| 单词 | convolute |
| 例句 | It was odd in this time when extended families were more often than not a convoluted web that spanned six living generations or more. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z More than a hundred years later Galileo still needed, when writing in Latin, to use convoluted phrases such as ‘unknown to all astronomers before me’ to convey it. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z He decided it was too convoluted to bother fixing. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The syntax can be defective, convoluted, ambiguous; these are flaws that can be prevented by an awareness of the treelike nature of a sentence. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z The navigator’s charts are more convoluted than ever, and yet he is adamant that they are the key to getting us where we’re going. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z He pretended, for me, that his mind and his heart were not dark and convoluted places. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Other passages were so full of confusing, convoluted words that she ground her teeth at her own uselessness and skipped to something simpler. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The knot Otto made in the laces when I was trying to escape from Bouain was a convoluted mess, made worse by repeated bathings in river muck. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Finally, an awareness of syntax can help you avoid ambiguous, confusing, and convoluted sentences. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Could my religious beliefs be based on such convoluted history? Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z The streets were as crooked and wayward as country streams, dissecting the city not into square blocks but into convoluted shapes of all sizes. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Managing the multitudes in such a limited space would have been difficult under the best of circumstances, but the convoluted Jim Crow transportation laws turned the commute into a gauntlet for all riders. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z At that moment Fang looked like he could barely slide off the couch let alone come up with some convoluted lie to amuse a friend. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z A weird and convoluted new personality type; no wonder law enforcement agencies were having trouble with the Nexus-6. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Shopping around for the cheapest policy, a process that had been convoluted and time-consuming, was suddenly made simple. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Leaning forward and peering, Rick studied Pamina in her heavy, convoluted robes, with her wimple trailing its veil about her shoulders and face. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z The tickets he wrote out were long and convoluted and very elaborate. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z They had picked two dozen salmon from the net, three stray sticks, two dogfish, a long convoluted coil of kelp, and a number of ensnarled jellyfish when Carl Heine’s face showed. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z He led them to an old, rotten stump on which a large white fungus was growing—a rounded, convoluted mass of creamy folds and wrinkles. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He ran a finger over their convoluted surface. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z While this convoluted structure of race and class profited the black elite, it would be wrong to label Spaulding, Merrick, and the rest as corrupt. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Of the two forms of DNA—the “dry” crystalline form and a “wet” form—the wet form seemed to have a less convoluted structure. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Standing higher than its neighbors, at an altitude of about eight thousand feet, is a wide pillar of rock with a rounded, convoluted top that vaguely resembles the rounded, convoluted top of a human brain. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z At the heart of it, magnified by the curved surface, there was a strange, pink, convoluted object that recalled a rose or a sea anemone. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z I wondered if my convoluted questions even made sense. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z The more convoluted the story lines, the more I liked them, and I imagined that all the long-suffering heroines looked like me, or rather, that I looked like them. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z The convoluted syntax, multiple negatives, indefinite antecedents, and masterful circumlocutions of this statement defy comprehension. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z His route is so convoluted that it seems for a time as if he has no destination in mind. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Maybe my mind was taking me in convoluted directions. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z This convoluted clash of competing interests, though, is so poorly explained it’s as arduous to untangle as it is to enjoy. ‘Naked Singularity’ Review: Injustice For All 2021-08-05T04:00:00Z The storytelling in “The Fades” can be convoluted and creaky, but there’s some wit to the writing, and the horror and battle scenes are legitimately frightening, by TV standards. Television Review: ?The Fades? on BBC America; ?Lost Girl? on Syfy - Review 2012-01-14T01:49:07Z Like soap operas, wrestling depends on their heels and faces to enthrall the crowd into following along with the elaborate, sometimes convoluted storylines. A wrestler called “The Progressive Liberal” is infuriating Appalachian crowds, but the sport is a mirror for politics throughout America 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z Like many of Mr. Seeger’s songs, “We Shall Overcome” had convoluted traditional roots. Pete Seeger, Songwriter and Champion of Folk Music, Dies at 94 2014-01-28T06:32:10Z Now any sphere of endeavour can now be taken to those bafflingly convoluted lengths in the name of telly – lengths that would make most right-thinking individuals question the very sanity of the world. TV highlights 04/08/2011 2011-08-03T20:59:01Z The theory was that the accumulated history of DC’s heroes had grown too convoluted to follow, which made it difficult for new readers to jump in. Superman Turns 80. The Red Trunks Still Fit. 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z There he must finally confront the uncomfortable facts of his own convoluted identity, and that leads inevitably toward unearthing his country’s purposely distorted history. Review | Peter Carey’s new novel is a strange ride through Australia’s racist past — and present 2018-02-27T05:00:00Z “We could have gone to a single donor. Instead, it became this convoluted approach to being dishonest about where the votes came from.” In Newport, a Contest in Which One-Man-One-Vote Was for Losers 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z Various adaptations, integrations and rejections that the catalog accurately describes as “convoluted” unfold. Art Review: Putting Names to the Greats of Indian Art 2011-09-29T22:39:43Z “The Little Foxes” is talky, with convoluted, Shakespearean scheming; there’s a reason that thin plots are characteristic of a sung art form. Susan Graham, Opera’s Sweetheart, Tries Something New: Being Nasty 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z The convoluted passage of Paul Klee's drawing, from its seizure to the present destination, reflects an ongoing quest by Jewish organizations to restore artwork stolen by the Nazis to their rightful owners. Israel passes Nazi-seized drawing to owner's heir 2010-09-29T18:07:00Z It's a wildly convoluted tale of murder and justice, full of overheated passions and lurid caricatures. This week's new films 2013-03-16T06:00:06Z No convoluted plot or high-wattage star distracts from its meandering observations and mellow performances; no crass jokes or car chases disrupt its delicate, yearning mood. ‘The Empty Hours,’ Directed by Aarón Fernández 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z It has the blind drives, the convoluted approach shots and the greens that are nestled improbably onto tiny dune-side terraces that typify Irish links. The putter, the pint & the Hairy Mary: A golf and angling odyssey in Western Ireland 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z A: The other books I write are rather more convoluted, with many more characters and a more convoluted sentence structure. Author Elizabeth George pens new Whidbey Island mysteries 2012-11-10T00:42:04Z Virtually no one in this elaborately convoluted book winds up the better for wear. Books of The Times: Jennifer Egan?s ?Visit From the Goon Squad? 2010-06-21T00:10:00Z Q. As prep began for season two, what steps did you take creatively to make sure the addition of two more perspectives remained fluid and did not become confusing or convoluted? Sarah Treem on ‘The Affair’ and Why She Loves the Character You Hate 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z Making the album, Mr. Vernon said earlier this month, was at times spontaneous, at times convoluted and often uncertain. The Blessed, Cursed Life of Bon Iver 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z Fans are feting the anthem, a convoluted pastoral that celebrates Brazil as a "colossus," almost more than the games themselves, especially considering a tepid Brazilian team so far. As protests simmer, Brazil's national anthem soars at World Cup 2014-06-20T04:00:00Z Cyrus’s remarks echoed Perry’s own criticisms from a few weeks ago, when Perry called Swift a hypocrite — albeit in a rather convoluted way — for championing feminism while profiting off the takedown of another women. Miley Cyrus slams Taylor Swift’s “Bad Blood”: “And I’m a bad role model because I’m running around with my titties out?” 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z Losing all of the glee of its predecessor, the movie instead offers nearly three hours of convoluted story lines, undercooked themes and a tangle of confused, glaringly state-approved political subtext. ‘The Wandering Earth II’ Review: It Wanders Too Far 2023-01-22T05:00:00Z Jefferson's involvement with Sally Hemings was part of Martha's convoluted family tree. 25 things you might not know about Thomas Jefferson 2022-04-30T04:00:00Z This is convoluted stuff, and Mr. Jahnke has yet to shape it in a way that gives it clarity and meaning. Review: John Jahnke’s ‘Alas, the Nymphs . . .’ Goes Back to the Beginning 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z In other words, a shrine to an American myth of old-timey homogeneity was literally built on the more convoluted reality. ‘Inseparable’ Finds Pride, Indignity and Irony in the Lives of Siamese Twins Chang and Eng 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z Let me prepare you for the convoluted world of tracking book sales. Washington’s best-selling authors of 2013 2014-04-23T20:07:37Z Complicating Vasarhelyi and Chin’s efforts was a complex and convoluted grab for the life rights of the people involved in the rescue. Their Thai Cave Rescue Film Was Done. Then 87 Hours of Footage Arrived. 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z A sardonic, deeply British gallows humor infuses the songs, along with the conviction that no scenario or structure is too convoluted. black midi Bristles at a Bleak World With ‘Hellfire’ 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z I loved the hunt, the discovery and the assembling of things - whether quirky odd pieces of china, convoluted wire baskets, trompe l'oeil metal boxes in the shape of books or green ceramic kitchen bowls. T Magazine: Full House 2012-11-02T22:42:42Z Like every modern “M:I” movie, “Fallout” is bursting with eye-rolling dialogue, outlandish stunts and a laughably convoluted plot. Perspective | Quality vs. pleasure: Just because a movie is good doesn’t mean you have to like it. 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z The plot is as simple and endlessly convoluted as that of most Pinter plays. Review: ‘Old Times,’ Where the Past Is a Dangerous Place 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z However convoluted and impenetrable, this cinematic labyrinth sabotages the very idea of reality with its notion of dream invasion, theft and implantation. Motivators of 2010: Technology and Greed 2010-12-17T19:43:28Z The institute’s relationship with Harvard is convoluted, which some students say is a cause of their frustrations. $78,000 of Debt for a Harvard Theater Degree 2017-08-07T04:00:00Z In this captivating, charming, if occasionally convoluted, memoir, Kelly generously takes the reader through a life of endless dedication that ultimately led to his groundbreaking 12 months in space. A Memoir of a Year on the International Space Station 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z The actual mechanics of the plot might eventually get so convoluted they have to be accepted on faith, but the spirit of "Red" rarely falters. Bruce Willis spies a good time in "Red" 2010-09-30T00:48:00Z In retrospect, what was really going on as I lay on that ice was really more complicated than Valerie and our convoluted situation. Just in time for Valentine's Day: my failed proposal to get my girlfriend back 2017-02-14T05:00:00Z There was a long awkward moment as the two finished in a tie for third. It only got more awkward as Raisman lost because of a new, and rather convoluted tiebreaker system. Rebecca Soni’s game-changing record 2012-08-03T11:45:00Z The dome of St Paul's Cathedral, almost a mile to the west, is protected by a convoluted array of height limits and viewing corridor rules. The Cheesegrater: Richard Rogers sprinkles the Square Mile 2013-06-16T17:00:01Z Mob goons, college dropouts, melancholy widows and pink-haired rockers mix it up in this deliciously convoluted tale that reads like a fresh new season of “The Sopranos.” Best thriller and mystery books of 2020 2020-11-18T05:00:00Z Review: ‘Mission: Impossible — Fallout’ is big, convoluted and exhausting. Perspective | Why Mission: Impossible is the best blockbuster franchise right now 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z "Dune" may have defeated David Lynch in 1984, but it didn't ruin him; time has transformed the convoluted debacle into an oddball classic many view with affection. "Dune" is the masterful adaptation of Frank Herbert's epic we've been waiting for 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z Tobar takes his tale into the convoluted territory of the justice system, another wasteland. 'The Barbarian Nurseries' is a must-read 2011-10-05T23:02:04Z The document, which critics of the plan describe as convoluted and skillfully worded, does not specify any dates for construction or even mention demolition. Moscow Cultural Landmark Is Seen as Threatened 2009-12-15T05:03:00Z She and her team, including the cast of four excellent dancers, have distilled the famously convoluted text into a poetic, beautifully wrought 70 minutes. Review: A Choreographer in Conversation With James Joyce 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z The Phish universe also holds more than 30 years of convoluted in-jokes that make fans roar, and storms of glow sticks on cue. Where to Catch Music and Comedy on New Year’s Eve 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z The comedian Anna Russell’s droll summary of the convoluted plot of the “Ring,” in which she sings excerpts at the piano, is still priceless after nearly 70 years. Review: ‘Das Barbecü’ Is Wagner’s ‘Ring’ With a Side of Brisket 2020-01-27T05:00:00Z The rest of us won’t have as much patience for the show’s excessively convoluted, repetitive and unlikely story, or for the narrative gimmick reflected in its title. Review: ‘13 Reasons Why’ She Killed Herself, Drawn Out on Netflix 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z Instead, Mead focuses on a convoluted murder mystery and a political election as candidates from all the royal bloodlines compete to be the new monarch. 'Last Sacrifice': Final Vampire Academy book more fizzle than sizzle 2010-12-30T20:28:04Z “Iron, when hot, is a plastic material,” the caption says — above the photograph of a section of Moe Gate in which a convoluted iron bar looks like a poured strand of metallic taffy. Review: ‘Beauty in the Shadows: Wrought Iron in the Washington National Cathedral’ 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z It's not simply Georgia, but multiple characters, even minor ones, who have convoluted and ever-complicating backstories as well as current stories. "Ginny & Georgia" has a tone problem, undermining its emotional impact 2023-01-14T05:00:00Z The convoluted ways Blacks figure in the Jewish mind is insightfully explored in "Portnoy's Complaint." Philip Roth and race: A legendary novelist's troubling pattern 2021-02-07T05:00:00Z But these new songs don’t feel arbitrary when they warp or convolute. Playlist: New CDs From Blk Jks, Deer Tick, Dr. Lonnie Smith 2010-06-04T20:27:00Z It may be long, convoluted and require study, but it is how you get your "papers". Immigration Inquiry Draws Protest at Tom Cat Bakery 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z Grisly and stylish Brit TV series with a compellingly convoluted plot. This week's new DVD & Blu-ray 2013-03-09T06:00:09Z He has written an opera to match his feelings about the place — a fantastical, convoluted tale. 5 Operas in 72 Hours: A Philadelphia Festival Is a Test of Survival 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z And then there were the valiant if convoluted efforts to make some connection, like: “Oscar Wilde: Penned ‘The Importance of Being Earnest.’ Style Invitational Week 1288: Your results may vary—write a funny disclaimer/warning 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z The book is “mostly a medium for satire and repulsion,” with a somewhat convoluted plot, but “intelligence and humor keep Reseng’s tale afloat.” 9 New Books We Recommend This Week 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z This intelligence and humor keep Reseng’s tale afloat on its tiring, convoluted narrative. Murderous Husbands, Flapper-Era Gun Molls and Korean Assassins: The Best Winter Thrillers 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z Her latest investigates narcissism and fear of intimacy through a typically convoluted set-up involving lost love and a confession of murder. Holiday reading: The best books to pack this summer 2013-06-29T07:00:51Z The deal may be complicated by the Bowery Presents’ convoluted ownership structure, which involves numerous partnerships. Brooklyn Steel, the Bowery Presents’ Latest Project, Cements Its Presence 2016-12-05T05:00:00Z In fairness, the show does have a rich history of convoluted stories fixed with a wave of the sonic screwdriver. Doctor Who: Steven Moffat's highs, lows and time-travelling hijinks 2017-06-30T04:00:00Z Mr. Redstone sat flanked by his caretaker at the time, Ms. Herzer, and his lover, Sydney Holland, who lived at his estate and has figured into his recent convoluted legal troubles. In the New Hollywood, Sumner Redstone Is a Man Out of Time 2016-05-14T04:00:00Z Well, if you were in an indie band in the mid-90s chances are you were caught up in the convoluted web of sexual intrigue that was Camden. Russell Brand's rock star Aldous Snow is not based on him ? honest 2010-06-18T23:10:00Z Despite the convoluted history, Mr. Ivory said, “City of Your Final Destination” is, in its essentials, of a piece with the pair’s earlier work. Film: James Ivory Rebuilds After the Loss of Ismail Merchant 2010-04-09T03:54:00Z Like many a noir novel, the nonfiction "Unreal City" has a somewhat convoluted beginning, as Nies untangles an incredibly complex history of economic growth and ecological destruction. Judith Nies' 'Unreal City' built on huge water, energy deals 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z The story of the collection's provenance is somewhat convoluted. Major Beach Boys memorabilia being auctioned off 2013-04-19T11:15:12Z In private and with a glass of wine in hand, we agreed without hesitation: It was a convoluted mess replete with incomprehensible longueurs. A witch hunt or a quest for justice: An insider’s perspective on disgraced academic Avital Ronell 2018-09-08T04:00:00Z Before long, she is involved in a convoluted kidnap and blackmail plot in US-Mexico border country; as you’d guess, things do not go to plan. Tilda Swinton's performances – ranked! 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z The subjects of the convolutes run from “Panorama,” “Mirrors,” “Fashion,” and the famous “Flâneur” to the more arcane “Dream City and Dream House, Dreams of the Future, Anthropological Nihilism, Jung.” Walter Benjamin’s Unfinished Magnum Opus, Revisited Through Contemporary Art 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z The nation’s convoluted distribution system and fragmented taxation and regulatory structure allow Washington-area wine lovers to find bargains at stores in New Jersey or Chicago that are unavailable here. We’re buying more wine online. Cross your fingers that will lead to cheaper options. 2016-02-20T05:00:00Z Summarized, that plot may sound melodramatic and convoluted, and Mr. Martin’s use of tattooing as a metaphor for the permanent physical and emotional scars left by trauma can seem overwrought. Books of The Times: Two Women Love One Man, Worthy of Neither 2011-06-19T21:55:18Z At the end, the band plays a convoluted “Twelve More Bars to Go” with one of the greatest recorded tenor-saxophone solos in the blues idiom. The World’s Greatest Living Jazz Composer Celebrates His Eighty-fifth Birthday 2018-08-25T04:00:00Z There are high-powered lawyers representing both parties, in a convoluted dispute that includes accusations of physical and emotional abuse and charges of digital spying and invasion of privacy. Sex, Plagiarism and Spyware. This Is Not Your Average Copyright Complaint. 2017-12-02T05:00:00Z Yet opera seems to be the last place where Levine and the Met have turned to come to terms with their own convoluted history. On the Met's James Levine, and the age-old debate of separating the art from the artist 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z But upon closer inspection, the ensuing case along with Anthony's own backstory proves to be more convoluted than anticipated. "I Just Killed My Dad": A closer look at the true story behind the Netflix father-son murder series 2022-08-22T04:00:00Z The trio sounds like no other, its lack of a bass instrument lending an airiness to even its most convoluted moments. Music Review: Re:sonance at the Austrian Cultural Forum - Review 2012-01-13T23:37:14Z Episodes dawdle and dabble too long in too many convoluted story lines, which probably worked fine on the page and filled Ng’s novel with layered and thematic coincidences. Review | The sparks fly in Hulu’s ‘Little Fires Everywhere,’ but it’s hard to sustain the heat 2020-03-16T04:00:00Z The politics of the congressional witch hunt have been so labyrinthine, so convoluted, that it has been difficult to know how to effectively harness an angry response. The tyranny of pink 2012-05-30T11:45:00Z Showing a greater adherence to his favourite show's convoluted canon, 88 Keys recently paid his respects to Lost with the song Baggage Claim. Wale's Seinfeld tribute mixtape 2010-08-13T23:06:00Z It's this kind of convoluted behavior that shows just how bold Judy's move to confront her parents head-on was. Challenging patriarchal practices makes "House of Ho" more than just a Vietnamese Kardashians clone 2020-12-19T05:00:00Z The sound was more groove-oriented at first, but we started honing it: We didn't want convoluted, drawn-out music. Metz: All out, all the time 2013-05-09T22:15:00Z Time and again, the projects seemed intent on fleeing the real world of people and places, scale and context; retreating instead into fantasy realms of convoluted forms with no seeming purpose. Towering folly: why architectural education in Britain is in need of repair 2013-05-30T07:00:07Z The driver takes a convoluted route, jacking up the rate. 10 common travel scams — and how to avoid them 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z He also layers his vocals into cascading, convoluted harmonies and brings in glimmers of lush string ensembles and subtle funk. Moses Sumney Does Not Sing Love Songs 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z Whitehead created surreal versions of South and North Carolina that seem less and less surreal as the convoluted political machinations of today unfold. Be grateful for what was good: One dozen musicians share the art they loved the most in 2016 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z Ferguson is a perfect case in point, presented as a set of competing interpretations, when it's more convoluted than that. Poet Claudia Rankine ruminates on the body politic in 'Citizen' 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z For the next 50 minutes Kessler and other participants delivered a series of convoluted speeches. Unite the Right 2 was a failure — but American fascism is not dead 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z Mr. West’s rhymes are usually convoluted bursts of self-promotion, self-protection and self-criticism, but his production makes them imposing. At Concert for Sandy Relief, Big Names Find the Right Tone 2012-12-13T12:52:08Z Fielder’s ideas are always radical, but often terrible, and at best painfully convoluted, often completely misunderstanding the core values and market of the business. Nathan For You: finding the comedy in awkward commercialism 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z Unfortunately, the results prove a pretentious and convoluted conceit. 'Happiness on Earth' proves difficult to appreciate 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z But at 100 minutes, this fervent experiment drags — because it’s too convoluted, and because the single philosophical stand it seems to take is for nihilism. ‘Eat the Devil’ Review: Sex Dolls, Wormholes and a Stand for Nihilism 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z This particularly means seeing Jane die, which leads in a convoluted manner to the plane exploding above his neighborhood. Four years later, “Breaking Bad” remains the boldest indictment of modern American capitalism in TV history 2017-05-29T04:00:00Z Did I mention Ray's heart condition, his ongoing hunt for the hit-and-run driver who killed his wife and his convoluted solution for repaying Sarkoff? 'Guardian Angel' takes on a few too many sins 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z Each convolute is matched with a single art work, turning each piece into a kind of illustration of the concept Benjamin was exploring. Walter Benjamin’s Unfinished Magnum Opus, Revisited Through Contemporary Art 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z In practice, Parsons simply recited extracts from his memoirs and wheeled out convoluted showbiz anecdotes, while the actors and director, too polite to interrupt, stood around. To see Edinburgh's best musicals you must look beyond the stars 2010-08-26T11:59:00Z With such a convoluted plot, not to mention hundreds of pages of period British colloquialisms, screenwriters face enormous challenges in dialogue and characterization. A New ‘Wuthering Heights,’ From Andrea Arnold 2012-09-30T04:27:19Z “Tentacle 8” proves to be a convoluted shell game, packed with high-tech espionage jargon about servers, data breaches and black sites, but hobbled by a muddy plot. Review: ‘Tentacle 8’ Ensnares a Security Analyst in a Maze of Secrets 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z That in turn spurs a convoluted and incomprehensible revenge plot and a lot — a truly impressive amount — of tedious though often violent, thoroughly soft-core sex. | '3D Sex and Zen: Extreme Ecstasy': Cantonese Erotic Fantasy: 3-D and One Lousy Lover 2011-08-21T22:14:52Z But the more variant stories we get, the more unstable and convoluted the whole structure becomes. Is ‘Loki’ a True Marvel Variant? Or Just a Fun Experiment? 2021-07-21T04:00:00Z It was tough to include because it's convoluted, and I only have 90 minutes. "This is where WW III starts": "The Grab" filmmaker on the urgent scarcity created by the powerful 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z While the lyrics are convoluted, the music simply charges ahead. Elvis Costello & the Imposters Are Still Blasting Away 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z In 1985 DC Comics published Crisis on Infinite Earths, a limited series intended to streamline the at times convoluted continuity of its heroes. ArtsBeat: Comic Book Math: DC to Renumber Series, Starting Again With No. 1 2011-06-01T13:20:46Z The action sequences and convoluted pursuit of various MacGuffins — way stations toward the ultimate MacGuffin — are masterfully done, with cinematic set pieces, noirish interludes and horrifying bad guys. Review | Jeff VanderMeer’s ‘Hummingbird Salamander’ is a gripping eco-thriller full of cinematic set pieces 2021-04-05T04:00:00Z The family infighting is becoming convoluted, though, as Cookie and Jamal jostle for Hakeem’s trust by dangling the prospect of getting back his embargoed debut album. 'Empire' Recap: Season 2, Episode 2, Start of a Dynasty 2015-09-30T04:00:00Z But Illinois' pension code is a tangled, convoluted mess of provisions riddled with giveaways, funding flaws, excessive borrowing and pension holidays. Politics wreaked havoc on retirement code 2011-12-16T03:20:00Z Less successful is Caroline Garcia’s installation, with its disparate video, augmented reality, and ceramics that are combined in too convoluted of an assemblage to appreciate its purported subject of grief. Shed’s Open Call Showcases City’s Emerging Visual Talents 2021-07-02T04:00:00Z And yet at the same time it looks like a real movie — artfully shot, cleanly edited and very much in control of the laughs and scares that arise from its insanely convoluted set of premises. Movie Review: ‘John Dies at the End,’ Directed by Don Coscarelli 2013-01-31T23:09:01Z Mr. King’s convoluted book also includes a figure referred to as the Shape, who is, for all intents and purposes, Satan. ‘Ghost Brothers of Darkland County,’ From Stephen King and John Mellencamp 2014-11-25T05:00:00Z Some kind of convoluted notion of the world has come up, and you've recorded it. Q&A: Mystery Writer Walter Mosley 2010-03-25T09:40:00Z Did their image get convoluted and misconstrued by record labels? “We are whatever you want us to be”: The gospel according to Black Sabbath 2015-06-14T04:00:00Z The language grows more convoluted and the arguments patchier. Multiplier effects 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z This isn’t merely a quirk in a convoluted narrative; it’s the movie’s main contribution to the mythology first established in “Unbreakable.” “Split” has very problematic views on psychological disorders — but to explain why, I need to spoil the film’s brilliant twist 2017-01-23T05:00:00Z You could go ahead and infer that this is what Pacquiao was alluding to in his remarks, and you definitely could say that’s some convoluted writing there. HGTV: Winning the war for gay marriage 2012-05-17T16:00:00Z Some public art advocates pointed to a convoluted mural application process. L.A.'s mural ordinance is beginning to reveal its effects 2015-03-07T05:00:00Z On Sunday at the Swiss Institute, in its United States premiere, this coolly disarming work revealed many such convoluted structures, favoring switchbacks, detours and double exposures over any linear route. ‘A to B via C,’ an Alexandra Bachzetsis Dance Theater Work 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z But interest may also be low due to the convoluted and expensive ticket scheme. Michael Jackson tribute concert lineup revealed 2011-08-12T10:19:08Z She genuinely cared for her ex-stepdaughter-in-law and wanted to preserve their relationship, which was meaningful and deep, though convoluted to describe. (Step)-Family Trees With Tangled Branches 2012-10-03T20:48:50Z In short, we’ve managed to thrive on separate branches of a very convoluted family tree. Modern Love: I Am My Own In-Law 2012-02-02T18:33:07Z Today the process of whittling down entries to a shortlist of five is convoluted and works in a way that is totally unlike the other Oscar categories. Oscars 2012: Foreign film nominees 2012-02-22T08:32:55Z The contrast between simple hooks and convoluted, painful feelings keeps Of Montreal unstable and fascinating, while the dancing tilts the balance toward silly fun onstage. Music Review: Anxiety Wrapped in Gleaming Pop and Lam? 2010-09-19T22:31:00Z The organizers picked its contents by a conceptually convoluted method. ‘The Intuitionists’ and ‘Small’ 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z Hitchcock and his screenwriters, Charles Bennett and Ian Hay, realized that a faithful adaptation of Buchan’s book, with its convoluted and implausible plot, lack of female characters and long interludes of parlor-bound chat, wouldn’t do. Television Review | 'Masterpiece Classic: The 39 Steps': An Action Hero Low on the Bond Factor 2010-02-26T22:14:00Z Like many Japanese RPGs, mechanically Ni no Kuni is an intricate beast, where convoluted combat systems and much virtual conversation dominate the action. Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch – review 2013-01-27T00:06:03Z No convoluted backstory, no sardonic attitude, no pretension whatsoever: just easy, straightforward video game fun, elevated by splashy visuals, tight controls and an attention to detail that borders on perfectionism. ‘The Super Mario Bros. Movie’ Review: This Ain’t No Game 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z One briskly convoluted theme, “Pakistani Minor,” moved in fits, almost haltingly, against a gathering steam of polyrhythm. Music Review: Intuitions Unsaid but Issued in Rhythms 2011-08-12T21:38:22Z Because Roman, the lone Savior survivor from last week, caught up to her, too, before channeling his inner Bond supervillain by devising a pointlessly convoluted means of execution. ‘The Walking Dead’ Season 6 Finale: Negan Makes His Entrance 2016-04-03T04:00:00Z Van Dyk chronicles this phenomenon of underground hostage negotiations, which he calls “the work of ghosts,” and each of his successive trips back to the region to retrace his footsteps gets murkier, more convoluted. A Freed Hostage Audits the Murky Business of Captive Negotiations 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z “It’s an acidic, almost black tomato, with a convoluted, heavily lobed shape.” In the Garden: Jefferson?s Vegetable Garden Still Grows at Monticello 2010-07-01T13:37:00Z At times, the movements of soldiers and civilians in the Bosnia of 2004 become almost too convoluted to follow, but don’t give up. 30 years after ‘Presumed Innocent,’ Scott Turow still thrills with ‘Testimony’ 2017-05-08T04:00:00Z That could have easily served as the period at the end of a sad and convoluted sentence, acknowledging a failed experiment. ‘Homeland’ and ‘The Leftovers’ go into the shop for fixes, but some clunkiness remains 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z There are convoluted schemes, terrible predicaments, unlikely redemptions and piles of dirty laundry. What Happened When Kelly Yang Moved ‘Back Where She Came From’ 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z The eight-episode season zooms in on obscure characters and moments to paint a fuller picture of a convoluted bit of geopolitics that damaged the Reagan presidency. Podcasts Worth a Listen: ‘Fiasco,’ ‘Unwell,’ ‘In Those Genes’ 2020-03-08T05:00:00Z But keeping the Wars’ family trees, convoluted legalistic arguments and perpetually shifting allegiances straight is enough to give anyone a headache. “Game of Thrones’” overstuffed finale 2012-06-04T15:26:00Z This new round of “Stranger Things” — which is way too long, far too convoluted and intent on destroying your family’s outdoor plans for Independence Day — brings out the Sigmund Freud in me. Review | A convoluted ‘Stranger Things’ follows its primal ’80s urges to one monster of a mall 2019-07-03T04:00:00Z It wasn’t until years later that Mr. Madsen learned of the band’s sad, convoluted story from the playwright Joy Gregory, who thought it would make a good musical. Sad and Haunted Girls Who Couldn?t Play Worth a Lick 2011-05-22T00:45:25Z The main course: a convoluted story to track about who killed the show's phantom standard-bearer, Chef Nordo Lefesczki, with his own carving knife. Review: Café Nordo's fare better than its 'Twin Peaks'-like whodunit 2012-10-18T20:19:04Z Jessica Tabin, a vice president at the Creative Impact marketing agency, said the two movies’ convoluted titles were detrimental — both on their own and in light of their now month-apart release dates. The Curious Case of the Strangely Similar Movie Titles 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z Between its unsympathetic, charisma-free characters and a flashback-dependent narrative style that grows choppier and more convoluted as Brad's mutinous plan ensues, the film never builds the requisite momentum. 'Coldwater' fails to tap into drama of youth reform centers 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z All that set the stage for what turned a simple question of Smollett’s innocence or guilt into a convoluted legal saga that has dragged on for nearly three years. Trial set to start on charges Smollett faked racist attack 2021-11-28T05:00:00Z The youngish leading man was needed to play a handsome, heartbroken insurance agent who gets dragged into a convoluted policy investigation when the Garveys’ loathsome brother-in-law turns up dead. Daryl McCormack Has More Than Luck on His Side 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z Rush is now clarifying, if you will, the convoluted statements from Tuesday. Rush Limbaugh lashes out at media for outrage over his tasteless Robin Williams comment 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z Sometimes a film with multiple story lines and convoluted connections can pick up a win, as 'Crash' did. "Avatar" faces tough rivals for tech Oscars 2010-02-19T07:00:00Z So we started with a very convoluted idea of us being two characters who escaped from a cult and try to hide in a foster family. "PEN15" stars Maya Erskine and Anna Konkle: "We still feel like we're in seventh grade" 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z However, for some reason, she is also the owner of one of the most convoluted mythologies in toy history. From Trolls to Transformers: toy films – ranked! 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z This book feels longer and talkier than the first two, and the plot is more convoluted, bouncing from Moscow and Washington to Greece, New York, Khartoum, Macao and Hong Kong. Review | Only one sexy couple can stop a Russian spy from taking over the CIA 2018-02-11T05:00:00Z The story, with its parade of characters, can get a little convoluted. Review: How Deep Is Your Love? A Ratmansky Ballet Dives In 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z The deluxe remixes are worthy additions to the Beatles' most notoriously convoluted production. The definitive version of the Beatles' "Let It Be" doesn't exist — but this new deluxe remix sizzles 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z The title may sounds a little convoluted, but it describes what goes on. Music Review: At the Philharmonic, an Uneven Blend of Jazz 2010-09-23T05:53:00Z In blue states Democrats simplify voting; in red states Republicans suppress it with a long inventory of machinations: purge the rolls, convolute registration procedures, disenfranchise felons and cut back polling times and places. Why the Right to Vote Is Not a Right 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z Russell has created an astute account of brokenness, how the destructive power of this early relationship reverberates in the convoluted way Vanessa’s mind processes it. Girl, Interrupted 2020-03-06T05:00:00Z Bill Peace, in my first interaction with him, which came through a series of scathing and convoluted blog posts, made it immediately clear that he was not “going gentle.” I was sure that legalizing aid in dying was the right thing to do. Then I met Bad Cripple 2016-02-14T05:00:00Z Besides, in her convoluted mind, she believes that her deception is a kindness to the people in her life. Review: At This Theater Festival, Death Crouches in the Wings 2019-07-30T04:00:00Z I want to stress that you are better off with frequent and short one-on-one moments than convoluted, expensive and drawn-out plans. Perspective | My kids are fighting more since they’ve been stuck at home. How do I restore order? 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z Semprún’s highly individual sense of integrity led him to sever ties with political allies, and his convoluted life in exile distanced him from family members. Remembering Buchenwald survivor Jorge Semprún, a key witness to the 20th century 2018-07-01T04:00:00Z Instead, the band’s story has been as convoluted and mercurial as its music. The Mars Volta Returns With a Swerve: Its Own Version of Pop 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z Eric Owens, the site's education editor, criticized the chart as "convoluted yet crudely, embarrassingly simplified." Test prep book publisher apologizes for comparing Clarence Thomas to KKK 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z Did a simple scale suddenly leap in the middle so that natural order was convoluted and distorted? My Beethoven moment 2010-09-07T20:30:00Z Also on display is Washington’s penchant for bureaucratic double-speak so technical and convoluted as to be basically meaningless. 'Veep' Recap: This Mouse Will Roar 2015-06-07T04:00:00Z In other words, Alicia is a closer match to Mrs. Clinton: believably imperfect even when legal plot twists grow convoluted and outré. ‘Madam Secretary’ and ‘The Good Wife,’ TV’s Mighty Women 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z For all the convoluted trappings stuffed into “The Cheaters Club,” neither does the audience. Theater Review: The Amoralists Bring ‘Cheaters Club’ to Abrons Arts Center 2013-08-28T02:00:01Z But the reasons the Dynamic Duo took so long to come to home video are as convoluted as a Riddler conundrum. ‘Batman,’ the 1960s TV Series, Returns in a Collection 2014-11-05T05:00:00Z Yet it was perfectly suited to the sly, cryptic tidings of his lyrics, which might invoke romance, dreams, spiritual quests or the convoluted plotting of film noir. Tom Verlaine’s 15 Essential Songs 2023-01-29T05:00:00Z There’s a convoluted story about raffling off the flophouse to buy Doc a microscope. Theater Review: ?Pipe Dream,? From Rodgers and Hammerstein, at Encores! 2012-03-29T21:28:11Z Plenty of others heard her stories of convoluted conspiracies — she said she wore her helmet to protect herself from government experiments and radio waves — and dismissed her as crazy. Pennsylvania Ave. activist Concepcion Picciotto’s vigil lives on after her death — with some changes 2016-03-01T05:00:00Z So it’s no surprise that together, their chemistry elevates a pilot for a series whose plot is a bit too convoluted to be satisfyingly explained in thirty minutes. The 8 Best New Fall TV Shows You Should Watch 2017-08-30T04:00:00Z For contrived reasons too convoluted to explicate, Leo becomes the reluctant and unlikely protector of the other four when they find themselves trapped outside during the violence-filled night. Review: ‘Purge’ sequel provides requisite thrills 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z A very convoluted plotline encompassing secret identities, royal intrigues and stealth tattooing. ‘The After Party’ and ‘Baahubali’: Hip-hop Dreams and Indian Fantasy From Netflix 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z The energetic and influential Hong Kong director Ringo Lam was, in his 1980s heyday, noted for action pictures with intensely emotional and convoluted stories. Review: ‘Sky on Fire,’ or Is That Just a Gleaming C.G.I. Skyscraper? 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z Netflix's latest documentary, "The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes," explores the convoluted investigation behind the death of Marilyn Monroe. The 6 most heartbreaking Marilyn Monroe moments from Netflix’s “The Unheard Tapes" documentary 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z In a movie this convoluted and stuck on itself, you don’t want to be figuring out the actors, too. Uncouth, Cranky and Rude: Movies in 1988 Were a Far Cry From Today 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z She believes that, despite his convoluted defence of his actions, Antonio did eventually offer a complete apology. Kidnap revisited: how I met my former captor 2011-01-26T08:00:02Z SM So, to go back to my convoluted question about white women coming into the debate? Steve McQueen meets Tarana Burke: ‘I want to be part of shifting the narrative’ 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z Still, it does not get to the paranoia and psychological depths below the convoluted surface of this story. Review: ‘The Manchurian Candidate,’ Eagerly Awaited, Has Premiere in St. Paul 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z One step in the convoluted and unpredictable process of creation is considering why one artistic form is better suited to a given message than another. Review | Tackling race in opera — at center stage 2017-06-05T04:00:00Z The Broadway veteran admitted that some elements of the opera's convoluted plot continue to elude her: "I'm still not sure what happens to the necklace after my scene." L.A. Opera goes for the epic with 'The Ghosts of Versailles' 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z Making a donation to an animal shelter in lieu of tipping your groomer is as convoluted as donating to a food bank in lieu of tipping your waiter. Must I Be Kind to My Money-Grubbing Parents? 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z A little dated and a little convoluted, “A-C-E One” ends up in a vaguely unsatisfying place that wavers between comedy and tragedy. Dance Review: Yoshiko Chuma?s ?A-C-E One? at the River to River Festival 2010-07-08T21:23:00Z If the play’s convoluted final scene goes on a bit too long, and is not wholly credible, at least you don’t see its resolution coming. In This Playwright’s Dystopia, Forgetting Is Forbidden 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z Though a tad convoluted, Carey’s special is full of one-liners and knowing winks; when the elf has trouble tracking her down, she informs him, “It’s called elusive, darling.” Mariah! Dolly! Carrie! 2020 Can’t Quarantine This Cheer 2020-12-18T05:00:00Z On the literary side, German speakers routinely wince at the more convoluted passages in Wagner’s librettos and prose writings. Bob Dylan as Richard Wagner 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z And the actual Gucci saga, with its competing boardroom power plays, was convoluted at the best of times. The Guccis Are Really Not Happy About ‘House of Gucci’ 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z The flashbacks interrupt whatever momentum Zhao builds, while the yammer only further muddies an already convoluted story. ‘Eternals’ Review: When Super Franchises Walk the Earth! 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z Cartwright’s genius is his ability to interweave these convoluted plot lines, creating infinite sympathy and empathy for Richie. Justin Cartwright’s ‘Lion Heart’: a tangle of true quests 2014-02-19T20:13:56Z The Judas Tree was one of David Renwick's convoluted, gothic puzzles, shot through with comedy. Doctor Who | A Touch of Frost | Jonathan Creek | TV Review 2010-04-05T05:45:00Z Perhaps another advantage of hearing a concert performance of “The Tsar’s Bride” is that it took your mind off the convoluted story. Bolshoi Opera Brings ‘The Tsar’s Bride’ to Lincoln Center 2014-07-13T04:00:00Z The writer in him acknowledged that the consistency was important for the chemistry of the show, especially as the new season’s convoluted structure made everything else hard to track. ArtsBeat: Michael Cera on the Return of ‘Arrested Development’ 2013-05-24T16:07:25Z The story loses focus as it detours through a convoluted plot about a passion play, and farcical moments, like a shining crotch, undercut its sinister edges. Five Horror Movies to Stream Now 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z If the story was convoluted — making it a rarely revived musical, despite an acclaimed score — the animating spirit of the show was clear. Theater: ?On a Clear Day? Now Centers on the Psychiatrist 2011-11-27T05:27:19Z Suffering from burnout and “generalized hate,” she’s vulnerable to the brash businessman who approaches her with a convoluted plan to monetize the city’s wastewater supply. Review: ‘Small Admissions,’ ‘Freebird’ and More 2016-12-25T05:00:00Z The rules of the elimination challenge were convoluted and silly. "Top Chef: World All Stars" meets "Downton Abbey" for an elevated picnic Mrs. Patmore would hate 2023-04-14T04:00:00Z “Lac,” shown at City Center on Friday, is just as convoluted as it is misogynistic. Dance Review: ‘Lac,’ Les Ballets de Monte Carlo’s Reimagined ‘Swan Lake’ 2014-03-16T19:44:39Z Each personality description gets a little convoluted, but suffice it to say that this is at least an interesting way to approach losing weight. And a Thinner New Year: Five New Books About Food and Diets 2016-12-28T05:00:00Z The same can’t be said of our seventh nominee, Westworld, whose second season, though visually enchanting and undeniably ambitious, was a convoluted mess. Emmys 2018: our predictions - who will win and who should win 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z Inspired by the ancient farces of Plautus, this convoluted tale of a wily slave, young lovers and dirty old men in dirty old Rome ingeniously finds the links between classical comedy and its burlesque-house descendants. Two Sides of Sondheim in the Berkshires 2010-07-06T21:36:00Z Stewart admitted that the president’s convoluted explanation only became more convoluted as he attempted to “dumb it down.” “Daily Show” classics: How Jon Stewart made George Bush’s public appearances a little more bearable 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z “Orlando,” convoluted as it is, spins a simpler tale of a typically operatic love quadrangle. An Early-Music Ensemble Gives a Handel Opera a Period Punch 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z It’s a convoluted plot and hurtful — and a shame she can’t own up to its silliness retrospectively. I’m Still Salty About My Sister’s Elopement 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z The emotions are convoluted, and Phox finds a winding and ultimately heartening path through them. New Albums by Riff Raff, Black Bananas and Phox 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z But in a convoluted way — and Minimalism is, if nothing else, convoluted — it wasn't. To introduce a newly discovered John Cage work, CalArts makes much of 'Minimalism means' 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z In years gone by, they were asked to read an oath written in convoluted and archaic language. Should jurors have to take a test? 2013-02-23T18:00:01Z The convoluted case began when McKernan hit his roommate, Mark Gibson, with a baseball bat during a heated argument, killing him. Late actor Heston's insult of judge helps upend murder conviction 2017-02-28T05:00:00Z But as elliptical as his prose can sometimes be, Milch also has a way of using his characters’ convoluted talk to literalize the way they’re figuring themselves out. Dead Tree Alert: The Beautiful Losers of Luck 2012-01-27T17:38:48Z “Even in the case of ‘Inception,’ as complicated and convoluted as that movie was, it had a very, very basic high-concept premise: people invade dreams and change them.” Filmmaker J. J. Abrams Is a Crowd Teaser 2011-05-29T01:23:02Z What justice can the convoluted laws of the overlapping jurisdictions of governments possibly exact? 'The Round House': Louise Erdrich's novel of a brutal assault and its aftermath 2012-10-10T21:57:03Z In the first part of his book, Dray guides us through the convoluted circumstances that led to Lewis’s murder, which involved a young white woman named Lena McMahon and her white suitor, Philip Foley. When Jim Crow Violence Came to a Small New York Village 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z And is still a pretty twisty-turny, convoluted mystery novel, but in as simple a manner as you can get that story. Who’s buying our elections? Inside the shadowy world of “Dark Money” 2018-07-17T04:00:00Z If Von Saher's case were to come to trial, evidence bearing on — and possibly clarifying — the paintings' convoluted journey through decades of tumultuous 20th century history might be presented. Norton Simon dealt setback in Nazi-looted art case 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z The first third of the book portrays the emotionally convoluted father through the eyes of his never-quite-comprehending son. James Lasdun reviews The Scientists: A Family Romance by Marco Roth 2013-02-16T09:01:01Z The underlying moral of Vonnegut’s convoluted tale may be familiar: In a world gone mad, only the mad are truly sane. Review: A Vonnegut Madman Tangled in Thickets of Dark Satire 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z The film’s own logic is so casually convoluted that, like Ellen Page in “Inception,” the characters have a way of narrating the action to the audience, just to make sure you’re following along. “Star Trek Beyond”: Humor and adventure abound in this course-correcting sequel 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z Taken in all at once, it’s almost overwhelming, and things got even more convoluted in the first half of the season premiere on Monday. ‘Jane the Virgin’ Season 2 Premiere Recap: ‘Chapter Twenty-Three’ 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z Most of all there is a complicated, convoluted mix of action, suspense and family melodrama, a combination that couldn’t be pulled off without good writing and a very strong cast. ‘The Honorable Woman,’ Starring Maggie Gyllenhaal 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z Yet, in addition to being a convoluted hour, it’s also gloomy and uncomfortable. ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Season 1, Episode 3: Sometimes Down is Up 2017-10-01T04:00:00Z The plot is so convoluted that it requires undivided attention — and possibly one of the many character maps to be found on the internet. Need to Escape? Stream These 12 Great Foreign-Language TV Shows 2020-03-25T04:00:00Z Like more than 100 others in the cast and on the “Rebecca” creative team, he is now scrambling for work while watching the convoluted story of what went wrong unfold in public. Failure of Musical ‘Rebecca’ Costs More Than Money 2012-10-06T00:14:13Z Within his simple conceit, there are well-tempered performances and a visual and emotional tone that help elucidate a plot as convoluted as the Bard ever devised. Shakespeare's complicated 'Cymbeline' is sweetly streamlined at Seattle Shakespeare Co. 2011-01-12T21:17:04Z “As soon as I found out how crazy and convoluted and interesting porcelain history was, I was just fully hooked,” said Mr. Domingo, who makes plates, trays and cups that often incorporate botanical motifs. It’s a Fine Time for Fine China 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z “It was as if I had been born anew,” Weinberg said of meeting the slightly older composer during the war, and the well-connected Shostakovich later saved Weinberg from execution in a convoluted Kremlin scandal. New York Premiere for a Long-Suppressed Opera 2014-07-04T04:00:00Z Given the convoluted and nonsensical story of "Salt," that was a wise choice. "Salt": Angelina Jolie's dazzling action spectacle 2010-07-22T11:01:00Z That's the fascinating question that will drive this series long after the convoluted storylines and tortured metaphors spell its doom. ‘Westworld’ Season 1, Episode 3: Don’t Make Arnold’s Mistake 2016-10-16T04:00:00Z The story was tightly serialized and got pretty convoluted. ‘The Good Place’ Finale Finds the Meaning of Life: ‘Yep, Nailed It’ 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z A more intriguing question though has to do with Disney’s own streaming platform and how Endgame’s convoluted time hopping plays into its planned spin-off shows. After Endgame: what's next for the Marvel Cinematic Universe? 2019-04-30T04:00:00Z Tut is all about the tomb, the afterlife and desperate immortality — a fantastically grandiose and convoluted system that would help define Western civilization for the next several thousand years. How good is the King Tut exhibition? An art critic weighs in 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z But the two are often thrust into convoluted situations, and there is a confusing array of subsidiary characters. Review: Better the Devil You Don't Know? 2010-03-02T12:00:00Z The rules of the elimination challenge are convoluted and silly. "Top Chef: World All Stars" meets "Downton Abbey" for an elevated picnic Mrs. Patmore would hate 2023-04-14T04:00:00Z Old musicals tend to run long and come across as strangely convoluted. ‘Peter Pan Live!’ flies clear of Twitter’s crocodile jaws “Hunters” seems as if it might be too convoluted and coy to be worth the mental energy. Review: In ‘Hunters,’ Another Hero Roots Out Planetary Aliens in Our Midst 2016-04-10T04:00:00Z But it does mean that you need not burden your prose with extra words or convoluted constructions just for the sake of syntactic box-ticking. Memo to schoolmarms: It’s OK to use incomplete sentences 2013-04-18T17:09:00Z The reader is required to pay close attention, but the convoluted plot fits together like a jigsaw. Final Days by Gary Gibson – review 2012-06-26T10:45:02Z The script got longer and more convoluted and scary until it looked like the one Jack Nicholson is writing in The Shining. The Newsroom's Emily Mortimer: why I still feel shame about going to work 2014-05-31T04:00:00Z The plot, however, is one of the most convoluted in opera. 2010-01-20T05:02:00Z "So many things are twisted and convoluted," he said of the popular fandom ship. Whether Anthony Mackie likes it or not, there's always been a need for queer "shipping" in media 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z Observers have criticized Warner Brothers for years for giving the siblings too much leeway to explore imaginative, convoluted plots. Now That Jupiter Has Descended, What's Next for the Wachowskis? 2015-02-24T05:00:00Z In real life that prosecution was overturned in convoluted legal proceedings, by Western standards, and Mai’s rapists ultimately acquitted. Pakistani rape survivor Mukhtar Mai comes to L.A. to see justice, if only onstage 2017-06-16T04:00:00Z A Midwesterner who valued “the culture of forthrightness he’d grown up with” but who became preoccupied with recursive literary narratives and the convoluted theories of Jacques Derrida. Books of The Times: David Foster Wallace Biography by D. T. Max 2012-08-22T14:21:10Z “Ocean’s Kingdom,” first performed in September, is as plodding as ever: four movements of static choreography by Mr. Martins, along with blandly sweeping music and a convoluted libretto by Mr. McCartney. Dance Review: ?Ocean?s Kingdom? at New York City Ballet - Review 2012-01-21T00:29:19Z In tracing several scarce cancer drugs, Cummings' investigation found a convoluted supply chain, with drugs going from wholesalers to pharmacies and then back to wholesalers. Lawmakers probe pharmacy ties to drug shortages 2012-03-22T11:20:00Z But his father’s disappointment cuts deeply into his sensitivities, and through a convoluted series of incidents Lucidus finds himself facing the prospect of an actual duel. | 'The Coward': Rules of the Duel: When Facing Near-Certain Death, Employ an Impostor 2010-11-23T05:30:00Z The exhibition moves, with a light touch and using a series of 19th-century prints, over the cycle’s convoluted plot, drawn by Wagner from a grab bag of mythological and philosophical sources, Norse and German traditions. Review: In ‘Wagner’s “Ring”: Forging an Epic,’ Valkyries on Their First Flight 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z In a delightful appendix called “The Backstories,” she describes “the convoluted, sometimes preposterous lengths I would go to track down my quarry.” Review | Who was Vivian Maier? A new book explores the inspired life of the nanny with a secret gift for photography. 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z All this is part of what may be the most convoluted plot I’ve ever encountered. Book review: ‘Blue Labyrinth,’ by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child Probably not — and yet I’ve barely scratched the surface of this play’s impossibly convoluted plot, which also involves the 2010 crash over Smolensk, Russia, of an airplane that was carrying much of the Polish government. Review: Real Russians and Fake News in ‘Describe the Night’ 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z If Moriarty stumbles at all in this story, it’s at the end when she brings us back into Savannah’s orbit, where things get overlong and a bit convoluted. Review | In Liane Moriarty’s ‘Apples Never Fall,’ a mother disappears and a family falls to pieces 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z And it remains as mysterious and convoluted to me as ever. Nirpal Dhaliwal: My Bollywood bit part 2011-02-10T21:59:00Z Since the nomenclature surrounding the sweet styles is so complex and convoluted, we’ll focus first on dry rieslings. Your Next Lesson: Riesling 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z This is a very convoluted story, so by keeping everybody with their own kind of icons, it maybe helps you follow a little better. 'Inherent Vice' costume designer Mark Bridges on Pynchon's world 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z But it hews to Mr. Kelley’s “character based” formula, which is to say it emphasizes eccentricity, emotion and convoluted humor over plausible legal procedure or scannable plots. Television Review: From Law School to a Frat House? 2011-05-31T22:09:37Z As it turns out, our hapless single dad might have feigned ignorance because he has already been to hell and back, an experience he recounts in a convoluted flashback involving Charles Manson and Lucifer. Review: The Devil Wears Pleather but Can’t Save ‘Christmas in Hell’ 2018-12-16T05:00:00Z It’s a tale that unfolds over 13 episodes with sly, convoluted twists on family politics, class and New Jersey corruption. | 'Lights Out': With a Life on the Ropes, Seeking Redemption in the Ring 2011-01-10T23:08:16Z “Why?” he asks rhetorically before proceeding to explain, in convoluted terms, what he expects of her. Hot Priests and Wayward Libidos Run Wild on London’s Stages 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z But you have the most convoluted way of trying to know your father.” My search for Creflo Dollar 2013-01-06T23:00:00Z No doubt it’s meant to be, to mirror Cheryl’s confusions about her identity and her increasingly convoluted thinking. Miranda July’s ‘The First Bad Man’ 2015-01-11T05:00:00Z THE history of the Green Hornet is as convoluted — and, if possible, as preposterous — as the plots of the long-running radio drama that spawned this masked vigilante. Float Like a Franchise, Sting Like a ... 2011-01-09T02:13:01Z Throughout the first several chapters, we wade through a convoluted account of defining moments in Al Samawi’s childhood but learn precious little about Yemeni life and society. Personal Stories From the Refugee Experience 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z Maybe, in its convoluted way, Intermezzo is his ode to having a domestic. Strauss's Intermezzo: Scottish Opera whip up a perfect storm in a teacup 2011-03-24T22:30:01Z The challenge was another of those technical, convoluted ones that seem designed mostly to showcase one of the show’s sponsors, this time HP. On the Runway Blog: On 'Project Runway,' Narrowing the Field 2011-09-09T20:49:10Z Visually flat, tonally monotonous and convoluted for the sake of being convoluted, it was genuinely painful to watch. How the return of House of Cards is both a blessing and a curse 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z I understood the convoluted logic of it, the jolt and hurt that would lead someone to type this, but it was not true. Our Part in the Darkness 2017-02-05T05:00:00Z The title may sound a little convoluted, but it describes what goes on. Music Review: At the Philharmonic, an Uneven Blend of Jazz 2010-09-23T05:53:00Z Maguire got this absolutely spot on – right up until the point where producers hamstrung him with a convoluted and over-fussy Spider-Man 3 storyline – and will be a tough act to follow. Week in geek: Spider-Man 4 needs a Peter Parker. How about Jamie Bell? 2010-05-27T14:21:00Z The second and longer part of the show begins when the performers don filmy costumes trimmed in silky fur to enact a long, convoluted drama inspired by the sketchy details of the war photographer’s death. | 'The Deer House': Grazing in Dark Woods of the Human Soul 2010-10-07T21:30:00Z His convoluted answer was to call for a retreat from the "social novel" of previous eras. A serious man 2010-08-14T23:06:00Z The child’s interior world becomes more complicated, convoluted and private. How to be your daughter’s confidante 2015-05-06T04:00:00Z Tiuri goes through a lot, all of it in a spirit of quiet, purposeful innocence that is doubtless more appealing to many kids than the more psychologically convoluted heroes of more mature recent books. Can a Simple, Classic European Fantasy Win Over Jaded American Kids? This One Just Might 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z The result is a bit of a patchwork, one that's often clever, other times convoluted, but always watchable — if only to see what might happen next. A twisty, fast-paced 'Aftermath' intrigues 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z It was on the curriculum at my high school in Paris, but its image was pretty crusty – philosophers were greybeards who wrote convoluted sentences and looked as if they might need a good wash, right? Lessons from the ancient philosophers to help improve our lives today 2020-02-15T05:00:00Z The New York Times called it an "atmospheric, richly convoluted" debut. Orange prize shortlist revealed 2010-04-20T08:49:00Z Terminator Genisys director Alan Taylor, faced with the collective “eh?” over his recent convoluted overhaul of the Schwarzenegger classic, made a spirited attempt in interviews to break down the film’s supposed seven interweaving timelines. Mission impenetrable: are Hollywood blockbusters losing the plot? 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z There ensues a convoluted half-hour of Rohan gaining Rahul’s trust before he reveals that they are brothers by secretly inviting his parents from India for a meeting in the Bluewater shopping centre. My streaming gem: why you should watch Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z With its waxy animated figures, expensive-looking visuals and convoluted story of interplanetary separation anxiety and domineering Martian matriarchs, this is a pretty odd creation, but mostly in a bad way. This week's new films 2011-04-08T23:06:46Z As with so much in India, caste is an ancient institution that pervades everyday life, the mechanics of which remain a convoluted mystery. How Bollywood is starting to deal with India's caste system 2010-12-16T22:30:02Z I understand why playwrights like Ms. Ziegler and Mr. Colaizzo would be interested in twisty narrative structures and convoluted questions of truth. Why Plays About Sexual Assault Are Too Murky for Our Own Good 2017-11-27T05:00:00Z The blasting of Ray offered an explosive end to a very talky episode that was dense with both convoluted plot details and the continued crumbling of our already plenty gloomy characters. 'True Detective' Recap: Big Blasts and Diminished Men 2015-06-28T04:00:00Z Thanks to Richards, it's become such a convoluted public spectacle, we can expect a docuseries about everything that went down in the next year. Mayim Bialik fills in as “Jeopardy!” host, while celebs speak out about kerfuffle 2021-08-23T04:00:00Z In that regard, “Bridgerton” chugs deliciously along for at least five episodes before it starts to convolute and collapse on itself. Review | In ‘Bridgerton,’ Shonda Rhimes stakes a sumptuous, provocative claim on Netflix — and the traditional period drama 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z While that variation showed at times, they collectively rose to the convoluted challenges of this program. Review: Trisha Brown’s Mischief, Mystery and Delicate Aberrations 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z Also as the plotting gets more and more complicated it approaches convoluted. You, Me and the Apocalypse: the end of the world is funnier than you'd think 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z His 1843 work "Either/Or" - which muses on existence and aesthetic and ethical questions about love - runs into hundreds of pages and is considered even by many academics to be convoluted and longwinded. Danish philosopher's tough ideas adapted for kids 2013-05-04T06:36:08Z If Finlay Donovan’s second appearance features a more convoluted plot than her first, it in no way decreases the overall entertainment value. Anne Simpson Thought She Knew Her Husband. She Didn’t. 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z Detailing the lengthy and convoluted conflict between Julia Davis, a former Customs and Border Protection officer, and the Homeland Security Department, this screeching exposé from Asif Akbar serves neither the viewer nor its embattled subject. Movie Review: ‘Top Priority’ Focuses on Julia Davis 2012-06-29T04:13:01Z Those are two very different things and then shouldn’t be convoluted. “Princeton Mom” gets schooled at her alma mater 2014-04-22T12:00:00Z His sculptures swoon, spin in your mind, dwarf you, bring you up short with their convoluted, extruded and compacted forms that seem to hover between the man-made and the natural. Edinburgh festival 2011: Soak it up! 2011-07-17T20:29:01Z Cut to 1985 when DC published Crisis on Infinite Earths, a limited series intended to streamline the decades of convoluted continuity of its heroes. ArtsBeat: Graphic Books Best Sellers: Lost in Space 2011-07-01T17:15:34Z No two lyricists are worshipped more in the American pantheon than Gershwin and Hart – but the truth is that Gershwin is too often convoluted and Hart too often sloppy. Stephen Sondheim: Gershwin great? It ain't necessarily so 2010-11-24T21:31:00Z While "Discovery" became more serialized and convoluted in later seasons, it also pushed the franchise in ways its fans weren't accustomed to. Boldly take us where we've been, Captain Pike 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z But the desire to create a traditional narrative arc from the unruly dreamscape of Carroll’s original results in a convoluted story line pitting the good guys against the bad. | 'Wonderland': There?s No Place Like Queens 2011-04-18T02:01:04Z And convoluted plots are part of that rule book, an overly twisty means to a dependably twisted end. Theater Review: ‘The Bad and the Better,’ From the Amoralists 2012-06-20T22:57:53Z He is aided by photos and ephemera, displayed by Mr. Fitzgerald, and oddly graceful percussive scoring from Mr. Quillen, a composer and steel drum performer who also steps forward to offer his own convoluted reminiscences. Review: Recalling an Electric New York in ‘Radicals in Miniature’ 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z This would constitute a spoiler, as he doesn’t show up right away in the engagingly convoluted story, if Ron Perlman’s name weren’t so prominent in the credits. Can’t Match Netflix? At Least You Can Buy Some British Shows 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z The performances of McClarnon, Gordon and Matten shine through a fair amount of stiff dialogue and convoluted, not always convincing plotting; the role of the supernatural, in particular, feels less intriguing than simply unresolved. ‘Dark Winds’ Review: Murder Most Foul in the Navajo Nation 2022-06-10T04:00:00Z Introductions at past holiday gatherings have been comically convoluted for Judy Bowman. For Some Married Same-Sex Couples, Official Status Enhances Celebrations 2013-12-13T22:08:30Z The show’s least successful change, from the standards of reality contest formatting, is that the judging is more convoluted. ‘Making the Cut’ Is New, but the Pattern Is Familiar 2020-03-27T04:00:00Z It's a fascinating story, even as Shea's film sometimes tells it in a slightly convoluted way. 'Portrait of Wally' a fascinating documentary about Nazi art theft 2012-07-19T20:10:04Z “The Rise & Fall of Great Powers” pursues that question in a languid, self-consciously convoluted manner. Book review: ‘The Rise & Fall of Great Powers,’ by Tom Rachman Yet a glut of animations and B-roll footage makes the film’s visuals feel convoluted, and a flat narrative structure further muddies the waters. ‘Make People Better’ Review: Clear Science, Confusing Storytelling 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z Boisterous, convoluted networks of lines and bubbles echo the repetitive mark-making Dubuffet saw in the art of the mentally ill, though only some actually required a similar amount of labor. Review: Drawings? Maybe, but Certainly the Art of Frustration 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z Mr. Denk conveyed the dense, dissonant power of the music’s convoluted outbursts. Music Review: Fill-In Delivers a Muscular Pairing of Ives and Bach?s ?Goldberg? Variations 2011-03-28T22:17:36Z While she agreed that today’s convoluted political climate seems vastly different, Baez pointed out that the journey towards creating lasting social change inevitably takes on a familiar pattern. Joan Baez reflects on remembering trauma, activating her voice and the "wrecking ball" of politics 2023-10-08T04:00:00Z The two of them join forces — Holly helps, too — in a convoluted caper that involves mistaken identity, air pollution, political corruption and a handful of grisly murders. Review: ‘The Nice Guys’ Pairs Gosling and Crowe as Slapstick Detectives 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z An info dump around the 50-minute mark helps somewhat, but there is no denying that the plot of Park Hoon-jung’s latest feature is convoluted. Five Science Fiction Movies to Stream Now 2022-11-25T05:00:00Z The result is a heightened sense of the connection among Picasso’s often feverish writing, the convoluted forms of his paintings and his agitated brushwork. 2010-02-06T07:28:00Z And the agreeable messages about the joys of music and of camaraderie had to be wrested from a fable that seemed more convoluted, in this retelling, than need be. Theater review: In new SCT musical, it's 'Brementown' or bust! 2010-04-22T21:17:00Z The opening spoofs the convoluted regulations of the military, suggesting that these shows were originally conceived back in the days of George Washington, and that it was centuries before they were finally produced. Review: ‘Blueprint Specials’: What the Soldiers and Sailors May Have Seen in World War II Shows 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z Models in New York State would require specific provisions because of their convoluted employment chain. After Weinstein Scandal, a Plan to Protect Models 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z At times, particularly in its overwrought closing act, the film feels as if it’s going to collapse under the weight of its relentless, convoluted twists. ‘Full River Red’ Review: A Song Dynasty Blockbuster 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z That said, virtually every claim to the Iron Throne is contested and convoluted at this point. Game of Thrones: George R.R. Martin Admits Fans Discovered Plot Twist 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z And above all, what is her own role in the convoluted plot into which she seems to have fallen? The Infatuations by Javier Marías – review 2013-03-01T17:30:01Z But it's also wildly uneven and unnecessarily convoluted, leaving the viewer unsatisfied and hungry for something more substantial. You review: Iron Man 2 2010-05-04T11:23:00Z These convoluted robberies rarely go according to plan. ‘Witching & Bitching,’ a Spanish Horror Comedy 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z If that sounds soap operatic, brace yourself: In an open, loving homage to Spanish-language telenovelas, the story only gets more convoluted — and more fun. Why we need narrators: “Jane the Virgin” has the best voice-over on TV 2014-10-29T04:00:00Z But just as modern pop stars are expected to serve as captains of the consumable world, listeners need to remain savvy enough to locate music’s humanity in this convoluted entrepreneurial maze. Is it even still possible to ‘sell out’? 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z And, while the piece is structurally convoluted, it offers a graphic picture of the insidious impact of tyranny on the artist's existence. Review | Theatre | A Model for Mankind | Cock Tavern, London | Michael Billington 2010-03-29T23:21:00Z Nature and culture coexist in a convoluted tangle. Bruce Yonemoto at Luckman Gallery: Of grow lights and glaciers 2017-05-06T04:00:00Z A convoluted conclusion, begot by an unconvincing change of heart, obliterates any chance of “Hunt” offering the clarity it needs to be entertaining. ‘Hunt’ Review: Spy vs. Spy vs. Subplots 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z Rose Byrne narrates baby Puff's escapades as he tries to find his place within the convoluted world of Australia's Great Barrier Reef. From President Meryl Streep to an adorable pufferfish, here's what's new on Netflix this December 2021-12-04T05:00:00Z Her lines of lyrics are long, fast, polysyllabic, intricately rhymed, packed with convoluted allusions and delivered with melodic inflections — her own extension of the rapping virtuosity of the 1990s, ambitious but never bombastic. On Her Debut Album, Noname Is a Sly Hip-Hop Maverick 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z Its set spanned the primal and the convoluted, the subdued and the manic. Music Review: Psychedelic Nurturing by Acid Mothers Temple 2010-04-08T21:43:00Z The American series dropped any explicit tie to the border bridge in its convoluted and tepid second season, after which it was canceled by FX. After a Remake for American Viewers, Back to Understatement 2015-01-01T05:00:00Z In this charming if occasionally convoluted memoir, Kelly details the endless dedication that led to his groundbreaking 12 months in space. 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z But, it has to be said, their plan to entrap all world leaders in New York by means of their inherent selfishness was ridiculously convoluted. Doctor Who Christmas special 2016: The Return of Doctor Mysterio 2016-12-25T05:00:00Z How Smith ended up serving time is one of the wildest and most convoluted sagas in recent political history. Jeff Smith was supposed to be in Congress by now. Instead he’s an ex-con — with a story to tell. 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z The complex, but never convoluted, plot begins with Brigid bringing Raider to meet her father as her fiancé. All’s Well That Ends Well: Fall Romance Novels 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z The Chinese import "14 Blades," shot in 2009, is a kind of Eastern western whose one-note characters and convoluted plot are nearly swallowed up whole by this martial arts film's dizzyingly wrought action scenes. '14 Blades' cuts right into martial arts action 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z Of course you funnel that money along a convoluted path — call it philaundering. Style Invitational Week 1294: As the word turns — a neologism contest 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z I wish I could recommend trying to retrace our steps, but coastal property law in these parts is a convoluted affair. Personal Journeys: Walking Martha?s Vineyard 2011-08-12T18:55:00Z One of the problems with this sub-genre is that narratives and character motivations have to be warped to fit convoluted, meaningless mergings. In the beginning, there was fan fiction: from the four gospels to Fifty Shades 2012-08-13T16:34:00Z The convoluted supply chain also means farmers are typically underpaid and sometimes caught in a cycle of debt. When it comes to sustainable spices, ‘single-origin’ isn’t everything 2023-09-11T04:00:00Z A solid, stolid type, Blomqvist carries the films' convoluted narratives while Lisbeth helps him, often from a distance, as long as it advances her agenda. The Girl Who Played With Fire: Moony Over Noomi 2010-07-11T07:55:00Z It was convoluted and it wasn’t serving them both properly. Dwayne Johnson Is Ready to Embrace the Heel Again in ‘Black Adam’ 2022-10-17T04:00:00Z Though that was, effectively, how moviegoers responded to “Batman v Superman,” which was widely panned for its gloomy, airless depiction of its title heroes and their convoluted grudge match. Who’ll Save the World? Maybe the Misfits of ‘Suicide Squad’ 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z Both musicians played songs with murky origins and convoluted histories. Music Review: Frank Fairfield and Blind Boy Paxton at Jalopy 2010-07-21T22:41:00Z And there are so many convoluted and intersecting explanations for who we are — nature, nurture, biology, sociology, culture, family, environment — so no one’s suggesting anything crazy here. What your date of birth says about you 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z With Carrie, things are always so much more truncated, and so convoluted. ‘Homeland,’ Season 6, Episode 12: In the Finale, Carrie Discovers a New Adversary 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z The character drama of the first season was driven almost entirely by the nuance of Brody’s shifting loyalties as well as Carrie’s own convoluted idea of what it means to be a good agent. How “Homeland” became an action movie 2014-11-25T05:00:00Z The millionth episode of the popular school-based saga, which suddenly moved to Scotland in the most convoluted plot twist of all time, and yet millions of viewers didn't mind. TV highlights – 02/05/2013 2013-05-02T06:00:07Z Mr. Bynum, a cornetist, composer, bandleader and former student of Mr. Braxton’s at Wesleyan University, took a moment to describe the cues and signals that would further convolute the interpretation of the piece. The Tri-Centric Festival Honors Anthony Braxton 2011-10-04T21:19:10Z The headlining slot featured an interview between Common and convoluted boxer Mike Tyson. 'Genius Talks' and international acts offer fans ranging perspectives 2014-06-29T04:00:00Z Without three distinct voices to lead us through the maze of this convoluted plot, I would have been hopelessly lost. Perspective | Yes, audiobooks are books. But too many voices can muddle the experience. 2021-02-13T05:00:00Z In an opera with a plot as convoluted as this one, it was hard to complain that the reordering of scenes made a hash of the story. Glimmerglass Creates Magic in Its Own Backyard 2021-08-15T04:00:00Z There are pleasures to be had in the convoluted British thriller “Closed Circuit”: Rebecca Hall’s expressive face; Jim Broadbent chewing his role like it’s taffy; a courtroom scene in which the judge says, “Wigs off.” ‘Closed Circuit’: Legal thriller doesn’t make a case for itself 2013-08-28T04:46:15Z That is particularly refreshing in our pop-culture era, where half the fare playing at any given cineplex requires audiences to hold dissertation-level expertise in the convoluted mythology of some established or emerging cinematic universe. “Mission: Impossible — Fallout”: Tom Cruise action spectacle delivers high-level summer fun 2018-07-27T04:00:00Z The songs are eerie and convoluted, with usual melodies and fluctuating meters, meant to capture the patterns in natural phenomena like those of gravity, lunar cycles, DNA and crystals. ArtsBeat Blog: Bjork Bringing 'Biophilia' to New York 2012-01-06T21:36:58Z They demanded a ransom and developed a convoluted plan for dropping off the money without being caught. Gangster sues to stop film on Heineken kidnapping 2011-10-20T11:54:08Z The following season was a direct, if convoluted, response to that. 24 under Trump: why the hit show's use of torture is all-too-relevant 2017-01-30T05:00:00Z The infighting has encompassed numerous lawsuits in state and federal courts, costing millions of dollars in legal fees and leaving a convoluted public record. After 15 Years of Infighting, James Brown’s Estate Is Sold 2021-12-13T05:00:00Z The more convoluted the explanation becomes, the more confused children become. Explaining Daddy’s addiction After all, we’re still trapped in the cultural moment The Sopranos kicked off, in which scripts about the inner lives of morally convoluted men rose to the top of network executives’ piles, to diminishing returns. Review: 'Billions' Is Bullish on Drama, Bearish on Insight 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z In this film’s convoluted scenario, jam-packed with morally bankrupt people doing ugly things to one another, a Northern Irish faction is making an aggressive comeback. Review: Jackie Chan Seeks Vengeance in ‘The Foreigner’ 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z Setting all that up, though, is convoluted, with an excess of exposition and forced jollity. Review: In ‘Fern Hill,’ Scene-Stealing for the Common Good 2019-09-22T04:00:00Z The full title of this play by Donald Margulies is quite long and convoluted, in keeping with the exaggerated deeds of its swashbuckling-wannabe hero, who captivates listeners with his tale of survival. Your best arts and entertainment bets for the week ahead 2011-05-11T21:30:06Z Tyler also advises avoiding “long and convoluted stories about what happened”. The old ones are the best: how to rekindle a lost friendship 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z Female gaze or not, that was a convoluted and contrived way to tell it. ‘Outlander’ Season 2, Episode 7: Of Love and Sacrifice 2016-05-21T04:00:00Z Mr. Finn writes pop songs that expertly stretch the possibilities of verse-chorus-bridge; they use convoluted chord progressions, toy with meter and are full of twists and turns, even as the choruses stay catchy. Music Review: Neil Finn Plays a Career-Spanning Set at Town Hall 2014-04-09T21:28:16Z Often the lowest fares involve convoluted routes, or plane changes 16 hours apart. To Find Cheap Flights, the Day (Kind of) Matters 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z It’s a fun romp that will keep readers hooked, even as the plot becomes increasingly convoluted in the manner of a wacky PG-13 movie. Great New Children’s Books About Animals 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z I can’t imagine what it must be like for newcomers to try to parse this convoluted episode and, more important, to want to root for Mulder, who in his monologue sounds especially off his rocker. ‘The X-Files’ Season 10 Premiere: A Crazier Mulder Than Usual 2016-01-24T05:00:00Z No need for elaborate excuses or convoluted back stories, just no, thank you, with an optimistic prognosis for the future. Social Q’s: No Is All You Need 2014-01-16T22:54:19Z And its songs take the cryptic introspection of his previous work into even more convoluted realms. The Best Albums of 2016 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z That was Harris’s first journey into Cunningham’s convoluted movement, but you wouldn’t have known it, Lent said: “She inhabited the work like it was just waiting for her.” An Ailey Dancer’s Career Blooms, at the Company and Beyond 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z Within a few years Meyer had ditched the color comedy genre for mad melodrama in monochrome: epics like Common Law Cabin, Mudhoney and Motor Psycho, all featuring convoluted plots, ripe dialogue and riper starlets. Dead Sex Kittens: Farewell to Three Icons of Movie Eroticism 2011-02-10T08:10:00Z "With this immensely enjoyable, satisfyingly convoluted thriller he demonstrates exactly why he is still a force to be reckoned with," Wendy Ide wrote in the Times newspaper. 2010-02-15T09:13:00Z After a week grappling with the convoluted lingo, trying to translate "custom integration with SIS and open cross-platform compatible LTI," I gave up, and begged to continue Zooming. A Zoom of one's own: Leaving my job helped my mental health — and my mission 2022-01-16T05:00:00Z She offered an even more convoluted and no more contrite response to the fact-checking of her statements about “living” wages, including her assertion that Walmart and Amazon are “paying people less than the minimum wage.” When it comes to calling out the news media, Ocasio-Cortez has some things in common with Trump 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z We get to see Harper’s backstory as a Montana hick and the convoluted way two other young women are lured in by an auteur director who fancies himself Alfred Hitchcock reincarnated. Review | Emily M. Danforth’s ‘Plain Bad Heroines’ mixes up a delectable brew of gothic horror and Hollywood satire 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z Soon, she’s contriving all sorts of convoluted plans to entice the animal out of the forest and entrap it — and when she succeeds, “Wild” takes a strange, feral turn. Five International Movies to Stream Now 2022-09-23T04:00:00Z I tried to explain their convoluted romance to my husband over Emma’s excessive chattering, but he was in thrall to her British accent and computerized lisp. Modern Love: Competing With Another Woman, or at Least a Voice 2012-09-28T18:17:37Z But the delights become increasingly sporadic, as the convoluted plot kicks into gear and soon acquires the unsteady gait of a runway model with a very wobbly strut. Theater Review: ‘The House of Von Macramé’ at Bushwick Starr 2013-01-27T22:48:18Z Though sometimes it doesn’t manage to thread the needle between complicated and convoluted, watching two men at the tops of their games trying to take each other down makes for a very interesting dynamic. Billions: Showtime’s power-mad Wall Street drama is worth investing in 2016-01-17T05:00:00Z Tunes such as “To Tide Us Over” and “Now Know” were presented like pop songs, but with complex, chromatic harmonies and convoluted melodies not easily accessed. Esperanza Spalding says goodbye to song-driven shows 2018-12-02T05:00:00Z If the convoluted history and corresponding formal conceits are difficult to absorb, that is part of the point. ‘The Year of the Discovery’ Review: Remembering Tumult in Spain 2021-07-28T04:00:00Z That Emmy-winning drama was as carefully marketed and consistent to its aesthetic vision as a Royal Pains, but its story was far more morally convoluted. Darkness Under the Sun on USA's Gripping Drama The Sinner 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z Recommended reading For those who missed it, this Slate piece provides an excellent summary of the plot of this second season, while simultaneously pointing out how wildly convoluted the thing has been. True Detective: season two, episode eight recap – Omega Station 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z You wouldn't believe the number of writers who make their characters say the most ridiculously convoluted things. In search of a good read | John Crace 2010-03-17T13:30:00Z I can't help thinking therapy would have been a cheaper, less convoluted approach. Hunted: season one, episode eight 2012-11-22T22:00:02Z A jolly jape it is too, provided you enjoy Wodehouse's very particular brand of silly-ass humour and don't mind an extremely convoluted book, plus songs that often owe a considerable debt to Noël Coward. By Jeeves ? review 2011-02-21T17:48:27Z Expect more convoluted intrigue and the exhuming of a horrible past. The best films for Christmas 2010 2010-11-22T08:00:00Z While the process may be quicker, it is at times more convoluted. Before you use a flight-delay compensation company, take a minute to think twice 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z All of this might seem to complicate further an already convoluted story, but somehow it works. Signifying something 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z “Two” unspools more slowly than “One,” and the mystery doesn’t deepen as the townspeople gossip — it just gets more convoluted. Y.A. Thrillers That Put Teenagers to the Test 2019-02-22T05:00:00Z Handsomely shot and deliberately paced, it has a superficially cinematic quality, but it doesn’t have the storytelling juice to keep you engaged in Mr. King’s convoluted multi-ghost story. Television Review: ?Stephen King?s Bag of Bones,? on A&E - Review 2011-12-10T00:29:04Z He calls it a "convoluted journey," with the film changing writers, producers and directors multiple times, and Bridges losing the rights to the film for a brief period. On road to film Lois Lowry's 'The Giver,' Jeff Bridges gave his all 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z In Sunday’s performance, lucent accounts of the principal roles and an incandescent London Philharmonic Orchestra, under Enrique Mazzola, more than propped up Mariame Clément’s dreary production, which is both too simplistic and too convoluted. Review: ‘Poliuto,’ a Rare Donizetti Bel Canto Thriller 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z As with other incarnations of the oft-revived 1987 musical, this one does have to contend with a convoluted web of plots, a construct that at times becomes a little too enamored with its own cleverness. Review | ‘Into the Woods’ is one of Sondheim’s most popular musicals. A delightful revival at Ford’s Theatre reminds you why. 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z It is a skipping portrait of arbitrary desires in which character is bent like a pretzel to accommodate a convoluted plot. Review: Mating-Season Mood Swings in ‘Two Gentlemen of Verona’ 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z As convoluted as it gets, “Huda’s Salon” makes a simple and forceful point: Caught between political enemies united in their misogyny, Palestinian women have no way out. ‘Huda’s Salon’ Review: The Services Are Not What You’d Expect. 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z A lot remains to be seen about “Runaways,” and it feels as if it may take a whole season just to set out the convoluted premise. Review: ‘Marvel’s Runaways,’ Where the Supervillains are Mom and Dad 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z Beethoven’s tricky “Grosse Fuge” for string quartet was initially dismissed by some as too convoluted, then later embraced as a masterpiece. 6 Dance Performances to See in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z The shady real estate dealings that Helen digs out of Roger’s past are convoluted and sometimes confusing in this retelling. ‘Truth Like the Sun’ examines bright 1962 dreams 2014-04-30T23:41:12Z It is a very complicated, very convoluted process. Modern Lovers 33 1/3 Excerpt 2017-09-02T04:00:00Z The only thing I would caution Mr. Nolan is to not make it so convoluted that no one can follow it. ‘Westworld’ Season 1, Episode 9: You Broke My Mind 2016-11-28T05:00:00Z Their name is actually taken from a particularly convoluted and unforgiving Danish fairytale which ends very badly. Esben and the Witch; Trophy Wife ? review 2011-02-13T00:05:35Z The method of resurrection is convoluted to say the least. Could Batman Actually Kill Superman in a Fight? 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z He declared that its convoluted plot and witty dialogue "leave me with a sense of having wasted my evening". This week's new theatre 2012-12-15T00:05:32Z Now that we can consume series at our own pace, our tolerance for convoluted narrative arcs, enormous casts and season-long digressions has increased hugely. The age of comfort TV: why people are secretly watching Friends and The Office on a loop 2019-08-21T04:00:00Z “The Boy Detective Fails,” directed a little too loosely by Joe Calarco, is the more complicated proposition, with its convoluted tapestry of story lines and curious mixture of tones. Critic?s Notebook: ?The Boy Detective Fails? and ?The Hollow? at Signature Theater 2011-09-30T23:30:21Z One of the more contentious and convoluted exchanges involved religious freedom and the sweeping healthcare law passed under . Romney, Santorum clash in testy debate 2012-02-23T06:03:00Z Rather, it is shot through with cosmopolitanism, revealing countless forms of hybrid beauty, blended belief and convoluted self-assertion. Review | ‘Peacock in the Desert’ offers a rare look at Indian art and a royal court 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z Or so Mr. Mroué tells us, as he guides us through the convoluted timeline. ArtsBeat: Rabih Mrou? at COIL Festival: Making Sense of a Mysterious Disappearance in Lebanon 2012-01-09T19:00:24Z She even feared opening up to friends; what was happening was so convoluted and bizarre that she was bound to come across as a “crazy lady with an enormous ego,” she says. In ‘Lessons From the Edge,’ How an Ambassador to Ukraine Became a Casualty of the Trump Administration 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z The previous run was criticised, not entirely undeservedly, for the convoluted puzzle box that was the River Song storyline. Has Doctor Who really lost its way? 2013-05-17T11:02:27Z The parody of convoluted academic theory is, for the most part, flabby, and there is too much of it. | 'By the Way, Meet Vera Stark': A Black Actress Trying to Rise Above a Maid 2011-05-10T02:24:41Z I immediately started thinking up convoluted ways to get out of it. How to stop being a people pleaser 2020-10-24T04:00:00Z For readers groping to unravel the convoluted structure of his satire “Cigarettes,” he cautioned, “There’s no point in looking for it now because no one will ever figure it out, including me.” Harry Mathews, Idiosyncratic Writer, Dies at 86 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z I'm tempted by Nightwood, particularly glancing at the fantastically convoluted, bonkers start here. The world's most difficult books: how many have you read? 2012-08-07T13:34:28Z Sounds complicated and convoluted, but in reality the clothing, which starts with a simple A-line dress or tunic at about €300, is decidedly wearable. Special Report: Fashion: Urban Trek to Sailor Style 2010-10-06T17:38:00Z Totaling more than 6,000 pages, the documents reveal more details, arguments and twists in this lengthy and convoluted case. 5 new revelations from unsealed documents in the Johnny Depp and Amber Heard trial 2022-08-01T04:00:00Z The convoluted script could be why Brolin looks like he's sleepwalking through the movie. 'Jonah Hex': Josh Brolin sleepwalks through this scarred comic-book adaptation 2010-06-17T00:15:00Z The story may seem a convoluted mix of mythological drama and pastoral romance, but I’ve always found it touching. Review: In ‘Daphne,’ the Cleveland Orchestra Takes on a Difficult Strauss Opera 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z Things, however, quickly grow murky once another more convoluted puzzle of corruption, greed and betrayal is added to the mix. What to watch on Netflix in January, from a "That '70s Show" spinoff to a nonlinear heist drama 2022-12-31T05:00:00Z I came up with all these convoluted rules. Dan Deacon explores 'America' 2012-08-30T04:59:00Z Among the company’s offerings, this production most immediately brings to mind another overreaching entry, a 2009 “As You Like It” directed by Maria Aitken that tied a pastoral comedy up in impossibly convoluted cinematic knots. Shakespeare Theatre Company’s ‘Shrew’: An all-male muddle 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z Instrumental textures were convoluted, with the brass, in particular, demanding to be obeyed. Benjamin Britten triumphs in San Francisco 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z In 1980, mathematicians discovered the largest symmetry: the most convoluted symmetrical atom of them all. The genius who lives downstairs 2011-08-19T22:01:50Z When her daughter, Meadow, calls to say she’s getting married, we see Carmela’s face twist into a sudden, convoluted expression of dismay and self-pity. A Tribute to Edie Falco as Carmela Soprano 2019-02-18T05:00:00Z But once the story starts again, as it must, the fleeting charm of the scene is lost to the same problem that have dogged “True Detective” all season—a convoluted, lengthy and unsatisfying story. “True Detective” recap: The beauty of the finale couldn’t save this flaming disaster of a season 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z He gets up suddenly and hunches up in front of me, a mime of a convoluted tenor solo twisting his arms. Miles Davis: 'Coltrane was a very greedy man. Bird was, too. He was a big hog' – a classic interview from the vaults 2012-11-06T13:26:00Z Granted, Alice, too, accidentally wound up in a convoluted environment, spent more time there than she anticipated, couldn’t find a way out, and emerged, when she finally did, rather dazed. The Rabbit-Hole Rabbit Hole 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z People hated it, complaining in particular about convoluted plotting, questionable casting and an unrelentingly bleak tone. The Second Season of ‘True Detective’ Wasn’t as Bad as You Think. Here’s Why. 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z They're always far, far too long, hamstrung by idiotically convoluted plots, defeated by wooden acting and elephantine dialogue, suffused by nauseating levels of sexism, and never as pummellingly exhilarating as they persuade themselves they are. My favourite Bond film: The Spy Who Loved Me 2012-09-28T10:21:34Z Intentionally or otherwise Mr. Mayer, whose highly performative public life has become almost impossible to disentangle from his creative life, courts that sort of convoluted reading. Music: Now Letting His Guitar Do the Talking 2010-03-01T06:39:00Z Still, it’s hard to find fault with the author’s consistently impressive control of a complex and convoluted topic. ‘Becoming Big League’: a history of Seattle baseball’s ins and outs 2013-04-26T20:22:13Z Almost instantly he adds, “It would be a very convoluted system.” Wyatt Cenac takes his ‘Live in Brooklyn,’ and life in Brooklyn, on the road Let's dispense with the convoluted dialogue about how life is unfair to women. Madonna and Hillary: ‘Witch’ and ‘Nasty Woman’ as Sisters in Arms 2016-12-11T05:00:00Z As the saga enters the 1930s, the animation and the archival footage shift to bright color, but the story grows more convoluted and bleak. Review: ‘Nuts!’ Reveals Doctor’s Secret to Success: Goat Testicle Transplants 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z The film is peopled with dopers, cops, drug dealers and a government informant in counterculture California involved in a convoluted plot about a missing billionaire property developer and the private eye determined to find him. 'Inherent Vice' takes a hazy trip back to 1970 counterculture LA 2014-10-05T04:00:00Z Esben's music is similarly convoluted and unforgiving; they offer no easy resolution. Esben and the Witch; Trophy Wife ? review 2011-02-13T00:05:35Z Her protagonists were generally clever and curious children whose cleverness and curiosity became terrifically useful as they wended their way through convoluted adventures, mostly unaided by the adults in their lives, who routinely disappointed them. Diana Wynne Jones, Children?s Author, Dies at 76 2011-03-29T00:52:53Z Maybe it’s all three, which might be part of the reason it can feel a little convoluted. What if Wendy and Lily Voted Peter Off the Island? 2021-06-16T04:00:00Z The story line of “Friends and Traitors” is rather convoluted, which will come as no surprise to readers of previous books in the series. A spy novelist toys with history in ‘Friends and Traitors’ 2017-10-25T04:00:00Z “Wind instrument makers can throw 30 recorders in a backpack and take them on the plane, but getting keyboards here is more convoluted.” ArtsBeat: Instrument Makers Take Their Turn at Boston Festival 2011-06-15T20:30:53Z Like most things about Kimball, the facts of his biography are more convoluted than those of the public persona. Cook’s Illustrated’s Christopher Kimball Believes Cooking Is Ultraserious Business 2012-10-14T16:30:31Z All around, I could see the Confederate flag was being used in a warped way, a convoluted way. Dixie Outfitters is still fighting the Civil War 2013-09-11T22:59:00Z His team, including US army captain Jason Amerine, a war hero turned whistleblower, audited the situation and soon found that the system to get back hostages was very dysfunctional and convoluted. Serial recap – season two, episode five: Meanwhile, in Tampa 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z In a convoluted compromise, it does allow for periodic abstinence during a woman’s fertile period. Zika & family planning: Will Latin American Catholics really have to choose between the well-being of their children and the well-being of their souls? 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z Sounds a bit convoluted, but hey, it's something new for a Friday night. Friday TV Picks: The new 'Chaos' on CBS 2011-03-31T19:17:09Z It is a timely satire not only in its strafing of privilege but also in its funhouse-mirror reflection of the contrived façades and convoluted selves of aspirants to political power. Ryan Murphy’s “The Politician” Is a Funhouse-Mirror Reflection of the So-Called Meritocracy 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z It was said to resemble a chimney, a parasol, a raspberry and — shades of science fiction — a “convoluting brain.” How the Mushroom Cloud Boomed and Bloomed Across American Pop Culture 2023-07-31T04:00:00Z Consider the map of an hour of idle browsing on the Internet: a tangled, convoluted path through the universe, represented by a cascade of places, persons, things and ideas. Review | Eugene Lim’s ‘Search History’ is a pulpish adventure interwoven with meditative moments 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z Then again, in such a convoluted film, what would? Failure to relaunch: Matthew McConaughey needs another McConaissance 2017-08-07T04:00:00Z After a stumbling, convoluted start, things got worse with the cheapest of cliffhanger endings to the second episode. True Detective season three: what HBO needs to fix to do the show justice 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z A look at this year's nominees for the best foreign film Oscar, and the convoluted way in which the shortlist is drawn up. Oscars 2012: Foreign film nominees 2012-02-22T08:32:55Z Lewis would later hear a convoluted story about a night of club-hopping, a man in a disguise, Carolina’s panicked phone calls and the rendezvous with a stranger that preceded her death. How One Family’s Pursuit of Tennis Success Ended in Heartache 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z And with that typically convoluted answer, Jones was on to the next of several more questions after last weekend’s win over the New York Giants. Cowboys owner Jerry Jones still loves the spotlight in his 80s, despite reasons to shrink from it 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z Now a convoluted legal case could determine whether Democrats have a second chance to pass a partisan map. US House: Court fights could tip control in 2024 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z Indeed, chronicling sports achievement these days can become a little convoluted, with so many feats being framed as historic, if not once-in-forever. Like a broken record, Chargers' Keenan Allen nears yet another receiving mark 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z After cabinet approval, the proposal will be sent to parliament and undergo a convoluted approval process which makes it far from certain that it will be passed in its current form. Italy weighs ban on technocrat-led government in proposed constitution reform 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z But it also leans too hard into traumasploitation to justify its convoluted story, as well as its 1 hour, 50 minute runtime. Review: In 'Five Nights at Freddy's,' a moldering pizza parlor hides after-dark secrets 2023-10-27T04:00:00Z But that would be an awfully convoluted explanation. The Big Lie is expanding: Majority of Republicans now insist Trump never tried to overturn election 2023-10-27T04:00:00Z “If it wasn’t this convoluted mishmash, I probably would have been a little smarter and not fallen into this trap,” Mrs. K said. Scammers exploit Bitcoin ATMs. Will new California laws help crack down on fraud? 2023-10-22T04:00:00Z The true divinity of our existence, Alcazar argues in his sumptuous if convoluted tale, comes from its finite timeline. Review: Immortality is for sale in 'Divinity,' a sci-fi thinker destined for a long cult life 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z His prodigious mind, he believes, still has the upper hand over any such copy since his convoluted stories only suggest meanings through the clouds of the unknown that surround his characters. For author Haruki Murakami, reading fiction helps us ‘see through lies’ in a world divided by walls 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z The situation is so convoluted that many Republicans are content to ignore nearly all the nuance and just blast away at Biden for being ineffective and weak. Joe Biden visits an actual war zone; House GOP tries to pull its pants up 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z Other experts have raised concerns about the working conditions of the thousands of low-paid contractors training Bard, based on what the workers say are convoluted instructions that they’re asked to complete in minutes. Critics say Google's AI tool generates made-up facts, potentially dangerous advice 2023-10-16T04:00:00Z But even the season’s big twist, that Uche and Lydia had previously dated, was less intriguing than it could have been because it was so convoluted. The 'Love Is Blind' finale is here. Our writers discuss how Season 5 went off the rails 2023-10-13T04:00:00Z Research into the convoluted effects of global warming on superbolt activity remains uncharted, Efraim says, but will likely be an area of focus in the future.. The science of 'superbolts,' the world's strongest lightning strikes 2023-10-06T04:00:00Z That confession is among the revelations of “Going Infinite,” Michael Lewis’ well-timed, if unsatisfyingly convoluted, account of Bankman-Fried and the crypto businesses he built and tanked. What you won't learn from Michael Lewis' book on FTX could fill another book 2023-10-03T04:00:00Z This convoluted dynamic touches on the underlying reality that just because suicidal behavior can be contagious doesn't mean it will, no one should be further isolated because of a behavioral health experience, despite it's severity. As suicides hit record highs, what can we do about "contagion"? 2023-09-24T04:00:00Z The monthslong holds have devolved into a convoluted procedural back and forth in recent days. Senate is set to confirm 3 military nominees but GOP senator still blocking hundreds of others 2023-09-20T04:00:00Z Spire last weekend at Bristol was part of a convoluted deal in which it purchased the charter from Live Fast Motorsports on behalf of Trackhouse Racing. Spire is a key player in NASCAR’s charter game. A new revenue model should reward all teams 2023-09-18T04:00:00Z Most Chinese companies are backed or owned by state entities, their financial approvals complicated by convoluted structures amid an economic slowdown that has seen the world's second-largest economy struggle after a brief post-COVID recovery. Rio Tinto shoulders Simandou iron ore bill as Chinese funds delayed - sources 2023-09-18T04:00:00Z Now, after three years of historic trade disruptions, generative AI and language-learning models have emerged just when governments and companies need them to better manage the world’s convoluted supply lines. AI fused with trade data may finally smooth clunky supply chains 2023-09-11T04:00:00Z “The Boy and the Heron” can be a convoluted place, but many will recognize countless hallmarks of Miyazaki, albeit with a particular avian atmosphere this time. Hayao Miyazaki invites moviegoers to dream with him one last time 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z “It is not about individuals or bad apples, but a racist system with convoluted priorities and arrogant institutions,” he wrote. King County oversight chief wants radical reforms in American policing 2023-09-05T04:00:00Z Development in California is convoluted, but Thompson said Sramek told him they’re hoping for expedited permitting “because their project is so good and their intentions are so great.” Billionaires want to build a new city in rural California. They must convince voters first 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z Because many of those organizations were handling data on behalf of others, who in turn got the data from third parties, the hack has spiraled outward in sometimes convoluted ways. Analysis: MOVEit hack spawned over 600 breaches but is not done yet -cyber analysts 2023-08-08T04:00:00Z As ever at World Cups, the permutations as to who needs what are extensive and convoluted in many cases - with the fates of many teams also dependent on the other result in their group. Who needs what? Women's World Cup permutations 2023-07-31T04:00:00Z The cerebral cortex, a convoluted outer region of the brain, takes center stage in numerous high-level functions including reasoning, emotion, thought, memory, language and consciousness. Unlocking the brain's spiral symphony: a new path to understanding brain activity 2023-07-29T04:00:00Z He said the missiles had taken a highly convoluted route, even making a 180 degree turn at one point. Russian missiles strike targets in three Ukrainian regions, air force says 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z “The Last Ranger” can get convoluted in juggling all this, but it thrives as an old-fashioned duality-of-man drama. A novelist's homage to the dumb humans of Yellowstone Park 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z Elite training opportunities for women and girls in the country are scarce, and pathways to the top unclear and convoluted. 2023 Women's World Cup: Australian football suffers despite Matildas 2023-07-25T04:00:00Z Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas was yelling about maps and China, airing a convoluted conspiracy theory that's not worth trying to figure out. The Barbie backlash isn't just cynical: The right is abusing its own supporters 2023-07-25T04:00:00Z The hope is that these would one day be converted to hydrogen, but it all amounts to a needlessly convoluted set of arrangements necessitated by abandoning nuclear power. Abandoning nuclear power was a mistake. Germany must return to the future of energy 2023-07-16T04:00:00Z The rapid development of AI over the past year has led to the concept of ownership becoming convoluted. Why are actors so worried about AI? 2023-07-14T04:00:00Z Keeping it impenetrable, convoluted and weird is especiallly important in light of the purpose all these lies serve, which is to protect Donald Trump. Hunter Biden "whistleblower" is a fugitive and an accused spy — why MAGA conspiracies won't change 2023-07-12T04:00:00Z Now, with AI in the equation, the concept of ownership has become convoluted. AI is Hollywood’s ‘Napster 2001 moment,’ entertainment lawyers warn 2023-07-11T04:00:00Z But the study’s results indicate that convoluted legal language persists mainly through convenience and tradition, not out of a particular preference for the style. Even Lawyers Don’t Understand Legalese, New Study Shows 2023-07-10T04:00:00Z |
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