| 单词 | taut |
| 例句 | All went about their work with their faces tighter, as if the news of the emissary’s impending visit had pulled the string of village life taut. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z His attention seemed tied to her face by a taut string. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Where she touched herself her flesh was taut and smooth. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She spreads her fingers over the taut, enormous drum her middle has become, wondering where the baby’s feet and hands are at this moment. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z His body, despite the smoke and his burning eyes and heaving chest, was flexed taut. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The bell is suspended and the wire remains taut, running vertically through the hole he has drilled in the wall. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Kino’s eyes were hooded now, his cheeks were drawn taut. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z Every tendon is straining, stretched taut like the muscles of cows at the butcher shop that had died in fear. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a light puff of wind at my back that tousled my hair and caused the tarpaulin covering the wagon to pull taut for a moment. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z His nerves were painfully taut as he hung onto the old woman’s words. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The woman stood barefoot in her underwear, pulling the black net of a body stocking taut between her fingers. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z He reminded me of a cougar, muscles taut, ready to spring. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z I looked silently into his face, taut and ashy in the cold, his eyes trained upon the men going up the steps. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Their hands and tools were on her taut middle. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Even the muscles in his forearm are taut, defined. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z The canvas is taut and nearly translucent—sunlight filters through the material and seams, illuminating the largest candy stand of all. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z I slipped it over my finger and stood stretching it taut. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z We coast a bit more until the captain drops anchor, the chain rattling out until it pulls taut. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z His face reddens to a deep crimson, the veins on his neck taut like wires pulled too tight. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Bows groaned as the archers on the mezzanine pulled their strings taut. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The men tended to be taut and well built regardless of age, dressed in beige or gray pants the color of the plains and cowboy boots that were worn for function. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I was too scared to answer; my muscles were so taut that they ached. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Relief flooded Fahim’s face for only a moment before his expression grew taut. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The water was white where his tail beat it and three-quarters of his body was clear above the water when the rope came taut, shivered, and then snapped. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z In this zone, infrared sensors checked for movement, with strands of taut wire and electromagnetic green wire providing redundant protection. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A street car rumbled forward and the pigeon rose swiftly through the air on wings stretched so taut and sheer that Bigger could see the gold of the sun through their translucent tips. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z He struck the conference table with his fist, his eyes showing small and round in his taut face. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Arms taut, backs stooped, the boys heave forward, their carts bulging. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z He sat hunched, bitterly smiling, as always, his muscles taut as old nautical ropes in a hurricane. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z The rope grew taut, and whoever was on the raft pulled us up. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z On the street, in vestibules as well as house parties, they are spectacular, moving like taut silk or loose metal. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “That’s right,” an extremely elegant guest, whose taut face was brown with suntan makeup, said. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z They didn’t go far, but by the time they reached their destination, she was trembling, her muscles would taut, less from exertion than the knowledge that Matthias was somewhere in this terrible place. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Now and then the room blurred and a slight giddiness came over him; but his muscles would flex taut and it would pass. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z With his tail pulled taut and the wind whistling through his fangs, Redtooth howled as the trees went by in a green blur. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Ira’s face was strained and taut and queerly defensive, as if she had been hurt and was wondering where the next blow would fall. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z The line was taut as a banjo string, and the merest tug would snap it on and blind the shivering quarry in a blaze of light. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z And then she nods and tugs the other eyelid taut and starts on that one. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z The wall beyond held a frieze of human heads, all faced alike, dried and caved with their taut grins and shrunken eyes. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Sometimes he moves easily, caught up in the rush, and other times he’s tense and taut and wants Alex to work him loose and take him apart. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z His face reddens to a deep crimson, the veins on his neck taut like wires pulled too tight. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z The rope went taut and he came to a sudden halt, the boisterous wind buffeted him about like a feather. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z He jerked back violently, his muscles flexed taut. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z And once more there was silence; and the expectancy, momentarily relaxed, was stretched again, tauter, tauter, almost to the tearing point. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z I lie motionless;—somewhere something clanks, it stamps and stumbles nearer—all my nerves become taut and icy. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The expression tugged at my lips, taut and mirthless. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Since the string is taut, it vibrates quickly, producing sound waves, if you pluck it, or rub it with a bow. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z He bandaged, his hands moving very fast and the bandage coming taut and sure. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Ranofer, with every nerve and muscle taut, felt a wave of fear that was almost nausea. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Dingy decks were holystoned white, and the rigging was taut, tarred, and dressed in its chafing gear. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z She pulls up her shirt to expose the pale, taut skin of her stomach, marred by a tangle of gouges. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Her arms burned from holding the string taut, and the bow that had felt so light moments before now became heavy in her hands. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z He drank and drank, and he didn’t step away until his belly was taut. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Mr. Ram interrupts my reverie, a shaking hand holding a page taut. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z He tried to fly to her, but the chains snapped taut as he rose and slammed him down onto his belly. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The police, who struggled to maintain their hold on the shepherds’ taut leashes, gave attack orders to the animals. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He felt his entire body grow taut and then begin to quiver with surprise and humiliation and...anger. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Johnny sat close to Mr. Quincy, watching the Justice’s nervous, taut hands, listening to his ‘What have we heres’ and quick questions to the men and women shoved up before him. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z And there’s this feeling in my stomach like a coil pulled taut. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z “What's another scar?” he said absentmindedly as she pulled a wide gauze bandage taut against his forehead. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z Suit #1 speaks, his voice a taut wire. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z But when the older soldier did not stop, the suddenly taut rope made Jonathan slip and fall into the mud. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z Toby’s cheeks were hot, burning, the corners of his eyes tense and taut. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Quickly I slipped the free chain through the fastening link on my own chain, pulled it taut, and secured it the best I could. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z The rope went taut, held for an instant and then parted at the point where Hazel had gnawed it to a thread. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Phil’s arm is bent under his head, the muscle in his biceps taut and smooth. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Blade thin, six feet in height, straight as a sapling, bright eyed, taut; even motionless he seemed whippet quick. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z His shoulders rounded over his controller, slamming buttons, his forearms taut, veins visible. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z Alex backed into a corner of the room, his whole body taut. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Identifying a place on one sleeve that badly needed repair, Kira moved that section of the robe into the frame, which held it taut. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I heard a chain sing from getting pulled taut and the bear-fighting dog’s paws hit me square in the side so strong that the last two chunking stones flewed out of my hand. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z His body was taut and trembling with fear. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z She folded her hands together just below her breastbone and felt the rapid thrumming of her pulse, her whole body taut with nerves. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The cloths strained against the scaffolding of barricade and pavilion, and the pennons lay taut on the wind. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The waters begin to spin around the scarecrow’s pole, and the rope that holds the dinghy in place goes taut. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Mr. Robert’s mouth tightened like a rope pulled taut. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z One "container" that works very well to produce standing waves is a thin, very taut string that is held tightly in place at both ends. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Near each handle, the chains extended in taut spokes through slots in the stone. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He could feel his own nerves, each one, millions of them, taut with energy waiting to be released. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z He slunk across the room slowly, muscles taut, eyes alert. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z There was something moist about the darkness, about their bodies close together, and he imagined that she was Nnesinachi and that the taut legs encircling him were Nnesinachi’s. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z She plants her hands on her knees and stares right at me, her features taut with sudden ferocity. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Bigger looked at him, his body as taut as that of an animal about to leap. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The introduction shows a page-wide photo of a forearm and hand squeezing pliers around a length of taut barbed wire strung beneath one of the towers. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z She looked so young in those pictures—her skin taut, her face thin. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z The midwife held the cord taut and told me where to cut. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Kapugen’s back would grow taut as he lifted his arms and fired his gun. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The lead rope is so taut it looks like it’s going to snap. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z He was pelted with flaming pinecones, and tripped by taut vines, and crunched by tumbling rocks. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z It rippled, then went taut and almost disappeared from sight. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z His arms were surprisingly taut with muscles, as if he’d spent the past week sword fighting. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Then she sidled up to me, put her hand around my waist so that I could feel each of her fingers taut against my hip bone, and she added, “And my lover.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z He stretches the rubber band taut between his thumb and index finger. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z But that he had done things far worse, and the effects were everywhere in the cloudless sky, on the dry brown hills, shrinking skin and hide taut over sharp bone. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Her bowstring was taut, the arrow nocked to it in readiness; she could have pulled and loosed in less than a second, and Mrs. Coulter would have been dead before she finished drawing breath. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z But Mr. Michael, fists taut, his temple vein popping, does. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z “Soon?” she asked Einar, after she showed him how she could hold herself raised on the branch with her arms taut and unshaking, even while wearing the sack of rocks at its heaviest. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z His jaw was stuck out, his skin flushed and taut. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z I listen for some life as I pull the sheets up taut on the bed. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z In the brief phosphoric flashes her taut wrists were white with exertion. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Now I had a long, taut line running perpendicular to the rover. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “One of us?” jeered Voldemort, and his whole body was taut and his red eyes stared, a snake that was about to strike. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z He kept his eyes forward, but his neck muscles were taut. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z Craig, who was suddenly interested in girls, had started taking his phone calls behind closed doors in the bathroom, the phone’s curlicue cord stretched taut across the hallway from its wall-mounted base in the kitchen. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Olanna reached out and grasped Odenigbo’s arm and the screams came out of her, screeching, piercing screams, because something in her head was stretched taut. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Ivanito imagines the vines and tendrils, taut and violent as a killing rope, snaking along the floor to his bed, wrapping him in place, tighter and tighter, choking off his breath while his sisters sleep. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I imagined pulling back my hand, taut like a slingshot, and then launching the hard-shelled bombs at my rival. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z And yet, seeing him again, she felt something within her bending toward him as though drawn on threads pulled taut by his hands. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He had an overstuffed duffel bag at his feet and a backpack stretched taut, which contained only books. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z Con paced back and forth in the clearing outside the cottage, his shoulders taut with worry. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z She could feel the pull of it, and over its taut span strength flowed into her, warm and sustaining. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z When Jiichan reached the other side, he began to push his own peg into the mud, pulling the twine taut. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “What’s that on your forehead, Vernon?” he asked softly, his breath foul in Harry’s nostrils as he pressed a filthy finger to the taut scar. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The canvas of the wings bellied upward, taut and swollen and eager. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z He opened it, raised his hand above it, fingers stretched taut, and again a mysterious icy stone appeared, just below the old man’s skin. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Then came the day Scythe Goddard threw a new wrinkle into the taut fabric of Rowan’s life. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z My throat hurt constantly, vocal cords taut to snapping. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The girl was tottering forward, bent at the waist, one arm draped protectively across the taut drum of her belly, the shape of which was visible through her burqa. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Robert held his umbrella over her.As they went cutting sidewise through the water, the sails bellied taut, with the wind filing and overflowing them. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z The skin had a quality of taut anxiety and around the oval of white face was a framework of whiter hair. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Thomas couldn’t believe he was still looking upon a human being—the madness in Ben’s eyes, the phlegm flying from his mouth, the pale skin stretched taut across his veins and bones. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Wrinkled skin was stretched taut over protruding cheekbones. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It pulled taut just as the mob reached it, and they went sprawling over it and into the mud, a tangled heap of flailing limbs. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Mark couldn’t help but scoot backward, crab-walking until the rope around his neck grew taut. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z As they flew down the last few hundred yards, their eight taut bodies rocked back and forth like pendulums, in perfect synchronicity. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z When he smiled at her again, it was taut and forced. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z As plain to feel as the heat on a hot day, or the tug of a fish on a taut line. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z From these bars they now hung pulleys wound with strong, thin cord, and at the ends of the cords they fastened hooks, which they slipped into the oval-shaped holes in the block and pulled taut. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z He felt where she showed him, pressing his large hand against the taut, smooth skin above her ankle, and nodded. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z She rose until the rope around her waist went taut, then hovered ten feet off the ground, held by the two boys. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Pecola still held her stomach muscles taut and conserved her breath. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Her cheekbones stood out beneath her taut skin. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The line became taut and she strained to hold on tight. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z His aviator's helmet again flapping over his ears, Otis Amber danced up to his soup-kitchen companion, flung his arms around the taut body, and squeezed her tightly. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z She lay aggressively receptive, flushed, her navel no goblet but a pit in an earth-quaking land, flexing taut and expansive. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Saerla was eager to begin, and when Ash mounted, she could feel the mare’s taut energy beneath her. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z One hand held taut the reins of the horse, who was stomping agitatedly, and another clutched the handle of the ax. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z Nico heard the unmistakable sound of a large bow being drawn taut. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z She curved my fingers around the handle, pressing the iron against the fabric while with the other hand she pulled the cloth taut. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Nox grabbed the rope, but even that wasn’t enough to lighten the blinding impact on her torso as the rope went taut. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “Her motions were taut and full of panic. Her breathing was pinched, almost panting. The boy was the opposite. His movement was smooth and lithe, like he was accustomed to moving silently.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Annabeth looked at me like I was nuts, but in the next second, the air was filled with whistling sounds of ropes being snapped taut, canvases unfurling, and wooden pulleys creaking. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z And then it saw me see it and its whole awful body drew taut. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Then a metallic squeal rang out, the rope pulled taut, and we lurched into the air. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z She couldn't look down at her own body but carefully moved her hands to rest there on what had been her own taut, swollen belly. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z There was no missing the taut rope around the skinny neck. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Osh pulled the rope taut and wound it next around one wrist and then, fast as he could, the other, cinching the two together, the rope surely burning and pinching as he worked. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z The tension in the air was as taut as the glass string I was tugging with my bloody hands. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Her dark hair was down around her shoulders and curling with the humidity, but her skin still looked as though it had been pulled taut over the sharp angles of her face. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z The chains holding Brer Fox grew taut, and then he was hauled up into the upper deck. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Tally pulled the rope taut and lashed it to the usual tree. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Their leashes are stretched taut, and they turn their heads to see what's holding their owner back. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Her own stomach was taut within her, and she was having trouble thinking well. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Her face was pulled taut in pain, and she jerked in her sleep. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A strand of taut brown rope extended up from the water and disappeared into the fog. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z We loaded up with every available weapon, mostly bows and arrows pulled taut with young wood and reinforced with repurposed wire. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z He was furious; she could see the muscles of his face taut beneath his white skin, and he roared at the fairy woman in their foreign tongue. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Her skin is blacker than Aibileen’s by ten shades, and shiny and taut, like a pair of new patent shoes. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Canvas stripes unfurl around them, uncoiled ropes snapping taut and platforms assembling themselves amongst carefully draped curtains. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I take a step back now, loosening the line between us that’s held us taut all summer. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z She lay at a slant in the tunnel, holding herself there with her legs taut against the walls, and thought. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The taut blue horizon encircled them, broken only by the mountain-top. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Back into the house, turtle shell clinging to taut shoulders. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z The other woman, who looked like a college student, wore an inside-out sweatshirt, and she had combed her blond hair into a taut ponytail. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Then I lay the rope over the ceiling hook, pull it taut, and fasten it to the leg of a nearby chair. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “This reminds me of the circus, Robin,” she said as she picked her way over the taut ropes of the tents. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z I cried when I saw him bandaged in white, his arms taut in midair like a sea gull. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z With every sail spread and bellying taut, the Astrea moved sluggishly against the current. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z In the next few days, she was so taut with anxiety that he too began to worry about Madu and then resent himself for doing so, and then resent his resentment. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “Or at least you could be. Tight, taut, controlled. Give me ten push-ups.” Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z His arms were taut and muscled, but useless; it was clear that the huge waves were going to be the ruin of him. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He was weatherworn inside and out, as taut and rugged as the horses he ran wild on the mountain. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The distance awoke a longing in her like a cord pulled suddenly taut: She wanted so much to go back. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z When the rope is taut, Chou ties it in a double knot. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The inch of skin showing on Hilly’s neck grows taut. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z A taut spotted veil was stretched over her face. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He was holding the taut rope in his teeth. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Pax ate steadily, until finally, seven eggs swelling his shrunken belly taut, he dropped to the sandy apron in front of the dens and closed his eyes. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z He had his hand on the doorknob, waiting, his muscles taut. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Muhammad turns to me, raising his eyebrows taut in an effort to prod me to answer without thumping me on my back, as he would have done at home. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z There was the suspense I felt when I heard the taut, sharp song of a yellow-black bee hovering nervously but patiently above a white rose. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The chain grew taut, and he was yanked off his feet and hurtled into the forest gloom. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z He would finger himself here and there, trying to make sure that it was not an illusion that his muscles were growing rounder and his skin tauter. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z With a sense of ceremony and purpose, I placed the sharp edge against my hair, held it taut with my other hand, and began to cut in short, powerful motions. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z I could still feel where Yakov and I were fused, as though my consciousness was being stretched taut to the point of splitting. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z They didn’t say a word, but with widening eyes and small taut smiles they sent a charge of excitement dancing between them like a crackle of electricity. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Pinmei peered over his shoulder as he placed the tip of the knife against the taut tent. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z And I don’t want her to feel frightened, to feel the fear that is now tightening my muscles, tensing my spine, pulling me so taut that I’m certain I would break if touched. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z His vest, taut and stretched over his round stomach like a second skin, went slack over the depression of his belly button. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z It was as though voices had been spun out like threads, twisted taut, ready to snap. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Ess asked, jabbing the knife hard into the fish’s taut belly with her tiny hand. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z The rope went taut with a jolt that drove the breath from him. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z A length of twisted copper wire, gleaming dully in the first sunlight, was looped round his neck and ran taut across one forepaw to the head of a stout peg driven into the ground. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a taut leer, an evil thing, more threatening than a look of rage. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Songololo kept pulling on it and screaming, yanking her leash taut, which made it impossible to turn the stake so it would pass through. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Minya’s will was reasserted, the tethers once more drawn taut, but they all felt, to a one, a gasp of freedom too fleeing to exploit. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Frightful felt the jesses go taut as Sam gripped them between his thumb and forefinger. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z He relaxed his taut muscles, feeling fear, remembering that he had killed Mary, had smothered her, had cut her head off and put her body in the fiery furnace. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z I look where he’s staring—at his hands, where the line he’s holding goes taut. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z His muscles flexed taut as steel and he pressed the pillow, feeling the bed give slowly, evenly, but silently. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The eyes of the nearly dead are redder than the blood that comes out of them, and it seems that their bones will tear through the skin of their taut faces at any minute. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z His line was strong and made for heavy fish and he held it against his back until it was so taut that beads of water were jumping from it. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z It unreeled and snapped taut, and then a net unfurled at the end of it and smacked against the ground. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z My body jerked taut and I stared at him. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Hearing my name in his voice, in that melody, made me feel taut inside. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z They stretched muscles that were taut and tired from pulling and carrying. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z It was Sister Betty’s first vacation in the six years of the taut regimen as a Black Muslim wife, and it was for Malcolm X both a saving of face and something to do. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “What about now?” it asked, and the sound was a hand dragged across the taut skin of a drum, low and resonant and clear. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z I pushed her hands together above her head and held them there tightly with one hand, my free one searching the scallops of her ribs, her taut neck, now unfolding inside her needy mouth. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Its taut silence had spread to all of them. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z In such a system, the outcome is a chancy kind of order, always on the verge of descending into chaos, held taut against probability by the unremitting, constant surge of energy from the sun. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z His face was taut, his breath shallow, but his expression held no hint of surprise. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z From the porch I could, at last, make out the three now taut lines, and then I caught sight of her washboards just above the water line. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z When the breeze blew, the lines would strain taut and some accident of this pull kited the bead and chest upright so that the figure seemed to peer across the brow of the mountain. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z He pedaled as fast as he could, his arms taut and his legs burning. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He struggles against them, his muscles taut, his eyes focused on me, but not seeing me, not seeing me the way they used to. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z It flew a short distance before a string she’d tied around its foot snapped taut and it hovered, caught in the air, like a dog straining at its lead. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z The banker pulled the purse strings of his mouth taut. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z After glancing once at this portrait, Professor McGonagall made an odd movement as though steeling herself, then rounded the desk to look at Harry, her face taut and lined. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Their span was three times their length, each wing a delicate fan of translucent skin, gorgeously colored, stretched taut between long thin bones. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He ran the knot down the thread and pulled it taut and cut off the silk with the scissors from the kit and looked at the boy. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Plug strolled out until the reins were taut. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Again there was silence and Bigger’s taut nerves ached to fill it up. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Gen grabbed the ends of her jump rope and pulled them taut. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Tears streamed down his reddened cheeks in a continual flow, his face a taut mask of pain. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z The mirages had died away and gloomily he ran his eye along the taut blue line of the horizon. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z All conspiracies are the same taut story of men who find coherence in some criminal act. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Now Jason was here, drawn as taut as a bowstring. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z He grew hotter, tighter; his nerves were taut and his teeth were on edge. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z He blinked his eyes from the bright sunshine; his nerves were so taut that he had difficulty in breathing. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z He had to do better than this; he relaxed his taut muscles and stood at ease, waiting. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z I jumped at her face as she pulled the blanket aside, bringing it taut under the encyclopedias. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z Her mouth was too taut and her tongue too still to attempt the strange sounds. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He turned his head slowly, just enough to see Rex crouching behind him, back straight, ears swept forward, tail rigid and taut. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z She scowls and starts walking home, her lips taut, thin like Ma’s when she’s angry. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z The leather straps pulled taut; the bit forced Bud’s head up and forward. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Both Gaily and Minho looked as if the taut, red skin of their faces was about to burst—but they finally broke their stare. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Nox swung wide, the rope wrapped around his middle going taut as he collided with the castle wall below. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Ten feet of soaring, plunging sailfish, it leaped, arched like a rainbow, dived, sank deep, tugged the line taut, rose, flew, fell, rose. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z She caressed his neck, buried her fingers in his dense hair, and when he slid into her, she thought about Arize’s pregnant belly, how easily it must have broken, skin stretched that taut. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z There’s this weird, taut silence as we walk down the driveway. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z What makes them ‘perfect’ is that both have a mathematically pure ‘pitch ratio’; dividing a taut plucked string by exactly two- thirds, for instance, will produce a perfect fifth. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Sometimes, as though a finger had plucked at some taut, almost breaking string, his whole body would shake with a sudden nervous start. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z I look at the reflection in the mirror: my wide eyes, the bed with the gray sheets pulled taut, the dresser that holds my clothes, the bookcase, the bare walls. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Now tilt your head back until your neck is taut, and fix your gaze on a point two miles away. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z The whip grew taut as human flesh and bone could bear and I felt that my arm was being torn from its socket. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z His lips drew back in a taut, bitter grin. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z She was thin without the taut look of wiry people, and her printed voile dresses and flowered hats were as right for her as denim overalls for a farmer. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z She uncaps the pencil and pulls my eyelid taut, and I try not to squirm. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z The nerves of his stomach were so taut that he could only drink the coffee. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Then, like a taut bow finding release, he sprang to his feet, shaking loose from Bigger and turning to get away. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Where the river broadened out into Blackwater Bay, the boom stretched taut, a bare two or three feet above the water. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Both Jam’s parents snapped their heads around, their faces suddenly taut with fear. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Only the skin on her throat was taut and smooth, stretched over an enormous goiter. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Mirabov tightened her hold on both the string and the kite’s tail, and the kite went taut. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z The links slithered and turned and grew taut, and Arya heard the creak of old dry wood as the great iron rings strained against the floorboards of the wagon. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Then slid his right hand down the cord and plucked it, so the taut gut vibrating hummed and sang a swallow’s note. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She saw the ridges of muscle on Velutha’s stomach grow taut and rise under his skin like the divisions on a slab of chocolate. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z His legs were already spindly and his taut, distended belly, like his tiny mother’s goiter, was completely at odds with the rest of his thin, narrow body and alert face. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Kill And Go tied the men up in pairs, their hands behind their backs and the rope stretched taut between them. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Spittle formed at the taut edges of his mouth. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z He was so skinny, just skin stretched taut over bones. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The tendons in his neck stand out like taut cables. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He was reserved and formal, and his face was still taut and sallow, but he cheered up finally. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Her whole body is taut and closed off. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z His bright eyes focused on the battle, and the muscles of his legs and arms were taut with his strength. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z It was an action shot—women’s volleyball—and Martha was bent horizontal to the floor, reaching, the palms of her hands in sharp focus, the tongue taut, the expression frank and competitive. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z They were naked; the taut globes that were their bellies would not fit in a shirt anyway. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The rope was not taut, and the curtain sagged in the middle. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The cotton twine he used for mending net bound the lantern to the mast easily, but Carl put in extra lashings anyway, figure eights laid one over the other, pulled taut and finished crisply. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z There was a light feeling in my head, fluttery and taut at the same time. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z When Mariam picked her up, she could feel her hip bone poking through the taut skin. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z The links would emerge dripping wet, some glistening with mud, link by link by link, until the whole great chain stretched taut. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Filled with a sense of them, his muscles grew gradually taut. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Jody held the pony’s head up and the throat taut, while Billy felt up and down for the right place. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z The flesh cloven along the bones, the ligaments dried to tug and taut as wires. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z For ten years he’d been working these very same fields, his eyes were still clear, his back was straight, his skin was taut, his belly remained lean and hard. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Then I saw her taut face peering under the edge of the house. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z His face, normally relaxed and jovial, is held taut by raised eyebrows. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z The same people who, just a few hours before, had been laughing and joking now looked taut and strained. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The wind filled it and the men drew taut the sheets, but the ship did not move. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z It was clearly a scream—the rictus tension in her face, head thrust forward, throat stretched taut—but no sound came out. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Her watchfulness stretched her, made her taut and tense. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Jay, taut and grim-faced, anticipates when to loosen or tighten the rope. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z With one finger, she had poked the taut, shiny skin just below his left knee. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z This Dior collection was beautiful, elegant, sparky in the taut tailoring of the riding clothes and luscious in the swishing skirts. 2010-01-26T04:40:00Z Eventually, the taut, beach-set crime tale devolves into an epic Greek tragedy with no one escaping unscathed or inculpable. 'Dawn Patrol' an over-the-top surfing family tragedy 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z Fundamental to a gripping account of the Symphony No. 7 was Mr. Gardiner’s taut rhythmic conception, brilliantly negotiated by players light-years advanced over their forebears in the period-instrument revival in terms of security and style. Music Review: Orchestre R?volutionnaire et Romantique at Carnegie Hall - Review 2011-11-17T23:16:29Z But as Bruce Watson makes plain in his taut and involving new book, “Freedom Summer,” the rest of America in 1964 was beginning to have trouble looking away from Mississippi. Books of The Times: Bruce Watson?s ?Freedom Summer? in Mississippi 2010-07-18T21:55:00Z The film is incredibly taut as Julija struggles to defy her father. "Murina" filmmaker: "You need to be a 'dangerous' woman in Croatia to survive" 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z But so much air tends to surround everyone’s statements that the tension diffuses; this is a work, for better and worse, more meditatively expansive than taut, yet stuck with too many naturalistic trappings. Review: ‘Angels in America,’ Carved to the Bone and Into an Opera 2017-06-11T04:00:00Z He’s exploring and playing around, not constructing taut commercial tracks. Alone in the Studio in 1983, Prince Is Revealed 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z I searched my memories, and the silence grew taut. Queer wedding planning at the end of the world 2022-02-13T05:00:00Z The pacing is tauter this year, and more tense. At Bayreuth, the Work on Wagner’s Operas Is Never Done 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z These taut familial dynamics are at the heart of the narrative. Relic: Australian director Natalie Erika James on dementia, horror and her Sundance hit 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z Her two big numbers, “The Little Things You Do Together” and “The Ladies Who Lunch,” both left pretty much alone, are uncommonly taut and specific. Review: In a Gender-Flipped Revival, ‘Company’ Loves Misery 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z At one point, I looked down at the top of his head, his neck taut in concentration as he studied my body. There is a man, sitting on a stool, drawing on my breasts. Plastic surgery after the baby 2013-04-27T22:00:00Z If anything can be taut and lush at once, Maum’s novel fits the bill. Review | The 10 books to read in July 2019-07-02T04:00:00Z At just over two and a half hours, it is short by his standards, while its taut dramaturgy precludes the sprawling quality that hampers his later stage works. Ottone in Villa 2010-05-23T21:30:00Z What sets The People's Key apart from Oberst's prodigious output over the past 15 years isn't its lyrical density or conceptual assurance, but the taut, bright, propulsive vitality of its musicianship. Bright Eyes: The People's Key - review 2011-02-10T22:20:01Z It’s the sole moment when behavior leaps outside the taut plot and the obvious sympathies to suggest possibilities and pathologies beyond the filmmakers’ purview. Jodie Foster's Boring and Exciting “Money Monster” 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z But without that taut cord, all you have is a pile of rags. Writing middle-aged men in crisis: Novelists Lindsay Stern and Andrew Ridker in conversation 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z In language that is always spare and simple, with rhythms now jagged and discordant, now incantatory and soothing, Ms. Orlandersmith holds us in a taut, quiet spell for the 80-minute show. Review: In ‘Forever,’ Dael Orlandersmith Finds Comfort in a Cemetery 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z Mr. Rouse’s final symphony is often tonal, directly stated and taut, with an uncanny timelessness. Review: Christopher Rouse Leaves a Haunting Final Symphony 2019-10-20T04:00:00Z The pieces begin with chicken wire that is shaped and then covered with pieces of wet handmade paper, which creates a taut, irregular surface. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z His technique can still improve — in a quick jump with one leg opening behind, he didn’t stretch that leg taut — but he has striking presence. Dance Review: Robbins and Balanchine Cleanse the Palate at City Ballet 2013-05-29T21:44:32Z The movie was praised by The New York Times as “a taut and realistic melodrama” when it opened in 1949. Sam Fuller and Fritz Lang: Audacious Auteurs of Noir 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z Pulsing with a dark energy and compressed into taut masses by brutal external forces, Mr. Johnson’s subjects, presented singly or in groups, seemed like hostages to fate. Lester Johnson, Expressionist Painter, Dies at 91 2010-06-09T00:46:00Z Clarke's group served the music well with lucid textures, clear articulation and taut lines that sagged only temporarily in the closing minutes. Baroque Band ends season with a special performance of Handel 2011-06-03T17:05:20Z A moment or two of less-than-perfectly taut ensemble in the first movement of the concerto aside, Schwarz secured magnificent orchestral playing throughout the evening. Review: The return of the ranking cellist ? Yo-Yo Ma 2010-12-08T19:22:00Z She started collaging parts of cutup garments to her canvases, fitting them together like puzzles, letting their welted seams define taut shapes that now extend edge to edge. 4 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now 2021-02-17T05:00:00Z On the recording, from the 1979 album “I’m the Man,” the song has simple orchestration: guitar, bass, and drums, whose taut interplay create a feeling of intimacy and power. Joe Jackson, Past, Present, and Fast Forward 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z Now it is wholly Spanish, Italian and the tight, taut vowels of Scandinavia. The Art of Summer: Summer?s Over; the Game Begins 2011-09-07T22:27:57Z Big jumps, taut thighs, twanging javelins: few artists can behold these marvels without feeling the urge to inadequately recreate them. Culture flash: Olympic Games 2011-07-28T08:14:35Z It turns from a taut exploration of a moral and physical universe into an ungrounded fantasy. Critic?s Notebook: Forget What You Know of Twain, Then Delight in Your Rediscovery 2010-09-18T00:13:00Z In a taut drama such as “Doubt,” subtle elements — actor placement, a character’s diction — carry much weight. 1st Stage puts on taut drama ‘Doubt’ 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z Some baggy or repetitive passages notwithstanding, Mr. Brant’s writing largely remains taut, terse and concentrated on exposing the fissures that open in the heroine’s confidence and sense of honor. Anne Hathaway’s Solo Turn as a Fighter Pilot in ‘Grounded’ at the Public Theater 2015-04-26T04:00:00Z But his direction is occasionally slack and follows too many directions to properly cohere within the opera’s taut framework. Review: A searing ‘Katya Kabanova’ on the Seattle Opera stage 2017-02-26T05:00:00Z Degout, as the protagonist, sings with a vigorous, taut, darkly burnished tone. 5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z It received generally favorable reviews as a taut, sure-handed drama and received an A+ CinemaScore to boot. A war-movie wave rises again 2014-12-30T05:00:00Z It's not quite as taut as any of these stories, and, sans a few true twists, there are large chunks of "Uncorked" that register as obvious, predictable plot devices. Netflix's sweet "Uncorked" is a father-son drama with earthy notes 2020-03-27T04:00:00Z Should win: Josh Singer and Tom McCarthy’s tense, taut, gloriously well-paced screenplay for Spotlight—which addresses a painful, sensitive subject—keeps the picture moving like a shot. Here's Who Will Win—and Should Win—at the 2016 Oscars 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z Its shortcomings are thrown into relief by its brisk and taut successor, The Magnifying Glass. The Joy Formidable: The Big Roar ? review 2011-01-20T23:59:01Z Everything in this collection seemed to be distilled from last season’s short and taut dresses balanced on animalistic footwear. Special Report: McQueen's Mesmerizing Finale 2010-03-09T18:27:00Z In the taut espionage thriller "The Debt," Helen Mirren pulls off the impressive trick of dominating the movie even while she's absent for huge chunks of its running time. 'The Debt' with Helen Mirren is a master class in acting 2011-08-31T16:04:52Z After the bed is raked smooth, I mark each line with string staked at each end and pulled taut. Perspective | The therapeutic value of the garden in trying times 2020-03-23T04:00:00Z From the first scene, which starts with many literal bangs, to the last image, the film is a taut nail-biter. ‘Dunkirk’ director Christopher Nolan excels at building suspense. Here’s how he does it. 2017-07-14T04:00:00Z There were no gear shifts in technique, and her voice sounded taut with intention. Review: A Singer Brings Her Splendid Sound to an Eclectic Recital 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z But it's mostly because there's usually something strangely uplifting about the taut, Neu-inspired rock that is Public Service Broadcasting's main musical setting. Public Service Broadcasting: Inform-Educate-Entertain – review 2013-05-02T14:29:01Z Far from boring, “Spotlight” was lean, taut and urgently propulsive. The best film won: 5 ways ‘Spotlight’ beat the Oscars odds 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z But there was something charming about the clothes, their proportions and the way the glitter came like puddles on asphalt to lighten the taut tailoring. Saint Laurent’s Teen Spirit 2014-03-04T17:17:23Z This sauvignon blanc is taut and linear, with a stony minerality that speaks more of earth than fruit. Conjure up Provence with this $10 French rosé 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z “Bonsai,” taut and full of verve, was about a writer working on a quasi-autobiographical novel about a couple who nurture a bonsai tree together. ‘Chilean Poet’ Is a Playful Novel About (Yes) Chile and Poetry 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z His T-shirt was taut across his pecs, and his thick white athletic socks were pulled halfway up his calves. Peloton star Cody Rigsby says you did not survive a pandemic to do anything but thrive 2021-07-14T04:00:00Z The fur and frayed organza blurred the taut silhouette, but are even the extreme temperatures of the messed-up planet going to bring ice queen couture dresses onto the streets? Special Report: Fashion: Louis Vuitton in Full Fetish 2011-03-09T18:28:22Z Moving up the complexity scale are clear films that you apply indoors to the framing around a window with double-stick tape, then blow dry to shrink and make taut. How Low Can You Go (Sofa-wise)? 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z He worked here with his usual palette, including a kick drum tuned to an earthy splat and a high tom cranked taut as a timbale. Review: Jim Black Trio at Le Poisson Rouge 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z Adès and his players caught its blend of the innocent and the manic neatly in their taut performance. London Sinfonietta/Ad?s - review 2011-03-13T15:02:14Z She looked as if she were waiting to receive her orders from the percussionists — which is, in a sense, how Britten constructed the soloist’s voice in his taut concerto. A Violinist as Riveting in Silence as in Sound 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z The songs ended up cryptic and emphatic, tragicomic and bold: taking things to the limit in taut three-minute packages. The Best Albums of 2017 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z So interpret with caution the title of “A Bright New Boise,” which opened on Tuesday in a taut Signature Theater revival directed by Oliver Butler. Review: Rude T-Shirts and Rude Awakenings in ‘A Bright New Boise’ 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z A long stripe of fluorescent red, ornamented with shapes suggesting carvings on a sword hilt, crosses the floor; overhead, taut red lines of rope intersect, like laser beams in darkness. Theater Review: ‘Deadly She-Wolf Assassin at Armageddon!,’ at LaMaMa 2013-05-21T21:56:53Z Noseda's sense of the score's taut structure and its classical loftiness is now balanced by a remarkable awareness of its emotional weight and detail. BBC Philharmonic/Noseda | Classical review 2010-03-31T22:00:00Z Her hand appears, tweaks the nipple in a businesslike way till it is erect, and we spend the next few minutes watching as the taut areola surrounding the nipple subsides into wrinkled folds and whorls. Mothers at Hauser & Wirth - review 2011-01-23T18:28:10Z The goal is to create a membrane that smoothly wraps around the dough, similar to how fresh mozzarella or burrata has a taut skin stretched around a softer, less-structured interior. No-Knead Bread, Revisited 2021-05-03T04:00:00Z The show opened with a big patchwork parka in rusty colors, soon followed by a smaller, tauter version over skinny jeans with padded knees. Special Report: Fashion: When Youth Is the Holy Grail 2011-02-21T18:27:40Z She looked at the water, then pressed her feet — still plump with baby fat — against the tub and shot backward, the skin of her bottom taut against the cold floor. Fiction: The Autobiography of Allegra Byron 2012-07-21T16:00:00Z Rob Lowe has a hilarious cameo as a sinister plastic surgeon, whose face is pulled so taut his gives him a rictus grin and almond shaped eyes. Cannes Film Festival 2013 2013-05-21T19:48:29Z What makes it great is the division of the composition into taut diagonals and fiercely pulsing stripes. Review | Artist Noah Davis died tragically at age 32. A New York show reveals a great lost talent. 2020-01-29T05:00:00Z Despite all those irregular lines across the middle, the horizon has a taut, almost military precision, and the scene falls back toward the sky dramatically. Churchill’s Aura, and Bright Colors, Draw New Fans to His Art 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z Her figure was taut, but not taut enough for her liking. Barbra Streisand, a Voice to Be Reckoned With 2014-09-12T04:00:00Z “Rix’s translation is deft, but Szabo’s frank, conversational prose takes a back seat to her sinuous plotting: The novel unspools its secrets over many pages, and the resulting tour de force is taut with suspense.” 12 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z The OAE strings delivered nimble, taut performances, with clean attack and no gesture made without purpose. OAE/Rattle; Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Manze; A Midsummer Night's Dream – review 2013-02-03T00:05:56Z The lead single, “Up Jumped Spring,” finds them pushing Freddie Hubbard’s waltzing jazz standard to an insistent clip: Mr. Smith’s pedaled bass and Mr. Kreisberg’s taut guitar playing goad and tug at each other. The Playlist: The Hold Steady Get Revved Up and 9 More New Songs 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z “Hild,” by Seattle author Griffith, spins taut threads from the elements of treacherous kings, desperate bandits, brilliant tapestries, and dying gods, weaving them into a marvelous story of a seventh-century Englishwoman’s coming of age. 31 of the best titles of 2013 2013-12-04T22:03:53Z But while Mr. Fleck’s dexterity on his instrument is always technically dazzling and supremely musical, the orchestral writing is mostly pedestrian and the dramatic arc insufficiently taut. Béla Fleck Joins the Knights at Pace University Show 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z His new comic drama “Mistakes Were Made,” now at the Barrow Street Theater, is a taut work in which Michael Shannon plays an opportunistic Broadway producer, loosely based on the multiple Tony-winner Kevin McCollum. Playwrights Shuttle to TV and Back 2010-11-19T20:43:00Z In “Sister,” which runs at a taut 35 minutes, frenetic moments occur along with more somber images, as when Ms. Oliver lays her body across Mr. Thomson’s chest. Two Sides of Contemporary Choreography at American Realness 2015-01-11T05:00:00Z My line suddenly went taut, and I caught a glimpse of the fish, just the silvery wink of a coin in a well, before it sounded. On the ‘Wild’ Movie Trail in Oregon 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z And his butt was "taut and covered in blue velvet. In pale blue velvet." Anna Kendrick: Meryl's 'a bro,' Chris Pine tastes like 'cinnamon' 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z In fact, one of the most stylish outfits was a black curvy, over-the-knee dress with short, taut jacket. Ralph Lauren: Down Mexico Way 2012-09-13T17:30:24Z And with every shoe pointed outward, as if restrained by the lengths of taut yarn, it shares an emotion about her own ties to Japan after moving to Germany. Japanese artist Chiharu Shiota’s exhibit at the Sackler shows that shoes tell a story On closing tracks “Our Plan” or “Cut You,” the band knocks out taut exercises in songwriting, taking what they’ve learned and pushing forward in signature style. Cloud Nothings' Attack on Memory: An Aural Assault on the Heart 2012-01-24T17:59:07Z Vance creates a distinct range of voices for each of the characters in Mantel's taut sequel to Wolf Hall – including Anne Boleyn. Storytelling: how reading aloud is back in fashion 2013-01-06T00:08:26Z A story that should have been a taut poker-faced French farce that pushed its premise to the brink of absurdity stalls, unsure of its balance between comedy and drama. | ?Special Treatment?: Isabelle Huppert in ?Special Treatment? - Review 2011-08-25T23:05:36Z The show is streamlined for six actors, and at its peak their sterling performances turn Friedrich Schiller’s 1800 German drama into a taut political thriller. Review | ‘Mary Stuart’ gets a powerhouse cast at Olney 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z The slim novel, written from the perspective of multiple characters, is a taut tale of obsession involving an affluent Manhattan couple, their beloved daughter and a disturbed young man. Matthew Weiner takes a break from TV and plunges into fiction with 'Heather, the Totality' 2017-11-02T04:00:00Z The band is the machine, locking into an impossibly taut rhythm, while Brown provides the sex, with longtime collaborator Bobby Byrd as his wingman chanting “Get on up!” at him. The All-TIME 100 Songs 2011-10-24T09:00:29Z Frozen in latex were arms bent to frame the head, legs stretched taut, delicate lines showing the ribs and vacant gazes. Dance Review: Bodies Like Statues, Beginning to Move and Then Set Free 2010-10-11T21:57:00Z With a lemon slice tucked under its bronzed wing and a rosemary sprig pinned to its taut, golden bosom, half an applewood-smoked hen looks equally dashing, and tastes exquisite. Brass Tacks: Solid gastropub tosses in some yummy surprises 2013-05-16T19:42:32Z This beautiful, taut production never once slackens its hold. Review: ‘Fool for Love,’ a Kinship That Breaks Hearts and Knuckles 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z But the sounds heard are mostly those of objects, of giant tarpaulins being winched taut or slackened, of bowls bowed or tapped, of sputtering cranks turned by hand. Review: Ashley Fure Highlighted in a Composer Portrait at Columbia 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z Everything about it is taut, from the pleasantly crunchy guitar work to the surprisingly polished videos on its YouTube channel. New Releases by Rae Sremmurd, Becky G, Cakes Da Killa 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z When I arrived my father was radiant, sitting up in bed and smiling, his powerful forearms taut. My father loved epic solo road trips. But for his final journey, we all came along 2020-02-09T05:00:00Z You should go not for resplendent glamour or kaleidoscopic details, but for taut, gritty drama. Review: The Philharmonic Makes Wagner’s Gods Chillingly Human 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z It is taut, almost guerrilla theater in which the actors sit among the audience between scenes and hisses are welcome. 'Richard III' goes to prisons, senior centers 2012-08-02T12:48:10Z She rendered her black-and-white stripes in a familiar enough selection of taut suits and cropped jackets worn with classic white loafers made from alligator and ornamented with Gucci’s trademark eggbutt snaffle bit. Men’s Fashion Review: Gucci, Calvin Klein, Prada and More 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z She gently let the mantle fall from her shoulders to the ground, revealing her toned, taut and impossibly shapely back as she made her way to the stage. What Happened to Vikki Dougan? 2021-04-21T04:00:00Z For many in the captivating show, a daily ritual emerged from the practical need to keep the hand limber and the muscles of observation taut. One bed photo per day, for years and years: Mesmerizing moments from an art show about daily life 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z The script is tauter, the photography more claustrophobic than ever. TV review: Wallander; Shakespeare Uncovered; Henry IV Part 1 2012-07-08T21:35:01Z A fan switched on, sending the sacred flame that is the centerpiece of Act I flickering upward; the ropy vines of a primeval forest were pulled down taut with weights. Bolshoi Ballet Carries On Amid Acid Attack Scandal 2013-01-28T23:03:44Z "My stream of consciousness had a taut net strung across it, a net just big enough to trap one misshapen irrational thought at a time… the net was always full." 'The Man Who Couldn't Stop' a rich, reasonable look at OCD 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z It doesn’t hurt that the production, directed by Kelli Fox, is taut and luscious — the set and costumes are by Judith Bowden — with Lumsden particularly compelling as a woman waking up to her powers. Blame Canada (or at Least Ontario) for a Wealth of Smart Revivals 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z I know how frank Bea can be, how she walks behind me when we’re out in public, checking whether the shiny, taut expanse of bare skin on my scalp is visible. Sheryl Crow’s tumor damage control 2012-06-06T15:40:00Z The centerpiece of Friday’s program at Avery Fisher Hall was a taut, darkly radiant performance of Bartok’s one-act opera “Duke Bluebeard’s Castle.” Music Review: A Castle?s Locked Doors Bring Out a Wife?s High C 2011-03-20T21:12:53Z The LA band played their taut, frill-free 1991 Black Album, a sacred text of metal, in reverse track order: as ever, applauding it felt like clapping a piece of high-tensile industrial machinery. Download festival – review 2012-06-11T10:03:00Z The Man’s “Feel it Still” is a taut, soulful shimmy. Why 1987 remains the most important moment in alternative rock 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z Both of them defer to Miranda — the “alpha female,” “hottest in the room,” and “thoroughly unimpressed with everything,” except perhaps her “taut stomach” and pierced nose. A Thriller Set at a Summer Camp Where Bad Things Happened 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z Hang is billed as a "morally challenging and taut three-hander", looking at the relationship between a victim and the perpetrator of a crime. Royal Court to stage new NHS play 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z And her performance is just as taut, frantic and comedically solid in the opening pair of episodes sent to critics for review as it was last season. Smart Watch: "Killing Eve," still slaying in season 2 2019-04-06T04:00:00Z Both his name and the opera's title may be forgettable, but the emotional hurricane of the work itself, in Holland Park's taut staging, remains sharp in the mind. Opera Holland Park: Francesca da Rimini, Fantastic Mr Fox; BBC Proms 24 & 25 2010-08-07T23:05:00Z Not ordinary at all are three taut installations of political art. Review: New Whitney Museum’s First Show, ‘America Is Hard to See’ 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z The album is filled with taut punk riffs and its dauntless, alternately wailed and growled vocals are an exhilarating reclamation of feminist power. Pop, Rock & Cabaret Listings for Feb. 20-26 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z In this stir-fry, a group of enzymes in fresh pineapple, bromelain, breaks down the connective tissues of fibrous chicken, turning the otherwise taut meat into slackened nuggets. Three Ways to a Better Chicken Breast 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z The essence of the Creole-born, French-raised designer’s skills is that he can cut a mean jacket or a taut skirt so the intense decoration is on a firm basis. Special Report: Fashion: Nicolas Ghesquiere at Balenciaga Mixes Heritage and Style 2011-09-29T17:18:23Z His bare torso is impossibly lean, taut and pliable, grounded by strong, seemingly immovable legs. Dance Review: ‘Dancing the Gods,’ a Festival of Indian Movement 2014-04-29T20:20:23Z A taut psychological thriller with shades of Daphne du Maurier’s “Rebecca.” Best mystery books and thrillers of 2016 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z Lay readers will enjoy a taut narrative of assassinations and bombings of the era. 'Good Spy' scrutinizes Middle East CIA officer Robert Ames 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z Three lines of barbed wire are stapled to fence poles alongside the road, while telephone wires are stretched taut above them. Review | The wonderfully queer world of ‘American Gothic’s’ Grant Wood 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z Some comedians unfurl yarns in the unhurried mode of a jam band, others display the taut rhythms of pop or hip-hop. Only Gilbert Gottfried Could Be So Dirty and So Heartbreaking 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z It starts with just one woman and a taut drumming line of bongo drums, but already the choreography is full of incident – splinters, crumples and arcs of movement combine with flashing unpredictability. Rosas & Ictus: Drumming – review 2013-06-26T17:09:43Z His Concerto for Oboe, Strings and Basso Continuo in E flat was composed in 1765, toward the end of his Berlin period, and it is a marvelous piece, at once moody, expressive and taut. Music Review: Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin Performs at Zankel Hall 2014-04-09T20:18:43Z His solos here — on “Smooth Operator,” “Your Love Is King” and more — were precise and taut and powerful, as if he were showing them off for a tutorial. Music Review: A Singer in No Rush, Deploying Her Big Gestures Carefully 2011-06-22T22:19:04Z Bully’s approach is more taut, cut through with a little garage-rock crispness. Review: Bully Shows Righteous Fury and Quick Jabs on ‘Feels Like’ 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z Bronzino strives for a tighter and tauter fit, verging on the claustrophobic. Bronzino's Medici portraits ? review 2010-10-22T23:07:00Z He was also brilliant: sardonic, whip-smart, and taut with nervous energy. Encounters with Shakespeare 2016-04-23T04:00:00Z It's the best of both worlds, a unit that can be as loose or as taut as it desires, and one that knows when to pull in the reins on extended jams. Lollapalooza Day 2: Rain, retro and Eminem 2011-08-07T06:50:00Z In those he gets the foothold he needs: new colors emerge in his voice; the phrases are suddenly tauter, his tone more focused. Music Review: Shining Light on Some Russian Rarities 2011-02-22T22:06:26Z In “Grass,” Hong deploys his taut and rarefied style to dramatize the passion of observation itself. “Grass,” Reviewed: Hong Sang-soo Listens in on Painful Confessions at a Coffee Shop 2019-04-18T04:00:00Z The film that started this recent trend was “Zero Dark Thirty,” Kathryn Bigelow’s taut dramatization of the search for and eventual killing of Osama bin Laden. ‘13 Hours,’ Benghazi and the slippery definition of ‘political’ 2016-01-17T05:00:00Z Her short, beautifully illustrated meditation on the writer appears at the end of “Microscripts,” a volume of obsessive, taut little texts that Walser wrote in neat code on small slips of paper. Dancing to Robert Walser 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z Since then, she's continued to pump out taut jams that have kept her musically relevant, even if she's turned into sort of a Howard Hughes in private. Review: Britney Spears ' Femme Fatale' shows spark 2011-03-21T17:55:15Z For hollow eyes, the filler isn’t injected directly beneath the socket, but at the top and side of the cheeks, so the extra volume there pulls the skin tauter. ‘I’d rather spend £300 on fillers than face cream’: the rise of tweakment face 2020-01-25T05:00:00Z This taut South Korean novella — about the murder of a beautiful teenage girl, as recalled from the alternating perspectives of three women who knew her — is not so much narrated as spilled, confessed, blurted out. 8 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z But routines this taut and satisfying require firm guidance. Second City Hollywood throws a political party 'In Trump We Trust,' the musical 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z For two taut hours, McGraw and Hill let 16,000 people into theirs. Review | Tim McGraw and Faith Hill have a whole lot to say and sing 2017-10-15T04:00:00Z Like some high-tech bow about to unleash arrows on the surrounding townscape, this is a taut, powerful and memorable structure. The best architecture for spring 2011 2011-04-05T19:00:09Z Here, the joke was taut, off kilter, silly. Critic?s Notebook: Myq Kaplan Gives Birth to a Stand-Up Joke 2012-03-05T23:02:17Z The story it tells is taut, focused; its wider setting, the new India, pops with life. Review: In ‘The Private Life of Mrs. Sharma,’ a Search for Release 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z These are but the very first moments of “Under the Harrow,” an exquisitely taut and intense debut thriller by Flynn Berry. Thriller review: ‘Under the Harrow,’ by Flynn Berry 2016-06-15T04:00:00Z In “Lovalot,” over a subdued but taut percussion collage, she alludes to the widely seen photograph of a teenage “black widow” Russian suicide bomber. Critics? Choice: CDs by M.I.A. and Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse 2010-07-11T22:31:00Z The overall feeling is also tauter, even as the annexation of a neighboring apartment for a new media room and guest quarters increased the total size of the residence to 8,600 square feet. Great Heights 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z During a taut early episode, as hazy chords and piercing orchestral bursts sounded over an obsessively repeated walking line in the low strings, the effect was at once alluring and terrifying. Review: Yannick Nézet-Séguin Offers a Glimpse of the Met Opera’s Future 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z He’s slender, handsome, taut; he transfixed attention just by standing, walking, raising an arm. Review: Farruquito, Flamenco From a Soaring Eagle 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z But no matter how taut the plot, Adiga’s spare secondary characters failed to break free of two dimensions. Review | In ‘Amnesty,’ an immigrant is put in an impossible position 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z A bomb-planting scene, set to Ravel’s “Bolero,” is almost as taut. Review: In ‘The Age of Shadows,’ Plot’s Fine, but Action’s Better 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z Keeping the story taut is almost a formula, according to Nolan. ‘Dunkirk’ director Christopher Nolan excels at building suspense. Here’s how he does it. 2017-07-14T04:00:00Z Burdened by a management lawsuit and brooding over newfound fame at age 27, Springsteen and his E Street Band produced a taut treatise on growing into adulthood within a faltering economy. HBO film captures key moments for Springsteen 2010-10-06T20:37:00Z In the center of a taut curtain of silk that bisects the gallery is one of Suh's signature pieces of intricately detailed life-size silk architecture, a re-creation of a traditional gateway at his parents' home. Artist Do Ho Suh talks about his role in SAM exhibit 2011-12-07T23:45:04Z “The taut and telegraphic murmur of ten thousand city wires, drawn most cruelly against a city sky. The rush of city waters, beneath the city streets. The passionate passing of the night’s last El.” Nelson Algren: Unappreciated genius of American literature 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z Here, the psychedelic sounds of the Doors, the Airplane and, above all, Hendrix are as crucial to the mix as the taut, relentlessly syncopated beat. Sean O'Hagan 2010-06-26T23:15:00Z This was vintage Lauren, both in the finesse of his work and in the dark romance of the Edwardian era, which brought puffed shoulders on taut velvet jackets as well as the dark flowers. Special Report: Ralph Lauren's Downtown Boho 2010-02-18T17:42:00Z But the tension in the room made sense — Joyce Manor is a taut, frenzied band with its heart on its sleeve. Joyce Manor Entertains a Moshing Crowd at Bowery Ballroom 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z Up close, the contents were visible through the taut clear wrapping: scratched-up furniture, lamps, bathroom scales, and everywhere children’s things – rocking horses, strollers, baby swings, bouncy seats. No place like home: America’s eviction epidemic 2017-02-12T05:00:00Z It reverberated from the taut raised-waist coats, from asymmetric sweater necklines and from an overall feeling that the designer was straining for ultra-modernity. 2010-01-18T21:04:00Z Nothing in them anticipates the smooth engineering of “The Diver’s Clothes Lie Empty,” her fourth and finest book, a taut, suspenseful story that ticks along with marvelous efficiency, like a little bomb. Review: Vendela Vida’s ‘The Diver’s Clothes Lie Empty’ Offers Freedom to Escape 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z The statue set shows a couple kneeling separately, the father staring ahead with arms crossed taut across his chest, the mother hunched and head bowed, clutching her cloak. 'Grieving Parents' statues wend way across Europe for war dead 2014-06-29T04:00:00Z When Murphy found herself stranded in a strange country, the strength of those ties was the foundation of a taut and agonizing hour. The Best TV Episodes of 2021 2021-12-20T05:00:00Z Working with a flexible geometric vocabulary, she produces paintings whose taut visual clarity is the result of meticulously sewing together contrasting pieces of painted or raw canvas. 10 Galleries to Visit in Chelsea 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z The best of that film is sharp, taut, nerve-wracking combat, pure and simple. Is 'American Sniper' a litmus test for patriotism? 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z It’s going to be a good week for strong women singing softly of taut ambivalence. The Week Ahead: Oct. 30 ? Nov. 5 2011-10-27T18:15:00Z At their best – on, say, White Rune – they approach the taut sonics and sardonic minimalism of Wire. New band of the day ? No 1,079: Iceage 2011-08-08T15:54:00Z Clutching his brandy and Coke, he gazed at me with a tortured expression, his Magic-Marker eyebrows furrowed, his lips taut in a sharp line. He Had to Leave So I Could Breathe 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z The German conductor Marc Albrecht drew a consistently plush, urgent and taut performance from the Vienna Philharmonic. Music Review: A Daring Production of 'Lulu' at the Salzburg Festival 2010-08-03T20:47:00Z Still, Mr. Crawford’s conception of the Beethoven registered clearly enough in a taut, driven first movement; a crisp, sharply articulated Molto Vivace; and a sweetly spun Adagio. Music Review: American Classical Orchestra at St. John the Divine 2010-04-26T22:41:00Z But their riposte to accusations they were too "laid back" was Over and Over, its taut groove toughened with distorted beats. Readers recommend: songs about repetition ? the results 2011-03-17T16:30:02Z The show was calm, occasionally frisky, as when pants were skintight leather or when the taut tailoring ended with shorts. Special Report: Fashion: Camping It Up in Old Shanghai 2010-10-06T17:35:00Z Her interlacing, overlapping forms, for the most part organized in grids and other quadrilateral arrangements, balance with distinctive awkwardness between organic and geometric, their boisterous scale held in check by taut layering. Art in Review: MARGRIT LEWCZUK: ?Art Work? 2010-12-02T22:13:00Z In his review, Charles Isherwood calls the show a “raw and haunting work” that holds the audience “in a taut, quiet spell.” In Performance: Dael Orlandersmith in 'Forever' 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z In his taut new biography of Mr. Crews, “Blood, Bone and Marrow,” Ted Geltner writes: “He had a face that when viewed by bank security guards, he said, caused them to immediately unholster their weapons.” Review: Harry Crews’s Sense of Menace in Writing and in Life 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z The evening began with a performance of Sibelius' saturnine tone-poem that was taut and often beautiful, if less impressive than some I have heard. Review: Spano and SSO skillfully serve 20th-century classics 2010-04-30T17:05:00Z Guirgis, author of the even tauter and funnier “The Motherf----r With the Hat,” pits a flawed man here against a flawed system. ‘Between Riverside and Crazy’ off to a fairly good start — with room to grow 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z With every woman, line is gleamingly taut, and footwork quivers in the air. Dance Review: ‘Swan Lake’ From Mariinsky Ballet, Broadcast Live 2013-06-10T22:31:51Z As usual Mr. Perry offers a breakout performer, here the stunning Harlem native Ms. Taylor, hilariously grating but snapping with taut urban sass, a welcome hit of New York attitude. | 'Madea?s Big Happy Family': A Fractious Family With Cancer on the Agenda 2011-04-24T21:46:55Z Photograph: Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images The Olympic Velodrome, by Hopkins Architects, is a handsome building, taut and intelligent in its detail. Constructive criticism: the week in architecture 2011-07-22T16:02:37Z Mr. Aucoin grapples with these issues through this taut, restless two-act opera, which runs an hour and 40 minutes, without intermission. Review: The Opera ‘Crossing’ Shows Why Whitman Matters Today 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z Also, stretches of subdued, if taut, music provided relief from the frenzy. Review: Premieres, a Tribute and an Anniversary at Carnegie Hall 2016-05-01T04:00:00Z Her father's face looked impossibly taut and sunken. Digested read: Ex-Wives by Sandra Howard 2012-07-22T18:29:01Z Secrets simmer — and the absence of a beloved daughter introduces an element of mystery to this taut, thoughtful novel. 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-05-14T04:00:00Z It also looks cool, drives taut and doesn't leave you stranded if you forget to charge it overnight. Alt.Fuel.Car 2011-06-08T22:00:00Z The orchestra offered a taut, energetic performance of the brooding work, deftly conveying the contrast between the stormy elements and the gracious minuet that unexpectedly surfaces, rendered with genteel precision. Work by Schnittke and Haydn at Mostly Mozart 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z All told, "Moon Knight" is an odd show in that it gives us characters and actors we'd love to spend more time with, albeit in tauter scenarios than the one presented here. With the sleepy "Moon Knight," come for the MCU, but stay for Oscar Isaac's dodgy cockney accent 2022-03-30T04:00:00Z There is yearning in her dancers’ taut muscularity that reaches to the back row. Dance Review: Passionate, Muscular Searches for Interpersonal Connections 2011-03-03T21:45:33Z “Pass Over,” a taut riff on Samuel Beckett’s “Waiting for Godot” and the Book of Exodus, unfolds on a cosmic carceral plane. ‘There’s Still So Much to Unearth’ in ‘Pass Over’ 2021-08-04T04:00:00Z Musically, the performances are taut, all the better to steady Winehouse as she sang, which was necessary because even as far back as 2004, she could be as wobbly as she was ferocious. Boxed Sets of CDs and DVDs for 2012; Critics’ Picks 2012-11-22T21:24:13Z In Mr. Battle’s dances, choreographic pathways are taut, rhythmical labyrinths in which even the slightest misstep can lead to a collision. Robert Battle Finally Has His Steps in the Spotlight 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z But his shaping of the cello and viola melodies in the Andante was full of yearning, and in the symphony’s softest moments his intensity kept the interest taut. Eschenbach takes the NSO back to one of his favorites, Bruckner 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z In this case, there were various mini-monsters, in the shape of dinosaurs and whales, patterning a back flap on taut sweaters and blazers. From Jil Sander to Burberry, there were men?s wear risks in Milan 2012-01-15T19:51:37Z A combination of violent thriller, taut procedural and psychological drama, it's at heart the story of a missing woman. 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo': An indelible look into a 40-year-old mystery 2010-03-18T22:03:00Z Lebanon works as a disasters-of-war screed, a depiction of men under impossible stress and, politics aside, a taut, agonizing thriller. Lebanon Review: Trapped in the Horror of War 2010-08-06T07:00:00Z On the Web site, taut skin and good jaw lines abound. Critical Shopper: MenScience Opens Flagship Store in New York 2013-01-08T22:21:00Z But there was a taut discipline here that made all that music cohere into one long project. Review: The Cure Revels in Its Contradictions and History 2016-06-19T04:00:00Z But he otherwise sidesteps Cale’s best-known songs, focusing instead on gems such as the taut, funky “Rock and Roll Records” and the delicate “Magnolia,” sung with beautiful understatement by Mayer. Eric Clapton honors J.J. Cale with low-key style on 'The Breeze' 2014-07-28T04:00:00Z It’s taut and clear-eyed where “The Monitor” is shambolic, concise in ambition as opposed to epic. Music: Two Bands Nurtured in a Garden State of Mind 2010-03-13T00:05:00Z What emerged, miraculously, was a taut, economical and powerful imagining of a thrice-told tale, running along familiar lines but deviating in certain details. Music Review: ‘I Capuleti e i Montecchi’ at Caramoor International Music Festival 2012-07-22T22:07:17Z Gently tug the dough towards you to keep it taut while rolling away from you. Claire Ptak’s baking recipes for Christmas leftovers | Baking 2016-12-25T05:00:00Z The Marlborough show, meanwhile, has a swirling vortex of more than 60 “347” etchings, many of them small, blatantly erotic and rendered with a quick, taut, dazzling simplicity of line. Art Review: Picasso Prints at MoMA and Marlborough 2010-04-08T22:17:00Z But it was by no means an unimpressive debut; Anthony Tommasini, reviewing the premiere for The New York Times, described it as “taut, teeming and inspired.” A Young Composer Takes On Opera’s Oldest Myth 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z The awakening of Jo’s literary vocation is pulled taut by two apparently conflicting desires: making a good living from one’s art, and relying on that art as a mode of personal expression. The Compromises of Greta Gerwig’s “Little Women” 2019-12-31T05:00:00Z The taut string of our happiness has been snapped. Arundhati Roy | Gandhi, but with guns | Part Four 2010-03-27T09:00:00Z That is why Mr. Gelb keeps the Met’s otherwise taut schedule a little loose for Mr. Domingo. Plácido Domingo, Opera Superstar, Achieves the Unthinkable: 150 Roles 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z That explains why their performances are so taut. Savages: 'It's about trying not to treat the audience like idiots' 2013-05-03T06:00:00Z In fact, the tension between hope and hopelessness grows more taut in the second half of “The Shepherd’s Hut.” Review | The tale of a disaffected teen on the run from a crime he didn’t commit 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z When the book was published, in 2014, it was greeted as a taut and surpassing achievement. Donald Hall’s Late Burst of Creativity 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z A female dancer, in constant motion, travels the stage tethered by a bright red string that she clenches in her teeth, held taut by an offstage presence. zoe | juniper: visual wizardry, brilliant dance 2011-12-03T20:22:03Z Sentence by sentence, the book blends the leanness of a taut thriller with the marbled fatness of Elizabethan prose. A Rich, Old-Fashioned Spy Thriller Set in Elizabethan England 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z Seemingly out of nowhere, a taut, glossy eight-minute video had appeared on YouTube that reimagined the otherworldly characters from this premier American fighting game series as psychopathic killers in a gritty American city. Mortal Kombat Is Back In a Fight for the Future 2011-04-17T00:31:06Z The framework of “The Revenant” is a taut, classic double chase. The Suffocating Solemnity of “The Revenant” 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z In this taut, elegantly assembled production, which opened on Sunday night at the Public Theater, a magnificent specter stalks this planet, contaminating the lives of everyone he encounters. Review: An Elephant’s Ghost Stalks the World in ‘Mlima’s Tale’ 2018-04-15T04:00:00Z But it was also one of the most perfectly constructed pictures of the whole year, a taut, magnetic, visually splendid little package anchored by a sly star turn from Blake Lively. You Won't Actually Be Done With 2016 Until You Watch The Shallows 2016-12-28T05:00:00Z This taut, 71-minute picture is stitched together from more than 1,300 shots, very few of them lasting more than three or four seconds. How "Battleship Potemkin" reshaped Hollywood 2011-01-12T01:32:00Z Then we tied twine to the first stake, 8 inches above the ground, and looped the twine around every stake, keeping it taut. Keep tomatoes off the soil with the stake-and-weave technique 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z But under Mr. Rilling’s eminent baton, the reduced forces of the Philharmonic produced an impressively taut, buoyant and sharply etched sound, playing with a vibrant pulse and almost no vibrato. | New York Philharmonic: A Period-Style Taste of a Holiday-Season Staple 2009-12-17T06:08:00Z So by design, “Chinaberry Sidewalks” hangs on a taut timeline: Mr. Crowell’s childhood. The Texas Tribune: Rodney Crowell?s Audacity of Spirit 2011-02-06T08:00:04Z His tether was in plain sight, neither evidently taut nor slack. ArtsBeat: Lots of Drama, but No Fall, During Spider-Man Rehearsal 2011-05-06T23:02:16Z The counterbalance of taut and loose generates the monotonous motor of this dance machine. Dance Review: Armitage Gone! Dance at New York Live Arts 2013-02-03T22:20:41Z Inspired by Graham Greene and Eric Ambler, their works are taut, hardboiled explorations of unravelling minds, set in the dark shadows between the bright lights of the big city. Cathi Unsworth: women and noir 2012-06-29T21:55:21Z The basic building block of movement is a walking step, simultaneously heavy and upward-reaching, the body as taut as a bowstring. Bringing Back the Spirit of Early Martha Graham, Stark and Pure 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z There’s nothing interestingly confessional or even revealing about his taut, carefully crafted jokes. Critic’s Notebook: Jerry Seinfeld Is Still at Home Doing Stand-Up 2012-10-14T21:56:07Z But if his fastidious lyricism endowed his Mozart and his Rossini with grace as well as drive, his ability to twist a score taut also gave his Mendelssohn, and even his Debussy, immense cumulative force. A Conductor’s Career, Cut Short, Still Blazes on Recordings 2022-07-05T04:00:00Z The film is a taut psychological thriller as much as it is a haunting study of mourning. For Mother’s Day, Movies All About ‘Mother’ 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z The afternoon’s most familiar work, it also was its deepest and most accomplished — a lean, taut work that Hardy and Regni treated with the cut-to-the-bone seriousness it deserves. Kennedy Center Chamber Players present unusual, rarely heard music 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z Don Johnson was practically unrecognizable with a newly taut face and his long hair wrapped into a bun. Travolta, Spielberg light up Foreign Press lunch 2012-08-10T11:16:04Z Chloé was on the long/light/pleats track, with Ms. MacGibbon balancing the full, calf-length skirts with a taut, plain top and a pair of shorts to prevent too much exposure. Special Report: Fashion: Taking the Long View 2010-10-04T18:40:00Z Jackson's style evolved from his military outfits, featuring taut lines and embellishments and designed with his female audience in mind. Jewels, pearls, and plain Florsheim shoes for Michael Jackson 2012-10-12T14:39:56Z The suits, with their short jackets and taut pants could have been from any designer. Special Report: Fashion: That Ghostly Presence 2011-06-23T17:07:01Z Indeed, one of the earliest works in the retrospective, a small untitled piece whose dates stretch from 1956 to 1999, looks like fabric pulled taut over thin rods. Zilia Sánchez’s Island of Erotic Forms 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z ‘Jaws,’ in particular, is so much richer, the characters so much better drawn, and the tension so much more taut. Authors weigh in on their favorite page-to-screen adaptations 2013-05-09T19:21:16Z This is stasis as a taut balance of competing forces, all virtual, and all subject to change at any moment. 7 Songs We Nearly Missed in 2022 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z “Even if everything I do is offbeat, just stay in that pocket,” GypjaQ told the rest of his band, and they embarked on a taut stomper. Brooklyn Rock Lottery Taps Instant Bandmates for a Day 2015-12-14T05:00:00Z They’ve sacrificed so much for that Olympic athlete standing in readiness at the starting line, diving platform or — with hands chalked and body taut — before the uneven bars. ‘You Will Know Me’: Mean girls, tiger moms, Olympic dreams — and murder 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z Musically, it’s taut and entrancing, if not, exceptional. Beyond Popping Corks, the Sounds of the New Year 2010-12-23T23:06:06Z You do not need to know the specific myths to be impacted by the taut emotion, the drama of color and form, and the contrasts of light and dark. Three Seattle galleries join forces to display works of artist Michael Spafford 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z On the surface, these are casual musical gestures, but the songs themselves are rhythmically taut and painstakingly arranged, underscoring the tension wafting through the room. Perspective | A hotel room more interesting than the cosmos: In praise of the downsized concept album 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z A trend toward a coltish look — short, taut jackets, curving jodhpur pants and riding boots — is galloping through the autumn 2012 Paris season. Fashion Review: Sex in the Saddle at Givenchy, Herm?s and John Galliano 2012-03-05T18:59:13Z As she grows older, the balance slides toward understandable teenage heartache in the face of relentless sectarian unrest, and the writing doesn’t always remain as taut. Geraldine Hughes Returns to New York With ‘Belfast Blues’ 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z If his point of reference was the architectural 1950s coat, that was updated as a swishing scarlet overcoat cinched by a taut belt. Dior Says It With Flowers 2012-07-02T17:48:48Z The series is not as taut or intense as “24” or the “Bourne” trilogy; at times it’s closer in spirit to “The Girl From U.N.C.L.E.” | 'Covert Affairs': USA?s ?Covert Affairs? Evokes a Cold War Feeling 2010-07-12T21:49:00Z Cables suspended from the ceiling were pulled taut and bowed until they let loose low moans. Review: An ‘Opera for Objects’ Makes Music Out of Fear 2018-08-07T04:00:00Z He clearly knows “Romeo” by heart, opening it with taut, crisp control and a strong sense of narrative. NSO’s future music director stops in for a big evening 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z She may have firm footing in her world, but Thompson blares the character's insecurity through myriad taut twinges of muscles and shallow breaths. Thanks to its stars, "Passing" is a masterpiece of subtle expression, rendered in black and white 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z Shackleton's time in Berlin has clearly influenced his production: apocalyptic dub cityscapes have been replaced with taut techno. Unsound of the underground ? the festival that feels like a s?ance 2010-10-27T15:33:00Z Their filigree often converges in a single braided line, taut and harmonized, and somehow innately Southern. Music Review: Meshuggah and Baroness at Terminal 5 2012-05-24T22:31:32Z And he has never worked so well the meld of taut tailoring with the sensuality of boudoir lingerie. Special Report: Fashion: At Jil Sander, Raf Simons Plays With Modernism 2011-09-25T16:45:15Z With David Bowie hair, the looks encompassed that 1970s slick look but melded with more opulent effects, from the plush texture of wine velvet pants to the slouchy shapes worn with taut tailoring. Special Report: Fashion: Mad Men! Romancing the Suit 2011-01-21T18:31:16Z In one piece, taut string holds rocks in midair. ‘The Veil’ exhibition at Bridge Productions spans ideas of what’s seen and unseen 2018-08-07T04:00:00Z Smouse, her forearms taut as she carried brimming jugs back to the van. A Day of Delivering Meals and Hope 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z By the late 1960s critics on both sides of the Atlantic were praising his taut, finely honed stage presence and lightning verbal dexterity, a facility also on ready display in his many interviews. John Wood, Actor Known for Nimbleness, Dies at 81 2011-08-11T04:16:36Z His gregarious smile, his bright blue Irish eyes, his body so hard and taut that when he drove to the basket, he drove undeterred, opponents just bouncing off him. How Pat Conroy and I became lifelong best friends 2019-09-29T04:00:00Z Actually, for some stars, their faces get younger: plumper cheeks, especially just beneath the eyes, shallower lines around the mouth, a tauter neck, more defined cheekbones. ‘I’d rather spend £300 on fillers than face cream’: the rise of tweakment face 2020-01-25T05:00:00Z “Territorio” is a taut, taciturn drama where little is said out loud, but much transpires in gazes heavy with longing and menace. Five International Movies to Stream Now 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z Two men clamber on top and grab Hipple and Buster’s long hair, stretching it taut, while others jab the cowering figures. Extreme haunted house: inside the real life kingdom of masochists 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z They’re meticulous journalists, and this taut and terrifying book is among the most closely observed accounts of Donald J. Trump’s shambolic tenure in office to date. A Meticulous Account of Trump’s Tenure Reads Like a Comic Horror Story 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z Beginning with his briskly paced interpretation of the opening Andante, he elicited taut, incisive playing, particularly in the vivacious scherzo and exuberant finale. Music Review: New York Philharmonic, Led by Christoph von Dohnanyi 2012-03-23T22:47:08Z Hearing the famous overture played by a chamber-size ensemble was but one highlight of a generally musically taut production. In Series conquers Beethoven’s only opera, ‘Fidelio’ 2016-06-19T04:00:00Z Gaspar's shifts from rag-doll limpness to taut vertical thrusts were a marvel. Review: Brazilian dance troupe Grupo Corpo brings bright, buoyant fare to Seattle 2011-02-04T18:09:04Z The biggest delusion is integrity — something to consider after attending this taut, powerful production. Accountant, prisoner duel in spellbinding 'Shade of Green' 2012-02-14T21:55:03Z Similarly, McGregor, as the Swede, didn’t stride freely, as Roth’s character did, and turned him unduly taut and wary from the start. A Few Thoughts About British Actors Playing American (and African-American) Roles 2017-03-21T04:00:00Z In late March, the space unveiled a new exhibition, "Non-Fiction," a taut gathering of works selected by Davis prior to his death that examine themes of violence against African Americans. Kahlil Joseph and family keep brother Noah Davis' legacy alive at L.A.'s Underground Museum 2016-05-31T04:00:00Z After last week's pyrotechnics it was back to business with a taut, well-paced episode in which we learned a great deal about a number of characters. Game of Thrones: season three, episode five – Kissed by Fire 2013-04-29T12:14:00Z Breastplates — and they just might be an incoming trend in Paris — refreshed the taut jackets and slim pants of the brand’s signature look. Special Report: Fashion: Some Like It Haute 2010-09-30T18:11:00Z The taut braiding of speech and singing in “eL/Aficionado,” often performed in double time over the 72-beats-per-minute pulse of the accompaniment, would seem to allow for little creative variation. A Spy Opera (or Is It?) Returns to the Stage 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z The performance was taut — just three sharp vocalists delivering impassioned singing, paying homage to an icon while silently accepting there are shoes that can never fully be filled. The Best and Worst of the Grammys 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z Running a taut 82 minutes, the film maintains a considerable degree of tension throughout, with a few scenes standing out. Review: 'Collection' a nastily efficient chiller 2012-11-29T15:31:12Z In the finale, after an emotive reading of the eerie Adagio, Orpheus demonstrated its conductorless ability to render complex scores with taut precision and feverish excitement. Music Review: Christian Tetzlaff Joins Orpheus at Carnegie Hall 2014-03-31T21:19:15Z Climate change, population growth and invasive species are destabilizing the Great Lakes’ wobbly ecosystem, but Egan provides a taut and cautiously hopeful narrative. 100 Notable Books of 2017 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z The script is fast-paced, fluid, taut and often finely acted. Theater Listings for Sept. 4-10 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z “This collection of 11 stories, stretched on a taut diagonal between Maine and Los Angeles, nimbly kicks us sideways at every turn,” Julie Orringer writes in her review. 9 New Books We Recommend This Week 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z The taut drama was quickly understood to be a prescient take on gender dynamics in the nascent #MeToo era. A Filmmaker’s Fraught Specialty: Women at Work and the Men Who Scare Them 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z A theater, architecturally, is basically a taut surface containing a closed box. Broadway Is Shuttered but Its Buildings Sing: A Virtual Tour 2020-03-25T04:00:00Z Cumulatively, the photographs feel a little less claustrophobic than McEwan’s taut narrative, in which you sense everything always building to the terrible climax. Perspective | The end of summer is always sad. This year, my grief led me back to a favorite short story and book of photographs. 2020-09-21T04:00:00Z Said to be inspired by true events, the well-crafted "Beneath" proves a taut, atmospheric if not especially deep thriller about the aftermath of a coal mine collapse. 'Beneath' mines solid thrills amid claustrophobic setting 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z This cycle kicked off in 1957 with the taut “Curse of Frankenstein,” a significant departure from the Boris Karloff classic, although many of the changes were ones of necessity. Hammer Makes ?The Woman in Black? With Daniel Radcliffe 2012-01-27T23:30:09Z His expression seemed scrunched, pinched, so taut that no blood could flow to the surface. His face held rage. End of the affairs: the dangers of internet dating 2012-02-10T22:59:54Z Collins said, in an interview, that her cinematic model was Éric Rohmer; like his films, “Losing Ground” presents taut surfaces of dialectical wrangling in workaday situations and reveals the passions roiling beneath them. Kathleen Collins’s “Notes from a Black Woman’s Diary” Contains an Extraordinary Unmade Movie 2019-02-02T05:00:00Z His delivery early in the show of a fragment from “Texts for Nothing, #1” is a taut internal dialogue, a tower of Babel within a single mind. Review: Wrestling With a Master in ‘On Beckett’ 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z Now Naughty Dog is moving away from cheesy one-liners and globe-trotting treasure-hunting with The Last of Us, a tense, taut post-apocalyptic survival story. Critic’s Notebook: Nintendo’s Wii U Is the Talk of the E3 Computer Game Expo 2012-06-10T21:22:17Z And a taut version of Craig Wright's marital drama, "Orange Flower Water?" New Century Theatre blossoming with premiere by local writer 2010-04-29T20:13:00Z Her writing about sex is taut and direct. Sally Rooney’s Novel of Letters Puts a Fresh Spin on Familiar Questions 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z “Singing With Elephants” isn’t just beautiful poetry and a fascinating consideration of communication across boundaries; it’s also a taut rescue story. 2 Literary Novels Find the Poetry in Animal Rescue 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z Its songs are taut, quick-changing suites, heading from one skein of intricately tangled guitars to the next as if all that compositional planning were just happy serendipity. Playlist : Ache and Anger, Desire and Tenacity 2011-03-18T23:21:12Z To open, Debus led a taut account of Rossini’s “Barber of Seville” Overture that summed up the conductor’s musical approach. Pianist and conductor diverge, clash during their BSO debuts 2017-01-22T05:00:00Z It's a recurring pattern: from Meek Mill's doomy Burn, to West's taut Mercy, Sean is rarely responsible for the peaks of his own show, give or take his commendable energy. Big Sean – review 2012-11-27T17:48:00Z She was small, taut, focused, with hair pulled up in a manner that screamed efficiency. Critical Shopper: Work Wear Rebuilt for Idle Time 2010-10-13T21:32:00Z The profoundly influential choreographer, who died in 2018, was a masterful creator of taut, piercing short stories in dance. Review | Paul Taylor Dance Company makes a triumphant return to Kennedy Center 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z Monday PDT to discuss the taut, emotional, invigorating season and his character's role in that. Join a live video chat with 'The Good Wife's' Josh Charles on Monday 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z It’s now a tighter piece — even tauter than at the Kennedy Center. A big, beautiful “Side Show” on Broadway But the funny thing is, seeing it there next to Ford’s, I couldn’t help but think what a masterly opening that passage from Orient Express is, how taut and clean and pregnant with possibility. Literary Revolution in the Supermarket Aisle: Genre Fiction Is Disruptive Technology 2012-05-23T10:45:11Z On Protomartyr’s taut third album, “The Agent Intellect,” the Detroit frontman is alone at the end of the bar, scribbling deadpan poetry on coasters, sketching escape routes out of this doomed world. The best music of 2015: Young Thug, Ellie Goulding and Kelela shine 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z Mr. van Zweden drew taut, lucid, richly expressive playing from the Philharmonic in both scores. Review: The Philharmonic Shines Through Two Dark Operas 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z Interestingly, the majority of the songs clock in at three minutes or less - making for an unusually taut, focused record. Royal Blood rewrite the rules of rock 2014-08-18T04:00:00Z His body, which from the theater’s seats looks taut and tough, is actually soft to the touch, covered with a gray fabric skin. Broadway’s Biggest Debut: King Kong 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z And the conductor Robin Ticciati drew taut, urgent playing from the excellent Met orchestra. Review: An Absent Baritone Looms Over the Met Opera’s ‘Onegin’ 2017-03-31T04:00:00Z Koirala, a Bollywood star, brings a taut poise to a mother whose veneer seems adamantine until the Duttas walk in the door. ‘India Sweets and Spices’ Review: Gossip, Secrets and Biting Laughs 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z At its best the performance was taut, lucid and direct. Music Review: At Mostly Mozart, Osmo Vanska and Antti Siirala 2010-08-15T22:23:00Z “They’re meticulous journalists, and this taut and terrifying book is among the most closely observed accounts of Donald J. Trump’s shambolic tenure in office to date,” our critic Dwight Garner writes. 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z That place is Dead Space 2, the taut, chilling new action-horror game from Electronic Arts. Video Game Review: Space Zombies, Prepare to Meet Your Mower 2011-02-01T19:52:29Z The show from the British designer was taut with tension. 2010-01-20T05:21:00Z The first segment, the taut “I Am,” connects directly to the Jehovah’s Witness theology that Prince wrote about increasingly in his later years. The Unique Problem Posed by Prince’s Unreleased Songs 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z The result was a taut but fluid composition so refreshingly removed from traditional woodblock technique that it has had a deep influence on the medium ever since. Helen Frankenthaler, Abstract Painter, Dies at 83 2011-12-27T15:27:38Z Is “The Silence of the Lambs” a taut psychological thriller or horror film? Perspective | Jonathan Demme, the last of the great journeyman directors 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z His sound on the tenor saxophone, his primary instrument, was distinctive: taut and throaty, slightly burred, dark-hued. Sam Rivers, Jazz Musician, Dies at 88 2011-12-28T00:24:59Z As for “Pictures at an Exhibition,” they seemed newly framed and illuminated, brisk and taut. Review | NSO season opener shows that Noseda isn’t focused on blockbusters, but basics 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z “Zaubernacht” was written while Weill was still a student, though it has seeds of what his theatrical music would be known for — a taut, if deceptively streamlined, score. Kurt Weill’s Music for a Magical Dance, Lost and Now Found 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z Bartlett, as was revealed in Studio’s 2013 mounting of “Contractions,” his taut drama about office politics, is specially attuned to the scalding language provoked by sexual jealousy. A bristling three-way tussle over ambivalent sexual identity Pick of the week: The amazing Paprika Steen in "Applause" In the taut and daring Danish film "Applause," actress Paprika Steen comes out spitting venom, almost literally, even before we see her. Pick of the week: The amazing Paprika Steen in "Applause" 2011-01-20T23:50:00Z It contains the band’s outright agitprop classic, 1979’s “Entertainment!,” the criminally eclipsed follow-up “Solid Gold,” a taut live show from 1980, early singles and a cassette of their first demos. Gang of Four changed the way punk sounded and what it could say. A new box set reveals the peak of their power. 2021-03-11T05:00:00Z “Invitation” also features “No Forgotten Son,” a taut, edgy number inspired by the death of Trayvon Martin. Sleater-Kinney, R.E.M. stars play in Filthy Friends Sept. 1 at Bumbershoot 2017-08-29T04:00:00Z During one early rehearsal, Jones spoke of George Balanchine and Fred Astaire while Parker, her frame narrow and taut, stretched at a barre near an upright piano. How a new dance gets made: Behind the scenes at American Contemporary Ballet 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z In a taut, coherent reading, he brought such stylish moves as a scissoring downbeat, a head-butt for cross-rhythms and a jumping jack for climaxes that peaked midair. Krzysztof Urbanski Leads the Philharmonic in Dvorak 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z Both composers offered more sustenance to the players, and in each case elicited taut, engaging performances. LPO/Alsop; Var?se 360? 2010-04-24T23:08:00Z Twitter came alive with horrified reactions to her taut skin, line-free brow and cheekbones not chiseled by nature. The unreasonable, degrading expectations imposed on stars' bodies 2023-02-17T05:00:00Z The show brings together a taut selection of work from established artists from the African diaspora, all born between 1959 and 1989, presented as episodic solo presentations that unfold like a labyrinth of varied environments. ________Stepping Into the Expansive Worlds of Black Imagination 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z Concluding the concert was an account of Mozart’s Symphony No. 40 in G minor, stirring for its brisk tempos, taut rhythms, transparent textures and refined solo work by the principal winds. Music Review: An Exuberant Conductor and a Starry Violinist 2011-08-07T21:48:50Z In “The Lesson,” an amusingly taut British thriller playing now in American movie theaters, two novels result from the same events at an opulent country estate. In ‘The Lesson,’ It’s a Bad Writer Who Steals 2023-07-12T04:00:00Z The page was weathered, evidence of all the people who had inspected it, the hands that had gripped the edge taut, pulling the sheet to its stringed limits. My fantasies of mass murder 2013-03-05T01:00:00Z Williams called Mr. Doctorow’s debut “taut and dramatic, exciting and successfully symbolic.” E. L. Doctorow in The Times 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z But the ensemble’s fresh, vital performance vanquished that argument, as did its taut, essentially Romantic rendering of Schoenberg’s Chamber Symphony No. 1. Music Review: A Wineglass Fills in for a Period Instrument 2011-08-12T20:57:00Z And there was a real modern glamour when a full-skirted dress, with the rounded shoulders that twirled through the entire collection, was cinched with a taut, shiny belt. Fashion Review: At Balenciaga, Alexander Wang Does Bags 2014-02-27T14:11:07Z Yet Hellman’s best plots are taut, and her understated phrasing can be vivid and terse. Lillian Hellman is once again a presence in Washington 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z No drop of moisture beaded his taut brow. Gimlet Eye: Paradise in the Hamptons at Arts Benefit 2010-07-28T22:22:00Z “Virile” is an unsympathetic elegy for old-line masculinity, a march that sometimes melts into a swirl of harp, voices, flutes and strings, with taut wordplay about the construction of male identity: Moses Sumney and Perfume Genius: Complex Voices of Desire 2020-05-17T04:00:00Z Some were less than thrilled with the blaring Top 40 hits and the advertisements featuring taut 20-somethings. Changes at D.C. Equinox leave older members angry 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z And so it is again in “Gustave Caillebotte: The Painter’s Eye,” a taut survey of the artist’s career at the National Gallery of Art here. Review: Paris Is Reborn in ‘Gustave Caillebotte: The Painter’s Eye’ 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z The film’s taut, thoughtful story line impressed academy voters enough for a writing nomination, a first for a superhero film. The Snubs and Surprises of the 2018 Oscar Nominations 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z Or at lest the best I can hope for.It was taut in editing and timing, a little heavy handed with the... ‘The Walking Dead’ Season 6, Episode 13: Carol the Killer 2016-03-13T05:00:00Z In taut turns, she whips around with a startling swiftness, an angry snap. Review: Sara Baras in a Flamenco Whirlwind 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z Rilette’s show isn’t utterly taut, but it’s very close, and it’s right on course — still finding its menace but already compelling in depicting the characters’ despair and their awkward, inarticulate heart-to-hearts. McPherson keeps the faith in Irish drama ‘Night Alive’ 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z Let’s not assume that California chardonnay means big, buttery and oaky, because it’s just as easy to find taut, steely examples. Among Chardonnays, Chablis Is Not Better, Just Different 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z But the face itself is narrower, the famously squinty eyes wider, the skin taut. Renee Zellweger’s face is the elephant in the room 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z We awoke the next morning to New Mexico’s turquoise skies stretched taut above snug Hondo Canyon. Mix of New and Old Enlivens Taos Ski Valley 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z That said, this unusually taut sophomore feature from Jim Mickle is more abnormal than most in that its creatures are capable not only of evolving but also of embracing religious fanaticism. | 'Stake Land': Bringing On the Vampires in ?Stake Land? 2011-04-22T04:43:02Z After the taut first act’s strikingly effective reveal, the second half loses focus, lurching between hard-hitting plausibility, subjective introspection and magical realism without quite committing to what it wants to be. Some strengths but no surprises in this 'Tiger by the Tail' 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z The conductor Cliff Colnot elicited a taut, focused performance from the International Contemporary Ensemble, with Michael Nicolas as the brilliantly assured soloist. Music Review: Contemporary Music Groups Honor Ralph Kaminsky, Merkin Hall 2013-02-05T22:56:25Z The wine is taut and focused, with quince and talc flavors. Early recommendations for holiday wines The most magical properties of Mr. McFerrin’s voice — the mentholated coo, the multi-octave flip, the taut elasticity of timbre and pitch — were offered in measured doses. Music Review: Bobby McFerrin and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra 2012-09-14T22:53:19Z If not, you might want to reconsider, given the solid entertainment value of "Mauritius," the taut, twisty little thriller by Theresa Rebeck, which opens Seattle Public Theater's 2010-11 season. Review: 'Mauritius' at Seattle Public Theater is a taut, twisty thriller 2010-10-07T21:32:00Z Burgess’s taut comedy deals with two lobbyists and two members with hardball language that slices through the usual spin. Review | Politics and religion are juicy topics in two 90-minute comedies on D.C. stages 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z I notice she has impeccably taut skin under her eyes. My boobs, my burden 2014-02-24T01:00:00Z The immense sail was taut, its mirror surface sparkling and glittering gloriously in the Sun … Something so huge, yet so frail, was hard for the mind to grasp. Arthur C Clarke's DNA to join mission into deep space 2013-06-26T12:46:16Z Most of the time it is admirably taut. ‘Beast’ Review: In Hot Pursuit of Love and Danger 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z And last year a taut, preternaturally youthful Ms. Shields modeled Calvin Klein lingerie in Social Life magazine. Nothing Comes Between Brooke Shields and Her New Line for QVC 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z “I’ve learned over the years to apply less energy to get better rewards and how to maintain the comic edge,” he added, as he fitted on a wig with taut blond braids. The Gimlet Eye: History Moves in Tutus and Greasepaint 2010-12-29T22:32:59Z Mr. Fraud’s beats here are slightly more taut and quick: even if his partner isn’t always having fun, Mr. Fraud certainly is. Playlist: New Releases From Friends, Wade Bowen and Joey Badass 2012-07-27T16:00:00Z A week ago you could hear a swirl of Atlanta, Texas and the tight, taut vowels of the Upper Midwest. The Art of Summer: Summer?s Over; the Game Begins 2011-09-07T22:27:57Z Amid their taut geometries are passages of enfolding softness and effulgent color harmonies — rich reds, pale yellows and blues against his favorite milky lime green. Review | This Edward Hopper exhibition on hotels is worth an extended stay 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z The first half of the set, typified by Chuck D drawing links between 2012 track Hoover Music and recent revelations about American government surveillance, is taut and thrilling. Public Enemy – review 2013-07-26T16:24:39Z The prose is visceral, as taut as his teenage linebacker protagonist. I Love My Brother, but He’s a White Supremacist 2019-07-09T04:00:00Z Stripped of two or three subplots, “Redemption Road” might make a taut and believable novel. ‘Redemption Road’ and the problem of thriller-killers 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z Exquisitely balanced, it’s bursting with flavors of citrus and peach that seem to reach for the sky, and a taut stoniness that keeps it grounded. Quench your thirst with this juicy $10 Portuguese rosé — in a bottle or a box 2019-04-19T04:00:00Z Another dancer, Adonis Nebié, whose taut frame is wired and agitated — he seems like he’s on a bad drug trip — goes on the attack. Review: A Dance for Our Times Travels to a Dark Place 2022-11-13T05:00:00Z There is an instinctive interchange between Saulnier's fretwork and Nelson's taut rhythms that doesn't come from drill and practice. June's best music from across the MAP 2012-06-13T10:52:13Z A taut, chattering energy turns to a more freely fluid exploration of color and collective gestures, ending with an eerily gentle air. A fascinating journey into the European avant-garde 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z It combines his own story with a taut and elegant précis of this book’s arguments. Books of The Times: ‘Far From the Tree,’ by Andrew Solomon 2012-11-13T13:00:24Z New were roomy coats, perhaps with a cape back, and fitted riding coats, double breasted on a taut bodice and most dramatic as crocodile stamped on leather. Ala?a in Tune With Times and Own Style 2012-03-19T13:00:40Z His face and fingers are long and tapered; his frame is tall and, thanks to regular yoga, taut. Arts & Leisure: Alexander Payne?s New Film, ?The Descendants? 2011-11-09T13:00:06Z The most important thing, at all times and regardless of where she currently is on the reproductive spectrum, is that she always appear totally taut and bangable. Kendra Wilkinson’s stretch marks: Giving the finger to unrealistic “flaunting her post-baby body” standards 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z But the pacing was better later, and Mr. Franck brought taut tension to the second act. Music Review: ?Tosca? at the Metropolitan Opera - Review 2012-01-12T23:36:27Z He spent four and a half years meticulously planning each frame, essentially making the film twice as he waited for effects to be invented, yet still pruned it to a taut 90 minutes. The Carpetbagger: In Oscar Voting, All Politics Is Local 2014-02-27T23:11:37Z What’s great about it is that beneath the window-dressing mayhem lies a taut, responsive and coherent combat system. Video Game Releases: Battlefield 3 and Call of Duty Face-Off 2011-09-18T04:10:09Z On the verses of “Stressed Out,” he raps, with a taut, earnest bounce that recalls Macklemore or Gym Class Heroes. The Slippery Appeal of the Biggest New Band in America 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z As director, co-adaptor and star, Amalric has made the book into a film that is splendidly taut, forcefully understated and, at just 76 minutes, blessedly concise. Review: Sex and Death, French-style, in The Blue Room 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z The flying scenes, taut and thrilling, feature real vintage Spitfires. Christopher Nolan’s 'Dunkirk' Is a Masterpiece 2017-07-19T04:00:00Z Presented by the American Repertory Theater, based in Cambridge, in association with Music-Theater Group, “Crossing” is a taut, teeming and inspired work. Review: Matthew Aucoin’s ‘Crossing’ Is a Taut, Inspired Opera 2015-05-31T04:00:00Z The new inspiration brought more taut and tailored clothes but above all the drapes, which ended in folds like a horn of plenty at short skirt hems. Special Report: Draped to Be Shaped 2010-02-21T18:30:00Z “Fish on!” one young man yells as his line goes taut. Are striped bass doomed? Some conservationists are worried. 2021-07-23T04:00:00Z Sienna Miller looks suitably strained, tense and taut as the agonised Patricia and James Purefoy admirably conveys the sense of exclusion felt by the movie star caught up in wartime action. Flare Path ? review 2011-03-13T14:33:52Z As we lay side by side and talked, I eyed his chiseled chest and taut stomach, feeling momentarily abashed. Modern Love: What a Scale Can?t Measure ? Modern Love 2011-12-01T22:25:17Z So it’s not just about economics, even today, but about the particular allure of seeing drama that’s taut and tight, cut to the bone. Two-Character Plays Are Highlights of Theater Season 2010-05-08T02:40:00Z The taut leather represents social constraints, the artist explained, as well as the second skin people grow to hide their true selves. Fifty Years Post Roe v. Wade, the Art of ‘1973’ Frames a Turbulent Era 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z “We were trapped beneath a taut membrane, which captured and amplified every sound, every movement. . . . I was aware of a kind of vibration.” Review | A Basque author contemplates a complex city in ‘Nevada Days’ 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z Foul-mouthed grit and working-class angst are the prevailing moods in two taut solo shows at this year’s Brits Off Broadway series at 59E59 Theaters, though one production is more convincing than the other. | Brits Off Broadway: Brits Off Broadway Two Shows at 59E59 - Review 2011-11-15T22:13:25Z What they don’t know is how to put the pieces together in a way that makes taut narrative or that sidesteps clichés. | 'Blackthorn': ?Blackthorn,? Starring Sam Shepard ? Review 2011-10-06T23:45:30Z The lurches between eras do require concentration, but the effort is rewarded by a taut, tense and neatly underplayed ghost story, centred on the persistent presence of a child who died there. Tonight's TV highlights: The Culture Show 2011-02-10T00:04:01Z But what remained — what was even heightened — was her clarity with text, her taut strength, her burning commitment. ‘This Is Who We’ve Been Waiting For’: A Diva on the Precipice 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z The veins on the underside of my wrist twanged, a taut pulling of melancholy threads. "The Vanishers:" a troubled psychic probes the past 2012-03-29T20:26:03Z We all knew the ending, because it’s based on actual events during the 1980 Iran hostage crisis — and yet, Ben Affleck’s taut, careful thriller kept us tense until the final moments. 10 terrific movies of 2012 2012-12-27T20:02:57Z Often there would be a burst of movement: a full skirt below a taut, curvy jacket or wave of chiffon pleats breaking over the back. Fashion Review: Bill Gaytten at Dior Shows a Light Touch 2011-09-30T18:29:29Z His exquisite technique is, as usual, in taut ironic contrast with his uproarious subject matter. Some smashing ceramics are on view at Bellevue Arts Museum's "Clay Throwdown!" 2010-09-02T19:20:00Z This time, he’s in reliably fine form with a taut, suspenseful race-against-time book about a retired cop who is pitted against a Mercedes-driving thrill killer. A Critic’s Survey of Summer Books 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z The first is plush velvet, the second taut and clear as a high C struck on a tuning fork. At just $10, this Italian red blend is your ideal chocolate dessert pairing 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z Neither strictly dance nor theatre, these constellations of stylised action are taut with concentration and executed with astonishing precision by performers drawn from mostly non-dance and non-theatre backgrounds. Birds with Skymirrors 2010-08-19T21:30:00Z There are slippery trios for the women, like silken knots unbraiding; a duet for two men is tauter, more elastic. Candoco Dance Company - review 2010-10-12T21:15:00Z Its taut tale of the ravaging effects of jealousy has not been intrusively styled, as so many productions of Shakespeare are today, in a mode of searing contemporary relevance. Review: A Cool-Tempered ‘Othello’ for Warm Central Park Nights 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z And, yes, the steel cable strung from the famous tower’s second floor across to a small platform 2,600 feet away looked rust-free and taut enough. What a rush: Zip lining off the Eiffel Tower 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z She played 20 songs over nearly two hours, but every moment was taut, dramatic and filled with poetic meaning. Patti Smith soars at Neptune Theatre show | Concert review 2013-02-28T19:10:08Z But then she suddenly pulled off her shirt without hesitation, revealing her taut stomach. A revealing interview with Carly Simon at her home in Martha's Vineyard about her new book, 'Boys in the Trees' 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z The parts were so mismatched that the rig barely worked; I could never get the sail reasonably taut, and there was never any wind on my local lake. My formerly adventurous life 2012-07-13T23:00:00Z “I’m so full and satisfied,” Ms. Diaz said, as she rubbed her toned and taut belly. Scene City: She Acts. She Sings. She Cooks? 2011-04-13T21:43:50Z He ended this sentence at its comma: “2 beautiful Swedish boys with long legs, which are so formed and taut that one could really only run one’s tongue along them.” The Kafka You Never Knew 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z The blacktop plunged into the village of Mexican Hat as the desert morning stretched taut across the sky. A Bicycle Tour Through Remote Southwest Canyon Country 2010-07-31T04:30:00Z Benson brings an eerie detachment and a taut muscularity, a creature trying earnestly to be human but remaining at one remove. Let the Right One In – review 2013-06-09T17:49:02Z The director, Chay Yew, could profitably have kept the pace a little more taut. ‘Death and the Maiden’ in Chicago, Starring Sandra Oh 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z Pull a piece taut and look at that root color. You can save money by coloring your hair at home. But should you? 2020-01-25T05:00:00Z Indeed, there is a strong fraternal resemblance between Cumberbatch and D'Arcy: the narrowed eyes, foppish hair, taut smile and pink, triangular face. James D'Arcy: 'I delivered my first line and Anthony Hopkins burst out laughing' 2013-02-01T07:00:09Z The effect is both lyrical and homely, with the different shapes suggesting the taut tops of drums and pieces of thin, flat bread. 2010-01-15T01:44:00Z He blows hard and makes notes distort and whinny; he made the tarogato sound taut, narrow and ready to explode. Music Review: Peter Brötzmann and Jason Adasiewicz at Le Poisson Rouge 2012-09-06T21:59:32Z His frequently sinister, corrosive effects pair with mercurial hip-hop beats for a taut sort of dance melee; “A Color Map of the Sun” is out now. Pop & Rock Music Listings for Dec. 6-12 2013-12-06T00:54:30Z The Beethoven was taut, lean and superbly detailed, in the emotionally ambiguous adagio and the scampering finale above all. Prom 23: BBC Philharmonic/Noseda ? review 2011-08-02T10:18:20Z Pace is key; rhythms are wound taut with ticking, delay-crunched guitars, processed percussion and buzzing digital bass, all shot through with radiant synths and blistered hooks. Divine Fits: A Thing Called Divine Fits – review 2012-08-23T20:45:02Z It's the directness of his writing, and the way it plunges you into taut scenes without any kind of preamble and holds you there. A week in radio: Harold Pinter's Betrayal 2012-07-19T20:30:02Z Brabbins's taut conducting brought home the full force of its austerity. Nash Ensemble/Brabbins – review 2012-12-05T19:48:00Z Musically fresh, agile and impassioned, somehow sumptuously bristling, his scores are as dramatically taut as anything in opera: headlong, kitchen-sink dramas that evoke the plays of Arthur Miller. What to See and Experience in New York City This Spring 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z The Washington Chorus, its numbers also reduced for the occasion, responded to the other musicians with a generally elegant, taut sound, and McGegan, time and again, found new doors in the music to unlock. NSO offers warm seasonal cheer with McGegan’s lean and homely ‘Messiah’ 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z However, with consummate skill, Goodwillie takes this comfortable narrative arc and uses it to create a taut, intelligent, deftly written novel of politics and identity. What's happened to political fiction? 2010-05-06T09:57:00Z His duet with Otello was taut and exciting, one of several instances in which Rossini experiments with ways to characterize different voices within a narrow range. Review: The Desdemona in This ‘Otello’ Spits Fire 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z Shows Monday were one-after-another examples of how correct and smart designers have become with their vivid patterns, perfectly controlled, and a taut tension between classic and creative. Fashion Review: Christopher Kane and Erdem Show Smart, Controlled Styles 2012-02-20T19:09:28Z By these simple gestures, Limón — the Mexican-American artist who was a pillar of early modern dance — squeezed the tragedy of “Othello” into a taut, painfully human drama. Shakespeare: huge dance fan. Check out these Bard-themed dances on DVD Giving the poured-concrete structure its taut, sleek look is a façade of some 45,000 metal panels, each one curved to unique specifications, developed with 3-D–modeling software. Eight Daring New Buildings Around the World 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z Ms. Kendrick gives a fierce, taut portrayal of an immature, impulsive young woman who finds it next to impossible to apologize for her misdeeds. ‘Happy Christmas’ Stars Anna Kendrick 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z This show was a fine mix of the inventive and the innovative but keeping always to the taut silhouette and making the dashing statements with color, pattern and texture. Special Report: Fashion: In the Money! 2011-06-19T12:10:33Z The “Dance of the Seven Veils” from Strauss’s “Salome” was taut over all yet expansive when it needed to be. Critic?s Notebook: Another Season of Change for Spoleto 2011-06-03T22:42:46Z The Williamses have a talent for this stuff, though, as they demonstrated in the clammy, taut first season of their series “The Missing,” which takes a similar approach to child abduction. Review: A ‘Downton Abbey’ Star in Peril Again in SundanceTV’s ‘Liar’ 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z A parade of teachers hovered: thwacking her elbow, comparing her spine to “a taut string of pearls,” dismissing her vocational prospects. A Violinist Rethinks Her Devotion to Music, With Emotion and Erudition 2022-03-28T04:00:00Z But her interpretation of the overly familiar Tchaikovsky Fifth Symphony was taut, detailed and energetic. BSO breathes new fire into familiar classics in Sunday matinee 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z But Andrews stands in the middle of the ring, bringing together a taut depiction of ranch life that balances ranchers’ concern for their domestic animals with his own appreciation of the wild ones nearby. ‘Badluck Way’: Wolves, cattle and a Montana rancher in middle 2014-01-08T23:23:52Z Karabits's interpretation was taut, mercurial and sharply focused, with a subtle sense of dynamic gradation and a telling but discreet emphasis on Tchaikovsky's shifting instrumental colours. RPO/Karabits – review 2013-03-21T18:17:23Z It's touchingly effective, and much tauter and less brassily assertive than the 40-minute Metamorphic Variations, which Bliss completed in 1972, three years before his death. Bliss: Meditations on a Theme by John Blow; Metamorphic Variations 2010-05-06T21:20:00Z Zonana keeps his cards close to his chest till the very end, folding an excoriating critique of class inequities and the corruption of capital into a taut thriller. Five International Movies to Stream Now 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z But the man has managed to brace his legs against the side of the pit and halt his fall before the rope is pulled taut around his neck, and he has survived. Jonathan Glazer: 'Nazism took hold like a fever. It's happening again' 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z It, too, is a book of taut peregrinations. Books of The Times: ‘Every Day Is for the Thief’ by Teju Cole 2014-03-25T20:21:54Z For some, it entails a liberating number of drinks and a close encounter with the taut, spray-tanned skin of an exotic dancer. Food Is the Attraction at Bachelor and Bachelorette Parties 2010-06-23T04:31:00Z It is a pact that drives much of the action and eventual catharsis in Okuno’s taut, unflinching, relentlessly sharp first feature. ‘Watcher’ Review: Terror, at a Glance 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z Grant Preisser designed the set and directed the dramatically taut production. Review | UrbanArias turns conspiracy theory into opera 2018-09-23T04:00:00Z Here Mr. Feld sticks to his customary movement system, in which taut legs counterbalance loose hips and floating arms. Dance Review: Old Rituals to Shape Young Dancers 2011-03-24T21:31:21Z The taut dramatic arc of “Harriet” is built from the substance of complex and daring ideas. The Stunning Achievement of Kasi Lemmons’s “Harriet” 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z The sad yet bitterly funny opening chapters are a beautifully taut portrait of a man at the end of his tether. The Lower River by Paul Theroux – review 2012-05-31T07:00:03Z Mr. Allen opens “Love Stone,” his ballads record, with “Stranger in Paradise” — his quartet floating in a taut rubato from tentative major to melancholy minor. The Playlist: Alessia Cara Grows Up, and 12 More New Songs 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z Sporting a chic grey and pink 1940s vintage dress tonight, Rachel's voice is raw, taut and direct, suited to bearing witness to maidens, sailors and widows long dead. The Unthanks 2010-06-05T23:06:00Z But it was drama rather than loveliness that kept “Basketball” so taut with interest. Dancers Strip to Essentials in ‘Basketball’ and ‘TranSenses’ 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z Like so many Paris designers, Mr. Pilati was focused on outerwear, from taut and skinny to coats with curving collars and rounded shoulders. Special Report: Fashion: Hats Off to Easy Elegance 2011-01-24T18:21:28Z Gratz weaves together three separate stories of refugees on the run, finding the ingredients of a taut thriller in all of them while reminding us of the universality of refugees’ plight. Notable Children’s Books of 2017 2017-11-27T05:00:00Z The sentences seem shot from guns, taut and targeted. V.S. Naipaul, Paul Theroux, and me: What I learned from reading about their tumultuous relationship 2018-09-23T04:00:00Z Her connection with the harpist Nancy Allen was thrillingly taut in a dance that wrung small variations on a small vocabulary. Dance Review: Ballet Tech Performs at the Joyce Theater 2013-06-14T20:30:52Z But, by the end of the taut ninety-minute finale, Dolores would undergo the more transformative evolution. The episode began at the dawn of her creation, as she lay on a slab in a workshop. “Westworld” Season One Finale: Violent Ends 2016-12-05T05:00:00Z It speeds the heart to imagine more of these galleries ascending to this level of taut and reciprocal illumination. Art Review: Museum of Modern Art?s Painting and Sculpture Galleries 2011-09-01T22:46:53Z It was taut, transfixing music, sharpened by the austerity of the setting: just Mr. Taborn at the piano, on his own. Lonely Voyage of Player,Piano and Audience 2011-07-02T04:00:25Z A short, taut and funny book with some splendid writing. Mal Peet's top 10 books to read aloud 2011-08-03T13:08:37Z A taut little four-hander, it's essentially a clever Enlightenment parable about the relationship between humanity's natural instincts and society. L'Isola Disabitata ? review 2010-10-27T22:29:00Z Indeed, the only really good news of the night for the BBC was that its coverage of the ceremony was the tautest and shortest in memory. Baftas 2014: was this the BBC's worst-ever year? 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z As is often the case with plays driven by ideas, however, “Luna Gale” sometimes sacrifices nuances of character to create taut drama. Theater Review: Rebecca Gilman’s ‘Luna Gale’ Opens at Goodman Theater 2014-02-10T20:50:56Z From that moment on, his four-piece band, with Randy Brecker on trumpet and Anthony Jackson on bass guitar, sounded taut and galvanized, as if alert to something vital at stake. Music Review: The Mike Stern Band Brings Jazz-Rock to the Iridium 2013-12-20T21:27:21Z I jolted the rod back and up high, and found the line was now as taut as a guitar string. T Magazine: Fly Zone 2011-03-21T14:00:14Z Every word is of value in this taut evocation of love, loss, life and death. Readers recommend their favourite books of 2010 2011-01-01T00:05:32Z The Daphne look is more daring in the section named “Armour,” where the taut clothes, whether in lace or metal, form a shell around her silhouette. Special Report: Fashion: F.I.T. Displays Daphne Guinness Collection 2011-09-18T10:48:07Z Her eyes seemed pulled back, her lips seemed strangely inflated and her skin seemed at once unnaturally taut and puffy. Kim Novak and the curse of the beauty 2014-03-04T20:24:00Z He’s a genial entertainer and singer, and he runs a taut soul band. Lollapalooza Day 2: Chief Keef, Frank Ocean, Chili Peppers and an evacuation 2012-08-05T07:02:00Z Even as his sound becomes more rough-hewed, his songs remain taut and compelling. 13 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z Other hides are stretched taut over enormous gourds. Museum Review: The Musical Instrument Museum Opens in Phoenix 2010-04-24T00:46:00Z "But the raised temperatures added an extra belligerence to her taut Prokofiev," he added. Violinist berates coughing child 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z King’s novel turns an episode in the life of Margaret Mead into a taut tale of competing egos and desires in a landscape of exotic menace. 100 Notable Books of 2014 2014-12-02T05:00:00Z Also a breakthrough in glass architecture: The facade, pulled taut around the entire building, is less curtain wall than airtight seal. I told my mother-in-law I'd plan an L.A. architecture tour for her 80th birthday. But what buildings to choose? 2017-11-24T05:00:00Z He just modernized the original ideas, giving taut black leather a bursting-bubble decoration and weaving metal mesh into vests or as shoulder pieces. 2010-01-19T12:30:00Z As Mr. Cardona whips and slices his taut limbs in big explosions or oscillates his hips through slinky steps, Ms. Vonmoos walks the perimeter, holding individuals’ eyes with a calm, vulnerable stare. 2010-01-09T03:33:00Z The episode “Scorched Earth,” ripped from the headlines of the Dominique Strauss-Kahn case, was taut, restrained and well acted, in the best “SVU” tradition. ArtsBeat Blog: Channel Surfing: 'Law & Order: SVU' 2011-09-22T14:54:19Z As Shalimar, the tenor Sean Panikkar demonstrated versatility and stamina, his voice supple and bright in the earlier lyrical exchanges, taut with a glint of hysteria as jealous fury took over. Review: 2 Murderous Men in 2 Operas About Killing for Politics 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z Writing in The New York Times, Lena Wilson called it a “taut, unflinching, relentlessly sharp” film and “one of this century’s most arresting tales of female anxiety.” Five Influences on the Horror Film ‘Watcher’ 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z He wastes no time: Episode 1 is a taut exercise in frantic world-building that immediately attempts to recreate last season’s high-wire act. 'Broadchurch' Season 2 Premiere Recap: Alec and Ellie, Together Again 2015-03-04T05:00:00Z But the source book, drafted in a mind-boggling six weeks, is a wonder: magical, lyrical and taut. Peter Murphy's top 10 literary preachers 2013-01-16T11:12:26Z Lee steals every scene she's in, whether she's wordlessly transfixed by pulling a thread taut between her fingers or sassing a religious game player. From ghosts to cannibals, here are the 10 breakout TV performances of the year 2021-12-29T05:00:00Z If anything, it showcases Pommerat’s art — his taut writing, delivered in piercing vignettes — more intimately than ever. Review: In ‘Amours (2),’ Love Hurts 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z Documentary snapshots of Sylvia Palacios Whitman show her in white pants and tank top straining against a taut elastic cord wrapped around her waist. 'Radical Women' at the Hammer Museum is a startling show you need to see, maybe twice 2017-09-30T04:00:00Z Seattle Shakespeare stages Henrik Ibsen’s taut drama about the massive fallout that one bored wife and one little lie can cause. Arts and entertainment highlights for the week of Dec. 30 2012-12-27T19:32:18Z The book aspires toward the taut elegance of that classic nanny nightmare tale, Henry James’s “The Turn of the Screw,” and, in language and complexity, it comes pretty darn close. Review | Worried about your nanny? Here’s a novel in which your worst nightmare is realized. 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z It’s easy to find tense, taut chardonnays alongside those bombastic bottles, and plenty in between. Oregon Chardonnay Escapes the Buttery Clichés 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z Point Blank is a taut suspense thriller that gets the adrenaline-inducing action going right from the start and never eases up. ArtsBeat: Hello, Ozzy: Tribeca Lineup Adds Ozzy Osbourne and Carol Channing Documentaries 2011-03-14T16:00:16Z Cam wrote all the songs on “Untamed” with various collaborators; the wordplay is taut, and the sentiments are rarely sugary. Review: Cam, on ‘Untamed,’ Mingles Roots and Radio Appeal 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z It might all amount to mere provocation had Mr. Little and Mr. Vavrek not delivered a taut, nuanced work that clawed beneath the surface of every situation. Music Review: ‘Dog Days,’ New Opera, at Peak Performances in Montclair 2012-10-03T20:58:42Z In his latest collection, the ever inventive Marcus delivers taut, bleak, dystopian stories that are disturbing and outlandish yet somehow eminently plausible. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z “Energy” seems to operate on wires; it’s taut minimalism, with the supplest layering of sub-bass tones. Beyoncé’s ‘Renaissance’ Embodies Decades of Dance Music. Here’s a Guide. 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z California choreographer Joshua D. Romero used looser but still taut moves with four marvelous dancers in "AlphA," blurring the lines between masculine competition and gymnastic interdependence. A second serving of 'Men in Dance' 2012-10-21T20:01:04Z MaxMara went sporty, on the urban side, with clean tailoring and a taut silhouette spiked with lemon yellow, orange and red. Fashion Review: Milan Steps Out of the Back Seat 2010-09-27T23:01:00Z In person, however, he is humble and thoughtful, if tightly coiled, with the taut, sinewy body of a long-distance runner and zany green eyes. Andy Griffiths, the Down-Under Kids’ Author Known for His Butt Jokes, Now Builds and Builds on His Hit ‘Treehouse’ Series 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z I arrive sunburned and windblown, my lips taut and salty. Pip and Me: A Journey Into the World of ‘Great Expectations’ 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z Wherever, the show is taut, moving and beautiful, and well worth traveling to see. Harmony Hammond’s Art Is Bold and Prickly as Ever 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z A Cruise performance conveys the sense of a ferocious, nearly inhuman sense of will power and determination, informing his breezy manner with taut control. The Vacuum-Sealed Efficiency of “Mission: Impossible—Rogue Nation” 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z Laughs increasingly double as sighs of relief as the suspense of discovery escalates through the show’s taut two-hour running time. ‘Lucy’ Review: There’s Something About the Babysitter 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z Though I didn’t see the logic behind this pairing, the Schubert performance was taut, transparent and somberly beautiful. Review: A Peter Eotvos Premiere and Schubert at the New York Philharmonic 2015-05-10T04:00:00Z Twisting like a snake with a rubbery torso as she juts a hip forward, Ms. Chien-Pott is spellbinding in her ability to waver between slinky and taut. Early Martha Graham: Deep Movement, Eternal Mysteries 2017-02-21T05:00:00Z This taut calculation of emotional effect has a specific and unfortunate impact on the viewing experience. The Pre-Fab “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z New knits The designer’s fitted, knitted dresses, following a taut body line but malleable in movement, were a hybrid of day and evening wear. Ala?a in Tune With Times and Own Style 2012-03-19T13:00:40Z The Sydney Morning Herald, reviewing Morlot's interpretation of "The Planets" last year, echoed those sentiments, calling the musical performance "rhythmically taut, colorful and subtly evocative of worlds and possibilities beyond our own." The final frontier: SSO to play Holst's 'The Planets,' with HD effects 2012-07-03T20:19:04Z Jackman is supremely buff as the thread joining the two time periods, wasting no opportunity to showcase his taut torso and rippling pecs. X-Men: Days of Future Past review – star-stuffed extravaganza 2014-05-24T04:00:00Z “Métamorphoses nocturnes” is a taut and seething one-movement work from 1954, a repertory touchstone and as fine a music as any to put a young group to the test. Calidore String Quartet Comes to New York 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z It’s a taut, precise trio, with the brothers Bobby Hackney on bass and Dannis Hackney on drums; Bobby Duncan on guitar replaced David Hackney, the original guitarist, who died in 2000. Music Review: Mitch Ryder, Death and Gories Come to Lincoln Center 2010-08-01T22:30:00Z The middle and top of his voice remained virile, handsome and taut, and his narration cycled through a remarkable series of emotions — vulnerable, proud, sweet, disdainful, morally upright — before finding transcendence. Review: The Met Opera Orchestra Raises a Glorious Noise 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z Where that comic drama was taut and charged, this one relies on cutesy "conversations" between Martin and his pooch. Fabrice Luchini is the best thing about stale 'Gemma Bovery' Far better than the glossy film adaptation that followed it, Paul Abbott’s taut, twisty corruption drama felt like the perfect political thriller for the New Labour age. The 100 best TV shows of the 21st century 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z The wine was lighter-bodied than the Broc, but taut and precise, lively and energetic, and great with a stew of white beans, herbs and sausage. You Can Teach an Old-Vine Grape New Tricks 2018-11-26T05:00:00Z Both these plays are satisfyingly taut and quick. Theater Review: ‘Harrison, TX,’ Three Plays by Horton Foote 2012-08-15T02:27:25Z That seemed right, not because the Silvestrov was undeserving of the recognition but because the dark, mysterious mood it created was worth preserving, as Mr. Kremer’s taut account of the chaconne began. Music Review: Gidon Kremer at White Light Festival at Tully Hall - Review 2011-10-24T21:15:05Z With so much to celebrate, this was indeed a celebratory, smiling reading: Punchy and taut at the start, yes, but without the neurotic, feverish quality that some conductors sustain throughout. Review: The Met Opera Reunites, With Mahler’s ‘Resurrection’ 2021-09-05T04:00:00Z In this taut debut novel Ms. Lane keeps us wondering just how creepy this woman is going to get. New Books From Maggie Shipstead, Harriet Lane, Mark Haddon 2012-06-27T19:55:30Z The Improbable creative team — perhaps best known for its work on the Philip Glass operas “Satyagraha” and “Akhnaten” — built the piece’s central visual element, a box-shaped playing area, out of taut bungee cords. Whiteboard? Check. Lab Rats? They’re the Actors. 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z Outsiders,” which premieres Tuesday, is a notable leap forward for the network, as taut and intriguing and artfully conceived as any of the pretty-good series I’ve reviewed in the past year. Got DVR space? Even WGN’s Kentucky hillbilly drama ‘Outsiders’ is pretty good. 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z Audrain’s taut, tense thriller considers the legacy of childhood trauma and the evergreen parental question of whether one’s child is “normal.” 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-01-21T05:00:00Z Mom whipped toward me, face taut with a rage and fear that I somehow understood had nothing to do with me. My Grandmother’s Desperate Choice 2017-05-14T04:00:00Z Tall slim dresses dominated the show, with a taut wrap at neck and shoulders. Fashion Review: Raf Simons at Jil Sander and Tomas Maier Redefine Sensual 2012-02-26T18:29:25Z Like Happyness, the Crookes prize taut song construction; each guitar line and drum fill was neatly placed. CMJ 2014: The Out-of-Town Advantage for Happyness, the Crookes and Money 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z The correpondents' copy was taut and lyrical and almost never overwrought. In defense of Andy Rooney 2011-09-28T13:29:00Z I won't say how Season 4 resolves that cliff-hanger, but the first episode plays out the consequences with taut and patient suspense. AMC's Breaking Bad: Elements of Style 2011-07-14T09:15:00Z The show also illustrates an artistic evolution: The “Kin” pieces are like taut distillations of the more discursive presentation of Lovell’s earlier work. An artist refashions the past: Whitfield Lovell’s ‘Kin’ 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z His musical contribution was also sly, though a little more serious: he played “Blues Walk,” one of his enduring hard-bop tunes, with a taut, honking ease. Music Review: 2013 N.E.A. Jazz Masters Are Honored 2013-01-15T22:24:48Z Stark and ambiguous in the film, the ending in the opera is a sentimental moment for mother and daughter that softens what could have been a raw, taut depiction of war and its victims. Review: San Francisco Opera’s ‘Two Women’ Depicts War’s Horror at High Pitch 2015-06-14T04:00:00Z Coming in at 85 minutes, this taut, altogether absorbing thrill ride, set entirely within the drab interiors of a Copenhagen police call station, so efficiently and economically calibrates tension it seems a kind of miracle. The best films of 2018 … that you didn't see 2018-12-27T05:00:00Z This steamed clam dish calls for a bone-dry, taut white that is as bracing and refreshing as a dunk in the ocean. With a Little Wine (and a Lot of Herbs), Clams Turn On the Charm 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z Standouts like the taut “I Sat by the Ocean,” complex “I Appear Missing” and towering “My God is the Sun” suggest he needn’t worry. CD reviews: Lenka, Queens of the Stone Age, Roomrunner 2013-06-03T19:32:13Z True, there are a lot of venerable nostrums in her advice: show, don't tell; write what you know; keep a taut chain of causation; wince over your adjectives and adverbs. Monkeys With Typewriters by Scarlett Thomas – review 2012-10-13T23:05:32Z It could use a small, taut masterpiece like the Brooklyn Museum’s 1919 “Heat.” A Trans-Atlantic View of Modernism 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z The script was very taut and very doable, really written for the budget. How we made Blood Simple 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z This wine is electric, taut and energetic with dark fruit flavors and a sense of being rooted deep in the Earth. At just $12 a bottle, this three-star Italian rosé is your new summer sipper 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z There was a contrast between the slim taut leather or shiny plastic and the exuberant growth of flower embroidery in sweet colors. Special Report: Christopher Kane's Flora 2010-02-22T18:42:00Z Just who they're accused of killing is only gradually revealed in this taut mystery. 'The Blue Room' a tantalizing mystery of lovers on trial 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z In the self-portraits of “Swim,” Charles Williams presents himself in goggles and other aquatic paraphernalia, his muscles taut and his skin burnished. In the galleries: No day at the beach 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z The device, called CoolSculpting, was entering an already-crowded beauty industry selling flatter stomachs and tauter jaw lines, but it had an advantage: a vaunted scientific pedigree. A Beauty Treatment Promised to Zap Fat. For Some, It Brought Disfigurement. 2023-04-16T04:00:00Z The 2004 thriller featured a skeletal Christian Bale as an industrial worker unable to sleep and slowly losing his mind, with Anderson pulling the tension so taut you felt your nerves might snap. 'Stonehearst Asylum' has gothic air, can't lock in the terror 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z His chiseled face and taut, slender physique suggested a young Wesley Snipes. Concert review: Willis Earl Beal at the Hideout 2012-04-20T15:59:00Z Done Hilton's way, with a taut grip on the pace, these are rendered delightful as they unfold. Comedy of Errors ? review 2011-04-05T18:00:01Z The lyrics with which she does so, by Ms. Jordan and Ms. Nash, are taut, tart and as pungent as stale cigarette smoke. Theater Review: ‘Murder Ballad,’ With Karen Olivo, at Manhattan Theater Club 2012-11-16T03:00:00Z And yet it generates a taut frisson within its spare 90 minutes. Movie Review: In ?ATM,? Brian Geraghty and Alice Eve as Financiers 2012-04-06T00:04:55Z Now 44, Ms. Taylor was dressed on this day in a taut beige halter top, a Sri Lankan skirt, strings of beads and dangling bell earrings borrowed from her mother. Carly Simon and Her Family, on Martha’s Vineyard 2018-06-30T04:00:00Z Moore's taut stories construct, detail by careful detail, the prisons in which her characters will be destroyed. The Pre-War House and Other Stories by Alison Moore – review 2013-05-17T13:01:01Z By the last work in the concert, Schumann's "Rhenish", they were at ease, the playing taut and lean. Billy Budd; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Idomeneo/ Queen of Spades – review 2012-06-23T23:05:37Z These performances are very fine, with the First beautifully expansive, and the Second lean and taut without losing its poetry. Borodin: Symphonies ? review 2011-08-11T19:30:00Z His poetry was known for its spare, taut language and a deceptive simplicity that paired a direct style with dreamlike images. Former U.S. poet laureate Mark Strand dies at 80 2014-11-29T05:00:00Z “A Quiet Place,” which ran a taut, tense 90 minutes, took in more than $340 million worldwide on a production budget of about $17 million, making a follow-up all but inevitable. John Krasinski and the Tense Wait for ‘A Quiet Place Part II’ 2021-05-19T04:00:00Z Ms. Levi is tan, taut and tiny, like an early-aughts heiress, with abdominal muscles so individually defined that they look not quite human. Is This the Most Expensive Pilates Class? 2022-04-25T04:00:00Z But Azusa Seyama is sharper, more refined: after she rolls across the stage with a pillow, her melting movement quality becomes taut. Dance Review: Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch Performs at BAM 2012-10-20T02:40:07Z Her taut yet florid performance earned an Oscar nomination, for Best Actress. What to Stream: “Afterglow,” a Melodramatic Spotlight for Julie Christie 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z Brittle and unsettled, the Symphony has a snarl not evident in the sophistication of the Toccata Concertante, and a taut formal unity that seems to look back more to Beethoven than Bach. Celebrating the Works of Irving Fine, Born 100 Years Ago 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z David Cromer's taut direction creates suspense and ambivalence, as the initially appealing characters gradually reveal how far they might go to protect themselves or get what they want. Review: 'Really Really' is clever look at GenMe 2013-02-20T22:58:08Z The many who stayed were treated to an excellent performance, achingly sustained in the opening Andante, vibrantly taut and energetic in the Allegros, featuring virtuoso soloists from the orchestra. Review: The Philharmonic Revisits an Early Triumph of Its Director 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z “Voyage of the Sable Venus,” for which Ms. Lewis recently won a National Book Award, is a taut book of responses to lunatic cultural ideas of many sorts. Review: In Robin Coste Lewis’s ‘Voyage of the Sable Venus,’ Poems on Race 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z Yet Mr. Byrne — relying almost entirely on a doom-metal soundtrack, game performers and a grungy palette of oily browns and moldy greens — somehow whips his ingredients into an improbably taut man-versus-Satan showdown. Review: Malevolent Energy in the Form of ‘The Devil’s Candy’ 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z If it still has a few soft spots, it is by and large a taut creation, one that finds a white-hot here and now in the shadows of lost time. | 'Follies' : ?Follies? on Broadway - Review 2011-09-13T02:01:08Z But in Ziegler’s taut yet graceful script, a fine choice by the Rep, Franklin’s passion for science also shines through, as does the agility of her inquiring mind. Female scientist’s life, work exposed 2013-02-08T20:26:09Z Backstage, the designer also mentioned Patagonia, perhaps for the homespun knits and taut shoulder capes, cut off at the midriff. Fashion Review: The Wrap Dress at 40 2014-02-10T16:15:48Z The action is taut and contained, with a lot of propulsion through the arms and shoulders. ‘Hamilton’ choreographer Andy Blankenbuehler delivers a revolution that rocks 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z The Purple Dorm will no doubt one day be the setting of a taut claustrophobic drama by some future Aaron Sorkin. The iPhone Is 10 Years Old. Here’s the Story of Its Birth. 2017-06-19T04:00:00Z Short chapters headed “Bleach,” “Body,” “Scrubs,” “Heat,” “Questions” follow one another in a taut rhythm like that of a drumbeat. In This Novel, One Sister Is a Nurse. The Other Is a Murderer. 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z Their short, riff-heavy songs, such as the pulverising Out Of The Black, make for a focused, taut record. Mercury Prize 2014: The nominees 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z His energy is taut without stiffness, and as Apollo, he appeared to stretch even longer. Review: At City Ballet, Taylor Stanley Is a God for Our Time 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z The interpretation was arresting from the opening notes of the orchestral introduction, rendered with taut and dramatic vigor. Critic?s Notebook: Two ?Passions,? With Two Very Different Effects 2011-04-17T22:14:02Z His frequently sinister, corrosive effects pair with mercurial hip-hop beats for a taut sort of dance melee. Songs and Laughs for the New Year’s Eve Countdown 2012-12-27T23:59:25Z Slim trousers paired with taut double-breasted jackets were not so casual they’d be out of place at a private club. Zegna Turns Jackets Into a World View 2014-06-22T04:00:00Z These taut, absorbing pieces weave together memories and close readings of work that has haunted or challenged him. Review | Ursula K. Le Guin’s final poems and other best collections to read this month 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z This is a taut and brutal one-act that sized up into something much baggier. Review: In ‘When We Went Electronic,’ Hell Is Available in Spandex 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z The Independent called it a "taut, illuminating two-hour show," while the generally conservative Daily Telegraph praised it as "thought provoking and admirably evenhanded." London theater turns England's riots into a drama 2011-11-24T16:08:14Z Indeed, this collection of 11 stories, stretched on a taut diagonal between Maine and Los Angeles, nimbly kicks us sideways at every turn. Short Stories That Travel the World From a Deliciously Off-Kilter Perspective 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z Mr. Kalmar led his players in a taut, passionate account, with superb woodwind and brass playing and pointed percussion in the Dies Irae and a haunting string tone in the closing Requiem Aeternam. Music Review: Exploring Themes of War, Both the Existential and the Concrete 2011-05-13T22:45:09Z Her shirt is folded up, revealing a taut stomach, and her bright blue snow pants are pushed halfway up her shins. Doxxing Internet babes: “She wanted it” 2014-02-23T00:00:00Z The associate choreographer Gregory Butler, wearing a black muscle tank top and black bell bottom sweats, counted out quick, taut eight counts. ‘1, 2, 3 … Exhale Together’: Broadway Families, Reunited at Last 2021-08-25T04:00:00Z Remarkably, all of these disparate strands sound taut and together. Best albums of 2012, No 1: Frank Ocean – Channel Orange 2012-12-14T00:00:00Z It's taut, claustrophobic and very well put together, with nice performances all round. Film review: The Disappearance of Alice Creed 2010-04-29T22:35:00Z Sánchez makes shaped-canvas paintings, curious forms that cast curious shadows, suggesting a taut landscape with decidedly feminine curves. Perspective | In a year of upheaval, the best art was also the bravest 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z The plot itself is taut and deftly woven. The Ides of April by Lindsey Davis – review 2013-05-09T08:01:01Z They seemed suspicious of fame and possessive of an angular indie sound that, while impressively taut, carried little emotional weight. Foals on Holy Fire: 'We were inspired by voodoo' 2013-04-25T17:11:02Z Now Henry James’s taut 1898 novella is getting a fresh musical ride as a handful of Signature Theatre vets premiere their work at Creative Cauldron, a comfortable black box on a Falls Church side street. Adapting to the times: Mexican lovers, Irish terrorists and James’s ghosts 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z But nothing in Mustard’s mammoth songbook eclipsed his contributions to “My Krazy Life,” the taut, vivid album he helped produce for the Compton rapper YG. The best music of 2014: Young Thug, Aphex Twin, Charli XCX and more Mr. Thomas conveyed all of the music’s taut intensity while shaping the whole with savvy command and astute musicianship. Music Review: Michael Tilson Thomas Opens Tanglewood 2010-07-11T22:38:00Z She served as the St. Louis Symphony’s composer in residence in the 1980s, cultivating a taut, crackling orchestral sound. At 80, Joan Tower Says Great Music Comes ‘in the Risks’ 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z These are the questions that animate Skaja’s taut, ferocious debut, “Brute.” Four New Poetry Collections Confront Despair With Wonder 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z Rash is an enormously gifted storyteller who knows exactly how to keep the dramatic tension in his fiction as taut as a fly line with a lunker on the hook. ‘Above the Waterfall’ review: A powerful tale of modern Appalachia 2015-09-02T04:00:00Z Unlike the Gothic, these are taut, concentrated works almost devoid of musical transitions. The Gothic Symphony: 'It's a Himalayan peak' 2011-07-13T20:30:01Z Branum is a taut storyteller who reveals and confides with great skill, in a narrative composed of addictive passages rather than conventional chapters. From Blood and Phlegm to Alcohol and Defenestration, Novels of Heartache 2022-01-21T05:00:00Z The taut, dainty, orange fruit is still sufficiently exotic to American consumers; plus, Asian beauty trends and the ancient-geisha-wisdom meme are big right now. Is your persimmon soap infused with geisha wisdom? The precious world of artisanal beauty. 2016-05-21T04:00:00Z That meant taut jackets and slightly looser pants, but nothing to take this luxurious collection back to the hippie era. Special Report: Fashion: Gucci at 90: Heritage With an Edge 2011-01-17T19:00:11Z So the abstractions of Hieronymus Bosch paintings were not just printed on the sensuous and shapely outfits, where a taut bodice grew out of a multifolded hipline or emerged from soft fabrics flowing around it. Special Report: McQueen's Mesmerizing Finale 2010-03-09T18:27:00Z The wines can be broad and flabby, but Fraser’s version was taut and lively, with a tannic snap that made it refreshing and complex. Perspective | It might be trendy again, but orange wine is nothing new — and nothing to scoff at 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z A single taut string — in music referred to as a monochord — can be used to define the entire musical scale; and a tight string, drawn back with great force, can propel objects with deadly speed. Fred Sandback, creating lines and defying boundaries at the Glenstone 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z But in telling what might otherwise be a grim tale, Egan, a two-time Pulitzer finalist, splices together history, science, reporting and personal experience into a taut and cautiously hopeful narrative, bursting with life. 9 New Books We Recommend This Week 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z Verlaine described it as “a flat, black bug,” Martin Amis as a “taut and meticulous” cobweb. A Debut Novel Unfolds Over 48 Tense Hours in London 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z This softness is the opposite of the crisp, taut dynamism of Balanchine, which the dancers are so used to. In Miami, Climbing Ballet’s Everest: ‘Swan Lake’ 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z Her voice held both the taut determination of mountain music and the bite of American Indian singing. Music Review: Globalfest, World Musicians at Webster Hall 2013-01-14T23:02:43Z Such moments underscore the sweat equity that goes into rendering the taut, remarkably assured world of the series, which was created by Sam Esmail and returns for its second season on Wednesday, July 13. Rami Malek of ‘Mr. Robot’: The Face of Hacktivism 2016-07-06T04:00:00Z In 1993, Ben Brantley in The Times called her interpretation of a character known only as the Woman in Mr. Albee’s “Listening” “a centered, rivetingly taut performance” that held the production together. Jacqueline Brookes, Actress, Dies at 82 2013-05-12T15:33:46Z She’s a tabula rasa, taut as piano wire as she tosses out withering rejoinders like beads at Mardi Gras. The Plight of the Aggrieved, Rich Manhattan Liberal 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z On the night I attended, it helped that Gaffigan wasted no time pointing at the animal in a taut opening act that served as an excellent teaser for his next special. Ali Wong’s Raunchy New Stand-Up Set Brings the Laughs We Need 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z Nagi Wakisaka was a strong and taut Queen of the Dryads. Review: ‘Don Quixote’ Ballet Unites Lovers, Dryads and Toreadors 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z In Michael Gordon’s “Exalted,” another premiere, the young singers brought admirable spirit and assurance to a taut, urgent and tonally sophisticated setting of the first line from the Kaddish. Music Review: A Quartet Mixes It Up With Younger Voices 2010-10-11T22:00:00Z That band was a taut pop-punk missile, and especially on its first two albums, it didn’t stray far from its mission. Paramore Tries to Find Itself in the ’80s on ‘After Laughter’ 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z After intermission, Mr. Robertson led a ferociously focused performance of Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony, the phrasing taut but natural as breathing. Review: David Robertson Leads the St. Louis Symphony at Carnegie Hall 2015-03-22T04:00:00Z The “viscera has questions about itself” sculpture, suspended midair and held taut, looks like a suit of chain metal or flayed skin. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z Nine string players and an organist from the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, appearing without a conductor, offered a pared-down and taut interpretation of the work, using minimal vibrato. Music Review: Orchestra of St. Luke?s Performs ?Stabat Mater? 2010-05-25T22:50:00Z But also important is the taut composition of figures and Crivelli’s balancing of ornament with the bare, parched ground underfoot. Carlo Crivelli, an Overlooked Renaissance Master, in Boston 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z Two early pencil drawings of Picasso’s, by contrast, show him using a line every bit as taut and substantial as those of the “Medusa.” Calder and Picasso in Parallel, and as They Diverge 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z Her comparatively romantic approach and tendency to milk phrases contrasted with the lean, tauter orchestral playing. Music Review: West Side Chamber Orchestra?s Inaugural Concert - Review 2011-09-11T22:03:53Z Ms. King is a taut, unsmiling crusader waging a war not only against breast cancer but also against the smug, dismissive, mostly male medical establishment that leaves her research perpetually underfunded. Movie Review: ‘Decoding Annie Parker’ Follows a Breast Cancer Discovery 2014-05-01T22:30:50Z Extracting a taut arc of story from Melville’s notoriously digressive text posed another challenge. Jake Heggie Makes ?Moby-Dick? an Opera 2010-04-24T02:46:00Z A taut pinwheel arrangement of branches crowns the tree. Getty exhibition makes a case for the enduring power of Theodore Rousseau 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z The theaters, home to the Arena Stage company, were soon beloved by architecture buffs for their taut geometry, and by theater buffs for layouts encouraging artistic experimentation. Washington?s Fresh Coat of Greasepaint 2010-10-10T01:30:00Z Leaning less on quick cuts than taut, maniacal monologues, she has a gift for hilarious snapshots of the unhinged, the deluded and the startlingly vengeful. Now Playing Nightly on Instagram: Sketch Comedy’s Newest Star 2020-03-29T04:00:00Z But the Adagio was taut and suspenseful, the final Allegro sleek and purposeful. The Knights Play Stravinsky and Bartok in Central Park 2014-07-23T04:00:00Z Verdict There are enough plots here for 16 taut, exciting spy movies, or one big dull one. The Good Shepherd: Angelina Jolie and Matt Damon can't sex this up 2010-04-22T07:00:00Z Balanchine’s “Agon” is such a taut construction that even in a hit-and-miss rendition, like Friday’s, it’s still implacable. Dance Review: City Ballet Classics, Including ?Agon? at Koch Theater 2012-02-19T22:21:20Z Creating a game with a more realistic sense of death, and a taut sense of the time we have in a single life, will, he thinks, help give rise to a virtual civilization. Jason Rohrer and the Art of the Video Game 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z The record is a gripping comeback filled with taut punk riffs, and its dauntless, alternately wailed and growled vocals are an exhilarating reclamation of feminist power. Pop & Rock Listings for Dec. 11-17 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z Yet the floppy shapes did not so much ripple over taut bodies as seem limp and droopy. Special Report: Fashion: The Sporting Life 2011-06-20T11:43:45Z Prince sings about generational responsibilities — “the debt of the ones before us must be paid” — in a taut, bare-bones funk workout built around a jumpy bass riff. Taylor Swift’s Revised ‘Revenge,’ and 10 More New Songs 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z But “A Thing Called Divine Fits,” the threesome’s first record together, produced with Nick Launay, feels taut and right. New Music: Music From Yeasayer, Tamia, Lionel Loueke and Divine Fits 2012-08-27T21:53:22Z And then there was the pineapple — just a few taut, golden-yellow rings scattered across the top of the pie. Pineapple haters are wrong: You should eat even more fruit on your pizza 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z And the mix made a lively women’s collection, with more mesh than you would find on a tennis court worked in curving lines into lithe, taut dresses. Fashion Review: Stella McCartney 2011-10-03T18:27:47Z Here he was taut and refined — simple in the best sense — while Mr. Hallberg was too labored, too self-aware. At the Joyce, a Feast of Dancers at a Sometimes Meager Table 2019-08-18T04:00:00Z “And they have so combined sentiment, humor and pathos with taut melodrama and bristling intrigue that the result is a highly entertaining and even inspiring film.” What’s on TV Thursday: Carrie Fisher in ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z Even as “Westworld” mounts its critique of the people who pay to have their way with the hosts, the cameras linger on the robots’ taut naked bodies. How Movies and TV Address Rape and Revenge 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z These taut little pictures are astonishing, acutely observed wartime vignettes: a recruit listening, eyes down, to distant music; a stiff young officer confronting hostile prisoners of war. American Eden, After the Fall 2013-01-10T22:01:26Z Better than any individual movements was how Ms. Monk spread the three singers around the stage: Triangles and horizontal lines all felt taut, implicit with happy drama. Review: Meredith Monk and Anne Waldman, in Playful Collaboration 2015-12-20T05:00:00Z Phillips gifted viewers with an incomparably taut season of TV before he left the show at the end of Season 4. "Dexter: New Blood" is less of a revival than another stab at a satisfying closure 2021-11-07T04:00:00Z Mr. Kennedy handed in his edit at a relatively taut one hour and change. Don’t Fence Me In: The Comforts of a Sheep Video 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z The diction is taut and spare: "flip-flop over/ tarmac" economises, possibly, by compressing foot-wear into verb-of-motion; "exchange the weather" wastes no time on chit-chat. Poem of the week: Pier by Vona Groarke 2010-08-30T10:24:00Z “World Builders” is less taut and vivid than Adams’s harrowing “Gidion’s Knot,” which premiered at the 2012 festival, but it does share the earlier play’s concerns with loss, freedom and the possibilities of transgressive imagination. 2015 Contemporary American Theater Festival sets the stage for rebellion 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z Across the board, the performances are thrilling and taut, more celebration than elegy. Review: An All-Star Jazz Trio Explores Form and Freedom 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z The resulting disfigurement was profound: Zakia lost an eye, and its socket; her lips were so taut on one side that she had trouble eating. TV review: Saving Face: True Stories; Funny Business 2013-01-16T23:10:01Z There’s something hovering beneath the surface in that moment — a buildup of potential energy, like a rubber band pulled taut. How Dev Hynes Went From Being in ‘We Are Who We Are’ to Scoring It 2020-09-14T04:00:00Z The garlic and pork sausages were also satisfying: taut on the outside yet soft on the inside, their flavor enhanced by a side of thick house-made sauerkraut. Choice Tables: New Variety in Oakland?s Restaurants 2010-06-23T18:53:00Z "Sleep Dealer" is a wondrous thing to behold, with its saturated cinematography, its unnervingly realistic vision of the future, its singular focus on U.S.-Mexico border politics and its supremely taut storytelling. Border drones and labor-bots: Alex Rivera's prescient 'Sleep Dealer' 2014-08-02T04:00:00Z And experiencing it now, some 81 years after its premiere in Detroit, the music feels pulled taut between nostalgia and ambition, looking back and dreaming forward. Review | My spirits needed a lift. Violinist Hilary Hahn and the NSO delivered, in D major. 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z Zing will go certain taut strings in your chest. For the Performing Arts Students in This Novel, Drama Is a Way of Life 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z A taut strand of barbed wire ran along the top as if it were a prison camp. Don’t shoot me! I’m just picking mushrooms! 2013-09-08T13:30:00Z Studio staged Burgess’s taut drama about lobbying and systemic political corruption in 2018, with Marti Lyons directing. Review | Audio adaptation of Beltway drama ‘Kings’ tantalizes but ultimately falls flat without a stage 2020-11-04T05:00:00Z The missing ingredient was a touch of eccentricity that Mr. Pilati’s personal choice of baggy, low-crotch, cuffed pants and taut jacket might bring to the mix. The Greatcoat Fights Back 2013-01-13T18:36:27Z Though “Oxygen” is more thriller than horror, these manipulations keep the film taut, even as its script bends credulity. ‘Oxygen’ Review: The Thrill of Claustrophobia 2021-05-12T04:00:00Z The magic DuVernay works here isn’t simply reliant on the story itself or its telling, although the writing is taut and sharp. This one (only) goes up to 11: the Best TV of 2019 and the many runners-up 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z A series of duets culminating in a long solo, with overlapping ensemble passages, its taut structure contrasts with the evanescence of the music. Richard Alston Dance Company – review 2012-10-06T23:05:55Z Gentle grooves and softly arpeggiated guitars take the place of sprawling, climactic jams, yet their songwriting is taut enough that the audience is never in danger of being lulled to sleep. 14 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z Homecoming can be a taut thriller that also has a weird emphasis on pelicans. Finally some good news: TV dramas are getting shorter 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z A taut moral thriller, “Styx” is a story of what happens when self-reliance runs into other people’s desperation. ‘Styx’ Review: The Refugee Crisis as Moral Thriller 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z That’s only one of the taut contradictions Ms. Ruple folds into the four large crisp compositions — frozen but vibrant — of this memorable solo presentation. A Striking Balance of New and Rediscovered at the Independent Fair 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z Memorable characters, taut storytelling and the most obtuse, intriguing mystery since Twin Peaks made Lost as much of an instant hit as 24 was three years earlier. Jacking it in 2010-05-21T23:06:00Z Pulling from gangsta rap, psychedelic funk, hard bop and neo-soul, it’s a word-drunk magnum opus that can still feel at times like a taut psychological thriller. The Best Albums of 2015 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z This is a complex but legible, lovable piece; a funky yet elegant ritual; thrilling and taut, if also fundamentally unhurried and unpressured. Review: A Concerto Makes Two Soloists a Many-Tentacled Creature 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z As for the eggplant, choose vegetables with shiny, taut skin and firm stems. When eggplant meets tomato, my summer’s made 2017-08-19T04:00:00Z A taut, gritty thriller, the film, which also stars Tyrese Gibson, puts a spotlight on the deep distrust between many African-Americans and the police. ‘Moonlight’ Unlocked the Door. Naomie Harris Charged Through It. 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z Often, though, what we get are wasted hours adding sag to season plot arcs that would otherwise be taut. The 10 best TV episodes of 2018: A highly subjective list 2018-12-26T05:00:00Z But the music could easily have stood alone; her voice made every phrase taut and glowing. Music Review: Ghalia Benali at French Institute Alliance Française 2013-05-16T21:42:33Z The music feels energized and pulled taut by every apprehension of 2019. Best Albums of 2019 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z Set in Ireland, this “clever, taut” whodunit, as our reviewer, Sarah Lyall, described it, evokes Agatha Christie classics. New in Paperback: ‘Chasing Chopin’ and ‘V2’ 2021-08-13T04:00:00Z It began with Mahler’s slight “Blumine,” a sort of belated encore to the first program, on May 31, which included a taut performance of Mahler’s Symphony No. 1. The Met Orchestra Aids and Abets Operatic Dabblers 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z Creating music of charm, quirk and sublimity with a computer is no more unlikely a notion than making it on a ponderous wooden coffin with ivory keys, felt hammers and taut metal wires. Music Review: Sarah Cahill and Carl Stone at the Stone Space 2010-08-04T22:28:00Z Again, Joe thrust his knife into the tangle of lines, targeting a second taut one. How one man died so a whale might live 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z Rapping first, Lil Baby leans in on terse bars, tightening his flow until it’s taut: “I wasn’t ’posed to make it out/I stay by the governor house/I done found another route.” John Coltrane’s Unearthed Live ‘A Love Supreme,’ and 12 More New Songs 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z “Green painting,” one of 13 recent drawings and paintings and two film installations at Matthew Marks Gallery, scuffs up an emerald field of enamel paint on taut linen. Paul Sietsema's first L.A. show of new Conceptual art was worth the 14-year wait 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z Like Warwick himself, the movie begins to run amok after a taut and tantalizing first act. | 'The Perfect Host': A Welcome to His World Is Accepted at Your Peril 2011-06-30T22:13:04Z Exquisitely balanced, it’s brimming with flavors of citrus and peach that seem to reach for the sky, and a taut stoniness that keeps it grounded. Perspective | The 12 best bargain wines of the year will set you back as little as $10. How can you resist? 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z And skin stretches taut as veins and arteries pump blood as fast as possible. The stomach-churning, visceral power of Chris Finley's weightlifter portraits 2017-06-27T04:00:00Z These days, “Ocean’s Eleven,” which places a group of thieves in a Las Vegas casino-robbing plot, makes for a taut 2000s time capsule. What’s on TV This Week: ‘His Dark Materials’ and the People’s Choice Awards 2022-12-05T05:00:00Z Howard excelled as Banquo, and Michael Brandenburg, a current Young Artist, brought down the house with a nervous, edgy, taut version of Macduff’s anguished aria. Glimmerglass season shines with vibrant vocal performances 2015-08-23T04:00:00Z For that matter, Zahler’s taut, restrained style is a part of that exertion of force—it’s an artistic force that, with its centripetal pressure, prevents the centrifugal force of emotionalism, sentimentality, Pollyanna-ish liberalism from prevailing. “Dragged Across Concrete,” Reviewed: A Stylish, Repugnant Crime Thriller Starring Mel Gibson 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z Mr. Gruber’s piano concerto, which has its German premiere with the Berlin Philharmonic on March 16, oozes with Weill’s aesthetic: intricate, taut orchestration coexisting with a winking, yet sincere, undercurrent of jazz rhythms and riffs. Kurt Weill: How Germany Finally Unearthed a National Treasure 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z It’s taut and pure, and it tastes like Willamette Valley pinot noir. When Simplicity Can Be a Winemaking Virtue 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z These works are small and portable, bright and taut, and use unmixed colors of high-gloss enamel in extraordinary combinations. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z The highlight of the night was the conducting: Gianandrea Noseda led a briskly paced and taut interpretation and the orchestra sounded in top form. Music Review: Verdi?s ?Macbeth? at the Metropolitan Opera 2012-03-16T22:47:17Z The opening third of “The First Stone” offers taut depictions of war and a quasi-Shakespearean power struggle involving an idealistic Afghan mayor in a small town in Helmand. A Different View of the Afghan War Yields the Same Grim Truth 2019-09-01T04:00:00Z Their skin was luminous, their taut muscles sinewy. Review: Dancing to Tears for Fears, Until They’re Worn Out 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z Yet she also delivers the genre goods, packing the picture with taut suspense sequences and steering it to a rip-roaring, deeply satisfying conclusion. ‘Night Catches Us,’ ‘Ida’ and More Offbeat Streaming Options 2021-02-23T05:00:00Z Mr. Nasseri brought judicious elasticity to the phrasing and taut suspense to the chromatic progressions. Review: Pianist Soheil Nasseri Puts a New Touch on Classical Standards 2015-09-02T04:00:00Z I went to the hospital in the early morning, my husband’s face taut with fear. “I should have had the drugs”: The pregnancy that made me fear cars, carrots, forest fires and David Bowie 2014-04-15T22:59:00Z This is one of those espionage thrillers for which the word “taut” was invented. Review | Yearning for escape? So is the heroine of Cara Black’s heart-racing new novel. 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z What follows is a taut cat-and-mouse, conducted entirely by telephone, as Joe, instead of following protocol and handing off to other agencies, frantically attempts to solve the crime himself. ‘The Guilty’ Review: Dial R for Redemption 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z The ballet distills the Greek legend of Medea into a few taut scenes. The painful truth about those Noguchi stage designs 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z The Eye of the Beholder by Marc Behm A gorgeously taut bit of nastiness. Jonathan Kellerman's top 10 LA noir novels 2010-03-31T08:32:00Z They hold equally taut the attention of mind and body. Lawrence Weiner's work at Regen Projects: It's all spelled out 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z Mr. Mills also wrote for Mr. Simon’s other notable dramas, “Homicide,” set in Baltimore; and “The Wire,” HBO’s taut prison series. David Mills, Television Writer and Producer, Dies at 48 2010-04-01T03:10:00Z At his most sardonic, Korvette impresses as someone who enjoys rubbing a taut balloon to annoy bystanders with the sound it makes. A Punk Band That Knows “The Bar Is Low” for Straight White Men 2017-04-08T04:00:00Z The taut surfaces are nonetheless dizzyingly intricate, thanks in part to the surprising array of pictorial references built into them. Art In Review: DOUGLAS MELINI: ‘A Sharing of Color and Being a Part of It’ 2012-07-19T21:30:52Z Andrew Cyrille opens one of his two new albums, “The Declaration of Musical Independence,” with a syncopated figure on a snare drum, as taut and riveting as a military cadence. Andrew Cyrille’s Late-Career Renaissance 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z Of the two, the taut “Beauty Queen” is the easier to get right, and it’s the more satisfying production. Critic’s Notebook: Watching ‘Mother Courage’ and ‘Beauty Queen of Leenane’ 2013-08-19T21:54:46Z Their curving and protruding shapes interlock like puzzles; their taut compositions are further compressed by distinctively notched and stained wood frames of the artist’s making. Art in Review: FREDERICK HAMMERSLEY: ?Organic and Geometric? 2011-09-15T21:15:09Z In a few places Mr. Turner did what he does best, playing with taut, cool logic over the whole range of his instrument, cranking the tension of the group, leading toward full-band nirvana. Music Review: Ambrose Akinmusire at Jazz Standard 2010-06-27T21:24:00Z I’m not suggesting you gather the family on Christmas week for this one, but this tautest of thrillers from the Coen Brothers won Best Picture for a reason. The Best TV Shows and Movies New to Netflix, Hulu and More in December 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z On a utilitarian set by the design collective dots, under warehouse-stark lighting by Isabella Byrd, “Work Hard” is told in a series of fragmentary scenes that aren’t always as taut as they might have been. ‘Work Hard Have Fun Make History’ Review: Labor, Meet Greed 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z In a review for The New York Times, C. D. B. Bryan called it a “taut, finely written, exhaustingly exuberant first novel.” Dick Wimmer, Whose Persistence Got Him Published, Dies at 74 2011-05-25T03:06:29Z Roth’s skills as narrator are everywhere as taut as a bowstring with its arrow poised to fly. Appreciation: Philip Roth 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z But it was those short, taut jackets — some with bold, sharp contrasting black lapels — that marked the collection. Special Report: Fashion Special Report: In High Definition Color 2011-01-16T18:42:01Z “Exile” builds a taut thriller around this uncertainty. Five International Movies to Stream Now 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z In the smart, taut “The How and the Why,” an encounter between two scientists precipitates a war of ideas and treacherous emotion. From Sarah Treem, an exploration of women who are fighting for recognition 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z As if to disarm that preconception, the album opens with a taut, harmonically unsettled arrangement of “On Broadway,” the striver’s anthem still synonymous with its greatest steward, George Benson. New Music: New Albums by Mountain Goats, Kurt Elling and Trash Talk 2012-10-09T01:10:07Z But for those whose taste for dystopian suspense is undiminished, Beukes’s tale of a mother and son making their way across a post-pandemic-ravaged landscape is prescient and taut. Review | In Lauren Beukes’s ‘Afterland,’ a mother and son go on the run in a post-pandemic America 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z Kirino's retelling is a taut, disturbing and timeless tale, filled with rage and pathos for the battles that women have to fight every day, battles which have, apparently, existed from the moment of creation. The Goddess Chronicle by Natsuo Kirino – review 2013-02-27T12:28:01Z The quartet’s muscular playing, almost too exciting, brought out the taut energy of Mr. Tynek’s dance, a fantasy about sailors, their wives and the pitiless ocean. Dance Review: Dusan Tynek Dance - Review 2011-11-04T22:32:48Z The production was uneven but included some powerful moments — which might not have worked as well as they did without the support of such taut choral singing and nuanced orchestra playing. Perspective | After a conductor’s injury, an opera in Scotland became a test run for the NSO’s future 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z It began with delicate, restrained vocals against a taut, building hum. Feist electrifying Thursday at Moore Theatre 2011-11-18T18:42:04Z The Detroit News' Tom Long says the film is "both more taut and tough than you'd expect from a late August spy action flick," and "far grittier than a Bond escapade." Pierce Brosnan's spy skills can't save 'November Man,' reviews say 2014-08-29T04:00:00Z Despite its visual flair and unrelentingly taut atmosphere, “The Lodge” is more successful in sustaining unease — like the eerie, unexplained shots of a spooky dollhouse — than in building a convincing narrative. ‘The Lodge’ Review: Mommy Not-So-Dearest 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z “Al Freeman Jr. is brilliant,” the critic Howard Taubman wrote in The New York Times, praising his performance for its “taut intelligence.” Al Freeman Jr., Actor Prominent in Civil Rights Era, Dies at 78 2012-08-15T04:14:02Z “The sound of taut ropes lashing on concrete at short intervals is, to me, the sound of summer.” Sunday Reading: Summer in the City 2018-07-08T04:00:00Z Each basket is big enough to hold three or four dumplings, their fillings showing through the taut, translucent wrappers like saltwater taffy. 17 Restaurants Where New Yorkers Can Make Up for Lost Time 2021-04-20T04:00:00Z The lush, taut “Churchyard” retains their previous band’s keen sense of melody, but this time favoring the sort of clean, bright guitar tones that broadcast their penchant for pop songcraft loud and clear. glaive Showcases His Less Hyper Pop, and 13 More New Songs 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z There was the usual barrage of the taut and the tanned in a packed party tent. Scene City: A Charming Ability to Remember Names 2013-08-13T19:20:49Z Clients who reach their “sub” level are rewarded not only with taut tummies but also a month of free training, which can add up: S10 charges $100 to $200 for each hourlong session. A New York Trainer to Men About Town 2015-11-28T05:00:00Z The strings offered a taut, dramatic and darkly lyrical performance, yet the winds and brass were disappointingly wan. Soprano Heidi Melton shows promise in Strauss’s ‘Four Last Songs’ program 2015-05-24T04:00:00Z But with the publication of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s report on Thursday, Sanders’s credibility among the people who cover her has been stretched about as taut as a violin string. What to do about Sarah Sanders? White House reporters have a few ideas. 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z Chaon’s novel walks along a garrote stretched taut between Edgar Allan Poe and Alfred Hitchcock. Dan Chaon’s ‘Ill Will’ is the scariest novel of the year 2017-03-06T05:00:00Z In his muscular performance, Goodyear emphasized tension and intensity, with sharp accents, propulsive rhythms and a taut sense of drama. Canadian pianist continues daring performances 2016-12-19T05:00:00Z This wine is unlike most California chardonnay — it is lithe and taut, a live wire that sends a jolt of energy across the palate. This delightful French rosé comes from a seasoned winemaker and is just $12 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z The sheer joy of watching three generations of Method actors thrust and parry overpowers the archetypes’ familiarity, and the heist itself is taut, suspenseful and pleasantly twisty. Stream These Ultra-Cool Heist Movies 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z Because of the sheer number of dahlias, he grows them through the six-inch netting — taut, strung in three layers a foot apart, and perfect for securing stems against a bullying wind. The autumnal annual named dahlia But he has never quite managed to tie his influences and the various other threads of his sensibility into taut and commanding art. Review | Georg Baselitz is an overrated hack. Art collectors fell for him — but you don’t have to. 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z The language is easy to read, but it's taut and evocative — things simmer and tickle and sizzle underfoot, and the book practically smells like a lavender field. Lori Roy's skills impress in 'Let Me Die in His Footsteps' 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z Inside the cavernous building “nerves were so taut that there were numerous accidental discharges, bullets flying through the ceiling of the hall”, Ms Lim writes. Ageing rebels, bitter victims 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z A taut guitar riff, loosely borrowed from “Gimme Shelter,” amps up the tension. Hugs, flags, tears, kids: Inside the heart-tugging world of today’s super-viral campaign ads 2018-09-15T04:00:00Z Stretched taut, carefully draped or seemingly suspended, these structures evoke tents, gliders, banners and even spaceships and maps. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z Using charcoal gray, black, cream and just a touch of plum, the designer cleverly offset the layers with multiple fastening options, so a suit jacket could zip up taut or button close classically. 2010-01-19T05:09:00Z Even though the outcome is a foregone conclusion, "Stewart keeps the tension taut throughout." 'Rosewater': Jon Stewart scores solid reviews in directing debut 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z Ms. Jansen and Mr. Golan offered a film-noirish reading of Prokofiev’s taut Violin Sonata No. 1, with Ms. Jansen adding new shades to her palette. Janine Jansen and Itamar Golan Balance Power and Nuance at Zankel Hall 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z We wove heavy jute twine around an end post, then around each stake in the row, around the other end post and then back again, pulling the twine taut. Growing sweet corn? Here’s how to keep your stalks from toppling. 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z Wielding a voluminous silver-gray cape, Mr. Pennington made a powerful case for an antiquated style, the taut images striking both on their own and as tantalizing evidence of their influence on Martha Graham. Dance Review: American Dance Guild Performance Festival 2012-09-07T22:30:01Z In this crisp, taut thriller centered on a Greek island, the heir to a construction fortune goes missing. New in Paperback: ‘No Apparent Distress,’ ‘The Destroyers’ 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z It was both a bit much and not enough, far less arresting than the moments when they juxtaposed taut lunging legs with loosely slumped torsos. Dance Review: ‘Nature and Its Discontents’: Juliette Mapp at Danspace 2012-11-19T22:16:15Z I'm a sucker for taut inexorability in art. My favourite album: Back in Black by AC/DC 2011-08-05T15:23:28Z His control of the three Slavonic Dances that began the programme was taut, artfully underlining their structure so as to create a quasi-symphonic sequence. Czech Philharmonic Orchestra/Bělohlávek – review 2013-04-18T15:44:05Z Our Pacific Northwest weather, so similar in nature, provides ample opportunity to curl up with this book, a sad, intricate tale taut with suspense. Book review: "Coral Glynn" peeks behind the facade of an English manor 2012-04-19T20:15:05Z So the Debussy was taut, but not sensual. How the Philharmonic’s New Home Sounds, From Any Seat 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z Ms. Bloch, an admirer of poets like Emily Dickinson, Anna Akhmatova and Elizabeth Bishop, specialized in taut, pared-down verse that fused disarming simplicity with emotional depth. Chana Bloch, Poet and Hebrew Translator, Is Dead at 77 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z The band’s drummer, Tyler Greenwell, lays deep into every groove, keeping things simple and taut. New Music from Gucci Mane and Waka Flocka Flame 2011-08-08T22:27:29Z On the palate, it's juicy and taut with a nice core of red fruit. Chillable red wines may be synonymous with poolsides, but they're equally great in long sleeves 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z Musically, and in terms of choreography, this is taut and sharp, too. Chess ? review 2011-07-27T17:49:00Z Ms. Teyssier was the compelling soloist, singing Maria Maddalena, in the Sciarrino piece, which over 30 taut minutes tries to evoke the scene of the mystic nun issuing her clipped bursts of words. Review: Cantata Profana Captures the Death of a Saint 2019-01-20T05:00:00Z It was garage rock with a punky twist; taut and edgy, with Bigley developing into a commanding vocalist, with a booming bass voice or wildcat screaming as needed. The legendary U-Men and grunge-era Gruntruck release albums 2017-10-26T04:00:00Z The Facebook chat box bears the tiny smiling face of a woman in workout gear: a tank top cut off at the midriff and leggings in a matching black, bearing her taut, tanned belly. My body doesn’t need a cure: Sizeism, classism and the big-business hustle of the clean-eating industry 2016-03-27T04:00:00Z But as an exercise in melding soft and hard, fluid and taut, the show was gracefully done. Next Summer? Tough vs. Tender 2012-09-09T17:05:31Z His eyes were bright and focused, his body taut. Playing the Silver Ball: Flipping and Tilting as Team Sport 2011-03-03T19:15:55Z “Fire” — the first single from her new solo album “Fake Sugar,” due in June — has some of that band’s taut ferocity. The Playlist: Harry Styles and Beth Ditto Take the Plunge and Go Solo 2017-04-07T04:00:00Z A small, taut show at the Craft & Folk Art Museum in Los Angeles gathers roughly two dozen works made by the artist over the last couple of decades. Betye Saar's gun-totin' mammies turn stereotype into power at the Craft & Folk Art Museum 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z And so did the pants, worn with shirts or short, taut jackets, following the silhouette. Sporty? It's the Olympics, Stupid! 2012-09-18T17:23:29Z |
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