| 单词 | gripping |
| 例句 | He rested his head on the steering wheel, gripping it with both hands. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z I didn’t know what else to do, so I ran practically the whole way home, gripping Aaron’s photo and nearly slipping several times on the icy sidewalk. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Two guards accompany the officials, their hands gripping their clubs. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z One of his hands is in my hair and the other one is gripping my waist. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z He was afraid, he realized then, because as he sat there, gripping the six-fingered sword for confidence, he was suddenly back to what he had been before Vizzini had found him. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Ford is gripping two of my fingers with his five tiny fingers. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z She has to see me gripping—squeezing—the water bottle with both hands. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z I leaned forward on the table, resting my chin on my folded arms, my hidden fingers gripping the table’s edge as I fought to ignore the irrational longing that unsettled me. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z By the time Turner had spun around and looked up, his father—his father!—and the sheriff were gripping each other’s arms and pushing back and forth, sliding and stumbling and tripping over rocks. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z She screamed, gripping the handle harder even as she stumbled, vaguely aware that keeping the weapon was her only hope for staying alive. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Luke paced in front of the swimming pool, cursing in Ancient Greek, gripping his sword so tight his knuckles turned white. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z He feels hands grabbing his arm, gripping his shirt and elbow, pulling. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z The small, comforting hand gripping her shoulder suddenly let go. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z When she heard him come into the house and close the kitchen door, she realized she had been gripping the windowsill with white fingers. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s suddenly an invisible hand gripping every single muscle inside my chest. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z He had finally let go of the Magpie, who was now standing with her bony hands gripping the back of the chair where Meggie had been sitting. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z She’d whirled in her tracks and was at me before I could blink my eyes, her left hand gripping my arm. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Thomas, his hand still gripping Teresa’s, ran with them, bunched up in the back of the group. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z I stand between my parents, gripping their hands. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z "Thirty seconds to go!" cried The Grand High Witch, gripping Bruno by the arm. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z She’d thought she was holding on to her life, when really she’d been strangling it, gripping it so tightly it shattered. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Just hold on, he told himself, gripping the rail. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z I step over a puddle, the soles of my shoes gripping the gritty tunnel floor. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z At night, I dream I’m in Hideo’s bed, tangled in his sheets, my hands running along his bare back, his hands gripping my hips. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He was gripping my body like he’d never let me go, like he was hanging on for dear life. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z She turned around in her chair, and gripping its arms she bent over backward, dipping the back of her head to the plate. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Seven straightens up and stares ahead, barely blinking and gripping the steering wheel. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z He quickly squats down in front of me, one hand gripping the back of my neck, the other covering my mouth and most of my face. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She discarded the pouch and stepped forward into the glittering dust cloud, gripping the crossbow in both hands. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Harry put his face to his knees, his hands gripping his hair. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z I unwound my legs from the gripping fear and almost tripped onto the stove. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z My books dropped to the floor, and before I knew it I was holding on to her hands, gripping the wrists tight. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z I stay where I am, gripping the shaggy strands of the carpet between my toes. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z Through her window she could see the last wrinkled leaves gripping the branches of the ancient red maple, refusing to drift down to the ground until absolutely necessary. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z My feet found their strength, and I took off at a full run, Nell bouncing painfully and gripping my shift for her life. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He was breathing fast, and his right hand was gripping the handle of the knife in its sheath. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z What he did notice was two hands gripping the window-sill from outside. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z For the rest of the song he’s back up on his feet, gripping the microphone with both hands and singing with abandon. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Flux was like a cowboy on its back, gripping fur with one hand, slapping the creature’s flank with the other. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Hannah could feel her voice getting louder, like Aaron’s when he was scared, and a panic feeling was gripping her chest. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z She shook her head and blinked rapidly as she approached the furrier’s, where a harried-looking woman was pawing through chinchilla furs with one hand while gripping the arm of her young son with the other. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Two hands were gripping my throat, and they’d been shaking me. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z But the nurse pushed her upright, gripping her arms. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Marble fever was gripping Key West, and we were the best crew on the island. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he leaned forward and reached out with his long arms to pick me up, gripping the tops of my arms like I was a toddler. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z He looked down at his fingers gripping the menu. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z I had to look down to make sure my fingers were gripping it. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Smart boys make useless men,” he says, twisting his gripping hand. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z He was holding on with one hand, gripping Annabeth’s wrist with the other, but the pull on her leg was much too strong. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “They told me my son had died,” his father said, gripping his shoulders. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z When she felt lonely, she could feel their hands gripping hers in their secret handshake. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z He opened his mouth to speak but a cold hand clamped down on it, gripping it shut. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Lord Asriel could see the effort he made to hold himself together, and sat tensely gripping the arms of his chair until Baruch found the strength to go on. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “Cari,” she whispered, gripping her sister’s arm, “you know better than to pry.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z For a second, I stand there, gripping the bottle a milk. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z A girl playing basketball had jumped for the hoop and stayed caught in the air, fingers still gripping the ball. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Finally, he stops going through the cupboards, leaning against the counter and gripping its edges so tightly his knuckles turn white. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Then his hands are on my waist and my hands are gripping his shirt. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z He was gripping a handful of pamphlets, and his gray suit and pale skin made the blood dripping from his head all the more vivid. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Almost without thinking, Jess grabbed hold of the twins, gripping their arms with all her might. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z Evan felt his mouth getting tight, his fingers gripping the pencil too hard, as he scribbled a dark storm cloud on the page. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z “Twig, wait,” I said again, gripping the phone so tightly that my fingers started going numb. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I don’t get a candle because I have my poster in one hand and I’m gripping Momma with my other one. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z Khalil wears a smirk, gripping a handful of money and throwing up a sideways peace sign. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z The old soldier, one arm around the boy, the other hand gripping his gun, inched toward the door. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z I felt Kat’s hand in mine, gripping hard. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z His left hand was behind her neck, gripping her hair, and with his right he held her forearm which was raised in protest, or self-defense. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “Yasha, don’t you dare let go of my hand,” a man said, gripping me tightly. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I wrapped my arms around him and pressed myself even closer, gripping him tightly, feeling his body heat completely envelop me. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z My hand is gripping the bag that’s stuffed with the money I collected from generous relatives excited to see me for the first time in eight years, and I try not to bump into people. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z “You’ll fall,” Luke said, and Eleanor gasped; she brought her eyes down with an effort and found that she was gripping the veranda rail tightly and leaning far backward. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z Just by Robbie’s armpit, a little man in a three-pointed hat and a colonial jacket stared suspiciously off to the side, one hand gripping his sheathed sword. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Earlier, they had watched a sparrowhawk overtake a small bird, in mid-air, reaching out and pulling it back with its claws, and then gripping it to death as it flew on. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z He landed, still gripping the top of the crutch. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Then she hugs me with one arm, her hand gripping my shirt. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z “What?” said Ron loudly, looking around into the pitch-dark, and gripping Harry’s elbow very hard. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z You aren’t really “stuck,” but it sure feels as if there are hands gripping your feet, and not letting you go. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z She had a button nose and a hard little set-back chin, a gripping jaw set on its course even though the angels of God argued against it. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z In the rearview, I see him gripping the door handle with one fist, clutching his own thigh with the other. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He then positioned the fingers of her other hand on the wood before lightly gripping her wrist. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z If I didn’t know any better now, I could have been gripping the hand of a corpse. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z She laid a hand on each girl’s shoulder, gripping them hard. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z She drove intently, both hands gripping the top of the wheel, peering forward. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z Dari stood behind Joe, gripping his hair with one hand, face pale with horror. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The neighbor’s cat is climbing awkwardly on a high branch, its claws gripping the wood as if it’s petrified. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Perfect happiness is: gripping the bottom of a rolling chair with both hands, while Cal Price pushes me down the hall in a full-on run. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z I wrapped my arms around her, and I could feel her hands gripping my back. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z He went to help his children unload the car, gripping the suitcase handles in his bony fingers, his bony wrists locked. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m gripping my seat belt super tight when Mama starts driving again. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z Hermione had taken his hand again and was gripping it tightly. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z He was still gripping the knob of the brass bedpost, which he had bent at the joint all the way down to four o’clock. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Up ahead, a little colored boy in overalls watches me, wide-eyed, gripping a red ball. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z The orator, still gripping the neck of the microphone, his shoulders hunched forward, his free hand claw-ing at the air, had gone straight on with his speech. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z She fumbled in her lap and come up gripping the pistol with both hands. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z He leans forward in the driver’s seat, gripping the steering wheel with sweaty palms. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z And you stared through your windshield—through the wipers—gripping the wheel. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z I can see his legs kicking, hear him gripping, grasping, trying to cling on, stay in the stall. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z My head whips around to the chair where Will was sitting, fear gripping my chest. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z One day as I was gripping the bars, my face straining toward the light, a guard came in and told me I had a visitor. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z Even as he spoke, he started forward, gripping the knife and aiming the spear at the Spirit Bear’s broad white chest. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Harry found himself gripping the edges of his seat very hard as they flew toward the lake. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Ron let out a noise between a whimper and a groan and dropped onto the sofa: Hermione joined him, gripping his arm. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Citra could see her gripping the steering wheel tighter as she thought of it. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Behind Cole sat Garvey and Edwin, joking with each other and gripping the gunwales to brace themselves.There had been a heavy chop ever since they left Drake an hour ago. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z He stopped when he saw her hiding in the bushes around the side, gripping a huge carving knife and all dressed up to look like a Pianosan farmer. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Every time it hits a patch of uneven pavement, it jostles me from side to side, even though I’m gripping the seat to keep myself still. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z He is gripping my arm so tightly it hurts. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z His hands gripping the wheel, his keychain dangles from the ignition. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Newt grabbed him by the shoulders and lifted him up, gripping him under both arms. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z “You can drive us into Mexico, but not before that,” Juanita said, gripping the wheel resolutely. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Now riding on her knees, gripping the board with both hands, Tally twisted into the next turn, dropping to skim just above the cracked dirt of the dry creek bed. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z I felt myself leaning forward, my hands gripping my knees, bracing myself for what she would decide. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z The figure leaped into the air and was on top of him, slamming into his shoulders, gripping him with strong hands. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z The next day, I stood on Thomas’s old front porch, gripping a bunch of flyers. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Harry, following the beam with his astonished gaze, saw that Voldemort’s long white fingers too were gripping a wand that was shaking and vibrating. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Sometimes she even climbed the trees and danced among the upper branches, her toes gripping the limbs as she moved back and forth, teetering a little less every day as her balance returned to her. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The girl kept gripping her brother with one hand but raised the other one slow to take the doll. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z I can still picture her gripping the knife, her eyes fixed, focused, but where my father should be, there’s an aperture in my memory. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I sat gripping my brief case, my eyes closed, feeling the bus sailing swift beneath me. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Alyssa endures it, Garrett’s all smiles, and Henry remains all business, keeping his hands gripping the wheel at ten and two. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Standing awkwardly, still gripping the hilt of the man’s sword, the scribe tugged harder and the sword pulled slowly free. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Cole pitied the scared little mouse, but he held on, gripping with all his strength. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Clotho was hobbling by, gripping five dirty cups by their lips. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z He shook his head again, gripping the hilt of his sword so tight his knuckles turned white. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Deborah screamed, her hand shooting out of the dishwater, gripping a serrated steak knife. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z “Tag couldn’t catch a cold,” Roy Lee said, gripping the steering wheel and turning it back and forth to dodge the pot holes. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Thanks to severe thunderstorms, I spent the whole flight gripping my seat, worrying that I was going to plummet to my death. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z We are squashed together, gripping each other, on top of The Beast. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z I look down and see Aibileen’s gripping her black pocketbook like it’s the only thing she has left in this world. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z He leaned forward, gripping the arms of his chair. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z She's gripping her white cane with both hands, ready to use it like a samurai sword. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I checked the talent every dozen steps or so to reassure myself that my numb hand was still gripping it tightly. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I took my place in the stem and sat gripping the gunwales with white-knuckled hands while Falconer climbed in, rocking the boat sickeningly, and the wherryman cast off. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Zeitoun and Frank sat still, gripping either side until the waves subsided. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Her hands appeared, gripping the bars of the window. The Maze Runner 2009-10-21T00:00:00Z I watched her slow, careful progress down the steps, her back bent, both hands gripping the rail, as if she were blind and had to feel her way. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Mrs. Lonogan steadied herself by gripping the table, as if Finn had just declared his intention to train unicorns for the fairy circus. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z I spent the whole three hours of their last visit gripping my Colt .32 so tightly that four days later my hand is still stiff. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z I must’a stood there for at least fifteen minutes, one hand grabbing my ladder, the other hand gripping the top of Blaze Tower. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z I stopped gripping the chair, but my heart still goes on thumping hard. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Dave asked, gripping her shoulder and sort of leering, but he sounded a little creeped out himself. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z She’d been gripping it hard for so long the linen cover had left an impression on her palm. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Someone is gripping my arm, a boy from the Seam, and I think maybe I started to fall and he caught me. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I watch her carefully, one hand still gripping the zipper in case I need to pull it up quickly. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z “And they took?” he said, his voice rising, a terrible fear gripping him. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z He always rode belly down, arms spread out, and hands gripping the T bar. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he moves to beside the door, gripping the knife’s handle tightly. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z His fingers on the brick began to ache; he had been gripping it for some minutes with all the strength of his body. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z He rocked back and forth in his seat, gripping the frame of the Diplomat, trying to propel his body out of the vehicle. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Isa stepped back, her fingers gripping the bag so tightly her knuckles turned white. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z He sat gripping the arms of his great chair. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I hold him, but then he is gripping me around my shoulders and clenching the back of my blouse, my hair. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z She was gripping them tighter and tighter together. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z Before she could brew another pot of coffee, people were knocking on our door, wishing us Merry Christmas and gripping bottles of rum in their gloved hands. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z “There were maybe twenty of us at most,” he said, gripping my hand. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z His face looked like he was terrified, as if he were gripping the edge of a cliff or something. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z He stepped back, gripping his backpack like a mace he was prepared to swing. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Twenty yards, ten...Now he was staring straight into the eyes of the rider, saw the man’s uneven teeth as he smiled, still gripping the flamethrower. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z When they were out together, he walked alongside her, one hand gripping her by the elbow. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z I seized the wrist of the first man I came across, gripping on like a drowning sailor as he scowled in disgust and shook my hand away. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z They were almost to the door when a hand suddenly slammed against his shoulder, gripping his shirt. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z With a quick movement I slipped my purse over my head, gripping the strap with one hand, ready to surrender it or use it as weapon as need demanded. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z I try to answer, but she’s still gripping my face, and even if I could answer, I don’t know what I’d say. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z I see his Adam’s apple move like he’s gulping, and his hand muscles are flexed from where he’s gripping the steering wheel so hard. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z Panting like an animal, with my legs shaking and my hand gripping the knife, I attack at Met Bong’s cue, charging at my dummy, I yell, “Die! Die!” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I was gripping my pencil so hard by the end that I was sure it would snap. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He sat in his room, gripping his hands tightly together until he stopped choking. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z All the parents leaned over the children as they exchanged soft words and softer touches, hands gripping hands, palms cupping cheeks and jaws, all heavy with sorrow and regret. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z She is still gripping the edges of the table. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z By degrees he lowered the laser beam; he sat gripping it and then he shrugged and returned it to the desk drawer, locking the drawer and restoring the key to his pocket. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z I jumped out of Betty, my hand gripping the door handle. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Facing the stern of the boat, each boy began with his chest bent over his knees, his arms stretched out in front of him, and both hands gripping the handle of his one long oar. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z One minute, I feel like I’m not gripping hard enough, and the next, I’m squeezing too hard. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Her strong hands are still gripping my shoulders, keeping me upright. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z He was gripping a fistful of my jacket in one hand. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z He looked at Mrs. Torrance, who stood next to her desk, her right hand gripping it so tight that he could see the muscles flexing in her arm. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Maybe that was because she was gripping it so tight. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z I bend down toward the outlet, gripping the end of the light strand firmly in my hand. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z “People lost everything,” she mutters, gripping the back of Mary’s chair. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Using an oven mitt, he was gripping the plate of smoking grapes. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z He saw his fist tightly gripping the clump of white matted hair he had ripped off the bear. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z She crouches over my sports bag, one of her filthy hands on the zip, the other gripping her rifle. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z I woke up sweating, my arms stretched over my head and gripping the rope of my hammock. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Madam Hooch, the Quidditch teacher, asked Flint and Wood to shake hands, which they did, giving each other threatening stares and gripping rather harder than was necessary. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z “What are you doing?” she’d asked Lefty, eight or nine at the time, and gripping the post, moving his knees up and down. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z My fingers are still gripping the back of his jacket so tightly that when they take him away it tears leaving me with a fistful of black fabric. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Hermione called to him, and she took out her wand, still gripping the back of Harry’s robes with her left hand. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Then I was standing, gripping my brief case. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z She stared at the letter, then handed it back to me carefully, gripping it with her fingers as if it were a dinner plate heaped with food instead of a sheet of paper. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Hangman was gripping the root of my tongue and every letter in the alphabet was a stammer-letter. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z It’s going at a good speed now, Luke is gripping the wheel. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Celaena’s limbs trembled so violently that she had to focus on gripping Nox, and her stomach turned over and over and over. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Her hand tightly gripping the side of the sink. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z “What do you want?” he asked, hands gripping either side of the door frame. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z First, we walked to the corner and back with Ty and Lucky, Safer gripping a leash in each hand. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “I want to begin by thanking each of you for being here,” she finally said, her hands softly gripping the sides of the pulpit, the muscles in her upper arms flexing. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z And so she stood there, unable to hear his words so long as he was gripping her fingers. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “What do you mean, we think you are Menda?” asked the smith, gripping his hammer tightly. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Fake Uncle whistles happily, gripping my shoulder as tight as an eagle I saw on TV once, holding on to a squirming mouse. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Now she sat in the clinic gripping McKusick’s book, not even trying to read the words. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z She walked nearer to them, gripping a cane made of wood and seeming unsurprised by the sudden visitors. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “You shouldn’t—you should never forget. But part of surviving is being able to move on. There’s this word,” she continued, turning to study her fingers gripping the wheel. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “Get on — there’s not much time,” said Harry, gripping Buckbeak firmly on either side of his sleek neck to hold him steady. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z She’s about six years old, in a plaid jumper dress, white T-shirt, bobby socks and shoes, her hair loose from its braids, right hand gripping something against her chest. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z I search online for hunting gear to add to my Christmas wish list—still not gripping my attention. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z His two thin hands are gripping the edges of the table as if the floor were pitching beneath him. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z “But now I found myself gripping the controls with a nervous tension I hadn’t experienced since that first combat mission.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, gripping Eilonwy’s arm, he pulled her deeper into the protection of the trees. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Grace didn’t think it could be worse than that night, her mother gripping her hand, nurses urging her to push, but it was. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Now with two hands she was gripping his cheeks tightly, and with an effort she turned his face and drew it toward her own. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z So even though the wok trembled in my sweaty grip, even though I could hardly breathe for the fear gripping my chest, I charged. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z His hands, the size of oven mittens, were gripping the sides of the wooden podium. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z He stands with his back to Sasha, gripping a pole for balance. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z When the cops came, he was still gripping the broken bottle in his hand, and watching his own blood flow between the fingers of his fist and drip on the Mexican’s oiled wood floor. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Jacob was gripping the side of the cart and his nails dug into the wet wood. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Wearing a dark uniform and a full-length rain cape, he stood for a few moments gripping the hand of FISA’s Italian Swiss president, Rico Fioroni, as the two smiled and carried on an animated conversation. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z One day I just notice that I’m not gripping so tight. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Her mom turns into Simon's driveway, and Abby slides out of the passenger seat, gripping her skirt in one hand and holding a clutch in the other. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z They laughed and chased after Jenny, who was riding the bike faster, with Raymond gripping the seat underneath him. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Then we tried carrying him, Noodles gripping under his arms, and me at his feet. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z But the way her hands was gripping tight on the covers and shaking give ’way that she was only pretending to sleep. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z It was a woman, rather short, with a rolling walk, wearing a floral print dress and gripping what looked at first like a stick but was in fact a man’s umbrella with a goose’s head. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Mark twisted his body around so that he was facing front, gripping Darnell by his shirt behind him. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Harry watched, terrified, his hands gripping the rim of the basin so hard that his fingertips were numb. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z He waved the fingers of one hand, gripping tightly to the rope of his crab trap with the other. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Nine hours of gripping the crutch handles had stiffened his hands to claws. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Two were soldiers, each gripping the arm of the small, shuffling figure in the middle. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Both hands tightly gripping my bowl, I take my two ladlefulls and walk to my shaded spot underneath a tree, away from all the others. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z They apologized to Aarfy for intruding and led Yossarian away between them, gripping him under each arm with fingers as hard as steel manacles. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Henry whirls; in the same motion he hurls the pistol from him and stoops again, gripping Bon by both shoulders, panting. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z “Likewise, Frankie,” he said, gripping my hand and shaking it several times. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z But I’m shaking now, like I did when I told Zoey, and I know Webb can feel it because he’s gripping my shoulder and squeezing. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z When the ghost of one of Mrs. Caruthers’s sons finally appeared, in uniform with his hand tightly gripping a bottle, Ophie laid a hand on his arm, which was naught but chilly vapor. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Out in the corridor, Frank suddenly became aware that the hand gripping his walking stick was slippery with sweat. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Still gripping me tight, Beatriz pulls me so close, I’m sure she can smell the fear on my breath. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z The tongues of water licked into all the crevices, dragged at my hand and at my bare feet gripping the ledge. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z He was unaware that Lydia knelt beside him, gripping his arm like she would plummet off the Earth if she let go, doing the same. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z The statue in the huge chair was just as detailed—a man staring straight ahead, his hands gripping the armrests, with bracelets on his wrists and anklets above his bare feet. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z In his left hand he still held the flashlight, gripping it for sheer life. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z I push it in front of the door and sit on the edge of the bed, gripping the mattress. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I gulped, gripping the straps on my book bag with sweaty hands. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Maddie uncurled the gripping earphones and microphone and passed her headset to the pretty little blond wireless operator, who adjusted the phones to fit her head. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Every time he struck, Archer flinched, gripping his sword tighter and tighter and tighter. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z She looked at me with that almost-pleading expression again, like I was the answer to an unspoken question, before gripping her staff and stalking to the exit. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z He imagined himself gripping the wheel, as Shoba turned around to hand the children juice boxes. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z But still, my hands hurt from gripping that iron. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z If Henry’s voice on the phone was a tether, his body is the gravity that makes it possible, his hand gripping the back of Alex’s neck a magnetic force, a permanent compass north. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z He strapped the nest box to his back and, gripping the lowest limb of the hemlock, swung hand over hand to the tree trunk. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z “Let them,” he said, gripping the steering wheel with both hands now that we were in gear. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Alice was gripping the gunwales and peering as hard as she could in the deceptive light. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z ‘Help me get him into the boat! Quick!’ cried the ancient half-sister, gripping him under the armpits. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z She sobbed and hugged Aunt Gloria, saying it couldn’t possibly be Salim, while Dad started throwing outdoor clothes on over his pyjamas and Kat stood there, gripping me. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z My hand is gripping the knife so hard that my forearm aches. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Her hands are gripping the edge of the table, her entire body rigid. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z She remembered the dream of the mahalath, when the mist unmade her and all sense of physical being vanished, but for one thing, one solid thing: Lazlo’s hand gripping hers. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Simultaneously they walked forward and hugged, Harry gripping the still-sopping back of Ron’s jacket. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Conor’s grief was a physical thing, gripping him like a clamp, clenching him tight as a muscle. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z Nick sat at the far side of the room, gripping a pewter pot as if it were fee only stable thing in the room. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z The armrests was carved in the shape of a couple of snarling lions and the wood was shiny and wore down from so many folk gripping on to it. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z The mercenary on the gargoyle below only had time to lean into the wall as she slammed onto the creature’s head, gripping its horns to steady herself. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I look at the grass gripping my feet. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Winnie leaned against the fence, her hands gripping the warm metal of the bars, and thought about Mae behind another set of bars in the jailhouse. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z She saw Con kneeling on the cold ground gripping Taisin’s hands in his. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Phineas sat behind the table in a heavily carved black walnut chair; the arms ended in two lions’ heads, and the legs ended in paws gripping wheels now sunk in the snow. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Dull-eyed, shaking and numb, one hand gripping the rain catcher, the other clinging to the raft, I continued to wait. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z At last, he drew out the first of the vases and his face grew purple with fury “Useless!” he screamed, gripping the mouth of the vase with one hand and waving it about. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Aravis felt Lasaraleen grip her arm—that sort of sudden grip which is almost a pinch and which means that the person who is gripping you is very frightened indeed. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z He raced back up the slope, scrabbling over low stone walls, and pelted through the sheepfold, past the garden and through the cloister, still gripping his apple branch swords. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Closing his eyes, gripping Dumbledore’s arm as tightly as he could, he stepped forward into that feeling of horrible compression. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z He clutched Mark’s upper arms, gripping his shirt to keep himself from plunging to the earth below. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Matthew waved a hand as if their bus, with the lone man gripping an oxygen tank and the Sharpie-scribbled seats, was what constituted his “cool.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Grover had found a sheep’s thigh bone, which he didn’t look too happy about, but he was gripping it like a club, ready to attack. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z "Brotherhood, darling," she said, gripping my biceps with her little hands. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Matthew waved a hand as if their bus, with the lone man gripping an oxygen tank and the Sharpie-scribbled seats, was what constituted his “cool.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Conor shouted, the terror following him into waking, gripping his chest so hard it felt as if he couldn’t breathe, his throat choking, his eyes filling with water. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z A barnacle-covered creature as pale as a corpse, and the dark, oily tentacle of a second creature gripping on to the first. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Moss could see her gripping the edge of the pulpit, her fingers tense and rigid, and he moved back to stand next to Javier. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I don’t realize how hard I’m gripping my seat until the flight attendant taps me. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Two women I don’t know stand on either side of her, gripping her hands, or she theirs. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z When I saw them sitting in their shirtsleeves, leaning forward, gripping their crossed knees with their hands, I wasn't surprised. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Like gripping a ball bearing as hard as you can. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z On a wide shop table, Shin saw a large pair of pincers, a tool used for gripping and carrying pieces of hot metal. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z My mom’s knuckles are white from gripping the steering wheel. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z He runs his hands through his hair, gripping his scalp, his neck. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z He sat impassively, claws gripping the chair arms, visor lowered. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z When the door whizzed open, Otto got scared and climbed to the top of my head, gripping me by covering my eyes. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Her hands hurt from gripping the banister spokes. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Skimming down closer, they found themselves ignored, for the first time, because something more interesting was gripping the minds of all the ghosts. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z I put one hand on her shoulder, on her rubbery coat, gripping the fabric in my fist. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z It had a glittering golden tail as long as a peacock’s and gleaming golden talons, which were gripping a ragged bundle. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Alex’s hand gropes across the space between them under the table, and the moment his fingertips catch on the back of Henry’s wrist, Henry’s hand is gripping his, hard. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z She narrowed her eyes at me, gripping the bag like it was evidence in a murder trial. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z She gasped with relief when she felt her passenger’s small hand gripping her shoulder through the gap in the armor-plated bulkhead. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Vivian, gripping the porch rail with one hand, puts her other over her mouth. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z I get to my feet and take a step towards the door, but he’s there in front of me, his hands gripping my arms, and he pushes me back into the chair. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z There in the corner, worked in faded thread, initials had magically appeared on the fraying hem: M-T-L- Suddenly, Mrs. Weidenbach appeared, gripping the preacher’s stovepipe hat. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z She feels Geak’s small hand gripping her neck yet she is quiet. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a good thing Ma was gripping on to it with both hands; the recoil sent the gun jumping o’er her head. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z She nodded and looked down at her hands gripping her knees. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Clasping Deedee tightly in his right arm, he ran forward, catching up with Trina and gripping her elbow with his left hand. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Inside the elevator, she pressed against Zakariyya, one hand leaning on her cane, the other gripping her tattered dictionary. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z My mom takes a deep breath, gripping the edge of my bed. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z The Nemean Lion’s skin was wrapped around my back like a cape, and I was running somewhere, being pulled along by a girl who was tighdy gripping my hand. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z The witch-queen pulled her body from the horn, and, one hand gripping her wounded shoulder, the other holding her cleaver, she staggered to her feet. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z He was still smiling to himself but now instead of a real smile it looked like he was gripping his teeth together to get ready to bite something. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He sat down, gripping his hands together very tightly. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z She’d been gripping it hard for so long the linen cover had left an impression on her palm. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z ‘The words of this wizard stand on their heads,’ he growled, gripping the handle of his axe. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z “Holy Christ,” my dad said, gripping the steering wheel, all white-knuckled and breathing hard. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z “Take a deep breath and hold it,” Kelton says, gripping tight. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z She took my hand as we walked, her soft fingers gripping the edges of my palm. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z At the people leaning against or gripping poles. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z She wanted to look down at her son and tell him that it wasn’t his father, but she immediately recognized the spindly arms, in a bright flowered shirt that she had made, gripping the cables. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z He was carrying a small fork-horned buck across his shoulders, steadying the load by gripping the antlers in one hand and the hind legs in the other. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z With both the Fleshlumpeater’s hands gripping his ankle, it was a simple matter for the BFG to tie the ankles and hands together with a tight knot. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s gripping the paper so hard it’s crinkling in his fingers. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Achren seized it again, gripping the sharp blade itself until her hands ran scarlet. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z T's got fingers in my brain, gripping tight. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Leroy drove in silence for a while, resting his elbow on the door and gripping the wheel lightly with his fingertips. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z He leaned out the door again, barely gripping the hand bar with his fingertips, all his weight dangling by those thin wrists. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z I stand, gripping my bow, waiting for the bad news. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Around his neck, he wore a necklace with a chintzy pewter dragon gripping a purple crystal ball—a memento from some Renaissance festival. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z They keep talking, without moving, without seeing me anymore even though I am still gripping the tunnel opening. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z Sam had fallen to his knees by Frodo’s head, his senses reeling in the foul stench, his two hands still gripping the hilt of the sword. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z But Baba's gripping tightly, encasing her hand with his warm palms. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z A little boy and his sister straddled an ox, gripping a frayed piece of rope tied around the animal’s neck. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z He draws back a few inches, still gripping my arms—and suddenly, our eyes lock. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z At one point she paused, gripping the chicken with both hands, and stared out the window. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z He could not even see which two were gripping him under the arms as they marched him rapidly between the two tight singlefile columns they had formed. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “A priest” he said mockingly, gripping me tighter. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z I looked at Reynolds; he was gripping a steel bar in his hand. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I take the stairs two at a time, my clumsy feet stumbling twice, my hand gripping the railing to keep me from a free fall. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z I sit in my chair, frozen, with one hand still hovering over the painting and the other gripping the edge of the table. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I devoured the books because they were the rays of light peeking out from the doorframe, and perhaps past that door there was another world, one beyond the gripping fear that undergirded the Dream. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z One was suddenly gripping under the body of the van, and something was dragging me, swinging my legs around like a rag doll’s, till they hit the tire of the tan car. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z And so, she turned back around to see Cabot still sitting there, his hands gripping the steering wheel, his head leaned down. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z With a brisk cheery manner she scooped up a handful of soil, rubbing it into her paws to give some extra gripping power. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z When they reached the corner, Bigger stopped and made her stop by gripping her arm again. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z His arms are tight around me, his hand gripping the back of my neck. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z He slipped off his sandals and clambered up to them, gripping the bare stone with his toes, and he looked into the shallow caves. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z She had no memories of gripping my hand and looking into my eyes all those hours when she was a newborn. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z "I hope you are better at filling cavities than making false teeth," Turtle said, gripping the arms of the dentist's chair. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Only when she’d heard him cross the hallway, heard his door open and close, only then would the metal fist gripping her belly let go. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z But after he pours, he hesitates, gripping the counter and closing his eyes, wincing a bit. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z She stumbled to the boy, with her right hand tightly gripping a wad of money. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z I display the quarter once more before gripping it between my fingers like the book said and slapping it into the side of the bottle and through the crack I had created. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Mother ran into the hut, her face flushed, gripping an envelope. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Ten minutes later his shoulders ached like nothing else and his fingers had grown almost numb from gripping so hard. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z I kept expecting him to turn around, to look at the other apartments, but he only stood with his hand gripping the top of his skateboard and stared at our door. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z My hands hurt from gripping the crutches so tightly. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z Meggie tried to pull away, but Capricorn was gripping her tightly as his pale eyes examined her. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z He had drawn his fists up under his chin—he was still gripping his cap—and his shoulders were hunched. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z When he opened his eyes he was lying on a hard, smooth surface, his hand tightly gripping Fflewddur’s harp. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z “Hey,” she said, gripping me, breathing like there wasn’t enough air. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “What is it?” she asked, gripping Beto’s hand tight in hers. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z "Now," said Tristran, one hand gripping the star's arm, the other holding his makeshift candle, "now, walk!" Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Inside the cafés men with their hands gripping the table, or on each other's shoulders, were singing the hard-voiced singing. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Matthias followed, hands gripping the rope, bare feet pressed against the wall. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z It took her forever to get down the stairs, turned sideways, gloved hands gripping the flimsy railing, booted feet groping for every snowy step. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z She peers down at my lap, where I’m still gripping the journal. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z The goat can’t baa, Because his lips Are gripping the pipe — A funny sight for The chickens, Who stay clear. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The Body in the Library, however, was gripping, and he finished it after he was supposed to put his light out. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z I stand there, my back to the counter, my hands gripping the edge for stability. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z One time she finds a huddled guy, completely filthy, gripping a filthy doll. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z “Yes,” Harry said, gripping his wand very tightly, and moving into the middle of the deserted classroom. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Polished from her metallic gold wig to her patent leather high heels, gripping a clipboard. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z He twisted his body and tried to spin out of the mass, gripping the Transvice with both hands to swing it left and right to get people away from him. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z An excellent place to start would be the gripping production of “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” that opened Sunday at the Mark Taper Forum. Resilience and dignity are the rich, bluesy music of 'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom' 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z But as a work of popular history, "Beasts" is gripping, a nightmare narrative of a terrible time. 'In the Garden of Beasts': Erik Larson plumbs terror in Nazi Germany 2011-05-05T20:00:16Z “Midnight’s Furies” should be accepted as a gripping, skilfully crafted account of an awful period of South Asian history. A searing split 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z But its gripping story and shimmering sense of the natural world do bring that great debut to mind. ‘Fourth of July Creek’ by Smith Henderson 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z There are multiple photos of her neck, where Kyle had been gripping her. ‘Intimate terrorism’: how an abusive relationship led a young woman to kill her partner 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z And it tells the somewhat overlooked story of what residents there experienced, in gripping fashion. Television Review: ‘Megastorm’ on the Discovery Channel 2012-11-17T01:17:18Z "La Civil" may not traverse new ground, but it is gripping, nonetheless. In the gripping "La Civil," a daughter is kidnapped as the fallout of Mexico's ongoing drug wars 2021-07-14T04:00:00Z Over the last couple of years, A-list podcast ensembles have become more and more common, and this gripping sci-fi treat from QCode features several actors you know and love. 7 Fiction Podcasts Ready Made for Vacation 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z But it reads like a thriller, gripping and appalling by turn, following the case of a client convicted of a double murder and sentenced to death in 1986. Clive Stafford Smith: 'The jury system in this country is utter insanity' 2012-07-08T19:00:02Z It’s just one of many scraps of text and sound assembled therein, and far from the most gripping. Releases From Bob Dylan and Diana Krall 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z The novelist and Proust scholar, whose new book is “Find Me,” calls “Mrs. Dalloway” an “overrated novel that I don’t find particularly gripping or interesting. I’m not even sure it’s well written.” André Aciman Would Like to Demote Virginia Woolf From the Canon 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z Mr. Reynor’s portrayal of this man-child is an extraordinary screen performance in which his face registers all the conflicting emotions gripping Richard. Movie Review: ‘What Richard Did,’ With Jack Reynor 2013-05-10T00:23:11Z It's a lot of fun, gripping without taking itself too seriously – the cold war with a twinkle. Foyle's War; Our Girl – TV review 2013-03-25T07:00:00Z At times, watching them try to crawl out from under the thumb of a tech giant can be outright gripping. Silicon Valley: the best and only comedy you should be watching 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z NOT Four weeks from now, the Empress will be out surveying her far-off dominions, engaging various potentates in weird, desperately gripping handshakes. Style Invitational Week 1233: Alphabet noir 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z The album, released on Third Man Records, Jack White’s tastemaking label, blends Ms. Price’s gripping confessionals with rootsy melodies that sound as well worn as a 45 single playing on a jukebox. Pop & Rock Listings for Nov. 11-17 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z Shortlisted for last year's Man Booker prize, Room is the best-known novel on the list, gripping and moving readers with the story of five-year-old Jack, imprisoned in a room, 11ft by 11ft, with his mother. Ex-Sesame Street writer makes Orange prize shortlist with first novel 2011-04-12T17:10:42Z It’s a masterful psychological novel, full of rich characterization and a surprisingly gripping narrative. Travel to the near future with these sci-fi reads 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z “When Breath Becomes Air” is gripping from the start. Review: In ‘When Breath Becomes Air,’ Dr. Paul Kalanithi Confronts an Early Death 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z The trailer for Game of Thrones’ fifth season is gripping. 'Game Of Thrones' Season 5 Trailer Looks Terrific 2015-02-01T05:00:00Z She reads these gripping inventions aloud to her freeloading suitors as proof that her king is en route. ‘Penelope’ Review: Adrift Between Ithaca and Progress 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z We may be suspicious of lyricism and dubious of a gripping plot, but jokes—jokes are for real. Half-Truths, Non-Truths, and Louis C.K. 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z The Naudet brothers are known best for "9/11," the gripping documentary they made after unexpectedly finding themselves in the center of the attacks while filming a piece on firefighters that morning. Documentary brings together 20 presidential chiefs 2013-09-10T13:08:37Z The story unfolds in real time over a thoroughly gripping 90 minutes. Review | Lucy Kirkwood’s ‘The Children’ examines a nuclear disaster like Fukushima — but with a surprising twist 2019-05-06T04:00:00Z It’s remarkable, gripping storytelling, told in grainy footage that nonetheless crackles with life, and it leaves the viewer angry at the senseless loss of lives and property. ‘Let the Fire Burn’: Emotions smolder long after conflict 2013-12-05T20:51:10Z The solo is gripping in its toggling between dread and desire. ‘Tejas Luminous,’ Featuring Malini Srinivasan 2014-08-10T04:00:00Z Street art is getting inspiration from the coronavirus pandemic gripping the globe, offering some comic relief, wit and beauty in a world where people are cut off from each other. AP PHOTOS: Street art offers beauty, a laugh, some hope 2020-05-29T04:00:00Z But the formative steps in the author’s own story are just as gripping. Books of The Times: ‘No Easy Day,’ by Mark Owen with Kevin Maurer 2012-09-02T18:35:49Z Though there is a place at the Met, of course, for traditional productions, there is nothing particularly gripping about Mr. Grandage’s work here. Music Review: ?Don Giovanni? at the Metropolitan Opera - Review 2011-10-14T18:50:40Z By capturing that grim reality, and in such gripping prose and detail, Mr. Martínez has both distinguished himself and done us all a vital public service. Books of The Times: ‘The Beast’ by Óscar Martínez Details Immigrant Trek 2013-12-17T21:43:42Z Those qualities also contributed to a gripping performance of the Vaughan Williams Fourth Symphony. Music Review: Exploring Themes of War, Both the Existential and the Concrete 2011-05-13T22:45:09Z This gripping, scary and queasily funny picture nurtures a dark threat which lurks like one of its gators just below the surface. Cannes 2012: The Paperboy – review 2012-05-24T10:49:18Z While this thinly fictionalised examination of journalistic ethics recognises that truth is slippery, it never makes for gripping theatre, and sits uncomfortably in its chosen form. Gibraltar – review 2013-04-01T14:34:36Z “What a day that was,” said actor Tom Hanks, who starred in the 1995 film “Apollo 13,” another gripping moon story. On Apollo 11 anniversary, people share their memories and thoughts Is the woman gripping the mattress in pleasure or pain? Books of The Times: ‘The Art of Controversy’ by Victor Navasky 2013-05-23T21:40:02Z Though its central nuclear panic theme has long since faded from public preoccupation, this gripping drama – considered by some the finest of the 80s – continues to merit revisiting. Catch-up TV Guide: From The Thick Of It to Arnold's Blueprint 2012-10-05T23:05:14Z It is a gripping, educational and angering and frustrating when you see the history of Asian Americans, starting with the Chinese Exclusion Act in 1882 banning Chinese after using them to build the railroads. Hari Kondabolu: "It works in the interest of those with power" to divide people of color 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z "They enable my hands to slide freely over the keyboard, helping me engage with the weight of the keys and preventing my hands suddenly gripping up, which was a hazard in the past," Villani explains. Pianist Angelo Villani: 'It's easy to lose sight of sharing moods and emotions' 2012-10-02T16:16:25Z Thus equipped, and after many weeks of sailing, with Thompson keeping up the gripping pace of this particularly exciting part of the story, Cook comes to what the chapter heading identifies as his “aha moment.” How Was Polynesia Populated? Two New Books Explore the Pacific’s Mysteries 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z At times during the third and apparently final series of The Killing, the action and characterisation were as gripping and affecting as anything in the remarkable first series. Rewind TV: The X Factor; The Trouble with Aid; The Killing; The Poison Tree; This World – review 2012-12-16T00:05:52Z His viewpoint as a civilian struggling within the city, and especially his perspective on ISIS, is gripping. Comics of Violence and Nostalgia From War-Torn Syria 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z Both tales are as gripping as they are revealing. Birdies, bribes and bulldozers 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z “Hullo,” he said, warmly gripping my hand, “I guess I’m getting married, eh.” The Indian wedding that exploded in violence 2015-01-01T05:00:00Z I’ve never before found these plays so easy to follow or so gripping. Review: ‘DruidShakespeare: The History Plays’ Is Complete With a Crown Fit for Many Kings 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z He falls to the floor, gripping his knee. College basketball players are worth billions to the NCAA. They deserve to be paid 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z Despite those shortcomings, the performers are gripping, particularly Nagle as a self-made man whose own past regrets mire him in inaction. A troubled adolescent's downward spiral, and the vortex that pulls down the whole family 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z I saw it several times back then, each time finding it more gripping and terrifying. ‘The Humans’ Review: Surviving in a New World and New Medium 2020-09-22T04:00:00Z Catastrophe was so close she could feel it gripping the back of her neck. Wilderness by Sarah Hall 2013-03-18T13:22:56Z Seattle Opera has brought back this harrowing three-act show in a gripping production that moves from strength to strength, with solid musical, dramatic, and visual values. Seattle Opera revives a gripping, polished ‘Consul’ 2014-02-24T19:05:37Z “I can do that for four minutes,” she said, gripping her water glass. Diamanda Galás, Still Wild and Primal, Returns to the New York Stage 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z Images of fractured bodies, souls and minds run through this frequently gripping and powerfully written but uneven book. Review | In ‘Missionaries,’ Phil Klay paints a grim picture of Colombia’s drug war 2020-11-02T05:00:00Z The novels offer a strikingly intelligent, gripping, angry look at political and corporate corruption in Sweden and, by implication, throughout the Western world. ‘The Girl in the Spider’s Web’ review: Lisbeth Salander hacks on 2015-08-26T04:00:00Z You don't really notice its complexity live, which is meant as a compliment: it sounds like gripping, visceral rock, rather than a self-conscious attempt at high art. The Who Play Quadrophenia | Pop review 2010-03-31T21:40:00Z The book, Wilkinson concludes, is “a welcome antidote in the panicked-expectant-mothers canon — though its fast-paced and gripping narrative will appeal to nonparents, too.” 8 New Books We Recommend This Week 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z This is the gripping material of Sandy Tolan's moving and diligently told new book, "Children of the Stone." 'Children of the Stone' a moving look at music's power in Palestine 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z This is one of Ravel's most mysterious scores and it became gripping theater once Thibaudet let his left hand come to life. L.A. Philharmonic breathes fire into Saariaho world premiere 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z The director of the gripping Belfast-set thriller , James Marsh, and its screenwriter, Tom Bradby, both have one foot in fact and the other in fiction. Shadow Dancer – review 2012-08-25T23:08:02Z First up is Alex Garland’s Annihilation, due out in February, which would merit a place solely because the British film-maker’s last effort, Ex Machina, was a singular example of a cerebral, gripping futuristic think piece. Future shock: unearthing the most cutting-edge sci-fi movies of 2018 2018-01-03T05:00:00Z The characters in this atmospheric, gripping film don’t respond to the sight in any way; the explosives are just one more unpleasant component of their unpleasant day-to-day living. ‘The Load’ Review: Meeting History on the Road From Kosovo to Serbia 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z The busy person already overwhelmed by the abundance of gripping TV may be muttering, more? Walter Presents: A Chic TV Boutique With a Foreign Accent 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z Ms. Silvers’s “Lady’s Grip” was much less gripping. Review: Communicating With the Spirit World Through Dance 2015-11-01T04:00:00Z Despite its occasional lumps, this novel is, at once, a gripping police procedural and an affecting study in character and fate. Review: In ‘The Whites,’ Richard Price Tries on a Pseudonym in a World of Brooding Cops 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z Such works are not likely candidates for gripping drama. Review: What the Crow Knows in ‘Grief Is the Thing With Feathers’ 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z Oliver is a plainly gripping singer, his nasality helping him cut through the clatter. New Music from Gucci Mane and Waka Flocka Flame 2011-08-08T22:27:29Z Perhaps it's too emphatic to count as satire, but it gives an extra edge to a smart, nasty, gripping movie. Killing Them Softly 2012-05-22T11:22:25Z Pushing his boot down on his captive’s back, gripping his twisted leg, the soldier submerges the man to the waist. Colour me beautiful 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z Reviewers have praised Lewisohn's deft balance of scholarly detail and gripping narrative. Author's dive into Beatles story still has depths to explore 2014-08-19T04:00:00Z The Casual Vacancy is a stunning, brilliant, outrageously gripping and entertaining evocation of British society today. Muted enthusiasm for Rowling book 2012-09-27T10:23:32Z Perhaps it's the new round that has been added – it turns out that watching people try to recreate a dish by taste alone isn't nearly as gripping as it sounds. Has MasterChef gone off the boil? 2013-04-03T11:31:15Z It is pleasing to see a writer bringing together painstaking research with gripping storytelling. How to Create the Perfect Wife by Wendy Moore – review 2013-01-04T22:55:08Z Sometimes there is nothing more gripping than an animation showing flat pieces of fabric coalescing into the garment in front of you. Art Review: ‘Charles James: Beyond Fashion,’ a Retrospective at the Met 2014-05-08T13:04:04Z But they were pushed aside for me in the moment when hearing Gershwin’s masterpiece on Monday, especially in a performance so authoritative and gripping. Review: A Splendid ‘Porgy and Bess’ Opens the Met Opera Season 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z The idea of his body being identified is gripping, and if true, curiously moving. Caravaggio: The perfect ending to one of art's blackest tales 2010-06-16T21:35:00Z It’s not that gripping after a while to watch someone do more coke and continually obsess over the bad-boy bartender. ‘Sweetbitter,’ by Stephanie Danler 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z It’s a welcome counterbalance to the data-driven, engineering mind-set gripping the culture. Want to Find Fulfillment at Last? Think Like a Designer 2016-09-17T04:00:00Z The first turbulent year of Lyndon Johnson’s presidency is the gripping focus of Robert Schenkkan’s play and it owes its likely win to Bryan Cranston, who is spellbinding in the lead role. AP predicts who will and should win at the Tonys 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z What makes the play so vibrant and gripping is Rattigan's ability to see both sides of the question. Theatre review 2010-06-09T02:09:00Z If you’re guessing that “A Hidden Life” is not exactly a gripping thriller of wartime resistance, you would be correct. Stars of Malick's "A Hidden Life": When saying no is "enough to change the world" 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z None of this narrative padding is especially gripping, and some of it borders on dull, but the quality of the construction is above average. Review: ‘The Whispers,’ on ABC, an Imaginary Friend With Dangerous Intentions 2015-05-31T04:00:00Z Perhaps the most immediately gripping revelation, however, is Anthony Hopkins’ portrayal of the famous director—chin, paunch, voice and all. Today's Movie Trailer: Anthony Hopkins in Hitchcock 2012-10-11T16:00:01Z It is frequently gripping and sincere in its intentions, but never quite as revelatory, or as devastating, as it should be. | 'When We Leave': When Two Cultures Collide Under One Roof 2011-01-27T23:45:37Z His quest turns the book into a surprisingly gripping mystery. Ethan Canin's 'A Doubters Almanac' is a blazingly intelligent novel 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z Haigh’s achievement in this expansive, gripping novel is to delineate the ways in which we are all connected, for better and worse, by pipelines and electrical wires, coal dust and gas fumes. ‘Heat & Light’ is the best fracking novel ever 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z In “When We Cease to Understand the World,” a gripping meditation on knowledge and hubris, Benjamín Labatut describes how Schwarzschild was seized by a sense of foreboding over his own discovery. The Ecstasy of Scientific Discovery, and Its Agonizing Price 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z The result is a gripping, terrifying novel that is as suspenseful as it is heartbreaking. Be Afraid. Be Very Afraid. 2019-08-13T04:00:00Z The Guardian's Andrew Pulver called it "sombre, powerful, and undeniably gripping" after the drama screened at the Berlin film festival in February. Angelina Jolie backs UK fight against rape in war zones 2012-05-29T11:36:14Z Smiles lit up a corner of the Bronx recently after the Yankees beat the Red Sox in a gripping 5-4 home win. In ‘Smile,’ Why the Grins Are So Grim 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z The testimony by dignified witnesses from all walks of life is gripping, even when viewed obliquely because of the camera placement. ‘The Trial’ Review: Seeking Justice for Argentina 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z “This is climate fiction at its most urgent and gripping,” Helen Phillips writes in her review. 9 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z “Heather” unfolds in present-day Manhattan, and like so many gripping New York stories, the plot hinges on real estate. ‘Mad Men’ Creator Matthew Weiner’s Foray Into Fiction 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z The riveting piece, given a gripping performance by Daniel Gaisford, is included on the first of three discs featuring Mr. Hersch’s solo and chamber music for string instruments, being released by Vanguard Classics. Classical Recording: Michael Hersch: Sonata No. 1 & 2 2010-04-30T18:41:00Z A gripping series that weaves brutal crimes and dirty politics with good humour. The 50 best podcasts of 2016 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z Many of the selections were strung together without pauses, which, without opportunities for applause, made for a grippingly immediate, fitfully inspiring evening. Review: Joyce DiDonato’s ‘Eden’ Takes Root at Carnegie Hall 2022-04-24T04:00:00Z When you slide the CD into your computer, you're immediately offered "bonus content", including a gripping interview in which Cyrus discusses the album's influences. Miley Cyrus: Can't Be Tamed 2010-06-24T14:31:00Z The fourth screener was the gripping “The Big Short,” with riveting performances from every member of the cast. Where are all the women in American film? 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z In fact, the first pages of the book are among its most gripping. Review: ‘The Wicked Boy,’ a Young Killer’s Twisty Path to Atonement 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z It is very personal, gripping and extremely underrated. Readers react: Is 'The Great American Novel' debate finally resolved? 2016-07-17T04:00:00Z This thriller, featuring Grace Kelly and Robert Cummings and originally filmed in 3-D, is especially gripping in the hands of Alfred Hitchcock, whose filmmaking is a master class in expressive camerawork. What’s on TV Tuesday: ‘New Girl’ and ‘Mistress America’ 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z “Private Violence,” Cynthia Hill’s gripping documentary film about domestic violence against women opens the 25th anniversary of the Human Rights Watch Festival on Friday with the cinematic equivalent of a brass-knuckled punch in the face. Unflinching View at a Festival 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z The reversals crackle, though, and Fugard’s lucid arguments remain gripping. Review | Athol Fugard’s apartheid chronicle ‘Master Harold’ still glows 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z Fortunately, the final chapter brings all of the ingredients together into a gripping, coherent triumph. Video Game Review: Mass Effect 3 by BioWare Completes a Sci-Fi Story 2012-03-10T00:50:47Z When I got the script, I wasn't sure what it was just based on the title, but when I started reading, it was just gripping from the beginning. "Your worst nightmare is to lose your child": Amy Ryan on her new Netflix film "Lost Girls" 2020-03-13T04:00:00Z A recent, gripping collection of anecdotes from former employees of Donald Trump’s competitive reality show “The Apprentice” highlights these dangers. The Kim Kardashian exception: Why her empire is constantly questioned—and Donald Trump’s isn’t 2016-06-26T04:00:00Z But the depiction of our collective blindness to the environmental devastation we’re wreaking — as well as the irresponsible way mass media cover it — is gripping. Young Adult Fantasy Novels That Sweep Readers Away 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z Your knuckles are white, gripping the wheel so tightly you feel you’re about to rip it off. How to survive your family’s upcoming holiday road trip 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z The contrast between the open fields and the claustrophobic space, between the unkempt land and the hothouse plants, is gripping, as are the strange ways the words hit and miss, link up and don’t. Art Review: Sanja Ivekovic?s ?Sweet Violence? at Museum of Modern Art - Review 2011-12-15T23:26:19Z But in real life, trials unfold at a less than gripping pace. A Theater Serves as a Courthouse, Provoking Drama Offstage 2021-01-18T05:00:00Z Basically, then, “The Hot Zone” is a scientific horror story and in the way of all gripping tales of terror, the monster is the star while everything else secondary. Smart Watch: Ebola drama "The Hot Zone" has all the symptoms of a classic miniseries 2019-05-25T04:00:00Z It had spare parts bolted on from “Breaking Bad,” and it told the story of cartel life before Walter White in segments that were often the most gripping in an episode. ‘Better Call Saul’ Season 6, Episode 13 Recap: Life 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z The play tells a gripping crime story, while giving a diverse circle of Americans their say — even flaming bigots, like the railing anti-gay minister who disrupted Shepard's funeral. Review: 'The Laramie Project' paints public, private face of grieving community 2010-07-16T15:34:00Z It begins as a gripping crime novel as several very private writers are in some way attacked or harassed at the beginning of the book. World literature tour: France 2011-03-28T11:30:33Z Yet Mr. Blakeley never lets the murders, always accompanied by a shrill factory whistle, divert attention from Todd’s gripping and ultimately heartbreaking personal ordeal. Theater Review: Ch?telet's 'Sweeney Todd' Stays True to Detailed Musical Roots 2011-05-03T13:00:07Z The quality drops after that to a hum of entertaining but not gripping character-driven series. Can Amazon Create a Hit Show? 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z The book’s introduction features a photograph of Shiffman gently gripping a tiger shark in a holding pond; his expression is that of a father cradling his firstborn. Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Shark? 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z They are utterly gripping, populated by decidedly strange characters that, more often than not, seem to be undergoing some sort of romantic, yet profound, mental collapse. The upside-down world of Avi Buffalo 2010-04-01T21:40:00Z “Liberalism” by Edmund Fawcett is not only a gripping piece of intellectual history, it also equips the reader to understand today’s threats—and how they might be withstood. On the barricades 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z Art responding to the brutality of war, as “Black Angels” does grippingly, will probably never not be timely. Can an avant-garde composer draw new people to classical music? Seattle’s Emerald City Music is betting on it 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z The performances may seem flatter but have a gripping intimacy. Ang Lee has a new religion in digital. Will anyone follow? 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z Just how I'm gripping the watermelon, I set the intention that it would do like this to people and maybe would say, "Whoa, what is this?" Chef Toya Boudy’s “Cooking for the Culture” is a celebration of Blackness through place and plates 2023-02-05T05:00:00Z Stuart Heritage The small screen's growing appetite for serial killers is not necessarily to be celebrated, but BBC2 drama The Fall was a claustrophobic, unsettling and utterly gripping watch. From The Returned to Broadchurch to Game of Thrones: the best TV of 2013 2013-07-28T18:00:01Z Marielle Heller’s gripping live capture for Amazon doesn’t change the subject at all but, in a way, reverses the angle. Bumps on the Road From Broadway to Hollywood 2020-12-18T05:00:00Z That proof was a gripping performance, more committed than any I have knowledge of in any Mozart opera, from a multicultural cast that compelled belief. Peter Sellars turns Mozart's last opera into a modern message of humanity in the face of terror 2017-08-14T04:00:00Z “At Eternity’s Gate” is carried by its star, Willem Dafoe, whose gripping performance is aided by his uncanny resemblance to the artist. The Best Art of 2018 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh EH4, from 15 December until 8 September 2013 Flame and Water Pots This free exhibition of ancient ceramics is a gripping encounter with prehistoric Japan.• Louise Bourgeois in Scotland and jail for the Rothko vandal – the week in art 2012-12-14T15:36:18Z It's not often that story about urine is so gripping. 'Periodic Tales' a charming look at the elements 2011-04-08T12:06:12Z The memoir is gripping when Meeink delves into his racist, violent past instead of straying — as he does in the last third of the book — into his heroin and other drug addictions. 'Autobiography of a Recovering Skinhead': rising in America's neo-Nazi ranks 2010-05-27T19:50:00Z Picco's account of his role, focusing on a moment when he realised his own safety was compromised, was gripping. Thank You For My Freedom 2010-04-28T07:00:00Z The knockabout Punch and Judy show undergoes a grand Hollywood upgrade on Gone Girl, a garish, gripping tale of a warring husband and wife that plays like a Relate counsellor’s worst nightmare. Gone Girl review – a bracing, scalding sketch of a marriage in meltdown 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z The plot, "gripping though waywardly pursued" reckoned Toby Litt in the New Statesman, "is that the speech of children becomes a plague to their parents", that is, a literal sickness. Critical eye: reviews roundup 2012-07-20T21:55:09Z But while presenter Alex Miller's account of this new "austerity drug" is grim, it's also gripping, and a chilling reminder of the reality of Greece's economic crisis. Catch-up TV guide: from Sisa: Cocaine Of The Poor to YouTube Comedy Week 2013-05-25T05:00:05Z Taking cues from Chicago's gang and gun-torn South Side, Common offers a gripping meditation on the senseless nihilism that is tearing through his native city at a furious, mind-blowing rate. Grammys 2015: Common's' 'Nobody's Smiling' deserves rap album honor 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z I’ll leave the details for the paying customers; all that will be disclosed here is that the evening’s most gripping statement is “I voted for him.” Review | It was a dark and stormy night at Woolly Mammoth Theatre, as the talk turned to Trump . . . 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z "Big Eyes" begins with Margaret's escape from her first marriage — teary-eyed, gripping her daughter with one hand, the wheel of the car with the other. Tim Burton's 'Big Eyes' feels too paint-by-numbers 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z Luckily they kept on, imbuing “Lose,” the group’s gripping 2014 album, with their struggles. Pop & Rock Listings for Sept. 9-15 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z Promising, all of it, leading one to hope for a movie in the Nolan mode: dark, gripping, challenging. ‘Transcendence’: a cyber drama that’s slow to upload 2014-04-16T22:46:43Z Ironically, it makes the epic good-versus-evil "Battle" less gripping than the dragon's tale. 'Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies' too often overwhelms 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z The music is a backdrop for a gripping, often brutal story of the struggles of a girl growing up poor in Queens. Review: ‘Roxanne Roxanne’ Is a Slice of Old-School Hip-Hop Life 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z Dominique Morisseau’s gripping, deeply empathic play is an anatomy of a grievously understandable fear — that of a black American mother for her adolescent son. 12 Streamable Plays That Depict Black Lives Pierced by Racism 2020-06-12T04:00:00Z Just Mr. Banks, his muddled voice, that sinister beat and 10 tensed fingers, gripping tightly to the ladder so as not to fall back down. Music Review: Lloyd Banks Performs at Nokia Theater 2010-04-30T22:56:00Z But Winding Refn's bizarre infernal creation, an entire created world of fear, really is gripping. Danish director Refn splatters Cannes festival with violence 2013-05-22T15:19:39Z As you read, you’ll see why this eerie, gripping novel won this year’s Edgar Allan Poe award for best mystery for young people. KidsPost Summer Book Club: ‘Otherwood’ 2019-06-25T04:00:00Z Instead it was his social capital – his brooding looks, quiet charm, professional standing and apparent familial devotion – that Spector drew on and which made so grippingly unnerving. Rewind TV: The Fall; The Murder Workers; Skint; Made in Chelsea – review 2013-05-18T17:00:05Z Second, the book's story is inescapably gripping and moving. Who should win the Costa? 2011-01-25T16:23:35Z Shaking the Habitual is alternately utterly gripping and unbearably boring; incredibly bold and strangely flaccid, viscerally thrilling and hopelessly over-thought. The Knife: Shaking the Habitual – review 2013-04-04T14:30:01Z "The image of seeing a fabled American city in the midst of this huge paramilitary operation is just really gripping." Despite error, CNN gets ratings boost from Boston bombing, trails Fox 2013-04-19T23:04:05Z Humanising his cast of colourful titans with that legendarily sharp ear for a smart line, Whedon gave us a movie that was fun without being camp, gripping without being doom-laden. Hobbits, superheroes and brain-bending trickery: Week in Geek's top five films of 2012 2012-12-24T11:37:00Z His fingers are gripping the tops of his thighs, the knuckles pressed to the point of almost bursting through the skin. Disappearing ink 2012-12-26T01:00:00Z A very different kind of brutality is the subject of Michael Stephenson’s intense, grippingly specific “The Last Full Measure,” a military historian’s account of exactly how soldiers die in battle. Books of The Times: ‘Granddad, There’s a Head on the Beach’ and Other Summer Reads 2012-05-24T22:43:29Z It is a gripping evening of theater, a rare contemporary play with real tragic vision, and easily the sharpest, most sophisticated political drama I have ever seen on stage. Review: Crown Jewel: King Charles III in London 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z This adventurous kids podcast, reminiscent of old-time radio dramas, is gripping listening for young and old. The 50 best podcasts of 2016 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z Unfortunately, in widening the scope, we’ve lost a lot of what made the show so gripping. ‘UnREAL’ Season 2, Episode 6: Breakdown 2016-07-11T04:00:00Z "I needed something utterly absorbing and gripping, when I wasn't doing business, and I certainly found it," he told the BBC in 2006. Felix Dennis, publishing provocateur turned poet, dies at 67 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z Furthermore, this book is written in such a pleasant, captivating style that the plot never loses its dynamism and is extremely gripping. Cinder by Marissa Meyer - review 2013-05-28T14:00:00Z “Star of the North” builds to a gripping climax. Review | A thrilling tale of abduction and escape in North Korea 2018-05-16T04:00:00Z Dickens' lasting international appeal stems from the fact that his gripping and vivid stories remain relevant today. Prince Charles leads Dickens anniversary celebrations 2012-02-07T10:46:57Z Though loosely inspired by Agatha Christie’s “Murder on the Orient Express,” the result is, as Evans writes, “one of the most gripping closed setting detective novels in the literature of mystery fiction.” Reading for a winter’s night: The detective fiction of Todd Downing 2015-03-04T05:00:00Z Perhaps the final jolt about the thief’s identity was Mr. Walter’s original ending, but it’s more conventional than the rest of this gripping story. Books of The Times: ‘We Live in Water’ by Jess Walter 2013-01-31T21:10:42Z But the idea is gripping, there’s already the sense that the creators have thoroughly imagined a dystopian world, and scenes in the pilot are genuinely chilling. Review: The Best and Worst of the New Amazon Pilot Season 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z At the center of Jennifer Hofmann’s gripping debut novel, “The Standardization of Demoralization Procedures” — set on the eve of the fall of the Berlin Wall — is a manual by the same name. Tear Down That Will: An East German Guide to Breaking the Spirit 2020-08-11T04:00:00Z After recently exploring the Internet’s comic possibilities in “Identity Thief,” Jason Bateman experiments with its tragic potential in the timely and frequently gripping thriller “Disconnect.” ‘Disconnect’: Tale of Internet’s dark side clicks 2013-04-18T21:36:51Z He has “produced an authoritative, gripping and finely detailed narrative that charts the decline of one of the great American companies,” our reviewer David Gelles writes. 8 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-12-30T05:00:00Z One of the more gripping chapters speaks to dance’s role in healing and recovery. Misty Copeland Pirouettes Through Two Books on Dance 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z It’s a gripping, vividly realized homage that builds to a dazzling climax. Review | At the NSO season opener, Noseda leads a show of force and a showcase of talents 2021-09-26T04:00:00Z The combination of note-perfect musical replications and gripping visuals demands so much of your attention that it inevitably has an effect on the atmosphere. Kraftwerk at Tate Modern, night four: The Man Machine 2013-02-11T12:26:00Z His fresco of Saint Dominic gripping the crucifix demonstrates why the “Angelic Friar” was one of the Renaissance’s favorite artists. Why wait in line for Florence’s Duomo when Fra Angelico’s frescoes are nearby? 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z But a bare summary can't do justice to the qualities of this funny, poignant and gripping book. Readers recommend their favourite books of 2010 2011-01-01T00:05:32Z I just remember gripping his leg really hard so it wouldn't move and drawing this little creature. Shaun Tan: 'I'd like to be Bilbo Baggins' 2012-08-24T15:17:56Z We do this by producing gripping, truthful theatre that earns and demands the attention of challenging young audiences. Reality show 2012-09-28T05:00:01Z The Ariel Quartet’s players turned in a gripping and often very subtle reading, setting ear-melting tenderness against seething passion with a deft and precise touch. Ariel Quartet turns in a flavorful musical ‘appetizer’ 2015-10-25T04:00:00Z Gentrification is not usually the stuff of vivid, gripping documentaries. Review: ‘Class Divide’ Shows the Extremes Hypergentrification Creates in a Neighborhood 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z Black’s sad and gripping new novel is an example of how fiction is not just a form of literature but a place. Unhappy Families Abound in These New Books About Fathers and Sons 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z "Powerful, gripping and always intriguing, it also features a lead performance from Natalie Portman that elevates her from a substantial leading actress to major star likely to be lifting awards in the near future." Natalie Portman earns early awards buzz for ballet drama 2010-09-02T15:58:00Z It is a flamboyant work, gripping in its nonchalance, exuberance and sense of disturbed dreams. Review: Drips, Dropped: Pollock and His Impact 2015-12-31T05:00:00Z Mr. Kiwanuka’s latest record shouldn’t be overlooked either: This British singer and guitarist’s collection “Love & Hate” features gripping sociopolitical rockers like “Black Man in a White World.” Pop & Rock Listings for Nov. 25-Dec. 1 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z On the economic crisis gripping the European Union, Obama said countries have been "kind of muddling along" and "they didn't respond as quickly as they could." Obama tackles rape comments, "fiscal cliff" on TV talk show 2012-10-25T15:02:29Z Head for “Spotlight,” which Mr. Scott describes as “a gripping detective story and a superlative newsroom drama.” What to Do This Weekend 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z Our Father is described as a "gripping story of fear and forgiveness" and follows a young woman who returns to her parents' home on the eve of her 30th birthday. Theatre hosts play world premiere 2012-02-15T16:33:33Z The movement in his painting — when juxtaposed with Knight’s dancing — emphasizes the gripping tension of anxiety. How to Breathe New Life Into Martha Graham’s Dances? Infuse Them With Art. 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z By the end of the gripping, delirious show — which includes a hip-hop interlude, cross-dressing and Eidinger stuffing dirt into his mouth — you might be tempted to call an exorcist on this prince of Denmark. Method Acting? Lars Eidinger Just Wants to ‘Become Myself’ 2022-10-19T04:00:00Z And then it goes somewhere else entirely, grippingly blurring the lines between life, art and their respective commentaries. The Best Movies on Amazon Prime Video Right Now 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z Arizona and California are both two states that are hard hit by the current "mega-drought" gripping the southwest. What you eat has a water footprint — here's why it matters 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z This gripping debut finds humor as well as pathos in15-year-old Julia’s quest to uncover her Mexican-American family’s secrets after the death of her seemingly dutiful sister. Notable Children’s Books of 2017 2017-11-27T05:00:00Z This is a gripping account, the most intense of all. ArtsBeat: 'The Nutcracker' Chronicles: Listening to the Score 2010-12-31T21:29:20Z More than that, it is an important book – and yet one that never lets its importance weigh down the need to tell a truly gripping human story. Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie – review 2013-04-15T08:00:02Z The most gripping thing about the staging is the space in which it unfolds, an area dominated by a massive plane tree. Review: A Star Director Takes a Back Seat in ‘The Seagull’ 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z You can get to Pittsburgh in under four hours if you stick to the freeways, but your hands will be cramped from gripping the wheel so tightly. The smartest route to Pittsburgh: The one with no shortcuts 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z Histrionic as it sounds, this reunion could make for gripping theater, but that would require some dramatic patience. | 'Lidless': ?Lidless,? a Guant?namo Play - Review 2011-10-07T00:28:35Z The profusion of realistic detail and the way feathers, blossoms, tree leaves and myriad other elements are deftly individualized is hypnotically gripping. Art Review: ?Colorful Realm,? Works by Ito Jakuchu at National Gallery 2012-03-29T21:27:01Z The controversial campaign, which depicted a woman lying down with her face contorted, seemingly in pleasure, gripping a blanket with a map of Vilnius, launched in 2018 – weeks before Pope Francis visited the country. European city's X-rated tourism ad wins international travel award 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z But as Tana French’s expertly rendered, gripping new novel begins, Frank has to go home again. Books Of the Times: Tana French?s Thriller ?Faithful Place? 2010-07-11T21:25:00Z Lorenzo Tugnoli, a freelance photographer, won in the feature photography category for his stark and gripping portfolio of images from war-torn Yemen that were commissioned and published by The Post. Washington Post wins Pulitzer Prizes for criticism, photography; affiliated cartoonist also honored 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z Parade sound like the sort of perfectly untroubled and fashionably ambitious types we saw singing tremulously and dancing anxiously in Lola, the "girl group" from ITV2's surreally gripping docusoap The Only Way Is Essex. New band of the day ? No 960: Parade 2011-02-03T17:26:24Z Though not primarily focused on fitness, “Outside Podcast” tells compelling human stories set in the great outdoors, and its most gripping episodes position themselves at the intersection of physical endurance and psychological upheaval. 7 Podcasts for a Healthier Mind and Body 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z Legendary Polish foreign correspondent Kapuściński was in Iran throughout the revolution and his pared-down account of the events of those days is gripping and insightful. Kamin Mohammadi's top 10 Iranian books 2011-07-20T11:07:13Z The mission to wipe the video on Gus’s laptop is not the gripping, horrifying sequence that the Superlab scene was in the season 4 opener, “Box Cutter.” Breaking Bad Watch: Mag-neato 2012-07-16T12:00:01Z This last season, a gripping but understated denouement, may have been his best work yet. Emmys 2018: our predictions - who will win and who should win 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z The exception is a one-off episode set in Cornwall, where Dixon gets involved in a gripping 30mph car chase on an unfinished motorway. Your next box set: Dixon of Dock Green 2012-07-19T19:00:01Z That’s one way, at least, to explain what makes them still so mysteriously gripping. Art Review: Walker Evans’s ‘American Photographs,’ at MoMA 2013-07-18T20:50:03Z As for his singing, which extends from crooning to semi-operatic declamation, it is either gripping or overbearing, depending on your tolerance for fire-breathing harangues. Music Review: Mark Nadler Evokes Weimar Era at 54 Below 2012-10-10T22:06:43Z The work seems dull and grinding and it is difficult to make gripping television out of dull and grinding. ‘Better Call Saul’ Season 2, Episode 5: Do Not Attend Law School 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z I found Shrek Forever After both gripping and rewarding, but this wasn't because of its 3D wrapping. Shrek Forever After shows why 3D won't save cinema 2010-07-05T09:59:00Z A gripping mixture of urban confessional and political manifesto, it not only inspired a generation of black activists, but drove home the bitter realities of racism to a mainstream white liberal audience. Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention by Manning Marable ? review 2011-04-10T05:00:01Z The last episode was a gripping revenge-minded thriller, Home Alone with better cinematography and less Buzz. Breaking Bad Finishes in the Shallow End 2013-10-01T09:45:47Z His stormy relationship with Farrell is among this book’s most gripping set pieces. A New Biography of George Balanchine, Ballet’s Colossus 2022-10-31T04:00:00Z In the sea of offerings, nestled snugly between shows about fantasy kingdoms battling for dominance and gripping programs about wedding-dress shopping, are shows like Homeland and 24 that trade in terror. Master of None's nuanced portrayal of Muslim life is a refreshing change 2017-05-16T04:00:00Z Fifty years later, in 1990, he conducted the last performance of his life there — a gripping account of Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony. Bernstein in the Berkshires: Tanglewood to Celebrate a Local Hero 2017-11-16T05:00:00Z The novel is in equal measure a gripping detective story and a disquieting work of speculative fiction. Review | Imagine a country that prioritizes truth-telling above all else. Is it an improvement? 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z His tale of Tel Aviv’s growth from a Jaffa suburb founded in 1909 to a metropolis whose population grew 20-fold in the 1920s is gripping. From Bauhaus to doghouse 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z And yet, it’s the social commentary of a woman slashing and bashing her toxic patriarchal society with machetes and rifles that allows “Av: The Hunt” to be as politically relevant as it is gripping. Five Action Movies to Stream Now 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z While acting is not really involved in a song recital, he found an effective balance, sometimes facing his audience and singing with gripping directness, sometimes embodying the confused, awkward poet, shuffling in place restlessly. Music Review: Schumann?s Poetic Side, Poured Richly Into Songs 2010-03-01T22:28:00Z But what may sound melodramatic in summary becomes, in the execution, gripping and authentic. Imagining the World of Nazi Hunters 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z Beth Macy, a longtime reporter for The Roanoke Times in Virginia, understood how lucky she was when she accidentally uncovered the great, gripping story told in “Factory Man.” In Beth Macy’s ‘Factory Man,’ a Struggle to Stay Competitive 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z And though the new anthem dumbfounds Kaepernick and other National Anthem kneelers, Abrams’s rebooting work turns out to be at the heart of the greater issue gripping the nation. So much for hope: “South Park” abandons serialization, apparently all really is lost 2016-12-11T05:00:00Z But, in "Theodore Boone," Grisham successfully translates his talent for writing fast-paced, emotionally gripping legal thrillers into a book that will have young readers whipping through the pages to see what happens next. 'Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer' proves that John Grisham can write for kids 2010-05-27T21:59:00Z But this sometimes gripping show isn’t so benign. Television Review: Playing Hide-and-Seek With a Stash of Cash 2011-08-01T22:58:23Z The owners of the oyster farm, Ian Wile and Rosalie Rung, and their staff provide the necessary knives, gloves and gripping boards to those intent on prying open the oysters before slurping them down. A Tanqueray Gin With a Past 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z The playwright surely intended these to catch the audience up in a gripping sequence of reversals and twists, but they progressively drain the energy from the stage. Novel take but predictable revelations in 'The Whipping Man' 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z But he’s working without cover now: “Painkillers” is stripped down, gripping in places, and too bare in others. Review: Brian Fallon Strikes Out on His Own With the Same Raspy Zeal for Yesteryear 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z No one expected Rock to drop any revelatory political insight tonight, but his middle-of-the-road gripping comes off as utterly pointless given the direness and absurdity of our current situation. Saturday Night Live: Alec Baldwin and Jim Carrey face off in debate parody 2020-10-04T04:00:00Z In a novel premised on stagnation, the incremental but inevitable deterioration of both major characters becomes an unexpectedly gripping drama, fueled by the attraction of repulsion. Living in Extreme Isolation: Is It Possible Without Going Mad? 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z She delivered her testimony in a gripping voice and broke down in tears afterward. Evan Rachel Wood Turns Her Trauma Into Good. On ‘Westworld’ and in Life. 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z As for the subsequent courtroom drama itself, I naturally turned to H. Montgomery Hyde’s gripping “The Trials of Oscar Wilde.” Review | How did all these books get into my house? There’s a method to what seems like madness. 2021-01-05T05:00:00Z While Free Solo is a film that cauterises cynicism, it would be a shoo-in for most gripping footwear commercial as well as best cinematography. Human spirit climbs to another level in Free Solo 2019-02-22T05:00:00Z The Verdict Paul Newman earned an Oscar nomination for his superbly controlled performance as an alcoholic Boston attorney in director Sidney Lumet's gripping 1982 drama. Thursday's TV Highlights: 'The Slap' on NBC 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z Rembrandt’s modest but gripping take on the subject, which differs markedly from the grand reveal in Caravaggio’s version, is thought to be the culmination of his studies of Jesus’ head. The Week Ahead: July 31 ? Aug. 6 2011-07-28T15:11:28Z His latest material is a gripping account of the sadness, loneliness and, ultimately, triumph from this period — delivered with just guitar, piano, harmonica and Mr. Oberst’s intense, quivering tenor. Pop & Rock Listings for Nov. 18-24 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z The horror master's move into fantasy with The Dark Tower series is gripping stuff. George RR Martin: Barbarians at the gate 2011-04-13T20:30:00Z The acting is highly variable, and the staging of this usually gripping thriller is rudimentary, despite spectacular jets of blood as Sweeney finds his calling. Sondheim goes ‘crunch’ in prog-metal ‘Sweeney Todd’ 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z Among the gripping moments in the National Gallery of Art’s exhilarating Tintoretto exhibition is a small detail that seems to project beyond the limits of a painting on canvas. Review | Tintoretto was brilliant and ambitious. This new exhibition shows he was also sublimely weird. 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z That sense of moral ambiguity propels this gripping drama, plunging us into the psychic depths of the traumas that accompany survival. ‘7 Prisoners’ Review: Survival at Any Cost 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z The Perfect American is the 24th opera from Glass, who has described Disney as the man responsible for "perhaps the most pervasive fantasy world on our planet" and his story as "gripping". Philip Glass opera shows Walt Disney's fantasy world in a new light 2013-01-06T00:08:29Z Though not without occasional mishap, the gripping rigour of their account was magisterial. Stephen Kovacevich 70th birthday ? review 2010-10-18T21:30:00Z When this gripping film leaves her, at age 24, she's done more than merely endure. 'Something Better to Come' reveals lives in a Russian dump That was the genesis of her chilling novel, which remains a gripping read. Hopelessly romantic: ‘Frankenstein’ at Book-It 2014-02-07T21:39:52Z It’s as if a supernatural power compels us to turn the pages of the gripping “Mexican Gothic.” Review | ‘Mexican Gothic’ is a creepy, intoxicating mystery that’s almost impossible to put down 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z Myth and reality soon collide in this imaginative first novel that blends Jewish folklore, history and theology into a gripping tale. The five best science fiction/fantasy books of 2014 Andrew Schroeder, in gripping form, projects Agamemnon’s stern exterior but also the torment that, concealed from the others, wracks the “king of kings.” Review: Iphigenia Travels From Aulis to Tauris (and Back Again) on Brussels Stage 2009-12-16T07:25:00Z The most gripping chapters focus on the chaos that was unleashed by Josef Stalin. Shelf life 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z Teasing the appearance, Colbert joked that the book would be “either a gripping tell-all about the royal family or a book of handy bowling tips.” How to Watch Prince Harry’s Interviews About ‘Spare’ 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z I remind myself to try to enjoy the season, let happier thoughts diffuse the seriousness and the desperate gripping. Clenching and counting: how I get through the holidays with OCD 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z The substance of Ill Manors – its righteous storytelling, its propulsive undercarriage – is more gripping than the title track implies. Best albums of 2012: 20–11 2012-11-28T09:00:00Z With a tangle of chains gripping his throat and pearls spilling from a pocket, he looked like a rangy choir boy gone very bad. Don’t Call Him Machine Gun Kelly 2020-07-03T04:00:00Z It might all sound like a radio play, but the stark, ghostly image of Ryan Reynolds's anguished face is gripping. Film review: Buried 2010-09-30T21:00:00Z This frightening, gripping phrase — drawn from Japanese folklore — suggests insatiable consumption, instinctive survival and, ultimately, regeneration. Wildly popular exhibition of Takashi Murakami’s art opens Saturday in Vancouver, B.C. 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z The first 80 pages of this novel are as gripping as anything you’ll read this year. Review | ‘Lean Fall Stand’ opens with a literal cliffhanger you won’t soon forget 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z In this grippingly understated music, I wanted more sense that Otello is shattered, almost unable to function — a quality Mr. Tanner did not convey. Review: Gustavo Dudamel Delivers a Seething ‘Otello’ 2018-12-16T05:00:00Z Ali Catterall The gripping cop drama goes from strength to strength as Rachel and Janet's muddled personal lives overshadow the suspected murder in a dodgy care home that they are investigating. TV highlights – 08/05/2013 2013-05-08T06:00:04Z Oscar Isaac, sulking in a black hoodie at the start of Sam Gold’s production at New York’s Public Theater, is the most emotionally gripping. Who is Hamlet? Three actors make their case 2017-08-19T04:00:00Z Theroux still drives around the US, leaning forward slightly in the seat, gripping tight, brow furrowed, scouring the way ahead for interesting subculture. TV review: Nina Conti – A Ventriloquist's Story; Louis Theroux: Twilight of the Porn Stars 2012-06-10T22:00:01Z Most often, though, playwrights use books principally for their plots, as springboards for re-telling gripping stories or evoking picturesque periods. ArtsBeat: Theater Talkback: When Page Meets Stage 2010-10-13T22:20:00Z The qualities of heat and light — of profound interior weathers — in their works are gripping, and sometimes haunting. Artistic Forecasts, From Sun to Snow 2014-02-20T21:21:30Z The narrators are an assortment of American and Vietnamese men who witnessed the events firsthand, and whose accounts are deftly woven into a concise and gripping film. ‘Last Days in Vietnam’ Looks at Fall of Saigon 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z I read it in less than a day as it was so gripping and unique. Uncle Montague's Tales of Terror by Chris Priestley - review 2013-05-04T14:00:00Z Whatever extremes “Pavilions” demands — in both the patience of its listeners and the physical prowess of its performer — it rewards in viscerally gripping and emotionally transformative music. Review: Sept. 11’s Monumental Despair, Evoked by Solo Piano 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z His flight from his village to the American embassy is gripping. The power of one 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z "Your prose are just gripping; I feel it!" "Rap Sh!t" blows up the practice of artists being exploited on their way up (or out) 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z While it didn’t derail an otherwise gripping performance, it was a slightly awkward acknowledgment of a disconnect between artist and audience. Live music is back. And its Seattle-centric return should be cherished 2021-06-28T04:00:00Z “It’s challenging, it’s intimate, it’s gripping, it’s daring,” she said of the novel. Douglas Stuart Wins Booker Prize for ‘Shuggie Bain’ 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z The top award went to “Mandela: An Audio History,” a gripping documentary with first-person interviews and archival recordings. Mandela Documentary Wins Top Prize for Audio Books 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z It took me four or five episodes to really become absorbed in the story of Luck, but Michael Mann’s visuals were immediately gripping, especially the way he captured the horses, on and off the track. A Third Horse Dies, and HBO Cancels Luck 2012-03-15T13:22:34Z This film can now be appreciated not merely as a ripping, gripping yarn but as a satirical insight into the British experience of defeat, both in the war and the years after it. Peter Mullan's Neds heads London film festival's most-awaited list 2010-10-21T16:37:00Z It’s a gripping and terrifying account, making use of video footage, cellphone conversations and testimony from investigators and a number of witnesses. Television Review: Pursuing Answers, Two Years After a Tragic Collision 2011-07-24T21:55:42Z The result is a gripping, poignant and in some respects revolutionary contribution to European history. Blindly over the brink 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z The four men gripping their faces had been collateral damage from when Rick had maced the giant 10 minutes before this most recent instance. Road trip to Powder Keg City: The collapse of Seattle's autonomous zone 2020-08-01T04:00:00Z In Ephron’s case, his kicker, the epilogue, is the most gripping part of the book. ‘Killing a King’ Examines Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z Tornado is an almost hour-long video, as gripping as it is terrifying. Francis Al?s treads the thin green line 2010-06-14T20:30:00Z One of the boys was to be killed in yet another gripping cliffhanger. Best Kept Secret by Jeffrey Archer – digested read 2013-03-01T19:30:01Z The plot twists that keep the pair in orbit despite their far-flung trajectories tend to be melodramatic, a little heavy-handed and rushed, but they are nonetheless gripping. Passion and fame in the digital age: Watching 'Sex With Strangers' at the Geffen 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z Yet these elegant pages are so preternaturally gripping that they countenance no interruption. Family tensions simmer in Tessa Hadley’s exquisite novel ‘The Past’ 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z It’s also, of course, a vehicle for Ms. Dench and a gripping mystery. The Carpetbagger: Adapting Big Questions for the Screen 2013-12-18T22:44:56Z This story inspired a gripping, enraging episode of “This American Life,” and “Crown Heights,” written and directed by Matt Ruskin, tries to adhere both to the factual record and a careful, detail-focused documentary ethos. Review: In ‘Crown Heights,’ Justice Delayed and Denied 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z But of this there is no doubt: The opera, with a libretto by Shanley and music by Douglas J. Cuomo, makes for a gripping 2 1/2 hours of theater. New opera's success is beyond `Doubt' 2013-01-27T21:59:08Z While realist literary fiction provides one version of history, the horror novel offers its own oblique — and gripping — spin. Paperback horror fiction rises from the dead 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z And like many a Winehouse song, “Something in the Way” was more gripping in person because of Smith’s charisma, which was more subtly alluring than brash. Review | Jorja Smith’s star power on full display at Howard Theatre 2018-05-14T04:00:00Z Holly, the only first-person narrator in this edge-of-the-seat narrative, is not one of the five but her account of growing up in a nuclear winter survivors' village is gripping. Fiction for teenagers – reviews 2012-12-09T00:07:40Z This rise-and-fall arc can be so gripping that you can almost excuse how little the documentary seems interested in Belushi as a comedian. John Belushi in Focus: What a New Film Gets Right and What It Misses 2020-11-22T05:00:00Z Ms Leovy powerfully portrays the cycle of violence in Watts through the true story of a single murder, told with the chilling detail and gripping pace of a prime-time drama. Murder, she wrote 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z The Exit still offers an old-fashioned moviegoing experience, where the emphasis is on immersing yourself in a gripping story rendered by great actors. What our writers love this week 2010-04-21T22:57:00Z But that doesn’t keep “Those Who Wish Me Dead” from being great, gripping fun. ‘Those Who Wish Me Dead,’ a Michael Koryta Novel 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z It’s an excruciating game of cat and mouse, all the more gripping because the reader may find the stalking cop unexpectedly sympathetic. Review: Richard Price’s new novel, ‘The Whites’ 2015-02-15T05:00:00Z He spent a year at Harvard researching why “documentaries are so dull, and what would it take for them to become gripping and exciting?” Robert Drew, pioneer of documentary film-making, dies at 90 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z Many qualities we esteem today — orchestrally accompanied recitatives, gripping declamation, colorful orchestration, a rich harmonic vocabulary — were greeted warily by a Parisian audience used to less overtly virtuosic music. An Opera Worth Fighting Over 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z The story of this quixotic, dangerous and inevitably doomed enterprise is grippingly – and humorously – told. Michael Jacobs's top 10 Colombian stories 2012-12-05T13:01:06Z It’s a sober, gripping way to start a comic book movie, and remains a watershed moment for serious portrayals of superheroes in cinema. Can X-Men: Apocalypse pull together 16 years of mutated plotlines? 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z “Years and Years” is a gripping, highly entertaining and beautifully written family drama first and foremost. The quiet alarm of "Years and Years": A slow slide into dystopia, with cozy family dinners intact 2019-06-25T04:00:00Z Journalist Evan Davis, who chaired the judging panel, said Demick's book was a gripping and moving account of a country "all too easily comically typecast by massive parades of coordinated flag-wavers." Book about secretive NKorea wins UK literary prize 2010-07-01T20:09:00Z In British novelist Chris Cleave's new novel, "Gold," the cloistered world of Olympic-level cycling in England forms the backdrop for a gripping story about what happens when winning is no longer everything. 'Gold': loneliness at the top for an Olympic cyclist 2012-07-11T20:07:06Z Magnusson’s book has a gripping title: terrifying yet cozy, like an avalanche as seen from a ski chalet. Recipes for a Tidy and Tasty Death 2017-12-25T05:00:00Z Booth’s ability to create an emotional quest around Alice’s dilemma is gripping. Be Afraid. Be Very Afraid. 2019-08-13T04:00:00Z He combines a great cast, a gripping idea and a gorgeously grimy retro aesthetic to keep this eerie examination of the train wreck of humanity racing along. Hurtling along in Bong Joon-ho's train movie 'Snowpiercer' 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z The plot itself is extremely gripping: the numerous twists made the action unpredictable and interesting to follow... Reader reviews roundup 2013-07-26T08:01:00Z The Bel Canto series opens on Saturday night with the first of two concert performances of Donizetti’s musically gripping, vocally challenging “Lucrezia Borgia.” Opera & Classical Music Listings for July 11-17 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z As is to be expected of a nonfiction writer of his caliber, Pollan makes the story of the rise and fall and rise of psychedelic drug research gripping and surprising. Michael Pollan Drops Acid — and Comes Back From His Trip Convinced 2018-06-04T04:00:00Z Vanska paced the whole work grippingly, so that right until the closing bars it was impossible to be absolutely certain which of the two would win this time. Prom 50: BBCSO/Vänskä – review 2012-08-21T15:14:53Z ESPN’s five-part documentary is gripping and educational and made what I thought was a familiar story into something completely new and riveting. What You Should Watch to Catch Up on This Summer’s Shows 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z Reviewing it, Julian Gewirtz calls it a “gripping novel” that “forces readers to reflect on the side of the world that is ‘too absurd, too cruel and too unpleasant.’ 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z “It’s all wonderfully gripping, and Bruch has the most pained, expressive eyes you’ll see all year,” the critic for The Financial Times wrote. Sex, Drugs and Crime in the Gritty Drama ‘Babylon Berlin’ 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z “Gunfight” is one of several recently published books exploring a transformation gripping the nation’s gun culture. With ‘Gunfight,’ an Insider Takes On a Community That Was Once His Own 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z A story of survival and hope, “Sanctuary” is a gripping work of fiction, with a message about xenophobia that’s rooted in a scarily real world. Young Adult Dystopian Fiction That Feels Pretty Real 2020-09-19T04:00:00Z But the smart stuff made "Quiz Show," with Robert Redford directing the gripping tale of a 1950s game show scandal. Aero Theatre presenting film tribute to Ralph Fiennes' acting 2014-11-12T05:00:00Z His latest book, “The Ratline,” is a gripping sequel. Following the Trail of a Nazi Mass Murderer Who Was Never Caught 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z It's like a gripping, can't-turn-away dramatic scene from a David Simon cable series, "The Wire" or "Treme," except that nobody is acting and this dude completely intends to go shoot someone. Pick of the week: Real-life crime drama "The Interrupters" 2011-07-29T01:01:00Z What we said: It’s extraordinary, intense, butt-clenchingly gripping television … the last time I was this involved in a case, I was doing actual jury service. The best TV of 2016 so far 2016-06-15T04:00:00Z In my opinion, Leviathan is a great book; gripping, absorbing and intriguing. Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld - review 2013-07-14T08:00:00Z And don’t worry: There’s some gripping derring-do in the latter parts. ‘A Gentleman in Moscow’ is a charming reminder of what it means to be classy 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z It tells in lively fashion gripping tales of bravery, treachery and revenge. Review | Natalie Haynes’s ‘A Thousand Ships’ brilliantly reframes the Trojan War 2021-02-08T05:00:00Z Few books about publishing manage to be this gripping. Dirty words 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z This book is extremely gripping and I couldn't put it down. Fantastic Frankie and the Brain-drain Machine by Anna Kemp ? review 2011-03-04T09:58:26Z When bright light pierces this land — as it does in Macbeth’s second visit to the witches or in a silence-torn, grippingly staged banquet scene — it is disorienting and blinding. | 'Macbeth': The Deed Is Done, the Doers Undone 2011-03-25T23:54:57Z But Mr. Shelton, despite earlier experiments, isn’t truly interested in genre progressivism — he’s a classicist gripping a fifth of whiskey, happily watching everyone around him scramble. For Luke Bryan and Blake Shelton, You Can’t Teach an Old Country Bro New Tricks 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z Pope is sensitive and gripping in his first major film role; even now, he can hardly believe he’s leading a movie distributed by A24, the hot specialty studio he’d long hoped to work with. Jeremy Pope Is Telling Himself ‘Yes’ 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z The Beethoven was equally gripping, an essay in opulent string sound, singing woodwinds and punchy, precision brass figures, all molded into a grand, furious explosion of early Romanticism. Music Review: Esa-Pekka Salonen Conducts Juilliard Orchestra at Tully Hall 2012-04-05T21:20:41Z It was a lengthy sequence that started off in gripping fashion but lost its way around the time the world’s slowest SUV — unless Ani happens to be a world-class sprinter — collided with the bus. 'True Detective' Recap: Big Auras and Slow SUVs 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z A guest shuffling past my window, gripping a giant mug for his morning fill. At the Caribbean Motel, doo-wop the night away Whatever it is, it's state of the art film-making: lean, snappy, tense, gripping and as single-minded as its heroine in the 10-year pursuit of Bin Laden. This week's new films 2013-01-26T06:00:06Z I definitely would recommend it to everyone looking for a gripping read and lots of surprises. Lance of Truth by Katherine Roberts - review 2013-06-13T08:00:00Z I find myself gripping his ears and tugging at the locks curling over them, beside myself, and a strange animal noise escapes from me as the mounting, Wagnerian crescendo overtakes me. Were these sex scenes written by a man or a woman? 2012-06-12T11:37:00Z But its gripping ensemble performances lend it an emotional intensity that outweighs its shortcomings. | 'Cracks': At Desolate Girls? School, Diving Teacher Rules Roost 2011-03-17T22:29:06Z One of the many achievements of Shenton's scholarly but gripping account is to revive, in all its intricacy and richness, the ghost of one of London's greatest lost treasures. The Day Parliament Burned Down by Caroline Shenton – review 2012-10-05T21:55:06Z For the followup to his much-admired chiller The Witch, Robert Eggers delivers a brutal, gripping nightmare. War epics, airmen and young Sopranos: essential films for 2020 2020-01-01T05:00:00Z The shame one feels emerging from a blackout, gripping a glow stick, high on E on a Wednesday night is, I’ve learned, unparalleled. My last alcoholic seizure 2014-01-13T00:30:00Z I looked over at his bony hand gripping the wheel, knuckles white. Our last Thanksgiving 2012-11-23T01:00:00Z I used Fallada as the basis for an argument that people in the UK were "lazy" and resistant to reading translations, even of books as gripping and important as Alone in Berlin. Reading group: Hans Fallada's Alone in Berlin is a moral maze we can't resist 2013-03-12T15:11:18Z He led a fresh, elegant and gripping account of Verdi’s “La Traviata.” Yannick Nézet-Séguin Leads a Revelatory ‘Turandot’ 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z When we meet him, in director Jennifer Chang’s gripping production of Lauren Yee’s “The Great Leap” at Round House Theatre, the teenager is feverishly pressuring a university basketball coach to make a fast decision. Review | Full-court banter and intensity mark a gripping ‘Great Leap’ at Round House Theatre 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z “The Civil War and American Art,” also at the Met, is a gripping show that sheds further light on how the nation experienced its fratricidal conflict. Art Review: ‘The Civil War and American Art’ at the Metropolitan Museum 2013-05-30T19:19:19Z Terminator 2 is the longest of those forays, a 20-minute, skis-off trudge that includes a section where we kick-step into a sharp incline while gripping a cable affixed to the rock. A skier’s circuit: The ‘powder highway’ through the Canadian Rockies 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z Elsewhere in this surprisingly gripping programme Barber charts the fortunes of Gerard Mercator, who had the arguably overly ambitious plan to produce six atlases that contained all the knowledge of the world, ever. The Beauty of Maps 2010-06-09T07:00:00Z With Julian Wachner at the helm, there is never a hint of routine, and the story is not comforting, but a gripping, edge-of-the-pew drama. Classical Music in NYC This Week 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z He said he hopes “In Treatment” can be more than just gripping weekly drama. HBO revives ‘In Treatment’ with Uzo Aduba looking for truth 2021-05-21T04:00:00Z Also, the little hand gripping my finger feels colder, harder, more like stone. TV review: Doctor Who; The Thick Of It 2012-09-30T11:00:02Z It isn’t a gripping book for the person who already knows Schumann’s music and story, but it is perfect for the newcomer, a generous and tremendously useful resource. Robert Schumann: A Hopeless, Brilliant Romantic 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z There are those, like me, who look back on Season 1, and especially the show’s gripping, cinematic pilot, as a high point that hasn’t been equaled. 2010-02-03T22:47:00Z Both film and TV series are relentlessly gripping, especially , where every bit of trash – and there's a lot of trash – is potentially life-threatening. The human heart of the matter 2010-06-11T23:05:00Z The final half-hour is indeed gripping, slotting its clues into place like a well-engineered puzzle — which is exactly what this drama is. Monsters take the stage in a new Gothic musical and a delayed play 2016-02-10T05:00:00Z The most gripping part of Zero Dark Thirty is its final act: the raid on Bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. Zero Dark Thirty's torture scenes are controversial and historically dubious 2013-01-25T13:42:00Z It is a gripping romantic mystery with superb performances from Joan Fontaine and Laurence Olivier — and an influence, incidentally, on Paul Thomas Anderson’s new film Phantom Thread. What is the best Oscar-winning film of all time? 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z The emotions the films reveal are unnerving, the stories they tell gripping, the worlds they open up are fearsome. Oscars 2015: Powerful foreign-language film nominees incite with insight 2015-02-22T05:00:00Z It's a gripping production of a tragedy that is also an intensely painful psychological thriller, and though the production lasts more than three hours, it never loosens its dramatic hold. Critics praise 'enthralling' Othello 2013-04-24T11:46:17Z In the novel’s most gripping scene, the doctor imagines he’s chained inside a large caldron of sunflower oil resting above a fire — he is going to be boiled alive, while a jeering crowd looks on. Review: In Vladimir Sorokin’s ‘The Blizzard,’ a Doctor’s Long and Strange Trip 2016-01-18T05:00:00Z It doesn’t take a whole lot of industry expertise to get to the bottom of the Black Panther fever suddenly gripping the nation. Will Black Panther be Marvel's biggest blockbuster yet? 2018-01-12T05:00:00Z The cast grippingly lay bare the opera's psychological and moral complexity. Die Walküre – review 2012-06-17T16:01:30Z The orchestra presented an amazing array of heavy hitters — from Herbie Hancock to Pharrell Williams — and, equally effectively, a wonderful stream of archival video footage, remarkably edited and consistently gripping. Review | NSO and NASA join to celebrate the moon landing on an orchestral scale 2019-07-21T04:00:00Z Last month, the second installment in this gripping trilogy received the Eisner Award — the nearest thing to an Oscar for comics — for Best Reality-Based Work. Rep. John Lewis’s new ‘March: Book Three’ rises to the historic occasion 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z The music-making was not particularly gripping, but there were some soft-spoken pleasures to be heard. A slow start for Blujazz week at the Showcase 2011-01-14T14:10:18Z The Hackney Citizen helped fill the gap, calling it a gripping tale "of anguish and guilt." Four debuts in competition for Man Booker 2011 2011-07-26T17:22:39Z It solicits the audience’s morbid curiosity rather than gripping our emotions or haunting our dreams. Review: Arturo Ripstein’s ‘Bleak Street,’ the Story of a Mexican Murder Case 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z In the video, O’Brien is seen wearing her uniform – she did not want to share what airline she worked for – and then using her arm strength to flip herself upside down, gripping the armrests. Flight attendant flips upside-down, closes overhead compartment with her heels in viral video 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z Other signs of gripping may be more visual. Stop sucking in your stomach all the time — it could be bad for your health 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z In one way, the vlogs are everyday fare, but in another they are gripping viewing. “Miranda Sings” and the Exhausting Aspects of Having a Viral Persona 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z As a result, this show is far clearer and more gripping than its original incarnation and something of a triumph. Art Review: Ai Weiwei Survey Lands at the Brooklyn Museum 2014-04-17T21:00:53Z The movie was more than funny with a gripping story and great performances. The Best Movies of 2017 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z The series is anchored by a revelatory performance from Odenkirk that caroms between outrageous comedy and gripping dramatics, sometimes in the same scene. 'Better Call Saul' creators breaking a sweat about their 'Bad' fans 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z It is a gripping movie that goes to the heart of a South African village where people live huddled in fear — fear of the neighbors, a fear of AIDS. Cannes Opens to Darker Times 2010-05-11T11:00:00Z Pick's account of the psychiatric dimension of Nuremberg is gripping. The Pursuit of the Nazi Mind: Hitler, Hess and the Analysts by Daniel Pick - review 2012-08-01T07:00:03Z “Wanderer,” her 10th studio album since 1995, is a gripping set produced by Ms. Marshall herself. Pop and Jazz Fall Preview: 70 Albums, Shows and Festivals 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z But they will certainly see something not native: a giant sculpture of a mythic kraken gripping a shipwreck. Culture and Conservation Beneath the Sea 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z The investigators in our show are all invented, while – true to reality – Mueller himself remains an off-stage presence, his ethical stringency gripping every transaction. How I got inside Mueller's head: the writer of a new Trump-Russia play tells all 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z In this gripping, barely-90-minute work, in which two characters are sealed off in a semi-private fishbowl, passion is indistinguishable from pain, fear from desire, predator from prey. Jeff Daniels makes a powerful return to 'Blackbird' alongside a captivating Michelle Williams 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z Then the gripping "Zero Dark Thirty" figured into the mix. AP writers pick `Argo' for Oscar best picture 2013-02-21T17:46:04Z Thanks to some excellent and at times gripping performances — especially from its lead, Gemma Arterton — “Black Narcissus” remains intriguing while never quite getting to the point of riveting. Review | FX’s ‘Black Narcissus’ poses a real mystery: What is this, and why is it on? 2020-11-22T05:00:00Z I was gripping the steering wheel so hard my hands ached. In northern Arizona, ups and downs in the land of canyons 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z When he is introducing characters and showing them in conflict, “The Bomber Mafia” is gripping. Malcolm Gladwell on the Hard Decisions of War 2021-04-25T04:00:00Z We don't really need the reprise of scenes at the end, and you want a more creative finale, but until then, this is a gripping and magical journey through the dance of life. White Caps | Theatre review 2010-04-04T21:00:00Z The moves are magnificently abstract, and, in the end, "Sharks" is all the more gripping because of it. Catch 'Sharks' before it swims away 2011-06-03T16:28:51Z “But Bartók’s gripping, experimental, unsettled sonata became the vehicle where both players found themselves by losing themselves.” Essential Arts & Culture: A buoyant 'Zoot Suit,' Moholy-Nagy at LACMA, and the power of composer Thomas Adès 2017-02-18T05:00:00Z This was well directed by Lawrence Jackson and gripping in an exceptionally grim way. Homestead; Highgate Letters; Albert Speer's Walk Around The World; The Carhullan Army 2010-04-17T23:09:00Z The use of microphones for some lines is a mistake – leaning towards sensationalism, but the scenes played without them, in Lucy Gough's plucky adaptation, are darkly gripping. Wuthering Heights ? review 2011-03-22T19:00:00Z The hero of this gripping story is Graham Weber, a businessman who’s made a fortune from telecommunications. ‘The Director,’ by David Ignatius There were those who delighted in spreading the rumor that I have brain disease, or some other really gripping, nonpleasant situation. Critic?s Notebook: Mary Tyler Moore to Receive Screen Actors Guild Award 2012-01-26T23:03:40Z “And I would never tell her this, but I felt as if my hands were gripping the eyestones of a skull.” Books of The Times: ?[sic]: A Memoir,? by Joshua Cody - Review 2011-12-20T22:40:00Z It's gripping stuff, shattering, almost, and real credit is due I think to Wood that the scene is captured so fully. In the age of Google Maps, why walk the 4,000 mile Nile River? Levison Wood's book explains 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z Morris opens his gripping narrative with Jemima Wilkinson, a Revolutionary-era mystic from Rhode Island, well-known to historians but often left out of conventional accounts of that era. A Tour Through the ‘American Messiahs’ of Our Past 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z Founded by RoseLee Goldberg, who still directs it, Performa arrived in 2005 as a revelation, presenting little-known artists whose work, even when rough, was visually arresting, emotionally gripping and technically sophisticated. Performa 17: Absurd Times, Absurd Acts 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z Trembling on the couch gripping a hand-written letter, Tyler reads slowly, not looking up from the page. What comes after "The Dropout" ending: What Elizabeth Holmes, Erika Cheung and others are doing now 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z Huntington’s disease is singularly gripping for offering its patients its own version of devil’s fruit: knowing the shape and general course of their death, and further knowing there’s nothing that can be done about it. Dying in America: Elegant and humane, “The Lion’s Mouth Opens” is TV’s latest close look at death 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z Their imminent disintegration can be weirdly gripping, inviting us to examine them brush stroke by brush stroke. What to See Right Now in New York Art Galleries 2020-03-11T04:00:00Z The year before Stonewall, Mart Crowley wrote this funny and anguished play about a get-together for a group of gay men, which The Times, in between unthinking slurs, called “a gripping, if painful, experience.” 9 Plays and Musicals to Go to in NYC This Weekend 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z “Sisters” is a gripping ordeal, a relentlessly macabre account of grief and guilt, identity and codependency, teenage girls and their mothers. ‘Sisters’ Builds a Gothic Plot to an Artful and Shocking Climax 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z I just wanted “Misery,” a horror-thriller that left me wiping away tears instead of gripping my armrests. ‘Outbreak’ Was a Hit in 1995. Now We’re Living the Sequel. 2020-03-30T04:00:00Z But some of the most gripping scenes are simple conversations between Hannibal and Will - his associate, patient and odd-couple chum. A tasty turn by Mads Mikkelsen as NBC's 'Hannibal' 2013-04-02T14:25:14Z The January opening of this gripping new piece of music theater — Gordon, the composer, calls it an “operacal” — set the tone for a year in which words kept leaping into lyrics. Best Theater of 2022 2022-12-05T05:00:00Z At least their Armageddon should be a little bit gripping and suspenseful. Help! We're trapped by "Lost"! 2010-05-08T23:01:00Z So the first of many great things about Martyna Majok’s “Cost of Living,” which opened on Wednesday in a gripping Manhattan Theater Club production, is the way it slams the door on uplifting stereotypes. Review: In ‘Cost of Living,’ a Familiar Alienation 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z This magnificent section is the highlight of "Last Train Home," but the story before and after it is just as gripping, if much quieter. The most nightmarish holiday commute ever 2011-09-27T16:28:00Z Since she was a doctor, her relatives assumed that she had died helping victims at the towers, but this gripping iHeartRadio series reveals a much more complicated picture of her still-unsolved disappearance. 6 Podcasts About Unsolved Mysteries 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z As a gripping autobiographical tale that charts Ms. Williams-Haas’s journey from alcoholism to recovery, it occasionally seemed to have little need of music. Five Nights of New Music, From Gentle to Terrifying 2017-08-07T04:00:00Z The sequences are gripping, rendered all the more so against the almost ephemeral background. Amazon’s gorgeous hot-air balloon movie “The Aeronauts” has lofty goals but is afraid of heights 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z The appeal, say experts, is that as well as writing gripping stories, Dickens remains relevant today. Royal party and read-a-thon mark big day for Dickens 2012-02-03T15:10:56Z But sometimes having your darkest anxieties externalized into gripping, scary theater can be a splendid means of catharsis. Review: Shakespeare’s Take on the Game of Thrones 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z If you’re among them, this gripping portrait of a female psychopath is definitely not for you. ‘Dark Corners,’ Ruth Rendell’s final mystery novel, ranks among her best 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z Death in the prime of life is a gripping subject for a writer. The Lives of Four Andover Grads Cut Short 2019-07-29T04:00:00Z For a while, it’s a gripping, oddly enjoyable approach. Review: Jeremy Irons and Lesley Manville Lead a Hard-Run ‘Long Day’s Journey’ 2018-05-13T04:00:00Z After watching gripping video of a 4-month-old baby being pulled from the rubble, he wanted to take action. Meet a man aiding Nepal by working at Rock in Rio 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z It is one of many instances in the production where the performers turn the recitatives into gripping dramatic exchanges. Music Review: City Opera?s ?Cos? Fan Tutte? at Gerald W. Lynch Theater 2012-03-19T22:28:54Z I remember the strain of your hand gripping mine. Best of Salon: Army of one, soldiers undone: The hope that died in basic training 2017-05-29T04:00:00Z At particularly dramatic moments, Gardner practically levitated off the podium, sometimes gripping his baton with both hands and flailing it as if wielding a weapon. ‘Gerontius,’ where have you been? Seattle Symphony brings seldom-heard piece to vibrant life 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z So it was a combination of the proto-existentialist themes and the style of the writing that I found very gripping. Who was Nietzsche? 2012-10-01T11:45:00Z Nonetheless, as someone who grew up in Coffeyville, the Kansas township adjacent to Inge’s Independence, this observer can attest to the veracity of tone this intelligently gripping "Picnic" achieves. William Inge's 'Picnic' finds the universal in a small Kansas town 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z But if Mr. Hellman’s movie only partly fulfills its promise as a gripping neo-noir mystery, his stylistic hallmarks lend it a singularly haunting atmosphere. | 'Road to Nowhere': Trouble Ahead: Director Falls for Leading Lady 2011-06-09T22:50:55Z Other gripping moments occur in a re-education camp where Hutus are taught to accept their roles in chopping up their fellow Rwandans with machetes. | 'Kinyarwanda': ?Kinyarwanda,? About 1994 Genocide of Tutsis in Rwanda 2011-12-02T05:13:02Z From her petulant outburst at the thought of marriage to Paris, to gulping down her poison, this is a gripping transformation from lovestruck girl to desperate woman. Sir Frederick Ashton's Romeo & Juliet ? review 2011-07-16T23:06:38Z You don't have someone who's going to be able to zoom in on a closeup or to make sure that it's clear that your hand is gripping the bottom of the chair. "The Tender Bar" star Lily Rabe on "confident" director George Clooney: "He's a great leader" 2022-01-09T05:00:00Z In this gripping police procedural, a young black man, jailed for a minor offense in a sleepy British village, is murdered in his cell. Adam Woog’s 10 best mysteries of 2013 2013-12-04T22:02:39Z “Orfeo” is rich with choruses, songs and dances that lend variety and vitality to the gripping story. Review: An Inspiring End to a 6-Month Tour of Monteverdi’s Operas 2017-10-22T04:00:00Z As danced on Thursday, the ballets, reflecting their composers’ worlds in different ways, were entirely admirable, clear, but not gripping. Review: ‘Liebeslieder Walzer’ and ‘Tschaikovsky Suite No. 3,’ Balanchine Couples Baring Their Souls 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z Four smaller life-size Buddhist deities, all from the southern cave group, are gripping for different reasons, beginning with the Fabergé-esque extravagance of their bangles-and-beads attire. Art Review: ‘Echoes of the Past,’ Chinese Buddhist Cave Art, in New York 2012-09-13T21:22:46Z There is a wonderful scene in which a choir sings a weird, gripping close harmony; they struck a pleasing and resonant note for this festival. A dance of death at the Venice film festival 2010-09-05T21:00:00Z The Portrait, given its UK premiere by Opera North, is gripping, intelligent drama with fine individual moments. The Portrait - review 2011-02-03T16:56:25Z “I’m in the hurricane,” he said, gripping his cup. One simple dish changed the course of this visionary chef’s life: Scrambled eggs 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z In Sick, Showalter molds a true story into a gripping blend of humor and heartbreak, marking a turning point in his career. Michael Showalter on the Mature Side of Wet Hot American Summer 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z By anyone’s measure, Black Panther is a very good movie: gripping, smart, beautiful, fully engaged with modern issues, thrillingly zeitgeisty and with terrific performances, especially from Michael B Jordan and Letitia Wright. Why Black Panther should win the 2019 best picture Oscar 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z Terrorist attacks, Ninja warriors, weapons of mass destruction, high-level conspiracies, and touch-telepathy all contribute to a gripping adventure that will encourage readers to question their own assumptions about the world. Noble Conflict by Malorie Blackman – review 2013-06-05T12:54:39Z There's nothing like a gripping plot, vivid prose, surefire humor and intriguing characters, and "Cider House" has them all. Review: Part 2 of 'Cider House Rules' is Book-It at its best 2010-09-23T20:23:00Z In the most gripping sequence, the father challenges his son to lower himself by ropes over a cliff to bring back a particular stone. Review: In ‘Last Days in the Desert,’ Ewan McGregor Is a Conflicted Jesus 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z She proved capable of powerful sounds in Brahms's massive chords and octaves, bringing a gripping force to the tumultuous coda of the first movement. Vienna Tonk?nstler/Andr?s Orozco-Estrada ? review 2011-02-13T22:46:00Z King’s anguish slices like a knife, but amazingly, this series is far more gripping than depressing. What to binge watch over Labor Day to get ready for the Emmys 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z Told by four narrators, , which is Kelly's most accomplished book to date, is a gripping tale of secrets, revenge and obsession, masterfully done. Crime fiction roundup – reviews 2013-01-23T10:01:01Z The photograph was gripping in other ways too. The Gall of Ghislaine Maxwell 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z The jamming together of so much history and melodrama makes for a handsome movie that is only rarely gripping. Movie Review: ‘For Greater Glory’ Traces Mexico’s Cristero War 2012-05-31T22:13:04Z The plot itself is extremely gripping: the numerous twists made the action unpredictable and interesting to follow. The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald - review 2013-07-25T08:00:00Z The result, "White Material," is as gripping and gorgeous as "Chocolat," even though, as the title suggests, its view of colonialism is borderline-contemptuous. 'White Material': A gripping and gorgeous tale of colonial Africa 2010-12-09T20:41:00Z Opera, offered a grippingly strong characterization of an angry, lost young man. Walt Whitman's operatic America in 'Crossing' gets its West Coast premiere 2018-05-27T04:00:00Z The wedding episode is a gripping and even hilarious tour de force: Sherlock solves two crimes while delivering a long, serpentine wedding toast. The TV Watch: Benedict Cumberbatch’s ‘Sherlock’ Is Back on PBS 2014-01-17T23:38:27Z I charged in his direction, gripping the sock, slicing through the crowd and cracked him in the back of his head. We grew up afraid to be vulnerable: "Minding the Gap" helped me see my toxic boyhood masculinity 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z Played with luminous beauty yet also gripping intensity by the L.A. Asian inspiration as L.A. Philharmonic tackles 'Pelléas'; Pacific Symphony 'Turandot' 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z But nothing can explain the cosmic allure, audacious inventiveness and gripping strangeness of Mr. Ruders’s ingenious music. Classical Playlist: Haydn, Poul Ruders, Vaughan Williams and More 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z Bizarre, often silly and rarely less than very gripping. This week's new games 2011-01-29T00:06:12Z Still, Hope Litoff’s documentary becomes more voyeuristically gripping as it progresses. Review: In ‘32 Pills,’ a Filmmaker Investigates Her Sister’s Death 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z A man who wrote gripping stories against a background of political corruption and violence against women. In search of a good read | John Crace 2010-03-17T13:30:00Z This is gripping reading, and among the best book of a poet’s letters that I’m aware of. 2 TV Shows, 4 Books and 7 Viral Videos for Your Long Weekend 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z Recently I tried “The End of Eddy,” which was gripping, but there was a lot of graphic violence so I abandoned it. Isaac Mizrahi: By the Book 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z Such negotiations are invariably tricky, as Ms Alard shows in this elegant and gripping tale about a marriage on the rocks. It takes grit 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z Just as gripping, though not as sweeping, is The Shining Girls, by Lauren Beukes, with an eerie predator who singles out especially brave or talented women. Books of The Times: Beach Reads From Stephen King, Kevin Kwan, Carl Hiaasen and More 2013-06-06T21:14:31Z Although the slow unraveling of their romance is gripping, the show finds its meatiest material in the standoff between John and Debra’s two daughters, who see the red flags waving from the start. 6 True-Crime Podcasts: When Love Is a Dangerous Con Game 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z And the better the performance, the more gripping Bach’s journey is. Music Review: Intricate Journey Contained in One Multifaceted Work 2011-02-02T22:20:45Z There was far greater visceral excitement to the interpretations, a gripping clarity, transparency and rhythmic zest. A Revolutionary Approach to Beethoven: Period Instruments 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z He had a major success, ending with a gripping and profound account of Sibelius’s Second Symphony. Review: John Storgards’s Debut With the New York Philharmonic 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z When, I wondered, did those yawping sounds of Stravinsky’s that used to be so terrifying become so lovable without losing any of their freshness and gripping quality? Music Review: Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra Performs With Eiji Oue 2014-03-12T21:26:00Z The record is a gripping comeback filled with taut punk riffs, and its dauntless, alternately wailed and growled vocals are an exhilarating reclamation of feminist power. Pop & Rock Listings for Dec. 11-17 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z The two episodes sent to critics are fairly gripping. ‘The Assets’: Hot on the trail of a Cold War spy within the CIA 2014-01-03T19:42:19Z "Catch the Fair One," written and directed by Josef Kubota Wladyka, is a gripping thriller, and — to use its boxing metaphor — leaves viewers with the experience of having received some real body blows. In knockout thriller "Catch the Fair One," a boxer infiltrates a ring of human traffickers 2021-06-14T04:00:00Z Then, in 2016, he pulled back the curtain on his creative process in “One More Time with Feeling,” a gripping black-and-white film that documented the band’s recording of “Skeleton Tree.” The Brutality and Tenderness of Nick Cave’s Newsletters 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z Bana's gripping performance is largely internal, allowing him to express his real thoughts in just a glance, or his body language, sitting on his hotel room bed, processing the past and present. "The Dry" is a desolate, engrossing mystery in which everyone – even Eric Bona – is guilty 2021-05-19T04:00:00Z I ask which Greek stories she'd assign a reluctant student, and she talks through options, including Euripides' The Bacchae, "nice and bloodthirsty, but also gripping". The Saturday interview: Madeline Miller, Orange prize winner 2012-06-01T23:06:33Z In her sculptures over the last several years, Ms. Bhabha has created a highly distinctive visual universe, one that is most gripping when its various cultural references are fully absorbed and altered. Art Review: 1 Artist, 2 Shows, 2 Mediums, 1 Vision 2010-12-18T00:15:16Z Blue Planet” was a gloomy psychological mystery, but thoroughly gripping in its aggressively visual storytelling. Women’s Voices: Getting it done, at least for now 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z Nguyen presents a gripping picture of the fall of Saigon, its confusion, chaos and terror, as the narrator flees with the others under a storm of shellfire from his Viet Cong and North Vietnamese comrades. ‘The Sympathizer,’ by Viet Thanh Nguyen 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z History fever is gripping Thailand and a growing number of Thais are wearing traditional dress, a phenomenon encouraged by the junta and the palace, and fueled by a popular television soap opera. Venerating the past, traditional costume fever grips Thailand 2018-04-08T04:00:00Z Still slim and studious-looking more than four decades after his gripping revelations before the Senate Watergate Committee, Dean, 75, discusses his years of work on the tapes with a subdued, geeky enthusiasm. John Dean, sex machine? And other new revelations from the Nixon tapes. But as the show progresses, so does Noren's character: leaving any initial doubts behind as this gripping, expertly told thriller unfurls in a particularly satisfying manner. Your next box set: The Bridge 2012-11-22T15:30:02Z The scene in the train station was perhaps the highlight of the episode — gripping and surprising, yet plausible and coherently shot. 'True Detective' Season 2 Finale Recap: In Search of a Better World 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z The work was gripping from the outset and engrossing throughout. JACK Quartet and Argento Riff on Mahler’s Ninth 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z Cole and Bruce did a lot of the talking, and behind them is a woman, lounging on the floor, gripping a railing and smiling. Let’s Talk About Hugh Hefner’s Political Legacy 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z Yet the interplay between established jazz figures and the impressive student orchestra was often gripping. Best Classical Music of 2021 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z How that all happened is not an unfamiliar story, but it remains, nearly 50 years later, a gripping one. The Presidential Election That America Lost 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z They are emotionally gripping, like Hollywood movie trailers, and they activate critical thought about how films manipulate the masses by means of primally seductive fantasies. Last Chance: Art Made Up of Movies Tells a Story All Its Own 2011-01-06T23:16:31Z But what matters above all is these masterpieces, each gripping and singular. Dance Review: Stripped Down to Black and White, Revealing Balanchine at His Core 2011-05-04T22:08:37Z A gripping, timely work about a Black policeman and his wife trying to raise a rebellious teenage son in Harlem, “Blue” has gone on to national stages. She Made Glimmerglass a True Festival. Now She’s Moving On. 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z Lawson said her former husband Charles Saatchi, a millionaire art collector, spread drug rumors about her after he was photographed gripping her throat outside Scott's restaurant in London. Celebrity chef Nigella Lawson admits cocaine use 2013-12-04T23:00:22Z The result is a sprawling overview of the group’s brisk rise and protracted fall, punctuated by gripping confrontations with the powers that be. Can a Comic Book Contain the Drama and Heat of Activism? 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z For his first outing as the music director of the English National Opera in 2007 Mr. Gardner led a gripping account of Britten’s “Death in Venice” in a new production starring Ian Bostridge. Music Review: Britten’s ‘Billy Budd’ at the English National Opera 2012-06-25T22:16:47Z Arana, a former Washington Post Book World editor, weaves a gripping account of Latin America’s conquest and exploitation over 500 years. August paperback releases: 14 books to read now 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z Yet MSNBC’s ratings in her time slot tumbled in her absence, even with coverage of a gripping news event, the Ukraine war. Rachel Maddow returns to MSNBC, will switch to once a week 2022-04-11T04:00:00Z The first two books are moving, haunting and funny in almost equal measure, and always gripping as they describe Felix and Zelda's flight from the Nazis and fight to stay alive. Morris Gleitzman's 'friendship books' 2010-10-01T12:04:00Z His presence gave this gripping revolutionary thriller a subversive subtext: Danton and his followers are played by French actors, while the villainous Robespierre and his allies are played by Poles. Remembering Andrzej Wajda, Unflinching Observer of Modern Poland 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z This is high drama in "Beyond Eyes," and though it's a puzzle based simply on crossing the street, the scene is gripping. Ten games that made a lasting impression at E3 2015 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z The most gripping cut employs an entirely new style for Simon - sampling. Simon goes back to way old methods for new disc 2011-04-13T12:06:18Z There no doubt that it is a gripping watch and a worthwhile effort, regardless of reasons that may draw in viewers. The gripping immigration story of "Stateless" risks being blanked out by star power 2020-07-08T04:00:00Z What’s gripping here are the specific ways these supremely ordinary human drives — I was lonely, I was broke — created what became this epic cultural legend. What You Should Watch This Father’s Day Weekend 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z “Written on Skin” is a psychologically gripping, emotionally heart-pounding and viscerally satisfying drama that throws up moral questions that linger long after its 90-minute run. Critic’s Notebook: George Benjamin’s ‘Written on Skin’ Caps Tanglewood Festival 2013-08-13T21:39:43Z The “Aida” production makes gripping use of a set designed by Lee Savage depicting the once palatial headquarters of the Egyptian soldiers. Music Review: At Glimmerglass, ‘Aida,’ ‘Armide’ and ‘Lost in the Stars’ 2012-08-06T22:15:41Z The second half of the play is not quite as gripping as the first, as Kate’s rise necessitates Charles’ fall. Charles is king, Harry's in trouble and Kate's taking charge in Pasadena Playhouse's royal winner 'King Charles III' 2017-11-14T05:00:00Z It pays off in the film's most gripping scene, where the informant's militant brother is holed up in a Palestinian house, with an Israeli patrol outside set on nabbing or killing him. Films in Venice portray hope, hurdles for Jewish-Palestinian ties 2013-09-05T15:28:17Z But after checking on friends and family, stocking up and canceling everything, I found myself someplace else entirely: in the sweat-seamed stews of Sarah Waters’s gripping Dickensian masterpiece “Fingersmith.” Celeste Ng, Ann Patchett, Min Jin Lee and Others on the Books That Bring Them Comfort 2020-03-18T04:00:00Z But Mahler is at his most gripping — and offers a singer the greatest expressive opportunities — in songs of soul-wrenching conflict or pained resignation. Music Review: Just a Voice, a Piano and Mahler Lieder 2010-12-01T22:32:00Z A gripping, deeply human account of an endlessly fascinating leader. 9 New Books We Recommend This Week 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z In these pages, Joan Crawford appears in sultry black-and-white, elegant but menacing in a backless cream gown, gripping her own arm so hard with her lacquered nails that you wonder if she drew blood. Books of Style: Holiday Reading, Some Homework Required 2012-12-12T23:23:53Z It’s a strong, 22-track collection of trunk-rattling beats and gripping gangsta narratives delivered in a baritone voice with an unpredictable, emotive expressiveness. Kevin Gates: ordinary name, extraordinary Southern rapper | Concert preview 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z Her skills as a writer — her confident pacing, emotional honesty and political consciousness — unite the two halves, making for a gripping and moving whole. After Her Heart Stops Beating, a Woman Continues to Think 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z Of course it has to be psychologically gripping. ‘A Stone in the Mosaic’: A Director Enters the House of Wagner 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z Ms. Janko, with shaky hands gripping the wheel, made it home and, in the space of 15 minutes, helped Mr. Best load her Honda Civic and his Ford Ranger truck with a few valuables. Wedding in Paradise Is Lost, but ‘Angels’ Help After Camp Fire Devastation 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z Think of “Final Cut,” Steven Bach’s gripping account of the notorious movie disaster “Heaven’s Gate.” 'Eccentric Orbits' chronicles the stunning failure (and improbable revival) of the Iridium satellite phone 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z Another gripping story also involves the theft of a car, this one stolen from an older Black woman. Two High-Powered Black Attorneys Confront a Justice System’s Flaws 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z The always-superb fights are accompanied by unexpectedly gripping scenes of high melodrama and even flickers of camp; as much as anything yet from Synetic, this has the texture of a good old-fashioned movie. Synetic’s ‘Man in the Iron Mask’ has action and unexpected melodrama 2016-05-16T04:00:00Z Watch if you like gripping — but devastating — crime stories. What You Should Watch This Weekend: ‘The Night Of’ and ‘The Circus’ 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z Boyden’s latest novel is the gripping tale of a 17th century conflict between the Iroquois and the Huron tribes in French Canada, and of a Jesuit priest who gets swept up in it. Joseph Boyden, one of the best Canadian novelists you've never heard of 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z But Bartók’s gripping, experimental, unsettled sonata became the vehicle where both players found themselves by losing themselves. There is no disrupting Yuja Wang and Leonidas Kavakos 2017-02-14T05:00:00Z Thomas Vinterberg’s gripping drama “The Hunt” is the story of a lie, and how that lie changes both a man and a town. ‘The Hunt’: A lie with nightmarish consequences 2013-08-15T22:56:22Z That 521-page novel, a stream of consciousness told in a single sentence, was “intensely gripping” despite its challenging appearance, Testard said. How a Tiny British Publisher Became the Home of Nobel Laureates 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z The last third of the book details Alkhanshali’s hair-raising plan to escape by whatever means come to hand, and it is absolutely as gripping and cinematically dramatic as any fictional cliffhanger. Review | Dave Eggers tells the story of the most dangerous cup of coffee in the world 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z This account of a legendary 1965 debate on American race relations yields a gripping snapshot of a country riven by injustice yet anxious about radical change. 12 New Books We Recommend This Week 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z Some may argue with this technique, but it provides a gripping read. First books out on Chile's remarkable mine rescue 2011-03-28T19:45:14Z Ultimately, the hard facts are most gripping: A short video shows the refugees trying to establish a foothold, marching along roads and battling police officers and soldiers. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z This was equally true in his gripping performances of songs by Barber on poems of James Joyce, including the intense “I Hear an Army,” played with impetuosity and vivid coloring by Mr. Noda. Music Review: Anthony Dean Griffey and Emalie Savoy at Morgan Library 2013-01-16T16:08:16Z This extraordinary and horrifying true story, which is just as gripping as the summary suggests, is a coproduction from CBC Podcasts and the Norwegian newspaper Verdens Gang. 6 Podcasts About the Dark Side of the Internet 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z It’s a barbed critique of twentysomething Brooklyn hipsters and it tells a gripping mystery story, which has a genuinely unsettling conclusion. Lena Dunham’s Girls: the show that turned TV upside down 2017-02-04T05:00:00Z The Morning Show, which has its flaws, is also gripping, and the Guardian suggested Ellison “may well be the single best television character of the year”. Billy Crudup: ‘Life is hard. It’s filled with grief, confusion, unpredictability … ' 2020-08-05T04:00:00Z But the more gripping question turns out to be how to reconcile the architect’s flaws with his undeniable talents. Book review: Modern Man: The Life of Le Corbusier 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z “Homeland” is well made and gripping, and a lot of its allure lies in those uncertainties. Television Review: ?Homeland,? Starring Claire Danes, on Showtime ? Review 2011-09-29T16:32:19Z It’s precisely that fading conviction that makes “Oasis: Supersonic,” a documentary about the Manchester band’s mid-nineties ascent, such a gripping chronicle of what was so clearly another time. Oasis and the Fading Dream of the Nineties 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z The chill of horror is never far below the surface in this gripping, blood-soaked gothic novel which questions life, death and friendship. The Guardian children's fiction prize 2010 2010-05-28T23:06:00Z Mr. Douglas’s play with the conventions of the cinematic espionage thriller is heady and gripping. Chelsea Galleries, Like a Box of Chocolates 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z We don’t expect it to be as gripping as a work of spoken theater. Perspective | New opera wants the same appeal as television. If only it could be as smart. 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z The slides, projected large, as if you might almost step into them, form a gripping account of one artist’s taste and voracious acquisitiveness as well as the rich veins of Americana that fed his art. The Keeper: Roger Brown, the Artist as Voracious Collector 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z Nonetheless, this was a gripping wine that stimulated my imagination and filled me with wonder. The When and Why of Amontillado 2017-12-29T05:00:00Z “My admiration for her grew to even greater heights when reading ‘Run, Rose, Run,’ a gripping and heartbreaking book I couldn’t put down. Reese Witherspoon acquires film rights to Dolly Parton novel 2022-03-21T04:00:00Z By the time "Black Swan" actress Natalie Portman arrived with her best actress Oscar statuette in one hand, and her fiance Benjamin Millepied gripping the other, the party was in full swing. Divas, rockers, stars flock to Oscar parties 2011-02-28T13:54:09Z More often, however, it leads to something gripping and fresh and honest. Neil Young: Le Noise 2010-09-23T14:30:00Z When seen side by side, “4” and “5” are gripping explorations of magnetic pull, not only between dancers, but between the viewer and the dance. Dance Review: TAO Dance Theater Performs 2 Meditative Works 2014-02-21T23:02:01Z He stands near ramrod straight, gripping the podium. Franklin Roosevelt’s Story Is Worth Telling Again and Again 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z The severity and wit of Ms. Meier’s scores are strangely gripping: as she orders the dancers around, her dry Swiss voice always carries the hint of a challenge. Dance Review: At Danspace, Physicality Gets a New Dimension 2011-02-25T23:21:03Z While Swanson ably deals with botched Rangers work like the 1980s investigation of the serial murderer Henry Lee Lucas, the most gripping drama of “Cult of Glory” is found in the early chapters. The True Story of the Texas Rangers 2020-06-09T04:00:00Z Another nominee, “The Merchant of Venice,” was beloved, but it closed in February and seems less gripping to voters right now. Book of Tonys: Anything Goes? 2011-06-09T22:54:15Z Trusting an algorithm to find something to keep me awake, I downloaded “The Lost City of Z,” David Grann’s gripping tale of the obsessive, swashbuckling Victorian explorer Percy Fawcett. New Audiobooks for Your Summer Road Trip 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z Al Pacino followed up the triumph of “The Godfather” with this gripping police drama, based on the true story of a New York Police Department whistle-blower. The Best Movies on Amazon Prime Video Right Now 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z “Black Beauty,” “The Black Stallion” and “Misty of Chincoteague” are the paradigms of this genre, each gripping in a different way. 3 Middle Grade Novels Explore the Bond Between Horse and Human 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z At other times, they kick their legs forward and balance, gripping their calves as if aiming rifles. Dance Review: Taking the Audience Up Close and Personal, and Beyond Skin Deep 2011-05-13T22:33:10Z The Portuguese Nun is mesmeric – that overused word – subtly comic and weirdly gripping. The Portuguese Nun ? review 2011-01-20T22:29:01Z The scene may be wholly static in terms of action — a man in headphones on stage engaging with a disembodied voice — but it’s fiercely gripping nonetheless. | 'Spirit Control': Four Seven Whiskey, We?ve Got a Problem: A Controller?s Life in a Tailspin 2010-10-27T04:30:00Z It’s not gripping, as either an adventure or an intellectual exercise. Streaming This Week, a Short History of Scandinavian TV 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z What happened to Emily and why her fate is somehow linked to Mia are the two prongs of this gripping tale. Review | Catherine Steadman of ‘Downton Abbey’ pens another screen-worthy thriller 2021-06-05T04:00:00Z And while a harrowing story of people seeking glory is plenty engrossing, it’s Krakauer’s eye for detail that I find most gripping. New & Noteworthy, From the Brat Pack to a Math Biography 2021-05-04T04:00:00Z Nightmarish and gripping from the first moments of silence, it's not just the formal exercise of capturing claustrophobia that sustains tension at such a fevered pitch. 'Buried': An agonizing, ingenious experience from inside a box 2010-09-30T20:43:00Z The parallel universe is immediately gripping and well thought out. The Man in the High Castle: the Nazis win, but so do viewers 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z The play gave us a gathering of spiritually minded, academic arch-conservatives contemplating their own crises of faith, with gripping dramatic conviction. Off Broadway’s Season Shook Up Norms of Life and Theater 2020-04-06T04:00:00Z Tacked to an adjacent wall is a recently completed work, “Artist Receives Mind-Blowing Inspiration,” the titular painter gripping wilting brushes as his cranium floats away in a geyser of foaming, toxic-spill green. Peter Saul Doesn’t Want Any Advice 2021-07-13T04:00:00Z We learn about language, reason and memory in the most gripping of the show’s displays. Glimpsing the Brain?s Powers (and Limits) 2010-11-19T18:00:00Z He overcame his shyness to discuss his novel, a gripping psychological thriller with the ultimate unreliable narrator – a woman with memory problems. Val McDermid: addicted to crime fiction 2013-07-11T11:35:00Z Stockman, a member of The New York Times editorial board, has produced a gripping portrait of the human costs incurred when industries decline. When a Factory Relocates to Mexico, What Happens to Its American Workers? 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z Yet the opera’s few tender moments, set to what seemed like profaned echoes of Wagner’s “Tristan,” had a warmth that was gripping. Music Review: ?Lulu? at the Met, Now Conducted by Fabio Luisi 2010-05-09T22:19:00Z Knowing the ending doesn't make the story any less gripping. Holiday reading: The best books to pack this summer 2013-06-29T07:00:51Z Check them out if you like a gripping story of corruption, crime and politics, and a flawed hero whose worst enemy may be himself. Lit life | Norwegian author Jo Nesb? writes another chapter in the history of Nordic noir 2010-03-15T04:01:00Z When I saw its world premiere at the Williamstown Theater Festival in 2018, it was already a gripping small-scale mystery, and a spectacular showcase for its star, Mary-Louise Parker. Review: Mary-Louise Parker in the Subliminal, Sublime ‘Sound Inside’ 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z One photo shows me with my arm pulled back, hand gripping an American football, for all the world looking like I’m about to throw a wicked spiral. Hulu's Casual exposes the deception inherent in online dating 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z The bus was packed with couples and families, including many children gripping stuffed manatees. In Florida, should the manatees swim alone? 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z Here, their ordeal is movingly and grippingly told. When the Price of Freedom Is Detention, Frostbite and Amputation 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z Somehow the spectacle of fiercely angry people talking about ideas becomes absorbing and even gripping. Best films of 2018 so far 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z Turner’s gripping memoir recounts growing up in Chicago’s South Side and reflects on the tragedies that befell her sister and her best friend, both victims of a society that treats Black life as disposable. Nine People Under One Roof for Two Weeks? Have Fun! 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z In the final few months to a year, though, I can’t risk reading anything I can’t put down to work, so I tend to read good, but less gripping books — or, if gripping, short ones. Diana Gabaldon Avoids Books Where Bad Things Happen to Children 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z But Gilman wants to do more than raise our awareness of social ills while spinning a gripping yarn. Four political dramas that play around with form 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z There are plenty of nuggets here that are fascinating and funny, some passages that make you wince and others that are gripping. The Alastair Campbell Diaries Volume One: Prelude to Power 2010-06-05T23:05:00Z This would be more gripping if the identity of the killer — or even the reason for his spree — were ever in doubt. Movie Review: ‘Lucky Bastard,’ a Pornography-Themed Thriller 2014-02-13T23:47:05Z It’s a question that could be posed to many of the characters in James Han Mattson’s insightful and gripping novel “Reprieve.” It’s a ‘Full-Contact’ Haunted House. What Could Go Wrong? 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z He has more gripping, even breathtaking ways of commanding readers’ attention. 'Something Rich and Strange,' a Ron Rash Anthology 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z China Miéville expertly mixes science fiction, fantasy and surrealism in this gripping collection. Best science fiction and fantasy books of 2015 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z More accurately, it compels our attention with a remorseless, gripping single-mindedness, presenting Naziism as a communicable disease that smothers conscience, paralyzes resistance and extinguishes all shreds of humanity. Review: In ‘The Captain,’ a Sadistic Nazi Is an Impostor 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z Dickens was especially obsessed with it, describing it in several letters and even devoting a gripping passage of “Little Dorrit” to its grisly occupants. Footsteps: Following Dickens Through Switzerland 2012-07-06T16:19:17Z Still, Mr. Trammell’s drug-induced stammers and tics don’t by themselves add up to a compelling portrayal, nor is this drama of the down and out at all gripping. Review: In ‘All Mistakes Buried,’ an Addict Battles to Retrieve a Precious Necklace 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z I still found the story gripping – but knowing the resolution made it easier for me to relax and focus on a few other things. Reading group: True Grit – a reliable narrator? 2012-11-15T12:49:37Z After two gripping, inventive endings, the show pivots toward season 3, which has already been confirmed. 'Broadchurch' Season 2 Finale Recap: Alec and Ellie Forever 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z Keeping company with “Sisyphus” is Ludovico’s gripping, severely foreshortened drawing of a sleeping youth. Art Review: ?An Italian Journey,? 200 Years of Drawings at the Met 2010-06-17T21:35:00Z Almost none of the interviewees have anything revelatory, gripping or funny to say. Chateau Despair by Lisa Barnard; The Real Iron Lady by Gillian Shephard – review 2013-03-25T11:00:01Z This gripping sequence dramatizes the conflict between freedom and prudence, as well as between personal autonomy and authoritarian control — some of the key themes of George Orwell’s influential novel “1984.” An intense ‘1984,’ with echoes of 2016 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z Gee and Anguiano offer a gripping ticktock account of the massive fire that devastated Paradise, Calif., and neighboring communities in 2018, killing 85 people and destroying 90 percent of residents’ homes. Summer Reading Suggestions, Handpicked for Your Taste 2020-05-20T04:00:00Z Box is a gripping writer and a shrewd observer of his state's rugged wilderness. Crime fiction: new books by Garry Disher, C.J. Box and Laura Lippman 2011-08-10T22:07:04Z And there’s something inexplicably gripping about watching the inner workings of a struggling marriage. Can a new film make Anthony Weiner more than just a punch line? 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z In another gripping interlude, an aging cowboy brings home a woman he picked up at a rodeo to meet his bedridden wife. A Novel About 3 Generations of Cherokee Women (and No-Good Men) 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z It’s a gripping ballad about her mother’s cancer treatment called “Soon You’ll Get Better.” Taylor Swift's 'Lover' album review: The pop star keeps getting older without growing up - The Washington Post 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z Anne of the Thousand Days looks lovely, but, if you want a gripping fictional retelling of the King's Great Matter, read Hilary Mantel's books instead. Anne of the Thousand Days: Tudor tale of thwarted passion with unlikely twist 2013-03-27T10:10:04Z Hold a barbell in front of you with your hands gripping it at a point midway between your thighs. | Spring Shape-Up Secrets from the Fashion Crowd’s Favorite New Gym 2014-04-17T21:52:38Z “Beirut Is Back” was another tense and gripping episode of , but because I am what I am, I’m going to begin this review with a concern. Homeland Watch: The Inside Man 2012-10-08T12:00:16Z I put these and other essential questions to the creative team of “Before I Fall,” a gripping YA film of Lauren Oliver’s titular best-selling novel, which premieres tomorrow. Before I Fall: The Girl’s Guide to Saving the World 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z As a maker of dark, erotic and experimental films, Mr. Figgis was an intriguing choice to stage this gripping Donizetti work. Music Review: O, Unsmiling Villainess! 2011-02-20T22:50:12Z Once the plan for Jack's escape is hatched, "Winter in Wartime" turns into a moderately gripping thriller with predictable plot twists and reversals. 'Winter in Wartime': Nazis and the mysteries of adult life, through a teen's eyes 2011-04-14T21:56:10Z “The problem is you shouldn’t have to be consciously gripping it,” she said. Stop sucking in your stomach all the time — it could be bad for your health 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z This gripping, at times shocking documentary tracks the aftermath of a catastrophic fire in Bucharest that killed scores of people, brought down the government and inspired heroic journalism. Best Movies of 2020 2020-12-03T05:00:00Z The protagonist’s experiences are “relatable on one level and full-stop alarming on another, a hallmark of the psychological thriller genre that’s executed with gripping precision here.” 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-01-21T05:00:00Z What makes the day-long work so gripping, however, is as much its performance technique as its labyrinthine plot. Can a sleepy Chinese town become a cultural mecca? 2013-06-08T23:00:00Z White is a mesmerising narrator whose prose illuminates the most ordinary object and event in new and gripping ways. Happy Valley by Patrick White – review 2012-12-19T08:00:06Z Murnick’s memoir of her friend and the crime that became a tabloid sensation is both a loving tribute and a gripping mystery. A best friend searches for answers to her friend’s murder 2017-08-19T04:00:00Z Recounting in gripping detail the night Keats met William Wordsworth, the book won the Truman Capote Award. Review | Poet Stanley Plumly takes a lyrical look at John Constable and J.M.W. Turner 2018-08-21T04:00:00Z Once, he demonstrated a technique he called the American flag: With both hands gripping a vertical pole a few inches apart, he extended his body horizontally, his arms ramrod-straight. TV pioneer Jack LaLanne got viewers off the couch 2011-01-24T17:40:12Z They have created music videos, opera sets and, most recently, a gripping, nonlinear, half-hour meditation on the collection of 19th-century medical curiosities owned by the Mütter Museum in Philadelphia. The Week Ahead: Aug. 5 — Aug. 11 2012-08-03T18:25:27Z New Dawn is the equivalent of the surgeon gripping a patient's hand and muttering, in a voice charged with emotion: "Remember every ending is a beginning, my friend!" Is a catchy title really the best means of safeguarding nuclear security? 2010-12-19T00:06:14Z Featuring 145 gripping black-and-white images, "Tiny: Streetwise Revisited" is an often harrowing look at Blackwell's life and environment — but one done without judgment or prejudice. Street kids, poverty and fortitude: Photographer Mary Ellen Mark's stirring last project 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z Their story, though not new, is grippingly retold in “Breaking Rockefeller”. Guts, greed and gushers 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z That the film does not end on a gripping cliffhanger is not encouraging. Both "Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning" and Tom Cruise look and feel exhausted 2023-07-12T04:00:00Z She looks down at her hands, where her knuckles are white from gripping. The ugly truth about body dysmorphia 2016-03-06T05:00:00Z They include sketches for mythological and religious pieces, notably a gripping little Entombment of Christ and others based on contemporary life. Art Review: Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, a French Artist of Multiple Passions 2014-03-27T22:29:43Z All this makes for a gripping and sometimes frightening read. Readers recommend their favourite books of 2010 2011-01-01T00:05:32Z Inventive, gripping and well imagined, this is a brilliant and suspenseful tale. A Face Like Glass by Frances Hardinge - Review 2012-06-12T08:00:00Z A gripping and revelatory biography of the eminent cartoonist. 100 Notable Books of 2012 2012-11-27T16:28:12Z The addition of the final lip sync numbers at the top of the show, accompanied by little packages about who the queens were and are in real life made for gripping television. RuPaul's Drag Race ends season 7 with one of the best finales in show's history 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z The last few chapters, however, again become gripping as Merlino returns to Seattle, years after high school, to track down his old teammates. 'The Hustle': Black, white and playing basketball in 1980s Seattle 2010-12-30T20:27:04Z Ms. Lin slides across the stage on her back like the heroine of a Chinese action flick, gripping a gun and lamenting her imminent death in Mandarin. Dance Review: Leesaar the Company at Montclair State University 2012-04-01T18:49:36Z The story of how Billy Beane, and the maths wizards he appointed, transformed decades of major league baseball methodology is gripping. The Numbers Game: Why Everything You Know About Football Is Wrong – review 2013-05-24T08:00:03Z And that Enlightenment ethos also extended to gripping self-portraits and pictures of lovers, done with quite a bit of anatomical accuracy. 21 Art Exhibitions to View in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z "Exceedingly amusing", yes – yet inside this ironic "ballad" lurks something more serious and, potentially, even more gripping. The Bloody Ballad – review 2013-04-06T23:05:26Z “No” is a gripping dramatization of the effort to oust the dictator. ‘No’: The power of one word against tyranny 2013-03-28T21:43:19Z His conducting was gripping in the Act II scene in which the crazed Hermann steals into the countess’s bedroom at night and confronts the old woman, who dies in a seizure of terror. Music Review: Betting on Not-So-Sure Things: Love and a Trick to Win at Cards 2011-03-13T22:08:17Z It is frequently gripping and sincere, but never quite as revelatory, or as devastating, as it should be. 'When We Leave': Clashing cultures, stifled freedom ? and great acting 2011-04-07T19:23:04Z But Allen thinks the play about a wealthy woman forced to deal with a tragedy affecting a former employee is just the sort of gripping drama the Klunch wants to produce. Toning down the sex and violence 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z The original Warehouse stage is a small room with old brick walls and gripping acoustics. The L.A. music scene as seen through Berio's Sequenzas 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z This writer's own story is a central theme of this gripping book. The Faraway Nearby by Rebecca Solnit – review 2013-06-08T13:00:01Z But in Venice the 60-year-old is set to premiere "Hacksaw Ridge", a gripping war epic about a pacifist during World War II that cannot but move. Mel Gibson 'surviving' in Hollywood as war drama premiers in Venice 2016-09-04T04:00:00Z When the black printing ink used by Morris’s company starts to leave mysterious yellow stains, the resulting horror is palpable and the hunt for an explanation nearly as gripping as a Detection Club mystery. Perspective | When I find fiction too draining, I turn to books about books. They can be as thrilling as a whodunit. 2021-01-27T05:00:00Z Altogether, this movie is one long howl of disgust, delivered with enough energy and humor to be gripping. 9 Great Godard Films to Stream Now 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z This series from Wondery begins with the emotionally gripping story of one family before making its way into the broader saga. 6 Podcasts About the Perils of Misinformation 2022-11-22T05:00:00Z But then plenty of days, it's just enough to tell a gripping story, to have showmanship and drama and moments and shock and awe, as it were. ArtsBeat: Vince Gilligan on 'Breaking Bad' and 'the Plumbing of It All' 2012-09-04T17:51:49Z It is a small, but satisfying, role in a gripping and beautifully shot movie that also tackles Edison’s grief at the loss of his wife. 'I didn’t want to do an ITV drama': Matthew Macfadyen on making it big in the US 2019-07-26T04:00:00Z It is hard for a technically adept conductor not to make a big impression with ’s gripping Fifth Symphony. Music Review: A Visitor Arrives, Armed With a Sprawling Score 2011-02-11T22:52:48Z In this week’s gripping episode, the bad news doesn’t pierce like a bullet, but rather descends like a heavy fog. ‘Designated Survivor’ Season 1, Episode 6: Walk, Talk ... Duck! 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z Because of this, the plot appears to be even richer and more gripping. Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell - review 2013-01-27T09:00:00Z It's gritty and grim, but "Animals" is also a gripping portrait of young junkies in love. Gripping 'Animals' shows harrowing lives of drug-addicted pair 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z She stood close to the microphone, her hands gripping the stand. Miley Cyrus’s Creepy Return to Wholesomeness 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z His 2009 play The Observer was a gripping look at the work of electoral scrutineers. The Machine/The Masque of Anarchy – review 2013-07-14T15:30:00Z The quieter elements of storytelling, of delineating a world, which theatre relies on, feel rather less developed – and for this piece to be both astonishing and gripping, it needs those, too. Mundo Paralelo ? review 2011-03-10T17:40:11Z Altogether the book is a complicated ethical read, and thus gripping and unnerving at once. His Son Hiked Into the Costa Rican Jungle, and Never Came Out. What Happened? 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z At his best, Burgess gives us, in the place of jolly japes and sweet imaginings, something very like the truth – at times bitter, often tragic, always gripping – of teenage existence. The Hit by Melvin Burgess – review 2013-04-17T10:24:26Z “Epic it indeed is, full of magnificent set pieces - sprawling space battles and incandescent lightsaber duels - gripping performances and a number of truly stunning surprises,” said Soren Andersen of The Seattle Times. 'Rise of Skywalker' reviews among most critical in 'Star Wars' galaxy 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z While its subjects — Eleanor Roosevelt, Betty Ford and Michelle Obama — each have a “compelling and gripping” story, the sum is even greater, Bier said of her first biographical project. ‘First Lady’ drama spotlights Roosevelt, Ford, Obama spouses 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z You follow his surefooted boots blindly, gripping your way up a steeply pitched boulder field, lungs flaming in the thinning air. Facing death on the mountain: What my father taught me on his last great climb 2018-06-17T04:00:00Z I had to hold the book open in front of me sideways, like someone gripping a large steering wheel. ‘Reality shrivels. This is your life now’: 88 days trapped in bed to save a pregnancy 2017-10-24T04:00:00Z The songs are separated by interludes, and the orchestra is grippingly in its explosion of colors. Hear Now Music Festival reveals the essence of Los Angeles new music -- we do as we please 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z Without any dialogue the shots tell a gripping story about a mother’s commitment to her offspring. The Calm Men Who Bring You Exotic Animals 2010-03-17T21:22:00Z In the gripping "River of Darkness," Madden grapples with his own trauma suffered in the trenches as he investigates murders in a Surrey village. Readers on the case: favorite mysteries set in Europe 2010-12-23T00:50:29Z Others were paralyzed by fear and had to be dragged over to me, their paws splayed out and gripping the floor in panic. I was bad Santa 2012-12-25T12:45:00Z It’s an emotionally gripping film made all the more majestic with crisp autumnal scenery and a vivid score by Thomas Newman. Bah, Humbug: 12 Movies for the Holiday Blues 2013-12-20T18:09:17Z It would start gripping it, and I’d be like, “Uh, I think you need to get this off me, it’s going to break.” Daniel Radcliffe Doesn't Get Your Harry Potter References 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z Such is the dread gripping the fashion world as it prepares for New York Fashion Week, beginning Feb. 7, with a killer flu and a stomach-bug norovirus on the loose. Illness Walks the Runway 2013-01-30T23:31:57Z But what makes Atkinson an exceptional writer – and this is her most ambitious and most gripping work to date – is that she does so with an emotional delicacy and understanding that transcend experiment or playfulness. Life After Life by Kate Atkinson – review 2013-03-06T08:01:01Z But the real power of Albee's play, beyond the stinging dialogue and gripping clash of wills, lies in the fact that it is awful and not absurd. The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? 2010-04-26T21:00:00Z After the giddy crowd filed into a tent, Ms. Clarkson made a low-key entrance in a black dress and a full face of glam, gripping a glass of red wine. Kelly Clarkson Is Nobody’s Puppet 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z Their photographs and sculptures aren’t as gripping, as seen in this sampler of recent work at 303, but the subject matter still haunts and intrigues. Art in Review: Jane and Louise Wilson 2013-07-18T20:53:48Z In March 2009, I noted that it was "a cracking read and a vital historical document" and "a gripping dark thriller". Reading group: Hans Fallada's Alone in Berlin is a moral maze we can't resist 2013-03-12T15:11:18Z A gripping murder story and incandescent moral fable, set in hardscrabble Eastern Washington during the Great Depression. Adam Woog’s best mysteries of 2012 2012-12-07T00:24:05Z The documentary explores the mind-boggling challenges of such a momentous feat, while the encounters with the people of the Sahara and their own difficulties add a layer of contemplation to an already gripping adventure. Ten of the best running documentaries 2013-03-01T07:53:41Z At least when the plane took off she was finally quiet, gripping his wrist on the armrest with both her hands. Maggie Robb: Automatic Upgrade 2011-07-22T22:02:06Z Instead, firmly gripping my arm, he addressed me in profile, as if I weren’t worthy of eye contact. Thief 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z A key initial step is recognizing that you are gripping your abdominal muscles when you don’t need to be, Wiebe said. Stop sucking in your stomach all the time — it could be bad for your health 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z A gripping medley of academic rigor, reporting and memoir, Treuer’s fascinating and unconventional account of Native American history burns with a passionate sense of resiliency. 50 notable works of nonfiction in 2019 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z As we followed the meticulous directions, a gripping tale of dark local history played in our ears, atop an eerie David Lynchian soundtrack. Your Vacation Mission? Find This Stolen Horse 2016-08-23T04:00:00Z It does have weight, thanks to Spencer's gripping performance and Blair Underwood contributions as Sarah's husband C.J., who at first simmers with adoration for her before seething about coming in second to her business ambitions. Netflix's lush "Self Made" deftly glams up an underexposed history 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z Weston's first book, Direct Red, the gripping account of her experiences as a junior doctor, won her both rave reviews and the 2010 PEN/Ackerley prize for best memoir. Dirty Work by Gabriel Weston – review 2013-06-30T16:00:01Z At first, it's hard to see how the show is going to grow, how it's going to move beyond five gripping but emotionally taxing therapy sessions per weekly clump. In Treatment 2010-04-22T23:05:00Z Where it takes us next may be determined by another gripping image yet to be imagined or shot. Rodney King beating helped drive video revolution 2012-06-18T20:48:08Z It is a funny, witty book; also dense, gripping, thrilling. Book reviews roundup 2011-01-22T00:06:24Z It's an amazing book, I'd recommend it to anybody if I knew they were stable enough to handle the mature gripping content presented. Tender Morsels by Margo Lanagan - review 2011-04-11T12:16:09Z Bussi’s latest is the gripping “The Double Mother,” which may set a record for number of plot twists between two covers. Review | Michel Bussi’s thriller ‘The Double Mother’ twists, then twists again 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z Hwang added that gripping your abdominal muscles too intensely can exacerbate symptoms for people who have existing pelvic floor issues, especially those with incontinence. Stop sucking in your stomach all the time — it could be bad for your health 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z Here is the gripping finale of the Symphony No. 2, “Resurrection.” 100 Years of New York Philharmonic Milestones, by the Earful 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z But that is hardly to say that Le grand voyage is an unsatisfactory journey; on the contrary, it is gripping, poignant and very, very powerful. World literature tour: France 2011-03-28T11:30:33Z The above is only the prelude to a grim and gripping tale of well-earned paranoia. Review | A deliciously dark tale of paranoia and consumerism run amok 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z But fans of “The Aosawa Murders” might miss the gripping mystery and eerie, quivering energy of that work. A Quicksilver Mystery That Flickers, Flashes, Twists and Turns 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z And the redoubtable Omer Fast has alternated between rapid-fire sampling of existing material and elaborately staged works, making some of the most gripping, astutely political videos of the moment. Last Chance: Emerging ?Young Israelis? at Lesley Heller Workspace 2010-08-11T22:45:00Z The more you know, the more you may be shocked by Christopher Alden's provocative production and the intense, superbly detailed performance by Dudamel, the orchestra and a gripping, outstanding cast. Dudamel and the L.A. Phil illuminate, elevate 'Cosi fan Tutte' 2014-05-26T04:00:00Z And the gripping documentary “Nowhere to Hide” is on “Point of View.” What’s on TV Monday: ‘Mother!’ and ‘POV: Nowhere to Hide’ 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z It’s far shorter than the Bible, much more gripping, and certainly more informative, being, after all, the inerrant, sacred Word of God, according to Islam. We need a progressive debate on Islam: This is the right way to counter Donald Trump, and be honest about extremism 2015-12-27T05:00:00Z But this 10-episode series, which is being rolled out Friday on Amazon Prime, proves gripping nonetheless. Review: ‘Bosch,’ Amazon Prime’s New Crime Series 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z Contemporary footage, and an archive of interviews with witnesses, paints a gripping portrait of an entire nation under the sway of evil. TV listings and previews: plan your week's viewing - 12-16 November 2012-11-12T08:09:51Z "There's sort of a gripping in your stomach sometimes when you see something that really moves you and I felt that way about the rooms as a kid," Malone said. Miniature rooms create magic at Chicago museum 2010-04-07T16:55:00Z Drew, a key figure in the development of “direct cinema”, the low-key observational style that nonetheless could produce gripping films, died at home in Sharon, Connecticut. Robert Drew, pioneer of documentary film-making, dies at 90 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z If its manifest desire to be a film is sometimes overwhelming, Cold Hands is still a solid, gripping piece of work. Thrillers – review roundup 2012-07-20T21:54:02Z Pickett No. 21 is both wry and exciting, with an apparent cliffhanger ending anticipating an equally gripping No. 22. Review | Five thrillers to read now — and soon 2021-03-03T05:00:00Z The Master Chorale sang with magnificence and gripping feeling. West Coast premiere of 'Anthracite Fields' by L.A. Master Chorale mines the depths of American music 2016-03-07T05:00:00Z What immediately follows is an adroit, perceptive, gripping account of Catholic controversializing. A Conservative Catholic Begs the Pope: Lead Us Not Into Temptation 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z This is a wrenching, often disturbing, almost entirely gripping experience for grown-ups. Video Game Review | Heavy Rain: Murderer?s Young Prey; A Father?s Torment 2010-02-27T00:34:00Z And yet, the askew, jazzy, playful melodies lead the way to songs of gripping candour and emotion. Fiona Apple: The Idler Wheel … – review 2012-12-20T21:30:06Z “Free Solo” — frightening, gripping, heart-stopping — relentless, understandable determination with a complicated personal relationship. Anonymous Oscar ballot: Publicist gives "Roma" 7, "Vice" 3, "Can You Ever Forgive Me" 2 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z Spiegel’s slyly political play obliquely addresses the dwindling access to abortion in certain states, but that's not really the point of her disturbing and gripping drama, which is not for the faint of heart. Echo Theater's 'Dry Land' pulls no punches in tale of an unwanted pregnancy 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z Yet despite — or because of — the “wrong” dates of its pictures, this show is gripping. Even the ‘Wrong’ Picasso Can Be So Right 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z The story is usually gripping, but the prose does not always live up to it. Religious warring 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z Commuting into work with her ridiculously cute corgi, Fig, Philippides was gripping a Starbucks cappuccino and looked a little shaken by the cancer news. Give up coffee? Fuggedaboutit, say New Yorkers after California ruling 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z Even the most gripping war scene, which essentially involves a river of death, slips by quickly. A heartwarming soul is the truth behind 'The Good Lie' 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z It was a gripping case that was one of the first to draw a daily national audience to a televised criminal trial. Ex-Member of Menudo Says He Was Raped by Father of the Menendez Brothers 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z This, admittedly, doesn't sound like truly gripping cinema, and "Old Goats" in its early scenes isn't immediately compelling: Its production values are commensurate with its ultralow budget, and the pace is loose and slow. 'Old Goats' is quiet, wise film 2012-08-16T20:55:05Z Many histories written by professors sag under the weight of sociological details, but this narrative is gripping. 'Preachin' the Blues': the life and times of enigmatic bluesman Son House 2011-06-30T19:35:04Z “The most gripping scene in this near-perfect little sports comedy is a fraternal arm-wrestling contest that reaches apoplectic intensity,” Stephen Holden wrote in July in his review in The New York Times. The Week Ahead: Sept. 23 — 29 2012-09-23T08:00:05Z It is also a gripping tale peopled with utterly believable United States citizens, and overflowing with the classic pity and terror of good imaginative writing. Review: ‘The Street,’ by Ann Petry 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z The suspense is muted, but it's a gripping book. Crime fiction: lingering shadows of World War II in three new suspense novels 2011-04-06T23:05:04Z There are aural options in every flavor, whether you seek a one-off deep dive with a favorite celeb, saucy sex advice, a gripping true crime drama or a kid-friendly science lab. 15 podcasts perfect for summer road trips 2017-07-03T04:00:00Z I’ll spend about one third of this month at the Show, gripping and grinning, checking in with all the peeps in the industry. Ring in the New Year with Tony Floor's Tackle Box 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z Amid this desolation, the novel opens with a series of gripping scenes fit for a police procedural. Book review: ‘The Sacrifice,’ by Joyce Carol Oates, inspired by Tawana Brawley case 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z I'd usually tell her the banal details of my life, which my five-year-old self thought was gripping. The final blonde: My ongoing journey to decolonizing Barbie from my dress-up 2023-07-22T04:00:00Z It begins grippingly, like something by Claude Chabrol, and yet the film's suspense begins to leak before the end and the comic and serious sides don't quite mesh. In the House – review 2013-03-28T09:15:01Z Willetts described the book Into the Silence as a gripping narrative and very powerful story, while Prideaux's biography was "a real eye opener", and The Spanish Holocaust "a strong history". Six books to 'change our view of the world' on shortlist for non-fiction prize 2012-10-04T23:01:03Z What makes the marital dissonance on screen so gripping is the subtle ambiguity of interactions between the couple, which appear mundane but are freighted with significance. Gemma Arterton: ‘Everyone in the industry knows I'm a pain’ 2018-07-14T04:00:00Z Here are gripping, insightful accounts of the First and Fourth Symphonies. Classical Critics Pick the Top Music Recordings of 2014 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z This “is the story of a government poisoning its own citizens, and then lying about it,” Mona Hanna-Attisha writes in her gripping memoir about the crisis, “What the Eyes Don’t See.” Two Views of Flint’s Water Troubles: One a Close-Up and One With a Wide-Angle Lens 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z “The Square,” which is the first feature directed by Nash Edgerton, an Australian stuntman turned filmmaker, is a nasty, gripping exercise in sin and comeuppance. | 'The Square': Sin and Comeuppance in Film Noir From Down Under 2010-04-09T01:45:00Z Oliver Sacks’s case histories are so gripping partly because, by stripping away the ordinary, they show the brain in all its injured peculiarity. Glimpsing the Brain?s Powers (and Limits) 2010-11-19T18:00:00Z He seems almost naïve, but a breakdown he has in one scene is gripping. "What a confusing country we live in": Michael Shannon on his gun violence movie "Eric LaRue" 2023-06-10T04:00:00Z It is a gripping film: horrible, scary and desperately sad. Cannes 2014: Foxcatcher review - Steve Carell gets to grips with his dark side 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z She supplies some raw, gripping moments, but they mostly arrive at the end, after a string of repetitive scenes that drain the premise of momentum. Review: ‘Modern Love’ Is Charming but Uneven 2019-10-18T04:00:00Z Despite its occasional muddle, “The Poltergeist” is gripping from start to finish, one of the most visceral immersions inside a disturbed character’s mind I’ve ever seen. ‘The Poltergeist’ Review: Portrait of the Artist as a Young Madman 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z I’m drawn to confidently written novels with strong narrative authority, plenty of attitude, incredibly gripping plots, and complex, flawed characters. Sophie Hannah: By the Book 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z Her publisher calls “The Men” a “gripping, beautiful, and disquieting novel of feminist utopias and impossible sacrifices that interrogates the dream of a perfect society.” Judges pull award nomination for book by Lauren Hough 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z That said, there is a much smaller subset of true crime that is perhaps more gripping because it’s so rare: crimes perpetrated by women and even girls. The Best True Crime to Stream: Women Who Do Wrong 2023-09-25T04:00:00Z It was a bold, gripping performance, full of propulsive drama if short on balletic grace. Canadian pianist continues daring performances 2016-12-19T05:00:00Z They traded shots back and forth, her long red nails gripping the cue. Greta Lee Is Still a Pool Shark 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z That’s the tone of the album’s ambiguous and gripping title song. Rosanne Cash Takes the Long View on ‘She Remembers Everything’ 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z “I have rarely read a description of this milieu that is so grippingly written,” the journalist and cultural critic Siegfried Kracauer wrote in The Frankfurter Zeitung. A Gritty Weimar Portrait of Youth Gangs, Restored to Renewed Acclaim 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z It was a fine balance between letting her do her thing and controlling the process more, but everything she was going through emotionally made the film more gripping and powerful. Making Intergalactic and Intergenerational Art 2022-12-28T05:00:00Z Hughes’s book begins with the prehistoric substrata, delving with curiously gripping detail into layers of settlement archaeologists have only recently unearthed. A City Where East Meets West and the Past Is Always Present 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z Mr. Gilbert drew gripping playing from the Philharmonic in the opening Allegro maestoso, which hovers between a fitful funeral march and an elaborate sonata-allegro movement. Music Review: Mahler?s ?Resurrection? From Philharmonic - Review 2011-09-11T22:08:40Z Here she creates a gripping page-turner that moves at a breathtaking clip through the dramatic events of the Civil War. Karen Abott's history of four Civil War women who spied or lied 2014-08-29T04:00:00Z There is a particular type of crime story that is supposed to be more gripping than the others. Who will keep us safe in a world without police? We will 2021-03-27T04:00:00Z There were several other action-y moments that were gripping but which I refuse to spoil here for the reader. Building the alternate-universe New York: Novelists Seth Fried and K Chess in conversation 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z Still, Berg’s “Wozzeck” and “Lulu” prove that the vicious, the unsavory and the tragic make for gripping art when treated with compassion and enacted with authority. Music Review: Franz Schreker Opera Gets Its Chance at SummerScape 2010-08-02T21:57:00Z In much the same way someone, somewhere, will watch anything Cameron Crowe produces, someone, somewhere, is eagerly gripping their tickets to watch Chicago perform at the LA County fair later this week. Rock'n'roll suicide: is TV's bromance with rock nostalgia finally over? 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z To these should now be added Free Men, a gripping fact-based thriller about events set in and around Paris's Muslim community and most especially the city's principal mosque. Free Men – review 2012-05-27T13:27:01Z “Tender Presence” is thought-provoking and sometimes gripping, but it suffers from being partly about Magid’s work and partly about the pandemic itself. Covid Memorials Offer a Place to Put Our Grief 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z Even more gripping are scenes with no wink toward the history books. When All the World’s at War, Only Theater Feels Real 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z Better Call Saul is a gripping tug of war for Jimmy’s soul. Better Call Saul: second season is criminally good 2016-02-15T05:00:00Z “Scalia: A Court of One” peaks with a sustained and gripping account of the court’s role in the 2000 presidential election. ‘Scalia: A Court of One,’ by Bruce Allen Murphy 2014-06-10T04:00:00Z Alan Furst’s emotionally gripping and hugely satisfying new novel “A Hero of France” is about the beginnings of that secretive effort to turn the tide against Hitler. Alan Furst’s ‘A Hero of France’: Putting a human face on the French Resistance 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z Over the course of 80 gripping minutes, Nézet-Séguin explored Shostakovich’s dynamic and expressive extremes, drawing fiercely disciplined and committed playing. Review | Philadelphia Orchestra triumphs in epic Seventh Symphony 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z Sebastián Silva's film is an unexpected combination: a gripping psychological , and also a poignant human drama. Film review: The Maid 2010-08-26T22:09:00Z The end of the first episode is certainly gripping, and I'll be checking out the next one to see how Kitty fares. Radio head: The Minister of Chance 2011-03-16T08:00:03Z Well: the straightforward answer is that it's pretty gripping. Gone Girl: what makes Gillian Flynn's psychological thriller so popular? 2013-03-19T11:00:45Z Spooner’s man, just north of town, was also a cowpoke, his hands extended, gripping nothing. A Road Trip to the Fiberglass Frontier of Northern Wisconsin 2019-08-14T04:00:00Z A gripping, poignant and in some respects revolutionary contribution to European history by a distinguished British scholar who is descended from several of the protagonists he describes. Shelf life 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z But that story, while gripping, provides only a piece of the action. Review | In Lara Prescott’s ‘The Secrets We Kept,’ the CIA takes a novel approach to Cold War spycraft 2019-09-13T04:00:00Z The process of interpreting a deceased person’s intentions from the lines of a handwritten document can be a confusing, contentious process, one that made for a gripping story line in the HBO series “Succession.” Is Aretha Franklin’s True Will the One Found in the Couch or a Cabinet? 2023-07-09T04:00:00Z “Kelvin’s Book is an extraordinarily rich, gripping and ambitious story. With contemporary themes and a reflection of the digital age that we live in, there’s no better time for this project.” Oscar-winning director Michael Haneke to make 10-part TV series 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z That I would discover I’d missed the moment and penned an account of a time grippingly bygone. Perspective | How to write a can’t-win book: An Israeli-Palestinian story 2017-11-13T05:00:00Z Detailed, dramatic, and at times gripping, Adam Nagorski’s “The Nazi Hunters” looks at about a dozen men and women who kept pushing at a time when the world was trying to move on. The Nazi hunters who wouldn’t give up: “Many war criminals… simply went back and resumed their lives” 2016-05-21T04:00:00Z A tolerance for the pain of skin gripping metal also helps. Pole Dancing Without Nudity or G-Strings. Just Express Yourself. 2019-04-19T04:00:00Z In the cinematic telling of this story, this is the red herring signaling that the case is closed when it’s really just the beginning of the more gripping part of the tale. Perspective | Pictures of Robert Mueller tell the story of a man who is finally free 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z As for the rest, there is plenty of nonsense, a great deal of stylish posturing and clothes-horsing, and a few action sequences that manage to be both gripping and preposterous. | 'Takers': Taking a Long, Cool Look at Both Sides of the Law 2010-08-26T23:36:00Z Pure corn, perhaps, but sold with a dread conviction, which makes this the weirdest and most gripping British record to hit the top yet. The best No 1 records: John Leyton – Johnny, Remember Me 2012-05-31T20:51:00Z The second season of “Blindspot,” a series from the History Channel and WNYC, is an exhaustive and gripping chronicle of the long-hidden atrocity, and the ripple effects it had in Oklahoma and beyond. 6 Podcasts That Go Deeper on the Headlines 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z Just as gripping is "Golden," the sole original, a tour de force sung to a disheartened friend that subtly shifts from empathy to anger. Hogan's 'Pain' is our pleasure 2012-05-18T15:12:00Z Listening to a political memoir read by the main player is an oddly gripping experience. Storytelling: how reading aloud is back in fashion 2013-01-06T00:08:26Z In this often gripping book, Mr Bird portrays him as a brave and ultimately disappointed advocate of peace between Palestinians and Israelis. Necessary 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z Those brief glimpses into Sullivan’s world, at times seeking flashes of beauty in his struggle, dissipate into a mist of gripping metaphors that grow more resonant with each play. Sub Pop rapper Porter Ray breaks out of personal, creative lull with vivid new album 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z The film’s opening is immediately gripping, sending viewers into a claustrophobic nightmare. ‘Oxygen’ Review: The Thrill of Claustrophobia 2021-05-12T04:00:00Z Reminiscent of “Sweeney Todd,” the story turns sharply into an unhinged tale of survival that’s so gripping Blumhouse Television recently acquired the rights of the Gimlet production for a TV show. Fiction podcasts are on the rise and better than ever. These are the ones to listen to. 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z That might sound simple enough, but the polarization currently gripping America is about more than just disagreement. They hate each other's political views – so why have they become friends? 2020-09-30T04:00:00Z Did he or didn’t he is the question that’s teased throughout the insistent, gripping “Third Murder.” Review: In ‘The Third Murder,’ Guilty as Charged Isn’t the Whole Story 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z "The British are good at producing plenty of gripping, hardcore misery memoirs or they tend to write confessionally about the past." Confessions in new women's lit: Emily Gould, Meghan Daum and Sloane Crosley 2010-07-31T23:06:00Z The undeniably gripping plot also draws attention away from the wider context, perhaps inevitably. Midnight in Peking by Paul French - review 2012-06-08T21:55:15Z It loses steam in the Hawaii section and only fitfully regains momentum until its gripping end. After ‘A Little Life,’ Hanya Yanagihara’s Big New Novel Rewrites History 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z “Serial,” the blockbuster investigative podcast, ended its first season two weeks ago after gripping millions of listeners this fall with a 15-year-old murder mystery in Maryland. The Intercept Website Gets a 'Serial' Scoop 2014-12-30T05:00:00Z This week it's Momentum by Saci Lloyd, a gripping dystopian thriller tackling some big issues. Children's fiction prize book club: Momentum 2011-07-15T14:22:22Z Astounding action sequences and gripping character development confidently carry the plot. "Black Widow" is a triumph for Marvel fans, yet that's what makes it so infuriating 2021-07-10T04:00:00Z I entered the crowded market, listening to a gripping Second World War thriller on Audible, scanning the abondanza surrounding me, in search of a nice bunch of sage. Thief 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z Furthermore, its reveal was faultlessly handled in our amateur sleuth’s gripping Instagram procedural, upon which we’ll slap the working title Mexican Gender Selection, She Wrote. Whoever hacked Rebekah Vardy’s Insta was obviously never at Baden-Baden 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z In the most gripping of these works, the plug is a dragon-like creature that breathes flame from fraying wires. Art Review: The 20th Anniversary of the Outsider Art Fair 2012-01-28T00:34:51Z What begins as a tense and gripping mystery gradually evolves into something else as a murky mixture of legal and boundary issues makes prosecuting Joe's mother's attacker incredibly difficult. The Round House by Louise Erdrich – review 2013-06-08T14:30:02Z The laughter subsides as the play progresses through a series of gripping duologues that bring to light both the validity and insufficiency of each character’s perspective. Laurie Metcalf in 'Doll's House, Part 2': An acting marvel in one of the year's best plays 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z “Apocalypse” is bolder and clearer, less blissed-out and more grippingly immediate. New Music: Albums From Thundercat and Buika 2013-06-10T21:43:39Z That perspective — along with a focus on the gripping drama of the hunt and not the grimness of the kill — makes the series distinctive. 'The Hunt' casts animal world's predators in new light 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z A gripping Brucknerian evening – so gripping that the mouse, which darted across the aisle in the stalls during the closing Adagio, caused no distraction at all. LSO/Haitink – review 2013-02-18T18:04:50Z She sang it barefoot, “toes gripping the earth.” When the Wrong Singer for the Song Is Just So Right 2020-09-02T04:00:00Z Mr. Waarts, playing commandingly from memory, balanced passages that evolve in the halting dance idiom of the chaconne with rhapsodic stretches that in this gripping account seemed somberly ruminative. Stephen Waarts Debuts at Merkin Concert Hall 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z His films are gripping; they are never stately, but they are slow; there are longeurs; things can drag on. Werner Herzog: 50 years of potent, inspiring, disturbing films 2013-06-01T08:01:00Z Published in Spanish a few months before Bolaño’s death in 2003, this short novel about the struggles of an orphaned young woman is a gripping chronicle about urban youth, anomie, sex and crime. The top 50 fiction books for 2014 For all its flaws, the movie, filmed with nonprofessional actors, is steadily gripping. Movie Review: In ‘Una Noche,’ Teenagers Flee Cuba 2013-08-22T21:16:49Z In other surprising misses for films that might be considered typical Academy fare, Marion Cotillard, who plays an animal trainer who loses her legs in the gripping French movie "Rust and Bone," was overlooked. The Carpetbagger: With Apologies to John Hawkes and Marion Cotillard 2013-01-10T16:56:03Z With his corrupt cop thriller Line of Duty getting more fiendishly gripping with each passing series, writer Jed Mercurio’s stock is sky-high. The 10 best new TV dramas coming this autumn 2018-08-12T04:00:00Z According to Crown Publishers, "Decision Points" will offer "gripping, never-before-heard detail" on such historic events as the Sept. George W. Bush book 'Decision Points' out Nov. 9 2010-04-26T01:46:00Z Nothing in Mikey’s current life seems as remotely gripping as her own history, which we learn about only fleetingly. | 'The Real L Word': On Showtime, Gay, Female and Overworked 2010-06-17T21:44:00Z But I also found it fascinating, gripping and the work of a master. The Birth of a Nation: a gripping masterpiece … and a stain on history 2013-07-29T14:31:08Z Hands — each gripping a white handkerchief — cut the air at angles above their heads. In England, Morris Dancing Is Loved, Mocked and Getting a Makeover 2023-08-15T04:00:00Z “If you can sweat around someone, and they’ve got chalk all over their clothes” — chalk helps when gripping the bar — “and still think that they’re attractive, when they clean up, you’re like, ‘Wow.’ ” CrossFit Flirting: Talk Burpee to Me 2014-08-08T04:00:00Z The race to save the boys has dominated news bulletins, gripping the nation, and relatives of the missing children have kept up a long vigil at the mouth of the cave. Searching for missing boys, Thai divers grope way through flooded cave 2018-07-01T04:00:00Z But I thought James Franco was extraordinary in 127 Hours - only he and Danny Boyle could make that situation completely gripping. The Oscars: the hot tips from those in the know 2011-02-20T00:05:33Z “Trying to understand,” she says late in the film, during a gripping lecture, “is not the same as forgiveness.” ‘Hannah Arendt’: a ferocious portrayal of a blazing intellect 2013-07-19T12:59:40Z The surprise is how much more than that it is — gripping but also affecting and, believe it or not, sweet. 'Room': A gripping tale of childhood, maternal love and survival in captivity 2010-09-22T23:17:00Z Laugh-out-loud funny, Millions is also clever, gripping and touching, and beautifully written. Cathy Cassidy's top 10 feel good books 2012-07-19T11:18:35Z There are also gripping descriptions of the microscopic details that must be addressed to create products as accomplished as Mr. Rams’s for Braun. Design: How Dieter Rams Made Braun Look Cool 2011-06-06T10:51:36Z Definitely not a popcorn read – some of it is excruciating – but it's also moving, surprisingly funny in places and utterly gripping. Crime fiction roundup ? reviews 2011-07-22T21:55:02Z In the slow movement, a path was deftly struck between sunny pleasures on one side and gripping pathos on the other. Review | Takacs Quartet delivers buoyant Mozart 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z Paul Auster novels are often troubling enigmas, unfolding for the reader in gripping and unpredictable ways. 'Sunset Park': Paul Auster's novel of one young man in recession-era America 2010-11-18T00:02:00Z Hélène Grimaud was the heavyweight soloist in the Emperor Concerto, grippingly presented as a massively assertive statement, with not so much as a hint of period practice anywhere. Music of Today; Philharmonia/Salonen 2010-10-01T21:40:00Z For example, last August the New York Times ran a gripping piece on the intense drought that plagued 14 states along America’s southern tier. 50 shades of Shutterstock 2012-05-29T01:00:00Z Based on true events, it's about the creation of a website — not the sort of thing that generally provides gripping visuals — and about the subsequent legal squabbles between a handful of Harvard undergraduates. 'The Social Network': Tale clicks as it follows drama behind Facebook's creation 2010-09-29T23:53:00Z Screws are like miniature clamps, with the back of the head serving as one side of the clamp and the threads gripping into the piece being fastened to the other end. What to do when the seat won’t screw back into the chair 2021-01-15T05:00:00Z Bruno Dumont's film-making is just so fluent, unnerving, gripping; he is entirely unique. Hors Satan (Outside Satan) – review 2013-01-03T15:30:01Z This gripping debut about a Mexican-American misfit is alive and crackling — a gritty tale wrapped in a page-turner. Love and Other Ties That Bind in This Fall’s Y.A. Novels 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z The Hackney Citizen helped fill the gap calling it a gripping tale "of anguish and guilt." Debut novel by former warehouseman wins place on Man Booker longlist 2011-07-26T19:23:35Z “We used to live togezzer,” she rasped, gripping my hand; from her gleeful emphasis on the word “together,” I realized she was hoping to scandalize her neighbor. The Countess and the Schoolboy 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z Each episode intersperses a gripping central narrative with quick-witted asides from the hosts, Alice Levine and Matt Forde, who find the humor in each saga without making light of the often nightmarish reality. 6 Podcasts About Political Scandals and Upheaval 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z From the dazzling linguistic feats of the translators to the convincing and handsome staging and gripping, Broadway-caliber performances, everything about “Hamilton” in Hamburg feels revolutionary. The Best (and Worst) Theater in Europe in 2022 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z Less gripping were the performances that opened the concert. Review: Philharmonic Ties New Threads to a Recent Premiere 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z The best novel by far by one of the finest novelists now at work, both a tour de force and an utterly gripping mystery, psychological and otherwise. Jonathan Yardley’s favorite books Before he quite knew what was happening, he was perched on Jeremy’s shoulders, gripping on to the ceiling unit. My One Direction fantasy | Eva Wiseman 2015-09-06T04:00:00Z In places, he messily sipped from a bottle of Champagne he’d come out onstage gripping, grinning madly. Music Review: Danny Brown and Kitty at Irving Plaza 2013-05-08T21:58:46Z This gripping horror film may not have won an Oscar, but it racked up a few awards for its sound editing and screenplay. What’s on TV Tuesday: ‘This Is Us’ and ‘The Last O.G.’ 2019-04-02T04:00:00Z Hannah responds, and the question reverberates through a film that begins as a family quest but evolves into a gripping study of know-don’t-tell reticence and the umbilical tie of a lost homeland. Movie Review: ‘The Flat,’ a Jewish Family History in a Documentary 2012-10-18T23:12:36Z One British paper’s headline in 2004 described it as the “gripping diary of a nobody.” Lauded playwright Will Eno will get a major L.A. production at last, thanks to pal Rainn Wilson 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z The photography, Stoppard's script and the leads' performances are all gripping. TV highlights 24/08/2012 2012-08-23T19:00:04Z Who knew a piece on nail clippers could be so gripping? Nicholson Baker's 'The Way the World Works': on Wikipedia and weddings 2012-08-01T19:59:04Z As dense and gripping as a great novel. Film: The Cinematic State of Things 2010-12-16T19:28:34Z Two years ago, it published a gripping account compiled by the BND, Germany’s foreign intelligence agency, on the links between organized crime groups and political parties in Kosovo. T Magazine: The Gift of Information 2010-12-04T15:00:00Z “Pillar of Fire” stays grippingly alive at Ballet Theater because of the acute eloquence of Tudor’s musicality. Review: American Ballet Theater Opens Season at Lincoln Center 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z There is nothing flashy about Teresa, yet Molloy is subtly, authoritatively gripping. ‘Moment’ review: Kitchen-sink realism makes this Irish drama shine 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z In Germany, “The Third Reich of Dreams” was reviewed as “surprising and gripping evidence” and an “important historical document.” How Dreams Change Under Authoritarianism 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z One of the most gripping scenes conjures a tense budget meeting, in which a state senator, E.W. Review | An ‘Alabama Story’ that has national relevance 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z West Point, Monrovia’s largest seaside slum, serves as a microcosm for the fear and confusion that is gripping the wider community. Ebola: life and death on the frontline 2014-08-24T04:00:00Z The overall tone is grippingly ominous, the rhythm tracks clank and whirr like rusting machinery, buffeted by severe elemental gusts of synthesised noise. Hacker Farm: UHF – review 2012-12-20T15:29:01Z It’s gripping, almost a relief, when a piece really takes off, as in sections of the Symphony No. 5, “Land,” that teem with hurtling energy, streams of notes and slashing bursts. 5 Classical Albums to Hear Right Now 2021-03-02T05:00:00Z Last summer, the company found a disused mill where it appositely and imaginatively staged a gripping adaptation of Charles Dickens's novel Hard Times. Manchester Lines – review 2012-06-23T23:05:45Z Another gripping section homes in on a charismatic cleanup crew worker who grows increasingly disillusioned with BP’s practices. Review: In ‘Spill,’ an Oil Disaster Seems Too Big for the Stage 2017-03-21T04:00:00Z The plot is gripping, the characters alive, and the backdrop the shabbiness of a collapsing system. Michael Stanley's top 10 African crime novels 2010-06-30T14:27:00Z One of many reasons Raeff’s work is so deeply pleasurable is the gripping concreteness of her characters’ bodies and natures. Review | Anne Raeff’s ‘Only the River’ travels the globe and spans decades to explore one family’s secrets 2020-05-06T04:00:00Z At REDCAT, amplified buzzing bassoons relentlessly worked through slow patterns, providing a gripping full immersion into the furthest reaches of bassoonery. Catching up with Michael Torke and the Eroica Trio in Pasadena 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z This gripping quest tale is set in Cornwall in a near future suffering the effects of climate change and social collapse. Fiction for teenagers – reviews 2013-07-27T13:00:02Z Truly gripping and the jewel in ITV's increasingly impressive drama crown. TV highlights 22/05/2013 2013-05-22T06:00:04Z It’s showy, impulsive, shrewd, gripping and maybe a little unhinged, and so is the rest of the album. Notable Releases From Sia and Mary Sarah 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z Jolie wrote the screenplay too, and defied the doubters with a film that my colleague Andrew Pulver found "sombre, powerful, and undeniably gripping". Angelina Jolie: Hollywood won't be the same without her 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z His first novel was “Finn,” a gripping, often lurid tale about Huckleberry Finn’s pap. Review | Christmas comes early in Jon Clinch’s ‘Marley,’ a clever riff on ‘A Christmas Carol’ 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z The works performed included gripping ones that utilize the composer’s extraordinarily detailed, graphically notated scores — pages of which were projected on a screen. From Harlem to Italy, Sounds of Gay Subversion 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z The horror and its aftermath lends gripping context to the sole song the sisters wrote for the new album, “Is It Too Much.” Shelby Lynne and Allison Moorer as Sisters With a Painful Bond 2017-08-13T04:00:00Z She takes off her guitar and hands it to Presley, kneels and reaches out to the woman, gripping her arm as if to comfort her. Watch out, country bros. The Pistol Annies are back. 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z It’s “the modern American nightmare” that all of us dread and a gripping start to this enthralling novel. Neely Tucker’s ‘Only the Hunted Run’ starts with a bang and never lets up 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z Their interactions make “Enemies” a gripping play with an important theme. 'Best of Enemies' in Burbank: Racial fireworks explode from the stage 2015-10-07T04:00:00Z The gripping best seller earned Douglass international prestige and forced readers around the world to come to terms with slavery’s brutality and blacks’ freedom dreams. A History of Race and Racism in America, in 24 Chapters 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z Still, several of the winding one-on-one dialogues are gripping. Review | John Strand’s political comedy ‘Lincolnesque’ returns to Keegan Theatre 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z I've hooked up with a solicitor who coincidentally just happens to be handling the gripping issue of who keeps the letters. Digested classic: Possession by AS Byatt 2010-07-09T13:17:00Z The whole thing teeters – precariously, grippingly – on the brink of disaster, and yet somehow they manage to pull Morrison back, with the force of their playing alone. Ray Manzarek: 'A custodian of the Doors' legacy' 2013-05-21T13:10:16Z In “The Cruel Sea,” one of the most gripping films ever made about wartime stress, he played a determined British navy officer opposite Jack Hawkins’s unraveling skipper. Donald Sinden dies; multifaceted British actor of movies, TV and stage In a gripping final scene, charged by Stravinsky’s piercing, ominous music, we see the despairing emperor dying. Music Review: Stravinsky?s Tales, Dunked in the Spin Cycle 2011-03-02T22:59:11Z “The Equalizer” is gripping, mysterious and even sometimes moving, but it’s never pleasant, still less fun. “The Equalizer”: Denzel Washington redeems American manhood 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z But of other classic plays, despite gripping recent stage productions from Katie Mitchell, Lucy Bailey and Benedict Andrews, there has been no sign. What's TV's problem with theatre? 2013-03-20T18:31:19Z All the same, you will follow this child, and you will turn the pages of her disturbing — and altogether gripping — chronicle with a rare urgency. Book review: ‘A Little Lumpen Novelita,’ by Roberto Bolaño Now she’s stepping up again, dancing the sensuous, raw dream ballet in Daniel Fish’s gripping revival of “Oklahoma!,” her Broadway debut. Another Dancer Gets to Dream, Baby, Dream in ‘Oklahoma!’ 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z His previous work, Cartel Land, was a gripping and sometimes horrifying dispatch from the frontline of the war on drugs. City of Ghosts director Matthew Heineman: 'Imagine seeing people crucified – every day' 2017-07-21T04:00:00Z Lucas tells a gripping story of organised crime, big business, corruption and, of course, espionage. Deception: Spies, Lies and How Russia Dupes the West by Edward Lucas – review 2013-02-15T17:41:01Z Foxcatcher was the gripping true-crime story from the 1980s of violence and obsession in, of all things, the world of American Olympic wrestling. Cannes 2014 awards: Timothy Spall an anchor in a stormy night of surprises 2014-05-24T04:00:00Z This book is gripping in its twists and turns, and moving in its themes — truly a beautiful cuento. The Lifesaving Power of Storytelling 2021-08-06T04:00:00Z It’s also a thoroughly gripping read that shows off the maturation of the author’s storytelling talents. Books of The Times: Settling Scores in Stieg Larsson?s ?Girl Who Kicked the Hornet?s Nest? 2010-05-20T19:34:00Z A gripping feature film scattered among the documentaries and set in Haiti a few years ago, Raoul Peck’s “Moloch Tropical” is a satirically edged melodrama about the corruption of absolute power. Film: Human Rights Watch Film Festival at Lincoln Center 2010-06-11T04:51:00Z The episodes this team created for “I Am the Night” are heavily fictionalized, though based on Ms. Hodel’s gripping memoir. ‘I Am the Night’: Patty Jenkins and Chris Pine Explore the Black Dahlia Mystery 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z It's interesting and often gripping, especially when considering that at the time she wrote, most intimate accounts would be based on a masculine view. World literature tour: France 2011-03-28T11:30:33Z "All combine to create a period series with a modern and gripping edge." Ripper Street given second series 2013-01-30T09:28:35Z Which is what makes Robert Andrew Powell’s new book, “This Love Is Not for Cowards,” so gripping. A better border is possible 2012-05-26T22:00:00Z "My Favourite Faded Fantasy" is full of grippingly intimate confessions from a songwriter unafraid to present himself and his flaws. Damien Rice rises from ashes to create 'My Favourite Faded Fantasy' 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z Her gripping narrative captures not only the facts of the situation, but the thoughts of her witnesses and the feverishly unfolding disorder, confusion and tragedy. Looking Back at a Hospital Devastated by Hurricane Katrina 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z But the play’s mixture of ruefulness, bleakness and bittersweet domesticity never becomes gripping, and drama and momentum are in such short supply that you feel you’re living the tedium the title character has embraced. Review | Drama and momentum are in short supply in ‘Doña Rosita’ at GALA Hispanic Theatre 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z Still, the stories sometimes employed New Journalism techniques that took readers into hard-to-read minds and motivations, crossing from simple reportage to gripping narrative. As 'True Story' weaves a web of ambiguity, whom can we believe? 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z It's wonderful: a murder mystery, an exploration of mob mentality in a small village, a mind-bending introduction to time travel, and gripping to the end. Michael Brooks's top 10 time travel books 2012-11-28T13:38:00Z A gripping, deeply human account of Roosevelt’s last 16 months in office, when the president fought to create lasting global peace — despite having received a diagnosis of acute congestive heart failure. 100 Notable Books of 2016 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z But Citizenfour is a uniquely gripping work for how it gets inside one of the biggest news stories of our time. Laura Poitras on Her Edward Snowden Documentary: "I Was a Participant As Much As a Documentarian" 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z Kotkin has given us a textured, gripping examination of the foundational years of the man most responsible for the construction of the Soviet state in all its brutal glory. ‘Stalin,’ by Stephen Kotkin 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z What makes the novel so gripping, apart from Koryta's scalpel-sharp prose and eye for detail, is the characterisation of Wagner, a laconic drifter haunted by the past. Eric Brown's science fiction choice ? reviews 2011-03-05T00:07:12Z Told through the alternating points of view of Lyra, her allies and her enemies, the novel is at once a gripping adventure story, a tense spy thriller and a dynastic political drama. Review | Philip Pullman returns to the world of ‘His Dark Materials’ with ‘The Secret Commonwealth’ 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z There are some incredible storytellers in this list, with tales about family, loss, drugs, madness, colonialism, love or war every bit as gripping as any novel.' Tempest storms poetry talent list 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z Henry VII appears in the first gallery here in his most famous portrait — a small panel painting by an unknown Netherlandish artist, and on loan from the National Portrait Gallery in London — gripping a rose. Behind Every Monarch, an Art Alliance 2022-10-09T04:00:00Z Because “The Fourth Estate” is less a documentary about the Times than a document of the struggle to report on Trump, it is—though smart and gripping—a frustrating heap of unfinished business. How “The Fourth Estate” Attempts to Capture the Still-In-Progress Story of America’s Debasement Under Trump 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z Harden got the nod for his thoroughly gripping and compelling book “Escape from Camp 14,” the story of Shin Dong-hyuk, the only known person born in a North Korean prison camp to escape and survive. Fall book sale and other literary events in and around Seattle 2013-09-13T22:55:26Z He gives a russet-toned, compelling performance, joined by an impressive cast for a gripping and, in every sense, poignant performance. The 25 Best Classical Music Recordings of 2017 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z In the end, I had nothing to fear: The new music was thrilling, gripping and totally, surprisingly different. Spitfire Fiddling: The Week’s 8 Best Classical Music Moments on YouTube 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z There are gripping anecdotes and keen observations, sometimes from his perspective and sometimes from those of others he interviews. What It Means to Be the ‘Token’ Black Kid in a Rich, White World 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z You do not expect to see Tom Hanks in an action movie, but that is what’s happening in this gripping hijack thriller from the director Paul Greengrass, based on a true story. The 25 best Tom Hanks films – ranked! 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z Metaxas knows how to tell a story and how to develop characters, and this talent makes his narrative at once gripping and accessible. Slaying the Dragon of the Dark Ages 2017-12-18T05:00:00Z The show has repeatedly demonstrated adroit technique coupled with a wry understanding of human nature—both in terms of its real-life characters’ interiority and in terms of what we, the audience, would find gripping. “The People v. O.J. Simpson”’s stinging verdict: The trial was always about narrative, not truth 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z Robert Icke’s fraught and gripping “Oresteia,” an emotionally harrowing retelling of Aeschylus’ trilogy at the Park Avenue Armory, doesn’t get bogged down in such background details of ancient mythology. ‘Oresteia’ Review: A Mother’s Grief, Underestimated 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z And the most gripping sequence in the film confirms this. Film: Brace for Impact ? It?s Action Movie Season 2010-06-23T18:10:00Z Most exhibits in the 110,000-square-foot museum are underground, fittingly somber for the emotionally gripping exhibits. New York City: In memory of Sept. 11 devastation 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z The "bigot" incident may completely change the pace of tonight's debate, but as yet there have been no gripping confrontations or showdowns, no searingly memorable mantras or unforgettable putdowns. Six to watch: political dramas 2010-04-29T12:06:00Z Their emotional triangle lends an aura of tragedy to an already gripping story. Tops in crime fiction: Best mysteries of 2011 2011-12-07T23:39:04Z Clinching a 7-6 victory in a gripping final with Martin 'Wolfie' Adams assured Mitchell of his place among the pantheon of world champions. 'I've played darts with Johnny Depp' 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z “I kept wanting to read ‘Better to Have Gone’ because I found it so gripping; I kept wanting not to read it because I found it so upsetting. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-08-05T04:00:00Z A critic for The Globe and Mail called it a gripping, superbly made example of “landmark Canadian TV.” What’s on TV Friday: ‘Cardinal,’ ‘The Ranch’ and ‘The Great British Baking Show’ 2017-06-16T04:00:00Z In work clothes and three-day stubble, Cobb looks like an escaped prisoner, and he hungrily digs into a plate of food, gripping the spoon in his fist. Everything you wanted to know about "Inception" 2010-07-19T13:01:00Z The BBC said the actress would be part of a "gripping storyline" involving the women of the Butcher household. Cassidy to return to EastEnders 2013-10-15T00:04:54Z This challenging task becomes increasingly gripping as the narrative drapes across years of a past civil war and the equally damaging emotional battle of a family whose present is torn by piety and horror. 'Incendies': Mother's final wish leads to a gripping mystery 2011-05-26T20:19:55Z That utterly contemporary musical was inspired a little by Kennedy gossip and a lot by the gripping chicanery of ancient Rome in “I, Claudius.” Song and dance as a political ‘Fix’ 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z “I’m trying to find a way to tell a gripping story set against a historical event,” Mr. Rogers said. Mr. Rogers?s Very Tough Neighborhood 2011-11-20T16:57:52Z “I notice how people walk. I notice how people stand. I’ll just be like, ‘Oh, that person’s gripping their gluteal muscles, or that person looks like they’re gripping their abs.’ Stop sucking in your stomach all the time — it could be bad for your health 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z But never for a moment in the gripping performance of Shostakovich's First Violin Concerto, which took up the first half of the concert and provided the more finished and wholly satisfying musical experience. LSO/Pappano – review 2013-05-19T16:30:01Z And he supplies the counterpoint that keeps these books so gripping: Elizabeth Waring, the Justice Department official who is so smart that she ought to be Schaeffer’s worst enemy. Books of The Times: Hired Killer, Forced Out of Retirement, Says Hello Again to an Old Adversary 2011-05-04T22:28:57Z But there is something cathartic about these scenes which is why this film is so gripping. In the haunting "Silent Land," a couple's seaside stay in Italy plunges toward a moral implosion 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z The grand prix prize – effectively the runner-up – went to Xavier Beauvois' Of Men and Gods, his surprisingly gripping dramatisation of a true story: the 1996 deaths of French Cistercian monks kidnapped by Islamic fundamentalists. Cannes film festival: Apichatpong Weerasethakul wins Palme d'Or 2010-05-23T18:28:00Z Playground politics get nasty in the gripping Mogadishu, which moves from Cambridge Arts, where it is this weekend, to Oxford Playhouse. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2012-02-10T17:08:45Z Yet she made the woman, the disease and its siege so gripping that it was impossible not to be swept up. Oscars 2015: Julianne Moore and the art of effortlessness 2015-02-23T05:00:00Z Bursting with well observed violence and boasting fine turns from its best performers, Lawless is too studied to be consistently vivid or gripping. Lawless: A Crime Drama That's Remorseless?and Often Lifeless 2012-05-19T20:14:23Z The film is on the verge of delirium: a gripping metaphysical drama. Essential Killing ? review 2011-03-31T21:51:00Z Focusing on the complex relationship with his handler, this is a gripping account of terror, betrayal and unthinkable choices, along with a friendship that defies all boundaries. The Carpetbagger: Sundance, Film by Film 2013-12-04T22:31:45Z But the silence also, Manohla Dargis said in her review for The Times, prevents it from developing into a gripping narrative. What’s on TV Wednesday: ‘Deepwater Horizon’ and ‘Europa Report’ 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z Nothing here is as gripping or fascinating or surprising as the previous seven episodes, which were split into two seasons and a Christmas special. What You Should Watch This Weekend: ‘Black Mirror’ and ‘Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’ 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z The complexity of emotion, confusion and loss at the film's start gives way to some acrobatic trickery by the end, but "Side Effects" is never less than gripping or entertaining. Review: `Side Effects' a twisty thriller 2013-02-05T23:52:11Z And yet its most gripping moments involve an extensive conversation between a communist militia and the people of a Spanish town about the merits of collectivism. Ken Loach: 'the ruling class are cracking the whip' 2011-08-28T18:00:02Z Nerve damage prevented her from gripping with her dominant right hand, so she was forced to use her left. The Brutal Economy of Cleaning Other People’s Messes, for $9 an Hour 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z “Mrs. Dalloway” is an overrated novel that I don’t find particularly gripping or interesting. André Aciman Would Like to Demote Virginia Woolf From the Canon 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z This gripping novel has it all: faith, hope, conspiracy, legal thrills, heart-pounding scenes of action, political intrigue and well-rounded characters. Joshua Graham's `Darkroom' is haunting tale 2012-05-01T16:24:12Z The entry of each new voice felt charged and alive; the first great brass chorale was gripping in its radiance and beauty. Music Review: Mehta Leads Philharmonic in Bruckner - Review 2012-01-13T23:23:17Z Funny and moving as well as thoroughly gripping, this is crime fiction of the highest order. Laura Wilson's crime fiction roundup – reviews 2013-03-22T12:00:02Z There are aural options in every flavor, whether you seek a one-off deep dive with a favorite celeb, saucy sex advice, a gripping true crime drama or a kid-friendly science lab. 15 podcasts perfect for summer road trips 2017-07-03T04:00:00Z Maintaining a moody, artfully dingy atmosphere as it jumped among time lines and dimensions, the French-British production was gripping genre entertainment in which the science-fiction elements were at the service of the emotional arcs. Best TV Shows of 2022 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z The book is a gripping read, authoritative, revelatory and impeccably researched. Beverly Whitney Kean obituary 2011-08-04T18:03:15Z His carved figure of the revolutionary Cuban poet José Martí, body caked with mud, glass eyes gleaming, hand gripping a machete like a Diogenes lamp, has haunted me ever since. A Constellation of Stars From the Latin Art World 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z Over three gripping seasons, Lund told us everything and nothing about herself, becoming one of the great TV enigmas. The 100 best TV shows of the 21st century 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z “A Doll’s House, Part 2,” which is receiving its world premiere at South Coast Repertory in a quietly gripping production directed by Shelley Butler, is smart, compact and stirring. Ibsen's radical 1879 play about women's equality gets a 2017 sequel: Lucas Hnath's 'A Doll's House, Part 2' 2017-04-16T04:00:00Z Fundamental to a gripping account of the Symphony No. 7 was Mr. Gardiner’s taut rhythmic conception, brilliantly negotiated by players light-years advanced over their forebears in the period-instrument revival in terms of security and style. Music Review: Orchestre R?volutionnaire et Romantique at Carnegie Hall - Review 2011-11-17T23:16:29Z For as long as the show focuses on her dilemma, it remains gripping. Running on the Cracks – review 2013-02-18T18:34:31Z Purists may see this as a musical violation – but, while the effects are sometimes too loud and too literal, it makes for a gripping theatrical spectacle. Cinderella ? review 2010-12-10T17:26:00Z Photograph: Observer Aged 16, in year 11 at a state school in south London Even though To Miss With Love revolves around my world, I didn't find it particularly gripping. State schools: are they failing our children? 2011-02-27T00:05:50Z The sight of humans hurtling, careering, plummeting, bounding, scaling and otherwise engaging with the landscape in authentically perilous ways is as gripping as any fiction. This week's new film events 2011-02-26T00:07:40Z There wasn’t anything really wrong with it, but neither was there anything especially gripping or moving. Music Review: ?Porgy and Bess? at Tanglewood Festival - Review 2011-08-28T21:33:46Z The film’s most gripping scenes are flashbacks portraying the Nazis’ triumphant entrance into Vienna, where welcoming throngs line the streets. Review: ‘Woman in Gold’ Stars Helen Mirren in Tug of War Over Artwork 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z During one gripping action sequence, a flashback reveals pivotal information about Alex’s past — a past we thought we already understood — just in time to help her in the present. Review | After dominating YA, Leigh Bardugo delivers a fantasy novel for adults with ‘Ninth House’ 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z Here he gives a gripping, West Wing-style account of the wheeling and dealing behind the scenes as both the major parties try to boss and flatter the Lib Dems into a coalition. Holiday reading: The best books to pack this summer 2013-06-29T07:00:51Z In her gripping memoir, Bakos gives readers an inside look at life in the CIA as an intelligence analyst and later, a targeting officer focused on top targets inside al-Qaeda. Perspective | Should 007 be played by a woman? Why not? Seven books by women in the spy world show us how it’s done. 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z The story you spent 13 gripping hours following is barely a Band-Aid on the city’s dysfunction. ‘The Wire’ Stands Alone 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z Libor's gleaming, mighty soprano and passionate, no-holds-barred performance style made for a gripping evening, particularly since she was surrounded by a cast of considerable firepower. A brilliant new voice gleams in Seattle Opera's 'Fidelio' 2012-10-15T00:36:04Z For a few minutes, he was a gripping, undeniable presence. Music Review: Bruno Mars, Just Part of the Band at Barclays Center 2013-06-30T21:33:14Z And unfortunately for the riveted reader, the gripping part of the book’s narrative ends there. Amazing grapes 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z Theory 3: “Infinite Jest” is a peerlessly gripping novel of character. Everything About Everything: David Foster Wallace’s ‘Infinite Jest’ at 20 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z If only history texts back in high school and college had been one-quarter as gripping as these two EC collections. The Dirty Details of War 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z Organized by Art Services International, a nonprofit educational institution based in Alexandria, Va., and the Victoria and Albert in London, the exhibition presents around 60 extraordinarily gripping sculptures carved by anonymous English artisans. ‘Object of Devotion,’ an Exhibition of Alabaster Sculptures 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z But “Foreign Gods, Inc.,” which arrives early in January, will still have the impact of an astute and gripping new novelist’s powerful debut. Books of The Times: ‘Foreign Gods, Inc.,’ by Okey Ndibe 2013-12-29T22:31:18Z In the second movement Mr. Adams uses a Morse-code-like opening passage as a way back to the heated, luminous writing that made most of the first movement so gripping. Music Review: One Fresh Score in Place of Another 2011-03-09T22:30:16Z There’s a feeling of dusky enigma in these compositions, but also a gripping suspense, especially as the album establishes a flow. New releases by Charlie Haden and Jim Hall, and Bill Frisell 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z A gripping selection of 20 artists' video and film portraits spanning 60 years. This week's new exhibitions 2011-01-29T00:06:24Z Beth was calm, motionless, her hands still gripping the wheel. My Dead 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z Mostly what you’ll feel at the end is exhausted, regarding the clock with some bewilderment: Did I really just lose myself in 10-plus hours of gripping television? Review | It’s hard to stop watching ‘Seven Seconds’ — and that’s still the surest sign of a good TV show 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z The series brings up hot-button issues and introduces morally ambiguous characters while incorporating gripping cloak-and-dagger elements — members of an anti-Russian resistance group communicate through an online video game, for instance. Need to Escape? Stream These 12 Great Foreign-Language TV Shows 2020-03-25T04:00:00Z Once we’ve shot something and cut it together, I try to imagine whether an audience will find it engaging and gripping. Insiders’ TV: writers and producers share their tips 2018-08-12T04:00:00Z I'm looking forward to seeing Darren Aronofsky's Black Swan, the ballet thriller that the director views as a companion piece to his last film, the gripping and compassionate drama The Wrestler. Black Swan raises the bar with striking and beautiful set of posters 2010-12-20T10:11:00Z It was a gripping drama but it also had an impact in the real world. 50 documentaries you need to see 2016-03-27T04:00:00Z Those sorts of elisions, combined with a contrived ending straight out of a “Twilight Zone” rerun, blunt much of the play's essential horror – a shame, considering the obvious potential of Petti's otherwise gripping drama. One family's cry of the 'Banshee' at Theatre of NOTE 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z “Did you see that?” my father cried, gripping my arm. My Father and Sandy Koufax 2018-06-17T04:00:00Z And her book, while gripping, isn’t really summer reading. Critic?s Notebook: Books to Bury Yourself In 2011-05-26T22:07:19Z It’s an open question if virtual reality will ever be capable of gripping classical listeners the way one Evening Mail critic responded upon hearing the New York Philharmonic’s 1922 debut on the airwaves. How a mannequin head could revolutionize how orchestras and audiences come together 2021-02-27T05:00:00Z Michael Cook — whose good looks, like Mr. Henning’s, register theatrically — was also excellent in both roles, an admirable partner in the intermezzo and an intense if not gripping Prodigal. Dance Review: Suzanne Farrell Ballet Stages Balanchine in Washington 2012-11-12T23:09:41Z Her remarkable life and her sudden elevation to the national stage sound like the plot of a gripping novel or the content of an irresistible political memoir. Tired of Trump books? A new wave of politicians could bring a fresh crop of titles. 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z Gopnik’s account of the attempted murder is gripping: “The slug pierced Andy Warhol’s right side just under his arm and he began to bleed out.” Review | ‘Warhol’ paints the Pop Art icon as the most influential artist of the 20th century 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z “A Broken Hallelujah” opens with a gripping account of Mr Cohen’s appearance at the Isle of Wight festival in 1970 before jumping back to his Jewish upbringing in 1930s suburban Montreal. Redemption 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z She actually showed up to accept, delivering, at the podium, a perfect satirical portrayal of a weeping and trembling actress, gripping her award tightly, thanking every person she ever met. | Halle Berry 2012-10-18T20:21:12Z Also absent was the novel’s urgent spirit, the vertiginous sense of events careering out of control as the characters’ various obsessions and destinies intersect, which is what makes it such a gripping read. | 'The Demons': Peter Stein Takes Dostoyevsky to Governors Island 2010-07-11T23:13:00Z For redemption you have to turn to Fiona Shaw's astute and gripping new production of Elegy for Young Lovers, which has breathed new life into a work virtually neglected since its 1961 premiere. Aida; Elegy for Young Lovers; O Sonho 2010-05-01T23:07:00Z It can’t save an overly muscled docudrama that is more pounding that truly gripping. Captain Phillips: Tom Hanks and the Pirates of the Somali Coast 2013-10-10T17:49:20Z The American baritone Scott Hendricks, making his house debut as Scarpia, was altogether more gripping and credible here, with lots of the requisite snap and snarl in his voice, and a suitably venal stage presence. Tosca – review 2013-07-10T18:20:00Z It’s a remarkably nuanced performance from Fonda, whose Ulee spends a lot of time quietly thinking through his problems and pondering his mistakes, in scenes as gripping as any shootout. Peter Fonda: 7 Great Movies to Stream 2019-08-17T04:00:00Z Nevertheless, the odd image was gratefully brushed aside by Shaham's poignant reading, which grew in stature as it went along, producing some of his most gripping playing. This sound did not need a film dimension 2015-03-30T04:00:00Z I also love a gripping family drama, and I read lots and lots of Y.A. Samantha Irby: By the Book 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z The other portions of the concert featured Mr. Iyer with a trio and a sextet, addressing original music with a gripping sense of purpose. Music Review: Vijay Iyer, Alone and With Others, at Zankel Hall 2013-04-29T21:19:37Z Thursday’s performance at Trinity Church, by contrast, felt gripping, raw and searching. A Diva, Two Pianists and a Pair of ‘Messiahs’: Classical Music This Week 2016-12-16T05:00:00Z The winding, minimalist Blinkers, with its gripping treble-note resolutions, becomes the kind of piece you start hearing in your sleep. Dan Nicholls: Ruins – review 2013-07-11T21:13:00Z There are some really gripping and heartrending scenes, particularly in the first episode. Anna Gunn moves on from 'Breaking Bad' by heading to 'Gracepoint' 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z The gripping performance was that of Dante Puleio as the Moor’s Friend, hungrily alert in timing and dramatic focus. Dance Review: Downtown Dance Festival Dots Lower Manhattan 2013-08-13T21:41:40Z The pointed narrative preaches to the converted, writes critic F. Kathleen Foley, but a committed cast and able direction make for “subtle and gripping entertainment.” Essential Arts & Culture: The loss of an L.A. patron, the future of freeways, art in the time of unrest 2016-07-09T04:00:00Z The going is agonizing, at times gripping, and is slowed down only by gauzy, explanatory flashbacks to Pam’s earlier life. ‘Infinite Storm’ Review: Climb Every Mountain, Ford Every Extreme 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z The reportage was gripping, but highlighted the limitations of Panorama's reduced time slot. TV review: Horizon: The Secret World of Pain, Outside the Court, Episodes 2011-02-01T08:00:03Z But the last part of the book isn’t nearly as gripping as the beginning was. Books of The Times: ‘You Should Have Known’ Is Jean Hanff Korelitz’s New Novel 2014-03-26T20:50:10Z They are about survival, the most gripping drama of all. Critic’s Notebook: TV Networks’ Upfronts Showcase Shows and Desperation 2013-05-17T22:43:10Z Wyoming native Box is a gripping writer and a shrewd observer of his state's rugged wilderness. Tops in crime fiction: Best mysteries of 2011 2011-12-07T23:39:04Z Perhaps because there wasn’t enough of a gripping throughline threading all the interviews together. Thrill kill: should Netflix cancel David Fincher's Mindhunter? 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z In 2003 he returned to the UK to promote Crimson Gold, his harsh, neo-realist account of a disturbed pizza delivery man; a film that was gripping and more openly critical of life in Iran. Cannes alerted the world, but Jafar Panahi's freedom is all his own 2010-05-26T09:24:00Z Hitchcock uses 3D effects sparingly in a film almost wholly shot in one room, but the gripping scene in which Kelly's character is attacked and strangled is a legendarily stunning use of the format. The Genius of Alfred Hitchcock at the BFI: 10 of his lesser-known gems 2012-07-04T09:38:11Z It might be incomprehensible, but it's still strangely gripping. The Killing: Sarah Lund's jumper explained 2011-03-10T11:34:30Z But it is also gripping, suspenseful and moving — a hard look at a hard subject. Oscar-Nominated Shorts: Unsung but Worth Your Time 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z Here, he turns his forensic eye on Brahms's mightiest sonata, No 3, Op 5, gripping us from the start with its opening declamatory descending octaves and holding us spellbound through to the ecstatic close. Brahms: Piano Sonata No 3; Handel Variations – review 2013-01-13T00:05:34Z “When his parents found him, he was still gripping the handlebar,” Lowry says. Lois Lowry’s Ode to the Fallen in World War II 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z It is hard to say why this panoply of timepieces and plot twists is so gripping, but it is. Art Review: As in Life, Timing Is Everything in the Movies 2011-02-03T21:43:44Z I found Three Kingdoms exciting, exhilarating, gripping, sophisticated, extremely welcome. Reader reviews: your take on Three Kingdoms, Snow White and Henry IV 2012-05-18T09:56:45Z Biss offered a vision of compelling musicmaking, of a gripping narrative sense, and even of some of the struggle that we associate with the deaf Beethoven’s pounding at the keys. Review | An ailing Jonathan Biss valiantly works his way through program of Beethoven sonatas 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z I think Blood Red Road is an extremely gripping and thrilling read. Blood Red Road by Moira Young - review 2012-02-10T09:00:00Z Focusing on the details of everyday life with a camera that rarely moves, Rowe manages to make Laura's story both gripping and dramatic. Pick of the week: A dark, erotic "Leap Year" in Mexico 2011-06-24T00:30:00Z The Pulitzer Prize winner, a former Washington Post reporter, grippingly recounts the rise of the surveillance state and his often thwarted attempts to investigate it. 50 notable works of nonfiction in 2020 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z In one particularly gripping scene, he wakes up from a distressing dream in which runaway ink corrupts the pages of the book. 'The Secret of Kells': An enchanting tale of a boy in barbarian times 2010-05-14T00:01:00Z His memoir, titled “Will,” is a grandiose and gripping self-mythology of surmounting fear through recklessness. Perspective | Little Liddys everywhere: The legacy of a political ‘super-klutz’ 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z The Odyssey committee said that narrator Nick Podehl's "gripping narration of this disquieting work of dystopian fiction is masterful." Corner: Let's hear it for these winning audiobooks 2011-04-13T20:22:06Z Booker judges called it “an amazingly intimate, compassionate, gripping portrait of addiction, courage and love.” How ‘Shuggie Bain’ Became This Year’s Breakout Debut 2020-10-23T04:00:00Z The Boston Globe called it "a gripping psychoanalysis" of extreme fear. German resistance centenarian Hans Keilson wins UK deal for war novel 2010-10-17T21:50:00Z Their gripping narrative conveys how the fatal illness of one man and the question for justice of another led to the important decision that said the right to marry applies to all Americans. 4 new nonfiction books not to be missed 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z I approached the passenger window and saw a middle-aged woman gripping a hand-drawn map. Waco, Tex., needed fixing. Luckily, Chip and Joanna Gaines had the tools. 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z From digital media addictions to gripping group chats, Stenberg said, “Bodies Bodies Bodies” doesn’t aim to classify social media as the villain but the mirror within us all. ‘Bodies Bodies Bodies’ and the Difficulty of Coping IRL 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z Then there is the exhaustive and bizarrely gripping Inside Job. Cannes film festival: rebel yells 2010-05-18T20:30:00Z The 51-year-old filmmaker and son Jonas Cuaron, 30, decided they would not sit around licking their wounds, and quickly got to work on a script about adversity, weaving the theme through tense and gripping action. 'Gravity' highlights personal adversity in deep space journey 2013-10-01T13:09:17Z The story, however familiar, is reliably gripping; the characters are relatable, whether through pity or revulsion. Music Review: ?Madama Butterfly? at the Metropolitan Opera - Review 2011-12-08T22:28:07Z This combination — the artist with strangers — continues in an exhibition of unusually gripping portrait photographs. Art in Review: Laurel Nakadate: ‘Strangers and Relations’ 2013-06-20T18:11:24Z These performances were consistently gripping, thanks to sharp playing and smart interpretive moves. Review: Dudamel and Los Angeles Bring the Noise to New York 2018-04-30T04:00:00Z In this gripping — and sobering — new book, an environmental journalist investigates why insect populations around the world have seen startling declines. 9 New Books We Recommend This Week 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z Still, Buckley is so adroit and inherently gripping that you don’t question a single second. Don’t Sleep on These 6 Performances During Awards Season 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z The battles, the bravery, the betrayal — it’s all there and grippingly cinematic as “GOT” winds its way through George R.R. And the Emmy goes to? A TV follower offer predictions 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z As they turned the pulley and I descended, gripping the rope with both hands, the light retreated. Dark crystals: the brutal reality behind a booming wellness craze 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z Ultimately, though, Graff recognizes that his main job is to deliver a gripping adventure tale, which the concluding chapters offer plenty of — dangerous rapids leading to life-threatening waterfalls, menacing black bears and coyotes. Review | ‘Raft of Stars’ takes a cue from Hemingway, then puts a less macho spin on the adventure tale 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z Equally, there are moments when this scorched-earth approach yields gripping results, usually when the music transcends the theorising. The Knife: Shaking the Habitual – review 2013-04-04T14:30:01Z Owens agonizes magnificently in Hercules' death scene, a gripping tableau that makes up for the character's limited presence before then. 'Hercules': Lyric Opera season closes on spectacular note 2011-03-06T18:37:00Z The overall message of this episode isn't one of the "South Park" team feeling above it all to the point of comfortably rolling their eyes at madness gripping America. Vote or die? In its "Pandemic Special," "South Park" presents a mixed message on the election 2020-10-01T04:00:00Z To say that this is a gripping and awesome journey is to sell short the whole magnificent and complex endeavour. Summer reading: 'coalition books' 2010-07-16T23:05:00Z Why Seattle Opera is presenting it now: According to general manager Speight Jenkins, “The Consul” is “both opera theater and a theatrical opera. It is a play with gripping music, tuneful, memorable, and expressive.” 5 things to know about Seattle Opera’s ‘The Consul’ 2014-02-12T20:32:09Z Bigelow directed a gripping, horrible parable for the losing game of Russian roulette that was the US warfare campaign in Afghanistan. Greatest Oscar winners ever: who is the best director of all time? 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z In one of the play’s most gripping scenes Rosa Luxemburg, the German Communist leader, reads aloud a letter she wrote affirming the importance of a free press and the “free struggle of opinions.” Mikhail Shatrov, Outspoken Soviet Playwright, Dies at 78 2010-05-26T15:59:00Z The movie never quite seems to balance its aspirations as a work of art, a gripping action spectacle and a somber teaching vehicle. The 10 Most Disappointing Movies of 2016 So Far 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z The Sturm und Drang around the revamped ceremony reflected the broader discomfort that has been gripping Hollywood and its artisans: Do we still matter? Onstage Slap Rattles Oscars, Before ‘CODA’ Triumphs 2022-03-28T04:00:00Z The nonlinear, associative libretto by Yona Kim — who also directed the gripping staging, set in what seems to be a decaying 19th-century salon — swerves from Berlin to Moscow and from Paris to Riga. Hannah Arendt and Walter Benjamin Don’t Talk. They Sing. 2018-06-24T04:00:00Z Rusty’s second trial — which takes up the better half of this novel — proves to be just as suspenseful and gripping as his first. Books of The Times: Scott Turow?s ?Innocent? Catches Up With Rusty Sabich 2010-04-29T20:51:00Z It’s a powerful and gripping picture, her third feature no less. The “man crisis,” continued 2012-05-31T00:00:00Z This slice of life would become one of the most gripping scenes in Puccini’s pioneering spaghetti western. When Puccini Rode Tall In the Saddle 2010-12-03T19:38:00Z For the first time, facts and incidents scattered in myriad sources were gathered and arranged in a gripping narrative. Robert Conquest, Historian Who Documented Soviet Horrors, Dies at 98 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z In this stark, gripping graphic novel memoir, Walden details her years as a competitive figure skater from elementary school through much of high school. These books can help build strong girls — and boys — for today’s world 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z In documentaries, they can be the difference between textbook history and gripping drama. John Belushi in Focus: What a New Film Gets Right and What It Misses 2020-11-22T05:00:00Z It's difficult to square the grinning, sweet-voiced blonde with her gripping language, as if she is channelling some weird power that visits her when she starts to sing. Anais Mitchell ? review 2010-10-19T21:00:00Z But having gripping plays rooted in hard, current experience in the national spotlight enriches the theatrical conversation. This season, Broadway flouts its grit (and some glitz) 2011-06-03T18:24:03Z The evening’s one instance of genuinely gripping art arrives at last, revising an age-old rule of the stage: it’s not over until the FedEx lady sings. ArtsBeat Blog: An Insider Intro to Performa 11 2011-11-02T18:59:50Z It should be restated that any quibbles about dated references are small when compared with the overall reward of reading a gripping, good story. Review | What Stephen King gets right — and wrong — in ‘The Outsider’ 2018-05-22T04:00:00Z His forefinger and thumb gripping my wrist hard enough to leave a red mark. Read an excerpt from Joyce Carol Oates’ new story collection “Dis Mem Ber” 2017-06-25T04:00:00Z It’s amazing because filmmaker Jesse Moss spins a gripping saga that seems to capture the American zeitgeist in uncanny fashion, and it’s all true. “The Overnighters”: The haunting true story of a 21st-century boomtown 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z But it also turns gripping and stays that way. Books of The Times: Russell Banks?s Novel ?Lost Memory of Skin? - Review 2011-09-25T22:26:09Z Yet her stories are instantly gripping and highly evocative, conjuring scenarios at once weird, mundane, melancholy and comical. Diane Williams is at her unconventional best in 'Fine, Fine, Fine, Fine, Fine' 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z A dark and gripping show explores the art of Germany following World War I and before the rise of the Third Reich. Datebook: Weimar-era art, photos after the bomb, a show about Irvine's radicals 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z The notion of seeing the harsh realities of the contemporary world through another person’s eyes is taken to a more gripping level in “The Niceties,” a two-person play destined to be staged everywhere. Review | A theater festival in the bucolic countryside, but boiling underneath 2017-07-11T04:00:00Z Bold, brave, and uncomfortable, certainly isn't for the faint-hearted, but it's a gripping read. Dirty Work by Gabriel Weston – review 2013-06-30T16:00:01Z What happens when an author manages to translate this horror from an abstraction to a gripping tale of immediate particulars? Jenny Offill’s ‘Weather’ Is Emotional, Planetary and Very Turbulent 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z While interrogating Dan, Larry is seen hitting his stomach repeatedly with a mallet and gripping his tongue with a set of pliers. The 7 most harrowing revelations from Hulu’s Sarah Lawrence cult docuseries “Stolen Youth” 2023-02-11T05:00:00Z His "garniture" set of armour, worn for war and jousting, featured a lock on the glove, gripping the sword and preventing the combatant dropping his weapon. Steel skirts and codpieces: exhibition charts royal armour through the centuries 2010-03-31T17:11:00Z The way Haddon has streamlined this ramshackle tale into a sleek voyage of gripping tribulation is fantastic. Review | Mark Haddon’s ‘The Porpoise’ sounds like homework. It’s actually fantastic. 2019-06-10T04:00:00Z Despite the movie’s gripping performances and the verisimilitude of many elements, I simply didn’t believe the story. ‘Camp X-Ray’: Acting shines through darkness of Gitmo tale 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z So while there is a degree of abstraction that appeals to modern eyes, there is also an emotionally gripping, real-life specificity. Art Review: Metro Show and Editions/Artists’ Book Fair 2013-01-24T22:27:36Z If Threadgill’s spoken or sung texts stopped short of narrative, they were by turns gripping or humorous as cultural criticism. Review: Henry Threadgill’s Music From Two Perspectives 2022-05-22T04:00:00Z The documentary “becomes more voyeuristically gripping as it progresses,” Ben Kenigsberg wrote in his review in The New York Times. What’s on TV Thursday: ‘Psych: The Movie’ and ‘Gotham’ 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z Unexpectedly, the parallel dramas manage to be equally gripping. Your next box set: The Unit 2012-07-05T14:30:01Z As well as being a gripping gothic read, the book provides historical social commentary on the phenomenon of witchcraft and witchcraft persecution. The Daylight Gate by Jeanette Winterson – review 2012-08-16T07:00:01Z He throws himself into shifting Glassian meters enthusiastically, but an appropriately gripping dark sound from an orchestra with no violins and prominent percussion is swallowed up by the problematic Dorothy Chandler Pavilion acoustic. Akhnaten as you've never seen him: How L.A. Opera delivers Philip Glass' Egyptian Pharaoh tale 2016-11-06T04:00:00Z We are not just kept at an appraising distance from this grippingly theatrical, powerfully emotional moment, but thrown outside of it entirely. Theater Review | 'The Caucasian Chalk Circle': Brecht?s Test of Devotion, Set Amid Modern Warfare 2010-03-01T22:49:00Z In this autobiography, plainly told but gently gripping, she recounts how she went from asylum seeker to the embodiment of America’s most enduring myth about itself. Eats of Eden 2018-08-14T04:00:00Z There was nothing wrong with the Mozart, light and clean, but nothing particularly gripping about it either. Czech guest conductor leads pianist Igor Levit in strong debut at NSO 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z The Toy Stories were so potent, and with such staying power, that this “threequel” turned out to be one of Pixar’s most gripping films. Every Pixar film ever made - Ranked! 2018-01-19T05:00:00Z These are the latest salvos in the running squabble between Ms. Swift and Mr. West, a gripping but unfortunate beef that puts two of the leading pop stars of the day at loggerheads. Team Kardashian-West, With Release of Taylor Swift Clips, Is Primed for Battle 2016-07-18T04:00:00Z This gripping novel examines both the killing of an SS general in Prague in 1942 and Binet’s experience in writing about it. 100 Notable Books of 2012 2012-11-27T16:28:12Z It may surprise you to hear that this programming is gripping, even when Luke is around. “Dating Around,” Reviewed: Courtship Drama and a Delicious Tingle of Voyeurism 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z Both were immediately displayed in his extremely spacious, poignant reading of Schubert's Unfinished Symphony, whose fragile themes emerged from an grippingly sombre pianissimo in the strings. Prom 34: BBCSO/Bychkov – review 2012-08-09T16:06:12Z Elsewhere in this surprisingly gripping programme Barber charts the fortunes of Gerard Mercator, who held the arguably overly ambitious plan to produce six atlases that contained all the knowledge of the world, ever. The Beauty of Maps 2010-04-19T05:45:00Z “Gladwell is a wonderful storyteller. When he is introducing characters and showing them in conflict, ‘The Bomber Mafia’ is gripping. 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z The Hollywood Reporter labeled it a "gripping overall picture of the West Memphis 3 wrongful-conviction saga" and summed up, "Thorny, blood-boiling and finely made, it deserves a theatrical push." Bullied as a kid, Peter Jackson fights back on film 2012-01-22T00:25:35Z This lengthy section of the book is one of its most gripping. John Lahr’s ‘Tennessee Williams’ Fleshes Out the Playwright 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z Smithereens is a gripping modern-day hostage drama, albeit one with a moral that’s basically your mum telling you off at the dinner table. Out of tune: why Miley Cyrus' Black Mirror episode hits the wrong note 2019-06-07T04:00:00Z As stagecraft, it turned a rudimentary observation into a gripping theatrical performance. Convention's Obama Video Seeks to Define 'Presidential' 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z Mr. Goldstein seems like a character tailor-made for gripping theater, and yet this is where the dramatic and political interests of the play seem at odds. Critic?s Notebook: When News Events Are Retold Onstage 2010-12-08T01:00:00Z I'd give this a ten out of ten because near the end your hands start gripping the book... Reader reviews roundup 2013-07-19T09:06:14Z The answer is that this fascinating, devastating story well deserves a re-telling, particularly one as gripping as this one. Toronto International Film Festival: 'Anna Karenina,' 'Seven Psychopaths' 2012-09-07T16:50:05Z Dinko's story keeps the novel moving, but it's the cops who bring it to absorbing, riveting life, together with Wambaugh's gripping, convincing vision of the melting pot of cultures that is LA. Harbour Nocturne by Joseph Wambaugh – review 2012-12-16T00:05:02Z This film consists primarily of the actors Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay talking and getting lost in their own private reveries and it’s utterly gripping. The Best TV Shows and Movies New to Netflix, Hulu and More in October 2016-10-01T04:00:00Z The gripping production, directed by Rupert Goold, runs through Aug. 20. Putin, Chekhov and the Theater of Despair 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z Social commentary, introspective drama and gripping whodunit, Italy's submission to the Academy Awards concerns two families from disparate worlds, people whose paths cross only because their teen children are dating. 'Human Capital' a sharp view of economic divide 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z Input from these sensors provides information that’s essential for gripping and releasing objects. Ever wondered about your sense of touch? 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z That is only the first half; and although the second part, showing the 18-year-old orphan exacting his revenge, is marginally less gripping, it is still powerfully moving. The Orphan of Zhao – review 2012-11-09T01:02:50Z The gripping title story narrates the collapse of a crowded pier from a God’s-eye perspective, breathlessly shuttling among the tragic fates of victims. Newly Released Books Include ‘The Pier Falls’ by Mark Haddon 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z Because Nick is a first-time character faced with a terrible moral dilemma, his thoughts need to be grippingly complex, and they are. Review: A New Antihero From Steve Hamilton 2016-05-16T04:00:00Z His knack of interlocking consecutive movements into one long sweep makes for gripping momentum. Dunedin Consort – review 2012-12-21T18:07:41Z This is a gripping family saga stylishly told. Book reviews roundup 2011-01-22T00:06:24Z The accounts of those inside the hospital when Lennon was pronounced dead are gripping. John Lennon: the last day in the life 2010-12-05T00:07:00Z It was set during and after the second world war and it featured the elements that typified her later work: life in small-town Ireland, family relationships, humour, and gripping plots. Maeve Binchy, bestselling Irish writer, dies aged 72 2012-07-30T23:18:52Z Yet it's weirdly gripping, an authentically banal slice of life. Beeswax: Film review 2010-04-15T21:20:00Z Because it’s been so long since NASA’s last Martian landfall — the Curiosity rover in 2012 — Mars mania is gripping not only the space and science communities, but also everyday folks. NASA’s InSight lander touches down on the surface of Mars 2018-11-26T05:00:00Z And the production is gripping enough to elicit an ache of solicitude. ‘Nasty Women Rep’ grapples with sexuality, society 2017-03-21T04:00:00Z Whole stretches of the score are driven by pulsing rhythmic figures and repetitive riffs that envelop Tim and Hawk in scary bliss, or, more menacingly, tap into the hysteria gripping the government. Risk-Taking New Opera Tells a Tragic 1950s Gay Love Story 2018-01-14T05:00:00Z But the performance never came close to losing a physical force gripping enough to make one believe in a musical orgone force that science has yet to discover. Robert Mann: A musical revolutionary on par with Cage, Bernstein, Callas and Gould 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z Kumasi’s channeling of the excitable Hank is a highlight of this touching and funny, if not wholly gripping, production, directed by Paige Hernandez and billed as a regional premiere. Idris Goodwin’s ‘How We Got On’ at Forum Theatre Shows that may be gripping live may be done little justice on-screen. Fashion in the Age of Instagram 2014-04-09T20:24:46Z Kosminsky's team spoke to around 80; he found the men's stories to be both gripping and moving, so he carried on, wading next through letters, diaries, memoirs and history books. Peter Kosminsky: Britain's humiliation in Palestine 2011-01-23T00:03:05Z I spent the whole time gripping the armrests. Author, author: Joe Dunthorne 2011-03-05T00:07:19Z “I was left unsettled by this deft and gripping novel, and also deeply impressed.” New in Paperback: ‘Mistress of the Ritz’ and ‘No Visible Bruises’ 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z This was a gripping performance of a work more pagan than even “Rite of Spring.” John Adams' operatic essence and Stravinsky's inner pagan revealed through pianos and chorus 2017-03-27T04:00:00Z Gershwin’s music took Ms. Moore from almost vibrato-less, celestial high stretches to chilling, chesty low phrases, all of which she sang grippingly. Review: A Splendid ‘Porgy and Bess’ Opens the Met Opera Season 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z The actor-activist shares his gripping story of enduring World War II internment as a child, setting powerful personal details against the backdrop of large-scale American atrocity. The best graphic novels, memoirs and story collections of 2019 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z They weren't screeds, or painted in black and white, or guided by the audience's blood lust; they were gray, but also gripping, kinetic, rattling experiences. Is 'American Sniper' a litmus test for patriotism? 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z The gripping piano part begins like a drone with a descending bass riff. Music Review: David Del Tredici and Courtenay Budd at Symphony Space 2012-03-16T21:20:23Z Her attention to the recurring nature of racism in this country, and her gift for weaving these insights into a gripping narrative, establish Benz as an adept critic and storyteller. The Legacy of Slavery in Two Novels of the American South 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z The authors, both skaters, are well versed in the gripping realities of the competitive skating universe. Figuring It Out: Two Novels About Ice Skating and Adolescence 2021-01-16T05:00:00Z And that waste of youth, that perversion of the natural order, was poetically, bloodily expressed in that gripping murder scene. Boardwalk Empire Watch: Do It Yourself 2011-12-12T13:20:05Z I walked out of court into so much sunshine, gripping my flimsy piece of paper, which I would add to the inches-thick file I already had amassed on the Respondent. Modern Love: The View From the Victim Room 2013-06-27T20:45:27Z The stage is thus set for a gripping court trial and a surprise ending. Crime fiction: Nothing like a good 19th-century mystery 2012-01-04T22:42:04Z And the BBC's gripping new thriller The Hour is starting to look less like fiction by the day. Six to watch ? shows set in newsrooms 2011-07-19T11:21:54Z One of the most gripping television dramas of the summer, “Power,” wraps up Season 2 Saturday night on Starz. What to Do This Weekend 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z Some pop up just for the season, working like a mainstream yuletide jukebox; they're not exactly gripping listening. Radio head: Radio Christmas 2010-12-22T08:00:00Z In a digital age, this is inevitably more gripping than studying a bill of sale for human chattel or a rendering of a slave ship. The African American Museum tells powerful stories — but not as powerfully as it could 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z It's proper, character-based crime drama, gripping, and yes – I'm afraid – ripping as well. TV review: Ripper Street; Neil Armstrong – First Man on the Moon; The Hotel 2012-12-30T22:00:02Z The result is a narrative that is carefully reported, clearly presented and gripping. Notable nonfiction of 2015 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z “She’s Lost Control” sustains a mood of deepening alienation, but the attitude of the movie is too detached for it to be emotionally gripping, and its ending is botched. Review: In ‘She’s Lost Control,’ Crossing Boundaries in Pursuit of Intimacy 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z Anatomy and physiology are elegantly explained, not as abstract theory, but as counterpoint to gripping stories about survival against the odds: in frozen rivers, flaming cockpits, bombs, viral pandemics, deep water or outer space. Anatomies by Hugh Aldersey-Williams; Extremes by Kevin Fong – review 2013-02-24T00:07:13Z “Tuck me in, Daddy,” he asked after a while, gripping Joe tightly. A Father-Son Bonding Mission in the French Alps 2017-03-21T04:00:00Z "This was not only an extraordinarily gripping story but was potentially important in bringing a different perspective to the story of the Holocaust," Singer said in an email interview. HBO's 'Night Will Fall' chronicles making of WWII Holocaust film 2015-01-25T05:00:00Z But now I regret ever thinking that as Coraline was a gripping tale with many interesting characters. Coraline by Neil Gaiman - review 2013-01-29T15:00:00Z Their struggles and eventual triumphs are utterly gripping, and the book wonderfully evokes the scents, sights and sounds of India. Elizabeth Laird's top 10 books about tough stuff from out there 2012-05-17T08:00:00Z But this gripping chamber version shows the dramatic potential of black-box opera. Music Review: ‘Sumeida’s Song’ at Here Arts Center 2013-01-10T22:30:02Z So it makes sense that a giant fist — gripping a pitchfork and a cigarette — is front and center in an oil painting that became a poster for a production of Nathan Wellman’s play “Mom’s Dead.” Mom’s a Corpse. Dad Looks Mad. At Least the Light Is Nice. 2016-12-04T05:00:00Z They get so upset, and you totally understand, but it’s just — it’s gripping. Clare Barron on ‘Dance Moms,’ Teen Girls and Black Sheep Ballerinas 2018-05-22T04:00:00Z It was his misfortune, says Catherine Fletcher in her gripping narrative, to be assassinated “first with a sword, then with a pen” by historians. A dark duke 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z Mercifully, once we began paddling, the sun was glaring off the water and I couldn’t see anything but my feet gripping my board. Explorer: Stand-Up Paddle Boarding in the Virgin Islands 2011-12-02T14:36:36Z So my hands are numb from gripping the handlebars, and my knees are still creaky from the seat misalignment. In biking the Natchez Trace, she was traveling through Southern history 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z There are some gripping images and one hair-raising moment. 'The Devil Inside': A holy mess 2012-01-06T18:19:03Z “Big Driver” is slimmer in content, as well as form, than “Misery,” but it is nonetheless gripping. ‘Big Driver,’ a Stephen King Story, Comes to Lifetime 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z An unexpected turn of events in the third act helps end this above-par crime yarn on a gripping and satisfying note. A thriller tightens its grip in 'The Calling' 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z What makes “Better Call Saul” gripping is the person at the center of the puzzle, enmeshed in what is becoming a greater and greater tragedy. “Better Call Saul” keeps getting better: Romance keeps Jimmy’s dark side in check — but his Cinnabon future still looms ahead 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z It is a shame to know I will never see him behind the wheel of a fast car, hands gripping the steering wheel, his jaw set as presses down on the gas. The power of communal grief: Mourning Mandela and beyond 2013-12-06T16:45:00Z “I need a glass with a stem,” commands the imperious Doris Pakendorf to a waiter before gripping it elegantly between her toes. | 'NoBody?s Perfect': The Devastating Legacy of Thalidomide 2010-04-16T00:54:00Z The result is as swift and absorbing as the most gripping suspense novel. Crime fiction: Nothing like a good 19th-century mystery 2012-01-04T22:42:04Z But all this — this gripping story about the outrages endured on a pre-Civil War Georgia farm — appears only in the intercalary chapters, or “Songs,” as Jeffers calls them. Review | ‘The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois’ is the kind of brilliant epic that comes around only once in a decade 2021-08-23T04:00:00Z That’s a lot — I would argue enough — but Shipstead has boldly complicated this gripping historical novel by weaving in a modern-day story set in Hollywood. Review | Maggie Shipstead’s ‘Great Circle’ is a soaring work of historical fiction and a perfect summer novel 2021-05-03T04:00:00Z Here, in lush pictures and a gripping tale is the reassurance we all need — as children and parents — that even if we’re wild, we can come home again and find dinner waiting for us. Analysis | New York Public Library’s most checked-out books say a lot about what we read and why 2020-01-11T05:00:00Z Parsifal's great outburst of remorse and understanding after Kundry's kiss was unquestionably the highlight, grippingly articulated and ideal for his voice's current stage of development. Jonas Kaufmann – review 2013-04-22T17:07:59Z “Uproot” is a gripping read that balances vivid storytelling with rigorous analysis and reflection. In 'Uproot,' Jace Clayton takes a worldwide tour of the digital underground 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z This was an exalted “Swan Lake,” but not a gripping one. Review: In ‘Swan Lake,’ the Drama Depends on the Dancers 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z In one gripping scene, a tough Israeli Nazi hunter holds Bernie’s life in her hands while she and Bernie sit chatting in plain sight on the top tier of the storied Olympic Stadium. Review | The late Philip Kerr’s left behind a colorful new novel. It won’t be his last. 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z No wonder political documentaries are on the rise – the truth is more gripping than fiction. You can handle the truth: why political documentaries are storming the screens 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z I was literally gripping the microphone stand throughout the whole thing! Conor Maynard: 'I wanted to prove I'm not Bieber 2.0' 2012-10-10T13:10:00Z This is another fine addition to his elegant, gripping, interwoven set of novels that will someday form a kaleidoscopic map of European powers forced into desperate alliances as they fight for their lives. ‘Midnight in Europe,’ a Thriller by Alan Furst 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z In “Wendy and the Lost Boys,” Julie Salamon’s shrewd, gripping biography, the gap between the public rendition of a life and how it was actually lived is shown at times to be startlingly wide. The Wendy Chronicles 2011-08-17T16:52:55Z The handling of the mainly four-stress lines in such a way as to bring out a series of gripping visual images is admirable. Poetry workshop: a rectangular frame 2010-05-24T15:22:00Z "Winter's Bone" is a gripping, harrowing ride all the way through, as well as a ridiculously well-made and satisfying motion picture. "Winter's Bone": American film of the year? 2010-06-12T23:01:00Z Characters are vibrantly drawn, and the central narrative is truly gripping. Janet Maslin’s 10 Favorite Books of 2012 2012-12-17T16:09:46Z Christopher Pike's novels were a key part of my adolescence, mostly because I couldn't put the gripping tales of teen betrayal and murder down, consuming them like candy. Books for hard-to-shop-for tweens and teens, from Star Wars and Harley Quinn to gothic horror 2022-12-10T05:00:00Z The search is like a detective story, filled with dead-end plotlines and gripping diversions that get her no closer to her quarry. Three architects who built Jerusalem: How they shaped and fled (and were forgotten by) the conflicted city 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z Wrong-note harmonies rough up the textures almost throughout and threaten in the end to pull it apart altogether: an utterly gripping creation. Music Review: Kremerata Baltica Salutes Mieczyslaw Weinberg 2014-02-02T19:27:54Z And for a while, it’s even quite gripping as we watch Elser painstakingly plant his intricate device in a vast beer hall in Munich where Hitler is to speak. Review: From Wooing Women to Plotting Hitler’s Murder in ‘13 Minutes’ 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z That's partly because the lyrics lack the ferocity and fervent belief that makes roots reggae gripping and moving even if you think the ideas that inform it are a load of codswallop. Snoop Lion: Reincarnated – review 2013-04-18T14:29:01Z This funny, stylish, satirical, gripping story about what happens to MI5 spooks who blot their copybooks by, say, leaving sensitive material in red folders marked "HMG TOP SECRET" on the tube is Herron's sixth novel. Audiobook review roundup 2010-08-20T23:06:00Z Though the tune's hard-driving spirit proved gripping at first, the climactic passages became so pulpy as to suggest unfortunate movie music. The Bad Plus could do better 2010-12-17T15:52:00Z Episode four of the harrowing but gripping crime drama. TV highlights 25/03/2013 2013-03-25T07:00:19Z The play turns from a conceptual experiment to a gripping true-crime exposé a bit like a “Dateline” segment — and back again. 'Mateluna' at REDCAT: Part high-concept political drama, part true-crime mystery 2017-10-27T04:00:00Z One picture frames him in a lower corner gripping his hair, looking up at the camera. My brother’s life, unraveled 2013-03-12T11:45:00Z Loving consideration of Schumann’s expressive gestures resulted in a gripping, emotionally cohesive performance. Review | Calidore String Quartet keeps audience on the edge of their seats for new Caroline Shaw piece 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z With no cage to protect us, professional divers flanked the group, gripping aluminum prods in case the predators became overzealous. 2010-01-15T17:14:00Z It is very violent, but Winding Refn's bizarre infernal creation, an entire created world of fear, really is gripping. Cannes 2013: Only God Forgives 2013-05-22T09:45:00Z Justice is hard to come by on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota, so Virgil Wounded Horse — the hero of this gritty, gripping thriller — dispenses it on a freelance basis. 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-10-01T04:00:00Z I don’t want to spoil the gripping and improbable details of Kenner’s film, but how the Damascus accident started is no big secret. The night we almost lost Arkansas — a 1980 nuclear Armageddon that almost was 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z Vacher's crime spree, his capture and the subsequent debate about what to do with him form the basis for Douglas Starr's gripping new book. 'The Killer of Little Shepherds': A 19th-century chase for a serial killer 2010-10-22T23:18:00Z But on Thursday, it effortlessly shared the stage with “Become Desert”: two excellent performances of two gripping pieces of music. Review: A Pulitzer Sequel for Orchestra, Packed With Drama in Microcosm 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z In a 1960s series, he photographed women gripping mirrors that obscured their faces so that their other body parts were reflected in startling, sometimes grotesque arrangements. How many legs in this photo? The strange, surreal photography of Heather Rasmussen 2017-05-27T04:00:00Z The musical equivalents of these mannerisms permeated his performance, which was a shame, since, in stretches, he played with gripping power and poetic delicacy. Review: Lang Lang Opens Philharmonic Season, as Avery Fisher Hall Is Renamed 2015-09-25T04:00:00Z It remains, however, that much of the most visually gripping art that survives in the Americas is religious in inspiration and use. Art Review: ‘Life, Death and Transformation,’ at Brooklyn Museum 2013-01-17T23:01:56Z In a video announcing her pick, Ms. Winfrey called “The Invention of Wings” “layered” and “gripping.” Oprah Winfrey Picks ‘Invention of Wings’ for Her Book Club 2013-12-10T16:18:17Z It’s the book’s constant throb of horror that keeps it gripping. ‘The Fever,’ by Megan Abbott, Based on Real Events 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z The call – upsetting and gripping – received the most listener reaction of any of Derbyshire's interviews ever. Rewind radio: Victoria Derbyshire; Tony Livesey – review 2013-03-09T22:50:01Z “The Call of the Wild,” Jack London’s gripping 1903 novel, tells the story of a California house dog who discovers his inner wolf. ‘The Call of the Wild’ Review: Man’s Best Friend? Cartoon Dog. 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z “No matter how much you’ve been exposed to it, to touch a piece of chain, and to wrap it around somebody or to have it wrapped around you, is absolutely gripping,” he said. The Cast of ‘Amazing Grace’ Grapples With Slavery 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z More than a decade ago, “Planet Earth” dazzled viewers and set the benchmark for nature series with its gripping overview of wildlife across habitats. What’s on TV Saturday: ‘Ocean’s 8’ and ‘Final Score’ 2019-01-12T05:00:00Z These gripping paintings are both elegiac and subversive. February gallery shows ponder architectural possibilities 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z I found myself drawn into the world with its quirky characters and gripping storyline. Glass Houses (The Morganville Vampires Book One) by Rachel Caine ? review 2011-03-16T15:14:49Z He opened his first season in 2009 with an important revival of Hugo Weisgall’s “Esther,” a thorny, urgent and musically gripping work. City Opera Faces Hard Times With Daring 2010-12-18T23:20:19Z “Though this ‘Beloved’ begins slowly and sometimes reveals its earthbound side,” she added, “it accelerates into a gripping, wildly imaginative film that’s not quite like any other.” What’s on TV Thursday: ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’ and ‘Wu Assassins’ 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z This gripping documentary tells the story of the hoax, and of the investigation into this fatal waste of police time. TV highlights: Digging For Britain 2010-08-18T23:05:00Z Then, with your hands gripping the bar in an overhand position and your elbows extended, retract your shoulder blades by engaging them and aiming them down toward your back pockets. How to do your first pull-up, and why you should try 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z It’s a rare writer who can turn the inevitable into gripping drama. A spy novelist toys with history in ‘Friends and Traitors’ 2017-10-25T04:00:00Z Her flick of an eyebrow or odd change in posture is more gripping than the film’s usual scare tactics. Review: In ‘The Vatican Tapes,’ the Sinister Stare of Possession 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z Two years ago the hedgehog race was absolutely gripping, and I'm hoping it will be even better this year ... Why I'm going to the Discworld convention 2010-08-26T11:20:00Z The Ebola epidemic gripping west Africa will get worse before it gets better, the head of the top US health body warned, as health ministers from affected countries held crisis talks. Ebola epidemic will get worse before it gets better, top US health body warns 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z Instantly gripping, Split/Second's slight lack of subtlety only becomes apparent with extended play, but for dabblers and for many, many hours, this is an utterly thrilling racer. Games picks of the week 2010-05-21T23:06:00Z Tom Hiddleston won his first Golden Globe Award on Sunday evening and attempted to use his acceptance speech to bring attention to the civil war gripping South Sudan. People Can't Stop Criticizing Tom Hiddleston's Golden Globes Speech 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z “Short & Curly” expertly tackles the challenge of making philosophy accessible to children, with the hosts, Carl Smith, Molly Daniels and Dr. Matt Beard, taking the audience through gripping thought experiments. 7 Podcasts for Stir-Crazy Kids 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z |
| 随便看 |
英语例句辞典收录了117811条英语例句在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词及词组的例句翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。