| 单词 | climactic |
| 例句 | As six o’clock and the start of the climactic race approached, the weather improved a bit more, though it continued to rain lightly and intermittently. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z And, like a grizzled extra scurrying out of the bar just before the climactic final shootout in a grade B Hollywood Western, Bud dropped a dollar onto the table and hurriedly split. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Protection . . .’” Across the street Mrs. Bidzikian sings the climactic three notes of the “Queen of the Night” aria from The Magic Flute. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Slowly and climactically, Powell and Donovan finished a graphic and resounding story. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z In any case, despite the anti- climactic results, the test results were interpreted by the AEC as validating Livermore’s role as the developer of “new ideas” in thermonuclear technology. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z On the morning of July 6, 1865, the clock began ticking on one of the most dramatic events in the history of Washington, the climactic event of the manhunt. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z What gives the three phrases their climactic force is actually a metrical effect. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Even so, I was looking forward to what I hoped would be a climactic amble. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z By this standard, Jefferson was a more reliable colleague than staunch Federalists who had been reluctant or merely peripheral participants in the climactic phase of the revolutionary drama. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z And a treat: For the climactic “Hallelujah” chorus, other Society members will join in remotely. Missing ‘The Nutcracker’? How to Get Your Holiday Fix at Home 2020-11-26T05:00:00Z Eventually Malachi’s world intersects with that of the teenagers, but the climax, such as it is, isn’t very climactic. Review: ‘Sunset Edge,’ Where Mysteries Lurk at an Abandoned Trailer Park 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z When the climactic slaughter arrives and men "sink limply to a heap", the reader is witnessing a senseless waste, not a necessary evil. The first world war's great novelist: David Jones 2011-02-04T13:58:23Z The climactic scene of this entertaining novel unfolds during a Loving Day festival marked by intolerance and a lack of understanding on all sides. Book Review: A gently funny exploration of biracial identity 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z In a scene from the 1997 film “Spice World,” the Spice Girls are rehearsing for the movie’s climactic performance at the Royal Albert Hall. Reconsidering the Spice Girls: How Manufactured Girl Power Became Real 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z “The richest 1 percent of this country owns half our country’s wealth, 5 trillion dollars,” he tells his protégé in a climactic scene. Bankers in movies and TV have gotten less evil — but more realistic 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z Instead, much of the play’s climactic conflict is centered on a jarring turn for a supporting character whose arc largely occurs offstage. Review | ‘Toni Stone’ takes some big swings in Arena Stage’s winning return to live theater 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z Much like his return to music, it was the climactic moment everyone was waiting for. D’Angelo and Jodeci: Two veteran R&B acts on different paths 2015-06-29T04:00:00Z Alas, she proves a minor character, and her camera doesn’t figure important in the story, as Andrew and Matt climactically reprise the two-man air battle from the end of the first Iron Man movie. Chronicle: It's Carrie Plus X-Men, With Found Footage 2012-02-02T16:41:05Z The difference in “The Witch” is that climactic combat concludes in midair climax, and that not everyone is cheering at such literal comeuppance. A “final girl” who gets to get off: “The Witch” proves nothing’s scarier than an unapologetically liberated young woman 2016-03-06T05:00:00Z Evan’s breakdown in the musical’s climactic aria, “Words Fail,” was so operatic in the theater that it unsettled the nerves. Perspective | Ben Platt’s seven-year journey with ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ has taken him from Arena Stage to Hollywood 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z That one of the climactic numbers in the 95-minute show, “Rita in the Mirror,” is here and gone in 16 bars, says something about the generally underweight character of the baker’s dozen songs. ‘Cake Off’: Signature’s new musical is lively, but not fully baked 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z Bush feels likewise, as much as he revels in seeding slivers of Saint-Saëns across an episode so that he can drop the big entry from that composer’s “Organ” Symphony at the climactic moment in “Calypso.” A Children’s Show About Everything, Especially Music 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z Mumford looked genuinely spent during the climactic romantic moments of “The Wolf,” as he wailed “ ’Cause you were all I ever longed for!” Review | The Mumfords rock out at Capital One Arena 2018-12-16T05:00:00Z There's a climactic reason for that choice of profession, but it comes at a cost. Sting's former self is at the center of 'Last Ship' 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z In addition, Quan provides the most crucial emotional core of the movie, and his climactic monologue in one of 2022's most powerful scenes continues to be quoted to death on film Twitter. Salon's totally (possibly) infallible Oscar predictions: Who will win? And who should win? 2023-03-11T05:00:00Z In one climactic scene in the movie, all of Margaret’s grandparents meet to lay claim to her religious convictions. ‘Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret’: Beloved, Banned and Finally Adapted 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z Especially that climactic scene — the one with all the staring. The Week Ahead: Mar. 27 ? April 2 2011-03-25T14:27:11Z Only the reliably excellent Ms. Day gives a truly distinguished performance, culminating in the wrenching delivery of Willa’s climactic speech about the loss of her daughter. | 'Oliver Parker!': Elizabeth Meriwether?s Dark New Comedy 2010-05-20T22:00:00Z The climactic gunfight, taking place in a church, is a showcase of their shared prowess, which blends together romance and death for a dark victory. Five Action Movies to Stream Now 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z But there’s always sugar in the shadows, even in that climactic fantasy sequence when Captain Hook materializes to tell Barrie to get in touch with his dark side. Review: ‘Finding Neverland,’ a Broadway Musical With Matthew Morrison 2015-04-15T04:00:00Z He had climactic controls in there and other innovations that have gone on to be super important. The 25 Most Significant Works of Postwar Architecture 2021-08-02T04:00:00Z Now, more than two decades since they danced the Electric Slide to Cameo’s “Candy” during the first film’s climactic reception scene, the ensemble is back together for another installment. A New ‘Best Man’ Gives Equal Time to the Women 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z Take the Arcade Fire-esque Better Days – from its opening flute-assisted folk through to a climactic barnstorming boogie, there is nothing remotely sepia or fading about it. Hidden treasures: The Apple Miner Colony – When the Morning Comes Home 2013-04-02T16:22:10Z In a climactic argument, the two guys debate what's best for her. Twilight: the franchise that ate feminism 2010-07-12T16:07:00Z Flynn’s combination of rapier dexterity and rapier wit is the main attraction here, giving the film a lightness and joy that is supported by studio artistry, like a climactic sword fight staged heavily in silhouette. 9 Great Olivia de Havilland Movies to Stream 2020-07-26T04:00:00Z It’s not clear what Scheib thinks the nature of the sickness is at the root of this Grail cult, so it’s not clear what Parsifal’s climactic redemption offers. Review: Wagner Would Have Liked AR, but Not This ‘Parsifal’ 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z Yes, when he gets onstage, he delivers a climactic moment of life-meets-art drama. “Birdman” Never Achieves Flight 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z But the legitimate release offers much better sound and contains the pièce de résistance: a climactic performance of “My Favorite Things,” the Richard Rodgers tune that Coltrane turned into a jazz classic in 1960. Coltrane’s Free Jazz Wasn’t Just “A Lot of Noise” 2014-11-10T05:00:00Z Some big climactic passages sounded cluttered and dense, like the episode where, in the original, the piano and orchestra join forces for a triumphant march rendition of the main theme. Music Review: Cyprien Katsaris at the International Keyboard Festival 2012-07-17T22:20:52Z The climactic scene of the opera, in which Akhnaten’s kingdom is overthrown, is particularly mesmerizing. How a Fast-Rising Opera Singer Prepared for Her Met Debut 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z Instead of a gradual off-screen development in the five years after The Snap, that point originally was set to happen during the climactic “Infinity War” battle. "Avengers: Endgame" writers aren’t crazy about bringing more multiverse stories to the MCU 2019-07-19T04:00:00Z As one said during a climactic sprint around the theater, “Our angers ricochet between us.” American Realness: Subversive, Crowded and Lit by Vital Sparks 2017-01-10T05:00:00Z As he settles on three likely culprits, “The Aleppo Codex” builds to a moral crescendo more impressive than the climactic fight scene in any thriller. ?People Who Eat Darkness?: The disappearing blonde 2012-05-20T21:00:00Z A tender encounter many years later poignantly counterpoints Rachel’s still-thorny relations with her son, and a final revelation provides Hoffman’s lavishly stuffed plot with a bravura climactic twist — facilitated by a dead woman, no less. Alice Hoffman’s compelling tale of the artist Camille Pissarro and his mother 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z With her climactic emotional speech this morning, Curry has completed the process of facing a humiliating trauma on camera. Ann Curry is not really sorry 2012-06-28T16:15:00Z Visitors flocked to Georgetown and in particular the long stone staircase where the film’s climactic scene takes place. William Peter Blatty, author of ‘The Exorcist,’ dies at 89 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z Despite an impeccable production directed by Scott Elliott, the play grinds through its glum, familiar paces without generating much dramatic heat or emotional resonance, notwithstanding a climactic outburst of violence. | 'Blood From a Stone': Discord Dished Up at Every Meal 2011-01-13T03:01:31Z But these climactic plot developments are thankfully not the focus of “AKA Smile.” ‘Jessica Jones’ Season 1 Finale: Doing Something Good 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z In his climactic rant near the end of the fire-breathing comic satire "God Bless America," Frank is an obvious mouthpiece for the film's writer and director, Bobcat Goldthwait. 'God Bless America': a killer satire from Bobcat Goldthwait 2012-06-28T20:45:05Z The band’s Saturday afternoon set was the climactic concert presented by this year’s Latin Alternative Music Conference, the 11th annual gathering for aficionados of music that’s much harder to classify or confine than to enjoy. Latin Alternative Music Conference?s Happy Fusion 2010-07-11T22:50:00Z The Hollywood rule book stipulates that the climactic sequence should involve the noisy destruction of a lot of buildings and an extended hand-to-hand fight between the good guy and the main villain. Review: ‘Star Trek Beyond’ Sticks to Its Brand. That’s Not Necessarily Bad. 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z The climactic frame of that story, with a wincing truck-face lying splintered on the ground, is one of the most disturbing in children's literature. The tyrannical world of Thomas the Tank Engine 2012-07-04T10:06:59Z Traditionally, big artists release big songs in hopes of a big album; radio plays and plays, stoking anticipation, and release dates are climactic as fans collectively dig down the single’s rabbit hole. Frank Ocean Is Making “Radio Pop,” at Last 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z “Dutchman” is a little high for Owens’s voice, as he’s the first to admit, and he opted not to sustain some of the role’s higher climactic notes. At WNO, strong ‘Dutchman’ cast makes up for production’s deficits 2015-03-08T05:00:00Z His solution to that climactic moment remains to be seen, though his comments emphasizing the theatricalized uses of Nuremberg by both Nazis and Allies may provide a hint. A ‘Gay Jewish Kangaroo’ Takes on Wagner at Bayreuth 2017-07-24T04:00:00Z June’s alter ego is the Enchantress, who plays an outsize role in the climactic battle. Review: ‘Suicide Squad’ Chases Nihilistic Swagger but Trips Over Its Own Feet 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z Clash in fact loom large over this film: they were the key to turbocharging RAR’s appeal and pulling in the thousands of kids to the final climactic concert. The best films of 2020 ... that you haven't seen 2020-12-29T05:00:00Z Daltrey spit out a mouthful of some liquid before absolutely roaring “Love!” during the climactic and cathartic coda of “Love Reign O’er Me.” Pete Townshend has a cold. But the Who still thrilled Verizon Center. 2016-03-25T04:00:00Z The work has its raucous moments, as in a climactic section, “The Lord Is Good,” in which grandeur melts into a smoothly integrated succession of references to mariachi melodies, pop songs and Chopin. A Dave Brubeck Cantata Boasts Star Soloists: His Sons 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z Even the climactic showdown — lately the dullest, noisiest, least imaginative part of any superhero movie — has a crazy, psychedelic intensity. ‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’ Review: A Fresh Take on a Venerable Hero 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z This was the original grand climactic comic book event, debuting a year before DC popped up with Crisis on Infinite Earths. Could Secret Wars be Marvel's next climactic superhero smackdown? 2020-06-08T04:00:00Z “They definitely never weighed in on content,” including the climactic fight between Rocky and Apollo Creed, Mr. Timbers said of MGM. Hollywood’s Big Bet on Broadway Adaptations 2013-08-01T12:00:07Z She's there at the centre of the climactic baptism scene, a nipper still in nappies, oblivious to the innovative cross-cutting going on all around her. Sofia Coppola on The Bling Ring: 'What these kids did really took ingenuity' 2013-07-04T19:00:00Z When I compose, I find myself returning to this tradition, particularly as it relates to creating musical drama without a Romantic sense of ebb and flow leading to a climactic moment. Nico Muhly on Why Choral Music Is Slow Food for the Soul 2017-04-01T04:00:00Z Indeed, this is the only kids' movie in history with a climactic scene involving male strippers clad in Australian cowboy outfits. For indie's Miguel Arteta an excellent, good move to make kids' film 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z The heroes of the film are the Ku Klux Klan who ride in at the appropriate climactic moment to save the day. Gone With the Wind and the damaging effect of Hollywood racism 2020-06-13T04:00:00Z This formal blending, pioneered in children’s books by Brian Selznick, is used only occasionally here, often during a climactic action scene. In Armand Baltazar’s ‘Timeless,’ People, Dinosaurs and Robots Co-Exist 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z An argument over style and substance erupts at a climactic point in “Beautiful Burnout,” a new play from Scotland about amateur boxers aiming for glory that opened on Tuesday night at St. Ann’s Warehouse. | 'Beautiful Burnout': Hoping to Punch a Path to Glory 2011-03-02T03:01:01Z The characters all collide in a public space in St Petersburg, and in the climactic final gambling scene, a tour de force of focused stagecraft and finely honed acting. The Queen of Spades – review 2012-06-14T18:34:49Z With its troubled protagonists and climactic matches, “The Queen’s Gambit” resembles other chess dramas. ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ Tries a Risky Play: Betting Chess Can Be Good TV 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z For that matter, the story, with its climactic showdown in Copenhagen, depends on the kind of expenditure that sends students scurrying for donations or grants or money-raising efforts that are themselves significant tests of imagination. “Pitch Perfect 2,” and Two Other Movies About Money 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z The first hour is a wintry talkathon, while the second — set a year later and concerning plans for a climactic castle siege — plays like the dreariest feudal heist movie until the swordplay starts. 'Last Knights' a pale 'Game of Thrones' wannabe 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z But pertinent details of her turbulent, often uprooted childhood are withheld until nearly the book's climactic account of a life-altering catharsis and spiritual awakening. 'The Receptionist:' an extra-literary education at The New Yorker 2012-07-03T21:01:06Z Either way, the film’s climactic reveal is regressive, treading the same ground as “High Tension” or “What Keeps You Alive.” ‘Alone With You’ Review: An Anniversary for One 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z He draws together its themes and characters into a satisfying whole during the climactic concert. Quartet – review 2013-01-06T00:08:41Z That unprecedented moment of public reckoning provides the film's climactic moment, a cathartic show of strength and unity. "Athlete A" is a fierce indictment of the gymnastics culture that enabled a predator 2020-06-24T04:00:00Z There are surges and digressions, including a caterwauling duet between drums and tenor, before the bracing last few minutes — a climactic resolution in which Mr. Malaby rightly seems to be screaming through his horn. Review: Tony Malaby, Weaving Spells With Paloma Recio 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z “Babylon” closes with a climactic party, with Blue holding the microphone and the crowd’s attention. What “Babylon” Captured About Racism and Reggae 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z Ms. Herzog, Ms. Baker and Mr. Karam do not write plays in which characters give long, lyrical speeches or engage in heated, climactic confrontations. Amy Herzog and Others Bring New Voices to Stage 2012-06-07T16:47:59Z In a climactic chase scene, White intercuts different Coleman performances, on trumpet and saxophone, with a hectic brevity that treats the jazz genius’s improvisations like actual movie music without betraying their originality. Ornette Coleman’s Inspired Soundtrack for “Who’s Crazy?” 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z Rabess has a gift for chemistry, and the chemistry between Jess and Josh is almost tangible; their eventual union is, well, climactic. They’re Political Adversaries, and They’re in Love 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z The group will be whittled down over the next few days to 10 finalists, who will compete in a climactic round Saturday in front of a paying audience. Placido Domingo kicks off Operalia, says he's up for L.A. Opera opener 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z Jonathan Wright Already screened in the US last month, the finale of Revolution arrives over here in a climactic double bill, which opens with Rachel holding the militia to grenade-based ransom. TV highlights 26/07/2013 2013-07-26T06:00:02Z The first season ended with a climactic competition: Pied Piper’s compression algorithm pitted against that of its rival. How “Silicon Valley” Nails Silicon Valley 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z Toss in a truly unsettling climactic reveal and a sort of reverse “Coraline” where Levi becomes unfamiliar to his own mother, and you’ve got the quintessential Halloween buffet. Invasion of the Memory Snatchers 2020-10-17T04:00:00Z And while it may appall you to thrill to the excruciating suspense of the climactic sequence, in which the Klan rides to the rescue, that’s as it should be. The New Season DVDs: New DVDs: ?Citizen Kane,? ?Going Places,? ?Birth of a Nation? 2011-09-18T00:13:03Z Peirce draws out the comeuppance, delaying Carrie’s climactic confrontation with her mother. Carrie: A Remake Not Worth the Blood or Bother 2013-10-18T21:34:26Z Both Bruckner’s symphony and “The Firebird” require a careful marshaling of forces so that the climactic moments late in the game really soar. Review: Under Salonen, the Philharmonia Orchestra Shines 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z A climactic twist — as in Noh drama — is that the central Madwoman is played by a man, a tenor. Dance Review: Mark Morris Presents Purcell and Britten at Tanglewood 2013-08-01T21:50:31Z The movie zips to a commonplace climactic set piece, with two admittedly nifty computer-generated monsters battling it out to decide the fate of humankind. Review: In ‘Venom,’ Tom Hardy as a Weirder-Than-Usual, Not-Quite Superhero 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z This puts “Black and Blue,” the climactic number, in a new context, or perhaps a clearer version of the original one. Review: ‘Ain’t Misbehavin’,’ Saving Its Love (and Pain) for You 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z We haven't seen the new "Transformers," but we know this: The climactic showdown between the good robots and bad robots happens downtown. Trash our city, please! 2011-04-06T23:41:00Z As his crew develops a new attack plan for the final climactic brawl, there’s something slightly more fulfilling about a strategy that’s evolved throughout the film. Battleship: More Fun Than a Board Game Blockbuster Has Any Right to Be 2012-05-17T15:11:50Z And all those climactic battle and processional scenes can feel a little like ersatz Shakespeare. ArtsBeat: London Theater Journal: Surprised by 'Betrayal' 2011-07-13T16:31:48Z She let the sun shine and the climactic vistas speak for themselves. Three L.A. cellists save the day with last-minute musical theatrics for the Phil 2018-01-21T05:00:00Z But in the end this Ring relies on the singers and the orchestra for climactic moments: memorable theatrical images are few and far between. Der Ring des Nibelungen - review 2013-06-24T10:32:45Z The climactic battle scenes are seemingly interminable; other episodes in imaginary realms are rigid, lumbering, and perfunctory. Review: What “Avengers: Endgame” Could Have Been 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z In this version the Nutcracker also grows up to partner her: in this climactic pas de deux four other men assist him in a vast and tiresome array of showy lifts, throws and catches. Critic’s Notebook: Three ‘Nutcrackers’ on one Sunday 2012-12-05T04:50:08Z In the movie’s climactic scene, Veronica looks on, deadpan, from the school’s front steps, as J.D. blows himself up, the cigarette she has placed in her mouth smoldering from the heat of the explosion. “Heathers” Blew Up the High-School Comedy 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z The climactic scenes involved shooting knee-deep in a freezing river for a week, with only a thin wetsuit under the actors' skimpy costumes. Kevin Macdonald: "I didn't understand Hollywood" 2011-03-17T21:30:00Z Particularly striking now is that climactic move, an audience-spanning screen that was closer than in Amsterdam — a low ceiling — and more immersive. Review: ‘Upload’ Asks Old Questions With New Technology 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z I prefer performances of this work in which the climactic outbursts emerge with more organic inevitability. 2010-02-11T08:29:00Z Daddy's heart will melt, redemption will result, father and son will bond like crazy, and thousands will cheer themselves hoarse as big fists fly furiously in the inevitable climactic fight. 'Real Steel': a future where robot boxing is king 2011-10-05T17:34:19Z Every character except for Venom/Brock is completely forgettable, the story is generic at best and quite messy at worst and the climactic battle scenes have foregone conclusions. Tom Hardy singlehandedly saves “Venom” from the trash pile of bad standalone superhero movies 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z In the bracing climactic stanza, he builds momentum while taking a wider view, explaining how the impossible beauty standards promoted by magazines prepare girls to be music consumers. On Comedy: Bo Burnham Releases His Comedy Special 2013-12-25T22:24:40Z They make the set pieces — especially the big climactic battle with the armies of monkeys — come to vivid, visible life. Theater Review: ‘Tender Napalm’ by Philip Ridley at 59E59 Theaters 2012-08-30T02:00:15Z Images of volcanic activity become more apocalyptic, and after the climactic devastation, the room’s panels open, and we face the darkened gallery of ghostly figures. Exhibition Review: When the Dead Arise and Head to Times Square 2011-03-03T23:15:11Z As Galantis, the duo takes current electronic-music tropes — thumping beats, climactic builds, even more climactic beat drops — and fuses them with their proven gifts for crafting ear worms. Pop & Rock Listings for Oct. 28-Nov. 3 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z And the climactic revelation of Boy’s true nature is a genuinely surprising twist. Fantasies for Young Readers, With an Eye on Today’s Fears and Divisions 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z Even when bringing affecting restraint to songs like Strauss’s “Morgen” or Debussy’s “Il pleure dans mon coeur,” she kept the operatic fervor stirring just below the surface, ready to unleash in climactic phrases. Its Musicians Are Out of Work, but the Met Is Streaming 2021-02-07T05:00:00Z But with “Donnybrook” — especially the climactic fight scene, complete with a redneck rendition of “The Star-Spangled Banner” — he risks instead the appearance of condescension to the very demographic he seeks to represent. ‘Donnybrook’ Review: Fighting for Survival in the Heartland 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z It’s a road movie as much as a precursor to the Netflix series GLOW, but the climactic bout is a corker. Why I, Tonya is a game changer in the world of female sports movies 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z The production will also serve as the climactic conclusion to the orchestra’s three-week “Lift Every Voice” series. A race-themed work not performed in L.A. for 67 years is back for a Black Lives Matter era 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z I've seen the movie three times, and it definitely delivers; Julianne Moore's climactic monologue about the difficulty of marriage made my wife totally bawl. Great Oscar debate: What is the real best picture? 2011-02-26T01:01:00Z Low is an expert at the rave-up, a song’s climactic breakdown into sheer, swaggering din. Everything about veteran indie-rock group Low is emotionally constrained 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z The chaos of the climactic minutes stands in brutal contrast to the decorum that has come before. ‘Peterloo’ Review: Political Violence of the Past Mirrors the Present 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z Who is the mysterious assassin, "Tiny Blair" in the climactic close of the episode. Is Mad Dogs barking up the right tree? 2011-02-17T12:56:10Z But not much more complex: the music remains innocuous and uneventful until the surge of the climactic event, what Mr. Hosokawa calls “the exit.” Music Review: Orchestral Extremes: From a Pizza Shop to Carnegie 2011-02-06T22:41:17Z Krasinski insists it’s that emotional core — rather than the jump scares or the explosive climactic showdown — that explains why audiences responded to “A Quiet Place” so strongly. Perspective | John Krasinski turned ‘A Quiet Place’ into a surprise hit. So how about an Oscar? 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z "I feel this is definitely the beginning of the end," Anderson said, cryptically, after he presented the trailer and a couple of minutes from a climactic fight scene involving Jovovich's character. Comic-Con: Niall Blomkamp's Elysium has epic written all over it 2012-07-14T15:36:41Z The best moments of all are ones in which Holiday’s singing dominates the screen: the sequence beginning at 4:20, and especially the climactic number, here starting at 8:30. Cultural Clicks: Benjamin Britten, Billie Holiday, and Bill Murray 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z And both feature a climactic chase through harsh but beautiful wilderness that Waite evokes with muscular prose. ‘The Carrion Birds’: battling for survival in the New Mexican wilderness 2013-04-11T20:42:50Z Similarly, Jason’s climactic battle with the demonic spirit of Tyrone, while hilariously performed by Mr. Boyer, concludes so gruesomely that the naughty but lively tone of the play almost curdles into something more disturbing. Theater Review: ?Hand to God,? by Robert Askins, at Ensemble Studio Theater 2011-11-12T00:45:29Z He was so adept at reproducing gore that Martin Scorsese had to lighten the color of the blood in the climactic shootout in “Taxi Driver.” Dick Smith, Oscar-winning master of movie makeup and special effects, dies at 92 If talk in Death Valley often concerns the weather, it’s because climactic conditions are crucial to understanding the place. It’s the Cool Season in Death Valley 2023-02-27T05:00:00Z In climactic moments, his focused sound penetrated the orchestra with vigor. Review: A Conductor Delivers a Magnificent ‘Parsifal’ at the Met 2018-02-06T05:00:00Z In this staging, a climactic aria for Aci becomes a veritable mad scene, which Ms. Braid delivered with unhinged intensity. Review: A Baroque Opera Muddies Lines Between Him and Her 2017-07-14T04:00:00Z You can imagine the moving monologues, stirring orchestral score, the climactic courtroom scene, but Nichols is not that sort of film-maker. Jeff Nichols on Loving: 'You can't grow up in the American south and not confront race issues' 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z It’s a hymnlike song that welcomed a backup choir and a big buildup on the way to a climactic, “Someday we’ll all be free.” The Best and Worst of the 2021 Grammy Awards 2021-03-15T04:00:00Z With direction this desultory, even climactic outbursts play like shrugs. ‘What Comes Around’ Review: A Triangle of Power Dynamics 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z Indeed, despite numerous affronts to the patriarchal order, it is the climactic food fight that seems to have most offended Czech government officials. ‘Daisies’: Two Wild and Crazy Gals 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z After a climactic, rousing end, I debriefed several audience members, who were uniformly thrilled with the show. Admit One: ‘Here Lies Love’ and the Era of Audience Participation 2013-07-11T21:22:46Z The closing sequence of grabs and throws should've been climactic and bone shaking, but it actually deflated every bit of tension that had built up to that point. Stepping, samba and more damaged goods on "SYTYCD" 2010-07-22T12:01:00Z Many great numbers were lost in the process; the climactic “My Heart Is So Full of You,” for instance, emerged as a few wisps of melody dispersing in the night air. Review: ‘The Most Happy Fella,’ Sliced, Diced and None Too Pleased 2021-08-08T04:00:00Z And her climactic meltdown, “Last Midnight,” is a vocal and dramatic tour de force. ‘Into the Woods,’ Disney’s Take on the Sondheim-Lapine Classic 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z Even knowing the text well, I found myself rapt, particularly in the lead-up to Odysseus’s climactic vengeance on the suitors. Review | The first English translation of ‘The Odyssey’ by a woman was worth the wait 2017-11-16T05:00:00Z Or, worse, it’s softened by appearances by the Bloch’s youngest son, who routinely arrives to make groan-worthy half-poignant utterances at climactic moments. Jonathan Safran Foer’s ‘Here I Am’ chronicles troubles at home and abroad 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z Wiesel spent much of the play cajoling and counseling Madoff, building up to a climactic moment in which the treacherous investor considered confessing his deceit to his wise and kindly companion. Deborah Margolin?s Madoff Play, Now Without Wiesel 2010-07-20T00:39:00Z The climactic scene, in which Kai and his nemesis don cowboy scarves to conduct a duel, is an homage to Sergio Leone that is both intense and tongue-in-cheek. Gael García Bernal: ‘I feel hopeful and naively optimistic for the future’ 2015-06-07T04:00:00Z The winner, though, would be Paget’s depiction of the climactic moment, in “The Final Problem,” when Holmes grapples with Professor James Moriarty on a mountain path high above the swirling waters of the Reichenbach Falls. Review | The enduring fascination with Sherlock Holmes: It’s elementary. 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z Luckily, they had Frances McDormand there to create a climactic moment: She let out a guttural wolf howl before the group walked offstage. The Best and Worst Moments of the 2021 Oscars 2021-04-26T04:00:00Z The climactic fight arrives on a tide of feelings and ends with a flood of tears. ‘Creed II’ Review: A Poignant Boxing Movie Blends Old and New 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z Compare his visual realization of the wormhole and of a later trip through an even more menacing outer-space environment with Stanley Kubrick’s depiction of Bowman’s climactic journey through the Star Gate, in “2001.” “Interstellar” Is a Flowery Greeting Card 2014-11-07T05:00:00Z In the reenactments of climactic scenes from "The God of Vengeance," the brilliance of Asch's work is assumed rather than manifested. 'Indecent' is a moving reminder of art's power to expose truths 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z When distended and redistributed by the ambisonic speaker system, these brought across a nightmarish, climactic power similar to that of the film’s final shots. Review: A ‘Lost Highway’ Suite Refracts David Lynch 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z Its climactic drama glances off a theme from “Moonlight,” the torment of repressed homosexual desire and of the need to prove straightness to straight males by means of violence. Highlights from the 2017 Sundance Film Festival 2017-01-25T05:00:00Z There's a gradual accumulation of protracted dissonances and a weird, climactic double-bass solo, in which time and rhythm seem to stand still amid a sequence of throbs in the instrument's highest registers. LA Phil/Dudamel – review 2013-03-18T12:43:41Z Though there are times when the movie turns into a congested mess, as in a climactic battle that washes the screen in gray, there are moments when you also see a quieter, less industrial production. | 'The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader': Enchanted Realm, Aquatic View 2010-12-10T05:23:00Z The movie’s climactic inspiration is to use the gleaming Deco spire of the Chrysler Building, just a block away, to conduct electricity back to the Tesseract. Marvel's The Avengers: A Superhero Roundup That's Almost Super 2012-04-25T12:25:56Z Amina’s climactic sleepwalking scene requires both delicate lyricism and daring coloratura agility; Ms. Park had both. Review: Bellini’s ‘La Sonnambula,’ Sung by Promising Young Voices 2016-02-10T05:00:00Z The climactic Miss Pretty Girl International Beauty Contest, an annual event that is also a debating match, makes the same case for unity. Review | ‘Popisho’ imagines a magical realm teeming with memorable characters 2021-05-03T04:00:00Z She impressed the judges by performing the climactic moment from Gounod’s rarity “Sapho,” in which the heroine hits a high B flat right before she commits suicide by jumping into the ocean. George London Awards Given to Six Young Singers 2018-02-18T05:00:00Z A climactic scene involving a fire is not yet convincingly staged. ‘The Outsiders’ Review: Growing Pains Both Brutal and Poetic 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z Where the production gets more specific is in its departures from the libretto: its absence of caricature and villainy, its climactic dance of death instead a scene of stillness and life continuing in agony. Review: Two Sopranos Make an ‘Elektra’ Both Mythic and Human 2022-04-03T04:00:00Z But it is the nobility of the slow movement’s three-note pattern, which expands and contracts as necessary, where Reich reaches a quiet yet climactic sublimity. Steve Reich at 80, his finger on the pulse of a bewildered country 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z Yet “God and Guns” is nearly impossible to turn away from, thanks to the record’s cocky delivery, its coolly malevolent rhythm, and its climactic, almost-metal guitar crunch. The Awkward, Enduring Influence of Hank Williams, Jr. 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z In the novel, a climactic bout takes place between Billy Tully, an aging contender making another stab at the big time, and a Mexican fighter named Lucero. In California, Finding ‘Fat City’ With the Man Who Wrote It 2017-05-30T04:00:00Z And in this moment he's guiding them in a scene that involves a climactic moment to the storyline about classified documents. Aaron Sorkin signs off from TV ... maybe 2014-11-08T05:00:00Z A climactic depiction, in an archival photo, of the original “Star Trek” cast pushes in the knife of nostalgia and gives it a poignant twist. A Quasi-American “Star Trek Beyond” 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z In the climactic scene, the Burnett home becomes the site of a home invasion led by two bogus teenage thugs. | 'The Family Tree': ?The Family Tree? Directed by Vivi Friedman - Review 2011-08-25T22:43:48Z Nothing prepares you for the climactic plot twist precisely because nothing here adds up. Collection of scenes in 'Private Number' don't add up 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z And then there are the stage numbers: colorful and gymnastic, sometimes evoking cheerleading routines, but as loud, glittery and antiseptic as the host city of the climactic dance-off. Review: ‘ABCD 2,’ TV Dance Stars Try to Rebuild Their Team and Reputation 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z The long final section, “The Death of Death,” concerns the events of a single climactic day. Review | George Romero’s posthumous epic, ‘The Living Dead,’ reads like a definitive account of the zombie apocalypse 2020-09-02T04:00:00Z In retrospect, that was an obvious setup for a climactic reunion, one that far outshined the new music that 50 Cent performed to an almost total lack of interest. Old Guard Returns for Hot 97 Summer Jam 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z There are plenty of tender moments in the box set, too, including a moving acoustic version of “Good Night,” with Ringo Starr and his bandmates singing the album’s climactic song in gentle harmony. The Beatles’ new remixed White Album box set is a marvel 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z Luqmaan-Harris is memorable in the moving role of Penny, though she underplays her climactic moment in Part 3. Suzan-Lori Parks' 'Father Comes Home From the Wars' is an entrancingly intimate drama 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z If stories need conflicts, as Wolf suggests, the climactic ones here — a bout in the ring, the inevitable custody battle — ultimately feel manufactured and somewhat beside the point. ‘Wolf Play’ Review: What Keeps a Family From Falling to Pieces? 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z With my wedding, I would get the opportunity to costume and set-dress the climactic scene to my very own redemption tale. Modern Love: Finding Marriage Without Losing a Self 2010-06-24T21:06:00Z And this time, instead of a cataclysmic battle to save the world, the climactic showdown takes place among a little girl’s play set. Paul Rudd 'Never Imagined' Starring in a Marvel Film 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z Additionally, a climactic big-reveal moment too closely echoes a certain classic movie. Standout plays at this year’s Contemporary American Theater Festival: The list 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z In “Bruised,” however, that scene is not nearly as climactic, but rather cut short and interrupted by the larger story line in which Jackie’s son returns. Halle Berry’s Fight for the Director’s Chair 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z It was quite possible to buy the idea of the Schoenberg pieces making up a kind of opening movement, with the Webern the pensive, tense interlude, and the Berg the climactic, more rhythmically driven finale. Berlin Philharmonic/Rattle 2010-09-05T16:05:00Z The climactic section of this show — entitled "Steppin' Out of the Shadows" and featuring every imaginable piece of physical shtick — feels like "Show Off" from "The Drowsy Chaperone," only without the self-deprecation. Without a real killer, this 'Murder' a misdemeanor 2011-05-17T21:08:00Z “The characters are nervous, insecure and acutely self-conscious. Even in the climactic comic set piece of sustained, high-velocity banter, the rat-a-tat-tat dialogue is tense and seamed with hostility, suspicion and hidden agendas.” What’s on TV Tuesday: ‘New Girl’ and ‘Mistress America’ 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z Arcade Fire sets pop distractions aside for the album’s climactic song, “We Don’t Deserve Love.” On Arcade Fire’s ‘Everything Now,’ Pop Can Reach Deep 2017-07-26T04:00:00Z And in the climactic moment, her ability to appeal to Namor's desire to honor his mother saves both of their people from mutual destruction. "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" earns its inheritance by embracing loss and matriarchal power 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z Nilsson is seen singing Brünnhilde’s climactic monologue in “Götterdämmerung.” A Tale of Two Sopranos: Astrid Varnay and Birgit Nilsson 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z The Russian chorus files in and then, in a climactic moment, surrounds the audience. ‘The Murder of Crows’ at Park Avenue Armory 2012-08-09T15:11:07Z He recalls standing as a helpless witness at the centre of the climactic battle that took place in the caves around an extinct volcano, a Kanak holy ground where the rebels set up their headquarters. Rebellion – review 2013-04-20T23:05:32Z With just 13 episodes remaining — seven this season and six the next — this sprawling fantasy epic has entered its climactic stretch. Lena Headey, Cersei in ‘Game of Thrones,’ Has Her Own Power Moves 2017-07-05T04:00:00Z Mr. Perkins was in New York rehearsing for a Broadway show, so Ms. Epper donned Norman’s unbecoming dress and wig for the climactic scene. 5 ‘Psycho’ Surprises: Inside the Most Familiar Scene in Movies 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z Strangely, the climactic tournament doesn't have the, uh, kick of the first movie. 'The Karate Kid': Chan-Smith version has kick 2010-06-10T17:12:00Z Richard remembers the climactic events of the film differently than the rest of the people I spoke to. Welcome to "Narrowsburg," a tiny town conned out of its Hollywood dreams 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z On Thursday, it was good to see Mr. Lepage’s climactic stage effect the way he conceived it–an impressive, if somewhat cumbersome, theatrical feat. The Gods Get Their Bridge at 'Rheingold' 2010-10-01T05:03:00Z Or one who, in a climactic battle, will hand a fellow combatant a welcome hair thingy to pull back her tresses. "Birds of Prey" is a fantabulous, feminist grenade 2020-02-08T05:00:00Z Connecting the dots of culpability among these folks is a laborious process, with the kind of climactic coming-together that figures in Shakespeare comedies. Review: ‘The Whirligig’ Is a Feast for Actors, by a Knowing Chef 2017-05-21T04:00:00Z It seems hardly surprising that, having removed the climactic moment, the process loses some of its allure, but maybe I’m just selfish! I’ve faked every one of my orgasms over the past four years | Dear Mariella 2020-04-19T04:00:00Z I stayed for Sanford’s entire set before watching the Momenta players handle the climactic, interlocking figures from Singleton’s third quartet with an acrobatic ease; after that, they brought Romantic feeling to the fourth. Long Play Rises to the Top of New York Classical Music Festivals 2023-05-08T04:00:00Z As he threw his head back and opened his arms for the climactic utterance of the name "Wälse", it was as if Wagner had found his ideal Siegmund. Proms 14 & 15: Das Rheingold/Die Walküre – review 2013-07-27T23:07:04Z Yet there’s a climactic touch: a takeoff on the visionary mega-gravitational deformations of “2001,” which, though much briefer than Kubrick’s sequence, delivers an astonishment that’s no mere parody but a worthy successor. "Ant-Man" Is a Superhero Movie for Skeptics 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z Sally Albright takes everything personally, and it’s what is so wonderful about her, and not just because Harry says as much in the climactic speech you hate so much. Nora’s brand new world for women 2012-06-27T19:36:00Z Unlike in seasons one and two, there is no climactic mission, no violent resolution or reveal. The Americans Watch: The Evil Empire Strikes Home 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z Kate Winslet admitted this week that in the climactic scene, her co-star, Leonardo DiCaprio, could have fitted on that raft after all, meaning his character Jack Dawson shivered to death in the Atlantic unnecessarily. 10 film plot holes that need some explaining... 2016-02-07T05:00:00Z So writing that climactic marital row scene was one of the most difficult things I’ve ever done; 30 pages, without being boring, in one single room is tough. Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke: how we made the Before Sunrise trilogy 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z The interminable, climactic fight scene itself is engineered to give us time to admire the work of the location scout who found just the right setting to maximize the Grimm business. In Hanna, Saoirse Ronan and Cate Blanchett Put a Feminine Twist on the Bourne Formula 2011-04-07T09:20:00Z “I hope this is a climactic step,” Mr. Fletcher said from Aspen on Tuesday. Aspen Music Festival?s Board Leader Is Voted Out 2010-06-09T00:13:00Z And after the climactic scene and then the curtain, Mr. Zajac was, as always, waiting in the wings, stage left. The Choreographed Cacophony of ‘Ferryman’ 2019-01-04T05:00:00Z Meckler's version may not supplant that in my affections, but it is mature, wise and, in the climactic reconciliation, achieves a heart-stopping magic. All's Well That Ends Well – review 2013-07-26T16:24:00Z The climactic performance of the tragedy now called “Romeo and Juliet” elicits the response “A hit! A palpable hit!” ‘Shakespeare in Love: The Play,’ in London 2014-07-23T04:00:00Z As the concert drew to a close, the aisles filled up with a chorus of young, black-clad Broadway performers joining to sing “Sunday,” the climactic anthem from “Sunday in the Park With George.” Music Review | 'Sondheim: The Birthday Concert': A Little Birthday Music for Sondheim 2010-03-16T19:50:00Z However, for the climactic ballroom scene, she is transformed with a pretty dress. Beauty and the Beast: feminist or fraud? 2017-03-19T04:00:00Z Isolde speaks of the feeling of disappearing as she gets older, and in the play’s climactic scene, she announces simply, “I don’t exist.” Theater Review: Richard Maxwell’s ‘Isolde’ Explores Primal Instincts 2014-04-13T22:03:33Z The writers should have thought twice about her climactic revenge-versus-justice speech: this is a character who begs to end her quest as unrepentantly vengeful as when she began. | 'The Sicilian Girl': Fictional Account of Mafia Events in Italy 2010-08-03T22:45:00Z But never fear; when the big climactic battle finally arrives, it’s an absolute barnburner, a 30-plus-minutes buffet of action, bloodshed and dark humor that winds things up on a satisfying note. ‘Raw,’ ‘Monogamy’ and Other Streaming Gems 2021-10-25T04:00:00Z A young chef catches her eye and helps her rediscover the woman she used to be, inspiring a climactic departure of operatic proportions. 5 great movies about troubled marriages 2012-08-10T04:16:04Z Though their climactic confrontation is terrifyingly violent, it is also tender. | 'Warrior': ?Warrior,? Directed by Gavin O?Connor - Review 2011-09-08T16:26:17Z Yes, Will’s climactic act of heroic vigilantism involves him burning down a Harlem warehouse where the Klan is manufacturing mesmerizing films meant to incite black people to mass violence. HBO's "Watchmen" trolls history and heroic whiteness in the most extraordinary episode yet 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z The real point was that climactic phone call, “the call I’ve been waiting my whole life for,” as Ms. Naylor put it. Television Review: Electric Barbarellas Morph Into the Alectrix on MTV 2013-06-03T21:04:55Z I put back his climactic aria in Act III; I think that the biggest difference between 1986 and this adaptation is the way Act III builds to a crisis. Cuts, Big and Small, Transform Leonard Bernstein’s Final Opera 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z But in a real church, with the power of the Cathedral Choral Society resonating through the space, this chorus was suddenly the climactic moment it is called on to be. Two contrasting concerts show best face of D.C. choral scene 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z I can’t say any more about this climactic sequence, or the sublimely witty coda that follows, without violating the Brown code of omerta. Review: Being Brainwashed Into Joy in Derren Brown’s ‘Secret’ 2019-09-15T04:00:00Z Every role is significant in an opera so rich with ensembles, including a climactic Act I sextet almost as memorable as the enduring sextet from Donizetti’s “Lucia di Lammermoor,” and more contrapuntally intricate. The Metropolitan Opera Performs Donizetti?s ?Anna Bolena? 2011-09-27T12:51:23Z But no one will stop to think about it when Cher, clad goddess-like in white with platinum hair, descends from her helicopter to join a climactic party in progress. ‘Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again’ Review: A Pop Sequel With Pep 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z Yes, we do eventually arrive a climactic showdown between the two central contestants, representing their opposite moral poles. Theater Review: ‘Stop Hitting Yourself,’ a Riff on Excess, at Lincoln Center 2014-01-28T03:00:01Z And Leibowitz’s big number about the power of money summons the “Chicago” lawyer Billy Flynn’s show stopper, “Razzle Dazzle,” right down a climactic shower of glitter. Theater Review | 'The Scottsboro Boys': Kander and Ebb Revisit an Infamous Case 2010-03-11T05:17:00Z Past season finales have ended with climactic moments, whether it’s the whole staff leaving to open a new agency or Don proposing to Megan. ArtsBeat: The 'Mad Men' Season Finale: Series Creator Matthew Weiner Discusses 'The Phantom' 2012-06-11T18:58:07Z But some of the climactic turns seem to follow the kind of narrative rules that this film, and this filmmaker, have otherwise defied. ‘Night Moves’ Tracks Three Eco-Terrorists in Oregon 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z At some point, you’ll probably be able to see photographs or a film of this climactic moment. Review: Conjuring the Ghosts of Theater Past in ‘A Pink Chair’ 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z And for a climactic moment near the end of the fight where his mask flew off and I had to shoot a glowing red blob on his back. Q: What do Skyfall, The Dark Knight Rises and a hamburger have in common? A: See below 2012-12-09T19:59:01Z In the climactic scene of “The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst,” he could be heard in a bathroom muttering: “What the hell did I do? Killed them all, of course.” Prosecutor exposes lies, questions Durst’s credibility 2021-08-17T04:00:00Z Birth not only taught moviegoers how to react to film narrative but what to think about blacks — and, in the climactic ride of hooded horsemen to avenge their honor, what to do to them. Madea Meets the Ku Klux Klan 2011-11-17T15:13:07Z And then, for too much of this climactic scene, there’s the absence of the play’s most entertaining character — Mr. Davis’s friendly, admonishing ghost. | 'Black Tie': Patrician Clan That Clings to Its Foibles 2011-02-09T03:01:04Z Later the climactic crisis raises the specter either of Samantha going to jail or the friends having to fly home in coach, and it’s not altogether clear which prospect they regard as more dreadful. | 'Sex and the City 2': Sarah Jessica Parker, Flying Down to Abu Dhabi 2010-05-26T20:10:00Z When any library is destroyed, a climactic era in the life of its community is blotted out of memory. Germaine Greer: Reading rooms are an oasis 2010-09-05T21:29:00Z Those Tony-winning performances have led us to expect a climactic, blistering eruption, and Ms. Jones doesn’t disappoint here. ‘When We Were Young and Unafraid,’ With Cherry Jones 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z She described how they left together shortly before the end in Washington, missing the climactic aria for the character called Mother Chen. A Soldier Died After Racist Hazing. Now His Story Is an Opera. 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z But the conductor’s steadfast refusal to linger robbed key moments of grandeur, most crucially the magical lead-in to the finale’s main theme and the climactic brass chorale. Pianist and conductor diverge, clash during their BSO debuts 2017-01-22T05:00:00Z The climactic three-way — one of Rossini’s most inspired, shape-shifting ensembles, with lines tumbling over one another like lovers — throws off genuine sparks. Review: In ‘Le Comte Ory,’ a Salacious Rossini Comes Through 2016-06-05T04:00:00Z All this makes the climactic scene, with Philip, Gregory, and Elizabeth together, impressively complex and sad. The Americans Watch: The Commitments 2013-04-11T14:14:20Z But don’t worry; if for some reason the drawn-out and incoherent battle scenes are what you liked about the earlier films, the climactic one here is still both of those things. Review: Transformers Get Arthurian in ‘The Last Knight’ 2017-06-20T04:00:00Z “The School of Athens,” the most celebrated work in the Stanze, has the propulsive tension of a film paused at its climactic scene. In the Virtual (and Actual) Footsteps of Raphael 2020-08-18T04:00:00Z Engineered to entertain, “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” may be awkwardly named, but almost everything else about it is generally easygoing, including the inevitable climactic action and the human and digitally assisted performances. Looking Apocalypse in the Eye 2011-08-04T14:59:55Z Yet there was electricity in the work’s mutability, right up through the finale, when she emerged from a gyrating, climactic encounter with a chair to calmly wish us a pleasurable evening. Review: ‘69 positions’ Explores the Sexual Politics in Performance 2016-01-18T05:00:00Z A climactic moment at a party involving Allison’s and Daniel’s sobriety is so bizarre and overwrought, you might find yourself shocked to learn it’s not a dream sequence. ‘A Good Person’ Review: Zach Braff’s New Chapter 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z But there was a palpable sense that this time the pieces are being arranged for what will be the story’s climactic clash for the Iron Throne. 'Game of Thrones' Season 5 Premiere Recap: Stannis Emerging, Tyrion Unboxed 2015-04-12T04:00:00Z That climactic moment is conducted entirely in the twin’s secret language, a kind of pig Latin. Jack and Jill: What An Awful Drag 2011-11-10T20:33:21Z But the parents laughed at all the sight gags — not polite laughs manufactured for needy writers, but genuine guffaws, particularly at the climactic scene in which Teddy’s stuffed-elephant pal wears underwear on his head. Perspective | Book readings can be a drag — unless you’re a children’s author 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z And by a cruel twist of fate, Eric had to rehearse the climactic scene of the Edmund subplot toward the end of the day, at exactly the time of the big match. Learning 'Lear': Torn Between Soccer and Shakespeare 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z In the great, climactic scene of Devereaux and Simone, a bloody post-mortem of a dead love, he admits to his addiction. Starring Depardieu as D.S.K. 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z At a crucial, climactic moment — a scene in a suite at the Plaza Hotel — the director mutes his irrepressible, circus ringmaster showmanship and plunges into undiluted melodrama. Movie Review: ‘The Great Gatsby,’ Interpreted by Baz Luhrmann 2013-05-09T12:00:01Z Many of the tricks, too, are familiar, including the priceless segment in which Teller swallows one sewing needle after another, and Penn’s climactic fire-eating routine. Review: ‘Penn & Teller on Broadway’ Explores the Illusions of Technology 2015-07-12T04:00:00Z When she sings the climactic title song, shortly after having an abortion, she makes it clear that while she may be shaken, she’s going to soldier on. ‘Cabaret’ and ‘Hedwig’ Get Tougher Onstage 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z The climactic sequence, with a thousand candles floating through the night sky is a visual coup worthy of the great Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki. Video: 3-D Movies Are Taking a New Path 2011-09-09T15:00:00Z In last year’s thriller “The Girl on the Train” — spoiler alert — gaslighting was an essential part of the film’s climactic plot twist. What we talk about when we talk about Donald Trump and ‘gaslighting’ 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z The climactic scenes aim for — and very nearly achieve — the kind of old-fashioned sublimity that packs wonder, terror and slack-jawed admiration into a single sensation. ‘Nope’ Review: Hell Yes 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z The details of the tale — and the climactic revelation — are fairly predictable, but the real pleasures of “Neelavelicham” are in the genre atmospherics. Five International Movies to Stream Now 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z Both productions, interestingly, bring cheers at that climactic moment when Benedick “stops” Beatrice’s mouth with a kiss, a testament to “Much Ado”’s buoyancy, whatever the context. London Theater: Divergent Takes on 'Much Ado' 2011-06-07T13:00:06Z It appears that the scene they’ll be shooting together the next day will be climactic in more ways than one. ‘The Money Shot,’ by Neil LaBute, Satirizes Hollywood 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z Her climactic solo of reckoning, “Pink,” is a knockout. Review: ‘War Paint’ Recalls Two Cosmetics Titans 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z This special was filmed last August, but the climactic segment about being arrested on stupid charges takes on additional resonance right now. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z In a climactic scene that has the tone of a subdued bedroom farce, the out-of-town guests, nosy immigration officials and cheating lovers all collide. ‘Chinese Puzzle,’ a Comedy Directed by Cedric Klapisch 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z As he pieced the record together, Pizzorno was inspired by "the drop" - the climactic build and release of tension employed by dance music. Think Pink: Kasabian annotate their album artwork 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z I don’t just mean that their pleasures seem more routine than revelatory, or that they feature climactic scenes so similar as to be almost identical. Even Superheroes Punch the Clock 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z But Man 2 comes back as well, creating a climactic triangle of the woman caught between one man arguing “She is mine! I am hers!” while the other cries “I am hers! She is mine!” Review: A New Opera Pays Poetic Tribute to the Creative Process 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z Lloyd, a tenor saxophone luminary and National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master, maintains Zen-like control, whether searing through a climactic solo or playing a smoothly searching melody at medium tempo. 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z The evening’s coup was his stirring reinvention of “Sunday,” the climactic song from “Sunday in the Park With George,” as a church anthem, which he delivered flanked by the Broadway Inspirational Voices. Billy Porter Opens the American Songbook Series 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z The craven community is persuasively created, the stages through which the atrocity escalates are convincingly handled and the climactic killing is almost unwatchable in its intensity. The Stoning of Soraya M ? review 2010-10-16T23:06:00Z The climactic sequence of his “Fast Five” involved a preposterous scene in which racecars towed a giant bank vault through the streets at high speed. Movie Review: ‘Fast & Furious 6,’ With Vin Diesel and Dwayne Johnson 2013-05-23T23:07:53Z What they ultimately conjured, piece by piece, reaches a crescendo in a climactic rendition of “Over the Rainbow.” Zellweger on her empathy and adoration for Judy Garland 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z What’s more surprising is how moving the production becomes when the play’s titular errors begin to correct themselves, in the climactic scene in which the two sets of twins finally meet. Review: A ‘Comedy of Errors’ That Never Stands Still 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z After the show’s climactic shouts of “MOVE! THAT! BUS!,” Perspective | All those reality shows you loved about people’s weight, marriage and kids? They’re back — and nicer. 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z And yet it is his climactic monologue — an uproar of grief, loneliness and heartbreak late in the opera — that is the work’s emotional core. In ‘Don Carlo’ Productions, Singers Tease Out a King’s Humanity 2015-04-21T04:00:00Z The episode’s climactic scene, right before Parks refuses to give up her seat, is so affecting because Graham must confront the racial privilege he was born with and a history of injustice that precedes him. “See You Yesterday” and the Perils—and Promise—of Time-Travelling While Black 2019-05-27T04:00:00Z Yes, there are still robot fights on the planet Cybertron, along with climactic action sequences with the fate of the world on the line. ‘Bumblebee’ Through the Eyes of an Animator 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z Over the course of its two-hour running time, the film somehow maintains the high-wire act, never visibly cutting away until the climactic final moments. 'Birdman' creators on rehearsing the labyrinth-like film 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z In a climactic moment at the end of the first episode, Galadriel chooses not to join her comrades, and instead jumps off their boat before the light transports them. ‘The Rings of Power’ Premiere Recap: All is Not Calm in Middle-Earth 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z Toy Story 3's second place came thanks to the climactic scene in which Woody and the toys hold hands in expectation of imminent death by garbage furnace. ET finale voted most powerful cinematic moment 2011-03-07T16:48:16Z I’m part of a film crew shooting the climactic scene of the first US film I’ve written, Corporate Animals. 'Peep Show with female losers? Bring it on!' – Sam Bain on why comedy needs diversity 2019-05-25T04:00:00Z His reprise of the climactic Thanksgiving dinner with Nola and her lovers is more playful and ambitious, as if he’s nudging his younger self across the decades: Can you do this, kid? Review: ‘She’s Gotta Have It’ on Netflix Is a Bold Reboot From Spike Lee 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z Cain had nothing but the climactic chorus when he brought the stub of a song to Perry and guitarist Neal Schon, and they worked together on how to get to that moment. Don't Stop Believin': the power ballad that refused to die 2010-12-16T22:14:01Z After the vicarious physical workout provided by the climactic chase sequences, I had built up an appetite for a hearty dinner after the show. | London Theater Journal: Revenge Served Sticky, and Cleanly Staged Comedy 2012-02-07T16:07:11Z After what amounts to a slow “alap” development section familiar from some raga styles, we get a climactic whirlwind tour through Greenwood’s overarching melodic design. Jonny Greenwood: First Radiohead, Now Orchestras and Film 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z Seriously: you must sit through all of the end credits before learning whether man or beast wins the climactic battle. The Grey: Wolves Near a Plane 2012-01-26T21:15:21Z That is just part of the dozen songs weaved together in the climactic dance scene in director David O. Russell's Oscar-nominated film "Silver Linings Playbook." A Minute With: Director David O. Russell on music in film 2013-11-06T11:08:41Z Schweizer changes the order of some songs and moves "Wichita Vortex" from its central position to a climactic place near the end. 'Hydrogen Jukebox' a timely illumination of the American experience 2015-05-31T04:00:00Z A climactic sequence in Mr. Fleischer’s original version involved a shootout with machine guns in a movie theater. Sean Penn in Ruben Fleischer’s ‘Gangster Squad’ 2013-01-04T14:56:24Z There’s both flowing arpeggios and droning underneath Time’s climactic surreal monologue, summing up eons of Earth’s history. Review: In ‘You Us We All,’ a Symbolic Hope Writes to Pop Divas 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z It’s no coincidence that the metaphors we use for a backlash tend to be come from climactic phenomenon — an opening of the floodgates, a turning of the tide, when it rains it pours. The inevitable Taylor Swift backlash begins: Watching the critical mad love crumble, right on schedule 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z An exception was the 1961 religious movie "Barabbas," which used actual footage from a solar eclipse in a climactic scene depicting Jesus Christ's crucifixion. Lights, camera, corona: Hollywood embraces the eclipse 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z The title, as well as being an arch raised eyebrow to the critics, is taken from a climactic moment when her mother shouts "this is not about you". A life in books: Janice Galloway 2011-08-05T21:55:05Z Even the film “Fever Pitch,” which involves a climactic moment in the middle of Fenway Park, transcends rom-com tropes because of its baseball ties and backdrop. Cleveland’s field of dreams: What hope means for long-suffering Indians fans 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z What begins as a seemingly abstract art-historical lecture becomes a moving, appropriately climactic plea — never more relevant than today — for hybrid humanism, for an understanding of the mixed and heterogenous nature of all human culture. The First English Translation of Hayao Miyazaki’s Favorite Childhood Book 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z Franklin treated notes like putty, shortening and lengthening them at will, slipping in gritty moans before transitioning to climactic finishes. Aretha Franklin in glorious form at Chicago Theatre 2011-05-20T13:38:00Z But first, he said, he is especially looking forward to the “Tanglewood On Parade” concert in August, which ends with some climactic Tchaikovsky. At Tanglewood, a Young Musician Leaps From the Stage Crew to the Stage 2016-07-24T04:00:00Z And the first lady triumphed over the comedian in a climactic potato sack race. Mrs. Obama beats Fallon in WH fitness challenge 2012-02-08T11:28:11Z An elegant and witty celebration of orchestral virtuosity, its series of surges towards climactic peaks defies expectation by ending quietly with a wry smile. BBCNOW/Søndergård – review 2012-10-14T14:56:03Z And Carbone wants all meals to feel like the movie’s climactic feast. How Stanley Tucci's Big Night helped kick off an American dining revolution 2016-01-24T05:00:00Z By contrast, the climactic confrontation between the quartet of lovers acquires the starkness of Greek tragedy as they are ranged en masse against each other. Companhia de Dança Deborah Colker: Tatyana – review 2013-02-01T14:42:58Z Its breathless climactic presentation of the ethical threats of cloning aptly conjures a major cultural fixation of 20 years ago; now, though, it feels amusingly overhyped. Review: Traces of Anachronism in an All-Steve Reich Evening 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z It hasn’t lost the levitation game “light as a feather,” the ominous snakes or the famous line; “We’re the weirdos, mister,” though it’s recontextualized for a climactic moment. ‘The Craft: Legacy’ Review: More Dull Carbon Copy Than Cult Classic 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z Eventually they lead Morgan beyond the estate walls to the factory founded by his family, and a climactic confrontation with his estranged, malevolent sister. Six New Books, Including One by Christopher Buckley 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z This was virtuoso stuff, almost drumming as sport, and while it served the purpose of the tune, it also justified its climactic placement in the show. | Antonio Sanchez Quartet: Paths Converging on a Rhythmic Base 2010-09-22T22:00:00Z Four motorcycles were created for the movie, but only one - the one used in the film's climactic crash scene - is known to have survived and was later restored by Fonda. Easy Rider chopper goes under hammer 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z Beyond a climactic cover of “We Are the Champions,” Mercury’s band looms over the entire series in a subtle way. Freddie Mercury and Virginie Despentes: What ‘We Are Lady Parts’ Is Made Of 2021-06-29T04:00:00Z That’s how Michael B. Jordan arrives for the climactic fight in “Creed.” Deontay Wilder’s Costume Was Heavyweight Camp 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z This was not a series that was going to end in a climactic bloodbath with one gunslinger standing. Justified Watch: It Beats Angry 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z The movie’s climactic scene stars Victor, a homeless man living in Central Park, whom the crew randomly encounters. The Daring, Original, and Overlooked “Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One” 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z But I have seldom seen this climactic moment staged to such haunting effect. Music Review: Chalky Chorus of Specters Who Dance and Crush 2011-08-05T22:45:16Z Washington had plans aplenty for what to do should a Third World War erupt, but none for what to do if the prospect of such a climactic conflict simply disappeared. Goodbye, age of great expectations: We know how America got here, but where does it go now? 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z One of the movie’s climactic moments involves a character weighing artistic ideals against the adoration of fans. Begin Again and Once Share More Than a Filmmaker 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z It’s an offer he rejects for now, but you suspect it might prove more attractive in the wake of that climactic gunfight. True Detective season two, episode four recap – Down Will Come 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z As for the other one, "Rangers of the New Republic," the programming fact sheet says it will "intersect with future stories and culminate into a climactic story event." The success of "The Mandalorian" made spinoffs inevitable – but at the expense of originality 2020-12-12T05:00:00Z That’s not a bad tack, but the creators overcrowd the story here, pulling focus from the characters we care most about and failing to build toward the climactic reunion. The Cold War Meets ‘Romeo and Juliet’ at a Festival for Musicals 2017-07-30T04:00:00Z Each of the three spooky stories the men tells newcomer Valerie discloses something about themselves, just as her climactic tale suggests that she will fit easily into this world of loneliness and loss. The Weir – review 2013-04-26T12:31:37Z Hong Kong’s skyscraper-studded skyline is the backdrop for the film’s climactic battle sequence. Hollywood stars in HK for ‘Transformers’ premiere 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z A man turns to watch the climactic chaos that has Iron Man, Thor, the Hulk, Hawkeye, Black Widow and Captain America battling an alien invasion near Manhattan’s Grand Central Terminal. Marvel's The Avengers: A Superhero Roundup That's Almost Super 2012-04-25T12:25:56Z In the play’s climactic scene, he is denounced by the townspeople he looked to for support, and denounces them right back. Theater Review: ‘An Enemy of the People’ at Samuel J. Friedman Theater 2012-09-28T02:00:19Z But the baritone Carlos Almaguer bellowed unattractively as Alfio, and the New York Choral Society sounded meek and unfocused apart from its loudest climactic contributions. Music Review: With a Double Bill, a Return to Rarities 2010-10-26T22:26:00Z The film’s depiction of one block in a Brooklyn neighborhood and its climactic implosion pivots on gentrification, police brutality and systemic injustice that Lee refuses to name. 8 Ways a Modern Civil Rights Movement Moved the Culture 2021-05-20T04:00:00Z All that emphasis grew wearying, even deadening, and the climactic judgment scene was slowed to the point of trudging. Review: Anna Netrebko Sings Her First ‘Aida’ in Salzburg 2017-08-07T04:00:00Z It’s the most climactic point of the day, when the possibilities are fulfilling enough on their own and the entire house seems to wink with what’s to come. Start Christmas Morning With Something Sweet 2021-12-13T05:00:00Z Others come after weeks of suffering, leading to a climactic goodbye. Who lives and who dies? What TV has taught us about who's lucky enough to survive 2021-05-17T04:00:00Z Actually, it’s no longer than the average movie; it just seems so because it drags until its climactic ectoplasmic confrontation gets rolling. When Ghostbusters Came Out 30 Years Ago, Reviews Were Scarily Mixed 2014-06-07T04:00:00Z “Deus ex machina” is the phrase applied to the climactic moment in a classical Greek tragedy when gods would descend from the skies to resolve all knotty human problems. Ex Machina: Can Two Wily Men Outsmart a Gorgeous Robot? 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z And it’s far more upsetting than even the climactic tragedy that ends this show. Review: In ‘Eve’s Song,’ the Ghosts Are Not the Scariest Part 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z The climactic giving of the fellowship to Walters allowed Colman a glimpse of her own destiny in about 20 years, unless she suddenly goes mumblecore and experimental. Baftas 2014: was this the BBC's worst-ever year? 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z In any case, the noisy proceedings eventually work their way to a climactic group sword fight with a pirate theme. Review: In Disney’s ‘Descendants 2,’ the Kids Are on Their Own 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z The new film will see Caesar begin to assemble the building blocks of ape civilisation after the climactic events of the first film. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes director will be Matt Reeves 2012-10-02T10:32:20Z It’s the climactic moment, if you know what I’m saying. I Was Misinformed: Was It Fatal for You, Darling? 2014-03-20T21:32:38Z Days before Friday’s premiere, the local government vetoed the crucial, climactic fire effect to ensure the safety of the century-old Coliseum. Review: The Met Opera’s Next ‘Ring’ Will Be a Sea Change 2021-11-21T05:00:00Z “There’s a climactic moment in the movie that is premised on the belief that people will be shocked by what’s right in front of them. After this last campaign, I’m not sure that’s true.” Jessica Chastain’s ‘Miss Sloane’ Echoes Campaign Rhetoric 2016-11-20T05:00:00Z She clearly entrances the emotionally starved father, and their climactic duet is one of the work's most powerful sections – charged with a breathless, transgressive energy that contrasts turbulently with the formal patterning of the ensemble. Bern Ballett: Witch-Hunt – review 2013-05-23T17:21:10Z There is no redemptive, climactic, cathartic scene that closes that gap and makes everything okay. You don’t get a cookie for doing the right thing: How “Master of None” evades the Very Special Episode trap 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z The adagio accumulated tension and weight, and its climactic eruption into dissonance was truly shocking. RLPO/Petrenko – review 2013-03-24T17:59:19Z The climactic scene of “Heathers” speaks to its liminal position between the eighties and the nineties. “Heathers” Blew Up the High-School Comedy 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z Most black midi songs, old and new, are as frenetically choreographed as the climactic scenes of a martial-arts extravaganza. black midi Bristles at a Bleak World With ‘Hellfire’ 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z To indicate that the rebel highlanders could be ruthless and brutal, Mr. Curran has them rally in the climactic scene of Act I, holding flame crosses as they denounce a king they consider tyrannical. Review: A ‘La Donna del Lago’ With Melting Tenderness at the Met 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z French tries, but the climactic revelations here inevitably seem too little, too late. Review | Fans of Tana French are in for a surprise with ‘The Witch Elm’ 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z Strauss extends the climactic moment in the “Vision” section that immediately follows. Into the Music: Strauss?s ?Alpine Symphony? Played Twice in One Night 2012-04-13T22:20:54Z One climactic scene just involves him walking away from the camera in resignation. The Best Performances of 2016 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z But the To poetry keeps breaking through: a gun battle in a city park stops and starts as clouds pass before the moon; in the climactic showdown, the hit-men heroes form a moving O.K. Film: An On-Demand Option for Johnnie To Films 2010-08-03T22:29:00Z A pretty, climactic song over a montage has become shorthand to tug at heartstrings. Should you watch Cameron Crowe’s TV show ‘Roadies’? Let’s talk it out. 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z “Everybody hates a tourist,” Cocker says in the song’s climactic third verse. The All-TIME 100 Songs 2011-10-24T09:00:29Z Well, perhaps not the three additional cast members who are conscripted from the audience to join the show’s climactic party chez Philomen. Theater Review: ‘The Suit’ at Brooklyn Academy of Music 2013-01-21T23:45:57Z This climactic clip shows the moment at which George's grip over Childie slips. Susannah York - Life in Clips 2011-01-16T13:15:17Z The serious moments tilt toward the preposterous, above all a climactic revelation that seems, on sober examination, to be more of a technical detail than a seismic explosion. Movie Review: ‘August: Osage County,’ With Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts 2013-12-26T15:07:50Z In a climactic showdown between G. G. and Vi at a diner where Vi works part time, the insults fly. | 'Joyful Noise': ?Joyful Noise,? With Latifah and Parton - Review 2012-01-12T22:27:16Z This climactic turn of events led to an emotional conversation between Harry and his godfather in which Sirius asked him to live with him, offering Harry his first real home outside of Hogwarts. 10 of the Most Heartwarming Harry Potter Moments of All Time 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z His Sally sings “Cabaret” in a state of shock, full of wrath as she stares down her bleak future, and all actresses, Larkin included, sound the same in this climactic moment. Review | Sam Mendes’s ‘Cabaret’ icy and not much fun at the Kennedy Center 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z WEISS: There were some details that were added later — but pretty much the actual endgame, the main climactic moments, we had in mind then. Game of Thrones Creators: ‘We Know What Happens in Each Scene’ of Season 8 2017-07-11T04:00:00Z Javert has his own climactic soliloquy mirroring Valjean’s opening one, in which he is forced to question his life’s purpose, since Valjean’s good seems to be triumphing so annoyingly over his evil. Theater Review: ‘Les Misérables’ Returns to Broadway 2014-03-24T02:00:01Z Over all, the characters’ melodrama is unwarranted; the final climactic event that Alix thinks “felt like the plot twist of a horror movie” is actually quite predictable. When It Comes to Race, How Progressive Are the Progressives? 2019-12-31T05:00:00Z Unfortunately, the opera’s climactic event of Daphne’s transformation into a laurel tree is disappointing visually. Schoenberg’s ‘Gurrelieder’ in Full Glory 2014-09-15T04:00:00Z On the climactic "Road to Joy," his raw-throated shouts helped turn an appropriation of Beethoven's "Ode to Joy" into a defiant group therapy session. The ever-serious Conor Oberst bids Bright Eyes farewell at sold-out Riv 2011-03-16T14:48:18Z There is enough climactic razzamatazz going on in Mockingjay – in some ways the book sees the entire continent of North America transformed into a giant arena – to make for a decent final instalment. Why Hunger Games 3 will kill one Mockingjay with two stones 2012-07-12T14:54:53Z I certainly bought Mr. Jackson’s Dr. King as an ordinary man for much of the play, and I felt a spark of Dr. King-like divinity in his rousing climactic oratory. | 'The Mountaintop': ?The Mountaintop,? With Samuel L. Jackson, Angela Bassett 2011-10-14T02:01:03Z It is an impressive ensemble, with the peculiar exception of Franco, who speaks as if he’s a distant Northern cousin visiting the Bundgens, and who can’t summon the ranting majesty for his climactic speech. As I Lay Dying: James Franco Does William Faulkner 2013-05-22T08:40:13Z Partly because Nichols has paced the actors to get the most out of the brutal climactic scenes, which are as powerful and emotionally withering as I’ve ever seen them. Broadway's Old New Hit: Death of a Salesman 2012-03-27T20:23:55Z The darkened picture renders parts of the climactic night battle almost unintelligible. How bad 3-D is ruining movies 2010-07-02T22:01:00Z Even the climactic standoff between Basil and Gregor feels dictated by a yellowing textbook diagram from another age. | 'Man and Boy': ?Man and Boy,? With Frank Langella - Review 2011-10-10T02:01:09Z The other woman in Bruce's life, however, is woefully underdeveloped - which is a real problem because she plays a key role in the film's climactic revelations. Review: Batman series ends as epic letdown 2012-07-16T18:40:09Z The six episodes of the series streamline the plot of the novel and straighten out its achronological storyline, with the exception of an early flash-forward to Yossarian’s climactic descent into weirdness. The Odd Nostalgia of a New “Catch-22” 2019-05-18T04:00:00Z In the film and in life, the climactic scene comes in a courtroom. At 87, ‘Big Eyes’ artist Margaret Keane gets her Hollywood break 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z When she experiences a crisis, the breakdown maps predictably into climactic story beats. ‘Broken Diamonds’ Review: Illness as a Narrative Convenience 2021-07-22T04:00:00Z “Make them hear you,” goes the climactic chorus in the musical “Ragtime,” and the new production at Ford’s Theatre stirringly delivers on the kaleidoscopic show’s cries for justice. Review | ‘Ragtime’ sings with purpose at Ford’s Theatre 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z Even though the piece felt quasi-operatic, with recitative, climactic high notes, dramatic flourishes and string tremolos, Bridges overwhelmed the quartet’s slender, glimmering sound with her plush, powerful singing. Review: A Singer Brings Her Splendid Sound to an Eclectic Recital 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z And her high register tended to lack not volume but richness, so her climactic exclamations were less than harrowing. Review: The Met Opera Found an Audience for ‘Fedora.’ For Now. 2023-01-01T05:00:00Z But for the big points, the score generally built into the climactic peaks that are practically demanded by this strong material. Cantate, Afro Blue singers premiere cantata on race in the U.S. 2015-04-20T04:00:00Z And finally he hit a climactic high note, its impact hardly disarmed by its inevitability. Music Review: Azar Lawrence Quintet at Jazz Standard - Review 2011-12-15T23:04:44Z Prospero’s climactic announcement that he will “retire me to my Milan, where every third thought shall be my grave” rings with a sense of poignant relief. Theater Review | 'The Tempest': Air Sprite, Feral Creature, Rapturous Love and Other Sorcery 2010-02-26T03:15:00Z Such “Constant Image” tunes as “Who’s Got Time?” and “Skim Milk” pulsed and surged just like earlier tunes “Destroy” and the show’s climactic encore, “Erase Myself.” Review | Flasher gallops its way through Black Cat concert 2018-06-24T04:00:00Z In Harry, even the arrival of the deputy sheriff and the doctor in the final scene is not suspenseful or climactic: more a woozy, bizarre comedy starring people who look like human beings but aren't. The Trouble With Harry: Hitchcock's lost masterpiece 2012-07-02T18:00:01Z A climactic episode depicts what happened on a tour to Southern California, when Parker, on heroin, wound up being arrested, nearly naked, on the street and confined to a hospital. Review: ‘Charlie Parker’s Yardbird’ Uses Opera to Tell a Jazz Story 2015-06-07T04:00:00Z It's outlined in general and unemotional terms in the climactic sixth and seventh stanzas, with a faint touch of extra-dry humour in the litotes of "pointed questions", "whoever they had come to see", etc. Poem of the week: The Overcoat by Peter McDonald 2013-04-15T09:51:10Z Even his unlikely scenes ring true, as in a tour-de-force climactic episode set inside a rat-research lab in which three of the four characters present are suddenly incapacitated in different ways. A Terrific New Thriller About a Mysterious Man and Rats. Lots of Rats. 2020-03-19T04:00:00Z In its parade of ribald gags and infantile preoccupation with body parts, not to mention a climactic decapitation, water-balloon-style, The Interview displays all the mindless excesses that repressive regimes condemn in Hollywood movies. You Can't See The Interview, But I Did 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z It seemed as if the actor, and not his character, was speaking when he said, as we approached a climactic battle, “I have no idea what’s going to happen next.” Destiny Is a New Shooter Game From Activision and Bungie 2014-09-14T04:00:00Z I’m not talking about the obvious ones, those climactic blasts that pound you into submission, or those soaring lyrical lines that sweep you along. Anthony Tommasini’s Musical Moments 2012-11-16T16:10:59Z Then there was actual catastrophe in the great climactic storm that plunged such large sections of masonry down to earth – and Jocelin along with them. Reading group: What does William Golding's Spire stand for? 2013-04-09T12:35:20Z In his climactic rant near the end of the fire-breathing comic satire “God Bless America,” Frank is an obvious mouthpiece for the film’s writer and director, Bobcat Goldthwait. Movie Review: Bobcat Goldthwait?s Film Satire ?God Bless America? 2012-05-10T21:56:10Z The climactic rescue plays out like a cross between a low-budget action flick and a Lifetime movie. Bill Hader gives "Barry" his made-for-TV movie hero wish 2023-06-04T04:00:00Z In the climactic battle, Willow uses his ordinary talent to pull off an extraordinary victory over the villain, Sorsha's evil mother Queen Bavmorda. The "Willow" legend continues, only now the quest is open to all who would take it, including girls 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z In the climactic final scene, though, Abrams attempts to braid thematic strands of death and rebirth and religious communion, never quite attaining the emotional heights to which he aspires. Six U.S. soldiers go AWOL in Baghdad to honor a fallen brother 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z In the movie's climactic scene, General Yang — who is dying at dawn — has his troops line up in two facing lines several feet apart and shoot each other. Creating a spectacle of slaughter at the movies: Ambush at Kamikaze Pass 2019-08-17T04:00:00Z That climactic scene is the one that was at the center of controversy between the film’s directors and its producers at Sony. How “The Interview” Handled the Assassination of Kim Jong-Un 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z And yet it wasn't just the sound, it was the way that this climactic moment was part of the gigantic wave of the whole performance that was so moving. An earthquake in C major: Daniel Barenboim and the Berliners 2010-05-03T14:50:00Z Beatles samples emerge out of the murk, like fragments of memory: the chorus of Tell Me What You See counter-pointed with the climactic "Don't Believe in Beatles" from Lennon's God. Jon Savage on song: The Residents create the first Beatles mash-up 2010-06-21T10:37:00Z The climactic, ecstatic finale in Pan’s grotto left Tortelier catching his breath along with the rest of us. Review | Yan Pascal Tortelier and the NSO find their own voices in ‘Daphnis et Chloé’ 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z The climactic Act I Te Deum comes complete with choirboys and birettas, maniples and chasubles. Tosca; La fille du r?giment; Takacs Quartet 2010-05-22T23:05:00Z Holland Park has gathered a wonderfully unbuttoned cast who gave their all in this serially climactic score. Opera Holland Park: Francesca da Rimini, Fantastic Mr Fox; BBC Proms 24 & 25 2010-08-07T23:05:00Z But the singers, conscientious toward text and blend, rose to the occasion in climactic numbers like a “Hallelujah” chorus partly obscured by the slow rumble of audience members standing up according to tradition. Music Review: New York Philharmonic Performs Handel?s ?Messiah? 2011-12-14T22:23:21Z And the crowd went wild for the climactic first act number that finds “the world turned upside down” when the underdog Americans finally win their war. Review: ‘Hamilton’ Conquers London (King George Slays, Too) 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z After the necessary introductions and plot basics, there’s the climactic conflict: at least one extraordinary individual doing battle with something evil, ricocheting around skyscrapers and vanquishing foes in the center of a bustling city. When Superheroes Battle Evil, Why Does Washington Always Lose? 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z And in the climactic scene of a show that had once meditated slowly and endlessly on the drama ongoing in one man’s mind, an unmanned car-mounted machine gun murdered most all of the bad guys. Breaking Bad Finishes in the Shallow End 2013-10-01T09:45:47Z As for the climactic race at Churchill Downs, in which Mine That Bird miraculously trumps his 50-to-1 odds to place first, the movie finally whips up some energy — but no surprise or tension. '50 to 1' can't overcome its long odds 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z But for sheer hoots, I must salute the Earl’s climactic toast: “To British justice, the envy of the world.” ‘Downton Abbey’ Final Season, Episode 1 Recap: Off They Go 2016-01-03T05:00:00Z Two protesters disrupted a production of Julius Caesar during New York City's "Shakespeare in the Park" Friday, with one storming the stage during the play's climactic assassination scene. Pro-Trump Protesters Interrupted 'Shakespeare in the Park' Show in New York 2017-06-17T04:00:00Z But her fierce fighting in the film’s climactic battle scene makes it obvious that she’s more soldier than siren. How Wonder Woman Steals the Spotlight in 'Batman v Superman' 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z There is definitely something spoofy about 21 Jump Street, in its derisory attachment to the original property and gags – like the climactic explosions that never come – about the action-movie form. From 21 Jump Street to Baywatch and CHiPs: how Hollywood remade the remake 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z In fact, “Nomadland’s” success seemed so preordained that the best picture prize wasn’t announced at the evening’s end: Instead, the climactic moment belonged to the two most competitive categories this year. Perspective | The 2021 Oscars, like the year they celebrated, were destined to be the most anticlimactic ever 2021-04-26T04:00:00Z He is in fighting trim here, and brings energy and precision to every word and movement, including the climactic fencing match. Review: Benedict Cumberbatch in ‘Hamlet,’ Cocooned in an Aura on a London Stage 2015-08-25T04:00:00Z The character is subjected to a climactic reveal involving her friends, who remain strangely unsympathetic, willing to twist the knife in Lola’s heart. Lola Versus: Alone and Adrift, In Need of a Smaller Screen 2012-06-07T10:45:10Z Admittedly, those numbers begin to sound repetitive and lyrically blunt, but a climactic sequence, set amid soldiers writing letters home from the front, captures the heartbreak and waste of war with aching simplicity. Perspective | Best movies of 2021: Almodóvar just gets better, family films make a comeback 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z Harris tells his story with nary a flashback, just unremitting forward momentum right up to the final chapter’s climactic taunt — “Well, Clarice, have the lambs stopped screaming?” Misfits, Stalkers and Kiddie Sociopaths: The Latest Thrillers 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z More specifically, the climactic police raid, and that final, terrible moment where Herrick, in his police constable finery, brutally stabs Nina. Being Human: series three, episode seven 2011-03-06T22:03:01Z In “True West,” a major betrayal fuels the protagonists’ climactic clash. Two plays deal with betrayal with mixed results 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z Even the climactic wonderment, which sees Leontes reunited with his lost daughter, is undercut by the description of the event being entrusted to a bunch of barely coherent champagne Charlies. The Winter's Tale – review 2013-01-31T13:14:04Z The climactic erotic fantasy is chaste, even ethereal. Art in Review: Tim Dlugos and Philip Monaghan 2011-04-01T01:53:24Z A climactic moment in the scene involves the Spanish Steps, when the Fiat bumbles its way right down the monument. Watch Tom Cruise Roll a Fiat 500 in ‘Mission: Impossible’ 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z That painting isn’t here, but the climactic room of the exhibition features 11 works on canvas by Verrocchio and his assistants, many on the theme of the Madonna and Child. In ‘Verrocchio,’ Leonardo’s Master Is the Star 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z The third movement even incorporates climactic passages full of hoedown stomp. A Composer Shows the Way to Give Classical Music Swing 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z In a typical episode, a team of five spacecrafts battled villains, coming together at climactic moments to form the giant robot Voltron. Peter Keefe, Creator of Cartoon ?Voltron,? Dies at 57 2010-06-11T05:07:00Z It has a suitably climactic title for a record designed to mark a watershed for the band: Apocalyze. New band of the day (Crossfaith 1,550) 2013-07-10T14:38:00Z So far, all indications suggest it’s going to provide the climactic payoff that Potter fans are looking forward to. What's the Most Sinister Part of the New 'Harry Potter' Trailer? 2010-06-29T12:50:00Z By the climactic tableau they have disappeared entirely. Review: A ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ Revival With an Echo of Modernity 2015-12-20T05:00:00Z Seeing the finished film, Trumbull was impressed at the immersive qualities of the climactic sequences and saw that this was an area worth exploring. The genius of Douglas Trumbull 2011-07-08T23:11:06Z The orchestra sounded best in the less climactic passages, when tendrils of luxuriant sound curled off the stage and around the ear. Baltimore Symphony opens Sunday matinee series with a hearty menu of robust classics The climactic visit to San Francisco to track down Joyce's former beau predictably plays on, and aims to stimulate, bittersweet emotions. Review: The shtick doesn't stick in 'Guilt Trip' 2012-12-18T17:01:06Z “The arrival of the judge here becomes the Day of Judgment — an important testament to Handel’s faith and a climactic moment in the oratorio.” In Handel’s ‘Messiah,’ the Trumpet as Divine Agent 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z And in the climactic fight sequences, as Hit-Girl moves closer to exacting vengeance on the chief bad guy, she becomes a victim as well as an agent of the violence. Film: Brutal Truths About Screen Bloodshed in ?Kick-Ass? 2010-04-16T18:47:00Z Because “Moriarty” takes place long before Holmes and Moriarty do damp, climactic battle in Conan Doyle’s 1883 story “The Final Problem,” its protagonist has not yet become the “Napoleon of crime.” The Shape-Shifting Sherlock Holmes, Now Playing the Villain 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z Weighty and climactic, “Rite” often closes programs for a reason. Review: Yuja Wang Makes a Case for the Piano as Percussion 2018-10-28T04:00:00Z The small matter of Jackman’s supposed retirement from the role of Wolverine, not to mention certain climactic events that take place during Logan, do rather complicate the prospect of a joint outing. Why X-Men is right to ditch Magneto and Professor X's tired double act 2017-03-06T05:00:00Z Also hinted at is the climactic battle between the living and the White Walkers, led by the menacing Night’s King. Game of Thrones: first glimpse of epic finale revealed in trailer 2019-03-05T05:00:00Z The pandemic hit at an inconvenient time — just as network television entered the final weeks of the season that ends in May, when the most climactic episodes of original shows are scheduled to air. Network news ran round-the-clock after the 2001 terrorist attacks. Why not for coronavirus? 2020-03-27T04:00:00Z It’s certainly a bold choice to shove a climactic event like the heist into the pilot, rather than build up to it over many weeks, but Ms. Bans seemed unconcerned that viewers won’t stick around. On ‘Good Girls,’ They’re the Criminal Moms Next Door 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z Enter Andy Murray: a great sports movie protagonist – spiky, idiosyncratic, unwilling to play the media game, yet ultimately taken to the hearts of a nation following a climactic centre court battle. Andy Murray – the movie: who would you cast? 2013-07-08T15:39:23Z As important, it also blends beautifully with Ms. Erivo’s, and their climactic first-act duet becomes a tender, erotic intermingling of kindred spirits. How to Keep a Musical Great: Call Heather Headley and Marin Mazzie 2016-05-22T04:00:00Z One climactic scene is even preceded by an actual drum roll. ‘Out of the Blue’ Review: The Spider and the Fly 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z In a climactic scene, the Spirit of the Boy, played by Ian Osborne, a boy treble from the St. Thomas Choir School in New York, appears, looking bruised and raggedy, yet angelic. Ian Bostridge Stars in Britten’s ‘Curlew River’ 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z Disappointing plot twists ensue in a climactic brawl starved for snappier choreography and editing. Review: Avenging a Sister’s Death in ‘Fight Valley’ 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z Also, the climactic moment in the premiere resembles the last segment of “Heat,” which is laying it on a bit thick. Smart Watch: Why you should watch Jennifer Garner play a total jerk in “Camping” 2018-10-13T04:00:00Z But I wonder if he knew how harsh such a climactic passage sounded in this particular hall. The Pianist Rafal Blechacz in Exciting, if Blaring, Form 2017-03-27T04:00:00Z His presence brings out the worst in everyone, proceeding through a welter of microaggressions toward a climactic shouting match that is both hilarious and sad. In William Maxwell’s Fiction, a Vivid, Varied Tableau of Midwestern Life 2021-08-23T04:00:00Z It is, however, a measure of the production's lack of urgency that Shotover's climactic diatribe against a narcoleptic nation heading inexorably to the rocks here induces no thrill of recognition. Heartbreak House – review 2012-07-13T11:23:05Z In his "Justice League" the climactic battle topples buildings and includes plenty of explosions and crashes, all taking place in a ghost town with no residents. Oh the humanity! "Zack Snyder's Justice League" wasn't necessary, but it brought what Whedon lacked 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z Despite the turbulence of the climactic action, the movie sends viewers home on a puff of palliatives. The Mild Controversies of “Dear White People” 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z It’s during a climactic underwater sequence that the film weaves together these themes of militarism, desolation and nuclear dread. ?Godzilla? the Great: New Criterion Release Celebrates the Greatest Monster Movie 2012-01-25T16:20:11Z But she is excellent in her climactic encounter with her fiance, well played by Tobias Menzies, when her lean, elegant frame suddenly seems rigid with physical anguish. The Children's Hour - review 2011-02-10T00:54:20Z The ace starter made a brief appearance during the episode’s climactic battle, playing a Lannister soldier who throws a spear with deadly results. Noah Syndergaard Made a Cameo Appearance in 'Game of Thrones' 2017-08-07T04:00:00Z Eventually the scene begins cutting back and forth between Mamie and her questioner, but a climactic response jumps out, when she is asked to identify a photo. When the Camera Can’t Turn Away, These Women Force Us to Listen 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z There’s even a haunted house, a dark and stormy night, a baby in peril and climactic trials by flood and fire. Does Ruth Ware’s new spine-tingler live up to expectations? 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z The lengthy musical passages in recent novels, including a few loving and climactic concert scenes, seem to strive for music’s Orphic power. Music, Fiction, and the Value of Attention 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z But the live music is centered on percussion, on drums, and in a climactic section called “Migration,” the African element gains force in communal dance like a spiritual explosion. A Storytelling Choreographer Who Listens to Her Audience 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z So Hannah and Adam’s climactic showdown was effective, but it can be jarring to see the two of them in a scene like this, because he simply works on another level. Girls Watch: She Takes the Cake 2012-06-18T10:54:00Z And does the addition of elaborate digital video enhance or detract from the dramatic intensity of the climactic “Confrontation” number, in which the good doctor performs a duet with his own bad self? Theater Review: Frank Wildhorn’s ‘Jekyll & Hyde,’ at the Marquis Theater 2013-04-19T02:00:54Z The sight of Halder, in full SS uniform, standing at the ready at Auschwitz is followed by a climactic visual coup de théâtre that comes as a genuine shock. A Studio Ghibli Classic Comes to the London Stage 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z And much of the text of the climactic masque, with its multiple murders, is cut to be replaced by a phantasmagoric jazzy ballet which suggests an unusually wild night at Ronnie Scott's. Review|Theatre|Women Beware Women, Olivier, London|Michael Billington 2010-04-27T23:29:00Z For her character's gruesome death during the climactic prom scene, she recalled that De Palma's direction was, "Squirm. Like a bug on a pin." Why play Big Edie in the 'Grey Gardens' musical? Betty Buckley loves 'raw, naturalistic' characters 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z “Truth,” the climactic title track of the new album, echoes “Don’t Speak,” the moody hit single off 1995’s “Tragic Kingdom.” Gwen Stefani will tell you what the truth feels like at KeyArena 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z Yet you feel this Adelaide laying bare a depth of affection for Nathan that makes something momentous of their climactic duet, “Sue Me.” Review: A Mobile Audience for a Moving ‘Guys and Dolls’ 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z But once Maclean is done cycling through familiar pulp archetypes, he maneuvers the plot toward a climactic half-hour gunfight sequence as exciting and funny as the genre has ever produced. 'Slow West' speeds up to a funny, exciting frontier gunfight 2015-07-04T04:00:00Z For the climactic battle between Robert Cummings and Norman Lloyd, Mr. Boyle and his team constructed a studio model of the hand and the torch of the Statue of Liberty. Robert F. Boyle, Film Designer for Hitchcock, Dies 2010-08-03T19:00:00Z At their best moments, they can deliver a distinctive kind of thrill—whether it’s in the climactic flight in “The Avengers” or in the close-ups of Downey in “Age of Ultron.” Advice for Robert Downey, Jr. 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z Mr. Kaufmann did the climactic phrase with a softness rare among tenors, following the pianissimo dynamic Bizet wrote in the score. The Met Opera Tries to Find Paying Customers in a Pandemic 2020-07-19T04:00:00Z Tarantino’s movies are now mostly exhausting: a lot of chatter, as one patiently awaits the inevitable climactic blood bath. Who Really Wrote This Thriller? Our Critic Has a Guess 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z Create a crucial “backstory” scene for Nicholson/Wiig, a specific moment of emotional betrayal or trauma in their shared past, avoided and not discussed until it is revealed in a climactic confrontation. Jack Nicholson's Toni Erdmann remake: seven changes Hollywood will make 2017-02-08T05:00:00Z That concept would repeat itself at another climactic moment of “Hamilton,” in the freeze-frame rendering of the bullet that fatally strikes Hamilton in his duel with Aaron Burr. One key scene helped cement ‘Hamilton’ as a Broadway legend. The team that crafted it explains how. 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z So in the end, this section, however climactic, is not different from the preceding ones: it is about friendship. Alexei Ratmansky Makes a Ballet about Love 2016-10-23T04:00:00Z “The Last Black Man in San Francisco” is, in large measure, about art itself—its title is that of Mont’s climactic play. Review: The Disappointing Blandness of “The Last Black Man in San Francisco” 2019-06-05T04:00:00Z The heart-stopping opening car chase and climactic action sequence made the film, which was inspired by the great train robbery, a turning point in his career. Peter Yates obituary 2011-01-10T18:39:17Z The resulting climactic outburst is too brilliant even to hint at, but its conceptual inspiration is matched by Riley’s incisive staging and depiction of it. “Sorry to Bother You,” Reviewed: A Wild Workplace Comedy Energized by Righteous Anger 2018-07-03T04:00:00Z Aside from the climactic crowning, the "Idol" performers themselves didn't offer too many thrills. "American Idol's" pageant of boredom 2011-05-26T12:27:00Z As the thriller “Unforgettable” wends its way toward its not very thrilling climactic scene, we are forced to ask: Why do people keep making essentially the same “crazy ex-” movie over and over again? Review: ‘Unforgettable’ Serves Up Yet Another Crazy Ex 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z Played by Gordon Joseph Weiss, who shrewdly banks his fires until a climactic blaze at the end, the Old Man isn’t really there, except that he’s always there. Nina Arianda and Sam Rockwell Star in ‘Fool for Love’ 2014-07-28T04:00:00Z Jolson nuked that naked sentiment in the climactic moments of The Jazz Singer, the 1927 musical melodrama that cued Hollywood’s gold rush to talkies. The All-TIME 100 Songs 2011-10-24T09:00:29Z Rounding the north tip of the road, the music reached a moment of climactic yet playful exuberance — a mix of surging Romantic crescendos and eerily angelic choral drones — until a jazz combo crept in. Over Headphones and in a Truck, the Philharmonic Stays Alive 2020-09-14T04:00:00Z Payne’s confirmed localism goes together with a literate streak of cosmopolitanism, belying the fact that – apart from Downsizing’s climactic flit to Norway – his features are all set in the US. Alexander Payne on Downsizing: ‘The film isn’t a major statement – it’s a metaphor’ 2018-01-07T05:00:00Z Isolde speaks of the feeling of disappearing as she grows older, and in the play’s climactic scene, she announces simply, “I don’t exist.” Review: Richard Maxwell’s ‘Isolde’ Returns With Starry Eyes 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z In the climactic scene at a Swiss mountain retreat Johnny, under the influence of a mind-control drug, reprises classic moments of “The Manchurian Candidate” and “Dr. Strangelove.” | 'Johnny English Reborn': ?Johnny English Reborn? Stars Rowan Atkinson - Review 2011-10-20T20:52:35Z The tone is urgent, climactic – fitting for a subject which has been so obsessively mythologized and cemented in American cinema and pop culture. Fear City: Netflix docuseries recounts a time when the mob ruled New York 2020-07-22T04:00:00Z “The Avengers,” the summer movie season’s first major blockbuster, stages a significant portion of its climactic action on the streets of Manhattan. A Digital Manhattan in ?The Avengers? 2012-05-07T20:10:05Z Its climactic battle is overlong and wearingly self-indulgent, which is often the case in blowouts where a budgetarily emboldened director piles on the mayhem, mistaking bigger and noisier violence for excitement. ‘Peninsula’ Review: The First Rule of Zombie Club Is Run! 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z In the book he returns to London for the unwinding of the mystery, and the climactic encounter takes place in Kent. Television Review | 'Masterpiece Classic: The 39 Steps': An Action Hero Low on the Bond Factor 2010-02-26T22:14:00Z Elsewhere, a forceful bass voice in the eighth fugue served as a preview of the climactic wallops in the ninth and 12th fugues. Review: Igor Levit Takes on a Shostakovich Kaleidoscope 2022-10-19T04:00:00Z A perfect set-closer would be climactic invocation Let It Bleed, which might have made sense as the soundtrack to that ghastly moment at Altamont where poor Meredith Hunter got besieged by Hell's Angels. New band of the day – Goat (No 1,361) 2012-09-28T15:02:33Z Its aesthetics combine for a climactic urban sequence featuring a tank driving through a crowd while people launch themselves off buildings as human projectiles. Five Action Movies to Stream Now 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z The Argentinian tenor, heard at the third performance Wednesday night, croons more than he sings, and his intonation is wobbly, especially at the low volume he favors for all but the climactic outbursts. Review: Jose Cura takes over as Verdi's Moor 2013-03-22T15:18:08Z Now, as it reaches its climactic finale, the anticipation for a second helping, which has been rising throughout the season, is reaching its peak. "Yellowjackets": Eat or be eaten? It's called being a team player 2023-05-28T04:00:00Z Although the voice sometimes needed more body in midrange, Ms. Mei brought ardor and tonal resonance to the climactic moments and technical agility to her challenging Act 3 aria. Opera Review: Zurich Opera's 'Guillaume Tell' Is Tripped Up by Gimmickry 2010-11-23T12:40:00Z The climactic scenes, in which the three cops are pursued and cornered in an apartment building by angry masked teens looking for payback, are terrifying. ‘Les Misérables’ Review: Injustice Still Stalks the Poor of Paris 2019-11-28T05:00:00Z And in the opening night performance of “Das Rheingold,” at the climactic moment the gods cross the rainbow bridge to Valhalla, the machine stalls and refuses to move. | ‘Wagner’s Dream’: ‘Wagner’s Dream,’ Documentary About Met’s ‘Ring’ Cycle 2012-07-18T23:04:08Z Only once, in a climactic “I Got Rhythm,” did Mr. Nadler allow his hammy impulses to run amok. Music Review | 'Gershwin ... Here to Stay': Gershwin by K T Sullivan at the Oak Room 2010-03-15T21:33:00Z Others read like scene treatments, ending at a climactic moment with the word “Cut.” Salman Rushdie launches a novelistic attack on Trump 2017-09-05T04:00:00Z The big fight at the end of “Chapter Two” is a lot like the one at the end of Chapter One, which is a lot like every other climactic, big-budget action-movie battle. ‘It Chapter Two’ Review: Send in the Clown, Again 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z “Spamilton” emphasizes this point by recreating the climactic moment at the last Tony Awards ceremonies, when Barbra Streisand presented the statue for best musical. Review: In ‘Spamilton,’ Broadway’s Savior Meets His Match. It’s Not Burr. 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z In a climactic scene that I couldn’t resist playfully reenacting, Starling comes to realize she’s talking to the killer. Remember the creepy house from ‘The Silence of the Lambs’? Now it’s a vacation rental. 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z There are overt nods to Woody Allen’s Crimes and Misdemeanors, both with the elderly Jewish existentialist philosopher Josh is shooting for his film, and a climactic scene at an awards ceremony. While We're Young: Ben Stiller has a hipster replacement in brilliant comedy 2014-09-07T04:00:00Z At a climactic moment in Act 2, his voice cracked. Tenor Villazon making Met opera comeback 2013-11-22T15:45:13Z Then he kept walking all the way out of the arena, while still singing the climactic lines, “There is a light/don’t let it go out.” Review | No bells and whistles, no biggest hits, but U2 is still one of the best big rock bands in the world 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z And the plot’s climactic act of violence could just as easily occur at any point. Review: ‘The Wild Party,’ With Sutton Foster as a Louche Jazz Baby 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z Such spontaneity is particularly wrenching in the climactic scene in which Vanya explodes during a family meeting called by the professor. Jay O. Sanders on How an ‘Oak Tree’ Became Uncle Vanya 2018-11-11T05:00:00Z The movie’s climactic punch line was repeatedly expurgated and reinstated during previews. Caught in Family Trees in ‘Where’s Poppa?’ and ‘Papirosen’ 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z In the mountingly climactic passage that Balanchine uses in his version for the magical growth of the Christmas tree, we get the mice tossing Clara’s doll around for an endless time. A Proudly Unsentimental ‘Nutcracker’ at Paris Opera Ballet 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z Still, she kept all those feelings contained, as Janis has to, until a climactic moment proved so harrowing to film that Almodóvar had to help a devastated Cruz get up from the floor afterward. The Visions of Penélope Cruz 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z The films contain inspired, theatre-of-the-absurd moments such as the climactic scene in Blazing Saddles in which a raucous, Wild West fistfight erupts on to a sound stage where a campy musical is being filmed. Mel Brooks: ‘Donald Trump doesn't scare me. He's a song-and-dance man' 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z This reader found a climactic story line involving an art heist unconvincing. Review | ‘The Hare’ is a richly told tale of female resilience 2021-01-26T05:00:00Z But the director, Ben Ferber, stages much of the action — including the climactic moment — close to the floor, and the sight lines in this tiny theater mean that we can’t necessarily see what’s happening. ‘Not Afraid,’ by Nora Sorena Casey, at Under St. Marks 2014-10-28T04:00:00Z In one of the climactic scenes in “Small Fry,” precisely this kind of moment occurs. The Father of Personal Computing Who Was Also a Terrible Dad 2018-09-04T04:00:00Z You might also want to watch the climactic heavyweight fight between Gibson and Stallone. REVIEW: Stallone Reassembles the Old, Old Gang for The Expendables 3 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z Still, what he did in the climactic Season 1 finale scene was stunning. Review: In Season 2, ‘The Good Place’ Blows Itself Up, Hilariously 2017-09-19T04:00:00Z She delivers the climactic soul-baring ballad with plenty of emotional heat. Theater Review: ‘Scandalous: The Life and Trials of Aimee Semple McPherson’ 2012-11-16T03:00:13Z It was all brightly executed, yet after two hours with a similar impact, the climactic effect was muted. Review | Mariinsky Ballet’s ‘Paquita’: Glittering dancing but a skimpy story 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z The climactic faceoff isn’t helped by Shannon, a fine actor who here grimaces as if afflicted by Mad Scowl Disease. Man of Steel: Superman… or Human God? 2013-06-12T15:35:35Z Thursday night, the narrative came full circle, returning us to the climactic day, this time from the heart of the White House. The Jan. 6 Hearings Did a Great Service, by Making Great TV 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z Our eyes darted from Kidman to Streep, from Kidman to Streep, in the climactic scene, like they do when we watch champion athletes. The Disappointing, Emmy-Baiting Finale of “Big Little Lies” Season 2 2019-07-22T04:00:00Z This was fortunate: according to a new book by Nicole LaPorte, Crowe apparently so hated Gladiator's climactic line – "And I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next" – that he improvised an alternative. Ridley Scott: Creator of worlds 2010-05-10T20:30:00Z Its climactic event is the revenge killing of a court official by the Asano clan’s forty-seven samurai of the title. Amber Heard and the Artistic Problem with Contractual Nudity 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z The second movement was more sly than sardonic; the climactic burst of dissonance in the third movement was beautiful, not brutal. Review: The Met Opera Reunites, With Mahler’s ‘Resurrection’ 2021-09-05T04:00:00Z Their climactic act is simply to strut their enigmatic stuff. Tales of the unexplained: why these Monsters are entirely alien 2010-12-06T11:57:00Z Many scenes are of long, intimate conversations: four-, six-, eight-minute shots in which the slowly moving camera creates subtle shifts in the power vectors, then retreats tactfully or mischievously at a climactic moment. Raul Ruiz, 1941-2011: Death of a Little-Known Movie Master 2011-08-22T10:20:00Z "The Guilty" builds to a climactic moment that involves Joe experiencing an emotional catharsis as the situation with Emily comes to a head. In Netflix thriller "The Guilty," cop Jake Gyllenhaal mesmerizes during one fateful night on the job 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z For the climactic parental summit, Jacobs, who previously worked on TV shows such as “Boy Meets World” and “Charles in Charge,” settles on a mode that wobbles between stage play and multicamera sitcom. ‘Maybe I Do’ Review: Lukewarm Liaisons 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z Yes, this New Group production, directed by Scott Elliott, does feature simulated sex and copious drug use and one climactic fight that draws plenty of stage blood. Review: Sleepwalking Through the ’70s in ‘Downtown Race Riot’ 2017-12-03T05:00:00Z For big-screen zombies, the release of World War Z later this week will mark a climactic breakthrough. World War Z unleashes an unedifying breed of zombie 2013-06-17T13:58:58Z At a climactic moment, Mr. Wolfert describes how, after a more than usually traumatic experience as a waiter for a caterer, he drove back to his apartment and held a shotgun to his head. Review: A Warrior, Leaning on Shakespeare, in ‘Cry Havoc!’ 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z But it is when Ms. Mueller tears into the musical’s climactic number, “She Used to Be Mine,” that her talents are most fully and movingly harnessed. Review: Jessie Mueller Serves a Slice of Life (With Pie) in Sara Bareilles’s ‘Waitress’ 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z The book’s climactic scene takes place near the Big Blackfoot’s confluence with Belmont Creek. Fly-Fishing in Montana, Where a River Still Runs Through It 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z Still, her eyes welled up at a climactic scene. On eight-stop ‘Christmas Carol’ tour, varied takes on Ebenezer Scrooge 2015-12-23T05:00:00Z It’s also quite a spectacle; Salomé may well be history’s most celebrated exotic dancer, and Chastain is naked for the climactic scene. Jessica Chastain: ‘I’d love to do a superhero movie’ 2014-09-07T04:00:00Z But I’ve always found Tarantino’s flights of romanticized revisionism more perplexing than meaningful or poignant, and his fetishes — from women’s feet to climactic bloodbaths — stopped being cute a long time ago. Sorry, best picture front-runners: She’s just not that into you. 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z A climactic shootout with startling strobe-like lighting effects is undeniably impressive. ‘True History of the Kelly Gang’ Review: a 19th-Century Outlaw Tale 2020-04-23T04:00:00Z That brief work’s stark cries of heraldry served as a moving, climactic end to a show that was paced to entertain. Review: The Bloom Is Still on Claire Chase’s Monumental Project 2019-03-03T05:00:00Z His seriousness enables the movie’s desire to dig into the mechanics of the climactic exorcism - though Sean Harris, drooling and growling and threatening as the possessed man, deserves credit as well. Review: ‘Evil’ mostly delivers 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z Really: a girl trills Amazing Grace as Watts draws down on Norris with a sniper rifle so big it would embarrass a Die Hard henchman, and the climactic struggle is cued to talent show tap-dancing. The Book of Henry is a catastrophically awful film. Everyone should see it 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z Impressive stuff, but where are the climactic battles? Spare Times: For Children for Dec. 16-22 2011-12-15T22:30:10Z As the novel pushes to its close, full of missed connections and climactic confrontations, it becomes more fully a story about the toxicity of repression than about ill-advised online banter. Review | Geling Yan’s twisty thriller ‘The Secret Talker’ begins with a creepy but alluring text 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z After a slightly predictable climactic scene of confession, “Slowgirl” winds down slowly to a whispering conclusion. Theater Review: ‘Slowgirl,’ by Greg Pierce, at the Claire Tow Theater 2012-06-19T02:00:10Z One thinks, too, of the bequest of climate change left unchecked in a climactic watery tableau that threatens to swallow all three characters whole. Review: ‘The Children,’ in London, Offers Hints of an Apocalypse 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z And in case we missed the message about money and corruption, Mr. Lam hammers it home during the climactic scene, which features a shattered statue of the scales of justice. Review: ‘Wild City’ Follows Two (Very) Good Samaritans in Hong Kong 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z Often the climactic life-and-death fight between the three protagonists is little more than self-conscious pantomime. Swan Lake ? review 2011-01-25T18:40:02Z Jason Robards' climactic monologue remains the finest, most anguished Eugene O'Neill ever put on film, or tape. Lumet, his films embodied grace under fire 2011-04-10T19:29:00Z The film’s climactic battle is interchangeable with just about any other big screen castle siege from the past 20 years. Spoiler Alert: Snow White, Warrior Princess, and Her Forgettable Dwarfs 2012-06-04T10:45:38Z The Juilliard musicians illuminated the many intriguing timbral touches in “Ceres,” including the ominous rumblings from the lower strings, the climactic percussion outbursts and deft use of clarinet and trombone. Music Review: The Juilliard School’s Focus! 2013 Festival 2013-02-04T23:28:52Z The title of this movie proves unusually apt: You will figure out its climactic plot twist within the first 10 minutes. ‘10 Minutes Gone’ Review: A Forgettable Shoot-’em-Up 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z The sensational CGI work brought audiences in; the strong story and climactic ape vs. cop face-off on the Golden Gate Bridge sent them out happy. Box Office Wrap: Going Ape for Rise of the Planet 2011-08-07T06:05:00Z Finally, after more lessons from more teachers, the day of the climactic performance arrives. Play It Again by Alan Rusbridger – review 2013-01-20T06:00:01Z The iconic gunfight, likewise, is less a chivalrous showdown than a comic botch of misunderstandings, coincidences and ill-considered bluffs, and it might be the most underplayed climactic scene in the canon. Westerns by Larry McMurtry, Craig Johnson, David Fuller, Jeff Guinn Then my computer crashed, and I missed the climactic moments of the Secret Library, an online escape-room-style experience poised at the intersection of gaming and immersive theater. Escape Rooms in an At-Home Era? Here’s the Key 2020-11-05T05:00:00Z In his climactic explication of the list, California said the "Winners" and "Losers" labels were temporary, and based on initial reactions that could be revised. Fear and hugging at Dunder-Mifflin 2011-09-23T14:01:00Z Especially in a climactic dinner-party scene that is set in an ideal bohemian quasi loft, replete with dark corners where the film’s romantic couples can square off or make out. Review: In ‘Rendezvous in July,’ Young Parisians Are on the Move 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z That’s especially true for those theatergoers who are selected — via a lottery system involving stuffed animals, which are randomly tossed into our midst — to participate in the show’s climactic tableau vivant. Review: ‘Western Society,’ It’s a Selfie World After All 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z Yes, events and situations have been arranged with impeccable care to bring us to this climactic point. ArtsBeat: Theater Talkback: When Shakespeare's Comedies Draw Tears 2011-02-24T20:24:53Z And the album, which runs under 45 minutes, exerts its own momentum, so that the most dazzling track, “Ambient Pressure Thereby,” arrives with climactic intensity, as an onrushing confrontation. New Music: Albums From Wisin y Yandel and Giant Giant Sand 2012-07-02T21:53:46Z And at two-and-a-half hours, “Little Miss Sunshine” feels padded, especially in the second act, with a drawn-out run-up to the climactic pageant consuming almost an hour of stage time. | 'Little Miss Sunshine': Taking Dysfunction on a Road Trip 2011-03-08T16:48:24Z When a climactic sequence of events arises — big bets, revealed secrets, a flurry of punches — it all feels fresh, surprising and plausible. Review: ‘Mississippi Grind’ Keeps Its Cards Close 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z He was at his best, though, when it mattered most, during the climactic episode of Act II in Minnie’s cabin, where she is protecting the wounded Johnson. Review: A Good-Enough ‘La Fanciulla del West’ at New York City Opera 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z Helgeland probably put quotes from Thomas Paine and Patrick Henry into Robin's climactic monologue before concluding, with great reluctance, that they just wouldn't fly. "Robin Hood's" smoldering adult romance 2010-05-14T00:20:00Z And Ms. Calderoni gives vivid life to some of Mr. Eugenides’s most startling set pieces, including a climactic sequence in a freak show. Review: Shedding Skins in Motus’s Genre-Blurring ‘MDLSX’ at La MaMa 2016-01-10T05:00:00Z The climactic scene in the video is both comic and sweet. The Playlist: Taylor Swift and the Jesus and Mary Chain Offer Different Shades of Teases 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z But it’s the climactic battle between Jessica and the gang, in which she uses wooden fence posts as javelins against moving cars, that’ll satiate your gory appetite. Five Action Movies to Stream Now 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z Stunningly, Ms. Graham began that climactic line first at a near-shout, then at a near-whisper, with musical values always in perfect control. Review: Orchestra of St. Luke’s, With Susan Graham 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z A climactic cameo by a movie star previously unseen in the Perry universe is a testament to the filmmaker's ever-increasing clout and a possible harbinger of a third film in the series. "Married Too" a familiar blend of laughs, melodrama 2010-04-02T23:41:00Z Mr. Ferver’s script, which he wrote with Joshua Lubin-Levy, borrows from the climactic scene in which a psychiatrist draws the awful, suppressed truth out of his patient. Dance Review: ‘All of a Sudden,’ by Jack Ferver, at Abrons Arts Center 2013-05-03T20:04:05Z Even more injury lay in store, with Jagger suffering a painful and debilitating injury during the filming of a climactic shootout after a prop gun backfired a loaded blank into his hand. Rolling back: why we should welcome Mick Jagger's big screen return 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z Most memorable are the two soaring duets for Daisy and Violet, the poignant first-act closer, “Who Will Love Me As I Am?,” and the climactic “I Will Never Leave You.” ‘Side Show’ in a New Production at the Kennedy Center 2014-06-20T04:00:00Z How can it achieve more and be more climactic? 'Game of Thrones' Actress Says Season 5 Is 'Definitely My Favorite' 2015-03-24T04:00:00Z It's only during the climactic moments of the song that she's allowed off the leash, her soul singer's voice adding emotion and heft to proceedings. Readers recommend songs with special guests: the Results 2010-10-21T21:59:00Z In the climactic scene she becomes the object of a brutal exorcism that is at once horrific and farcical. Beyond the Hills – review 2013-03-17T00:05:37Z In the musical version of “Les Misérables” this exchange is preceded by Fantine’s climactic solo “I Dreamed a Dream,” the kind of song that transfixes the audience, making it impossible to look away. A dream of time gone by: How PBS's "Les Misérables" helps process the tragedy of the Notre Dame fire 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z Obviously we have to deal with that very climactic last episode. Homeland's Howard Gordon: 'The Brody-Carrie story has to evolve' 2013-04-07T17:18:01Z Bullitt was noted for its exteriors, especially its climactic car chase in San Francisco, involving a Mustang Fastback and a Dodge Charger, with Fraker and his camera strapped into one of the cars. William Fraker obituary 2010-06-10T17:37:00Z But there’s no fragrance, no tension — not even in the climactic Plaza Hotel confrontation. Music Review: John Harbison’s ‘Great Gatsby’ Opera at Tanglewood 2013-07-14T19:50:12Z And even though Luke and Julie don't execute the climactic angel lift at the end, his bandmates perform this move as a cheeky tribute in the final episode of "Julie and the Phantoms." How the iconic "Ferris Bueller's" parade and "Dirty Dancing" number inspired Netflix's new musical 2020-09-13T04:00:00Z “Suite Harlem” was the climactic result of his time as an artist in residence at the school in Harlem. Two Gems of June: Premieres at Carnegie Hall and Harlem School of the Arts 2022-06-12T04:00:00Z But Ms. Bordelon’s staging lacks the sustained thrum of anxiety required to justify the play’s climactic eruption into violence. Review: ‘Do You Feel Anger’ Plumbs the Depths of Office Humor 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z I liked it most when Ms. Wolfe went for something musically visceral or extreme, as in the climactic episode of “Protest.” Review: With Protest and Fire, an Oratorio Mourns a Tragedy 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z In a climactic, snowbound scene, the lovers meet again by chance, years after their separation. A little rain must fall: the tragic secret of a musical movie masterpiece 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z Projected Twitter feeds and YouTube videos figure prominently in the play’s climactic face-off. Review: In ‘Relevance,’ a Titan of Feminism Confronts a New Generation 2018-02-25T05:00:00Z “Joe’s big struggle is to be taken seriously,” he said, promising a climactic “‘Glengarry Glen Ross,’ rally-the-troops speech” by his character. Rob Corddry on ‘Ballers’ and the End of ‘Childrens Hospital’ 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z But she rallied in Act III for the climactic scene with Wotan, singing with fervor and carrying power. Music Review: Wagner’s ‘Ring’ Opens at Bayreuth With Reality-Cam Touch 2013-07-28T21:38:06Z The climactic sequence — simple in concept but tensely staged, foregrounding the ticktock of time that’s present from the opening minutes — may leave you as breathless as it leaves José. Review: In ‘En el Séptimo Día,’ He Wants to Work and Play. What Will He Do? 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z The film’s climactic, “running through the city to tell someone how you feel” moment is between two female characters, based around the importance of friendship, still sidelined so often for romance on screen. Why How to Be Single is more casually progressive than Trainwreck 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z And in a climactic, chilling song, Mr. Kahane sings about the travels of his German Jewish family: his grandmother, whose family escaped the Holocaust with faked documents, and relatives who did not. Review: Gabriel Kahane Finds Inspiration in Strangers on a Train 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z Part of the scene’s power comes from the fact that it is played twice, with the result that Sue’s climactic words in the novel – “You pearl, you pearl, you pearl” – become doubly erotic. Sarah Waters: ‘The Handmaiden turns pornography into a spectacle – but it's true to my novel' 2017-04-08T04:00:00Z And the show tends to go limp in what should be its climactic moments. Review: ‘Fit for a Queen’ Sees ‘Dynasty’ Centuries Before the TV Show 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z An exception was the 1961 religious movie "Barabbas," which used actual footage from a solar eclipse in a climactic scene depicting Jesus Christ's crucifixion. Lights, camera, corona: Hollywood embraces the eclipse 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z The climactic moment is an act of oratory. Best Pictures, Maybe, but Telluride Is Not About Oscars 2017-09-04T04:00:00Z A typical number had a beginning, a middle and a climactic end that was usually, but not always, an assertion of optimism. Music Review: Tony Bennett at the Metropolitan Opera - Review 2011-09-19T22:54:03Z It made sense that the climactic number of her overlong program was an agitated rendition of “Children Will Listen,” from “Into the Woods.” Review: Melissa Errico Laughs, but Can’t Let Go, at 54 Below 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z Once we follow them into the bedroom, the climactic scene takes place. Review: ‘The Dead, 1904’ Brings Existential Unease to the Party 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z Mr. Simon observes the frayed bonds of this damaged family with a light touch where appropriate but also with honesty and compassion, making the climactic face-off between Bella and her mother all the more moving. Theater Review: ?Lost in Yonkers,? by Neil Simon, at Beckett Theater 2012-03-25T21:12:04Z By now, you’ve probably heard that song, with its watery intro, climactic build, and tensely linked lines. Regina Spektor’s “…Cheap Seats”: The Return of the Pop Maverick and Her Piano 2012-06-01T10:45:25Z At one climactic point, once a subject decides to go public, France drops the computerized mask to reveal his true face – and in that shocking moment you may appreciate the effectiveness of this tool. HBO's chilling "Welcome to Chechnya" depicts the heroism of ordinary people caught in an LGBTQ purge 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z A navy ribbed N.Peal cashmere sweater with shoulder and elbow patches features on posters and in a climactic showdown. Selling James Bond: why No Time to Die is a product placement dream 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z Wilde's climactic scene, as Salome does her veil dance and Herod tries to coax her out of her murderous whim, has a surprisingly vivid kick; but that's just part of the fun. Postcards from Venice: 10 for the Show 2011-09-09T02:50:00Z In the climactic scene, in which the governor’s wife and Grusha are told to each take one of the child’s arms and yank him from the circle, they look a little ridiculous. Theater Review | 'The Caucasian Chalk Circle': Brecht?s Test of Devotion, Set Amid Modern Warfare 2010-03-01T22:49:00Z Although Ms. Joyce does build one climactic event around the smashing of glass clown figurines, she gives her story unexpected seriousness as Harold reaches the hospice he has gone to find. Books of The Times: ‘The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry,’ by Rachel Joyce 2012-07-29T21:26:22Z If this approach — steadfastly resigned rather than mercurial — made for static storytelling, it paid off in Grimes’s climactic mad scene. Review: Opera Stars Take On an Omicron-Battered Vienna 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z Ms. Sriram, on the other hand, seems a bit too fresh to credibly deliver the climactic confessions of her damaged character. Review: ‘Evening at the Talk House’ Is Just the Dystopia Next Door 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z At the start of this climactic scene, she helps Britt Ekland anoint the islanders' intended sacrifice, Edward Woodward. Ingrid Pitt: a career in bitesize clips 2010-11-24T16:02:00Z The adagio’s climactic image is really of one vast, tiered tableau: small movements pass along the rows as if in the breeze. Critic?s Notebook: Bolshoi Sends Alexei Ratmansky?s ?Corsaire? Into Cinemas 2012-03-12T22:19:26Z In one image, Wendy Whelan, watched by others, fleetingly put one hand on the floor in a way that evokes the climactic incident in Jerome Robbins’s “Dances at a Gathering.” City Ballet Presents ‘Pictures From an Exhibition’ 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z Now, with the peril to nature seeming more acute than ever, the crystal-clear recorded version feels more like artfully focused desperation — and, in the climactic “Water/Sky Rant,” choking rage. The Best Classical Music Recordings of 2016 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z Might the names of further secret programmes be revealed in a climactic bubble of Comic Sans? Prism: the PowerPoint presentation so ugly it was meant to stay secret 2013-06-12T15:39:20Z And so “Jack Reacher” lumbers through a series of beatings, shootings and bludgeonings on its way to a climactic, not terribly surprising showdown. Movie Review: Tom Cruise in ‘Jack Reacher’ 2012-12-20T13:00:00Z The critical sequence for Ottman, the one that kept him up at night, was the climactic Live Aid concert, which he trimmed from the full 25 minutes to about 13. Did John Ottman save ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’? The Oscar-winning editor is being praised by colleagues — and mocked online. 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z By the time the work reaches its climactic scene, the Sept. Music Review: ?Heart of a Soldier? at San Francisco Opera - Review 2011-09-11T17:17:57Z And powering the climactic “Being Alive,” from “Company,” Julian Ovenden reclaimed a potentially histrionic anthem as unexpectedly fierce and very much alive. Review: Old Favorites, With New Tricks 2010-08-10T14:33:00Z There, Ben Brantley wrote in The New York Times, the show achieved “the titanic dimensions of greatness,” while Clarke delivered “a climactic aria that seems to shake the theater’s very foundations.” For Sharon D Clarke, a ‘Big Sing’ and a Big Broadway Moment 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z Gentle grooves and softly arpeggiated guitars take the place of sprawling, climactic jams, yet their songwriting is taut enough that the audience is never in danger of being lulled to sleep. 14 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z The ensemble accompaniment mirrored the vocal line at times and took on a different character during several orchestral interludes, with both quiet and spare textures and more colorful climactic moments. Music Review: Contact! ? Philharmonic New-Music Series at Symphony Space 2010-04-18T22:58:00Z The director operates with a faith that almost any plot element can be assimilated in a climactic freakout of editing. ‘In the Earth’ Review: Grassroots Horror 2021-04-15T04:00:00Z In the current run of “Aida,” the chorus is delivering the most exciting, detailed vocal performance onstage: penetrating even in ethereal temple prayers and rising to powerful heights in the climactic crowd scenes. Donald Palumbo, a Met Star in the Wings 2014-11-07T05:00:00Z She was effective, not riveting, in the climactic Judgment Scene. ‘Aida’ Revival at the Metropolitan Opera 2014-11-02T04:00:00Z The recruitment of each Avenger, the clash of egos, the temporary scattering of the team — all of it beautifully builds to a climactic battle where the film lovingly engages with the grandiosity of its subjects. My Favorite Summer Blockbuster 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z Too often on Wednesday the climactic bursts from the New World Symphony were nearly blaring. Music Review: A Voyage of Discovery As a New Hall Sets Sail 2011-01-27T20:55:02Z Call them mere thrillers, à la Hitchcock, with a sardonic Gallic accent and little chance of a climactic Hollywood resurrection. Claude Chabrol, French New Wave Director, Dies at 80 2010-09-15T18:45:00Z We don't recognise how dependent we are on climactic stability. Top writers tackle climate change in short stories 2011-08-10T11:42:20Z A chaotic, climactic scene for the whole cast, to Mr. Previte’s roiling score, recalls the violent ocean mentioned in the text. Andrea Kleine’s Take on Yvonne Rainer at Chocolate Factory 2014-12-07T05:00:00Z In the series' third installment, "Eclipse," a dark tone pervades and limbs fly from bodies in a climactic battle involving vampires and werewolves. 'The Twilight Saga' darkens with 'Eclipse,' say the film's stars 2010-06-25T22:09:00Z I could feel that climactic moment — the one brazen interpolation into Hammerstein’s book — alienating audience members who otherwise might have found themselves fruitfully rethinking “Oklahoma!” because they hadn’t been forced to. Review: ‘Oklahoma!’ Preserves a Classic While Adding Punch 2015-07-05T04:00:00Z In one rehearsal, when she was playing dead in a climactic scene, Norvill said she opened her eyes to discover Rush simulating groping her breasts. Geoffrey Rush would 'look at me and lick his lips': actor 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z It was my 10-year-old’s turn to read aloud when our family reached the climactic scene in Gemeinhart’s extraordinary previous book, “The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise,” when all the losses converge. This Novel Surprised Our Reviewer: It Didn’t Make Him Cry 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z Wolverine’s invincibility might come in useful when battling the “muties” of the Cursed Earth, and the movie’s climactic scene could centre on a battle to decide which actor does the best Eastwood-esque lip curl. Which comic book titans should suit up for superhero buddy movies? 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z In 1632, he imagines the raising of Lazarus like the climactic scene of a grand opera, and 10 years later, he presents it intimately, like chamber music. Review | The Rijksmuseum displayed ‘all the Rembrandts,’ and crowds went crazy 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z Sadly, he died right at a climactic point.” Seattle Phil concert focuses on late works by the greats 2013-01-10T22:01:56Z Even the decapitated head of John the Baptist, climactically kissed by the title character, goes unseen inside a metal bucket. At the Opera, Humans Bear Witness to Atrocity, or Ignore It 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z This clash of tones is especially flagrant during the climactic exorcism, which pits Miller’s serious performance against an over-the-top turn by Christopher Lowell as a Christian bodybuilder. ‘My Best Friend’s Exorcism’ Review: Like, Totally Satan 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z Perry will eventually provide an explanation for Kimberly's ill temper, allowing for climactic remorse and salvation. Madea's Big Happy Family: Tyler Perry's Drag Ball 2011-04-24T14:05:00Z "After" gets interesting only when it finally flips the script with a climactic twist — except even that turns out to be a not-so-clever metaphor. 'After' could have used a lot more work before 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z In one climactic scene, these characters are chased through Powell’s, the venerable Portland bookstore. Book Review: ‘Whiskey Tango Foxtrot’ May Be the Novel of the Summer 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z But why bring back villainous white orc Azog, whom Tolkien barely mentioned, when Jackson presumably only parachuted him into An Unexpected Journey in order to provide a suitable climactic spat? The Desolation of Smaug's quest to transform The Hobbit 2013-06-12T17:04:00Z A few minutes later, we marched one last time, to fill out the set for the scene’s climactic final measures. What It’s Like to Perform at the Met With No Opera Experience 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z The radiant soprano Jennifer Zetlan appears in a brief, climactic late scene as a messenger with news that the Union has won the war. Review: The Opera ‘Crossing’ Shows Why Whitman Matters Today 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z In the demanding aria “Casta diva,” Ms. Meade sang Bellini’s ornately embellished phrases with velvety legato; climactic high points in the flowing melody soared over the orchestra, elegantly conducted by Joseph Colaneri. Review: Listening at the Met, After James Levine 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z The ensemble acting is so diffuse and varied that scenes that should be achingly suspenseful, like the climactic trial, often sag. Theater Review: ‘Machinal’ Examines a Wife Driven to Kill 2014-01-17T03:00:02Z At a climactic moment on the pirate ship, reports on Twitter showed that protestors had shut down everything from Grand Central to a highway in Dallas. “Peter Pan Live!” and a Night of Protests 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z She summons the inner strength to lead a climactic, Ferguson-like demonstration against officers who are armed with tear gas, a conflict filmed to look like a war zone. The Unreality of Racial Justice Cinema 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z Marks rises to the occasion in her climactic scene as Debby, but the production skirts the subterranean depths. In 'Model Apartment' at the Geffen, family scars are skin deep — and to the bone 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z And the climactic battle scene at the end shows us just how disposable those suits -- which he neurotically poured all his energy into building - really are. Is Iron Man the Only Interesting Marvel Superhero? 2013-05-03T18:58:16Z Nadine Sierra, singing the title role in a secondhand wedding gown, was preparing to descend the rusting fire escape of an old house for her famous, climactic mad scene. Risking Boos, the Met Opera Puts Present-Day America Onstage 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z The movie’s eerie, climactic image challenges our conventional notions of human identity and leaves us reflecting on the possibility that every being in the universe is an alien in disguise. Movie Review: Scarlett Johansson as a Deadly Alien in ‘Under the Skin’ 2014-04-03T22:28:04Z This effort pays off magnificently in Forrest’s climactic declaration of love. Read TIME's First Review of "Forrest Gump" on the Film's 20th Anniversary 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z Equally remarkable is the film’s final sequence, an astonishing five minutes of Bernadine’s silent reaction to a climactic moment. Alfre Woodard is devastating in the beautifully bleak death-penalty drama "Clemency" 2019-12-27T05:00:00Z So, though my eyes occasionally glazed seeing “War Paint” for the second time, I wouldn’t have missed it, if only to hear its leading ladies’ climactic ballads. Review: In ‘War Paint,’ Sing a Song of Face Creams 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z It is clear from the offset which sibling will win both Paige’s affection and the obligatory climactic smooch. ‘Crush’ Review: A Banksy Who Might Shred Homework 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z Perhaps it was this performance of the climactic Immolation Scene from Wagner’s “Götterdämmerung,” sung with a frightening blend of ferocity and euphoria by the soprano Christine Goerke. Think Outside the Opera House, and Inside the Parking Garage 2020-10-21T04:00:00Z After showing flashes of roiling energy as the second part went on, the climactic “Hallelujah” chorus was a letdown: unaccountably mild, with a genial start and no hint of ecstasy. Kent Tritle and Musica Sacra Bring ‘Messiah’ to Carnegie 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z Following the climactic Lannister-Targaryen battle of "The Spoils of War," the fifth episode of Game of Thrones' seventh season looks to determine whether Daenerys will actually benefit from those spoils. Jon Snow and Daenerys Targaryen Get Closer in New 'Game of Thrones' Photos 2017-08-09T04:00:00Z There’s even a moment, shortly before the climactic murder that ends the first act, when a few desiccated leaves flutter wanly to the stage. Review: In ‘Thérèse Raquin,’ Keira Knightley as a Baleful Adulteress 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z “Avengers: Infinity War” wins for one scene, the climactic frittering of ashes—if enough members of the Academy got to the end of their screeners. My 2019 Oscars Predictions 2019-02-22T05:00:00Z The climactic conclusion works because of its strangeness, because of its imaginative reach and implications. Review | Can a woman find true love with a handsome fish? 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z At this climactic point, the police figure for the first time in an effectively dramatic manner. Four Lions 2010-05-08T23:08:00Z He returns, and they reconcile in a climactic hug. The Comedic Genius of Sid Caesar: 7 Clips You Can Actually Watch on YouTube 2014-02-13T17:59:44Z Pascal sent him an email in September noting changes to the climactic final scene. Future of Sony's Amy Pascal questioned after hacked email revelations 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z His tribute culminated in a flowery rendition of “Sunday,” the climactic number from “Sunday in the Park With George.” Music Review: Still Connected to ?Rent,? but Not Afraid to Branch Out 2011-01-11T22:11:45Z He might have given the climactic, sumptuously filmed dream ballet transporting moments of, you know, dance. Love ‘La La Land’? Hate It? So Do We. 2017-02-15T05:00:00Z And the dramatic rooftop climax was dramatic and climactic. TV review: Doctor Who; The Thick Of It 2012-09-30T11:00:02Z Later, the mystery of Eve’s disappearance will be solved, but the film’s climactic revelations are muffled and matter-of-fact rather than shattering. ‘White Bird in a Blizzard,’ a Mystery From Gregg Araki 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z Braga’s intelligent luster and Bernal’s sandpaper machismo make a combustible match, in a Westernish melodrama with good guys, bad guys and a climactic fight to save one of the world’s last great natural resources. The Wild West in the South of France 2014-05-18T04:00:00Z As Spock famously put it in the climactic scene at the end of “Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn,” “The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.” Leonard Nimoy, Spock, and the mixed blessing of an iconic role 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z At that climactic moment, he seemed to glimpse that hate was the piston that had defined his presidency and ultimately brought him down. Bob Woodward: By the Book 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z The writer-director Zack Whedon toggles his plot between “Out of the Past” and “Three Days of the Condor” with highly mixed results before letting loose with a hilariously unconvincing climactic reveal. Review: ‘Come and Find Me.’ Then Again, Maybe Not. 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z A floating aircraft carrier — the film’s coolest visual effect — serves as the temporary barracks for this all-star crew until the big climactic battle. Marvel's The Avengers: A Superhero Roundup That's Almost Super 2012-04-25T12:25:56Z At their best moments, they can deliver a distinctive kind of thrill—whether it’s in the climactic flight in “The Avengers” or in the close-ups of Downey in “Age of Ultron.” Advice for Robert Downey, Jr. 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z He's the actor who plays Tom Robinson, the accused in the climactic court case. To Kill a Mockingbird: shadows on film 2013-07-25T10:27:40Z Though the tune's hard-driving spirit proved gripping at first, the climactic passages became so pulpy as to suggest unfortunate movie music. The Bad Plus could do better 2010-12-17T15:52:00Z The climactic heist plays something like a well-told joke, its punchline being that the gang-averse Spanish police can be readily manipulated into action with even the faintest whiff of terrorist activity. My streaming gem: why you should watch The World Is Yours 2020-03-27T04:00:00Z Sure enough, as the Tour reaches a climactic stage, the novel bends the parallel tracks of its narrative together in catastrophic collision. A Novel Chases Its Narrator on the Tour de France 2018-07-27T04:00:00Z I had them start with the climactic scene of Johnny injecting himself into his own body to fight the Blood Monsters because I really thought that that was the film’s most important emotional moment. “Johnny Physical Lives”: A brother’s documentary love letter to a rock myth cut short 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z Hough brought the same incisiveness to Franck's Prélude, Chorale and Fugue, its climactic contrapuntal web balancing that of the Bach, but ending in a typically Franckian carillon flourish. Stephen Hough 2010-06-02T21:31:00Z The novel’s climactic moments begin when L finally agrees to paint M’s portrait, and Tony — who is earthy, reliable, taciturn, a rock — threatens to leave her if she goes to him. Rachel Cusk’s New Novel Turns Up the Heat at a Private Artist’s Retreat 2021-04-26T04:00:00Z This emotionally climactic scene doesn’t ring as true as much of what has come before. | 'Black Tie': Patrician Clan That Clings to Its Foibles 2011-02-09T03:01:04Z At a climactic point, it would look as if the mountain, high up, had refashioned itself as a volcano. The Pyro-American in Me 2016-07-03T04:00:00Z The pursuit of the thief at school provides a pointed subplot and foreshadows the climactic twists in the story. Review: ‘The Lesson’ Is a Test of Conscience and Patience 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z It is so versatile that Rachmaninoff, Bachlike, made secular reuse of some of it, incorporating an “alliluiya” passage from the climactic “Blessed Art Thou, O Lord” into his “Symphonic Dances” of 1940. Music Review: Musica Sacra at the Church of St. Paul the Apostle ? Review 2011-10-16T22:47:40Z That quote from an Afghanistan war log is at the start of the climactic number in “The Source,” Ted Hearne’s ambitious, bewildering, stealthily shattering new oratorio about Chelsea Manning, formerly Pvt. ‘The Source,’ an Oratorio About Chelsea Manning’s Leaks 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z Did the events of Captain Marvel give you confidence that she’ll be capable of defeating Thanos and reversing the effects of the purple Titan’s climactic finger click? Superheroes and freaky cats: how Captain Marvel rewrote the rules 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z The first half of the book builds to a fuller account of the climactic event in the story’s past, and I wondered whether there would be enough narrative momentum left for the second half. Review | ‘The Final Revival of Opal & Nev’ is a dazzling debut full of unforgettable characters 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z The climactic triumph is suitably fabulous, but just about everything that happens on the runway leading up to it may make you declare out loud, “There no way that would ever, ever happen.” The uplifting realness of FX's "Pose" 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z “Cursed Child” still opens where the epilogue of “Deathly Hallows” leaves off, 19 years after the book’s climactic Battle of Hogwarts. Review: ‘Harry Potter’ Back Onstage, Streamlined and Still Magical 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z The climactic confrontation between our heroine and the creep stalking her is vicious, sickening, cathartic – you know, just like gender relations in 2018. The best films of 2018 … that you didn't see 2018-12-27T05:00:00Z Recently, Smithsonian.com published a story about how research scientists determined years ago that the 1979 movie "The Champ" — specifically the climactic scene in which little T.J. Try not to cry at this list of the saddest movies ever 2011-08-03T20:17:04Z In “Thankful” the harmonized, enigmatic refrain — “Thankful are my friends with remorse, ah ah ah ah” — becomes a climactic crescendo, with jittery guitars piling up until the voices disappear. New Music: New Music From Caveman, Los Campesinos! and the Fall 2011-11-14T22:59:39Z Mr. Johnson paced the opening Prelude beautifully, with its rise to a climactic series of repeated high G’s, among the most ecstatic moments in all of Bach. Music Review: Santa Fe Chamber Festival Draws Musicians but Few Critics 2013-08-05T22:01:54Z In this long, climactic section, Rutherfurd succeeds best at describing not just the buildings and gardens of Paris, but also the actual mood of the city under Nazi rule. Novel traces fates Paris families over centuries 2013-04-30T11:32:14Z The Libermans’ VFX artists added dancing flames, floating embers and, for the climactic moment when the character catches fire, pillars of white smoke. At Snapchat, Redrawing the Bounds of Reality 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z His voice became compressed and nasal in climactic passages early on but grew freer as the night wore on. Music Review: Central Park Moonlight, Igniting Love for Mimi and Rodolfo 2011-07-21T22:37:57Z Gamers finally grasp their moment of glory at the climactic Washington, D.C., showdown, during which agitators currently arguing for the defacement or destruction of certain honorific monuments will no doubt feel a charge of excitement. Review: 'Pixels' Is Fun — for a Bit 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z Arranging themselves a few to each piano, these interlopers began to press the keys, too, for a climactic effect that eventually matched the rich, chaotic peal of a full carillon of church bells. A Long-Lost Composer Is Raised From the Dead 2018-01-29T05:00:00Z In one climactic moment, she arrives on his chest in a thrillingly stretched shape, looking down into his eyes, as if they both knew she was indeed the answer to his dreams. American Ballet Theater Celebrates 70th With Gala 2010-05-18T17:04:00Z Paroxysms of bass drum provided the climactic moments. Vale of Glamorgan festival – review 2013-05-16T14:54:15Z A climactic competition is irresistible, while a closing coda is almost too pat. Movie Listings for April 18-24 2014-04-17T22:55:56Z The narrative sweep was genuinely captivating in moments, such as the magical lead-up to the Act 1 battle and the majestic grandeur of the climactic pas de deux. Canadian pianist continues daring performances 2016-12-19T05:00:00Z Vibrato-laden voices emphasized climactic points in phrases and weren't reliably clear in delivering text. Long Beach Opera puts its own spin on 'Thérèse Raquin' 2015-01-25T05:00:00Z For the 1985-95 version, Buck created an enormous fire, about 32 feet high and 27 feet wide, for the climactic “End of the World” sequence in “Götterdämmerung.” Light it up: The man behind the fire in Seattle Opera’s ‘Ring’ 2013-08-15T19:17:11Z In any other drama, these would be climactic scenes but soaps must afterwards return to some notion of "reality". EastEnders: when things are bad, it's very, very good 2010-09-07T14:21:00Z The orchestra was just being factual in ginning up a little excitement at a climactic moment in the six-decade career of one of the most eminent figures in classical music. For Riccardo Muti, a Grand Sort-of-Finale in Chicago 2023-06-17T04:00:00Z This climactic confrontation feels somewhat artificially delayed to stoke suspense. Theater Review: Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman Star in ‘Annapurna’ 2014-04-22T02:00:03Z The musicians took intermittent breaks, with all rejoining for a climactic ending as the sun rose over the island. 15 Musicians Spent the Night in an Active Volcano. Listen to What Happened. 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z During a climactic scene, the matriarch, Mamá Imelda, sings a folk song called “La Llorona,” a reference to the traditional ghost story of a bereaved mother who kidnaps children to replace the ones she lost. In ‘Coco,’ Death Is the Point 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z When the episode aired back in April 1990, its climactic nightmare sequence was so startlingly surreal that it helped cement the show’s status as groundbreaking TV. ‘Twin Peaks’ Season 3, Episode 6: A Dark Age 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z The progression to the climactic major-key explosion was grim, and its achievement, as Shostakovich may well have intended, was the very definition of an empty victory. Review: Beatrice Rana Plays Tchaikovsky at Human Scale 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z Visuals resonate after the film has ended, Peele's mastery of tone keeps the tension up, and the music comments on as well as compliments the climactic scenes. "Us" is a good "Twilight Zone" adaptation, but it's not as good as Jordan Peele's "Get Out." 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z Attempts to complicate the characters’ psychology backfire, and their climactic ascent from the underworld, the one thing that worked perfectly downtown, now doesn’t. Review: The Metamorphosis of ‘Hadestown,’ From Cool to Gorgeous 2019-04-18T04:00:00Z Mravinsky rejected all the Kingdom of Sweets confectionery in favour of the rather scary second half of act one, the climactic pas de deux from act two and the ballet's closing scene. Philharmonia/Lazarev ? review 2010-12-15T23:20:01Z Act one puts the principals front stage and allows Scarpia a dramatic entrance, but misses the sense of the church grandeur that the climactic Te Deum demands. Tosca – review 2013-07-10T18:20:00Z Corea even gets to showcase his marimba skills, adding extra drama to a climactic flourish. Chick Corea: Hear 12 Essential Performances 2021-02-12T05:00:00Z It’s been clear for some time now that Thanos’ climactic finger-click at the end of Avengers: Infinity War, a bit like Britain’s vote to leave the EU, might not be wholly irreversible. Who's doomed to enter their Endgame in Marvel's latest superhero epic? 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z As these characters jockey for position in personal contests that point to a fateful confrontation, Gordon also ties them together through their interests in the four favorites of a climactic race. 'Lord of Misrule': Jaimy Gordon's prizewinning novel of racetrack life 2011-01-19T22:02:04Z “The Mist” was written to conclude with a climactic rainstorm of rice. Brazilian Film Week features documentaries about the country’s music And Ms. Clarke gives final, devastating voice to this awareness in a climactic aria that seems to shake the theater’s very foundations. In Revelatory Revivals, Women Sing Through the Pain 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z I preferred her more gentle singing in the climactic moments, when she returns to usher an exhausted Valjean into celestial realms. Theater Review: ‘Les Misérables’ Returns to Broadway 2014-03-24T02:00:01Z In climactic outbursts, when she summoned all her smoldering power, Ms. Netrebko sent phrases slicing through the brassy orchestra and into the house. Review: Anna Netrebko Makes ‘Aida’ Her Own at the Met Opera 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z They're the romantic equivalent of an action flick's climactic car chase. Clip joint: breakup scenes 2010-03-24T15:24:00Z Ms. Paulson’s teary earnestness in the climactic scene rings true, and yet it’s not the whole story. | 'Collected Stories': Linda Lavin as Donald Margulies?s Vision of Faded Fame 2010-04-28T23:01:00Z He contributed to the climactic scene on top of the Statue of Liberty, where the hero is battling the villain before the latter falls to his death. Robert Boyle obituary 2010-08-10T17:21:00Z The climactic last 45 minutes of the film is as thrilling and spectacular as anything Star Wars has given us. 'Yay, porgs!' – critics' verdicts on Star Wars: The Last Jedi 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z Since it takes place in Chile, summer coincides with New Year’s Eve, when the movie’s big, climactic party takes place. ‘Too Late to Die Young’ Review: Big Changes, Quietly Observed 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z Smith and Robbie, she says, "have individual charisma but lack essential chemistry together. A clever climactic twist, leavened with humor, leaves a more lasting impression than their romance." 'Focus' could be sharper, but Smith and Robbie bring heat, reviews say 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z In the climactic moments of the final episode, “Against Oblivion,” the orchestra breaks into wrenching fury and slashing dissonance. Music Review: Kaija Saariaho’s ‘Émilie’ at the Gerald W. Lynch Theater 2012-07-20T23:33:07Z The score careers crazily, rapid chromaticisms forcing the music asunder while the trombones bulldoze through with plunging chords, all a prelude to the hero's climactic cry of "victory!" Tosca; La rondine; Arensky Chamber Orchestra ? review 2011-07-16T23:07:14Z The climactic battle at the end of “Captain America: Civil War” takes place on a huge stretch of airport tarmac that might as well be a blue screen. The Spell ‘Doctor Strange’ Is Missing: Sam Raimi’s Macabre Vision 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z That legendary Broadway producer-director had choreographed Billy Rose’s Aquacade, and when Mayer needed a climactic ballet for Bathing Beauty, he summoned Anderson. Bathing Beauty: The Wet and Wild Life of Esther Williams 2013-06-13T15:28:43Z Her vocal has her characteristic focused intensity, but as the strings swell toward the climactic ending, Eilish rises to belt a note that is showier than anything on her debut album. A Bond Theme Suits Billie Eilish Quite Well 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z The images are populated with human life, but for the most part that life is implicit: with a notable, climactic exception, there are few faces. Teju Cole Pairs Text and Image to Explore the Mysteries of the Ordinary 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z The climactic scene, in which social media is fingered as the facilitating villain, is probably not supposed to be as amusing as I found it. Among Amazon pilots, 'The Cosmopolitans' a promising diversion 2014-08-27T04:00:00Z In an interview on a sweltering June day, sitting next to the Sunset Park soccer field where climactic scenes of “En el Séptimo Día” were shot, Mr. McKay talked about his preference for working locally. Brooklyn, as Hollywood Never Sees It 2017-06-16T04:00:00Z On my laptop, in 10 windows, the cast rehearsed the new ballad, “Love and Stars,” and the climactic number, “Go Now,” a song about leaving an old life behind and escaping into a new one. Broadway Adjourns, but the ‘Sing Street’ Band Plays On 2020-04-27T04:00:00Z Phillips’s film is slippery, divisive and borderline irresponsible in its climactic call to arms. Send in the crowns: in trumping Venice competition, Joker begins grand slam | Xan Brooks 2019-09-07T04:00:00Z And her brooding work on contrabass flute wound up serving as a setup for one booming, climactic pulse from Mr. Sorey, working in this moment as drummer and dramatist both. Review: Roam the Spectrum With Tyshawn Sorey 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z Spanish subtitles translated the Italian of Verdi's dark masterpiece, which recounts a deadly rivalry between two long-lost brothers that results in infanticide and, yes, a climactic suicide. Opera broadcasts build Latin American audiences 2011-05-26T18:04:09Z Penny Dreadful’s climactic season two voyage into the witches’ castle is emblematic of the gulf between each show’s respective depths. Disillusioned with Game of Thrones and True Detective? Try Penny Dreadful 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z He found him, yes, but the climactic showdown essentially consisted of Luther waggling a mop around and watching the murderer fling himself through a window. Luther recap: series three, episode two 2013-07-09T21:01:00Z Nor are the mechanics by which the characters assemble in Chester’s church for the climactic final scene free of artificial maneuvering. Theater Review: ‘Storefront Church,’ by John Patrick Shanley 2012-06-12T02:00:13Z His performance, which unfolded at the festival’s climactic conclusion, merged his lyrical, squawking free jazz inventions alongside traditional Saharan sounds of indigenous Touareg musicians. At 81, jazz titan Archie Shepp’s legacy comes into clear focus 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z |
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