Sentences with phrase «raconteurs of»

His two splendid books of memoirs show him to be a brave and decent citizen of his country and his universities, as well as a good «natured raconteur of folly who doesn't mind turning his wit against himself.

Jake Johannsen is a self - confessed raconteur of weird stories.

Fellow astronomers — and generations of Harvard undergraduates — have also long appreciated him as a raconteur of exceptional eloquence, so it is hard to imagine anyone better suited to give us the inside story on the new discoveries.

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McCourt has spent most of his unpublished adult life living in the shadow of his brother Malachy, a New York celebrity known as a hard - drinking, Irish literary raconteur, a modernist stage - Irish act of the type perfected by Brendan Behan.

By temperament more a raconteur than a critic, Safranski usually succeeds in conveying a vivid impression of authors» personae and intellectual passions.

Social workers, psychologists, English teachers, raconteurs, and lovers of drama and literature bring special talents to the process.

A loquacious raconteur endowed with total recall, he is able to talk for what seems almost ever about such long - forgotten players as Moses Solomon, «The Rabbi of Swat,» a slugger the Giants brought up in the»20s to lure Jewish fans into the Polo Grounds, and one - armed Daily, a Cleveland pitcher back in the»80s who used to get into fights on the field and chop away at his adversaries with the stump of his left arm.

By the fate of things, he became instead an architect, decorator, designer, consumer analyst, painter, critic, writer, raconteur, casual musician, popular after - dinner speaker and ocean sailor.

Cox, by nature of the character he is playing, steals most of the limelight, lurching drunkenly from cynic to heartbroken to engaging raconteur.

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Meg immediately commands the attentions of Lord Darlington (Stephen Campbell Moore), a notorious raconteur and rake who idles away his days and nights in the company of rich cronies, including Tuppy (Tom Wilkinson), more formally known as Lord Augustus.

The raconteur is Philippe Petit, ably performed by Joseph Gordon - Levitt, and he, um, raconts his tale from a jaunty perch atop the Statue of Liberty, the still - standing twin towers gleaming in the distance.

Director, writer, pulp fiction author, raconteur and all - around maverick character Samuel Fuller was as proud of his military service as any of his artistic accomplishments.

Robert Osborne, the elegant TCM host and raconteur, explained that the first Drew novel (of some 175 in the series) penned mainly for its young female reading audience appeared in 1930.

This is the American Dream with any ideas of decorum and esteem set aside, the unseemly and anointed truth lays glistening, astonishingly exposed, betrayed by the truth - tellers and foul - mouthed raconteurs.

May 3, 2018 • The 71 - year - old raconteur returns to the old songs and inhabits the guises of death - haunted bluesmen to speak to the issues of the current era.

Anyway, Wesley and Winikoff prove able, energetic raconteurs (going so far as to provide the hidden backstory for the piece), and Galluzzo does a great job of keeping the flow going.

A consummate raconteur, Fancher recounts episodes from his remarkable life — including romantic misadventures with silver - screen stars, wayward acts of chivalry, jealousy, and friendship — matched with a parallel world of film and TV footage wherein Fancher plays cowboys, killers, fops, cads, and the occasional hero.

San Francisco filmmaker Terry Zwigoff's first cinematic effort, the 1985 Louie Bluie, is a wry, ribald, and magical portrait of the country - blues string band player and irrepressible raconteur Howard Armstrong (a.k.a. Louie Bluie).

Sherman's great, still a sharp raconteur at 87; Giacchino's got a long way to go before he has that kind of gravitas.

A forgotten genius, Bernstein also proves an unsung raconteur in enthralling stories that place him at the centre of a real - life Sunset Boulevard or on the front lines of Korea; he commands the screen in lingering close - ups and holds court with equally - captive audiences of confrères and disciples, despite his professed stage fright.

Danny Says, then, ends on a muted whimper of a note that one doesn't expect given that its subject is such an immensely entertaining raconteur.

From asides to an unseen editor and DP Michael Chapman, to the referral to pre-production notes on anecdotes he wants to capture on film, said deconstruction reaches its peak as Scorsese reveals as much about the rehearsed nature of storytelling as he does his magnetic raconteur, and by extension the very notion of documentary truth.

Unfortunately, Reeves is so able a raconteur that he renders the majority of the special features on this disc instantly redundant.

Bowers, with the vigor of someone decades younger is an unparalleled raconteur.

«He was a marvelous raconteur, he had a wonderful sense of humor, and he could charm the socks off you,» recalls Patricia Albjerg Graham, a historian of American education and dean of the Ed School from 1982 to 1991.

Newman is a likable, millennial raconteur who might remind listeners of fellow actor Jesse Eisenberg.

A natural raconteur, Mireille illustrates her philosophy through the experiences that have shaped her life — a six - year - old's first taste of Champagne, treks in search of tiny blueberries (called myrtilles) in the woods near her grandmother's house, a near - spiritual rendezvous with oysters at a seaside restaurant in Brittany, to name but a few.

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The Gunstringer brims with unlockable bonuses, including mods that can affect gameplay and aesthetics, commentary tracks from the Twisted Pixel team, the Red vs. Blue raconteurs at Rooster Teeth, and Xbox Live community czar Larry Hryb, to name a few, and behind - the - scenes videos, some of which are arguably more magical than the video that made it into the game itself.

Altmejd is a sci - fi, fairy tale raconteur who has taken his audience out of this world and back — back into the depths of unknown yet familiar bodies.

Neck of the Woods sees Turner Prize - winning artist Douglas Gordon and celebrated pianist Hélène Grimaud create a portrait of the wolf in a collision of visual art, music and theatre, with Charlotte Rampling as the raconteur.

A natural raconteur and independently minded painter, a friend of Ad Reinhardt and Eva Hesse, Regina subsequently married the painter Alfred Jensen and has continuously painted throughout her life.

Ross is a skilled raconteur and proficient in the local vernacular of the Los Angeles region.

Nineteen works have been acquired that highlight key moments in Brimfield's career, from collaborative films created for past performances and meticulously drawn and painted posters for imaginary erotic magazines about Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth, to five photographs recreating moments in the life of Jackson Pollock from the perspective of the canvas, a filmed music hall performance starring a fictional raconteur, and posters anticipating her proposed 2015 exhibition at The Hepworth Wakefield.

A connoisseur of life, a walking encyclopedia of jazz and wine; a raconteur replete with the best stories of New York's 1950s and onwards art world, and a sense of humor punctuated with a «Who gives a fuck about that incidental detail...»

Writ large in scrawling loose paint and charcoal, Bernstein's wry engagement with text — Uncle Sam Balls Vietnam and Gets V.D. not V.C. (Venereal Disease not Viet Cong)-- evoked the crude gonzo aesthetics of artists such as R. Crumb and Wally Hedrick, presaging the later linguistic permutations of raconteurs like Jean - Michel Basquiat and Raymond Pettibone.

The production, Neck of the Woods, will be a fusion of visual art, theatre and music presenting a portrait of the wolf, with Charlotte Rampling appearing as the show's «raconteur».

Influential Los Angeles artist and raconteur Larry Johnson (Art BFA 82, MFA 84) has a full - scale survey of his work on view at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles through Sept. 6.

Influential Los Angeles artist and raconteur Larry Johnson (Art BFA 82, MFA 84) has a full - scale survey of his work on view at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles through...

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