| 单词 | uncanny |
| 例句 | And as for the uncanny business of the name, in the world at large it hadn’t caused much stir. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Where were those spellbinding speaking talents and uncanny political instinct being put to use? Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z In a daze, believing they were finally bearing down on the line, the boys threw their long bodies into each stroke, rowing furiously, flawlessly, and with uncanny elegance. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Now dread came into the Kargs’ hearts and they began to seek one another, not the villagers, in the uncanny mist. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z I couldn’t see his face, but I had the uncanny feeling he was grinning at me. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Since he had started at the paper in 1910, Brougham had become something of a local legend, renowned for his uncanny ability to extract information from storied figures like Babe Ruth and Jack Dempsey. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Lyra had left it She felt she was leaving the world altogether, so remote and intent she was, so high they were climbing, so strange and uncanny was the light that bathed than. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z When we came close to her I saw that she had a strong, rather uncanny resemblance to Maxim. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z My brother was now full grown, a graceful giant with uncanny spring in his legs, and considered one of the best basketball players in the city. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z It’s uncanny how many similarities my students have with Anne and Zlata. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z He had an uncanny knowledge of wildlife and was not afraid of dogs or cats or beetles or moths, or of foods like scrod or tripe. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Like all Cyclopes, Tyson had superhuman hearing and an uncanny ability to mimic voices. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z She has this uncanny gift of delivering guilt tied up in a bow, and without fail, I accept it. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Lying there in the dark with the uncanny taste of a peach from some phantom orchard fading in his mouth. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z He had an uncanny ability to remember names. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z And then, in that uncanny American way, he went to work on himself. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z By varying the consistency of his pigments, the artist was able to capture the texture of Danaë’s flesh with uncanny accuracy, while distinguishing it clearly from bed sheets and covers. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s uncanny,” Pete said, after it was over and they had caught their speech. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z But he couldn’t stop reading him, he said, because it had become increasingly obvious to him that Freud had possessed an almost uncanny insight into the nature of man. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z With an instinct for the regrettable that was almost uncanny, he invented chlorofluorocarbons, or CFCs. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z “So, young Harry,” said Fred, in an uncanny impersonation of Percy, “mind you behave yourself.” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z I was so absorbed in the movie that real life feels slightly unreal; I have the uncanny sense of having stepped out of the screen and onto the street. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Her uncanny ability to find my weakest spots. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z He had this uncanny sixth sense—he always knew when we disobeyed him. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z But it did not matter, for the raids now launched incessantly into our neighbourhood had an uncanny element of surprise. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z It was an uncanny recall back to the night they’d met. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z In the moments that followed Ben forgot about the game and concentrated instead on his uncanny instinct, his intuitive genius for asking the wrong question. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He had always had an uncanny knack for finding four-leaf clovers, and he loved to present them to her as small tokens of his affection. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Some days I was convinced I could sense something or I experienced an uncanny mystical feeling but it won’t make the six o’clock news if I tell you I was always wrong. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Hall’s instincts were uncanny: it appeared that he had timed our attempt perfectly. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z He was also a doer, a man blessed — as David Hackett Fischer recounts in his brilliant book Paul Revere’s Ride — with an “uncanny genius for being at the center of events.” The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he says something to my daughter that really displeases her: “It’s uncanny how much you two look alike!” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Bunny had an uncanny ability to ferret out topics of conversation that made his listener uneasy and to dwell upon them with ferocity once he had. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The men in his legions worshipped him not only for his courage and cunning but for his uncanny ability to evade death even when facing appalling odds. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The afternoon was getting late, and he thought this sudden sleepiness uncanny. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Technically, I’m not doing anything wrong, not yet, but if the police stop me—well, let’s just say they have an uncanny ability to make technicalities disappear. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z He also had speed and his uncanny memory. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Its shrunken body bore an uncanny resemblance to the creatures that had haunted my dreams, as did the color of its flesh, which was like something that had been spit-roasted over a flame. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Lazlo stood rooted, experiencing the full meaning of useless as a wave of enemies hurtled toward them, moving with uncanny fluidity, flying at them as though launched. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He possessed an uncanny knack for winning the big races, the ones that really counted. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Tally looked away, trying to drown her uncanny pretty feelings in the sea of white weeds. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z He had issued a call to the most legendary aviators he had known in the Marine Corps, the ones who had combined uncanny abilities as pilots with the personalities of carnival barkers and exhibitionists. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m Madeline,” she said, and Mia had the uncanny sensation, as their hands met, of touching her reflection in a pool. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The turtle’s filmy inner eyelids blinked with uncanny precision, deflecting each shot. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z But Ulbrickson was left staring at a cold, hard fact: Ebright just seemed to have an uncanny knack for winning the ones that mattered most. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z It’s uncanny how much the littlest one looks like Mango. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z He had an uncanny prescience, as if he lived twenty seconds ahead of himself, seeing the coming trap along the rail or the route to the outside. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The absurd, the inspiring, the uncanny, the awesome, the terrifying, the ecstatic—none of these had a place, for you, before. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z When she slipped it on her finger, she had the disquieting sensation that she was being swallowed by him, that he was all around her, and though it was uncanny, it was not entirely unpleasant. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The silence that followed his outburst had a fungus quality to it, as though it were breeding malignancies, and I had the uncanny feeling that I had somehow been stripped naked and violated. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Shorty’s brass balls didn’t disturb him as much as the man’s uncanny familiarity with the entire workings of the Devine empire. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She was suddenly aware of how alone she was in this queer place, and she had the uncanny sensation that the singing trees had been singing about her. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z It was uncanny, but it was almost as though he could read my thoughts. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z How could they best appropriate the uncanny ability we kept to dream? The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z They often have an uncanny ability to sense feelings, intentions and motivations. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z That was the man’s real trouble, not the savage and uncanny civilizations he encountered—he kept forgetting what he had. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z It bore an uncanny resemblance to a prison: a large, bricked-in compound with walls at least twice his height. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Evidently there was no wish for any uncanny events in the Common Room again. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z The Kneazle has an uncanny ability to detect unsavoury or suspicious characters and can be relied upon to guide its owner safely home if they are lost. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “The story came as a considerable shock to me,” she wrote, and she had an uncanny “feeling of being resurrected.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The uncanny feats of memory on display can seem almost mystical. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z She refers to things she could not know with uncanny specificity. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “He bears an uncanny resemblance to you, young one.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z There was an uncanny familiarity in the cut of his jaw, in the way he wore his dark, tapered hair, and in the narrow shape of his eyes. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z After a month, I developed this uncanny ability to sense his presence before I even saw him. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z That uncanny laughter tormented Malcolm’s ears; it sounded like a high hiccupping yell of agony. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z The alethiometer had indicated something uncanny and unnatural, which was alarming; but who was she? The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z The name was just a weird coincidence, but it left me with an uncanny feeling I couldn’t shake. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Something about the combination of her loyalty and patience creates an uncanny urge to confide. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Although I know his capacity for self-restraint in a dangerous moment is uncanny. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z His intellect was a sparse acreage indeed but Pinkie got along by wearing a perpetual smile on his face and having an uncanny knack for repairing the engines of his teachers’ automobiles. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z But Howard was blessed with an uncanny ability to see potential in unlikely packages, and he had a cavalryman’s eye for horsemen. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z It is uncanny; one would think he conjured it out of the air. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Though he was entirely self-taught, never learned Latin, and had scant understanding of Linnaean classifications, he was a prize plant collector, with an uncanny knack for finding and recognizing unknown species. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z He had the uncanny ability to be stoically cold under pressure and extremely warm with the people. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z As absorbing as it is to look at, it does not elicit the sense of uncanny familiarity that the painted shields do. Art In Review: ‘ANIMATED BY SPIRITS’: ‘Shields of New Guinea’ 2012-06-21T22:12:07Z Ms. Cao’s virtual world looks as if it has been envisioned by a sci-fi novelist, with towering shiny buildings, bright commercial signs, ultramodern lounges, superhuman people and a generally uncanny feeling. Cao Fei Captures Modern Malaise in a Series of Inventive Videos 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z But he talked about the opening of “M. Butterfly,” when I was alone on the stage looking out at the audience and just grabbing their attention in what he described as a very uncanny way. | John Lithgow 2011-09-02T14:00:51Z There was something impressive this week about the handful of insiders who seemed to draw on an uncanny fashion sixth sense. On the Runway: Trendspotting: Trading Pelts 2014-02-12T03:22:56Z The silver mining boomtown of Tombstone had uncanny parallels with the gold mining camp of Deadwood. Before the profane delights of "Deadwood," silver-tongued "Tombstone" rode in 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z Yet they also exude an uncanny capacity to summon the kinds of mediated images that dominate our modern visual lives, like Polaroids whose color chemicals have been smudged by a thumb. A Trinidadian Friendship: Derek Walcott and Peter Doig 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z But just as this material seems headed into a thin space of its own — there are a few baggy moments whose structural purpose becomes apparent only later — the uncanny crashes headlong into the party. Review: Death Is a Two-Way Door in ‘The Thin Place’ 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z But the characters trapped inside the uncanny world of Kate Folk’s debut story collection, “Out There,” are disconcertingly similar to us. Stop Telling Single People to Put Themselves ‘Out There’ 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z Ras wrestles with the spear as the narrator flees the uncanny scene. Surreal Encounters in Ralph Ellison’s ‘Invisible Man’ 2021-06-03T04:00:00Z Burger King boldly hawks the Big King, which is exactly what it sounds like: an uncanny match, double patty for double patty, sesame-seed bun for sesame-seed bun, for McDonald’s Big Mac. One of these is the Cronut. The other is food plagiarism. And you can’t stop it. 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z Fast paced, surprisingly light in tone, emotionally cool, wryly humorous — these uncanny tales, often just one or two pages long, might almost be adult bedtime stories. Review | The perfect book to help celebrate the Chinese New Year 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z We never actually see the performance of a play in “Eve,” which is probably for the best, although the uncanny fire emanated by Davis’s Margo gives you some hint of what she might deliver onstage. Falling in Love Again With ‘All About Eve’ 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z A giant statue bearing an uncanny resemblance to the warrior king – although, officially, no one dares call it that – has been erected in the heart of Skopje, Macedonia's capital. Alexander the Great or a warrior on a horse? 2011-08-14T13:50:56Z The Chicago-forged D.C. artist uses clean colors and delicate lines to depict a whale, a pelican, a snail and some rabbits, which enter the scenes in a gently uncanny manner. In the galleries: A celebration of language from antiquity The uncanny similarities that the events of its worst-case-scenarios plot bear to real world political developments ensured that we cannot comfortably move on, even if its freshman season is officially spent. “The Handmaid’s Tale” finale prepares us for a future yet to be written 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z What these spare, stripped-down paintings do to your eyes is uncanny, undermining normal visual communication. Go to LACMA for John McLaughlin, possibly the most important postwar artist you don't know 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z Add to these an insatiable appetite and uncanny insight into theatergoing tastes, and you begin to grasp the attributes shaping an extraordinary theater man. Perspective | Thank you, Hal Prince, for giving me some of the most transcendent nights of theater I’ve ever known 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z Various horror tropes and vague symbols of the uncanny are patched together in “Nocturne,” the debut feature by Zu Quirke. ‘Nocturne’ Review: On a Low Note 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z “It’s an uncanny, unsettling dream, tuned into the static of the universe.” A Guide to Cormac McCarthy’s Books 2023-06-13T04:00:00Z It tells well the story of a country boy’s unlikely path to leadership, his peculiarities, strengths, blind spots and uncanny powers of concentration and courage during battle. President Clinton Looks Back at President Grant 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z The motion-capture technology was state of the art, and watching it was almost uncanny – as if inanimate creations had been given a soul. Geek out!: Steven Spielberg, Peter Jackson and the lure of Comic-Con 2011 2011-07-25T20:30:00Z And although sobriety prevailed, there was exquisite comic release provided by a stray music-loving cicada, which often sang along with uncanny timing. Review: Arvo Pärt and 9/11, Paired at the Metropolitan Museum 2015-09-13T04:00:00Z The skillful deployment of leather, the placement of smooth patched pockets and asymmetrical buckles, and the contour seaming reaffirms the young designer’s uncanny eye for subtlety. | A Rare Bond 2011-03-11T12:30:54Z “It was so uncanny to see it. Everything about it is different and heightened and artificial in a creepy and beautiful way.” Megan Abbott writes bestsellers about bad people. Look out, she's coming to L.A. 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z The real trick was in the eyes, Finn said, specifically a “dead gaze that’s a total mismatch for the smile,” with no blinking — “a human face that pushes you into the uncanny.” In ‘Smile,’ Why the Grins Are So Grim 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z The "creepiness" of the characters plays into the "uncanny valley" theory that explains why almost-human looking robots scare people more than mechanical-looking robots. Changing the game? 2011-05-27T12:32:00Z But no worries, Lincoln fans: Day-Lewis’s physical resemblance to Lincoln is uncanny, the war scenes are striking and there are stovepipe hats everywhere you look. Today's Movie Trailer: New Lincoln Teaser Debuts During Presidential Debate 2012-10-04T16:00:21Z “The very essence of the art form is its uncanny ability to give presence to something that is absent,” he says in a statement. Review | In the galleries: With two group exhibits, maximum exposure for photographers 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z Without the breathing spaces afforded by scene-changes and cuts – three days later, earlier that morning etc – the atmosphere intensifies and accumulates in an uncanny, oppressive way, like a seance. The Silent House ? review 2011-04-07T14:00:00Z This gave her performances an uncanny, seance-like aspect, even as they also felt wholly fresh — the voice healthy and secure — and deeply felt. Can the Diva Who Once Ruled the Met Make a Comeback? 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z “It’s a place of reflection. It’s too uncanny.” Spring Preview: Idina Menzel’s Role in ‘If/Then’ Is Not Such a Stretch 2014-02-20T13:00:06Z Each story more brilliant and uncanny than the last. Why a ‘Peanuts’ Collection Has Stuck With Jeremy Denk, Concert Pianist 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z It’s very uncanny that David Javerbaum wrote in cadences that are familiar to me as I speak and as the person I am. Q. and A. With Sean Hayes: Playing God on Broadway 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z His historical sense is, like Ashton’s, uncanny: at times he seems attuned to Romantic-style ballets by Bournonville that he was unlikely to have seen. Dance Review: New York Theater Ballet in ?Signatures 10? at Gould Hall 2010-04-25T22:26:00Z For one thing, you develop an uncanny familiarity with the nation’s airports. Brains Behaving Badly: Why So Many Comedians End Up Self-Destructing 2014-09-07T04:00:00Z Rachel has an uncanny ability to wrangle and coerce even the most reluctant reality-show subjects, getting them to open up and relax and, if all goes according to plan, participate in their own humiliation. ‘UnREAL’ and ‘Another Period’: From female creators, sharp jabs at reality 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z The effect can be uncanny, particularly when mother and daughter are face to face at dinner. ‘The Eternal Daughter’ Review: Two Glorious Sides of Tilda Swinton 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z Taped at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta, he tackles dating and aging and shows off an uncanny impression of singer and close friend Michael Jackson. Chris Tucker discusses Netflix stand-up special and his disappearing act 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z Huppert’s uncanny mixture of self-possession and wildness is never not interesting to watch, but when Frankie is off screen she takes the film’s life force with her. ‘Frankie’ Review: Troubled in Paradise 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z I have an 11-year-old, and it was uncanny, both the things that young Colin said as well as the way he looked. "What We Do in the Shadows" star and writer on the finale's big reveal, kid vampires and what's next 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z Crab fishing, it turned out, also bore an uncanny natural resemblance to the kind of competition a reality producer might devise. How Thom Beers Built a Reality-TV Empire 2012-12-16T23:37:47Z While Cut Copy often exhibits an uncanny ability to pace its sets like seasoned DJs, this night the segues and shifts weren't quite as seamless as usual. Cut Copy cribs, but with good taste and better instincts 2011-04-09T13:22:00Z “Picasso 1932” is as much her show as his, and the young Frenchwoman, lithe, athletic, untroubled, appears again and again in uncanny states of bodily deliquescence. Picasso in 1932: Ingenious, Exhausting, Relentless 2018-04-02T04:00:00Z You can tell a Venditti production — which typically blends nonprofessional actors with professionals — from the creases, the unexpected patina, the uncanny gestures that seem to unfold at a slightly different speed than most fictional work. Jennifer Venditti Will See You Now 2022-04-04T04:00:00Z The third founder, Frank Bender, a forensic sculptor known for an uncanny ability to craft facial likenesses from skulls that had baffled law enforcement, died in 2011. Murder on the menu 2012-11-22T14:00:00Z My strongest memory of the surgery, which the hospital shielded from my view with a raised blue tarp, is of the uncanny release of pressure in my anesthetized body when the baby was removed. The Many Violations of the Violent Birth Scene 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z If it sounds ridiculous that the face of Bravo seriously aspires to one day host a presidential debate, consider Mr. Cohen’s uncanny ability to shape-shift. Andy Cohen Had a Year 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z I arrived at the museum just after it opened and walked into the show with a feeling both of relief and uncanny familiarity. Review | This Edward Hopper exhibition on hotels is worth an extended stay 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z But here, by presenting a whole roster of spectral-looking, mostly silent actors, who stand in physically awkward positions with uncanny stillness, the production reclaims that old image of the singing statue. Music Review: Chalky Chorus of Specters Who Dance and Crush 2011-08-05T22:45:16Z “There is a very striking uncanny effect for faces” but less for nonmoving bodies, said Nancy Etcoff, an assistant clinical professor at Harvard Medical School. Noticed: H&M Puts Real Heads on Digital Bodies 2011-12-16T20:00:57Z But even more uncanny is her ability to channel's the ballet's original ideological spirit. Mikhailovsky Ballet: Laurencia – review 2013-04-03T17:48:54Z In Bartok’s “Wooden Prince,” written in 1917, the orchestra played with warmth and radiance yet uncanny clarity, a Boulez hallmark. Music Review: Pierre Boulez Conducts Met Orchestra at Carnegie 2010-05-17T22:00:00Z "You have to know the material so well that you have two brains," says performer Chris Polick, who is British and bears an uncanny resemblance to Jude Law. Immersive theater appeals to audiences wanting to take part in art 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z Junior Murvin’s sweet, high voice on “Police & Thieves” and the uncanny harmonies of the Congos’ “Heart of the Congos” became the perfect conduits for Perry to deliver hard truths in song form. Perspective | Behind the smokescreens, Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry was a true master of sound and spacetime 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z As always in Moss’s work, too, there is an ominous quality, slow uncanny beats from an extra subwoofer or two, mighty but muffled. ‘Summerwater’ Makes an Intimate Study of Social Class Out of a Long, Rainy Day 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z Clad in gray-pink Dakota granite, the refined, muscular building conveyed an uncanny combination of heaviness and delicacy, solidity and transparency. A 21st-Century Renaissance for Ford Foundation Landmark 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z There’s often a gleaming thread of the uncanny running through French’s detective fiction: a mysterious incident in a primeval forest, an implausibly perfect resemblance between a detective and a murder victim. “Broken Harbor”: Suburban gothic 2012-07-22T22:00:00Z Early in his career, in the mid-90s, Mr. Crewdson created and photographed dioramas of out-of-scale insects and animals in natural settings that evoked the uncanny hothouse atmosphere of David Lynch’s movie “Blue Velvet.” For Gregory Crewdson, Truth Lurks in the Landscape 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z Team will continue to mount shows at its 83 Grand Street address, where Ross Knight’s new sculptures, through Sunday, combine mundane industrial materials to create objects that look like uncanny fetishes. SoHo and TriBeCa, a Cradle of Contemporary Art 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z Nearly every frame reminds us with that we are in the realm of the uncanny, the ominous, the dangerous. Early on, 'Intruders' gets swallowed by the dark 2014-08-23T04:00:00Z Like Sorey, Mitchell is known for explosive improvisation but also for highly concentrated compositions that guide the listener to an uncanny focus on sound itself. Volcanic drummer and MacArthur ‘genius grant’ winner Tyshawn Sorey premieres new work with Seattle Symphony 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z Kidman’s cheeks have been widened and her brow altered but the net result is that she looks less like Ball and more like an uncanny valley Glenn Close. ‘Being the Ricardos’ Review: Kiss, Fight, Rinse, Repeat 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z It was a poignant moment in sitcom history, particularly for a TV mom, known for their just-what-the-doctor ordered solutions, or their uncanny ability to trade wisecracks. Where are the realistic TV moms? 2014-02-09T21:00:00Z Contrasts in colors create moods that are “unsettling and uncanny,” he added. A Quiet Word With Italy’s Master of Horror 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z But they have an uncanny ability to disappear into a gallery of characters from any race or background. Beyond black and white 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z More than 30 original plays and musicals bore his byline in Broadway playbills over his four decades of uncanny productivity. Perspective | Neil Simon was a funnyman who pleased himself by going deeper 2018-08-26T04:00:00Z Pale and half‑dead, the creature draws uncanny performances from its child cast, and the religious parallels in ET's subsequent "resurrection" have never gone unnoticed. ET: The Extra-Terrestrial: No 7 2010-10-21T10:48:00Z He takes his own emotional cues from, among others, the spooky work of the 19th- and early 20th-century illustrator Arthur Rackham and uncanny fables of Hans Christian Andersen. Front Row: In Tim Walker Fashion Photos, Mermaids Come to Life 2013-12-19T01:18:11Z A mural of Margaret Thatcher adorns one wall in an 80s-era lounge bar This is uncanny. Maggie's nightclub ? the ultimate tribute to Thatcher 2010-11-22T20:30:00Z And the sorts of things he limned along that Brentwood hillside are rampantly evident in the uncanny colors and combinations of colors in this possibly final project. Robert Irwin’s Ambient Odyssey 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z The trademark wonders of Mr. Kissin’s playing — a singing tone, myriad shadings, uncanny brilliance — were all present in his Chopin performances. Review: In ‘With You, Armenia,’ Kissin and Others Honor the Slaughtered 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z The result is not so much a work of traditional magical realism as a 471-page object lesson in the uncanny. Growing Up With a Revolution, and a Mystic Grandmother 2021-02-23T05:00:00Z I had not comprehended the film's poise, its Dickensian breadth, its uncanny moments, the impress of a fable behind our "cotton-wool living", or its capacity to touch a kind of joy. Frank Capra at the BFI - review 2010-12-18T00:07:26Z And while the Joneses — all four of them — have all the aspects of normal folks, as their names would suggest, they also possess an uncanny otherness expressed through their stylized, disordered way of communicating. Theater Review: ‘Realistic Joneses’ Stars Toni Collette and Michael C. Hall 2014-04-07T02:00:12Z The effect is uncanny: Although Frost insists he is not doing an impersonation, audiences describe feeling as if they are at a Michael Jackson concert. Dancing to ‘Billie Jean’ Led Him to ‘MJ.’ Now He’s a Tony Contender. 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z And, with “Liberty Theater,” her fifth monograph, the artist revisits her uncanny excoriation of the great myths of the South. Rosalind Fox Solomon’s Color Line 2018-12-01T05:00:00Z It’s promising, too, given Freud’s writings on the uncanny, the return of the repressed and what he called our “our unmistakable tendency to push death aside.” Review: In ‘Therapy for a Vampire,’ the Count Really Wants to Change 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z Underlying these adventures is an uncanny insight into how people rely on and build a relationship with technology that dovetails with identity in a toxic way. The best and boldest new must-read books for May 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z At times, it was almost uncanny how this season had all this extra relevance: tensions with Canada, child separation at the border … ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’: Yvonne Strahovski on the Harrowing Finale and Serena’s Murky Future 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z The most uncanny impersonation is, after all, an approximation, an interpretation, a shadow of, a substitute for, someone else's own irreplaceable greatness -- a greatness that is all over "Mr. Dynamite," from downbeat to fade out. TV Picks: 'Brakeless,' 'Mr. Dynamite,' 'Death Comes to 'Pemberley' 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z It’s masterfully done, though a bit uncanny when you notice the difference in texture between Crosby’s old vocal stems and the cleanly recorded orchestra. Holiday Tunes That Soothe, Provoke and Share a Joke 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z Nearby, the sculpture of a pharaoh fashioned from blue granite and displaying a gold nipple ring bears an uncanny resemblance to Pharrell Williams. Damien Hirst Is Back With an Underwater Fantasy. Will Collectors Care? 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z Nearly 30 years into his Hollywood career, the hardworking leading man has created some of our most iconic movie moments and developed an uncanny instinct for creative, audience-pleasing parts. Should Brad Pitt really win an Oscar for acting? 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z Some scenes have a strong melodramatic authority, and there are a few situations that induce an inspired aura of the uncanny. Review: What “Avengers: Endgame” Could Have Been 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z But it does have a playful teacher who leads the kids outside to explore the landscape, which bears an uncanny resemblance to the dinosaurs they have been studying. Their Wildest Dreams 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z In ‘My Brilliant Career,’ I recognized an uncanny image. Sundance 2021 makes it official: The weirdest movie year ever isn’t even a year 2021-01-20T05:00:00Z A majestically uncanny scene of four smiling men is done on sandpaper: Dubuffet painted the figures in white, then incised their big eyes and buck teeth with an unknown sharp object. Review: Drawings? Maybe, but Certainly the Art of Frustration 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z As I settled into their home, I was taken aback at the uncanny similarities with my own tight-knit family system: lots of affection, a healthy attitude toward spirituality and an appreciation for communication and education. We need diverse influences: Artist Shahzia Sikander on her multicultural past and our future 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z Most uncanny depiction of a well-known person: Well, none of us really know what Honest Abe looked like, but we will from now on: He looked exactly like Daniel Day-Lewis in “Lincoln,” right? 2012’s worst screen chemistry — and other dubious achievements in cinema 2012-12-27T21:15:42Z The result is a composition with uncanny depth, indicated by subtly distorted elements. David Hockney Plays with Perspective in an L.A. Exhibition 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z In the “Gran Partita” Serenade, Mozart achieves an uncanny blend of breeziness and grandeur. Review: Mostly Mozart Returns to Lincoln Center, Quietly 2021-08-03T04:00:00Z He still watches the show, and finds the experience slightly uncanny: “You are like, hang on, I used to be in there, I used to be in that telly box.” Dan Stevens in Brooklyn 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z “I heard this remarkable voice, where it was almost uncanny, bizarre to hear what she seemed to be channeling,” he recalled. Music: Nikki Janofsky Wants to Act Her Age 2010-05-07T15:58:00Z I'm on book two at present, and still enjoying the unexpected subtleties of their relationship alongside the plethora of uncanny powers and mutated animals to left and right. Troubled courtships? I just adore them 2012-06-05T10:00:02Z They seem at once flatly two-dimensional and hollow at the same time, and they carry a powerful sense of the uncanny. In a MOMA retrospective, Picasso’s sculpture is still full of surprises 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z Flash-forward to Thursday night, more than 20 years later, and there’s was an uncanny sense of déjà vu in the Ed Sullivan Theater. Hootie & the Blowfish Bring 'David Letterman' Back to 1994 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z As the spy novel developed, its specialty, it turned out, was an uncanny knack for capturing the ambient anxieties of the moment. The Trump era is posing some major challenges for thriller novelists 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z In making the move to television, Mr. Sakey automatically exploits one of his most striking characteristics: an uncanny resemblance to Det. ArtsBeat Blog: Channel Surfing: 'Hidden City' 2011-12-06T21:14:27Z The mixture of new and old in his work is often uncanny. Dance Review: Alexei Ratmansky?s ?Nutcracker? at BAM - Review 2011-12-15T23:14:49Z Jenner’s tweet captured the uncanny slippage between the public self—Caitlyn Jenner, the newly minted celebrity—and the interior self, who, despite the expert surgeries and the gifted stylists, is continuous with Bruce Jenner. Caitlyn Jenner’s Big Début 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z "The last thing anyone wants is a pretentious book about the Holocaust," said a historian, adding with an uncanny prescience, "It will end up in the remainder pile." Beatrice and Virgil by Yann Martel 2010-06-07T20:59:00Z But that’s OK, since van den Brink’s film throbs with suspense and lobs oddball scares, like an uncanny scene in which Betriek encounters a possessed kid in an elevator. Five Horror Movies to Stream Now 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z It’s an uncanny feeling for an audience, when what once seemed cheerful turns chilling. | 'Molly Sweeney': Does One Need Sight to Grasp the World? 2011-01-31T22:37:45Z Yes, because if you read Baldwin’s piece on Ingmar Bergman, at the end he describes a film he’d like to make, and it’s uncanny how the description mirrors the movie Kara made forty-five years later. Hilton Als on Giving James Baldwin Back His Body 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z That old aesthetic term for creeping dread, famously dissected by Freud, is typically now applied to disturbing specimens of digital animation said to reside in the “uncanny valley.” The Horror Novel Lurking in Your Busy Online Life 2020-07-18T04:00:00Z New York society and customs in the seventies are described with an accuracy that is almost uncanny; to read these pages is to live again. Review: ‘The Age of Innocence,’ by Edith Wharton 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z The resulting performance is classic Farmiga, displaying her uncanny ability to hint at the hidden depths within a character who could, in other hands, be little more than a superficial adjunct to the plot. Vera Farmiga: 'I demand a lot from myself' 2011-03-27T00:05:25Z When you do visit, you often have the uncanny feeling of walking through a movie. Film: Movie Love for Paris, City of Klieg Lights 2010-08-14T14:22:00Z The acoustics of the Armoury – an open-ended atrium, with two big weapons-storage rooms coming off it – were booming and uncanny. Robert Macfarlane's Untrue Island: the voices of Orford Ness 2012-07-08T18:01:01Z Equally striking was Curtis’s trademark style, all logical provocations and uncanny juxtapositions; it’s historical documentary as polemical art installation. The 100 best TV shows of the 21st century 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z As a fan of the games, I found myself having a kind of reverse uncanny valley type reaction to Ellie in the show, where I was like, “But that’s not Ellie.” Can ‘The Last of Us’ Unlock a Gaming Gold Mine for TV? 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z She possesses an uncanny ability to turn her natural charisma into diffidence. Review: Kristen Stewart Is Entrancing as a Haunted ‘Personal Shopper’ 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z Burchfield makes me feel out of season, too, with the uncanny sense that I am experiencing someone else’s memories intermingled with my own, and with no hope of disentangling them. 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 Winters has a knack for creating appealing detective fictions that skew reality in thought-provoking ways, producing a hybrid of the familiar and the uncanny. Review | Imagine a country that prioritizes truth-telling above all else. Is it an improvement? 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z And it was a good, pleasant thing that the chef lingered awhile, because he’s an absurdly handsome man, with an uncanny resemblance to Kris Kristofferson circa “A Star Is Born.” Europe Issue: High-End Dining in Italy 2011-09-30T19:04:19Z When the dancers form a circle with their virtual counterparts, the effect is potentially uncanny, but the power is undercut with the added image of Lava Lamp fluid and a swimming goldfish. Dance Review: Jillian Peña’s ‘Guiding Light’ at Chocolate Factory 2012-12-09T22:58:27Z There are several well-chosen references to Stephen King’s use of the uncanny in his novels, as well as a fascinating story about a haunted Toys R Us amid the bland consumer tableau of Sunnyvale, Calif. Colin Dickey explores American's haunted mansions in 'Ghostland' 2016-10-16T04:00:00Z Sebald was in possession of the uncanny ability to make his own intellectual obsessions, however abstruse, immediately, compulsively his reader's. A Place in the Country by WG Sebald – review 2013-04-27T14:00:01Z It isn’t just Ezra Miller’s uncanny physical similarities — the brooding eyes, adorable scruff and long-haired bohemian look — nor is it his bemused, quirky air in interviews. Salon’s Sexiest Men of 2012 2012-11-14T13:22:00Z The dolls’ faces were distorted for maximum “uncanny valley” effect. 'The Leftovers' Recap: In the Finale, a Showdown 2014-09-07T04:00:00Z The site describes the film as the story of Presley's "against-all-odds success due to his uncanny gift for self-invention, his unstoppable drive, and the new sound he created that changed the music world forever". Kevin MacDonald directs Elvis biopic 2013-09-05T15:53:32Z An odd effect of that stardom is how that person can start to seem an uncanny sort of familiar. Barbra Streisand Is Ready to Tell All. Pull Up a Seat. 2023-11-07T05:00:00Z Leave it to a grandparent with an uncanny gift of sight to remind us how to stop, look and really see. Picture Books That Celebrate a Grandparent’s Selfless Love 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z I mean the clash of anxieties, where his express themselves in a way that misaligns with yours so perfectly it’s uncanny. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Just you and me and your 24/7 commentary 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z The second movement features an A.I.-powered digital instrument, performed by the orchestra’s pianist, that, “sometimes mimics the orchestra and sometimes makes uncanny, weird sounds.” What Happens When A.I. Enters the Concert Hall 2023-06-10T04:00:00Z Its perfect moment, “Begin the Beguine,” was an uncanny homage to the sound and style of the classic Sinatra recording of “I’ve Got You Under My Skin.” New Music From Miranda Lambert and Susan Boyle ? Reviews 2011-10-31T22:17:23Z His new novel, “Machines Like Me,” takes place in England in the 1980s, but it’s an uncanny variation of the past we remember. Review | The robot revolution is coming: Will there be any room left for us? 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z Mr. Ax played this haunting music with uncanny dramatic timing and melting sound. 2010-02-11T23:33:00Z Time, experience and uncanny coincidence spiral through these pages. 'When Women Were Birds': Grappling with a mother's parting gift 2012-04-11T22:26:06Z Here was a composer whose sense of correct and effective word setting verged on the uncanny. Remembering Jack Beeson, Composer and Teacher 2010-07-09T22:50:00Z Still, he said, the uncanny power of Cruz’s belief had proved to be the key to their working relationship. The Visions of Penélope Cruz 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z As the waitress, Magdalena Kozena is a laser beam of pain; as the mother of the groom, Sandrine Piau conjures the uncanny effect of a voice thinned to a thread by suffering. Review: A Composer Creates Her Masterpiece With ‘Innocence’ 2021-07-07T04:00:00Z The variety of conductors who performed the Franck suggests that its longevity came partly from its uncanny ability to withstand a range of interpretations. What Happened to One of Classical Music’s Most Popular Pieces? 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z Parnell also touches on the work of slightly less familiar masters of the uncanny, notably E.F. Perspective | Thanksgiving is a time to grieve, read and remember. Two new books capture the mood. 2020-11-24T05:00:00Z Yet in Saturday’s performance, Mr. Campbell, playing with uncanny control and powerful expressivity, was the riveting focal point, aided by Mr. Gilbert and the players. Review: Ligeti Forward Celebrates a Master Modern Composer 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z “All in all, this is a work of real art, fine sensitivity and uncanny human understanding,” David Daiches, a Cornell English scholar, wrote in The Times Book Review. Frederick Buechner, Novelist With a Religious Slant, Dies at 96 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z “The events may be familiar, but their stagings are unusual and often uncanny.” What’s on TV Tuesday: ‘Babylon Berlin’ and ‘Women of Troy’ 2020-03-10T04:00:00Z "Most of his films - particularly the later ones - have a persistent sense of foreboding, of something truly ghastly about to happen, but this is Kubrick at his eeriest and most uncanny." Fans breaking The Shining 'codes' 2012-10-24T08:06:46Z The author has “an uncanny gift, one that comes along rarely. Every detail in every scene glows with meaning.” 12 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z In “Us,” a family of uncanny, jumpsuit-clad tunnel dwellers known as “the Tethered” descend upon the home of their well-to-do doppelgängers, the Wilsons. I Know Where You Lived Last Summer 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z You might be familiar with this uncanny sensation of kidlessness, as if you are getting away with something reckless and potentially illegal. Havana’s Symphony of Sound 2018-03-12T04:00:00Z More recent work in the show avoids this problem by approaching the museum less as an enemy of art than as a poetic or uncanny space. Art Review: ?Spies in the House of Art? at the Metropolitan Museum 2012-02-09T22:14:54Z Ali’s focus and presence makes us believe that both of these men are equally alive and feeling the brunt of this deeply uncanny predicament. ‘Swan Song’ Review: Second Life 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z This figure, seen fleetingly, is indistinguishable from a male figure that Traylor painted again and again, and looking at the figure in the film leaves the uncanny sense of seeing it through Traylor’s eyes. Review | Born into slavery, Bill Traylor didn’t just paint, he left us a world 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z It’s there in abundance, its complexities giving his hard-boiled compositions unsettling resonance, uncanny verve and lasting impact. In Charles Garabedian's paintings, anguish of biblical proportions 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z Her face bears an uncanny likeness to her sphinx. Kara Walker Creates a Confection at the Domino Refinery 2014-04-25T14:00:08Z The stiff, floaty, uncanny motion looks like something from a ’90s CD-ROM video game. Review: A Watered-Down ‘Watership Down’ on Netflix 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z Instead, The Congress proceeds to usher her straight through the uncanny valley: mo-cap to the left of us; CGI to the right. Robin Wright: 'I'm in my 40s and I don't inject my face with Botox' 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z Beginning with his earliest books, Canin has demonstrated an almost uncanny ability to capture the complexities of fraternal bonds and rivalry. Ethan Canin's 'A Doubters Almanac' is a blazingly intelligent novel 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z Steadily, her focus shifts more and more inward — as she obsesses over her ancestry and her uncanny resemblance to her grandmother — before Sarah seems to break from reality entirely. Why "Horse Girl" and other films are turning their lenses on the loneliness of women 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z Like everything here, the “Penetrables” offer a curious, alluring, canny and uncanny approach to the human body. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z But as the episodes unfolded, art met life to an uncanny degree, sometimes with real-time precision. This Season of ‘Homeland’ Was Written in Something Like Real Time 2017-04-07T04:00:00Z She's not quite a cipher, for Smith is uncanny at alighting on the ties of the mind, gut and heart that link these two, even while Alice is married to other people. 'Three Delays': A blissfully wayward tale of impossible love, South Florida version 2010-06-09T23:48:00Z But you may find yourself drawn back to it, and retracing its route from the familiar to the uncanny, from entertainment to revulsion, from dream to nightmare. Review: David Cronenberg Dissects Hollywood in ‘Maps to the Stars’ 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z Then she dropped to the floor in an uncanny “Cats” crouch, her right leg fully extended, her gaze tilted upward through a curtain of blond hair. How the Star of ‘Kimberly Akimbo’ Found Beauty in Her Voice Again 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z A Museum Show as a TV Contest Prize “Work of Art: Abdi Farah,” at the , is an uncanny echo of another current offering there, “: The Last Decade.” Art: Abdi Farah?s Bravo TV Prize Is a Brooklyn Museum Show 2010-08-18T22:18:00Z The similarities are uncanny: There’s no need for translation. Emojis Meet Hieroglyphs: If King Tut Could Text 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z An uncanny confluence of political inaction, celebrity marital stability and seasonally average weather left the papers without anything to report but their own lack of inspiration. So farewell 2011, a year of Liberal lemmings and robotic dancing 2011-01-02T00:03:07Z Backed by Mr. Gilbert and the orchestra, Mr. Kissin played the slow movement with uncommon tenderness and delicacy until the scurrying middle section, which whisked by, all uncanny lightness and clarity. Review: New York Philharmonic Ushers in Carnegie Birthday Season 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z When they dance side by side, their resemblance, at first, is uncanny, but their synergy extends beyond precision or unison. Dance Review: Surupa Sen and Bijayini Satpathy at Baryshnikov Arts Center 2014-05-04T19:26:22Z But "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre" has grander historical importance: it’s a collection of stories within a story, conveyed through clues, suggestions, and uncanny connections that make its principal characters pawns in a larger game. "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre": A metaphor for Nixon-era mayhem 2019-05-26T04:00:00Z There are also examples of quiet courage, and uncanny farsightedness. Exhibitions: Occupation of France During World War II Revisited in Words 2011-06-08T12:05:29Z Something of the angular, unnerving opening theme bears an uncanny resemblance to the upward, four-note motif that George Gershwin used for the words “I got rhythm.” Two Coasts, Two Concertos: Adès and Adams Offer Piano Premieres 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z The installation includes stacked cages with computer monitors in them on which appear uncanny animals “owned” by various people — sometimes anonymous. At NADA, a Glorious Collision of Paintings and Ceramics 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z Beginning with their first date, the two felt connected in an almost uncanny way. Two Parts of a ‘Quantum Entanglement’ 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z The elements of the novel that Schamus omits are exactly the ones that give Roth’s work its strangeness, its uncanny resonance, its complexity, its scope, its depth. A Sterilized Philip Roth Adaptation 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z In an interview, she discussed her favorite fan theories, Shauna’s uncanny resolve and the one thing she told the writers her character would never do. Melanie Lynskey on That Chilling ‘Yellowjackets’ Finale 2022-01-16T05:00:00Z Meryl Streep was always, on some level, Meryl Streep: a woman of uncanny ability and drive, blessed with a superhuman sense of self-possession. Meryl Streep’s Twenties, and My Own 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z Which makes it all the more uncanny that by the end, you feel you understand them perfectly. Review: 3 Generations Aching to Connect ‘On the Shore of the Wide World’ 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z James Thurber nicknamed her “the girl with the built-in tape recorder,” for her uncanny ear for dialogue. Lillian Ross’s (Many) Choice Words 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z In the increasingly uncanny alternate reality of No Man's Sky, a hamster reposes in a cage. No Man's Sky Is Becoming Delightfully Mysterious and Weird 2017-08-09T04:00:00Z In his review for The Times, Charles Isherwood called Davies’s impersonation of the singer “positively uncanny,” writing that she sings Joplin’s songs “with a throbbing fervor that is often riveting.” What’s on TV Friday: ‘Creed’ and ‘First Reformed’ 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z But there’s something uncanny happening: He’s participating in a scheme of his own invention, but also is just another person emulating a popular dance step, as if he weren’t both the alpha and the omega. It’s a TikTok! No, It’s a Song! Drake and the Viral Feedback Loop 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z The domestic scene the speaker views with such uncanny clarity is clearly not meant to be a fantasy. Poem of the week: Christmas at Sea by Robert Louis Stevenson 2012-12-24T09:00:14Z The wall text notes that prominent in each portrait “are the girls’ preternaturally large, sparkling eyes, which stare out at the visitor with an uncanny, alien gaze.” Doll’s Play 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z But this is also an exhibition that gives pleasure by inviting us to gawk a bit at the bizarre and the uncanny. Review | The Met looks at the body, stripped of its old ‘whiteness’ 2018-03-21T04:00:00Z “His ability to make you root for characters that ordinarily would be despised is uncanny.” Sam Rockwell, Screendom’s Slinkiest Rogue 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z He also imbued the human face and body with uncanny expressiveness and purpose. Gouthière at the Frick: Gilding the Lily (and Everything Else) 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z For Arceneaux, these uncanny presences are visual expressions of the unresolved traumas we all carry with us—free-floating menaces that lurk within our histories, capable of rearing up at any moment. Revisiting Ben Vereen’s Misunderstood Blackface Inaugural Performance 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z His singing was an uncanny amalgam, at once elegant and wrenching, intelligent and fitful. Music Review | Metropolitan Opera: At the Met, What a Piece of Work Is This Man 2010-03-18T00:00:00Z She’s interested in how she can surprise viewers, “making a familiar landscape novel or uncanny,” she said, “while invoking an immediate sense of a very specific place.” Art Tells New Jersey Stories at Newark’s New Terminal A 2022-11-14T05:00:00Z Perhaps the best part of this episode is the way that its writer and director, Vince Gilligan, captured office life with such uncanny verisimilitude. ‘Better Call Saul’ Season 6, Episode 12 Recap: Hit the Road 2022-08-08T04:00:00Z Even without knowing its significance, there is something uncanny about it. Seeing the South Through Sally Mann’s Lens 2018-03-05T05:00:00Z The country’s baroque portas, ruined castles, eerie reliquaries and catacombs were a gateway to the uncanny, possessing, as he put it, “a labyrinthine and claustrophobic architecture that was the novels’ perfect physical and psychological setting.” A Gothic Tour of Italy 2011-10-28T18:55:00Z It is hard for a reviewer to describe because it seems to proceed with an uncanny lightness, in glimpses and sudden shifts. Questions of Travel by Michelle de Kretser – review 2013-04-27T07:30:00Z "Xavier is not just a filmmaker, he's an actor, he's a performer and he has this great charisma," Grant said of Dolan's uncanny mix of quiet charm, boisterous showmanship and confident leadership. In 'Mommy,' Xavier Dolan looks things in the eye 2015-01-17T05:00:00Z I'm not a believer in any of this sort of thing but I tell you it was palpable, and quite uncanny. Diana Wynne Jones's final book completed by sister 2013-06-24T10:58:02Z The uncanny doubling of the title piece "Dear Life" makes us think of lives we might have led, or endings we might have endured. Dear Life by Alice Munro – review 2012-11-08T08:01:01Z If “She Dies Tomorrow” imagines the uncanny despair of knowing you’re going to die quickly, “Relic” shows the pain of dying slowly, how the gradual deterioration of one mind can scar an entire family. The Horror of Isolation 2020-07-29T04:00:00Z There is much, much more in this vein, as Mr. Vermes leads his main character, thought to be an uncanny new Hitler impersonator, to his inevitable contemporary destiny: a show business career. Review: In ‘Look Who’s Back,’ Hitler Returns and He’s Amusing 2015-04-26T04:00:00Z Creepypasta, for those unfamiliar with the term, describes online horror stories that depict uncanny nightmare realms; some go viral, like Momo and Slender Man. Five Horror Movies to Stream Now 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z So far from symbolising rational progress, the turbines are Stonehenge-like monuments of weirdness, incessantly turning and throbbing – an uncanny, oppressive heartbeat. Wake Wood ? review 2011-03-24T15:00:01Z Lady Susan is said to have “an uncanny understanding of men’s natures”. Kate Beckinsale: ‘Austen’s Lady Susan is like Emma on steroids’ 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z It was the unheimlich, the uncanny: the body I dwelt in was my home, of course it was, but in each respect it was faintly awry. 'I was weak, despairing, confused': did writing a novel make me ill? 2017-01-28T05:00:00Z To be sure, though, there was something uncanny — even a little creepy — about these performers who moved a little sluggishly, their eyes drooped. You Are Getting Sleepy. When You Wake Up, You Will Be an Improv Star. 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z The liminal space between presence and absence, reality and unreality, is often where the literature of fear unfolds — a place called the “uncanny.” The Horror Novel Lurking in Your Busy Online Life 2020-07-18T04:00:00Z He certainly looks the part: a snappy dresser with a three-piece suit, a 16th-century hipster cultivated beard and a pocket watch, he bears an uncanny resemblance to a Lucas Cranach painting of a halberdier. “Game of Thrones” in combat: How realistic are the show’s epic fight scenes? 2015-05-25T04:00:00Z “Kevin Hart has an uncanny ability to recover from scandal,” she said. Kevin Hart may return as Oscars host to 'take a stand against the trolls' 2019-01-04T05:00:00Z The tenor Ian Bostridge has the uncanny ability to get deep inside the psychological core of an art song while keeping its structure serenely intact. Cultural Clicks: Benjamin Britten, Billie Holiday, and Bill Murray 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z In Twin Peaks, the uncanny is there all the time. Twin Peaks recap: episode five – is anyone here even human? 2017-06-05T04:00:00Z A mousse of both regular and kintoki carrots — the latter a red orange species cultivated in Japan since the Edo period — it is marvelously iridescent and bears an uncanny resemblance to its fishy cousin. The Asia Issue Bites: Exotic Tastes in China, Vietnam, Singapore and Japan 2011-03-18T18:55:21Z The reason Pompeii and Herculaneum fascinate is not just the preservation of an entire world in a moment of mass extinction, but the uncanny way that world reflects our own. Life and death in Pompeii and Herculaneum – review 2013-03-26T00:09:44Z “Come Over When You’re Sober, Part 2,” like Peep’s previous releases, is uncanny in how it melds the deeply familiar and the strangely futuristic. Lil Peep and the Dilemma of the Posthumous Album 2018-11-11T05:00:00Z Sure, Dunn is charismatic, with an uncanny ability to exploit people’s weaknesses, but he is also an idiot. Hillary Clinton and Louise Penny Deliver a Page-Turner Part Sly, Part Sweet 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z And then there are the uncanny and eerie worlds depicted in “Lost Highway” and “Mulholland Drive,” whose characters seem to live in parallel realities governed by good and evil. David Lynch’s chillingly prescient vision of modern America 2019-10-26T04:00:00Z Plus, music by The Lonely Island and references to the uncanny valley! New movies to stream this weekend when you don't have time for a series 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z For stargazers and dusty old historians, alike, the night that Marilyn sang to JFK remains an uncanny, once-in-a-lifetime collision of sex, politics, power and pop culture. The Night Marilyn Sang to JFK: Rare Photos 2012-05-18T07:17:53Z It’s familiar but uncanny, Botoxed tight but with none of the puerile joy that marked the group’s breakout hits. Queen’s Unearthed Lament, and 6 More New Songs 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z The goal is to transform real-world locations into what her statement terms “environments of the uncanny.” Review | In the galleries: Probing our relationships with living systems 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z Film buffs regularly rage against the uncanny clarity of CGI, mourning the loss of celluloid’s glow and grit. Perspective | Why vinyl makes a perfectly imperfect format for discovering classical music 2021-07-07T04:00:00Z The human presence is uncanny in the bedrooms. In Newport, Artists Turn Tables on the Gilded Age 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z Some of these are almost mythically tragic, particularly the final one, in which she recounts with uncanny evenness the night her cousin Karthik killed his wife, three children and mother-in-law before killing himself. Review: Bending It Like Bharatanatyam 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z This uncanny historical juxtaposition, coupled with the mention of Till’s execution in the “Pisan Cantos,” could have easily remained a scholarly footnote. Moving From Elegy to Ecstasy, a Poet Pushes Against the Canon 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z Standing among them looking at “The Red Studio” created the uncanny sensation of being on the inside looking out as well as vice versa. Best Art of 2022 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z And both took advantage of the elements of Zoom theater that are often taken to be hiccups or challenges: the kind of glitchy, uncanny delay you get in virtual live broadcasts, the artificial effects. This Is Theater in 2020. Will It Last? Should It? 2020-07-08T04:00:00Z He also praised Macfadyen’s uncanny ability to stay in the moment while performing, and to do so with an un-showy absence of vanity. Matthew Macfadyen Has Mixed Feelings About the End of ‘Succession’ 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z Over time, however, the proliferation of uncanny doll-images in art has lost its impact for me. What to See Right Now in New York Art Galleries 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z Tales of uncanny and mysterious events help us recall the early-childhood thrills of celebrating Halloween. Sunday Reading: Spooky Stories 2019-10-20T04:00:00Z Or are we wandering in the uncanny valley between the two? Everything is fine and normal. Just ask the mannequin at the next table. 2020-06-24T04:00:00Z MacLachlan, though, isn’t just playing one uncanny character but two, both of them curious doppelganger of each other. Twin Peaks recap: episode five – is anyone here even human? 2017-06-05T04:00:00Z Kelly Macdonald voices Princess Merida, an independent firebrand blessed with uncanny skills with a bow, who is shocked by her mother's insistence that she choose between three equally unsuitable suitors. Mark Kermode's DVD round-up – review 2012-11-25T00:05:26Z There's an uncanny sense of personal and musical maturity about him, despite his curly-haired youthfulness and infectious enthusiasm. Robin Ticciati: Transcontinental maestro at 27 2010-08-19T22:00:00Z That’s because there really is something uncanny about the literary afterlife. The Bizarre, Complicated Formula for Literary Fame 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z As the mystery deepens, Landor and Poe encounter some uncanny things best left for viewers to discover. "This film is Poe's origin story": "The Pale Blue Eye" director on his gothic whodunit at West Point 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z As oily pretty-boy Phil, Bradley Cooper demonstrated in the two earlier movies an uncanny ability to make almost any line funny, but here he’s reached his limits. The Hangover Part III: The Third Time’s the Harm 2013-05-22T23:43:08Z In ‘My Brilliant Career,’ I recognized an uncanny mirror image. In ‘Allen v. Farrow,’ looking for the last word on a notoriously unresolved story 2021-02-16T05:00:00Z That’s an uncanny connection for the artist Chase Hall, who paints with coffee on cotton. In Newport, Artists Turn Tables on the Gilded Age 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z The people van Gogh rendered on canvas — the provincial French functionaries, doctors, barmaids and farmers immortalized on museum walls — are brought to uncanny life, with the voices of professional actors, some of them well known. Review: ‘Loving Vincent’ Paints van Gogh in His Own Images 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z Just as Vesuvius preserved an uncanny freeze-frame of life in Pompeii, the finds from the Mary Rose reveal the real life of a sailing ship. Mary Rose's Tudor treasures deserve this revelatory new museum 2013-04-09T14:59:45Z He called the movie’s digitally desolate New York “downright uncanny.” What’s on TV Thursday: ‘Broad City’ and ‘I Feel Pretty’ 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z Horowitz captures Christie’s uncanny ability to glide at lark’s height over a village’s inhabitants, exposing their little weaknesses, dreams, secrets; everyone, even if it’s not murder, is guilty of something. From the creator of ‘Foyle’s War,’ a delightful homage to Agatha Christie 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z Millhauser's eye for the workings of communal psychology in the face of fear, uncertainty and mystery is uncanny. What our writers love this week 2011-09-21T22:50:14Z Throughout this mercurial movement, he played with an uncanny blend of deliberate direction and halting expressivity. Music Review: An Intimate Entree, Escorted by Beethoven 2014-03-13T22:21:16Z She was also aware of how the show triggers an uncanny “am I tripping?” feeling of questioning your own perceptions: “It all feels so real, and yet is it?” she says. Stuck on repeat: what is Netflix’s Russian Doll actually about? 2019-03-16T04:00:00Z The boutique was Ikram, a Chicago store run by the charismatic Ikram Goldman, a retailer with an uncanny ability to match clothing and clients and deep personal relationships with the women whom she dresses. Dressing Michelle, Then and Now 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z The resemblance is uncanny, right down to the dress, which De Geyter designed and is wearing on this gray Saturday afternoon. The Dress in His Painting? She Designed It 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z In the real world, too, the show has enjoyed an uncanny second life, lauded by an obsessive new generation of fans, despite having barely graced terrestrial screens since 1992. Twin Peaks at 20 2010-10-22T13:41:00Z His brand of the uncanny can hardly be missing. Twin Peaks' final scene: 25 years on, it's as disturbing as ever 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z So not only can Simon turn invisible, jump off buildings, chuck paper planes with uncanny accuracy and time-travel – he's also worked out a way to bring his future laptop back with him. Have you been watching ? Misfits? 2010-12-02T14:18:00Z The events may be familiar, but their stagings are unusual and often uncanny. ‘Little Joe’ Review: This Flower Can Dispense Joy, but It Has Demands 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z With its notes of class consciousness, the film is “splendidly rich and wise,” A. O. Scott wrote in The Times, adding that its stars display “uncanny subtlety and tremendous soul.” What’s on TV Saturday: Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds on HBO 2017-01-07T05:00:00Z Mr. Lang dispatched the piece with uncanny ease and abundant imagination. Music Review: Lang Lang?s Bartok With the New York Philharmonic - Review 2012-01-19T23:29:36Z It seems uncanny and I really thought that he'd appear on the day the book was published or soon after but I haven't seen him since. Linda Newbery: following the Walking Man 2010-08-09T15:16:00Z Most uncanny transformation: Matthew McConaughey, skinny as a cigarette in “Dallas Buyers Club” — and turning in one of the great performances of the year. Film tradition continues with ‘Dubious Achievements’ 2013 2014-01-02T22:59:42Z The red coat symbolises the tonal ambiguity, or superimposition of the erotic and the uncanny. Don't Look Now and Roeg's red coat 2011-01-18T20:30:03Z Levy: When I first saw the videotape of her audition, I thought, "Oh, my God, this is uncanny casting," because she's the perfect combination of me and Catherine. Q&A: Eugene Levy and Catherine O'Hara on comedy, Canada, 'Creek' 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z Mr. Trifonov played with an uncanny balance of tenderness and flair: Call it soft-spoken virtuosity. A Star Pianist Brings Soft-Spoken Virtuosity to Scriabin 2019-11-28T05:00:00Z Matthew Aucoin, then a freshman and now a composer and conductor, was struck by “not just his voice of enviable lushness and uncanny power but all the things he was undertaking.” At 29, this 'El Niño' singer is the buzz of California's opera world 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z After a steady diet of Hollywood deaths, real ones–the labored breathing, the body becoming a slack husk–seem uncanny, alien. Dead Tree Alert: How TV Does, and Doesn’t, Deal With Death 2013-10-24T14:59:19Z Filipino performers — with an uncanny ability to imitate Western music legends — became a mainstay in the nightclubs of emerging entrepôts throughout Asia and the Persian Gulf. As virus mutes Dubai nightlife, Filipino bands feel the pain 2020-11-14T05:00:00Z But the chairs, which are surprisingly expressive when grouped in pairs, like lovers, or uncanny towers, are actually cast, exactingly, in resin before being painted in muted office-work tones of beige, black or green. TriBeCa Gallery Guide: New York’s Most Vibrant Art Scene 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z But Hedwig is quick to note that a wall bears an uncanny resemblance to a bridge, illuminating not just the demarcation but also the connections between the two sides. How LGBTQ love saves Christianity: A priest explains 2016-06-04T04:00:00Z They bring to mind Lucas Samaras’s mostly nude “Sitting” portraits of the early 1970s, and also the uncanny Surrealist reprises that Jimmy De Sana concocted in the early 1980s. Art In Review: RYAN MCNAMARA: ?Still? 2012-03-08T22:21:53Z Belinda Thomson, curator at the Tate, says the exhibition showcases the "uncanny, quirky and unexpected elements characteristic of Gauguin's work." Gauguin exhibit opens at Tate Modern in London 2010-09-28T16:00:00Z Older, a humanitarian worker and sociology scholar, uses her expertise well in this uncanny political thriller. Best science fiction novels to read this month 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z If some briefly wondered whether the picture might be a poster, to which it bore an uncanny resemblance, Andy Warhol’s signature and a date, 1962, indicated otherwise. Special Report: Contemporary Art: Buyers Wonder, Will It Appreciate Over Time? 2011-02-24T13:00:03Z New York society and customs in the seventies are described with an accuracy that is almost uncanny; to read these pages is to live again. Review: ‘The Age of Innocence,’ by Edith Wharton 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z This time, they needed to express bewilderment, detachment, creepiness and rage — specifically, the uncanny gaze of a serial killer. Dominique Fishback Knows You Think She’s Sweet. ‘Swarm’ May Confuse That 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z Not malevolent, but uncanny: a superannuated genius child like the kind you might find in a horror movie. Christopher Plummer’s Robust Final Act Crowned a Noble Career 2021-02-05T05:00:00Z It’s a combination that risks trivializing actual crimes by juxtaposing them with wilder content and legitimizing the uncanny through proximity to fact. ‘Unsolved Mysteries’ Returns, Because 2020 Isn’t Scary Enough 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z Mr. Grosvenor has such uncanny facility that his playing sometimes seems a little curt and tossed off, especially in the Bach, in which he skips most of the repeats. Classical Playlist: Bach, Haydn, Seattle Symphony and More 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z The enduring exception to this, of course, is the heavy, enveloping wave of the neoclassical act Mannheim Steamroller, a sound so plainly nuts and uncanny that it suggests anything is possible. Embrace the Christmas Miracle That Is Mannheim Steamroller 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z The two players achieved an almost uncanny level of ensemble, even in the most fleet-fingered passages. Premiere of ‘Inland Seas’ generates buzz at Seattle Chamber Music Society’s summer festival 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z If it continues to speak to us with uncanny force, it may be because we, too, live in a world of disconcerting juxtapositions. Music Review: Riverside Choral Society, at Alice Tully Hall 2012-12-24T21:59:57Z The dialogue is imbued with an uncanny disconnect; the characters feel so aloof that when they speak to one another, it’s as if they’re just shooting random phrases from the separate worlds each inhabits. ‘Des Moines’ Review: Drowning in the Drink 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z Ms. Uchida played with her customary refinement and integrity, bringing uncanny clarity to inner voices and highlighting arresting musical details in the most natural way. Music Review: Leader and Players, Deeply Bound 2010-12-16T23:06:23Z To celebrate the uncanny insight of Jaden and Willow Smith, son and daughter of Will and Jada Pinkett Smith, we present you with this poetry generator using their own words from the new interview. Write Your Own Poetry With Jaden and Willow Smith's Amazing Words 2014-11-18T05:00:00Z The uncanny thing about “Gone Girl” is that the violations that Amy stages have a way of coming true. Marriage Is an Abduction 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z On the basis of the trailer, Bale does an uncanny impression of the former vice president’s voice and cadences. Holiday Movies 2018: All Creatures Great and Small 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z I was awed by the Mütter’s uncanny catalogue of humanity and the variable, vulnerable nature of our bodies. In Philadelphia, a medical museum puts the human body on display 2018-02-07T05:00:00Z On this poem’s last page Mr. Muldoon announces that “every dance was a last dance” and guides the reader, as if in an uncanny tango, home. Paul Muldoon Collects His Poetic, Allusive, Satirical Thoughts 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z Finding the right Berchtold was particularly daunting, because the actor needed to project an uncanny charm. In ‘A Friend of the Family,’ Jake Lacy Breaks Character 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z The Magritte we know returns: calm, cool, uncanny. Review | This is not the Magritte we know 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z One reason is the so-called uncanny valley effect, when viewers find near-human images unsettling. At CounterPunch Studios, actors' digital doubles come to life 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z In her portrayal of Julia Child, the posture, the voice, the bubbly blend of ruthless drive and irrepressible joie de vivre are almost uncanny. Film: That Unmistakable Streepness 2010-02-20T04:19:00Z These dribbles are uncanny, a symbol of death that should be contained. The unstoppable rise of nosebleeds in cinema 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z She still sounds best when her harmonies are processed to an uncanny edge. Lorde gets the Greek on her team at her sold-out show 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z The tail feathers show an uncanny eye and hand for fine detail. ‘Audubon’s Aviary: The Final Flight’ Alights at the New-York Historical Society 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z Her impression of Spears is uncanny, to say the least. Watch Christina Aguilera Do a Perfect Britney Spears Impression 2015-02-24T05:00:00Z At Diane Rosenstein Fine Art, celebrity photographer Matthew Rolston takes a closer look at these uncanny little doppelgangers in large, lucid portraits of 24 dummies from the collection of Kentucky’s Vent Haven Museum. Matthew Rolston photos of ventriloquist dummies have much to say 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z They were ringers for the real-life models who stalked the Hood by Air men’s runway in January, right down to their elaborate tattoos and the uncanny grillwork distorting their grins. Piercings and Eye-Popping Tattoos: Fashion’s Latest Canvas Is the Skin You’re In 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z It’s happened to me before — in those uncanny minutes after I’ve let myself in to unfamiliar hotel rooms in unfamiliar cities. Review | This Edward Hopper exhibition on hotels is worth an extended stay 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z There’s a lot of hiking, too, and arduous, compulsory work on emotional health, overseen by staff members who project an uncanny blend of laid-back kindness, firmness and hypervigilance. Therapy Becomes Theater in ‘Wilderness’ 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z The standout “Fragile Place” pushes this uncanny feeling even further, as the band members harmonize around a repeated phrase that indicates mental unease: “Hey, in a fragile place.” Palberta Blend Big-Tent Pop and Art-Rock on ‘Palberta5000’ 2021-01-21T05:00:00Z Mwanza, a teen from the Congo who’s never acted before, has an uncanny ability to look simultaneously childlike and terribly old and weary. ‘War Witch’: Odyssey of a child-soldier 2013-03-14T20:56:32Z I've seen pictures of a retriever very convincingly got up as a tiger and some small furry dogs who would make uncanny giant pandas for the zoo of a miniature village. David Mitchell 2010-06-12T23:05:00Z The commentators — the riders themselves, historians, politicians, civil rights leaders — have mostly been chosen for an uncanny ability to convey the tension in a present-tense reconstruction. Television Review: Voices From the Buses on the Road to Civil Rights 2011-05-15T22:04:53Z The internet found the uncanny absurdity of that dance scene — much of which ended up in the first trailer for “M3GAN,” opening Jan. 6 — irresistible. ‘M3GAN’ Makes Us Ask (Again): Who’s Afraid of Dancing Robots? 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z He also knew how to channel heartbreak in almost uncanny ways. Juan Gabriel was a songwriter who knew how to channel the struggles of modern life and the hurt of the wounded 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z Her work can be as simple as a series of spray-painted pictures of neon signs that offer, among other uncanny products, “readings” and “herbs.” In the galleries: D.C. artist summons the supernatural in the everyday 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z Throughout the first decade of this century Ferrell had an alternative life as an uncanny George W Bush impersonator, a role he retired after a valedictory Broadway stage show in 2009. Will Ferrell: ‘Ignorance is a key part of comedy’ 2015-12-20T05:00:00Z But he also possessed a photographic memory, a lush imagination, an uncanny instinct for the right moment, highly developed communication skills and a passion for stardom. A New Biography of Ronald Reagan Captures His Passion for Stardom 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z But there's something uncanny about being able to see the moment in which he was marked for creative erasure. Researcher's mission to show Nazis' silencing of music during Holocaust 2014-08-23T04:00:00Z The genre also has a fine tradition of performing uncanny box office jujitsu, transforming bargain-basement shockers into hits with enviable profit multipliers. Why smart horror is putting the fear into sequel-addicted Hollywood 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z In ‘My Brilliant Career’ I saw an uncanny mirror image. Perspective | As theaters reopen, a crucial cinematic ingredient is back: The audience 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z Over time, I began to notice that the scarier stories on the show have an uncanny tendency to include these insect parasites. Chainsaws, fire and paranoia: my total bedbug meltdown 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z In any other thriller, this uncanny vision would play like a warning for things to come. Twenty Years Later, ‘Irreversible’ Still Shocks 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z I knew I had never seen anything like this before, and I felt already that the idea of invasion of the human body was uncanny and alarming. Alien: Story of a scene 2010-10-21T10:51:00Z Then she knocks out this hoop, leaving an uncanny stone span. In the Garden: Thea Alvin on Life With Pebbles and Bam Bam 2013-07-17T23:02:03Z Mr. Henry, of course, provides a mighty anchor, summoning an uncanny trauma: one part exasperation, one part fear. ‘Atlanta’ Has Brilliant Characters. And Some of the Best Acting on TV. 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z All of this is liable to produce an uncanny sort of double vision, particularly if you happen, as I did, to encounter “The Mandibles” in situ. Lionel Shriver Imagines America’s Collapse 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z It's uncanny . . . it is in one way simplistic, but I do find it confusing to explain because producers wake up and have to program shows. "It was damning": Brian Stelter excavates Fox News' culture, the Big Lie and Tucker Carlson's exit 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z Partly because wine possesses an uncanny ability to mimic the flavors of other things. The Paradox of Chenin Blanc 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z But what drives “Wolf in White Van” is Mr. Darnielle’s uncanny sense of what it’s like to feel marginalized, an outsider, a freak. ‘Wolf in White Van,’ by John Darnielle 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z His sense of humor, but more importantly, his uncanny knack for capturing human nature in all its imperfect glory, captivates me. Lisa Gardner, the Thriller Writer Who Loves Historical Romance 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z But otherwise, the similarities felt uncanny: He worked for McCann-Erickson, the firm that acquires Sterling Cooper & Partners in season seven, from 1956 to 1967, a hearty overlay of the years the show takes place. Growing Up 'Mad Men:' My Mom Is a Real-Life Sally Draper 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z It lends a sense of the uncanny to the proceedings, which makes sense when you consider the involvement of CK. Pamela Adlon: how Louis CK's sidekick became the star 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z The outcome of Nov. 10 transformed the production mid-run from an antic cautionary tale to an uncanny prophecy. 'Other Desert Cities' at Theatricum 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z Things like break down barriers, straddle disciplines, confuse categories, problematize identity, raise questions, suggest uncanny doublings or paradoxical contradictions — in short, the usual philosophical and aesthetic dance. Perspective | Venice Biennale: A vast, unwieldy, exhilarating spectacle 2019-05-08T04:00:00Z Frank, a man immersed in the images of his own surroundings, had composed something uncanny and profound about his emotional life and times. A Mesmerizing Marathon of Robert Frank’s Movies 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z The moment is startling, akin to the uncanny rise of crippled congregants moved by the Spirit. “My Soul Is Satisfied”: An Intimate New Documentary Explores the Source of Aretha Franklin’s Power 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z While we were trying to make a decision about our own lives, I began to feel that my experiences and my grandmother’s were overlapping to an uncanny degree. My grandmother’s £10 ‘exile’ returned to haunt me 2016-09-17T04:00:00Z But, the way outsiders do, he also became an uncanny observer of the world around him, someone who noticed everything. The Eavesdropper’s Secret: On John O’Hara 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z Now, Schumer is taking that uncanny — and sometimes controversial — ability to Broadway. Amy Schumer is about to make her Broadway debut 2017-08-07T04:00:00Z Due to his uncanny resemblance, he pretended to be Mr. Bean in the photos. Man with famous face becomes Internet sensation after getting stuck in Wuhan 2020-06-22T04:00:00Z Some biographical portraits summon up the dead with uncanny or suggestive facial, vocal and gestural resemblances between the original and copy; others just pull out the wigs and clichés. Review: In ‘Elvis & Nixon,’ Michael Shannon Holds Court as the King 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z Onstage, Mike Vecchione speaks in a hypnotically steady cadence, adopting an almost uncanny calm. Four Stand-Up Specials That Punch Above Their Weight 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z Both bands are constants throughout “Wilder Mind,” imitated in spirit and style, particularly on the echoey, cavernous “Believe,” which is Coldplay cosplay, with an uncanny approximation of the Edge on lead guitar. ‘Wilder Mind’ is the de-Mumfordization of Mumford & Sons 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z In his chosen repertory, especially Bach, Gould played with uncanny clarity and brought seemingly impossible independence to individual voices. For Glenn Gould, Form Followed Fingers 2010-09-25T21:04:00Z Bibi and the terrorists It’s uncanny how well the most recent episodes of “Homeland” have corresponded to recent world events. ‘Homeland’ Season 5, Episode 10 Recap: A Friendship Develops 2015-12-06T05:00:00Z The word Lieutenant Calley used to describe the act of slaughtering the 102 men, women and children for whose deaths he is being held responsible evokes this atmosphere in uncanny fashion. Essay: Should We Have War Crime Trials? 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z As Ms. Smith points out, this is exactly what lends the work its “uncanny modernity” today. Review: ‘Theodora,’ Once a Handel Flop, Is Celebrated Anew 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z Pickford’s uncanny business acumen stood in stark opposition to her screen image. DVD: New DVDs, Mary Pickford on Blu-ray, Early Perry Mason 2012-11-18T01:53:01Z This melding of techniques resulted in an illusion that received high marks from a Dartmouth study group researching the so-called uncanny valley, a metric of empathy for nonhuman faces. Deepfake Technology Enters the Documentary World 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z Either the world was a much smaller place in the 1950s or Wolfert had an uncanny knack for finding people who were making history. Review | ‘Unforgettable’ pays tribute to ‘the most influential cookbook author you’ve never heard of’ 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z To a lifelong baseball fan, it’s uncanny to see the Rocket stuffed into a suit and forced to sit still for hours at a time. Asleep at the Roger Clemens trial 2012-06-10T13:00:00Z Mona Hatoum’s “Silence,” made of glass in an edition of five dating from 1994, bears an uncanny resemblance to a piece of furniture. The Fever Bubbling in Contemporary Art Sales 2011-11-11T14:00:10Z One cannot help also noticing the characters' lives form uncanny parallels with that of their actors. 25 years ago, "I Know What You Did Last Summer" told the future of teen trauma 2022-10-17T04:00:00Z "Within the vastness of today's image flow, Stezaker has managed to resurrect the power and uncanny mystery inherent in the still image using traditional photographic strategies, most especially collage," she added. Collagist wins £30k Borse prize 2012-09-04T11:38:10Z In one beautifully uncanny scene, the duo stop by a virtual reality gaming studio and, equipped with headsets, plug into the fantasy, playing as flying sorcerers as they shoot the breeze. ‘Queens of the Qing Dynasty’ Review: Secret Soul Mates 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z The result bore an uncanny resemblance to ham: the surface dark, the interior incarnadine, the flesh easy to cut into meaty slices. Charcuterie With All of the Smoke but None of the Meat 2020-08-24T04:00:00Z I studied him, sensing that something uncanny had just taken place. How My Worst Date Ever Became My Best 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z With his pioneering harmonic language, the sensual beauty of his sound and his uncanny, Freudian instincts for tapping the unconscious, Debussy was the bridge over which music passed into the tumultuous 20th century. The Greatest 2011-01-21T14:04:41Z Among the exhibitions are photography-ceramics hybrids, uncanny bronze statues and paintings that depict a socially charged New York. Spare Times for Oct. 30-Nov. 5 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z Dice smiled her way through chemo: She high-fived the nurses, studied her storybooks with me, bounced to music, watched “Dirty Dancing” 11,000 times — and remembered with uncanny precision where it was the “lipstick” went. Motherlode Blog: After Leukemia, New Year’s Lipstick-Marked Beginnings 2014-01-01T14:06:48Z A factory in eastern China is racing to keep up with demand for its new clutch - giant inflatable rooster balloons that bear what some say is an uncanny resemblance to U.S. It's the Year of the (Giant Inflatable Trump) Rooster at one Chinese factory 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z There is something a bit “Man Who Fell to Earth” about him, an otherworldliness that comes across in all of his performances, which tend to have a slightly uncanny, declamatory quality. Keanu Reeves Is Too Good for This World 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z It’s almost uncanny, as if her body — a vessel of dismay and sadness — grasps that in Siegfried she may have finally found someone in the real world to lean on. Review: In Miami, a ‘Swan Lake’ That Blasts Off the Cobwebs 2022-02-13T05:00:00Z There is an uncanny high-definition quality to the consistency of that sound: Across strings, in different registers and bow strokes, it maintains the same brilliance and focus. Review: Hilary Hahn Plays an Unabashedly Romantic Bach 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z Blanchett's Oscar-winning turn as Katharine Hepburn was a remarkable feat of impersonation -- the voicework, as she hits Hepburn's famous New England mixture of gravel and silk, is uncanny -- but it's more than just that. A toast to Cate Blanchett 2010-05-14T18:48:00Z This effect will only be heightened when the creative team arrives — preview performances begin on March 22 — but for a few hours on Friday this uncanny glass box was the star of the show. How Do You Build a Giant Glass Box? Very Carefully 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z Announcer: He's a cop with an uncanny knack for getting the bad guy ... TV spot for "Hot Genius Jerks With Quirky Jobs" 2011-05-31T20:32:00Z Moon is taken on a journey of deities and mystical creatures, who are living in uncanny harmony with our world. How American Gods changed the game for gay sex on TV 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z Another concerns a tune on the radio sung by a singer who knows an uncanny amount about his startled listeners. Nanda's 'Jacket': comic martial-arts mayhem 2011-10-10T15:59:53Z Human society, as depicted in Twin Peaks, is what’s really uncanny – a beguilingly absurd Kafkaesque simulation that satirises the real thing. Twin Peaks recap: episode five – is anyone here even human? 2017-06-05T04:00:00Z This work ethic has underpinned Henderson's career: she has a steely determination belied by her diminutive frame, and bolstered by her uncanny ability to play much younger than her real age of 45. Shirley Henderson: I'm every woman 2011-04-03T20:46:01Z Beyond the obvious the Bad Plus and the Bandwagon share a few uncanny similarities. Music Review: Three Bands Turn Up at a Show for Two 2011-06-27T22:34:39Z Seesawing with uncanny adeptness between facetiousness and earnestness, she keeps readers slightly off balance as she works her way through moving portraits of vulnerability, awkwardness, resignation and melancholic fortitude. ‘Bark:’ Lorrie Moore casts her eye on modern relationships 2014-04-10T21:14:38Z His most iconic songs were bar-napkin sketches of uncanny depth, featuring at least one casually brilliant phrase that would jump out at you from the blind corner of a rhyme. Perspective | John Prine’s lyrical one-liners could take your breath away 2020-04-08T04:00:00Z Maybe it was fate: with his rough-hewn features and leonine fall of backswept hair, Gold’s profile bears an uncanny resemblance to the man, Benjamin Franklin, depicted on the medal itself. What Jonathan Gold Meant for Food Writing 2018-07-24T04:00:00Z Next came the uncanny city, full of nervous life and incongruity: subways full of people, more than usual carrying full shopping bags. Sheltering in Space 2020-03-18T04:00:00Z But there is always something uncanny lingering at the edges. Podcasts Worth a Listen: ‘Fiasco,’ ‘Unwell,’ ‘In Those Genes’ 2020-03-08T05:00:00Z Fitzgerald, meanwhile, continued to display her uncanny ability to read the cultural zeitgeist by breaking down at the same time as the American stockmarket and was admitted to a Swiss psychiatric hospital. Flappers: Six Women of a Dangerous Generation by Judith Mackrell – review 2013-06-01T10:01:01Z The best historical fiction disorients us by demonstrating the uncanny nature of the past — a world like and not like ours, woven through with strands of ancient DNA. 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 There’s something so uncanny and unsettling about it. He Gives ‘Atlanta’ Anxiety. And That’s a Good Thing. 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z Do you believe in the uncanny and the occult? "This film is Poe's origin story": "The Pale Blue Eye" director on his gothic whodunit at West Point 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z The effect is uncanny, like a disconnected but still buzzing nervous system: an automaton that is little more than a pound of flesh. Bone, organs, scars: At Hannah Hoffman, a surreal and sculptural exploration of the body 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z It appears to have plunged the actors deep into unexplored crevices of the uncanny valley. The Improbable Insanity of “Cats” 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z Let’s say it’s high time for her to get more recognition for her work, as opposed to her uncanny ability to find the light of a boss’s attention and bloom in it. Mad Men Watch: Don Draper’s Baby 2013-06-17T14:54:15Z Fantagraphics curator Larry Reid says the Hoover strips, featuring a bulldog with an uncanny resemblance to the FBI director, aggravated Hoover no end. Trailblazing 'Pogo' comic strips celebrated 2011-12-19T17:18:03Z It seems every year or two another blazing young improviser emerges from the Chicago jazz scene, boasting some uncanny maturity and a rangy freedom within the broader acoustic-jazz tradition. 5 Things to Do This Weekend 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z But like the huge creature that haunts its pages, “Beast” has an uncanny power. ‘Beast’ cements Paul Kingsnorth’s reputation as a furiously gifted writer 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z Grisly but not especially suspenseful, tongue-in-cheek without any real wit, “The Voices” aims to hit the intersection of horror and comedy but tumbles into an uncanny valley of tedious creepiness. Ryan Reynolds as a Killer in ‘The Voices’ 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z Downtown Los Angeles, or “DTLA,” as it is now referred to in real estate literature, is an uncanny place. Finding Yourself in Los Angeles 2018-07-23T04:00:00Z Newsreels of Il Duce at his World War II peak demonstrate the dictator's uncanny talent for crowd control. 'Vincere' follows Mussolini's charismatic impact on World War II through tragic lover 2010-04-01T18:56:00Z Instead of talking animals, these videos feature stock characters learning lessons in a format tailored to the uncanny algorithmic currents of social media. The Moral Philosopher of YouTube 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z Every time I hear Mr. Lang, now 33, a pianist of astounding technical prowess, with uncanny command of coloring and touch, I hope for the best. Review: Lang Lang Opens Philharmonic Season, as Avery Fisher Hall Is Renamed 2015-09-25T04:00:00Z "If you are an aficionado of the strange and uncanny short story," says Aickman, "you will find the only thing missing from Dark World is ... more of the same." Reader reviews roundup 2013-03-15T18:10:00Z Once in Hollywood, she was typically cast as uncanny “others” or what her biographer Ruth Barton calls “exotic dames.” ‘The Witch’ and Five Hedy Lamarr Films Come to Disc, Casting Spells 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z Despite their almost uncanny unity onstage — “it’s a mystery beyond sisterhood,” Mr. Rattle said — the Labèques have very different personalities. These Sisters Have Transformed the Piano Duo 2020-10-25T04:00:00Z Like the most-talented politicians, Isakson had an uncanny knack for making people feel special by remembering small details about those around him. Perspective | Johnny Isakson was a truly likable politician. That’s rare. 2021-12-20T05:00:00Z Hazan's point is that hearers often work imaginatively to supply a context to a discombobulating utterance, to annex incomprehensible or uncanny speech into the more soothing realm of the understood. When two tribes meet: collaborations between artists and scientists 2011-08-21T20:30:01Z The storytelling in both productions is bright, with an almost uncanny rendition into French, in “The Producers,” of the upbeat pace of American-style dialogue. A Paris Cabaret Makes Way for ‘Cabaret’ 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z It contained uncanny, elevated descriptions of sound and performance, offered grounded philosophical inquisitions and sprinkled in wink-nudge personal asides. The Peerless Imagination of Greg Tate 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z One of the great pleasures of “Chances Are . . .” stems from how gracefully Russo moves the story along two time frames, creating that uncanny sense of memories that feel simultaneously near and remote. Review | In Richard Russo’s ‘Chances Are . . . ,’ a charming reunion unearths a chilling disappearance 2019-07-23T04:00:00Z The actor's tone, in another uncanny overlap with politics, was that of a politician who had failed to achieve the expected office. The Thick of It: the TV programme of 2012 2012-12-21T22:55:06Z “He has the ability to reach through the shot and make an uncanny connection with the audience.” Robert Downey Jr. hasn’t just made it all the way back, he’s made it all the way to the top “Never Look Away” traffics in all kinds of thorny, ambiguous material: It’s about family secrets, psychological misdirection, the sometimes uncanny harmonies between artifice and reality. ‘Never Look Away’ Review: A Lush Adventure in Sex, Politics and Painting 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z But tricks don’t explain Hilda’s uncanny experiences, first with her grandmother and then with her mother. A Séance Relies on Illusion. So Does Theater. 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z Crocheted birds on the lacy fabric were caught momentarily in flight, and the painting is uncanny in its evocation of a numinous, fleeting instant of motion. Andrew Wyeth leaves viewers on the outside looking in That being said, Gevinson’s uncanny lifestyle as a startling young entrepreneur in fashion, film, and new media could be something of an eye opener for teens and adults alike. 10 Great TV Shows Just Waiting to Be Made 2013-10-03T09:45:34Z Set in a permanent haze behind a scrim, the production, aided by clever casting and costuming, at least finally made Giovanni and his servant, Leporello, the uncanny doppelgängers they are in the libretto. After a Quarter-Century, the Queen of Salzburg Calls It Quits 2021-08-17T04:00:00Z As soon as Darshi watched “Definition Please,” she emailed Day, writing something along the lines of “This is uncanny,” she said in a joint interview. Their Characters Are Stuck, but the Filmmakers Are Anything But 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z ITV retains its uncanny knack of doing the dumb thing whenever it counts. James Donaghy's Screen burn: The Prisoner 2010-04-16T23:08:00Z Actually it was the uncanny clarity and lightness of his playing that made the tempo seem faster than it was. Music Review: Philharmonic Opens Season at Avery Fisher Hall 2012-09-20T16:22:20Z Save Venice Inc. was formed in response to the uncanny damage the flood caused to the irreplaceable cultural heritage of the city’s gems. Roberto CoinVoice: How We're Helping Save The City Of Venice 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z Mr. Jaffee’s drawings showed a golfer, with an uncanny resemblance to Ben Hogan, sprouting extra fingers that got reabsorbed once the ball was aloft. New Sketch of a Madcap?s Mad Life 2010-10-01T15:53:00Z It’s as if a singer at the height of her fame accidentally wandered into pop’s uncanny valley — a disconcerting gray zone between a superstar’s glazed image and the sentient being behind it. Perspective | Ariana Grande just stepped into pop’s uncanny valley, and everybody’s going nuts 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z One of the uncanny traits of the intimate machines that Jobs pioneered – iPods and iPads and iPhones – is their illusion of vitality. Steve Jobs: the afterlife 2015-11-01T04:00:00Z The major turning points in the series hinge on familial lies, odd coincidence and decisions that are the stuff of midlife crisis novels set in the suburbs of Connecticut, not gothic tales of the uncanny. ‘The Haunting of Hill House,’ on Netflix, Is a Family Drama With Scares 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z Their brief stories are laced with magic realism, uncanny coincidences, metaphors taken literally and idioms come to life. Balancing sweet and tart, it's an 'Almost' happy holiday 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z She sings with smoky, crooning glamour, but also with an uncanny self-possession. In Praise of Beach House 2015-08-28T04:00:00Z On its surface, much of “Even a Tree Can Shed Tears” can seem like an uncanny simulacrum of vintage Californian folk-rock, an alternate universe in which Buffalo Springfield and the Grateful Dead sprouted in Tokyo. The Hidden History of Japan’s Folk-Rock Boom 2017-10-27T04:00:00Z In a statement, the fellow Oakland filmmaker calls Nicks “a master filmmaker with an uncanny ability to bring us closer to subjects that are important to our social fabric but so often overlooked.” In ‘Homeroom,’ an unprecedent school year caught on film 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z The “uncanny valley theory” suggests that the more a non-human resembles a live human, the more relatable that non-human becomes – but only to a point. The secret lives of moviestar newborns: who are they, and what is all that goo? 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z Some of the images have an uncanny familiarity, while others land with almost revelatory force. Review: ‘O.J.: Made in America,’ an Unflinching Take on His Rise and Fall 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z Here are 5 Game of Thrones characters that have an uncanny resemblance to women who actually lived. Here are the Real-Life Queens that may have Inspired Game of Thrones 2014-06-15T04:00:00Z Along with her genius for physical comedy and deadpan inflection — “don’t get me started,” she’d intone, as the mediocre stand-up Jeannie Darcy — Shannon has an uncanny knack for transgression in pursuit of higher truth. Molly Shannon’s Memoir Is Filled With Mischief and Pathos 2022-04-10T04:00:00Z Watching the original now, in the wake of “I’m Not There,” you may be astonished at Bob Dylan’s uncanny ability to impersonate Cate Blanchett. Critic?s Notebook: His Back Pages, Captured on Film 2011-05-17T19:00:20Z And the way it has been written, art and life have done a playful dance throughout, each informing and reflecting the other in uncanny and profound ways. Jamie Bell: From Billy Elliot to Tintin 2011-03-13T00:03:06Z The finished object, not quite a doppelganger but an uncanny approximation of life, rests lightly on the ground. Charles Ray's sculptures cast a forceful modern eye on antiquity 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z There was something uncanny about pretending to hack sugar cane outside a historic plantation house, just as slaves would have done for real 200 years earlier. Malachi Kirby on remaking Roots: ‘I could feel the pain, hear the screams' 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z Smiley is, of course, George Smiley, one of fiction's most famous spies, and played here with an uncanny stillness by Gary Oldman. 'Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy' dark and alluring 2011-12-22T22:05:53Z It is as funny as a Monty Python episode, and it wonderfully captures that uncanny feeling of scripted unreality that at one time or another befalls many of us citizens of the modern world. Art Review: Everyone?s 15 Minutes In a Culture of Celebrity 2011-01-13T22:44:50Z In his new show, “Yours Truly” — his fourth engagement at Café Carlyle — he is tiptoeing away from the sound of the Four Seasons, which he resurrected with an uncanny accuracy. Review: John Lloyd Young, Stepping Out With Oldies Beyond the Four Seasons’ 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z Each of the seven movements explores a different theme, fracturing and recasting bits of old music in an uncanny evocation of the way memory works. Music Review: Calder Quartet and Mostly Mozart Orchestra at Lincoln Center 2013-08-04T20:19:01Z Wonderfully, the bubbles look the way we sometimes feel — that prickly frisson — when we sense we are accessing the uncanny. Review: In ‘While I Was Waiting,’ a Man and a Country in Limbo 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z And under Mr. Gilbert the orchestra contributed to the murky atmosphere by playing the oscillating string motifs with uncanny delicacy, even fragility. Music Review: New York Philharmonic Performs at Avery Fisher Hall 2010-06-11T22:11:00Z The artist does this all through a series of uncanny knitted sculptures that are built to resemble himself. Datebook: Early digital maps, delicate assemblages, an installation that riffs on sin 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z Its design offers an uncanny imitation of life. The Design of “Maniac” Offers an Uncanny Imitation of Life 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z He has an uncanny, nearly magical gift for isolating his details, for holding them to the light until they shine. At the Close of Karl Ove Knausgaard’s ‘My Struggle,’ a Magician Loses His Touch 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z It gave the uncanny sense of hearing the final seconds of some grand symphonic work stretched into a slow-motion, 12-minute span. With world premiere of his thrilling 12th Symphony, Philip Glass continues to intrigue 2019-01-12T05:00:00Z “Patterns could fascinate me because an uncanny one structured my life,” she writes. The Deeply Wacky Pleasures of Jane Alison’s “Meander, Spiral, Explode” 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z In my mind, the Ahmanson building has always borne an uncanny resemblance to a department store. A Chilean museum shows why LACMA's Pereira buildings need replacing 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z Without Koma, there’s no buffer between you and her uncanny presence. Eiko Invites You to Her Inner Land of Wraiths 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z Twenty Twelve, set in the offices of the Olympic Games' organisers, was another series with an uncanny knack of pre-empting events. Political drama 2012: Fact v fiction 2012-12-31T07:11:28Z Is a child really capable of acting, with craft, or do these performances reflect uncanny instinct? Wallis a beast of an actress, but is 9 too young? 2013-02-13T13:44:11Z While that’s surely a fine quality in any person, here’s the key: “She has this absolutely uncanny ability to translate that into music.” Jeanine Tesori’s Gift: Conjuring the Storytelling Potency of Music 2021-12-29T05:00:00Z Hopper, who sings in a velvety bass-baritone, has such uncanny abs that for a moment I wondered whether the show was somehow using live CGI. ‘The Life’ Review: Turning More Than a Few New Tricks 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z It’s the kind of uncanny, elegiac image we’ve seen in a thousand dystopias. Kim Stanley Robinson’s Latest Novel Imagines Life in an Underwater New York 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z His feelings are transformed into physical actions in which uncanny balances melt into spiraling turns, making it seem that he is floating in the air. Lil Buck Feels the Dancing Spirit All Over Again 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z A Universe Like Ours, Only Weirder Not all filmmakers create complete and resonant fantasy worlds, rife with strange, sometimes frightening beings as well as mysterious movement, emotional suspense and uncanny detail. Art Review: Quay Brothers Retrospective at MoMA 2012-08-10T05:34:12Z The bell animation appears, hovering and disintegrating like an uncanny visitation before the Washington Monument or above the Rocky Steps, while other sites feature a wave of confetti. ‘Liberty Bell’ Tolls for Sites Where History Is Alive and Kicking 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z Moore is known for meticulously researching her roles, a penchant that paid off with her uncanny, Emmy-winning portrayal of vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin. Julianne Moore takes pains to portray early Alzheimer's 2014-12-14T05:00:00Z Still, the actor doesn't hold back in portraying Charles' petulant anger at being upstaged by Diana's glamour and approachability, captured in those same episodes with uncanny simplicity by Emma Corrin. A matter of character: How "The Crown" squares Charles with our longstanding villain edit 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z Holmes fans can cheer, however, at how nimbly Longenbaugh has captured the master detective's uncanny powers of deduction. Review: Holmes lore wrapped up neatly in Taproot production 2010-12-02T21:36:00Z Tom and Gerri, played with uncanny subtlety and tremendous soul by Jim Broadbent and Ruth Sheen, are much more subdued but no less radiant, and just as extreme in their delight. | 'Another Year': Injustice, British and Otherwise 2010-12-28T18:18:34Z Marie’s is a morbid tale, one that belongs — like James’s “The Turn of the Screw” — in the uncanny aisle of the horror supermarket. A Dark Cavalcade of New Horror Fiction 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z She’s got an uncanny ability to free-associate through her characters, who are clearly still learning to speak and write and use language, but are no less sophisticated in their depth of thought. Raina Telgemeier Can’t Wait to Break Bread With Her Friends Again 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z Anyone who has read Lloyd Parry’s two earlier books knows that he never shies away from the uncanny. Waves of Destruction, Physical and Spiritual, Buffet Japan 2017-12-26T05:00:00Z Siblings obviously make for instinctive harmonizers and co-singers; there is a sweetness and uncanny accord to the way their voices mix, buoying and complementing one another. The Best Song for Soothing Your Election Anxiety 2016-11-07T05:00:00Z Russell, who showed in her 2011 debut novel “Swamplandia!” an uncanny knack for combining realistic characters and wildly over-the-top behavior, here brings us eight tales of the remarkable; of something that can’t entirely be explained. ‘Vampires in the Lemon Grove’: the real lives of vampires, monsters and bullies 2013-02-28T00:07:34Z I wanted to create an uncanny atmosphere in which the past and the near future co-exist in the present of every sunny day. The Man Booker 2012 shortlist: the authors on their novels 2012-10-12T21:54:02Z Mr. Rouse’s final symphony is often tonal, directly stated and taut, with an uncanny timelessness. Review: Christopher Rouse Leaves a Haunting Final Symphony 2019-10-20T04:00:00Z Thirteen-year-old Hayward immediately impressed Anderson, he said, with her uncanny ability to sound "like she was making up the dialogue herself". Cannes opens with Wes Anderson's 'charming evocation of childhood' 2012-05-16T16:39:36Z At worst, it’s the shudder of the uncanny. The End of Endings 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z Her resemblance to Minnelli, with her large round eyes, is uncanny. Ewan McGregor won’t soon forget his fashion turn as Halston 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z Love for David Bowie was in the air, to an uncanny degree. Growing Up with David Bowie 2016-01-11T05:00:00Z Instagram users, however, were much more interested in the uncanny likeness between Land and the Duchess of Sussex, who is arguably the most talked-about woman in the world at the moment. Missouri mom who looks like Meghan Markle stuns the Internet 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z It’s uncanny how 1960s they were in the 1920s. | Filmmaker Matt Wolf on the Origins of Teenage Culture 2014-03-11T21:24:59Z It was only one of the day’s uncanny images, including any time a chyron read “President Trump.” Mr. Reality TV Goes to Washington 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z There’s a fearsome uncanny valley at work, wherein the machines resemble humans but surpass them in their capacity for destruction. How “Neon Genesis Evangelion” Reimagined Our Relationship to Machines 2019-06-21T04:00:00Z “The Truth is a Cave in the Black Mountains” explores the uncanny connection between a dwarf and his guide and their greed for gold, or perhaps revenge. Best science fiction and fantasy for February 2015-02-24T05:00:00Z The only clues to his former occupation — 33 years with the C.I.A. — are his uncanny peripheral vision and his occasional use of terms like “ops” and “intel.” Shadowing Jason Matthews, the Ex-Spy Whose Cover Identity Is Author 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z They ruminate on the film historian's uncanny ability to access Hollywood's past, its specters, the things that haunt the industry, leaving orb like traces on our current entertainment landscape. Sex and the cinema girl: Karina Longworth dives into '80s and '90s erotic films, revealing herself 2023-07-15T04:00:00Z Cezanne’s symbolic apple, the biblical fruit of knowledge gone secular in a clear-sighted effort to redeem the fall from grace, here becomes uncanny. At Park View gallery, a spellbinding trip into a world turned upside down 2017-10-09T04:00:00Z My friend and I were shocked by my uncanny timing, and what we later joked, must have been an act of telekinesis or clairvoyance. We can’t look away: The joy of Donald Trump and political rubbernecking 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z It showed an uncanny talent for concealing itself in the deepest recesses of a sofa or wandering off to points unknown. Design Notebook: Frustrating as They Are, We Still Can’t Live Without TV Remotes 2012-05-30T22:55:39Z When Young leans on this ability to render the uncanny facets of her life, “Can You Tolerate This?” is an essay collection unlike any I’ve read. In Essays About Bodily Ailments and Other Conditions, Clues to Writing — and Life 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z This is not so much a book about ghosts as about the uncanny and unbalancing power of language, recollection and repetition. You Came Back by Christopher Coake – review 2012-07-21T23:04:04Z The addition of salt sweetens the bitterness in an uncanny way. Claire Ptak’s recipes for pink grapefruit brulee and Campari sorbet 2016-01-23T05:00:00Z Valerie’s more coherent moments led to incredible bursts of humor, biting satire, fascinating insights and uncanny accuracy about the world. ArtsBeat: A Sad and Remarkable Life: Breanne Fahs Talks About ‘Valerie Solanas’ 2014-04-23T21:34:55Z “When she walks into the room, she lights up the room,” Auerbach said over the phone, “and she has an uncanny ability to just connect with people.” After Two Decades in Music, Yola Expands Her Powers 2021-07-25T04:00:00Z It feels like a crazily long time, escalating tension and turning this scene into a stylized uncanny, a simulacrum of a freeze frame. ‘Halloween’ 1978: The Times Finally Reviews a Horror Classic 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z Mr. Slawenski is not particularly concerned with assessing Salinger’s gifts as a writer: his uncanny ear for dialogue; his love of colloquial, idiomatic language; his ability to domesticate the stream-of-consciousness innovations of the great modernists. Books of The Times: Peering Into A Reclusive Life 2011-02-10T15:17:01Z And she added to the mix an element of the uncanny, through which the existence of a transcendent, eternal and immaterial reality impinges on the lives of her ageing characters, reminding them of their mortality. Rereading: Memento Mori by Muriel Spark 2010-06-04T23:06:00Z At his most exuberant, though, Deardourff rivals Kirby’s ability to blast the margins to get at an uncanny cosmos beyond the page. In the galleries: Looking back on a century of Iberian and Latin American works 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z Doherty has an uncanny ability to quiet her features so abruptly that, suddenly, her face can become as still and peaceful as eyes staring out at you from an icon. Review: Dancing That Unfolds Like a Prayer 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z Whole generations of theater composers and lyricists could be thrown off their game by bouts of Sondheim Syndrome: the desire to write with his uncanny rhyming panache or emulate his vast knowledge of music history. Perspective | There will never be another Stephen Sondheim 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z There’s often an uncanny valley aspect to Spears’ music: The moment Britney appears to let her fans in, it’s clear that someone else is pulling the strings. Britney’s path to “Glory”: The pop survivor’s least-personal album is also her best in more than a decade 2016-08-27T04:00:00Z An air of uncanny pervades the house right from the outset. Five International Movies to Stream Now 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z The regulars said Kaufman's uncanny ability to introduce guests to the fellow guest they would most want to meet made it difficult to imagine the restaurant without her. Elaine's regulars mourn loss of famed NYC eatery 2011-05-26T11:46:04Z These seem to be attempts to assert the reviewer’s own working-class credentials, the better to question that “eerie confidence” of Kushner’s, the uncanny, unfeminine authority with which she feels entitled to write about such things. Rachel Kushner’s ambitious new novel scares male critics 2013-06-05T23:00:00Z Throughout, Fisk’s uncanny ability to convey Bach’s intricate polyphony, always over a sturdy bass, impresses most. Guitarist Eliot Fisk impresses with his uncanny ability to convey Bach’s polyphony 2016-11-27T05:00:00Z In an uncanny touch of prophesy, the drug lord in "The Cartel" escapes from prison, anticipating the real-life escape of El Chapo, who eventually was recaptured. Back in business: Winslow working on sequel to 'The Cartel' 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z We thought of this uncanny capability while watching Top of the Pops 2 over the weekend, as Melba Moore appeared singing her hit Love's Comin' at Ya. New band of the day – No 1,314: Leverage Models 2012-07-23T15:38:34Z It’s an early talking film, and it displays the cinematic impact of language and of music alongside the powerful and uncanny images that its director—a great but often overlooked stylist—created. My Favorite Halloween Movie 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z The composer Meredith Monk is known for her uncanny ability to coax the human voice into sonorities both ethereal and startling. Review: Ensemble ACJW Performs Meredith Monk’s Instrumental ‘Backlight’ 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z The sold-out show put on full view Mr. Green’s uncanny knack for channeling the voice of marginalized but smart, self-identifying nerds, a gift he has turned into a YouTube empire. John and Hank Green Bring Their Show to Carnegie Hall 2013-01-16T23:22:53Z But then the music slows, stops, descends, and goes down again, right to the depths of the piano's register, and now there's an inchoate, frightening sense of the uncanny, the despairing. A guide to Michael Finnissy's music 2012-07-23T14:24:00Z The most immediately obvious example of the movie’s uncanny good fortune is its impeccable cast. The Best Movie of All Time Turns 70: Here’s Looking at You, Casablanca 2012-11-23T10:40:25Z You see that in “Bombshell,” which strengthens its realism and is finally more impressive than the prosthetics she wears that, with a husky scrape in her voice, turn her into Kelly’s uncanny double. ‘Bombshell’ Review: Blind Ambition and Blond Sedition at Fox News 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z Throughout it mixes Wodehousean comedy with the uncanny and, at one point, the truly nightmarish. Review | A favorite of J.K. Rowling, Edith Nesbit was a pioneer of children’s books and so much more 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z “There was a familiarity that was uncanny,” Lorri says of the first meeting. Against all odds: the most incredible love story you'll read today 2018-02-14T05:00:00Z DeMunn's uncanny ability to wordlessly communicate Howard's inner reflections is most affecting when he's alone, tinkering with lamps, humming old songs and kind of breaking our hearts. Review: 'A Family for All Occasions' is intense 2013-05-13T21:11:11Z The space between us fills with sweetness and humor and a delight in the uncanny, the very things that drew us to each other almost two decades ago. Our vasectomy love story 2014-05-08T23:00:00Z This concert, part of the LOS Kids series of the Little Orchestra Society, will introduce his uncanny genius to children ages 3 through 10 with the help of the players and the program’s wacky M.C., Events for Children in NYC This Week 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z It was uncanny and I could not look away. Pater Familiar: Watching Andrew Cuomo's pandemic briefings finally let me grieve my father 2020-08-30T04:00:00Z At its best, “Strange Beasts” transfixes you like a vivid dream, offering glimpses of the waking world contorted into uncanny forms. Review | Yan Ge’s ‘Strange Beasts of China’ is a luminous, beguiling chronicle of fantastical beings 2021-07-14T04:00:00Z It’s no surprise, and it’s altogether fitting, that the film was honored for sound mixing and editing, and for Malek’s uncanny portrayal of Mercury. Perspective | How ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’s’ nominations explain the people-pleasing Oscars 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z The reaction seemed to catch her off guard each time, as though she were as surprised as anyone by her tender, uncanny wit. Review | Want to know the ‘Secrets of Happiness’? The characters in Joan Silber’s new novel are looking, too. 2021-04-26T04:00:00Z “My interests aligned with a greater cultural shift,” says McCrate by way of explaining his uncanny ability to be ahead of the curve. Colin McCrate takes farming to the streets — and rooftops 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z He also noted that the rabbits’ “stiff, floaty, uncanny motion looks like something from a ’90s CD-ROM video game.” What’s on TV Sunday: ‘Watership Down’ and ‘Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children’ 2018-12-23T05:00:00Z I remember the incredible actress who played Lady Macbeth—her name was Georgina Roberts—and the uncanny way that the weather seemed to respond to the play, like a mood ring. Encounters with Shakespeare 2016-04-23T04:00:00Z Dustin Hoffman is phenomenal and uncanny: I believed he was Lenny Bruce. A Bob Fosse Film-Festival Diary 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z Wilson's ability to recreate the wartime and postwar eras is uncanny, and no doubt based on impressive research. A Capital Crime By Laura Wilson 2010-10-01T23:15:00Z The event organizers last year showed an uncanny ability for catching artists just as they were moving on to bigger things. Sundance Next Fest returns to the Theatre at Ace Hotel August 7-9 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z The casting is strong — particularly Livingston and Taylor, whose real-person ease makes us immediately feel connected to them, and Farmiga, who’s got an uncanny way of seeming utterly haunted and yet serene. ‘The Conjuring’: a simply terrifying movie 2013-07-18T01:08:38Z In 1904, Picasso painted flowers in a vase in a style that belonged to an earlier age, verifying his uncanny aptitude at working in every manner. When Discourse Has the Upper Hand Over Art 2010-06-25T11:00:00Z The effect is uncanny: its intelligent, controlled and immensely readable sentences glow with a deathly pallor.” Barry Unsworth, Historical Novelist, Dies at 81 2012-06-08T02:47:19Z His enormous twitter following, particularly his “g’mornings” and “g’nights,” speaks to our need for comfort at these two uncanny junctures of the day. Mary Poppins can’t return fast enough: An adult in the room is the best fantasy of 2018 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z The mundane and fantastic converged with uncanny, mesmerizing presence. 'Understory' is two artists' ode to the American basement, and every surface is covered in felt 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z Mike makes the mistake of dismissing Elsbeth, who has an uncanny ability for exploiting the ways in which people with more power than she has underestimate her. ‘The Good Fight’ Season 1, Episode 5 Recap: Office Warfare 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z As photographs in the gallery brochure attest, Ms. Rubins is basically an outdoor sculptor, and outside is probably the best setting for her version of uncanny California Pop. Nancy Rubins: ‘Our Friend Fluid Metal’ 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z But you’ve probably never seen a fractious family stage the uncanny disappearing act that takes place in “The Open House,” Will Eno’s new play, which opened on Monday night at Signature Theater. Theater Review: In Will Eno’s ‘The Open House,’ Dysfunctional Dynamics 2014-03-04T03:00:03Z Perrotta's book is straightforward and dry and full of quotidian detail; the speed with which normalcy returns in the wake of uncanny tragedy is one of its themes. Artful 'Leftovers' on HBO leaves viewers wanting more 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z Mr. Padrissa was struck, he said in an interview in the program, that the opening of the oratorio is an uncanny depiction of the Big Bang. Review: A Dazzling ‘Creation’ Brings Light to Lincoln Center 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z Marling’s Prairie certainly returns scarred but not scared, demonstrating uncanny poise in clashes with both men and beasts. The OA: revealing the secrets of 2016's most mysterious TV show 2016-12-16T05:00:00Z It opens with a stirring of high, tremulous strings, played here with an uncanny blend of delicacy and penetrating sound. Music Review: Mariinsky Orchestra at Carnegie Hall - Review 2011-10-07T21:24:21Z In so doing, he predicted the dislocations of the 21st century with uncanny accuracy. Daniel Patrick Moynihan Was Often Right. Joe Klein on Why It Still Matters. 2021-05-15T04:00:00Z The Swedish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar is the uncanny “Border,” written and directed by the Swedish-Iranian Ali Abbasi. Six new films that could be Oscar contenders for Best Foreign Language Film 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z Abid’s gift for turning pine, mahogany and tulip wood into any kind of artifact she wants hints at something uncanny in her connection with her materials. Humaira Abid’s masterful illusions spotlight political realities 2017-09-25T04:00:00Z Variety's Scott Foundas praised Lohan's "raw conviction" and her "uncanny conflagration of drama and autobiography." Lindsay Lohan: primed for a comeback that could be her last 2013-08-13T13:14:00Z Because foreground and background are rendered with the same mute colors in the same flat style — think of the comic artist Chris Ware — what could be mundane nature scenes become windows into the timeless uncanny. Two Critics, 13 Favorite Booths at The Armory Show 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z But despite the almost uncanny likeness between "Metastasis" and "Breaking Bad," tweaks have been made to account for certain cultural differences between the American Southwest and Colombia, where the series was filmed. 'Metastasis,' Spanish-language remake of 'Breaking Bad,' gets cooking 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z Her effort to bring it to Berlin, its seizure by Nazi officers during World War II and its subsequent odyssey once again show the uncanny ability of Chopin to write operas — posthumously. An Ingenious Frédéric Chopin 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z But in Darger’s art they come to the surface with unabashed immediacy and uncanny emotional intensity. Art Review: Henry Darger at the American Folk Art Museum 2010-05-13T21:51:00Z Wilee has an uncanny way, midcycle, of planning out multiple possible routes at any given moment; we see, in his imagination, the crashes that he isn't actually having. 'Premium Rush': Bike-messenger chase delivers popcorn-movie fun 2012-08-23T15:57:05Z The effect is mesmerizing, nestled deep within the uncanny valley. How PinkyDoll Mesmerized the Internet 2023-07-17T04:00:00Z She breathes life into her characters with an uncanny ear for informal dialogue that rips aside the scrim of myth and takes a cheeky ball-peen hammer to anything elevated by lofty marble. Best graphic novels of 2015 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z Given how sensitive audiences are to the uncanny valley phenomenon, they might even have job security when the robots take over. The secret lives of moviestar newborns: who are they, and what is all that goo? 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z When he wanted us to hear intricate details he brought uncanny clarity to bear. The New York Philharmonic Returns, in the Midst of Transitions 2021-09-19T04:00:00Z Playwrights and actors who have worked with Mr. Gold say he has an uncanny ability to pinpoint exactly where a problem scene is going wrong and how to fix it. Awkwardness as the Avenue to Success 2010-10-03T02:00:00Z She moves as though uncanny forces are on the prowl inside her, traveling along her limbs ripple by ripple, flexion by flexion, as if to trace a pattern of their own along her flesh. Cabeen’s ‘Fire!’: cool but cryptic 2013-01-18T17:46:29Z Here is an uncanny full-colour glimpse of a time when even London looked innocent. Colour footage of London in the 1920s allows us to be tourists in our own past 2013-05-22T17:12:42Z His photographs reveal an uncanny and paradoxical event. From the Fringes of Art Basel Miami Beach 2017-12-18T05:00:00Z Nor did I have any notion back then that his uncanny peripheral vision might have been a child’s only defense against a father’s stray fist coming his way. How Pat Conroy and I became lifelong best friends 2019-09-29T04:00:00Z Both the painting, and the man depicted, are beautiful, and the work leaves you with the same hard-to-explain but uncanny sense that all great portraits convey: He isn’t going away. Review | Before Black Lives Matter, Black Power’s revolutionary art 2018-02-05T05:00:00Z Where the British Museum gives the historical low-down on Shakespeare, this astonishing performance by Rylance reveals the uncanny, dreamlike, apparently limitless power of his imagination. Is Shakespeare Britain's greatest contribution to world culture? 2012-08-28T12:54:58Z What is the source of its uncanny power? Review | Glamour, gossip, sex, scandal: Man Ray’s portraits captured Paris between the wars 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z But, as the years passed, it also became clear it had uncanny foresight. First the gangsters, then the bankers: how The Long Good Friday foretold the future 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z We feel with fresh, uncanny sharpness the organic connection between the metaphor-laden speech of the plays and the landscape from which it comes. Review: ‘DruidShakespeare: The History Plays’ Is Complete With a Crown Fit for Many Kings 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z Watch the trailer for The Huntsman: Winter’s War I was making a stupid joke, but the resemblance is uncanny. Emily Blunt on taking a hit, training with the FBI and her Taylor Swift moment 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z Roach, who died in 1992 at age 100, also had an uncanny knack for finding and nurturing talent behind the camera. Hal Roach's film legacy explored in Hollywood Museum exhibition 2014-07-26T04:00:00Z “The Leftovers” never shied away from the uncanny, but ultimately its take on “magic” is more like Teller’s. ‘The Leftovers’ Series Finale Recap: Over There 2017-06-04T04:00:00Z Once again, uncanny timing and instinct prevail: Who else lands a romp about the inherent soullessness of politics right as a Democratic-led House of Representatives launches an impeachment investigation against America’s most willfully reprobate president? Review | Ryan Murphy’s ‘The Politician’ is cool and cynical — and difficult to fully endorse 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z Remember the zombie baby from "Dawn of the Dead"? Zombie children are unnerving, approaching the uncanny valley flinch response of "this can't be real." The eternal sadness of the child vampire 2022-10-30T04:00:00Z It is an uncanny thing for British liberals to behold, this return of Blair. The Return of Tony Blair 2017-05-12T04:00:00Z Selfishly, my first feelings on hearing that the uncanny British actress Helen McCrory had died at 52 were of personal betrayal. How Helen McCrory Shone, Even in a Haze of Mystery 2021-04-17T04:00:00Z In both novels, the bleakness of the material is leavened by Pitcher's uncanny skill with the narrative voice. Ketchup Clouds by Annabel Pitcher – review 2013-01-04T22:55:12Z Related: The BFG review: delicate touch of Spielberg and Rylance proves hugely charming The actors in the film make uncanny doubles for the robots they play. What Steven Spielberg's science fiction tells us about America 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z Plainly she studied the late Diana Spencer's mannerisms and expressions, and when she cuts her eyes to the side or tilts up the corner of her mouth, the resemblance is uncanny. "The Crown" returns with Princess Di & Margaret Thatcher testing the Queen's humanity 2020-11-14T05:00:00Z Even so, individuals are discernible throughout, and meaning, formulated by Mr. O’Connor’s uncanny sense of structure, is attained not from story but from sensation. Review: ‘The Goodbye Studies’ Explores the Idea of the Crowd 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z With every raised eyebrow and vocal inflection, the ensemble of superb young actors inhabited their characters with uncanny ease. ‘Star Trek Into Darkness,’ ‘We Steal Secrets,’ ‘Peeples’ 2013-09-09T21:25:38Z Keiko’s ability to anticipate shoppers’ desires—and to efface herself—seems at once uncanny and depraved, implying a lack of soul. Sayaka Murata’s Eerie “Convenience Store Woman” Is a Love Story Between a Misfit and a Store 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z Recently, after rewatching the documentary, I was surprised to discover an uncanny coincidence: when the show aired, in 1979, my mom was twenty-seven, single, and living in New York—just like I am today. Single City Slickers: Then and Now 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z The couple met at a place called Paw Paw Lake, an uncanny coincidence that July discovered only after creating her own Paw-Paw. Miranda July Is Totally Not Kidding 2011-07-17T18:23:57Z He demonstrates: the effect is instant and uncanny. Queen Olivia Colman, an epic budget and a cast of thousands: a year behind the scenes on The Crown 2019-09-07T04:00:00Z Those sad pages seemed an uncanny picture of what alcohol can do to a sparkling mind. ‘The Trip to Echo Spring’: On the trail of writers and drinking 2014-01-10T21:58:25Z Her mother is from Ethiopia and she’s spent time in Bermuda, and when she sings she releases uncanny timbres. Rachel Brown’s Uncanny Voice 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z “He knew where to be with the camera in an almost uncanny, sixth-sense kind of way — to get the beginning of an action, and also to witness how it might unfold.” Robert Gardner, renowned documentary filmmaker of ‘Dead Birds,’ dies at 88 But the beast itself is less uncanny than merely … unpleasant. ‘Legion’ Season 1, Episode 5: Running With the Devil 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z In his old life, Simmons demonstrated an uncanny ability to identify new markets. The Enlightenment Of Russell Simmons 2012-10-18T14:42:42Z The horror is most uncanny and effective when it’s using simple yet evocative effects — like Art’s exiting a room only to reappear in the same room — rather than jump scares. ‘The Offering’ Review: A Demon in the Family 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z The awfulness of the uncanny dog takes center stage. Taxidermy Is a Metaphor for Our Time 2019-08-21T04:00:00Z He is possessed with an uncanny calm as he is about to become forever targeted. Citizenfour review – Poitras' victorious film shows Snowden vindicated 2014-10-11T04:00:00Z Melding the live action with the uncanny valley animation creates an emotional dissonance. The “Lady and the Tramp” live-action remake is a little ruff 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z Even without the flashbacks, the movie effectively explores the ways, sometimes uncanny and sometimes charming, that people don’t change. ‘It Chapter Two’ Review: Send in the Clown, Again 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z However, the cast bear an almost uncanny resemblance to their fictional counterparts. Tamara Drewe comic strip charms Cannes in film form 2010-05-17T16:33:00Z He’s a painter of uncanny talents, seemingly able to render any figure, shadow or distortion that pops into his feverish, apocalyptic mind. Five must-see art shows in September 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z But the most uncanny, “Barry” and “Mark,” are the ones that display the same person at two different phases of life. What José Parlá, JR and Kunle Martins Learned from Graffiti 2020-03-08T05:00:00Z The ensemble brings to mind a partially-covered ceremonial altar or an adorned exhibition pedestal, and most fruitfully, the uncanny conflation of the two. Canvas minus the painting: the label-defying art of Frances Trombly 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z The ingredients look normal until you take a bite and realize you’ve entered the plant kingdom’s uncanny valley. Eleven Madison Park Explores the Plant Kingdom’s Uncanny Valley 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z It’s a word that encapsulates Vienne’s uncanny, hypnotic creations. How Does Time Pass at This Rave? With Hypnotic Precision. 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z It was uncanny, and intensely moving, to realize that the only audience was us watching in our homes around the world. The Berlin Philharmonic Tests a Musical Path Out of Lockdown 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z He played with his trademark rich, full tone and uncanny accuracy, as well as an obvious enjoyment of the music. Review: Violinist Augustin Hadelich’s Halloween night concert with Seattle Symphony was all treats, no tricks 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z The uncanny thing was, in the same row, about four or five seats away from us, were these two guys we had met the night before, Jay and Lorenzo. George Takei: Is "Star Trek" fandom over? 2010-08-05T01:01:00Z In her hands, quotidian items like strings of lights, racks for drying clothes, I.V. stands, and artificial straw have become components of dazzling, uncanny and occasionally obscure metaphor-generating machines. Haegue Yang’s Radical Art of Obscure Delights 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z But none managed to take images as beautiful, as haunting, as uncanny as Fusco’s. Review | ‘The train was moving mournful slow’: Exhibit shows haunting photos of Bobby Kennedy’s final journey 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z A mesh hood delicately encases his head, giving him the uncanny look of one of Robert Mapplethorpe’s dungeon subjects, calm with the authority of desire. Portrait of a Friendship in the Face of Cancer 2016-05-31T04:00:00Z What you can ultimately see in “Airless Spaces” is that the eye for the poetic and the uncanny that gained Ms. Kurland fame in the ’90s runs in the family. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z By all accounts a man of immense organizational and motivational skills, Mr. Abreu is also an outstanding musician with an uncanny ability to pinpoint talent. Nurturing Musicians of Depth 2010-03-30T12:30:00Z Therein lies its genius, and its uncanny authenticity. | 'Toy Story 3': Voyage to the Bottom of the Day Care Center 2010-06-17T19:23:00Z For most users, thought of the internet as a technology of mass surveillance and control, then, is both uncanny and unwelcome. Julian Assange’s latest wake-up call 2013-04-30T17:42:00Z Vegans are unsettling and uncanny: they live among us, speak like us, behave like us – but for one significant exception. Why do people hate vegans? 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z Rugged Cam “loved to create different dishes from scratch and had an uncanny sense of what flavors complemented others.” A Roundup of the Season’s Romance Novels 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z Trump also seems to have an uncanny sense of the elements of a good story — conflict, money and sex — especially when he’s the subject. ‘Never Enough: Donald Trump and the Pursuit of Success,’ by Michael D’Antonio 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z And at many junctures, the echoes between “Detroit” and “Whose Streets?” are uncanny, be they in images of militarized law enforcement or people taking action after decades of being dismissed, demonized and unheard. Perspective | ‘Detroit’ and the question of cultural gatekeeping 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z But it’s Zelda’s uncanny skills, not her vulnerable humanity, that are of intense interest to the police — and even more so to the criminals who hold her life in their hands. Pop-Up Brothels, Severed Tongues and Creepy Nursery Rhymes 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z It provides autofill, or something like it, on an uncanny level. A Human Wrote This Book Review. A.I. Wrote the Book. 2023-05-01T04:00:00Z Like buttery, toasted nuts, brown butter has an uncanny ability to touch on nearly every foundational flavor. The butteriest, lemoniest, simplest weeknight pasta sauce 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z Lately, I’ve traveled through the wormhole of paranormal podcasts, ones that focus on the impossible and uncanny. A Time-Twisting, Mind-Bending Novel, Perfect for Summer Reading 2019-06-11T04:00:00Z Many cultures have venerated high places as the uncanny domain of gods and magic; shrewd or ambitious individuals could borrow some of this power via an alpine pilgrimage, quest, retreat or campaign. We spend so much time staring at our phones. What do we miss when we don't look up? | Mel Campbell 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z “What he and Garrison share is a brain unlike many brains in the world. They have an uncanny knack for words, for timing, just making the right decision at the right time,” she says. Chris Thile: Radiohead would be 'dream guest' on A Prairie Home Companion 2016-04-19T04:00:00Z Each one finds the individuality that Chekhov, with uncanny sympathy and sly gallantry, imparted to his female characters. Review: In ‘The Seagull,’ a Great Play, a Great Cast and Yet ... 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z These comedies create an uncanny valley through which multiple generations can wander. How “The Big Bang Theory” Normalized Nerd Culture 2019-05-18T04:00:00Z Many people guessed that its author was Mr. Blasberg because of his uncanny access. A Talent to Amuse 2010-04-15T01:04:00Z To me, it all seems uncanny and reminiscent of late Victorian . London burning: history just went sci-fi 2011-08-08T11:46:42Z For every passage of lyricism that emerges from instrumental dialogue, there is a phrase with the uncanny exactitude of Messiaen: a piccolo call, an agitated piano flutter. Review: ‘Ten Thousand Birds’ Turns the Armory Into an Aviary 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z The program emphasized the Crossing’s gift for lending social activism poetic form, as well as its uncanny array of sounds, from mere fumes to piercing, feral cries. Review: In a Gilded Space, a Choir Reflects on War and Peace 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z But Monteverdi shows uncanny skill at writing extended vocal passages that shift seamlessly between recitative, arioso and aria. Review: An Inspiring End to a 6-Month Tour of Monteverdi’s Operas 2017-10-22T04:00:00Z It was cathartic to listen to these four women’s stories; although diverse, the similarities were uncanny. Don't tell me I'm 'too pretty to be Aboriginal'. It's not a compliment; it's racism | Sasha Sarago 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z The title story, grimly ironic, is about a Christian soldier who possesses uncanny powers of prediction, who sacrifices himself so his mother may live. The Iraqi Christ by Hassan Blasim – review 2013-03-20T09:01:01Z The Liszt set, music for which Watts is particularly known, was dazzling in terms of sheer dexterity and the uncanny evenness of touch that are two of the pianist’s stocks-in-trade. Taxes forgotten, Meany crowd welcomes André Watts 2014-04-16T18:56:41Z Dorothy’s sexual appetite is often conflated with her literal one, and to an uncanny degree — she literally consumes men. Why Can’t Women Be Serial Killers, Too? 2020-12-01T05:00:00Z But I recognised the "uncanny" silences and the stark beauty. Summer readings: The Magus by John Fowles 2011-07-31T09:00:00Z How to upgrade Ruhl’s intimate vision of the underworld to the grand scale of opera without sacrificing its delicate structure, its uncanny intimacy or its surreal sense of humor? Review | At Met premiere, ‘Eurydice’ offers a beguiling visit to the underworld 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z In the slightly-larger-than-life preliminary nude of Wiessant that begins the show, Rodin captures both the posing model and his own process with uncanny precision. Rodin From Every Angle: A Cornucopia of Shows for the Holidays 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z At the same time, she’s unnerved by a series of anonymous letters, each growing in uncanny prescience, which implore her not to trust the latest arrivals to the fold at Miss Brickett’s. Anne Simpson Thought She Knew Her Husband. She Didn’t. 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z They used to represent the unknown, the uncanny, the unspeakable. Jurassic World: why Hollywood monsters have lost their bite 2018-05-28T04:00:00Z In 1971, the poet Ted Hughes described the uncanny afterlife of tabloid stories, writing, “For your readers, it’s five interesting minutes, but for us it is permanent dynamite.” “The Wizard of Oz,” the Last Munchkin, and the Little People Left Behind 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z But these stories have more in common than uncanny coincidence and bumps in the night, says Alemany Bay. For Latin American Women, Horror and Fantasy Capture Everyday Struggle 2022-10-09T04:00:00Z The Deep Listening Band uses special software to create uncanny simulations of resonant acoustics in its concerts. The Composer Pauline Oliveros Stays Busy at 80 2012-08-11T22:02:08Z “He was uncanny in the choices he was making second to second.” Theater: Jim Parsons Prepares for His Lead Role in ‘Harvey’ 2012-05-23T15:00:21Z “You know,” Mr. Brook says, “since I’ve been living here I have this uncanny feeling, although what I normally think of as Paris is just a 15-minute drive from here, that I’m in another country.” For Peter Brook, the Experimental Showman, ‘Nothing Is Ever Finished’ 2019-09-18T04:00:00Z She commanded the stage during the great Act II finale, when Alcina summons her powers, and nothing happens, an uncanny exploration by Handel of mental and psychic confusion. Joyce DiDonato Sings ‘Alcina’ at Carnegie Hall 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z Whatever they're programmed to say can still sometimes fall into that "uncanny valley" that doesn't quite seem human, whether it's a robotic sound, weird cadence, or lack of real-world atmosphere. Beware the audio deepfake, which can be far more damaging politically than video 2020-09-02T04:00:00Z What follows is part morality tale examining what is more important - friends, family or fame - and part satire on reality television, including a callous producer bearing an uncanny resemblance to X-Factor's Simon Cowell. Critics pan "charmless" Spice Girls musical 2012-12-12T16:10:56Z Vidal was uncanny in the way he linked his various heroes and heroines to history and to each other. Gore Vidal 2012-08-01T05:32:19Z Joyce Carol Oates … a talent that hints at the uncanny. The Corn Maiden and Other Nightmares by Joyce Carol Oates – review 2012-12-27T05:59:01Z It creates an uncanny moment as the dancers drift across the space, bare-chested and seemingly headless. Review: Seven Dancers Step Into the Rhythm of a Moroccan Night 2022-10-19T04:00:00Z Written and directed by Leigh Whannell, this shrewd, cleverly updated version plays with the different meanings of “romance” by fusing the basic conceit from Wells’s uncanny tale with the fallout of an abusive romantic relationship. ‘The Invisible Man’ Review: Gaslight Nation, Domestic Edition 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z “It was rather an uncanny experience at first,” the narrator tells us. The 1914 Y.A. Novel That Provides a Fascinating Look at the Movie Industry 2019-07-10T04:00:00Z Surprise Eva Green received unexpected and deserved recognition for her performance in Showtime’s “Penny Dreadful,” where she brings her uncanny, ice-cold ferocity to the role of the demon-hunting heroine. Golden Globes 2016: TV Snubs and Surprises 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z One novelist in particular had an uncanny ability to dominate the national conversation. When I was in the Fugs — for one night. At the Mudd Club 2020-11-21T05:00:00Z The timing of Five Easy Pieces is uncanny, coming just after a decade spent by Nicholson in independent cinema – before he was truly ready to infiltrate Hollywood in the 70s. Five Easy Pieces at 50: a troubling yet thrilling arrival of a new leading man 2020-09-12T04:00:00Z The museum is next to the derelict site of one of the Leyland Motors factories, and the parallels are uncanny. Last night's TV 2010-05-14T07:00:00Z I feel the presence of the machine, stuck in the literary uncanny valley. The Mechanical Muse 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z One of Black Vodka's most accomplished and uncanny stories takes the idea of human mutability a step further. Black Vodka by Deborah Levy – review 2013-02-18T19:00:02Z He turned the San Francisco Symphony into a West Coast hotbed of this composer, giving performances of the symphonies that brought uncanny balance to these extreme scores. When Coronavirus Cancels Concerts, Critics Put on Headphones 2020-03-13T04:00:00Z While uncanny, Schweblin’s work is also imbued with social critique: In “Seven Empty Houses,” prejudice and class divides are front and center. For Latin American Women, Horror and Fantasy Capture Everyday Struggle 2022-10-09T04:00:00Z For years, prosthetics were deep in the uncanny valley, making actors who wore them look not quite human, but recent advances in materials and expertise have allowed artists to create remarkable likenesses. How Christian Bale Became Dick Cheney (and Other Tales of Transformation) 2018-12-26T05:00:00Z Monochromes in shades of slate and iridescent cobalt, the pieces are impeccable, uncanny, elusively beautiful, close cousins to Tauba Auerbach's spray paintings of a few years ago that mimic wrinkled and folded surfaces. Amir Nikravan paintings at home in intellectualized hall of mirrors 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z What’s more remarkable is that the teenage Coward had an uncanny sense of the agonizing friction between artistic ambitions and domestic life. ‘The Rat Trap’ Review: Together for Better, but Mostly for Worse 2022-11-24T05:00:00Z Long labeled “wish books,” holiday gift catalogues have an uncanny knack for transforming objects you never thought you wanted into Things You Cannot Live Without. The art of holiday catalogues: Selling the $300 ax you never knew you wanted 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z Your talent is your uncanny ability to build, sculpt and drape. Fashion superstar Zac Posen on his new career documentary: “What’s the point? To make people dream” 2017-04-28T04:00:00Z As that image of the barbed woman indicates, the artist seeks to transform heirlooms and herself into something uncanny and powerful. In the galleries: The eclectic art of the Dominican disapora 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z Boys will be boys, even ones that tear out of bodies, a lot more developed than newborns and with uncanny, adult-sized heads. The best child on TV is on "What We Do in the Shadows" 2022-08-28T04:00:00Z It's a neat reflection of theatre's uncanny capacity to echo and encapsulate its surrounding society. There's no such thing as a state of the nation play 2011-03-22T16:40:44Z Through the interwoven tale of multiple keepers and dwellers, Schweblin demonstrates an uncanny ability to extrapolate on a global scale how different members of society would react to the innovation. The best and boldest new must-read books for May 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z “I found it quite strange, because Tom managed to go beyond what I had imagined possible, in an uncanny way.” 'I'm an expressionist nihilist at heart': the dark allure of Tom Burke 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z Haim-Aharon’s predicament threatens to become preposterous rather than haunting, but there is no denying the film’s uncanny power or its visual discipline. Review: In ‘Tikkun,’ a Hasidic Student’s Visions Merge With Metaphor 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z Under the stage name “Blind Tom” Wiggins, he played his own compositions and improvised on the piano, demonstrating uncanny skills at replicating, note for note, pieces he heard — both classical works and popular songs. He Was Born Into Slavery, but Achieved Musical Stardom 2021-03-03T05:00:00Z Sometimes I did feel "better than well", but more often I was haunted by the uncanny feeling that I was skimming over the surface of my life. Does Prozac help artists be creative? 2013-05-19T06:00:00Z But she also stands out as someone who at every turn has rejected conventional thinking, and who has had an uncanny degree of foresight about technological change. Best Sellers Sell the Best Because They’re Best Sellers 2020-09-19T04:00:00Z Dickens was able to find poetry in this view of life—an uncanny poetry of doppelgängers, ghosts, and dreamlike revelations. The Claustrophobic Paranoia of Walt Whitman’s Lost Novel 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z The result is an uncanny mix of new and old, authenticity and artifice. A Beacon in Berlin 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z "He has an uncanny intuition, an instinctive appreciation for understanding the current zeitgeist and acts on it in a way that to me is startling," said Lange. Alda, Lear honored at 40th International Emmys 2012-11-20T12:54:13Z The dialogue is heightened by frequent, often uncanny repetition. Review: In ‘Amour,’ Putting a Palme d’Or Winner Onstage 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z The view can be a shock—not necessarily unpleasant, but uncanny. How High Can High-Waisted Pants Go? 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z Condensed into their uncanny scramble of shapes and geometries is a powerful visual lexicon. An Artist’s Gateway to Freedom and Possibility 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z Once at the office, Dougie/Cooper carries on this upsetting comedy of the uncanny. Twin Peaks recap: episode five – is anyone here even human? 2017-06-05T04:00:00Z Now an uncanny sculpture of him in his last months has resurfaced. Charlie Parker: a genius distilled 2010-03-21T21:30:00Z But at her core, since she is such an elegant and insightful musician, she also plays with an acute sensitivity to harmonic shadings and contrapuntal complexities and, when it is called for, uncanny textural clarity. Classical Recordings: Inner Personalities of Composers and Performers 2011-04-10T02:00:18Z And as the movie creeps toward its shockingly appropriate climax, the filmmakers’ grip on tone is almost uncanny. ‘Lamb’ Review: Oh No, Not My Baby! 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z Quesada lauded Alonso's uncanny ability to shepherd titles from simple idea to printed product. Marvel promotes Axel Alonso to editor-in-chief 2011-01-04T20:34:13Z He added that Anna Wolfley’s resemblance to President Obama was “really uncanny.” Antiques: At Antiquarian Book Fair, Photos of Obama Ancestors 2012-04-05T22:12:59Z Self-medication is a common method of escape, and Thundercat has an uncanny ability to make listeners feel that through his music. A journey through the life’s ups and downs with Thundercat 2017-03-06T05:00:00Z His films always have something uncanny about them. An Artist Who Makes Use of Housedresses, Resin and Sound 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z It’s an uncanny, dystopian view of Burnham as an instrument in the soulless game of social media. Bo Burnham’s ‘Inside’: A Comedy Special and an Inspired Experiment 2021-06-01T04:00:00Z “He had an uncanny way to tell you what you didn’t want to hear,” said Eric Bolling, a former Fox personality who counts Shine as one of his closest friends. ‘Working for one guy’: Bill Shine’s journey from Ailes enforcer to Trump producer 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z It was weird and uncanny to see how she tapped into me as a young character. L.A. artist Marnie Weber reflects on why monsters hold such power for women 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z It explains how much horror and sci-fi devices work: zombies are uncanny because they very nearly resemble humans. Twin Peaks recap: episode five – is anyone here even human? 2017-06-05T04:00:00Z “August: Osage County” falls into an uncanny valley between melodrama and camp, failing to achieve either heights of operatic feeling or flights of knowing parody. Movie Review: ‘August: Osage County,’ With Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts 2013-12-26T15:07:50Z Not a line is out of place in these drawings, as they depict contemporary reality with uncanny precision. Writers Recount Stories of Grief and Joy in Illustrated Panels 2017-05-16T04:00:00Z The underwear’s uncanny fit was not achieved through rigorous testing. Granny Panties of Yore Reinvented for a New Customer 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z The crudely stylized animal, however, hardly looks Roman or Gallic but bears an uncanny resemblance to felines from Arab Spain. An Auction Brings to Light a French Collector With an Eye for Ignored Beauty 2010-05-28T12:00:00Z Though Berger conjures lovely antiquarian images, “Blancanieves” never quite achieves the uncanny, haunting intensity of the silent films it so studiously and lovingly mimics. ‘Blancanieves’: the fairest matador of them all 2013-04-11T20:39:37Z Their initial love scenes have something uncanny about them, as if they are both in a trance – a trance controlled superbly by Stevens. Greatest Oscar winners ever: who is the best director of all time? 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z From the first page of this debut novel, set in a fictionalized black community in North Carolina between 1941 and 1987, Winslow establishes an uncanny authority and profound tone. 12 New Books We Recommend This Week 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z No wonder it’s key to the uncanny intrigues of the film, part queer love story, part supernatural psychodrama, by the French director Léa Mysius. ‘The Five Devils’ Review: The Scent of the Past 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z This all-but-impossible fusion of command and fragility — and the tension it brings to her performances — is the source of her uncanny talent. ‘Vanessa: The Life of Vanessa Redgrave,’ by Dan Callahan It also at times has the quiet, uncanny mood of a horror movie, albeit one whose monsters are invisible, living inside the souls they menace. | 'A Dangerous Method': ?A Dangerous Method,? by David Cronenberg - Review 2011-11-22T18:02:01Z Once again, grief acts as a conduit to the abject and uncanny, though M Night Shyamalan’s ghost story concludes with rather more human tenderness and togetherness than Hereditary does. The horror of grief: how loss is the ultimate boogeyman in Hereditary 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z Adding to an uncanny vibe is a video camera running throughout the performance, relaying its footage to a blank framed canvas above a fireplace. Oh, no, not the deserted mansion! 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z Yes, this cozy nostalgia mash-up earned a record-setting 50 million views within its first 24 hours online, but the video ultimately feels drab and unimaginative, stepping out of the uncanny valley and back into fantasy-land. Perspective | Ariana Grande just stepped into pop’s uncanny valley, and everybody’s going nuts 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z That means they aren’t going to tell us how they do what they do, but they will admit that there’s nothing uncanny about their art. Review: Being Brainwashed Into Joy in Derren Brown’s ‘Secret’ 2019-09-15T04:00:00Z Per the Surrealist ethos, there are lots of uncanny juxtapositions and odd setups involving castles, beaches and banquets. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z One of the film’s genuinely uncanny effects is that Sigourney Weaver, who played Dr. Augustine in the first film, plays Kiri in this one, her unmistakable face digitally de-aged and tinted blue. ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ Review: Big Blue Marvel 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z Grooming children for a big, accepting, openhearted kind of life in which there are many worse things in the world than a little boy who grows up to do an uncanny impersonation of Cher. Perspective | Drag queens are not the ones sexualizing drag story hour 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z Launched in 2012, the game has uncanny similarities with the recent travails of real-life investment banks, as players can be fined for market manipulation or wiped out when the price of oil plummets. Sales of financial crisis board game surge in UK's richest area 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z Roger Federer is such a master of timing, it’s only apt that an expansive new biography about him arrives at an uncanny moment. Review | Roger Federer may be out with an injury, but he’s present — and forthcoming — in a new book 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z The most uncanny images in “Dark Lens” evoke the essayist Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg’s observation that “fantasy is more powerful than reality, because it answers more adequately to the infinite demands of the spirit.” C?dric Delsaux?s Photographs of ?Star Wars? on Earth 2011-12-11T00:53:02Z But his ability to connect was uncanny, Ms. Wilson recalled in a recent phone call. Richard Avedon’s Portraits of the American West Ride Again 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z The similarity in subject matter and formal approach of these four novels is uncanny. The way we live now? Follow the money back to Anthony Trollope? 2012-02-12T00:06:17Z And yet for each fascinating detailed reproduction, there were discomforting dips into the uncanny valley. Review: ‘Miranda’ Poses a Musical Mystery in Virtual Reality 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z The transformative weight of this album, released the following year, is propelled in part by Cave’s uncanny writing and his grave, baritone intonation. The Brutality and Tenderness of Nick Cave’s Newsletters 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z Let's just say that the chain of events which Samantha's discoveries trigger – with its misunderstandings, mishaps and skewed motivations – bears uncanny parallels to Reilly's own story. Nimrod's Shadow by Chris Paling 2010-04-09T23:06:00Z Birthplace of the zombie and voodoo, the Caribbean is no stranger to the supernatural, and Clare’s uncanny experiences feel right at home there. Review | The fantastic world of Laura van den Berg 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z Yet what you return to most often, I find, are those performances that are not only familiar but also have an uncanny sense that what you are hearing is a piece’s direct, unfiltered essence. My Favorite String Quartet 2020-06-14T04:00:00Z Players like Mr. Kamil began to analyze patterns of odd decisions that led to uncanny success. After a Year of ‘Rampant’ Cheating, Elite Bridge Tries to Clean Up 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z The language demonstrates Pinter's uncanny ear and deft comic timing. A licensing decree prohibiting reviews of 'The Room' at REDCAT overshadows the production, which is iffy 2016-02-05T05:00:00Z The Polk committee said the reporting provided an “uncanny match” to the themes raised by the national movement that arose following his death. The Washington Post wins four George Polk Awards for coverage of VMI, George Floyd, politics, pandemic 2021-02-24T05:00:00Z Being known for that uncanny ability to get so deeply inside the skin of the characters he plays has put the actor on the map, but it does have its downsides. Paul Dano finds sunnier side of Brian Wilson in 'Love & Mercy' 2014-09-20T04:00:00Z Below the surface, as always, Ms. Saariaho’s music teems with jagged lines, astringent sonorities and uncanny instrumental effects. Music Review: Kaija Saariaho’s ‘Émilie’ at the Gerald W. Lynch Theater 2012-07-20T23:33:07Z The resemblance, thanks to a horribly botched exercise in lip plumping, is uncanny. Farrah Abraham’s lips don’t lie 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z His robot encyclopedist spoke in magnetic poetry phrases, which occasionally yielded uncanny reproductions of Plinian syntax but often fell flat. Hacking the Humanities 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z The movie may take place inside a pit of despair, but the theatrics leave us with the uncanny sensation of feeling nothing at all. ‘The Son’ Review: Father Doesn’t Know Best 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z That sense of the uncanny is not limited to lethal examples. The Truth About Killer Robots: the year's most terrifying documentary 2018-11-26T05:00:00Z In contrast, her first solo at 303 Gallery is personal and beautiful in an uncanny, modest yet encompassing way. Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster: ‘euqinimod & costumes’ 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z Yet it often exudes an uncanny beauty and emotionalism that evoke the state of hellish pain and holy wonder in which its title character existed. Review: Listening (Yes, Listening) to the Beauty of van Gogh 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z In real life, Mr. Biron — who bears an uncanny resemblance to another American in Russia, Edward Snowden — lives in Moscow with his boyfriend, a Kazakh film director. After ‘Interns’ Star Came Out in Russia, a Mix of Fury and Shrugs 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z Or anointment by the freshly plucked but seriously used tampon hurled with uncanny accuracy at another enormodome. The worst gig we ever played: musicians on their on-stage lows 2011-08-04T22:00:01Z Inside was presumably much as it had been in the moments after the bombs went off — debris everywhere, trash cans and signs overturned, and an uncanny emptiness like a vigil everyone forgot to attend. Boston bombing: We would have been standing right there 2013-04-30T00:00:00Z Hecht and MacArthur were able to translate those rhythms with uncanny exactitude into precision-tooled propulsive theater. Review: ‘The Front Page’ Is Diverting, but Don’t Stop the Presses 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z For his colleagues, there were always a few clues that this natty dresser with an uncanny gift for impersonations had another life. Meet the author of ‘The Revenant’ — except you can’t because of his federal job 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z “It’s not comparable to looking at a vintage photograph. Because it’s so uncanny in capturing a moment.” Virtual Reality Before There Was Virtual Reality 2019-12-14T05:00:00Z The likeness was not uncanny, she told the documentary directors, but she enjoyed it anyway. Ninja Supreme Court Justice: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Has Fun With Fame 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z It came out of creating a mood and trying to sustain the feeling of the uncanny, or of being in a dream. ArtsBeat: Tribeca Film Festival: ‘Mr. Jones’ 2013-04-18T16:09:28Z Candles modeled on everyday items — a lamp, a bunch of grapes — have an uncanny quality that seems fitting for our strange and digitally steeped times. Candles That Are More Like Ephemeral Sculptures 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z Stark's wide-ranging work is an uncanny fusion of the analog and the virtual. 'UH-OH: Frances Stark, 1991-2015' at Hammer Museum is an enthralling midcareer survey 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z Need it even be said that images of animals — whether real or simulated, in documentary or fictional contexts — can exert an uncanny power? Animals Continue to Fascinate Humans: Films Prove It 2012-03-31T06:36:09Z As US author Abbott has already shown in The End of Everything, she has an uncanny ability to portray the dark heart of adolescence. Laura Wilson's crime fiction reviews 2012-06-15T21:55:07Z Many have noted the uncanny ability of its users to produce consumer manias, moving products across disparate categories. Will TikTok Make You Buy It? 2021-10-02T04:00:00Z But while she accounts for the soul of this narrative, Sallis’s uncanny insights into the secondary characters contribute to his collective portrait of her world. Big Sins and Small Atonements: Marilyn Stasio’s Crime Column 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z The whole story is a testament to one of the most underrated aspects of Bowie’s career, which was his uncanny ear for other people’s talent. From Vandross to Reed to Reznor — David Bowie was a genius at spotting, promoting and collaborating with artists 2016-01-11T05:00:00Z As she descended from the iron throne in a white homemade dress and long blonde wing, her uncanny resemblance to the character attracted several requests for photographs. Game of Thrones pop-up bar opens: 'DC always was King's Landing' 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z Both beautiful and oppressive, the bleakness of the landscape in winter suggests something uncanny in the air, as if we were watching a horror film without ghouls. 'Ida,' by Pawel Pawlikowski: A Film Masterpiece 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z In the context of right now, the masked man who becomes an invisible man is uncanny. These Times Call for Stephen Petronio’s Coiled Energy 2020-05-31T04:00:00Z His astonishing 2017 feature, “Dawson City: Frozen Time,” unearthed an uncanny swatch of buried film history from the end of the line of the Klondike Gold Rush. ‘The Village Detective: A Song Cycle’ Review: Soviet Film Hero Emerges 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z But they fail completely to access the uncanny, searching beauty of these films. Prom 39: Spaghetti Western Orchestra ? review 2011-08-14T12:21:44Z Others mention his special skills, like his apparently uncanny abilities behind the wheel. Don Johnson Is Back as ‘Nash Bridges.’ Why? 2021-11-25T05:00:00Z For instance, a steel-trestle bridge with an uncanny resemblance to the one George Bailey almost jumped off is in Seneca Falls. Suffragette City: A timely visit to Seneca Falls, N.Y., birthplace of the 19th amendment 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z The most dramatic and seductive demonstration of this was the performance by Ariadne Greif, who possesses a luminous, expressive voice and an uncanny ability to imitate bird song. Music Review: Resonant Bodies Festival at ShapeShifter Lab in Brooklyn 2013-09-06T22:26:20Z The unusual thing about Lepore’s work — she writes about American history and culture for the New Yorker — is that she aims to reproduce that sensation of uncanny connectedness in her reader. “The Mansion of Happiness”: Matters of life and death 2012-06-24T21:00:00Z The music video stars a woman who bears an uncanny resemblance to Spears, ruining her reputation and igniting an onslaught of bullying and humiliation. Men wield the media against women. Why do we keep letting them? 2023-09-11T04:00:00Z Still, when you’re in the presence of the genuine, uncanny article, you know. The Weird Thoreau 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z “Passchendaele: Landscape at War” prepares the visitor for the museum’s eerie permanent exhibition, which swears off the In Flanders Fields Museum’s modern museology for uncanny dioramas. How to Remember a War Without Glory? 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z Often visibly suffering, the guests are swiftly won over by Evans’s knowledge of their careers and his uncanny ability to keep conversations on track, even when they come dangerously close to going sideways. ‘Hot Ones’ Was a Slow Burn All Along 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z In an uncanny echo of the past, some Japanese men today, known as “genderless danshi,” are once again blurring lines, dressing androgynously, using makeup or wearing clothes typically seen as feminine. When Japan Had a Third Gender 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z On Friday morning, an innocuous tweet complaining about Camden council appeared from a brand-new Twitter account, @LittleSirDavidH, whose profile picture bears an uncanny resemblance to a certain famous British playwright. Has David Hare really joined Twitter? 2013-05-06T12:36:33Z Mr. Kurosawa expertly modulates an uncanny flow of energies between shame and grief, between venal urges and high-minded moral demands. Kurosawa’s ‘Penance,’ About the Legacy of a Girl’s Murder 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z Pow's uncanny resemblance to Harrison Ford, even down to a wry, side-of-the-mouth delivery, added an extra element of alarm. Tom Pow's poetry keeps Dying Villages alive 2010-05-28T08:57:00Z It’s not the fiendish title character, played here with uncanny athleticism by Aaron Monaghan, nor any of his many royal relatives and rivals, all those frantically competitive Henrys and Edwards. Review: All the World’s a Grave in the Druid ‘Richard III’ 2019-11-10T05:00:00Z Drawing on the films of Alfred Hitchcock and Roman Polanski, his installations have an unsettling, uncanny air, exploring the psychological subversion of everyday spaces to play on our anxieties. Dalston House: the building that lets you defy gravity 2013-06-26T06:00:04Z The novel’s focus, though, keeps returning to Police Chief Raymer, a man with an uncanny ability to disgrace himself in the line of duty. ‘Everybody’s Fool’ by Richard Russo: A wry, bittersweet sequel to ‘Nobody’s Fool’ 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z In a brief and perceptive introduction, Sadie Stein describes Comyns’s style as “unsentimental magical realism” that is “uncanny yet matter-of-fact, spooky yet gentle.” Evil Stepmother, Reimagined 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z Some benefit from exotic locations, but Day can find the uncanny in things as commonplace as an elevator button, glowing red as though beckoning to another dimension. Review | In the galleries: Two photographers focus on the pastoral beauty of Arlington 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z Despite the difference in subject matter, the view of the Haarlem countryside shares an uncanny kinship with Van de Cappelle’s marine work. Art Review: Dutch Masterpieces, Assembled by Art Lovers 2011-04-22T11:00:04Z If the remaining program felt thin, the evening still offered plenty of evidence of Mr. Haas’s uncanny command of texture and tone color and the emotional weight he wrests from subtle intonation games. Finding Beauty in Georg Friedrich Haas’s Darkness 2016-02-28T05:00:00Z It is curious and uncanny to see that the United States is now one of those countries. Review | America picked artist Martin Puryear’s work for the Venice Biennale — and he’s everything America is not 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z Performing the 14 Jerome Kern songs, Mr. Bennett not only displays technical mastery but also an uncanny sense of discretion. Tony Bennett at 90: ‘I Just Love What I’m Doing’ 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z The effect of these fastidiously crafted works is gorgeously uncanny, and the room in which they’re installed is the show’s most beguiling. Review | The Whitney Biennial presents the best new artists in the country — and lots of fluff 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z It’s not simply his uncanny improvisational skills; it’s also his unrivaled ability to pull a certain tone, a certain sweet sadness, out of its thin brass reeds. Toots Thielemans: A harmonica titan looks back on a stellar career 2015-08-28T04:00:00Z It was a small but ambitious film, told with uncanny honesty; now he’s back with the more sprawling “The Place Beyond the Pines,” which follows two fathers and two sons over several decades. ‘The Place Beyond the Pines’: a raw look at fathers and sons 2013-04-04T21:38:41Z Made to music for piano and violin by Lou Harrison, its uncanny force comes from the way the tribal meets the neurological. Dance Review: An Evening Revisits Mark Morris Hits (Along With a Few of Chopin?s) 2010-09-26T22:13:00Z Sirota depicts the fragmented, uncanny electronic work from the listener’s perspective: “This is some pretty heady stuff.” Q2 Music’s Brilliant “Meet the Composer” Podcast 2017-03-04T05:00:00Z That last coincidence is uncanny enough to have elicited some murmurs of appreciation from the crowd, but as Jarrar continued, things grew increasingly interesting. Roxane Gay and Randa Jarrar talk Twitter, 'Difficult Women' and kink in L.A. 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z One of Ms. Nakadate’s greatest strengths is her uncanny ability to connect intimately with other people and get them to do what she wants. Art Review: A Burgeoning Film Career Built on Random Encounters 2011-02-24T22:35:21Z There are several uncanny similarities between the two trailers. 'Fifty Shades of Grey', 'The Fall', And Jamie Dornan's Bankability In Trailers 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z It may actually be some of that uncanny Glastonbury elixir that she uses. Paul Morley talks to Elly Jackson of La Roux about Glastonbury 2010-06-23T13:39:00Z Here again were the Hvorostovsky hallmarks, especially the smoky colorings of his sound and his uncanny ability to shape a long phrase on a single breath. Review: Dmitri Hvorostovsky Sings of Life, Love and Sadness at Carnegie Hall 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z It is not a work to be punctuated with rowdy cheers and foot-stomping ovations, despite the uncanny virtuosity of Mr. Yazbek’s benchmark score. Review: ‘The Band’s Visit’ Is a Ravishing Musical That Whispers With Romance 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z “There is always a technological explanation for what is going on in our episodes – that’s what differentiates us from something like The Twilight Zone, where it is the supernatural or the uncanny or the unexplained.” Charlie Brooker: 'Happy? I have my moments' 2019-06-01T04:00:00Z In a few uncanny moments, she stares wordlessly at her young son and we see both her love for him and her resentment of his hold on her. Julianne Moore: 8 roles to remember 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z He leveraged his uncanny gift for vocal imitation — including of celebrities, but mostly critters — to impress family and school friends, and eventually an audience. You don’t know his face. But voice actor Frank Welker likely ruled your childhood. 2020-05-13T04:00:00Z On the romantic Peanuts, Staples was lighter than air – happy, even – and when he whipped out a harmonica, the whole thing turned into a celebration of love's uncanny way of making even miserablists succumb. Tindersticks | Pop review 2010-03-26T22:30:00Z The show’s story lines often have uncanny parallels to real-life politics — for instance, a conspiracy theorist populating social media with fake news. Claire Danes Could Really Use a Nap 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z The timing is uncanny as Whitney has just pulled out of a string of tour dates due to a respiratory infection. Watch out Whitney Houston! Taiwan's answer to Susan Boyle is here ... 2010-04-08T10:32:00Z I feel indebted to everyone who made a film that captures, with uncanny authenticity, how journalism is practiced and, with understated force, why it’s needed. I’m in ‘Spotlight’, but it’s not really about me. It’s about the power of journalism. 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z “Hamlet” has an uncanny way of holding the mirror up to whatever age is examining it. Who is Hamlet? Three actors make their case 2017-08-19T04:00:00Z Some of these short stories by Jemisin, the Book Review’s former Otherworldly columnist, are set in the worlds of previous books; others are one-off visits to new uncanny realms. New in Paperback: ‘Crudo’ and ‘How Long ’til Black Future Month?’ 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z The village is torn apart by past tragedies and secrets, the young protagonists are alienated and alone, and strange creatures start appearing to blur the boundaries between the normal and the uncanny. Anime for beginners: five TV series to get you started 2013-04-01T14:00:00Z You might be, actually, though the laughs generated by the first episode are the cathartic kind, drawing on the disorienting, uncanny experience of confronting the empty shell that used to contain someone you loved. Review: Have You Heard the One About the Grieving Daughter? 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z It’s been one of the more uncanny stories of this season. Golden Globes 2015: Six lessons from Sunday's ceremony 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z “You can see that in her lyrics. She had this uncanny ability to predict what was going to happen.” How Poly Styrene Broke the Mold 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z Like her main character, Cameron has a Gothic sensibility that complements her uncanny sense of place. Pushed From the Clock Tower, Buried in the Yard 2020-10-23T04:00:00Z “Der Doppelgänger” exemplifies their shared purpose: Singer and orchestra, breathing as one, crescendo ever so slowly into a climax of uncanny horror. Best Classical Music Tracks of 2022 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z And the show summons, with uncanny clarity, the vigorous chaos from which a provisional order gradually emerges, as it asks, “When does a place become a home?” ‘The Jungle’ Review: Migrants’ Heartbreaking Search for Home in Calais 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z Writing about the scary side of screen time taught me that, uncanny as it may be, the world of ones and zeros doesn’t birth monsters; the human compulsions we bring to it do. The Horror Novel Lurking in Your Busy Online Life 2020-07-18T04:00:00Z The uncanny valley both widens and narrows as humans and writing gadgets evolve together. The Mechanical Muse 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z If she’s going for the uncanny, then some of her many, brief plots are too flimsy, not grounded enough in the recognizable, to succeed. The Macabre, the Sinister, the Absurd: Story Time Just Got Weirder 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z It's clear some Star Trek writers also find it uncanny, the concept of a world without cooking. In the world of Star Trek, would people still cook even though they have access to a replicator? 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z Some of the parallels between history and the recent past are uncanny. TV review: Afghanistan: The Great Game, A Personal View with Rory Stewart; The Queen and I 2012-05-28T21:00:03Z A set of multi-faced masks from Nigeria’s Cross River Region are striking objects that bring a powerful sense of the uncanny into the room. Review | How to look at African art? Slowly and impressionistically. 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z The most uncanny impersonation is, after all, a shadow of someone else's irreplaceable brilliance — a brilliance that is all over "Mr. Dynamite," from downbeat to fade out. HBO's 'My Dynamite' focuses on James Brown, the performer 2014-10-26T04:00:00Z Other works borrow from Social Realism, Surrealism, German Expressionism, always with uncanny command. 3 Art Gallery Shows to Explore From Home 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z And uncanny is exactly the feeling in a superb last sequence of Planet of the Apes as Charlton Heston rides along the shore. Post-apocalypse cinema: abandoned Earths and disturbing doppelgangers 2013-06-12T13:17:52Z “A genetically engineered plant scatters its seeds and seems to cause uncanny changes on living creatures,” runs the blurb. Cannes 2019: 20 films we hope will be at the film festival 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z Throughout the series, real leaders of nations and movements have had an uncanny way of confiding their most personal thoughts to Mr. Follett’s handy aides and flunkies. ‘Edge of Eternity’ Completes Ken Follett Trilogy 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z They maintain a physical existence in a digital world, an uncanny ability to focus and push past walls, test thresholds. My amazing Olympics insight 2012-08-04T16:01:00Z So is seeing it happen, and the expressive veil of bravery and shock the actress playing Lila conveys with uncanny simplicity. Smart Watch: “My Brilliant Friend” and “Escape at Dannemora” mark the start of awards (ba... 2018-11-17T05:00:00Z Wells’s “The Time Machine” and would doubtless be surprised that his author May Sinclair is now mainly remembered for her uncanny stories, such as the harrowing “Where Their Fire Is Not Quenched.” Review | The literary tastemaker who helped bring Joseph Conrad and E.M. Forster to light 2018-01-03T05:00:00Z By then, her style was fully-formed; on the Material track Memories, the richness of her tone was balanced by a poise and precision that was uncanny in a teenager. Whitney Houston 2012-02-12T02:03:31Z The play’s use of music, given eerie specific life here by Stephen Warbeck, charts the fragmentation of the male characters, climaxing in a fourth-act danse macabre of uncanny, ugly beauty. London Theater Journal: Two Wars, With Song and Sentiment 2014-07-06T04:00:00Z At one point, the interplay between “House of Cards” and whatever we should call this mounting Republican fiasco became almost uncanny. “House of Cards” Season 4 Is Less Vulgar Than Real Politics 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z You don’t need to know that the impulse for this project was a popular mathematical text on asymmetry to recognize its uncanny spark and quirky charm. In San Francisco, Art That Unspools the Mysteries of the Universe 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z Scientists call it the “uncanny valley” theory, which holds that people will tolerate only so much artificial human likeness before attraction turns into revulsion. Noticed: H&M Puts Real Heads on Digital Bodies 2011-12-16T20:00:57Z In his introduction to “Let Me Tell You What I Mean,” her slim new volume, Hilton Als suggests that it’s Didion’s “feeling for the uncanny” that distinguishes her contribution to American nonfiction. Review | Joan Didion’s ‘Let Me Tell You What I Mean’ shows a writer ahead of her time 2021-02-08T05:00:00Z Her loose brushwork blurs the boundaries between earth and sky, animal and human, everyday and uncanny. In the galleries: The stars and planets align for ‘hyder flares’ 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z One example of that is a crablike creature, on which you can see photo-realistic hairs and bumps that create an uncanny valley effect. In Designing ‘The Sea Beast,’ Animators Sweat the Details 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z The result is an uncanny, almost automaton-like effect; each flex and release is a pop, or a hit. Five-Borough Freestyle: Popping on the Roosevelt Island Tram 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z Tchaikovsky packs a lot into the short, restless, almost giddy finale, which Mr. Matsuev played with uncanny ease. The Mariinsky in Two All-Russian Programs at Carnegie Hall 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z They easily demonstrated how Ms. Mitchell’s songs address contemporary angst with uncanny vision. Review: Anais Mitchell Sings Her Own Work at the Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z She bears an uncanny resemblance to the Conservative politician on the poster, unveiled Monday with the Big Ben clock tower as a backdrop. Meryl Streep unveils poster for 'Iron Lady' 2011-11-14T16:36:36Z The more I watched “Naked and Afraid,” the more I realized the uncanny similarity between this reality-TV show, my work, and my life. Naked and Afraid 2016-07-11T04:00:00Z Much of the queasy fascination that the film exerts is the result of her uncanny ability to play against any imaginable type. | 'We Need to Talk About Kevin': ?We Need to Talk About Kevin,? With Tilda Swinton - Review 2011-12-08T23:38:55Z Three strangers sat on the shore of the river, motionless, in uncanny symmetry. What I remember about the dust 2021-09-11T04:00:00Z Ray Bradbury, the science fiction-fantasy master who transformed his childhood dreams and Cold War fears into telepathic Martians, lovesick sea monsters, and, in uncanny detail, the high-tech, book-burning future of "Fahrenheit 451," has died. ‘Fahrenheit 451′ Author Ray Bradbury Dies at 91 2012-06-06T14:50:36Z This is a function of Pattison’s uncanny ability to write evocatively about science. Welcome to the Ruthless, Cutthroat World of Paleoanthropology 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z Olivia Colman, who as Queen Elizabeth II goes coif to coif with Thatcher, found Anderson’s Thatcher so uncanny that it was “quite scary.” Gillian Anderson brings uncanny ‘Iron Lady’ to ‘The Crown’ 2020-11-13T05:00:00Z It also had an uncanny ability to predict real-life events, such as the breakdown of the Olympics countdown clock. Bafta nominations: three for Olympics – but four for Twenty Twelve 2013-04-09T20:43:43Z Patients who suffer from severe jaw pain are finding that their dentist suddenly possesses an uncanny ability to cure them of the malady. Sundance film festival 2013: Touchy Feely – first look review 2013-01-22T12:04:53Z It’s amazing because filmmaker Jesse Moss spins a gripping saga that seems to capture the American zeitgeist in uncanny fashion, and it’s all true. “The Overnighters”: The haunting true story of a 21st-century boomtown 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z The earth, it seems, has been randomly sampled and laid out on beds and biers and strange pedestals in a state of uncanny suspended animation. Review | The Met looks at the body, stripped of its old ‘whiteness’ 2018-03-21T04:00:00Z He met the challenges of the Sonata in B minor, playing fearlessly and with uncanny ease. Music Review: Romantics Meet (Composer and Pianist), and Sparks Fly 2011-03-10T22:36:28Z He has an uncanny ability to capture his subjects at precisely the moment we think they will break. Matthew Heineman’s documentary "Retrograde": A chilling, intimate view of the Afghanistan War's end 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z Benedict Cumberbatch does some mean impressions, and by mean, we mean uncanny and hilarious. Benedict Cumberbatch nails A-lister impressions in under one minute 2014-11-14T05:00:00Z The aesthetic — with its collagelike excess of uncanny juxtapositions and its flat affect — evokes the digital art that has sometimes been winkingly called post-internet. Review: Wagner Would Have Liked AR, but Not This ‘Parsifal’ 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z He had an uncanny ability to combine instruments in original ways. Ennio Morricone Was More Than Just a Great Film Composer 2020-07-08T04:00:00Z These events are woven together by a twinkling uncanny score and blurred lights that function like title cards. ‘Earwig’ Review: Danse Macabre 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z Indispensable to the sidekick is his uncanny ability to sacrifice his life for his white companion at just the right moment. Creating a spectacle of slaughter at the movies: Ambush at Kamikaze Pass 2019-08-17T04:00:00Z Akiho has an uncanny gift for intricate rhythmic counterpoint, though the mathematical precision of the final product emerged through epic stretches of stream-of-consciousness play. One Composer, Four Players, ‘Seven Pillars’ 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z A remake of “The Elephant Man,” except instead of hideous disfigurement, Joseph Merrick’s psychic burden is that he has an uncanny resemblance to Ryan Gosling, which aggravates his sex addiction. Gene Weingarten: Have you lost your Marples, Hollywood? 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z In his essay “Das Unheimliche,” published in 1919, Sigmund Freud set forth his concept of the “uncanny”: the ordinary or familiar made strange. Daisy Johnson’s Uncanny Début Novel Rewrites Oedipus 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z He has a low-boiling energy onstage — confident, jaunty but not aggressive — and his set features solidly constructed, verbally playful jokes enlivened by an uncanny ability to channel a subway crowd or a larger-than-life character. Comedy: Gay Male Comics Await the Spotlight 2012-08-15T14:06:57Z The way she pauses and freezes between statements — as if she’s downloading a new dialogue program and recalibrating her expression to fit it — is uncanny. The Rise of the Social Media Fembot 2018-02-04T05:00:00Z What stands out the most in “Curriculum II” is its uncanny science-fiction atmosphere. Review: To the Moon! A Vivid Bill T. Jones Dance Leaves Earth’s Orbit 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z Weddings and television shoots help pay the bills, but the current show, “Negative Space,” offers a fine selection of art conjuring uncanny domestic spaces. 10 Galleries to Visit in Brooklyn and Queens 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z The March girls were white New Englanders, and we were newly arrived immigrants from a dictatorship in the Dominican Republic, but there the differences stopped and the uncanny similarities began — down to our very names. ‘Jo Was Everything I Wanted to Be’: 5 Writers on ‘Little Women’ 2019-12-31T05:00:00Z The cartoonist has an uncanny gift for dramatizing mundane realities and the absurd anxieties that accompany them. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z The doubling effect, uncanny in itself, is redoubled within each gallery, where works painted in color appear alongside the same motifs painted in greyscale. Review | Seeing Jasper Johns: A seminal artist’s career is celebrated and illuminated in two cities 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z In a world that is chaotic and senseless, a genre like horror — which relishes the uncanny and often rejects the pressure for tidy or comforting narratives — is the only thing that makes sense. At New York Comic Con, horror TV shows strength and stamina 2018-10-06T04:00:00Z Which makes “In the Distance” an uncanny achievement: an original western. A Debut Novel. A Tiny Press. A Pulitzer Finalist. 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z If we can still be fooled – still want to be fooled – by pictures of the uncanny in the digital age, imagine the temptation in photography's early decades, when this medium seemed to deliver pure reality. The fake photographs that predate Photoshop 2012-08-29T08:44:53Z Tsai’s motives for stretching his shots become clear after a while, and the film builds an uncanny mood. ‘Days’ Review: A Taiwanese Auteur in a Quiet Mode 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z But the lack of any other context, along with the contemporary Zoom-room aesthetics of most backdrops, underlines the sometimes uncanny sense that these historical figures are, in fact, appearing on television right now. The Sound in Their Ears? Black Thinkers Sharing ‘Lessons in Survival’ 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z But Linklater has shared more credits with Adair than with any other colleague, a fact he attributes to her uncanny understanding of his aesthetic predilections. Richard Linklater and Sandra Adair: Three Decades of Action and Cuts 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z It’s an uncanny, unsettling dream, tuned into the static of the universe. Cormac McCarthy’s Unsettling Dream of a Novel 2022-11-28T05:00:00Z This – 18th-century, Norwegian – is displayed close by in the new exhibition at Tate Modern, giving the viewer, too, a vaguely uncanny sense of being within reach of the dream. Gauguin: Into the mystic 2010-10-01T23:06:00Z Accompanied by soldiers in full period costume, a Napoleon impersonator — Paris lawyer Frank Samson, who bears an uncanny resemblance to the emperor — disembarked on the sun-soaked beaches of Golfe-Juan on the French Riviera. Better than Elba: Echoes of Napoleon on idyllic French islands 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z Everything she ever owned – from her Elizabeth Arden eyebrow pencil to her brightly painted kitchen tile – is infused with uncanny glamour because she touched and interacted with it. Up close with Marilyn: the things she touched, the clothes she wore, the way she looked 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z There is uncanny richness in the reedy woodwinds, mellow brass and, especially, the russet strings. Music Review: St. Petersburg Philharmonic and Denis Kozhukhin Perform 2014-02-14T22:30:29Z Now wafting from beyond the grave, his voice takes an uncanny lilt. Bon Iver, Feist, Arcade Fire — and More — Cover Peter Gabriel 2014-01-06T17:26:36Z The strongest stories — “Austin,” “Vines,” “Rhinebeck” and “Silhouettes” — are shot through with almost subliminal strangeness and build toward endings of uncanny attenuation, endings worthy of Raymond Carver in his later, elegiac mode. Three New Story Collections Make Place a Protagonist 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z From the outset we are in good hands: Roberta may be naïve and unworldly, but through her sixth sense – she sees people's hidden colours or auras – we come to understand her prescience, her uncanny intuition. The Beloved by Annah Faulkner – review by Kristina Olsson 2013-06-18T05:28:36Z A daughter’s love is transmuted to a love for photography, with its unique ability to create the delirious, uncanny sensation that the person in the picture, now just a memory, lives on. Mother, Muse, Mirror 2016-01-16T05:00:00Z But as it progresses, it’s more meandering than dreamy, more earthly than uncanny. Review: Perfume Genius and Kate Wallich in a World of Angst 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z It's uncanny how, in many ways, this technicolor popcorn opus traverses so much of the same ground Robbie's recent "Bombshell" does. "Birds of Prey" is a fantabulous, feminist grenade 2020-02-08T05:00:00Z As uncanny as the events in “Atlanta” can be, the characters rarely experience them as uncanny. How ‘Atlanta’ and ‘The Good Fight’ Chose Chaos 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z That this biography even exists is a testament to Holbrooke’s almost uncanny ability to ingratiate himself with the press. The Agony and the Ecstasy of Richard Holbrooke 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z Mr. Kissin dispatched the filigreed figurations with delicate, milky textures and uncanny clarity: a wondrous rush of notes. Music Review: Romantics Meet (Composer and Pianist), and Sparks Fly 2011-03-10T22:36:28Z Here, I suddenly had the uncanny sensation of being in a fascist protest. 20 must-see documentaries to explain the world in 2020 2020-07-26T04:00:00Z The effect is remarkable, if uncanny, and the technology is breathtaking. Rogue One: the CGI resurrection of Peter Cushing is thrilling – but is it right? 2016-12-16T05:00:00Z Mr. Stoppard does not bring Shostakovich directly into the picture, but Mr. Previn does, with uncanny takeoffs on the master’s music woven into more generic writing. Music Review: Something Borrowed and Something New 2011-05-08T22:19:30Z Rendered by later artists in ways more self-consciously surreal—or, sometimes, deliberately “poetic,” not to say pathetic—the scenes from Alice become less uncanny. Who Can Be Finished With Alice? 2015-10-11T04:00:00Z This was not Pierre Boulez with, say, the Cleveland Orchestra or the Chicago Symphony, highlighting inner details with uncanny clarity. Mariinsky Orchestra Makes Mahler Russian 2010-10-18T16:07:00Z But it involves a sense of transcendence — of possessing uncanny and unexpected talents — that is unique to teetering on the dangerous edge of adulthood. Review: ‘Dance Nation,’ the Power and the Terror of Girls at 13 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z In her case, we get a disjointed narrative of visual puns, sly criticisms and uncanny juxtapositions, most with a distinct feminist slant. MoMA’s Art Treasure, No Longer Buried 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z The actor Ian Hart’s uncanny impersonation of the young Lennon helps to sustain that illusion, too. The Front Row: “The Hours and Times” 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z The effect is uncanny, disorienting viewers and immediately aligning them with the film’s addled lead. ‘Oxygen’ Review: The Thrill of Claustrophobia 2021-05-12T04:00:00Z Between a series of Houdiniesque escapes — thanks to an uncanny ability to improvise keys and zip guns out of everyday materials — and a rash of disciplinary infractions, DeFriest's jail time ballooned instead of concluded. 'Mark DeFriest' documents a Kafkaesque tale of imprisonment 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z David’s voice ghoulishly frames the novel, but David also appears as an embodied and deeply uncanny character. Argentian star Samanta Schweblin's destabilizing English debut, 'Fever Dream' 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z What it represents was his uncanny way of knowing just where — and, more significantly, just how — to probe the current zeitgeist. Mike Nichols' incisive, touching films got personal 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z It’s got the uncanny, the sublime, and, in many spots, a combination of both. Review: ‘Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami’ Finds the Model, Singer, Actress, Person 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z I wasn’t at the competition in Fort Worth, but even as seen on YouTube this is superb work, with a maturity and confidence uncanny in a teenager. Best Classical Music Performances of 2022 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z When you watch the video, you’re sucked into an almost uncanny valley of coral reef imagery. Animal Collective wants to do their own thing and that means saving coral reefs 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z Nominated for song of the year, “Love Yourself” is emblematic of Bieber’s uncanny knack for getting it right and wrong in the same stroke. No Grammys for old men! And don’t let these millennials win, either. 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z The play is peppered with dialogue that, Mr. Johnson said, “is uncanny in its echoes of current conversations,” like this Act II exchange after Edna’s company closes. Neil Simon?s ?Prisoner? Is Released in London 2010-07-30T17:24:00Z Women find themselves in uncanny, unsettling situations throughout this collection, complete with drugged seltzer, family rivalries and the lingering specter of past traumas. 16 Books to Watch For in July 2020-06-24T04:00:00Z The new Brothers execute the scene with uncanny perfection. How a Lost Marx Brothers Musical Found Its Way Back Onstage 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z I think you really counterweigh the uncanny with moments of kindness and beauty and humanity. Liz Phair's "Horror Stories" chronicles the real ghosts that haunt us 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z The effect, uncanny and thrilling, is that of directly inhabiting Regan’s mind. “Burn the Place” Is a Thrilling, Disquieting Memoir of Addiction and Coming of Age 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z The success of the collection in turn led to some of Platner’s most iconic sculptures — ten-foot-tall pendants that spin and sway with uncanny grace. A Jeweler and Sculptor Who Takes Inspiration From the Walls of Her Studio 2021-05-18T04:00:00Z In her broadcasts, which came close to simulating the feeling, she had an uncanny ability to finish her sentence just as the music resumed. Margaret Juntwait, host of the Metropolitan Opera’s Saturday matinee radio broadcasts, dies at 58 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z His paintings in particular can produce a feeling analogous to what roboticists call “the uncanny valley” — that charged, disturbing gap between the actually human and a convincing robotic stand-in. Review | Quiet, please. At the Louvre’s ‘Léonard de Vinci’ exhibition, you’re in the presence of genius. 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z Even as a young writer, she believes, he had an uncanny ability to write old age well. What Old Age Is Really Like 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z In the popular canon the trope of the “magical Negro” is a black character who turns up exclusively to aid, often through uncanny wisdom, a white character. In ‘Magical Negro,’ Morgan Parker’s Poems Challenge White Ideas of Blackness 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z This uncanny brew in a woman is clearly a bit much for some people – and, in the past, women who embodied this "too muchness" were very often accused of witchery. The haters of Mary Beard's grey hair 2013-01-25T10:31:28Z It’s more of a posthumous collaboration, an uncanny and thrilling communion between the filmmaker — whose previous work includes both a documentary and a narrative feature about the Congolese anti-colonialist leader Patrice Lumumba — and his subject. Review: ‘I Am Not Your Negro’ Will Make You Rethink Race 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z Yet there are long stretches of pliant, lyrical Italianate melodic lines, sung with melting beauty by the impressive soprano Tony Arnold, who also easily navigated every vocal leap with uncanny precision. Music Review: Elliott Carter Memorial at Le Poisson Rouge 2013-01-15T22:48:02Z To an uncanny degree, they knew precisely what was expected of them, because Diamond had expected it. Playing Neil Diamond: A Dream Role, and a ‘Crazy Privilege’ 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z That feeling of the uncanny—the universe rhyming in a minor key, the recurring bad dream—is the undercurrent of almost all of Stevie Smith’s poems, although a few of them are festooned by joy. The Uneasy Verse of Stevie Smith 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z I think he is trying to create a feeling of the uncanny. Saatchi's Newspeak: the good, bad and indifferent 2010-06-06T21:00:00Z Pew’s uncanny ability to draw out uncomfortable truths from the surrounding community makes the character the closest stand-in for Lacey herself that Martin Pousson, a former professor of Lacey’s, has seen in her fiction. She Never Existed. Catherine Lacey Wrote Her Biography Anyway. 2023-03-18T04:00:00Z There’s also just something uncanny about anonymous adults dressing up in big furry suits. The Banana Splits Got a Movie. It’s Probably Not What You Think. 2019-08-13T04:00:00Z From the first page, Winslow establishes an uncanny authority and profound tone that belie the book’s debut status. The Legacy of Slavery in Two Novels of the American South 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z Yet, whatever they are doing, you sense an uncanny chemistry between horse and human. Bartabas: dances with horses 2011-02-21T21:31:00Z His fans point to his uncanny ability to interpret feline body language. What does your cat mean by 'miaow'? Let Japan's pet guru Yuki Hattori explain 2020-09-05T04:00:00Z It is uncanny, Mr. Gething said, to see how much like their mother they are when meeting people. Another Look at Princess Diana, With a Notable Difference 2017-07-23T04:00:00Z The Morbid Anatomy Museum in Brooklyn, NY is a fantastic organization with a permanent collection of the uncanny and the macabre. Murder weapons and morbid curiosity: Why fraught objects sell 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z Dive even deeper into the uncanny valley with The Returned. 26 Streaming Shows You Should Get Addicted to This Winter 2014-12-06T05:00:00Z It’s told in Hillary’s own voice, which adds to the uncanny quality of this real/not-real story. Review | In Curtis Sittenfeld’s ‘Rodham,’ Hillary doesn’t become a Clinton. And Donald Trump isn’t president. 2020-05-18T04:00:00Z That line from The Return of the King seemed specially uncanny, because vultures are such a powerful and ambivalent presence in Africa. Summer readings: Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien 2011-07-28T15:01:11Z And then he would mimic their call with uncanny accuracy, bringing the woolly monkeys into view. Ecuador’s Yasuni park: where oil vies with tourism for the rainforest 2016-10-23T04:00:00Z Another, more immediately obvious, is his mastery of composition and lighting, particularly notable in wide-screen films like “An Actor’s Revenge,” which demonstrates an uncanny facility for conveying emotionally charged material in coolly detached, painterly images. Japan Society Reintroduces the Filmmaker Kon Ichikawa 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z It begins as a familiar tale of urban romantic anxiety and then quietly morphs into something richer and stranger, mixing the ordinary and the uncanny without comment. 'Man Seeking Woman' finds magic, emotion, humor and weirdness 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z Part of it is his uncanny balance of simplification and detail. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z She sang with uncanny power and accuracy right up to the high Fs, which were stunningly good; Poulitsi also is a powerful actress who knows how to use her voice as a weapon. Review: Seattle Opera’s ‘Magic Flute’ is a delight for the eyes and the ears 2017-05-08T04:00:00Z And for the next eight or nine minutes the room once again filled with movement and sound, every bit as uncanny as before. 2010-01-30T00:49:00Z Onstage, Lester has an uncanny way to establish a connection with both his scene partners and the audience by expressing a lot with seemingly little. Adrian Lester Finally Arrives on Broadway, via Wall Street 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z Great work, in her view, captures the essential meaning of the term "uncanny." "Little Fires Everywhere" is a gripping, soapy reminder of that yesterday's ills are still present 2020-03-18T04:00:00Z There are verses in Mahmoud Darwish’s “Mural,” one of the great Palestinian poet’s late works, that perfectly describe the uncanny disorientation of collective exile and disappearance. In Lina Meruane’s New Novel, Writer’s Block Is a Symptom of Migrant Trauma 2021-05-18T04:00:00Z I had the uncanny sense that as it moved forward, the music had pulled me under and back into the recesses of memory. Musical Travel Companions for a Year of Going Nowhere 2020-11-26T05:00:00Z Everett Collection/Rex Features It's a celebrity profile cliche to describe an actor's central gift as the uncanny ability, honed in childhood, to try on different personas, but in Moss's case it's particularly apt. Elisabeth Moss: 'How I found my inner tough guy' 2013-07-02T17:12:01Z And yet that nose and those ears really do put the finishing touches on Armstrong's uncanny impersonation: He's tall and gangly, larger than anybody else onstage. Better than Bryan Cranston? Star of South Coast Rep's 'All the Way' delivers a most convincing LBJ 2016-09-11T04:00:00Z What makes it extraordinary is the story it tells of an uncanny musician and his beautiful playing and songs. ‘Bix’ Review: A Jazz Legend Fondly Remembered 2021-08-05T04:00:00Z The nameless woman who describes this devolution, and the violence that it spawned, is a figure of uncanny centeredness. ‘Queens Row’ Review: Richard Maxwell on Life After Doomsday 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z The best nonfiction books make the familiar come into uncanny focus. More Books We Loved in 2018 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z The site also includes photos of Pan-Asian dishes, uncanny images of droid women and updated international weather and stocks, disguising itself as the kind of content stumbled upon by accident while surfing the web. | An Artist Who Brings Background Music to the Forefront 2014-03-28T17:01:24Z The uncanny looms large … Back to the Future. A quarter of a century for Back in the Future 2010-09-16T20:30:00Z “First Person Singular” will satisfy his fans and serve as a fine introduction to neophytes, echoing many of the uncanny scenarios of his earlier work. Review | Haruki Murakami’s ‘First Person Singular’ will satisfy fans with its uncanny scenarios 2021-04-12T04:00:00Z There was some humour in McCarthy’s stiff Rudd attempting to court female voters with lines like “I love abortions, just love ‘em” and Bishop’s uncanny nasally whine and stilted Gillard walk. Wednesday Night Fever gets off to a lukewarm start – TV review 2013-07-03T23:14:01Z Surely this entry must surprise anyone who’s been keeping up with the show’s awards show streak, its uncanny mirroring of developments afoot in the real world, or its influence on Melania Trump’s Christmas decorations. 2018's biggest TV disappointments, from moderately painful to the absolute worst 2018-12-29T05:00:00Z It's uncanny how close he was to capitalizing on several key trends that transformed the media world, only to watch others do so. New troubles at Al Gore's Current TV 2010-06-25T04:04:00Z Yet I can’t be the only one for whom, as the years passed, watching the young Rory brought some of the uncanny dread of a home movie. My Life with Rory Gilmore 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z It’s committed to the literal reality and symbolic meaning of events that occur in an uncanny zone between the ordinary and the supernatural. ‘Men’ Review: Putting the ‘Male’ in Malevolent 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z Literary critic Boyd Tonkin, chair of the panel that chose the winner from 155 entries, said Han's "compact, exquisite and disturbing" novel displayed an "uncanny blend of beauty and horror." South Korean author Han Kang has won the Man Booker International Prize for fiction with "The Vegetarian," an unsettling novel about a woman whose decision to stop eating meat has devastating consequences 2016-05-16T04:00:00Z There’s an uncanny sight at the New Museum these days: a ghost in a machine. When One Dancer Is a Ghost in the Room 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z Some may suspect that they are getting away on sheer charm, but their musicianship is superb, and their ability to conjure the pains of youth uncanny. Gloriously daft 2010-08-27T13:44:00Z At the age of seven months, Mr. Coffey played that part with uncanny but utterly natural poise when the show opened in October. Review: ‘The Ferryman’ Is a Tale That Keeps on Giving 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z Church was just 11 when she shot to fame with her uncanny mastery of classical standards. Charlotte Church looking past phone hacking case 2012-02-27T16:32:13Z His format has long been set: about 10 minutes per person, with each segment mingling vintage footage with present-day interviews, giving us the uncanny experience of watching a person age before our eyes. ‘56 Up’: a compelling look at the gang settling into middle age 2013-02-07T22:44:11Z The tyrannical villain in the ballet, who bears an uncanny resemblance to Kissinger, is portrayed in this scene by the singer performing Kissinger, and the stentorian bass-baritone Richard Paul Fink threw himself into the assignment. Music Review: President and Opera, on Unexpected Stages 2011-02-03T17:34:09Z Not everything is so political, though even the most innocuous images harbor an element of uncanny unease. Geoff Dyer Takes to the Streets With Garry Winogrand 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z Subdued, weighty, elusive sonorities spread throughout the orchestra, and spread is the right word: Mr. Eotvos has uncanny skill at giving sound a spatial dimension. Review: A Peter Eotvos Premiere and Schubert at the New York Philharmonic 2015-05-10T04:00:00Z It's more accurate to see his celebrity as an uncanny symbol of a vibrant minority of the era's young who considered themselves outside the mainstream. What the "Nevermind" celebrations get wrong about Nirvana 2011-09-24T17:01:00Z Becoming someone else can unleash uncanny, subconscious powers and instincts that are usually hidden in daily life. Review: ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ Tailored for Multitaskers 2015-09-20T04:00:00Z A series of performances I’ve heard over the past year, while not specifically conceived in reaction to the campaign or the Trump administration, have wound up having uncanny power. Trump Has Changed a Night at the Opera, Too 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z Luckily, it looks as though Keery's uncanny resemblance to Harbour's younger self will continue to be part of our feeds. Stranger Things' Hopper Wants to Tell You He Was Steve First 2017-10-31T04:00:00Z And yet Jones — lanky and subtly beautiful, with a sharp, proud nose that precedes her like a ship’s prow — has an uncanny ability to project a competence that viewers both admire and trust. In ‘Vigil,’ Suranne Jones Sounds the Murky Depths, as Always 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z But Paul ultimately wields his committed cast with an uncanny understanding of how to craft spectacle that lingers. Review | ‘Spring Awakening’ lights up Round House Theatre with visual flair 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z Some books deliver that uncanny feeling better than others, but in the right context any book can do that, not just the “literary” ones that studies typically advocate. Perspective | Reading will supposedly make you a better person. That’s not the real reason to pick up a book. 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z Struzan's uncanny ability to capture the essence of a movie in a single scene and to reflect an actor's personality is astounding. Comics: "Red" movie characters star in own miniseries 2010-10-19T21:20:00Z Watching it now, as Zelenskyy is fighting for his people, his own life, and for the freedom of Ukraine against a ruthless and formidable invasion by Russia, feels uncanny. Why Zelenskyy's background in comedy really matters 2022-03-13T05:00:00Z Speaking of fathers, Mr. Eastwood’s resemblance to the younger, “Rawhide”-era incarnation of his own dad is downright uncanny: the line of the jaw, the hint of a smile, the as yet squintless blue eyes. Review: In ‘The Longest Ride,’ the Nicholas Sparks Brand Endures 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z In her debut novel, “The Girls,” Emma Cline explores the uncanny appeal of a religious cult for girls seeking refuge from moral uncertainty. This Summer, Girls in Titles and Girls in Peril 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z Part of the issue is that, in its loving reproductions of the sets, costumes and characters of “The Shining,” Flanagan’s film falls into the old uncanny valley problem. ‘Doctor Sleep’ tries to reconcile the visions of Stephen King and Stanley Kubrick. But is that possible? 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z In the end, “Charlotte” is bereft of the spirit of the artist who made the uncanny “Life? or Theatre?” ‘Charlotte’ Review: An Artist’s Brief Life 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z The parallels to today's Voice & X Factor contestants is uncanny – the lack of musical ability in abundance and careers based on hype - it is almost a replica. Readers' panel: Sex Pistols 2012-06-01T10:32:26Z Though it aired in March, it bore an uncanny resemblance to the end of 2016: Public scrutiny of a successful woman. What the Watched Were Watching: TV Pros Pick Their Favorites 2016-12-28T05:00:00Z On the other hand, Ms. Rubins is basically an outdoor sculptor, and that is probably the best setting for her version of the uncanny California Pop. Museum and Gallery Listings for Sept. 12-18 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z He went to France, discovered melodrama and forged an uncanny ability to transmute the language and events of his day — scandals, disasters, new technologies — into playable, rousing theater. Review: ‘London Assurance’ Minds Its Manners 2019-12-15T05:00:00Z She notes that the function of religion, in large part, has been to “serve as a safe storage space for the unaccountable and uncanny.” Books of The Times: Barbara Ehrenreich’s ‘Living With a Wild God’ 2014-04-15T13:00:01Z These parallels occur because at its best TV – or at least its source material – has an uncanny ability to take the temperature of the times and deliver its diagnosis. When life imitates TV 2011-03-16T12:50:13Z Mr. Rodgers and Mr. Williams both appear on the album’s first single, “Get Lucky,” an uncanny replication of the sparkling disco-funk of Mr. Rodgers’s band Chic. Daft Punk Gets Human With a New Album 2013-05-15T12:00:18Z And in the first movement of the Schubert, the trombones played with an uncanny evocation of doleful distance, as if they were on a nearby hilltop rather than right in front of us. In Cleveland, Schubert Outsings Even the Mighty ‘Otello’ 2022-05-22T04:00:00Z How such issues get negotiated and compromised is part of the uncanny cultural exchange that materializes for two weeks every year amid the monuments. Coca leaves and a llama fetus: How the Folklife Festival ensures authenticity 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z He has an uncanny ability to capture his subjects at precisely the moment we think they will break, at exactly their tipping point, and film their quiet decision to keep on. Matthew Heineman’s documentary "Retrograde": A chilling, intimate view of the Afghanistan War's end 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z An appealing cast and some gorgeous singing enliven "Breaking Through," a new musical about an old subject — the music industry's uncanny knack for destroying the talent it packages for fleeting fame. 'Breaking Through' falls into cliched musical traps at Pasadena Playhouse 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z His mother was sympathetic and helpful, but in a gag that runs throughout the show, Mr. Gethard surreally found himself thinking, “She sounds so much like Carmela Soprano, it’s uncanny.” Review: In ‘Career Suicide,’ Laughing When It Hurts 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z In fact, before the uncanny turns to actual physical menace, “The Beetle” sometimes reads like a light romantic novel, with brittle comic banter that is dated but not unbearable. The 19th-century best-selling horror novel that isn’t ‘Dracula’ 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z Those portraits, Huston said, depended on Ross' “uncanny” word-for-word memory of conversations and her low-key personal style. Lillian Ross, celebrated New Yorker writer, dead at 99 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z To tell those back stories, the exhibit relied on visitors reading wall placards, which described, for example, Mrs. Madison’s “uncanny ability” to put people at ease and thus, practice soft diplomacy. A New Exhibit on First Ladies Plays Down Their Fashion Choices 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z A close-up of this beetle-browed artist, then in her 70s, imitating with uncanny verisimilitude a crying, chuckling and gurgling infant, it’s hilarious. ‘Unorthodox’ Faces Paradox at the Jewish Museum 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z Coates' Fourth Symphony, for instance, refashions Dido's Lament from Purcell's "Dido and Aeneas" into uncanny glissandi and strange harmonies in which lamentation becomes a ritual of memory as an act of distortion. Gloria Coates' great oddity on display at REDCAT 2014-11-14T05:00:00Z Do any picture-book illustrations, full of uncanny meanings, haunt your imagination? Motherlode Blog: Haunted by 'The Lonely Doll' 2012-11-26T19:52:20Z The Kardashians were the prototypes for the uncanny cyborg look that has since colonized social media. How ‘Keeping Up With the Kardashians’ Changed Everything 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z Joey Santiago, the lead guitarist, said he had a hard time watching the documentary, but added that Matthew had an uncanny knack for getting the reclusive band members to open up. In Film and Music, the Galkin Brothers Are on Their Own Together 2010-07-14T20:09:00Z The uncanny part about “Bunheads” is how it presents the art form. Critic’s Notebook: ‘Bunheads Is Gone; ‘Breaking Pointe’ Endures 2013-09-01T22:29:35Z Those looking to mark their Oscar ballots early should note the year's safest bet: Daniel Day-Lewis for best actor, for his uncanny work in the title role of "Lincoln." Oscar snubs, flubs and sure things 2013-01-11T00:45:04Z And now, strangely enough, many of his Art Deco-flavored frocks bear an uncanny resemblance to the shimmering Jazz Age looks that proliferated on the spring runways. Douglas Ferguson?s Chain-Mail Fashions on Display at Frock 2012-03-14T20:25:08Z Like many of Kent’s works, they contain an uncanny aura, while seeming to consider, quite powerfully, the stakes of legibility. An Artist Who Paints in Cryptic Pastel Symbols 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z Here, though, that documentary impulse proves uncanny, particularly since Adams and Van Devere have such immediate access to every emotion. ‘Vengeance Is Mine’ Review: A Tangled Web of Human Impulse 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z The Stones' unpleasantness was integral to their uncanny power. Rock's fake rebels 2010-10-17T20:00:00Z He added, "It's just one of those things that are really uncanny, when art imitates life like that." Stephen Collins plays a pedophile priest in short film 'Penance' 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z And when she did sing — or even talk to the audience — it was across the uncanny valley created by Auto-Tune algorithms. Review | Bad Gyal’s D.C. debut felt like an event 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z In its review, Variety said the movie trades “on some uncanny combination of Peele’s imagination and our own to suggest a horror infinitely larger and more insidious than the film is capable of representing.” Jordan Peele Brought ‘Us’ to SXSW, and the Reaction Was Electric 2019-03-09T05:00:00Z Several photographs refer to an uncanny incident in which Mr. Ethridge’s rental car rolled into a canal, without him in it. Art in Review: Roe Ethridge: ‘Sacrifice Your Body’ 2014-03-06T22:14:26Z Ms. Haddish has an uncanny ability to turn even the most innocuous phrase sexual and chose a full one. Tiffany Haddish Puts the ‘X’ in Christmas Cookies 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z From ravaged American cities to South Korea and abandoned torture chambers, the six stories in this collection, which won the National Book Award in fiction, take place in an uncanny world you recognize but don’t. Notable fiction books of 2015 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z There is a version of this essay that makes a case for Maxwell based on the uncanny timeliness of his fiction. In William Maxwell’s Fiction, a Vivid, Varied Tableau of Midwestern Life 2021-08-23T04:00:00Z Mr. Padmore delivered these lines with an uncanny blend of deep regret and officious detachment. Opera Review: Britten’s ‘Billy Budd,’ From Glyndebourne to BAM 2014-02-09T22:34:46Z While Walter sometimes pushed his landscapes to the brink of jewel-toned abstractions, Dunkley aligned the expressive powers of natural form and painted textures into a recognizable but uncanny, highly symbolic world. John Dunkley, an Outsider Artist Deep in the Heart of Jamaica 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z Hawkeye’s memory unfolds with the uncanny clarity of a dawning nightmare. ‘M*A*S*H’ at 50: War Is Hell(arious) 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z We don’t see much of Anthony Craig, but when he appears, “struggling to keep his mop of hair in place,” the author mimics Donald Trump’s bombastic rhetoric with uncanny accuracy. Review | In the era of countless Trump exposés, do we really need a new ‘Primary Colors’? 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z Having an uncanny sense of timing has been one of Mr. Cohen’s talents, both in business and in collecting. Inside Art: Steven Cohen and Douglas Cramer to Sell Pieces at Christie’s 2012-09-20T22:59:26Z The parallels to Sandusky — of a powerful, beloved father figure using his position to exploit victims — are uncanny. Documentary examines Penn State in wake of Sandusky scandal 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z Female impersonator Jim Bailey’s onstage portrayals of famous entertainers were so uncanny — not just their voices but also the mannerisms, costumes and hairdos — that sometimes people thought they were seeing the actual women. Jim Bailey, cabaret entertainer who impersonated Garland, Streisand, dies 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z And at odd moments, Brown himself can seem an uncanny figure, a goblin, a blunderer making the blackest jokes, a horned and Satanic figure caught in a glance in a distant mirror. Father Brown: the empathetic detective 2013-01-18T20:00:03Z Nobody ever writes about “Democracy in America” without citing the uncanny prophecy at the end of volume one, and I don’t intend to break that tradition. Perspective | Tocqueville’s ‘Democracy in America,’ read anew in 2020, feels prophetic — and in some ways, hopeful 2020-10-14T04:00:00Z The movement of bodies and the stillness of faces carry currents of uncanny feeling. ‘Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths’ Review: It’s a Stressful Afterlife 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z Stories and their telling run throughout this book, from official histories to tales of uncanny and mythic creatures whispered about late at night. A Métis Woman’s Husband Disappeared — or Did He? 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z Philo has often been noted for her chic "utilitarian tailoring," which she delivers with uncanny ease. Givenchy, Hermes and Celine get elegant 2012-10-01T02:46:03Z I could, though, in Lypsinka see uncanny flashes of women as different as Swanson, Davis, Crawford, Marilyn Monroe and Faye Dunaway, and many women of a certain age I know personally. John Epperson Returns, in ‘Lypsinka! The Trilogy’ 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z The Gutiérrez artworks at Adah Rose are stylistically similar, but their principal subject is fruit, with just a few uncanny animals. In the galleries: Inspired by their homelands and beyond 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z Mr. Abrams certainly does, and he evokes that bygone world with a sense of period detail that sits right on the line between uncanny and neurotic. | 'Super 8': Hey, Guys, Let?s Make a Monster Flick 2011-06-09T15:28:58Z “Very Christmassy and bears an uncanny resemblance to the Angel Gabriel,” was what I found. A British Christmas: Some Translation Required 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z Or at least something that appeared to be a person, but really was this uncanny valley creature: not a girl, not yet a robot. How D’Arcy Carden finally found her ‘Good Place’ 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z Radiohead has been one of the world’s most musically uncanny bands for some time now. Radiohead’s vanishing act: Rumored new album could be the anti-technology opus we’ve been waiting for 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z The resulting pictures, mostly in shades of pink and blue, are recognizable yet uncanny. In the galleries: At annual benefit show, the world goes round 2017-04-19T04:00:00Z “I thought, well, maybe this younger guy is sort of serendipitous. It was uncanny timing to get some tall dark sperm.” Renewed Life and Joy After Tragedy 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z In an uncanny echo of a recent BBC slogan, they are embracing the idea of "Fewer, Bigger, Better". How the internet killed porn 2012-06-05T19:00:01Z LaBeouf has an uncanny ability to steer the story back to him, even when the subject is decidedly not him. Shia LaBeouf and his amazing thunder-stealing abilities 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z The song is breezy and light — gently strummed acoustic guitar chords, a buoyant piano riff — but as the video proceeds, a disarming sense of the uncanny creeps in. Aldous Harding’s Gloriously Peculiar World of Songs 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z The original cast members show the passage of time in their faces and bodies, with the uncanny exception of Mr. Rudd, the Dorian Gray of the New American Comedy. Movie Review: ‘Anchorman 2,’ Starring Will Ferrell and Steve Carell 2013-12-17T21:57:43Z Pristine and uncanny, the odd room is the place at the end of the journey where truths of all sorts, profound and pretentious, clear and obscure, are at last revealed. Kubrick’s indestructible influence: “Interstellar” joins the long tradition of borrowing from “2001″ 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z His subjects here are Cassandras: Blessed with uncanny foresight, doomed to be disbelieved. Michael Lewis Chronicles the Story of Covid’s Cassandras 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z In both cases — and in two mediums — Ms. Hall showed an uncanny gift for finding tonal variety in flatline feeling that made you watch raptly even when it hurt to do so. Review: A Virtuoso of Depression Broods Again in ‘Animal’ 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z She possessed an uncanny knack for comforting people, for knowing the right thing to say and knowing when to say nothing at all. Perspective | Mothers and daughters: It’s a complicated sisterhood 2019-05-08T04:00:00Z But more striking than the movie’s plot is its uncanny chronology, in which time seems to double back on itself. Iranian Film Festival at Freer Gallery 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z There is a sensational scene in which ultraviolet light transforms the dancers into blackface voguers, and Ms. Freitas is brilliance incarnate in her bizarre lolloping, grimacing opening solo and later her uncanny impersonation of Prince. Dance Review: Vogueing in a Playground of Gender, Celebrity and Fashion 2011-02-11T23:36:53Z So many surreal and uncanny things happen in these stories, and yet they're wedded to the real world, to human truth. Helen Phillips talks about getting under people's skin in her new book, 'Some Possible Solutions' 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z Yoav, innocent and barely conscious of the meaning of his poems, is the uncanny voice of a disinherited tradition. Review: From Israel, ‘The Kindergarten Teacher,’ a Drama About Poetry and Obsession 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z An uncanny mimic, Mr. Pizzarelli delivered dead-on impersonations of the honoree’s intimate, seductive purr, which settles in your ear like a moist breath. Music Review: Saluting a Radio Man Who?s One of a Kind 2011-07-14T22:48:03Z It was uncanny, and lovely, quite how familiar she felt, how similar we were, in both looks and outlooks. Grandma’s recipe for Icelandic kleinur doughnuts | A taste of home 2017-04-17T04:00:00Z Christine Mathis of New Jersey revealed that she was recently inspired to sign with a talent agency for her uncanny resemblance to Duchess Meghan, after years of being mistaken for the former “Suits” star. Woman who looks like Meghan Markle signs with agency as double 2020-02-17T05:00:00Z “Indignation” captures with an uncanny realism a moment of innocence and caution in a post-World War II era, when an oppressive, puritanical conformism dominated white America. Review: ‘Indignation’ Offers a Precisely Rendered, and Repressive, 1950s America 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z In “Once Upon a Time,” when a child actress, played by Julia Butters with an uncanny knowingness, tells Rick “That’s the best acting I’ve ever seen,” Rick, caught by surprise, tears up. Quentin Tarantino's artful pulp: On alchemy, fantasy and "Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood" 2019-08-17T04:00:00Z It radiates the sensual languor of sun-drenched afternoons in the south of France and the disquieting, uncanny beauty only perceived by a true daytime insomniac. The Booker steps away from being its own genre 2012-07-28T08:00:02Z What they couldn't yet appreciate was that this insider's guide to the enchantments of the jazz age was also an uncanny glimpse into the world to come. What makes The Great Gatsby great? 2013-05-03T18:00:00Z The energy generated between Alexander’s early works and new ones is urbane and uncanny, exceptionally sophisticated yet refreshingly unpretentious. The sculptures that help you to see (and feel) color in a new light 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z It has also drawn notice for the uncanny resemblance the lead actresses have to the real-life counterparts they portray. Lashes, Lashes, Lashes: What It Took to Give the ‘Bombshell’ Women the Fox Look 2019-12-25T05:00:00Z It follows Cassie as she goes undercover to investigate the killing of a young woman who bears an uncanny resemblance to her. With ‘The Searcher,’ Tana French Ventures Into New Territory 2020-10-04T04:00:00Z With gentlemanly charm, a calm, dignified demeanor and the most uncanny ability to remember people's names, he was gifted in the fine art of southern hospitality. As the weather warms, pay homage to Bucky with these tart, sweet cocktails 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z Adler’s anthology brims over with fierce delight and uncanny invention; the stories here vary in their effect nearly as much as Poe’s do. Dark Books for Dark Times 2019-10-18T04:00:00Z Sometimes the links are more uncanny, and take longer to form in your mind. ‘Here,' Richard McGuire’s New Graphic Novel 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z It’s uncanny how little Morris style has changed over the decades, and how subtly, disarmingly, truthful it remains. Review: Mark Morris’s New Pastoral Says Less Than Its Music 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z Mr. Barbosa’s use of photographs taken by Gabriel himself, and of passages from letters he wrote to his family in Brazil, heightens the uncanny sense of his simultaneous presence and absence. Review: In ‘Gabriel and the Mountain,’ Recalling a Tragic Adventure 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z There’s nothing wrong with using the game of exquisite corpse as a jumping-off point for hybridized, uncanny and just plain weird figure drawing. Art Review: ?Exquisite Corpses: Drawing and Disfiguration? at MoMA 2012-03-29T22:25:34Z Over time, I grew most interested in six American writers whose lives intersected in odd, sometimes uncanny ways. What drives writers to drink? 2013-07-27T23:05:00Z In the Schoenberg, the Berlin strings played with uncanny variety of color and articulation. Music Review: The Berlin Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall 2012-02-25T00:19:19Z As staged by Sellars, this wondrously mystical masterpiece became a profound and uncanny guide for the dying as they leave this world and prepare for the transcendent next. Worlds meet and worlds beyond at Ojai Music Festival 2016-06-14T04:00:00Z There’s something of Freud’s “uncanny” in clothing like overalls or a onesie that puts a pregnant woman in a toddler’s outfit. The Unbearable Cuteness of Maternity Overalls 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z It’s a tour de force of sympathetic scholarship, in which Olsen finds uncanny echoes of her own fiction in Davis’s life and work. Tillie Olsen Captured the Toll of Women’s Labor — on Their Lives and Art 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z The production, built around Mary Bridget Davies’s uncanny channeling of the 1960s diva’s spirit and sound, was to begin performances at the Gramercy Theater, following a short Broadway run that generated a fervent fan base. ArtsBeat: ‘A Night With Janis Joplin’ Cancels Off Broadway Run 2014-04-10T17:59:57Z Mr. Nyman stars as a skeptical expert in parapsychology who tells the audience about some of the uncanny stories in his research. New Plays Like ?The Little One? Put Scary Onstage 2010-06-26T02:39:00Z Another character, played by Robert Glenister, "bears uncanny similarities" to Andy Coulson, the former tabloid editor and Downing Street director of communications who was found guilty of conspiracy to hack phones. Warm reception for hacking play 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z Ghost looked both familiar and uncanny, making the kind of room many of us in Britain have grown up in, and continue to live in, appear suddenly alien and strange. Rachel Whiteread: Through the eyes of a child 2010-09-06T20:31:00Z They've been voted best live act in Bristol and we see no reason why they shouldn't become an enormous attraction in Britain's other major conurbations, and their appropriateness for festivals is quite uncanny. New band of the day: the Other Tribe (No 1,328) 2012-08-10T16:08:21Z This effect really is uncanny, like the moments in Beckett’s plays where characters suddenly but fleetingly suggest that they’re aware of the audience. Dance Review: Deborah Hay Dance Company at St. Mark’s Church 2012-12-01T00:48:25Z But as the sonic violence takes its toll on him, the film’s culture-clash humor gives way to an uncanny fuguelike seepage between reality and artifice. Movie Review: An Engineer’s Sonic Ordeals in ‘Berberian Sound Studio’ 2013-06-14T00:57:13Z It is to conceive and to compose, but not to listen to: these uncanny textures smother, ooze, and slide into your ears in those orchestral pieces, or the Requiem, or Lux Aeterna for 16 voices. A guide to György Ligeti's music 2012-08-27T12:11:24Z It’s more uncanny than that, and the result is, fittingly, more awkward. Middle school was hell. "PEN15" makes me (almost) want to go back 2019-03-02T05:00:00Z “It’s just so uncanny the way it got tapped into this administration, especially in 2016, when Trump was a candidate,” Mitchell says. No, that ‘Hadestown’ song isn’t really about Donald Trump 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z It also bore an uncanny resemblance to Sully – its face had the classic bone structure of a staffy, right down to the teeth, which were at that moment sinking themselves into my elbow. Experience: I was attacked by a seal 2016-04-01T04:00:00Z It is just as incorporeal, but there is something uncanny about the idea of organisms creating light, as if occult powers were at play. Exhibition Review: ?Creatures of Light? at American Museum of Natural History 2012-03-29T21:26:33Z But staring in the eyes of the feather-flecked annihilators here, adults may have a more uncanny feeling of identification with the beasts at the pinnacle of the food chain. T. Rex Like You Haven’t Seen Him: With Feathers 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z Poulenc wrote the French libretto, adapted from a play by Georges Bernanos, and his music is an uncanny balancing act: restrained yet lush, refined yet wrenching. Music Review: ‘Dialogues des Carmélites,’ at Metropolitan Opera 2013-05-06T22:35:02Z What follows here is little more than a list of some significant recent titles, so do visit the easily findable homepages of these publishers to learn more about what they offer aficionados of the uncanny. Michael Dirda on horror and specialty presses In the character’s later aria of fury, when she orders her daughter Pamina to kill the high priest Sarastro, Ms. Lewek handled the skittish runs and leaps to high F with uncanny ease and accuracy. Review: ‘The Magic Flute,’ Trimmed for Families at the Met Opera 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z An uncanny feeling took hold of 14-year-old Archie: This name, which he had no recollection of, he somehow knew to be his own. Archie Roach, Who Lived and Sang the Aboriginal Blues, Dies at 66 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z They are two syllables of rat-tat firing, evoking creepy animals, physical protrusions or uncanny powers. Museum Review: Mob Museum Opens in Las Vegas 2012-02-14T00:58:51Z Photograph: Natacha Pisarenko/AP The woman in the 1940s "stag" film being sold in Argentina last night bore an uncanny resemblance to the young Marilyn Monroe, but not enough to attract potential buyers. Marilyn Monroe 'sex tape' fails to sell at auction 2011-08-08T10:30:18Z The horror movie orchestral music cue that accompanies the appearance of the “Mr. Robot” logo in the credits completes the uncanny effect. ‘Mr. Robot’ Season 2, Episode 4: The Man in the Mask 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z Halpern’s pictures — of a shirtless, bearded man with a stone clenched in his closed eye, a curving stairway to nowhere — demonstrate that nothing is weirder than a straight photograph of an uncanny subject. Photographing Life as It’s Seen, Not Staged 2021-02-05T05:00:00Z It mirrors what's happening in the real world in an uncanny fashion. Rainn Wilson opens up about life, death, "Blackbird" and being "#blessed" 2020-09-18T04:00:00Z The story is haunting not because of any hint of the supernatural or the ghostly but because of its connection to the unconscious, to the notion of the uncanny—the alienation of the familiar. “Nancy” Reviewed: A Complex, Untapped Story of a Woman’s Desperate Hoax 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z His trips into a place where "into" is meaningless brought him to the attention of the local detective, Aschemann, who bore an uncanny resemblance to the older Albert Einstein, and his unnamed assistant. Empty Space: A Haunting by M John Harrison – review 2012-08-02T07:00:00Z Yet his versatility—an almost uncanny ability to instantly adapt to nearly any style—is, in the end, what made him so peerless. The Drummer Hal Blaine Provided the Beat for American Music 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z Or was he just a wise man with uncanny insights into our decadent age? Classic dystopian novels forecast a bleak future — soon 2014-03-28T20:10:55Z Specifically, Freud elaborated an ineffable quality that he termed the “unheimlich”—usually expressed in English as “uncanny.” The Age of Creepiness 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z He bears an uncanny resemblance to his grandfather and smiled for photo after photo with those who wanted to capture a connection to the past. ‘No one talks about that. No, no no!’ At a reunion of presidential descendants, don’t ask about Trump. 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z Mr. Tessier’s panels are also filled with uncanny details, like a woman with two left feet or a turtle being fished out of a hot tub. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z With uncanny timing, HBO’s lavish new Watchmen series arrives at a moment when comic-book movies are again in what you might call a decadent phase of the cycle. Auteurs assemble! What caused the superhero backlash? 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z "UH-OH: Frances Stark, 1991-2015," Hammer Museum: The enthralling survey of 125 of the L.A. artist's works — including drawings, collages, paintings, sculptures and video installations — focuses on her uncanny fusion of the analog and the virtual. The 10 best art exhibitions at L.A. museums in 2015 2015-12-12T05:00:00Z Williams, whom I watched first in rehearsal and then a few days later across that Spring Place table, is good-looking in a way that seems almost uncanny, with a grin that could melt permafrost. So Long, Medical Scrubs. Jesse Williams Is Ready to Play Ball. 2022-03-15T04:00:00Z The uncanny events that ensue could be explained — possibly — by a technological glitch. Can’t Sleep? Let Stephen King Keep You Company 2020-04-19T04:00:00Z And the wreckage is uncanny, sometimes lovely, often haunting. Museum Review: The Neon Museum in Las Vegas 2013-02-02T01:43:04Z The most atmospheric of these arrays feature Baltimore scenes by E. Brady Robinson, whose upward-gazing camera often lands on clouds, and uncanny nocturnes by Elena Volkova, who views light and shadow through a lens darkly. Review | In the galleries: Exploring the tension between physical and digital art 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z “It’s really kind of simple to hide behind Rambo or Rocky,” he said — and here he offered a quick and uncanny “How you doin’?,” something like an impression of an impression of his own acting. In ‘Tulsa King,’ Sylvester Stallone Tries Something New: Being Himself 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z Magazines like the Guide live or die by their ability to predict the future with uncanny accuracy. The Saturdays to go folk, and other pop culture punts 2011-01-01T00:07:01Z And it is uncanny when life imitates Hollywood. | 'Covert Affairs': USA?s ?Covert Affairs? Evokes a Cold War Feeling 2010-07-12T21:49:00Z “At Eternity’s Gate” is carried by its star, Willem Dafoe, whose gripping performance is aided by his uncanny resemblance to the artist. The Best Art of 2018 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z The visual effects, as have often been reported, plunge the movie into an uncanny valley of cat-human hybrids. Mission Impawsible: How Much ‘Cats’ Can a Person Take? 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z As they do in many of Edward Hopper’s paintings, old buildings in Evans’s pictures have an uncanny interiority, as if they were conscious beings. Art Review: Walker Evans’s ‘American Photographs,’ at MoMA 2013-07-18T20:50:03Z Mrs. Snyder displayed almost uncanny insight into the intellectual, emotional and imaginative lives of boys and girls, a perspective gained in part through her years as a schoolteacher. Zilpha Keatley Snyder, celebrated author of ‘The Egypt Game’ and other classics, dies An uncanny figure: Mark Williams as Father Brown in the new BBC1 series. Father Brown: the empathetic detective 2013-01-18T20:00:03Z His muted ochres, grays and powdery blues conjured up a still, timeless world inhabited by Platonic forms, recognizable but uncanny, in part because he painted from imagination rather than life. William Bailey, Modernist Figurative Painter, Dies at 89 2020-04-18T04:00:00Z Even in moments of chilling ferocity, there was uncanny transparency in the playing. Music Review: Vienna State Opera Presents ‘Wozzeck’ and ‘Salome’ 2014-03-02T17:51:50Z The old notion of dualism should be put aside, now that we know a little about the uncanny properties of the finer textures of the physical. Marilynne Robinson: Can science solve life's mysteries? 2010-06-04T23:06:00Z |
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