| 单词 | cryptic |
| 例句 | We can send notes, telephone, whisper cryptic invitations, announce the giving of parties, even bounce words off the moon and make them carom around the planets. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I worked through the days and tried to hide my resentment under a nervous, cryptic smile. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The passage can be cryptic, abstruse, arcane; these are symptoms of the curse of knowledge. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z And then Ellis noticed that the first cryptic entry in the hiker’s journal read, “Exit Fairbanks. Sitting Galliean. Rabbit Day.” Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Other group members stored their bodily fluids in baby-food jars or wrote cryptic messages on packaged skirt steaks. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Several such passages are starred and highlighted in the dog-eared text, the margins filled with cryptic notes printed in McCandless s distinc-tive hand. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “If you don’t stop saying cryptic things, I’m going to slap you,” I say, getting to my feet. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z He killed me at the Scrabble board, barely concentrating, and on those occasions when speech was necessary he had a way of compressing large thoughts into small, cryptic packets of language. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z They quickly decided that their best lead for finding Annabeth was the cryptic advice Bacchus had provided: the Emmanuel Building, whatever that was. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z San Piedro lived and breathed by the salmon, and the cryptic places where they ran at night were the subject of perpetual conversation. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Stricken, he took in the pages on the wall, their cryptic lines drawn to depict oscillations in the voice, cries and dips lost to both of us. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z We push messages under each other’s doors, written in the cryptic language of the aliens, which is filled with x’s and Z’s and must be decoded. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Thyon, thirteen years old and sharp as the point of a viper’s fang, had looked around him at the cryptic rituals and philosophies and seen it all as obfuscation cooked up to excuse that failure. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z When Al Ulbrickson arrived on the float, he crouched down next to the boat and, with a cryptic smile, quietly said, “Well done, boys.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “Aye, there is,” agreed the ticket seller, as cryptic as the platform posters. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z They are the code that Elizebeth left behind her—the cryptic dots and dashes of her life. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z My brothers’ Allah and the voices of the black men in prison who speak the same cryptic words. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Only old Benjamin refused to grow enthusiastic about the windmill, though, as usual, he would utter nothing beyond the cryptic remark that donkeys live a long time. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z If Farmer ever said anything cryptic and Ophelia challenged him, she noticed that he stopped being so forthcoming. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z “I think so, but it’s hard to tell. He’s always so cryptic,” I threw in for his benefit, sighing. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z I didn’t know anything at the time; Dennis had been as cryptic and evasive as ever, Jack professing nothing. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I had already met La Llorona and listened to her cryptic message, so my own dismay was not as great as that of my sisters. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z At each new place, the teams dined on good food and received another cryptic message, pointing them to the next destination. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Two of the evangelists, a man and a woman, held hands and seesawed from side to side like babies being rocked to sleep, singing and humming excerpts from some cryptic hymns. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Something like Mirjam risking her life for a relationship whose only evidence so far is a cryptic note, a dusty trail on jar lids, and some flowers Mina says Mirjam once received at school? Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z It was a cryptic message to the human race that came out of the primate soul. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z For the moment, he forgot all his anger and Thyon’s cryptic insinuations and was simply overcome by the significance of the achievement. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z She turned away and disappeared into the darkness, leaving me alone with her cryptic words. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Occasionally these poets would show up drunk, carrying found objects onto which they had scrawled cryptic messages. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z The rare remarks he addressed to me were cryptic and incomprehensible. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z He brooded in ponderous speculation over the cryptic message he had just received. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Wandering among the cardboard boxes, Vivian trails her fingertips across the tops of them, peering at their cryptic labels: The store, I960-. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Morrow made cryptic announcements, saying the company was working on an ambitious project that would move them in an entirely new direction. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Perhaps, after all, Kehaar had not understood his cryptic message that morning? Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z And it had a past as cryptic as its name. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z My mother tried to explain, yet each time she did I found her explanations vague, cryptic, obscure, ambiguous, enigmatic and too fantastic to be believable. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z He only knew—or at least strongly suspected—that, if he could read this cryptic alphabet, he could unlock the secrets of the citadel. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I wasn’t going to wait for Bat Lady to fly down and leave me another cryptic clue. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z The world’s greatest biological thinkers, having pored over the problem of heredity, had scarcely advanced the field beyond the cryptic musings of two men who had lived on two Greek islands two thousand years earlier. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z So she had a friend write a cryptic letter to a free Negro, Jacob Jackson, who lived near the plantation where two of her brothers worked. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Golobki, golobki, her brain yapped, as she cataloged the gifts he had given her, the cryptic compliments, the number of exits passing by. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z I studied them closely until they left the train, their shoulders rocking, their heavy heel plates clicking remote, cryptic messages in the brief silence of the train's stop. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z There are already cryptic advertisements in the Personal columns of literary magazines, urging the purchase of electronic headsets for the training and regulation of one’s own brain waves, according to one’s taste. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z On this journey, there were none of Shay’s cryptic dues to puzzle through, no brush fires to escape, and no antique Rusty machines descending to scare her to death. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z She had grown up knowing all the bus stops and the side streets, understanding the cryptic codes of conductors and the body language of street hawkers. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Then Sticky whispered, “Boy, when Rhonda said they were going to be cryptic, she meant it.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z “Nor do I, nor does anyone. It is very cryptic. I believe no one will fully understand it until the final moment has arrived,” said Vikus. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Ongoing arguments about the “correct” interpretation of some cryptic passage in Anorak's Almanac. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z It was the cryptic look, he recognized, that she’d aimed at him fleetingly on the second floor of the courthouse when he’d tried to speak to her before her husband’s trial. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z A doting mother, she kept records of her baby’s every accomplishment, as well as her cryptic babblings. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z His penmanship was a sure indicator that he would have had a future at MIT, the minuscule mechanical pencil marks designed to maximize the amount of cryptic data a genius could record on one page. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z They had decided to be as brief and cryptic as possible, in case an unseen Executive spied the signals. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z “I’m afraid that we find the instructions on the note rather cryptic, Tally.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Overhead signs with cryptic symbols and writing come and go before I can decipher them. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “But she said the letters were cryptic and arrived with markings.” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z In case this all doesn't sound cryptic enough, did I mention that there are no English subtitles? Cannes: Godard, still alive and still baffling 2010-05-18T15:30:00Z Episodes open with cryptic, almost surreal montages that introduce characters and clues in the most confusing way possible. Review: In Final Season of ‘Inspector Lewis,’ Solving Mysteries While Navigating a New Boss 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z Interactions are sporadic and distant, aided by cryptic costumes. Critic’s Notebook: Paul Taylor Dance at Koch Theater 2014-03-23T21:28:46Z Even after that cryptic message, she thanks him and prepares to go in as Rumpel leaves. 'Once Upon a Time': A Snow Queen triumphant and Anna's fate revealed 2014-11-17T05:00:00Z As for the stoic, cryptic manservant Mr. Bates, I knew I'd seen him before, in person, being stoic and cryptic in a different way. ArtsBeat: Theater Talkback: Familiar Faces in Two Dimensions 2013-01-10T18:24:54Z The details are persistently wrong in jarring ways: the lottery is played by post; ageing single mums are addicted to the Telegraph cryptic crossword. Lionel Asbo by Martin Amis – review 2012-06-08T21:55:05Z Plus the killer's into puzzles, cryptic clues, anagrams – that sort of thing. Bill Bailey's Jungle Hero; Endeavour: TV review 2013-04-22T06:00:20Z You would be forgiven for assuming that long stretches of it consist of vérité documentary, but this cryptic, experimental film, shot on 16 millimeter, unfolds in a never-quite-identifiable mode that blends nonfiction and performative elements. ‘El Gran Movimiento’ Review: Subsistence and the City 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z With his wild, Einsteinian coif, Romantic poet adoration and cryptic, sometimes ornery nature, Dylan is often held up as an emblematic example of the modern male genius. Just Like a Woman: Female Artists Cover Bob Dylan 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z Setting cryptic alienation amid clockwork, constantly evolving guitar counterpoint, the Strokes are instantly recognizable, and still at their prime. Best Songs of 2020 2020-12-07T05:00:00Z Like the “Zebra” of the show’s title, which is neither black nor white, Ms. Abeles observes in a pleasingly cryptic news release that “Zebra is a word that reads like an image.” What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z Among the most striking sequences involve characters who get in the way of the cryptic but malevolent Borgman. In ‘Borgman,’ a Surreal Touch of Evil 2014-06-04T04:00:00Z “Represent the unexpected/Go where no man has gone before,” she suggests in a cryptic, pristinely radiant song called “Cassiopeia.” Review: Olivia Chaney, a Willfully Modern Singer of Folk 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z He had cryptic information to pass on about another priest’s excessive drinking and his meetings with a Frenchman — if we’ve heard about any of this before, please refresh my memory. ‘The Americans’ Season 5, Episode 9: Tuan on the Bus 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z As the cryptic final moments suggest, “Reflection” is a film about how war requires people to comprehend the unspoken and unseen. ‘Reflection’ Review: Through a Looking Glass of Horrors 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z The self-described “hybrid photography” of Amir Zaki nails the essence of the subjects he captures on camera while also making them cryptic or confounding. You don’t need rules to look at Amir Zaki’s photography — just imagination 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z He also included a cryptic pronouncement: "If Barack Obama becomes the next president in November, again, I will either be dead or in jail by this time next year." Nugent to meet Secret Service over his Obama words 2012-04-18T19:32:56Z Mr. Harden tries to fathom a cryptic, troubled and not entirely sympathetic young man whose circumstances lend themselves to exaggeration. Books of The Times: ?Escape From Camp 14,? by Blaine Harden 2012-04-11T21:17:16Z That’s one of the cryptic poems Aliza Tucker whittled into existence by carving away the other words in a found document. Review | In the galleries: Views of lost scenes from Syria 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z Flea-market picture frames are hung in geometric riddles, with individual glass panels scratched to form cryptic symbols. This week's new exhibitions 2010-06-11T23:05:00Z She seems unhinged, rattled, and is soon conveniently gone from the scene, though only after leaving a bag and a notebook filled with cryptic musings. Review: ‘Suspiria’ Is a Gaudy Freakout of Female Violence 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z Ramble on too much about “The Force,” and it sounds silly; bring that down to a few cryptic lines, and it’s intriguing. Review: ‘How Star Wars Conquered the Universe,’ by Chris Taylor Yet he also considers history, as in a rendering of Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona chair, whose cryptic inscription, “Seksreligiapol,” refers to the Catholic Church’s support for the dictator Gen. Francisco Franco. In the galleries: ‘Transient States’ illustrates Steven Walls’s rigorous realism Peele told Entertainment Weekly that the track had haunting undertones: “I feel like the beat in that song has this inherent cryptic energy, almost reminiscent of the ‘Nightmare on Elm Street’ soundtrack.” How ‘Us’ Turned Weed Anthem ‘I Got 5 on It’ Into a Creepy Horror Theme 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z Not to mention enough cryptic symbols, pop-culture references and recurring motifs to keep the online decipherers busy. Jordan Peele on Us: ‘This is a very different movie from Get Out' 2019-03-09T05:00:00Z In the downtime that followed, he made brief, cryptic appearances on “Nashville,” an ill-fated 2007 Fox reality show about country music. Back in Black: A Country Outsider 2010-09-26T03:00:00Z In the film, which is set for a global release on Nov. 6, 2015, a cryptic message from Bond's past sends him on a trail to uncover a sinister organisation, Spectre. Next James Bond movie titled 'Spectre,' new cast members revealed 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z The speech was equal parts candid and cryptic, and breathtakingly emotional. How Jodie Foster stays one of the most ‘real’ stars in Hollywood 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z “Yes… this is another cryptic email… but one that takes seriously the question of how do we as writers circumvent the fashions of the day… and recast what others tell us is necessary or expected?” My Strange Literary Fellowship 2019-06-16T04:00:00Z The series is less cryptic than the movie, more of a straightforward action drama, and that’s probably a good thing. ‘12 Monkeys’ and James Cole Return, on Syfy 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z Other dramas that walk the tightrope of “Is this real?” are often sunk by off-puttingly cryptic dialogue. Legion: the most bracing, beautiful superhero TV show yet 2017-02-08T05:00:00Z But when he finds a mute Hispanic child abandoned at a gas station along with a cryptic note, he decides to bring him along, a choice with lasting ramifications for everyone. New in Paperback: ‘What Happened,’ ‘A Good Country’ 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z Her lyrics are cryptic, but their effect is immediate, and often as intoxicating as the warmly synthetic sound she gets out of an electric guitar. Ambrose Akinmusire, Drake, the Roots, St. Vincent 2011-12-17T03:03:14Z That makes for a lot of cryptic conversations that mean something to those having them but not the clueless audience, for whom they are merely annoying. Movie Listings for Aug. 15-21 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z ‘The Trip” also reveals enticing details about its famously cryptic subject. ‘The Trip’ review: An entertaining cross-country romp with Warhol 2015-08-11T04:00:00Z In the process, the show offers a cryptic survey of paintings covering more than 30 years of Ms. Frankenthaler’s career, starting with “New York Bamboo” of 1957. Art in Review: HELEN FRANKENTHALER: ?East and Beyond? 2011-02-10T23:26:54Z It was recovered four years later after Kempton sent a series of cryptic notes to authorities and the Daily Mirror ran a campaign to find it. Art thief's story The Duke steals limelight at Venice film festival 2020-09-04T04:00:00Z But this contained, cryptic, carefully composed black-and-white film is an instantly recognizable repository of Quay obsessions and themes. The Week Ahead: Aug. 19 — 25 2012-08-17T20:40:22Z To discover answers, Jay sneaks into his uncle’s desk, follows cryptic leads and plunges into the ghetto. Review | Three books to help kids — and their parents — talk about difficult subjects 2019-07-04T04:00:00Z Rowling took to the social media site again Thursday to offer a cryptic clue about the new projects. J.K. Rowling Gives Fans the Most J.K. Rowling Clue About Her New Books 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z Here in a petite pocket of the 14th arrondissement was a cryptic homage to ancient Rome. Under quarantine, we rediscovered our Paris neighborhood 2020-05-14T04:00:00Z Byrd worked for years on a scrapbook of drawings, accompanied by cryptic observations. 4 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now 2021-03-24T04:00:00Z Are his comments cryptic messages or evidence of an unraveling mind? Review | An obsessed woman hits the road with the man who may have killed her sister 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z The lyrics could be cryptic or cutting, holding the kind of accusations that can be made only by someone close who still cares. Review: With Original Lineup, Blur Returns to New York in Punky Form 2015-05-03T04:00:00Z But in Spider-Man/Garfield's case, I am genuinely surprised, because geek-chic has never been on the Hollywood checklist for leading man: "intelligent face"; "sensitive eyes"; "good at cryptic crosswords". Fancy that: the golden age of the sexy geeky leading male 2012-07-27T21:59:00Z The somewhat cryptic headline, atop a detailed account of a baseball game that did not use the phrase, initially caused some head scratching among the society’s members. ‘The Whole Nine Yards’: Seeking a Phrase’s Origin 2012-12-26T22:43:52Z In the late 19th century, instead of activating EMF meters, ghosts made luminous appearances, were phantom hands or faces, and wrote cryptic messages on the walls. “Is there an afterlife?” Ghost-hunting at my grandmother’s house 2014-02-02T11:59:00Z Too often, she tries to build momentum through portentous foreshadowing and cryptic dialogue. ‘The Shadow of the Crescent Moon,’ by Fatima Bhutto 2015-04-15T04:00:00Z The story of “Vireo” is compelling and cryptic. They filmed the opera 'Vireo' on Alcatraz. Soon you can stream it on your iPad or phone 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z The three stories are clearly separated with coy or cryptic or plainly descriptive titles. ‘Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy’ Review: What We Talk About 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z The lesser tracks here actually seem fit for a Burning Man festival; maybe it’s the earnestly cryptic lyrics, or the brightly pummeling rhythms. Playlist: Sad Out West, Rocking Out in Brooklyn 2011-03-06T01:44:59Z For seven years she tried to pin down her subject, who could be alternately “cryptic, sarcastic, friendly and open, evasive and unfriendly.” Beckett, Beauvoir and a Biographer’s Bumpy Takeoff 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z The reaction on Twitter was less cryptic: Another “Hallelujah” moment? How Pop Culture Wore Out Leonard Cohen’s ‘Hallelujah’ 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z Mr. Neuman’s turnaround was a result of “differing perceptions regarding his role and terms of employment,” the museum announced in a cryptic statement this week. Israel Museum Once Again Searches for New Director 2017-04-07T04:00:00Z However — thanks to five episodes worth of knowledge — much of the footage doesn’t seem quite as cryptic as it once did. The Scenes We Have Yet to See From the Game of Thrones Season 6 Trailers 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z Afflicted with severe aphasia, unable to process language, Mr. West could initially only repeat the cryptic syllable “mem.” Paul West, Writer Who Shoveled Absurdity Into His Books, Dies at 85 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z And I learned another word — “cairns” — cryptic little piles of stones that marked the trail. Our most dangerous hike 2012-05-21T01:00:00Z One person’s sole comment was the cryptic “Wants to do what?” Joining Toastmasters to Overcome a Fear of Public Speaking 2013-12-24T21:13:15Z The artists decided recently to explain themselves, and provided slightly cryptic pictures and videos of the flags, seemingly shot at night from atop the bridge. German Artists Say They Put White Flags on Brooklyn Bridge 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z The admittedly cryptic piece touches on faith and identity, artistic and manual labor, immigration and assimilation, East and West, colonized and colonizer. Who Said Art Is Only for the One Percent? 2021-01-08T05:00:00Z In the third one, the references were cryptic. Nellie McKay Blossoms Under Pressure From Joan Rivers’s Lawyers 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z His frequent appearances over the decades led him to be cast as The Stranger in “The Big Lebowski,” offering cryptic cowboy hero advice. 'Justified' Recap: A Big Gun and a Land Grab 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z In his later years, he cut the figure of a sage with a twinkle in his eye, issuing cryptic or elliptical statements that inevitably came back to a sense of play. Wayne Shorter, Intrepid Saxophonist and Composer, Dies at 89 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z This is exactly the sort of controversial and cryptic film they don't give Oscars to, and it's all the better for it. This week's new DVD & Blu-ray 2013-03-09T06:00:09Z And only toward the end of the editing process, I realized that this was a little cryptic. The Carpetbagger: James Cameron, Wim Wenders Thanks You 2012-02-10T19:42:47Z But football is a much more complicated chess match, with the blitz packages, third-down packages and schemes with cryptic names like Cover 2. NFL Coaches: More Entertaining than the Actual Games 2011-01-18T23:35:00Z The other, seemingly unrelated element of Ramos' worldview is drawn from the world of anime, the source of his final, cryptic tweet, approximately three minutes before the shooting began. Exclusive: Inside accused Annapolis shooter’s alt-right theology of mass murder 2018-07-22T04:00:00Z In a touching finale scene, Hopper finally tells Eleven about his "girl" adding the cryptic explanation that the black hole that is his sad existence "got her." Our Biggest Questions After the 'Stranger Things' Season 2 Finale 2017-10-27T04:00:00Z There would be something uniquely depressing about Lynch banging them out long after the passion had faded – forever wearily rearranging dwarves and cryptic old ladies. Has David Lynch retired, or is it just a bad dream? 2011-08-19T11:40:48Z For someone who started out as a self-hating alcoholic rocker screaming out his cryptic angst, that's not just a happy ending — that's an amazing plot twist few other rock memoirs can deliver. Bob Mould's See a Little Light: From Angry Young Man to Wise Elder Statesman of Rock 2011-06-29T09:30:00Z Miller is among the many Americans sensitive to “fragrance,” the cryptic ingredient added to thousands of products, from cleaning supplies to toiletries. One sniff is all it takes: Scented household products may be hazardous to our health 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z Some Mars Volta songs, with cryptic titles like “Cicatriz Esp” and “Tetragrammaton,” stretched beyond 10 minutes long. The Mars Volta Returns With a Swerve: Its Own Version of Pop 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z Told in three movements, the second being the longest and least cryptic, the film is the work of J.P. Review: ‘El Mar La Mar,’ an Abstract Look at Desert Border Crossings 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z But the lyrics, as cryptic and telegraphic as they are singable, hint at bitter disagreements, sieges, death and disasters. Critics? Choice: New CDs 2010-02-28T23:00:00Z People are constantly coming up to Bridget and alluding to fraught situations that Siobhan is intimately familiar with, forcing Bridget to improvise cryptic, noncommittal responses. Sarah Michelle Gellar flounders in a bland new drama 2011-09-13T15:03:00Z Chat rooms connected strangers with cryptic screen names and the shriek of a dial-up modem was the siren's call of the world wide web. 11 facts about Napster 2021-06-03T04:00:00Z The Ghost is a tight little situation, full of promise, and well cast, but it drifts away into cryptic talk and hostile glances. End game for Roman Polanski 2010-04-15T20:30:00Z In October, HBO Max released the show's teaser trailer, which did not offer many words except for this cryptic message: "Dreams didn't make us kings. Dragons did." "House of the Dragon" is coming: Here’s everything we know about the "Game of Thrones" spinoff 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z The shaped, two-toned pieces are in fact cryptic testaments to the Dallas artist’s rage. Review | In the galleries: Acronyms as content encode a powerful commentary 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z He re-establishes contact by sending Belano cryptic postcards, pays him a paranoid visit in the middle of the night to entrust him with a box of papers, and hangs himself. A brief survey of the short story part 46: Roberto Bolaño 2013-01-24T11:38:51Z His theocratic worldview, combined with his immersion in the world of "Berserk," helps to solve the mystery of his cryptic, final tweet and illuminate his possible motive for mass murder. Exclusive: Inside accused Annapolis shooter’s alt-right theology of mass murder 2018-07-22T04:00:00Z He laughs, perhaps thinking of Lost's cryptic/awful series finale. Prometheus: the making of a new myth 2012-05-25T23:01:00Z The beauty of the book is all in the wordplay and the cryptic puzzles and Carroll's charming, nonsensical prose. Christopher Wheeldon: the golden boy grows up 2010-05-04T20:30:00Z Granted, some of this Title:Point company production, at the Brick Theater, about a certain kind of mythological American noir is frustratingly cryptic, and some sections extend their welcome way too long. ‘Sleeping Car Porters’ Review: Billy the Kid Meets the Zodiac Killer 2019-12-08T05:00:00Z It sends groups of audience members out into an urban landscape armed with some cryptic clues to uncover a plot and seek out a secret map in a neighbourhood. The Human Comedy; Blood and Gifts; Accomplice 2010-09-18T23:05:00Z Salem all but vanished not long after releasing its debut album in 2010 — until this week, when it reappeared with a cryptic 40-minute mixtape and now this sepulchral but surprisingly legible song. Justin Bieber and Chance the Rapper’s Wholesome Team-Up, and 10 More New Songs 2020-09-18T04:00:00Z Anne Carson’s cryptic meditation on Euripides’ “Helen,” directed by Katie Mitchell, reaches the end of its run at the new arts center in Hudson Yards. 9 Plays and Musicals to Go to in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-05-09T04:00:00Z Its lyrics stress worry and reluctance as much as a hunger for recognition; its sounds are cryptic and scuffed, indebted to the ’90s underground. ArtsBeat: Popcast: Earl Sweatshirt and ASAP Ferg Step Up 2013-08-16T18:24:49Z And whatever is on the other side of the macroverse, just keep it mysterious and cryptic. ‘It Chapter Two’ Is Out. Let’s Talk About Where That Clown Came From. 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z Her Whitney Biennial installation includes shelving units that house an assortment of cryptic objects. Veronica Ryan’s Uncanny Objects 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z His lyrics can be cryptic or throwaway when they’re not downright bleak. Bob Dylan Still Bristles on ‘Rough and Rowdy Ways’ 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z Put your cryptic crossword down and just strangle people. Charlie Brooker 2010-07-11T23:04:00Z But he left with one last cryptic rejoinder. The fall of John Weaver, a Lincoln Project co-founder whose political career was shrouded in mystery 2021-02-12T05:00:00Z At moments, one of those aides might quietly offer a more cryptic direction: “Look at the audience and think about what they want from you.” ‘City Council Meeting,’ Locally Tailored, From Here 2013-05-08T21:40:41Z Just the opposite: They are more cryptic and withdrawn. Review: Alex G Cracks the Bedroom Door With ‘Beach Music’ 2015-10-07T04:00:00Z The cryptic statement from History seemed to reflect criticism that dogged the project for months, even before it started production. Dramatizing Camelot 2011-01-17T22:32:30Z Mr. Mamet, who had a brief stint selling real estate in Chicago, dedicated “Glengarry” to the British dramatist Harold Pinter, whose plays are ferocious battles where the weapons of choice are cryptic statements. Learning How to Sell From ‘Glengarry Glen Ross’ 2012-11-11T04:40:29Z Martin keeps his own "Not A Blog", where he gives cryptic clues about the development of the show, always solved by dedicated fans within hours. Is A Game of Thrones the most eagerly anticipated TV show ever? 2010-07-23T11:11:00Z To some Brooklyn night-life devotees, however, the cryptic venue was obvious: Sugar Hill Restaurant & Supper Club. From Disco to Techno, He’s Seen It on Sugar Hill’s Dance Floor 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z But the play remains frustratingly cryptic and emotionally unaffecting. Theater Review: ‘Tiny Dynamite’ by Abi Morgan at 59E59 Theaters 2012-06-14T21:05:36Z While everyone else stood by the railing posing for Polaroids, Jesse sat with a scarf artfully wrapped around his neck, working on a copy of The Times of London’s cryptic crossword. My Mademoiselle Summer 2013-07-19T20:55:07Z Emmy winners Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul have skyrocketed the buzz around the upcoming project thanks to a pair of cryptic social media posts. Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul spark "Breaking Bad" reunion buzz with cryptic "Soon" messages 2019-06-25T04:00:00Z On the eve of the film's release, he tweeted a cryptic message about a version of the film audiences will "probably never see," which he then deleted. 15 summer "blockbusters" that completely tanked at the box office 2021-07-19T04:00:00Z The cryptic lyrics to "Casino Boogie" were written at the last minute, "William Burroughs-style," says Jagger, out of phrases he and Richards scribbled on strips of paper and then selected at random. Mick Jagger rocks Cannes 2010-05-19T22:10:00Z The movie is careful to preserve Fern’s cryptic streak of independence, which sometimes registers to others as frosty. Some Movies Actually Understand Poverty in America 2020-11-27T05:00:00Z She spoke Mr. Albee’s cryptic, epigrammatic dialogue with the sophistication and assurance of someone in possession of a cosmic secret. How Marian Seldes Took the Stage 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z “The applications will be a series of cryptic questions that will be judged solely by me and my own cryptic — entropic? — sense of who I want to be at the event,” he said. The New Club Kids 2010-11-19T23:56:00Z It was cryptic, and I shook when I read it. What it’s like to watch him die 2014-02-27T00:00:00Z This work, like the earlier ones to which it alludes, is clogged with her individual iconography and other cryptic features that seem intended for a select audience of insiders. Review: Sarah Michelson’s Radical Sadness 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z But this is obviously typical of the kind of insightful but cryptic insults that are driving Julia mental. "In Treatment" recap: Season 3 begins 2010-10-26T13:01:00Z Mr. Grimonprez, clearly a frequent visitor to that world, has sent back a moving postcard inscribed with his own messages, some appropriately cryptic, others more along the familiar lines of “Wish you were here.” | 'Double Take': Grimonprez Makes Hitchcock a Symbol of Cold War Era 2010-06-01T22:24:00Z Every cryptic clue has two layers: There’s the content of the clue itself, and then there’s a part of the clue that tells you how to solve it. What Has One Eye and 1,200 Heads? An Old English Riddle, That’s What! 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z In Lambert’s cryptic scenarios, the drama occurs offstage. Review | In the galleries: Finding inspiration in a mythical herb 2021-12-29T05:00:00Z The songwriting remains acute and evocative, whether creating a whole world around the image of a "Plastic Cup" or a cryptic reference to the late Byrds bluegrass virtuoso "Clarence White." Album review: Low, 'The Invisible Way' 2013-03-19T16:22:00Z I'm also growing rather attached to the Roose Bolton vignettes where he pops up to utter cryptic advice before glowering and exiting, filled with doom. Game of Thrones: season two, episode eight ? The Prince of Winterfell 2012-05-21T12:36:49Z “Lost” represented his most intricate, steadfastly cryptic mystery box, a drawn-out tease during which questions multiplied twice as fast as answers. Filmmaker J. J. Abrams Is a Crowd Teaser 2011-05-29T01:23:02Z “They are detailed yet still cryptic,” she said. How Do You Reconstruct Lost Choreography? 2016-08-26T04:00:00Z In a cryptic statement, the attorney said “substantial detriment, irreparable harm and immediate danger will result to the conservatee” if he wasn’t discharged from the assignment. The battle of Britney Spears 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z And Ms. Jones, perhaps already regretting that she accepted the hospitality of these grasping hosts, keeps her remarks cryptic and fortune-cookie short. | 'The Real Housewives of Washington, D.C.': Capital Purring and Preying on Bravo 2010-08-04T17:09:00Z She filled atriums with clouds of knotted thread, and she wrapped cryptic messages around shoemakers’ wooden foot forms. These Books Move Heaven and Earth 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z Despite its varying states of existence, MUON's music is rather akin to its sub-atomic namesake with its deconstruction of pedantic structures, but also as intelligent, intense and cryptic aural and visual forms. August's best music from across the MAP 2012-08-15T08:00:00Z This quality allows Ms. Hoss’s presence, at once cryptic and warm, to resonate even in small roles. A ‘Homeland’ Spy Opens Up Onstage in ‘Returning to Reims’ 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z The performers don't go for modernist mumbling or cryptic lyrics - they love to belt it out and they go for songs with heart-on-the-sleeve words. Karaoke champs vie for fame, dumplings in Russia 2010-09-23T19:47:00Z They spend long nights holed up in their apartments, bidding for the elusive things on eBay and losing every time to rivals veiled behind cryptic monikers. How novels came to terms with the internet 2011-01-15T00:06:06Z When Anna at last speaks, she simply utters a few cryptic remarks about the sea. Music: A Tortured Russian Poet's Twisted World 2011-04-05T13:30:06Z Have any two movie stars ever had less in common than the exuberant, goofy Mel Brooks and the cryptic, aloof Greta Garbo? 12 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z This headmistress, Agnes, takes a cryptic approach to pedagogy, and each of the novel’s parents develops a fixation on her — in some cases, one that blooms into worship; in others, one that sours into repulsion. Three Married Couples and a Cryptic Headmistress Fuel the Suburban Satire of ‘The Pessimists’ 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z Ridley Scott’s sci-fi thriller did big business this past weekend at the box office, but it also sparked a sprawling online debate as fans tried to break apart and dissect its cryptic themes. Prometheus Sequel? Screenwriter Solves the Mystery of the Final Scene 2012-06-12T10:00:43Z Lines like these feel too obvious, especially compared with the cryptic, claustrophobic relationships described in these pages and the strange detours that riddle Gay’s imaginary landscapes. No Shrinking Violets: A Short Story Collection From Roxane Gay 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z She uses her artistic talents to create cryptic pictographs in which she hides safe house locations and directions north. In ‘The Mapmaker’s Children,’ John Brown’s daughter gets her due 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z His most recent feature, “Film Socialism,” showed up at the Cannes Film Festival last week, though the director himself did not, offering as explanation for his absence a cryptic reference to the Greek financial crisis. Film: A Fresh Look Back at Jean-Luc Godard?s ?Breathless? 2010-05-21T17:18:00Z But where Mr. Baldessari paid tribute to the puckishness of Magritte, Mr. Demand appreciates his more arcane, cryptic side. Art Review: Out-Magritting Magritte, or at Least Coming Close 2011-08-11T21:37:51Z Eschewing the cryptic tradition of the parables, the billboard had a more direct message: “Jesus is watching you.” 10 most absurd right-wing Christian billboards 2014-05-06T11:00:00Z For the lyrics, Mr. Longstreth set aside his more cryptic impulses; it’s clear what he’s singing about. Dirty Projectors Confronts a Breakup, Emerging With a New Sound 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z The cryptic account spurred some Spears fans to object to the continued restrictions on the pop star’s life, given what, until recently, appeared to be a period of stability and success following earlier meltdowns. What Is Actually Happening With Britney Spears? 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z So if the music's good, why be so cryptic? New band of the day ? No 979: YAAKS 2011-03-04T17:08:20Z The line readings are unfailingly earnest, and the lines themselves are non sequiturs, riddles and cryptic jokes. ‘The Wandering Soap Opera’ Review: An Excursion Into Raúl Ruiz’s Fertile Mind 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z The Post’s Page Six gossip column published the picture, along with a cryptic story about Maples having an affair with a “business tycoon.” How Liz Smith invented Donald Trump 2017-11-13T05:00:00Z The censors let it through because they did not understand what was then relatively cryptic slang, though Grant and Hepburn surely did. From The Wizard of Oz to Top Hat – why the 1930s is my favourite film decade 2018-04-02T04:00:00Z But they are also treacherous: the twisty access lanes, the narrow shoulders, the cryptic and poorly placed signage. The Failed Dream of the Easy Commute 2015-02-08T05:00:00Z Symphony principal bassoonist Seth Krimsky, also on the search committee, adds with a hint of cryptic mischief: "Everybody's a candidate — and nobody's a candidate." Search for Gerard Schwarz's successor at SSO is a broad-ranging and discreet one 2010-05-21T22:07:00Z Back at home his sleazy younger brother has left a cryptic voicemail begging for help. TV review: DCI Banks; Great British Food Revival 2012-10-10T21:00:01Z They’ll describe a radically complex, sometimes cryptic writer and a troubled and troubling thinker as familiar with despair as with exhilaration, who found in nature reminders of death as much as of life. Art: ?Emily Dickinson?s Garden,? at New York Botanical Garden 2010-04-29T23:07:00Z But recently, when I logged in, I received a cryptic message about being banned with no explanation. Travel Troubleshooter | Help, I’ve been banned by Airbnb! 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z One guy scored $20 for filling in the blanks to “Stay” and there were a few more rounds before a male event staffer interrupted the ride with a very cryptic update. Rihanna kidnapped me to watch her new video: A diary 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z His recent poems are just rip-offs of cryptic announcements sputtering from his radio. Recordings: A New Recording of Philip Glass?s Opera ?Orph?e? 2010-08-01T02:00:00Z The polyphonic narrative that ensues has the pacing and urgency of a spy thriller but the middling stakes of a book about a group of privileged kids sending each other cryptic texts. Review | Can a thriller also be a feminist social critique? Lisa Lutz gives it a try in ‘The Swallows’ 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z On “The Mars Volta,” out Sept. 16, the group — long known for its cryptic, polysyllabic lyrics and extended, transmogrifying song structures — has moved in its own eccentric ways toward the openness and concision of pop. The Mars Volta Returns With a Swerve: Its Own Version of Pop 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z But even now, when the subject of Mr. Berglas’s famous effect is raised, he remains as cryptic as ever. The Mystery of Magic’s Greatest Card Trick 2021-05-23T04:00:00Z The group’s music arrives, most of the time, as a structured barrage: dissonant riffs, shifting rhythms, darkly cryptic lyrics and textures that can whipsaw between clockwork intricacy and pulverizing noise. black midi’s Music Embraces the Extremes 2021-05-25T04:00:00Z By Day 5, Harriet is making cryptic remarks about us on Twitter. Books of The Times: 3 Books Offer Ways to Cut the Cord, If Only Briefly 2013-08-18T22:14:01Z Decades later, his mother, who had Alzheimer’s at the time, gave a cryptic confirmation that Mr. Welles was his father — then seemed to contradict it. Directing the Beatles Was Just One Part of His Long and Winding Career 2022-07-05T04:00:00Z We included “Jeopardy!” host Alex Trebek, a host who’s made cryptic allusions to his political beliefs–in a recent New Republic profile, for instance. Alex Trebek tells Salon: Humans are causing climate change! 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z “All the silly, cryptic marks of humans who were resigned to being held in a place, shunted through the perfunctory order of things,” she writes. Review: ‘The Girls’ Has a Great Start. Too Bad About the Rest. 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z He’s being watched by agents of the current authoritarian regime, and he has no idea who’s sending him cryptic letters that may contain clues to why Sobhani was killed. Review | 3 action-packed thrillers that take you around the world 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z Fans and press were attracted by cryptic screeds, esoteric websites, and a handful of promising lo-fi MP3s, described as "heavy pop". Wu Lyf frontman Ellery Roberts quits 2012-11-26T11:13:25Z Asked if an artist with as much choice and freedom as he possessed ran the risk of creating nothing at all, Mr. Myers offered a cryptic response that seemed to mean no. Mike Myers Tries Directing a Documentary 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z Even seasoned defenders of cryptic formalism may find it amorphous. Review: ‘Kekszakallu’ Plunges Into the Unknown 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z One player on each side knows the identities of the agents on the board, and they attempt to guide their team-mates to the right answers using a series of cryptic one-word clues. Let's roll: the best board games for Christmas 2017 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z But he kept a low profile, and could be self-effacing to the point of being cryptic. Ronald A. Wilford, Manager to a Host of Legendary Maestros, Dies at 87 2015-06-13T04:00:00Z The image has a cryptic power and complication. Some eerie, startling work at Prographica’s ‘Figures & Faces’ 2013-12-26T20:43:44Z In between are telegraphic, often cryptic sketches of people who have ended up alone: thugs about to be murdered, a starving homeless person, an artist turned recluse, a mental patient with visions. New Music: New Albums by Mountain Goats, Kurt Elling and Trash Talk 2012-10-09T01:10:07Z It is a stark yet restrained comment on male domination and a cryptic presaging of the haunting enclosures of Louise Bourgeois. Review: Drips, Dropped: Pollock and His Impact 2015-12-31T05:00:00Z Indeed, his cryptic withholding of personal details about his life feels remarkably natural to his being and his tone. Baudelaire makes a comeback 2013-02-04T19:15:00Z Instead, Robbins and Barbot floated their vocals barely a millimeter above the level of the guitars, burying the cryptic lyrics in the overall attack. At the 9:30 Club, Jawbox’s sound is both bristlingly contemporary and an echo of the past 2019-06-29T04:00:00Z But football is a much more complicated chess match, with the blitz packages, third down packages, and schemes with cryptic names like "Cover 2." NFL Coaches: More Entertaining Than the Actual Games 2011-01-14T16:30:00Z The album is a slab of songs like hieroglyphs: figurative but cryptic, revolving around situations or archetypes that are never fully explained. Music Review: St. Vincent Sings at Metropolitan Museum of Art - Review 2011-08-26T23:18:13Z The soundtrack too takes some equally bold moves, conspiring to create a cryptic and poetic film unlike others before or since. This week's new DVD and Blu-ray releases 2010-06-18T23:06:00Z Are the xx the first pop act you can imagine being on ECM – the flat, cryptic titles, all those gleaming bare bones, the limpid, ultra-sparse propulsion, the sedate intensity, either spellbindingly beautiful or frustratingly repetitive? Paul Morley on music: In search of shifting sounds 2010-09-18T23:05:00Z Would a flighty audience stick around for a full LP full of moody electronic songs with cryptic lyrics, whose singles often approach 10 minutes? Techno music pioneering band Underworld remains ever current 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z Our reviewer, Gemma Sieff, praised “the cryptic, claustrophobic relationships described in these pages and the strange detours that riddle Gay’s imaginary landscapes.” Paperback Row 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z It's served up with music, movement and a whole array of stage trickery that keeps things lively, or at least trance-inducing, even when the show is nonlinear to the point of being cryptic. Art band at On the Boards is a little cryptic, but still 'Awesome' 2010-04-23T20:21:00Z And if you think the preview trailers are cryptic, just try the synopses. “Henry arranges a family reunion” and 10 other hilariously misleading “Mad Men” episode descriptions, translated 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z But as for the harsh reality, which this charming exhibition at the Museum of the City of New York also touches on, it involves more than just potholes and cryptic “No Parking” signs. Last Chance: ?Cars, Culture, and the City? at Museum of the City of New York 2010-07-19T22:03:00Z Some are almost figurative, the rubber cut, flexed and positioned in layers or strands to evoke the human body or more cryptic forms. For Chakaia Booker, Whose Medium Is Tires, the Art Is in the Journey 2021-05-07T04:00:00Z We look for clues embedded in the correspondence and confessions, in Alice’s cryptic emails, in Nick’s muddled brain. A Spellbinding Debut Leaps Across Genres to Recreate the Confusion of Trauma 2020-07-24T04:00:00Z Stylish, cryptic puzzle of a science fiction movie that sees a group of strangers trying to escape from a prison of booby-trapped cubed rooms. This week's new DVD & Blu-ray 2012-10-12T23:05:40Z Years later, cryptic messages send Cage barreling across Europe, hunting for secrets about his diplomat father, long-buried espionage and Lemaster himself. Adam Woog’s best mysteries of 2012 2012-12-07T00:24:05Z Footnotes on the right side of the menu provide cryptic references to source materials. At Momofuku Nishi, David Chang’s Magic Shows a Little Wear 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z And that’s an insider’s joke, a wink at viewers who have spent three years burrowing into the cryptic ad man’s buried secrets and damaged psyche. Television: Changes for Fourth Season of ?Mad Men? 2010-07-16T19:01:00Z But the answer is cryptic: “Because we were slaves.” Critic?s Notebook: Put Yourself in the Story of Passover 2011-04-17T23:21:25Z Raúl Ruiz, a Chilean director who presented a labyrinthine, cryptic picture of individual psychology and social relations in “Mysteries of Lisbon” and more than 100 other films, died on Friday in Paris. Ra?l Ruiz, Prolific Director of Cryptic Films, Dies at 70 2011-08-20T00:24:58Z In an early jump on National Coming Out Day, which was October 11, Madonna posted a cryptic clip to TikTok that has left fans scratching their heads ever since. Did Madonna's "I'm gay" TikTok really mean what we think it means? 2022-10-15T04:00:00Z However, with several other storylines still left to be resolved, the events of the 10th episode remain much more cryptic. 'Game of Thrones' Is Ditching Episode Descriptions. Just to Torture Us 2016-06-13T04:00:00Z Its decision to play the heartfelt, Neil Young-esque lullaby "Broken-Hearted Wine" shortly after the dark, cryptic and somewhat terrifying "Pea" showed surprising emotional versatility for a band sometimes criticized for an uncompromising sense of bleakness. Reunited slowcore band Codeine more vital with age 2012-07-10T19:37:03Z Then came a bristling electronic excursion: the cryptic love song “Art of Almost,” which blipped and buzzed with synthesizers over a motoric ostinato, building to a frenetic squall of guitars. Music Review: Wilco at Central Park SummerStage - Review 2011-09-25T22:40:39Z The obscuring effect of all this cryptic personal detail is regrettable, because when Khan concentrates on the suspense plot, she spins an exciting story that enlightens as much as it entertains. Review | A Muslim detective takes on hate crimes and other evils 2018-02-18T05:00:00Z I thought I was much more cryptic and clever than I really was. Taylor Swift Has a New Song—Ex-Boyfriends Beware 2012-08-15T12:00:45Z At the end, on “Sonic Mythmap For the Trip Back,” vocalist Ishmael Butler narrates the journey with often cryptic statements, reflections, instructions and life lessons. Shabazz Palaces pushes boundaries again| New recordings 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z Breaking those cryptic clues, they argue, reveals hidden messages about the genocide of America's indigenous people, the Nazi's Final Solution and even an admission the 1969 Moon Landing was faked. Fans breaking The Shining 'codes' 2012-10-24T08:06:46Z Then there is the occasion when the clue writer is indicating something rather fanciful or not strictly literal as the cryptic part, such as 'Green paradise? Azed slip No. 2,109 2012-11-25T11:00:00Z Mr. Ma recalled Stern’s cryptic injunction that music is what happens between the notes, without explaining exactly what it means. Music Review: Isaac Stern Memorial Concert, With Yo-Yo Ma and Emanuel Ax 2014-02-24T22:40:33Z With subtle plays of cryptic phrases, color and forms, her best efforts appear adamantly cute until they start filling up with mixed signals of longing, conflict and repressed urges. Lily van der Stokker: ‘Huh’ 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z It was tempting to look for clues in the music because the dance was frustratingly cryptic: patently spiritual in its tone and arms reaching upward, but static in its repetitions. Review: At Fall for Dance Festival, Stepping Out in All Directions 2015-10-04T04:00:00Z An ornately illustrated libretto offered extensive annotations that ended up even more cryptic. Oneohtrix Point Never’s Quest to Make Music That Freaks People Out 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z Ulysses is a more difficult read, full of obscure terms, complex phrasing, and cryptic references to other materials. The Brontës, Shelleys & Kingsley and Martin Amis: Research suggests relatives share writing styles 2022-01-01T05:00:00Z Another respected puzzle maker, Richard Maltby Jr., the Broadway director, said, “Misleading the solver is the name of the game in cryptic puzzles, and Mr. Lewis misled delightfully.” Frank W. Lewis, Master of the Cryptic Crossword, Dies at 98 2010-12-03T06:30:00Z This cryptic title alludes to Mr. Barber’s whimsical response when a magazine asked him to show, in a sketch, what Americans would be eating in 35 years. In ‘The Third Plate,’ Dan Barber Meets Food Pioneers 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z “I like that I can create drama without giving anything away” is how the testily cryptic Mr. Naharin recently explained the title of “Last Work,” which he doesn’t intend to be his final opus. Review: Ohad Naharin’s ‘Last Work’ Isn’t 2017-02-05T05:00:00Z But time hasn’t made it more than a cryptic curiosity. ‘Kinetta’ Review: Cryptic Seeds of Yorgos Lanthimos’s Imagery 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z Think about Bob Dylan’s cryptic winds and Johnny Cash’s dark thunder, Emily Dickinson’s attic squalls and Billy Collins’s amused zephyrs, van Gogh’s anguished gusts and Pollock’s furious typhoons. Artistic Forecasts, From Sun to Snow 2014-02-20T21:21:30Z Compared with “Real Gone,” an album full of songs that clanged, scraped and bristled with distortion and cryptic lyrics, “Bad as Me” climbs off the ledge. Arts & Leisure: Tom Waits?s New Album, ?Bad as Me? 2011-10-20T11:01:09Z While a tale or two borders on the cryptic, most trigger shadowy epiphanies as they alight on moments of perfect ambiguity or oblique revelation. Karen Joy Fowler's fine new story collection, 'What I Didn't See,' moves from ordinary to fantastical and back 2010-09-29T21:40:00Z Asked to decipher some cryptic allusions on his yearbook page, Kavanaugh referenced the popular comedies as a form of justification. Brett Kavanaugh goes to the movies 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z It ended with a cryptic text message on screen, “The Next Big Thing Is Here” and below it the Web site magnacartaholygrail.com. Who Needs the Critics? Go Cryptic Instead 2013-06-21T21:10:30Z As usual, there's no solid info, only cryptic clues, starting with the stated merger with a company called GOOD: "the visionary architects of our bold, new, creative, and hopeful society". This week's new film events 2013-04-20T05:00:13Z And Joe Casey’s lyrics — cryptic or blunt, spoken or crooned or snarled — confront all the dire contradictions of the present moment. Pop and Jazz Fall Preview: 66 Albums, Shows and Festivals 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, Cutler receives a cryptic offer to investigate the theft of a scepter with origins in the Ottoman Empire. Book Review: `Sleight of Hand' will shock, mislead 2013-04-09T14:32:09Z "Well, you'll see it at some point, it's kind of like a box, but it changes..," and with that cryptic comment she skipped away into the church at the top of the path. Beat-Herder Festival diary: Nile Rodgers rocks the Ribble valley 2013-07-17T12:24:23Z “Why did you not explain the polar bear?”—a random hiker to Carlton Cuse, an executive producer of “Lost,” the cryptic ABC drama that ended in May. ArtsBeat: Arts & Leisure Preview: Foreign Film Snubs, Life After 'Lost,' Walton Goggins and More 2011-01-28T22:05:48Z More crucially, though, Osman’s heroes, while trying to solve brutal murders and decipher cryptic messages, never stop being concerned with their health, grandchildren and the pleasure of just sipping wine and bantering with one another. Review | Richard Osman, inspired by ‘The A-Team,’ has created a delightful band of elderly sleuths 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z A folder labeled as notes from his “C.I.A. kidnapping” in 1973 is full of cryptic jottings recounting the details of his arrest in Afghanistan, at an airport in Kabul, after he fled the United States. New York Public Library Buys Timothy Leary?s Papers 2011-06-15T23:40:29Z As Battle does so, he whispers a cryptic warning in Will’s ear, “Beware the Cyclops.” HBO's "Watchmen" trolls history and heroic whiteness in the most extraordinary episode yet 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z In labored pages, thick with cryptic mathematical symbols and ornamented with rough, quizzical sketches of the nervous system’s branchings, Freud described the psyche as an energetic “apparatus.” Review | A brain researcher on what Freud got right 2021-02-25T05:00:00Z Not surprisingly, fans have already begun speculating about what this cryptic exchange meant, with many believing the perpetually creepy maester was referring to the cache of wildfire hidden underneath King’s Landing by the Mad King. Here's What Cersei Lannister May Be Planning on 'Game of Thrones' 2016-06-13T04:00:00Z Vaguely hinted at by Yorke in a few cryptic tweets -- including one of a rotating white LP -- this eight-track album debuted Friday. Thom Yorke's 'Tomorrow's Modern Boxes' holds few surprises 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z When Dr. Ford asks Abernathy about his identity, he gives a cryptic answer: “rose is a rose is a rose.” The Complete Guide to All Westworld's Many References 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z We like doing lyrics that are cryptic and abstract, we leave out all the in-betweens, everything that makes sense. Phoenix Metaphors 2010-03-21T00:05:00Z The self-described “hybrid photography” of Southern California’s Amir Zaki, now at James Harris Gallery, nails the essence of the subjects he captures on camera while also making them cryptic or confounding. You don’t need rules to look at Amir Zaki’s photography — just imagination 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z At 3:08 pm on Wednesday, the Washington bureau of the Wall Street Journal received a cryptic email from their chief, Paul Beckett. Reporter Jay Solomon fired by Wall Street Journal over report of business dealings with source 2017-06-21T04:00:00Z As the band’s main lyricist, Wood juggles the cryptic and the apparently confessional, the self-lacerating and the absurd. Black Country, New Road’s Perilous Triumph 2022-02-07T05:00:00Z Following two of the band’s best and most inventive albums — 2009’s rambunctious “Embryonic” and 2013’s gorgeously bleak “The Terror” — the Flaming Lips’ latest might be the most cryptic and challenging. Wayne Coyne, mad scientist: “If the Flaming Lips make a wrong move, so what?” 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z When the band Parquet Courts first broke onto New York’s indie-rock scene, their ambling, cryptic lyrics amplified their slouchy brand of Brooklyn cool. 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z Even as parties grew more established, their flyers were still full of inside jokes, cryptic shout-outs, manifestos squiggled into the margins. The Intoxicating Promise of New York City’s Night-Life Flyers 2016-12-05T05:00:00Z Along the borders of the page Mr. Mesches sprinkled cryptic images: a tricycle, a Ferris wheel, a set of keys, a tiny Viking doll with sword and shield. Arnold Mesches, Artist Who Was Recorded by the F.B.I., Dies at 93 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z She sleeps a great deal and has cryptic dreams. A Buzzworthy Debut About a Mysterious and Secluded Artists’ Retreat 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z I stop straining to follow the cryptic directions, and I start winging it. Review | What is the strange allure of Bob Ross? I painted my way to an answer, sort of. 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z It’s at once emotive and cryptic, structured and spontaneous and, above all, willful, refusing to cater to the expectations of radio stations or fans. Review: ‘Blackstar,’ David Bowie’s Emotive and Cryptic New Album 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z Fearful of being a rat, he answers Goldsmith’s most pointed questions with cryptic Deep Throat hints. Made Man: ‘In Hoffa’s Shadow’ Replays a Famous Disappearance 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z Since then, the actor made numerous more attempts at apologies and cryptic tweets about creativity. Actor Shia LaBeouf's foray into 'art' has some scratching heads 2014-02-12T04:50:49Z There are blackouts, disease-ridden cats scurrying about, women muttering cryptic warnings in the subway stations. "AHS: NYC" has too many villains 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z Lady Gaga delivered a cryptic message about the situation this week. Lady Gaga won't change show for protests: manager 2012-05-25T08:31:05Z Shang-Chi, receives a cryptic message, he gets pulled into a family reunion and must reckon with his past. ‘Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings’ Review: House of Hidden Dragons 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z What he says next is a little cryptic, but he seems like a man struggling to express a new-found joy at being clean. The Strokes: no Spinal Tap 2011-02-27T00:03:00Z Audiard is in control from the get-go – even the cryptic credits sequence gains meaning as the film progresses – and the viewer is in the hands of a director who knows exactly what he's doing. This week's new DVD & Blu-ray 2013-02-23T06:00:16Z But the riddle that began with that cryptic document and resulted in the delightful little book “The Copenhagen Papers: An Intrigue,” published in the United States in 2001, makes for laugh-out-loud comedy. 7 Things to Do This Weekend 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z Drake — ever the enigma — posted several cryptic images on Instagram Monday morning, possibly alluding to a new video project. Drake Just Started Teasing an Intriguing New Video Project 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z Organized into nine chapter-like essays around a loose concept Lamott calls “mercy,” the book is peppered with cryptic spiritual takeaways like, “Maybe mercy and grace belong together, like cream and sugar.” ‘Hallelujah Anyway’: Anne Lamott’s conflicted message for a conflicted nation 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z What they point to is anyone's guess. 4M2 reinforces the stereotype of contemporary dance as bafflingly cryptic, if not outright opaque. Dance 3 | Dance review 2010-03-16T23:05:00Z Here’s where the riddles start to act like cryptic crosswords, a variety more common in Britain than in America. What Has One Eye and 1,200 Heads? An Old English Riddle, That’s What! 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z And the lyrics are full of cryptic gems such as the description of Addison's eclectic architectural style as "a happy fusion of Indonesian and Andalucian". Road Show ? review 2011-07-06T17:00:02Z The songs ended up cryptic and emphatic, tragicomic and bold: taking things to the limit in taut three-minute packages. The Best Albums of 2017 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z Pleasant if cryptic about his motives, he sidles onstage in a mechanical manner and hands Betty an oversized alarm clock, set for an hour and a half and urgently ticking. 'Timepiece' is an absurdist throwback 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z That’s “M. Butterfly,” the 1988 drama about a French diplomat who falls in love with a beautiful, cryptic Chinese woman who is — shall we say? — not what she appears. Theater Review: ?Chinglish,? by David Henry Hwang, at Longacre Theater ? Review 2011-10-28T02:00:00Z It is not surprising to learn that Segrave shared the diaries with her therapist, nor that she now considers some sort of reparation to have been made for the years of cryptic maternal silences. The Girl from Station X: My Mother's Unknown Life by Elisa Segrave – review 2013-07-18T13:29:51Z On the albums he has been making since the 1980s, Henry has built a trove of sturdy and mysterious songs: cryptic yet evocative, nonlinear yet clearly heartfelt, rooted but exploratory. Joe Henry and the Art of Disappearing Into a Song 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z On Tuesday, March 9, fans were met with a cryptic message posted to the “All Gas No Brakes” Instagram account. He Had an R.V., a Camera and a Plan to Document America. Was That Enough? 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z In a cryptic warning he declared that "Mr. Muhammad will destroy him through Allah." When Malcolm X and Muhammad Ali's friendship changed history: The new book 'Blood Brothers' explains 2016-01-29T05:00:00Z Years later, Cage receives a series of cryptic messages. Crime fiction: mysteries by Attica Locke, Dan Fesperman and Robert Olen Butler 2012-10-10T22:24:04Z It’s an ugly and revelatory film, the sort of thing you might leave behind for someone you once had a crush on, with a joint and a cryptic note. Wanting to See Like Robert Frank 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z If God really wants to speak to us, why would he use as his medium vague and contradictory books full of cryptic literary games? The Book of Mormon: the Great American Bible 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z On Tuesday the first lady’s director of communications tweeted at him a cryptic confirmation: “Done!” A conservative Parkland student’s whirlwind trip to D.C. ended in the Oval Office 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z Perhaps it’s the uninspired dialogue, which invests heavily in cryptic nonsense. ‘Marco Polo,’ Fur-and-Armor Drama From Netflix 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z I'm at their house now while they're on vacation and considered leaving a fairly cryptic but obvious note in her journal. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: No ring yet, causing a whole other series of questions to pop up 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z If you like the “Bourne” movies but wish they were more cerebral — not to mention quiet, cryptic and withholding — you might be the perfect audience for “The Robber.” | 'The Robber': A Thief With Less Need for a Getaway Car 2011-04-28T23:18:24Z The finale ended in a cryptic cliffhanger about a character’s apparent death and dominated the conversation online for days, further demonstrating the scale of the show’s pop culture footprint. HBO: 'Game of Thrones' Will Go For at Least 8 Seasons 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z The diligent visitor will take advantage of the exhibition’s booklet of transcriptions of some of the more cryptic entries, as well as of the tender, insightful audio guide prepared by Ms. Nelson. Exhibition Review: Diarists Share Tales ? True or Not ? of Lives Richly Lived 2011-01-21T19:10:36Z The group's long, cryptic lyrics have been straightened out, and the themes are thoughtful. The New Pornographers lighten up while sharing life lessons 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z The fast food chain even reportedly sent a memo to employees warning them about the cryptic messages and the song, and directed them to play along with customers. McDonald’s-Travis Scott partnership leads to TikTok pranks at drive-thru windows 2020-09-19T04:00:00Z To decipher some of the more cryptic aspects of the archive, Ms. Olinghouse turned to Carolyn Lucas, the company’s associate artistic director, who was instrumental in documenting Brown’s work. Watching a Choreographer Build: Trisha Brown’s Unusual Archive 2020-09-16T04:00:00Z He is the frequent public mouthpiece for a cryptic, controversial religion that seems harder to understand the more he talks about it. What Becomes a Star Most? For Tom Cruise, It’s Control. 2022-07-04T04:00:00Z Moby tells of one party with no address, just a cryptic directive to “be on the L train at 8 P.M. on Wednesday night.” The Intoxicating Promise of New York City’s Night-Life Flyers 2016-12-05T05:00:00Z "Mad Men" has always been fascinating for the oblique way the characters interact, connecting disconnectedly, often talking past each other in cryptic interchanges, with the viewer invited to fill in the gaps. Don Draper: Stuck in place as 'Mad Men' drifts? 2013-04-08T03:03:08Z “Five. Seven. K. Five. Seven. Two. N,” is one recurring, cryptic fragment. Review: ‘Scenario’ Embeds Secrets in Its Prose and Pauses 2015-04-12T04:00:00Z Relying on numerical sequences to plot out structure and rhythm, Gubaidulina uses devices such as Fibonacci numbers to generate a series of cryptic sketches, which eventually result in a score. At 90, a Composer Is Still Sending Out Blasts 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z When the novel opens, Teddy is in Dublin for a deposition, and he gets a cryptic message from his old drummer: The frontman’s “legacy” is hanging in the Tate Modern in London. ‘Thank You, Goodnight,’ by Andy Abramowitz 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z Risk is inherent to cryptic pregnancy, in the gestation period but most acutely in the act of childbirth. Cryptic pregnancies: ‘I didn’t know I was having a baby until I saw its head’ 2019-03-31T04:00:00Z Not too long ago, Terence Koh, the notoriously cryptic artist with a penchant for all things white, contacted the photographer Tim Barber with a cryptic, and surprisingly colorful, proposal. T Magazine: Blue Period 2011-07-19T21:18:05Z Other solos are more personal, more cryptic or both. Review | In the galleries: Many works in ‘Spring Solos’ form a chorus of concern for the environment 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z He often pitched his songs on the brink of falsetto, where he sounded disarming and open even when his lyrics were cryptic. Music Review: A Musician?s Musician Receives His Tribute 2011-03-28T00:51:23Z Be prepared, though, as “Mud” — which reads like a thriller but is described as a fable — promises a more mysterious and manipulative McConaughey than even “True Detective’s” cryptic Rust Cohle. Watch these movies over Memorial Day weekend 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z Instead, its emotional remoteness is contagious: If the film insists on being cryptic, why should we respond? Review: George Clooney's 'The American' Fails to Thrill 2010-09-01T10:15:00Z Perhaps, the watcher thinks, he was “hired by some cryptic detective agency.” In His Final Fiction, Sam Shepard Chases Familiar Themes 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z His expression is cryptic; without any real context, it’s hard to read. ‘Blade Runner 2049’ Trailer: The Gorgeous New Spot Has More Questions Than Answers 2017-05-08T04:00:00Z The killer leads investigators on a mysterious manhunt and continues to leave behind cryptic clues. What’s on TV: ‘Saturday Night Live’ and ‘Phantom Thread’ 2018-09-29T04:00:00Z While this might seem cryptic to the uninitiated, it’s a clear indication that Iowa farmer Chris Soules will be the next Bachelor. Did Arie Luyendyk Jr. just reveal the next Bachelor? 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z For them, it's not just an effective, stylish, spooky tale that plays fast and loose with the Stephen King source material; it's a cryptic maze full of symbolism and puzzles to be unlocked. This week's new DVD & Blu-ray 2013-03-30T05:59:01Z In the days of grief and grief-policing that followed, critics pored over his final album Blackstar and claimed to find within it all manner of cryptic hints about the singer’s passing. The Linguini Incident: a Bowie re-release nobody needs to see 2016-02-06T05:00:00Z Although its cryptic lyrics hinted at where the band would go on “OK Computer,” the record fit with the sound of U.K. music at the time. At 20, Radiohead’s “OK Computer” becomes an album for the Trump era 2017-06-18T04:00:00Z The revered indie rocker, an architect of compelling yet cryptic narratives, has long been known for her wry lyrics. Neko Case keeps home-state crowd enraptured at Paramount Theatre 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z But even now, after authorities have ruled that Alvarez will not be deported, Randi remains cryptic about how the situation affected his ethics. 'An Honest Liar' lifts the curtain on some Amazing Randi secrets 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z Such puzzles were popular in England, and Mr. Sondheim based his contributions on cryptic crosswords that were popular in The Listener, a publication of the BBC. ArtsBeat Blog: This Time It's Crosswords (Not Cross Words) That Surface From Sondheim 2011-09-16T17:37:55Z Even with the most knowing interpreter, his hyperclever, verbose musings remain cryptic. Review: Karen Oberlin’s ‘His Aim Is True,’ a Tribute to Elvis Costello 2015-08-02T04:00:00Z The result was almost, but not quite, incoherent nonsense, riddled with cryptic nonsequiturs, bizarre turns of phrase and unfathomable stage directions such as “he is standing in the stars and sitting on the floor”. 'It's a war between technology and a donkey' – how AI is shaking up Hollywood 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z The word is a cryptic warning to the reader that these stories contain many absences, not least traditional plot, character and scene-setting. A brief survey of the short story 2011-03-09T09:41:46Z That's why the cryptic handling of this announcement is so peculiar. What's Labor Day without Jerry Lewis? 2011-08-04T22:45:00Z No one knows who designed or made the trophy; the only prominent mark on its base is a cryptic “3154.” A Loving Cup Comes Home, to the 92nd Street Y 2018-01-10T05:00:00Z 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 I ask for clarity on our call, but things become more cryptic. ‘You think: are we really doing this?’: how TV’s strangest shows get made 2021-03-06T05:00:00Z Photograph: Channel 4 Creating a mystery for a TV show is relatively easy: place characters in an impossible/dangerous/cryptic situation and turn up the heat. Utopia – box set review 2013-05-30T14:00:01Z We logged dives twice a day and wrote cryptic messages to each other underwater. Past Into Present: 4 Journeys That Changed Us 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z “Blind,” the last song on the album, is a slightly cryptic ballad about the poignancy of deep affection. Soak’s Mature Teen Spirit 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z Ms. Applebroog’s sui generis practice first came to notice in the mid-1970s, when she started mailing self-published booklets of her art, with fragments of cryptic text, to artists and writers she admired. Ida Applebroog, Whose Art Confronted Relationships, Dies at 93 2023-10-27T04:00:00Z Waits's own photographs are more cryptic and more revealing – and exactly how you might imagine such images by him would be. Tom Waits – through the lens of photographer Anton Corbijn 2013-05-16T16:34:01Z Advertisement The action of the play is in the rises and falls and silences of Pinter’s cryptic, poetic, highly charged dialogue. Clive Owen, Suave and Roguish, on Making His Broadway Debut in ‘Old Times’ 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z Mr. Reed said only in retrospect did he notice “these sort of cryptic little hints and clues buried in these half-spoken, half-mumbled melodic passes and demos” — nearly subconscious nods toward struggles with identity. Teddy Geiger Tried Teen Pop Fame. Now She’s Back on Her Own Terms. 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z That cryptic verse in Scripture has spawned many religious discussions. After-school 'Satan Club' takes new aim at archenemy: Christian clubs for kids 2022-02-14T05:00:00Z And regardless of the stature of the artists, the selections often feel slight and cryptic; they don’t give you enough to go on, a chronic problem with large group shows. Art Review: A Bit of Hollywood, Minus the Tinsel 2011-05-31T23:36:56Z Yes, let's address those cryptic grids of colored squares — and why they've taken over your social media feed. Wordle: What's up with this game and why do people A-D-O-R-E it? 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z But, when they’re allowed to shine, his words radiate both vivid imagery—an orange birthday cake, a platform on the ocean, a thrumming cornfield—and intense, cryptic emotion. The Word-of-Mouth Resurgence of Arthur Russell 2017-02-25T05:00:00Z We read him for his warm and vast-as-America hymning, and her for crabbed and cryptic messages left in a poetic bottle. Books of The Times: Poems by Bao Phi, Roberto Bola?o and Simon Armitage ? Review 2011-12-19T22:52:42Z Aldous Harding shies away from explaining the quiet, cryptic, utterly arresting songs on “Party,” her second album and first American release, due on Friday. Aldous Harding’s Songs Won’t Be Pinned Down. Nor Will Her Voice. 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z As Presley performed 40 minutes of jittery and cryptic tunes, Le Bon was one of the guys. Cate Le Bon and Tim Presley supply Drinks at U Street Music Hall 2017-01-29T05:00:00Z The laborious artiness of the short, self-consciously cryptic scenes that make up large swaths of the play start to chafe pretty early on — the stage direction “they sew” plainly valuing activity over speech. Review: ‘The Children,’ in London, Offers Hints of an Apocalypse 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z He casts long, serpentine lines upon the page; she savors the cryptic burst. Books of The Times: Poems on Mortality by C. K. Williams and Cynthia Cruz 2012-12-31T19:22:03Z Comms are dead, except for one message, equally cryptic and disturbing: “No survivors,” in Morse code. ‘The Great Filter’ Review: Earth Men, Home Alone 2021-07-02T04:00:00Z “Western” was an eerily beautiful, cryptic tale of cop harassment in the Deep South. | “Sexy Brooklyn Mommy” and the Return of Broadway’s Funniest, Funkiest Storyteller 2014-03-10T20:00:24Z The prosecution’s evidence includes a cryptic note Durst is accused of having mailed to police after Berman’s murder anonymously notifying them of a “cadaver” at her address. Robert Durst faces jury for opening statements in 'The Jinx' murder trial 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z A suited stranger offers cryptic advice then aggressively forces a Nutella sandwich on him, before exiting and disappearing into the trees. He Gives ‘Atlanta’ Anxiety. And That’s a Good Thing. 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z The only clue they're giving us is this cryptic slogan: "Freedom is what you do with what's been done to you." This week's new film events 2011-04-08T23:07:01Z This trio piece, purposeful and cryptic, evoked Mr. Taylor powerfully but with a spirit of license. Review: Celebrating Cecil Taylor, a Pianist of Endless Influence 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z The cryptic lyrics, with titles like “Mercy,” “Suicide Games” and “I Run Roulette,” hint at scenarios of alienation, betrayal, technology gone wrong and global disaster. After His Coup With Beyoncé, Boots Strides Out of the Shadows 2015-02-14T05:00:00Z The arched ceramic frames are textured and bulky, evoking old stone windows, but with modern, often cryptic images and texts embedded in them. 4 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now 2020-10-07T04:00:00Z Well, frankly, I could die happy, because that is the ultimate accolade – it's not just some cryptic allusion to me that only my mum would get. How it feels to be dissed on record 2010-04-30T11:24:00Z In the middle is a cryptic drawing; one night it looked like a pumpkin with some dangerous ideas. Restaurant Review: Houseman in Hudson Square 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z When reached for comment, a spokesperson for the restaurant shared the following cryptic comment: Burger King testing hand-breaded crispy chicken sandwiches, blogger claims 2020-10-05T04:00:00Z An F.B.I. memo revealed that the cryptic verse, addressed to a pair of botanists in Washington, D.C., was simply a few wistful lines from a classic Japanese poem. Getting to the Bottom of a Mickey Hahn Mystery 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z No screeners yet, but great promise in the casting: Queen Latifah as the cryptic fixer-avenger played by Edward Woodward in the original 1980s TV series and Denzel Washington on the big screen. Winter TV Preview: 21 Shows to Watch 2020-12-31T05:00:00Z That cryptic roster changes a little every day. Well-prepared, inventive fare showcased at the new Marjorie on Capitol Hill 2010-07-22T21:43:00Z An underground resistance movement swells into a mass uprising, spurred on by wizard-like bards and a single, cryptic line of graffiti: “Upwake!” It Took Nearly 30 Years. Is America Ready for Ben Okri Now? 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z Mostly they are cryptic, impressionistic, introverted and often wilfully elusive in their meaning. 'I'm often at a loss for words' 2011-03-06T00:02:02Z For her, the proof of her cryptic pregnancy is self-evident. Cryptic pregnancies: ‘I didn’t know I was having a baby until I saw its head’ 2019-03-31T04:00:00Z After months of only cryptic updates on the album’s status, a collision course with West began to seem inevitable as the summer wound down and the two A-list rappers resurfaced. Drake and Kanye West, Long Intertwined, Will Tangle on the Charts 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z Following a brief, cryptic marketing campaign, the Scottish duo revealed that the LP will be released on 10 June. Boards of Canada announce first new album in eight years 2013-04-30T10:44:00Z And the Swiss playwright Lukas Barfüss’s unsettling and surreal version of the closing scene, where the erotic carousel comes full circle, is similarly disorienting and cryptic. In Salzburg, New Lives for Two Scandalous Plays 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z Either way, the cryptic line suggests that Vulture will be back in some capacity in the Homecoming sequel. Explaining Those Two Post-Credit Scenes in Spider-Man: Homecoming 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z Most impressively, perhaps, she devotes a sizable section to Coleman’s cryptic and elliptical philosophy of music, which he called Harmolodics, without straining to defend it with academic triple-talk or dismissing it. Lighting Out for the Territories With Ornette Coleman 2020-05-29T04:00:00Z "The song titles mean something to us, but we like to keep it cryptic and open to interpretation," Sullivan says. Band runs Russian Circles around cliches 2014-03-13T15:03:11Z The action is all relatively realistic, but then someone will drop a cryptic or surreal observation. Review: Pursuing (Cyber) Connections in ‘The Human Surge’ 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z After making his pitch to a man in New York with “friends” in Belfast, O’Dowd received a cryptic handwritten note. How an undocumented Irish immigrant became an unofficial U.S. diplomat 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z And while this could just be Lynch being cryptic — and it wouldn’t be the first time! — bad omens continue to roll in. We have terrible news about the “Twin Peaks” reboot 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z But while "I Am Very Far's" lyrics are decidedly cryptic, musically there's a lot to hold on to. Enigmatic Okkervil River plays Marymoor Park Monday 2011-08-18T23:52:04Z In May, Chance the Rapper, an independent artist by the old measures, released “Coloring Book” directly to Apple Music without much warning, save some cryptic hints and anticipation-building posts on Twitter. Why Frank Ocean and Other Big Names Prefer the Sudden Digital Drop 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z Each time the restaurant has overhauled itself — the cryptic grid menu, the magic tricks at the table, the themed New York City menu — it has gone overboard, then pulled back to a less extreme place. Eleven Madison Park Explores the Plant Kingdom’s Uncanny Valley 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z But the lyrics are cryptic and often ominous: obsessed with the human body and the natural world, alluding to violence and mortification. Music Review: ‘Purity Ring’ at Webster Hall 2013-01-13T21:06:29Z These cryptic, heretical texts — the Gospel of Mary and the Gospel of Thomas — told of a Mary Magdalene who taught the apostles herself and who was loved by Jesus above all his other followers. | 'The Magdalene': A Married, Reimagined Jesus 2011-07-12T21:00:57Z Dumont sets audiences another test of faith with this cryptic portrait of a strange rural vagrant and a teenage goth girl. This week's new films 2013-01-05T00:06:04Z But if you surrender to the work’s cryptic terms, it is transfixing. Review: A Spanish Stage Provocateur Makes a Blood-Dripping Debut 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z "My daughter, where’s the rest of her?" reads the caption, which then tantalized viewers with the cryptic question: "Ohh I see, do you?" Internet baffled by photo of girl seemingly stuck in sidewalk 2021-05-17T04:00:00Z Beyond the cryptic narrative, it’s clear that Mr. Navas is most interested in expressing his anger over the current state of things in Colombia. Film: The Tribeca Film Festival?s Cinemania Series Has Dark Treasures 2010-04-22T22:56:00Z But many of the most intriguing touches in the Pyramid Atlantic Art Center show are cryptic, their meaning private. Review | In the galleries: Kathryn Polk’s images withhold as much as they reveal 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z A simple stone block by Braco Dimitrijevic bears a cryptic inscription in English: “Under this stone there is a monument to the victims of the war and Cold War.” 2010-01-14T18:45:00Z The mysteries of cryptic, poetic dialogue are more easily accepted when they’re delivered by a whisper instead of a shout. Review: ‘Old Times,’ Where the Past Is a Dangerous Place 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z On Friday and Saturday, Mr. Bieber posted somewhat cryptic messages about Mr. Jackson to his Twitter account, but did not refer directly to the song. ArtsBeat: Justin Bieber and Michael Jackson Joined, Briefly, in Song 2013-08-19T17:23:06Z “The upbeat is rich, the downbeat is poor,” Mr. Brown said, explaining that tactic in typically cryptic but catchy fashion. Books of The Times: ?The One,? James Brown Biography by R J Smith 2012-03-08T00:53:14Z This week’s episode, “Lens” — which deftly explains a ton of back story and demystifies previously cryptic details — is a master class in how that’s done. ‘The Leftovers’ Season 2, Episode 6 Recap: Her Eye Is on the Sparrow 2015-11-08T05:00:00Z He emptied the bag of salvaged miscellany he’d brought to shoot, jotted a few cryptic words on bits of paper, and then pinned them together with old photos and other ephemera onto timeworn corkboards. Unearthing Photography’s Time Capsule 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z These hot-colored, square-format paintings, hung on a single wall like a cryptic frieze, deploy Ms. Kusama’s own hermetic symbology of floating cells, bristling cilia, a calligraphic woman’s profile and countless stippled dots. Kusama Arrives. Is It Worth Your Time to Wait in Line? 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z So would it be that surprising if the next stage of "Community's" digital takeover involved creator Dan Harmon's cryptic Twitter feed? Has "Community's" Web content broken the fourth wall? 2011-02-15T14:35:00Z Exploring a character — especially a cryptic one whose choices defy expectations — gives him the language to grapple with his own desires. Caleb Landry Jones Can Do This 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z “Such a big theme of the movie is trying to determine what’s truth and what’s illusion, and there are still some things I don’t know. So I’m going to stay cryptic on that.” Stabbed tongues and swallowed eyeballs: was the Amazing Johnathan's terminal diagnosis his greatest trick? 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z The show is so full of cryptic clues preposterously delivered that it’s hard to take seriously,” Neil Genzlinger wrote in The New York Times. What’s on TV Tuesday: ‘Prison Break’ and ‘Louis C.K.: 2017’ 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z He pastes these onto paper, creating images that offer cryptic comments on the relationship between money and power. ‘Love Me Tender’: artistic meditations on money 2013-03-07T21:58:14Z There are ragtime and folk-blues influences in some songs here, but she is remarkable for the quirky originality of her writing, with its constant changes of mood and pace, unconventional guitar tunings and cryptic lyrics. Ruth Theodore: Dear Lamp Love Moth – review 2013-06-13T22:00:01Z A cryptic trial pursuing a nameless crime will of course bring the works of Franz Kafka to mind. Review: In Carl Hancock Rux’s ‘Vs.,’ the Jury Is Out 2021-08-01T04:00:00Z Executives at the Garden were somewhat cryptic about why comedy shows were rare events there. Aziz Ansari Prepares for Madison Square Garden 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z From its start in 1976, This Heat was a contrarian band, dispensing corrosive noise, intricate math-rock patterns and cryptic, often politically charged lyrics. Big Ears Festival: 15 Performances That Soothed, Jolted and Intrigued 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z The Man in Black is characteristically unmoved by Teddy’s demise, but he is intrigued by Angela’s cryptic mention of a “city swallowed by sand.” “Westworld,” Episode 9: Brother, Can You Spare a Time Line? 2016-11-28T05:00:00Z However, when Vigeland was asked to explain the meaning of the work, he was cryptic: “He replied, ‘This is my religion,’ ” says Stromodden. In Oslo, Gustav Vigeland’s sculptures capture a Norwegian essence 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z The oil-on-aluminum pieces in “Notes, References and Miscellaneous Debris,” at Adah Rose Gallery, include text by fellow artists and cryptic literary modernists, as well as text from a court decision against art appropriator Richard Prince. - The Washington Post 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z Though I used to write cryptic puzzles for pin money, I don’t think I ever wrote any as tricky and compelling as “The Underlying Chris.” Review: In ‘The Underlying Chris,’ You Are Who You Were 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z In her darkroom developing tray, she coaxes odd minimalistic forms and mysterious visual textures into being on these sheets—cryptic messages from a bygone technological era. Experiments in Analog Photography 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z The society has also been sorting through Millay’s paperwork; Ellis left boxfuls of files with cryptic notes like “Requests unanswered.” Antiques: Edna St. Vincent Millay?s Home; the Apollo; Irons Galore 2010-07-29T20:44:00Z The duo’s lyrics are cryptic, but such songs as “The Innocents” and “Holy Ghost” — both performed on Monday — seem to address spiritual questing. Everything about veteran indie-rock group Low is emotionally constrained 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z I do wish you two would be brave enough to at least hash this out orally, however, versus trading cryptic texts. Perspective | Ask Amy: Denying child’s identity is a rejection 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z In a cryptic note, Facebook said it “didn’t comply with our Advertising Policies.” Perspective | Did Facebook ‘cancel Abe Lincoln’? The truth is complicated — and alarming. 2021-03-03T05:00:00Z Marchesano of the Getty says he owns a digital catalog of Leonardo da Vinci’s drawings that offers high-tech features such as zoom capabilities and automatic translations of Da Vinci’s cryptic texts. Bulky, heavy, pricey - yet flourishing. Art catalogs keep print alive in the digital era 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z Minaj did her part to encourage speculation by posting a cryptic message on Twitter the next day. Did Nicki Minaj Just Get Engaged to Meek Mill? 2015-04-15T04:00:00Z Even Bran, the child he defenestrated in the very first episode, seemed pretty chill about it, in his weird cryptic Professor X way. This week's Game of Thrones: a booze-fest – and the most moving episode yet 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z It’s all very cryptic, but as long as it features some of Strayed’s exquisite pearls of literary wisdom, we are here for it. HBO is adapting Cheryl Strayed’s “Dear Sugar” columns: Here are her 5 most essential pieces of advice 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z The book’s cryptic title – “the senate and people of Rome” – should not scare off readers interested in a smart, accessible, argumentative history written with great clarity. We still think like ancient Romans: “The clash between the demands of homeland security and rights of the individual? We haven’t solved that” 2015-11-28T05:00:00Z Identities keep shifting — ominously, senselessly — and characters are given to cryptic, contradictory remarks uttered with heightened gravity. ‘The Listeners,’ a Matthew Freeman Drama at the Brick 2015-02-08T05:00:00Z From an cryptic ritualistic cave arrangement to the mythical tales surrounding one suspect, here are the most shocking moments from "Keeper of the Ashes: The Oklahoma Girl Scout Murders": The 5 most shocking moments from “Keeper of the Ashes,” Hulu’s Oklahoma Girl Scouts murders doc 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z Composed of stone, moss, wire, plastic toys, firearm shell-casings and more, the linked spheres are like episodic fragments of life orchestrated into an inescapably cryptic whole. Object lessons at Torrance Art Museum's 'Another Thing Coming' 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z “The good times were good,” he says, with the kind of cryptic understatement that makes Cusack describe him as a “Cheshire cat.” Finding Beach Boy Brian Wilson 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z In typical Twin Peaks fashion, the announcement was made official with a really creepy and cryptic teaser video. Twin Peaks returns to television: 'We've waited long enough' 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z Jackson confirmed long-rumored new music in a cryptic video on the day of her 49th birthday last month. Janet Jackson Announces New World Tour 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z A cryptic website leads participants to a couple of clues, which quickly move into real-life scenarios. "Sleep No More": Shakespeare meets Internet games 2011-08-16T18:01:00Z Cornell inadvertently dropped the first hint on the first day of 2010 when his cryptic tweet about the relaunch of the band's website and merchandising efforts was misinterpreted as a reunion announcement. Soundgarden reunion fell into place by chance 2011-05-14T06:21:50Z A series of cryptic parables explore themes of honor and conscience in ways that hover between a specific Japanese context and dreamlike universality. Music Review: Vox Contemporary American Opera Lab at Skirball Center 2012-11-11T23:04:39Z The National stuck to its less cryptic songs: tales of crumbling romance and deep isolation that fight the stasis of the lyrics with insistent beats and surging buildups. ArtsBeat: Lollapalooza Chile: All About the Details 2011-04-04T00:48:21Z And Mr. Shorter made several references to the cryptic wisdom of Miles Davis, slipping each time into an unusually convincing imitation of that trumpeter’s throaty rasp. Wayne Shorter’s New Album Is ‘Without a Net’ 2013-01-31T17:38:26Z If you know the work of Mr. Wilson — who several years ago transformed Mikhail Baryshnikov and Willem Dafoe into cryptic, interchangeable vaudeville clowns in “The Old Woman” — you should get the picture. Review: ‘Krapp’s Last Tape,’ a Melancholy Tone Poem 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z Mr. Aucoin wrote an original libretto that quotes some poems, including “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry,” which provides the opera’s cryptic opening line: “What is it, then, between us?” How Opera Inspired Walt Whitman’s ‘Leaves of Grass’ 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z Some of her fans decided the video was actually a cryptic cry for help: Joyce had been kidnapped by Isis. Unmaskings, burkinis and vegan cheese: the alternative ‘women of the year’ awards 2016-12-19T05:00:00Z In personal, sometimes cryptic ways, Ms. Cash’s new songs contemplate the South: the roots of Ms. Cash’s father, Johnny Cash, and of her music, although she has lived in New York City since the 1990s. Music Review: Rosanne Cash at Town Hall 2014-03-19T21:56:10Z And Bach’s somewhat cryptic note is not even about the less heretical notion of God’s possibly just “dwelling” within music, either. Bach Was Far More Religious Than You Might Think 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z The National Gallery itself teems with cryptic allusions to it. Leonardo da Vinci: art's mystery man 2011-07-13T15:38:22Z They all engage in cryptic, epigrammatic dialogues, often funny, stylised and obscure in a Pinter-esque way, about money, sex, power and such matters as where white limos are parked overnight. Cosmopolis – review 2012-06-16T23:05:37Z Speaking at the Inside Soap Awards in London the actor was cryptic about the exact details of the storyline. EastEnders 'daunting' says Lucy 2012-09-27T05:13:45Z His cryptic response, according to The Times: “Sometimes, yeah.” Pop & Rock Listings for Oct. 7-13 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z The menu is terse and, to someone not familiar with the cuisine, cryptic. Hungry City: Spicy Lanka in Jamaica, Queens 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z They include cryptic designations like “dark journals” and “acorn collection,” as well as the more expected references to bedding and dishes. Geoff Sobelle’s ‘The Object Lesson’ at BAM 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z On the nights that I slept in my own bed, I would slap on headphones and lull myself to sleep by listening over and over to the hypnotic, poetic, wonderfully cryptic album “Astral Weeks.” Fake News, 1969: My Infamous Role in the Harvard Antiwar Protests 2019-04-07T04:00:00Z “Film Socialisme” is the latest cryptic essay on language, semiotics and film technology by Jean-Luc Godard, the French New Wave prophet who turns 80 in December. Critic?s Notebook: Film Festival Gains Life From Reality 2010-09-28T23:03:00Z Its twin peepholes look onto a famously cryptic tableau with a naked, partly visible woman sprawled in the foreground. Now You See Him, Now You Don’t: Duchamp From Beyond the Grave 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z With only a copy of Swallows and Amazons and a cryptic telegram to guide him, he must evade a portly policeman named Flint and to find her. Fiction for older children ? reviews 2011-07-21T10:40:32Z Twin Peaks-ologists were teased with a suitably mysterious hint about a possible revival of the classic 1990s drama this weekend, as the show’s creators David Lynch and Mark Frost simultaneously tweeted the following cryptic message: If Twin Peaks does come back, what would its third season look like? 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z She looked confused, then responded with her favorite cryptic phrase: “I don’t know.” I’m Getting Married, Mom. Please Cry. 2022-01-21T05:00:00Z Backstage, she said a few more cryptic words, “Make it new.” Fashion Review: Comme Des Garcons Surprises With Color and Dimension 2012-03-04T19:25:55Z Over video, chat and text — though rarely IRL — digital dating coaches help you create a more attractive online profile, decipher your date’s cryptic text message and boost your confidence after an unsuccessful Tinder fling. What Can an Online Dating Coach Do for You? 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z Alex Turner, the band’s leader, sustains melodies within the clamor, singing hard-nosed observations — sometimes cryptic, sometimes bitterly cynical — in a baleful baritone croon. Music Review: Black Keys and Arctic Monkeys at Madison Square Garden 2012-03-13T22:19:08Z When asked to translate each cryptic note, he spins a very funny tale. Ray Romano Still Fears the ‘Funny Police’ 2017-06-30T04:00:00Z Pavement, which never seemed fully comfortable in the spotlight, released five full-length albums of cryptic, intellectual rock before parting ways in 1999. Music: Together Again for the First Time 2011-08-18T18:29:50Z The more we learn about the possible murder, the more cryptic it gets. “S-Town” Investigates the Human Mystery 2017-03-31T04:00:00Z In this novel, a woman tries to reconstruct her dead mother’s emotional history using a handful of objects — a pink kimono, a notebook with cryptic scribblings. What to Read by (and About) Hilary Mantel 2022-09-23T04:00:00Z Her husband's cryptic parting words to his wife as he was taken away for "transport" were, she recalls: "Never volunteer for anything." Terez?n: music from a Nazi ghetto 2010-06-12T23:05:00Z Timberlake, 31, who teased fans with cryptic Twitter messages last week, quickly became a trending topic on social media, along with the song. Justin Timberlake brings sexy back with new song 2013-01-14T22:04:52Z Mr. Croes is actually Belgian, not from Africa, but cross-cultural borrowing and cryptic allusions are central to his work. At the Armory Show, Solo Exhibitions and Colossal Displays 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z Early Pink Floyd was never that bad, but the records that preceded “Dark Side” were dense, cryptic and fantastical. Behind the music on “Vinyl”: The New York Dolls & Lou Reed take the stage, and Pink Floyd abandons the cardinal rule of album cover art 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z She also loves the New York Times Crossword and cryptic crosswords. Wordle Is a Love Story 2022-01-03T05:00:00Z But where Weller's play sticks in my mind as a portrait of a lost generation, marooned between old values and new freedoms, Baker's piece emerges as a cryptic poetic fragment. Review 2010-09-20T23:53:00Z His very name is cryptic and a little baffling — less rather than more — and almost a kind of joke. Art Review: An Artist Who Makes Much Out of Very Little 2011-06-30T22:05:51Z The lyrics ponder time, mortality, love, war, nature, cities and the elusive joy of life — often cryptic and allusive, sometimes utterly transparent. The Best Albums of 2015 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z When Tom goes on tour and fields questions from reporters, his comments are sometimes cryptic, sometimes priceless. 'Song of the Shank' gives poetic voice to a unique American musician 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z The first track, “The Tradition,” is a cryptic, third-person tale of lonely young women sold into unhappy lives. Backed by Nine Inch Nails, Halsey Connects Past and Future 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z To meet the challenge, spotters here spoke in a cryptic code passed down from one team of hawkwatchers to the next. Migrating birds of prey draw visitors to the Florida Keys 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z 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 In an extraordinarily tender scene, Donald and Walt speak to each other in cryptic ways about the need to love and stick with family, despite being endlessly disappointed by them. “Breaking Bad’s” hell on earth 2012-07-15T14:30:00Z Speaking to K-Swiss, Lil Jupiter said that his cryptic style is a conscious choice to avoid prejudicing followers against certain items or trends. The Inscrutable Hypebeast Cool of Lil Jupiter’s Instagram 2018-11-26T05:00:00Z Numbers and cryptic markings on the vessels add subtle, painterly details. For photographer Gil Mares, the Port of L.A. is his supermodel 2016-08-27T04:00:00Z All of them were public, but their meanings were cryptic, decipherable only to Millie — and maybe me. I Bet You Think These Songs Are About You 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z The cryptic title “The 400 Blows” didn’t prevent people enjoying that film’s riches. Foreign Films, English Titles and the Dilemma Distributors Face 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z Or maybe you just get a cryptic text message telling you to be at a crossroads outside of town. On Java, a Creative Explosion in an Ancient City 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z A short, yet cryptic new teaser for “Game of Thrones” season five was released this week. A cryptic new “Game of Thrones” season 5 teaser is here 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z Tracks for set walls, with the cryptic markings “DUNE-GRIP,” run along the ceiling of the future Wharton Studio Museum. Getting a Close-Up of the Silent-Film Era 2013-08-15T21:04:52Z It’s hard, however, for the reader to grapple with the mess Slaughter was in, because instead of radical and brutal honesty, we get cryptic references to the events in question. Anne-Marie Slaughter Explains What She Has Learned From a Long Career of Public Service 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z They talk wearily of vague obligations and cryptic connections, the air thick with tension. ‘Castle Rock’ Is a Stephen King Story That Isn’t Really a Stephen King Story 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z They combine a Da Vinci Code’s worth of occult symbolism with cryptic texts that fuse art, science and religion. Art Review: ?NineteenEightyFour,? All Eyes, at Austrian Forum 2010-08-19T21:48:00Z Now we just have cryptic signals, endless narrative arcs, obvious themes. Perspective | Dear Brood X cicadas: Welcome back to our messed-up world. Here’s what you missed. 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z It was recorded at a time when the Beatles' songs were cryptic and not very often about love. My favourite Beatles song: Something 2013-04-10T10:07:51Z A whole lot of cryptic individuals may be involved in it, he admits: “Jackson didn’t know what ‘it’ was, but that was the point, wasn’t it? Books of The Times: Mystery Is a Thing With Paradoxes 2011-03-16T22:00:09Z The ones selected for display are, presumably, among the most interesting, but their comments are cryptic and unrevealing. Exhibition Review: ?Curious George Saves the Day? at the Jewish Museum 2010-03-25T22:08:00Z He receives a cryptic package, mailed from the same town, that contains, among other things, portions of a play about the two animals and a note that the sender needs Henry's help. 'Beatrice and Virgil': Yann Martel's haunting fable of humans, animals and violence 2010-04-14T21:26:00Z He combined fiction, travel writing, thinly veiled autobiography and cryptic uncaptioned photographs in works that tried to rescue the constantly vanishing traces of human experience. Books of The Times: ‘A Place in the Country,’ Essays by W. G. Sebald 2014-02-09T22:17:26Z The six-time Grammy winner hinted to fans last week with a cryptic tweet saying "I think I am ready", linking to a video showing him walk into a studio. Timberlake unveils new song online 2013-01-14T10:51:45Z He was charming but elusive to the point of cryptic – like his songs, in fact. 'I'm often at a loss for words' 2011-03-06T00:02:02Z In the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology, Emer and the warrior hero Cu Chulainn fall in love and marry after trading cryptic riddles. David Duchovny’s Truth Is Out There, Between Covers 2018-04-28T04:00:00Z In the dozen novels that followed, Mr. Dexter, a fan of cryptic crosswords, planted false clues and red herrings with abandon, presenting Morse, and his readers, with fiendishly difficult puzzles to solve. Colin Dexter, Whose Creations Included Inspector Morse, Dies at 86 2017-03-21T04:00:00Z From the wastewaters of the internet, cryptic comments float up from an anonymous figure known only as Q. He’s thought, by the credulous, to have a high-level security clearance. QAnon and the Fear and Loathing of an American Conspiracy Theory 2023-02-20T05:00:00Z The self-proclaimed Zodiac killer murdered five random victims in the 1960s in Northern California and claimed to kill 37 in cryptic letters sent to local newspapers explaining his motive. What’s on TV Tuesday: ‘Future Man’ and ‘The Hunt for the Zodiac Killer’ 2017-11-14T05:00:00Z Nearly everything that worked so well the first time falls apart in the new series, which becomes a languorously long, frequently cryptic epistle on the sin of letting style conquer substance. Review | ‘The New Pope’ has all of the style but none of the substance that ‘The Young Pope’ had 2020-01-12T05:00:00Z Among the women raising the question of impropriety that night was the actress Ally Sheedy, who posted and then deleted a few cryptic tweets that said, among other things, “Why was James Franco allowed in?” Why James Franco Could Easily Get a Best Actor Nomination 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z Seattle rapper Macklemore performed after Girl Talk, unannounced — unless you caught his cryptic messages earlier on Twitter. Sasquatch 2012: Girl Talk, Macklemore, Pretty Lights 2012-05-26T16:51:02Z Grace wrote him a long, emotional email – and received a three-line "cryptic and manipulative" reply. 'So I'm a transsexual and this is what's happening' 2012-07-22T19:30:00Z Among his acquaintances, Guest was famous for his verbal dexterity and being able to complete cryptic crosswords more quickly than anyone else. The strange life of Tim Guest 2010-03-28T00:05:00Z As the years saunter past, Dylan becomes more stoic, more cryptic, less intelligible, more demanding, offering communion completely on his terms. Bob Dylan in concert at Constitution Hall: Vexing, enchanting, punishing Sondheim was a gifted puzzle maker and creator of cryptic scavenger hunts. Getting Close to Sondheim: New Books Try to Capture His Essence 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z The dreams were vivid, yet cryptic, and the group asked probing questions to help the dreamer find meaning in the jumble of people, places and things that appeared while she slept. Dream Discussion Groups Are the New Book Clubs 2010-07-09T21:03:00Z Early on he looked a whole lot like the former, hunting walkers and the occasional survivor, tagging rocks in his spare time with cryptic messages written in zombie blood. ‘The Walking Dead’ Season 6, Episode 4: The Price of Inner Peace 2015-11-01T04:00:00Z The street’s residents have been receiving notes in the mail with pictures of their own houses and the cryptic message: “We Want What You Have.” ArtsBeat: Q. & A.: John Lanchester on 'Capital' 2012-06-13T16:28:11Z In a page lifted from Apple's playbook, Amazon distributed cryptic invitations -- containing nothing more than the company's name, an address, a date and time -- to a media event in New York. Amazon to unveil iPad-challenging tablet 2011-09-28T11:10:00Z The actress confirmed Tuesday morning that a cryptic late-night Twitter posting hours earlier that stated she was pregnant was an April Fools’ Day prank. Lohan Plays April Fools’ “Joke” With Pregnancy Tweet 2013-04-02T11:10:13Z We’re still alone in the universe, but there’s something within us offering cryptic guidance worth heeding. Cormac McCarthy Explains the Unconscious 2017-04-22T04:00:00Z I wrote her a cryptic letter when I was like 26 or 28 or however old I was when she was advocating against my work. Kara Walker on the bit of sugar sphinx she saved, video she's making 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z I’m not trying to be coy or cryptic, but I think where you buy your clothes and the people you associate with is a political act. Johnny Marr on the Smiths, ‘The Messenger’ and Going Solo After All These Years 2013-01-28T17:20:44Z The photographs include Cynthia Connolly’s set of postcards, in silvery black-and-white, of cryptic yet everyday marks painted on asphalt. In the galleries: Putting a fine point on colored pencil drawings 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z Ralph Fiennes takes over as the new M in the new movie, set for release November 6, as Bond hunts down a cryptic message from his past to discover the shadowy organization. Watch James Bond Return in the First Trailer for 'Spectre' 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z Zhu's spooky and minimal "Faded" became one of the year's breakout tracks despite the cryptic anonymity surrounding its creator. Grammys 2015: Dance music categories refreshingly credible 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z I projected my worst fears onto cryptic charts and graphs, conjuring my own doomed outcomes. Allergic to myself 2012-08-13T23:59:00Z Mak plays with multimedia and sculptural reflections, shadow plays and cryptic visual codes. This week's new exhibitions 2010-09-03T23:06:00Z Then he apologised for "being cryptic" – but didn't bother to clarify. Fratellis split 'for now', says singer 2010-04-23T09:15:00Z For emphasis, he included the statement of his “law,” italicized, at both the beginning and the end of the paper, but unfortunately the message was still a bit cryptic. Evolution, but different: Adventures of a Darwin-doubting botanist 2014-01-12T15:00:00Z The director, Hans Petter Moland, brings flashes of “Fargo” and Quentin Tarantino to the telling, with disorienting camera angles and cryptic characters who say little and often don’t last long. Review: ‘In Order of Disappearance’ Emits a Dash of ‘Fargo’ 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z Argento posted a cryptic selfie to her Instagram account hours before Bourdain’s body was found – donning a T-shirt with the words “F**K EVERYONE” and the caption, “You know who you are.” “Blame is not a conversation": Rose McGowan defends Asia Argento after Anthony Bourdain's suicide 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z There’s a cryptic opener and an equally enigmatic credit sequence, but soon the Wilsons are laughing at their vacation home. ‘Us’ Review: Jordan Peele’s Creepy Latest Turns a Funhouse Mirror on Us 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z Closer examination reveals further traces of circulation: creases, small tears, cryptic jottings. Art Review: Spendable Art That?s Not for Sale 2011-06-02T21:33:14Z This other comfort may be our most profound gift to one another: solace and reassurance to someone confronting the cryptic, terrifying aloneness of death. Rembrandt and Gerard Manley Hopkins: How to Take Comfort in Art 2014-05-20T04:00:00Z Hancock tried to decipher the cryptic message, later thinking Davis may have actually said “bottom notes.” Book review: Herbie Hancock’s ‘Possibilities’ But Holloway spins it in a novel way, inserting a cryptic side to the story that made Sparks want to pick it apart, and decode it. In Broadway’s ‘Grey House,’ Something Nightmarish This Way Comes 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z Lynch even issued a set of clues shortly after the release to guide people through the mystery – "notice appearances of the red lampshade" – which only made the story more cryptic. Mulholland Dr.: No 2 2010-10-20T10:53:00Z He’s a cryptic storyteller, in so much as his stories have beginnings, middles or ends. Future and the Art of Flooding the Market 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z If the alien introduction is more cryptic than we expect, the subplot playing out back on land is more inspiring. Battleship: More Fun Than a Board Game Blockbuster Has Any Right to Be 2012-05-17T15:11:50Z It all started with a cryptic phone call. The sheikh and I: Ghostwriting for a crown prince in exhile 2013-01-12T14:00:00Z Wednesday’s episode abruptly ended with the cryptic announcement that a contestant, Dan Spilo, had been ejected from the show after an “incident.” How ‘Survivor’ Failed Its #MeToo Test 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z Party and angst mix in Passion Pit, which works in two main modes: the shimmering anthem and the pulsating dance-pop song, both with more cryptic lyrics than might be expected. Music Review: Governors Ball on Randalls Island 2012-06-25T22:17:41Z “The show is aggressively cryptic, jumping between reality and dreams and not caring whether you can sort out which is which,” Neil Genzlinger wrote in The Times. What’s on TV Thursday: ‘Mascots’ and ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars’ 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z Both works respond to the growing menace of Nazism, even though Vaughan Williams maintained a cryptic silence as to what the subject and meaning of the Fourth might be. LPO/Wigglesworth – review 2013-05-02T17:22:24Z In particular, what may seem like harmless sentences initially might conceal cryptic partisan messages. There’s no subversive political message in this column. I swear. 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z Lyrically, it moves from cryptic – "I bring the pop, you bring the cinema" – to explicit – "if you're getting yourself wet for me, I guess you're all mine," mostly drawing praise from music critics. The rise and rise of Harry Styles: how did the former boyband member become the biggest name in pop? 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z A sense of belonging to a larger collective vision reinforces Wright’s fragments, as they remain cryptic yet illuminating in the manner of nature itself, sharing secrets only with those who “read the leaves” closely. A Poet and Essayist Meditates on the Deep Roots Binding Humans and Trees 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z You live and breathe by lists, Google Docs, or a cryptic collage of sticky notes on the fridge. 8 powerhouse pantry staples parents need to make dinner happen 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z Rodin saw the Marbles as they were: damaged and cryptic, defaced by the hammers of Christian zealots and dilapidated by Turkish gunpowder. ‘Rodin and the Art of Ancient Greece’ Review: Recasting History 2018-04-28T04:00:00Z A cryptic final wish sets off a knotty family drama; as the Falkeses mourn their patriarch, Rupert, a woman emerges and claims he was the father of her two sons. Paperback Row 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z Representatives for the show did not immediately respond to a question about Feldstein’s cryptic comment about the show going in a “different direction.” Beanie Feldstein to Depart ‘Funny Girl’ Earlier Than Expected 2022-07-10T04:00:00Z The lyrics are cryptic, and so is the video, with images of armed men, surveillance screens, captive women and lessons in violence. The Playlist: Vampire Weekend’s Plucky Return, and 15 More New Songs 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z Xavier is also a poet, and the cryptic, highly condensed poetry that he recites is the production’s dominant voice. Review: Raphael Xavier, Breaking Out of Boxes, Barely 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z It’s why any text that’s alluringly cryptic or elusive — a road sign, assembly instructions — is described as poetic. The Shape of the Void: Toward a Definition of Poetry 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z Some dish names are cryptic, as if written to invite a question the servers can answer with a story. The Grill Is Confident, Theatrical, Sharp and New Yorky 2017-08-22T04:00:00Z It’s hard to say what that had to do with “Paparazzi” — which mingles love, stalking and media awareness — but even when connections were cryptic, the show had its own momentum. 2010-01-21T09:05:00Z Insular, cryptic, ineffable in its appeal and yet riddled with cliché, the labyrinthine city is intricately mapped and yet, as any visitor knows, confounding to navigate. In Venice, a Young Boatman Steers a Course of His Own 2022-04-16T04:00:00Z Finally, the Juliette chapter tied into the season’s mystery, illuminating the cryptic scene from the end of Episode 1. ‘The Affair’ Season 3, Episode 3: Noah and Juliette 2016-12-04T05:00:00Z The lyrics he wrote could be cryptic or narrative, character studies or tall tales or riddles, and they were informed by history, myth and paradox. Robbie Robertson’s 16 Essential Songs 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z Mr. Banderas is not the only actor who declaims his lines in a tone that turns the traditionally clenched, cryptic mood of film noir inside out. | 'The Big Bang': A Taste for Psychedelics and the God Particle 2011-05-12T23:22:16Z The lyrics are typically cryptic, but the atmosphere is precise: “So you like trouble,” Ms. Krauss lilts. The Playlist: Miranda Lambert Bounces Back and Michelle Obama Sings the Hits 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z Peele seeded his script with cryptic prompts for the look and feel of Adelaide’s evil double. This Is Lupita Nyong’o. Hollywood, Please Keep Up. 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z Film reviewers are often portrayed as recommending cryptic or difficult movies. ‘Feast of the Epiphany’ Review: Farm to Table, but Not in That Order 2019-11-28T05:00:00Z Over time, he made boring, infuriating, aggressively anti-pleasure polemics, and his language became more insular, private and cryptic. Godard Taught Me How to Watch Cinema, Even as He Kept Reinventing It 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z Few creatures have inspired so much study yet remain so cryptic, a paradox that zoologists call “the eel question.” Birds and Horses and Eels, Oh My! New Books About Animals 2020-08-14T04:00:00Z Winer often lifted passages from other writers, quoted other songs and applied her own dreamlike logic to it all, making something at once eloquent, blunt and cryptic. Leslie Winer’s Music Was a Mystery in 1990. She Still Likes It That Way. 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z Even with the most knowing interpreter, his hyper-clever, verbose musings remain cryptic. Review: Karen Oberlin’s ‘His Aim Is True,’ a Tribute to Elvis Costello 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z But in one of Aldous Harding’s least cryptic lyrics, she is trying to put the best face on a confusing breakup. Best Songs of 2022 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z Vernon’s voice is a rough shout, like an urgent call to action, but beyond the refrain, the lyrics are cryptic and diffuse: “Tell them I’ll be passing on/tell them we’re young mastodons.” Bon Iver Steps Back From the Brink on ‘i,i’ 2019-08-28T04:00:00Z Sometimes wearying, sometimes pointlessly cryptic, “Happer’s Comet” nevertheless has a distinct way of viewing the world. ‘Happer’s Comet’ Review: We Live by Night 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z The most cryptic character of all is Nils, and who better to play him than Mr. Skarsgard, whose work in the BBC One series “River” was so achingly good. Review: ‘In Order of Disappearance’ Emits a Dash of ‘Fargo’ 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z Through her press office, Ms. Kawakubo usually issues a couple of cryptic phrases purporting to elucidate her state of mind. ‘The Rich Look’ Lives On in Paris 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z When they receive a cryptic message from a former cult member, the brothers return for a weekend to get closure. What’s on TV Tuesday: ‘A Quiet Place’ and ‘The Endless’ 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z A few weeks later, Soderberg drops cryptic hints that something is afoot. Baltimore City Paper is closing after 40 years. Will it be missed? 2017-10-31T04:00:00Z I’m in this spot because a month ago I received a cryptic postcard from a stranger instructing me to travel to the Spanish city. Random holiday generator: a new city break service to surprise destinations 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z With her “conceit” of Hill House, whether pretty be the word for it or not, Shirley Jackson proves again that she is the finest master currently practicing in the genre of the cryptic, haunted tale. Notes From the Book Review Archives 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z She sometimes hums softly but mostly whispers cryptic phrases and fragments of sentences. Review: A Whispered Opera Requests Your Close-Up Attention 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z Mrs. Herrera, whose gowns typically begin at $4,000, was equally cryptic in an e-mail: “Of course, I was inspired by Stephenie’s description of the gown in the book,” she wrote. Field Notes: ?Twihards? Ask, What Will Bella?s Wedding Dress Look Like?- Field 2011-11-12T00:00:01Z |
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