Larry McMurtry's wonderful 1966 novel, from which it is adapted, has a bawdy, comic undertow that the film successfully captures.
Last year St. Tone released "Live in the Studio," a 13-track CD that successfully captures the band's raw yet calibrated energy, which plays so crisply in concert.
By The New Yorker July 13 , 2011In "Lola, California," which is noted in the magazine this week, Edie Meidav successfully captures the self-indulgence of adolescent friendship.
"The nature, the energy, the vibe of the Fringe is very contemporary and very youthful, and successfully captures something of the essence of the college itself," he said.
In a commendable revival for the Pearl Theater, the director Austin Pendleton successfully captures the spirit of the play if occasionally leaning toward the melodramatic.
By all accounts, it successfully captures the unflinching resolve and imperious character of its subject, former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (plus handbag).
In "Lola, California," which is noted in the magazine this week, Edie Meidav successfully captures the self-indulgence of adolescent friendship.
Still, Joe Tantalo's high-energy production, for Godlight Theatre Company, is precise and beautifully choreographed, and it successfully captures the absurd brutality of our times.
The novel successfully captures the hectic nature of life in a major metropolis, but at times the density of detail overwhelms the narrative.
Tom Sturridge also successfully captures both the little-boy-lost aspect of Robin and the ruthless egoist, and there is excellent support from Maureen Beattie as his wandering mother and from Joshua James and Zoe Boyle as the twinned toffs.
When it all works — and both Mr. Moss and Ms. Kim admit that involving a nonperformer is a risk — the production successfully captures the vulnerability of a kisaeng as she looks back at her life.
