Albert, meanwhile, makes his own way to the war, and his and Joey's parallel experiences — harrowing escapes, the loss of friends, the terror and deprivation brightened by flickers of tenderness or high spirits — give the story texture and momentum, as well as giving Mr. Spielberg an opportunity to show off, once again, his unmatched skill at cross-cutting.
By Richard Brody June 23, 2016 The new Civil War film "Free State of Jones," starring Matthew McConaughey and Gugu Mbatha-Raw, is richly researched, but its flat assemblage of history strips out the story's texture and intricacy.
Welles exploits Mr. Heston's rigidity as a performer (and his American movie-star presence) for the character, using what in other films sometimes seemed like a limitation of craft and technique to the great advantage of the story's texture and meaning.
I wanted to take an ordinary form and drain the blood out of it, so that it had no story, no texture, no people, no occupants.
Baseball's history adds texture to its story lines, especially in October.
But "Everybody Has a Plan" is less about story than about texture and atmosphere.
She helps Mr. Smith enrich the story's emotional texture, which is no small thing, since the movie itself starts to falter just when it begins to deepen.
So while the speed and scope of Moll's adventures might alert you to the fact that hers is a made-up story, the deep texture that Defoe gives to her account – the jostle of court appearances, the push and shove of the dockside, the palaver of giving birth to an illegitimate baby – makes it feel as if it is written from lived experience.
Let me tell you another story, similar in texture to a Borges story.
Pentangle tell their stories through sound, texture and feeling: they're a chamber ensemble rather than a singer with accompaniment.
It is my companion for this life that has been a journey, replete with unexpected bumps and grooves, loves and losses -- and as so, my body expresses my story with its textures, shapes, peaks and valleys.
