Search Details

Word: boyfriend (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...Eating Jain,” for instance, Mahvi yearns to escape to New York with Bobby, his American boyfriend, but a powerful sense of duty compels him to stay in India and go through with an arranged marriage. Although Bobby loves Mahvi for his Jain spirituality, he hates him for allowing the dogma of his faith to ruin both their lives. On the other hand, although Mahvi’s life as a married man would be a lie, he would feel equally oppressed in liberal New York, where his open relationship with the man he loved would...

Author: By Eugenia B. Schraa, | Title: Review: Gheri Dosti: Enlightened but Dull | 11/3/2003 | See Source »

Yoga is another ingredient of tradition that Knox uses. “Two Men in Shoulder Stand” is great fun to watch, despite its tragic subject matter. We watch as a boyfriend pushes his HIV-infected partner to do difficult yoga poses—the exercises are the most healing gift that he can offer, given his inability to afford retroviral drugs. But despite the fascinating themes this piece explores, the excitement here is in the choreography, not the dialogue...

Author: By Eugenia B. Schraa, | Title: Review: Gheri Dosti: Enlightened but Dull | 11/3/2003 | See Source »

This low-budget family dramedy, imagines whatever happened to that high school loner who was always up to no good in chemistry class. 21-year-old April Burns (played with unassuming grace by Katie Holmes), armed with the emotional support of her affectionate boyfriend (Derek Luke), embarks on a mishap-filled day of cooking and decoration to prepare her humble New York apartment for a Thanksgiving dinner with her estranged family (headed by Oliver Platt and Patricia Clarkson). Pieces of April showcases homegrown storytelling at its best and marks a strong directorial debut by Peter Hedges (the screenwriter behind About...

Author: By Crimson Staff, | Title: Listings, Oct. 31-Nov. 6 | 10/31/2003 | See Source »

Whose fans are more aggressive: Your boyfriend (tennis player) Andy Roddick...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Q&A with Mandy Moore | 10/27/2003 | See Source »

While the lead singer is emoting, or not, the band is grooving with a ruthless efficiency. Is This It was criticized for mining riffs from Television, the Velvet Underground and Iggy Pop, and there's no ignoring the influences when drummer Fabrizio Moretti (also known as Drew Barrymore's boyfriend; I told you there were many reasons to hate these guys) bangs out a snare fill that would make the Zeppelins' John Bonham bolt upright in his grave. But the Strokes don't agonize over their influences; they synthesize them. And songs like 12:51 and Between Love & Hate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Different Strokes? | 10/27/2003 | See Source »

Previous | 116 | 117 | 118 | 119 | 120 | 121 | 122 | 123 | 124 | 125 | 126 | 127 | 128 | 129 | 130 | 131 | 132 | 133 | 134 | 135 | 136 | Next