| 单词 | thematic |
| 例句 | When the curtain descends on this current wave of attention and the thematic celebrations cool down, my sisters and I will remain proud. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I’ve also suggested some thematic groupings, according to nothing more scholarly than my own taste. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z The thematic coherence in Mueller’s exposition is a happy consequence of his use of classic style, particularly the imperative to show rather than tell. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z In one thematic string we have terms like criminals, criminal warfare, crime, fun, profit, gangs, mafias, thugs, mercenaries, troublemakers, preys on the weak, executioners, violence, desertion, flight, whim, opportunity, and run. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Some were haphazardly strewn across the floor; none seemed to be in thematic order. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z And today Livotny & Associates is a growing firm of twelve full-time people, which specializes in thematic restaurant design, what I still like to call “theme eating.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Generally, the Costume Institute has focused on thematic displays, like last year’s show on American fashion, or 2019’s “Camp.” The Met Walks a Fine Line on Lagerfeld: Judge the Clothes, Not the Man 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z You might not think the Kama Sutra and “Downton Abbey,” the warm PBS soap opera about intrigues on a large rural estate in England, would have a great deal of thematic overlap. Books of The Times: The Kama Sutra, Newly Translated 2012-01-31T17:03:33Z “Our Secrets” covers thematic territory that was memorably mined by “The Lives of Others,” the Academy Award-winning 2006 film about love, East German-style, in the age of state surveillance. Review: Hungarians Bare Their Dark Side in ‘Our Secrets’ 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z This thematic exhibition, including works by David Brooks and Tacita Dean, explores “tamed versus untamed nature” in a selection of installations and presents competing definitions of the wilderness. Promising Exhibitions From Coast to Coast 2011-03-17T04:45:08Z On Thursday the conductor Andrews Sill prefaced “Diamonds” with an invaluable “See the Music” talk about the Third Symphony’s opening movement and the rhythmic, structural and thematic reasons Balanchine may have omitted it. Critic’s Notebook: New York City Ballet’s Tchaikovsky Celebration 2013-01-26T01:22:39Z Now comes another one, a big, juicy, thought-through thematic sampler here at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Art Meets Its Soundtrack Deep in ‘The Dirty South’ 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z One of the repeating thematic ideas in the book is self-restraint. In fiction, anyone can be a protagonist: “I don’t understand this desire to only read about people who are like oneself” 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z It's a thematic gallery that wakes you up to realize that you're not in a traditional chronology. 'Elles' exhibit at Seattle Art Museum asks: What is 'women's' art? 2012-10-07T06:38:52Z This is an art of absurdist banalities that, through careful staging and cumulative thematic hypnotism becomes visual poetry. This week's new exhibitions 2010-08-27T23:05:00Z But his real signature is thematic: the subtle ways his songs tweak country’s gender conventions. Out and Riding High in Nashville 2013-05-24T12:00:31Z The film’s division into rough thematic chapters reinforces redundancies; some ideas within the “healing” segment could have fit within “radical self-care,” and vice versa. ‘In Our Mothers’ Gardens’ Review: Creating Space for Black Women 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z It’s very thematic, which means it’s basically a lexicon of synonyms. Slang: The universal language 2012-10-15T11:45:00Z The combination of thematic dumbness and technical competence is certainly better than many of the alternatives, and it may be that dumb fun in this kind of movie presents a special kind of challenge. | 'Battle: Los Angeles': City of Angels Resists Becoming City of Aliens (the Outer-Space Type) 2011-03-11T00:59:25Z There is a moment in these early scenes that sets the thematic tone of the movie that follows. The real horror of the "Midsommar" ending 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z Along with its thematic program, a rainbow balloon arch will frame the theater during the Pride parade. For Pride Week at the Joyce Theater, a Painful Look Back 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z This is what I mean by high thematic ambition: “Titane” is a movie concerned with gender politics, metaphysics, the nature of love and a great deal more. ‘Titane’ Review: Auto Erotic 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z Big Bangs, especially the programme devoted to "Bass", showed that a thematic approach suited the medium – and Goodall – much better than a dogged historical survey. Noise by David Hendy and The Story of Music by Howard Goodall – review 2013-03-08T10:01:01Z Back then it adopted a much criticised thematic hang that grouped work from different eras together under titles such as Portraiture, Landscape and War. Tate Britain: On the move 2013-05-03T18:40:01Z Though her cinema was more obviously thematic than her choreography, Rainer remained more interested in confounding viewers than gratifying them. Step-by-step guide to dance: Yvonne Rainer 2010-12-24T13:12:31Z But, while I admire Haddon's thematic boldness, I find myself resisting the underlying pessimism of a play that makes Beckett look like Little Mary Sunshine. Polar Bears 2010-04-06T23:48:00Z Wretch’s refusal to be bound by any of the thematic or sonic restraints that are often found in M.C. culture has informed Stormzy’s approach to music. How Stormzy Crafted His Latest Album, ‘This Is What I Mean’ 2022-11-29T05:00:00Z Among her innovations was thematic programming, like the East Village series, which examined the institution’s political and social intersection with its neighborhood, and the No series, which focused on the creativity of refusal. Jenny Schlenzka Steps Down From Performance Space New York 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z This journey had unmistakable thematic parallels to that of Ms. Lee: Her subject was a descendant of Elijah Parish Lovejoy, an abolitionist minister who was murdered by a pro-slavery mob in Illinois in 1837. The Invisible Hand Behind Harper Lee’s ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ 2015-07-12T04:00:00Z In the hands of a less talented writer such thematic material might easily have become overly didactic, and the characters might have seemed like cutouts from a Chinese American knockoff of “Roots.” Review: ‘The Joy Luck Club,’ by Amy Tan 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z Although our real-life health crisis cannot be compared to the atrocities and millions of lives lost in war, the actor does see certain thematic parallels in how people have reacted and often rallied. "Everything is changed": Star Jonah Hauer-King on the WWII drama "World on Fire" and Season 2 plans 2020-05-17T04:00:00Z Later this week, she’ll deliver her self-titled sophomore album, which operates in a similar thematic space but explores new sonic territory. The Week in Arts: Glorious Nubian Art in Boston 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z Yet on the recordings she places the sonatas into eight thematic groups, invoking lofty philosophical titles like “Extremes in Collision,” “Eternal Feminine” and “Destiny,” an exercise that seems more academic than revolutionary. David Greilsammer and H J Lim, Pianists Stepping Out 2012-08-26T02:43:13Z If there’s a thematic core to this hour, it’s a proud affirmation of single-minded professionalism. 4 Comedy Specials to Watch: Seasoned Stand-Ups Making Debuts 2017-12-04T05:00:00Z The thematic incoherence of “Joker” is inseparable from its aesthetic emptiness. “Joker” Is a Viewing Experience of Rare, Numbing Emptiness 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z I think you'll see throughout the first year that we're constantly putting that in contrast both in terms of the thematic story as well as visually. Comics: No Flash in the pan 2011-11-25T18:37:03Z No doubt she chose these for their thematic content: The first is about women trapped in men’s cages, the second the dangers of firearms. Sondheim Two Ways, From Judy Collins and Melissa Errico 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z Cusk’s focus on transition is played up with frequent thematic cues — home renovations, but also children. Rachel Cusk is returning fiction to its roots in storytelling 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z And yet, it is this fraught combination of personality, psychology and physicality that remains “Away’s” strongest thematic anchor, echoing the 2014 Esquire article that inspired the series. Perspective | Is TV getting us emotionally prepared to leave the planet? ‘Away’ and ‘Raised by Wolves’ sure make it seem so. 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z Set during World War I, the movie builds a temporal and thematic trench between itself and the vacuous Batman v Superman. Why Wonder Woman Broke Through 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z Now 71 years old and understandably not on tour, Springsteen and the E Street Band have wisely refocused their thematic scopes to dreamy, long-range rearview. Review | ‘Letter to You’ is a concept album by, and about the endurance of, Bruce Springsteen 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z A visual distillation of the issues of freedom and predetermination that this drama sought to grapple with, it brought a thematic resolution to the drama, even as the plot galloped on. Battle of the Bastards to San Junipero: what was the best TV episode of 2016? 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z Their too-poetic lyrics are hard to focus on, though Ms. Gibbs clearly means them to do some thematic work. Theater Review | 'Sounding': Swimming in Murky Waters Infested With Death and Life 2010-03-02T22:19:00Z The piece takes its title, brooding atmosphere and most important thematic source from Gesualdo, using material from one of his responsories for Maundy Thursday. BBCNOW/Brabbins – review 2013-01-10T13:56:33Z The four thematic driving trails lead visitors to scenic, historic, recreational and cultural attractions in 21 fishing villages along the byway, including Atlantic, Harkers Island and Ocracoke. New Scenic Routes in the Outer Banks 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z They chose northern New Jersey and boroughs outside Manhattan as thematic territory, chronicling the lives of suburban mall shoppers, Generation X slackers and down-market cover bands in songs like “Hackensack” and “Red Dragon Tattoo.” Adam Schlesinger, Songwriter for Rock, Film and the Stage, Dies at 52 2020-04-01T04:00:00Z "You're the Worst" may air second but in thematic terms it precedes "Married" in that it deals with two shockingly immature people as they meet and begin dating. Bliss goes seriously amiss in 'You're the Worst,' 'Married' 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z It’s also something of a thematic centerpiece of the project. Melanie Charles knows the impact Black women have had on jazz 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z The thematic Bifrost joining 2011's "Thor" and the thunder god's new movie examines how a person's capacity to love and be loved can make them better and more whole people. Bad romance: The problem with "Thor" is that the MCU is better at thunder than love 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z "Life of Pi," a 20th Century Fox release, is rated PG for emotional thematic content throughout, and some scary action sequences and peril. Review: Lee's 'Life of Pi' is inspiring 3-D art 2012-11-19T15:14:09Z Suddenly, thematic bits protrude ominously from various instruments, and the violins try to lead the journey into dark terrain with a slinky, elusive melody. Review: At the Philharmonic, New Music for a Changing World 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z It doesn’t foreground trendy ideas about multiculturalism, and it isn’t “thematic,” or focused on broad ideas at the expense of chronological clarity. Perspective | The new Bible museum tells a clear, powerful story. And it could change the museum business. 2017-11-15T05:00:00Z And as they develop their own thematic approaches and signatures — depending on whether they see their mission as exploitation or stewardship — the studios’ IP management has become its own form of auteurism. The studio as auteur: Movie hits and misses this year define the system 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z Experiencing the show live washes away so many of the aesthetic and thematic concerns that usually keep me complaining through the show’s three-hour runtime. My first Oscars: booze, reality stars and queuing with Jared Leto 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z Mr. Cromer said he hopes the show’s thematic focus on how a community bridges cultural divides through song will resonate with audiences. ‘The Band’s Visit’ to Open on Broadway 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z Their story is moving, and has an upward thematic swing: since Lance’s first appearance, a doctor in their home state stepped forward to offer Heather a variety of treatment therapies. Brett Kavanaugh’s SCOTUS rose ceremony: When networks help Trump win ratings, democracy loses 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z It is a work in which all the moral absolutes are clearly signposted and nothing happens without its thematic significance being debated at length. To Kill a Mockingbird ? review 2011-02-23T19:00:00Z The latest thematic issue takes up alien possession: Is your neighbor really human? Review | Beyond George R.R. Martin: A critic’s pick of science fiction and fantasy 2019-04-30T04:00:00Z Legal entanglements and violence have long been among AC/DC's central thematic obsessions. AC/DC, the law and Phil Rudd's alleged murder-for-hire plot 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z With “The Walking Dead,” AMC took comic-book material and elevated it, stretched its narrative and thematic limits, for better and for worse. Review: ‘Into the Badlands,’ Drama With Martial Arts on AMC 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z The thematic material and the movement invention often pull in opposite directions so that neither is fully realized. Review: ‘Borderline’ Is Rigged, to Fantastic Effect 2018-10-21T04:00:00Z The comic is widely considered a thematic continuation of a group of stories he had worked on at DC that mixed science fiction and myth and were known as the “Fourth World.” What to Know About ‘Eternals’ 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z It's a bit like Billy Bragg saying he's feeling a tad let down by the Tories at the moment; Death Cab's brilliance is in conjuring hooks and atmospheres that transcend their intrinsic thematic gloom. Death Cab for Cutie ? review 2011-07-08T17:23:35Z The figurations emerged as less decorative and more thematic. Music Review: Beethoven Devotee Makes Some Keyboard Time for Schubert 2011-05-01T22:22:48Z Her solo songs likewise represent a tonal and thematic hodgepodge. The Raincoats’ Gina Birch Goes Solo (and Still Makes the Floor Rattle) 2023-02-22T05:00:00Z Compared with his straitjacketed studio recording, his concert performance was more freely expressive, with greater liberties of tempo and more pronounced thematic contrasts. Buttoned-down pianist Murray Perahia cuts loose in Strathmore concert 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z In both, Barber borrowed rhythmic and thematic motifs from the first movement. Music Review | Ying Quartet: Barber?s Centenary Celebrated at Morgan Library & Museum 2010-03-11T05:24:00Z Yet the thematic heart of the film is weakened in the theatrical version, which feels like a studio hack job even if Cameron was ultimately responsible. The Abyss at 30: why James Cameron's sci-fi epic is really about love 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z All three selections are, in thematic terms, human journeys. Rachmaninov, Liszt and Mahler coming up at symphony 2011-09-29T20:03:09Z Thanks to Chris Pratt’s eager-puppy performance, he’s served up some of the show’s most reliably outsized comedy, but as the episode reminded us, he also has a thematic role in the series. Parks and Recreation Watch: Chopped! 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z It lacks the dramatic and thematic punch of, say, “The Lorax” or “How the Grinch Stole Christmas,” and much of the joyful surrealism of “One Fish Two Fish” and many others. Good News: The New Dr. Seuss Won’t Retroactively Ruin Your Childhood 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z The thematic variation on which “Anesthesia” focuses is the cruel paradox of living in a world of life-enhancing technological miracles that don’t begin to fulfill our yearning for a more purposeful, satisfying existence. Review: ‘Anesthesia’ Ponders the Meaningfulness of Life 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z At this point a major dramatic and thematic device appears to link the action, the humour and the ironic morality, and it's whisky. The Angels' Share – review 2012-06-02T23:05:32Z Trouble, too, develops in the form of thematic overkill, a tendency to announce a theme again and again. Levinson, Crow take ‘Diner’ for a test-drive 2014-12-28T05:00:00Z "It has a beautiful undertone of depth, a foreshadowing of the importance of the story. Prokofiev's harmony and melody create a thematic development, so that each character has its own theme," he says. Alexei Ratmansky wants to reignite Romeo and Juliet's spark 2014-07-05T04:00:00Z Despite its intimidating title, “Epigenesis, Ontogenesis, Phylogenesis, Parthenogenesis,” Part IV, was my favorite, a beguiling though still slyly unnerving piece, run through almost continually by a steady unison thematic line on the electronically enhanced piano. Review: ‘David Rosenboom: Propositional Music,’ an Avatar of Experimentalism 2015-05-24T04:00:00Z In the last and longest take, he builds his solo slowly until, for a minute or so, he tosses a thematic fragment back and forth to himself in a sort of spontaneous, high-speed, trance-like architecture. Seeing Through “A Love Supreme” to Find John Coltrane 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z For the first, seven Northwest poets, including Buddy Wakefield and Karen Finneyfrock, will perform thematic works set to an original orchestral score. Seattle artists imagine the apocalypse, set to music and poetry 2012-03-28T19:56:08Z The Met’s approach is therefore thematic and interpretational, putting fashion in a context. Special Report: Fashion: Gone Global: Fashion as Art? 2011-07-04T18:13:03Z With the seven deadly sins providing a thematic core, there is plenty of room for Buckcherry to please those diehard fans that demand hard-edged party anthems, not least on Wrath and their first single, Gluttony. Buckcherry: Confessions – review 2013-02-14T22:15:01Z Rated PG for an intense accident sequence and some thematic material. 'Soul Surfer': Film based on real inspirational girl feels fake 2011-04-08T21:44:04Z Rated PG for some language, thematic elements and a child being rude in the name of private investigation. ‘Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made’ Review: Kid Sleuth on the Case 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z Unavoidably, the material puts Mr. Herzog on geographic and thematic territory previously charted by David Lean. Review: Gertrude of Arabia in ‘Queen of the Desert,’ 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z The writing only devolves when an overriding thematic scheme is introduced. With 'Summer: The Donna Summer Musical,' heaven knows the Queen of Disco deserved better than this 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z Because the acting might be darker or more thematic, but you're still making it to entertain people. Colin Farrell's fairy tale ending 2010-05-02T18:01:00Z Each film is happy to follow the narrative template of their forerunners, but will accept none of the thematic weight. The Equalizer: why have Hollywood vigilantes gone soft? 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z The staging elements frequently seem to arise from a desire merely to do something — anything — rather than from thematic or emotional imperatives. Review: San Francisco Symphony Stages ‘Missa Solemnis’ With a Visual Component 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z He's tilling the same thematic ground in "Outsider Mullingar" but in an Irish context that, as a New York-born Irish American, he's avoided until now. John Patrick Shanley's 'Outside Mullingar' is just the thing for a happy cry 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z And “The Morozov Collection” puts a premium on this systematic, serial approach to collecting, grouping paintings together into thematic ensembles where French and Russian artists hang side by side. French and Russian Art on a ‘War and Peace’ Scale 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z Not so much in the rhythm of Zhang’s sentences or her structure but in certain thematic particulars. A Haunting Debut Novel Brings New Faces to the Myth of the American West 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z The bookstore is opening the same day that a film adaptation of “In the Heights” is scheduled to be released in theaters and on HBO Max, and Kail noted the thematic connections. How Lin-Manuel Miranda and Friends Made an Old Bookstore New 2021-06-06T04:00:00Z Powers said several composers had expressed a desire to adapt it to the opera stage but he chose Machover because of a longstanding admiration for his music and a thematic affinity. Translating the Music of Trees Into the Sounds of Opera 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z This approach makes “Drawing Surrealism” a great introduction to the movement and a valuable break with the fashion for thematic displays. Art Review: ‘Drawing Surrealism’ at the Morgan Library and Museum 2013-01-24T23:00:37Z Built on visual and thematic contrasts, spirit and flesh included, the bulk of the story is roughly divided between Lucas’s journey to the coast and what happens after he arrives. ‘Godland’ Review: Another of God’s Lonely Men Goes Amok (Spiritually) 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z Two or three recurring subjects provide a casual thematic unity. All That Is by James Salter – review 2013-05-11T13:01:01Z Chéri and Baum pack in so many thematic possibilities that the dramatic thrust becomes a bit muddled; like the sisters themselves, an audience loses track of where we’re headed. Review | Get a load of the exuberant new sister act: Mary and Martha Clarke, singing outlaw heroes of ‘Gun & Powder’ 2020-02-10T05:00:00Z There is a serious thematic point being made by the director Anne Bogart and her ensemble, over and over again, with no room for miscommunication. | 'Under Construction': Tales From a Hard-Hat Zone: The U.S.A. 2011-04-27T22:19:43Z You’ve said that this film is in some ways a thematic sequel to Garden State. Zach Braff: "There Are No Great Roles in Film, They’re All Dried Up" 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z It is organized into four thematic and roughly chronological sections. She’s More Than the Creator of Peter Rabbit 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z As the lyrics go, in perfect thematic harmony with what we're shown, "This is not really/This, this, this is not really happening/You bet your life it is." "Yellowjackets" goes full on Norman Bates in its primal, elemental return 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z The show careens from showbiz fantasy to brutal horror back to outright camp, and its thematic through-line isn’t nearly as strong as in the duo’s classics “Cabaret” and “Chicago.” Ambitious SecondStory tackles ‘Kiss of the Spider Woman’ 2014-04-04T18:48:11Z “So that later, when you have big thematic reveals, everything is in place for the audience to feel they know what is going on.” Harry Potter Doesn’t Dance. But He Sure Can Move. 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z If the authors had picked a thematic lane — kitsch, pure pageantry, dysfunctional family dynamics, monarchical history, the media’s celebrity obsession — one could begin to look for deeper meaning. Review | In time for Thanksgiving, Broadway serves up a turkey: ‘Diana’ the musical 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z Crime and music seem so deeply intertwined in American culture, such natural thematic counterparts, that it is surprising that no one has had the idea of publishing an anthology like “Crime Plus Music” before. Partners in crime: Lawbreakers and music, in a new short-story collection 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z What impresses throughout is the accomplishment of the harmonic and orchestral writing, both utilising a layering technique where more than one thematic element is heard over and against another. Philharmonia/Salonen – review 2012-06-29T17:30:01Z The final product is a widely varied mishmash of genres, producers, and collaborators that fails to achieve any sort of tonal or thematic consistency. Review: Chris Brown Has Hits, But Mostly Misses, on X 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z It’s also not a concept album, despite the koanlike title and a thematic undercurrent of struggle. New Music: Albums From Aloe Blacc, Sara Evans and Ambrose Akinmusire 2014-03-10T20:57:47Z Estranged from the family, he lives on an Indian reservation, and right at the edge of uneasy-making thematic territory, with his dutiful Native American wife and their annoyingly precocious son. “Yellowstone,” Reviewed: Kevin Costner Rasps an Ode to Cowboy Toughness 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z If you want a little extra guidance, read our Recommendation of the Day or our thematic lists for some inspiration. Introducing Watching, a New TV and Film Website 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z The gallery said the drawings offered "close thematic and formal comparisons with The Dream". Michelangelo drawings displayed 2010-02-18T16:15:00Z What’s more intriguing is how the thematic bent of “Spirit” revisits and amplifies aspects of the band’s past. “Grabbing hands, grab all they can”: Depeche Mode’s “Spirit” is a reminder of how political the band can be 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z Granting a place to this one over “Community” feels right, owing to Glover’s willingness to shatter the thematic restrictions of what a half-hour must be. Best TV of the Decade, from 2010 to 2019 2019-12-14T05:00:00Z Early on, “The Wire” laid out its thematic groundwork with a simple, elegant analogy: the game of chess as a model of “the game” writ large. ‘The Wire’ in Five Scenes 2022-06-10T04:00:00Z One can also simply tally a list of his thematic and visual quirks, as Vasari did. Piero di Cosimo, a misunderstood master, at the National Gallery of Art 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z "From the top of the show I'm inviting the audience to take a journey with me into this emotional and thematic world," he said. Adam Lambert promises "sexy" but "tasteful" show 2010-06-03T00:32:00Z The work shows the main influences in Bartok’s youth: the thematic development echoing Liszt, the opulent harmonies and emotive swirls redolent of Strauss, and the thick textures reflecting Brahms’s chamber music. Music Review: When Youthful Ambition Was Restrained by Prudence 2011-03-28T22:21:23Z In each, the product array is loosely thematic. Michael Decker's 'New Car Smell' at Ambach & Rice 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z There's a potent thematic disconnection between the scenes of architectural desolation and the apparent professional status of their temporary inhabitants. Exhibitions picks of the week 2010-04-30T23:19:00Z That big, roaring octave section toward the beginning is actually thematic and musical. Garrick Ohlsson, Chopin Expert, Sets His Sights on Liszt 2012-01-13T16:22:33Z Like its predecessors, “Mississippi Blood” uses the inexhaustible subject of race as its central thematic concern. Greg Iles concludes his spectacular Natchez Burning trilogy 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z Listen to any of the Bach fugues on the “Prism” releases, and you find that few, if any, of the thematic entries are underlined or even pointed out. The Danish String Quartet’s ‘Prism’ Is Essential Listening 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z In the final episode, a detail is revealed that rivals de Maupassant in its painful thematic irony. “S-Town” Investigates the Human Mystery 2017-03-31T04:00:00Z The result was a new method of storytelling in which thematic consistency trumped conventional plot — and nearly obliterated it. Review: In a Gender-Flipped Revival, ‘Company’ Loves Misery 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z Having observed “Jersey Shore” on and “The Real Housewives of New Jersey” on Bravo, apparently with a stenographer’s pad, the creators of “Jersey Couture” were not inspired to try thematic counterprogramming. | 'Jersey Couture': On Oxygen, Picking Party Dresses in New Jersey 2010-05-31T23:44:00Z If “Don’t Read Poetry” had hazarded more judgments about specific types of poems — appraising and not merely praising their structural, technical and thematic content — then Burt would have produced a much finer book. Review | ‘Don’t Read Poetry’ is a literary manual for the Instagram era 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z Netflix, Showtime, HBO, Investigation Discovery, Lifetime, and Oxygen are just a few of the thematic rivals in Court TV’s space, competition Court TV helped to create by existing in the first place. Court TV is back in session and preparing for Weinstein 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z Each segment begins with the neighborhood identified on a city map, a helpful guide to the outsider but also a thematic statement. ‘City So Real’ Is an Election Story Pulsing With Life 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z Each tells a hugely complex story from a different thematic angle — collectively, a telling that has been long in the planning, and is long overdue. Art Review: ‘Caribbean: Crossroads of the World’ Spans 3 Museums 2012-06-14T20:33:20Z To this end, Tenth of December took years to complete, interrupted by other writing, and any planned thematic link between stories is coincidental – or, rather, unconscious. George Saunders: a life in writing 2013-01-12T12:01:01Z Each chapter centers on a year with a different thematic focus. The 10 Best Books of 2020 2020-11-23T05:00:00Z The work concluded on a tranquil note, with a coda recalling thematic fragments from both movements. Music Review: Spiral Form and Other Compositional Modes of Fred Lerdahl 2010-11-21T22:53:00Z Its dueling thematic backdrops were two movies released in June 1966, “The Naked Prey” and “Born Free.” ArtsBeat: 'Mad Men' Watch: The Intersection of Individual Hells 2012-04-23T06:34:16Z It lays waste to linear narration, thematic coherence, psychological plausibility and just about everything else you might expect to encounter. Movie Review: ‘John Dies at the End,’ Directed by Don Coscarelli 2013-01-31T23:09:01Z This question is never asked outright in “War Machine,” a new Netflix original movie starring Brad Pitt and written and directed by David Michôd, but it’s a substantial thematic undercarriage of this satire. With ‘War Machine,’ Netflix Bets on Brad Pitt in Afghanistan 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z An intriguing grouping of sculptures that all touch on some kind of thematic interface between presence and absence. This week's new exhibitions 2012-06-08T23:05:26Z These films also made Sirk’s name synonymous with melodrama, the genre that he raised to new heights of personal expression through a blend of thematic precision and stylistic invention. Movie of the Week: “Written on the Wind” 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z The department now offers several thematic introductory art courses covering a wide range of global topics, and promises to reinstate a version of the old Western survey with a more reality-based perspective. America’s Big Museums on the Hot Seat 2020-03-18T04:00:00Z To some, thematic continuity was the key factor; to others, a well-developed story arc was crucial. “Sgt. Pepper’s” at 50: was it a concept album or an identity crisis? 2017-05-13T04:00:00Z There was this main digital chalkboard behind me, and there were these side sheets of panels with other pieces of information or thematic stuff can be shown. Hasan Minhaj on the joy of making “Patriot Act” and keeping the political personal 2018-12-02T05:00:00Z The thematic point is still murky, but the piece sort of works as a celebration of female power and solidarity. Review: A Guitarist Rejects Her. But She Knows How to Be Cruel. 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z The movies also share thematic details: They both revolve around a klutzy, hormone-stricken kid flubbing his way into a hip older crowd with awkward results that oscillate from comedy to poignance at unexpected moments. Jonah Hill may have abandoned comedy, but “Mid90s” wouldn’t exist without “Superbad” 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z "We're very devoted to feeling real, but also for emotional, thematic, and character reasons that felt right to us. But that's not to say that we didn't explore numerous ways of getting to that end." "The Patient" creators on using Holocaust imagery when antisemitism is spiking: "It feels true" 2022-10-25T04:00:00Z We still had that main sort of screen, but then before it was also screen the side pallet with different pieces of information, thematic information depending on where we are in the headline piece. Hasan Minhaj on the joy of making “Patriot Act” and keeping the political personal 2018-12-02T05:00:00Z I hope, though, that we start to see more solo shows by the likes of Mr. Zhou, as well as thematic exhibitions that let us appreciate him as more than just a national ambassador. Chinese Artists Redraw Boundaries in ‘Tales of Our Time’ 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z This alternation provides the wow factor we expect at Lincoln Center — the house heaves into view like the ship in Mr. Sher’s 2015 production of “The King and I” — but also serves a thematic purpose. Review: Whose ‘Fair Lady’? This Time, Eliza’s in Charge 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z Lines of thematic import seem to be chiseled into marble before our eyes. Theater Review: ?Death of a Salesman,? With Philip Seymour Hoffman 2012-03-16T02:11:33Z Concert programmers often work hard to create thematic links between seemingly unconnected pieces and events. Review: Berio to Cage to Mozart at Baryshnikov Arts Center 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z But a huge amount of effort has been put into devising and realising this ambitious programme, and into providing context for its many thematic strands. This week's new live music 2013-01-19T06:00:03Z And its currents, luminously murky, carry us into the show’s first thematic section, devoted to images of the Southern landscape. Art Meets Its Soundtrack Deep in ‘The Dirty South’ 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z There might be a thematic affinity with “How It Ends” there, but it’s pretty thin. Netflix Roulette, Where the Movies Never End 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z As a piece of current contextual storytelling, it struggles to provide the thematic platform that would make it more than a stylized Wikipedia entry. Review | ‘The Loudest Voice’ really sticks it to Roger Ailes, who is still dead and doesn’t care what anyone thinks 2019-06-12T04:00:00Z At Sundance, the series will be presented at a special pavilion on Main Street; meanwhile, a new interactive website for the project will allow viewers to follow the thematic connections among the various conversations. | Doug Aitken Unveils the Source, a Collective Meditation on the Nature of Creativity 2014-01-16T23:45:21Z Still, despite their inherent thematic hypocrisy, these films and series often manage to succeed on their own terms. Over and over: why is Hollywood still obsessed with Groundhog Day? 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z Music is an important element in "Jack Lemmon Returns," with George and Ira Gershwin's "Love is Here to Stay" being the thematic tune in the piece. Chris Lemmon channels his Pops in 'Jack Lemmon Returns' 2014-06-07T04:00:00Z “Alice” bears a thematic as well as stylistic resemblance to “Invaders”: both use spatially distorting techniques inherited from German Expressionism to view a cold, grotesque and foreboding adult world through the eyes of a child. DVDs: Another Trippy Rabbit Hole 2010-02-27T03:01:00Z The intertwined novels — which represent a major stylistic and thematic departure for McCarthy — tell the doomed love story of a brother and sister. Sixteen Years After ‘The Road,’ Cormac McCarthy Is Publishing Two New Novels 2022-03-08T05:00:00Z With a clarity that excuses its thematic obviousness, it explores a few overlapping visions retailed by the Walt Disney Company, that hegemonic merchant of family values and adolescent fantasies. The Best Episode of the New “Black Mirror” Is a Princess Tale Starring Miley Cyrus 2019-06-05T04:00:00Z It appears on this book’s first page, out of chronological sequence, and is thus intended as a thematic statement. Natasha Trethewey’s Poems Take Wing on Intimate Details 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z Ms. De Salvo is now at work organizing a thematic retrospective of the work of Andy Warhol, to open in 2018. Whitney Museum Names New Chief Curator: Scott Rothkopf 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z Instead, he takes Parker riffs and motifs and uses them as thematic cells. Review: ‘Charlie Parker’s Yardbird’ Uses Opera to Tell a Jazz Story 2015-06-07T04:00:00Z But it snaps into sharp focus the thematic and formal evolution of Homer’s art and reveals a contemporary relevance that no other 19th-century American painter can muster. Winslow Homer: Radical Impressionist 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z I’m betting “1999” has a broader appeal, though, given its thematic mash-up of every blockbuster space adventure you can think of beginning with direct homages to “Alien” and “2001: A Space Odyssey.” Smart Watch: Ebola drama "The Hot Zone" has all the symptoms of a classic miniseries 2019-05-25T04:00:00Z “Plot” is something of a thematic risk for Simon, too. Can It Happen Here? In ‘The Plot Against America,’ It Already Did 2020-03-15T04:00:00Z Although there are always common thematic elements — most of the 2021 colors shared a certain reserved optimism, for example — rarely is there any real overlap. Normally a study in contrasts, paint companies’ 2022 colors of the year are pretty much the same 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z As well as these thematic connections, there are other tricksy narrative links. Guardian book club: Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell 2010-06-11T13:22:00Z There's a thematic link between that song and your first big single Everybody's Gone To War. Pregnant pause 2011-06-03T07:50:38Z Most of these movies, in addition to their thematic rearview, are based in actual history. Dear Oscars, I Love You. But We Need to Talk. 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z Much of its thematic material derives from the “Gathas,” Zoroastrian hymns first sung between 3,500 and 4,000 years ago. Eric Banks: Esoterics founder an explorer of new vocal worlds 2013-05-04T14:34:47Z Not all of these movies were created equal artistically, but taken together, they made a compelling case for the increasing thematic flexibility of their genre. Five Sci-Fi Classics, One Summer: How 1982 Shaped Our Present 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z Yet there is a thematic point to all this showing off, or to most of it, anyway. Books of The Times: ?There but for the,? by Ali Smith - Review 2011-10-18T20:34:14Z “The diary and a number of family stories seem to have provided the philosophical and thematic power for some of his major works,” she added. 2010-02-11T15:09:00Z During the last 75 years or so, Tanguy paintings and Calder sculptures have appeared together, along with works by sundry others, in group shows and thematic exhibitions beyond count. Art Review: Calder and Tanguy, Together Again at L&M Arts 2010-05-13T21:39:00Z Mr. Andrews titled the last of his six thematic groups “Utopia.” What to See in New York City Galleries This Week 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z Joseph's still germinating "Intergalactic Planetary" tries to widen the thematic scope by bringing in the stars. 'In Your Arms' a pleasing, sketch-heavy dance-musical at the Old Globe 2015-09-27T04:00:00Z In 2012, Mr. Stanczak’s paintings were included in “Ghosts in the Machine,” a thematic exhibition at the New Museum in Manhattan. Julian Stanczak, Abstract Painter, Dies at 88 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z The BBC Symphony Orchestra's Total Immersion series has hitherto focused on individual composers, but from this year has adopted a more thematic approach. Total Immersion: New from the North – review 2013-03-11T15:56:53Z The biggest changes from the book are structural — the play uses the trial as a narrative scaffolding from which everything else hangs — but there are also shifts in thematic emphasis. After Dispute, ‘Mockingbird’ Blends Novel’s Spirit and Sorkin’s Voice Onstage 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z “They pitched us sort of a thematic ballpark that they wanted to begin with, which was the idea of change and the difficulty of keeping things together as the world changes around you,” Lopez said. How to Follow Up ‘Frozen’? With Melancholy and a Power Ballad 2019-11-29T05:00:00Z But his further attempt to unify each concert with a thematic word or two in this case shed more mystery than light. Music Review: ‘Collected Stories’ Series Continues at Zankel Hall 2014-04-25T20:41:35Z The films are broken up into thematic blocks, so that communal dialogues can continue between the various related showings. Spare Times Listings for March 11-17 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z And Yorkey's lyrics, though playful, keep hammering the same thematic points about fate, responsibility and the eternal mystery of the future. Idina Menzel is radiant in the flawed 'If/Then' at the Pantages 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z But both men agreed that the way to solve the too-many-songs problem was to focus on numbers that fit the musical's thematic structure, or what Randolph-Wright called "the spine of the story." Motown founder readies for 'last major endeavor' 2013-03-08T17:31:19Z Otherwise, what connects this trailer to those earlier movies are the thematic links. Movie Trailers: ‘Rogue One,’ ‘Fantastic Beasts’ and the Franchise Challenge 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z Among 70 exhibitors there are 26 solo-artist presentations and some 20 “group and thematic exhibitions.” Art Review: Venerable, Small and Lots on Paper (Including Napkins) 2010-03-04T22:38:00Z Stepping into her trailer to escape the summer heat, Watros said she felt her new show plumbed some serious thematic depths. 'Finding Carter' is an unexpected find on MTV 2014-07-05T04:00:00Z It took off in more thematic directions than any one show could contain, and yet, in its overall thrust — anti-fascist and pro-immigrant — it was fully, and often affectingly, of its moment. The Best Art of 2017 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z In these rare spaces, we’re allowed the freedom to choose how we feel, to escape this novel’s thematic bars and experience something closer to art than instruction. Review | If you like despair — and ‘Orange Is the New Black’ — you’ll love ‘The Mars Room’ 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z Pursuing a personal attachment to a particular painter, especially one such as Burchfield, whose works are mostly encountered in group or thematic exhibitions, is a sideline. Perspective | I grew up in Upstate New York. It took the art of Charles Burchfield to help me rediscover the beauty of its winters. 2020-01-01T05:00:00Z Instead, Mr. Mitchell’s playbook leans on long thematic arcs, slithery polytonality, rhythmic caginess and a chamber-like internal logic that carries over to the practice of group improvisation. Review: On ‘Vista Accumulation,’ Matt Mitchell Plays Tension Like an Instrument 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z Then there is the actual moment of the avalanche itself, which shows Östlund's technical control to go along with his sharp thematic touch. 'Force Majeure' generating an avalanche of moviegoer reactions 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z The stories also shared the thematic connection of the struggle between professional and work life. Mad Men Watch: Three Bad Trips 2012-04-23T12:00:25Z The thematic link, rather than an advancing plot, is what drives the story and allows it to make its discoveries. T. Coraghessan Boyle on Unreliable Narrators and Stories with Morals 2018-07-23T04:00:00Z Mr. Gordon’s Clarinet Quintet combines a similar zest for sonic experimentation with a four-movement structure built around thematic signposts — reiterations of an opening motif — that guide the listener through a colorful and atmospheric journey. Review: JACK Quartet and Anthony McGill Perform a Menu of American Delicacies 2015-11-22T05:00:00Z In using both realism and surrealism to show difficult realities, through both its narrative and audiovisual styles, "Euphoria" does not heed any thematic or artistic constraints. How "Euphoria" challenges viewers’ expectations of what a television show should be 2022-04-18T04:00:00Z She’s also challenged the idea that in order to move forward from a child star past — she was a Nickelodeon fixture for years — one must make an aggressive turn toward thematic maturity. Ariana Grande Prepares ‘My Everything’ 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z And in the other thematic galleries here, with such cheery themes as “Nocturnes” or “Sickness and Death,” we see Munch repeat motifs of regret and isolation over decades. Naked and Aflame or Considering Death, Munch Rarely Screamed 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z Opening night on Friday was the premiere of “Modulation,” for which a spiffy web interface organizes into three thematic bunches a group of 12 newly commissioned music videos from different artists. Forced Online, an Opera Festival Searches for Intimacy 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z But what the show lacks in thematic continuity, it makes up for through individual acts and the co-operation of the performers, who curl around each other's bodies like clinging ivy around tree trunks. Circa: Beyond – review 2013-06-06T16:03:45Z The album is driven by dance-floor bass rhythms, a thematic through line and what Mr. Shears — born Jason Sellards — called “more brooding and upright and sinister and creepy” songs. Music: Dirty Fun: Band?s Midnight Evolution 2010-06-25T18:41:00Z Despite the thematic connections between the two films, their stylistic and tonal differences are drastic. Postscript: Michael Cimino, 1939–2016 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z The changes are thematic, in part, but also technical. New Music: Young Jeezy, Nero, and Bryan and the Haggards - Review 2011-12-19T22:55:56Z Clearly, the jumpy, anxious music amplifies any thematic angst. Tears for Fears' "The Hurting" at 40: An enduring, mature and fearless debut album 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z “Incredible, in-depth thematic content about the importance of music education and being able to save troubled youths all around the world.” Daveed Diggs: ‘Days before I started on Hamilton, I got thrown against a fence by police’ 2018-10-06T04:00:00Z The gender and channel advancements also lead into the thematic variety that has evolved since 2005. 4 Big Ways The Emmy Awards Have Changed In The Last Decade 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z And from its title on it has, as Mr. Pareles explains, not a thematic unity but a duality. Madonna Is Still Madonna on 'Rebel Heart' 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z A thematic approach can be a tricky, Procrustean way to go; you’re basically imposing an artificially neatening template on an unruly career. ‘Goya: Order and Disorder’ at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z Rated PG for some suggestive content, language, thematic elements and brief smoking. Katy Perry's 'Part of Me' less than the sum 2012-07-03T23:09:04Z The intertwined narratives — which focus on a brilliant, tortured young mathematical prodigy and her brother — represent a stylistic and thematic break for McCarthy. In His New Books, Cormac McCarthy Gets Real 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z Another thematic program is “Spirituals Reimagined,” which the Albany Symphony, under its adventurous conductor David Alan Miller, will perform on May 10. A Bracing Breath of Spring Air From All Directions 2011-04-29T16:17:11Z But in hindsight, it is clear that the central mystery in Season 2 was always just a backdrop for the show’s thematic undercurrents. The Second Season of ‘True Detective’ Wasn’t as Bad as You Think. Here’s Why. 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z Lifetime's thematic portfolio has evolved beyond a steady diet of white women in peril films since 2009, when the network was acquired by A&E and made conscious efforts to diversify its audience. The Lifetime movie turns 30: Escape reality with a marathon of nannies, cheerleaders & kids in peril 2020-05-30T04:00:00Z It was a rare mix of uninhibited solo and collective improv, shrewd arrangement, and dazzling thematic writing that marked out Ban as a coming force in contemporary music. This week's new live music 2012-05-18T23:05:00Z The resulting thematic tapestry of rebirth and the restorative power of art satisfies against all narrative probability. 'Melissa Arctic' an updated twist on 'A Winter's Tale' 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z The world premiere of Ms. Muller’s playful “Whew!” covered similar thematic territory, looking at our culture’s obsession with being busy. ‘Monte/Buglisi/Muller Live!’ at New York Live Arts 2014-06-22T04:00:00Z Nature, if only brought in as a stage prop, is a thematic constant throughout the show, as it was in the continuing 19th-century story of French art. Art Review: ‘The Path of Nature,’ at the Metropolitan Museum of Art 2013-01-24T22:22:49Z Hard, insistent, melodic, lyrically accomplished and dense with thematic intent, it's the best rap album of the year. Randall Roberts' best pop albums of 2014 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z If you want a quick thematic summary of any piece in Ballet Hispanico’s repertory, just look at the program notes for its current two-week season at the Joyce Theater. Dance Review: Ballet Hispanico Explores Varied Themes at the Joyce 2014-04-23T20:12:54Z “MOCA in its heyday became the premier institution in the whole U.S. for thematic, contemporary shows,” said Deitch, a gallery owner who served for three tumultuous years as the museum’s director before leaving. After Upheaval, MOCA Bets on Johanna Burton to Bring Stability 2022-04-11T04:00:00Z Rated PG for mild violence and action, and some thematic material. 'A Cat in Paris' is a delightful, jazzy animated film 2012-07-05T20:45:04Z “House of the Dragon” has thematic overlaps with “Game of Thrones” — family rivalry, the battle for the throne. George R.R. Martin Is Finally Getting the Show He Wanted 2022-08-21T04:00:00Z A work of impressive formal mastery and subtle thematic relationships throughout, it nonetheless left a somewhat wan impression, the material drifting by in an undifferentiated stream, like Gabriel Faure or Ernest Chausson. Violinist Kurkowicz provides break from standard fare This show overlaps with a smaller thematic one at the Bard Graduate Center in Manhattan. A Good Year for Younger Artists, Immigrant Citizens and Outrage 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z When Hume’s thematic connections and redemptive insights arrive, it’s with the force of a hurricane. Experimental Literature That Tests Family Bonds and Routines 2021-01-19T05:00:00Z It's a business programme with two things going for it: Evan Davis presenting, very much in his comfort zone, and a thematic grouping of guests which engenders surprisingly interesting corporate chat. The Bottom Line | Radio review 2010-03-22T06:45:00Z He became comfortable working in thematic series, keeping several in progress at once. Art Review: ‘Roy Lichtenstein: A Retrospective,’ at the National Gallery of Art 2012-10-18T17:25:34Z These kinds of thematic shows are often launched by institutions looking to leverage maximum audience engagement with sometimes limited artistic resources. Review | The Met looks at the body, stripped of its old ‘whiteness’ 2018-03-21T04:00:00Z But she knew what she was doing: These works share a playful thematic thread and some intriguing musical resonances. Review: Susanna Malkki Returns to the New York Philharmonic 2019-10-20T04:00:00Z Four highlights from the Criterion Channel’s “New York Stories,” a collection of 40 films set in the five boroughs, would make for a terrific night of thematic watching. At Home This New Year’s Eve (Unexpectedly)? Here’s What to Watch. 2021-12-29T05:00:00Z What tends to be forgotten is the thematic significance of the baptism itself, the sick association between Catholic rites and a child’s passage into a family of unrepentant sinners. ‘Narcos’ Season 2, Episode 2: The Legend vs. the Monster 2016-09-03T04:00:00Z And he generally praises many of the thematic arrangements, especially the inclusion of a good dose of political and socially engaged art. Mostly thumbs up: What the critics say about the new Whitney Museum 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z The 15-minute piece teems with asymmetrical rhythmic figures, spiraling thematic lines, steady pounding chords and cyclic repetitions of scale patterns. Review: At Summergarden, a Steamy Evening of Exploratory Sounds 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z The second, more briskly chronological half of the book is stronger than the thematic sections of the first half, where the structuring principles are more elusive. Servants: A Downstairs View of Twentieth-Century Britain by Lucy Lethbridge – review 2013-03-25T08:00:09Z The piece, by Natalie Bookchin, is divided into thematic sections, each a visual patchwork of talking heads, mostly of young, English-speaking men and women gathered from online video diaries. Review: Photography’s Shifting Identity in an Insta-World 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z If there is a stylistic or thematic link to be found among us, it’s hard to see. Essay: ‘The Second Shelf’ 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z In that way, Jean Shin’s “Projections,” a series of cascading projector slides meant to convey this marginalization, is not only the actual centerpiece for the show but also the thematic one. 5 Things to Do This Weekend 2021-03-04T05:00:00Z Mr. Denk argues that the Ives sonatas, composed early in the 20th century, are mistakenly categorized as avant-garde works rather than “epic Romantic sonatas with Lisztian thematic transformations.” Taming Ives With Head, Heart and Humor 2010-10-03T02:00:00Z Exploring Banks’s thematic and structural plays on Tolstoy may delight others as it did me. Landing in California, Remembering Tolstoy and Other Letters to the Editor 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z In the quick flow of Hemon’s prose, those isolated philosophical insights can sound like insects hitting the windshield, but they’re clearly part of the author’s thematic scheme. ‘The Making of Zombie Wars’ goes beyond the undead 2015-05-26T04:00:00Z Is there a thematic link to all of these things? T. Coraghessan Boyle on Unreliable Narrators and Stories with Morals 2018-07-23T04:00:00Z And the duo's big number, "There's No Such Thing as the Number One," strains to make a big thematic point. 'Frozen' team premieres 'Up Here,' a quirky, pleasing, undercooked musical 2015-08-11T04:00:00Z In the US, the film is for "intense sequences of violence and action, some frightening images, thematic elements, a suggestive situation and language". Catching Fire 'had minor cuts' 2013-11-12T16:41:16Z In “20th Century Violin Concertos,” the latest thematic addition to this company’s winter season, the violin is highlighted as such a muse. Dance Listings for Feb. 7-13 2014-02-06T23:51:52Z The two songs only became part of her core repertoire after she discovered unexpectedly that they share thematic links. Barbara Cook at the Wallis: Still doing what she does best 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z Her speech to her parents about how they could essentially control everything but her mind had some thematic parallels to Vaklonov’s imprisonment in the Soviet Union. ArtsBeat: ‘The Americans’ Recap: Invisible vs. Invincible 2014-05-08T14:43:04Z If Carrie returned to writing on a regular basis, then perhaps "And Just Like That" and its sprawling cast would have more cohesive storytelling and thematic unity. Forget Aidan. "And Just Like That" needs to bring back Carrie's voice – and column writing career 2023-08-29T04:00:00Z The third track is about coffee, which automatically gives it a thematic leg up on most other songs. Arresting beats of James Blake, Steve Gunn, Miguel 2015-01-03T05:00:00Z SAM is grappling with similar questions, and Cruz said future shows may de-emphasize special exhibitions in favor of thematic shows sourced from SAM’s permanent collection. Lost income, empty galleries, a pivot to permanent collections: How Seattle-area museums are weathering the pandemic 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z If there’s been a thematic through line in the past several years of pop music, it’s been messages of self-reliance and liberation, songs that place us at the center of our own heroic arcs. Headphones Everywhere 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z There's no narrative thread, not even strong thematic links between the scenes, except very generalised symbolic ones. Mittwoch aus Licht 2012-08-23T00:44:22Z This miniature music drama, a CSO premiere, is part of the season's "An Exuberant Era" thematic focus on the extraordinary creative ferment that gripped European and American music in the years 1911 and 1912. Where's Muti? Look to his classical plans for Symphony Center 2011-02-16T15:41:40Z Like the best sports movies, the sport isn’t the story; it’s part of the character, and both films have bigger thematic fish to fry. Why I, Tonya is a game changer in the world of female sports movies 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z “This is really going to allow us to organize some truly spectacular thematic exhibitions.” Metropolitan Museum and Minneapolis Institute to Share Large Collection of Asian Art 2015-03-15T04:00:00Z They should also have some kind of thematic thread linking them in their presentation. "Bake Off" shocks viewers with a dramatic double-elimination 2023-10-28T04:00:00Z He believes critics and artists are often too quick to put plays into thematic pigeonholes, in a bid to explain what they are trying to achieve. Noises off: Should dramatists beware the seductive power of the story? 2011-03-10T17:38:27Z Fishing just comes up but not in any overriding thematic way. Hugh Grant and David E. Kelley Discuss the ‘Undoing’ Finale 2020-11-30T05:00:00Z Too often this season, episodes spent two or three scenes covering the same narrative and thematic ground — or had single scenes drag on until losing their oomph. ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’ Season 1, Episode 8: Ramble On 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z There is indeed a thematic link in the collection. This Week in Fiction: Petina Gappah on the Insular World of Boarding School 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z More important, the music seemed to work on a thematic level. How the Cover Song Conquered Movie Trailers 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z Typically, each of the program's 10 hourlong episodes is built around a trio of guests whose family backgrounds dovetail, often in a thematic way that highlights a significant period in American history. For Henry Louis Gates Jr., a lifelong interest in family history in 'Finding Your Roots' 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z I think some of the thematic links might not all be clear to me, being still so close to them right now. This Week in Fiction: Zadie Smith on Stories That Implicate Everybody 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z Unfortunately, there is no apparent thematic development in the placing of cuts, except for the effective juxtapositions of opposing musical styles. From the Archives: The Original Review of ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’ 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z “In ‘Finishing the Hat,’ the barest minimum of thematic material is used to form a song that becomes moving and rich and rhapsodic,” Horowitz wrote in a “Biography of a Song” for the Sondheim Review. Decades in the Broadway biz, and still we want more of Stephen Sondheim The content and thematic materials of dance is of itself, like boxing. Step-by-step guide to dance: Twyla Tharp 2011-02-01T10:43:36Z As she and Binoche shot their scenes, in a cottage high in the mountainous Swiss town that lends the film its name and some deeper thematic meaning, a hall-of-mirrors effect was evoked. Juliette Binoche reconnects with a favorite director for ‘Sils Maria’ 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z But their creators argue that they allow for important thematic possibilities — or at least the opportunity to don some nifty space boots. Cyborgs Onstage, Robots in the Wings 2010-12-30T23:58:33Z Are there any thematic links between this story and the novel, or are they poles apart? This Week in Fiction: Zadie Smith on Stories That Implicate Everybody 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z When I’m working, I never think of my work in thematic terms, which is the terminology of literary analysis, not of creation: it’s a retrospective stance, not an active one. Lauren Groff on Florida and Natural Disasters 2018-07-02T04:00:00Z Many are thematic sit-down dinners for up to 100 guests, including serious collectors. Up Close: Tim Nye, Gallery Owner, Finds Art After the Internet 2010-08-04T17:38:00Z The thematic meaning comes through vividly, as staged and performed here: The parts of the ship are fused into an entity, just as atomic particles make up all matter. Review: ‘De Materie,’ of Matter, Spirit and Sheep 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z The HeidleBurger boasts “Best Burgers in Town,” and even the 76 station, Starbucks and Howard Johnson’s are in on the illusion, their corporate identities trumped, for once, by a civic thematic mission. Leavenworth it? Assessing 2 new spots in the Pacific Northwest’s little Bavaria 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z Shot largely in black-and-white, the movie is a tonal and thematic change of pace for the director Jacques Audiard, who has a habit of haunting the grimmer, bleaker corners of human existence. ‘Paris, 13th District’ Review: Groping Toward Happiness 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z That show covers much of the same thematic ground — high school, troubled marriages, the joys of teamwork — but in a far more spectacular, flamboyant manner. Riff: How Football Players Got Trounced by ?Glee? 2011-06-03T12:00:00Z Big Dream is a series of vignettes, character-driven narratives rather than a revolution around a certain thematic concept. Like His Films, David Lynch’s The Big Dream is Enigmatic and Opaque 2013-07-19T09:45:37Z But if the Korean box-office smash doesn’t offer any thematic surprises, it does pack a lot of style. ‘New World’: a cold, stylish South Korean gangster drama 2013-03-21T20:26:34Z Williams made a conscious decision to vivify the film with almost completely new thematic ideas. John Williams on 'Force Awakens' score: 'I felt a renewed energy, and a vitality' 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z Nearly a decade older and substantially craftier, Ms. Lash has returned to some of the same thematic territory in her new work, “Desire,” which premieres at the Miller Theater at Columbia University on Wednesday. ‘Desire’ Is an Operatic Glimpse Into a Secret Garden 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z The app categorizes the works into thematic collections that illuminate the links between pieces created centuries apart. The Metropolitan Museum of Art Launches A New App 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z A moment of indecisive thematic transition passed quickly; from there, Mr. Watts’s low notes tolled like funeral bells over a velvet blanket of lush strings. Music Review: New York Philharmonic at Avery Fisher Hall 2012-12-06T21:56:27Z As a thematic and plot twist, this would be hard to pull off, but not impossible. Are there secret “Westworld” robots? 2016-10-30T04:00:00Z But in an era when Hollywood movies have largely abandoned dramatic and thematic richness in favor of spectacle, “Widows” feels like both a throwback and a path forward. Steve McQueen on “Widows”: “It is an emotional awakening for these women” 2018-11-17T05:00:00Z But the Walters show sensibly stays within a defined thematic range: Christian relic traditions from late antiquity to the 17th century. Art Review: The Spiritual Network 2011-03-24T22:13:08Z A thematic sequel to “Suspiria,” this second installment in Argento’s Three Mothers trilogy didn’t earn the same acclaim upon release as its predecessor. ‘Suspiria’: Stream the Original and 8 Other Italian Horror Classics 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z For all its thematic ambitions, though, this is still at bottom a musical about musicians who can’t play, and the danger of eliciting condescending laughter at the Wiggin girls’ halting musical efforts remains real. Sad and Haunted Girls Who Couldn?t Play Worth a Lick 2011-05-22T00:45:25Z The horrors and injustices of war are not explored as thematic elements in the way they are in the film and television adaptations. What “M*A*S*H” Taught Us 2018-07-24T04:00:00Z Women assassins, women mad scientists: There seems to be a thematic undercurrent of girl power and the strength of women, which is often systematically subdued or controlled by men, but it feels superficial. ‘Black Widow’ Review: Spies, Lies and Family Ties 2021-07-07T04:00:00Z But the vintage echoes are also deeply thematic. Review: ‘Poker Face’ Is the Best New Detective Show of 1973 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z Flawlessly presented here, its thematic material sounded genuinely distinguished, yet the electric charge of Wagner's first theatrical showstopper flowed at high voltage. Proms 16 & 17: CBSO/Nelsons; SCO/Boyd 2010-07-30T11:09:00Z “Crawl” keeps the head-shakers at a minimum with the legitimate hook setting the table for a hypothetical thematic feast, loneliness advertised as one of, if not the, main dish. New Childish Gambino Album’s Fatal Flaw: It’s Just Not Cool 2013-12-10T10:45:16Z But in "Madam Secretary," accuracy will always bow to thematic intent. 'Madam Secretary' Tea Leoni's nomination is heartily confirmed 2014-09-20T04:00:00Z Every story leaves someone behind, and so loss in itself, whether violent or beautiful, becomes an unrelenting thematic constant. Ghosts soar in William Vollmann's hefty 'Last Stories' 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z But the productions I caught this fall at least tried to make food an integral part of a show’s aesthetic and thematic universe. Rib-Eye Steak With a Side of Shakespeare 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z "Against the Sun" also shares thematic elements and images with "All Is Lost" and "Life of Pi," against which the lower-profile production can't help but pale in comparison. 'Against the Sun' is admirable but destined to be overshadowed 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z Though she highlighted almost all of the myriad thematic entrances, her fingerwork was mostly immaculate. Review: Angela Hewitt Decodes Bach’s ‘The Art of Fugue’ 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z It sharpens the thematic focus from the American South to the African American South. Art Meets Its Soundtrack Deep in ‘The Dirty South’ 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z Usually the books end up in thematic microclusters: Books About Archives! Leslie Jamison on the Best Book She Ever Got as a Present 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z For his movies, McDonagh has broadened the thematic focus from quarreling relatives to working stiffs — thugs, that is, whose business is to turn suspects into stiffs — who form their own kind of dysfunctional family. Seven Psychopaths: Smart, Violent, Crazy Fun 2012-10-11T12:00:26Z This time, Adams limited himself to a few bars from Beethoven's penultimate piano sonata, Opus 110, and the "Diabelli" Variations for all his thematic material. John Adams on a big Beethoven kick in San Francisco 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z It also restates that opening melody: thematic coherence, at no extra cost. New Music: Iggy and the Stooges, Darcy James Argue, Kenny Chesney 2013-04-29T21:31:45Z Some are scene-setting, such as snowy landscapes evoking the bitterly cold Polish winter; others, such as a series of detailed drawings of horoscope charts, are thematic. Review: In This Eco-Thriller, the Animals May Be Having Their Revenge 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z "Any sense of enveloping menace, mystery and even thematic weight that might mask the writing's more ponderously mannered aspects is missing," it added. Hugh Jackman makes triumphant return to Broadway in 'The River' 2014-11-17T05:00:00Z But it also resembles grown-up series like “The Good Place,” with its thematic emphasis on redemption and amends. The Strange, Lovely ‘Infinity Train’ Reaches the End of the Line 2021-04-14T04:00:00Z Its thematic argument was that the only life is the life of the mind. ‘Infinite Football’ Review: Soccer and Other Existential Questions 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z In its timeless thematic richness — the illegal immigration status of two characters is pivotal to the proceedings — the play also exudes an enduring topicality. The 1955 play topical as ever: ‘View From the Bridge’ revival storms into D.C. 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z A generous critic might call Cooper a classicist for his fidelity to the traditional thematic concerns and dynamics of the Western; those less inclined for lenience could go with “tired.” How the Western got lost: why the genre needs to innovate to survive 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z D’Andrea picks at least one from each playwright and divides his selections into thematic groups. D.C. dancers tapped for ‘Brothers of the Knight’ national tour Nevertheless, Disney’s animated sequel “Frozen 2” does bear a significant, thematic resemblance to the premium cable drama “Watchmen.” How “Frozen 2” is like “Watchmen” 2019-11-24T05:00:00Z The ratio of information to thematic effect is just right. 'Make New History,' the second Chicago Architecture Biennial, brings the focus back to square one 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z It’s an adventurous revision, and follows a vogue for nonchronological hangs that privilege thematic links over historical progression. A Museum’s Fresh Take on the Whole Megillah 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z He’s not a person but a thematic device that triggers reactions. From Memento to Interstellar: our writers pick their favourite Christopher Nolan films 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z There is also a weird thematic discordance when you consider that “Thrones” spent eight seasons showing us the destructive folly of cyclical power struggles, ultimately building to a resolution designed to leave all that behind. ‘House of the Dragon’ Premiere: Another Game of Thrones 2022-08-21T04:00:00Z But far more entertaining here are the thematic feats of a pastel-blue moon goddess aerialist dangling from her crescent perch. Cirque du Soleil’s ‘Amaluna’ celebrates the power and grandeur of women 2013-02-02T00:11:02Z The thick drinks list contains several thematic mini-menus, including a catalog of barrel-treated spirits, like a Russell’s Reserve Rye with a Chartreuse finish. Pursuits : A Bar Sprint in Cocktail-Crazed San Francisco 2013-04-26T16:26:06Z The gallery will continue with a series of thematic online presentations — including others on ceramics and photographic artists — during its temporary closure. Art Galleries Respond to Virus Outbreak With Online Viewing Rooms 2020-03-16T04:00:00Z “Like in the fine arts programming, it is easier to attract public attention with familiar names — Monet is money — and more risky to create thematic exhibitions.” F.I.T. Museum Director Brings Critical Eye to Clothing 2012-02-10T11:08:01Z While later work would become bigger and more complex, those two early pieces prefigured thematic trends to follow. Art Review: ‘John Rogers: American Stories’ at New-York Historical Society 2012-11-08T22:14:24Z On another floor, and in a break from convention, the layout turns thematic rather than chronological, deconstructing the shared sociological underpinnings of fabric scraps spanning centuries, nationalities and classes. In London, ‘Undressed’ Unveils the History of Underwear 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z The latter two songs came from U2’s “Achtung Baby,” a sonic and thematic detour that was praised for its adventurous spirit. R.E.M.’s leap of faith: 25 years later, every curveball on “Out of Time” makes perfect sense 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z Arguments about Tate Britain since its separation from Tate Modern have tended to focus on the wall texts and the pick-and-mix thematic displays. Walk Through British Art – review 2013-05-18T14:59:01Z Every one of these movements returns in “Serenade” as thematic material. Dance Review: Leaps and Bounds of At-Home Season 2010-09-16T04:15:00Z Set in 1980s Wales, it bears some stylistic and thematic similarities to films of the French New Wave, as well as Wes Anderson's "Rushmore." TV's loss is the movies' gain 2011-06-09T14:06:00Z The book is essentially a collection of 850-word pieces, with occasional chapter divisions that seem to be there for the sake of appearance rather than of thematic function. Bitter Experience Has Taught Me by Nicholas Lezard – review 2013-07-15T08:00:01Z But the creative team says the similarities between “Paramour” and “Iris” are limited and largely thematic. Cirque du Soleil’s Broadway Balancing Act 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z That was the Minneapolis production company Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis operated and where the three came up with “Control,” Ms. Jackson’s third record and the first of their subtly strange, sonically complex thematic carnivals. Sorry, Ms. Jackson: You’re Underrated. ‘Control’ at 30 2016-08-08T04:00:00Z Well, there was the thematic resonance he had for me. Chabon on race, sex, Obama: “I never wanted to tell the story of two guys in a record store” 2012-09-20T15:25:00Z Comprising a cartoon museum, a screening room, a studio and several thematic sections, the 6,000-square-foot show allows children to explore animation techniques while learning how math and physics help foster visual effects. Spare Times: For Children, for April 13-19 2012-04-12T20:41:32Z Alvin Ailey’s brief spring season at Lincoln Center features three thematic programs. 7 Dance Performances to See in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z They show us the art of our era in new thematic arrangements, or the art of this-very-instant, from unfamiliar creators. Four Knockout Group Shows to See Now 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z "Black and White" is now rated PG-13 for "brief strong language, thematic material involving drug use and drinking, and for a fight," the MPAA's Classification and Rating Administration announced Friday. Kevin Costner wins another MPAA appeal; 'Black and White' gets a PG-13 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z To come up with a cover, Mr. Mendelsund begins by scribbling notes on a manuscript and underlining key thematic sentences. Peter Mendelsund, Book Designer, Debuts as a Writer 2014-07-28T04:00:00Z I can see the thematic resonance of Ray’s interest in the pretty, but scarred, barmaid. “True Detective” recap: A shocking shooting, a horror ending, and “We get the world we deserve” 2015-06-29T04:00:00Z But there was no true thematic through line to this casual revue of a dozen deeply beloved songs. At the Super Bowl, Rihanna Returns to Music, Briefly 2023-02-12T05:00:00Z Divided into six thematic sections, the exhibition considers Kahn’s work in relation to urbanism, science, history, landscape, community and domestic architecture. A vast Louis Kahn retrospective lands at the San Diego Museum of Art 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z The 1990s brought a subtle shift in thematic emphasis in Mr. Hammons’s art, from race to class. David Hammons Is Still Messing With What Art Means 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z In the first scene, a chimpanzee goes berserk on the set of a sitcom, a moment of absurd, bloody terror that becomes a motif and a thematic key. ‘Nope’ Review: Hell Yes 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z And as with the thematic conceit, it gives the impression of a story just beginning to unfold. New Music: The National, Mike Pride and Hush Point Release Albums 2013-05-20T21:46:46Z If there was a thematic trend this year, it was music. | The Sun Sets Early on Park City 2014-01-24T00:06:46Z Bradbury was an early crossover figure, a science fiction/fantasy/horror writer whose stylistic abilities were so obvious, and whose thematic range was so deep and powerful, that he became unclassifiable. R.I.P. Ray Bradbury: He Jumped Off Cliffs and Never Hit the Ground 2012-06-06T17:50:51Z The album’s sounds were so varied, Yanya said, that she decided to come up with a thematic concept to tie it all together. Nilüfer Yanya’s Music Is a Family Affair 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z The new booking policy often includes thematic shows. Iridium, Jazz Guitar Shrine, Expands Beyond Jazz to Survive 2011-11-11T21:39:59Z Those who chose to rap in the eight bars took more thematic latitude, with vividly detailed verses about sex and violence comically juxtaposed against Jean’s earnestness. How Big Can a TikTok Duet Get? 2022-01-11T05:00:00Z Two new multi-channel video installations, titled Interval: A Narrative Psychosis, and Amnesia: A Rehearsal, chart thematic parallels occurring across global psychogeographical sites. This week's new exhibitions 2010-12-18T00:08:35Z Despite all that, there were some thematic similarities across the 60 years covered by the show. In Transit Blog: Gowns for Belles of the Ball at the Victoria and Albert Museum 2012-06-05T21:30:14Z There are thematic nods to Englishness that sometimes misfire, as when morris dancers and punks parade along tokenistically at the start. Nicki Minaj; Dr Dee – review 2012-06-30T23:07:10Z Rated R for emotional thematic material, some disturbing images and language. "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close': hard to watch, but worth it 2012-01-19T20:41:04Z In unison, the strings play a rising thematic line, though the instruments soon break into overlapping component parts. Anthony Tommasini’s Interactive Quest for Surprises 2014-02-28T15:50:53Z Brahms’s imaginativeness in rhythm, harmony and thematic development makes him a progressive force. A Rare Performance of Elgar’s ‘Gigantic Work’ 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z Auteurists are content to describe the stylistic and thematic epiphanies of their favourite auteurs. Andrew Sarris 2012-06-22T14:53:43Z Featuring a dizzying mix of dance, comedy and experimental theater, Under the Radar, now in its seventh year, resists thematic pigeonholing. Critic?s Notebook: Going Under the Radar, and Into the Unknown 2011-01-11T23:53:39Z His farewell speech was a thematic and tonal potpourri. Paul Ryan’s small, sad goodbye 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z The visual and thematic links between the works help us navigate their dizzying abundance. From Nudes to the Nervous System, Studies of the Human Body 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z Big thematic exhibitions are almost always by definition flawed propositions. Postwar Art Gets a Nervy Makeover 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z We talked a lot about meaning and mood and thematic stuff, going into some awkward realms of discussions. Q&A: Joanna Newsom on her New Album, 'Have One on Me' 2010-03-01T08:15:00Z Set in Ireland and elegantly shot in black-and-white on a bargain-basement budget, the film shows the pronounced structural and thematic influence of “Psycho.” 4 Film Series to Catch in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z Both versions of the score bring the sacred and the profane into disturbing proximity, however, by allowing flesh and spirit to speak the same thematic language. Wagner's Tannh?user 2010-12-11T00:06:00Z Cloud Atlas is an intricate and interlocking story that spans both time and place, yet still maintains emotional and thematic cohesion. Netflix's Sense8 is the Wachowskis' very own Lost, with a few big flaws 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z Astute fans might notice some thematic echoes from Mr. Murakami’s short story “On Seeing the 100 Percent Perfect Girl One Beautiful April Morning.” The Anime Master of Missed Connections Makes Strong Contact in Japan 2016-12-04T05:00:00Z The goal is for the trail to eventually include several thematic branches, similar to the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route. Following in the Footsteps of the Allies for D-Day’s 75th Anniversary 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z “Our objective was to create an investment thematic that linked investors to their passion,” said Ms. Mascherin. Special Report: A Cut Above: Watches: Collectors' Items Bring Spectacular Returns 2011-03-24T12:37:02Z In a 'western' way, it can also be heard as a unidirectional time-pattern of thematic development in which earlier melodies return altered and at different pitch levels. A guide to La Monte Young's music 2013-03-25T17:03:53Z Indeed, there were many “well-written books” but the great ones stood out for other qualities: audacity, originality, thematic weight. Jess Walter Doesn’t Have a Lot of Patience for Memoirs 2020-12-17T05:00:00Z This world-building has a stark thematic simplicity that both belies and inspires immense complexity. Review: Jordan Peele’s “Us” Is a Colossal Cinematic Achievement 2019-03-23T04:00:00Z Do see any thematic overlaps with “A Strange Loop”? As ‘A Strange Loop’ Ends, Its Creator Looks Back on a ‘Supernova’ 2023-01-16T05:00:00Z The album begins with an orchestral interlude, arranged by composer Davide Rossi, that merges Middle Eastern and Western elements as an overture, of sorts, to the album's thematic intentions. Coldplay attacks social and political unrest with hope on "Everyday Life" 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z Kwei-Armah, Center Stage’s artistic director, comes up with useful thematic context for some numbers, such as “Them Belly Full,” which helps to illuminate Marley’s concerns about average people and social injustice. ‘Marley’ at Baltimore’s Center Stage offers up the music but not the man 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z Here and elsewhere, you may be reminded of “Sunday in the Park” for its tableaux vivants and shimmering orchestral effects, if not for its thematic discipline. Review: In ‘Flying Over Sunset,’ Getting High With the Stars 2021-12-13T05:00:00Z The production sometimes shows the strain of its densely packed thematic weight. Review: In ‘The Ruins of Civilization,’ a Bleak Future, Brightly Told 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z One of my favorite uses of Instagram is as a thematic archive. 5 Art Accounts to Follow on Instagram Now 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z It was an incredible and fully complete story, with thematic explorations that were way ahead of the pop culture curve. What “Jessica Jones” lost in the move to TV: We’d rather watch a woman be abused than heal 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z Wilson’s masterpiece — considered one of the first true thematic albums — is a complex recording to recreate. Brian Wilson earns standing ovation for song, career 2016-10-09T04:00:00Z He is included in thematic and overview exhibitions, side by side with better-known and more highly revered artists. Review | The Félix Vallotton exhibition at the Met is not to be missed 2019-12-24T05:00:00Z This year, Mr. Doran said, he has had to cut various thematic ideas, like a film program and a comedy strand, to keep costs down. In Northern Ireland, a Celebration of Samuel Beckett 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z The only person involved in the making of “Youth in Oregon” — a gratingly awful family drama about assisted suicide — who seems to grasp the movie’s thematic potential is its cinematographer, Ross Riege. Review: ‘Youth in Oregon’ Takes a Family on a Contentious Ride 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z Why did the people who make "Never Have I Ever" fail to predict we might draw thematic connections between Devi's and Nirmala's subplots? "Never Have I Ever": Jeff Garlin becomes a problematic distraction to the show's finale run 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z And the remaining exhibitors have organized thematic shows, several of which are excellent. Art Review: The Art Show at Park Avenue Armory 2012-03-08T22:12:26Z With Battle’s encouragement, these and other artists have taken risks both stylistic and thematic — addressing gun violence, the impact of the prison system on Black families, lynchings, massacres. Robert Battle on Running Ailey: ‘This Is My Choreography Now’ 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z The song is the thematic grounding wire of “Leslie Uggams: Uptown Downtown,” at the Cafe Carlyle, her first New York cabaret show in 18 years. Music Review | Leslie Uggams: Leslie Uggams, Show-Biz Trouper at Cafe Carlyle 2010-03-31T21:07:00Z As it did in May, Christie’s will concentrate its auction sales in a single week, opening with a thematic sale called “The Artist’s Muse.” What to Watch in New York’s Fall Art Auctions 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z Both chronological and thematic, the show focuses on a major motif of her practice: the relationship between technology and the self. Lynn Hershman Leeson: The Artist Is Prescient 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z One shabby-pickup chase or courtyard shootout looks much like another, and Stollman and his fellow writers have labored to give the season’s narrative a little more structure and thematic heft. ‘Bosch’ and ‘Fauda’: The Platonic Ideal of the Tough Guy 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z But when I saw this element of the film acknowledged online, it was usually presented as a thematic flaw, or a sop to the demands of big-studio moviemaking. The Men Who Still Love “Fight Club” 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z Sweeney says that the hanging of the show was intuitive, which encourages visitors to look for visual and thematic relationships between works. CoCA’s group show demonstrates the continued power of painting 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z In the ’90s and beyond, thematic exhibitions explored issues such as photography’s role in the age of computers and its use in surveillance. 50 Years of Taking Photography Seriously 2021-08-04T04:00:00Z At last, all the thematic clutter and verbal overkill actually starts to matter. Review: ‘Everything You Touch,’ a Brash Examination of Self-Image 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z In the climactic final scene, though, Abrams attempts to braid thematic strands of death and rebirth and religious communion, never quite attaining the emotional heights to which he aspires. Six U.S. soldiers go AWOL in Baghdad to honor a fallen brother 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z To her, the record reflects a thematic link in his work: “A thread of emotion and vulnerability within it that ties it together, as well as a lot of joy.” How Fred Again.. Turns Digital Bricolage Into Dance-Floor Weepers 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z As his grief evolved, the Anacortes songwriter contemplates posterity and the responsibility of shaping her memory for their young daughter — wider thematic scopes leading to more expansive songs, like the haunting 11-minute rumination “Distortion.” The 17 best Seattle-area albums of the year (so far) 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z “Some directors may be satisfied by going for large thematic gestures,” he says of other attempts to revitalize opera with modern updating. ‘Rigoletto,’ in Rat Pack-Style, at the Met 2013-01-23T13:00:00Z “Double Blind” is an often cluttered work crying out for tighter narrative control and thematic unity. This Is Your Brain on Edward St. Aubyn 2021-06-03T04:00:00Z If anything, his true thematic pursuits were privacy and invasions of it. All That Sex and Blood, Mr. De Palma! 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z Even the slight, prefabricated “Boeing Boeing” — a 1965 film based on a French farce that had flopped on Broadway — takes on an otherwise unaccountable emotional and thematic complexity, thanks to Mr. Lewis’s confounding presence. DVD: Jerry Lewis on DVD, ?Geisha Boy? and ?Boeing Boeing? 2012-02-19T03:43:03Z Beyond wanting a instantly recognizable song, Lyonne wanted something with thematic resonance. "Russian Doll": The story behind the song that’s probably stuck in your head right now 2019-02-05T05:00:00Z Paradoxically, Ayer’s bluntly literal style treats the movie’s thematic twists as blandly as its ornamental ones. The Styleless Fakery of “Suicide Squad” 2016-08-08T04:00:00Z But the movie does take its time, and it wanders over a wide expanse of geographic and thematic territory. Movie Review: Quentin Tarantino’s ‘Django Unchained’ Stars Jamie Foxx 2012-12-24T20:07:04Z "The Nightingale," whose French title translates to "The Bird Walker," bears some thematic similarities to Muyl's 2002 French film "The Butterfly," about an elderly man who strikes up a friendship with an 8-year-old girl. China reportedly picks 'The Nightingale' for Oscars foreign-language category 2014-10-04T04:00:00Z Concert programmers often try to create thematic links between seemingly disparate works. Review: New Amsterdam Singers Perform a Text-Inspired Concert 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z The thematic organization of “An Unfolding Portrait” follows Bourgeois in light circling rhythms as she revisits previous subjects, expanding upon them or transferring them into more substantial media. Louise Bourgeois: Imagination Unfolds in All Dimensions 2017-09-27T04:00:00Z The exhibition follows a loose chronological structure that is interrupted by cross-era thematic groupings like "Muses against the Museum." SAM's 'Elles' frames female artists in a new way 2012-10-10T20:57:06Z The division is a little awkward, but it makes a certain thematic sense. Movie Review: ‘Nymphomaniac: Volume II,’ the Rest of von Trier’s Story 2014-04-03T23:45:12Z After learning about so many works being made by artists in different places, curator Darling began to notice thematic threads that run through the work: freedom, longing, loss, desire and alienation. Art preview: SAM's Kurt Cobain show traces the global influence wielded by a native son 2010-05-05T22:14:00Z This observation is more a reflection of “Sweat’s” thematic synchronicity with Sanders’s economic message than a criticism of how clearly the play reveals its sympathies. ‘Sweat’: A necessary if familiar tale of the plight of American workers 2016-01-24T05:00:00Z Other rooms divide the more than 70 works on display, most made in Paris and Brussels around 1890, into broad thematic areas: Urban Landscapes, Emptiness, Arabesque, Timelessness and Arcadia. Phillips Collection’s Neo-Impressionism exhibit captures movement’s escapist mood The thematic whole, all rendered in his clean line and clear voice, is a movable feast for the senses. Best graphic novels of 2015 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z But Mr. Adès and his like-minded colleagues took a cooler, drier, more thematic and crisply rhythmic approach. Music Review | Anthony Marwood, Steven Isserlis and Thomas Ad?s: At Zankel Hall, Subduing the Ravel Trio 2010-03-21T20:59:00Z The thematic arc of "The Rise & Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars" ... explored a darker side of romance: a dalliance with intoxicating self-sabotage and the seduction of the spotlight. 50 years ago, David Bowie and Roxy Music made history 2022-06-19T04:00:00Z Sometimes a flash of unruly emotion or pungent language will briefly illuminate thematic recesses that are otherwise left in the dark. Review: With ‘Skintight,’ Idina Menzel Takes On a Straight Play. Sort Of. 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z It is a thematic film about marriage and the deception of social media, as well as a piercing examination of domestic violence constructed with care and undeniable craft. ‘American Murder: The Family Next Door’ Review: Tragedy Reconstructed 2020-09-30T04:00:00Z The Portland Jazz Festival, which kicks off Friday, often hangs its shows on a thematic frame. Portland Jazz Festival highlights African-American and Jewish collaborations 2011-02-10T00:35:06Z “We weren’t trying to make a thematic link, but to show the range,” Mr. Lew said. Frieze Debuts in Seoul, With Big-Name Galleries and a Hometown Spectacle 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z The couple at its centre have been lying to each other, to varying degrees, and though things become – to say the least – extreme, the thematic resonance is universal. David Fincher on Gone Girl: ‘Bad things happen in this movie…’ 2014-09-27T04:00:00Z Each of the show’s eight thematic sections stresses a different progression of style, materials, emotional keys, social circumstances and degrees of reality. Real, or Too Real? A Dazzling Show Goes the Way of All Flesh 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z The presence of surveillance cameras adds another thematic level to the photos, which observe observing. Review | In the galleries: Biennial survey celebrates Mid-Atlantic artists of many mediums 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z And even that gimmicky choose-your-own-adventure structure takes on a fascinating thematic role in the context of this story about a series of choices made by two people with very different levels of experience and power. Monica Lewinsky, reimagined 2017-08-15T04:00:00Z After a somewhat unfocused first episode, the series settles in with more thematic subsequent pieces. Streaming series shows collision of music, history in 1971 2021-05-20T04:00:00Z The novel and its tensions promise some thematic heft, touching on race, occupation, gentrification and who deserves the right to a home. New in Paperback: ‘Democracy in Chains,’ ‘Black Mad Wheel’ 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z In a telephone interview, Ms. Cotton said she would emphasize a more thematic approach to shows, along the lines of biennials, “which allows us to explore things deeply.” Part Exhibitionism, Part Surveillance 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z Life is too messy, inchoate and open-ended ever to slot cleanly into a narrative or thematic structure. Noises off: Should dramatists beware the seductive power of the story? 2011-03-10T17:38:27Z With his characteristic attention to tone, detail, visual design and thematic depth, Almodóvar executes a cinematic hat trick, combining cinematic artistry, extravagant entertainment and emotional seriousness with finesse and seriousness of purpose. Perspective | Best movies of 2021: Almodóvar just gets better, family films make a comeback 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z There is no coherent approach in a thematic sense. Usher Finds New Sound on Looking 4 Myself 2012-06-15T10:00:56Z Drawing thematic rather than chronological connections among vignettes, his movies teem with rhymed moments and found metaphors. Need an Essential Chronicler of America? Try This Nonfiction Master 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z Woody 'n' You finds Johansson as inspired as his boss at thematic development. Stan Getz: Swiss Radio Days – review 2012-08-23T20:48:01Z “The Other Guys” functions as a transitional work, a $100 million studio comedy whose thematic subtext involves a bumbling detective pair in feverish pursuit of a crooked billionaire looting municipal pension plans. Adam McKay went from Ron Burgundy to Dick Cheney, and it actually makes perfect sense 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z The current set-up is mainly thematic, exploring topics such as rulers, daily life and ancient gods. Getty Museum hires Jeffrey Spier, Davide Gasparotto as senior curators 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z Chronologically, it starts on the Met Breuer’s third floor with a few abstract collages and the 1980 “Self Portrait,” then moves through the career in thematic increments. Kerry James Marshall’s Paintings Show What It Means to Be Black in America 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z But gradually, through the following collections, his own distinctive musical fingerprints begin to emerge, particularly the intense, sometimes obsessive thematic working, the constant rhythmic fluctuations and instabilities, and fondness for harmonies based on fourths. Scriabin: Travel Preludes – review 2013-07-25T16:30:00Z And Kramer helped steer it away from its plan to devote much of its space to a large permanent exhibition giving a chronological history of film to something more thematic and dynamic. A Big Hollywood Premiere That Was a Long Time Coming 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z “Midnight” displays his talent for condensing research on complicated subjects into briskly paced stretches of exposition that lucidly cover a range of historical and thematic bases. London Theater Journal: In the Shadow of the Nazis 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z There was no particular musical connection or thematic thread linking the two staples performed: Beethoven’s Second Piano Concerto and Rachmaninoff’s Second Symphony. Review: The Philharmonic Reveals the Rhetoric of Rachmaninoff 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z “Triplicate” is divided into three thematic segments of 10 songs each: “’Til the Sun Goes Down,” “Devil Dolls” and “Comin’ Home Late.” Bob Dylan’s Next Act: A Triple Album of Standards 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z Everything that happens in its scenes and between them is choreographed, fitted by Mr. Wilson into his intricate visual and thematic design. Critic’s Notebook: The Importance of Movement in ‘Einstein on the Beach,’ at BAM 2012-09-17T22:08:41Z Ms. Parks probably wouldn’t approve of this reduction of her characters to thematic constructs. Theater Review | 'The Book of Grace': At the Public, Suzan-Lori Parks?s Family Reunion 2010-03-18T03:57:00Z He’s a reminder that indie is short for “independent”, pursuing his intimately personal thematic and stylistic whims wherever they may lead him. Gus Van Sant: 'Whatever scene we're filming, we make it as hard as we can' 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z But what's striking about Nick Bagnall's revival of the Harold Pinter play and Edward Hall's staging of the film adaptation is that the rotations are employed for thematic rather than merely logistical reasons. A 360-degree history of the theatre revolve 2012-05-29T09:09:20Z Those expecting a whiff of thematic complexity in the writing are sure to be disappointed. Unlike "Fast Color," "Raising Dion" may be an industry underdog tale where the little guy wins 2019-10-12T04:00:00Z Few degrees of thematic separation stand between Willis' "Die Hard" John McClane and John Wick, for instance. "Die Hard" changed action movies in Hollywood – then it became part of the franchise problem 2023-07-18T04:00:00Z By contrast, the thematic thrust behind Ms. Oliveros’s “Primordial/Lift” was almost entirely evident. Music Review: Pauline Oliveros and Olivia Block Find the Unconventional 2013-09-15T22:03:58Z At times, Whelan busily manipulated props — a long cape that mostly got in her way, an elastic loop, ropes — with differing amounts of visual interest but whose thematic function was not clear. At the Kennedy Center, moments of sunlight are glorious but fleeting in ‘The Day’ 2019-12-07T05:00:00Z Now, in the hands of most, such a concept would likely result in a dull, meandering homage, but for Barnes and Co., it’s the perfect thematic backdrop. Of Montreal Breaks Genre Barriers on New Album 2013-10-11T12:00:49Z Now, new projects are providing a kind of thematic “boldness and outspokenness” that the comedian and actress Sherry Cola finds refreshing. For Asian American Actors, Playing a Hot Mess Is Liberating 2023-07-06T04:00:00Z There are also thematic outliers, like “Reincarnation,” an original by his master, Bunshi, and “Rotten Tofu Chiritotechin” — both of which branch away from personal anecdotes, and Mr. Sunshine performs them with more narrative distance. Review: ‘Katsura Sunshine’s Rakugo’ Offers Stand-Up Comedy Without the Standing 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z Many of the poem’s images and thematic concerns are first introduced elsewhere in the book. Throwing Weight Into Sound: Kaveh Akbar on Poetry and Power 2019-04-19T04:00:00Z These had a lot more power in “Room,” which, while not overtly narrative, traced a thematic arc, from people treating each other very badly to achieving something like unity through shared resistance. (La)Horde: Dancing Out Primal Impulses and Resistance 2023-10-27T04:00:00Z Prior to Sunday I didn't know what it was either, but am I now in possession of 50 AI-created portraits of myself ranging in thematic expressions, from "oh wow," to "am I holding a wand?" Lensa is turning us into AI thirst trappers with its ubiquitous portrait app 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z They might also reconsider the placement of specially designed lectern-like introductory stations, which weren’t the obvious first stop for visitors entering new rooms or thematic groupings. ‘Nation to Nation’: Full of the intriguing, often maddening details of history In its thematic use of unprocessed trauma and, especially, its presentation of death as a kind of viral infection passed from one person to another, “Smile” embraces an immediately recognizable horror-movie setup. ‘Smile’ Review: Grab and Grin 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z The film also works as a powerful thematic companion to a host of recent cultural touchstones. New Black Panthers documentary tells the story behind the berets 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z Saturday night’s arena headliner was a jazz-influenced hip-hop act, The Roots, which topped a thematic through-line of contemporary African-American music that placed the festival firmly in the present. Even at 57, Monterey Jazz Festival still finding new levels of groove 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z Few musicals arrive on Broadway with as many thematic challenges, or as much praise, as “Fun Home.” ‘Fun Home,’ the Musical, Takes Alison Bechdel’s Life to Broadway 2015-04-08T04:00:00Z Season 2 began to pull in more voices from outside of Sirota’s immediate musical world, such as Saariaho and Marshall, and the new season, with a reimagined thematic format, continues this trend. Q2 Music’s Brilliant “Meet the Composer” Podcast 2017-03-04T05:00:00Z If Carrie returned to writing on a regular basis, then perhaps "And Just Like That" and its sprawling cast would have more cohesive storytelling and thematic unity. Forget Aidan. "And Just Like That" needs to bring back Carrie's voice – and column writing career 2023-08-29T04:00:00Z The fact that “Boyhood,” which Richard Linklater filmed over 12 years with a nonprofessional actor, bears some thematic similarities to the “Up” films is so obvious it goes without saying. After 100 years, we still don’t know how to actually watch a movie 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z Each chapter, while loosely thematic, is organized around a specific year. How Jews Have Made an Impact on the Modern World 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z In the playing she drew from the orchestra, which sounded alert and at its best, she teased out distinct thematic threads while letting skittish, colorful flourishes work their magic and then waft away. Review: In Her Met Debut, a Conductor Leads a Fresh ‘La Bohème’ 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z The movies also share thematic details: They both revolve around a klutzy, hormone-stricken kid flubbing his way into a hip older crowd with awkward results that oscillate from comedy to poignance at unexpected moments. Jonah Hill may have abandoned comedy, but “Mid90s” wouldn’t exist without “Superbad” 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z After studying World War II for work, she has become obsessed with its tragic history, but that doesn’t completely explain her strangely cheerful encounters, which serve as the thematic center of the piece. | 'The Zero Hour': Madeleine George?s Hitler Youth at Walkerspace 2010-07-07T21:11:00Z This road between weary resistance and defiant pride is well trodden, of course, and “Resistance and Power,” which doesn’t offer any especially innovative takes on this journey, suffers from a predictable thematic narrowness. Dance Review: Sisters Standing Up to the Man 2011-04-29T21:21:24Z But soon these fragments coalesce into thematic lines, drums tap and ripple, strings break into frenetic bursts. Music Review: The American Composers Orchestra at Zankel Hall 2013-01-20T20:34:10Z The biennial’s thematic threads include diverse forms of labor, from intricate handicrafts to agricultural toil. 5 Artists to Watch at the California Biennial 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z Edited into thematic groups, the whole program has an elemental narrative arc. Bleak Reality in Nan Goldin’s ‘The Ballad of Sexual Dependency’ 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z But in a thematic sense, they are all part of the same story: the search for human connection in a harsh and destabilizing world. Water by the Spoonful: The Acclaimed Play Too Good for Broadway 2013-01-24T15:20:42Z Andrea Heimer’s acrylic/pencil works on wood panel push a similar faux-naïf sensibility in a different thematic direction, with scenes of Sweet 16 parties and other innocent activities taking a chaotic or surreal turn. Artists tackle ‘Suburbia: Dream or Nightmare?’ at Linda Hodges 2013-12-19T20:57:37Z Now fully grown, “Pow” has its premiere at the 92Y Harkness Dance Festival, with a score that zooms from cinematic waves to reggae grooves, reflecting Ms. Garfield’s thematic breadth and expansive interests. Dance Listings for Feb. 26-Mar. 3 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z Certain thematic underpinnings peek through: our dismissive relationship to an unconscionable past; life’s innate uncertainty, “where there isn’t time to say what one really means.” Review | ‘The Scapegoat’ is a bizarre, arresting mystery you won’t be able to put down 2021-03-09T05:00:00Z And presumably all music means something, so Mr. Botstein’s choice of four unrelated works, however fine and meaningful individually, seemed merely arbitrary, the very quality thematic programming is meant to avoid. Review: American Symphony Orchestra Goes in Search of a Theme 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z “I think it ends up being the need for connectedness,” he says of his thematic interests. Tom Hanks: ‘I’ve made a lot of movies that didn’t make sense – or money’ 2017-10-14T04:00:00Z Yet, divided into 23 sections — loosely chronological and thematic — the show mostly charts ideas once dominant in New York. At new Whitney Museum site, a show is shrouded in parochialism 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z The art critic of the Washington Post, Blake Gopnik, lauded the show as "one of the best thematic exhibitions in years". Christian activists force Smithsonian to pull Aids video from show 2010-12-01T18:56:00Z It meant also that I had that material available for conscious thematic use. Peter Straub’s childhood horror: “I knew more about fear and its first cousin terror, and pain, than children are normally expected to know” 2016-02-15T05:00:00Z Rated PG for scary action and images, thematic elements, some rude humor and language. 'ParaNorman' is a whimsical tale brought meticulously to life 2012-08-15T23:11:55Z Thomas Murray, in town from California, customarily assembles thematic exhibitions for the fairs he’s in, and he’s done so again. Validation successful. There was an error saving this asset. Please contact System Administrator. 2011-03-24T22:20:23Z Several shorter pieces could have been omitted rather than interrupt what inchoate thematic unity there is. Review | Jonathan Franzen has some baggage. Does his latest essay collection rise above it? 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z In theory, these thematic strains are not incompatible. Review: ‘ToasT’ Where Words Are a Cellblock’s Weapon of Choice 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z Her basic technique of juxtaposing either static or busily repetitive elements against proper thematic material leads the ear along effectively. Baltimore Symphony Orchestra debuts two works from two ‘uncommon’ women 2016-05-08T04:00:00Z Typically, pub nights work in thematic rounds, but a writer’s challenge, says Elman, is to mix in some red herrings. Q: Their job is to stump you. Who are they? A: Trivia writers, of course. 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z In the final section, the collective grew to include nearly 90 community participants, in a kind of choreographed struggle that poignantly evoked recent protests for racial justice, extending the show’s thematic arc into the present. Review: Bill T. Jones’s Oceanic Vision 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z Check in with Battles, Gang Gang Dance and Animal Collective.Does avant-rap mean Afrofuturism and astral production, or sinister minimalism and thematic vileness? ArtsBeat: Pitchfork: Measuring the Growing Debate 2011-07-15T18:42:52Z The Richmond Ballet, performing at the Joyce Theater on Tuesday evening, tried a little bit of everything in a repertory program that ran a thematic gamut: period drama, abstract and earthy. Dance Review: Richmond Ballet at Joyce Theater 2010-04-08T21:51:00Z One lyric poignantly captures the thematic heart of the prequel to the sprawling television series about mob boss Tony Soprano: "Money don't get everything / It's true / What it don't get / I can't use." David Chase might hate HBO Max's "The Many Saints of Newark" — but it’s the wave of the future 2021-10-18T04:00:00Z You can sponge up the Fashion Week experience in a more abstract way: through a video series of visual and thematic diaries we have been publishing daily. On the Runway Blog: Day 6 at Fashion Week: Tory Burch, Vera Wang, Rodarte, Marc by Marc, Narciso Rodriguez 2013-09-10T13:56:34Z As the movement returned to its crazed mode, Mr. Gergiev and his players dispatched it like some strangely rousing, out-of-sync fight song, full of disjointed phrases and thematic fragments. Music Review: Embracing the Ambiguity of Mahler?s Seventh 2011-02-24T23:27:09Z British reviewers have piled on the superlatives, admiring the show’s thematic audacity, moral severity and all-out razzmatazz. | 'Enron': At the Broadhurst Theater, Revisiting a Scandal 2010-04-28T02:26:00Z The Five Orchestral Pieces are informed by the mystery and terror of expressionism, and their shifting colours and rejection of thematic repetition or development usher in a new world rooted in uncertainties. LPO/Elder – review 2013-01-24T13:09:24Z Olivier Lamm, a music critic for the French newspaper Libération, said that “the thematic substance of Freeze Corleone’s rap is obsessively antisemitic.” How BMG Secretly Signed a Rapper Dropped for Antisemitic Lyrics 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z Yet the thematic structure of the book means that some of the drama of Thatcher's 80s arc is lost. Bang! A History of Britain in the 1980s by Graham Stewart – review 2013-01-17T08:00:02Z But Liszt had chosen deliberately: His recitals would offer not just an arbitrary mixture of scores but also, as with literary readings, a program with larger thematic threads, musical resonances and even personal significance. Two Pianists, Two Recitals, Two Deeply Personal Statements 2021-12-20T05:00:00Z “The Partition,” Lee’s first collection of stories since “Yellow,” represents a return to form, replaying many of the same thematic and stylistic concerns from his debut. Don Lee’s Long War on Asian American Stereotypes 2022-05-10T04:00:00Z For myself, much as I continue to be excited by Mr. Mann’s visual inventiveness, I also find myself tiring of the world-weary machismo that is his thematic and stylistic default setting. Big Questions, Smart Women, Mann?s Movies 2011-04-22T13:31:51Z Besides its slow, thoroughly satisfying build as a whodunit, the series ably handles a thematic tension between vile darkness and moral courage. Review | In one of summer’s best new shows, Perry Mason gets what he’s always lacked — a personality 2020-06-16T04:00:00Z But his thematic continuities, though perhaps less striking, are as much of a contribution to the history of cinema—or, rather, even to the history of thought. Douglas Sirk’s Glorious Cinema of Outsiders 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z While it is her first opera, “La Traviata” will not be new thematic ground for Ms. Coppola. Sofia Coppola to Make Opera Debut in Rome 1457-03-17T05:00:00Z Were you nervous that the apparent single take would overshadow the thematic content of your movie — that it’d be seen as a stunt? Birdman Director Alejandro González Iñárritu: Alfred Hitchcock's Rope Is "A Terrible Film" 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z Korot sets fragmentary counterpoint against moments of textural and thematic homogeny, the pull of which is increased by the uniformity of the instrumentation. PLG Young Artists ? review 2011-01-11T23:30:01Z Several museums are reframing their collections through thematic shows, rather than by just exhibiting highlights. With Money Tight, Museums Favor Their Own Works Over Traveling Shows 2011-04-12T13:09:45Z Throughout the piece the violin plays a stream of jagged chords, gnarly intervals, and twisted thematic flights. Boston Symphony Shows Verve Even Without Levine 2011-03-16T06:11:47Z It was a plot-heavy, complicated episode, abounding in parallels and thematic juggling — I look forward to having all of you unwind that for us in the comments. ArtsBeat: 'Mad Men' Watch: Girls, You Really Got Him Going 2012-05-28T14:25:49Z Organized into ten thematic sections, Landmark showcases some 240 photographs by over 100 artists. A Contemporary Take on Landscape Photography 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z The directorial decision was apparently aimed at drawing thematic resonance from a period that saw women enjoying broadening horizons in life and work. Review | Brittany Campbell as Eliza carries a strong, slightly racy ‘My Fair Lady’ 2017-06-27T04:00:00Z Eagleton has many interesting things to say – as it were, in passing – about Conrad, Milton and so on, in a series of thematic chapters that focus in turn on "Openings", "Character", "Narrative", "Interpretation" and "Value". How to Read Literature by Terry Eagleton – review 2013-07-26T07:01:00Z Vlahovich first introduced elements of “thematic tour development,” which is a fancy way of saying “stories.” The catch: Can watermen be as good in tourism? "One clear thematic from the book is religious equality and tolerance, and that was something that Michael and I wanted to portray," said Bryan Fuller, who created the show with Michael Green. 'American Gods' reflects country's immigrant past and present 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z Both trios conclude with large-scale finales that introduce a wealth of thematic material of differing character. Trio shows Schubert’s challenges 2017-02-06T05:00:00Z Some of its most haunting thematic material bears a close resemblance to scenes from Mr. Glass’s more impressive 2013 opera “The Perfect American,” part of his habit of recycling and rearranging. Review: Philip Glass, Easy to Mimic but Hard to Match 2017-12-10T05:00:00Z The story is dark, but it isn’t burdened with psychologically puzzling tangents and thematic bloat. It’s wild and weird, but will ‘Westworld’ become the big hit drama HBO needs? 2016-07-31T04:00:00Z The next line also signals the stakes and the thematic motif of the film: "I don’t want any toy left behind." How "Toy Story" changed everything – in its first eight minutes 2018-09-16T04:00:00Z Visitors are also invited to tour the Astor mansion, whose neo-Gothic interior shares one thematic link to the show: mahogany sculptures detailing characters from novels such as “Ivanhoe” and “The Three Musketeers.” In Transit Blog: Former Astor Mansion in London Is Open to the Public 2011-12-21T11:00:27Z So there were a lot of interesting thematic choices. ArtsBeat: Emmys Watch: Abi Morgan on 'The Hour' and How 'West Wing' Saved Her 2012-09-17T16:31:06Z The movie, by visual example rather than thematic argument, shows that this impulse is still very much alive. Movie Review: Jem Cohen’s ‘Museum Hours’ Explores Links of Life and Art 2013-06-27T21:18:15Z In that 44-minute piece, the thematic focus is on the contemporary culture of multitasking, and Ms. Z’s jaundiced view of it. Pamela Z Manipulates Voices in a Virtual Tour of Times Square 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z Red Light New Music’s thematic concerts can seem either inventive or fanciful, depending on whether a listener is persuaded that the works at hand touch on the program’s unifying notion. Music Review: Red Light New Music Plays Christopher Cerrone - Review 2011-10-08T00:56:13Z “I don’t like the grouping to be too thematic,” she said. A Style-Minded Filmmaker at Home With Family Treasures 2017-10-10T04:00:00Z Episodes dawdle and dabble too long in too many convoluted story lines, which probably worked fine on the page and filled Ng’s novel with layered and thematic coincidences. Review | The sparks fly in Hulu’s ‘Little Fires Everywhere,’ but it’s hard to sustain the heat 2020-03-16T04:00:00Z Often there are so many elements in a Dsquared show that you have wade through the thematic welter to see what’s actually going on. Fashion Review: The Theater of an Italian Summer 2011-06-22T20:21:31Z Now, of course, I’ve made films that started from a particular thematic premise: Secrets & Lies came out of wanting to do something with adoption, because I knew people who had adoption-related experiences. 'Silly question!' Mike Leigh interviewed by our readers and famous fans 2018-10-21T04:00:00Z The piece, and its exploration of divergent, but overlapping realities, set the thematic groundwork for most of what followed. On the Met Roof, Alicja Kwade’s Test of Faith 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z Despite taped music, the eight Kathakali dancers of Natyalaya were engrossing both as stylists and in the constant spatial and thematic evolution of their Indian dances. Dance Review: A World Tour With San Francisco Ethnic Dance 2010-06-14T22:29:00Z There are multiple programs each evening, some thematic, like “Edgy NYC + MTL” on Wednesday, featuring “wild feminist performance” by local artists and visitors from Montreal, and a solo by Ms. Bernard. Dance Listings for June 3-9 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z “There are thematic food museums around the world, but here we wanted to take gastronomy and approach it from a cultural and educational point of view.” At Museums Around the World, a Focus on Food 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z While it also contains the quirky sense of humor and brainy science fiction of the original movie, it infuses its own unique thematic elements into the series rather than simply copying what worked in 1997. In defense of "Men in Black: International" 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z In addition to their many comedic, tonal and thematic differences, there's also that matter of their divergence at the box office. Should comedy hits start refraining from sequels? 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z The collection is a narrative of Gauguin's life, with works organized in thematic sections that emphasize the parallels between his life and his career as an artist. Gauguin exhibit opens at Tate Modern in London 2010-09-28T16:00:00Z Finally, the whole orchestra joined in, playing sputtering rhythms, tart harmonies and thematic fragments that coalesced into melodic lines. Wine Bottles, Twigs and Trash Cans Join the Mostly Mozart Orchestra 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z Although wildly different from “The Lifeboat” in size, scope and setting, “Now and Again” explores similar thematic interests: big, ranging questions of morality and justice, in particular. Review: ‘Now and Again’: A vibrant novel about the Iraq War and the homefront 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z Instead, she approaches her songs the way a visual artist might treat a blank canvas, filling them with sonic motifs, thematic associations and spoken-word interludes. Jenny Hval’s lyrics will grab your attention at Kremwerk 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z He wastes only enough energy on the setup to allow the plot to stagger forward and introduce his thematic concerns: If you knew your future, would you try to revise it? Review: Self, Meet Your Future, in ‘A Parallelogram’ 2017-08-02T04:00:00Z These prints combine the thematic force of her signature work with a heartbreaking technical subtlety. Issues of today echo in BAM exhibit ‘Emancipating the Past: Kara Walker’s Tales of Slavery and Power’ 2016-07-26T04:00:00Z The story told in “Public Official A” has more explicit connections to Trump—“Celebrity Apprentice,” the possible commutation, the presence of Robert Mueller—and thematic ones. “Public Official A,” Reviewed: The Sins of Rod Blagojevich Are the Sins of Our Time 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z Organized chronologically with thematic bullet points, the writing at times has the tone of a jazzy lesson plan. 'Indecent' is a moving reminder of art's power to expose truths 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z Ms. Christie’s cinematic design aligns with the sound and lighting work of Tom Gibbons and Paule Constable, respectively, to suggest a thematic variant on such films as “The Ice Storm” and even “American Beauty.” Review: ‘The Red Barn’ and ‘Blue Heart’ 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z Through all its spasms of intensity, he revealed the music’s obsessive use of thematic sequences and restless harmonic shifts. Review: A Radiant Revival of ‘Der Rosenkavalier’ 2019-12-15T05:00:00Z There are echoes in Dylan and Simon's songs that extend beyond their thematic similarities. Hail, Hail, Rock'n'Roll 2011-01-20T22:28:01Z This story — I wrote the first draft seven years ago — was always intended to be a thematic exploration of individualism and the cost of being a part of a group. "Standoff at Sparrow Creek": Michigan militia men unravel in this claustrophobic thriller 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z What inspired the sonic and thematic direction of “A Kind Revolution”? Modfather speaks 2017-09-02T04:00:00Z Mild thematic elements and language, including some suggestive comments. Movie Review: ‘The Magic of Belle Isle,’ by Rob Reiner, With Morgan Freeman 2012-07-05T22:10:44Z But what amazes me is how studiously Schweblin shuns this low-hanging fruit, pushing the book’s thematic content into the background and spotlighting instead the intensity and specificity of her characters’ inner lives. The Cute Little Devices Are Watching You 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z One I received about two months ago lacked the thematic optimism of the others. Perspective | My life was upended for 35 years by a cancer diagnosis. A doctor just told me I was misdiagnosed. 2021-03-26T04:00:00Z It has neither plot nor characters but is instead woven from thematic threads that Ms. Saariaho and Ms. Carlson spun together. Exploring the Magic of Seven 2010-09-17T19:44:00Z Martin repeats a Freudian line in case we doubt the thematic seriousness of his effort: “If you don’t deal with your subconscious, it deals with you.” Amy Schumer and Keegan-Michael Key lend star power to 'Meteor Shower,' but it's still space junk 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z The visual and thematic exchanges between their work and Thomas’ are intuitive and self-evident. ‘MUSE’ offers a look at painter Mickalene Thomas’ photography — and at the artist herself 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z The show has undergone changes big and small — some thematic, some aesthetic, many structural. ‘And Just Like That’: The Shoe Must Go On 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z Yet the movie’s vast thematic scope and its high moral purpose are joined to a cinematic vision that’s also mightily, incisively comedic. Eugène Green's “The Son of Joseph,” a Grand and Comedic Drama of Father and Son 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z Given the complexity of the tensions the movie deals with — between religious Jews and secular Israelis, and between secular Israelis and other religions — perhaps its thematic murkiness is a feature, not a bug. ‘The Other Story’ Review: Thwarting a Marriage to Save the Family 2019-06-27T04:00:00Z Although that mash-up is at times incongruent, laboring to connect two tales that share thematic ground but lack narrative cohesion, the impressionistic perspective on Poe’s fear of mental decay unsettles all the same. Review | Synetic Theater’s ‘The Madness of Poe’ delivers a haunting mash-up from the father of American horror 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z His thematic concerns become lost in the parade of scenes. ‘A Fable’ in Two Acts at the Cherry Lane 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z Even on a record where the presence of his usual consigliere Noah “40” Shebib is diminished, each arrangement employs the same palette and achieves a startling thematic consistency. Review: Drake's 'If You're Reading This It's Too Late' Marks a Transitional Moment 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z This forced the gallery to put on thematic rather than chronological displays, some of them quite baffling. Home of the brave 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z The scene cuts away before he’s finished his speech, but like his solitary wrestling, it helps establish the narrowness of his world and the movie’s thematic terrain. Steve Carell and Channing Tatum in ‘Foxcatcher’ 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z Is it easier for you to do a thematic album like this? Musician Walter Martin is giving art history a fun, lively tone 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z They do not have the thematic inevitability of the creamed spinach, but they’re put together with more sophistication than average. A Brooklyn Burger That Conjures Old New York 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z I tried to make something that was thematic — self-empowering, about being in a corner and fighting back. Eminem Collaborates on the Album for the Film ‘Southpaw’ 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z And Gayford, art critic for the Spectator, is a gentle guide, steering the conversation through a thematic tour of the world’s images, some classics but most little-known. ‘A History of Pictures’ — from the cave to the iPhone 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z But the main thematic concerns of these opening two segments are the nature of good and evil and predestination. "Loki" is an enjoyable, aesthetic romp that feels smaller than the God of Mischief deserves 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z The jazzy crustacean is one of the best thematic fits: The juried show is meant to complement Strathmore’s “Shades of Blues” music festival. In the galleries: City life, and the possible menace that lies beneath 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z He was jittery, loquacious and "on," but lacked the savvy, adroit threading of the material into a cohesive, thematic whole as he's done in the past. Alexander Armstrong hits back at 'tribal aversion' to posh comics 2013-05-14T15:04:06Z Their investigation of him provides most of the show’s plot as well as a semblance of thematic complexity. ‘The Consultant’ Review: Silicon Valley Goes to the Devil 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z Johnson’s superhuman effort to strong-arm Congress into adopting the ground-shifting Civil Rights Act of 1964 at least gave “All the Way” thematic thrust. Review | In ‘The Great Society,’ history marches numbingly on, and on, and on, and on 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z Franck is usually dubbed a Wagnerian, and the symphony's structure, subjecting its thematic material to continuous development over three movements, owes much to Liszt. LPO/N?zet-S?guin ? review 2011-01-25T18:55:00Z The presidents are grouped into six thematic sections that address the social changes in the country — westward expansion, the Civil War, social reforms — and how the power of the presidency was linked to them. Presidents Gallery reopens with a look at both the good and bad of the men 2017-09-19T04:00:00Z Every lithe episode is unique and hums with a different tone from one to the next, making this season a thematic quilt as opposed to one bolt of cloth. "Little America" is a joyful roadtrip through the American dream in Apple TV+'s best series yet 2020-01-18T05:00:00Z That seemed to be the message of Umit Benan’s breakout show, the first runway presentation for this designer, whose thematic conceit was a period “after the war.” Fashion Review: Italian Men?s Fashion Week Shows in Milan Go Conservative 2012-01-18T23:53:35Z “My students are very attached to these thematic collections — they think that’s what the publishers want,” she explained. Lorrie Moore’s New Book Is a Reminder and a Departure 2014-02-17T22:42:23Z Michael Philippou: On the thematic side, that kangaroo was a puppet that like 10 people were controlling. "Talk to Me" directors on the film's most shocking scene 2023-08-05T04:00:00Z It’s Track 6, but it feels like the album’s thematic spine. America Has a Problem and Beyoncé Ain’t It 2022-07-30T04:00:00Z Perhaps destruction was always the thematic intent; that’s certainly how the actual tabloid saga of Charles and Diana played out for those of us old enough to remember it — as a slow-motion wreck. Review | The Charles and Diana saga weighs heavy on ‘The Crown,’ but Gillian Anderson’s Thatcher is a triumph 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z Continuity in this case means continuing the departmental focus on historical American art, the period from colonial times through World War II, and bringing in thematic temporary exhibitions to supplement the modest-sized permanent collection. Seattle Art Museum’s new curator of American art aims to bring creativity to continuity 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z As an exploration of masculinity and its discontents, “Ad Astra,” set in a credible near future, plays very much like a thematic, somewhat obsessive bookend to “The Lost City of Z.” ‘Ad Astra’ Review: Brad Pitt Orbits the Powers of Darkness 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z It’s built to have a sort of superficial narrative layer and then this subterranean thematic space that you can put anything you’re interested in, and that’s what makes it fun. How Steven Soderbergh and Ed Solomon Straightened Out ‘Full Circle’ 2023-07-12T04:00:00Z The poems in this new book engage in various formal and thematic experiments — and yet the works embody the same spirit and sing with the same voice. Review | Yusef Komunyakaa again brings his distinctive music to the page 2021-06-28T04:00:00Z Indeed, thematic museums centered around a single food item have been around for decades, be it chocolate, ice cream, French fries or ramen. At Museums Around the World, a Focus on Food 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z It would be easier to step over these thematic bricks thrown in our path if the novel’s characters offered any emotional substance, but by design they’re just constructs in this literary game. Salman Rushdie’s ‘Quichotte’ is a shambling ‘Don Quixote’ for our deceptive era - The Washington Post 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z But rather than choose stridency and suppression as her show’s thematic thrust, Sherman-Palladino opts for a sincere form of big-city sass and striving. Review | Yes, she’s a little too on-the-nose, but ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ earns her title 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z But its patchwork assembly is mitigated by the thematic coherence of Mr. Sondheim’s work. Theater Review: ‘Marry Me a Little,’ Sondheim Songs, at Clurman Theater 2012-10-04T20:43:21Z But even as there's a thematic throughline on the record, each song is different orchestrally and musically. Natalie Merchant on overcoming pain, roadblocks to produce the "best-sounding record I've ever made" 2023-04-16T04:00:00Z So it didn’t happen, leaving a tantalising lacuna for students of Kardashian thematic progression. Marina Hyde's Lost in showbiz: high fives all round as Val Kilmer whoops about his new Top Gun mission 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z At 82, Spafford, a Seattle resident, has been creating art for a long time, abstracting from Greco-Roman mythology to make huge paintings of visual and thematic tension and smaller prints of distilled potency. Three Seattle galleries join forces to display works of artist Michael Spafford 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z Cole used the song of the Baltimore oriole as some of her thematic material in a beautifully orchestrated score that was witty, succinct and great fun to listen to. Baltimore Symphony Orchestra concludes centennial season with energy and style 2016-11-20T05:00:00Z There were no discernible chord patterns and no section breaks for solos, and there was little in the way of melodic or thematic development. Lighting Out for the Territories With Ornette Coleman 2020-05-29T04:00:00Z The time is 1970, and tensions run high between hippies and law-and-order types, a dynamic that gives the movie much of its thematic weight. NYFF: 'Inherent Vice' and the contemporary cult hit 2014-10-05T04:00:00Z As the critic Robin Wood wrote in his 1969 book on Mr. Penn, “The Left-Handed Gun” provides “a remarkably complete thematic exposition of Penn’s work.” Arthur Penn, Director of ?Bonnie and Clyde,? Is Dead 2010-09-29T14:59:00Z Contains mature thematic elements throughout, violence and coarse language, including racial epithets. We all know Harriet Tubman was a hero. The stars of ‘Harriet’ want you to see her humanity. 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z Throughout its episode "Succession" hits an array of thematic notes beyond the obvious concerning the Roys' dysfunction and the callousness of the wealthy. In the latest "Succession," a wedding cruise is wrecked by a reckoning 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z A projector behind him displayed a hand-drawn thematic map of the show featuring intersecting bubbles leading to one central bubble labeled "Love." 'Hopscotch,' dubbed the 'asphalt opera,' hits the streets of L.A. 2015-10-07T04:00:00Z They also give the short menu a connecting thematic link of subterranean fire, a theme that points back to the name of the bar. Smoke in the Mexican Food and Fire in the Mezcal 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z The series’ visuals — both its western splendor and its futuristic labs — are spellbinding and seemingly as boundless as its thematic sprawl. 'Black Mirror,' 'This Is Us,' 'Westworld' among year's best 2016-12-12T05:00:00Z Rated PG for thematic elements, some peril and brief mild language. 'Mia and the Migoo' refreshing animated feature 2011-06-02T20:13:05Z Objects in the permanent collection are being rearranged, designed to present the history of Greek and Roman art in a more chronological manner, replacing thematic groupings like “gods and goddesses.” Palmyra, Plato and Play Doh: Getty Plans New Shows for Renovated Villa 2017-11-14T05:00:00Z “Body Madness” is a great name for the latest in ’s series of platforms — a thematic grouping of performances, usually organized by an invited artist. Dance Review: Alone With Thoughts and an Audience 2011-02-19T00:44:47Z The band’s down-home roots provide thematic as well as sonic inspiration: Their most recent album, “Young Sick Camelia,” from 2018, confronts the fraught politics of their home state. 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-12-26T05:00:00Z The parallels involving the women is strictly thematic since their lives don’t overlap in history or the series. ‘First Lady’ drama spotlights Roosevelt, Ford, Obama spouses 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z In her description Tower leaves the larger thematic resonances to listeners’ perceptions and focuses on the materials — steady repeated notes, chords, runs in scales and such — that drive the music. Review: An Ambitious Project Returns at the Philharmonic 2021-12-05T05:00:00Z Freed from the need to maintain thematic integrity across multiple episodes, Warner’s superhero movies have finally found their feet. A Batman v Joker movie could make Marvel's Avengers look like the Powerpuff Girls 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z “Terminator: Genisys is a lurching retread that lacks the thematic depth, conceptual intelligence, or visual thrills that launched this once-mighty franchise,” the Critics’ Consensus on Rotten Tomatoes reads. These Are the Best and Worst Movie Franchises of All Time 2016-12-16T05:00:00Z And is that more important than thematic considerations? Review: A Balanchine Festival, With Masterpieces in Safe Hands 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z Behind the album’s thematic consistency is a sort of stealth eclecticism. New Music: Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa?s Collaborative Album ? Review 2011-12-12T23:45:22Z But what marks Armadillo out is that it achieves a level of thematic clarity and coherence that only the very best documentaries have. In the firing line: A grunt's eye view of war 2011-04-04T20:31:01Z The thematic sequence continues with the entries "Crook Life," "Crook Reputation" and "Chalk Outline Guy." Seinfeld's bland new book "Is This Anything?" is $35 dollars' worth of ambivalence and old jokes 2020-10-15T04:00:00Z The wind, crows, trains, there is thematic purpose to these things but it's not something you are to notice, but an experience you have. "It's America's genre": Thandiwe Newton defends her land in "God's Country," a modern-day western 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z The show could have lost momentum; instead it opened up and gained depth, physically free of the claustrophobic jailhouse confines but still tightly linked to them in psychological and thematic terms. When a Break From TV Brings More TV 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z But the show offers merely an airless hall full of mirrors; there is no vision or thematic content to this show aside from scene-setting. We get it, you love the ’80s! John Hughes nostalgia trap catches “Red Oaks” 2015-10-11T04:00:00Z “It became this fascinating balance between the chronological and the geographical and the thematic,” he said. ?History of the World in 100 Objects,? From British Museum 2011-10-29T20:26:57Z We also aim for a geographic and thematic diversity. How We Put Together Our 52 Places to Go List 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z On the other hand, the concluding scene is brilliantly conceived in thematic and cinematic ways. ‘The Knife,’ by Ross Ritchell 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z In the solemn second movement, the strings played the unison thematic statement with emphatic sound and clipped articulation, almost like a Baroque oratorio. Review: Philadelphia Orchestra Plays Music From Vienna 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z "It was going to be a thematic retrospective that was very much involved in his participation and collaboration," said Ann Goldstein, the exhibition's curator and a former artistic director at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam. Retrospective of late artist Mike Kelley comes home to Los Angeles 2014-03-30T11:05:10Z I do hope the film doesn't get too bogged down in its own grand thematic gravy. Prometheus: are you ready to take Ridley Scott's leap of faith? 2012-05-18T10:11:42Z I suppose a lot of people will make the comparison to “The Social Network,” but are there thematic parallels as well? ArtsBeat: That's News to Him: Aaron Sorkin on 'The Newsroom' and His Steve Jobs Screenplay 2012-06-07T13:00:24Z When West began releasing songs on the Internet each Friday this summer, his direction wasn't clear and the songs lacked an obvious thematic or sonic link. Kanye West: Do not disturb 2010-11-20T01:25:00Z This subtle, carefully staged, highly detailed opening sets the emotional and thematic scene for the rest of the film. Take This Waltz 2012-08-18T23:07:04Z He emphasized his interest in digital technology, thematic exhibitions, public programs, performances and after-hours events, “so that exhibitions aren’t seen as hermetically sealed within these white cube spaces of the museum.” Hirshhorn Museum Drops Plan for an Inflatable Garden Roof 2013-07-16T22:48:16Z The interest also follows a shift in the museum world, where curators — especially artists who are given opportunities to curate exhibitions — are exploring collections through thematic lenses, rather than keeping to a strictly chronological formulation. Frieze New York Adds More Blue-Chip 20th-Century Art 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z Some of their paired thematic installations are straightforwardly historical. Jasper Johns: Divide and Conquer 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z There’s too much thematic ground being covered, and the balance between crime-solving and sociology tips too far in favor of high-minded speeches. Review: A Classic Western Sheriff on the Other Side of the World 2020-10-11T04:00:00Z And the problem is not just spatial; it is also thematic. Perspective | A wave of war memorials is coming to D.C. Are we all at peace with that? 2018-07-30T04:00:00Z Confined in Ana’s earnest narration, the story provides no critical distance, no irony, no real thematic ambiguity. Review | In Sue Monk Kidd’s ‘The Book of Longings,’ Jesus has a wife — and behold, she’s so woke! 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z Rated PG for thematic material, some violence, sensuality and mild language. 'The Last Song' plays a familiar, maudlin tune 2010-03-31T16:02:00Z The program suggested a thematic link among these works: Each score draws upon folk idioms. Berlin Philharmonic’s Beethoven Marathon at Carnegie Prompts Some Head-Scratching 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z It’s an oddly specific thing for the president to repeatedly insist upon, and so, I assume, it must serve some kind of thematic purpose. Perspective | Why does the president keep talking about women and duct tape on the border? 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z There are core thematic ideas in the lore about destruction of the environment and evil rising and falling again. ‘The Rings of Power’: The Showrunners Unpack That Twisty Finale 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z This tunnel vision gives the book a certain tonal and thematic unity, but it also leaves a trail of missed opportunities. Zonked on Vicodin in the Corner Office 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z He also edited the film, and his complex sense of audiovisual composition—textural, tonal, thematic, rhythmic, philosophical—is as original and as personal as his cinematography. “Black Mother,” Reviewed: Khalik Allah’s Deeply Personal Portrait of Jamaican Life 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z Although there's no central story this week, "Family Limitation" is held together by visual and thematic rhymes. "Boardwalk Empire" recap: Everyone's screwed 2010-10-25T05:01:00Z “Feeding on the lonely crowd, he finally belongs,” Mr. Manilow sings on “He’s a Star,” the album’s thematic apex. New Music 2011-06-13T22:00:32Z At what point is a filmmaker allowed to craft a meaningful, thematic film and at what point must she deliver a dramatized Wikipedia entry? HBO’s ‘Bessie’: A stirring — and stuffed — account of the life of a legend 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z There are structural issues – story arc, thematic development, pace, light and shade, tension – which must be addressed too. Hansel and Gretel – review 2013-05-11T23:06:01Z Grab any 3-inch cookie cutter and some green sprinkles for a thematic touch. Baileys, Jameson and plenty of greens: 5 of our favorite St. Patrick's Day recipes 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z Swift has stayed true to her thematic roots even as her sound has evolved from her early pop-country days. Taylor Swift vs. Scooter Braun and Big Machine: Who's the victim? 2019-07-03T04:00:00Z The drama has strong thematic connections to the Schubert quartet from which it takes its title. Gustavo Dudamel, Eloisa Maturen teaming up for 'Death and the Maiden' 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z It’s true that many of the other plotlines share thematic concerns with the fraudulent-Torah-peddling story — legacy, hope, permanence and impermanence, leaps of faith — but a significant amount of drama seems to be untapped. Play inspired by rabbi and his fake torahs misses its mark 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z The link between the eight films is, above all, tonal and thematic. Eight Tales of Art and Sex in Joe Swanberg’s “Easy” 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z And indeed, the thematic interests of this Dominican artist range from Greek drama to Wagner’s operas, and all the theater in between. Dance Listings for April 4-10 2014-04-03T22:42:35Z Still, it has clarity on its side, thanks to Mr. Wilmerding’s thematic divisions: flowers and plants, household objects, body parts and clothes, and food and drink. Art in Review: Benny Andrews: The Pop Object ‘The Still Life Tradition in Pop Art’ 2013-05-09T19:47:17Z The elements of “Madeline’s Madeline”—dramatic, thematic, textual, visual—fit together not with the deterministic rigidity of a puzzle to be solved but with the wonder of a constellation. “Madeline’s Madeline,” Reviewed: Josephine Decker’s New Film Features One of the Great Teen Performances in Film History 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z The show has a thematic spine, though this spine is somewhat flimsy. ‘Asi Wind’s Inner Circle’ Review: Pick a Card, Not Just Any Card 2023-01-30T05:00:00Z What is wonderful, too, is that while each painting is distinctly different, all the works come together as a thematic whole revolving around fantasies of femininity and nature. Art Review | 'Masterpieces of European Painting From Dulwich Picture Gallery': At the Frick, Paintings From Dulwich Picture Gallery 2010-04-01T22:51:00Z The stripes were thematic but also slightly too familiar from Balenciaga, as though Ms. Jarrar had clicked on and dragged the idea from her previous employer. Special Report: Fashion: 3 Weddings and a Dior Carnival 2011-07-04T18:10:04Z I went deep, losing myself not just in reminiscence or a fresh appreciation of superlative film-making, but in the movie’s surprising thematic relevance to our current state. ‘Feasting on fantasy’: my month of extreme immersion in Disney+ 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z As well, there were crucial thematic, cultural and, ultimately, commercial concerns. Does God exist in the Marvel Universe? 2017-05-28T04:00:00Z Before long, she began singing droning sounds and swelling tones, with gentle pitches coalescing into sketchy thematic lines. Review: Revisiting a Throbbing Classic of Electronic Music 2017-07-21T04:00:00Z It’s this cultishness that muddies the thematic waters of this novel. Three Sisters, an Island and an Apocalyptic Tale of Survival 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z Whilst there are thematic trends – introspection, diaspora, drug use – there are few characteristics that are truly ubiquitous. New alternatives for Alt Lit 2013-06-06T12:34:25Z But in other ways, “Heather” feels like a stylistic and thematic sibling of “Mad Men,” particularly in Mr. Weiner’s almost surgical dissection of the ways that social status, wealth, gender and class define us. ‘Mad Men’ Creator Matthew Weiner’s Foray Into Fiction 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z But here it is: The first-ever American museum survey of Hellenistic bronze sculpture, complete with a cogent, briskly articulated array of thematic groupings and a superlative, richly illustrated, very readable catalog. Bronze sculptures in 'Power and Pathos' at the Getty capture pivotal era 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z There is a certain thematic logic to the fact that “The Day,” a cello-and-dance work about living and dying, is not all light. At the Kennedy Center, moments of sunlight are glorious but fleeting in ‘The Day’ 2019-12-07T05:00:00Z In reality, the former is unquestionably a downgrade from the latter in terms of cinematic technique, pictorial sensibility, action choreography, thematic complexity and a bunch of other stuff. Best ever superhero movie (in terms of fabrics): It’s god vs. psycho in Zack Snyder’s bombastic “Batman v Superman” 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z What did you do to take the reader on this thematic journey? The Moth’s artistic director on the storyteller inside us all: “Most people do have something beautiful to say” 2017-04-28T04:00:00Z It was the first of four thematic shows, all featuring Mr. Taylor, called “Perspectives.” James Taylor?s Singular Voice, Steeped in 120 Years of Music 2011-04-13T07:58:57Z The songs even have thematic similarities, being about people sucked into the dramas of friends with self-destructive behaviors. Aimme Mann turns to AM radio hit for inspiration 2012-11-20T17:13:09Z “It’s a project space for me to do the thematic shows I want to do.” At 83, Arne Glimcher Indulges His Inner Curator 2022-01-19T05:00:00Z Diversity – thematic, stylistic and geographical – is the name of the game for National Theatre Wales. National Theatre Wales puts Cymru centre-stage 2010-06-01T14:36:00Z He would draw on island folk traditions as thematic material for much of his choreography, painting and acting. Geoffrey Holder, painter, actor, dancer and Tony-winning director, dies at 84 Like so many thematic exhibitions, some of the lingo and the thinking get a little odd. A Masterful Debut, but Can It Rise to Greatness? 2010-05-12T12:30:00Z I am not persuaded that just because thematic material in Shostakovich's Sixth contains the same four sequential pitches as the opening of... The Tortured History Behind Prokofiev’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’ 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z Having built relationships with choral composers around the country, Ms. Longstreth has made a point of building smart thematic programs around their work. Music Review: Romanticism, Tone Paintings and Modern Takes on Folk Tunes 2011-05-27T22:11:41Z "Reach Me," though, is a kitchen-sink mess with no discernible narrative drive or thematic resonance beyond uninspired batches of bad behavior, gunplay, eccentricity and weak uplift. To 'Reach Me,' sift through the jumble 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z But all the—both the structure and the thematic considerations are something that evolve at the end of the editing, as a consequence of total immersion in the material during the period of the editing. Frederick Wiseman on Censorship, Small-Town America, and Why He Dislikes the Word “Documentary” 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z Even when chords were stacked with notes, and complex or thematic lines evolved in pointillist explosions, every musical gesture was lucid, almost like a gift. Matthias Pintscher Conducts in the NY Phil Biennial 2014-06-08T04:00:00Z Like many things in the show, this picture translates to multiple thematic contexts. Picturing America in the Selfie Age, at the Whitney 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z She comments that in a weekend house, “you can be thematic in a playful way.” Kitchens by the AD 100 2010-04-01T00:00:00Z He improvised his playlists, following his whims, pursuing thematic links, frequently playing multiple versions of the same song to plumb the nuances of different interpretations. Vin Scelsa Leaves the Airwaves 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z But Mr. Jarrett kept alluding to the subject, making it a thematic framework for the evening. Review: Keith Jarrett at Carnegie Hall, Precise and Aglow 2015-03-04T05:00:00Z The first exhibition, in November 2016, will be a thematic group show of newly commissioned works. Guggenheim, With Eye on Asian Art, Hires Two New Curators 2015-08-12T04:00:00Z Don’t expect as much depth from the thematic shows; this is an art fair, after all, not Documenta. Art Review: The Art Show at Park Avenue Armory 2012-03-08T22:12:26Z Its arrangement is as much thematic as chronological, with groupings of different works from different centuries attesting to the continuing attraction that certain stories exerted on the imagination. Art Review: ?Storytelling in Japanese Art? at the Met - Review 2011-12-02T00:07:42Z Weir's complex weavings of her initial thematic thread balanced the work's dancing, sometimes wistful, lilt. Aldeburgh festival – review 2013-06-09T18:51:30Z “You might want to show the relationship between Flemish art and Florentine art, and in order to do those thematic shows, you’ve got to borrow.” With Money Tight, Museums Favor Their Own Works Over Traveling Shows 2011-04-12T13:09:45Z Each is of a thematic and visual piece with Fincher’s work, but neither feels worthy of his talent. David Fincher, the Unhappiest Auteur 2021-01-01T05:00:00Z But Mr. Miller said that while “a little more credit would be really nice” on projects that owe him a thematic or narrative debt, “the burning anger that people expect isn’t there.” With a New ‘Sin City’ Film, Frank Miller Extends His Craft 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z But there were also areas of thematic overlap, as when Mr. Jones told several variations of a story involving a family in financial distress while the dancers mimed the actions he described in dance-theater vignettes. Dance Review: ?Story/Time? by Bill T. Jones at Montclair State - Review 2012-01-22T21:59:44Z Though you always understand the thematic import of what the characters say, it’s harder to credit that they would say it themselves, or in the way that they do. 2010-02-17T03:22:00Z That combination is entirely Ravelian, and the contrasting timbres put Ravel’s thematic strands in high relief. Rearranging Ideas About Alternate Arrangements 2010-06-11T14:18:00Z Chekhov's plays can feel desultory, but there's not a moment in any of his masterpieces in which his thematic vision isn't deepening. Ghost of Anton Chekhov inhabits 'The Country House' 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z His production includes limited dialogue, sticking primarily to an evocative and detailed visual vocabulary, steering clear of indulgent theatrical flourishes and thematic self-importance. ‘Killers: A Nightmare Haunted House’ at Clemente Soto Vélez 2012-10-03T20:25:37Z Before we go chasing some thread of thematic continuity -- and we could definitely do that -- let's observe the emotional connection. Jack Abramoff, Eliot Spitzer: A tale of two swindlers 2010-05-06T16:01:00Z Rated PG for thematic elements, some mild drug references, language and smoking. 'The Music Never Stopped': J.K. Simmons memorable as a distraught father 2011-03-31T20:36:06Z Which may be the reason “Elementary” is able to land such substantial thematic punches without seeming sardonic or sanctimonious. ‘Elementary’ affirms its place as the smartest study of recovery on TV 2014-04-24T19:18:54Z That it took a Southern politician to bring the South’s historically discriminatory laws to heel is one of the more remarkable thematic linchpins of the play. ‘All the Way’: At Arena, a master class in LBJ and the Civil Rights Act 2016-04-10T04:00:00Z Indeed, again and again, I found myself reading and agreeing with Thomas, however much I blenched at the idea of making novels out of "superobjectives", "thematic questions" and "seed words". Monkeys With Typewriters by Scarlett Thomas – review 2012-10-13T23:05:32Z Exhibits avoid any thematic constant, such as the war years. Colombia’s Museum of Modern Art Celebrates Its 40th Year 2018-03-10T05:00:00Z It's the latest attempt by Obama to draw a thematic link with one of his predecessors. Obama: Middle class at stake 2011-12-06T20:07:00Z It is not, however, Mozartean in any thematic sense. A modernist master’s Mozartean face: Rihm writes for Barto’s pianos 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z I really wanted to be able to discuss the gorgeous cinematography, astounding acting, and thought-provoking thematic material with you, but I can’t. Rewatching robo-sex: what can be learned from previous Westworlds 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z “I’ve brought you up to these notions of permanence,” she wails at her children, veering dangerously close to raw thematic exposition in the extremity of her grief. The Tragedy of the English Country House 2012-05-02T10:45:56Z When she began writing “Painless,” though, she wanted the album’s through line to be not thematic so much as “a more cohesive, signature sound.” Nilüfer Yanya’s Music Is a Family Affair 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z Other than these substantial works, the program consisted of two sets of Britten’s charming folk-song arrangements, corralled by Mr. Zeger into the thematic groups “Sorrowing” and “Rejoicing.” Music Review: Britten in Juilliard’s Spotlight at Alice Tully Hall 2013-12-04T22:33:18Z “While there might be a larger chronological or thematic idea, there are also surprises. He understands that exhibition is also storytelling.” For Scott Rothkopf, a Swift Ascendance in the Whitney Hierarchy 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z To continue that conversation about thematic refrains between eras, "How I Met Your Father" could have easily been the TV equivalent of No Doubt's 2003 rendition of Talk Talk's "It's My Life," released in 1984. Hulu's "How I Met Your Father" is the sad cover version of a show that's best left forgotten 2022-01-19T05:00:00Z “The Kingdom of Sand” follows a natural thematic progression for him. Andrew Holleran’s Work Has Traced the Arc of Life. Now, He Takes on Death. 2022-06-05T04:00:00Z Mr. DiCaprio, meanwhile, starred in the surprise cinematic conversation piece of last winter, Martin Scorsese’s “Shutter Island,” which shows an interesting thematic kinship with “Inception.” Film: ?Inception? Criticism Raises Questions for Critics 2010-07-23T22:17:00Z Berg, in his early 20s and studying with Schoenberg when he composed the work, develops a few thematic cells in a rigorously defined structure. Music Review: When Youthful Ambition Was Restrained by Prudence 2011-03-28T22:21:23Z The Maritime Museum next door is less satisfying: the building is a bold conversion of an old dry dock, but the thematic displays are thin on content. Great Danes: the Denmark of Hamlet and Karen Blixen 2018-08-12T04:00:00Z “You have to research it, craft it, find the thematic strands, tear it apart, rework it.” Jess Walter Doesn’t Have a Lot of Patience for Memoirs 2020-12-17T05:00:00Z THC’s new “Roots” features many admirable performances, and has more thematic complexity and much higher production values than the stodgy, stagey LeVar Burton original. Fact, fiction and tangled “Roots”: How a family history that wasn’t entirely true broke through America’s biggest lies 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z The success of Rice's novels is in their combination of loopy fantasy and the solid, technical underpinning of conventional storytelling: thematic coherence, good characterisation. Anne Rice: 'I thought the church was flat-out immoral' 2010-10-24T19:59:00Z In plotting her book Ms. Russell gives each Bigtree a thematic hobbyhorse. Books of The Times: In Florida Slough With the Gators and Family Ghosts 2011-02-16T23:30:12Z And it was part of a diverse program of well-crafted, entertaining movies that occasionally provided tonal and thematic respite from the edgy gloom and doom on offer. Perspective | At the Toronto International Film Festival, you can feel anxiety in the air — and on the screen 2017-09-13T04:00:00Z The museum will present thematic exhibitions from its permanent collection as well as special exhibitions. Marciano Art Foundation sets L.A. museum opening date for May 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z “They’re a thematic trilogy,” Sheridan recently told Vulture of the three films. In “Wind River,” Taylor Sheridan makes another new-looking western with a traditional spirit 2017-08-07T04:00:00Z Those conversations ended up giving form to the exhibition’s six thematic sections. How Childhood Inspires Artists and Their Art 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z But mostly, they are songs — relying on broad thematic gestures and familiar production swells — that don’t exclude anyone. Music Review: On Stage, Lady Gaga’s Artistry Endures 2014-03-30T01:32:27Z Mr. Miyazaki’s “latest masterwork” shares “thematic and visual similarities with his earlier work, notably its emphasis on the natural world, its tumults and fragility,” Ms. Dargis wrote in The Times last August. DVDs: Another Trippy Rabbit Hole 2010-02-27T03:01:00Z Here is our highly preliminary, wildly speculative thematic guide to American cinema in the Obama Era. ‘Lincoln,’ ‘Django Unchained’ and an Obama-Inflected Cinema 2013-01-16T16:28:50Z Its mounting climaxes dissolve, and its recurrent thematic material doesn’t really hold it together. Pianist Leon Fleisher brings energy, clarity to Prokofiev 2016-01-11T05:00:00Z And on the booming Christian Nodal feature “Me Extraño,” a song about returning to yourself after being wronged by a paramour, Santos finds a perfect balance between the thematic commonalities of mariachi and bachata. Romeo Santos Reveals Another Volume of Boundary-Crossing Bachata 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z Even with a thematic frame, organizing a tour is tricky. Got an Hour? See the Met These 4 Ways 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z A thematic section called “Calligraphy and Modernism” looks straightforward enough to lull you into thinking about clichéd comparisons to Western action painting. Art Review: Shows at Asia Society and N.Y.U. Grey Art Gallery 2013-09-05T21:50:26Z The films are broken up into thematic blocks, so communal dialogues can continue between the various related showings. Spare Times for March 18-24 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z Then there is another group take on the 1960s, but with more thematic power and topicality. MoMA Upends Its Collection to Celebrate Late Careers 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z Here he's using some of fiction's least fashionable attributes, social realism, pointed action and thematic ambition, to brilliantly dissect America's love affair with violence. T.C. Boyle roams the American psyche in 'The Harder They Come' 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z Irony and humor were new additions to her thematic arsenal, the sex and swagger turned up. Rosalía Reserves the Right to Transform 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z Apologists can argue that the combination of businesslike dispatch and cartoonish exaggeration in the killing has aesthetic and thematic resonance, but nothing onscreen supports that take. Haven’t Watched ‘Squid Game’? Here’s What You’re Not Missing. 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z Such spontaneous rearrangements and changes often preceded thematic covers ranging from The Band's "This Wheel's On Fire" to the Rolling Stones' "Out of Time" to Prince's "Purple Rain." Elvis Costello's wheel of fortunate songs makes for thrilling show 2011-05-16T13:47:00Z To do justice to his protean subject, he has arranged the works on view in thematic sectors. ‘Marks of Genius,’ Works From the Bodleian, at the Morgan 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z Our guiding thematic principle is that this world is extremely complicated. Secrets of the TV writers’ room: inside Narcos, Transparent and Silicon Valley 2017-09-23T04:00:00Z Advertisement In a thematic section devoted to Zen ink painting, we suddenly have, along with devotional icons and illustrated parables, pictures of birds and seasonal flowers, landscapes, fruit-and-vegetable still lifes. Masterpieces of Japanese Art at the Met 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z Even if the play suffers from thematic overload and descends into improbability, I applaud Campbell's point that progress needs to be tempered by idealism. Bracken Moor – review 2013-06-18T16:56:35Z In fact, “Creature” seems less like a thematic exhibition meant to unravel a curatorial thesis than simply a handsomely arranged, smartly installed selection from the Broad’s nearly 2,000-work collection. 'Creature' is a smart exhibition at the Broad museum 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z Each has its own thematic resonance with “Succession” — the metastasizing hollowness of business; the alienation of believing that actually, many things are more important than family; the nature of affection that sprouts from routine cruelty. Miss ‘Succession’ Already? Here’s What to Watch Next 2023-05-29T04:00:00Z “After researching the subject at length and talking to a lot of people, we decided to do thematic exhibitions with a number of artists in each one,” she said. Scene/ Seen: Up Against the Renaissance 2011-01-21T13:00:04Z Because anime properties have so many distinct thematic and visual nods to Japanese culture, bringing them stateside is tricky. Why the pioneering Japanese anime ‘Akira’ is still relevant 30 years later 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z Unlike the bare-feet-versus-tap-shoes in "Three to One," this juxtaposition of silent and sonic dancing never culminated in a thematic statement but added another kind of expertise to the evening. Dorrance Dance turns tap on its head: Mesmerizing moves at the Wallis in Beverly Hills 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z At first, when Britain won the bid five years ago, there was a period of ambitious over-reach, with a plan for an integrated, thematic national celebration of our multicultural history. Stephen Daldry and Danny Boyle: masters of Olympic ceremonies 2010-06-17T09:43:00Z Aficionados of TV and cinematic history will find a few details worth appreciating in "Candy," including its thematic nods to so-called "women's films." Review: Here's the true crime of Hulu's "Candy" 2022-05-10T04:00:00Z It’s as committedly topical as anything the center has done, with six thematic sections focused on climate change, immigration, gender issues, racial turmoil, terrorism and the 2016 presidential election. Art and Museums in NYC This Week 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z Despite all the stylistic and thematic connections, a few artists don’t mix in. In the galleries: Semi-fictional streetscapes resemble stage sets 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z Seen together, the works show that the artists took similar paths to developing their technical approaches to painting, and also indicate strong thematic affinities. Munch and Van Gogh, Together at Last 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z There is a thematic arc to the season, as with every season. Pamela Adlon on ending "Better Things": "It hasn't been a piece of cake — but it's been a total joy" 2022-03-07T05:00:00Z The admonition also corresponds to Adham’s academic life, as a scholarly interpreter of the poetry of William Wordsworth, the 19th-century English Romantic whose work carries a host of thematic resonances for Adham’s own nomadic story. Review | ‘The Vagrant Trilogy’ is a night of revelation, a glimpse of the Middle East we rarely see 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z The second recording is from 1959's "No One Cares," another Jenkins-arranged album of "suicide songs" and a thematic sequel of sorts to Dylan favorite "Where Are You?" The secret Sinatra past of Bob Dylan's new album 2015-01-24T05:00:00Z Both tonally and melodically, a few tracks within the set tended to blur together despite their rhythmic variations and his thematic restlessness. Jose Gonzalez rides a vibe of gentle, mesmerizing energy 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z "It's the thematic issues — how do you live in a world that is darker than you thought it was? I don't think these issues really date, ever." 'Into the Woods' has a bewitching popularity — and presents issues 2014-12-13T05:00:00Z Moreover, there is a sense of thematic coherence, glimmers of narrative. The Mechanical Muse 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z The plot that eventually begins to coalesce within “Out 1,” and around its dozens of characters, is consistent with the thematic concerns and enthusiasms Mr. Rivette has explored throughout his directorial career. Review: Jacques Rivette’s 1971 Film, ‘Out 1: Noli Me Tangere’ 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z In his second French-language outing, Kaurismaki stays true to his visual and thematic interests, while on some level letting go and cheering up a little. Cannes: Director grabs spotlight, but films stand out 2011-05-19T19:56:12Z Though it covers a wide thematic territory over its six episodes, there's an end-of-the-world vibe joining every episode, as seen in its interstitial sketches featuring the women hanging out together. Robin Thede leads yet another comedy revolution with "A Black Lady Sketch Show" 2019-07-28T04:00:00Z They routinely express an aversion to controversy or even thematic complexity that assumes a level of intelligence and curiosity among players somewhere south of seventh grade. ArtsBeat: Game Theory: Challenging the Industry 2012-12-25T19:57:25Z Beyond that, Comedy Central's decision boosts the episode's thematic impact. 'South Park' Muhammad Episode Sparks Rage?Again 2010-04-22T18:54:00Z In terms of thematic unity, novelty and genuine artistry, “Loveless,” Zvyagintsev’s superbly controlled portrait of materialism and selfishness in post-Soviet Russia, made an impact far more powerful than mere shock or “aww.” Perspective | At Cannes, auteurs are worshiped, for better and, too often, for worse 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z Each of the book’s eight chapters centers on a year with a different thematic focus. Shakespeare Conquers America! Starring Ulysses S. Grant as Desdemona 2020-03-11T04:00:00Z I mean, it’s not a thematic show, and I’ve never been a political comedian per se. Q&A with David Cross: Don’t ask him about ‘Arrested Development’ 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z Yet it, too, relies on style and careful placement to amplify the film's thematic and emotional landscape. The secret to the success of two Oscar-nominated scores 2020-02-08T05:00:00Z No installations are permanent, and the museum recently opened “Blind Field,” a thematic exhibition focusing on the concept of potential by 21 artists working in Brazil that runs through Sept. Heads Up: A Mid-Michigan Museum Draws a Crowd 2013-06-06T15:27:40Z Equally significant as its physical variety is its thematic and imaginative range. 3 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now 2021-01-06T05:00:00Z There’s a little too much of a good thing here, and some firm paring would tighten the thematic through-lines and heighten the underlying message that the stakes in speaking truth to power are deadly serious. In Tim Robbins' 'Harlequino,' an old tradition delivers a new message about artistic freedom 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z Glatter directed the Emmy-winning episode “Q&A,” from Season 2, which is in many ways the apex of the show’s thematic explorations. “Homeland” is back: “The biggest fears, the biggest things that were keeping all these specialists up at night were: Russia and ISIS” 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z "I think the thematic content of this film could never have gotten to where it was without the maturity of the story team." Disney's animation building getting a Pixar face-lift all its own 2015-02-07T05:00:00Z Yet he tries, as if the responsibility of being a Jewish American novelist required of him protracted shows of thematic fealty to his miglior fabbro. With joyless prose about joyless people, Jonathan Safran Foer's 'Here I Am' is kitsch at best 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z Some disturbing thematic elements and brief strong language. Review: ‘Woman in Gold’ Stars Helen Mirren in Tug of War Over Artwork 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z A hydraulic lift festooned with red, white and blue served as a thematic prop on "Born Free." Kid Rock's beefy, patriotic riffs fill United Center 2011-02-27T16:32:00Z Pop music was predictably used both as thematic shorthand and period detail. Royal Wedding; Worried About the Boy; Girls and Boys: Sex and British Pop; Ashes to Ashes 2010-05-22T23:05:00Z Regardless of the reasons, though, there is no denying that consciousness was Aiken’s major thematic preoccupation. Is it time to rediscover Conrad Aiken? 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z Inside, the 60-foot-high central gallery, called the Canyon, is flanked by two wings, one for scientific research and administration, and the other for nine thematic galleries. In Transit Blog: In Utah, a New Home for Natural History 2011-11-03T21:09:30Z This play, which has received the kind of glowing reviews that can’t help tempting talk of a Broadway transfer even for a work as intimate as this, proceeds with unusual thematic discretion. Carrie Coon, at the top of her game, returns to the stage where it all began 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z It is strange that Knausgaard, given his thematic fixations, fails to mention that the Cyclopes were, in Greek mythology, wall builders, responsible for constructing fortifications on the Peloponnese. In Searching Essays, Knausgaard Extols the Freedom and Limitations of Art 2020-12-31T05:00:00Z “Haunted” and “Partition” and “Mine” are confident enough to take one, two, three left turns while maintaining thematic cohesion. Beyoncé Reviewed: One of Pop Music’s Most Important Moments 2013-12-16T16:28:45Z There was a thematic connection, if you care about that kind of thing — both plots hinged on trust and deception, illusion and reality. 'The Good Wife' Recap: In a Campaign Commercial, Alicia Shows Off Her Acting Chops 2014-11-16T05:00:00Z When Mr. West began releasing songs to the Internet each Friday this summer, his direction wasn’t clear, the songs lacked an obvious thematic or sonic link. Kanye West, Still Unfiltered, on Eve of Fifth Album 2010-11-19T04:30:00Z It’s a grab bag of recollections, divided into 14 thematic, non-chronological chapters that Dread compares to songs. ‘The Half That’s Never Been Told,’ by Doctor Dread 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z If there was a thematic constant in Ms. Kumin’s work, it was the fragile yet reassuringly durable balance in which connection, rupture and continuity find themselves arranged. Maxine Kumin, Pulitzer-Winning Poet, Dies at 88 2014-02-07T20:50:12Z Alongside the poetry's stylistic variety and growing tonal authority, what Paterson's selection from his six volumes to date reveals is the underlying thematic consistency of his oeuvre. Selected Poems by Don Paterson ? review 2012-05-18T21:45:03Z Now, “The Accursed” takes as its thematic destination the Presidency of Obama — an utterly unspeakable possibility in the racist, narrow-minded epoch of 1905-06. From Woodrow Wilson to Twitter: A Q&A with Joyce Carol Oates 2013-03-01T02:04:15Z “He sees life in them, somehow. ... It’s definitely becoming a thematic thing in his choreography.” Whim W’Him takes step toward being full-time dance company 2014-05-07T20:19:44Z Similar to other forms of folk music, these chanteys hit thematic notes of dispossession, invisibility and a longing to be seen and heard. TikTok’s sea chanteys — how life under the pandemic has mirrored months at sea 2021-01-30T05:00:00Z |
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