So it would have been in a poem, surely, if Unferth were a character, good or evil, heroic or not. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

In one important story, the Quest of the Golden Fleece, she is the gracious protector of heroes and the inspirer of heroic deeds, but not in any other. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

He never cares to dwell on heroic exploits; he loves best a pathetic story. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

An alternative view rests on the heroic theory of invention. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Early on, Dell Duke had wanted to be a doctor because he liked TV shows with heroic people who saved lives every week while showing off perfect teeth and great haircuts. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Then he thought he should do something heroic and resistant, so he raised his fist in defiance and said, “Death to tyrants.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Heroes did heroic things, they saved lives, they pulled people out of burning buildings. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

I see a father coming home early, surprising everyone with rock candy sticks from the market, telling heroic stories from the hospital every night before bed. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Elinor wanted to say something—something bold and heroic—but her tongue wouldn't work. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Suddenly there sprang into his mind, readymade as it were, the image of a certain Comrade Ogilvy, who had recently died in battle, in heroic circumstances. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

But Jefferson would not rise to the bait, convinced as he was after his earlier exchange with Abigail that he had already made a heroic effort that had been summarily rejected. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

She turned scarlet and was on the verge of crying, when she met Laurie’s eyes, which would look merry in spite of his heroic efforts. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet though Indians here were playing a heroic role, the advertisement still embodied Holmberg's Mistake, for it implicitly depicted Indians as people who never changed their environment from its original wild state. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

All the signs pointed, he said, to a group with the potential for “heroic stature.” Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Tomorrow old Mrs. Faulkner will show up at Ma’s place wanting to talk about my heroics in the bank a few days ago. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Dr. Trefusis says it behooves me to remind myself of the heroics of men who seek the impossible in ships. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to hurt Minnijean’s feelings, given the heroic effort she was making to convince school officials to allow her to sing on stage. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It poignantly brought home to me the Indians’ perspective on what I, like other white schoolchildren, had been taught to view as the heroic conquest of the American West. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The young mouse, hiding a smile at Basil’s noble pose, said admiringly, “Oh, Mr. Hare, you do look heroic standing like that! Thank you!” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

That “heroic theory of invention,” as it is termed, is encouraged by patent law, because an applicant for a patent must prove the novelty of the invention submitted. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

In front of me, on the game’s monitor, my armored barbarian was striking a heroic pose. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

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

Before the heroic squirrel could be united with her family, Matthias came dashing across. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The more heroic stuff he did, the more he realized how limited he was. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Or at least she could take credit for other dogs’ heroics! Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

And what he’s chiefly remembered for is a heroic attempt to domesticate the figures and tropes of classical oratory by giving them English names and English examples. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

My other half brothers, Buddy, Sonny, and Robert, asked me what being a soldier was like, and I made something up that sounded vaguely heroic. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Over the radio, the German people were told that Hitler had been killed at the head of his troops in the heroic Battle of Berlin. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

They were men far older than himself, relics of the ancient world, almost the last great figures left over from the heroic early days of the Party. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

There was a caption under Sissy’s picture: “Widow of heroic fire fighter.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lucy and I had both a fight for it with the dusty miller; I know it was a hard fight on my part, and I am quite heroic. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

He and Robb had fought many a heroic battle on these steps, slashing at one another with wooden swords. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

We hid the car in a garage, believe it or not, belonging to a lovely and heroic old woman who lives by herself in a riverside villa on the Tours side of the Poitou. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“You’re a stray, straight from the shelter. Me? I’m the most heroic dog in the world!” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

This new phase of research required the irradiation of uranium on a heroic scale, with the goal of producing enough 94 to perform the necessary experiments. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

For example, the same melody may sound quite different depending on whether the character is in love, being heroic, or dying. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t like she’d done anything heroic beyond trying to save herself. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

First thing Monday morning, Curly would call Mother Paula’s corporate headquarters to give the vice-president the details of the arrest, and of his own heroics. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

To him, only the heroic male nude possessed the physical monumentality necessary to express the awesome power of figures such as this mythical prophetess. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could feel everybody watching us, wondering what was wrong with us, and whether it would kill us, and how heroic my mom must be, and everything else. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

“I got a call from a reporter at the local paper who wants to do a story on our heroic daughter. Why didn’t you tell us?” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I just want to thump my old self in the face when I think about her, so earnest and self-righteous and flamboyantly heroic. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

It was heroic of her to make it as long as she did. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Whereas my father once told stories of historic battles and heroic Xhosa warriors, my mother would enchant us with Xhosa legends and fables that had come down from numberless generations. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The Reagan attack involves heroic reactions by several people,” de Becker says. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“I should throw you off this building, minus the flying horse, and see how heroic you sound on the way down.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Silversmith, printmaker, businessman, and patriot, Revere has acquired heroic status thanks to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s long poem about his legendary midnight ride, and Copley’s painting has become virtually an American icon. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Besides the material on chinchillas, he also brought from the capital the popular wartime booklets that had been created to propagate the image of the heroic soldier, and sentimental novels he had bought for Blanca. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

In front there were still the same heroic columns and the Versaillesesque garden, but in the back the style gradually disappeared. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We have heard heroic tales of how your brothers fought against the treacherous Soviets and helped defeat them.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Dressed in my navy skirt, white blouse, and silk stockings, I felt every bit as neat as Columbus or Balboa and every bit as heroic when I finally spotted America in the distance. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Indian Affairs agent reported, “This little remnant is all that remains of a heroic race that once held undisputed ownership over all this region.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

It had always seemed a heroic way to live. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

If this were some heroic ballad, I would tell you how she clasped my hand firmly and pulled me to safety. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

There was a time when this word was reserved for people who were... well... heroic. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Knowing what every native loves to hear, he would have offered the classic immigrant story, casting himself as the heroic newcomer, self-sufficient, resourceful. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Underneath all the make-believe bluster of pretending to be the heroic Duke, Fred realized who he really was: a coward. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Funny—it seemed the most heroic thing in the world when he told me about his friend, dead amazing that anyone could be that brave and selfless. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

While the Soviet government was scrambling to launch the enormous rescue effort for their heroic women pilots, an event of global significance was going on without them in western Europe. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

We were all at our funniest about Leper, and we all secretly hoped that Leper, that incompetent, was as heroic as we said. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The thought of the white cottage in flames, his memory of Dallben’s beard, and the heroic Coll’s bald head touched him all at once. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

All the heroics—being pawns of the Olympians? The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

This is the same Princess that defied the bombs in London, the one that is brave and heroic. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Aside from his heroics against Bronstein, the tournament wasn’t going quite the way Bobby had planned. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s the most heroic dog in the world.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

But the heroic firemen had been unable to save George Layhe. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

This masculine background served only to emphasize Chapter Eleven’s lack of heroic qualities. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Like Czolgosz, I considered myself an outsider and longed to commit the heroic act that would make me “belong.” Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Good,” said Mr. Lemoncello, raising his bell and striking a heroic pose. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

They were recommended for it—after their heroic service at Voronezh, they got special Guards uniforms ordered for them. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Lillian spoke of the Old South when Bull was in earshot as though it were a private garden deeded to her in a last heroic proclamation by the Confederate Congress. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She refused to equivocate on the issue of school desegregation, and in the Hispanic community she became an important, heroic voice. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was busy feeling sorry for my unappreciated heroics and myself in general and didn’t see Rose there until she briefly took my hand. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Finally, my parents were getting past the interrogation phase, and dealing with the injured child — who, by the way, was still receiving first aid from his heroic, wronged brother. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Breaking the lamp hadn’t been heroic...but everything else? Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

My mentors in these matters were not lazy; they just understood that there are few or no rewards for heroic performance. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

A dog named Duke was making all sorts of heroic moves. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Despite all the accolades she received, she doesn’t think her actions were heroic or even out of the ordinary. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

And it is the same, he perceived, in all seemingly heroic or tragic situations. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

He thought he’d be lucky if a single one came up—but to his surprise, four of them were noted as having done something heroic at some point in their lives. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

However Simon thought of the beast, there rose before his inward sight the picture of a human at once heroic and sick. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Ishmael knew his father had come to logging with a romantic’s sense of grandeur, viewing it at first as grandly heroic, in keeping with the spirit of manifest destiny. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Unlike his heroic older brother, who is gradually dying of freezer-burned-food poisoning. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stranded in this mill town railroad yard while the whole world was converging elsewhere, we seemed to be nothing but children playing among heroic men. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

We learned then that war was not a quick heroic charge but a slow, incredibly complicated matter. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Despite Farmer being upbeat with the prisoners, and the heroic efforts of the Russian medical staff, he and Goldfarb knew things were not getting better. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Whether even a heroic level of leadership stood any chance was uncertain because—and here was the cruelest irony—the effort to make the Revolution truly complete seemed diametrically opposed to remaining a united nation. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

This wasn’t going to be the heroic heat of battle they’d been hoping for. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

I catch Katherine's eye, and something about the jut of her chin makes me think that she’s thinking the same thing I am, that maybe she's also planning a bit of heroics. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I’d been reading about their heroic deeds in the Chevron, the Marine Corps’ camp newspaper. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said his father, whom he has seen struggle to balance the tasks of home nurse with trying to pay the bills, had grown heroic in his eyes. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

That sounds impressive, except that Tjaden then went back and performed an even more heroic calculation, figuring out what the average degree of connectedness was for everyone who had ever acted in Hollywood. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It sounded heroic, but honestly, it was a shriek of terror. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

There she was, one of the most heroic women of all time, telling us that we were heroes. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

She was fierce in the presence of death, heroic even, as she was at no other time. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You liar. You heroic, adorable liar,” she says, and then plants a kiss on his cheek. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

I would like to write something heroic and inspired before I go up in fireworks, but I am too stupid and sick with dread to think of anything. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Your tireless and heroic sacrifices have made it possible for me to be here today. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wished he could have been living in the heroic time, but he knew he was not of heroic timber. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

But if Scruffy and Nala got to Duke first, Duke would undoubtedly stick with his old sidekicks because they were part of his heroic rescue team. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

In fact, while many US history books depict George Washington as a heroic Founding Father and a surveyor too, Indigenous peoples do not think of him that way. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

Or did he believe it more heroic, more honorable—even more gentlemanly—to take his prey with a single bullet? Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

My catalog of heroics is growing so rapidly I can scarcely keep track. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

His medal is not, as we were always told, for heroic service. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her decision to move back was similar; whenever she felt besieged by doubts, she would think of herself as standing valiantly alone, as almost heroic, so as to squash her uncertainty. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

In what was one of the most unique aspects of the Great Molasses Flood, two individuals who were victims in real danger of losing their own lives also became two of the most heroic rescuers. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Or was it heroic because she was willing to fix it in the first place? Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Perhaps most heroic are those who, upon release, launch social justice organizations that challenge the discrimination formerly incarcerated people face and provide desperately needed support for those newly released from prison. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Hence a less heroic term for the Musket Wars would be the Potato Wars. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

If one wants to appraise it, it is at once heroic and banal—but who wants to do that? All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even if Okonkwo changed or did something right or heroic, I still wouldn’t like him. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Nisus and Euryalus were their names, the first a valiant and experienced soldier, the other only a stripling, but equally brave and full of generous ardor for heroic deeds. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe she hadn’t wanted to get Aru’s hopes up that she could do something heroic. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Like the early Christians, the Norsemen measured their life by heroic standards. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

She used to play—oh, she’d loved to play, loved music, the way music could break and heal and make everything seem possible and heroic. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

That didn’t sound very heroic to Aru, It just sounded like an epic mess that required an epic cleanup. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Percy, Beckendorf chose a heroic death. You bear no blame for that. Kronos’s army will be in disarray. Many were destroyed.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“You don’t think what you did was heroic?” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now that the South Pole had been reached, it seemed as though the age of heroic exploration was over. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Frieda had put her coat back on her head, and the two of us, so draped, trotted along enjoying the warm breeze and Frieda’s heroics. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over the years, civil rights lawyers have made heroic efforts to save the lives of condemned people on death row. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Oh, my,” she cackled, “that wasn’t very heroic, even in a dream!” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Reading the item, Francie discovered that the heroic fireman had been Sissy’s first husband. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

They wanted to use their dangerous solo Yak fighters for something more obviously heroic than defense. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

No one could ever even pretend to be half as heroic as Duke was. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

But a knight turned up and knocked him off his hackney—I’m afraid our family was never exactly in the heroic style—and there he was on foot again, with Galahad no nearer. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Axelroot even got himself a little medal of honor for heroic service, which he is very vain of and keeps in a special box in the bedroom. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I saw the whole thing immediately! You’ll need warriors, naturally, to fetch out that disgusting cauldron. But you’ll need a bard to compose the heroic chants of victory. I accept! Delighted!” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

A heroic death, like a martyr’s death, is not a defeat, but a triumph. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, it looks like a human trying to hew a life and a belief out of nothing but dead wood—which is, in its own way, heroic. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

A warning look from her mother checked any further remarks, and the whole family ate in heroic silence, till Mr. March mildly observed, “salad was one of the favorite dishes of the ancients, and Evelyn...” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Despite my misery and the uncertainty of what lay ahead, the hope in my breast fashioned a life as heroic and happy as the tales I had read in books. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

People think they know all there is to know about you, but the best bits of you are—have always been—heroic in really quiet ways. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

How often he and his companions had played that heroic battle, in the ruins of the old fort, taking turns to be Danes and French! The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hoped very much that they would all assume he had been involved in something heroic, preferably involving a couple of Death Eaters and a dementor. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Eighteen miles was a heroic distance for us, but we were filthy and trail-weary and more than ready for a town, and so we plodded on. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Nixon welcomed the men, thanked them for their heroic service—and couldn’t resist getting in a shot at Daniel Ellsberg. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The only thing I really excelled at was canoeing, and that wasn’t the kind of heroic skill people expected to see from the kid who had beaten the Minotaur. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“You know, it doesn’t sound so heroic when you put it that way.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“So, basically, you need me to be heroic?” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Lilya’s heroic fight and her battle wound turned her into a celebrity. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Several of the more heroic forcibly checked their flight, hid behind trees, and hurled their spears at the tiger, but they were so unnerved by his furious assault that they missed their aim. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Oh no, people want deeds—great, heroic deeds. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I wanted to be heroic and I pretended I was. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

What was heroic about lining up and following the rules and wearing a bunch of stuff that was going to keep you from getting hurt? October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

It had always been action, heroics, defense, competition. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Not fancy heroic deaths either, just careless ones. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

It was one of the things she liked best when her mother told her the stories: villains could be heroic, and heroes could do evil. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

"All right! It was a heroic act. It saved the world, now hide the bleeding wound!" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, like I said, it’s only temporary. Now, could you show me how to do some of your other heroic poses?” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Adolescence is a surreal world: Kids who don helmets and practice banging into one another for hours each week are deemed healthy and wholesome, even heroic. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It required a heroic effort—including a lot of painful pinches on the leg—to keep his eyes open and pay attention to Jackson’s long, droning lecture. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Those who die heroic deaths are long remembered, thieves and drunks and cravens soon forgotten.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Marshmallows are roasted, wine is consumed in heroic quantities, stories are shared. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

From this brutal environment a heroic figure emerged: Deganawidah, the Peacemaker. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Michaux’s voyages took him from Florida to Hudson’s Bay; the heroic Nuttall ventured as far as the shores of Lake Superior, going much of the way on foot for want of funds. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

But he was confident they would eventually praise him for his heroic action. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The warriors of the great Latin heroic poem, the Aeneid, far from rejoicing to escape from him, rejoice when they see that they are to fall “on Mars’ field of renown.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can't think of a heroic thing I ever done in my life before that day. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I sidle up to my mom in the kitchen area, but she doesn’t thank me for my heroic feat of keeping the kids out from underfoot. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

In his head, Fred heard stirring music even more heroic than the TV show’s opening theme. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

She described Percy as brave and heroic, which made him uncomfortable. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“I wish we could have proven how heroic we were.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Then and now, being an “Indian killer” was often regarded as heroic. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

Another view of the Norse character, oddly unlike its heroic aspect, is also given prominence in the Elder Edda. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Going back there right now is a death sentence, Magister Spurge. It would not be heroic. You will be caught, imprisoned, and tortured. So we are going away from the city.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

“If only he had been fat,” joked my father, “we’d be twice rich. But your father’s fathers were all cursed with heroic fitness.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“You look a little like a heroic portrait I saw once of Andrew Jackson.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Holmes was heroic as much for the obstacles he overcame as for the results he achieved. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

If it was, speed would be of the essence, and funding on a heroic scale would flow. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Maybe passersby would think he was a member of the French Foreign Legion or some heroic mercenary. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Be serious. You must have done something heroic either before or after. Remember carefully.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

All my brothers except for Sam Houston lamented that they had missed the heroics and the romantic glory. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

In the same vein, all the heroic portraits of the great men were romanticized distortions. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Some of us wanted nothing more than to become one of those heroic Indian athletes like Jim Thorpe, who wore a sports uniform and did great things on the playing field. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

It sounded like a heroic thing to say. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Mother hesitated to write me of it, for fear a broken heart might lead me to some front-line heroics. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

He had never witnessed such heroic poise before. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Getting cows to eat a corn diet takes a heroic effort on the part of the factory farm. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

He was only eighteen months older than me and was the brains behind many of our heroic exploits and the person I most wanted to be like. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

She sat as erect as those heroic soldiers I’d seen in magazine pictures. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt so relieved I wanted to cry, though I didn’t think that would be very heroic. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“This is no time for heroics, Percy. Drop your puny litde sword, or I’ll have you killed sooner rather than later.” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

This was a group that understood the inherent absurdity of rock-and-roll yet still took its tacit mission to purge the dread, boredom and sexual frustration of an entire generation with heroic seriousness. Perspective | Can Iggy Pop hear the future? 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z

Coriolanus, the story of the heroic Roman general who joins forces with the enemy after being rejected by the "common people", is one of Shakespeare's lesser performed plays. Heavy rock Coriolanus turns up volume 2013-08-21T01:27:33Z

The most popular item in the New York store bears the show’s classic logo, a heroic Founding Father silhouetted atop a star. The hottest merch of 'Hamilton,' from the 'Scrappy' baby onesie to the 'My Shot' glass 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z

Also there are saxophones, drum solos and guitar heroics. Fall album roundup: The Moondoggies, Truckasauras, Drew Grow and the Pastors' Wives, THEESatisfaction, Blood Hot Beat 2010-09-26T00:23:00Z

Mr. Riener may be the least animal and least innocent performer in the troupe, but he’s audaciously heroic. Spring Performance: Dance: A Grand Finale: Cunningham?s Last Dances 2011-02-20T02:00:56Z

While the museum hangs on to some of the old heroic narrative, it also acknowledges the imperfect history surrounding the founding of the nation. The Museum of the American Revolution Receives $50 Million 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z

“Balthus was a loner,” James insisted, a lordly, romantic loner “who thought of the artist as a heroic, mythic figure.” Street of the Iron Po(e)t, Part XII 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z

The BBC Symphony Orchestra was on brilliant form, their central adagio noble and broad, with strings and horns maintaining a heroic struggle against the mindless hate of the obstructive snare drum. Mittwoch aus Licht; BBC Proms 50 & 51 – review 2012-08-25T23:06:12Z

Parnell, in the tradition of Dryden and Pope, tidies the metre into heroic couplets. Poem of the week: Pervigilium Veneris 2011-03-21T11:04:18Z

Such reintroduction initiatives are heroic and painstakingly difficult, requiring expertise, resources, enormous patience and a certain amount of basic luck. ‘Wildcat’ Review: Rescue and Rewild 2022-12-29T05:00:00Z

Alas, the film’s polished heroics let the astronauts’ humanity whiz by out of reach. ‘The Real Right Stuff’ Review: A Movie Still Waiting for Liftoff 2020-11-20T05:00:00Z

The band could sound open, hollow and desolate, or swirling with mixed feelings, or something like heroic. | The Antlers: Strumming Off This Mortal Coil 2009-12-17T05:48:00Z

But this tale, the yarn of Hemon as heroic immigrant, reduces his journey to its destination. Nowhere man 2013-02-23T08:00:16Z

And then at the very end with Cristobal, he finds a way to be heroic. "Barry" star Anthony Carrigan on the finale: "Something lights up inside of Hank" 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z

Maybe it’s the end point of representation—you simply want the opportunity to be as heroic, or funny, or petty, or goofy, or boring as everyone else. “Crazy Rich Asians” and the End Point of Representation 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z

Caught up in the medical paradigm of cure, we assent to heroic measures we didn’t want in hospitals we deplore. ‘The Good Death,’ ‘When Breath Becomes Air’ and More 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z

We are damaging this core group of our most heroic and our most patriotic, and we’re asking them to compromise their moral certitude.” 'American Sniper' Writer Wrestled His Way Into Project 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z

“There are certain types of things that seem in some way exciting or dramatic or have a kind of heroic outcome,” Chien said. The Unraveling of an Award-Winning Documentary 2022-07-18T04:00:00Z

His recent leading man status is the result of a body of work that made him the poster boy for twisted, multi-layered, morally ambiguous heroic villains. At last action hero 2012-08-10T23:05:00Z

They showed that, despite heroic efforts to shoehorn it into a curriculum, leadership is best taught by example. A senior’s intense, 14-day sailing lesson — from scratch — off the New Zealand coast 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z

That searing drama about soldiers in the War on Terror got no help from the Pentagon, and flopped at the box office, precisely because it lacked the splashy heroics of . Navy SEALs' Act of Valor Takes Oscar Weekend 2012-02-26T22:05:47Z

There are no hollow claims about the “triumph” of the human spirit, no third-act heroics or narrative balms. Revisiting Concentration Camp Atrocities in Shattering Clarity 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z

The film version will apparently use the heroic achievements of record holders as the basis for a narrative that should have global appeal. Guinness Book of World Records could be next big brand name to hit cinemas 2012-06-08T13:17:04Z

It’s a powerful fantasy, particularly in the Black Lives Matter era, to call on extreme heroics and vigilantism to deliver a message that will get heard. Review | ‘Black Lightning’ plays well to its strengths, rather than playing like a token effort 2018-01-15T05:00:00Z

In “Space Barons,” though, Davenport frames the incident as a test of Virgin Galactic’s heroic resolve. Elon Musk and the Failure of Our Imagination in Space 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z

She was the quietly heroic epitome of what Betty Friedan called the feminine mystique, and nothing was more misconceived than Oscar Levant’s sneery wisecrack about knowing Day “before she was a virgin”. Doris Day: the wholesome face of postwar American optimism 2019-05-13T04:00:00Z

I mean, right now, people are talking about Eugene Goodman at the Capitol and how heroic he is. Former D.C. police chief: ‘There should be a higher standard for police’ 2021-03-18T04:00:00Z

There’s little heavy-handed or overtly heroic about this sweeping piece. Dance Review: José Limón Company at Baruch Performing Arts Center 2013-01-20T18:29:11Z

And his film's vision of the great patriotic war, with its noble, heroic Soviets and swinish Germans, will hardly be remembered for its even-handedness. Nikita Mikhalkov has been Burnt By the Sun of state patronage 2010-04-30T10:58:00Z

The film, of course, features its own heroic monolith, a gleaming black structure that spawns evolutionary leaps. Did John McCracken Make That Monolith in Utah? 2020-11-27T05:00:00Z

His ardently lyrical voice had a heroic edge but was wonderfully expressive. Peter Hofmann obituary 2010-12-02T18:44:00Z

Coulter does not seem to know that her heroic, anti-Hitler countries, England and France, were desperately trying to stay out of a war with Germany.  Ann Coulter’s perverted history: The right’s latest obsessive, venomous half-truths 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z

The vocal writing, while sometimes heroic, is direct and elevated, almost devoid of flashiness. Music Review: ‘Les Troyens,’ at the Royal Opera House in London 2012-06-26T21:10:52Z

A lot of art these days looks back on heroic Modernism with cheeky irreverence. What Not to Miss at the Armory Show at the Piers 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z

His replacement, the American tenor Bryan Hymel, scaled all the top notes and had a certain heroic manner, but would you, like Dido, mount a funeral pyre for him? Les Troyens; Le nozze di Figaro; Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra/Dudamel – review 2012-06-30T23:07:11Z

If Shakespeare were still around churning out histories, he could do worse than to write a play about Hillary, a heroic character who wears the tragic flaw of her strident striving on her sleeve. “Political Animals”: Hillary Clinton gets her starring role 2012-07-12T17:50:00Z

Right up until her death at 75, she appeared year after year at her fund-raising gala, resplendent in pink, the color of her heroic campaign. Books of The Times: ?In Our Prime: The Invention of Middle Age,? by Patricia Cohen 2012-02-01T23:15:46Z

He bred and wrote novels about heroic collies. Cathleen Schine Writes Fiction. But She Prefers Not to Read It at Work. 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z

You have done a great service by running Perry Stein’s story about the unselfish heroics of the late Dr. Martin Salia. Readers react to stories about a doctor treating Ebola and the murder of a climber 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z

It is heroic, and playful, and enjoyable, which is more than you get in most country houses built in the past 75 years. Downley House – review 2013-03-24T00:06:06Z

But Lermontov’s inner demons prove less compelling, even with Sam Archer’s heroic attacks. Demons, on the feet and in the soul, in Matthew Bourne's 'The Red Shoes' 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z

And their vision of a heroic Kennedy runs much deeper, as with their harrowing replay of the sinking of PT-109 and the young Kennedy’s efforts to save his crew. Books of The Times: ‘Killing Kennedy’ by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard 2012-10-10T21:54:31Z

Mr. Ray, whose career paralleled the ups, downs and triumphant and difficult studio detours of the contemporary independent film movement, was one of its most heroic figures. Bingham Ray, Light of October Films and Daring Cinema 2012-02-03T19:51:30Z

By treating each new building as its own “heroic surge,”he told me, “we’ve impoverished, in some sense, the various scales at which cities function.” Reviving the Joy of Decoration at Nike’s New SoHo Building 2017-10-01T04:00:00Z

“I feel the freedom to put someone onstage who isn’t perfect, who isn’t heroic, who isn’t necessarily showing the best of us, but showing an aspect of us.” What Three Broadway Shows Tell Us About Racial Progress 2021-12-27T05:00:00Z

But selflessness comes with a cost that is easily overlooked after the heroics are over. After the Ebola outbreak, the world moved on. One family didn’t. 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z

Nowhere in the entire screed was the sheer pointlessness of the Afghanistan "conflict" mentioned: it was all about heroic redemption. Rewind TV: The Great British Bake Off Easter Masterclass; Our Girl; Keeping Britain Alive: The NHS in a Day; Boris Johnson: The Irresistible Rise 2013-03-30T22:45:01Z

This is often discussed as doing your political organizing through direct-democratic means, but not as being heroic in your spirit or generous in your gestures. Hey, left wing: Quit griping! 2012-09-27T14:00:00Z

The Enterprise makes what it deems to be the heroic choice only to discover how wrong they were in their assumptions about the situation. Boldly take us where we've been, Captain Pike 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z

The arc Hoffman describes here diverges sharply from the usual heroic narratives of Israel's founding. Three architects who built Jerusalem: How they shaped and fled (and were forgotten by) the conflicted city 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z

Ms. Belilove herself often exemplifies the genre’s tragic, heroic side: Orpheus entering the Elysian fields, Liberty leading the people. Review: Sara Mearns Joins Isadora Duncan’s Maenads and Nymphs 2017-06-20T04:00:00Z

Radical and defiant empathy is a heroic trait, and I wanted Ellis French to be an example to people and dismantle this toxic notion that for men, forgiveness is a sign of weakness. "The Inspection" and Don't Ask Don't Tell for a queer Black man: "Boot camp is brainwashing" 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z

A new, copiously illustrated history of an "elite and heroic — though little known — aviation unit" — the first U.S. Local books: Cleopatra as vampire, plus histories of the E.coli outbreak and an elite Army Air Force unit 2011-05-23T20:56:06Z

Edeltraut would be her son’s most important collaborator — inverting that word’s negative wartime charge — with heroic investigative feats like translating from childhood memory an archaic, loopy Prussian script, through the cloud of glaucoma. A Grandson Investigates the ‘Reasonable’ Nazi in the Family 2023-05-14T04:00:00Z

"They are going to recognize that the public are looking at it differently now and might be ready for something brighter and more heroic." Colo. massacre casts ugly scar on Batman mythology 2012-07-26T19:57:08Z

Those drawings, lining the wall by his desk, include wild animals, terrifying creatures and heroic figures fighting adversaries. The Imagination of ‘A Monster Calls’ 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z

Her heroic showcase garners publicity and praise but is quickly cut short by her parents, who subsequently ground her. Who is Kamala Khan, the star of Disney+'s "Ms. Marvel"? 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z

Her spirit, though, lived long enough to see a showbiz world that both treasured villainy and set it to music, when her poignant, arguably heroic backstory was told in Wicked. Oz Revisited – Part 3: A Parable of Empowerment 2013-09-18T15:30:10Z

They weren’t all heroic, but they were heroes. TV Taught Me About AIDS. ‘It’s a Sin’ Reminded Me How Far We’ve Come. 2021-02-25T05:00:00Z

But just as dictators create themselves, very literally, as icons – striving for ubiquity in their image, always expressed in heroic or godlike terms – so is their fall a very literal one, says Pine. Gaddafi compound reveals dictator's taste for bling - and Condoleezza Rice 2011-08-25T18:54:20Z

Her young, empathetic narrator forced from her gated community to the unruly streets to find allies, in a heroic arc that also inspires, planting seeds, using empathy to build unlikely connections. Quarantine book club: Reading for mental health in a plague year 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z

At home, Lukach is Giulia’s primary caregiver, one whose heroic rise to the occasion does not preclude moments of frustration and even rage. New in Memoir: Lessons in Falling in Love, and 2 Accounts of Its Horrors 2017-07-21T04:00:00Z

“His super heroics will still be present, but the investigative part of Batman will be at the forefront.” As Batman Turns 75, D.C. Plans Weekly Comic Book 2013-10-10T19:48:04Z

But he did volunteer, without explanation, what immediately struck him as being his three most heroic roles. ArtsBeat: Alan Arkin's Gallery of Heroic Roles 2012-09-07T20:51:20Z

And, of course, his heroics exploded into a national story overnight. Newark, N.J., mayor saves woman from fire 2012-04-13T15:59:00Z

But I did know that, inspired by the avatar’s flexibility, he was making even greater demands on his heroic dancers and their coordination skills. When Merce Cunningham Took On a New Collaborator: The Computer 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z

The film’s plot takes the timeworn story of a young man’s heroic journey from stock room to boardroom and gives it a cynical spin. From All-Star Flop to Astute Satire in Just 50 Years 2020-09-25T04:00:00Z

Nestor’s heroics in a crack-den bust — which appear in distorted form in a YouTube video — similarly threaten to ignite racial tensions in the wake of accusations of police brutality. Books Of the Times: ‘Back to Blood’ by Tom Wolfe 2012-10-18T12:00:00Z

To some, its title character — played with vivid impudence by Mariana Di Girólamo — will be a possibly insane enigma; to others, a heroic mother who will do anything to reclaim her adoptive son. ‘Ema’ Review: Maternal Flame 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z

Calvera is such a miscreant that he regrets leaving the villagers whose food he keeps stealing enough money to hire their heroic posse. Remembering Eli Wallach: The Good, the Bad and the Gifted 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z

And in spite of occasional outbursts of radical or reactionary zeal, Hollywood has avidly upheld the ideal of heroic centrism. What I Learned About Democracy From the Movies 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z

I read everything I could get my hands on about Martin Luther King but I knew I wanted to avoid making him a conventional, almost sublime heroic figure. Oscars: Selma writer tells his side 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z

I wanted to provide my 18-year-olds with a context from which to contend with the ways the nation encourages its citizens and the world to make heroic American men out of architects of misogynoir. A cold, hard look at the work and influence of Robert 'Iceberg Slim' Berg 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z

The program also includes Strauss’s heroic “Don Juan” and Hindemith’s colorful “Symphonic Metamorphosis After Themes by Carl Maria von Weber.” | : Sept. 19 ? 25 2010-09-16T16:11:00Z

Its gilded radiance makes the dancers look heroic even when they are momentarily still. Dance GB – review 2012-06-20T17:21:13Z

“How can anyone watch ‘The Wire’ and the dysfunction of the police & the war on drugs and say that we were depicted as heroic,” he tweeted. The Protests Come for ‘Paw Patrol’ 2020-06-10T04:00:00Z

Of all the leading movie roles Hardy has had, this is probably the most conventionally sympathetic and heroic. Tom Hardy's 20 best film performances – ranked! 2020-05-14T04:00:00Z

Their model of heroic manhood — flawed, contradictory, seemingly anachronistic — is perhaps best encapsulated in the motto Wayne envisioned for his epitaph: “Feo, Fuerte y Formal,” or, in English, “ugly, strong and dignified.” Hollywood’s Biggest Stars Seen Inside and Out 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z

It was an almost heroic atmosphere of anything is possible through positive thinking. 'Reality has surpassed satire' 2010-08-21T23:04:00Z

History painting, in particular, allowed painters to mythologize the world they lived in, using heroic characters arrayed in theatrical tableaux to quicken patriotic and partisan emotions. Perspective | America needs an epic narrative right now. Painters are working on it. 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z

The two Beethoven pieces in this concert are firmly in this heroic mould. Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra with Gustavo Dudamel - 23 June 2012-06-22T08:52:00Z

First staged in 1910, Massenet's "heroic comedy" is a late piece, premiered less than two years before the composer's death at the age of 70. Don Quichotte – review 2012-11-26T15:36:33Z

The tedium of “assisted living” contrasts the heroic remembrances of such residents as a former World War II bomber navigator. How are these things not like the others? 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z

Faludi does what any estranged child will recognize as heroic: She visits her father and masters her irritation long enough to get to the heart of things. Best memoirs of 2016 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z

When her sister is threatened, Katniss does the stereotypical manly, heroic thing. The Hunger Games world is no country for glamorous women 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z

If this brave Angeleno’s heroic insurrection against metered rhyme ends up going down in rap history as a mere flash, may we never forget how glaringly bright it felt. Perspective | Best music of 2019: Lana Del Rey sings lullabies about the end of America 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z

In his work, Shakespeare expresses the values of the rising middle class, assailing Homeric ideals, dismissing religion, deconstructing and undermining the heroic. ‘Self and Soul’: Mark Edmundson’s biting critique of modern complacency 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z

Her physical presence is heroic, her emotional presence almost frighteningly open and receptive. ‘Vanessa: The Life of Vanessa Redgrave,’ by Dan Callahan

Throughout, he has maintained in his imagination a place where he can scrub away any such blemishes on his soul, leaving only the simple, heroic Balboa. A Unified Theory of the “Rocky” Movies 2015-11-10T05:00:00Z

The reason these heroic characters are always popular is because we are all somewhat limited in our real world. Schwarzenegger superhero will overlook civil rights 2011-04-05T20:28:31Z

Inspired by attending a support group – where he learns that just because he is a Bad Guy, it doesn't mean he is a bad guy – he rebels against his fate and turns heroic. Wreck-It Ralph: why are all the film baddies turning into goodies? 2013-02-11T14:51:00Z

Freddie Stowers, who received the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions in battle 73 years after his death — the only African American soldier honored with this award. 100 years later: Returning to World War I’s Western Front in France 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z

Caesar is either a heroic, benevolent ruler or tyrant; Brutus is either a patriot or assassin. Julius Caesar in our times 2017-06-20T04:00:00Z

But unlike those Marvel Comics do-gooders, these dancers were not up to heroics. Dance Review: Tom Gold Dance at Gould Hall 2012-02-28T23:25:53Z

Long, liquid phrases melt into one another with stunning purity, and he shifts seamlessly from heroic blasts to hushed whispers, sometimes without pausing for a breath. Review: Kaufmann triumphs as La Scala's Lohengrin 2012-12-12T13:42:19Z

Starman is a tale of a legacy — a son carrying on the heroic persona established by his father, finding his own path, starting his own family — told over more than 80 issues by James Robinson. Seven Comic Books for This Season (and the Next) 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z

Did the BBC run out of imagination to create female characters who might rival the Doctor’s heroic nature? 'A stellar choice': your thoughts on Jodie Whittaker's casting in Doctor Who 2017-07-17T04:00:00Z

When she canceled because of illness, the company brought in the German soprano Marlis Petersen, who performed something of a heroic feat. Melancholy Hamlet returns to Met after 113 years 2010-03-17T06:01:00Z

An early heroic death sets the sober mood and stakes while gently re-establishing the franchise’s new commitment to diversifying the overall picture. ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Embraces the Magic and Mystery. Read Our Review. 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z

The shared passion, the heroic ancestry, a portentously unnamed boy, and that killer cliché to the skull, are not just misplaced flourishes. A Team of Engineers Invented a Brick-Laying Robot. This Is Their Story. 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z

Much moon iconography, particularly from the space race years, is heroic — men and their rockets, depicted by artists such as Robert Rauschenberg and Richard Hamilton. The Meaning of the Moon, From the Incas to the Space Race 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z

Though Ross mocks the idea of the heroic dissenter he associates with "vanguardist" critics of popular culture, he presents Andy Warhol as a culture hero, exemplary because he identified himself with popular culture. The war on culture: How conservatives and progressives joined forces to crush art 2021-12-25T05:00:00Z

Hardly a heroic act, in the scheme of things, but still, it's heartening to know, and somehow not surprising. Bruce by Peter Ames Carlin, Bruce Springsteen and the Promise of Rock 'n' Roll by Marc Dolan – review 2012-11-28T08:00:01Z

The heroics feel more natural to her than the blond hair and skimpy costume. The Writer Behind a Muslim Marvel Superhero on Her Faith in Comics 2017-04-29T04:00:00Z

Its subject is a 15th-century icon painter and national hero, yet we never see him paint, nor does he do anything heroic. Andrei Rublev: No 1 2010-10-20T10:54:00Z

The Month in Cabaret The September cabaret season begins on Tuesday at Café Carlyle with a two-week engagement by the heroic, too-seldom-seen Broadway baritone Brian Stokes Mitchell in his new show “Plays With Music.” Pop & Rock Listings for Sept. 11-17 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z

She can be ridiculous and heroic, needy and scary, clueless and clever — in quick succession and sometimes all at once. Review: In ‘Spy,’ Melissa McCarthy Is a C.I.A. Drudge Who Goes Rogue 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z

Except for his being human, there is nothing huge about him, either heroic or horrendous, that would suggest the makings of a typical main character. Review: Making a Beautiful ‘Case for the Existence of God’ 2022-05-02T04:00:00Z

But collaborate they did, bolstered, he says, by their continuing immunity and convinced that their grotesque re-enactments would make them even more heroic to many in the country. Joshua Oppenheimer: why I returned to Indonesia’s killing fields 2015-06-07T04:00:00Z

The heroic title character was played by a Labrador retriever/mastiff mix named Spike, a former L.A. shelter pup trained by Frank Weatherwax. Legendary film dogs 2012-02-24T10:55:58Z

In this short but crucial role Mr. Domingo could let loose and really sing, which he did with heroic fervor. Music Review: ?The Enchanted Island? at the Metropolitan Opera - Review 2012-01-01T22:56:22Z

Rather than working around a pre-existing photo, he draws his subjects, rendering them even more heroic. Celebrating the Fast-Moving, Bug-Eyed, Wily World of Hip-Hop Mixtape Covers 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z

One finishes this novel feeling taken by Valerie, but, even more, moved by the author’s love for her, the generosity that allows a potentially pathetic figure to become heroic, a guardian spirit. “Valerie” Is an Extraordinary Love Letter to a Radical Feminist 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z

Nor when describing her own life, in the war zone or at home in Moscow, does this journalist strike extreme emotional notes or heroic poses, demanding our compassion or admiration. Review: A Slain Journalist’s Voice Resounds in ‘Intractable Woman’ 2018-09-24T04:00:00Z

It turns out that the sainted Will, who shows up at the very end of the movie, isn’t as heroic as Kevin had believed. Review: In ‘Night Owls,’ Staying Up Late Leads to Surprises 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z

One tires of these proclamations by heroic, affluent males. I Crossed the World 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z

She also said that since the incident made news, she’s received messages from people around the world praising her boyfriend’s "heroic" actions. Girlfriend of man jailed for crossing Irish Sea on jet ski says she would marry him 2020-12-21T05:00:00Z

Obviously, such awkward circumstances can only be resolved by a solo, heroic mission from a reluctant, irascible protagonist. Capsule reviews of new movie releases 2012-04-12T16:27:08Z

My hosts were beyond kind and my partner, Victoria, heroic: schlepping nightly to Budgens after a long day’s work, cooking, turning the Ilizarov dials and cleaning pin sites before resuming excruciating bedpan duty. How Comrade Ilizarov saved my leg 2015-12-13T05:00:00Z

This gave the concerto a heroic sense of lift at the close. Waiting for a Masterpiece from Esa-Pekka Salonen 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z

This was a heroic performance in all senses of the word. St John Passion | Classical review 2010-04-05T20:45:00Z

He’s the perfect rational man, a Dutch mathematician born into a world of heroic engineering where people can no longer tell what land was made by nature and what by man. Love Among the Ruins 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z

But these days, what heroic figure is most worthy of our highest veneration? “The Revenant” is Trump, “Spotlight” is Bernie: What this best picture race tells us about our divided America 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z

“He was great in this role, gentle and heroic. And there was this wonderful face we had never seen before, and one of the great voices, too.” Adrien Brody Prepares 'Houdini' Mini-Series 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z

For recent Latino arrivals as for earlier groups, upward mobility in America typically is celebrated as a heroic quest. Luis Alfaro's 'Mojada' draws on Greek tragedy, Mexican American immigration 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z

“Kiratham,” the myth performed on Tuesday, was, though heroic, a comedy. Dance Review: Hindu Deities Conjure Magic in Movement Downtown 2010-08-18T21:55:00Z

“I can explain why the jurisprudence is wrong,” says Nagle, who argues with the prepared, animated force of a heroic TV lawyer. Friends and playwrights tell stories that call for action on stage 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z

And as “Young Lover” climbs toward a heroic, airborne chorus, she portrays a partner sinking into addictions: “I wish that I was your drug,” she declares. St. Vincent Makes Her Move Into Pop With ‘Masseduction’ 2017-10-11T04:00:00Z

But almost immediately, scenes unfold that complicate his heroic stance, and foreshadow the gaps between rich and poor, between secular and pious Syrians, that have helped to doom the uprising to disunity. In ‘Our Terrible Country,’ Mohammad Ali Atassi Explores the Syrian Revolt 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z

Pacini’s thoroughly researched, beautifully written catalogue was — and is — indispensable, and her smart, sensitive work in getting the show organized was nothing short of heroic. These women are some of America’s greatest artists. Why don’t they get the respect they deserve? 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z

Once at a dinner party, my host asked us to take a moment to thank his wife for her heroic culinary efforts, and I knew in that instant that he was having an affair. What I cooked for dinner when the doctors told me my husband was going to die 2019-05-18T04:00:00Z

Stories of heroic, self-sacrificing resistance seem to work best if there is at least a provisional happy ending, since their common theme is hope in the face of repression and injustice. Movie Review: ?The Lady? by Luc Besson, Set in Myanmar, Stars Michelle Yeoh 2012-04-10T22:15:52Z

Here the chorus proved heroic, holding forth in direct sunlight and blistering heat, though a fickle amplification system turned some balances askew. Make Music New York: ‘Musik im Bauch’ at Make Music New York 2012-06-23T00:19:09Z

But above all, Quinto is enduringly great: his Spock is vulnerable, sensitive, emotionally constricted, but idealistic and heroic as well. Star Trek Into Darkness – review 2013-05-09T14:35:00Z

The film, a Paramount release Down Under, opened at No. 1 in Australia and New Zealand, and its potent mix of heroics and hormones suggests a triumphant march onto the international stage. Aussie teen war drama set to explode worldwide 2010-09-07T01:49:00Z

It is a dangerous and thankless job — they will either go down as “failed whistleblowers” or “lepers of the Whitehall-Westminster jungle and all stations between” — but it will be a noble and heroic enterprise. Books of The Times: Innocents Stumble Onto an International Stage 2010-10-11T16:30:00Z

This was a real shame, because in between, he delivered some wonderful strong singing in the heroic French tradition of which he is one of the best exponents. Review | With spectacular squib of ‘Samson,’ Met Opera grasps at new start 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z

Astronauts are heroic pioneers, their missions testament to humanity’s “hunger to explore the universe and discover its truths,” as Ronald Reagan put it in 1986. Was the Space Program Worth the Cost? 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z

Theirs are the faces we see in the first half of “Halftime in America,” before the music swells and heroic resolve sets in. Clint's Chrysler Ad: From the Director of Pineapple Express 2012-02-07T18:04:53Z

The ultimate signifier of negativity, in this case, denotes an event of heroic positivity. ‘No’: The power of one word against tyranny 2013-03-28T21:43:19Z

Anything too literal, or too heroic, risks appearing trite. In the Galleries: Putting the ‘gold’ in ‘Gold Rush’

Pop culture is lousy with lawyers: heroic underdogs, scheming villains, charm-deficient disasters. My fancy law firm hell: I set up a Scale of Dismay to measure the degree to which my job was ruining my life 2015-06-28T04:00:00Z

The movie's presentation of the raid on St Francis as a heroic act is historically questionable, and it isn't helped by the unceasingly racist depiction of all native Americans as degenerate subhumans. Northwest Passage: a tough portrayal of frontier warfare blighted by racism 2013-03-13T10:11:55Z

If no team shows interest in him, his NBA career could end with this nearly heroic gesture. Jason Collins: Out of the NBA? 2013-04-30T16:32:00Z

Carell shines in the double role, calibrating his voice and body language in ways that distinguish the timid, injured Mark and the fictional, heroic “Hogie.” Steve Carell and Robert Zemeckis on "Welcome to Marwen," process, pretension and pain 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z

Of course, this drama would need to be as nuanced and opaque as history itself – not merely heroic or exhortatory or cheerfully progressivist. Girl Trouble by Carol Dyhouse – review 2013-03-15T18:59:01Z

It’s a ramshackle drama famously shot through with satire as O’Casey undercuts national causes and heroic poses, and director Sean Holmes gives it a newly rebellious underclass look. Abbey Theatre charges through KenCen with ‘The Plough and the Stars’ 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z

"The Dovekeepers" is a stunningly crafted work about a tragic and heroic time. 'The Dovekeepers': Alice Hoffman's novel of the siege of Masada 2011-10-05T23:00:08Z

He lives like a child, and yet he’s a beautiful heroic person who wants justice and fairness, and I very much relate. Stranger Things’ David Harbour on Playing a New Leading Man 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z

It's still a simplistic action-heavy spectacle that isn't shy about showing its heroic protagonist use any means necessary to protect the downtrodden with nowhere else to turn. A Queen becomes "The Equalizer": What it means when Black women take on legacy superhero roles 2021-02-07T05:00:00Z

Paul Watkins was the soloist here, wonderfully contained and stoically insistent in a work that depicts the cello as a heroic, unflinching champion of individuality against the threats and menace of the orchestra. Prom 8: BBCSO/Adès - review 2013-07-18T09:58:27Z

Unlike ER and House, Getting On did not trade on medicine's heroic glamour, or lean on its melodramatic aspect, as Casualty or Holby City do. Getting On: deadpan with bedpans 2010-10-18T20:07:00Z

They are not trying to delve into how someone grows up this way; rather, those excuses are employed to give him a redemptive, almost heroic arc. Despite its awards, Three Billboards is a shallow look at race in rural America 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z

Are today’s élite brospeakers searching for heroic storylines in which to couch primal aggressions? An Epic Takedown 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z

What she lacks, as yet, is heroic grandeur, especially in adagio; and without it, “Swan Lake” misses the tragic dimension. Savoring the Spectrum of American Ballet Theater’s Rich Season 2016-07-04T04:00:00Z

The trust's restorative efforts, headed by Sheldrick's widow, Daphne, are nothing short of heroic. 'Gardeners of Eden' shines light on elephant poaching 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z

It meant that in my head there was something heroic, serious and noble to this music, which made its joyfulness more appealing. My favourite album: Graceland by Paul Simon 2011-08-15T12:35:11Z

When these shows portray true heroics, they can be emotionally profound; both devastating and cathartic. ‘Fear the Walking Dead’ Season 2, Episode 12: Your Child Is Your Child 2016-09-18T04:00:00Z

Tragic backstories and heroic self-sacrifice proliferate, but they can’t quite conceal that the films, individually and collectively, lack both purpose and soul. Why is the Marvel Cinema Universe so drab? 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z

In his view France, because of immigration and other outside influences, has lost touch with its heroic ancient Roman roots, its national “gloire,” its historic culture, at the heart of which is the French language. Abroad: In Age of Globalism, Pardon My French 2010-04-21T22:03:00Z

The two rumpled and graying Brits don’t look or act notably heroic. ‘Thirteen Lives’ Review: Dramatizing the Near Impossible 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z

“They were the perfect backdrop buildings, minimalist pylons signifying nothing in particular—unlike the heroic Empire State Building—but serving always as inscrutable signposts.” When the Twin Towers Quietly Commanded the New York Skyline 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z

My resistance was not heroic; I’ve just learned not to trust what I see. It’s My Job to Watch. With George Floyd’s Death, I Had to Look Away. 2021-05-20T04:00:00Z

The heroic opening heralded a propulsive interpretation, guided by hemiola rhythms but emphasized in mighty sforzando accents and thrillingly veering dynamics. Review: Gustavo Dudamel Wraps Up a Philharmonic Audition 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z

“It’s sad that this gets turned into a political debate as opposed to a conversation about who did the right thing and who was heroic.” ‘13 Hours,’ Benghazi and the slippery definition of ‘political’ 2016-01-17T05:00:00Z

The elusive, fitful first movement, an apotheosis of a heroic funeral march, was at once exactly executed and inexorable. Music Review | San Francisco Symphony Orchestra: Carnegie Hall Concerts Mix Mahler and Kissine 2010-03-29T04:39:00Z

The idea of the heroic architect is definitely unfashionable now, but a lot of these people are also constructs, I’d say. The 25 Most Significant Works of Postwar Architecture 2021-08-02T04:00:00Z

The action star is no stranger to tragedy, after all  — he died in such an impossibly sad yet heroic way in Armageddon. Bruce Willis is suffering from Trumpitis, he tells Jimmy Fallon 2015-10-17T04:00:00Z

Jon Snow is the heroic youth who brings the forces of the north and the south together to fight the incursion of the monstrous White Walkers. Six models of successful team leadership from "Game of Thrones" and "House of the Dragon" 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z

The opening episode of "Hawkeye" meets up with the mostly retired heroic archer operating in the uncharacteristic role of the powerless witness. "Hawkeye" reminds us why Jeremy Renner's archer is the least Avenger 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z

To be a heroic dirtbag, you must change, grow, and start to work for the good of others. The rise of the heroic dirtbag in 2022 2022-12-31T05:00:00Z

People don't always respond in the most heroic ways in times like that. From "Morning Show" to "Hello Tomorrow!" Billy Crudup reveals what his antiheroes are really selling 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z

In the international press, Norgay was painted as a noble servant, a smiling sidekick to the heroic Hillary. On strike at 8,848 metres: Sherpa and the story of an Everest revolution 2015-12-19T05:00:00Z

Egalitarian Virtues Trump Fireworks Steve Cardenas is an earthbound jazz guitarist, more at home with the stir of a rhythm section than the whoosh of solo heroics. Music Review: At Jazz Standard, Steve Cardenas?s Flinty Spine 2010-06-02T21:55:00Z

Yes, Will’s climactic act of heroic vigilantism involves him burning down a Harlem warehouse where the Klan is manufacturing mesmerizing films meant to incite black people to mass violence. HBO's "Watchmen" trolls history and heroic whiteness in the most extraordinary episode yet 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z

In third is another heroic blockbuster, “Avengers: Infinity War.” Box Office: 'Solo: A Star Wars Story' Stumbles With $103 Million... 2018-05-28T04:00:00Z

There are a lot of similar story elements and musical structures, and the main characters tend to be similarly heroic. James Whiteside Thinks ‘The Legend of Zelda’ Would Make a Great Ballet 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z

I find, however, that “Swan Lake” is not “Swan Lake” unless the corps dances with an element of heroic strain — notably in the downward wing beat of the arms. Critic?s Notebook: One Classic Ballet, Many Interpretations 2011-07-05T00:25:11Z

This is a heroic task because we are allowing ourselves to see the similarities between ourselves and our villains. We need a new way to talk about guns: Blame, rage and UCLA 2016-06-04T04:00:00Z

The fan only wants the rock star to be heroic. Review: Foo Fighters Bring a Little of Everything to the Stage, Including a Broken Leg 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z

The theatrical ensemble, heroic but disheveled, suggests the contained ruins of a civilization, natural and cultural, on display for our amusement. Adrián Villar Rojas at the Geffen Contemporary: The art museum, frozen in time 2017-11-04T04:00:00Z

The emphasis on Turner’s singular, heroic stature is understandable — this is, as I’ve suggested, a movie that traffics in familiar arcs and beats — but it also thins out the story and warps its political implications. Review: In Nate Parker’s ‘The Birth of a Nation,’ Must-See and Won’t-See Collide 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z

The closer I came to knowing him, the more I saw his heroic qualities. My hero: Noam Chomsky by Charles Glass 2013-03-15T16:00:01Z

Ferrante leaves many threads dangling; we’re left to wonder at the initial forecast and the novel’s enigmatic, oddly heroic conclusion: What is this progress that seems to contain the seeds of regression? Elena Ferrante’s New Novel Is a Suspenseful Story About the Sins of Parents 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z

From the action-packed openings, the wonderful noise and colour, the gentle humour and the superhuman heroics, Mr Anderson gave me the brightest bits of my childhood. Thunderbirds guru Anderson dies 2012-12-27T09:57:48Z

Though Griffin's vocal arabesques in Duke Ellington's "Come Sunday" pointed to an obviously polished singer, her fluttering fingers, quivering vibrato and heroic stage poses proved a tad narcissistic for sacred music. A flawed celebration of Mahalia Jackson's centennial 2011-05-21T14:55:00Z

And there were pleasing oddities that suggested a venturesome actor not content to do as his agents told him, like Richard Kelly’s extraordinary heroic failure of an epic, Southland Tales. Dwayne Johnson: fast, furious and fun 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z

In Mr Preston’s account, he ordered his private squad of Moscow-trained assassins to liquidate heroic resistance fighters and underground party organisers, whom he saw as a threat to his own ever-more-powerful position in the party. Betrayal and atonement 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z

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

It seems they have all hidden certain facts about their heroic deed. Nazi thriller "The Debt" set in wrong period 2010-09-07T01:47:00Z

The accomplished British conductor Mark Wigglesworth, in his first performance of “Parsifal,” drew warm, plush and sensitive playing from the orchestra; the heroic Australian tenor Stuart Skelton was compelling in the title role. Music Review: A Wagnerian Quest in Proper English 2011-02-17T22:57:54Z

This is a complete fabrication which smears the good name of a heroic man. The best Titanic film isn't "Titanic" 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z

She also is chaste and virginal, the ideal victim in need of heroic intervention. To be a woman in “Westworld”: HBO’s brutality fetish still going strong in presumptive “Game of Thrones” successor 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z

It implies that he failed and that somebody else that defeated cancer is heroic and courageous.” Norm Macdonald Rises Again on Comedy Central ?Sports Show? 2011-04-05T15:46:02Z

“The choice was so heroic and unoriginal that it left them forever after with a feeling of gaping vacuity,” he writes. In Robert Lowell’s ‘Memoirs,’ Mental Illness, Creative Friends and a Takedown of Dad 2022-07-25T04:00:00Z

Her personality, though, is at times too quiet, too self-effacing: The heroic falls, the sparkling solos are subdued. Dance Review: City Ballet Presents an All-Balanchine Evening 2014-05-07T20:57:05Z

I've enjoyed lots of books where the character is heroic, but with the title alone I wanted to tell kids that Greg is not the most outstanding or admirable character. Jeff Kinney: 'People ask me, is Greg really you?' 2012-12-01T00:05:34Z

It’s not about legalization, regulation, or getting high; it’s about children dying of cancer and the heroic docs and scientists putting their time into this. Ricki Lake on “Weed the People”: “It’s not about getting high, it’s about children dyin... 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z

Hearing the competitors talk about their product-hawking efforts in heroic terms is either infuriating or laughable, depending on your frame of mind. Television Review: ?The Pitch,? A New Reality Show on AMC 2012-04-06T23:32:51Z

Castle Drogo is the dream of the Englishman's home as his castle realised on a heroic scale in adventurous design. In praise of ? Castle Drogo 2011-02-17T00:01:05Z

He had a bit of trouble sustaining some soft, low-lying passages, but his voice expanded and strengthened as it climbed the scale, taking on a ringing, heroic quality at the top. Singers vs. director in La Scala 'Walkuere' 2010-12-12T11:01:00Z

However, it was the dogged efforts by heroic journalist Catalin Tolontan, from "Sports Gazette" that exposed the reality of what was happening. "Collective" is an urgent exposé of killer corruption & how journalism and the people fought back 2020-11-20T05:00:00Z

The heroes are especially heroic; the villains are hugely evil. The power and the glory of Dusty Rhodes: The “American Dream” who transcended pro wrestling’s racial divide 2015-06-14T04:00:00Z

Thomas Carlyle, not always uncritical, commented in 1863 that he was "better than any Macready in the world; a whole tragic, comic, heroic theatre visible performing under one hat". Charles Dickens the dramatist: why it should've been an actor's life for Boz 2012-02-08T16:53:08Z

The homestead was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973 after a heroic local effort to revive the author’s memory. In southwestern Wisconsin, the bucolic Driftless Area is an overlooked gem 2021-06-10T04:00:00Z

But now the story takes an heroic turn. John le Carré’s ‘A Legacy of Spies’: An Excerpt 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z

Easy to recall and built around an uplifting message of heroic toil and reward, it’s an inspiring whistle-while-you-work ditty. "The Witcher" and "The Mandalorian," heroes of the gig economy 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z

So Three is a heroic myth about people who never got a heroic myth about them, like a Billy Bragg agit-prop song. Young Avengers: Marvel at Kieron Gillen's new creations 2013-01-18T13:00:00Z

But if the foppish singer is being set up for Hollywood heroics, Nolan has a funny way of showing it. Five things we learned from the first trailer for Christopher Nolan's Dunkirk 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z

Not of an ideal or a heroic event, obviously, but not exactly of the inexorable march of economics, either. The Shard: A symbol of towering ambition 2011-01-30T00:05:57Z

For all the male introspection, though, our movies still love heroic and villainous men, spirited and supportive ladies — the majority white — along with simple moralizing and tidy, exultant endings. Men Are in Trouble and Hollywood Wants to Help 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z

We imagined ourself a heroic, exceptional nation returning, after interruption, to our natural innocence. Let the end of Cosby be the true end of ’80s moralism: Are we done looking for “strict father” figures yet? 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z

As members of an elite group of African-American fighter and bomber pilots known as the Tuskegee Airmen, they successfully flew a number of heroic missions while experiencing discrimination both within and outside the military. Review: In ‘Fly,’ Tuskegee Airmen Are Deployed to Defend Freedoms They Don’t Fully Share 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z

One dies for a greater cause, another as a heroic rebuttal to shame, and a third to end the nightmare of her horror and grief. To be or not to be: Playwrights on the complex issue of suicide 2014-08-18T04:00:00Z

In many ways, the piece is full of characters who have become cliches: the officer suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder; the quietly heroic school teacher who is the best of Englishmen. Journey's End ? review 2011-03-16T19:15:00Z

“Selma” is a rare mainstream film that tells the story of the struggle for black civil rights without inserting some kind of white, heroic savior. “Selma’s” snub, Amazon’s “Point of Honor” and Hollywood’s white savior problem 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z

Jumps were another feature of Ms. Sinha’s solo; and these — bent-legged but heroic — made a particular impression in this open-air space. Erasing Borders Festival Focuses on Indian Dance 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z

The museum galleries circle the statue’s base, displaying gruesome and heroic relics — gloves and soap made from concentration camp victims, captured weapons and banners — and detailing the epic toll the war took on Ukraine. 36 Hours in Kiev, Ukraine 2012-06-21T19:38:44Z

You essentially just heat up some sugar, add a heroic amount of rum and let the whole works bubble up over your fruit in the oven for half an hour. Drenched in caramel and a heroic pour of rum, this pineapple dessert is an express ride to paradise 2021-04-27T04:00:00Z

Fantastic characters, including giant babies, blue angels and heroic rats, come to life in a series of vignettes. 7 Dance Performances to See in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z

And so George Sanders’s heroic presence was even more important. Why I'd like to be … George Sanders 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z

The chaos of the addict’s life frequently descends into near-farce, something the addict chooses to wear as a badge of heroic pride – and Patrick Melrose has that comedy. Patrick Melrose captures heroin addiction perfectly – my memories flooded back | John Crace 2018-05-22T04:00:00Z

Daisy Ridley, who portrays the heroic Rey, seemed to will her opportunity into existence. Will ‘Star Wars’ Stick the Landing? J.J. Abrams Will Try 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z

A cultural injection of Black Panther heroics helps continue to erode the crumbling tropes that science is only for white men or reserved for people with a special “science gene.” "Black Panther" and its science role models inspire more than just movie awards 2019-02-24T05:00:00Z

But all high-concept heroics aside, leaving Hespèrion XXI players so often silent for the closing hour of their own concert creates some problems with momentum. Review: The White Light Festival Opens With a Journey to the East 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z

Yet I chose to face her, a heroic human figure forever holding up that torch. Statue of Liberty, Viewed From Afar With Affection 2012-07-03T17:57:32Z

When that transfer of weight happens with legs parted more than 90 degrees, the thighs have a casually heroic quality. Dance Review: Three Twists on Classical Style, in Movement and in Character 2011-05-18T22:15:22Z

Something freer, more romantic, more heroic, less determined by the corporate program. Review: ‘Blade Runner 2049’ Tries to Honor the Original and to Slip Free of It 2017-10-02T04:00:00Z

Sometimes, as with The Rider, the most heroic thing of all is not getting back on the horse. Pull no punches: how sports movies swapped triumph for truth 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z

With the word “heroic” once more in widest possible use, it’s important to remember that desperate times don’t always bring out the best in everybody. Review | PBS’s ‘World on Fire’ offers something besides the usual heroics of a World War II story 2020-04-02T04:00:00Z

Pigeons performed heroic tasks as the carriers of important messages during the world wars. Pigeons make music with whistles 2013-06-26T05:22:59Z

By turns inviting and opaque, Ms. Adams turns softness and quiet into heroic qualities, keeping her voice low, modulated, and using stillness to draw you near. Review: Aliens Drop Anchor in ‘Arrival,’ but What Are Their Intentions? 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z

“I wanted very badly to be heroic,” Brittain wrote, “or at any rate to seem heroic to myself.” ArtsBeat: A Great War Reading List at PEN World Voices Festival 2014-05-02T18:57:31Z

A fiery orator in life, he is presented here as wily but conflicted, with heroic qualities to offset his flaws. Music Review: ‘Mrs. President’ Opera Has Preview at Symphony Space 2012-07-10T22:20:10Z

The friendship story line acts mostly to tie together enthusiastically shot battlefield set pieces, innumerable episodes of intra-army abuse, and generally demonstrations of heroic endurance amid wretchedness. Movie Review: ?My Way? From the Korean Director Kang Je-kyu 2012-04-20T00:35:48Z

Or maybe it was a heartbreaker about someone “suffering” from a disability — either heroic for overcoming odds, or pitiful for succumbing. Spare me, “Me Before You”: Hollywood’s new tearjerker is built on tired and damaging disability stereotypes 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z

Naïve but ardent in Act I, vulnerable and anguished in Act II, she became glamorous, heroic and, again, anguished in Act III. Review: In ‘Onegin,’ Two Star Ballerinas on Contrasting Arcs 2017-06-25T04:00:00Z

But we are left with gratitude for Stanley and his career, and for his persistent — and what must have been, in his mid-nineities, heroic — fealty to the twin muses of movies and movie criticism. Stanley Kauffmann: The Old Master of Movie Criticism 2013-10-09T23:03:45Z

For me it’s not heroic — it feels like the obvious thing that a young artist without much to lose should be doing for their community. ‘It’s More Money Than I Imagined.’ So He’s Giving Some of It Away. 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z

Gravitas is an accumulated heroic presence that can act as both armour and arsenal. Non-stop action: why Hollywood’s ageing heroes won’t give up 2015-08-18T04:00:00Z

In chronicling ACT UP’s heroic and imaginative battle for the lives of people with AIDS, France offers a primer on the resistance tactics used in the last successful radical political movement in this country. The Books We’re Turning to Now 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z

The Memorial Day concert, broadcast by PBS, features songs from pop and country performers, patriotic music from military bands and stories of heroic acts by U.S. troops. Concert on National Mall shut down by thunder 2012-05-28T01:59:08Z

His paintings are, fittingly, usually seen as part of that heroic art movement, even though they replace its existential undercurrents with a stylistic capriciousness that sifts through European modernism with abandon. Hans Hofmann’s Murals Add a Blast of Color to a Muted Legacy 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z

He then dipped into his hotel adventures over the years with a balance that probably leaned more toward mock heroics and hallucinogenic fantasy than actual experience. Charlie Sheen hits New York - but what IS the show? 2011-04-10T00:08:52Z

But now the focus has shifted to Victoria, an abandoned kitty who sets off on a heroic journey amid swishing tails, bumping heads and hisses. ‘Cats’ Review: They Dance, They Sing, They Lick Their Digital Fur 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z

My movie is about me as a human being, selfish or heroic. The Carpetbagger: Hany Abu-Assad on ‘Omar’ and Strange Coincidences 2013-12-11T16:35:21Z

For a brilliant plot template, I looked at Euripides' Iphigenia in Aulis, which is the same story – a young girl commits to an heroic act, against the wishes of her parents. Paperback Q&A: Jane Rogers on The Testament of Jessie Lamb 2012-08-21T14:38:26Z

His résumé, however, is short on the sort of uncomplicated, heroic leading men usually required by Hollywood blockbusters. Clive Owen, Suave and Roguish, on Making His Broadway Debut in ‘Old Times’ 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z

The performers are heroic, particularly in the face of unintentional laughter, but there are several rabbits-caught-in-the-headlights moments. Swing 2010-05-31T21:15:00Z

The décor is Rauschenberg’s most stunning theatrical creation; against it, the dancers look all the more heroic. Sets Featuring Fonteyn, the Cunningham Company and Others 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z

The story of the late ’60s, early ’70s renaissance in American movies is conventionally told as a tale of heroic, rebellious white men. Poitier and Bogdanovich: The Defiant Ones 2022-01-11T05:00:00Z

“Prior, you’d see paintings of heroic figures, painted long after the battle.” Art made on the front lines of the First World War 2017-02-03T05:00:00Z

At work, I’ve spaced out for 20 minutes at a time during meetings, daydreaming about committing violence, always righteously, in overly dramatic, obnoxiously heroic ways, with a very troubling overtone of white saviorism. My liberal white male rage: What should I do about it? 2017-08-26T04:00:00Z

Or because the Wrights’ asceticism and single-mindedness sound so uncomplicatedly heroic. Review: ‘The Wright Brothers’ by David McCullough 2015-05-03T04:00:00Z

In John Dutton III, Taylor Sheridan has a part requiring someone heroic to such a degree as to allow him to get away with distasteful acts. With "1923," the "Yellowstone" universe grimly enlists Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren 2022-12-18T05:00:00Z

In many instances, these companies emphasized their own specific approaches to transportation in their posters — building their pitches around heroic close-ups of hulls, wings, propellers. Swann Galleries Auctions Vintage Travel Posters 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z

And while Mr. Ross’s story makes Newton unambiguously heroic, this is not yet another film about a white savior sacrificing himself on behalf of the darker-skinned oppressed. Review: Matthew McConaughey Rebels Against Rebels in ‘Free State of Jones’ 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z

It’s a parody of “24” and every other show and movie in which macho men do heroic deeds to preserve the American way. Low-Budget Highlights After Midnight: ‘Decker’ and ‘Brule’ 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z

“The idea of taking this one young man’s very heroic journey and really tell all aspects from policing to bail to jail and still keep ahold of his story.” Kalief Browder: Spike TV series examines a 'broken' criminal justice system 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z

With this, I do feel there’s a pure voice, and it’s a beautiful story of hope and redemption and people living simply doing heroic things. Stranger Things’ David Harbour on Playing a New Leading Man 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z

But it doesn't believe itself heroic for any of those things. Melissa McCarthy, as you haven't seen her: Why her "Can You Ever Forgive Me?" Oscar nod is a thrill 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z

The commoners stretch their arms forth in commitment, like the heroic Horatii. The Dangerous Beauty of Jacques-Louis David 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z

“If people know anything about Douglass, they know the young Douglass, the heroic former slave who escapes and makes himself into a spectacular orator,” Dr. Blight said. Frederick Douglass, Seen Up Close 2020-07-03T04:00:00Z

The men are heroic figures intent on their task — bolting a horizontal beam to a column. My Grandfather Was a Famous Artist. He Also Made Greeting Cards. 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z

Its album covers and music videos feature some striking examples of communist architecture, including heroic monuments and huge concrete housing blocks. This Band Is Fun on TikTok. In Belarus, It’s Serious. 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z

One man’s heroic deed is another man’s debacle. Here’s What You Probably Missed in 'Batman v Superman' 2016-03-27T04:00:00Z

When Karen firebombs a compressor station that services the pipeline, the act seems less heroic than desperate. A Contemporary Feminist Spin on the Traditional Pioneer Novel 2019-07-08T04:00:00Z

Phelim O'Neill 2010's celebrations of the 70th anniversary of the Battle Of Britain were not the first – or, doubtless, the last – to acclaim the memories of the heroic young men of Fighter Command. Tv highlights 28/06/2012 2012-06-27T19:00:01Z

I may have done the most heroic thing of all. My year on Match.com 2013-03-31T11:00:00Z

Always heroic talkers, Celine and Jesse now expend their formidable articulacy on bickering and in arguments that are as lengthy and complex as the serenades they sang to one another in times past. Before Midnight: 'what grown-up romantics have instead of lightsabers' 2013-06-17T05:00:00Z

Advertisement Advertisement On Dec. 20 through 24, the heroic baritone Norm Lewis will appear at the club in its 9:30 p.m. slot. Pop & Rock Listings for Dec. 11-17 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z

As its title suggests, this new documentary series spotlights a variety of jobs done by canines, from heroic rescue missions — like locating survivors in the aftermath of a deadly mudslide — to mental health support. What’s on TV This Week: ‘The People vs. Agent Orange’ and Macy’s Fireworks 2021-06-28T04:00:00Z

There are also stretches of true poignancy and heroic singing, elements that Mr. Levine drew out from the enthused orchestra and the game young singers. Opera Review: Evening of Comic Opera From the Met and Juilliard 2014-02-12T22:23:45Z

Whitaker shares tidbits about the heroics of his French grandfather during World War Two, his father's alcoholism and womanizing, and his year spent at a middle school in France. Newsman Mark Whitaker details complex family in memoir 2011-10-18T17:47:33Z

Adventures with a squirrel, a hummingbird, a spider, a raccoon and the aforementioned bat take her on a heroic and spiritual journey. Imagination Stage’s ‘Night Fairy’ enchants at times, but it could use a bit more magic

“It’s a combination of the sentimental — of the personal stories — and the collective narrative of this heroic group of men.” ?Making American Taste? at the New-York Historical Society 2011-10-16T20:57:17Z

Emily is the heroine of "Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands," but she is not heroic. 'Close Your Eyes' looks at normal moments amid nuclear horrors 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z

Scout is not an impressionable child in Maycomb, Ala., looking up to her heroic father, but a young woman from Maycomb living in New York. The Invisible Hand Behind Harper Lee’s ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ 2015-07-12T04:00:00Z

It depicts heroics, teen angst and struggles for assimilation. Marvel Comics May Have Slumping Sales, but Don’t Blame Its Diverse Heroes 2017-04-07T04:00:00Z

The way it was portrayed in the press was far more heroic than the truth. ‘Moulin Rouge!’ Has a New Satine. She’s Amazed She’s Back on Broadway. 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z

Ratmansky's version stays true to Vainonen with some glorious Soviet set pieces, heroic workers wielding tricolours against a blood red sky. Bolshoi Ballet: The Flames of Paris | Dance review 2010-04-01T21:30:00Z

The dancers of “The Golden Section” are heroic but not unreal. Celebrating Two Birthdays: City Center and the Ailey Company 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z

The tone seemed to be the opposite — generally, the show keeps presenting her in determined, heroic terms. 'The Good Wife' Recap: Never Mind Law, It's Politics! 2015-01-11T05:00:00Z

The man he portrays, a business instructor with a complicated home life and a difficult relationship with his ultrapowerful father, is a study in male midlife confusion, neither heroic nor entirely ridiculous. Critic’s Notebook: Film Comment Selects Festival Offers 22 Intriguing Picks 2014-02-13T22:30:25Z

When the grandmother leaves for a funeral, Boy witnesses Dad's gradual destruction of Boy's heroic vision of him. 'Boy': a charming moonwalk through young New Zealander's life 2012-03-22T20:03:05Z

In the second volume of Rupert's autobiography there's the same heroic cheerfulness in the face of disaster. David Hare: 'Working in theatre, you're less at the whim of stupid people' 2013-01-20T00:06:22Z

Despite the array of imagery portraying North Korean workers as muscular, heroic figures, Bonner said it us unlikely that the exhibition’s propaganda component would win the regime any new supporters. Design and dictatorship: exhibition celebrates North Korean graphics 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z

Their true heroic or selfish characters are revealed during the ensuing violence, and therefore it's either a tragedy or a schadenfreude-tinged celebration when one by one, each falls to the zombies. Despair all ye who board the joyless "Train to Busan" sequel, where even the zombies feel generic 2020-08-21T04:00:00Z

And there were actually heroic women living in East Asia during the Middle Ages. Reveling in the darkness: “True Detective,” “Game of Thrones” and the missing critique in TV’s cult of gritty realism 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z

But not every heroic president proves popular with viewers. TV Presidents: Heroes, Schemers and Buffoons 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z

It is with heroic persistence and a bit of luck that they succeed in collecting enough data for a conservation plan. Through the Russian Wilderness in Search of the World’s Largest Owl 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z

This was the high moment of Abstract Expressionism, with its image of the heroic artist battling his way alone toward some existential sublime. Art Review: When Art Dallied With Poetry on 53rd Street 2011-01-20T22:51:36Z

Cause of Death: Terminal heroics by way of dashing into an overwhelming fray. On "Game of Thrones," all men must die. Who will fall at Winterfell? 2019-04-27T04:00:00Z

The real problem is that capitalism has become associated with high finance, rather than the heroic entrepreneurship of Thomas Edison, whose inventions still surround us. What’s the alternative? 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z

Amy's Choice of course is between her two men, the feckless fiancé and the heroic adventurer. Doctor Who: Amy's Choice ? series 31, episode seven 2010-05-15T18:10:00Z

Smith says all the right things — even denying his own heroism makes him seem all the more heroic. Redemption is short-lived in Neil LaBute's 'Break of Noon' 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z

I made a heroic effort, don’t get me wrong. 10 best TV shows of 2018: The continuing crippling horror of the year-end TV list 2018-12-23T05:00:00Z

This sight of her snaps Blaine out of his malaise and forces him to do something truly heroic. Please release me: Why getting dumped is a film hero's best hope 2010-09-30T21:30:00Z

This idea holds that war is transcendent, heroic, an endeavor too mysterious and profound to question. Review: ‘My Life as a Foreign Country’ by Brian Turner

It made a heroic start to the evening. Dance Review: American Ballet Theater’s Studio Company Displays Growth 2014-02-09T22:39:56Z

Despite her natural simplicity and modest stage demeanor, there’s something heroic in Oppens’s musical persona. Ursula Oppens shows why she’s a champion of American piano music 2016-02-05T05:00:00Z

But heroic fatalism and unwilling villainy remain enduring cinematic tropes, including in gangster movies, even if it means holding convention over complexity. Review: In ‘Baby Driver,’ It’s Kiss Kiss, Zoom Zoom 2017-06-27T04:00:00Z

The New York Times‘ long-time film critic, meanwhile, dismissed the movie as “heroic humbug.” Spartacus: Behind the Scenes Photos From a Stanley Kubrick Classic 2012-03-07T16:15:17Z

The series ends with the heroic veteran superintendent Jack Meadows telling a press conference, "Unless there are any questions, I think that's about it." Jim Shelley's Screen burn: The Bill 2010-08-27T23:05:00Z

Only time will tell, but Jones says he’s “glad that Frank got a heroic death – a death that’s about something, not just a casualty with no real impact on the war.” 'Sleepy Hollow' recap: Casualties of war 2014-12-02T05:00:00Z

The tone of subtle wit and steely stoicism enhance the poignancy of Wiesenthal’s experiences, achievements and immense, heroic ambition. 'Wiesenthal' documents one man's human frailty, tireless dedication 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z

Closer examination, however, reveals deeper significance — namely, the characters’ heroic efforts to incorporate something of passion and significance into their mind-numbing routines. The 99-Seat Beat: 'ICE," 'Noises Off,' 'Bad Jews' and more 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z

And children can renew their acquaintance with the heroic small blue folk of the title. Spare Times for Children for Aug. 15-21 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z

Though it’s a crime show, “Peaky Blinders” was inspired by American westerns, specifically the way they turned what was fundamentally “19th-century agricultural labor” into a heroic genre full of chivalry and myth. ‘Peaky Blinders’: The Disparate Ingredients of a Cult Hit 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z

It's fun stuff once it gets going, except the action continually grinds to a halt to honour each heroic death with lingering close-ups and swelling strings. Film review: Bodyguards and Assassins 2010-05-13T22:00:00Z

And here comes this heroic young person who’s inspired by the movie that was inspired by people like him.” How a 14-Year-Old Came to Animate a Scene in ‘Across the Spider-Verse’ 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z

Through this new Doctor, we’re invited to interrogate how our definition of heroics and adventure shifts when a being the audience accepts as the smartest being in any situation happens to inhabit a female body. The regeneration of "Doctor Who": Jodie Whittaker's Time Lord proved the naysayers wrong 2018-12-16T05:00:00Z

In the Catholic Church, however, a “saint” has a more specific meaning: someone who has led a life of “heroic virtue.” Who becomes a saint in the Catholic Church, and is that changing? 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z

It featured three great goals, breathless suspense, heart-stopping action and a heroic effort from the underdog Americans. Learning 'Lear': Torn Between Soccer and Shakespeare 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z

Impending fatherhood enables Joe to style a new dream and a better identity for himself – the heroic, protective father to an innocent little girl. The latest "You" makes a killing in the 'burbs, fulfilling the dark fantasies we'd rather ignore 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z

For many Americans, Normandy begins and ends with the D-Day museums and memorials that commemorate the heroic Allied landing of June 6, 1944. Savoring Normandy’s hospitality 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z

Is he a heroic patriot or a sociopath? Review: ‘Ashby’ Pairs a Retired C.I.A. Killer With a High School Nerd 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z

The documentary's central characters, the wardens of Africa's oldest national park, are heroic beyond measure. 'Virunga' captures drama of African rangers guarding gorillas 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z

Here ballet classicism connects the Indian art of the bayadères to the heroic journeys of Orpheus, Aeneas and Dante. Dance Review: American Ballet Theater?s ?La Bayad?re,? at Lincoln Center 2010-05-19T22:05:00Z

It is telling, for example, that no female equivalent exists of the heroic tale of the working-class boy made good. The class pay gap: why it pays to be privileged 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z

"Tom was able to paint an unbelievably realistic and honest portrait of normal people - showing their heroic sides and failures," Berninger said. The National 'Win Win' with song for Giamatti film 2011-03-24T16:17:13Z

Even better, they do so without slotting the weaving women into the same old heroic mode. Transformed by Mexico, Six Women Broke Barriers Between Art and Design 2019-12-22T05:00:00Z

If there’s been a thematic through line in the past several years of pop music, it’s been messages of self-reliance and liberation, songs that place us at the center of our own heroic arcs. Headphones Everywhere 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z

What the world saw in Elizabeth: a valiant, determined, heroic everywoman. 2010-01-11T00:39:00Z

Before anyone quite knew what was happening, a novelty turned into a major and protean art form, complete with a pantheon of heroic creators. Critic?s Notebook: ?The Story of Film: An Odyssey,? by Mark Cousins, at MoMA 2012-01-31T23:43:58Z

Now streaming on HBO Max and playing in theaters, DC's "The Suicide Squad" may have opened to dismal box office numbers, but is drawing praise from critics who point out its unconventional heroics. The Suicide Squad's grim portrait of real-life, US-Nazi collaboration 2021-08-10T04:00:00Z

So even when he and Abra join forces to thwart the creeps from True Knot, it’s in a rational, even heroic way. Books of The Times: ‘Doctor Sleep’ Is Stephen King’s Sequel to ‘The Shining’ 2013-09-15T21:53:08Z

This isn’t a judgment on the skills of the two actors but, rather, what they reflect in the Star Wars universe and its creative conception: there, women, however heroic, are simple, and men are complex. The Robotic Familiarity of “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z

So he repeatedly stamps this biography with the idea of Lawrence as a classically heroic figure. Books Of the Times: Lawrence: Fresh Look at Warrior of Desert 2010-11-21T22:37:00Z

With his resolute jaw, gleaming smile and heroic tenor, Mr. d’Arcy James wasn’t meant to play a sad sack like Nick. Review: ‘Something Rotten!,’ an Over-the-Top Take on Shakespeare 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z

“And yet there is something very heroic about these two guys who are completely dead, just breathing a little bit of life into each other.” Watch Paul Rudd in a Clip From 'The Fundamentals of Caring' 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z

Wiley is known to draw wryly on the imagery and symbolism of long-dead European portraitists, but with African American figures in heroic array. Inspired by the Obama portrait’s ‘living wall’? Not so fast. 2018-03-05T05:00:00Z

At the end, Prometheus appears to be rescued not by the heroic Hercules but by humanity itself, in the form of a dancer. Prometheus Awakes – review 2012-06-26T17:30:01Z

Though they may find yet more musical play and heroic allure in later performances, they served the choreography handsomely. Ballet Theater Presents a New Version of ‘Raymonda’ 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z

Mr. Coltrane, who played much of the set on sopranino saxophone, provided the trio’s most heroic voice, its main source of impassioned exposition. Review: Spontaneous Invention From the Jack DeJohnette Trio 2015-10-11T04:00:00Z

The Young Indiana Jones series notwithstanding, the thought of someone else overseeing the adventures of the heroic archeologist just seems … wrong. Cracking the whip: who should direct Indiana Jones 5 now that Spielberg is out? 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z

And after he tries and fails to rescue one of his soldiers, he questions the reason for his heroics. 'Matterhorn': an epic journey through the fog and filth of war 2010-04-02T23:05:00Z

He doesn’t ramble on about battlefield heroics; she doesn’t start in with monologues about electricity and indoor plumbing. Perspective | Sure, ‘Outlander’ is TV’s sexiest show, but it’s also a great lesson in how to listen 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z

In the canon of dramatic siblinghood, Antigone may be the most heroic sister. At Under the Radar, Family Histories Bubble Up With No Easy Answers 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z

Beethoven’s opera celebrates liberty, standing up to injustice and heroic marital devotion. Review: Spruce and Taut, the Met Opera’s ‘Fidelio’ Looks Good at 17 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z

Richard Bennett’s beautiful tempera paintings from the 1940s — “Clearing Land,” “Loggers,” “Splitting Shakes” — are, by contrast, quietly heroic. Edmonds museum exhibit shows how artists responded to hard times 2017-01-24T05:00:00Z

It’s a chance for him to do some small thing outside the sad orbit of his daily life, something decent and possibly heroic. Review: ‘Don’t Forget the Driver’ Is a Comedy for Our Moment 2020-09-14T04:00:00Z

The movie instead immerses itself in the catastrophic event and the heroic efforts of firefighters to contain it. ‘Fire Will Come’ Review: An Arsonist Returns Home to the Forest 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z

But, his singing here had heroic fervor and elegance. Review: Cecilia Bartoli Has Dramatic Depth as ‘Norma’ at Salzburg Festival 2015-08-02T04:00:00Z

While the character is awkward, she is made admirable, even heroic, by her essential happiness. Queen of uncool 2010-12-02T08:00:00Z

He’s a hero and over here we like heroic tales.” How adventurer Bear Grylls took American TV, and Barack Obama, by storm 2015-09-05T04:00:00Z

Other, more elegant pictures — of pianos and other musical instruments flying in formation while framed against the heroic architecture of St. Petersburg — are closer to Magritte’s surrealism. 2010-01-20T05:20:00Z

The film, directed by Zack Snyder of "300" fame, was based on a children's book series revolving around a heroic young owl, and viewed as the first release in a movie franchise. "Wall Street" sequel in mild rally at box office 2010-09-27T02:30:00Z

I did not think they would oddly apply this sort of super-fandom to him and try to justify every single thing he’s done as being intrinsically heroic. Ryan Condal Was Surprised People Liked ‘House of the Dragon’ So Quickly 2022-10-23T04:00:00Z

Mr. Ray goes deep inside that world for his micro-budget films, devoting heroic amounts of his cheapest resource — his own time — to his subjects. | ?Total Badass? and ?Hell on Wheels': Sport and Grim Reality 2010-11-19T06:13:00Z

Growing up, he later said, he encountered few comic-book characters who looked like him; he encountered fewer still who were simultaneously black, heroic and even remotely authentic. Dwayne McDuffie, Comic-Book Writer, Dies at 49 2011-02-24T06:45:04Z

But his life wasn’t all heroics and gloss. The powerful silence of mime artist Marcel Marceau 2017-08-07T04:00:00Z

What are heroic knights supposed to do once they’ve finished saving the kingdom and it’s time to break up the band? Y.A. Thrillers That Put Teenagers to the Test 2019-02-22T05:00:00Z

As heroic as these deeds are, Bowden does not neglect the uglier aspects of war, including racism, substance abuse and atrocities committed by both sides. The Beginning of the End in Vietnam: An Account of the Battle of Hue, by the Author of ‘Black Hawk Down’ 2017-07-04T04:00:00Z

Was he a heroic figure, a tragic figure, a victim, a culprit? Director Morgan Neville on “They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead” and the last years of Orson We... 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z

My book, "Brothers: The Hidden History of the Kennedy Years," focuses on the brothers' heroic struggle with the national security state to ease America away from the nuclear brink and end the Cold War. The coverup continues: The Kennedys in Hollywood 2011-04-01T14:01:00Z

Broadsheet banners from the local newspaper archives tell the tales of tragic shipwrecks and fires, while grainy video footage on the wall highlights the sporting heroics of cricketers. 36 Hours in Hobart (and Environs) 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z

The absence of battlefield heroics fortifies the movie’s staunchly antiwar perspective. Review: ‘Testament of Youth’ Recalls the Great War With Little Nostalgia 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z

For me there is little difference between the blazing sun, the nighttime jazz, the human flaws, the bound novels or the oral tales of this heroic land. Patter and Patois 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z

The reason is that while “Spotlight” shows reporters at their best — tackling a huge, important story while taking on Boston’s biggest sacred cow — the journalism that “Truth” views as heroic is anything but. When Journalism Catches Hollywood’s Eye 2015-12-31T05:00:00Z

She called the band’s mix of guitar heroics, processed screams and other experimentation “pure genius.” 26 Years After Its Singer’s Sudden Death, Brainiac (Briefly) Returns 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z

Johns rewrote "born without fear"into something more heroic: the "ability to overcome great fear." Comics: Let's shed a little light on Green Lantern's backstory 2011-06-16T19:19:04Z

If you imagined the sentence as itself an act, and even a heroic one, then the loss of action was a loss of self, as Mailer would put it. The Strange Prophecies in Norman Mailer’s “The Armies of the Night” 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z

I tell this story to honor the man, to demonstrate his heroic openness to the equality of the reader-writer relationship. In Fiction, Martin Amis Summons His Literary Friends and Role Models 2020-10-26T04:00:00Z

And while beauty is her most obvious attribute, she has a sharp mind, an impertinent tongue and, crucially, the unsettled, inchoate yearning that draws the eye, stokes the imagination and has long fueled heroic quests. ‘Anaïs in Love’ Review: Portrait of a Woman on the Run 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z

Its uses ran from the banal and domestic to the heroic and political. Freedom fighter 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z

The sheer range of musical expression is astonishing: pastoral reveries, woodland scenes, romantic arias, heroic dramas, historical legends and visions of spiritual strife. Recordings in review: the Transcendental Études, twice. ​ 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z

These heroic, she-roic figures, their stories are more resonant today than ever. Gender Outlaws, Floating Freely Outside Binary Boxes 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z

The extraordinary black person is a character much of America is comfortable confronting — from the superhero to the heroic slave, black girl magic to the trope of the Magical Negro. Everyday Excellence 2018-02-03T05:00:00Z

He’s both pathetic and heroic in his vacillation, rather like a certain prince of Denmark. ‘King Charles III’ and ‘The Ruling Class’ in London 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z

Is it possible for characters who do not fit the traditional heroic template to flourish today? Time's up for James Bond: is 007 too toxic for the #MeToo era? 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z

This heroic sentence is followed by more meditations on war and literature and another pair of references to Joyce, followed by another passage on Hemingway’s own literary ambitions. Hemingway as the Godfather of Long-form 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z

Most important, unlike most previous Futurist exhibitions, this one is not limited to the movement’s “heroic phase,” which often concludes at the onset of World War I, well before the rise of Fascism. Art Review: ‘Italian Futurism, 1909-1944,’ at the Guggenheim 2014-02-20T23:31:22Z

But pretty swiftly, it became clear — courtesy of both gems and dross — that criminality, heroic and otherwise, would preoccupy most of these movies, many of them made by Black men. 8 Ways a Modern Civil Rights Movement Moved the Culture 2021-05-20T04:00:00Z

"Mr. Castorf's deeper fault, it seems, was cynically to undercut the musical drama during some of the most romantic, poignant and heroic scenes," New York Times music critic Anthony Tommasini wrote. Wagner set designer Denic courted reaction and got a revolt 2013-08-02T18:02:11Z

In any language, this was heroic, and I salute her for that: I'm sorry she's gone. Ari Up: a punk with the courage to confront 2010-10-21T12:39:00Z

It was part of the story that showed chief investigator Alvin A. Dewey as a heroic lawmaker, tormented by the murder of the Clutter family and determined to bring their killers to justice. Judge frees original 'In Cold Blood' files for publication 2014-12-02T05:00:00Z

At the lower end is a thunderous growl, at once heroic and ominous, that transforms his signature song, “The Impossible Dream,” from sentimental kitsch to an anthem of demonic obsession. Music Review: Brian Stokes Mitchell?s Broadway Songbook at Town Hall 2010-04-18T22:13:00Z

Indeed there is something heroic about the way that she refuses to hide behind the myth of dignity, especially in her old age. Comedy gold: Joan Rivers in An Audience with Joan Rivers 2012-08-09T11:23:23Z

That plunges them into a world of revolutionary causes that, as portrayed here, is defined not by grand speeches and heroic defiance, but by infighting, competing goals and romantic entanglements. Review: In Showtime’s ‘Guerrilla,’ Radicalism Without the Mythology 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z

It’s an effort that doesn’t rank high on most parents’ list of remarkable accomplishments, but for Stossel, performing this mundane microwave task borders on heroic. Scott Stossel’s secret: Atlantic editor revealed his raging anxiety. The reaction surprised him

As "Mad Max: Fury Road" transports viewers to an exhilarating alternate universe of hair-raising heroics, it's worth pondering why some actors seem born to the part while others flounder. Here's the real secret to being a great action hero 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z

After his heroic final appearance on an Iron Throne that never loved him, he deserved one last night with a family who mostly did, even as they individually pursued their own schemes and messed-up desires. ‘House of the Dragon’ Season 1, Episode 8 Recap: Calamitous Ambition 2022-10-09T04:00:00Z

They burst onto the City Center Theater stage with heroic vitality: The texture of their dancing is powerful and juicy, brilliant in speed and marvelous in slowness. Alvin Ailey Dancers Return Like Conquering Heroes 2017-12-04T05:00:00Z

Based on a heroic costumed comicbook vigilante, was always going to face a tough challenge with the arrival of The Dark Knight Rises. The Dark Knight Rises bats Spider-Man away at the UK box office 2012-07-24T15:33:17Z

Within minutes of the attack, social media were abuzz with praise of Deng's heroic leap in defense of her husband. Murdoch's wife Wendi steals the spotlight 2011-07-19T20:52:11Z

From birth, Americans normally swim in an ocean of heroic mythology about American exceptionalism, and for many of us it’s been difficult to make our way out of its riptides. No victory left behind: Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton changed how people talk about sex, race and class 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z

Sten regards Adam with bitter disappointment, but the son is clearly a fractured version of his heroic father. T.C. Boyle’s new novel takes us to America’s far-right edge 2015-03-24T04:00:00Z

But the show, especially early on, treats him as a heroic inspiration. Review: ‘Rise’ Is No ‘Friday Night Footlights’ 2018-03-12T04:00:00Z

The movie presents Riefenstahl as so sympathetic to Owens, and the silent, simmering hostility he faced in Germany, that she comes off as practically heroic. Review: Jesse Owens Biopic 'Race' Fails Before the Finish Line 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z

The series, which famously killed off the heroic Ned Stark at the end of its first season, is no safe place for an actor. Peter Dinklage Was Smart to Say No 2012-03-31T23:17:15Z

Dillane, who played the heroic heroin addict Nick Clark in “Fear the Walking Dead,” is Danes’s match as the callow but sensitive Luke, hitting the right mix of irritating and endearing. ‘The Essex Serpent’ Review: Claire Danes, the Disrupter 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z

Interstellar wit, heroics and a well-armed raccoon helped “Guardians of the Galaxy” finish second on Friday with an estimated $4.8 million. Box office: 'If I Stay' tops sluggish Friday numbers 2014-08-23T04:00:00Z

One thing we’ve learned from the Superman myth is that the Man of Steel has a mild-mannered alter ego, Clark Kent, who few suspect has any connection to that heroic crusader. Review: John Epperson Steps Out, Leaving the Diva at Home 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z

Deployed in his sparkling heroic couplets, the arguments and summaries are alive with wit, verbal agility and good sense. Poem of the week: An Essay on Criticism by Alexander Pope 2013-07-08T09:59:20Z

But the interaction between her contemporary manner and Limón’s heroic style felt fresh with possibilities. Review: The Limón Dance Company Navigates the Present 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z

Christian Pedersen is handsome and heroic as the English explorer Harry Bagley, who is pursued both by Clive’s wife and by Clive’s plainly gay young son Edward. Michael Kahn on a dreamy ‘Cloud 9’ at Studio Theatre 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z

Mr Lee – a lithe, boyish gentleman with a clean-split centre-parting – sighed and told me it was a heroic ballad about being a diligent farmer. Pyongyang goes pop: A spy reviews Lethal Bizzle 2011-02-09T09:00:03Z

Ms. Wood did not necessarily feel heroic when she traveled to Washington — her second time there, after the 2017 Women’s March — to testify before a House judiciary committee in February. Evan Rachel Wood Turns Her Trauma Into Good. On ‘Westworld’ and in Life. 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z

And its attempt to reconstruct a heroic story of American socialism runs the risk of overlooking the racist, patriarchal elements of US labour history. 'We just want to make fun of Toby Young!': socialist US comics Chapo Trap House 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z

The ringing, dark tone emphasises the flawed but heroic character of the Babylonian king. Nabucco – review 2013-04-16T16:07:34Z

"I learned, through osmosis as well as design, much technique from Mr. Fleming's work: compactness, attention to detail, heroic though flawed characters, fast-pacing, concrete imagery and straightforward prose." Bond, James Bond, comes back for more in new novel 2010-05-27T23:02:00Z

And yet, to a man with Lawrence’s heroic aspirations, such access never seemed overreaching or abnormal. Books Of the Times: Lawrence: Fresh Look at Warrior of Desert 2010-11-21T22:37:00Z

In the end Jeff Daniels’ heroic physician does the decent thing and kills the spider queen with fire, but I never enjoyed this cathartic conflagration, having long since legged it from the living room. 'I didn't sleep well for months': the films that terrified our writers as kids 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z

She defies the gods, falls in love with a heroic dragon-slayer and ultimately redeems the world through love before immolating herself. A Soprano Survived a Vocal Crisis. The Met Found Its Brünnhilde. 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z

If the blank slates of Stormtrooper armor signaled blind obedience to authority, the flowing white dresses of the beautiful, heroic Princess Leia Organa signified morality and truth. A Long Time Ago in Drawings Far Far Away … 2018-11-25T05:00:00Z

The consequent damages to his private life are given full weight, and the play admirably balances the heroic and irrational qualities of its central character. | 'Compulsion': The Young Girl Pulls the Strings in This Relationship 2011-02-18T03:01:01Z

“These people are heroic to me, and I want to treat them that way,” Mr. Considine said. Paddy Considine Directs ?Tyrannosaur,? Starring Peter Mullan 2011-11-12T22:00:05Z

And there were a remarkable range of those as well: dark pageboy, brown mullet, reddish bob — all heroic suppressions, in the cause of art, of her natural blondness. Film: That Unmistakable Streepness 2010-02-20T04:19:00Z

And, in fact, practically all the groups I have mentioned have generated macho and heroic semi-barbarian myths of one kind or another in their own countries and sometimes even beyond. The myth of the cowboy 2013-03-20T18:00:01Z

When “No Man’s Land” began, fans wondered why Batman’s heroic allies did not help him or the city. ArtsBeat: Graphic Books Best Sellers: A New Volume of 'Batman: No Man's Land' 2012-04-27T20:16:44Z

A mysterious face in a painting leads to a meeting with the real Vincent, portrayed very sensitively as both tortured and heroic, and mad and sane. Gaugin, Van Gogh and Doctor Who 2010-09-27T13:38:00Z

Mr. Lubovitch, 75, was lucky to discover dance when he did, in the early 1960s — the tail end of the heroic age of American modern dance. Lar Lubovitch: Confessions of a Former Go-Go Dancer 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z

The two most heroic characters in my new novel, “In One Person,” are transgender women — not the first time I’ve written about transgender characters. By the Book : John Irving: By the Book 2012-06-07T15:45:22Z

Still, there is a long tradition of debunking the heroic trappings of Beethoven’s works. Beethoven’s 250th Birthday: His Greatness Is in the Details 2020-12-14T05:00:00Z

He had an almost childlike openness to adventure and a yen for the heroic. Morris in Iceland 2010-03-27T00:09:00Z

This large, growing bird would require a great deal of care – daily, exhausting, heroic care, for which you wouldn’t be paid, nor, in general, well supported. More women like me are choosing to be childfree. Is this the age of opting out? 2020-07-06T04:00:00Z

People who are capable of the heroic acts of faith required of today's Catholics should not be mocked by being fed such meretricious pap. Catholic art was once the domain of Titian. Now, we get Susan Boyle 2010-09-19T21:15:00Z

Straight-ahead heroics aren’t slighted, as Hondo’s team tracks members of a drug cartel and try to deter a terrorist attack — all in under an hour, and with fleeting acknowledgment of the pandemic. ‘S.W.A.T.’ dives into Black, police conflict in season debut 2020-11-10T05:00:00Z

People thought there was something vaguely heroic about my continuing to work. Candice Bergen offers a second memoir, 'A Fine Romance' 2015-04-05T04:00:00Z

A candidate insisting that his wife is more heroic than him has the unintended consequence of making one wonder why he never suggested that she should be on the ticket instead. Perspective | The ‘Wife Guys’ of the 2020 presidential race 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z

Dulles liked the heroic impression of the CIA fostered by the Bond novels. JFK loved James Bond: How Ian Fleming's spy novels influenced the CIA 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z

To watch, within a week, three such City Ballet artists deliver this one heroic role with such diversity was a banquet. Sugarplum Fairies and Cavaliers Move Ahead at City Ballet 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z

Gilliam tried, for several years, to go back on the job and do the work he once considered heroic, but he couldn’t square his idealistic view of policing with the treatment he experienced. The duty and burden of the black police officer 2020-07-05T04:00:00Z

At the most basic level, that may be because the overall narratives of those conflicts don’t seem particularly heroic or vindicating. Critic?s Notebook: Battlefield 3 and Call of Duty 2011-11-15T23:16:57Z

According to popular belief, a heroic curator managed to rescue the head and a foot of the dodo from the conflagration. Dead as a dodo? There's life in this old bird yet 2013-06-28T10:50:35Z

But there was also space in the music for individual heroics, and not just by Mr. Mazurek, who altered the dimensions of his brassy timbre with mutes and less manual effects. Review: Rob Mazurek’s Black Cube SP Plays at ShapeShifter Lab 2015-04-15T04:00:00Z

But for all his investment in traditional picture making, it seems Mr. Althoff would prefer to be known as a heroic avant-gardist who disdains and challenges ordinary expectations. The Paintings Are Delicate. The Show’s a Shambles. 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z

The work of these professionals is heroic, but to transform them into symbols would do them a disservice as humans. Perspective | What does Vogue do in a pandemic? It shows medical workers as heroic — but also human 2020-04-24T04:00:00Z

The high-energy sequence suggests the heroic lens through which Uber’s leaders see themselves. In ‘Super Pumped,’ the Uber Founder Disrupts His Own Rise 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z

His efforts were so heroic that soldiers petitioned President Andrew Johnson to pardon him. The last trail of a Lincoln conspirator 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z

What I didn't want to do, I didn't want to do a heroic drunk. How "Endeavour" dries out the heroic drunk detective myth 2022-07-04T04:00:00Z

He notes that storytelling almost inevitably makes life seem more awful, more wonderful or more heroic. Long-lost essay by 'Dr. Jekyll' author published 2013-03-14T11:45:09Z

It's a success because it's the heroic story of a man overcoming his disability. The King's Speech gets a royal reception 2011-01-14T19:21:22Z

His own taste, which became official Nazi taste, was for kitsch, Aryanized nudes in a heroic, neoclassical vein he termed — with no sense of its absurdity — “Greco-Nordic.” Art in the midst of catastrophe — and renewal 2018-02-13T05:00:00Z

The film explores Churchill's political career, with emphasis on his early, heroic opposition to Hitler and Nazism. 'Twin Peaks Festival Film Night' heads special film features 2011-07-28T19:30:08Z

Lili’s “bravery makes this film a welcome tribute to a heroic forerunner of the current movement for transgender rights,” A. O. Scott wrote in The New York Times of Tom Hooper’s fact-based drama. What’s on TV Friday: ‘The Danish Girl’ and ‘The Kicks’ 2016-08-26T04:00:00Z

If Bell, with his boyish gusto, and Curley, sharp and authoritative, are good, Camargo is great — commanding, heroic, gentle, sad with a fate that is almost worthy of a sequel. Review: How Deep Is Your Love? A Ratmansky Ballet Dives In 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z

It was the voice of a benign storyteller, a deeply romantic true believer with a heroic vision of American history and the African-American contribution. Music Review: Allan Harris Performs at the Metropolitan Room 2010-04-06T22:27:00Z

It has no clue that heroics, in any occupation, speak for themselves. Review: ‘Life on the Line,’ a Plodding View of High-Wire Labor 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z

"With its connotations of healing, strength and magic, this heroic sculpture is a symbol of renewal following the Second World War," said Simon Shaw, Sotheby's co-head of impressionist and modern art. Van Gogh's poppies sells for $61.8m 2014-11-05T05:00:00Z

Performed with the right sensitivity, the third can deliver as much heroic heft as it does intoxicating uncertainty. With the NSO, French piano duo Katia and Marielle Labèque brew up a storm (and some stress) 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z

“What we really wanted to do was the story of those individuals and the heroic stories attached to them.” New museum in Virginia explores other heroes of the Revolutionary War 2017-03-21T04:00:00Z

He stands heroic under a presidential seal that reads “Trump’s Race United My People.” Dear hard-working white people: Congratulations, you played yourself 2016-11-20T05:00:00Z

Both offer hyper-topical verses, flanked by titular refrains that radiate heroic despair — and by setting those feelings of total powerlessness to such patently urgent music, the effect becomes strangely self-canceling. Perspective | It’s a brave new world. Why is our protest music stuck in the past? 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z

And although their income isn’t what it was, they still draw crowds to hear their grand improvisations on a Sunday morning, with admirers that afford them something like heroic status. Once Top Musicians, Organists See Loss of Relevance 2014-04-25T19:57:41Z

Good taste would have dictated that every gruesome detail of medical emergencies brought on by the show’s excesses might have been elided, or at least spared heroic narration by Probst. Survivor's Medical Emergency Proves This Is a Critical Moment for Reality TV 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z

As Kenny Chesney sings about the urge to explore uncharted wildernesses in “Ends of the Earth,” from his new album, “Songs for the Saints,” the music gives him heroic, wide-open spaces. The Playlist: Blood Orange’s Fragile Pop, and 11 More New Songs 2018-07-27T04:00:00Z

She embodies the movie’s belief that — deprived of the only thing they love, and resolved to fight for it — anyone can rise to heroic or tragic grandeur. The Venice-Toronto Express: Three Films at Two Festivals 2014-09-06T04:00:00Z

With this sketch he tried to portray Merida as an independent, heroic girl, tapering her limbs and keeping her active looking. Pixar’s ‘Brave’: How the Character Merida Was Developed 2012-06-17T02:33:01Z

And the stories — again, with the heroic and necessary exception of Scrat, a character with whom I identify perhaps more than is healthy — are warmed-over hash. Review: ‘Ice Age: Continental Drift,’ With Ray Romano 2012-07-12T13:54:00Z

Directed by Yang Yuntao with an extensive creative team, the show is billed as “an inspiring retelling” of the ancient folk tale about a humble and heroic peasant girl. Dance Listings for March 6-12 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z

Obviously, this means it's one of the most heroic baking ingredients ever invented. These extra dark sheet pan brownies are perfect for ice cream sandwiches 2021-06-02T04:00:00Z

It can be elevated as a calling that's uniquely heroic and sacrificial. Killing me softly with militarism 2019-10-26T04:00:00Z

There is something admirable and even heroic about its morality-based approach. Review: Art for the Planet’s Sake at the Venice Biennale 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z

I have long thought that one of the most heroic deeds a person can accomplish is to go on a tree-planting spree in their 80s. It’s never easy to say goodbye, but it’s time for me to plant some trees 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z

Penn praised his mostly Haitian staff Friday for earning Clinton's faith and performing "heroic and vital services." Clinton Foundation donates to Penn Haitian charity 2010-10-08T19:00:00Z

Landscape painting was the American version of European history painting, and history painting dealt in heroics — the heroically good, the heroically bad. American Eden, After the Fall 2013-01-10T22:01:26Z

Yet there are heroic elements to the part for which a tenor must summon vocal heft and stamina. Music Review: San Francisco Offers Stravinsky and Offenbach 2013-06-24T21:37:07Z

But the feelings that cancer dredges up are not always pretty or heroic or brave either. Comparisons are inevitable. “I wish I had breast cancer”: The latest terrible cancer campaign 2014-02-05T20:35:00Z

The idea is for Katniss, who’s both the spark of a revolution and its flinty strength, to rouse the masses with a heroic scene. ‘The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1’ 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z

"His assured performance reminds us he's a stage natural and why so many 007 fans initially thought him insufficiently heroic to be a good Bond when the casting was first announced," it said. Daniel Craig impresses in Broadway revival of 'Betrayal' 2013-10-28T18:06:40Z

It’s a wonderful image, heroic in a sneakers-and-jeans way, a power of example, a reminder that it’s high time some of our filthy rich 21st century museums got a scrub-down. An Artist Redefines Power. With Sanitation Equipment. 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z

And he obliged when ordered to revise “War and Peace” to include, in its martial second half, rallying choruses and a grandly heroic treatment of General Kutuzov as a stand-in for Stalin. Review: The Time for Prokofiev’s ‘War and Peace’ Is Now 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z

Sixty Six” Lewis Klahr’s beautiful compilation of digital short works, which refashion pop culture in a heroic key, played for only one night at the Museum of Modern Art. The Best Movies of 2015 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z

His almost heroic self-delusion as he goes about trying to win her love and trust makes for excruciating reading. Lesley Glaister's top 10 books about incarceration 2010-05-13T14:38:00Z

Since then, the legend around Mr. Henderson has reached heroic proportions. The Culinary Couple Who Built a British Empire 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z

But in the Second, Mahler transformed the Romantic paradigm of a heroic journey from despair to triumph into a cosmic extravaganza. Seattle Symphony sets tone for ambitious season with Mahler choral epic 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z

It is stranger still when the villains adopt a heroic cadence. In Elvia Wilk’s “Oval,” Earth, Capitalism, and the Human Species Sink Toward Doom 2019-05-21T04:00:00Z

A large crowd of people also erupted in cheers as two people, identified as the girl’s family members, tearfully thank Donovan for his heroic efforts. Wheelchair-bound Carnival cruise passenger rescued by 'selfless,' 'heroic' onlookers after falling from dock 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z

People were in tears, appalled at witnessing the real-time demise of a once heroic band. Is live music being ruined by endless reunions? 2010-04-10T23:07:00Z

Because of his impact and the heroic stoicism with which he bore racial insults from some players and managers, the baseball hierarchy “retired” Robinson’s uniform number, 42, in 1997. A Jackie Robinson Home Run: 42 Scores Big 2013-04-14T21:55:00Z

I’m among those who prefer the pre-1979 version of “Apollo,” with a birth scene and an epilogue that is the ballet’s most expansively heroic moment. Dance Review: From the Classical World of Apollos and Fauns to a Romantic Passion 2011-05-19T21:29:13Z

So there’s something very heroic about her, and the way that people treated her. Five great published diaries 2012-07-16T11:00:00Z

PuppyCat is also a temp worker, it turns out, though a more capable, serious, imperious and heroic one. Cartoons on YouTube: 'Bee and PuppyCat,' 'Dead End,' 'King Douglas' 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z

And heroic she is, even though her drama is firmly anchored in the mundane. Review: Resettling the Meaning of Home in ‘Brooklyn,’ With Saoirse Ronan 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z

Julian Schnabel painted him looking both heroic and angry, surrounded by a lightning-blue nimbus. Schnitzel and Strudel and Other Favorite Things, at Wallsé 2017-12-19T05:00:00Z

The tenor role of Arnold, a young Swiss conspirator who has fallen in love with the Austrian princess Mathilde, is an arduous workout combining soaring lyrical effusions and heroic fervor. Review: A New, Abstract ‘Guillaume Tell’ at the Met Opera 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z

The Times praised Everett's Wilde as "tragic, heroic, human: a flawed Christ figure, fascinating and deeply affecting," whilst The Guardian wrote it was "the performance of his career". West End run for Wilde Hare play 2012-10-12T07:57:26Z

Every one of them emerges as selfish, loving, cruel, compassionate, irritating, charming and just possibly heroic. | 'Other Desert Cities': Drowning in Domestic Denial in the Sands of Palm Springs 2011-01-14T03:00:00Z

The title track opens with a slow funk groove that grows into a bombastic gospel blues, and there’s plenty of falsetto and guitar heroics. The Unique Problem Posed by Prince’s Unreleased Songs 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z

Time-travel shows and movies tend to fall into one of two categories: quaint personal journeys and heroic quests. “See You Yesterday” and the Perils—and Promise—of Time-Travelling While Black 2019-05-27T04:00:00Z

“Vikings” ended its season a while ago, getting through the next few weeks until “Game of Thrones” returns might otherwise be tough for fans of sword-swinging heroics. Smart Watch: "What We Do In the Shadows" is a comedy with bite 2019-03-23T04:00:00Z

Its dominant mode, therefore, is elegiac rather than heroic; for a war film in the current political climate it is nothing short of remarkable. Why Dunkirk should win the 2018 best picture Oscar 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z

He is at once heroic and abject: godlike in his jaguar grace but profoundly vulnerable in his final nakedness. The Oracle; Erhebung; Mayerling – review 2013-06-08T23:05:19Z

Pre-eminent among these youngsters is Anthony Huxley, whose Sunday afternoon account of James, the hero of “La Sylphide,” was gloriously vivid: played with complete conviction and danced with heroic beauty. Review: City Ballet’s Spring Season Includes ‘N.Y. Export: Opus Jazz’ 2015-05-25T04:00:00Z

I suspect we won’t ever fully grasp the volume of heroics and micro-heroics pushing us through this crisis, but I’m grateful to learn of yours. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Letting others know you’re the good Samaritan, not the gatekeeper 2021-04-07T04:00:00Z

Then he read it and was mesmerized by the poetic, atmospheric story of a young man’s heroic journey that dealt with religion, politics, destiny, heritage, the environment, colonialism and giant space worms. Denis Villeneuve’s dreams of ‘Dune’ reach the big screen 2021-10-18T04:00:00Z

We’re all the heroes of our own lives, and when we put ourselves in those situations, we always think we’re going to be extremely heroic, but obviously most of us wouldn’t. Alexander Skarsgard Jammed with Taylor Swift 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z

He danced in four shows, June 11 to 15, leading three casts as heroic buccaneer Conrad and appearing once as Conrad’s slave, Ali. The Washington Ballet let Brooklyn Mack go. He landed at the Metropolitan Opera House. 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z

Sainted Heroic Doctors, Minus the Halos THE hardened, heroic doctor working selflessly to save lives in a war zone has become a familiar figure in popular entertainment. Mark Hopkins?s Film Explores Doctors Without Borders 2010-05-29T02:32:00Z

Coltrane kicked his habit and joined Thelonious Monk’s quartet; that band had an instantly famous six-month run at the Five Spot, and Coltrane’s playing, under Monk’s influence, rapidly rose to heroic stature. Louis Malle’s “Elevator to the Gallows,” and Its Historic Miles Davis Soundtrack 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z

Even without Jonas Kaufmann, who would have taken the role of Aeneas to another level of Trojan heroic excitement but pulled out through illness, there was plenty of expert singing. Les Troyens; Le nozze di Figaro; Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra/Dudamel – review 2012-06-30T23:07:11Z

Mr. Scott’s take on the character may be the most palpably neurotic, and least overtly heroic, I’ve seen. Hamlet and the Surveillance State of Denmark 2017-07-24T04:00:00Z

In works like “The Odyssey,” “it was very common for men to show their emotions — it was considered even part of the heroic character and personality.” Cultural Studies: Big Boys Don?t Cry, Do They? 2010-12-31T04:15:37Z

His greatest asset is his voice, which is made for melodramatic crescendos and heroic upward leaps. Music Review: Adam Lambert?s Message at the Nokia Theater 2010-06-23T22:04:00Z

It makes the two travel agent characters out to be both the busiest and the most heroic people on the planet, at least if heroism consists of fulfilling clients’ seemingly impossible requests. Theater Review: ‘Craving for Travel,’ a Comedy About Travel Agents 2014-01-27T21:17:48Z

As the vocal line soared, he repeatedly summoned high notes that pierced through the orchestration with a heroic gleam. SF Opera: A whale, a swan and 2 lovers 2012-10-21T20:33:09Z

After the fierceness comes a flurry of rave-pop heroics – Moment 4 Life, Starships – in which Minaj's transition from being the only female rapper around to a chart all-rounder is a fait accompli. Nicki Minaj; Dr Dee – review 2012-06-30T23:07:10Z

There is art — heroic art — to be mined from the struggle to speak the unspeakable. Critic?s Notebook: Richard Nelson and Jonas Hassen Khemiri?s Takes on 9/11 2011-09-21T22:01:28Z

Twombly, now 82, is the great survivor of the heroic age of American painting, the generation of Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg and Jackson Pollock, who upended what was expected in contemporary art. My hero Cy Twombly by Edmund de Waal 2010-12-11T00:07:00Z

To those who know her books, her lectures or her work with animals, Ms. Grandin, 62, is a beloved figure, even a heroic one. 2010-01-31T05:37:00Z

She was a heroic spirit, forged in pain, and her vulnerability and power were the same thing. A Lost Story by Sylvia Plath Contains the Seeds of the Writer She Would Become 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z

He was both angry and heartbroken at the paper's cuts in regional arts coverage and used his redundancy money to launch an arts magazine, Buzz, from his home in Glossop; it was a heroic failure. Robin Thornber obituary 2010-12-12T18:08:00Z

But all of them, whether everyday pedestrians or impassioned artists or heroic athletes, inhabit a society where they are not free. Dance Review: Ratmansky’s Shostakovich Trilogy at American Ballet Theater 2013-06-02T22:00:25Z

It also suggests that no life, perhaps, could emerge as entirely heroic beneath the magnification of constant surveillance, a chilling thought for the era of Snowden. Review: Hungarians Bare Their Dark Side in ‘Our Secrets’ 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z

Lederer made heroic visits to U.S. soldiers in field hospitals of the Vietnam War. Review: ACT's 'Lady With All the Answers' invites you into Ann Landers' office for a late-night talk 2010-09-21T23:10:00Z

“Just as Herzl looked to ‘Tannhäuser’ to fortify his Zionist vision, Du Bois took Wagnerian myth as a model for a heroic new African-American spirit.” From George Eliot to Neo-Nazi Skinheads: The Chaotic Cult of Richard Wagner 2020-09-16T04:00:00Z

While men of her age have "great heroic cleaving parts still to play", and, at 73, she is "ready to play Lear", the big classical parts for women of her age simply do not exist. Actors' union rallies theatres to enable more parts for women 2012-06-29T16:44:14Z

“I really love movies like Scarface, but that sort of slightly heroic drug dealer thing doesn’t work any more,” Newman says. Myth and fact mix in summer of Escobar as narco king’s life hits the screen 2015-08-22T04:00:00Z

Say this for Avatar: it has passion and ambition and a daffy, almost heroic, dead seriousness. 2010-01-08T21:05:00Z

But this is no mock heroic — or not merely a mock heroic. Review | The most surprising novel this year is a modern-day ‘Beowulf’ minus the macho hero 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z

But it’s disheartening to think that echoing the deluded Lear’s ruin is her only means of reclaiming heroic status. Review: In ‘Linda,’ the Lures and Snares of Leaning In 2017-02-28T05:00:00Z

Marilyn Stasio of Variety wrote that "the lyrical language of Sting’s mournful score gives poetic voice to the distressed shipbuilders, but depicting their story as a heroic allegory is regrettably alienating." Sting musical 'The Last Ship' opens on Broadway to mixed reviews 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z

Real, flawed, cowardly, heroic, honest, deceitful, dedicated, careless people rarely free to be their best selves and frequently bound to be their worst. TV review: Line of Duty; Imagine: Theatre of War; Gordon Behind Bars 2012-06-26T23:15:06Z

I learned how fragile boys are despite their heroic efforts to hide from that reality. Motherlode: A Mother's Right to Drive 2011-06-21T16:41:43Z

She’s been dancing the “Rosenkavalier” section of “Vienna Waltzes,” the Bach Ricercata finale of “Episodes” and the heroic central role of “Diamonds”; on Thursday her debut in “Stravinsky Violin Concerto,” Aria I, was characteristically ardent. Women Fill New York City Ballet’s Season With Splendor 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z

Mr. Angle is not a dazzler, but I usually find that his is the finest male dancing at City Ballet: full-toned, shaping firm phrases and filling his music to the brim, elegantly heroic. Dance: An Illuminating Swan, Then a Pure-Dance End 2010-02-17T23:34:00Z

Whether or not "an early heroic death" pertains to a major character or just a throw away red-shirt, it will leave those of us who are spoiler sensitive on edge while watching this movie! ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Embraces the Magic and Mystery. Read Our Review. 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z

They grow at a heroic rate, so they must be pruned each year; otherwise they’d produce a mass of greenery too weighty and wandering to manage. The grapevine, nature’s awning

The wonders here may leave you momentarily out of sympathy with Western painting’s supposedly heroic pursuit of realism, spatial illusion and one-point perspective. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z

The book tells of the heroic search-and-rescue operations, the hunt for the black box, the investigations and hearings and the nature of hurricanes. A Disaster at Sea, Animated by 26 Hours of Black-Box Recordings 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z

What began as a heroic voyage to the new world ended in disaster, with a loss of 2,000 lives and a quarter of the nation's wealth. This week's new theatre 2010-08-20T23:06:00Z

Walt has turned himself into “a junior adult at 7,” his typically developing strengths celebrated as almost magical, heroic powers. ‘Life, Animated,’ by Ron Suskind 2014-05-21T04:00:00Z

"The emergency team did an heroic work to try to resuscitate Mr. Kraddick but despite all their efforts, he expired," Morse said. Radio show personality Kidd Kraddick died of cardiac arrest: coroner 2013-07-29T19:49:45Z

She will be there, the filmmakers say, in what promises to be both an astounding culture clash and a triumphant moment for a humble, heroic woman who never sought the spotlight. Making Oscar history, ‘Honeyland’ shatters borders 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z

But the fact of slavery nags repeatedly at any simple heroic narrative. Debating ‘Hamilton’ as It Shifts From Stage to Screen 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z

A. Originally I set myself on a course of being a quintessential heroic British explorer and did that sort of thing for quite a few years. The Virtues of Microadventures 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z

“I suppose it’s the grandeur, the scale; it’s heroic, it’s also pure sculpture,” he said then of the jet. As the 747 Begins Its Final Approach, a Pilot Takes a Flight Down Memory Lane 2017-10-10T04:00:00Z

It is a vast symphony, opening with a heroic flourish. Schubert's surprising relevance: Dudamel mines the promise of youth in trying times 2017-05-21T04:00:00Z

The granddaddy of ‘em all builds an elaborate narrative out of Johnny Marks’ venerable carol about the lonely but heroic nonconformist reindeer. 10 Greatest Christmas TV Specials From Your Childhood 2013-12-12T10:45:46Z

The work by Frank Gehry, to be built as a memorial park just off the National Mall, would feature two stones in "heroic scale," carved with bas reliefs. New images show Ike's DC memorial amid criticism 2012-02-28T20:34:09Z

Logan Marshall-Green does a heroic job as Lloyd, who's living with dark guilt over wartime atrocities he committed and desperately welcomes the idea of death. Last part of Adam Rapp's trilogy is often tedious 2011-02-25T18:06:15Z

The show artfully employs the show-within-a-show trick and plays shamelessly to the gallery as it sends up Hannay's stiff upper lip heroics with a tongue-in-cheek playfulness. This week's new theatre 2013-01-19T05:59:01Z

Oleg goes to prison, his family abandoned in Russia—a tragedy, but a morally sound one, which makes Oleg into the show’s rare heroic figure, along with poor Martha and the tragic Nina. “The Americans” Finale Was Elegant, Potent, and Unforgettable 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z

Back home, thanks to his skill as a draftsman and his compulsive productivity, Kurt found success as a socialist realist, producing large-scale murals of heroic workers and peasants and portraits of bureaucrats. ‘Never Look Away’ Review: A Lush Adventure in Sex, Politics and Painting 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z

Not Sandy the evil hurricane, of course, but Sandy the dog, a creature both docile and heroic. Theater Review: ‘Annie,’ Starring Katie Finneran, at the Palace Theater 2012-11-09T03:37:23Z

From the emphatic opener to the scherzo’s heroic chords, the pianist’s versatility and inventiveness were evident. Review | Zoltan Fejervari shows off his technique with a program of gems 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z

I am sorry your mother-in-law’s weakness, and the others’ even weaker weakness in the face of her weakness, mean your heroics are being undermined, possibly someday negated, once per fortnight. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: During a pandemic, keeping your distance is an act of love 2021-01-12T05:00:00Z

When people criticise the NHS, it can seem as if they are denigrating the heroic individual who saved your mother's life or the value of modern medicine. We love the NHS too much to make it better 2013-03-09T06:31:01Z

For scholars, the rosy tale of a purely heroic unleashing of freedom may be long gone. The Battle for 1776 2021-07-02T04:00:00Z

“It would take that kind of role, in that kind of movie. A positive, heroic role, in an epic movie,” he says. Will Hollywood Ever Produce Another Arab Star Like Omar Sharif? 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z

The multiplayer, self-inventing ethos of gaming might have offered a chance for a less conventional division of heroic labor, but the writers and filmmakers lacked the imagination to take advantage of it. Review: In ‘Ready Player One,’ Spielberg Plays the Nostalgia Game 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z

His heroic efforts saved the night but it wasn’t enough. On Broadway, a playwright becomes an actor, saving a show 2021-12-24T05:00:00Z

In the end, the production, which hails from the Residenztheater in Munich, is redeemed by heroic performances from the company’s ensemble. ‘The Inheritance’ Arrives at a Festival of German Drama 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z

This relates to Nina’s line about how he’s not rendered automatically heroic simply by standing next to a villain and looking good by comparison. Sam Lipsyte on the Double Meaning of “Character” 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z

In fairy tales we associate heroic action with courage and self-fulfilment, not self-destruction. "The Banshees of Inisherin": Competing concepts of justice wage war in McDonagh’s Irish tragicomedy 2023-01-16T05:00:00Z

“Heroes, Mortals and Myths in Ancient Greece,” a rousing exhibition at the Onassis Cultural Center in Midtown Manhattan, offers an unusually down-to-earth look at some major heroic figures. Art Review: Those Greek Heroes, Sometimes Behaving Badly 2010-10-21T20:45:00Z

As Jackie Robinson, Boseman was heroic and stoic; he spoke softly and carried a big metaphorical bat. REVIEW: 'Get On Up' Is a Loud, Proud and Oscar-Worthy James Brown Biopic 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z

Mogo Zoo is home to more than 200 creatures, all of whom were rescued in a heroic feat that is one of the few uplifting stories to come out of the catastrophe. In the wake of bush fires, hunger-relief efforts mobilize in Australia 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z

In the 20th century, medical knowledge advanced in previously unimaginable ways, and health was revolutionised – but doctors became less heroic figures in the eyes of artists. A picture of health: art's warts-and-all view of doctors 2013-01-08T15:54:05Z

It's high time that the franchise realize that someone doesn't necessarily have to look physically "perfect" to be heroic. James Bond hasn't changed much, and neither have his problematic villains after 25 films 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z

She can see through Gaston’s looking-glass ego, but it takes time for her to find the vulnerability within the Beast’s barbaric, heroic grief. Beauty and the Beast in 3-D: Still an Enchantment 2012-01-12T17:33:27Z

These things are not at all bad; quite the contrary, but in this family they are perceived as limiting, hardly heroic. Semantic Polarities and Psychopathologies in the Family – review 2013-06-19T10:20:14Z

A line on the billboards for “13 Hours” captures Mr. Bay’s enduring fascination with heroics under pressure — something evident in his previous films, like “Bad Boys,” “The Rock,” “Armageddon,” “Pearl Harbor” and the “Transformers” series. ‘13 Hours’ Gives Benghazi Attack Cinematic Treatment 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z

Would you be tempted to be more heroic, smarter, prettier, kinder, funnier, friendlier, and on and on? Did Dave Eggers get “Zeitoun” wrong? 2012-12-09T15:00:00Z

As for living heroic or noble lives, our video games and movies do that for us. ‘Self and Soul’: Mark Edmundson’s biting critique of modern complacency 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z

There’s a bit of a heroic “Doctor’s Theme” for the heart-tugging moments, but we couldn’t expect the showrunners to get away from that entirely, could we? The Music of “Doctor Who” Makes a Glorious Return to Form 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z

If there is one lesson to take away from this book, it's that designers – industrial designers, at least – do not operate in heroic solitude. There's no I in Eames 2010-10-26T09:47:00Z

For his 2009 exhibition at the Mary Boone Gallery, Mr. Fischl showed a series of large, romantically heroic paintings of bullfighting scenes. Art Review: ?Eric Fischl: Portraits? at Mary Boone Gallery 2012-03-01T23:52:35Z

“It just got boring, reading about all these really powerful and heroic white guys.” On ‘Black Lightning,’ a Superhero Takes On Race, Justice and the Real World 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z

The gig, on Tuesday, was part of the Konceptions series at Korzo, booked by the musician James Carney, who’s doing a quietly heroic job of challenging audiences and keeping the house piano in tune. Music Review: 10 Tunes in One, Peeking From a Multitude of Stylistic Niches 2011-05-26T22:15:10Z

But this is also a story of heroic and determined resistance. China's War With Japan by Rana Mitter – review 2013-06-30T13:00:01Z

“Fallen Kingdom” easily lead the weekend as the lone wide release, though “Incredibles 2” enjoyed a heroic second weekend. Box Office: 'Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom' feasts on $150 million... 2018-06-24T04:00:00Z

It’s a question that pretends to be philosophical by probing the limits of one’s ability to discern between moral impulse and heroic urge. What Hulu’s absorbing ‘11/22/63’ tells us of the harm of dwelling in the past 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z

Mr. Greenwald portrays Mr. Snowden — regarded by some as a heroic whistle-blower, by others as a traitor — as a courageous idealist who felt he needed to act on his beliefs. Books of The Times: ‘No Place to Hide,’ by Glenn Greenwald 2014-05-12T21:51:55Z

“This would make everyone in the audience squirm and scream and it would completely undermine the heroic message and the progressive Hamilton that they want and they crave.” Historians irked by musical ‘Hamilton’ escalate their duel 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z

His very name evokes a heroic stone-faced warrior beyond the reach of petty criticism. Review: ‘The Program,’ a Docudrama on the Fall of Lance Armstrong 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z

In the novel and film, Carlo is transformed from a heroic figure into a charismatic but vain leader; his English wife, Marion Cave, morphs into a treacherous spouse. Anti-Fascism With a Human Face 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z

His 2015 playoff run reads as much like a rap sheet as the heroic tale being spun about him. “The game isn’t the NBA. It’s the American racial empire”: Let’s talk about basketball’s white-privilege problem 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z

“We try to work with heroic vintners, who grow varieties and make wines no one bothers with any more.” When in Venice, Eat Like a Venetian 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z

The memorial celebrates the heroic accomplishment of the 34th president like a traditional monument but breaks with tradition by contextualizing that accomplishment as part of lifelong narrative of ambition and success. Frank Gehry’s variations on a theme 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z

The gender gap on masks became serious enough that public health experts brainstormed mask-ulinity campaigns to convince men that mask-wearing is cool and heroic. Perspective | Why might women be less eager to get the coronavirus vaccine? An investigation. 2020-12-15T05:00:00Z

York, no less than Thursday and Collinwood, is a man who finds himself living in a diminished present, unable to escape the shadow of a heroic past. DVD: John Ford?s ?Fort Apache? on Blu-ray From Warner Home Video 2012-03-25T01:23:02Z

“It made opposition, even nonviolent civil disobedience, seem fun and right and necessary and heroic, and something even someone as powerless as a kid could and should undertake.” Ronni Solbert, Children’s Book Illustrator, Dies at 96 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z

But Deadpool is far more psychotic than heroic, which he cheerfully establishes by painting the screen red with one kill after another. Review: ‘Deadpool,’ a Sardonic Supervillain on a Kill Mission 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z

Already widely liked and respected, Close seemed for a time to become even more cherished, heroic. Chuck Close’s Uneasy, Inevitable Legacy 2021-08-20T04:00:00Z

It’s an athletic but antisensationalist style; the emphasis is on heroic ease. National Ballet of Cuba: National Ballet of Cuba, in London in ?La Magia? 2010-04-07T23:26:00Z

There are operas that are challenging for their sheer technical demands — the density of Berg’s “Lulu” or the heroic immensity of Wagner epics. The Pains and Privileges of Staging Mozart’s ‘Don Giovanni’ 2023-04-29T04:00:00Z

Speaking at the presidential palace on Friday, the Pope admired the "heroic strength, faith and resilience" shown by the country as well as the solidarity people demonstrated after the typhoon. Pope heads south to comfort Typhoon Haiyan survivors 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z

The presence of the past, heroic or barbarous, is a given. William Pope.L sets the U.S. flag waving at the MOCA/Geffen 2015-03-24T04:00:00Z

As their heroic actions set off an underground movement for revolution, the two are forced back to the arena to again fight for their lives. 'Catching Fire' ignites global box office with $307.7 million 2013-11-24T18:51:25Z

Link to video: Despicable Me 2 Despicable Me 2 delivered Universal's second smash of the summer after the heroics of Fast & Furious 6, while Disney's The Lone Ranger limped into second place. Despicable Me 2 is the star as The Lone Ranger heads for last-chance saloon 2013-07-08T14:02:27Z

But at the end, sure enough, there’s Gerard Butler, playing a heroic Secret Service agent, and Rick Yune, a dastardly North Korean terrorist mastermind, going all mixed martial arts on each other. ‘Olympus Has Fallen’: a president-in-peril thriller with lots of punch(es) 2013-03-21T15:01:16Z

It tells the remarkable story of the heroic resistance of a group of Armenian villagers during the genocide instigated by the Turkish government in 1916. Your books of the year 2012-12-28T22:55:18Z

Maybe he shouldn’t be quite so eager, though — Omni-Man might not be as super or heroic as he seems. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z

These are the great heroic stories of the age and I don't think anyone is talking about this stuff in a really exciting way. Saci Lloyd: 'It's not squids in outer space' 2011-07-15T14:20:22Z

For me, it was caricatured tropes that painted an individual as either incredibly heroic or incredibly broken. Finding solace through helping a TV show understand war 2022-03-19T04:00:00Z

Writing in USA Today, he said: "Nigella, with a preternatural PR acumen that has made her a figure of international style and vivaciousness, has, handily, moved from drug abuser to heroic victim - of 'intimate terrorism'." Brand Nigella: Will court case affect her career? 2013-12-20T12:45:14Z

If there’s any sort of win or heroic moment for Jon and everyone else. Kit Harington Says 'Game of Thrones' Will Get 'Very Bleak' Before Any Happy Ending 2016-08-23T04:00:00Z

She realized that many people upheld Odysseus’ story of displacement as heroic literature. In Stone and Fabric, Two Artists Explore the Quest to Find Home 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z

News organizations have been careful not to use words like rebellion, revolt or uprising, which could cast those who stormed the Capitol in a heroic light, he said. Riot? Insurrection? Words matter in describing Capitol siege 2021-01-14T05:00:00Z

Whatever your image of the Israel Defense Forces is, heroic or otherwise, it's not what you're going to see here. Israeli soldiers battle boredom in satiric 'Zero Motivation' 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z

But the couple's determination to master Ashton has its own heroic quality – and where they succeed, they are transcendent. Romeo and Juliet ? review 2011-07-13T17:50:00Z

It's rightly regarded as one of the most heroic performances in festival history. Reading and Leeds festival: nominate your favourite moments 2011-08-24T15:39:00Z

It was a peaceful opening to a concert centered around celebrations of the heroic, including — in Strauss’s tone poem — a saber-rattling depiction of battle that the Concertgebouw players delivered with ferocious energy. Review: A Road Test for Concertgebouw and Daniel Harding 2019-02-17T05:00:00Z

It has gone down in history as a heroic event and an apotheosis of the reputation of Dr. King — the current Hollywood film “Selma” portrays it that way — and so it was. Stephen Somerstein Photos in ‘Freedom Journey 1965’ 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z

And “Stella Blue,” despite its deliberately glacial pace and the obvious creaks in Bob Weir’s lead vocal, took on a heroic sweep from Mr. Anastasio’s guitar solos. On July 4, the Grateful Dead Show Pride in Being an American Band 2015-07-05T04:00:00Z

“It’s not that different than the heroic ways in which miners are portrayed in the West,” Ms. Meiselas said. Three Shadows Gallery in Beijing Turns Focus on Global Warming 2011-09-29T00:26:36Z

I was bowled over by how these two conditions existed simultaneously, the potholes and graffiti and boomboxes along with the gleaming, heroic towers of Park Avenue, like Seagram, with its elegance and hierarchy. Classic Skyscrapers Define New York. Take a Virtual Tour. 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z

On the morning before that “Swan Lake” performance, the second-year boys’ class sweated hard for their tough-minded teacher in pursuit of the heroic ease that distinguishes the school’s male graduates. Cuban Ballet: Proud Past, Promising Future 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z

This is a heroic lift you can see in several ballets — but the resemblance stops beneath the waist. L.A. Dance Project Takes On Merce Cunningham 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z

A thrilling account of the young Winston Churchill’s heroics in the South African Republic in 1899, which culminated in a prison break and nine days on the run. The Top Books of 2016 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z

The stereotype of the heroic war correspondent is nonsense. No, Democrats aren’t launching a civil war on July 4. But could it happen here again? 2018-07-03T04:00:00Z

To concentrate on his heroics while not exploring more deeply the darker elements of his civilian life and death is like leaving a photograph partly exposed. Did 'American Sniper' miss an important mark? 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z

“One of the reasons I like writing for women is that women have to be heroic, because they’re second-class citizens to a lot of men,” Wainwright said. From The Archers to HBO: how Sally Wainwright conquered TV 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z

So I’m asking you if you can remember instances – at home or abroad – of topical theater that seemed so disturbingly of the moment that it was truly dangerous and heroic. ArtsBeat: Theater Talkback: When Political Theater Feels Truly Dangerous 2011-01-12T23:37:21Z

The book has many heroic figures in it, including Janet Vaughan, who overcame an extraordinary amount of sexism to become a pioneer figure in the development of blood transfusions. 9 New Books We Recommend This Week 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z

Statues of Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher decorate the campus, while speakers from the National Review regale students with heroic tales of writing reactionary op-eds under the supervision of Jonah Goldberg. Milo’s free speech makes big bucks: Students have the right to push back when universities promote his worldview 2017-02-11T05:00:00Z

Mr. Douthit-Boyd delivers it with pride, glamour and skill: With him, the king of African birds becomes truly heroic. At Alvin Ailey, Antonio Douthit-Boyd in ‘Ostrich’ 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z

Here is the human creature, vulnerable and heroic. Photography is the art of our time 2013-01-10T15:39:33Z

They are joined by a charismatic and heroic starfighter pilot named Poe Dameron, who is played by the Latino actor Oscar Isaac. Our new post-Obama “Star Wars”: Race, the Force and the dark side in modern America 2015-12-19T05:00:00Z

On opening night her heroic replacement slipped and fell five feet off a stage platform in full view of the audience, while swooning theatrically over the effect of the same stage poison. Theatrical Nuance on a Grand Scale 2011-03-25T14:26:57Z

The individual scenes are interspersed by modern dance routines by Belgian company Eastman, the dancers at times joining to form a heroic statue and at other times convulsing on the floor of an infirmary. 'Shell Shock' opera brings trauma of World War One to stage 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z

These days, field coats, anoraks and parkas tend to be worn without irony, mostly stripped of any political meaning but embraced nonetheless by those inclined to heroic posturing. Fashion?s Military Invasion Rolls On 2010-02-20T05:10:00Z

In Ms. Lawrence’s watchful, precise and quietly heroic performance, Ree is like a modern-day Antigone, making ethical demands that are at once entirely coherent and potentially fatal. | 'Winter?s Bone': Jennifer Lawrence in Debra Granik?s Bleak Ozarks Film 2010-06-10T21:59:00Z

Where “Spotlight” was about the heroics of a team of reporters uncovering the abuses of the Catholic Church, “El Club” was a devastating parable about preserving the status quo. Director Pablo Larraín is this awards season's double threat with 'Jackie' and the poet caper 'Neruda' 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z

Lavishly built on a monumental scale with shiny gold and glass, the "time-eating" clock aspires to rival the heroic timepieces of the Baroque era. The art of time-keeping 2011-03-23T14:48:36Z

You have this poem full of sweeping geography and bright colours and heroic quests – and then this pathetic group of conniving guys. Enda Walsh: 'I only operate properly in my imagination' 2010-08-10T21:00:00Z

He was lecturing until a few months ago, although the cancer of the throat that was beginning to throttle him made it a heroic effort. Frank Kermode: a tribute by John Sutherland 2010-08-20T23:22:00Z

Set in the months surrounding the 2016 election, Anshaw’s novel features a witty Chicago woman puzzled by her own unexpected heroics and muddling through a conflicted middle age. 9 New Books We Recommend This Week 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z

With its mysterious, rumbling passages in the piano and heroic, large-scale gestures, No. 7 sheds the genteel vestiges of the earlier works. Music Review: Leonidas Kavakos and Enrico Pace in Beethoven Violin Sonatas 2014-03-03T22:56:20Z

Six feature the figure of a naked woman of heroic proportions, with wild black hair drawn in thick black lines, bathing, swimming and cavorting in this Edenic setting. Art in Review: Carroll Dunham 2012-12-06T23:06:32Z

His best-known book, "The Hero with a Thousand Faces," argues that the key myths and religions of many cultures are actually a single story about a heroic quest. 'Finding Joe': This journey lacks some bliss 2011-10-27T20:15:06Z

Surgery is heroic, but the Surgery Channel would be, for many people, unbearable. “Life” Is Full of Horrors 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z

Most pianists would choose this piece as a heroic and virtuosic conclusion to a recital. Review: Roman Rabinovich Plays Bach and More at SubCulture 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z

And the orchestra was at its best when it mattered most, during the heroic, complex, magnificent finale. Louis Langrée and Richard Goode Featured at Mostly Mozart 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z

It is heroic not only for its bulk—seventeen hundred pages—but for its minutiae: Searls carries over the many voices, dialects, and language games of the daunting German original. A New Translation of an Anti-Heroic German Doorstopper of 1968 2018-11-26T05:00:00Z

One of the movie’s most heroic faces is one we barely see: Tom Hardy plays RAF pilot Farrier. Christopher Nolan’s 'Dunkirk' Is a Masterpiece 2017-07-19T04:00:00Z

Their duty is to keep us unconscious and pain free, while the more conspicuously heroic surgeons do their work. What Happens When You Go Under 2018-01-03T05:00:00Z

Our people who are trained in hazmat cleaning, these men and women are, in my opinion, no less heroic. How cruise ships are cleaned, according to CEO of company that sterilized Diamond Princess after outbreak 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z

He was correct to be proud of what he had achieved: an imposing operatic spectacle that avoids Meyerbeer’s bloated heroics and Massenet’s often fussy decorations, not to mention the grand-opera overkill that smothers Wagner’s “Rienzi.” ‘Saint-Saëns and His World’ at Bard 2012-07-20T17:08:16Z

They were so ahead of their time, and I always thought it was quite heroic. Jewel on Coping With Heartache: ‘I Peel Off Every Scab and Stick My Finger in Them’ 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z

“It is ultimately a very heroic story about a young woman who finds the courage and has the moral compass to do the right thing, solely at risk to her,” she said. Hollywood calls for the whistleblower who risked jail over Iraq ‘dirty tricks’ 2016-01-30T05:00:00Z

Eastwood, 81, said he grew up in the 1940s and 1950s with his own impressions of Hoover as a heroic figure. "J. Edgar" turns tables on FBI keeper of secrets 2011-11-08T21:12:18Z

The Avengers is kid stuff compared with this meditation on mortal loss and heroic frailty. TIME's Review of The Dark Knight Rises: To the Depths, To the Heights 2012-07-16T16:59:05Z

In “Devil in the Grove,” which won the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for general nonfiction, Gilbert King wrote about Marshall’s heroic trial work. It’s Thurgood Marshall to the Rescue in a New Thriller 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z

Dramatic shadows fell on carved images of a heroic Ramses battling the Nubians. Tourists are trickling back to Egypt 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z

"It's really a movie about Canadian heroics and the relationship between Canada and America," Affleck said. Affleck thanks Canada with 'Argo' at Toronto fest 2012-09-08T22:31:04Z

This could easily have been the story of a noble healer — a variation on the heroic big-city teachers so beloved at various points in Hollywood history — reaching out to a hard case. 'Starred Up,' a Father-and-Son Prison Drama 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z

It didn’t make for a heroic ending to our odyssey in the Ionians. In the Greek islands, a ‘slow travel’ sailing odyssey to the far Ionians 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z

Among the issues had been whether the depiction of Atticus Finch was sufficiently heroic. Broadway ‘Mockingbird’ Is Back on Track, as Court Dispute Ends 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z

Sickness, embodied through being a “carrier,” is an act of generosity, a heroic act that brings us closer to God. D. A. Powell’s Unruly Elegies 2015-01-19T05:00:00Z

The piece, a working fountain, is a parody of heroic public sculpture, and also a self-portrait. In the galleries: A testament to Australia’s indigenous people, and to an artist 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z

Recently, however, investigations by several journalists, including Vice News reports published in 2020 and 2021, and multiple findings by American Crime Journal, have put a few cracks in Ballard's heroic façade. It's "Uncle Tom's Cabin," but for QAnon: Film spreading child trafficking hysteria is making bank 2023-07-22T04:00:00Z

“RSJ” is a heroic opera that wants you to believe its subject is just a man. The man, the machine and now Steve Jobs, the opera 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z

He looks determined: as stoical – you might say as heroic – as ever. James Salter: the forgotten hero of American literature 2013-05-11T13:30:01Z

And sometimes, it’s inventing fictional presidents who fulfill the fantasy of macho heroics inspired by the youthful and vigorous men whom we’ve elected to the presidency since 1992. Commando in Chief: 10 Tough-Guy Movie Presidents 2013-07-01T09:45:40Z

It’s an appealing David and Goliath setup that uses laughs, white racism and black righteousness to soft-sell a tale of inequality, heroic capitalism and eye-drooping mathematics. ‘The Banker’ Review: Wheeling and Dealing Toward Equality 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z

He consistently rebuffed or denigrated women’s efforts to participate in wartime activities, rarely acknowledging even their heroic work as nurses. Lincoln Served Six Ways: Reframing a President 2017-02-06T05:00:00Z

There are occasional moments of formal wit, as when Mr. Roberts scores “I’ll Cheat on My Taxes” as a heroic ballad or “Slip ’n’ Fall” as a novelty dance track. Theater Review: ‘Greed: A Musical for Our Times’ Satirizes Materialism 2014-04-06T19:19:16Z

In other words, saving a building from moderism’s heroic period can make the museum seem like a hero itself. Millions of Square Feet, Billions of Dollars: An Arts Universe Expands 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z

Anyone who's on television gets a reaction when playing a heroic part like the Doctor. Doctor Who 'better than real life' 2013-11-04T00:22:47Z

The strapping Thomas, who in this heroic role exudes the athletic grace and rock-solid dignity that helped make Robinson such a charismatic figure, anchors Sheila Daniels' staging of this unabashedly instructive piece. Review: 'Jackie & Me' brings together Little Leaguer, hero 2011-05-06T20:50:11Z

That's part of the attraction of "Vikings: Valhalla," Netflix's new show set in the universe of legendary Vikings—not only the warriors' heroic exploits but their ways of worshipping and, even simpler, just their ways. Ritual love of “Vikings: Valhalla” 2022-03-12T05:00:00Z

Perhaps a life-or-death situation sometimes looks like lounging, or heroic success looks like hormonal instability. A Glimpse Into My Son’s Magnificent Mind 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z

In this zombie novel, though, there is nothing particularly heroic about survival. Ling Ma’s “Severance” Captures the Bleak, Fatalistic Mood of 2018 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z

“But the idea of being heroic is often not presented to women. Women are often seen as motherly and nurturing. We wanted to be heroic, scary, edgy, and challenging.” How Sleater-Kinney became heroes of rock 2017-08-26T04:00:00Z

The centerpiece is “Grounding,” a short video beautifully shot by Daniel Garcia, that shows the artist striding around the Wall Street section of Manhattan with what seems to be serious, perhaps even heroic, intent. White Cube? These 3 Art Shows Buck Convention 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z

The original term, which has its roots in the Greek verb for speaking, described a heroic story of oral origin. An Epic Takedown 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z

But Young is opening a book that has no time for batting heroics or fulsome electrically lit baseball diamonds in approaching night. A Poetry Collection That Squints Hard at the Culture, in Pain and in Joy 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z

Still, he is heroic, in a way, in expending so many words describing near-identical buildings. Et cetera: Steven Poole's non-fiction choice - review 2012-08-17T21:55:04Z

In other words, Washington wasn't the unalloyed heroic figure in his own day that he became in the history books. 'Gloria's Cause' looks at the forgotten figures of 1776 2010-11-28T05:01:00Z

Her 1999 collection of poems, "On the Bus with Rosa Parks," makes the heroic activism of Parks central to American life. How Bruce Springsteen – and the left – can reclaim and cultivate a vocabulary of patriotism 2021-03-06T05:00:00Z

This quietly effective sequence reminds us that the heroic measures Jones takes to stop Kilgrave are costly even if they’re not as over-the-top as the comparatively high stakes of the show’s pilot. ‘Jessica Jones’ Episode 3: You’re a Good Person 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z

Taken together, the shows with the most nominations reflect the Broadway that theatergoers have come to expect: big casts, uplifting music, high-kicking choreography, come-from-behind heroics, men in drag and characters taken from movies and books. It’s ‘Kinky Boots’ vs. ‘Matilda’ in Tony Nominations 2013-04-30T22:20:57Z

Then she puts a heroic face on her condition: “I’m not suffering, I’m struggling.” Review: Still Alice: Julianne Moore Reveals Alzheimer's From the Inside 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z

Mr. Karl’s magnetic performance has come to seem almost heroic, given that he tore his anterior cruciate ligament three days before the show opened and is performing in a knee brace. 2017 Tony Nominations: What to Watch For 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z

The sketch features Robert De Niro as a heroic Robert Mueller – the former FBI director who became a liberal pin-up as many expected his report to secure Trump’s impeachment. 'We just want to make fun of Toby Young!': socialist US comics Chapo Trap House 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z

He certainly wasn’t very heroic for a large section of the series, in the middle there. TV?s ?Lost? and Its Hero: Dead but Not Dead 2010-08-24T23:27:00Z

Jonathan Wright Presenter Saul David shows that great campaigns aren't just about heroic leadership and courage, but down to the nuts and bolts of making sure your troops are properly fed and kitted. TV highlights 09/02/2012 2012-02-08T20:00:05Z

Stuart, and its ties to the “Lost Cause,” the ideology surrounding the belief that the cause of the Confederacy during the Civil War was a just, heroic one. As Confederate monument debate continues, Kehinde Wiley’s new statue challenges the heroic narrative 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z

And the heroic status he grants to England's Henry V is part history lesson, part legend. Myth and mirth take the stage at Oregon Shakespeare fest 2012-07-19T21:29:02Z

The heroic bluster that seemed stilted in Asgard plays as engaging comedy when Thor is confined in a hospital and demands, "How dare you attack the son of Odin!" Thor: A Minor Marvel 2011-05-04T17:05:00Z

In place of his normal features, an icily heroic face of war. The battle for Cumbria's Roman helmet 2010-10-06T15:48:00Z

"The heroes grow only more heroic, the villains more villainous." Inside the cancellation of "American Dirt" (and its book tour) 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z

Part of what makes work tolerable is the idea that it is heroic, the fantasy that repetitive and meaningless tasks are charged with risk and significance. Even Superheroes Punch the Clock 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z

Ratlines' more commercial shape and texture is evident in the fast pace and short chapters, but also in the straightforwardly heroic character of Ryan. Thrillers – review roundup 2013-02-22T09:01:00Z

However much we would like to think that heroic resistance is within most people's grasp, reality is much more nuanced. What our German grandmothers who survived World War 2 never talked about 2020-05-16T04:00:00Z

Romeo — a taxing role — appears extensively throughout all three acts, with both heroic partnering and expansive dance virtuosity. 4 Buzzy ‘Romeo and Juliet’ Debuts, 1 Fainthearted Production 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z

While heroic murals loom over the ordinary Chinese, the children, Antonioni says, are “the stars” — of schoolroom propaganda exercises not least. Forgotten Masterpiece: Antonioni’s Travelogue From China 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z

The lugubrious pacing changed the song, making its heroic aspirations seem elusive, if not delusional. Music Review: Peter Gabriel and Orchestra at Radio City Music Hall 2010-05-03T23:48:00Z

For Bourdain to repeat his trick of 2000 and storm in, steak knives rattling, would not look so much heroic now as simply ignorant. A taste for words 2010-06-18T23:06:00Z

While he’s a heroic figure and a motivational figure, and even though he’s a successful model for today’s news, in broad ways, we forget that William Holden is right: he is mad. ArtsBeat: Stephen Colbert on 'Network': Great Film, or the Greatest Film? 2011-05-19T15:14:27Z

“And now, to play someone who’s more heroic and is a good person is necessary, because you can overstay your welcome as a bad guy.” Dylan McDermott Wants to Be a Good Guy for a Change 2022-04-10T04:00:00Z

But in the end he comes off as fairly heroic.” Bill O’Reilly Has Top 2 Spots on Hardcover Best-Seller List 2012-12-23T22:52:22Z

I am inspired when I see how poets celebrate the heroics of everyday people. Five Poets That Yusef Komunyakaa Returns to Again and Again 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z

The array includes two items that are basically memorials, even if they’re not on a heroic scale. Review | In the galleries: Honfleur show celebrates the wonders of three dimensions 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z

Kennan has good company in being somewhat intimidated by Shakespeare's longest, and most storied, heroic role. Character of Hamlet haunts Seattle actor Darragh Kennan 2010-10-21T23:18:00Z

In the person of Gordon Gekko, played both times with leonine bombast and reptilian cunning by Michael Douglas, Mr. Stone has conceived one of the definitive heroic villains of modern pop culture. | 'Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps': The Pride That Went Before the Fall 2010-09-23T16:10:00Z

Mr. Snyder writes such creepy opening scenes for a simple reason, he said: The title characters are “so heroic that the only way to challenge them is to go for their jugular.” Scott Snyder Writes a New Swamp Thing for DC Comics 2011-09-06T22:13:31Z

It is a film about the sometimes ugly but undeniable urges that drive men to war, and how the experience of combat is rarely heroic but usually dehumanising. In the firing line: A grunt's eye view of war 2011-04-04T20:31:01Z

Fellow tube passengers showed almost heroic acts of kindness. Snooping in a dead man's house: my uneasy inheritance 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z

Netzer is best known for "Medal of Honour", an ironic movie about a pensioner who erroneously receives an award for his "heroic" actions in World War Two. Mother's obsessive love exposed in Romanian movie at Berlin 2013-02-11T16:33:50Z

They were worldly and otherworldly, heroic and vulnerable, proudly pop-savvy or defining their own kinds of fringe. Review: Governors Ball Is Ruled by Women 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z

In spite of Harden’s heroics, the game’s most memorable play, which I have returned to many times, took place with exactly three minutes and forty-five seconds to go in the third quarter. An Overanalysis of James Harden’s Step-Back 2019-01-26T05:00:00Z

The orchestra’s playing is heroic in its commitment. Tchaikovsky for Christmas 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z

He was to add new chapters about the heroic work of miners and factory workers in Siberia and the Urals. How the Soviet Literary Establishment Censored Vasily Grossman 2019-06-19T04:00:00Z

As a narrator, Lex never tries to win over her audience, or to present herself as plucky or heroic. What Happens to Siblings Who Survive a House of Horrors? 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z

Felicity Jones stars as Jyn Erso, a young woman who becomes involved with heroic resistance fighters while the Death Star is being built. What’s on TV Wednesday: ‘Rogue One: A Star Wars Story’ and ‘Incredibles 2’ 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z

It's Wonder Woman v Supersexism Back to Superman, he’s quite depressed over the mixed reaction to his theatrical heroics, and I don’t mean the reviews for Man of Steel either. Every single thing that is wrong with Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice 2016-03-25T04:00:00Z

For his heroics, he was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor — a rarity for a conscientious objector. Armed with faith: Movie shows WWII exploits of unarmed medic 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z

For me, it was heroic to say: ‘I did wrong.’ From Nazi to football hero: the incredible story of Man City's Bert Trautmann 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z

The family’s heroic defiance did not come without consequences, though. A Greek family saved them from Nazis. Now, they found how to thank them. 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z

On a patch of land now occupied by the Newstead Children's Centre adventure playground, he clocked on for British and Colonial Films to make crime melodramas about heroic street urchins and dashing heroes of Empire. The first Native American director. Or was he? 2010-09-23T22:50:00Z

The leavening heroics she also recounts are what make those passages bearable — just. Tammy Duckworth Was a Survivor Long Before Her Helicopter Was Shot Down 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z

For a few heroic weeks, she was a one-woman incarnation of musical theater itself. Best Theater of 2020 2020-12-01T05:00:00Z

The role calls for a heroic tenor, and this production has one in the young, athletic Roger Honeywell, who brought burnished sound and crisp diction to the sweeping vocal lines, full of leaps and dips. Music Review: Overdue Debut for Lewis Spratlan Opera in Santa Fe 2010-07-25T23:29:00Z

As Nick and Joan talk, she listens and takes notes about each fireman’s heroic qualities. 9 Necessary films about 9/11 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z

Hollywood has long churned out dumb, brutal stories, one difference being that today filmmakers no longer need to rationalize carnage with moralizing or blather about heroic codes. ‘Bullet Train’ Review: Ride and Die 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z

Pricking the heroic egos of Lancelot and Galahad would suit Edmund’s sardonic skillset, and operating in an era of magic would stretch his self-centred ingenuity to the limit. A cunning plan: if Blackadder returns, where and when should it be set? 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z

The ultimate triple-agent, he's a morally fascinating character who's as genuinely unpleasant as he is heroic. Laura Powell's top 10 heroes in disguise 2013-04-11T15:55:00Z

No. For all of Phillips’s late immersion in the Christianity of his upbringing and his newly adopted mission of visiting prisoners, there is no heroic action here of operatic scope. Opera Review: Opera Celebrates Bum Phillips, Who Led the Houston Oilers 2014-03-21T22:01:54Z

Released in June 1963, five months before its subject’s death, PT-109 provided a dogged, unquestioning account of JFK’s wartime heroics aboard a torpedo boat. Jackie: behind the creation of JFK, America's once and future king 2017-01-07T05:00:00Z

Is it a heroic act or just a glorified editing experiment? When should a director stop messing with a movie? 2010-08-17T00:20:00Z

Sportacus is a somewhat embarrassing but heroic character on “LazyTown,” a show now in perpetual reruns on PBS Kids Sprout and elsewhere, and aimed at preschoolers. Critic’s Notebook: Distinguishing Sportacus, on ‘LuckyTown,’ From ‘Spartacus’ 2013-01-24T23:39:07Z

His alter ego, Brainstorm, is a gifted telepathic crime solver, and while Phil is anything but heroic, he really can read minds. Fiona Maazel's 'A Little More Human' is like Pynchon writing a telenovela 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z

Year after year providers undertake heroic acts to comply and comply and comply. Texas’ sweeping abortion restrictions back in court as providers seek to minimize the damage already done 2014-04-02T21:59:00Z

“Serynade,” a halting, ghostly procession of tones and chords sustained and shaded through elaborate keyboard and pedal techniques, demonstrated Mr. Greenberg’s heroic dexterity. Music Review: Piano by Jacob Greenberg and Reinier van Houdt at Spectrum 2014-03-26T20:59:42Z

But there are no schoolboy heroics in To Germany. Poem of the week: To Germany by Charles Hamilton Sorley 2012-11-14T10:20:03Z

But despite the wind and string players’ heroics, especially in cascading glissandi, the net result was an aural onslaught 15 minutes too long — a reflection of the composition, not the musicians. Review | Either/Or gives focused, sometimes unforgiving performance 2017-02-19T05:00:00Z

He had no real royal lineage, no true heroic exploits – but none of that mattered if he was to be an effective ruler. The Walking Dead: season seven, episode two – The Well 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z

And then there are the quite heroic levels of innuendo. RuPaul's Drag Race: from camp curio to the very best reality show there is 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z

It’s this that elevates “Ruthless River” above the typically heroic tale of survival. Travel Books Take You There and Back 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z

In that context, it's both heroic and daft, narcissistic and communal. Don't Stop Believin': the power ballad that refused to die 2010-12-16T22:14:01Z

James Madison Cox, the principal horn player, was heroic throughout. Music Review: Inside Carnegie, Trumpets; Outside, Bullhorns 2011-02-23T22:48:22Z

Blogger's block, as I like to call it, is a less heroic, technological version of l'angoisse de la page blanche: the agony experienced by writers in front of a blank page. Whatever happened to 3:AM magazine? 2012-07-10T08:52:53Z

Some of that background filters into “Call Jane,” but the movie’s embrace of the traditional heroic narrative is exasperating and does a disservice to the history it relates. ‘Call Jane’ Review: Abortion History That’s Being Repeated Now 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z

Many of the ideas that society holds about heroic cops came from fictional media representations like this. Gone With the Wind and the damaging effect of Hollywood racism 2020-06-13T04:00:00Z

The movie presents three women whose life experiences have been extraordinary; their work, their personal lives, and their struggle for justice are uncompromisingly heroic. “Hidden Figures” Is a Subtle and Powerful Work of Counter-History 2016-12-23T05:00:00Z

But before the digital age, information design coups were the heroic products of old-fashioned physical slog and intellectual ingenuity, not technology. An Early Triumph in Information Design 2010-05-23T16:00:00Z

He’s both the handsome and heroic Jamie Lockhart and, his face stained with berry juice, he’s a dashing but dastardly brigand. Review: ‘The Robber Bridegroom’ Is Heavy on the Twang 2016-03-13T05:00:00Z

Well, none of this would have been possible if the academy did not make the heroic move, and the right move to open up its ranks to better reflect what this country looks like. Spike Lee Reacts to His First Best-Director Nomination 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z

Gregory Peck, who won an Oscar for his role as the heroic Southern lawyer Atticus Finch in the 1962 film "To Kill a Mockingbird," was one of the most admired actors in Hollywood history. Gregory Peck's widow Veronique, an arts supporter, dies at 80 2012-08-18T20:53:38Z

With ice water in her voice, this heroic woman simply said, “You can scrape it off if you don’t like it.” How Jell-O Molds Claimed Their Spot on the American Table 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z

Is Don empowered or imprisoned by his own heroic impulses? "Mad Men" recap: Through the looking glass 2010-10-11T12:30:00Z

In a statement to the Guardian, Murdoc, the band's animated bassist, styled the band as the festival's heroic saviours. Gorillaz new Glasto headliners 2010-05-26T14:10:00Z

I would prefer not to have a final eight months of heroic measures that leave me in fruitless pain, but I am in favor of longevity. ‘The Good Death,’ ‘When Breath Becomes Air’ and More 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z

Are you prepared to countenance the idea of an epic fantasy take on the heroic Jack of many a folktale – especially one that features a slew of this country's best-loved character actors? Jack the Giant Slayer: big news or the height of nonsense? 2012-11-23T15:16:42Z

Even in French, the phrase “heroic Canadian notary” sounds like a punch line, but it fits this man exactly and also illuminates one of the movies crucial themes. | 'Incendies': Scavenger Hunt for Family Secrets Across Time and Geography 2011-04-21T22:24:49Z

Was the fearless and heroic adventurer, as played by Angelina Jolie, a figure of female empowerment, as her legions of fans claimed? In the New ‘Tomb Raider,’ How Lara Croft Became Lara Croft 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z

Springsteen's investment in his own heroic myth seems to motivate his other recent attempt at rescuing patriotism from the anti-intellectual and anti-democratic sewer of right wing outrage. How Bruce Springsteen – and the left – can reclaim and cultivate a vocabulary of patriotism 2021-03-06T05:00:00Z

She writes melodies that gather drama as they unfold, carrying lyrics filled with compassion, close observation and sometimes heroic metaphors. Brandi Carlile, Larger Than Life and Achingly Human 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z

If nothing else, it’s entertaining to think about how this mash-up of ancient Persian heroics and headline news might sit with the Iranian powers that be. | 'Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time': Jake Gyllenhaal and Ben Kingsley Take Up Swords 2010-05-27T21:50:00Z

He had them heroic but forever bickering, like the Three Stooges. 'It's a hustle': Jon Ronson on how he made it into movies with the help of Okja the giant pig 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z

We meet not only several hotheaded young partisans, but also their families, who, in varying degrees, shrink from their children’s daredevil heroics. | 'The Army of Crime': The Resistance in France, and Missak Manouchian?s Role 2010-08-19T21:14:00Z

The themes in this novel are not unique, but Lucy’s transformation into a heroic figure invigorates the story. A 16-year-old runs off with her English teacher in Caroline Leavitt’s new novel 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z

For a movie released in early spring to exceed the record-breaking revenue of a summer champ would be a heroic feat indeed. Hunger Games Eats American's Pie, Slams Into Refloated Titanic 2012-04-08T20:52:08Z

Perry and Tyler, whose heroic consumption of drugs helped earn them the nickname the “Toxic Twins,” spent extended periods in the bathroom. Review | How the crossover hit ‘Walk This Way’ became a major pop cultural moment 2019-02-03T05:00:00Z

On any given night, sometimes on the same channel or even the same program, a gorgeous butterfly, a poisonous toad, a heroic doggie and a ravenous hippo may all come bursting out of your set. Television: Animal Shows Are Taking Over TV 2010-04-21T22:01:00Z

In other words, "Hood" will attempt to give an attitude adjustment to the heroic archer, swordsman and outlaw of English folklore. Sony may give Robin Hood the 'Avengers' treatment 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z

It's taken half a series, but Outcasts' heroic commitment to portentous dialogue and careful scene-setting is yielding results. Tonight's TV highlights 2011-02-21T08:00:01Z

Using a video camera, Sylvia reports the disaster live even as she is dying, confident that she will live forever in public memory as a heroic journalist in her prime. Review: Fort Worth Opera’s ‘Buried Alive and ‘Embedded’ Conjure Poe’s Dark Terrain 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z

A non-Texan professor from Princeton, Mr Wuthnow offers a clear-eyed view of the lingering legacies of slavery and segregation, matters that many Texans today prefer to pass over in favour of Alamo heroics. Clinging to religion 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z

There may be nothing heroic about an obsession with death, but when it produces high-caliber art the issue is effectively closed. Sally Mann’s Haunted South 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z

He sees his experience — three tours in Iraq — as far from heroic. Claiming the Title of United States Marine 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z

With brasses clear and heroic; winds eloquent and full of personality; and strings speaking as a single unit, this was an ensemble in excellent form. Review: Igor Levit Arrives at the Philharmonic, at Last 2022-05-08T04:00:00Z

The chorus, prepared by Joseph Crnko, did a heroic job in some of the most difficult choral singing in the repertoire. Seattle Symphony and Chorale’s performance of Bach’s ‘Mass in B Minor’ is gratifyingly good 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z

Renoir the man is “a remarkable individual whose life story is heroic and inspiring,” but what about his work? The (Often Complicated) Lives of Artists 2018-01-12T05:00:00Z

“Will Atticus Finch still be the heroic and inspiring character we’ve so admired all of these years?” The Invisible Hand Behind Harper Lee’s ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ 2015-07-12T04:00:00Z

He is making an affirmative and hence exemplary and heroic response to that which André Malraux describes as la condition humaine.” Albert Murray, Essayist Who Challenged the Conventional, Dies at 97 2013-08-19T16:57:56Z

Mr. Blanchard is very good at summoning Frank’s troubled passivity, if less convincing in the tragic heroics required at the end. Theater Review: ?The Witch of Edmonton?: A Supernatural Subject with Human Urges 2011-02-04T17:00:53Z

Mr. Dyer said, “For Britain and France, it was a victory that was all but indistinguishable from defeat. Just being able to endure it was seen as heroic.” ArtsBeat: A Great War Reading List at PEN World Voices Festival 2014-05-02T18:57:31Z

David and Wu Han are heroic role models of the chamber musician as entrepreneur.” Chamber Music?s Busy Power Couple 2010-10-15T16:57:00Z

It seems fair to say that it takes an unnatural volume of liquid, under unnatural pressure, to breach the heroic ileocecal valve and enter the small intestine from the rear. Passing gas: A modern scientific history 2013-04-07T11:00:00Z

At MOMA, visitors can examine the obliterated knee pads of Pope.L’s heroic costume, which is laid out like an exhausted-looking exoskeleton. Crawling Through New York City with the Artist Pope.L 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z

The calm, earthy and delicate “Atlas,” the third Real Estate album, is less ambitious than its second album, “Days,” and somehow more heroic. New Music: Albums From Real Estate, Linda Perhacs and Nick Waterhouse 2014-03-03T23:08:37Z

Enter our heroic recipe writers, who treat weeknight cooking as the Rubik’s Cube they are itching to solve in as few moves as possible, conjuring the most flavor with the fewest ingredients and steps. What I Learned in a Year of Weeknight Cooking 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z

They created a new school of design — now often called heroic modernism — wilder, more colorful, and softer than the Soviet Bloc styles in the East, but largely unseen by Westerners. Heads Up: New Design on Croatia?s Coast 2011-10-21T18:50:00Z

Andrew Veyette is an effective Frantz, appropriately doltish up top yet heroic in the legs, carving space and slicing clear shapes through the air. Dance Review: Megan Fairchild and Tiler Peck Lead ‘Coppélia’ Casts 2014-02-17T23:17:19Z

He looks up at Mars, the statue of the heroic god of ancient Rome painstakingly chiselled from the finest Carrara 1,835 years previous. Silvio Berlusconi's restoration work is no cock-up 2010-11-22T11:40:00Z

"No one will occupy us," the heroic Treholt vows through subtitles, "neither Russians nor Americans." The trippiest martial arts movie ever? 2011-08-27T15:01:00Z

But reminds you that heroic and unheroic political eras, such as they exist at all, are always intertwined. Rereading: Vineland by Thomas Pynchon 2010-07-30T23:06:00Z

It’s part of a professional ethos, he says, that stresses idealism, dues paying, hierarchy, optimism and a heroic self-image while ignoring financial realities. Steal this album: What happens if no one pays for music? 2012-06-20T11:45:00Z

The Super Bowl has made a handful of performers look heroic; many others have been dwarfed. Coldplay and Beyoncé Hope to Match Past Spectacles at Super Bowl Halftime Show 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z

A man may be puckish or heroic, conflicted or irrepressible, controlling and or questing. Dance Review: Demonstrating How a Special Choreographer Made Men Special 2011-08-04T21:32:04Z

The film, about a heroic pilot who is also an addict, played by Mr. Washington, was inspired by the screenwriter's fear of flying and own past with substance abuse. The Carpetbagger: 'Flight's' Screenwriter Is Just Thrilled His Name Was Pronounced Right 2013-01-10T20:05:58Z

A heroic effort on Day 80 yields him a clove of garlic. New Graphic Novels Detail Personal Journeys and Twists of Fate 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z

The London version is more monumental, more heroic, because by the 1500s Leonardo had mastered the eloquence and calm of classical Greek art. Leonardo swap will make for the greatest gathering of his work to date 2011-07-28T10:39:30Z

For Magnet, Thomas is the heroic legal champion of “the framers’ vision of free, self-governing citizens forging their own fate.” How Should We Understand Clarence Thomas? 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z

He was dad to his co-workers, but his heroic actions left his own kids fatherless. Space dad is the ultimate absentee father in "For All Mankind" and beyond 2022-06-19T04:00:00Z

“He was sort of poetic and heroic and very sad,” Anderson writes in an email, “but I remember what we also thought: He’s still funny.” The greatest role of Bill Murray’s life has been playing Bill Murray 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z

One of the prints is dark and heroic, obviously the work of Allied propagandists. T Magazine: Poster Boy Wonder 2011-07-21T00:54:00Z

The film captures that heroic moment perfectly, but misses her initial failure to activate alarms that would have warned people on the ship to an impending disaster. The True Story Behind the 'Deepwater Horizon' Movie 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z

Our culture has very resolute standards about who gets to be heroic. Victims make us uncomfortable. Sansa Stark has always been a warrior: She’s been fierce all along — and it kept her alive 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z

“Before this, my aunt was absolutely unknown. She had been decorated. She had the Legion d’Honneur, she had the Cross of Courage, but nobody knew of this story. My aunt was heroic.” Film-maker tells story of Polish nuns’ secret pregnancies after mass rape by Stalin’s troops 2016-10-01T04:00:00Z

Ross flung himself across the stage to stop this happening, like a heroic squaddie hurling his body on a live grenade. Baftas 2011: Peter Bradshaw on the winners and losers 2011-02-14T14:57:24Z

The baritone David Kempster offers a strongly sung Tell that lacks the ultimate heroic dimension. In Britain, Opera Season Opens With ‘Otello’ and ‘William Tell’ 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z

A heroic effort by the Aquarium salvaged 85 percent of the collection. Coney Island’s Newest Wonder: Sharkitecture! 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z

In the elegy of “Serenade,” the heroic, turning jumps into the man’s arms — whether delivered by Ms. Peck or Erica Pereira — have none of the oomph that Balanchine required here. City Ballet Closes Its Season With Power and Glow 2016-05-30T04:00:00Z

Worse, there is a happy ending, with our hero, Prince Siegfried, ripping off Rothbart’s wing — a classic example of the Soviet notion that the heroic male must triumph over evil. Dance Review: ‘Swan Lake’ From Mariinsky Ballet, Broadcast Live 2013-06-10T22:31:51Z

In France, a robust appetite is a virtue if not a heroic trait. The Sensory Transcendence of a French Meal, via the Big Screen 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z

Cartwheeling through nine tracks in a half-hour, Hungry Ghost — which also features guitarist Andrew Price and bassist Lorca Wood; all three sing — embraces classic-rock heroics with Northwest punk gutsiness. Portland's Hungry Ghost punches out crazy rhythms 2012-07-30T21:41:04Z

Architecturally, Thomsen said, Idea Office's Birkenau proposal has a kinship with recent memorials that mark enormous loss not with heroic statuary or traditional buildings, but by leaving a kind of void. What to do at Auschwitz? Hide site behind logs, Idea Office proposes 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z

In other words, while she’s still a fictional character and a moderately cartoonish one at that, she’s also a heroic stand-in for every teenager who picks up a gun and starts shooting. Movie Review: ‘Kick-Ass 2’ Stars Chloë Grace Moretz 2013-08-15T22:04:11Z

People are beautiful and heroic in a way they aren’t, usually, in real life. Review | ‘The Perfect Nine,’ by perennial Nobel Prize favorite Ngugi wa Thiong’o, is a mythic look at his culture’s origins 2020-10-12T04:00:00Z

It is mock-heroic and actually heroic at once. TV Picks: 'Drunk History,' 'William Shatner's Brown Bag Wine' 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z

He was rescued by the police, not by a heroic friend. In ‘Driving the King,’ Ravi Howard Imagines Nat King Cole 2014-12-28T05:00:00Z

Saul’s impure, hybrid style is just the right vehicle to convey the war’s haunted complexity, where abused victims and heroic saviors can sometimes be one and the same. From brash Pop to a more complicated mix: Peter Saul at CB1-G 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z

Amazingly, he was traveling at the time to attend an event that would award him for his other heroic actions. Air Force Sergeant saves choking baby while flying to award ceremony 2019-09-29T04:00:00Z

The quest to depict a space mission from an emotional perspective is at times as impressive as all those movies and TV shows that relied purely on scientific innovations and nerd heroics. Review | Let’s go to Mars! Sure, right after Hulu’s ‘The First’ jettisons its heavy payload. 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z

His 1918 setting of Rupert Brooke's Blow Out, You Bugles manages to be heroic and moving. Backstage no longer: Frank Bridge at the Proms 2011-08-04T21:30:01Z

This summer, Mr. Domingo plans to return to the Salzburg Festival to appear in Verdi’s “Il Trovatore,” an opera in which he used to memorably sing the title role of the heroic troubadour, Manrico. Plácido Domingo Defies the Gravity of Age 2014-03-07T15:00:03Z

Signer took a middle-of-the-road position, expressing support for leaving the statue in place but acknowledging prominent African-Americans in memorials elsewhere in the city and putting Lee in a less heroic context. Tested by Tragedy, Two Politicians Review Their Records — Mistakes Included 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z

The hit Broadway musical “Hamilton” portrayed Jefferson not as a heroic figure but as deeply flawed, even a bit of a hypocrite. For decades they hid Jefferson’s relationship with her. Now Monticello is making room for Sally Hemings. 2017-02-18T05:00:00Z

Mr. Salonen’s picturesque, often tumultuous account, with its electrifying accelerandos, carefully sculpted woodwind lines and polished but hefty brass playing, captured the score’s heroic qualities and made its wrenching conclusion palpable. Music Review: Esa-Pekka Salonen Conducts Juilliard Orchestra at Tully Hall 2012-04-05T21:20:41Z

The original Murphy was heroic not because she was never wrong, but because she was talented, unapologetic and flawed. Review: ‘Murphy Brown’ Returns, Not for the Better 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z

It is not necessary to support the war to be humbled by these matter-of-fact heroics. Total Recall: The Toyota Story | The Air Hospital | In Search of the Perfect Loaf | Archer | Watch this 2010-03-25T06:45:00Z

This impressive collection, which the designer labeled “heroic and gallant,” caught skillfully the incoming menswear mood: part military, but without the rigidity that implies. Special Report: Fashion: Mad Men! Romancing the Suit 2011-01-21T18:31:16Z

This isn’t the kind of product placement in which a company’s car or navigation system is used by the heroine — this is the kind in which a sponsor is turned into a heroic character. Watch List: ‘Cybergeddon,’ With Missy Peregrym, Hits YouTube 2012-09-24T18:09:03Z

In the 1980s, academics such as Mark Jefferson attacked sentimentality, and Neo-Expressionists gave sincerity a bad name through their sophomoric attempts at heroic paintings. David Foster Wallace was right: Irony is ruining our culture 2014-04-13T19:30:00Z

No doubt, whether critical information about wrongdoing comes from heroic whistle-blowers or conniving leakers, it’s a good thing when that information finally gets out. Army tank made of cupcakes 2012-06-15T14:54:00Z

Caillebotte replaced the heroic Greek and Roman male nudes of academic history painting with three robust youth, roughly his own age, from the urban working class. The Kimbell captures 'Painter's Eye,' but it can't elevate Caillebotte 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z

Overlapping these fictional types is a constant, contradictory flow of media images — of heroic cops on 9/11, abusive cops at protest demonstrations, cops as community good guys or trigger-happy bigots. A theatrical cop-land, from an officer's perspective 2011-11-10T20:55:38Z

"This is not to be an heroic tale of derring-do," he says. The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell 2010-05-10T23:05:00Z

De Palma had, in effect, a digital imagination in an analog age, and his efforts to realize it have been heroic. The Brian De Palma Conundrum 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z

The Western tradition of the isolated heroic genius toiling away in a lab or study is based on myth as much as fact, she added. Innovation Far Removed From the Lab 2011-02-10T00:12:30Z

Scott called “a catalog of burdens and also a heroic act of unburdening.” The Breakout Stars of 2020 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z

All the figures float against a background stained rust-red, evoking heat, violence and blood but also the heroic color fields of Abstract Expressionism. Painting From the 1980s, When Brash Met Flash 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z

As a fellow-sufferer from what might be called hydraulic dysfunction, I shall relish Tim Parks's account of his rebellious bladder and his heroic quest for a cure. Summer reading: 'coalition books' 2010-07-16T23:05:00Z

Had I reacted a different way that morning, I would’ve been heroic but I had about this much going for me. “I’m the parent who wants their kids to have sex”: Mary Louise Parker talks poetry, nudity, one-night stands and her brilliant new book 2015-12-19T05:00:00Z

“Calm,” heroic” and “unprecedented” were among the words he wrote. A modern Churchill? Zelenskyy praised as war communicator 2022-03-07T05:00:00Z

Reminded of that dark era and her grandfather's heroic role in saving the Turtle Mountain Reservation in North Dakota, Erdrich knew she had found the inspiration for her next book. Review | With ‘The Night Watchman,’ Louise Erdrich rediscovers her genius 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z

And was he really such a heroic figure? Critic's Notebook: Buffalo Bill Museum in Wyoming 2012-08-03T19:07:26Z

Let’s raise a glass to the hope that such retro views have changed — and also to this heroic comic novel that’s not only still alive but getting a second wind. A Love Letter to Old-Fashioned Department Stores 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z

While the film and the biography couldn’t be less alike, both reach similar conclusions about Ms. Winchester: She was considerably more heroic, and considerably less nuts, than she has sometimes been painted. This Horror Movie Is Based on a True Story. Sort Of. 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z

“He misses the war. What kind of heroics are possible” in this gated community? Review | The most surprising novel this year is a modern-day ‘Beowulf’ minus the macho hero 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z

It can't be a coincidence that all these more lighthearted takes on heroic journeys come from head writers who are women. In the Marvel Cinematic Universe comedy is a woman's work 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z

As the apartheid government fell, they returned home, and Mr. Gwangwa received a heroic reception. Jonas Gwangwa, Trombonist and Anti-Apartheid Activist, Dies at 83 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z

Gallery corners are devoted to sketches and engravings of disasters, including shipwrecks and steamboat fires, and to the heroic feats of George Washington and Molly Pitcher. Antiques: Historical Hair Locks Selling at Auctions 2012-12-13T22:46:41Z

Homer gets a chance to be properly heroic and save the day. The Simpsons: the five greatest episodes in the iconic show's history 2019-11-28T05:00:00Z

We don’t want to believe bad things of them, because it doesn’t fit the heroic icon image. Why do we fumble over athletes and rape accusations? 2014-04-16T19:12:00Z

In most pop culture, whether spy stories or romance novels, leading men are leading men because they’re masculine — strong, competent, dangerous, heroic. Without 'Twilight's' supernatural chill, can Stephenie Meyer still thrill readers? 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z

The part involves a great deal of high-lying, impetuous, heroic singing. Music Review: Metropolitan Opera?s ?Siegfried? Is Led by Impressive Singing 2011-10-28T12:28:31Z

Finally Ms. Wearing ventures into sculpture with two small bronze statues that commemorate ordinary people; their quietly heroic behavior is explained on plaques that recall the handwritten signs of her earlier work. Art in Review: GILLIAN WEARING: ?People? 2011-05-12T21:00:17Z

In the spirit of the combination of the banal and the heroic in Twomey's project, before its recent restoration the space was a staff lavatory. Cake, children and cocktails: legacy hopes of 1,000 men in pottery exhibit 2013-01-21T13:45:17Z

The coronavirus pandemic brought out stories of profound grief and heroic resolve. What it felt like to lose time — and all the other things coronavirus took away

There were the “heroic moments of an artistic golden age” in the 17th and 18th centuries, as craftsmen became innovators in silver and porcelain. Ah, Tea. So Relaxing. But Its History Is Another Story. 2020-03-08T05:00:00Z

It falls to Jamie and heroic headteacher Dabbs to see if they can piece things back together, or if the bad behaviour of the pupils will end up capsizing the whole project. Tonight's TV highlights: Great British Food Revival 2011-03-16T00:05:01Z

Lindbergh, with his “relative youth” and “graceful athleticism,” represents “normalcy raised to heroic proportions, a decent man with an honest face and an undistinguished voice.” A Different Kind of Dystopian Novel 2017-02-19T05:00:00Z

In a sort of third-person monologue of impressions, vignettes, and diaristic reflections, he comes off as neither heroic nor craven, though he exhibits both traits on occasion. Julian Barnes and the Shostakovich Wars 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z

For all the artifice of their outfits, the queens make themselves emotionally naked for us, by turns poignant, comic, vulnerable and heroic. RuPaul: ‘Drag is a big f-you to male-dominated culture’ 2018-03-03T05:00:00Z

Scarers are the heroic frighteners who, by traveling through literal doors into the human world, are able to terrify children, inspiring the kiddie screams that literally light up the monsters’ world. Movie Review: ‘Monsters University’ Unfolds Before ‘Monsters Inc.’ 2013-06-20T18:56:08Z

Many Latin Americans, living under dictatorships during the height of the show, found his underdog triumphs heroic in the face of authority. Roberto Gómez Bolaños, Mexican comic performer who delighted millions, dies

The label touts the winery as a “family farm” and Avene as a “heroic vineyard.” What goes perfectly with nibbles and snacks? Sherry, baby. 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z

Tsujii’s high-octane recital here focused on Debussy and Chopin, repertoire in which translucency and poetry are required along with heroic technique. A 3-encore night with pianist Nobuyuki Tsujii | Classical review 2013-01-23T17:53:37Z

Since childhood, I had been fascinated by Greek myths and the heroic tales of the Trojan war. My swimming odyssey: ‘It felt like a last chance to prove what I was capable of’ 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z

But the character, in Hawke’s quietly magnetic performance, is neither a heroic visionary nor a tragic hero. ‘Tesla’ Review: Lightning Strikes, but Quietly 2020-08-19T04:00:00Z

“We need a heroic writer’s movement: assertive, militant, pugnacious.” Toni Morrison, the Teacher 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z

The second half of the program was devoted to grand-scale, heroic Chopin, with the Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. A night of Chopin by a pianist with impressive finesse 2016-01-10T05:00:00Z

Cause of Death: Terminal heroics, by way of pulling off several extraordinary acts of swordplay. On "Game of Thrones," all men must die. Who will fall at Winterfell? 2019-04-27T04:00:00Z

Mr. Pheiffer’s companions bounce his squatting body like a basketball, and all three dancers, lying on their backs like upended beetles, kick to get briefly airborne — a motion at once farcical, pathetic and heroic. Dance Review: Yvonne Meier’s ‘This Is Not a Pink Pony,’ at the Abrons Arts Center 2013-06-02T21:24:55Z

Woodward describes it as "a heroic figure", a very rare full-length study of a black subject who is neither servile nor in fancy dress, but also an enigma. Garden Museum hopes to identify subject of mysterious portrait 2012-12-16T16:32:01Z

It found 10% in need of urgent and usually hugely complex and expensive repairs, a further 30% in poor condition, and the remainder lovingly maintained through heroic efforts by often tiny congregations. One in 10 English churches needs urgent repairs 2010-06-30T14:05:00Z

The new drug was called heroin, a name derived from the German word for “heroic.” How Big Pharma Grew Addicted to Big Profits 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z

For Italian historians, this was a glorious chapter in their country’s history, a heroic national struggle, brilliantly planned and executed, leading to the creation of a liberal democracy. Denis Mack Smith, Chronicler of Modern Italy, Dies at 97 2017-08-02T04:00:00Z

In the title role, Alfred Walker was a strong actor with a warm tone that didn’t quite have the heroic presence that Wagner requires. Seattle Opera’s ‘Flying Dutchman’ unleashes gloriously perfect storm 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z

Stylistically, the choreography is the most heroic flowering of the late period in which Cunningham, devising dances on his computer, made novel and rigorous combinations of the movements of his dancers’ legs, torsos and arms. Dance Review: Merce Cunningham Troupe in ?Biped? at BAM - Review 2011-12-09T22:49:13Z

Some readers commented that they would not open “Watchman,” that it was too painful to see Atticus’s heroic figure dismantled. Harper Lee, elusive author of ‘To Kill a Mockingbird,’ is dead at 89 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z

And in work spanning 40 years, Ms. Srimati’s choreographic take on naturalism makes everyday subjects — a woman dressing, a family riding to market — look heroic, and images of deities and saints look approachably human. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z

We are “trapped somewhere between the heroic and the pitiful,” Tempest writes in her long poem “Brand New Ancients.” Kate Tempest’s Transformations 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z

The swirling cape, the breastplate, and the faux-Roman helmet: that is a kid’s reverie of the heroic, and Fassbender, though a little feral in his mien, is too grownup for such games. Apocalypse Now: Bryan Singer’s New “X-Men” Movie 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z

Rosenberg’s Bagels & Delicatessen — opened last summer by a former Jersey boy, Josh Pollack — has taken the quest for a decent New York-style bagel west of the Mississippi to heroic heights. What to Do in Denver 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z

Amundsen had got to the South Pole first but his achievement paled beside Scott's heroic effort. Readers recommend their favourite books of 2010 2011-01-01T00:05:32Z

This kind of memoir — the third-world innocent transformed into a heroic figure through unimaginable suffering — is a standard of the memoir-industrial complex. Review | After a photo of her nephew’s drowned body went viral, a Syrian woman tells the family’s story 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z

But the health of his new ad firm depends on his ability to define himself clearly and succinctly, to translate his life into a bold, heroic brand. "Mad Men" recap: Who is Don Draper? 2010-07-26T06:02:00Z

From there, and in no particular order, the head of a woman in a leather pilot’s cap appears against clouds, an image as heroic as a postage-stamp; then we see her tumbling through space. Garrett Bradley Reminds Us That Black Joy Always Existed 2021-03-11T05:00:00Z

The role is a daunting challenge for a heroic tenor. Review: Flawed but Fascinating Dvorak Opera in a Rare Staging 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z

These operas are bigger, longer, more heroic in their requirements than anything else on the stage ... and fans tend to be downright fanatical. At Seattle Opera, not resting on the ‘Ring’ 2013-08-22T02:38:02Z

This global focus — the belief that corrupt systems are more dangerous and influential than wicked or heroic individuals — is a theme of Simon’s work, from “The Wire” to “Show Me a Hero.” When Democracy Dies in Daylight 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z

The younger Doss said his father — like many others who perform heroic feats — often said he was just doing his job. Armed with faith: Movie shows WWII exploits of unarmed medic 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z

Then there is the heroic scale of her dancing. Dance Review: A ?Swan? Of Complex Shades 2011-02-14T05:15:08Z

The most heroic are the male ball-rolling beetles that carve perfect spheres out of dung, at least twice their size and weight, roll them some distance away and bury them in pre-excavated nests. The gardener’s little helper 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z

The characters are made heroic not by their ability to force change but by their capacity to love. Kate DiCamillo’s New Novel, About a Girl Who Would Be King 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z

They alone embark on the heroic task to narrate and perform a multiplicity of stories, bringing to life dozens of characters and scenes. ArtsBeat: Under the Radar Festival: 5 Questions About 'The Past Is a Grotesque Animal' 2012-01-13T21:51:36Z

On Saturday, each participant will choose a heroic Black figure as the subject of a personal rap to perform on Sunday. 7 Things to Do This Weekend 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z

Critics and readers were startled to find the heroic Atticus of “Mockingbird” disparaging blacks and condemning the Supreme Court’s decision to outlaw segregation in public schools. Harper Lee's 'Go Set a Watchman' Is Already a Million Seller 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z

They are outliers in that heroic story, even as they seem to occupy opposite sides of the American political ledger. Wallace Stegner and the Conflicted Soul of the West 2020-06-01T04:00:00Z

She was heroic in a way, a superhuman and quite fantastic creation of her own making, an Amazon to kick to the curb the wan and waifish Twiggy types who had preceded her. Jordan Mooney, an Avatar of Punk Style, Dies at 66 2022-04-10T04:00:00Z

One that portrays our recent military campaigns in the Middle East as a noble, heroic and misunderstood crusade to save civilization? The “American Sniper” cultural moment: How Iraq became the new Vietnam 2015-01-31T05:00:00Z

His lyrics touch on Christian themes — struggle, salvation, a relationship with a heroic savior — but seldom mention Jesus. Exalting the Sacred, Wooing the Secular 2013-07-09T21:37:07Z

Both are made of repurposed wood and assume monumental forms while rejecting the heroic tenor of traditional monuments. Review | In the galleries: A wide array of media carry election-year messages 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z

The characters are not strapping and heroic, as you would find in most animated series, but lankier, bearing a not-accidental resemblance to those old Kenner "Star Wars" action figures that were ubiquitous in the 1980s. 'Star Wars Rebels' artists voyage to Skywalker Ranch for inspiration 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z

It is, instead, a heroic feat of counterprogramming, an assertion of the wonderfulness of movies in the face of a reality determined with each day to find new ways to be awful. Wonders in a Grim World: The New York Film Festival’s Best Trick 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z

A complex story — what has been called Greece's Alamo, a site of heroic resistance fought to the death in the face of a superior military foe — is stripped to representative elements. Delacroix's 'Greece on the Ruins of Missolonghi' as a rallying cry 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z

The event’s moderator, the Danish writer Janne Teller, suggested that some of the victors of the Great War had published books that painted it in a more heroic light. ArtsBeat: A Great War Reading List at PEN World Voices Festival 2014-05-02T18:57:31Z

The screenwriter said he didn't want anyone to be rooting for either Lauda or Hunt, but rather wanted to present both as flawed and yet heroic men. 'Rush' screenwriter inspired by rivalry, not Formula One racing 2013-09-25T14:58:47Z

Warlow’s silky baritone unwinds in long, confident phrases that shower the chivalric “Dulcinea” with tender romanticism and makes “The Impossible Dream” rewardingly heroic. Shakespeare Theater Company’s ‘La Mancha’ lances its mark 2015-03-24T04:00:00Z

One problem is that at an hour and a half, “Closed Circuit” can only gesture in certain directions, including the less heroic, more appealingly human qualities of Martin and Claudia. Movie Review: ‘Closed Circuit’ Features 2 Lawyers and a Terrorism Case 2013-08-27T21:36:54Z

Ms. Maines is heroic herself: In 2014, she successfully sued her school district after being denied access to the girl’s restroom at her school. Nicole Maines on Becoming TV’s First Transgender Superhero 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z

Byron’s Gloomy Pirate Tale, With Bikini Tutus Added Next year brings the bicentennial of Byron’s heroic poem “The Corsair” — a literary sensation that sold some 10,000 copies on its first day of publication. Dance Review: ‘Le Corsaire,’ American Ballet Theater 2013-06-05T22:00:27Z

I thought of Germans as either good — which meant heroic — or bad. What our German grandmothers who survived World War 2 never talked about 2020-05-16T04:00:00Z

Depicted on the verge of rescue, Géricault’s heroic survivors were seen as a rebuke to the ship’s captain and the restored government of the Bourbons. ‘Mutiny: Works by Géricault’ Review: Equine Passions and Anxieties 2018-09-08T04:00:00Z

Set to Ravel's Bolero, and perfectly reflecting its slightly absurd heroics, leads us through a lyrical catalogue of the athletic disciplines. Matthew Bourne's Play Without Words; Dance GB: The Olympic Project – review 2012-07-14T23:05:34Z

He also credits those co-writes with helping extrapolate aspects of his artistry beyond those guitar heroics. Seattle rocker Ayron Jones is having his national breakout in the strangest of times 2021-05-21T04:00:00Z

Of course, the trick to that is that these tough guys become all the more heroic because they are not sentimentalised. The Wages of Fear: No 8 2010-10-19T10:47:00Z

Think of it as an opportunity to be heroic – not “I survived living in Mosul during an attack” heroic, but an emotional survival. Ask Carrie Fisher: I'm bipolar – how do you feel at peace with mental illness? 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z

The Chinese star Sun Honglei plays the most heroic of the officers, perilously going undercover as a gangster with a hyenalike laugh. Critic’s Notebook: New York Asian Film Festival Offers Sturdy Hollywood Themes 2013-06-28T22:13:41Z

Photograph: Andrew Testa The American composer Elliott Carter, who has died aged 103, was, apart from Pierre Boulez, the last survivor of the heroic age of postwar musical modernism, and perhaps its greatest exponent. 2012 review: notable deaths in music 2012-12-24T09:00:08Z

Jack is revealed to have a tragic, premythic, human existence that gives meaning to his heroic destiny: it's the film's one flicker of interest. Rise of the Guardians – review 2012-11-29T21:45:01Z

It’s a movie that does what movies do well, and in this genre, that’s downright heroic. Riff: The Prescription to Save Ailing Superheroes 2011-07-31T04:23:02Z

The actor’s affable modesty helps to sell Ryan’s grace-under-pressure heroics, as when his game face collapses into jitters after he coolly kills a terrorist. Review: John Krasinski Brings His Man-Boyish Charm to “Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan” 2018-08-29T04:00:00Z

This image of the soldier as being strong and untouchable and resilient and heroic…I despise the word hero. Is "Jirga" a white savior movie about Afghanistan? "We have a lot to feel guilty about" 2019-07-26T04:00:00Z

And the superstars of Baroque opera were castratos — boys castrated before puberty to retain their high voices — the best of whom intriguingly combined a feminine range and sound quality with heroic, masculine power. Review: A Baroque Opera Muddies Lines Between Him and Her 2017-07-14T04:00:00Z

In the Rachmaninoff preludes, he showed a willingness to hold back and linger over a nice lyrical turn or point up a harmonic shift between outbursts of heroic pianism. Music Review: Garrick Ohlsson, Pianist, at Mostly Mozart Festival 2012-08-10T07:20:07Z

With its origins in European hunting culture, the horn is frequently associated with a heroic, triumphal sound. French horn musicians converge in L.A., where Hollywood meets classical 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z

Lee experimented audaciously with 3-D and CGI, making a film that was simultaneously live-action and animation, while giving full emotional value to the depths of a boy’s isolation, fear and heroic resolve. Oscars 2013: Richard Corliss’ Picks – Best Director 2013-02-21T22:05:35Z

While most of the festival’s rockers weren’t acting heroic, its rappers were. Critic’s Notebook: Axl Rose and Kanye West, Heroes of Governors Ball 2013-06-10T21:53:47Z

“He is, in looks and style, not a heroic leader,” Bernard Holland wrote in The New York Times in 1982 on the occasion of Mr. Moravec’s first solo recital at Carnegie Hall. Ivan Moravec, Pianist Who Specialized in Chopin, Dies at 84 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z

The women who populate the novel are all heroic in their various ways, a wonderful juxtaposition alongside this man's world built by oil money. 'In the Kingdom of Men': testing the boundaries of an oil worker stronghold 2012-05-30T21:40:11Z

And in Aurora’s celebrated Rose Adagio, in Act I, he adds the heroic balances on one point that Margot Fonteyn from 1939 onward made into part of the role’s legend. ‘The Sleeping Beauty’: Royalist Ballet or Harmonious Ideal? 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z

“My monsters, the ones you call ‘depraved,’ they are the beautiful, heroic ones. ‘American Horror Story: Freak Show’: Carny cornballs

The epic saga of a heroic Chinese monk’s pilgrimage to India with a Monkey King, a pig spirit and other disciples in search of sacred Buddhist scriptures was first published in 1592. Anthony C. Yu, Translator of the Saga of a Chinese Pilgrimage, Dies at 76 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z

But Beethoven more or less started the idea of the composer as colossus: a heroic visionary with a rare link to transcendent realms, creating symphonic works for the ages. Trump Is Wrong if He Thinks Symphonies Are Superior 2017-07-30T04:00:00Z

Today, movies about vaguely heroic computer dweebs get nominated for Golden Globes. Why is Disney hiding the original "Tron"? 2010-12-14T16:15:00Z

The admiring looks on the faces of the people in the shop confirmed what we already knew: Romeo is a heroic figure. How the world breaks: An intimate look at recent global natural weather disasters 2017-04-22T04:00:00Z

At his first entrance, when the piano plays the main theme in heroic chords and octaves followed by downwardly cascading passagework, Mr. Pollini sounded nervous and jumpy. Review: Maurizio Pollini Reunites With the Philharmonic and Makes Up for Lost Time 2015-10-18T04:00:00Z

It took its title from the afterlife to which the ancient Greeks thought the heroic and righteous were transported after death. Pet Shop Boys: Electric – review 2013-07-04T14:30:01Z

As Bacchus, tenor Shawn Thuris managed some heroic high notes with only occasional signs of strain. Small opera group offers engaging 'Ariadne' 2011-08-14T14:11:08Z

It may be that Susiraja’s art divides into two halves: proud and heroic, and abject and heroic. Iiu Susiraja: She Has Issues? No, You Have Issues 2023-05-31T04:00:00Z

Her stance is heroic, nearly monumental, and her smoke-blackened face is brightly lit as she stares into the distance. Anna Lim’s Vision of Nuclear Anxiety in South Korea 2019-12-01T05:00:00Z

One of the show’s many jokes-in-passing is that the strong-willed and latently heroic Natasha is just as immature as the baby she finds herself caring for. ‘The Baby’ Review: That Kid’s a Monster. No, Literally. 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z

You understand that you’ll come back to life only if you can summon the heroic resolve to carry on amid the most plangent heartbreak. REVIEW: If I Stay and Life After Beth: What If She's Not Dead? 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z

I was persona non grata, and for others I was the heroic pirate. A Career Woven From Life 2011-04-03T02:14:47Z

Each character is a kind of shorthand for the heroic values that the film crudely strives to represent. Watching “The Purge” in Our Year of Nightmare Politics 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z

At first glance it looks like standard heroic Cruise fare. Hit the road, Jack Reacher: why Tom Cruise should ditch the goody two-shoes act 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z

Why is Benedict Arnold America’s Judas, despite having a heroic personal story? If Donald Trump’s America is Hell, who is Satan? 2018-06-30T04:00:00Z

Some are large and fill the wall with a paradoxical sense of both grandeur and intimacy, heroic visions of vulnerability, commanding sculptures that depict the minimal but electric space between intertwined bodies. Review | This visionary artist lives on an island. Does that make her insular? 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z

"What I adore about her is that there's nothing necessarily heroic about her, and that's OK," says Taylor Schilling of her role as the fish-out-of-water inmate Piper Chapman on "Orange Is the New Black." 'Murder's' Annalise and other TV women leap darkly into antihero scene 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z

But Ken Taylor - who said he feels slighted by the movie because it makes Canada look like a meek observer to CIA heroics in the rescue of six U.S. Ex-Canada ambassador slighted by Affleck's "Argo" 2013-02-23T17:28:08Z

Fated always to be a heroic exemplar of the female artist in a male milieu, Morisot deserves to be recognized for other forms of heroism — and perhaps for her vulnerability, too. You know Monet and Manet. This female Impressionist deserves your attention, too. 2018-08-21T04:00:00Z

Still, he made a reluctantly heroic David and gave meaning and feeling to every word. Music Review: ‘David et Jonathas,’ at Brooklyn Academy of Music 2013-04-18T21:56:57Z

“I tend to focus on ordinary individuals and their capacity to be complex, and even heroic, to rise above the limits and expectations set for them by society.” Nigerian writer Helon Habila wins a Windham Campbell Prize 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z

With all of the danger and exertion of these moves exposed, the performers’ beyond-imaginable flights from trampolines, walls and scaffolding felt truly heroic, and exhilarating. Streb ‘action heroes’ provide an exhilarating show 2016-11-06T04:00:00Z

Ostensibly a tale of heroic literary creation — of the volatile collaboration between an undisciplined author and his discerning editor — “Genius” is a dress-up box full of second- and thirdhand notions. Review: ‘Genius’ Puts Max Perkins and Thomas Wolfe in a Literary Bromance 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z

A Hit in the End Zone, a Price for a Lifetime Part of the romance of sports lies in the thrill of controlled, heroic brutality. Movie Review: ‘Head Games,’ a Documentary About Athletic Injuries 2012-09-21T01:30:07Z

Rushed to the animal hospital for treatment, Todd received anti-venom medication and fortunately recovered — and the story of his heroic actions soon went viral online. Hero puppy who protected owner from rattlesnake wins 'Dog of the Year' award 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z

The idea of a woman who leads unabashedly with her rear has both comic and heroic appeal. Review: In ‘Bella,’ an Indomitable Heroine Goes West 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z

But with an engaging heroic villain as its lead character, the film could easily be cloned into a Mega 2 a few years hence. 'Megamind' Beats 'Due Date' to Win Weekend Box Office 2010-11-19T14:15:00Z

Reach for the Sky, the biopic of double amputee air ace Douglas Bader made a particular impact, as Gilbert profited from the burgeoning interest in heroic stories about the second world war. Spy Who Loved Me director Lewis Gilbert dies aged 97 2018-02-27T05:00:00Z

But when Leslie Andrea Williams made her New York debut in the heroic central role in April, she imbued it with newfound authority, sincerity and drive. Best Dance of 2019 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z

It focuses not just on the heroic nude in Italy, the idealized body inspired by the rediscovery of ancient art, but also on the nude throughout Europe. Review | Getty exhibition shows how the naked body became a subject for art 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z

The problem with Jon is that he only appears to have three settings: heroic, lovelorn or grumpy. Game of Thrones recap: season four, episode nine – The Watchers on the Wall 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z

The writer sees it differently: “I don’t think he becomes heroic at the end,” McDonagh said. You’ve Got the Wrong Idea About Martin McDonagh 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z

He certainly wasn't very heroic for a large section of the series, in the middle there. Emmy-nominated 'Lost' actor Matthew Fox talks about the 'Lost' finale 2010-08-26T03:45:00Z

A Vatican statement on Tuesday said Francis has approved a degree recognizing the “heroic virtues” of Wyszynski, who died in 1981. Pope puts Polish Cold War Cardinal Wyszynski on path to sainthood 2017-12-19T05:00:00Z

And those who believed the government-sponsored propaganda and whitewashed textbooks — which declared the slaughter a heroic act — are seeing things differently. When the Oscars really matter: A nominee tries to show how the U.S. aided a genocide 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z

But he decided to protect the reality and subvert the usual conventions of hard-charging, heroic protagonists. The Carpetbagger: Ben Affleck, Now an Underdog With ‘Argo,’ Is on the Rebound 2013-01-16T22:39:05Z

Such warrior moments and military metaphors are there in the opera, and the Cornish melody embodies these particularly heroic moments. Heart of a Soldier: capturing 9/11 in an opera 2011-08-25T22:14:01Z

That “Black Panther” inspires such reveries — and indeed was one of the most exciting, idea-generating movies of the year — is further proof that its differences are profound, even if it is another male-driven heroic tale. The Good, the Bad and ‘Black Panther’ 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z

Griffith's silent film "Birth of a Nation," which portrayed the Ku Klux Klan as a heroic group, "the most powerful 'anti-Tom' work in history." 'Mightier than the Sword': How 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' changed the course of American history 2011-06-15T19:38:03Z

Their losses are unrelenting; the act of merely keeping going seems almost heroic. Katy Simpson Smith’s ‘The Story of Land and Sea,’ and More 2014-08-27T04:00:00Z

Tamer versions include an animals-only calendar, and a “Hero Calendar” which features firefighters in heroic poses, albeit with their shirts on. 2021 Australian Firefighter Calendars, featuring shirtless men, will benefit displaced wildlife 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z

It opens with a heroic episode full of brassy bursts and glistening orchestral flourishes much like the tone poems of Strauss. Jaap van Zweden Conducts New York Philharmonic 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z

A recent show at Gelman's Perm museum featured an initially heroic image reworked into black comedy. Russia's artists enter political fray in elections 2012-03-01T11:36:13Z

But the drama seemed always heroic, even epic. Dance Review: Into the Pool, Slowly but With Feeling 2011-07-31T22:14:39Z

He is more heroic than I would have ever guessed when we started this process. Q&A: Vince Gilligan on Reviving Saul Goodman in Better Call Saul 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z

The most heroic thing they can do is “look the truth in the face.” “Game of Thrones” Season 8, Episode 3 Recap: The Stab Heard Round the World 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z

Wow, he's so fearless and heroic, like a real-life Ethan Hunt and all the other action heroes he's fully leaned into playing and that don't at all try to distract from his Scientology scandals . Tom Cruise, our messy messiah of movies 2023-07-25T04:00:00Z

Cullen and his brother are heroic figures, especially at a time when local journalism stands on such wobbly legs. How a Small-Town Newspaper Editor Won a Pulitzer Prize 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z

For example, what happens when two friends work on a video game and one gets all the heroic lines and the other is Alan Tudyk's character? Nathan Fillion and Alan Tudyk explain the embarrassing true stories they re-created for 'Con Man' 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z

His answer to the 'why are we here question' is, basically, 'to fully be', but his idea of being fully is a kind of Late Romantic heroic individualism. Reading group: Wind, Sand and Stars – brilliantly uplifting 2012-11-09T15:57:26Z

A Vatican statement on Tuesday said Francis has approved a degree recognizing the “heroic virtues” of Wyszynski, who died in 1981. Pope puts Polish Cold War Cardinal Wyszynski on path to sainthood 2017-12-19T05:00:00Z

After liberating hundreds of slaves from the Undergound Railroad, this biopic reveals elements of heroic abolitionist leader Harriet Tubman’s life and legacy that your teachers never showed you in textbooks. 10 highly-anticipated films coming this fall 2019-09-18T04:00:00Z

Young readers will revel in the heroic antics, and older ones, like me, will be tickled by the Easter eggs strewn throughout. Cat Girl? A Kinder, Gentler Superhero Comic 2021-01-03T05:00:00Z

Ken Taylor said he continues to feel slighted by a movie that he says makes Canada look like a meek observer to CIA heroics in the rescue of six U.S. citizens caught in the crisis. Canada ambassador says he feels slighted by "Argo" 2013-02-23T04:02:08Z

“I grew up with those heroic trumpets and soaring strings. It had a profound effect on me.” John Williams on ‘Indiana Jones’ and His Favorite Scores 2023-06-24T04:00:00Z

The heroic actions of a six-year-old boy are also being hailed by his community, including local firefighters. Six-year-old Alabama boy hit by car while saving sister gets hero's welcome 2022-01-24T05:00:00Z

The demonic energy and heroic mien we associate with the Beethoven of legend was present and possessive. Music Review: Orchestre R?volutionnaire et Romantique at Carnegie Hall - Review 2011-11-17T23:16:29Z

His fearlessness is both heroic and tragic, though Rubinstein’s sometimes foggy explanations of community politics make the film feel as if it might vanish into the night at any moment. ‘The Holly’ Review: The Tragic Case of a Denver Activist 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z

That's the kind of ambition that propels Flamingo along: it's there in Stuart Price's wipe-clean production and in Flowers's heroic, disengaged vocals, which chill the songs to the bone. Brandon Flowers: Flamingo 2010-09-02T21:00:00Z

Inspired by stories about his heroic ancestors and a sense of vengeance toward the two most powerful men in Japan, Yoshitsune built a loyal crew, including a warrior monk and a mountain bandit. Best children’s and YA books for March 2016-03-01T05:00:00Z

Swift’s heroics led to Grohl commenting that she was “F–ing Batman when you need him,” and complimenting her vocals as way of ending the story before performing “Best of You” for the party. Watch Dave Grohl Talk About How Taylor Swift Saved Him at Paul McCartney's House 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z

Dressing up in a silly costume and fighting crime is only heroic in the movies and comics. This week's new DVD & Blu-ray 2011-07-29T23:09:46Z

Directed by Christopher Randolph, this drama is a skillfully acted set of three interwoven monologues, two of them spoken by men who are, if not exactly villains, certainly far short of heroic. Review: In ‘The International,’ Those Who Treat a Massacre as Entertainment 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z

The "Guardians of the Galaxy" star, who played the heroic sentient tree Groot in the Marvel blockbuster, is expecting his third child with girlfriend Paloma Jimenez, according to People magazine. Vin Diesel, girlfriend Paloma Jimenez expecting baby No. 3 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z

The events of mass shootings are often presented as devastating clashes of old-fashioned good and evil — complete with heroic martyrs and devilish madmen. ‘915: Hunting Hispanics’ Review: Anatomy of an American Killing 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z

Chayefsky also envisioned a heroic character he called “Hotshot” — perhaps a sales-and-research executive, or a local producer hired to sensationalize network news — who would be tempted to compromise what remains of his integrity. Arts & Leisure: Notes of a Screenwriter, Mad as Hell 2011-05-19T15:34:47Z

The potency of his humanity was as heroic as any of his songs. DMX, a Profound Vessel for Pain 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z

Savage and Trump were often partners in broadcasting an alternate reality – where the world is a scary place that can be saved only by a heroic and charming Trump – to 10 million listeners each day. Bigoted radio host Michael Savage has lost faith in Trump 2017-09-16T04:00:00Z

What survives from his old manner is a heroic rhetoric of wide intervals, as if the American sublime has been sublimated and purged of anything local. Elliott Carter 2012-11-06T03:26:13Z

In spite of his stylistic innovations, at this point Mr. Godard saw the world in traditional Romantic terms: as a struggle of a heroic individual against the forces of conformity and oppression. Jean-Luc Godard, Daring Director Who Shaped the French New Wave, Dies at 91 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z

The answer of course is the solid, dependably heroic Hanks, playing Apollo 13’s modest commander Jim Lovell, on whose memoir this movie is based. The 25 best Tom Hanks films – ranked! 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z

In a traditional war story, combat is where characters are revealed: Are they heroic? Why tell an Iraq war story backwards? 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z

Scenes for the god Krishna and the heroine Draupadi showed different aspects of Kathakali gesture: heroic, divine and tragic emotions, for which the music changed drastically. Review: Dance Arrives From India. If Only It Could Stay Longer. 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z

It’s the ultimate distillation of female victimhood, but turned into heroic forbearance. Yoko Ono’s 1971 MoMA Show Finally Opens 2015-05-06T04:00:00Z

She lives a very human life, with loves, losses and achievements, which is heroic on its own. In 'Bone Clocks,' David Mitchell ties his universes together 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z

Baron Cohen's film is described as "the heroic tale of a dictator who risked his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed". Sacha Baron Cohen criticised over 'negative stereotypes' of Arabs 2012-05-17T11:19:56Z

In those last couple of decades Elizabeth Taylor became a heroic coper with ill health, a supporter of good causes, and a vociferously loyal friend to, among others, Michael Jackson. Elizabeth Taylor remembered by Philip French 2011-03-27T00:08:05Z

Although the viewer is inclined to root for her to prevail, Anne often falls somewhat short of heroic, and that’s by design. Review | HBO’s grand ‘Gentleman Jack’ gives a 19th-century lesbian landowner the respect she deserved 2019-04-21T04:00:00Z

When was the last time you saw a movie about a madcap, heroic effort to save Flag Day? | 'Arthur Christmas': ?Arthur Christmas,? Voiced by James McAvoy and Hugh Laurie 2011-11-22T13:00:00Z

However, there was a different Tell here, Michele Pertusi, who was not ideally heroic in sound or stage personality for such a larger-than-life character, even though Rossini doesn't provide him with much to work with. Prom 2: William Tell - review 2011-07-17T11:22:29Z

The play, which is more “melodramatic heroic comedy,” as one handbook puts it, than tragedy, takes a bloodier turn here but the impact is more puzzling than powerful. 'Iphigenia in Aulis' at Getty Villa: Chasing the ever-elusive Euripides 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z

On another level, the movie wants to be as specific as possible in its reconstruction of chaotic events that took place 46 years ago and have acquired a mythic dimension that demands heroic enlargement. For ‘Stonewall,’ an Indiana-Born Avatar 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z

Not just the clothes, but the quietly heroic laborers, the many black and brown men, who wear them. ‘To show them in a kind of glory’: How a high-end designer celebrates working-men chic 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z

But the Pilgrims were nevertheless heroic in their way. On the Pilgrims? Path Through England and the Netherlands 2011-11-17T20:41:15Z

“Never has there been a more exciting time to be alive, a time of rousing wonder and heroic achievement,” he said in his 1986 State of the Union Address. Back to “Back to the Future”: The ride is gone, but the film’s cross-generational appeal holds 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z

Hardwicke’s decision to favor realness over heroics, as it turns out, is not an obstacle to empathy. How 'Miss You Already' Prevails Against the Harmful Mythology of the Cancer Hero 2015-11-10T05:00:00Z

The star is that banquet war horse, prime rib, elevated to heroic stature. The 10 Best New Restaurants of 2014 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z

A nation and its TV culture are united in spirit and disunited by stuttering WiFi signals, in a conspicuous and continual demonstration of heroic degrees of isolation. Perspective | Stars are working to stay afloat with Zoom and improvised efforts. But it’ll never match TV’s liveliness. 2020-05-03T04:00:00Z

Engaged in acts of searching, examining, collecting and displaying the meteorites, the hunter is revealed as heroic, absurd, self-assured and oddly vulnerable. Review: An engaging show of 'Meteorites' at Winston-W?chter 2010-12-16T21:53:12Z

Despite his weakness for the bottle, he is a heroic presence who exudes some of the gravitas associated with Denzel Washington. | 'Red Tails': ?Red Tails,? George Lucas?s Tale of Tuskegee Airmen - Review 2012-01-19T13:00:00Z

There is nothing on offer like “Luster” — the story of a Black woman who is neither heroic nor unduly tragic. In ‘Luster,’ a Young Woman Moves in With Her Lover — and His Family 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z

And while he may not have the physique or agility of other heroic characters, he is something more relatable: a guy who can’t quit because he has no choice. A spy like us: Amazon’s “Patriot” is the screw-up’s answer to TV’s super-agents 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z

But “The Wrecking Crew” does its job of commemorating studio heroics. Books of The Times: ?The Wrecking Crew,? by Kent Hartman, on ?60s Studio Musicians 2012-02-19T21:29:14Z

Furthermore, a reveal in “The Rise of Skywalker” about her parents leaving to join the Resistance or for some other heroic mission despite being “filthy junk traders” would only made this central theme stronger. "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker" should answer why Rey's parents left, not retcon who they are 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z

Frankly, set beside this heroic example of why design matters, some things in the triennial feel a bit silly. Art Review: Thinking Green ? Design Triennial at Cooper-Hewitt 2010-05-13T21:45:00Z

In this case the official, heroic story has to do with what happened in cold war Berlin, where three Mossad operatives went on a secret mission to capture a Nazi fugitive named Dieter Vogel. | 'The Debt': ?Debt,? With Helen Mirren - Review 2011-08-30T12:00:00Z

Washington is excellent as a troubled airline pilot whose mid-flight heroics lead to an unwelcome spotlight on his private life. Argo rises as Paranormal Activity falls 2012-10-29T16:48:10Z

Where “Fidelio” is “more symphonic in scope and more seriously heroic,” its original version presents “a more gradual progression” and arguably a smoother dramatic line, Walker says. Perspective | Strong woman confronts unjust ruler — opera tells, and retells, the story 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z

Though the bill failed, Murphy called Toomey “heroic” for flouting GOP orthodoxy. What’s wrong with politicizing a tragedy? For Sen. Chris Murphy, nothing at all. 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z

Sensitive readers will be relieved to know that, in real life, Woodcock abandoned his capitalist heroics the second time round and just let the robbers in. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid: surprise – it's not total horse pucky 2013-07-11T11:36:34Z

After that, despite the occasional heroic dissenter such as Nietzsche, the ideal of the thinking human was mainly that of "a kind of dead person on holiday". Non-fiction roundup - reviews 2012-10-05T21:55:05Z

In a funny bit of self-awareness, Mr. Chappelle says he never wanted to be a hero but, rather like Paul Revere, to be known for a single heroic act. Dave Chappelle Stumbles Into the #MeToo Moment 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z

The “heroic defenders” that Limón meant were Native American leaders like Geronimo and Sitting Bull. Review: Limón Dance Company Celebrates Its Heritage 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z

His heroic decision, the townspeople say, In a literal way kept the water at bay. Style Invitational Week 1436: Haven’t seen it — new plots for movie titles 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z

His focus is not so much on the heroic ingenuity of the PoWs tunnelling themselves out of their camp, but on their ultimate destination. The Real Great Escape by Guy Walters – review 2012-05-23T13:40:01Z

Dürer powerfully translates Ficino's idea of the sad intellectual into a heroic portrait of a great mind surrounded by unused tools of discovery and creation. D?rer's Melencolia I ? a masterpiece, and a diagnosis 2011-03-18T10:52:50Z

Thake may need some of that heroic impetus in her new post, which she assumes in September. Perspective | Lincoln Center announces groundbreaking appointment of top artistic leader 2021-08-03T04:00:00Z

Now she is saving herself in a different, more heroic sense. Review: In ‘Power Strip,’ a Syrian Story Both Bleak and Striking 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z

It is obsessed with sexual organs; while many women are in it, it can seem, at times, to be a heroic poem on the theme of phallocentricity. Larry Kramer Leaves No Score Unsettled in an Epic’s Finale 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z

This is heroic criticism, warrior criticism, live-ammo criticism that boldly intervenes in culture and unapologetically takes on everything: the movie, the movies, the audience, the other critics, history, society, politics, love and death. The warrior critic: in praise of Pauline Kael 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z

But Mr. Jha doesn’t stint on the melodrama, unabashedly pitting smirking corruption against heroic rectitude. | 'Aarakshan': A Battle for India?s Soul 2011-08-12T12:21:08Z

If his voice opens up a bit more and takes on the heroic ping that enables more mature singers to cut through thick textures, his incipient star power will be even brighter. At Castleton Festival, a fitting tribute to Lorin Maazel 2015-07-06T04:00:00Z

"We concentrated not on the heroics but on the day-to-day minutiae of distress and survival," Valery said. Anne Valery obituary 2013-05-16T15:36:43Z

But in his cool style Mr. Nagel extends his ideas about consciousness into a sweeping critique of the modern scientific worldview, which he calls a “heroic triumph of ideological theory over common sense.” Thomas Nagel Is Praised by Creationists 2013-02-06T22:56:34Z

I guess the compactness of it pleased people and also the absurdity of the collision — Old English heroic poem meets tiny aspirin tablets.” ArtsBeat: 'Little Dorito' and More: Suggestions for Literary Product Placement 2012-06-11T20:00:59Z

The characters, too, are generally more well-meaning and heroic, and have more upbeat and winning personalities. ‘The Rings of Power’ Premiere Recap: All is Not Calm in Middle-Earth 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z

The heroines of “The Four Winds” are purely heroic; its villains wholly evil. Review | ‘The Four Winds’ is Kristin Hannah’s next inevitable bestseller. Don’t forget the tissues. 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z

The perspective drawing shows the perfectly simple, perfectly heroic roof of the church, a self-supporting structure that is washed with light from two long skylights. MoMA does Latin American architecture: the High-Low chat with Alexandra Lange 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z

It then cuts to clips of DeSantis alongside heroic shots of brooding and murderous characters in Hollywood, like Brad Pitt in "Troy," Christian Bale in "American Psycho" and Cillian Murphy in "Peaky Blinders." “Peaky Blinders” team slams Ron DeSantis over homophobic campaign video with Cillian Murphy footage 2023-07-06T04:00:00Z

But while the story is organized around Amina’s heroic efforts to secure a safe abortion for Maria, each step in this difficult venture expands the movie’s narrative and political horizons. ‘Lingui, the Sacred Bonds’ Review: Love, Ferocious and Limitless 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z

They are not, though, always dissimilar onscreen, and in far too many movies, they tend to fall into reliably distinct camps of gaudy buffoons, heroic saviors or unrepentant villains. ‘The Forgiven’ Review: When the Haves Dispose of a Have-Not 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z

He was worried that JP might become a kind of heroic figure to obnoxious public schoolboys, but instead, he says, quite the opposite happened. Jack Whitehall: a class act 2012-10-05T21:59:00Z

The reference to the boat's gaudy trappings perhaps recalls Robinson in her youthful triumph, riding in the grand carriages she loved, towards her uncertain, but certainly heroic, future. Poem of the week: Sappho and Phaon by Mary Robinson 2010-04-12T09:52:00Z

You can hear the heroic work of the dialect coaches, especially when the word “dog” threatens to add a second syllable. ‘The Drop’ Unfolds in a Brooklyn Underworld 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z

And that is why almost every single-player game, Medal of Honor included, sets the player as the “good guy,” in this case as a heroic American soldier. Video Games: Whose Side Are You on? It Might Be the Taliban?s 2010-09-01T22:13:00Z

The spectacle of female death in action projects is given a glossy, feminist polish when women are subjected to memorable, heroic deaths. “Squid Game” missed an opportunity to show capitalism & patriarchy are one 2021-10-10T04:00:00Z

"Because it involves all the Ukrainians and Ukrainians are heroic people." Ukrainian exchange student in Colorado, age 16, is ‘proud’ of his country amid Russia-Ukraine war 2022-03-12T05:00:00Z

A prequel, though, seems designed to turn McClane into a chosen one, looking forward to a destined heroic specialness. We don't need a Die Hard 'origin' story 2015-10-24T04:00:00Z

From tracking insurgents to sniffing out explosives, these heroic canines are an integral component of the armed forces - and share deep emotional bonds with their human companions. Animal Planet unleashing a new season of shows 2012-04-04T15:58:12Z

We know that Proctor becomes a heroic figure when he finally tears up the confession he has signed under pressure: we don't need throbbing strings to remind us of the fact. The Crucible 2010-06-03T20:30:00Z

Wrestling is heroic entertainment fueled by stories of physical triumph; there's an energy exuding from the very marrow of this show. “GLOW” returns to Netflix with an excellent season 2, right when we need it 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z

He had to continue to think about the heist in those terms, because in those terms it was more than palatable, it was heroic and noble. The great Moon-rock heist - extract 2011-07-08T21:59:00Z

But more than that, the heroic Phillips story depends not just on her vilification by the left but on leftwingers' supposed fury that she was once one of them. Guardian Angel: My Story, My Britain by Melanie Phillips – review 2013-05-17T06:32:01Z

Some see him as powerless, others as heroic — either way, I see the most beautifully painted person of color in early American art. Curators’ Choice on Art and Politics 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z

Available in numerous variants, the design's key feature is a lone heroic figure, usually wielding a sword or staff, and looking vaguely magical/mysterious/dangerous. What's the story behind genre fiction's covers? 2011-01-19T09:00:02Z

A particularly telling instance of censorship occurs in a passage about one of the most appealing characters in the series, the modest but heroic Major Berozkin. How the Soviet Literary Establishment Censored Vasily Grossman 2019-06-19T04:00:00Z

I would say that’s true, but mostly because Davenport treats all of the barons as heroic saviors of the crumbling dreams of the space age, boldly taking charge of our destiny. Elon Musk and the Failure of Our Imagination in Space 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z

Nor did he aim for that sentimentality in his encore, the third movement of Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 12 in A flat: a heroic funeral march, here more dignified than mournful. Review: Two Artists Arrive at the Philharmonic, Loudly 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z

Carved reliefs from ancient Mesopotamia, mythical beings from Periclean Athens and Hellenistic Greece and heroic figures from Imperial Rome now usefully resound in the work of one of today's most significant artists. Charles Ray's sculptures cast a forceful modern eye on antiquity 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z

That sounds like grounds for another kind of film, one that would necessarily take a less heroic, more complex approach toward science, its uses and possible abuses. Movie Review: ‘Kon-Tiki,’ Directed by Joachim Roenning and Espen Sandberg 2013-04-25T23:28:56Z

That this changed was in part due to the heroic campaigning, and the tragic story, of Caroline Norton, as conveyed in Fraser’s new book. Fighting for Her Dignity, and Her Children, at the Cost of Her Reputation 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z

It’s like these are some men that I found heroic, and I wanted to write my own rumination on that, and I wrote it in probably four and a half months. “I’m the parent who wants their kids to have sex”: Mary Louise Parker talks poetry, nudity, one-night stands and her brilliant new book 2015-12-19T05:00:00Z

About artists he admired, like Lucian Freud, he cast the stakes in nothing less than heroic terms. Robert Hughes, Art Critic Whose Writing Was Elegant and Contentious, Dies at 74 2012-08-07T03:48:42Z

Each of these tracks has at least one line about the heroic struggle of songwriting itself. No Grammys for old men! And don’t let these millennials win, either. 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z

It's only uninteresting people who give themselves new names that they think sound exciting or heroic. "Jersey Shore" recap: 4x1 2011-08-05T12:30:00Z

Because of their high profiles, the fired journalists have captured local headlines and in some cases have become heroic figures to local vaccine resisters. When local reporters resist vaccination mandates, everyone in town hears about it 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z

But he did a heroic amount of archival spelunking to tell this story, one that still humanizes its subjects and brims with detail. Review: ‘Blood at the Root,’ a Tale of Racial Cleansing Close to Home 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z

Lives weren’t on the line in the making of the film, and nothing in it suggests any sort of immodest or vainglorious comparison of a film crew to heroic and epochal activists. The Crucial Lessons of Democracy in “Selma” 2014-12-29T05:00:00Z

It is a depiction of how the dreadful events of youth can inform two lives: one heroic, the other sinister. In Child 44, Tom Hardy Slogs Through a Stalin-Era Procedural 2015-04-15T04:00:00Z

The remainder are in fair or good condition, greatly valued both by the worshippers and the surrounding community, and often well supported and maintained through heroic efforts by tiny regular congregations. Hundreds of churches at risk, English Heritage survey finds 2010-06-27T15:21:00Z

“My job was just to make it authentic and make the story come to light about how heroic an everyday person could be—an immigrant. I really relate to that.” 'Patriots Day' Star Jimmy O. Yang on Playing an American Hero 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z

Instead, she's a patient in a second world war hospital, and Bacchus, her heroic saviour, is a Spitfire pilot. Ariadne ducks the bombs at the Glyndebourne festival 2013-05-15T18:00:02Z

And like many great westerns it critiques some of the genre’s foundational myths with bracing, beautiful rigor, including the myth of heroic individualism. ‘First Cow’ Review: The Milk of Human Kindness 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z

The, ah, righteous thugs and heroic hos that we celebrate achieved the whole deal; all we can do is riff charming, insignificant stuff that people will never recall. Style Invitational Week 1322: Back to the drawing board 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z

You’ve played heroic characters in your movies for many years now. Dwayne Johnson Is Ready to Embrace the Heel Again in ‘Black Adam’ 2022-10-17T04:00:00Z

The women skitter through the space in quick traveling hops that seem both deft and heroic. Dance Review: Molissa Fenley and Dancers at Judson Memorial Church - Review 2012-01-10T23:37:41Z

Then it skips to establishing a major setback in his heroic journey instead of explaining how he became a web-slinging crime fighter. ‘Wonder Woman,’ ‘Spider-Man’ and How Trailers Push the Familiar 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z

But to contemporary eyes, the white supremacist import of its composition is unmistakable, and unacceptable: heroic white man on top of the world. We Don’t Have to Like Them. We Just Need to Understand Them. 2020-06-24T04:00:00Z

But the stories are far from fantasy — they’re invitations into the worlds of real, heroic people who persevere when all hope is lost. These Movies Haunted Me at the Human Rights Watch Festival 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z

The "Blue Bloods" actor says there are people he grew up with who are doing heroic work that he wants to spotlight. Wahlberg: I'm not making a Boston 'COPS' 2013-01-04T21:19:08Z

That feat of survival, in many ways rather heroic, was down to the Labour whips. This House recalls the years when Britain really was a nation in crisis 2012-10-13T23:06:33Z

Equally heroic in quality, the Requiem is no droopy dirge; it should provide an evening of considerable musical drama. Seattle Symphony and tenor Ian Bostridge in top form for Berlioz concert 2017-11-03T04:00:00Z

Always, I would keep the child, with the flame-circled air of a person setting her jaw and throwing her head back and making the heroic choice. A Childhood in the Pro-Life Movement 2017-02-11T05:00:00Z

The movie doesn’t sentimentalize Lung Neaw as a heroic primitive living in harmony with nature. | 'Lung Neaw Visits His Neighbors': Review: ‘Lung Neaw Visits His Neighbors’ 2012-07-15T21:14:48Z

But she also paints heroic and godly figures from Judaism, Buddhism and the ancient Egyptian pantheon, as well as an abstract Islamic design. Review | In the galleries: Three local artists explore the transient nature of identity 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z

Mexico portrays its pre-Hispanic history in heroic terms, while demonizing Spanish conquistadors such as Hernán Cortés, but modern day indigenous peoples are portrayed less glowingly – if they are portrayed at all. ‘We can do it’: Yalitza Aparicio’s Vogue cover hailed by indigenous women 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z

Allen’s one-movie-a-year work rate is often praised as heroic, but in order to maintain it, he barely directs his movies at all these days. Woody Allen’s Oscar-winning women: how did his direction affect them? 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z

“It’s almost like a pot and you can’t stop putting things in. Before it was a uniform almost. They wanted the heroic, the epic, the guy.” Antonio Banderas Doesn’t Think You’ll Remember Him. Not Yet. 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z

I return to the wards the next morning and look down a microscope to find a marrow choked up with leukemia cells after a heroic attempt at salvage chemotherapy. Love in the Time of Numbness; or, Doctor Chekhov, Writer 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z

Besides satisfying his democratic impulses, the small size allowed him to obliterate and rework an entire painting over and over again without heroic sacrifice. Thomas Nozkowski’s Final Statement 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z

Such a heroic end would require more of him, but the narrative of the show has never given up on Jon. Fire, ice and fate: Endgames arrive for ‘Game of Thrones’ 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z

During several sequences in the second act, in which the mystery story switches to a quest narrative and Christopher undertakes a heroic journey to London, his anguish is especially heartbreaking. ‘The Curious Incident’ Is on the Grid With a New Christopher 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z

The false heroics that populate both this show and its parent The Walking Dead are getting annoying. ‘Fear the Walking Dead’ Season 2, Episode 12: Your Child Is Your Child 2016-09-18T04:00:00Z

In previous docs you produced or directed — “The Cove” and “Mission Blue,” for instance — the film tends to orbit around a heroic expert who has devoted his or her vocational life to a cause. The new “Inconvenient Truth”: Leonardo DiCaprio’s new documentary wants to challenge climate change skeptics 2016-10-22T04:00:00Z

The history books, for all their heroic and heinous deeds, seem to have erased the stories of half the population. Beneath Malta’s Beauty, a Tangled History 2013-12-06T18:20:39Z

His human characters might be somewhat flat and underdeveloped, but his threatening, heroic, Norse-and-Celtic magic in its earthbound, deliberately monotone Cheshire setting haunted my childhood and remains with me today. Alan Garner's long pause: how long would you wait for a sequel? 2012-07-12T11:27:06Z

This decade also produced the distilled essence of Carter's heroic style: The Symphony of Three Orchestras. Elliott Carter 2012-11-06T03:26:13Z

Mr. Castorf’s deeper fault, it seems, was to cynically undercut the musical drama during some of the most romantic, poignant and heroic scenes. At Bayreuth, Boos and Dropped Jaws 2013-08-01T10:42:00Z

What it can do is address heroic delusions and mastery with spirit and a sense of that most elusive quality among supermen: fun. Streaming Now: Two Sets of Subversive Heroes 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z

Years of eating too much from his restaurants, drinking too much from his vineyards in Italy, and smoking heroic amounts of pot caught up with him. Meet MasterChef's Joe Bastianich: The Simon Cowell of the Food World 2012-08-28T12:00:37Z

As in her earlier plays, “Vision Disturbance” and “Adult,” Ms. Masciotti mines the banalities of everyday chatter for heroic poetry. Review: ‘Social Security,’ the Heroic Poetry of Solitude 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z

There are heroic deaths and random ones; unrelenting rainstorms, tropical diseases, nervous breakdowns. Television: No Enchanted Evenings in This Pacific Warfare 2010-03-05T18:56:00Z

Ahab's angst is poured out via a heroic tenor in the proper Wagner way. With L.A. Opera's 'Moby-Dick,' call it a success 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z

He’s a pretty complex emotional figure, varying between righteous, loving and heroic to elf-doubting, regretful, defensive and downright hostile, depending on whatever’s happening at the moment. Everything You Should Know About Doctor Who Before the New Season Starts 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z

An early heroic death is not a spoiler. ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Embraces the Magic and Mystery. Read Our Review. 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z

A heroic poem called “Heliand ” retells the story of Christ with a Northern twist: “the disciples of Jesus are like the band of men a chieftain might assemble in the expectation of their personal loyalty.” A new perspective on the birth of Europe in ‘The Edge of the World’ 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z

Americans back home, including Odelle’s husband and daughter, are told that the heroic U.S. soldiers died in the line of duty. In TV’s Silver Age, a logjam of shows that are ‘pretty good,’ but not great 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z

Many of the works are representational, but they usually document everyday rather than heroic things. In the galleries: Art that expresses the feel of Foggy Bottom 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z

While not dealing directly with the first world war and the poet's pacifism, "Hymn of Hymns" plainly reveals a mind repelled by heroics. Poem of the week: Hymn of Hymns by John Rodker 2013-04-29T16:24:03Z

Grand, heroic was the notion: Yet the picture failed entirely: Failed because he moved a little, Moved, because he couldn’t help it. Lewis Carroll’s Portraiture 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z

Harry’s education is now complete, and in retrospect we can see the essential traits that made him at once so heroic and so likeable. FILM: Babies to Heroes: A Field Guide to Big-Screen Men 2011-07-27T12:00:10Z

Her current alias also pays homage to her main idol, former Ms. Marvel, Carol Danvers, whom she embodies in her heroic endeavors. Who is Kamala Khan, the star of Disney+'s "Ms. Marvel"? 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z

He ended the evening with a heroic account of Chopin’s famous Polonaise in A flat, and this time the music danced defiantly. Review: In ‘With You, Armenia,’ Kissin and Others Honor the Slaughtered 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z

It is, in its noble, practically heroic attempt to corral the uncorralable, and in its rough-and-tumble arm-wrestling with computer and TV screens. ‘Chaos and Awe: Painting for the 21st Century’ Review: Trying to Corral the Uncorralable 2018-07-07T04:00:00Z

Now, in his Oscar-nominated performance in "Once Upon a Time . . . in Hollywood," Pitt plays a man who is seasoned, heroic, a little sinister, and still looks insanely good shirtless. Should Brad Pitt really win an Oscar for acting? 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z

Synchronous to the debates around heroic police characters in TV and movies that "Bad Boys" contributes to perpetuating are critiques concerning the commodification of Black pain. Will Smith perfected blockbuster success, but his Oscar-worthiness is tougher – slap or no slap 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z

“Sunday” contends with the pressures of work and the economy; “American Valhalla” ponders the possibility of an afterlife earned by heroic warriors. Review: Iggy Pop and his ‘Post Pop Depression Tour’ 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z

As we watch their often heroic efforts, we get the nauseating sense that whatever they do will never be enough. ‘The Cat Rescuers’ Review: A Portrait of New York’s Street Cats and Their Loyal Humans 2019-07-04T04:00:00Z

Her suffering is gender-specific, and when she uses her powers in ways that are less than heroic, she feels utterly human. The Antihero’s Last Gasp 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z

The historian Thomas Carlyle considered Muhammad one of history’s heroic greats, yet called the Quran “as toilsome reading as I ever undertook. A wearisome confused jumble.” The Catholic Writer Garry Wills Explores the Quran 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z

How to surf the Stravinsky wave: Paul White in Meryl Tankard’s The Oracle: ‘at once heroic and abject’. The Oracle; Erhebung; Mayerling – review 2013-06-08T23:05:19Z

The heroic figures are the hybrids, the orphaned, the outcast, the eccentrics, the true inheritors of a great and long tradition. Standing Close to the Harry Potter Movie Wizardry 2011-04-04T13:28:35Z

Lithe, pale, clad in form-fitting leather and PVC, Trinity and Keanu Reeves’s Neo formed two androgynous halves of a heroic whole in a tale of man vs. machine that became a worldwide cultural obsession. Carrie-Anne Moss on the ‘Matrix’ Movies and Playing an Action Hero in Her 50s 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z

Peace’s style often transcends modernist aesthetics to evoke ancient epics and medieval ballads, their repetitive formulas and lilting refrains, their stylized actions and heroic gravitas. Review of ‘Red or Dead’: Liverpool’s Bill Shankly, the Odysseus of Anfield

To earn a living, he turned himself into a keyboard virtuoso of singular fame and attainment—a late embodiment of the heroic Romantic piano lineage beginning with Franz Liszt. ‘Rachmaninoff Plays Symphonic Dances’ Review: A Master Interprets Himself 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z

At the end, Don has found his new winning story, his new heroic role, his new, patently false proclamation of victory. "Mad Men" finale: Hello darkness, my old friend 2010-10-18T12:38:00Z

It’s got a huge drum sound, heroic riffing and crude, art-brut guitar solos just when your ears expect virtuosity. Critics? Choice: New CDs: Albums by Brian Wilson, John Mellencamp, Trace Adkins 2010-08-15T23:05:00Z

This McDonagh has something of his brother's ear for crackling dialogue and eye for detail, but most of all he's got Gleeson, arguably Ireland's greatest living actor, as the complicated, devious and finally heroic Sgt. "The Guard": Heard the one about the black FBI agent and the Irish cop? 2011-07-29T21:30:00Z

The heroic frieze was France’s Sistine Chapel, only God here was replaced by a Caucasian accountant sitting at a table officiating over intercontinental trade. Artists Reveal a Dark Side of the Bourse’s Crowning Glory 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z

That Kyra still pines for the good life is illuminated after Tom departs, in a wonderful scene that allows Beard, as Tom’s son, Edward, to make a lovely, heroic gesture. In London, stages are set for pleasure

By the end of the exhibition, it’s clear that Rodin was not the sort of sculptor suggested by the old joke about how Michelangelo created his heroic statue of David. Exhibit review: In Virginia, a Rodin show changes how we see the sculptor 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z

What endures is the mastery and excitement of the glorious Boyz N the Hood, and the heroic way Singleton strove to build on it, with new themes, approaches and ideas. John Singleton: maverick director with a radical edge 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z

Shot from a low angle, the truck appears monumental and heroic, but if it symbolizes something, it’s hard to say what. Art Review: William Eggleston at Metropolitan Museum of Art 2013-05-02T21:26:29Z

DP: Yes, it’s easy to celebrate people who make grand gestures, but I see many people who are quietly courageous and heroic. The new documentary “Trapped” takes viewers to the bloodiest battlefield in the American “war on women” 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z

Thanks to Hershel’s heroics, many survived the biggest existential threat to the group yet — but another, larger one is lurking just on the edge of the woods. The Walking Dead Watch: “Internment” 2013-11-11T03:01:06Z

There is no established explanation for how the account of Palatucci’s heroics took hold, but some experts say its persistence owed much to the flattering light it shed on Italy after the war. An Italian Saint in the Making or a Collaborator With Nazis 2013-06-19T23:11:51Z

The sprawling masterplan for the Olympic site, by Allies and Morrison, saw 242 hectares of the Lower Lea Valley cleansed and reformed as a heroic sporting campus of Teletubby mounds and swathes of tarmac. Riba awards 2013: buildings for nuns, pupils, tourists … and Ferraris 2013-06-12T18:58:19Z

In “Gullible Superpower,” Ted Galen Carpenter, a scholar at the libertarian Cato Institute, counters that nearly every American attempt to take such a seemingly heroic stand founders on messy foreign realities. New Directions for American Foreign Policy 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z

Cause of Death: Terminal heroics and being small in a wide world of great wights. On "Game of Thrones," all men must die. Who will fall at Winterfell? 2019-04-27T04:00:00Z

Yet this is a heroic role: There’s more fervor, more wild mystery, to discover in the earlier sections. Critic’s Notebook: Three Men Leap Forward at City Ballet 2014-02-11T22:31:39Z

There were no decorations in the intensive care ward, no Christmas music, just other families quietly keeping vigil and the heroic staff working through their routines. My mother was dying – but my best friend brought happiness to a brutally sad day 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z

The combat scenes in the Academy Award-nominated movie bristle with authenticity, but the film ultimately hedges, preferring Kyle's heroics over the irony of his fate. Did 'American Sniper' miss an important mark? 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z

Jamie is like Job, constantly going through travails and occasionally being less than heroic. ‘Outlander’ Season 3, Episode 8: The Secret Revealed 2017-11-05T04:00:00Z

A recent comic about the gay mutant Iceman focused on his romantic life as much as his heroic one. Comics That Read Top to Bottom Are Bringing in New Readers 2022-07-23T04:00:00Z

We get to experience our aggressive impulses as not only acceptable but heroic. The NFL is morally reprehensible: As players walk away from brutality, fans must do the same 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z

He acquired a more heroic nickname, the Newark Flash, around the jazz scene of the 1950s, while earning a degree in music education at New York University. Wayne Shorter, Intrepid Saxophonist and Composer, Dies at 89 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z

They kept the community in visual touch with its history, and they reinforced and amplified yin-yang modes of heroic behavior: killing and nurturing. ‘Warriors and Mothers: Epic Mbembe Art’ at the Metropolitan Museum 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z

He is no museum-world MacArthur, rejecting what he calls the “heroic model of a museum leader” and takes pride in noting that he organized dozens of study groups during the planning and construction process. The ‘surfer dude’ who rebuilt the Harvard Art Museums 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z

Lily and her children were grateful, of course, for Yoko’s heroic role in making good on Kutti’s discovery and swiftly returning Mal’s effects to his family after languishing for so many years in cold storage. How Yoko Ono and a publishing temp saved the Beatles' Holy Grail from the scrap heap 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z

Aspey’s heroic actions were captured on security footage, which he later posted to Twitter with a caption reading, "Literally saved my dog's life when she was choking on a bit of food today." Footage shows man saving pet dog from choking on piece of cheese: 'Literally saved my dog's life' 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z

Hoagie is just the idealized version and I thought about what Mark might envision as his heroic voice and his swagger, his heroic physicality. Steve Carell and Robert Zemeckis on "Welcome to Marwen," process, pretension and pain 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z

Characters are heroic and loving, but also selfish and predatory. TV Taught Me About AIDS. ‘It’s a Sin’ Reminded Me How Far We’ve Come. 2021-02-25T05:00:00Z

He claimed to be on some heroic quest for the truth. 'House' closes after 8 seasons of healing and pain 2012-05-22T06:01:05Z

Such photo-ops were typical of an era in which music was mobilized for wartime propaganda, and artists molded into symbols of heroic self-sacrifice. The 1918 Pandemic’s Impact on Music? Surprisingly Little 2020-05-06T04:00:00Z

If he epitomised the anti-hero earlier, he becomes rather heroic in romantic defeat. Poem of the week: Amours de Voyage by Arthur Hugh Clough 2011-08-29T12:49:42Z

Chickering was heroic in failure — “You had the courage to try,” his physician father told him — and his resignation from Mt. ‘The Knick’ Season 2, Episode 6: A Circus Sideshow 2015-11-21T05:00:00Z

Mark Speer is a guitar hero who keeps the heroics to a minimum. Review | The Khruangbin trio makes a crowd-pleasing appearance at 9:30 Club 2018-12-09T05:00:00Z

“Lady Macbeth” had indeed been conceived as the first of four operas about heroic Russian women. The Fact and Fiction Behind Shostakovich’s ‘Lady Macbeth’ 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z

No matter what Donald Trump may say about it, McCain’s fortitude over five years of torture and prolonged solitary confinement in the “Hanoi Hilton” as a prisoner of war in Vietnam had heroic qualities. John McCain: film portrait of an ‘American hero’ skirts hard questions 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z

He also played Jesus in Mel Brook's History of the World, Part 1, and voiced the heroic rabbit Hazel in the animation Watership Down. John Hurt: Profile 2014-12-30T05:00:00Z

During the Civil War, she uses the same technique to represent soldiers' heroic and terrible sacrifice: Emily Dickinson is the unlikely hero of our time 2020-12-26T05:00:00Z

So Morgan travels the next best route, presenting each of the lions as complex men, sometimes heroic, sometimes villainous. 'Lions of the West': A group biography 2011-12-22T00:54:03Z

We see him mostly through the boy’s eyes, as a heroic, benevolent, somewhat mysterious figure, but Affleck’s weary, stoical demeanor suggests dimensions beyond what a child might comprehend. ‘The Tender Bar’ Review: Where Everybody Knows His Name 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z

What’s striking is how dated heroic Futurist painting and sculpture can look. Art Review: ‘Italian Futurism, 1909-1944,’ at the Guggenheim 2014-02-20T23:31:22Z

But the film also shows the employees taking quick heroic action when in reality many were unprepared and overwhelmed by the incident. The True Story Behind the 'Deepwater Horizon' Movie 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z

But like Maverick, Hendley discounts any heroic impulses: he says he’s getting out just so he can get home. James Garner: Tribute to a Marvelous Maverick 2014-07-20T04:00:00Z

The caption for Amazon’s bear video focuses on the heroic actions of a Ring user named Josh, who supposedly aided the delivery driver’s safety by “watching his exit the whole time” on the security camera. Dance, I Said — Dance! And Leave the Package on the Porch. 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z

We wanted to honor the really sort of heroic side of the Japanese American experience in the internment and not keep hammering a notion of victimhood. "The Terror: Infamy" twist ending: humanity wins, as long as we don't forget our sins 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z

Combat veterans of World War II, they are determined to end the mob man’s “enemy occupation” of Los Angeles, as if a police action were war-movie heroics. Gangster Squad: Heroes as Violent as the Villains 2013-01-11T18:15:43Z

Birdman represents not just Keaton’s fictional apologia but also his defiant, nearly heroic comeback. Birdman at Venice: Can an Ex-Superhero Still Fly? 2014-08-27T04:00:00Z

Each one is, accordingly, a perfect two-sided coin, a story of heroic resolve that is also a troubling allegory of greed and hubris. 'A Most Violent Year,’ With Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain 2014-12-30T05:00:00Z

As Lazarus, Russell Thomas manages to sound both sweet and heroic at the same time. John Adams' staged `Gospel' has NY premiere 2013-03-29T13:55:09Z

She starts by presenting the myth she wants to dismantle — the heroic tale of biology’s triumph in the 1980s over a half-century of vulgar Freudianism. Mental Illness Is All in Your Brain — or Is It? 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z

It’s the final sundering of the heroic from the iconic. | Let Us Now Praise Infamous Men 2013-09-04T19:12:10Z

The artistic team for the two-year project has been scrupulous in crafting the narrative into an essential heroic quest for love, honor and goodness. 'Ramayana' at ACT: vivid dramatization of the Hindu epic 2012-10-20T01:32:07Z

In the first step, the title of "venerable" is given to someone who has died and been recognized by the pope as having lived heroic virtues. Neb. founder Boys Town orphanage up for sainthood 2012-02-27T23:03:18Z

Twenty years ago, the agent of that decline was a kind of television program — two guys trading opinions on the movies of the week — that now, in its twilight, looks exalted and heroic. Arts & Leisure Preview: Is There a Future for Arts Criticism? 2010-03-31T18:33:00Z

Far from quackery, these herbals were lifesavers, and the people who copied the words and illustrations shine through the murkiness of the Dark Ages as heroic figures to Touwaide and Appetiti. What the ancient Greeks can teach us about herbs 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z

“You hear all the heroic resistance stories from Holland,” Visser said, “but there are people like the Heukels, who really did bad things. I felt that part of a country’s history should also be told.” Photos That Helped to Document the Holocaust Were Taken by a Nazi 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z

Former Marine and Playgirl centerfold model Sam J. Jones plays heroic intergalactic explorer Flash as a dazzling beefcake fantasy. 10 Underrated Comic Book Movies You Need to See 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z

There’s a few heroic things at certain points. Sam Rockwell on His Secret Past as a Really Bad Break Dancer 2018-02-25T05:00:00Z

In the hands of a less clear-eyed novelist his loving parochialism and thoughtful piety might have melted into something treacly; instead Ms Robinson makes him wise and his quotidian decency beautiful, even heroic. Amazing grace 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z

There’s an entire genre of heroic propaganda stories in North Korea of people risking their lives to save such portraits. What to Read if You Want to Know More About North Korea 2018-01-01T05:00:00Z

At his best, Haldane was a heroic example of the scientist as activist, humanist and idealist. The Groundbreaking Scientist Who Risked All in Pursuit of His Beliefs 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z

She summons that time, known as the "heroic era" in space parlance, then ushers us to the more humdrum "shuttle era," in which the vehicles remained within "Earth orbit." 'Leaving Orbit' cheers spaceflight's feats, mourns its fading 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z

On Nov. 23, 2020, Aaron Van Langevelde, a little-known 40-year-old Republican, did something routine, but — in the Trump era — something also heroic: He helped stop a plot to overturn the presidential election. The Unsung Heroes of the 2020 Presidential Election 2022-01-04T05:00:00Z

“Peeta is heroic as well, but in a way that is not stereotypically masculine: He is brave and strong, but he is also nurturing.” Katniss is a hero for boys, too: My 11-year-old sons need more books and films like “The Hunger Games” series 2015-11-29T05:00:00Z

These especially unpopular people seemed to me neither heroic nor pathetic but simply stupid because they willingly, even willfully, brought such hateful attention upon themselves. The high school musical that might have saved me: Watching a high school production of “A Chorus Line” in middle age showed me how much I missed 2016-01-01T05:00:00Z

“Free Hands” shows soccer players in subdued hues — mostly white and gray, with daubs of fleshy pink — and “The Fallen” depicts what seems to be a homeless man in a pose of heroic defeat. In the galleries: Photos that take twists and turns at Civilian Art Projects 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z

The results, which resemble mini-terrariums or museum vitrines, do the heroic job of preserving a culture’s base matter but are as portable and personal as talismans. ‘The Keeper’ Reveals the Passion for Collecting 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z

The band is simultaneously a throwback to a more heroic age of rock and a glimmer of hope in a digital era that forces musicians to fend for themselves. The Arcade Fire, a Thriving Throwback 2010-07-28T16:09:00Z

The dashing, dopey Grayson is all about heroics and looking good. ‘The Nut Job’: Animated comedy is a crackup 2014-01-16T21:59:42Z

Anthony Hopkins stars as a craggily heroic Jesuit, perhaps as penance for his three Hannibal Lecter films, but The Rite is no Silence of the Lamb of God. 'The Rite' Review: Anthony Hopkins Speaks of the Devil 2011-01-28T09:30:00Z

Divided into seven sections, it recounts the heroic, eventful journey of the illustrious deity Prince Rama of Ayodhya, who marries his beautiful, beloved Sita, then is exiled with her by his treacherous stepmother. ACT gambles big on 'The Ramayana, a Hindu epic cherished by millions 2012-10-10T22:44:05Z

With soft tones and precise inquisitive pauses, Hebert conjures quiet forbearance and emotional confusion that together verge on the heroic, and is totally recognizable. Life is short, so touch the painting 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z

Some of his characters — generally the least heroic — are themselves filmmakers, grappling for control of their own stories. Review: In ‘Right Now, Wrong Then,’ a Double Take and Its Choices 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z

To an eager yet doubting young mind, there was something worth learning from this ironically heroic attitude. Satirist Stan Freberg, ad man and comic, dies at 88 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z

This heroic time-wasting turned out to be excellent training for his life’s work. Ben Sonnenberg, Founder of Literary Journal, Dies at 73 2010-06-26T01:00:00Z

It creates a solid heroic narrative around an awful lot of aesthetic and spiritual information. Books of The Times: ‘Where the Heart Beats,’ John Cage Biography, by Kay Larson 2012-07-22T21:59:58Z

Like many contemporary European painters, he dips into the styles and motifs of modernism’s heroic early years. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z

Two works in the main concert explored the heroic side of Beethoven. Music Review: Finding Beethoven?s Moods Hidden Between the Lines 2011-08-14T23:23:18Z

Wendy Davis rose to national prominence with her heroic filibuster of the measure, but Perry eventually signed it into law. The new documentary “Trapped” takes viewers to the bloodiest battlefield in the American “war on women” 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z

Tennyson seemed to consider him heroic, but his Ulysses is, by any reasonable metric, a tragic dude. Springsteen’s Most Anxious Album 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z

They were despised by the rest of the army, but they did this heroic, disastrous thing.” What George Clooney, Lupita Nyong’o, Elton John and Eddie the Eagle taught us in 2016 2016-12-19T05:00:00Z

More significant, Mr. Cumming never establishes the gravity and ferocity that Macbeth, Shakespeare’s heroic villain, ultimately achieves. Theater Review: Alan Cumming in ‘Macbeth’ at Lincoln Center Festival 2012-07-08T20:59:33Z

It features heroic scenes of muscular workers and even more idealized earth mothers grasping sheaths of wheat or armloads of fruit. Review: ‘Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo in Detroit’ 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z

Instead of appealing to her heroic side, she appealed to her maternal side. 'Once Upon a Time': Secrets and potential evil in 'Unforgiven' 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z

Dr. Rieux insists there is nothing heroic about his work — it is simply “a matter of common decency,” which in his case consists of doing his job. Coronavirus Notebook: Finding Solace, and Connection, in Classic Books 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z

But if I keep a microblog for a few days, I find myself immersed in a heroic fantasy world. Han Han: I had to break my Twitter obsession 2012-10-07T21:30:00Z

The critics were almost evenly split between Zero Dark Thirty and Argo, two movies that provide glowing, more-or-less-true-life portraits of heroic CIA officers. Film Critics Awards: Early Clues to the Oscars 2013-01-09T16:32:50Z

After his heroic stand, Gurung lost his right hand and was left blind in his right eye. Lachhiman Gurung obituary 2010-12-22T18:04:21Z

That was appealing to me having done something that was peppy and heroic. Lauren Graham Says Her Character's Ending on Parenthood Is 'Satisfying' 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z

It will be the first film without the heroic trio that have dominated the series – Princess Leia, Han Solo and Luke Skywalker. John Boyega: ‘I’m very direct. I can’t lie’ 2018-03-10T05:00:00Z

O’Casey wrote “Plough” a decade after the 1916 Easter Rising that triggered Irish independence, yet it was anything but a sentimental heroic account. Abbey Theatre charges through KenCen with ‘The Plough and the Stars’ 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z

In the face of all this anxiety, her self-restraint is almost heroic. | 'Every Day': If It?s Not One Thing, It?s Another 2011-01-13T23:43:33Z

In modern movies, even more than in 17th-century English plays, revenge can seem like the most — maybe the only — credible motive for heroic action. ‘The Northman’ Review: Danish Premodern 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z

This was back in the autumn of 2008 and the heroic jazz pianist — who died Friday at 81 — was giving an evening talk presented by the New York Public Library followed by a casual mini-recital. Perspective | McCoy Tyner’s eternal return 2020-03-06T05:00:00Z

Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time …” is a dream about the accidentally heroic pre-emption of racist Charles Manson’s murder plot. Dear Oscars, I Love You. But We Need to Talk. 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z

She works small and mainly in glazed porcelain, pushing traditionally demure tabletop figurines into compromising, often ribald positions while downsizing the heroic conventions of royal portraiture. Art in Review: ANNIE ATTRIDGE: ?Hearts of Oak? 2011-02-03T22:05:46Z

Witness how much more heroic Tom Cruise looks whenever he is placed next to Simon Pegg in the Mission: Impossible movies. Michael Sheen, Passengers and why Hollywood's hottest leads need a quirky Brit 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z

Today’s therapist or physician-narrator so often follows in the footsteps of the gentleman detective — laconic, impersonal, invariably heroic. A Lucid, Literary Illustration of the Complex, Beautiful Work of Memory 2021-06-01T04:00:00Z

And yet as she monologues blithely on — and on and on — with her chipper banalities, she emerges as a rather heroic figure, making the best of a bad lot, which happens to be everyone’s lot. Finding the Sweet, Stinging Salt in Plays of Confinement 2020-05-31T04:00:00Z

Certainly one thing that bothers me about most such stories is that they tend to be about one or two heroic individuals' victory over the natural disaster. Where are the good volcano novels? 2010-04-21T13:26:00Z

Indeed, it presents dressing in drag as not only a wholesome but even a heroic choice: the ultimate expression of true masculinity. Lessons shoehorned into 'Kinky Boots' 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z

“We’re imperfect people striving to find strength, solidarity and love, under extraordinary circumstances. While it may seem heroic, I believe the desire to live with purpose, despite the circumstances in one’s life, is universal.” In ‘Gleason,’ filmmaker Clay Tweel follows an unintentional hero’s journey 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z

And, really, who thinks hunting is heroic anymore? Perspective | On Hemingway and the ideal of masculinity 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z

It's a heroic piece of writing, and trumps everything else in the issue, for this simple reason: it makes the lonely journey to the last frontier of literary sex. Masturbation: literature's last taboo 2010-04-21T08:36:00Z

His dancing was heroic, yet he also knew how to convey an interior life. Jacques d’Amboise, a Ballet Star Who Believed in Dance for All 2021-05-04T04:00:00Z

The struggle in the novel is not heroic, quite the opposite. Book Talk: Karl Ove Knausgaard on life after his 'Struggle' 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z

Crocodiles, bats and humans fuse into heroic hunters on a hammered-gold plaque from pre-Columbian Panama. Art Review: ‘Life, Death and Transformation,’ at Brooklyn Museum 2013-01-17T23:01:56Z

Italy – largely because of the sacrifice of heroic policemen and women, magistrates and carabinieri – has far better organised and professional law enforcement than it’s ever had. Paul Theroux on travelling 2012-06-25T11:00:00Z

The moment my father died his far from heroic lifestyle choices, including his alcoholism, were swept into the grave he was lowered into and buried with him. My husband died. Now my daughter hates me | Mariella Frostrup 2017-03-12T05:00:00Z

For all of his sarcasm and displays of reluctance to be heroic, Westen nevertheless acted as a defender and avenging angel for the little guy when the need was too dire to ignore. Hulu’s lazy “Shut Eye”: The long winter’s long con 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z

The idea that doubt can be heroic, if it is locked into a structure as grand as that of the paintings of Cezanne's old age, is one of the keys to our century. Robert Hughes quotes: 20 of the best 2012-08-07T10:44:50Z

Berezin’s novels typically involve heroic struggles between an imaginary U.S.S.R. spreading triumphant Communism all over the world while kicking around a weakened and marginalized U.S.A. The Russian Tom Clancy Is on the Front Lines for Real 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z

There are many lessons to be learned from Ms. Gordon’s new book, “Sophisticated Giant: The Life and Legacy of Dexter Gordon,” a biography of her husband, the heroic bebop saxophonist, who died in 1990. Jazz Wouldn’t Be the Same Without Them. But Few Applauded These Hidden Figures. 2018-12-26T05:00:00Z

To win back his princess from her emotional tower, he tackles the prosaic heroic tests of our era, such as putting up with weepy sisters-in-law, cooking and shutting off the smoke alarm. Plenty of bite in 'Of Good Stock,' but a soft heart lurks within 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z

Like The Theory of Everything, it is also another inspirational period drama about a genuinely heroic figure. 'Women don't belong in balloons': stand back for an unexpected Theory of Everything 2 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z

This prejudice helped Jeffrey Lendrum, the title villain of Joshua Hammer’s entertaining and illuminating new book, “The Falcon Thief,” to maintain a dual identity for decades: heroic birder and merciless thief. Review | For years, Jeffrey Lendrum was at once an avid outdoorsman and merciless thief. Then he got caught. 2020-02-24T05:00:00Z

This muscular little fellow projects a heroic manliness, but, at just over 16 inches tall, there is something humorous about him; he is a Cubist RoboCop. Critic?s Notebook: Forward-Looking Sculptures by a Man Straddling Two Worlds 2011-04-14T22:25:54Z

In a gallery otherwise populated by open-faced, vacant women and heroic war imagery, we are finally denied the right to be blatant spectators. Masters of Surface 2012-07-26T20:00:00Z

That kind of heroic, self-imposed marginality is encoded in our language of greatness, too. Perspective | Playboi Carti made the album of the year. Playboi Carti made the album of the year. Playboi Carti made the 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z

At one point Friday morning, "Cory Booker" was the most-searched term on Google this morning as the public tries to learn the details of Booker's heroics. Newark, N.J., mayor saves woman from fire 2012-04-13T15:59:00Z

The narrative that evolves in news coverage presents Joy as a heroic martyr, with Caitlin as the shamed coward. Theater Review: Steven Soderbergh Directs ‘The Library,’ at the Public 2014-04-16T02:00:01Z

The Iron Market was designed and made in Paris around the same time as the Eiffel Tower, and there's a similarly heroic aesthetic to its riveted plates and expressive structure, augmented with neoclassical flourishes. Haiti: rocked to its foundations 2011-01-11T21:31:00Z

Aaron Sorkin is working out his heroic fantasy of being in the news business in The Newsroom. Aaron Sorkin's The Newsroom's missing reality principle 2012-06-25T14:20:00Z

This seems patently false, given Adam’s heroic rescue of Hannah during her mental breakdown at the end of last season, and Hannah recognizes it as a tactic to drive a wedge between her and Adam. Girls Recap: Metaphorical Puking 2014-02-02T22:10:00Z

They can remind us of the most dramatic, heroic moments of our lives, and of every small indignity and cruelty that has happened since. Sheryl Crow’s tumor damage control 2012-06-06T15:40:00Z

The novel is a "semi-fictionalised account of Casement's life," wrote the Sunday Telegraph's Ian Thomson, that "portrays a heroic, if ultimately tragic champion of oppressed peoples." Critical eye: book reviews roundup 2012-06-01T21:55:12Z

Philadelphia sculptor Clete Shields said the leaning pose and heroic scale are intended to show Nelson's openness and whimsical side while honoring his tremendous influence on music and the city. Austin to unveil monument to Willie Nelson 2012-04-20T11:22:09Z

No ballet of the 19th century goes further into true tragedy: Odette the Swan Queen takes heroic responsibility for herself and also her flock of swan-maidens. Critic?s Notebook: The Many Faces of ?Black Swan,? Deconstructed 2011-02-09T23:04:37Z

No heroic explorers and mythmakers will emerge from these glossy prefab husks, but as in Amundsen’s journey, the job will get done. Exhibition Review: Race to the South Pole at Museum of Natural History 2010-05-28T22:30:00Z

Stuart MacRae's Gravity distils gestures that are huge in Brahms 2 into concentrated strands – a pseudo-lyrical violin melody here, a heroic brass fanfare there, gently shifting rhythms about. BBCSSO/Donald Runnicles ? review 2011-04-10T21:31:01Z

In its Soviet years and after, the Bolshoi Ballet earned a reputation for valuing spectacle over substance, offering heroic force in place of refined artistry. Review: ‘Bolshoi Babylon,’ Russia’s Famed Ballet Troupe in a Scandal’s Glare 2015-12-20T05:00:00Z

The architect Will Bruder, chairman of the prize jury, said: “He plays with metaphor, poetry and an understanding of his native Riga. It’s heroic, allegorical, and contains a power and conviction about its space.” Gunnar Birkerts, Architect, Dies at 92; Gave Shape to the Unexpected 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z

Set on a Pennsylvania farm under siege by the undead, the low-budget film featured a horror rarity: a heroic black leading man, played by Duane Jones, who tries to calm a house of white folks. 5 George Romero Films to Remember 2017-07-17T04:00:00Z

He wrote in a smooth, carefully polished style, usually adhering to the traditional forms of English poetry, such as iambic pentameter, heroic couplets and rhyme. Derek Walcott, Nobel laureate whose poetry celebrated the Caribbean, dies at 87 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z

And if you think this classic work has to sound heroic and monumental, this performance was not for you. Review: Carnegie Hall Reopens With a Blaze From Philadelphia 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z

When Ms. Garfield and Brandin Steffensen barely manage a series of lifts, their incompetence is intentionally comic, yet many of the other ardent extensions and heroic balances are executed with total conviction. Keely Garfield Draws on Kate Bush at Danspace Project 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z

Pilgrim eventually landed in Alaska on protected land, where several local allies adopted him as a heroic pioneer-antagonist of the National Park Service. ArtsBeat: A Father’s Wrath: Tom Kizzia Talks About ‘Pilgrim’s Wilderness’ 2013-07-24T18:12:36Z

Readers may even be inspired to help create positive change, as did the heroic Clinton 12. Poems tell the story of the first black students at Tennessee school in ‘The Promise of Change’ 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z

Serbs see the 19-year-old assassin, a Bosnian Serb, as a heroic fighter for the freedom of all southern Slavs from centuries of imperial occupation over the Balkans. Serbs unveil statue to 'hero' who set Europe marching to war 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z

"It's always been interesting to me to be recognized for dancing heroic roles." 'Flames of Paris' blazes anew with Mikhailovsky Ballet at Segerstrom 2014-11-22T05:00:00Z

Mr. Shinn doesn’t write heroes; his characters are too complicated and ambivalent ever to be unconditionally heroic, which makes them all the easier to identify with. | 'Picked': Actors Live Their Double Lives, Both on the Screen and Off 2011-04-21T02:17:30Z

But that does not make him particularly heroic or sympathetic. Guy Ritchie's 2020-01-25T05:00:00Z

The bass, clean and fresh tasting, is what I ordered with the pickled vegetables and in an equally heroic dish called “homemade roasted fish.” A New Kind of Sichuan Restaurant for New York 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z

Paul can't understand how a teenager capable of such heroic goodness could be denied a place in heaven. In the laudable 'The Christians,' characterizations are a saving grace 2015-12-14T05:00:00Z

Kicked to the Curb: What you did for your son and grandchildren was heroic. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: After moving in to help widowed son, it stings to be asked to move out 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z

Historically, some studios have encouraged black filmmakers to add white heroic characters to their movies, even when to do so would be nonsensical. Atticus Finch a racist? There goes the ideal 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z

The standard plot — young boy and heroic, smarmy dog confront bad guys — was perfect fodder for children. A Dog’s Purpose? To Speak on Film, So to Speak 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z

The pragmatism these Depression-era champions share seems as heroic as ever in our recessionary age. | Film: Amorality à Deux, Circa 1932 2014-04-18T20:30:33Z

But as heroic as Criterion’s efforts are, some of the sharpness and texture of the original images has been irretrievably lost. DVD: New on Blu-ray: Erle C. Kenton?s ?Island of Lost Souls? 2011-10-22T02:53:02Z

"The people that are doing the heroic things are the people answering phones 24 hours a day in the Trevor call centers," he said. Anti-suicide Trevor Project to honor Radcliffe 2011-03-21T10:46:09Z

We remember the liberation as heroic and say little to nothing about the dead left in its wake. A First Novel Explores Zimbabwe’s Troubled History 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z

Once they set sail on the Argo, a ship magically capable of speech, the heroic band must face a series of challenges and disasters. ‘Jason and the Argonauts’: Picture thepre-Trojan War equivalent of the Avengers

At times it almost sounds like a press release that wastes no opportunity to paint Assange as a heroic bastion for transparency and free speech, for all his egotism and personal foibles. Toronto 2013: Reporter's diary 2013-09-09T07:46:10Z

The impromptu and collective cheering for hospital staff and first responders in New York is a living monument to people whose heroic behavior is happening in real time, every day. Perspective | What to do when the Confederate statues come down? Leave the pedestals empty. 2020-06-15T04:00:00Z

Sounding likewise weighed, Kaufmann mostly sang in shades of weariness, with an overreliance on floated pianissimos punctuated by outbursts more heroic than pained or violent. Review: Opera Stars Take On an Omicron-Battered Vienna 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z

Having turned up unexpectedly at the end of Fast and Furious 6 to take revenge for his brother’s hospitalisation, Statham’s dapper mercenary Deckard Shaw nonchalantly sabotaged Vin Diesel’s heroic crew throughout the next instalment. Every Jason Statham film - ranked! 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z

The man, however heroic and valiant, became generally fixed as her earthbound suitor or cavalier. Classic Tales Of Temptation In the Woods 2011-05-14T07:11:21Z

On Tuesday evening the program for the first faculty concert of the series featured works representing Beethoven’s heroic style. Music Review: Mannes Beethoven Institute Faculty Concert at Mannes College 2012-06-07T21:52:55Z

But all “Ring” productions should have an element of renewal, and here that is granted to Brünnhilde, sung by Kampe with a heroic but smaller sound than other sopranos in the role. Review: Berlin Takes Wagner’s Approach to Staging the ‘Ring’ 2022-10-10T04:00:00Z

He looked skeptically upon the heroic positivism he encountered in his science and philosophy classes there but found solace in the books of Friedrich Nietzsche. Bruno Latour, Philosopher on the Social Basis of Scientific Facts, Dies at 74 2022-10-12T04:00:00Z

There are many moments when the characters hurl themselves around, as if making heroic claims on life. Dance: Sinatra, Focused on Sex and Sizzle 2010-03-26T23:19:00Z

She never wanted heroic intervention from me or from anyone else. I Wanted to Love Her, Not Save Her 2021-02-19T05:00:00Z

Here, a woman’s right to self-determination has become the stuff of a new and radical heroic journey. ‘Never Rarely Sometimes Always’ Review: A Woman’s Heroic Journey 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z

Yet many entrepreneurs did feel they were engaged on a heroic project of national importance. The Arts of Industry in the Age of?Enlightenment by Celina Fox | Book review 2010-03-20T00:06:00Z

No description of who she is or why he finds her heroic, just my wife. Perspective | The ‘Wife Guys’ of the 2020 presidential race 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z

“Arthur and the heroic, charismatic autocratic nobility essentially disintegrate and recede into the heavens,” Botstein said. A King Arthur Rarity Is an Apt Way to Return to the Opera 2021-07-23T04:00:00Z

Dalmatians are noble dogs, heroic canines who will enter burning buildings to save people. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: Are you there, customer service rep? It’s me, Gene. 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z

There’s a tragic sense that the heroic dreams of his youth are about to be tested in ways he did not anticipate. An Operatic Italian Classic Gets a Fresh Translation 2019-03-11T04:00:00Z

The central plot has the title character participating in a 2-week “victory tour” with his squad after a heroic moment in battle. Best empty theaters: the 10 best films without an audience in 2016 2016-12-19T05:00:00Z

Having performed as a singer in a rock band in his youth, Hofmann went on to scale the heights of celebrity as a Wagnerian heroic tenor, appearing to immense acclaim at the Bayreuth festival. Peter Hofmann obituary 2010-12-02T18:44:00Z

Two people, identified as the girl’s family members, are seen tearfully thanking Donovan for his heroic efforts. Carnival Cruise Line honors men who saved wheelchair-bound passenger who rolled off dock in St. Thomas 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z

In his dealings with his wife, his friend Nathaniel Hawthorne, and the young men who people his story, he becomes a tragic figure, finally rendered heroic by his capacity to feel. The Passages of Herman Melville by Jay Parini ? review 2011-02-13T00:08:03Z

What would, in a lesser book, be a heroic climax—repenting mother reclaims lost child—Lessing writes as plainly horrifying. Doris Lessing’s “The Fifth Child” and the Spectre of the Ambivalent Mother 2019-05-11T04:00:00Z

The heroes grow only more heroic, the villains more villainous. A Mother and Son, Fleeing for Their Lives Over Treacherous Terrain 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z

But it is also a product of, and reaction to, early 19th-century Romanticism, a movement of artists and intellectuals who rebelled against the religious, cultural and scientific establishment of the age, and championed heroic individualism. Hopelessly romantic: ‘Frankenstein’ at Book-It 2014-02-07T21:39:52Z

Failure itself isn't noble or heroic or innately interesting; it's just a human condition like any other. Michael Douglas: The last great antihero 2010-05-21T12:01:00Z

And Mr. Tanavoli, not long back from study in Italy, was comparably experimental in sculpture, creating found-art depictions of heroic figures from Persian epics and casting single calligraphic letters in bronze. Art Review: Shows at Asia Society and N.Y.U. Grey Art Gallery 2013-09-05T21:50:26Z

When I reviewed Mitchell’s concerts at the Park Avenue Armory in 2019, I marveled at his solo-saxophone heroics and meditative chamber music designs. One Work of Dance, Theater and More to Experience This Weekend 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z

I'm asking for one more – just one – great film about man-eating sharks, imperilled metropolitan transportation systems, heroic meteorologists, or the fallout from the policies of a corrupt son of Marcus Aurelius. Where are all the other great shark movies? 2010-07-08T21:36:00Z

It dramatizes the Passion, from Judas’ betrayal to the Crucifixion to Jesus’ heroic emergence from his tomb. ‘Object of Devotion,’ an Exhibition of Alabaster Sculptures 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z

Their exhaustion makes their effort heroic, their trust in each other becoming more acute. Review: Looking for a Hero? Hold on to These Dancers 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z

“It’s really important to see how we see men and how we want to see men and what we think is heroic and what we think is something worth saluting,” she said. Women filmmakers have record showing at Berlin Film Festival 2019-02-16T05:00:00Z

Neruda is a heroic figure — comic and Dionysian, brilliant and naughty — but his personal Javert is in some ways the film’s protagonist. Review: ‘Neruda’ Pursues the Poet as Fugitive 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z

Ultimately, Jay Gatsby's story mirrors Fitzgerald's, a poor boy who falls in love with the golden girl and performs heroic feats in order to win the hand of the princess. Why Gatsby is so great 2012-06-09T23:05:21Z

It is hard not to smile at a time when pressmen were so dashing and heroic, when they were called something so absurd as pressmen. Foreign Correspondent 2012-08-27T15:48:42Z

Ms. Mearns not only makes that a moment of heroic suspense, she makes it never twice the same. Critic?s Notebook: From a Season Aloft, High Hopes Linger 2011-06-14T22:48:59Z

Hartley meets some of the kids and falls in with the Restart Centre, one of those quietly heroic local outfits dedicated to making a bad place a bit better. TV highlights 19/04/2013 2013-04-19T06:00:04Z

He elevates those dismissed, as William Butler Yeats wrote, by "the noisy set of bankers, schoolmasters, and clergymen the martyrs call the world" to heroic status. Heeding the lessons of James Joyce's "Ulysses," a century later 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z

Faced with one version of physical perfection, there is something brilliantly heroic about ignoring it entirely in favour of making frantically disparaging comments about kitchen hygiene. Ooh, have you seen the state of Kim Kardashian’s kitchen? 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z

“It’s not the monumental or the heroic city that he’s showing, but it’s the city where we live,” said Sarah Henry, chief curator of the Museum of the City of New York. Frame: Neil Goldberg Exhibition at Museum of the City of New York 2012-03-02T00:33:51Z

She grasps the dimensions of her father’s criminal past while gaining an appreciation for his heroic nature. A thriller with heart: Hannah Tinti’s ‘The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley’ 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z

The work is heroic, idealistic, and positive, in a distinctive American style. Kenton Nelson’s “The Acrobat” 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z

The novel turns on a shocking revelation, near its end, about its apparently heroic protagonist. Use of Weapons by Iain M Banks 2012-08-10T21:55:06Z

Ty Dolla Sign is a deadpan singer, barely impressed by the feats of seduction that make up the whole of his interest set, but via vocal effects he sounds both heroic and sensual. Critic’s Notebook: He’s Acting Out; It’s on Purpose 2013-07-10T21:52:21Z

France’s focus on a few “heroic individuals,” Schulman writes, “could mislead contemporary activists away from the fact that — in America — political progress is won by coalitions.” A New Testament to the Fury and Beauty of Activism During the AIDS Crisis 2021-05-04T04:00:00Z

It is a heroic rescue that goes unnoticed and unheralded, and is all the more winning because of it. Frances McDormand Stars in ‘Olive Kitteridge’ on HBO 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z

The book is at its most thrilling in its tales of the priest’s wartime heroics. Three Books That Gaze Upward to Heaven and Inward to the Heart 2020-12-15T05:00:00Z

Closing with a heroic heavy metal dugga-dugga-dugga-dugga, “Sunshine of Your Love” was likely the first hit rock song to feature a single drummer hammering away on two bass drums. Ginger Baker’s Essential Songs: Listen to 15 Tracks 2019-10-06T04:00:00Z

Instead, he filters the legend to render it even more monumentally, unequivocally, inhumanly heroic. “First Man,” Reviewed: Damien Chazelle’s Neil Armstrong Bio-Pic Is an Accidental Right-Wing Fetish Object 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z

It’s more that he belonged to a time when life itself might have seemed bigger, and art more replete with heroic possibilities than in our own anxious, cautious time. Review: ‘Garry Winogrand’ Pictures an Artist and His World 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z

But her heroic flight is just one segment of this long and calamitous journey. Fiction That Takes You Back in Time 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z

Its songs often present heroic lovers resisting corporate or government brainwashing: a theme, as the concert demonstrated, that was announced in “Sunburn,” the opening track of Muse’s 1999 debut album. Music Review: Muse at Madison Square Garden 2013-04-17T21:37:11Z

The looping, spellbinding music produced by her windup toys became a fitting tribute to the modest, repetitive and yet quietly heroic work of women. Phyllis Chen Performs With Toy Pianos and Music Boxes 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z

The heroic poet-musician Orpheus, after losing his wife, Eurydice, calms the deities of the Underworld with his lyre playing and singing. Dance Review: Pina Bausch’s ‘Orpheus and Eurydice’ From Paris Opera Ballet 2012-07-22T20:20:07Z

From a department fizzing with ideas and energy came new proposals: some surprising successes, some heroic failures. Alan Rogers obituary 2010-07-21T17:50:00Z

Once he has forever lost Giselle, he expresses his emotion by an ardent circuit of heroic jumps around the stage. Dance Review: Bolshoi’s ‘Giselle,’ Geared to Virtuosity and a Vocal Audience 2014-04-06T21:59:32Z

Making Kennedy a baritone — rather than a tenor, as his speaking voice suggests — is designed to avoid heroic tropes. ‘JFK’ Envisions an Operatic Ending for Camelot 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z

The program, Heroes of Color HQ, streaming through Feb. 13, will teach about historical leaders and encourage children to create heroic tales. 5 Things to Do This Weekend 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z

There is still plenty of anxiety to go around about the relationship between child- and adulthood, and whether the heroic notions of stories like "Fillory and Further" belong to one or the other. Lev Grossman's 'The Magician's Land' closes the book 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z

The story line was a rarity on the show that routinely focused on medical heroics. CNN's Sanjay Gupta adds fiction to his workload 2013-02-01T22:16:04Z

For five minutes he's the traumatized heroic father who must give up his son because, he claims, that's what his son really wants. "In Treatment" recap: Paul gives up on parenting 2010-11-24T13:30:00Z

And the scale of this work is interesting because it’s not heroic at all. To Understand It Is to Own It: Sean Scully on Collecting 2017-09-05T04:00:00Z

Extraordinary heroics gained Ward a medal and little else; some unspecified amount of time later he's making ends meet by flipping burgers. "Army of the Dead" is what happens when desperation meets a thrilling zombie conflagration 2021-05-21T04:00:00Z

"This is image manipulation, almost identity theft on a heroic scale," we heard. A History of the World in 100 Objects 2010-05-18T05:45:00Z

Fans fell for its majestic flying sequences, in particular the opening one, which shows Maverick in full heroic mode, swooping above the Indian Ocean. Tom Cruise Confirms ‘Top Gun’ Sequel 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z

The film purports to tell the “true” story of the heroic security guard who found the pipe bomb which killed one person and injured 111 others at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. Stop defending an irresponsible movie and start apologising | Benjamin Lee 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z

Beowulf, a heroic warrior from another realm, comes to the rescue and in a bloody fight kills Grendel. Music Review: David Lang’s ‘collected stories,’ at Zankel Hall 2014-04-23T21:25:46Z

And Draper, more handsome in that moment than any James Bond could be, struck a heroic pose before the show cut to black until next season. A moody 'Mad Men' finale with Don Draper unhappy 2012-06-11T07:01:06Z

The CW’s iZombie throws out most of the comic it’s based on, content to explore the concept of the heroic, medical examiner zombie with its own characters and creator Rob Thomas’s TV sensibility. Preacher's AMC makeover gives fans reason to hope 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z

For her heroics, Corbin was awarded a military pension by Congress, becoming the first American woman to receive one. ‘I’m in this war too!’: U.S. Army Women’s Museum gives credit where it’s due 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z

Lemons are one of the most heroic ingredients ever. You won't be able to stop making Andy Baraghani's lemony pasta this summer 2022-06-12T04:00:00Z

But the idea that the audience needs one heroic turtle to follow rather than animals in the wild suggests that nature interests us only if it’s as packaged as a Disney animation. | 'Turtle: The Incredible Journey': The Call of the Wild, Heeded With Tenacity 2011-06-23T21:49:05Z

Fleet Forces, praised the "heroic response" of those at the complex and emergency personnel who took care of the air crew and others at the scene. Jet crashes into Virginia apartments 2012-04-07T02:52:00Z

Darrow’s tale of his mighty vindication of the Sweets and their co-defendants culminates with a heroic Greek athlete pose and the declaration “This time we won!” Review: Kevin Spacey as Clarence Darrow, Stadium Size 2017-06-16T04:00:00Z

Blade Runner, like its setting, is a beautiful, deadly organism that devours life; and Ford, the cockily engaging Star Warrior of Raiders of the Lost Ark, allows his heroic stature to shrivel inside it. Blade Runner at 30: Celebrating Ridley Scott's Dystopian Vision 2012-06-25T14:31:59Z

Films concentrating on bravado and heroics tend to find a receptive audience. Did 'American Sniper' miss an important mark? 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z

“Poe’s arc is one of evolving from a heroic soldier to a seasoned leader, to see beyond the single-mindedness of winning the battle to the larger picture of the future of the galaxy,” Isaac says. Princess Leia and Poe Dameron are 'Family' in The Last Jedi 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z

At its most provocative, “Severe Clear” pungently evokes a heroic Marine Corps mystique. Movie Review | 'Severe Clear': In Iraq Marine Documentary, Bad Food and ?Steel Rain? 2010-03-12T00:42:00Z

Drawing on the iconography of advertising and marketing, the videos combine the pursuit of luxury goods with more traditionally heroic quests from movies and video games. Review | In the galleries: A revelatory exhibition by D.C. artist Jonathan Monaghan 2019-07-26T04:00:00Z

Has there been a worse title for a new television show this year than “Hooten & the Lady”? Is it a “Harry Potter” sequel starring Hedwig the owl’s heroic offspring? Review: 'Hooten & the Lady,’ Raiders of the Indiana Jones Clichés 2017-07-12T04:00:00Z

He is a stoical, heroic presence amid the chaos, which means he has less room to be interesting than the other actors, who provide some of that chaos. In ‘Snowpiercer,’ the Train Trip to End All Train Trips 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z

I wanted the Winters saga to go back to being a swashbuckling fable about the heroic Addiction Doctor healing me. The forgiveness tour: How letting go of a grudge healed me 2021-01-03T05:00:00Z

Double crosses, kidnapping, extortion and heroics ensue, with Luis Guzman as the cop who doubts the couple's story, until he doesn't. 'Reclaim' tosses away all credibility 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z

She tells JR that he reminds her of Jean-Luc Godard, her erstwhile comrade in the heady, heroic days of the French new wave. Review: Agnès Varda and JR Travel in the Present, Glancing at the Past 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z

Their seemingly idiotic actions are meant to be heartwarming and heroic. TV’s Strongest Female Characters Share One Stupid Flaw 2013-10-10T09:45:31Z

“It just got boring, reading about all these really powerful and heroic white guys,” the showrunner Salim Akil told The Times. What’s on TV Tuesday: ‘Katt Williams: Great America’ and ‘Black Lightning’ 2018-01-16T05:00:00Z

I think he probably wanted to be known for that more than some heroic story. Jesse Eisenberg opens up: "I think of myself as a basic, unremarkable person" 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z

I could make a convincing argument that performance art as a nice person — from your public actions to your choice of roles as altruistic, heroic types — is a way to hide from expanding your range. This Tom Hanks Story Will Help You Feel Less Bad 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z

Still, there’s something heroic about her broader stance: to a topic that generates fury and recrimination, she brings a lightness and a steadfast refusal to hate. Theater Review | 'Palestine': So Many Identities, So Little Time 2010-02-19T06:18:00Z

There are plenty of movies about heroic entrepreneurs clashing with unscrupulous capitalists, two sides of the same coin and thus part of a cultural currency of mixed feelings and wishful thinking. The Luxe Life in ‘Gatsby,’ ‘Bling Ring’ and Other Films 2013-05-16T12:00:01Z

Yeoh certainly has the necessary charisma, but “Everything Everywhere” is really about something other than the usual heroics. ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ Review: It’s Messy, and Glorious 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z

By now, it's too late to stop the piranhas from invading the water park to wreak predictable havoc, despite the heroic interventions of Maddy, Henry and even Hasselhoff. Review: Sleazy 'Piranha 3DD' is sub-par sequel 2012-06-03T01:16:04Z

Constitutionally unable to bear such uncertainty, Coldplay turned the melancholy synth refrain into a heroic guitar riff and threw a reassuring arm around those lonely shoulders: "Let's talk!" Kraftwerk at Tate Modern, night five: Computer World 2013-02-12T15:13:31Z

The facility dedicates more wall space to Tadeusz Kosciuszko, a Revolutionary War fighter from Poland whose heroics earned him many namesake towns. In biking the Natchez Trace, she was traveling through Southern history 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z

Striving to maximize his profits, Ismay, in effect, sinks his ship, filled with British and American plutocrats who are served by a heroic crew. ‘The Sea Wolf’ and ‘Titanic’: Fascism on the High Seas 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z

I found the passage on the use of "heroic" language especially thought-provoking: the dead are "the fallen", a horse is "a steed", the enemy is "the foe", private soldiers are "plucky", and officers are "gallant". Paul Dowswell's top 10 non-fiction books about Britain in the first world war 2012-11-09T09:00:00Z

“Every Amazon that we hear about in Greek mythology is heroic—heroes who are the equals of the greatest male Greek heroes,” Mayor said. The Real Amazon Warriors 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z

Or is China's heroic role in the story a sweetener aimed at that country's vast cinema audiences? Toronto 2013: Reporter's diary 2013-09-12T13:42:39Z

Virility, the editors write, has long been “linked to death”; a prime way to prove one’s virility is through “heroic death on the battlefield.” When Men Wanted to Be Virile 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z

The killers simply adapted a story they had been telling each other for decades: that they were the ruling class, so their acts were heroic. Joshua Oppenheimer: 'Even a mass killer you can love as a human being' 2013-06-20T14:57:23Z

It is packed with so many heroic artisans and sentimental peasants that it feels like a dinner theater production of “Fiddler on the Roof” or a canvas by Thomas Kinkade, the “painter of light.” Books of The Times: ?Extra Virginity? by Tom Mueller; a Word on Olive Oil - Review 2011-12-07T21:50:14Z

Advertisement Their heroic service yields no great revelations; other analysts have already mined these deposits. ‘The Nixon Tapes: 1973,’ Edited by Douglas Brinkley and Luke A. Nichter 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z

We love him because he shows us that people, flawed as we are, can be heroic, if only we use our brains. Perspective | New versions of Hercule Poirot keep coming, and that’s a good thing 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z

“There are no movies about the Peace Corps,” Brander said, but stories about “heroic conservatives shooting bad guys” dominate the screen. Perspective | Do conservatives get too much press? Some liberal Post readers think so. 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z

Directed by Yang Yuntao with an extensive creative team, the show is billed as “an inspiring retelling” of the ancient folktale about a humble and heroic peasant girl. Dance Listings for Feb. 27-March 5 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z

It’s such a wonderfully heroic moment for Michael. ‘Jane the Virgin’ Season 2, Episode 15: The Curse of Pablo 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z

In the mid-1960s, Mr. Barris received a call that led to his most momentous gig: The producers of the “Batman” television show needed a heroic ride for the superhero’s battles with the Joker. George Barris, designer of Batmobile and other custom cars, dies at 89 2015-11-07T05:00:00Z

The fourth season sees them attempting to embrace their heroic side – clumsily and ineffectually, but they're trying! – to stop a world-ending horde known as . . . the Butts. Is the new DC Studios regime the apocalypse that "Doom Patrol" can't survive? 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z

The elegy-like song had a "heroic" feel to it, and was quite similar to the sorts of things found in Babylonian poems. "Eternals" – Marvel consulted me to help superheroes chit chat in Babylonian 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z

When not inhabiting a role onstage, this most traditionally heroic of Broadway leading men reimagines songs as one-act plays performed with a childlike enthusiasm. Review: Brian Stokes Mitchell Blends Songs and Theater in ‘Plays With Music’ 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z

So grab a bottle, and let’s sing Auld Lang Syne to the heroes and the heroic casualties of 2016. 2016: a year of utter hell – but let's raise a toast to it anyway 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z

In the shadowy vastness of the warehouse, “The Ascent” looked spare and heroic, like the setting for the final showdown between good and evil. ‘The Ascent’: Levitating in Brooklyn 2012-06-22T19:27:36Z

With this sculpture, he had found what would be his favorite subject, and the one that would make his name: the heroic male body. Michelangelo Is the Divine Star of the Must-See Show of the Season 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z

But discipline has always been a hallmark of Tharp — her own rigorous work ethic and the heroic possibilities she mines from dancers. Twyla Tharp is marking her 50-year anniversary by looking ahead 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z

The dream of the heroic, committed photographer appears hard to sustain in a commercial context like that of the photo festival. Art Review: The Fully Engaged Lens 2011-05-12T21:57:40Z

In “Mudbound,” there is no single heroic figure, either black or white, leading the story to its end, but rather deeply American heroic and desperate actions. No Escaping Politics at the Progressive Sundance Film Festival 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z

It’s an awful vision of black rank-and-file soldiers as heroic volunteers and cannon fodder, and the movie ignores the sufferings of these soldiers in battle. Review: What “Avengers: Endgame” Could Have Been 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z

You would have to be mad, in my view, not to admire Oliver, whose evolution from mildly grating Essex geezer to heroic public campaigner has elevated him to secular sainthood. 'No one understands me' 2010-10-11T07:00:00Z

A little bland at first, he ends up emphasizing a heroic vulnerability in the role. 'Cinderella': Terrific cast leads to happy ending 2011-12-05T20:10:05Z

The tiny Lilliputians struggle to imprison this "giant," but when he escapes, he performs heroic deeds that save the people. "Gulliver's Travels" relies too much on effects 2010-12-23T00:26:57Z

“In the ‘Nights of Plague’, which I worked on for 5 years, there is no disrespect for the heroic founders of the nation states,” Bianet news website quoted Pamuk as saying. 2006 Nobel laureate Pamuk probed for insulting leader 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z

The film's heroic depiction of Chris Kyle and the struggles of military families resonated in small towns and big cities across the country. 'American Sniper' gives Warner Bros. a needed boost 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z

On the other hand, her violent exploits present all the heroic derring-do of a scene from "Spider-Man." 'Kick-Ass' knocks comic-book conventions upside down 2010-04-16T00:31:00Z

Before the major chasing and shooting gets underway, the titular vehicle and its heroic E.M.T., ‘Ambulance’ Review: Michael Bay Is Our Emergency Movie Technician 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z

“I went for a walk” lacks the heroic ring of: “I just killed myself doing 50 burpees.” The slow, steady rise of 'conscious movement' 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z

Two chords, a jumbo march beat, and a hall of mirrors of synthesizers, voices and changing reverb provide a heroic platform for self-questioning. The Playlist: Alessia Cara Grows Up, and 12 More New Songs 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z

Ms Taylor said: "Danger Mouse is the last word in debonair and delightfully eccentric heroics," adding, "CBBC is thrilled to be kick-starting their adventures afresh." Danger Mouse to return to TV screens 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z

One character employs only the formal arm positions of academic ballet, another features the vivacious gesticulations of the commedia dell’arte tradition, and still others reveal their own peculiar heroic or Romantic or entertaining gestures. Dance Review: Demonstrating How a Special Choreographer Made Men Special 2011-08-04T21:32:04Z

Our long history of imagined happy societies is one of heroic failures, and Oz's kibbutz proved to be something less than paradise. Between Friends by Amos Oz – review 2013-05-08T14:24:36Z

In a “patronising” ad with “schmaltzy piano music”, the company claimed that its heroic workers were being treated well through the pandemic. John Oliver: 'Things need to change and not go back to normal' 2020-04-13T04:00:00Z

There’s Byronic urgency in the ardent theatricality of his gestures and the heroic force with which he presents himself to the music. Dance Review: ‘Le Corsaire,’ American Ballet Theater 2013-06-05T22:00:27Z

Second, they fear that he wants to drag the art of acting backwards from a stabilised comfort zone, underpinned by state subsidy, to make it inappropriately larger and more heroic. Stop treating actors with contempt 2010-11-20T00:07:00Z

For further context, Salonen set the nationalist tone with the earlier heroic Sibelius, beginning the evening with an even more fervent than usual performance of “Finlandia,” all but Finland’s national anthem. Making Sibelius modern with Esa-Pekka Salonen 2017-04-07T04:00:00Z

“I’m not one of those heroic types,” said Edward C. Holmes, a leading expert on viral evolution and one of the stay-at-home scientists also in the book. David Quammen’s ‘Spillover’ Owes Much to Faulkner 2012-10-20T02:34:03Z

Or so the story goes, in both its heroic and tragic versions. ‘Star Wars,’ Elvis and Me 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z

It’s all about individuals trying to connect with and understand one another — ultimately in vain perhaps, but that’s just what makes such daily struggles heroic. Theater Review: ‘Love and Information,’ by Caryl Churchill, at Minetta Lane 2014-02-20T03:00:14Z

Soldiers who were shot saw their injuries as heroic. Severed 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z

The doomed souls who profess that, "cut off from hope, we live on desire" represent, for me, the authentically heroic voice of all those who, in impossible circumstances, fight on. Jon McGregor's top 10 dead bodies in literature 2011-01-19T09:17:13Z

It did include a "heroic" speech, for which I had plenty of models. "Eternals" – Marvel consulted me to help superheroes chit chat in Babylonian 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z

The directors call their film the “‘Ocean’s 11’ of immigration” and their stars’ heroic quest — infiltrating a detention center to disseminate information to help detainees avoid deportation — is at once exhilarating and heart-rending. The American Latino Experience: 20 Essential Films Since 2000 2020-10-01T04:00:00Z

In fact, there’s something vaguely heroic about sheer indifference shown here towards “kerbside appeal” and the “wow factor”. Terrible estate agents’ photographs: excrement, horses and toilets in the kitchen 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z

Lurid light mysteriously floods heroic characters in an unreal scenery otherwise plunged in darkness. Art Review: At the Louvre, Vivid and Varied Imaginings of Antiquity 2010-12-03T16:11:00Z

Forget heroic smokestacks: In the early decades of the 20th century, when breakthrough technologies were making travel increasingly affordable to the masses, travel posters were casting it as a realm of aristocratic leisure. Swann Galleries Auctions Vintage Travel Posters 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z

Yet suddenly the choreography is ramped up to a heroic scale, and everything transforms. Henri Oguike Dance Company ? review 2011-03-09T18:44:00Z

In “Uncharted,” the boy grows up to become a neo-buccaneer played by the boyish Holland, a likable, exuberantly physical performer who has traded his Spider-Man responsibilities for more old-school heroic duty. ‘Uncharted’ Review: Steal, Fight, Repeat 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z

Yes, there is something monstrous and intimidating and heroic in such personalities. Critic’s Notebook: Creating Barbra Streisand in ‘Buyer & Cellar’ 2013-07-29T22:28:23Z

The necessary quadrupling of Latinos in film will take more than a single heroic effort. It takes more than one superhero 2023-09-03T04:00:00Z

Patino enacts a few intelligent shifts away from Wood's original story, such as making the protagonist a woman and a medic named Alma instead of yet another heroic male journalist. A Second Civil War and too many plotholes plague "DMZ," HBO Max's latest dystopian adaptation 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z

Written by Ayer himself, it is described as an honest exploration of battlefield heroics aimed at modern audiences. Brad Pitt aims sights at second world war tank movie Fury 2013-04-04T16:38:15Z