interrupts friendship 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z What followed was a frank, often funny examination of the disparity in sexual attention that male and female musicians receive, with hearty tweets of agreement from the likes of Michelle Branch and Anya Marina. Why don't female rock stars have groupies? 2011-02-22T16:23:00Z Coco Chanel, frank and combative as always, attacked the miniskirt as “an exhibition of meat,” but upheld the primacy of the “spirit of Paris” as fashion’s supreme instigator. If These Dresses Could Talk 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z To be frank, it's about time there was somewhere to read positive prose showcasing all that is great about the places and people up here. Northern Soul: my antidote to Fleet Street's abandonment of the North 2013-07-05T11:11:00Z Another favorite is “maybe,” as he reflects on alternatives to what happened, offering frank confessions of his own uncertainties and doubts. In ‘A Promised Land,’ Barack Obama Thinks — and Thinks Some More — Over His First Term 2020-11-15T05:00:00Z “The Season,” by William Goldman, has attained a kind of classic stature as an in-depth look at a single Broadway season from the perspective of a writer with a frank style and opinions to spare. ArtsBeat Blog: Theater Talkback: I Could Read a Book 2011-10-21T18:29:04Z When she begins writing her son, Jordan, her anecdotes can be frank, or frisky. ‘A Journal for Jordan’ Review: Reflections on Love Built and Lost 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z He also had a secondary passion for painting: He produced hundreds if not thousands of frank, idiosyncratic pictures, many of which were repurposed as album cover art. Hamish Kilgour, Whose New Zealand Cult Band Had Reach, Dies at 65 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z For everyone else, the ramen is a reset, a dish served with a frank discussion about how long and how hard it might be to get back to the rim. Saving Lives at the Grand Canyon, One Salty Snack at a Time 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z What’s different this time around is the frank misanthropy with which Wyatt indulges it. Hollywood's summer of revolution 2011-09-14T18:01:00Z Without a guitar in his hands, reaching that cathartic moment proves rather more challenging, but Who I Am is an unusually frank and moving attempt. Who I Am: A Memoir by Pete Townshend - review 2012-10-09T11:35:01Z Is that part of what I've learned is what matters to me the most, to be frank. "People are actively, persistently racist": Poet Joshua Bennett on performative anti-racism 2020-09-12T04:00:00Z Singing or talking, he’s appealingly frank: He sticks to facts, letting a hurtful comment hang in the air but then moving into one of his gnawing, introspective, largely delightful songs. Singer-guitarist Benjamin Scheuer purrs his life and times in ‘The Lion’ 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z Illustration: Steve May/Arena Recently I shared a train carriage with two people whose frank exchange of narcotic chit-chat – while not without its tragedies – was at least a break from the norm. Michael Holden's All ears 2010-12-11T00:07:00Z “To be frank, I had hesitation about the book Heart of Glass, because I did not like the tone of adulation toward me,” Herzog writes in an Afterword, implicitly endorsing this more nuanced portrait. Werner Herzog, chicken hypnotist 2012-08-28T20:54:00Z Others wondered if her frank discussion of it made Ms. Weiss appear tone deaf. Dara-Lynn Weiss to Write Book on Policing Young Daughter?s Diet 2012-03-30T22:56:57Z These were uncomfortable, frank observations that raised difficult truths. Broadchurch is a place overrun with casual misogyny – just like real life 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z When we spoke, he lauded the game’s inclusive spirit, but he was also frank. The Twenty-Five-Year Journey of Magic: The Gathering 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z The book features essays on the changing role of the country house as well as a frank discussion of enslaved people and their roles at these estates. Perspective | The ‘Downton Abbey’ movie trailer is out. What to read while you wait for the film. 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z As I strolled past iron fences and hedges, security guards in glass booths eyed me with frank suspicion. Lake Geneva as Shelley and Byron Knew It 2011-05-27T19:00:27Z For Oliver, though, one of the biggest things missing from most sex education programs in the U.S. is a frank conversation about consent. Watch John Oliver on Sex Education 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z “My assessment was that Ms Nevin was a frank, forthright and honest witness, and that her evidence was reliable.” Geoffrey Rush versus Daily Telegraph: what swung the ruling the actor's way 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z The Greeks are quite frank about their motivation for the gift. Eurovision 2013: Reporter's log 2013-05-16T16:55:24Z They were remarkably open and eager to explain themselves, to be hesitant, to be frank about their uncertainties. What I'm thinking about ... men turning 40 2013-03-11T04:46:40Z He concluded: “The onus was on her to be full and frank in her instructions at that time.” ‘Intimate terrorism’: how an abusive relationship led a young woman to kill her partner 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z I know, to be perfectly frank with you, last time we talked, you were in a different position. The Democratic Presidential Candidate Eager to Challenge Trump on Immigration 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z Raised on the canny work — and work ethic — of artists like Taylor Swift, Lavigne and Phair, Allison is frank, if a little abashed, about the scale of her ambitions for Soccer Mommy. Soccer Mommy Is Pushing Through the Indie-Rock Growing Pains 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z We hear Thomas asking Mama Bush frank questions about her mother’s past, their past and their work together. ‘MUSE’ offers a look at painter Mickalene Thomas’ photography — and at the artist herself 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z Let's be frank: The Umbrellas of Cherbourg was not made for children, but smaller children – girls especially – can be transfixed by the spectacle. Commission us: a library of kids' films 2010-10-11T13:50:00Z But let’s be frank–it’s about dollars and cents, and that’s not a bad thing. In TV's New Reality, Diversity Is Just Good Business 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z In a recent conversation at Houston Ballet, Anderson spoke about “Plumshuga,” being a ballet pioneer and being frank about addiction. A Pioneering Black Ballerina’s Life Story Comes to the Stage 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z Could you imagine a frank, funny docudrama about wheeling and dealing in the U.S. London theater, 2013: Not a bargain, but the real deal 2013-05-08T21:15:06Z What made him so was more than his unsparingly frank sensibility, more than his visual imagination, more than his ferociously anti-romantic romantic vision and his post-religious religious vision. The Rarely Seen Ingmar Bergman Thriller That Bergman Himself Rejected 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z There is no preamble and the register of the conversation is quite extraordinarily frank. Tino Sehgal: These Associations – review 2012-07-28T23:05:31Z The ninety-minute film is existential in the frankest sense—the confrontation, in real time, with one’s impending death—and is set in Paris, entirely within the two-hour span of the title. Agnes Varda’s Radically Personal Films 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z Gethard is no stranger to finding the humor in the darkest aspects of his own life — he’s been frank about his history of depression and suicidal ideation for much of his career. WATCH: Chris Gethard on his “Career Suicide” 2017-05-05T04:00:00Z Maybe the smart team that put it together can be reconvened for a leaner, meaner, franker version in the future. At ‘Greater New York,’ Rising Art Stars Meet the Old School 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z When I got them home I found, stuffed between volumes two and three, a small envelope bearing 12p-worth of stamps and a franking mark that seemed to admonish the writer for the lack of postcode. The private life of books 2010-04-07T10:16:00Z When asked to comment, a Loose Women spokesperson said the show was "centred around topical debate and frank discussion" and included opinions "from a mix of viewpoints". Finnigan apologises for rape comments 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z But to be frank, just listening to his gentle British lilt — and I mean this in the best possible way — puts me to sleep. The Getaway: Can’t Sleep? This (Yawn) Might Work 2013-09-04T16:05:15Z It’s that, even as she resists unnecessary exposition, Mary refuses to be anything but frank. When the Oppens Gave Up Art to Fight Fascism 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z Which, to be frank, is a roll of the dice. My NYC parenting nightmare: It’s either hell or Larry David 2015-12-12T05:00:00Z In another show, “Unique Eats,” taped earlier this month at Bark, a boutique hot-dog shop in Park Slope, Brooklyn, the cameras lavished attention on baked heirloom beans and franks topped with Columbia County sauerkraut. The Food Network Expands With the Cooking Channel 2010-04-20T22:43:00Z The "Magnolia Table" host says her mother would chop up a bunch of franks, coat them in Korean spices, toss in some green onions and serve them with kimchee and rice. How Joanna Gaines and Ina Garten deliver a one-two punch of comfort (food) TV 2021-01-08T05:00:00Z Beard was admirably frank in her comments, noting that Wollstonecraft was not a great role model with her suicide attempts and "catastrophic taste in men". Radio review: Woman's Hour Live Balloon Debate 2010-06-17T06:59:00Z The book becomes an intimate portrait of the life of a beautiful if neurotic mind, and it is streaked with gossip, flinty observations, great good humor and — despite Isherwood’s fundamental discretion — plenty of frank talk. Books of The Times: Isherwood?s Singular Second Wind 2010-12-01T16:58:00Z Since Eva has been frank in her advocacy of stimulants, we begin our evening at a late-night café and demand the strongest coffee available. Yorkshire versus Ibiza: which is the perfect holiday? 2013-03-10T06:29:03Z Now in retirement, Jim Clark has put aside his diplomacy to write a revealing, funny, devastatingly frank account of a lifetime spent editing film. Dream Repairman: Adventures in Film Editing by Jim Clark with John H Myers ? review 2011-07-28T11:18:01Z Even without Stewart as a lead-in, it’s easy to imagine Wilmore continuing to attract positive attention for his frank panel conversations about little-discussed issues. Jon Stewart Leaves a Legacy of Several Generation-Defining Comedians 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z “The Warriors” has a cheerful goofiness and is heavy on teammate shenanigans, but it is also frank about the discrimination Maki faces as an Indigenous man. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z UnCruise Adventures should have been frank with you: It didn’t have the money to repay you, and it didn’t know when it would get the money. It’s been more than a year. Where’s the refund for my canceled Alaska cruise? | Travel Troubleshooter 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z “The show’s going to be pretty frank and audacious. But I’m very comfortable in that place.” Samantha Bee: 'I'm the only woman stupid enough to do this job' 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z So it was startling to find that, speaking by phone from her Chelsea studio, she was engaging and strikingly frank. Front Row: Is Issa in Line for Throne? 2010-11-24T20:50:00Z “We knew what we wanted from each other,” Iman said in the frank way that is her signature. Getting Personal With Iman 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z Her “frank and fresh and naïve and consistently delightful” observations, he wrote in his review of the book, made one thing obvious to him. Patience Abbe, 87, Child Chronicler of Travels, Is Dead 2012-03-31T17:55:57Z Let’s be frank with each other: if you can’t accept what he is offering then you should be seeking advice, academic and otherwise, from other quarters. I admitted feelings for a friend. Why is he deleting my emails? | Dear Mariella 2018-08-26T04:00:00Z It was her friend James Baldwin who recognized in this charismatic and frank talker a writer whose story demanded to be told. How Maya Angelou became the voice of America 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z Some were frank and open, spilling details about how they got pregnant. My job at the abortion hot line 2013-05-01T00:00:00Z Honest, frank and funny, it's all the things you'd expect from a live "act" honed to perfection. No Hats, No Trainers 2010-07-17T05:45:00Z And, to be perfectly frank, Broadway was the place that gave me freedom to explore my identity, freedom to explore my artistry. Ariana DeBose on Hosting the Tonys: ‘Whatever We Do Is Going to Be Fun’ 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z Blink-182 opens up its classic tune “Man Overboard” with the frank admission, “So sorry it’s over.” Blink-182 reveals news of a new album on Instagram 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z Told through the transcripts of the three full-length shows that sealed his reputation, Stewart Lee's astonishingly frank and detailed notes reveal the inspiration and inner workings of his approach to live performance. Stewart Lee Stewbilee 2010-08-04T09:13:00Z Beyond her frank humor Ms. Jeanrenaud seems proud of not hiding her disability. A Daughter of Kronos Revisits Quartet?s Fold 2012-02-24T20:17:42Z Well, it had been said that there wouldn’t be a lot of dialogue with him but I found him very forthcoming, incredibly frank, and really generous and refreshingly honest. “Refreshingly Honest”: Cate Blanchett on Working with Woody Allen 2013-07-18T16:16:38Z Pride in frank eccentricity pushes at times into the unintentionally absurd. ‘Aviva’ Review: Just the Two of Us (and Our Other Selves) 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z Sam has always been loyal and generous, neurotic and melodramatic, wickedly but unostentatiously smart, frank and funny and someone who makes the people around him feel funny, too, because he laughs frequently and hard. My Friend Has Cancer 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z “I want to be frank: I wasn’t sure in the past few weeks whether I would be here with you today,” he said. Documenta Takes Down Art After Antisemitism Accusations 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z Later, when Hammond goes back to Chicago and we speak on the phone, she is frank and grim about her feeling of political homelessness, and I’m struck by her vulnerability and fear. The Sound of Silence: what it means to be LGBTQ and a Zionist in today’s America 2017-08-06T04:00:00Z "Masters" was frank and funny and quite sincere in the way it looked at human longing and the need for connection. Early Emmy drama odds breaking 'Breaking Bad's' way 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z Back in the days when I would do two or three movies a year and have to do world junkets for each of them – that was tiring, to be completely frank. John Travolta: 'I don't think I would be here without Scientology' 2013-07-04T11:33:20Z It's lit noirishly, and she is acting independent – a frank, clever gal caught up in the war effort. Lauren Bacall obituary 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z But the most memorable, and often the funniest, are simple and frank. Anonymous confessions in a tell-all age: Frank Warren’s ‘The World of PostSecret’ 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z In his fiction he offers a dark-roast blend of the frank and the weird. Review: In John Irving’s ‘Avenue of Mysteries,’ a Blur of Aphorisms and Magical Events 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z I was absorbed by the stories of Natasha Rostov, Prince Andrei, and Pierre Bezukhov, and found the extremely long descriptions of fighting, especially of the Battle of Borodino, pretty boring, to be frank. What Kurt Vonnegut’s “Slaughterhouse-Five” Tells Us Now 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z She was shocked by how frank I was, but it stayed with her. Accepting imperfections is part of life, one reader writes 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z “Bacon was exhibitionistically frank about the traumatic adolescent events that would define his role as an artist as well as a lover,” according to Richardson. New ‘Revelations’ in the Life of Francis Bacon, a Master of Darkness and Distortion 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z On it, the singer offered frank autobiographical accounts of her experiences with gender reassignment, veering from acoustic ruminations to ripping, profane screeds. Pop & Rock Listings for May 22-28 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z Still, outside of his home region — and to be frank, even a little bit within it — Yelawolf is an artist in search of sympathetic ears. Music Review | Yelawolf: Alabama Rapper at Brooklyn Bowl, With ?Trunk Muzik? Mixtape 2010-03-09T22:31:00Z Groups must contend with frank discussions, personal frustration and, in some cases, canceled trips. Pandemic Travel, With Another Family or Maybe Three 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z I know how frank Bea can be, how she walks behind me when we’re out in public, checking whether the shiny, taut expanse of bare skin on my scalp is visible. Sheryl Crow’s tumor damage control 2012-06-06T15:40:00Z It is fruitless trying to summarize this bonkers movie because to be frank, I’m not sure I understood what going on. Five Science Fiction Movies to Stream Now 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z There’s an element of pride, or, rather, a frank lack of false modesty, in Godard’s procedure. “The Image Book,” Reviewed: Jean-Luc Godard Confronts Cinema’s Depiction of the Arab World 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z But even for her, her solo address to the audience was surprisingly frank, after a minutes-long standing ovation from the audience. Kelly Ripa’s victory: With her masterful return to “Live,” she reminds everyone who’s boss 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z Pollin is frank, formidable, at times imperious, a woman used to getting what she wants, and little concerned with what people think. At 92, Irene Pollin tells her story and spares no details 2016-07-04T04:00:00Z The speech was an angrier variation of the populist spiel he had given many times before, in which he insisted that the news should always be frank and unpretentious. ‘Succession’ Season 4, Episode 8 Recap: The Will of Some People 2023-05-14T04:00:00Z In response to the controversy, Bunting is frank. 'Shark Week': A Brief History 2010-08-02T08:00:00Z Infuriated: Clever, no, but meet my buddy “frank”: Perspective | Mother-in-law shares a secret but says to keep it from her son 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z The Heart Goes Last” is full of frank depictions of futuristic sex, including an unfortunate run-in with a malfunctioning robot and an amorous relationship between a woman and a teddy bear. Margaret Atwood, Digital Deep-Diver, Writes ‘The Heart Goes Last’ 2015-09-27T04:00:00Z To be frank, this episode felt like a letdown. "Top Chef: World All Stars" meets "Downton Abbey" for an elevated picnic Mrs. Patmore would hate 2023-04-14T04:00:00Z In her frank, and often very funny, memoir, Newman edges into the inner life of her son Gus and explores his affectionate bond with Apple’s personal assistant, Siri. New in Paperback: ‘To Siri With Love,’ ‘The Relive Box’ 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z “On Monday this occurred when Governor Romney and I engaged in what in diplomatic circles is called 'a frank exchange' over our respective records in the private sector.” After ripping Romney, Gingrich pledges 'positive' campaign 2011-12-13T15:30:00Z One of the few Obama administration members who come off well in this frank account — probably one of the best Washington memoirs ever — is Hillary Clinton. 100 Notable Books of 2014 2014-12-02T05:00:00Z Rose is kind, cheerful, frank, and she has a knack for telling stories laden with famous figures without sounding as if she’s name-dropping. ‘In the Company of Rose’ Review: A Singular Woman and a Life Well Lived 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z One frank portrait shows her looking trustingly straight to camera: on the back he captioned it "nee Charlotte Payne-Townshend Mrs Bernard Shaw" – then crossed that out and wrote "The green-eyed millionairess". George Bernard Shaw photographs uncover man behind myth 2011-07-05T12:25:40Z And let’s be frank: This is a no-kidding Met power moment, with monumental pictures by three of the grandest painters of the Venetian age, meaning of any age, lined up side by side. A Question Still Hanging at the Met Breuer: Why? 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z During a picnic in Riverside Park the following week, they had a frank conversation about what they were looking for in a relationship. A Pandemic Romance Worth the Wait, and the ‘Schlep’ 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z You can help him by encouraging him to be very frank about what feels good and what doesn’t. My boyfriend can't climax through vaginal sex 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z Ocean’s frank discussion of his romantic history was no doubt fueled by speculation over the content his upcoming solo debut “Channel Orange,” which Def Jam is releasing later this month. Frank Ocean’s brave revelation 2012-07-05T18:05:00Z "I must be frank and tell you that when I look back at some of my early writings and speeches, I am appalled by their pedantry, artificiality and lack of originality." Excerpts from Mandela book 2010-10-11T09:46:00Z His 1999 novel, “The Art of Suicide,” also published in Uyghur, contained frank passages about sex, mental illness and suicidal thoughts. A Uyghur Author and Translator Were Detained. Now, Their Novel Speaks For Them. 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z Gene Wilder's frank, charming memoir, "Kiss Me Like a Stranger," is refreshingly free from the two major sins of show-biz autobiographies: self-aggrandizement and score-settling. A charming, witty introduction to a 'Stranger' a la Gene Wilder 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z The Video Music Awards needs the sort of frank, unapologetic crudeness and outsized emotions a star as unafraid to look silly as Cyrus provides. Miley Cyrus is the Perfect Host for the Video Music Awards 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z So, before we begin, can we have a little chat, a little one-on-one, a frank tête-à-tête? "American Idol" recap: Sexual frustration edition 2010-03-10T16:01:00Z And here the show becomes something useful: a frank and unsentimental depiction of the fallout after suicide. Please Like Me raised the bar for Australian TV comedy. It also tore my heart out | Benjamin Law 2020-01-27T05:00:00Z This frank memoir begins when a mother of two learns she is unexpectedly pregnant. 9 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z Even with frank testimony filmed against a gleaming money-and-power New York backdrop, as a documentary whodunit “Client 9: The Rise and Fall of ” is not much of a mystery. Film: Client 9 and Other Interested Parties 2010-10-23T02:33:00Z The characters stay true to the temperaments they’ve been given — reserved and private but completely frank with one another when called for. Review: ‘Bosch’ Is Back, Still on the Straight and Narrow 2019-04-19T04:00:00Z Without sliding into confessional bathos, his voice was always personal and frank, creating in the reader a feeling of complicity, of shared knowledge and knowing humor. Review: ‘I Am Not Your Negro’ Will Make You Rethink Race 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z “Avilés approaches Eve’s inner life with frank and tactful sympathy, and depicts her circumstances with unsentimental clarity,” he added. What’s on TV Wednesday: ‘The Mandalorian’ and ‘The Chambermaid’ 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z Ms. Voigt also helped create and performed a frank and poignant one-woman autobiographical show there. Daniel J. Wakin Looks at Music in 2011 2011-12-23T19:09:53Z She's not always pleasant but she is a frank and funny and often stark and moving - a tribute to Coel's energetic performance. Coel: A rising star at the National 2014-03-25T08:07:12Z There’s no way to talk about arousal or its attendant feelings with dignity, so I’ll start with a frank and graceless admission. “Game of Thrones” fails the female gaze: Why does prestige TV refuse to cater erotically to women? 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z Far from being a nostalgic ego trip, though, Lapine’s book is astonishingly frank about the show’s troubles and his own shortcomings. Sunday in the Trenches With George 2021-07-28T04:00:00Z It seems to me that Jones wants to ennoble these infantrymen, whose lives he describes with such frank tenderness, and painterly attention to the telling small detail. The first world war's great novelist: David Jones 2011-02-04T13:58:23Z Hall’s previous book, “Essays After Eighty,” created a stir with its frank, dryly humorous perspective on debility and death. Review | Donald Hall’s parting gift: Essays on aging and not always gracefully 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z The authors, so frank on de Kooning’s private life, turn prim and almost anthropological when it comes to Bacon — and not even on the rough stuff. New ‘Revelations’ in the Life of Francis Bacon, a Master of Darkness and Distortion 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z At gatherings there, we hear frank discussions about the state of race, poverty and violence in the South. ‘What You Gonna Do’ Review: Struggles and Resilience in New Orleans 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z Cevapi, rugged skinless sausages of ground beef and lamb that look as if they’ve been in a fight, are wonderfully frank in flavor, almost hyperventilating with salt. At Pravue Cafe, Albanian Home Cooking in Queens 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z But the writing, from Jonathan Tropper, is more tart and frank than is customary in such exercises, particularly in the exchanges between Mr. Sudeikis and Mr. Harris. Comic Performers Play It Dark in Netflix Movies 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z They were about young women who wished to flee their stultifying families and small towns, and they were frank about sexual longing. Books of The Times: Edna O’Brien’s Memoir, ‘Country Girl’ 2013-04-29T19:31:34Z And perhaps the most encouraging aspect of the whole enterprise is its frank acknowledgement that the problem even exists. How the White House can fight the college rape epidemic 2014-04-29T14:41:00Z “I’m a really good director,” she said, going “off the cuff,” as she put it, to be frank. Arena Stage wins seven Hayes Awards, with ‘Anything Goes’ on top 2019-05-13T04:00:00Z But let's be frank: If you, too, think bay leaves are a conspiracy, chances are you aren't cooking with the right ones. Sorry, Ina, you're wrong this time: The subtle power of the bay leaf 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z Theatre Puget Sound is once again curating the stage shows, which include: Matt Smith’s humorous, but frank and at times shocking, chronicle focuses on Seattle racial tensions and homophobia in the mid-1960s. Nuns, swordplay in theater offerings | Bumbershoot 2013 2013-08-29T05:26:24Z In person, as on the page, Ms. Williams is funny and frank, as well as elusive. Diane Williams, a Master of the Very Short Story, Has a Very Big New Book 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z It’s important to have some frank discussions upfront so you can establish expectations for both parties and banish assumptions about caring for the house, caring for the pets, communicating with one another and more. Six tips for scoring housesitting gigs that will let you travel the world 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z Aside from the spiritualism and her frank depictions of sex, Craddock’s views on relations between women and men were almost fanatically traditional. ‘The Man Who Hated Women’ Is Mostly About the Women He Hated 2021-07-12T04:00:00Z Then Gabriel shows his work: a luminous and confrontationally frank neoclassical statue of a naked woman, a sculpture labelled “Truth.” Lois Weber’s Vital Films of the Early Silent Era 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z Couples are filmed side-by-side in their own homes, having frank conversations about their relationships and delivering tender moments in which they reminisce, cry, belly-laugh and comfort each other. ‘Black Love’ Keeps It Simple: Honesty, Not Antics 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z Lyrically, though, it's remarkable: brutal, frank and beautiful. John Murry: The Graceless Age – review 2013-05-02T21:30:02Z But the frank melodrama is redeemed by the restraint and subtlety of the storytelling, and sacrifice has never been rendered so transcendently. Critic’s Notebook: Mizoguchi Films in a Museum of the Moving Image Series 2014-05-01T22:16:40Z Would Bishop, as she hinted to Rich, write something more “frank” on the situation of women? Elizabeth and Alice 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z Such anxiety emerges as one of the strengths of House’s raw and tender prose — “Mother Noise” feels lovingly labored over, expertly whittled and chiseled into its current frank form. Three Memoirs That Re-examine Challenges in Life and Identity 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z Should advice pages for teenagers that have frank discussions about sex and sexual health be filtered? Web filtering: Why a Great British Firewall will be useless 2010-12-20T11:47:09Z While one does not want to be cruel, one is obliged to be frank. ‘All I Can Say’ Review: A Rock Star Captures His Own Rise and Fall 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z His approach is a touch bombastic, to be completely frank, but the verbal clarity is impressive. A tale of two Lears: Glenda Jackson and Antony Sher scale Shakespeare's mightiest tragedy 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z Temptingly, he explained that “the theater, behind the scenes, has an emotional freemasonry of its own, certainly franker and arguably wholesomer than the stiffness of suburban society outside.” The Drama of Letters, Swirling With Suspense 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z “But also, to be quite frank, as a Black American, I wasn’t taught much myself about the Holocaust in school,” said Joseph. Did ABC miss a learning opportunity by suspending Whoopi? 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z His unusually frank language raised eyebrows, particularly in social media, where some commentators said it was offensive to people who were raised in large families. Pope seeks to clarify breeding 'like rabbits' remark 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z Stewart, who is in her real life admirably frank about the obligations of working in movies, brings to the screen a puncturing awareness of Binoche’s delusions. How Kristen Stewart Shook Off Twilight to Become One of the Best Actresses of Her Generation 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z The frank conversation between Dad and Mum, as they compare fears and acceptance processes, is compelling and runs counter to expectation. The 50 best podcasts of 2016 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z He was still the frank, funny man she had fallen for. Vows: Christy Ely and Peter Tiboris: A Reunion That Was a Long Time Coming 2014-01-17T18:41:34Z With “Son of Saul,” we wanted to forget all the postwar perceptions and, let’s be frank, the deformed vision of the Holocaust. ‘Son of Saul’: An immersive portrait of life in a Nazi death camp 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z And if we're being frank — it's all the rage is for good reason. Brown butter is liquid gold — here's how to make the most of it 2022-11-29T05:00:00Z The plotting sidles right up next to trite, but Brunstetter’s style is so frank and funny it’s easy to stay engaged. New Brunstetter play and ‘Floyd Collins,’ looking for wings 2016-06-06T04:00:00Z Cooper seems humbled by all the attention, but also refreshingly frank when talking about his chances for possible Oscar glory in early 2012. Too early to talk Oscar? Not for Dominic Cooper 2011-08-04T19:05:35Z He has the recall of a history professor and the frank wit honed by someone who grew up in a famous family. On a Georgia Island, a Lot of Good Food and Plenty of Nothing 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z The film’s frank, even brutal portrayal of sex is what knocked me out the first time I saw it. Just a Maid in Movies, but Not Forgotten 2011-04-22T23:23:02Z Barriers of language and resentment are difficult to surmount, especially when the acquaintance Freddie totes along to interpret pads their conversation with anxious politesse, making a frank talk frankly impossible. ‘Return to Seoul’ Review: Found in Translation 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z A wonderfully frank and touching story of the rising young cook and his travails in the world of gastronomy. The Challenge of Perfect Phyllo 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z Despite mixed reviews from critics, the Fox drama won a Peabody Award in 2002 for “Chapter 37,” an episode that featured frank conversations between faculty members and students about the use of the N-word. Does television have a teacher problem? 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z Telling those stories was in and of itself a journey, and Cooper is frank about the difficulty of bringing his film to the finish line. Man Made: behind a powerful documentary about trans bodybuilders 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z This is very complicated, but starting in the boy’s early childhood you should be very frank and open with him about his personal story. Ask Amy: Grandmother’s mothering raises questions 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z He’s the cinematic counterpart to the right-wing trolls who, in the mild guise of frank confrontation with difficult ideas, seek to normalize and extend the reach of their destructive program. Review: Lars Von Trier’s Empty, Repugnant Provocations “The House That Jack Built” 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z By this measure, Weegee emerges as the major figure of his day, because his photos of New York murders and tenement fires are so brutally frank – artful only in their literalism. Watching you 2010-05-21T23:06:00Z The book also includes his unusually frank remarks on Islam, immigration and the president's girlfriend. French leader tries to calm angry judges after tell-all book 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z But the most notable difference between them may be that, while the movie was rated a family-friendly PG, Mr. Gordon’s play is more frank about sex, laced with a few vulgarities and some crude jokes. Review: Molly Ringwald Now Plays a Granny in ‘Terms of Endearment’ 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z Attempting to cover up a repetitive conservative agenda with cocktails and frank sex chat was a temporary solution to actual progress. The best films of 2016 ... that you probably didn't see 2016-12-25T05:00:00Z The book, heavy with autobiographical elements and frank about sex, was such a hit that it was published in the United States by Trident the next year. Stephen Vizinczey, ‘In Praise of Older Women’ Author, Dies at 88 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z But Mr. Halperin can also be frank and funny, and he gets a lot of interesting utterances off his plate in “How to Be Gay.” Books of The Times: ‘How to Be Gay,’ by David M. Halperin 2012-08-07T19:02:09Z All that was really called for was to diffuse the emotions riding high with a frank conversation, hopefully followed by a cup of tea or something stronger. I chucked my son’s girlfriend out and he won’t forgive me 2017-05-14T04:00:00Z A wonderfully frank and touching story of the rising young cook and his travails in the world of gastronomy. The Challenge of Perfect Phyllo 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z And for a show that built its reputation on the frank discussion of physical taboos, why is there no mention of the universal challenges of menopause — or its male counterpart, andropause? Middle Age Doesn’t Happen ‘Just Like That’ 2022-01-05T05:00:00Z Kroeger’s statement is partly a provocation, but it is also a rather frank concession. Our Hate Has Saved Nickelback 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z The short autobiography he wrote on accepting the award is frank about his mental illness, but does not mention love. A Beautiful Mind hides ugly truths 2012-12-19T17:27:18Z In one extremely funny scene, they have a frank conversation about how they both imagined killing the other. Leslie Mann: 'If I don't have a creative outlet, I implode' – interview 2013-02-16T22:00:02Z Bond wove humor with empowering political statements and frank talk about race and other issues. Kiki and Herb: Kitsch, With a Whisky Chaser 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z A neurosurgeon’s frank and absorbing account combines biography, descriptions of operations and considerations of policy. 100 Notable Books of 2015 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z "The Hurting" accomplished this with vulnerable, frank lyrics that often pose questions rather than assert knowledge. Tears for Fears' "The Hurting" at 40: An enduring, mature and fearless debut album 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z He is frank about his inability to remain faithful to his girlfriends or wife. R. Kelly autobiography vivid despite guarded tone 2012-06-27T20:31:17Z Unlike the cluttered, unconvincing pop of her first two records, it presents Presley in semi-acoustic confessional mode, exorcising her demons - from relationships to religion - in frank detail. Lisa Marie Presley: Why I left LA 2012-10-19T06:49:01Z The aftermath took a punishing toll on Rice’s family and professional reputation, she reveals in her frank new memoir, “Tough Love.” Susan Rice has spent her career fighting off detractors: ‘I inadvertently intimidate some people, especially certain men’ 2019-10-06T04:00:00Z This is another aspect to the show that is perfectly handled, even if some viewers might find it bracingly frank. Review | ‘Normal People’ is the soaring, achy, authentic cure for anyone who’s sick of rom-coms 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z But its frank narrative about manners, race and rebellion in pre-Civil War time makes it an uncomfortable classic. Mark Twain remains censored, and uncensored 2011-01-07T19:08:15Z He seems to treat the audience and other characters onstage with the same frank good manners. Fresh Dewdrops for New York City Ballet’s ‘Nutcracker’ 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z He described his romantic status as “to be frank, quite liberal.” Eleuteri, a Vintage Jeweler, Brings Italian Glamour to New York 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z I was surprised by how frank the posts were. My secret sex-work past 2016-01-30T05:00:00Z BPM’s multiple frank sex scenes aren’t there for illustration or titillation. French Aids drama BPM shows Hollywood how to capture gay history 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z As a stellar new author, Mr. Hayes can’t rival the man behind “The Closer,” a warmhearted, charmingly frank baseball memoir. A Critic’s Survey of Summer Books 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z Chevallier’s frank depictions of the war’s terrors caused the book to be suppressed during and after World War II over worries that it would demoralize citizens and troops. ArtsBeat: A Great War Reading List at PEN World Voices Festival 2014-05-02T18:57:31Z Where the first season was frank about the physical pitfalls of pregnancy, the second gets real about early parenting, which is 90 percent about the management of bodily discharges. ‘Catastrophe’ Adds a New Wrinkle to Its Ribald Love Story: Children 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z “I’m not happy with the way a distribution plan is going,” she says, not rattled, just frank – happy, even. Jessica Chastain: ‘I’d love to do a superhero movie’ 2014-09-07T04:00:00Z “The Lion King” is surprisingly frank about survivor’s guilt, remorse and reflection. In ‘Coco,’ Death Is the Point 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z "But whether those sales are sustained will depend on how frank and open it is." Blair memoir excites booksellers, riles critics 2010-08-31T15:55:00Z If we're being frank, French toast is never at the forefront of my breakfast desires. Salty, sweet, savory and spicy: How to take your French toast to the next level 2023-03-25T04:00:00Z Ashford: We show a lot of sex, but the discussion of sex is incredibly frank. Masters of Sex Producers on What Makes a Sex Scene Sexy 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z Their answers to police interrogators are often astonishingly frank; so are the responses of adults. Provocative 'Polisse' focuses on France's Child Protective Unit 2012-06-28T20:45:08Z Driving a reporter by her family’s home, Ms. Hodge was frank as she noted the circumstances of her childhood. Oakland: Brooklyn by the Bay 2014-05-02T22:36:02Z Much of Cousteau’s later activism was frank penance for this work, and for his role in hastening the fouling of the oceans he cherished. ‘Becoming Cousteau’ Review: The Old Man and the Sea 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z I certainly didn’t feel I could be 100 percent frank with Julie, and that was because I felt she was carrying so much of the weight.” Superstars Never Guessed the Size of ?Spider-Man? Challenges 2011-06-13T22:15:25Z These short stories about Marines in Iraq are brutally frank about the traumas and moral compromises of a new era of war. Here Are the 15 Best Books of 2014 (So Far) 2014-06-04T04:00:00Z “Joe Gould was a toothless madman who slept in the street,” she reports in her frank and frankly unsettling new book, “Joe Gould’s Teeth.” What is biography? Who can be trusted? asks Jill Lepore in 'Joe Gould's Teeth' 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z But, Kirmayer cautions, “this, too, might result in a need to have a frank discussion, particularly when the other person is still wanting to maintain the relationship or seek closure.” The friendship checkup: How to reevaluate relationships and take steps to repair them 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z Although viewers may not be as shocked by the numerous sex scenes in the drama, Ivory says "the idea of sexual and emotional relationships feels a lot franker than anything you've seen before". Back in love 2011-03-23T02:35:56Z "These frank and poignant oral histories of many of the nation's musical icons give us unique insights into them as artists, entertainers and human beings," Billington said in announcing the gift. Music mogul donates audio interviews to US library 2012-06-18T17:35:08Z There are moments on “Glory” that are calculated to seem franker than other moments, but it’s as impersonal as ever. Britney Spears is a pop star permanently stuck in another era 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z At Juilliard she was frank and demanding but unfailingly patient and encouraging. Tyne Daly as Maria Callas vs. Maria Callas as Herself 2011-07-26T17:01:13Z It promises a "frank" relationship with the US, a term reflecting perhaps Nick Clegg's known scepticism about too close a relationship with Washington after the experience of George Bush and Tony Blair's period in power. Coalition agreement - the full deal at a glance 2010-05-20T14:13:00Z Ella is, to be frank, a perfectly dreadful human being — casually bigoted, wantonly unpleasant, the sort of parent who fawns extravagantly over one child and habitually belittles the other. ‘Anno Domino’ Review: Long Married, but Open to Adjustment 2020-06-08T04:00:00Z “I liked how frank she was with that,” recalled Bob, a 32-year-old management consultant for the federal government. He believes talking about politics on a first date is impolite. She’s a communist. 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z The frank talk and sex scenes are amply offered here, but sex is also the least of it. ‘Married’ and ‘You’re the Worst’: Pushing boundaries on the dark side of sex and relationships As staged by Ms. Barnett, these scenes may horrify parents, but unlike most frank portraits of teenage life, the play does not resort to despair or sentimentality. Theater Review: Prepare to Kiss, a Bar Mitzvah Is Coming 2011-08-11T02:30:50Z “For us, it’s always been about getting as good beer as possible into as many hands as possible, to be frank,” Mr. Fentie said. The Buzz in Stockholm Is Craft Beer With Less Buzz 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z Gay men have had to be more frank with each other, at the risk of seeming preachy or alienating. Monkeypox is rousing old fears — and ways gay men care for each other 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z "They were dangerously frank to me in saying, 'We'd prefer a male director,'" she said. Oscars 2015: Female directors scarce at Hollywood's major studios 2015-02-22T05:00:00Z In the tedious process of leaving his hair be, Ashe struggles with its frank unsightliness while also reveling in an emerging look that speaks unequivocally to racial pride and a certain self-acceptance writ large. Review: Bert Ashe ponders identity and perception in 'Dreadlock Chronicles' 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z The show was notably frank in its depiction of divorce. Lisa Edelstein Says Goodbye to Her ‘Girlfriends’ 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z That brings me back to Fantasy Life, which initially struck me as the most frank and yet most tedious collection of video game chores yet. In Fantasy Life and Other Games, Jobs and To-Do Lists 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z The result is by turns caustic, coy, baffling, impish, embarrassing, insightful and, as the pseudonym suggests, frank. Review: In ‘Black Exhibition,’ a Playwright Exposed 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z For Gleason, holding nothing back means inviting the camera into his bedroom and bathroom — where his frank, occasionally funny and sometimes heartbreaking perspective on the indignities of his illness can be startling. In ‘Gleason,’ filmmaker Clay Tweel follows an unintentional hero’s journey 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z Gaga's complaint about the pair's long rivalry — expressed to camera in a long, confessional jag — is that Madonna wasn’t open and frank enough with her critiques of Gaga. Review: 'Gaga: Five Foot Two' Shows a Superstar at Her Most Vulnerable 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z He mentioned a bookstore owner from the South who invited him to come down for “a frank talk about race.” Colson Whitehead on Slavery, Success and Writing the Novel That Really Scared Him 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z Many of my favorite moments in “Always Be My Maybe” involve comically frank exchanges about money. What “Always Be My Maybe” Gets About Making an Asian-American Rom-Com 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z I’m not sure what the last great doctor show was, but it’s definitely been a minute, which is why the frank elegance of this documentary seemed even more potent during our pandemic spring. Best TV Shows of 2020 2020-12-01T05:00:00Z Conversations there, she observed, are constantly interrupted, and less than frank. The Back Row During New York Fashion Week Isn’t All Bad 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z The film is “a stylized and sentimental fairy tale about the way the world might be, grounded in a frank recognition of the way it is,” A. O. Scott wrote in The Times in October. DVD: New on DVD: ‘Jean Grémillon During the Occupation’ 2012-07-29T03:13:01Z To be clear, Gay is not disparaging or mean, just frank. Letters to the Editor 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z “I was this loudmouth hairstylist giving my frank critique to months and months of work,” she said with a laugh. Dyson Wants to Curl Your Hair 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z The book is enriched by two distinct voices: one frank and vulnerable, the other all-knowing. Review | In ‘Becoming Duchess Goldblatt,’ a Twitter celebrity is ready for her close-up — but her creator remains a mystery 2020-07-08T04:00:00Z In his epilogue to “Sailor and Fiddler,” Wouk alludes to “a frank private diary” of more than 100 bound volumes. At 100, Herman Wouk re-emerges with a memoir, ‘Sailor and Fiddler’ 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z Traditionally, though, poaching eggs is ... an undertaking, to be frank. Want better poached eggs? Microwave them 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z That gets to the heart of Iris’s great intrigue: Its subject is adored by fashionistas whose rules of order she simply chooses not to acknowledge, and followed by a documentarian she treats with frank casualness. Iris Is a Surprisingly Warm Look at a Top Fashionista 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z But Shigenobu, perhaps with an eye on her media career in Japan, is an overly careful talker, compared to the considerably franker Röhl. Children of the Revolution ? review 2011-08-25T21:00:01Z It would be buck-passing on our part, asking our internet providers to somehow stem the unending tide, rather than face the need for some frank and very un-British conversations. Why David Cameron's war on internet porn doesn't make sense 2013-07-21T19:00:01Z So he writes his ugly truths into a green notebook and leaves it at a cafe, where five people find it and add their own frank entries. 15 feel-good books guaranteed to lift your spirits 2020-10-17T04:00:00Z To be frank, it’s not an easy read, but in a crowded field of dystopian fiction, it’s destabilizing and finally enlightening in a wholly unique way. Review | Banned in China, Sheng Keyi’s ‘Death Fugue’ is a pungent political satire 2021-08-10T04:00:00Z Nowadays we think we know better about all of this stuff, but all too often our most basic instincts are the cause of covert shame rather than prompting frank and healthy discussion. My 18-year-old daughter is having a baby with my stepson | Dear Mariella 2018-01-21T05:00:00Z Here she’s an engaging, unpretentious and consistently frank docent of her own career, which she assures the viewer is still ongoing, despite the fact that she’s not making albums right now. ‘Sheryl’ Review: The High Highs and Low Lows of Pop Stardom 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z Into the oblivion of advanced age, he freestyles poetry and offers frank answers or blank verbal shrugs. Movie Review: ‘First Cousin Once Removed’ Documents Edwin Honig’s Life 2013-09-15T22:10:53Z Eric Idle was frank enough to acknowledge that he now disliked Mr Forstater, but he expressed the hope that, in his evidence, he was being honest and that his dislike did not affect his honesty. Producer wins Python court battle 2013-07-05T11:29:53Z Drawing on friendly but frank interviews and 25 years of home-movie adventures shot by Reed with Sam, it’s a film whose emotional reality seems to evolve before your eyes. ‘Sam Now’ Review: When Mom Leaves 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z Readers were drawn to its tale of female empowerment — with her ability to channel emotion through cooking, the heroine changes her destiny — its frank discussion of female pleasure, and its folksy tone. It’s Story Time at Ballet Theater, With a Best Seller Twist 2023-06-17T04:00:00Z How could an artist this smart, this prescient, this frank, transparent, curious, ruminative and courageous — this funny — escape your notice? Blackness, Gayness, Representation: Marlon Riggs Unpacks It All in His Films 2019-02-06T05:00:00Z To be frank, it seems clear that the parents are idiots. Judging the Couple who Locked Their Kids In a Car to Go Wine Tasting 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z Wood is often just as frank about terrain that is as endless as it is unyielding, with surprises and pitfalls that are as brutal as they are random. In the age of Google Maps, why walk the 4,000 mile Nile River? Levison Wood's book explains 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z From costumes to roleplay to water sports, the show doesn't hold back in its frank discussions of kink. The surprisingly sex positive "Resident Alien" 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z His work, though, is essentially, intentionally dirty, in both senses of the word: frank about sex in all its manifestations and preoccupied with the discarded and disordered. The Gaudy, Glittery, Gorgeously Subversive World of Taylor Mac 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z By being so frank about her experience and by summoning the courage to leave the relationship in the first place, Turner helped change the conversation about domestic violence. Tina Turner Left Her Abusive Marriage, So They Could Too 2023-06-02T04:00:00Z His death sparked a new wave of frank discussion about race and policing in African American households around the city. Eric Garner killing, one year on: ‘Sit down son, it’s time for The Talk’ 2015-07-25T04:00:00Z For decades, the institution of Miss America has served as one of our frankest reflections of the nation's deepest biases. Miss America’s #MeToo reboot: Can a former beauty pageant really evolve? 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z Amis gave a spirited address – frank and funny, with the easy swings between gravity and play that exactly distinguish, for me, his fiction. Martin Amis: a new chapter in America 2012-06-02T23:04:03Z There are a lot fewer marriages so people are more frank. Heartbreaker 2011-07-16T23:05:12Z Even the gutsiest customers may balk at a street stall’s grimy patina or at the frank scent of a prized local delicacy. Can Food Tours Stray From the Beaten Path Without Ruining the Experience? 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z Ms. Driscoll is refreshingly frank in discussing how money influences artistic choices. Exploring the Space Between Performer and Audience 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z With access to his personal archive of photographs and films, the documentary will aim to be a "frank and unparalleled visual diary of his long life". Hockney opens archive for documentary 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z He welcomed me with frank and honest information when I joined Ford Motor Company, and he continued to share his perspectives with me through the last four years. The Auto Industry Remembers Jerry Flint 2010-08-09T15:49:00Z My thick thighs were ball park franks packed into pink tights. My lucky thunder thighs 2013-01-06T02:00:00Z Steffens’ frank and candid photos punctuate “So Much Things to Say” too, putting faces to the many names that speak across its pages. Going behind the scenes with Bob Marley in the new book 'So Much Things to Say' 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z This talking-heads documentary features three women who taught Marxism in the GDR, whose frank and funny recollections veer from an impassioned belief in communism to finding meaning in the world of dating agencies. Berlin Biennale 2010: where art imitates real life 2010-06-15T11:57:00Z Now is the time to revisit this frank, funny and resonant series. Tired of rewatching Fleabag? Here are 30 TV hidden gems to stream 2020-03-28T04:00:00Z Hall excels when she is at her most frank. Need a New Self-Help Guru? Try Aristotle 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z As incarnated by Cumberbatch, he’s witheringly confident, fiercely intelligent, brutally frank and at times borderline autistic; you wouldn’t be wrong thinking of him as a kind of upscale version of TV’s Sheldon Cooper. TIFF 2014: For Benedict Cumberbatch, a new kind of puzzle-solving 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z They are frank and open with Ms. Greenfield’s crew and generous with their time, allowing a remarkable degree of scrutiny even as the gilding begins to peel away. Review: ‘The Queen of Versailles’ by Lauren Greenfield 2012-07-19T16:06:31Z After he died, we had very frank and open conversations. “It was like an overdose of porn”: Chris Offutt reflects on writing about his family’s big secret, after his father’s death 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z I enjoyed her friend Izzy's frank assessment of the situation as they looked around his old lair. A month in Amdridge 2010-07-28T07:00:00Z Later, on Viceland, they attracted better guests and entertained them with frank questions. The Verbal Wit and Bronx-Born Street Wisdom of “Desus & Mero” 2019-02-22T05:00:00Z And from the frank, intimate detail of their correspondence, it's clear that theirs was an extraordinary relationship, and very far from a "mariage blanc". Niall Ferguson should know that JM Keynes's marriage was happy – with plenty of sex 2013-05-06T12:13:56Z And her unusually frank, often humorous social media accounts offer glimpses into what it’s really like to be a 21st century opera star, which rarely bears much resemblance to popular pearls-and-furs prima donna stereotypes. A Soprano Survived a Vocal Crisis. The Met Found Its Brünnhilde. 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z His diary was hardly his only confidant; he was frank about his identity off the page, too, even when he was confused by it. Lou Sullivan’s Diaries Are a Radical Testament to Trans Happiness 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z "Random House have been promoting it as 'frank' and 'honest' and there will undoubtedly be a great deal of debate as to whether it lives up to that billing," said Ruppin. Tony Blair's A Journey is hot ticket at booksellers 2010-09-01T10:12:00Z Particularly memorable is her astonishing sequence of tender yet frank, unidealized portraits of pregnant women, women in childbirth and women breastfeeding. Perspective | Alice Neel was the greatest American portraitist of the 20th century. Her work continues to astonish. 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z But it also suggests — in ways that remain disarmingly subtle until it slides into sledgehammer bluntness at the end — that these good country people aren’t as frank with themselves as they think they are. Review: ‘Oklahoma!’ Preserves a Classic While Adding Punch 2015-07-05T04:00:00Z He is frank about changing his mind, declaring "I was wrong." What is an artist? Peter Plagens' 'Bruce Nauman' illuminates 2014-06-07T04:00:00Z Likewise, the people Jackson represents also deserve someone who’s frank about his health issues. What’s wrong with Jesse Jackson Jr.? 2012-07-12T16:35:00Z Greenberg includes frank and funny accounts of his own battle with depression, and deals principally with the US healthcare system. Manufacturing Depression by Gary Greenberg | Book review 2010-03-28T00:05:00Z The ad hoc tour Mr. McNeal took me on had been refreshingly frank. In Montgomery, a City Embedded With Pain, Finding Progress 2018-02-27T05:00:00Z In the book, you include a frank letter to your mom about the adult industry. “I’m in love with being on display”: Adult film star Asa Akira on her insatiable love of porn 2014-05-04T00:00:00Z Or maybe he wasn’t being scrupulously frank about his romantic interest in you. Social Q?s: When Mom?s Weight Loss Leaves Floppy Skin 2012-04-05T21:39:57Z It's difficult to imagine now how this cheerful, frank self-portrait once embarrassed the art establishment; it was refused by the Royal Academy and a critic said it was "vulgar" and "obviously an exercise". Laura Knight: The unashamed illustrator 2013-07-06T08:01:40Z Oprah was everything I hoped she would be — funny as hell, remarkably frank, direct and honest, revelatory, controversial and significant. Q&A: Piers Morgan, the Man Stepping into Larry King's Seat 2011-01-14T05:35:00Z But he is also alive with the frank reality of being a child: “I find some bugs and beetles, but even better I find some wriggling worms.” Helping Children Understand Death 2019-12-26T05:00:00Z "I'm delighted to take part in this attempt to have a frank conversation about an essential element of all our lives." Couples to have sex on C4 live show 2013-09-24T08:32:45Z We meet her as an 8-year-old orphan plunged into grief after the plague-induced loss of her parents — “they dribbled to death” is her frank formulation. ‘Mary Gets Hers’ Review: A Spiky Update of a Medieval Tale 2023-09-25T04:00:00Z Ms. Diski admits to frank horror in the face of death. Review: Jenny Diski’s ‘In Gratitude,’ an Uphill Life on and Off Cancer Road 2016-05-01T04:00:00Z Though the movie will be shown in theaters internationally and in competition at the Cannes Film Festival, Mr. Weintraub was certain that its frank depiction of gay characters had scared off American distributors. Liberace’s Tale, From Michael Douglas and Steven Soderbergh 2013-05-17T21:54:42Z Just a couple of weeks later, on the eve of Valentine’s Day, they had a frank discussion about their status, which ultimately resulted in the two announcing on social media that they were a couple. The ‘Crush’ That Turned Into Something Much More 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z These films share a frank approach to sex. New-wave queer cinema: 'Gay experience in all its complexity' 2012-10-04T18:59:01Z Turning storage rooms into new galleries is a pretty frank declaration that the museum has a plan. Huntington's new gallery rooms show promise 2014-07-19T04:00:00Z Stay alert for days with hot-dog specials, when two franks and fries cost only $3.89. If you can only eat three meals in Chapel Hill, make sure they’re here 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z In his refreshingly frank memoir, neurosurgeon Henry Marsh shares his doubts and fears along with riveting case histories. Notable nonfiction of 2015 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z Churchill is regarded with frank adoration by the camera and by the people, the women in particular, charged with the tasks of attending and indulging him. Review: ‘Darkest Hour,’ or the Great Man Theory of History (and Acting) 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z He and I may have free speech, but we’re not so good at frank speech. No Sound, No Fury, No Marriage 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z Stoned, they make a run to buy convenience-store franks, bite into the seductive, non-halal treats and realize that they taste disgusting. Waking Up From the American Dream 2022-12-26T05:00:00Z Mr. Ingle, broader-chested, with bigger legs, made the franker, more innocent, outgoing impression when both men ran around the space with arms outstretched. Silas Riener and Michael Ingle Dance Tere O’Connor’s Vision 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z The stage version was understood as a reflection of Gov’s own feelings about approaching death and a frank effort to confront audiences with the realities of cancer. ‘My Happy Ending’ Review: When Life Goes Off Script 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z Carey, to her credit, was the only one frank or funny enough to acknowledge the debacle as it was unfolding. Mariah Carey’s Rather Perfect Farewell to 2016 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z "His approach to the internet was very frank and at the same time passed no judgement," the Juno and Up in the Air director says. Men, Women and Children: An internet cautionary tale 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z His chapters are interspersed with those written by his mother, who is frank, no-nonsense, and eminently wise. Kathryn Erskine's top 10 first person narratives 2012-02-09T12:13:49Z And then you did the memoir, which is so frank, so raw. “Oh my God, words hurt worse than anything”: Jennifer Weiner talks journalism, body image and brushing off the “you’re no Jonathan Franzen!” trolls 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z Kinsey begins his own course, with a much franker and less moralistic content than the usual. Kinsey: No sexing-up required 2010-07-08T09:14:00Z He argued that speaking his recollections and opinions, rather than writing them down, allowed him to adopt a more natural, colloquial and frank tone, and Twain scholars who have seen the manuscript agree. Mark Twain?s Unexpurgated Autobiography 2010-07-10T01:43:00Z “These frank and poignant oral histories of many of the nation’s musical icons give us unique insights into them as artists, entertainers and human beings,” the librarian of Congress, James H. Billington, said. ArtsBeat: The Musicians' Words: Interviews With Stars Donated to Library of Congress 2012-06-18T15:21:03Z Mr. Plante is frank about what drew him to these women — their fame excited him, yes — but it was their misery that he fed on. Deep Cuts: Writers and the Women They Worship 2013-04-17T19:07:02Z Below it, stripes continue, delineating the kosher frank — pale beige bands of bun flanking a bright red stripe with a mustard-yellow meander. Books of Style: Reviewing ?Lessons From Madame Chic,? and ?Paris Versus New York? 2012-03-21T21:46:43Z Mills’s upbringing was nothing if not frank – in real life and on film. ‘People just want a bully’ - director Mike Mills on how the US picks its president 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z Its monochrome protagonists are essentially humanoid gingerbread cookies, who move with a stark and jittery simplicity that conveys a similarly stark and frank emotionalism. What to Stream: “Tux and Fanny,” Albert Birney’s Boldly Imaginative Instagram Animation 2019-05-28T04:00:00Z With startlingly frank insights and an intimate portrayal of the artistic process, this film examines what makes us who we are and celebrates the transformative power of the creative spirit. The Carpetbagger: Sundance, Film by Film 2013-12-04T22:31:45Z In lieu of answers, Ms. Perel offers enticingly packaged insights as well a frank manner, her fans say, that facilitates open conversation. The Couples Therapy Expert Esther Perel Takes On Sex and Sexuality 2014-01-24T22:13:57Z Trump’s frank negativity—“We’re losing at everything”—spoke directly to Americans’ disillusionment; his emotional, unmediated spontaneity suggested, to some people, that a remote and overrehearsed political world might be made vibrant and fulfilling again. How to Restore Your Faith in Democracy 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z His views on the peace talks that ended the war are also painfully frank. ‘The Bosnia List:’ revisiting the war that tore Yugoslavia apart 2014-03-05T20:45:47Z Engaged parents generally feel they can counteract any glamorization of violence with their own behavior, and a frank and open discussion of the issues. Why Parents Worry More About Sex than Violence in the Movies 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z His voice retains the clipped cadence and flattened vowels of his Bronx upbringing, and he is given to frank disclosure. Arts & Leisure: Richard Price and CBS?s Harlem Crime Drama ?NYC-22? 2012-04-05T16:11:57Z The site also sells packages of very good beef franks to reheat and nestle in rolls with the slaw. Condiments Galore at New York’s Fancy Food Show 2015-07-06T04:00:00Z But although you won’t be particularly hungry when you finish the book, you will have a vivid sense of a frank and determined woman who has helped change the way we eat. The story behind the woman who helped make healthy eating cool 2015-04-21T04:00:00Z Their Indian counterparts are frank about their priorities in Burma. WikiLeaks cables show warming relationship between India and US 2010-12-16T21:30:23Z He has a meaty, frank voice — it hits bluntly, but without much depth, like painting with a brush lashed to an eighteen-wheeler. Luke Combs and Miranda Lambert, Both Bound by Country’s Gendered Rule Book 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z They were frank about the omnipresence of sex, of longing, the wish to be taken seriously, of grown-ups with sudden childish passions that seemed, at least to me, to be true. In Praise of Iris Murdoch 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z “Murphy Brown” was ahead of its time for its sexual politics, including its frank portrayal of single motherhood, which has since become more common. ‘Murphy Brown’ once sparked a feud with Dan Quayle. Now the reboot is courting one with Trump. 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z Yet economists are rarely frank about the uncertainties that plague their data. No fear to tread 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z He had packed it with little wings, salty turkey franks and saltier turkey burgers on a 90-plus degree day down in Bocek Park. My neighborhood revolution, one letter at a time 2015-01-31T05:00:00Z Cézanne, on the other hand, was frank about using illustrations from magazines to paint flowers and even a photograph to paint a self-portrait. How Photography Cast New Light on Art 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z To be frank, kitchen slang is definitely ripe for double entendre, though as Lisa pointed out, mileage may vary. Why is everyone so horny for kitchen slang? 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z The character of Figaro, he added, “taught me how to survive when I was a child, with his frank acknowledgment of life’s complexity and his resilience.” Review: I Fagiolini, Richard Goode and the Juilliard Opera in Concert 2015-04-26T04:00:00Z The time constraint inspired her to be satisfied with pieces she would have once considered unfinished, like “Fawn,” a playful but frank ode to safeguarding privacy. Joan Shelley’s New Songs Soothe Old Wounds 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z There’s lots of frank sex talk — though the boys’ line of chat is a lot more credible than a girl’s request that her partner provide his “potassium-based love seed” — and some truly disgusting props. Review: ‘Nibbler,’ About the Sweet Horrors of Youth 2017-02-28T05:00:00Z Sear 24 cocktail franks in a skillet, drain on paper towels and let cool. A Sophisticated Update for a Party Favorite 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z Speaking of vegan, a proposal for a vegan hot dog bicycle cart is also doing pretty well, with plans to offer Field Roast franks, local toppings and some gluten-free options too. Bill the Butcher closes, In-N-Out gets closer, and more of the week's food news 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z I do remember a certain amount of nervousness because the language was so frank, but from the first preview, it played like a hit. ‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf’ Returns for an Anniversary 2012-09-29T23:00:21Z It's a frank exploration of a topic that considers both sides, when we're much more used to polemics. Mindy Kaling: 'I wasn't considered attractive or funny enough to play myself' 2014-06-01T04:00:00Z Their film is frank not only in its portrait of the real-estate pressures that make San Francisco a shorthand for self-stifling unaffordability but in its reports on the habits and moods of the place. “The Last Black Man in San Francisco” and the Fear of Being Erased 2019-06-07T04:00:00Z Find a plausible excuse to extract her from their home and take her somewhere conducive to frank conversation – so nowhere too noisy or too quiet. My father believes the world is ending – and is abusive to my mother | Mariella Frostrup 2018-10-28T04:00:00Z But the feedback from the first class, Morton said, was frank: Do even better in the selection process. Ford and Mellon Foundations Expand Initiative for Disabled Artists 2021-07-16T04:00:00Z Its casting is diverse, and this opens the door to frank conversations that are rarely heard in these kinds of shows. Is glossy Netflix hit Dating Around the best dating show on TV? 2020-06-09T04:00:00Z For the first time in my experience here — over some 25 years — there is a frank exploration of the kind of architecture that is enabled by inherited wealth, what Lokko calls “generational means.” Radical Rethinking at Biennale: Africa and the Future Share Pride of Place 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z For a low-budget horror comedy, the film takes a surprisingly frank look at Black Gen Xers and presents questions of friendship, sex and faith. Summer Horror in the City 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z On the spring day that Obama took the stage at Tuskegee, some were surprised at how frank she was. Michelle Obama’s season of calling it like she sees it 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z Everything is happening for a reason, and they're just testing boundaries, and people still do that in adulthood, to be quite frank. "We beat ourselves up": Michelle Buteau recognizes our insecurities and reflects our sexiness back 2023-07-13T04:00:00Z Now, at 23, Spivey is making his Broadway debut in Michael R. Jackson’s brutally frank, searingly funny musical, which is scheduled to open April 26 at the Lyceum Theater. ‘I Deserve to Be Here’: Riding His First Professional Gig to Broadway 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z Derry Girls is a tonic: frank, rude, bracingly unsentimental, and very, very funny. Derry Girl Saoirse-Monica Jackson: ‘Yes, we have a harsh sense of humour’ 2019-03-17T04:00:00Z It was, to be frank, a pretty horrendous shock after being a student. Legal novel Joy is beautifully written and a real page-turner 2012-06-07T15:34:51Z Yet our politicians are offering precious little frank discourse on the one thing inspiring all the above-mentioned instances of murder and mayhem – religion. They’re all just this deluded and deranged: Anti-intellectual religious wing-nuts run the GOP 2016-01-24T05:00:00Z That mask might have helped generate music that felt fresh, frank, and true. Pardison Fontaine and the Plight of the Ghostwriter 2019-11-29T05:00:00Z He can be devastatingly frank and even ruthless in his treatment of his characters. Profile: Philip Roth 2011-03-30T13:53:28Z GM: Legs has a theory that the reason people were so frank is they didn’t think the book would get published. Punk's not dead: Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain and 'Please Kill Me' 2016-08-12T04:00:00Z This familiarity lent to her remarkably frank post the quality of reading an update from an old friend. ‘Introducing, Selma Blair’ Review: An Actress in Her Second Act 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z They described the film as a “joyous, emotional and heart-breaking celebration” of Houston’s life and music, but added that it would also be “very frank about the price that super-stardom exacted.” Whitney Houston's life to be made into feature film 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z It was a horrible job, to be frank, and a really difficult place to work. How cookbook writer Eric Kim found home through Korean-American food 2022-07-25T04:00:00Z And, eventually, they'll hear Gaga’s most personal music yet, songs that cut less close to the heart than does this unusually frank film. Review: 'Gaga: Five Foot Two' Shows a Superstar at Her Most Vulnerable 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z The film also drew inspiration from Arthur Schnitzler's "La Ronde", a play that scandalized Europe at the start of the 20th century with its frank depiction of characters moving from one sexual partner to another. Banking panic and sex classic inspire film "360" 2011-09-11T16:19:19Z Even at the individual level, Lovett says conversations today are no more frank or open than they were in the mid-1980s. Bedroom confidential: what sex therapists hear from the couch 2019-04-18T04:00:00Z It’s still not a particularly emotional book, but there are more moments of philosophical realness now, and more moments of trying to be emotionally frank. An Unlikely Victory in an Unforgiving Horse Race 2019-05-05T04:00:00Z In a frank statement, Silverman said that she spent last week in the intensive care unit with a “freak case” of epiglottitis, a rare inflammation of the cartilage at the base of the larynx. Sarah Silverman Almost Died in Hospital Last Week 2016-07-06T04:00:00Z Our critic James Poniewozik called that show “a philosophical turning point” for Mr. Colbert, after which his comedy became more frank and caustic. Jimmy Kimmel Gives His Side of the Oscars Story 2017-02-28T05:00:00Z Beefcake Bond was clearly the producers’ nod to evolving mores and an increased comfort among men — or, anyway, Mr. Connery — with being subjected to frank physical appraisal. Clothes Make the Spy 2020-11-02T05:00:00Z Besides, their final chapter, "Being Edited and Editing," opens with a description of this crucial part of the writing process that is more frank and helpful than any in recent memory. Tracy Kidder and his editor on writing 2013-01-14T18:58:08Z Star: I was looking for a container to do sex and relationships in a frank, R-rated way. It’s an It Girl! The Birth of ‘Sex and the City’ 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z Skins" is a show "that addresses real-world issues confronting teens in a frank way. That uproar over 'Skins': A blessing for the show 2011-01-22T01:01:09Z But its story, like its treatment of the architecture of the Liberty City section of Miami, is also bracingly frank about the blind spots of contemporary American culture when it needs to be. How the best picture fiasco saved the Oscars from nostalgia overload 2017-02-27T05:00:00Z Speaking by phone, she was frank about her struggles with body dysmorphia, and how it has periodically intensified her view of herself. The Double Vision of Alicia Rodriguez Alvisa 2019-11-17T05:00:00Z This frank, often endearing series about dating is back for Season 2, with 12 episodes all available to stream. What’s on TV Friday: ‘Love’ and ‘The Vampire Diaries’ 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z In person she is funny and easygoing, and frank about her past struggles with depression and feelings of insecurity. Who Is Sophie Turner Without Sansa Stark? We’re About to Find Out 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z Not so much the edginess, but I really wanted to be frank on TV. Steve Harvey enters the talk-show world 2012-09-03T07:16:04Z Sargent, in the wake of “Madame X,” may have admired Manet’s frank approach to the figure. Art Review: John Singer Sargent, a Realist Who Tried Another Style 2010-12-01T07:45:00Z Artists who ritually engage with cruelty see that engagement as a form of truthfulness — a way to be frank; a way to honor the reader, not to bludgeon her. ‘Cat Person’ and Other Tales of Discomfort in a Debut Collection 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z “The nature of the evidence here does not lend itself to open frank discussions in such an environment,” Cannick wrote. R. Kelly’s lawyer wants trial delayed due to jail quarantine 2021-07-05T04:00:00Z But three decades on, the movie’s emotional resonance also stems from the frank way class intrudes on Andie and Blane’s romance. Why “Pretty in Pink” endures: John Hughes’ classic is more than just another teen movie 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z This clarity comes through in the many representational, figurative works — the show is heavily laced with photographs that offer frank, lucid views of different pairs. Review: 'Couplings' at Gallery 110 reminds us we are not alone 2011-02-03T20:39:04Z “In addition to being funny and fun, boy is she ever honest, frank, available and a total straight shooter,” Sam Waterston, her co-star in the excellent sitcom Grace And Frankie tells me. Jane Fonda: ‘I'm very rarely afraid. Maybe emotional intimacy scares me’ 2020-09-05T04:00:00Z Senate primary that most voters in the state, if we’re going to be frank, really wish wasn’t happening. The Markey-Kennedy Senate primary battle is one Democrats wish wasn’t happening 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z However much her job requires Doherty to shape shift and enter rooms that might be more familiar to Sasha than Becky, you can still hear the actress’s hometown in her lively, frank way of speaking. Erin Doherty Shape Shifts in ‘Chloe’ 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z It is more political than his previous works, by turns frank, funny, angry and full of recollections from his childhood, which deeply influenced books like “Huckleberry Finn.” Mark Twain?s Autobiography Flying Off the Shelves 2010-11-19T22:37:00Z It’s hard not to see such frank talk as a result of motherhood, even before Beyoncé sings, “I’m not feeling like myself since the baby” on “Mine”. Beyoncé Reviewed: One of Pop Music’s Most Important Moments 2013-12-16T16:28:45Z We had frank conversations about our experiences as Black people in classical music. He Turned ‘I Can’t Breathe’ Into Protest Music 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z "There's a difference between being an artist and being an entertainer," he said recently during a frank conversation in West Hollywood. Adam Lambert on new album 'The Original High': 'I know who I am now' 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z This R&B singer-songwriter’s new album, “Food,” chronicles carnal needs and spicy adventures, with a frank core of personal reinvention that seems tied to her recent divorce. Pop & Rock Listings for June 13-19 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z Arthur is rescued from loneliness by a tiny yet surprisingly frank housemaid, Yolanda. 'Heft': longing to shatter the shell of loneliness 2012-02-08T22:16:07Z He is frank to the point of being unguarded and indiscreet. From the archive, 27 June 1967: The cinema according to François Truffaut 2012-06-27T06:30:00Z But the pinnacle of Staples’s performance, aside from him learning that the festival was “a healthy thing,” were frank remarks about how strange it was that he was the bill’s lone rap act. A look at how they lived the Sweetlife (Festival) 2016-05-15T04:00:00Z “Let’s be quite frank,” Morrissey says from the stage after spotting the protester. Morrissey cancels Seattle concert one night after ejecting Portland protester 2019-10-02T04:00:00Z For an actor, finding an accessible point of entry to humanize a character as frank, feisty and unapologetic as Rainey could be a daunting task. Is August Wilson the 'Shakespeare of our time'? Cast and crew of 'Ma Rainey' say you can hear it 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z It's this frank talk that sets Jimmy Kimmel apart from his peers. Why you should be watching Jimmy Kimmel 2010-12-05T00:01:00Z In “Original Story By,” a memoir published in 2000, he was frank about his gay encounters, referring to his partners as “those unremembered hundreds.” Arthur Laurents, Playwright and Director on Broadway, Dies at 93 2011-05-06T04:27:34Z Look, he made an autobiography after all: an unorthodox but frank, eloquent and ultimately moving one. Books of The Times: ?Look, I Made a Hat,? Stephen Sondheim Lyrics - Review 2011-12-08T23:09:14Z From Canada eight years later he would marvel that “safety, law, honor and obedience” reigned on one side of the border, “frank, brutal decivilization” on the other. Taking Another Look at the Author of ‘The White Man’s Burden’ 2019-07-07T04:00:00Z “Students were often surprised by how unsentimental these female novelists are, how wide-ranging are their themes, and how frank they are about female desire,” Norich said. How Yiddish Scholars Are Rescuing Women’s Novels From Obscurity 2022-02-06T05:00:00Z The show also coyly evades the frank physicality of Celie's relationship with Shug, here marked by a couple of chaste kisses and a love ballad. The Color Purple – review 2013-07-16T13:12:25Z In this age of texts and e-mails, why not depart from the norm and send a handwritten missive franked with a fantastic work of art? AD’s Aesthete stocks up on new stamps celebrating outsider artist Martín Ramírez 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z Guadianao, it turns out, is unusually frank about films he doesn't approve of. Tilda Swinton and Luca Guadagnino: a match made in arthouse cinema heaven 2010-04-01T21:30:00Z He's been publicly frank on the reasons why; he didn't like the "tone" of the company under Stowell's direction, and had no taste for Stowell's own work. PNB's 'All Premiere': 4 new works, including 1 by Mark Morris 2012-10-24T20:52:05Z Thursdays through Aug. 25, Kansas and Oak streets; frank fortcarclub.org Geneva: 6 to 8 p.m. Car gawk: Cruising nights lure collectors and their classic rides 2011-05-26T14:19:00Z There’s great archival material, including never-released behind-the-scenes footage shot during the 1997-98 season, and some frank conversations from the present day; every segment is compelling, even if individual episodes don’t all gel. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z The lineup consists of three franks, one lavished with chiles, cheese and peppers; another with Cheddar and sauerkraut; and a chicken dog with mushrooms and cheese. Michael Chernow Focuses on Fish at Seamore’s 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z “Rix’s translation is deft, but Szabo’s frank, conversational prose takes a back seat to her sinuous plotting: The novel unspools its secrets over many pages, and the resulting tour de force is taut with suspense.” 12 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z “The things I say are very frank: ‘Don’t do this. Back to School With Tan France 2020-09-11T04:00:00Z She continued her association with frank subject matter opposite Montgomery Clift in Freud. Susannah York - Life in Clips 2011-01-16T13:15:17Z Alden's version is more like a Malibu, Calif., barbecue, where the cousins grill hot dogs and serve the franks to a crowd in modern casual attire, with paper party hats on heads and holding margaritas. Offenbach's `La Perichole' ends NYC Opera season 2013-04-24T16:49:08Z And to be frank, a religious upbringing has offered my daughters some other practical, less spiritual perks. My uneasy Catholic motherhood 2013-05-26T20:30:00Z He’s frank about drugs and his sex life and the sex lives of others. Mark Morris: Loves Dance, Hates Brussels 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z Still another, Walter Newsome, was even more frank about his own struggles: Secrets of “Virgin Nation”: True Love Waits, Silver Ring Thing, and the real story of how evangelicals linked purity to America’s salvation 2015-06-28T04:00:00Z Curtis was as frank and outspoken as ever when she spoke with me recently, to promote her new film, the murder mystery “Knives Out,” from the writer and director Rian Johnson. Jamie Lee Curtis Has Never Worked Hard a Day in Her Life 2019-12-01T05:00:00Z Alice Neel’s comically frank depiction of her unclothed self in all its corpulent, octogenarian splendor is a good example. Art in Review: Joan Semmel 2011-05-06T06:15:06Z Parts of this frank and witty book belong in “Best American Sex Writing 2013.” Books of The Times: ?Wild? by Cheryl Strayed, a Walkabout of Reinvention 2012-03-27T15:51:40Z Despite the fact that his estimate was higher than the others, he won the restoration contract because he was direct and frank in the interview. Ian Constantinides 2013-05-28T16:45:12Z This frank, funny, and touching anthology puts many of those stories down on paper, and discusses the complex and diverse array of parenting experiences, from step-motherhood to infertility, and everything in between. 13 Mother's Day Gifts for Book Lovers 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z Landgraf believes many of his colleagues would like to be more frank, but feel they have to be cautious with the press in case they say something they regret. Can candidness work for a TV executive? 2011-04-26T11:52:09Z Lowry could be blunt, overly frank; he took pride in his plain-speaking, his dislike of pretension. LS Lowry: the people's artist comes in from the cold 2013-06-08T23:05:10Z But another is her art criticism, which is rhapsodic, lovely, unfashionably frank and emotional in its adoration. Review: ‘The Vanishing Velázquez’ Tells of Art Obsession 2016-04-10T04:00:00Z And yet: this summer, the Mystetskyi Arsenal is open to the public, with a forceful and beautiful exhibition that’s all the more impressive for its modesty and frank emotions. How the War Changed a Kyiv Museum’s View of Its Past 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z In Cannes, too, she demonstrates some of the same frank distraction at the post-screening post-midnight press conference; garrulous, almost guileless, in conversation. Jacqueline Bisset: 'Older women continue to want sex but men don't want to sleep with them' 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z Lena Dunham … her book is 'frank and funny' according to publishers. Lena Dunham – pass notes No 3,262 2012-10-09T16:05:07Z Their frank, heartfelt conversations travel “the distance between the American Dream and the American reality,” as Obama puts it. Get to Know Your Favorite Actors and Artists a Little Better 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z Over the phone from his home in Detroit, Mr. Brown, 35, was frank about relating to Mr. Curtis’s morose themes, though he punctuated some darker musings with his trademark giggle. Danny Brown Shows Respect for His Elders With ‘Atrocity Exhibition’ 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z Like a grand old "see you next Tuesday," if we're being frank. "Belgravia": Where "Downton Abbey" meets Dickens, except with a more dashing, less hungry orphan 2020-04-11T04:00:00Z His precise description of exploring options, settling on morphine and suggesting that route is ruthlessly frank and relatively unadorned. Critic’s Notebook: Doug Stanhope’s ‘Beer Hall Putsch,’ a Stand-Up Album 2013-09-06T22:34:31Z Pat is like a grown-up version of my son, and he’s frank and colorful and soulful and trying to do his best. Q&A: Silver Linings Playbook’s Bradley Cooper and David O. Russell 2012-11-15T16:00:55Z This novel’s ideas about shame, constraint, lust and abandon are as subtle as the sex is frank, conveyed through insinuation and metaphor. ‘The Governesses’ Offers Subtle Lessons in Shame, Constraint and Lust 2018-11-27T05:00:00Z Parsons said students in the master class "will have the opportunity to engage in a frank conversation with Mr. Galliano about the challenges and complications of leading a design house in the 21st century." John Galliano to teach master class at NY fashion school 2013-04-22T18:30:14Z Parsons said the spring workshop will give students the opportunity to have a "frank conversation" with the designer. John Galliano to teach master class at Parsons 2013-04-22T16:49:07Z It’s a tribute to this book’s frank, frazzled tone that none of this information comes across as pretentious. Books of The Times: Phantoms of the Mind, No Longer Shocking But No Less Haunting 2011-02-01T21:45:58Z A candid memoir would be in character for Rivera, a mother and grandmother of two known as the Diva de la Banda, or Diva of the Band, for her frank talk about her life. APNewsBreak: Jenni Rivera memoir due in July 2013-02-18T23:01:10Z Ms. Wade applies a frank and unadorned style to repertoire from across the jazz canon, as well as other corners of the black music tradition. Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z Let's be frank: No one planning on "eating clean" would ever conceive of ordering fettuccine Alfredo. The creamiest, most decadent fettuccine Alfredo is only 15 short minutes away 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z He is also frank about his drinking, his ambivalent feelings toward his own talent and the career that brought him such success. Burton diaries' passion and shame 2012-08-15T11:56:58Z Both books, award winners with L.G.B.T.Q. characters and frank depictions of sex, have been challenged around the country and were available at the North Hunterdon High School library. With Rising Book Bans, Librarians Have Come Under Attack 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z It’s common today to see female comics fusing a feminist sensibility with frank, giddy discussions of sex, but that wasn’t the case on television in the early 1980s. The Comedy Master Who Hasn’t Gotten Her Due: Elayne Boosler 2018-09-30T04:00:00Z "It is a frank, but sophisticated examination of the human, not the legend, with revealing insights and no subject off limits," publisher Touchstone said on Wednesday. Jermaine Jackson to pen memoir on brother Michael 2011-03-16T17:15:50Z Set that expectation aside: Mr. Xuan’s version is restorative, light in body and frank in flavor, testifying to the use of the more obscure chicken parts. At Bep Ga in Chinatown, It All Begins With Chicken 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z The show opens earlier, with Minter's frank, 1969 photographs of her rather dissolute mother in Coral Gables, Fla. Black-and-white portraits often show her out of focus from behind but crisply reflected in a mirror. Marilyn Minter's 'Pretty/Dirty' show allures and repulses all at the same time 2016-04-23T04:00:00Z The franking commission reviews official mail, email and social media for overtly political or inflammatory content. Democrats Ban Usage of the Word 'Obamacare' in Congressional Mailings 2011-10-26T20:17:45Z This purports to be a frank autobiography, but much of the book is coldly impersonal. The Third Man by Peter Mandelson 2010-07-17T23:05:00Z And to be frank, you know, the script that we had, a lot of stuff is left on the editing room floor. "There is no revolution without art": Kendrick Sampson on activism & his new film "Miss Juneteenth" 2020-06-26T04:00:00Z The frank and emotionally intense poetry of Anne Sexton was enormously important to her; she introduced me to Sexton and Plath when I was barely a teenager. Before the Feminist Revolution, This ‘Messy Experiment’ Nurtured Female Talent 2020-05-19T04:00:00Z Ms. Mann is frank, too, about her own life alongside her husband, Larry Mann, a blacksmith and a lawyer. Review: ‘Hold Still,’ Sally Mann’s Memoir, Reveals a Rich Life 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z To be frank, I was lured in by the second part of the book's title. 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