| 单词 | defiant |
| 例句 | Their faces were the way women’s faces are when they’ve been talking about you behind your back and they think you’ve heard: embarrassed, but also a little defiant, as if it were their right. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Is she unburdening herself, going along with it, or is she defiant, denying that she ever wanted help in the first place? Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z Hassan was standing at the blind end of the alley in a defiant stance: fists curled, legs slightly apart. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “We shall never surrender,” a grimly defiant Churchill promised, but many expected the British to fold. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z If one looked backward, nothing quite so defiant or systematic had ever been presented before. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Ever defiant, my mother would take minibuses to get to church. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z She has that stubborn, defiant look, the one I remember from years ago. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I stared back, innocent, defiant, and surprised at myself. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Finally, Minya emerged, easing herself slowly through the gap to stand defiant before Sarai and Feral, Sparrow and Ruby, all of whom were stunned into speechlessness. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Now, looking at himself, scrutinizing his face, he saw that he appeared defiant instead. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z I know she’s looking at me, the lopsided mouth smiling a little, the face closed and defiant. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z She came out looking defiant and said, “I told them that Grandma hit you with a spoon and that she made me taste hot sauce when I didn’t want to.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z It seemed incongruous that so many drafted men would be cheering on the defiant Guthrie, but it was GI humor at its best, a dark way of expressing anger without getting in trouble. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z I for one could go weeks hardly thinking about them, and there were even days when a defiant surge of courage would make me think: “How could we believe rubbish like that?” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z He alone remained defiant, spitting venom at the queen’s men as they prodded him along with their spears. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Their absence meant the defiant chants and hateful words grew much louder. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But the boy did not leave the hut; he stood there, defiant and angry, stamped on the ground, clenched his fists and forcibly declared his hatred and contempt in his father’s face. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z He was outside of himself now, looking on; he lay under a winter sky lit with tall gleams of whirling light, hearing thirsty screams and hungry shouts, defiant, unafraid. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z She’s seen the pictures, too; there’s no point in making up something hopeful and defiant if I’m meant to be telling the truth. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z The broad wings went through a final incensed salvo and then quit whipping Bernabe’s aching body, and somehow the hole in the neck, bubbling blood, released a last defiant scrawk. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Young lady, your defiant behavior can get you kicked out of this school.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z It was one of his favorites, Pac’s voice defiant over the melancholy chorus sampled from the Five Stairsteps—“Ooh, child, things are gonna get easier.” The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z What I recall is a lot of under-the-breath talking back and mumbling, but, really, she was never outwardly defiant. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “It’s not either,” the little one piped in a defiant voice. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “But I do,” said a defiant voice with an elfish accent. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Mindful of deeper matters, my father did not mark the defiant tone of my words. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I thought I was going to be brave and defiant, but I just fell apart. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She jutted her chin, hoping she looked defiant. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Despite it, she stood again, her face set in defiant rage. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z There's a small crack in her voice but the set of her jaw makes her look defiant and strong. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z After a few tense moments, she dropped to all fours and, with a final defiant snort, lumbered off to collect her cubs. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She turned and slunk away, with one last defiant snap to save her pride. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z My tone was defiant, but I was offended by the insensitivity of the officer and suspected this wasn’t a required safety precaution. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Her defiant look changes to one of naked fear, and I swear to myself. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “What does defiant mean, Mommy? What did the king do?” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z At times I feel defiant: what right have they to tell me what to think? Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Her eyes flashed around her in a defiant way, rather like Tom's, and she laughed with thrilling scorn. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z However, some of the children were not just forgetful about using our language, they were openly defiant. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z I stared into his eyes, wide-eyed and defiant, and we faced off. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z They weren't heavy smokers, but they were habitual smokers, and defiant ones, too. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z She held up a clenched fist and the rest of the family smiled at her small defiant gesture. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z In light of the bold and defiant line we had taken all along, an appeal would seem anticli- mactic and even disillusioning. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe it's the expression in her eyes, something at once coolly logical and fiercely defiant. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z When he had forced a drink from his flask down the hobbit’s throat, cut his leg-bonds, and dragged him to his feet, Merry stood up, looking pale but grim and defiant, and very much alive. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Arms crossed and stance defiant, Tree-ear stood under the bridge and began to speak. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Fudge reddened slightly, but a defiant and obstinate look came over his face. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z My father, glowing with a blue aura of power, rode a defiant circle around the giants legs. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z A look passed between them; him sad, her defiant. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z But I don’t think I will convince him of anything by shouting a couple of defiant lines at the camera. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z I wanted her about thirteen, looking out with that defiant, almost belligerent stare of hers. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Frankie just crossed his arms and kept the defiant look in his eye. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z In a fragile whisper, she said, “They have flying machines,” and watched, desolate, as the understanding changed their three faces, bullying out the last defiant shred of hope, leaving nothing but despair. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I’m sure in my outlaw fantasies I would’ve been as defiant as Shea, but something about this situation had soured me on romantic rebellion. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Not only did he miss the opportunity to disown the offensive characterization of Burr; he raised the rhetorical stakes with his dismissive tone and gratuitously defiant counterthreat. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Heqet gave a defiant kick at the food scattered upon the matted ground. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z He was defiant of the Southerners, proud of his race. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The outdoor mice were defiant, but Ralph could tell they were not as brave as they pretended. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z “I said that I wasn’t sure about that. Then she became even more defiant and asked, ‘When is Ashley going to get over it?”’ Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z He walked with an upright carriage, both ingratiating and defiant—but one shoulder was higher than the other. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Still, Vonetta remained proudly defiant, walking two steps ahead of us and then leaving us altogether once her new friends, the Anktons, were in sight. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Ira stood defiant before him, uttering no denial, fingers plucking at the fringe of her sari. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z She couldn't look more different from that confident, defiant girl he'd last seen on the cliff's edge. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z But between the rats and Mrs. Frisby’s front door stood a small, defiant figure. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z No matter the odds, we will fight with all our might until black men everywhere can point with pride to this Republic, standing dignified and defiant, an example of African nationalism.... Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Lenina blushed scarlet; but her eyes, the tone of her voice remained defiant. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Tight clusters of defiant lights sparkled from every city, as bright as any star. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z He opened his eyes and squinted at her in that defiant way he did when he thought she might be mad at him but he had no idea why. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z She met his eye, looking equal parts defensive and nervous, disappointed and defiant. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z One of the pictures of the carnage showed a hacked white policeman near an overturned, burnt police car, surrounded by groups of students shouting defiant slogans, fists upraised in the black power salute. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I gave my cousin a defiant look as I lifted up my cowboy skirt, tucked it under my chin, and yanked my panties down. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Watching Papa bounce and weave and shout in front of me, I was almost ready to laugh with him, with the first bubbly sense of liberation his defiant craziness had brought along with it. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z “One must live,” she repeated, defiant, challenging, sensing reproach where none could be; for it is very true, one must live. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Impossibly, the shamblers answer our defiant roar with one of their own. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z She had maintained, too, her old way of holding her head in a manner that verged on the defiant. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Stessman didn't stop her, so she read the whole poem in that cool, defiant voice. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z First, somebody pulling the survey stakes; then dumping the alligators in the latrines; then spray-painting his squad car while he was asleep inside—this was the work of bold and defiant perpetrators. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He had to be the one Sarai had spoken of, and who had made her so defiant. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z As it passed through the thick hot air, it made a defiant hiss like a riled snake. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I folded up the prophecy and shoved it into my pocket I felt defiant and angry, though I wasn’t sure who I was angry with. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z They were hers now; she felt a fierce, defiant joy. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Kit turned a defiant back on them, but first she sent a friendly wave to Prudence, whose peaked little face turned pink with delight. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z The four wild children from file north were standing behind their mother, shy and defiant, and she was folding up a tape. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m not letting them stop me either,” Kaisha said, and she marched up to the stairs, defiant. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z My prayers are wordless, defiant, dry-eyed, desperate, without hope. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Then she stood and looked around for the building where her Scholar would be found, and set off toward it, feeling awkward and defiant. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The more he scolded them for personal technical issues, even as he preached teamsmanship, the more the boys seemed to sink into their own separate and sometimes defiant little worlds. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “Being defiant can be a good thing sometimes,” Aunty Ifeoma said. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z His response to those partisans of both parties who disagreed was one defiant word: “Silence.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Alabama state troopers surrounded Wallace as he made his defiant stand against desegregation in Alabama’s all-white public schools. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z She realized—half ashamed, half defiant— that she yearned to feel that way again. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z My mom was the problem child, a tomboy, stubborn, defiant. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Everything strong about Mom’s face looked defiant and ugly. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z It was such an angry look—so full of defiant outrage—that Reynie actually felt encouraged. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z His voice was loud enough and defiant enough that everyone actually stopped. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Years ago, it seemed, when he still had some strength in him, when he had still been defiant. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Be defiant. It will make your eventual surrender that much more powerful.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Though her legs trembled, her voice was defiant. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Pink Whiskers promptly banned him from riding for a full year for his “defiant and threatening attitude.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I make a face, uplift a defiant middle finger, and give an obscene little kick. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Every person who was forgotten by God or country is now louder, more defiant, and more determined. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z She stares at Baba with that defiant look that mesmerized me the first time I saw her. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Some defiant spark, the same rebellious spirit he has now. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Lady Meng turned around and slowly lifted her head—her neck rising to a proud, defiant arch. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z At first Old Qian knelt on the washboard with defiant erectness. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I started crying, but I felt even more defiant. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z I appreciated his wily maneuvering on the Net, his bizarre sense of humor, his oddly defiant view of his world, his striking intelligence and lust for ideas. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He seemed to Ishmael proud and defiant and detached from the possibility of his own death by hanging. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Most of my interview doesn’t make the cut, just enough to show I am alive and still defiant. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z He was up in his chamber, red-eyed and defiant. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She looked defiant, not quite tough, but getting there. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Runt retrieved the toy and displayed it between his teeth, defiant. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Some 4,000 defiant protesters clustered on the lawn and in the parking lot that afternoon in the largest demonstration of the civil rights era in Durham. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Principal O’Sullivan, who was also the head disciplinarian, punished the most defiant children. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Zalmai was quick then with a defiant cackle or an impudent grin. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Now Cole had danced half the night, but still a defiant flicker of anger remained inside him. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z It controlled the defiant flare of his nostrils and the striking of the match against the box. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Aunty Uju sounded defiant, even petulant, clenching her fist tightly around her own story. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z In October, a defiant letter sent out to white residents proclaimed: “We are a red blood organization who say openly, we won’t be driven out.” A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Shaken, but defiant to the core, Claudette battled back—in her own way. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z He, wheeling once above them, screamed the hawk’s scream of defiant rage, and then shot on across the low beaches of Osskil, out over the breakers of the sea. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z He lifted his sword high over his head, defiant. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The mother-to-be was frightened and defiant and also very thin from the starvation diet. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z In a book Farmer had once shown me was a photograph of a defiant road worker; the man lies on the ground with both hands cut off. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Out of that came this voice: unapologetic and defiant, and humor that you could tar ships with. The ‘Trainspotting’ junkies are back, but it’s more than drugs that are eating at them. 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z There is a defiant energy in that photograph. Books of The Times: ?Blue Notes in Black and White? by Benjamin Cawthra - Review 2011-12-15T22:54:43Z By then, Hellman’s reputation as the country’s most important female playwright was practically eclipsed by her greater celebrity as a defiant emblem of toughness and virtue. Lillian Hellman is once again a presence in Washington 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z Sano, beset by rivals and court intrigue, is assigned to see if the defiant samurai should be forced to commit ritual suicide. Crime fiction: zillionaire's story, serial mystery and more 2011-09-07T20:46:05Z On the climactic "Road to Joy," his raw-throated shouts helped turn an appropriation of Beethoven's "Ode to Joy" into a defiant group therapy session. The ever-serious Conor Oberst bids Bright Eyes farewell at sold-out Riv 2011-03-16T14:48:18Z My colleagues were defiant, and the strike continued for a few days, stopping only when the hospital agreed to alleviate the nursing shortage. Why Doctors Should Organize 2019-08-05T04:00:00Z The boxer’s heat of defiant agony is matched, in this great scene, by Jordan’s own. “Creed” Is a Knockout 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z Its subject — not to put too fine a point on it — is life itself, and its defiant, forward-moving persistence through plagues and persecution, failing bodies and broken hearts. Review: An ‘Angels in America’ That Soars on the Breath of Life 2018-03-25T04:00:00Z She was better when using songs to make statements: Lesley Gore’s defiant “You Don’t Own Me,” or Bob Dylan’s “I Shall Be Released,” which closed the show. Review: Kesha, Dodging the Past, but Still Relying on It 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z “Doing nothing” emerges as Billy and Wyatt’s raison d’etre, a belief evidently shared by Hopper in his film’s defiant willingness to just be for a second, man. Easy Rider at 50: how the rebellious road movie shook up the system 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z His Detective Stephen Holder has a slithery charm -- all shifty eyes and defiant slouch, a far cry from the barrel-chested, middle-aged men in Burlington Coat Factory suits we usually see in the homicide office. "The Killing's" real killer 2011-05-22T18:01:00Z She was composed, defiant and more human than she had ever looked. Fighting dirty: could Michael Bay’s Benghazi movie take down Hillary Clinton? 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z Resourceful and ever defiant, she writes down what happens as a mode of survival. A Religious Boarding School That’s Actually Hell 2023-02-07T05:00:00Z His father, an oil company machine operator, repeatedly beat him, West writes, making him feel defiant and unlovable. Books of The Times: ?West by West? by Jerry West and Jonathan Coleman ? Review 2011-11-01T22:56:20Z This defiant tribute springs from a need to impose their collective identity on this alien and menacing landscape. Restrepo - review 2010-10-07T21:25:00Z Those unburdened by these expectations for Venom, though, were seemingly impressed by the movie’s defiant desire to go its own way. Is Tom Hardy's Venom the new Greatest Showman? 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z Emilia moves from one tearful, pouty, defiant confrontation to the next. | 'The Other Woman': A Home Wrecker Faces Many Challenges, Too 2011-02-03T23:33:40Z Surly and defiant, President Trump was ensconced in the White House, lashing out like King Lear with a cellphone. Barbara W. Tuchman, Folly and the Stream of History 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z Are those the words of a defiant rapper fending off his rivals? Review: Drake Opens Tour in Austin, Rapping, Singing and Sneering 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z Increasingly alienated and defiant amid her conservative surroundings, she found solace and inspiration in pop music fandom online after hearing a Florence + the Machine song in the credits of a movie. The Most Famous Girl at the Waffle House 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z The center of his music has always been a defiant delicacy—a ragged, affirmative understanding of despair. Perfume Genius’s New Album, “No Shape,” Is Full of Sunlight 2017-05-08T04:00:00Z The singer-songwriter has been a defiant child of God, a broke dishwasher, a successful drummer, a Dionysian shaman, a failed poet. This holiday season, 34 long reads to explore 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z But as the reporters begin to interview the Carpenters, a defiant Rene goes against the grain of commonly accepted American values, when she informs them she won’t be praying when her husband launches. ABC's 'The Astronaut Wives Club' Episode 3 Holds Steady On Slow Pre-July 4th TV Night 2015-07-03T04:00:00Z A subdued, elegiac second theme appears, but does not halt the defiant exuberance of the movement, which carries through a manic waltz episode. Music Review: New York Philharmonic Plays Carl Nielsen Symphony 2012-06-15T21:52:06Z But in their mission to reclaim a kitten, of all things, they have to play at being stereotypes—and even then, their individuality is defiant. Review: In 'Keanu,' Key and Peele Let a Cat Steal the Show 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z Ms. Anderson is undeniably one of Courtney’s spiritual kids — damaged for sure, but defiant and circumspect and deliciously purposeful, owing at least a little bit of their force to the example Ms. Love set. Music Review: EMA Performs New Music at Rough Trade NYC 2014-05-11T20:36:06Z In his renderings of the totalitarian inferno and a terrified conformity, Kadare is the offspring not of Kafka, but of Victor Serge and Eugène Ionesco, two witnesses whose defiant, absurdist influences flare throughout this book. Review | A fierce masterpiece by Albania’s most eminent novelist, Ismail Kadare 2018-01-03T05:00:00Z By the time of her trial, at which she pleads guilty and demands the death penalty, she is stiff, straight, defiant. Review: ‘I, Olga Hepnarova,’ Carrying Out a Vow of Vengeance 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z But even the defiant cancer patient, the one who refuses to engage with cancer on previously established terms, has become a recognizable role, with a script at the ready. Jenny Diski’s Way of Seeing Beyond the Story 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z The delivery represents a coup de grace of sorts, his defiant signoff to their shared history and long-gone relationship, which faltered on his failed attempts to become a writer. 'Tony and Susan': a resurrected novel of love and marriage, divorce and payback 2011-08-03T20:54:03Z A recent single, “Thick of It,” from her coming album “Strength of a Woman,” is similarly defiant: “Who’s gonna love you like I do? Who will you trust? I gave you too much.” Mary J. Blige and Maxwell at the Garden 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z The image, which greets visitors with the defiant sang-froid of a swingers’ club host, shows Ms. Maybury in nothing but an earring and thigh-high boots. What to See in Los Angeles Art Galleries This Week 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z Semi-autobiographical crises may drive these songs, but a defiant hope pervades them: Year of the Glad's sunbursts and Immortals' ascending riffs are dazzling. Marnie Stern: The Chronicles of Marnia – review 2013-03-21T20:30:01Z San Antonio Memorial’s overnight crew of doctors are a bunch of irreverent, defiant, possibly stoned and improbably good-looking Army burnouts. Plenty of new shows to check out this spring and summer 2014-04-25T18:58:31Z Cheever’s characters, too, he writes, are “desirous, conflicted, alone adrift,” unable to “achieve the crystalline stoicism, the defiant willed courage, of Hemingway’s.” Books of The Times: ?Higher Gossip? by John Updike - Review 2011-11-28T22:39:39Z A confident and defiant demand to a man, this was co-written by Holly Knight and was originally released by her band Spider. Tina Turner’s 11 Essential Songs 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z She was defiant and unapologetic, a grunge Sylvia Plath with — as any profile of her at the time would remind you — a nose ring and tattoo. I'm still a member of Prozac Nation: Remembering Elizabeth Wurtzel and her life-changing book 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z Most often recalled about the fight for racial equality are those searing moments when the cameras were rolling to record a defiant governor in a school door or state troopers pounding peaceful demonstrators with nightsticks. Review: Kristen Green’s ‘Something Must Be Done About Prince Edward County’ 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z Pascal's emails, many laced with profanity, reveal an executive who is at different times defiant, emotional and introspective. Future of Sony's Amy Pascal questioned after hacked email revelations 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z Beecroft became known in the U.S. in the mid-1990s for staging performances that featured monochromatic arrangements of nude or barely clothed models in body paint who often glared at viewers with empty or defiant stares. The racially insensitive remarks by Kanye West collaborator Vanessa Beecroft that have the art world talking 2016-08-12T04:00:00Z A proud and defiant woman, Julia wears her identity like a flag but politics are far from her mind. Mariane Pearl: Revisiting the Cuba of My Youth 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z The frozen frontier stood pure and defiant — nature’s final challenge to man. ‘Icebound’ Takes Us Back to the Arctic, in All Its Terror and Splendor 2021-01-08T05:00:00Z His book presents Ture as charismatic, at once intellectual and folksy, funny and angry, glamorous and defiant. Peniel E. Joseph on His Biography of Stokely Carmichael 2014-03-03T21:52:52Z His tone now is less defiant, occasionally even contrite. Dave Chappelle Returns to Stand-Up, With Stories to Tell 2013-08-15T11:55:00Z In the 36 years since, the center has withstood speculation, rising rents, a protracted eviction battle with the Giuliani administration and more, becoming a defiant symbol of an ungentrified New York. ABC No Rio Gears Up for a Razing and a Brand-New Home 2016-05-16T04:00:00Z Undecided as to whether she is a defiant agent of seduction or of contamination, the woman transforms into a stiletto-heeled femme fatale. Sodome, My Love | Theatre review 2010-03-23T23:40:00Z His defiant mother was jailed so many times for breaking apartheid’s severe racial laws and frequenting whites-only areas that “I think she even lost count,” Noah says. How Trevor Noah went from biracial youth in S. Africa to leading light on U.S. TV 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z That approach, in itself, remains nonchalantly defiant and radical. Frieze New York, First Live Art Fair in a Year, Kicks Off at the Shed 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z But there is no going back: “The higher you fly / the deeper you go / so come on,” Lennon shouts, in his defiant, us-against-the-world declaration of his controversial new love. The Accidental Perfection of the Beatles’ White Album 2018-11-10T05:00:00Z That showy technique was faux-conservative camouflage, I think, for the defiant message hidden beneath. J.C. Leyendecker: The ‘Arrow Collar Man’ Who Hid a Radical Idea 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z The looks they exchange are more defiant than guilty, and no blame is assigned. Review: ‘The Fool’ Is Yuri Bykov’s Look at Corruption 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z The gesture seems at once defiant and celebratory, as if the women are casting aside years of oppression and recapturing their youth. Ea Sola: 'I'm not an intellectual, I come from the forest' 2011-08-25T21:15:02Z You could call it reactionary shamelessness — a defiant refusal to accept that the norms of the culture have changed, and a nostalgia for a time when Trump’s supporters were the ones doing the shaming. The Many Uses (and Abuses) of Shame 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z What happened to him was almost inexplicable, a cruel combination of good luck, bad luck and the kind of disappointment that would have overwhelmed me even at my most brashly defiant. The Rock ’n’ Roll Casualty Who Became a War Hero 2013-07-02T09:01:01Z This is the opposite of giving up, defiant confidence born of necessity. Review: 'Logan Lucky' Is a Magnificent Movie Disguised as a Modest One 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z Primal Scream exit after a rambunctious encore of the protean blues of Rocks and a defiant – if superfluous – reprise of 2013. Primal Scream – review 2013-03-22T18:23:27Z “The Rabbit Hutch”’s vibrant, messy sprawl can seem that way too, but its excesses also feel generous: defiant in the face of death, metaphysical exits or whatever comes next. One Apartment Building, Many Lives 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z Mr. Levit’s performance was more somber than violent, more questing than defiant. Music Review: An Intimate Entree, Escorted by Beethoven 2014-03-13T22:21:16Z As definitive as I’m trying to sound, Lori is just as defiant. When my therapist dared me to sleep with her 2015-08-09T04:00:00Z Hallucinogenic drugs were the perfect things to help to define their defiant and alternative life style. Timothy Leary’s liberation, and the CIA’s experiments! LSD’s amazing, psychedelic history 2013-12-14T21:00:00Z A defiant Riefenstahl told reporters that she did not believe such things could have happened. The shameful legacy of the Olympic Games 2012-06-14T19:00:08Z His defiant moments sound a little more world-weary, his regrets a bit more painful. Review: Willie Nelson picks up his pen on new LP 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z In the good old days it was defiant, free-spirited kids who liberated the uptight grown-ups with sex, drugs and rock ’n’ roll. Movie Review: ‘Peace, Love & Misunderstanding,’ Starring Jane Fonda 2012-06-07T22:47:39Z Marine Parade quite often gets beached on flat stretches, not helped by a defiant casting of non-singers. Ditch; Marine Parade 2010-05-22T23:05:00Z Personal anthems such as “Me Against the World” and “Only God Can Judge Me” offer intimate and defiant looks at men who feel trapped by circumstance. In Tupac Shakur's 'Holler If Ya Hear Me,' an unlikely Broadway trip 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z Of course he's England's patron saint, you wally, representing all those romantic notions of Englishness, a defiant spirit, dragon slaying and a jolly large red cross. Doctor Who slays St George 2010-04-21T16:00:00Z It tells the story of Coumba, a smart, defiant teenager torn between her duties to her family and her desire for a better life for herself and Debo, her younger sister. Critic’s Notebook: The Human Rights Watch Film Festival 2013-06-12T22:54:26Z Let’s not forget that defiant pop shape-shifter Madonna, a flapper to her bones, no matter what she wears. Music Review: Carole J. Bufford in ‘Speak Easy’ 2012-05-22T22:02:59Z The change in the picture’s meaning — from a celebration of gay desire to a defiant assertion of civil rights — reflects a shift in Tillmans’s work. Wolfgang Tillmans: Older, Wiser, Cooler 2022-08-29T04:00:00Z “Keep it in mind, nobody here’s a friend of mine,” Ferreira sneers, proving her melodramatically defiant edge is still intact. Sky Ferreira’s Dazzling, Defiant Return, and 11 More New Songs 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z He struts through the defiant opener, “Tear Me Down,” snarls and growls through the punk “Angry Inch,” and hauntingly croons the melancholy “Wicked Little Town.” Review | Morton sings the hot pants off ‘Hedwig and the Angry Inch’ songs 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z But the entire set is an hour of grueling double octaves, defiant leaps and punishing runs as one ferociously challenging tone poem leads into another. Daniil Trifonov and Yuja Wang Play at Carnegie Hall 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z They quote Gadsby's furious, defiant observation that "There is nothing stronger than a broken woman who has rebuilt herself." Hannah Gadsby’s “Nanette”: The stunning Netflix special that made Louis C.K.’s comedy irr... 2018-07-02T04:00:00Z Before long, Atticus is joined by the book’s three main children, the defiant Jem, the naive Scout, and the uncharacteristically-quiet Dill. “Scout is a lesbian”: Some modest theories on what Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird” follow-up will hold 2015-02-06T05:00:00Z The stadium in Volgograd, formerly Stalingrad, boasts an impressive view of the awe-inspiring The Motherland Calls monument, a 27-metre statue of a defiant Soviet heroine. Russia 2018: A beginners' guide 2010-12-03T12:59:04Z In such a world, what could be more defiant than the act of eating, of continuing to live? Two Memoirs of Chinese American Hunger, Three Decades Apart 2023-05-14T04:00:00Z An airline passenger was reportedly spotted allowing her toddler to use a portable potty in the aisle of the plane — and then becoming defiant when she was told to stop. Airline passenger allegedly allows child to use potty in plane's aisle: 'It's vile' 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z At a time when indie-rock seems be growing more culturally marginal by the day, “Crack-Up” is a defiant artistic statement, an album that dares to feel important. How the Fleet Foxes Frontman Got Out to Get Back In 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z Throughout the novel, at moments of crucial import, Marcus recollects that song, the defiant emotions that it stirs, and its pivotal word, “indignation.” A Sterilized Philip Roth Adaptation 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z The abbess came to me but, defiant with grief, I turned away. Fiction: The Autobiography of Allegra Byron 2012-07-21T16:00:00Z When you suggest cleaning up and your child is defiant, see that as an invitation for you to be mature. Perspective | Why is my 3-year-old suddenly so disagreeable? 2018-02-27T05:00:00Z For a film about defiant teenage potheads, there is also remarkably little innuendo. Movie Review: John Stalberg Jr.’s ‘High School,’ With Adrien Brody 2012-05-31T22:21:00Z In human terms, it's a toddler – walking, talking, refusing to eat vegetables and increasingly defiant. Not the Booker prize 2011: Nominate now 2011-07-27T14:53:49Z And that creature is the “hellraiser” – a term that originates from a defiant credo espoused by the hard-drinking, hard-living Hollywood legend Richard Burton: “God put me on this earth to raise sheer hell!” Men behaving badly: why cinema's great hellraisers were a breed apart 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z The album interweaves several musical themes, creating a mood which is by turns exuberant, defiant and wistful. Quadrophenia: Music for all times 2013-06-14T00:30:49Z His feeling is that you deserve this; that you have been defiant, and so he’s going to show you that he has the upper hand. “To Live in the World, and Not to Hide”: An Interview with Janet Mock 2019-03-24T04:00:00Z As the company opts for more standard flamenco fare, the fog lifts, and Mr. Ogalla displays his extraordinary prowess while cutting a defiant profile or crossing his feet briskly in a blast of percussive beats. Soledad Barrio and Noche Flamenca Explore Sophocles’ Drama 2014-11-02T04:00:00Z “Paige, this is your most defiant act of protest yet,” Pastor Tim says of her baptism. 'The Americans' Recap: In Over Their Heads 2015-03-04T05:00:00Z He would reply by jokingly quoting from Gaddafi's defiant, savage speech, made a few days after the rebellion began: "Forward, forward." The short life and cruel death of Libyan freedom fighter Izz al-Arab Matar 2011-08-26T14:27:48Z When Vivian comes back to the store, she brings to these ladies not just the specter of lost commissions, but a defiant, blazing selfhood. Garry Marshall, 1934–2016: Funny, Friendly, Democratic 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z “A bunch of revolutionary manumission abolitionists / Give me a position, show me where the ammunition is,” a defiant Hamilton raps. No ‘Hamilton’ tickets? This behind-the-scenes book may ease the fear of missing out 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z Here, in the midst of mile-a-minute verbal acrobatics and slow-burn slapstick, those eyes register a dimension of sadness — of hunger, of hurt and defiant pride — that the film itself doesn’t really explore. ‘Dolemite Is My Name’ Review: Eddie Murphy, Raw and Cooking 2019-10-02T04:00:00Z “I think Ruschmeyers had this reputation of being defiant of the town, and it was a little reckless and loose,” Mr. Morton said. Is the Montauk Party Over? 2021-05-29T04:00:00Z The overwhelming majority of these defiant bootleggers were alerted to my post by the Web site Slashdot, which takes a particular interest in questions of copyright and intellectual property. Theater Talkback: Who Owns Sheet Music? 2010-07-15T17:31:00Z His first solo show in New York follows exhibitions in Los Angeles and London, and introduces a sensibility that is consistent with his heart-rending songs and warbling delivery: fragile, falling apart but surviving, even defiant. Art in Review: ‘I Am the Magic Hand’ and Antony: ‘The Cut’ 2013-06-27T20:04:50Z Crazy Horse wasn’t the only clanking hulk on an arena tour this fall, but its defiant lack of complacency was as striking as its untamed sound. The Best Concerts of 2012, as Seen by Times Critics 2012-12-26T23:38:02Z The most shocking contender for the evening’s biggest honor—Album of the Year—was also the least known and most defiant: the country singer Sturgill Simpson. The 2017 Grammys Have No Answers 2017-02-13T05:00:00Z At the end, no longer tentative, the oboe powers up the scale on to a high note of defiant triumph. BBCSO/Belohavek ? review 2010-12-21T22:01:00Z While writing the book, I felt elated, sad, self-hating, worried, defiant, jubilant, and exhausted. Reckoning with My Love for Prince 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z These women dance on pointe but without male partners; this is ballet without dependency, weight firmly balanced, defiant. Review | In Kennedy Center’s Ballet Across America, a women’s movement 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z And on Friday, still defiant even after Democrats beat back Republican challenges to the new health care law, Limbaugh scoffed at the Democrats' talk of a conservative "war on women." Limbaugh apologizes to law student for insult 2012-03-04T03:38:14Z She sings the phrase, pauses, then adds a lightly defiant "I'm not" to the line from the Everly Brothers hit, which she famously covered in a duet with country-rock innovator Parsons in the early 1970s. Emmylou Harris lives in the moment, sings about the past 2011-04-25T16:03:05Z Calmly defiant, she continues: “But I will anyway.” The Playlist: Danny Brown and the Weeknd Serve Up Twists and Turns 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z Afterward, a defiant Brown said he had aimed to “strike terror in the hearts of the proslavery people.” How Accurate Was ‘The Good Lord Bird’? 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z The threads are sharp, the hairstyles tall and quiffed, and the attitude, as caught by Davidson's camera, is either defiant or aloof to the point of disinterested. Joker in the pack 2010-06-21T13:52:00Z Much like Mr. Mac himself at the end of “A 24-Decade History of Popular Music,” his epic revision of American culture, it is fabulous and bedraggled: a defiant and beautiful mess. Review: Taylor Mac’s ‘Gary’ Finds Hope and Humor on a Pile of Corpses 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z The tale follows defiant youth in 1950s Moscow trying to shake off Soviet squareness. 17 top Seattle entertainment picks for Dec. 4-10 2011-12-01T00:44:04Z The defiant message here is: this can still work! True Grit at 50: the throwback western that gave John Wayne his only Oscar 2019-06-11T04:00:00Z The designer was not being defiant, but rather was explaining his woman-as-flower look. Dark Opulence and Red Carpet 2014-03-03T20:19:27Z But one look at her portraits makes clear that her vulnerability is an essential, complicating note in photos that are charismatic, intense and cathartically defiant. An Artist Stands Before Her Fun House Mirror 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z Their defiant and eclectic body of work is the subject of Pioneering Women in Australian Cinema, a fascinating series that opened last week at the Museum of the Moving Image, in Queens, N.Y. Rediscovering Australia’s Generation of Defiant Female Directors 2022-07-26T04:00:00Z Sharing the child’s defiant faith, the motley citizens of Bathtub throw a party — food and fireworks and music to scare away the devil or Katrina. Beasts of the Southern Wild: The Sundance Sensation Wins Cheers at Cannes 2012-05-18T20:01:44Z The more direct tribute went to Tom Petty, with Eddie Vedder playing his tender solo version of the late great’s defiant “I Won’t Back Down” to kick off the first encore. Pearl Jam cleverly honors Chris Cornell at Seattle Home Shows on an upbeat Night Two 2018-08-11T04:00:00Z In her marvellously insouciant self-portrait, the artist appears in spectacles, wicker chair and nothing else but her own defiant intelligence. Alice Neel: Painted Truths 2010-07-10T23:05:00Z On record, she delivers that self-referential line with an eye roll, but when she sang it here, she turned it into a defiant shout. Review: Taylor Swift’s ‘1989’ Tour Puts an Accent on Renewal 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z The act wasn’t quite as defiant as it sounds; the church door served as sort of a community bulletin board — but the strong arguments Luther made about Church corruption were revolutionary. Visiting Germany’s Lutherland during 500th anniversary 2017-10-10T04:00:00Z In a climate of resurgent anti-Semitism, homophobia, and hostility to immigrants, the success of “Indecent” feels defiant, if not triumphant. With Her Eerily Timely “Indecent,” Paula Vogel Unsettles American Theatre Again 2017-05-12T04:00:00Z After a strong start, the various extended guitar interludes and drum solos seem like diversions before the looming main event: Here I Go Again, which unites the audience in defiant air-punching. Journey/Whitesnake – review 2013-05-21T17:34:08Z Similarly, Knoxville and his team bring a defiant cheerfulness to their venture; the gang's idiocy is both self-aware and somehow innocent. Jackass 3D: Now You Get Sprayed 2010-10-15T17:10:00Z And even though a few artists copped to first-day-back jitters, most appearances unfurled with crisp, defiant polish — as if they’d spent no time away from audiences. As Bang on a Can Returns, a New Generation Rises 2021-08-02T04:00:00Z It's something he addresses directly on his album's defiant title track. Olly Murs: 'Look who's winning now' 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z But Mr. Armstrong remains as defiant as ever. Books of The Times: ‘Cycle of Lies’ Details the Fall of Lance Armstrong 2014-03-11T19:43:21Z He donned a voluminous silk violet scarf and sequined turban for “What Makes a Man,” Charles Aznavour’s classic gay anthem told by a bitterly defiant drag performer. | A Performance Artist’s Heartfelt New Persona 2013-06-17T21:00:13Z The effect remains mesmerizing — a defiant expression of comfort and a comfortable expression of defiance all at once. Review | Is Blueface ahead of his time? Or does he just rap like it? 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z After Sabira’s character is delectably established, through a series of defiant encounters with the snobbish wives of other Home Office bigwigs, she begins to come unstrung. Books of The Times: ‘The Invisible Code’ by Christopher Fowler 2013-12-18T21:56:32Z The new Congress is teeming with energetic, defiant youngsters. ‘Makes going to work look easy’: Decades before she was House speaker, Nancy Pelosi had an even harder job 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z Their two-week strike was a defiant public stand against the separate and clearly unequal conditions at the overcrowded school, which included auxiliary classrooms that were little more than tar-paper shacks. New U.S. Civil Rights Trail leads to a little-known Virginia museum 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z That his defiant lyrics for “I’m Still Here,” in “Follies,” were inspired by Joan Crawford. Send in the Cameras: Sondheim on TV 2013-12-06T21:32:34Z Damon portrayed Kavanaugh as defiant, opening his remarks by saying: “I’m going to start at an 11. I’m going to take it to about a 15 real quick.” ‘S.N.L.’ Has Matt Damon Play Brett Kavanaugh in Season Premiere 2018-09-30T04:00:00Z Beyond their ritual significance, there is a sense in which these monuments proclaim the cultural existence of the communities that built them: defiant assertions of people over their place. Musicians and artists rally to save Glasgow's modern stone circle 2013-01-18T08:00:00Z The totality amounted to a continual homage to a defiant multifaceted Otherness that was central to her finely detailed paintings and captured in staged photographs. 10 Things Our Critics Are Looking Forward to in 2019 2019-01-01T05:00:00Z Radical and defiant empathy is a heroic trait, and I wanted Ellis French to be an example to people and dismantle this toxic notion that for men, forgiveness is a sign of weakness. "The Inspection" and Don't Ask Don't Tell for a queer Black man: "Boot camp is brainwashing" 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z She comes out firing on the defiant “Are We All We Are,” a utilitarian protest song that doesn’t seem to be about anything specific other than being fed up with, well, everything. Album review: Pink, 'The Truth About Love' 2012-09-18T04:36:00Z It's incredibly sad that she then died of leukaemia in 1992, though she continued creating her playful, defiant photos until the end. Artist of the week 199: Jo Spence 2012-07-19T16:13:17Z Indeed much has changed since Haggerty first sang about a gay man being institutionalized because of his sexual orientation in the defiant “Waltzing Will Trilogy.” WA’s pioneering gay country band Lavender Country releases first new album in 50 years 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z Finally, Jonathan Meades’s “The Plagiarist in the Kitchen: A Lifetime’s Culinary Theft,” a defiant cookbook written “in praise of the unoriginal,” is delicious to read and even better to cook from. Times Critics Discuss the Year in Books, From Triumphs to Disappointments 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z The monocle, in much the same way that white girls wearing bindis was a thing for a while in the 90s, is a perennial attention getter – a defiant dare in the middle of your face. Stop trying to make monocles happen! 2014-03-06T16:32:00Z Timothy J. Bruno was also strong as the father, a defiant and troubled rebel who has a conversion moment in a parking lot when Kayla is 10. Review | Dogs, snakes and piccolos: New operas take WNO stage 2019-01-13T05:00:00Z The opposition has cast the trio as martyrs for their defiant stand against the ruling regime, but opinion polls show that most Russians view their punishment as fitting. Pussy Riot member 'upbeat' despite hunger strike 2013-05-29T15:57:21Z The authors of these two fine books help us understand the socially transformative power of a defiant dedication to something greater than our mundane human predicament. Ladies Who Launch: Women Who Opened the Door to Space Exploration 2016-12-26T05:00:00Z Throughout his career, Mr. Weiland struggled with drug addiction and was often deemed defiant and bedraggled, but he was also seen as a capable vocalist. Scott Weiland, Former Singer of Stone Temple Pilots, Dies at 48 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z The notion itself seems more radical and defiant the more narrow the compass for creativity in corporate fashion becomes. 2010-02-12T21:59:00Z Old age has been good for Rivers – however ingeniously she has resisted it – giving her defiant cantankerousness a natural edge. Comedy gold: Joan Rivers in An Audience with Joan Rivers 2012-08-09T11:23:23Z The long look back turns to the present, now defiant: “I wanna walk like a giant on the land.” Album review: Neil Young, 'Psychedelic Pill' 2012-10-29T04:36:00Z The mugshots of their defiant faces eyeballing the camera still haunts most of the UK. Why Jack the Ripper and other serial killer narratives endure 2021-07-10T04:00:00Z By the end of Saturday, Azalea had made a valid argument to her doubters with defiant, impressively versed lines -- and everybody sang the words to "Problem." Made in America L.A.: Day 1 sizzles, Top Dawg claims throne 2014-08-31T04:00:00Z Trump's inauguration on Friday and his defiant pledge to end "American carnage" was followed by a weekend of mass protests across the United States and internationally. Bruce Springsteen says the "new resistance" against Trump has begun 2017-01-22T05:00:00Z Even in a defiant mode, Ms. Oberlin maintained a cool restraint. Music Review: Karen Oberlin at Feinstein’s at Loews Regency 2012-07-27T21:19:08Z And the relational sturdiness of McGraw and Hill — they are no stranger to tabloid rumors about impending divorce — was itself a kind of defiant celebration. Review | Tim McGraw and Faith Hill have a whole lot to say and sing 2017-10-15T04:00:00Z When he returned, he looked at me with a defiant distance in his eyes. The abortion I didn’t want 2015-03-01T05:00:00Z Bulgakov's letter is a testament to the emerging double-think of the Stalin era; at once superficially defiant, yet exhibiting an insidious desire to conform. Hung up 2010-03-20T00:05:00Z At one point, Almond waves a giant black bull's head around, then tries it on for size, an almost pagan moment of defiant nihilism. Antony's Meltdown – review 2012-08-11T23:06:00Z But Lee Krasner is the riveting one, rare and defiant and glowing with life in a beautifully modulated, remarkably understated performance by Birgit Huppuch. Review: Lee Krasner Gets the Upper Hand in ‘Pollock’ 2018-02-19T05:00:00Z The Brat Pack era coincided with the ascent of Madonna, and Ms. Ringwald conveyed a less defiant mix of the same brashness and zaniness that Madonna breathed into pop. Molly Ringwald Sings at Café Carlyle 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z It’s a place where the defiant hope of pop rock is tugged at the edges by a melancholy awareness that for many of these people, escape will never be an option. ‘Sing Street’ Review: New Wave Music as Sweet Deliverance 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z A defiant Trump appeared on Fox host Bill O’Reilly’s show Wednesday night, his 133rd appearance on the network since announcing his presidential run, according to a Fox tally. Trump spurns a powerful player in GOP politics in falling-out with Fox 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z There’s something delightfully free, then, about the juxtaposition of Ralph Lauren’s upscale Americana and all these defiant black and brown faces. The Brooklyn Street Crews Who Boosted Ralph Lauren and Invented Their Own Style 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z But his gaze is defiant, asserting an individuality that serves as proof of a continuing, unspeakable crime. Walk Through This Exhibition With Dread. You Know Where It Leads. 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z Our heroine is defiant: "The more you tighten your grip, Tarkin, the more star systems will slip through your fingers!" Sweded movies: the end of Hollywood as we know it? 2012-07-05T19:00:03Z The retro fanfare might seem out of character for the Oxford, England-formed quintet, whose entire career has been predicated on forward motion and defiant self-invention. At 20, Radiohead’s “OK Computer” becomes an album for the Trump era 2017-06-18T04:00:00Z With its hodgepodge of historical references, the outfit risked foolish fantasy, only to arrive at defiant good taste. The Best-Dressed Men at the Met Gala 2019: Risking Foolishness, Arriving at Defiant Good Taste 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z The charming 67-year-old sitting in a rehearsal room at the Globe theatre in London is energetic, even defiant; but someone bent on theatrical self-immolation? Howard Brenton 2010-07-09T23:05:00Z As the platform of choice for pile-ons of partisans, defiant nonpartisans, and self-appointed referees, Twitter emerged early as the ring in which the debate narrative would be wrestled out and judged. The First Debate of the Twitter Election 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z The only respite were the defiant acts of kindness it also sparked. Six women who made 2015: from Charlotte Church to Calais campaigners 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z Mr. Hallberg is a completely rounded Romeo: he’s both patrician and rebellious, brave and overwhelmed, conscientious and defiant. Dance Review: Ballet Theater’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’ at Metropolitan Opera 2012-06-21T22:00:03Z There’s no way a theatergoer can watch “Jitney,” a Manhattan Theater Club production, without feeling the pulsing, defiant aliveness of every character onstage. Review: August Wilson’s ‘Jitney’ Magnifies Marginalized Souls 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z For them, she suggests, “it felt freeing, I suppose, and perhaps offered a defiant satisfaction to be out unmasked and daring the virus to prove itself.” The story behind ‘And the People Stayed Home,’ the little poem that became so much more 2020-12-09T05:00:00Z For Dylan, shilling for Chrysler was actually yet another defiant act, giving the middle finger to those members of his generation who still cling to an image of him as a principled countercultural sage. Bob Dylan contains multitudes: Walt Whitman as Dylan's muse on "Murder Most Foul" 2020-05-16T04:00:00Z "Shameless 11 will be as celebratory, defiant and as unapologetic as ever," the spokeswoman said. Duff to return for Shameless finale 2013-01-09T17:10:43Z And in “Ace,” which she shares with the quick-tongued rappers Smino and Saba, she mixes put-downs of other rappers with an even more defiant declaration: “Vegan food is delicious!” On Her Debut Album, Noname Is a Sly Hip-Hop Maverick 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z But the tone of the music itself is defiant, not desperate; King calls it a “real war-cry kind of thing,” an attempt to rise from the ashes. Marcus King, a Bluesy Rocker Who Stared Down His Own Crossroads 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z “He likes defiant, enigmatic paradoxes and pregnant parables that never quite close, perhaps by design.” Alec McCowen, British Actor Who Played Saint and Fool, Dies at 91 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z And she’s certainly very clear what she wants the world to see what her declaration looks and sound like — strong, defiant and happy at last. Kesha’s turning point: “True Colors” looks and sounds like a triumphant return 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z Near the film’s end, the sheriff remains defiant that his office did nothing legally wrong, but concedes that as a matter of “moral responsibility” the jail failed Bland and her family. Sandra Bland: behind a poignant documentary of her life and death 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z Gilles does not appear particularly penitent, or guilty, yet neither is he specifically defiant on the subject of necessary violence: when the subject arises, Gilles's attitude is one of tense self-pity. Something in the Air (Après Mai) – review 2013-05-23T14:38:00Z The women remained defiant throughout the trial, issuing powerful closing statements that quickly entered the canon of Russia's dissident speeches. Pussy Riot sentenced to two years 2012-08-17T20:13:07Z In their eyes, Jesse was strong-willed, stubborn, and defiant, and their response was to try to break him—to treat him as a trainer would treat a horse. We have autism all wrong: The radical new approach we need to understand and treat it 2015-08-16T04:00:00Z Even as his voice and expression change from haughty to defiant to despairing, Mr. Firth’s Bertie strives to maintain a lofty demeanor. The Oscars: The Prince and the Uncommon Commoner 2010-12-31T18:57:13Z Instead, "Sound City" offers a colorful piece of music history, a candid examination of changes wrought by technology and a defiant statement about not surrendering the human element in creativity. Grohl's 'Sound City' film explores human element 2013-01-31T17:21:09Z Songs range from languid and loungey to defiant — set to subdued electronic beats and the tinkling of piano keys. After grief, Bebel Gilberto recovers her zen with new album 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z Lily’s skimpy wardrobe and defiant manner alarm her father, in a hint of a continuing dynamic. Review: In ‘Strangerland,’ Relocating Does Little to Ease a Family’s Strains 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z Smith has promised to retire from film-making and reneged on that promise, defiant to the last. Kevin Smith and the triumph of commerce over art 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z But the first stop is the party scene where the children are greedy monsters in desperate need of toys, as made crystal clear by their reaching arms and defiant assemblé stomps. Dance Review: Alexei Ratmansky’s ‘Nutcracker’ From American Ballet Theater 2012-12-09T22:24:22Z There is an intensity Cotillard brings to her resistance that is both defiant and broken. Intensely moving 'Immigrant' leaves viewers unsettled 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z The older members of Egypt 80 played this dangerous, defiant song with Fela himself. Quick Hits: Afrobeat sensation Seun Kuti performs live 2011-08-27T16:01:00Z But that defiant early moment began one of the most restlessly daring trajectories in popular music. Remarkable Records of Joni Mitchell’s Changes 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z To be able to make fun of yourself in such a serious time, especially with serious-minded technicians – the doctors who are working like that, it’s defiant. Forty Years of the 4077th: Elliott Gould on the Anniversary of 'MASH' 2010-09-03T14:00:00Z “The defiant creative spirit that is reaching for you – that’s what this show is about.” Audra McDonald Will Return to Broadway in 'Shuffle Along' 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z Nor is there a hint of the sociopolitical developments to come in the greater world that would — with joyful, defiant abandon — assert the right to deviate from local norms. Art Review: Christer Strömholm at International Center of Photography 2012-06-21T21:06:23Z For more than a half-century, first as a pioneering standup comedienne, then as a defiant survivor, she spoke skewed truth to power, and in doing so became her own potentate and garishly fossilized icon. Remembering Joan Rivers: As If She'd Let Us Forget Her 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z For the restaurant to close on its own terms, on a day solely of the chef/owner's choosing, is quintessential Trotter: Decisive, defiant and always a step ahead of the expectations of others. Charlie Trotter's to close in August 2012-01-02T03:03:00Z Dej Loaf, with her unclassifiable style, her defiant composite sound, and her distinct youthfulness, is a fitting emblem of this cultural momentum. A Female Rapper Pushes Forward 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z But what we can ascertain, with some clarity, is that celebrity response to controversy has taken on a surreal and defiant new form. Michelle Rodriguez quits apologising and goes for full-frontal defiance 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z And for Tom, looking up is a defiant everyday act of agency: a magical reprieve from an anxious world whose heart cannot hold. We spend so much time staring at our phones. What do we miss when we don't look up? | Mel Campbell 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z Their presence – joyful, vulgar, defiant – is a stinging reminder of what happens when eugenics is applied to the splendid variety of real life. Huxley's Lab 2010-04-07T21:30:00Z A year later, Tammy is both broken and defiant. The Darcars family drama: Cut out of the auto business, a daughter sues 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z Even with blackened eyes, the women in Donna Ferrato’s photographs look defiant, not defeated. Donna Ferrato’s Camera Is a Weapon for Women 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z Yet somehow a film emerges: uplifting, defiant, heartbreaking and ultimately irrepressible. Mark Kermode's DVD round-up 2013-02-24T00:05:28Z She holds her own with the show's other singers, especially on a defiant version of "I Hear You Knocking." Quartet of music legends rocks 'n' rolls on B'way 2010-04-12T00:14:00Z It was a stunningly cool and defiant image and overnight the Black Panthers forced themselves to the front of black radical politics in America. Black power’s coolest radicals (but also a gang of ruthless killers) 2015-10-18T04:00:00Z Huppert glows as if lit from within by some kind of unholy sunlight: she’s defiant, resplendent, teasing–and impossible to turn away from. Elle’s Belle: Huppert Resounds In Verhoeven's Latest 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z When the woman refuses to put on a headscarf to please the foreign man, his companion is awkwardly forced to translate her defiant words. A Movie That Dares to Humanize Jihadists 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z “To celebrate beauty and culture through abstraction when the world was moving towards identity politics — she was kind of defiant in her position, and I have great respect for that.” Beatriz Milhazes Breaks the Circle 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z Take heart that your son will grow and his defiant tendencies will ease. Perspective | My almost-4-year-old is willful and disobedient. How can I regain control? 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z In his muted way, he remained, like Saltykov, a defiant outsider, and he nurtured a fondness for the bluntness of Russians, and Russian life. Paul Foote obituary 2011-04-05T17:45:40Z It was a characteristically defiant stand by a woman who probably suffered more abuse than any other for her refusal to play the appearance game. Women, Power and Politics: script for a revolution 2010-06-08T21:00:00Z It bears witness to the defiant beauty of an undefeated country. Tell Us 5 Things About Your Book: A Missionary’s Daughter in Haiti 2018-03-18T04:00:00Z This weekend, they were more defiant than ever, following news that Radio 1 hopes to exclude festival dad listeners for good when DJ Chris Moyles leaves the morning show at the end of the summer. Festival dads show their attitude at Latitude 2012-07-14T15:42:21Z Instantly, the photograph of Sediqullah with his arms outstretched, his eyes defiant yet somehow innocent, jumps out at me. Giles Duley: 'I lost three limbs in Afghanistan, but had to go back … ' 2013-02-10T00:13:44Z ArtsWest’s production is infectiously fun when the material calls for it, but it really excels in its disturbing and defiant depictions of a group of young people fighting against a world gone mad. ArtsWest cast keeps ‘Hair’ shiny and healthy 2014-05-01T18:20:02Z Rebekah Brockman’s Antigone is palpably enraged and defiant, while Paul O’Brien embodies a stubborn and overconfident Creon. Review: ‘The Burial at Thebes,’ a Vicious but Poetic Tale Retold 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z Poppins herself, of course, remains defiant, both in the book and in the movie, which denies us the resolution it has spent the entire storyline setting up. Mary Poppins: not sugary, but sharp and subversive – on the page and the screen 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z Part of his speech was inspired from a memo that he sent out to employees that day, which was equal parts defiant and self-congratulatory. At Gucci, a Messy Exit for One Designer Opens an Unlikely Door for Another 2015-02-24T05:00:00Z Asked if she ever considered leaving the stunt world for safer pastures, Davidovich, who’s also worked on the Fast & Furious and Hunger Games franchises, is defiant. 'It's a terribly fine line': the stunt performers risking their lives for Hollywood 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z This final five minutes of Vereen’s performance is anguished yet defiant, evoking the pain and exploitative power of blackface minstrelsy and the distortions of stereotype. Revisiting Ben Vereen’s Misunderstood Blackface Inaugural Performance 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z Instead, the central character Bart, an anagram for Brat, reveled in being an obnoxious, defiant ten-year-old. Gen X vs. Bill Clinton: Cobain and Clinton, “Seinfeld” and “Simpsons,” and the ’90s fight for America’s soul 2015-12-06T05:00:00Z Those two words erupt in defiant spasms during the course of this monologue, performed by a speaker whose mouth alone is visible to the audience. Three Beckett Plays About Time at BAM 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z Eventually, she led a bouncy, full-crowd singalong with a profane, defiant chorus. Lily Allen Brings Biting Sincerity to the Highline Ballroom 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z It was a defiant stance for what would be the tallest building in a city that refused to be cowed by fear. What Took So Long? Why the World Trade Center Still Isn't Finished 2011-09-09T09:00:00Z Floyd’s picture, created when she was just 13, is an experiment in illuminating her own face, a defiant rejoinder to the ways that the camera can produce racial bias if not used with care. Picturing Black Childhood: An Artist’s Journey 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z She had a defiant look on her face, as if saying, “Can you believe I thought of this?” Live-Streaming the Newly Serious Katy Perry 2017-06-11T04:00:00Z The quietly defiant story “Stepping Back” begins with the assertion “I’m not trying to flatter myself, but I was the first colored woman he ever seriously considered loving.” “Whatever Happened to Interracial Love?”: Kathleen Collins’s Revelatory Short Stories 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z I enjoyed this alchemy — it felt defiant of the disarray around me — but like everyone else I grew sluggish at some point in April. This year, we conquered breakfast: What spending mornings at home in the pandemic taught us 2020-11-26T05:00:00Z Nobody else sounds this defiant, this inventive, this alive. The best music of 2014: Young Thug, Aphex Twin, Charli XCX and more Their minaret-like shape is a defiant Islamic claim upon the modern world and an assertion of Malaysia’s place in the comity of nations. T Magazine: Beyond the Melting Pot 2011-05-16T19:45:36Z Madonna's defiant reveal in June at a concert in Istanbul further affirmed how powerfully taboo the bared breast can be. The 'slut rock' of Butcher Babies pales next to music's true female adventurers 2012-07-05T14:16:37Z In its way, “Tuesdays at Tesco’s” is as defiant as its heroine. Review: ‘Tuesday’s at Tesco’s,’ With Simon Callow, on a Transgender Woman’s Travail 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z It used to be the geographical centre of the town, too, but the sea has steadily eroded the coastline, and it now stands just yards behind the sea defences, a defiant historical relic. Peter Grimes on the Beach? Shiver me tenors! 2013-06-12T18:00:01Z And their unexpected return would serve as a defiant but ultimately heartbreaking coda. Review | A true fan offers a riveting tribute to A Tribe Called Quest 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z There’s nothing wrong with a certain defiant independence. Year-End Awards: National Board of Review Says 'We Go with Hugo' 2011-12-01T22:53:16Z The appearance of puttering and improvisation belies the film’s depth of insight and the defiant resilience of its director, whose not-a-film you might just watch again to see how it’s done. What to Know About Jafar Panahi, the Imprisoned Iranian Filmmaker 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z But in another way, performing Ravel’s charming, cosmopolitan music, the essence of Parisian culture in the last years of the Belle Époque, was a defiant response to the violence in Paris. New York Philharmonic Responds to Attacks in Paris 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z Jane Levy of “Suburgatory” fame plays another of the Twin Peaks kids, who watches in horror at the Bang Bang Bar as a friend gets molested by a defiant, cigarette-smoking stranger. ‘Twin Peaks’ Season 3, Episode 5: Vegas Baby 2017-06-05T04:00:00Z Herman Cain is merely the most recent in a long list of defiant politicians accused of sexual misconduct. Jerry Sandusky’s guilty — and so are we 2012-06-25T13:59:00Z A day after sparking outrage with a crude joke about President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, Stephen Colbert was defiant Wednesday night. Stephen Colbert refuses to apologize after #FireColbert hashtag goes viral on Twitter 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z Yet each dancer immediately establishes his own character and style; A is impish, B spruce, C incessantly defiant. Detroit Jit, a ’70s Street Dance Reborn and Revved Up 2014-08-10T04:00:00Z The tone here is two-faced: half defensive, half defiant. Ilustrado by Miguel Syjuco 2010-06-26T23:06:00Z It was challenging, confrontational, defiant; she stared into the camera with those remarkable eyes, almost daring us to return her gaze. Charlotte Rampling: ‘I am prickly. People who are prickly can’t be hurt any more’ 2021-03-27T04:00:00Z Whatever that turn of events was, The Bride’s defiant drive to roar, rampage and get bloody satisfaction became a go-to release valve. Twenty years after "Kill Bill" came out, The Bride's bloody rampage cuts differently 2023-10-29T04:00:00Z New York, defiant, kept its playhouses — and movie theaters — wide open. ‘Gotham Refuses to Get Scared’: In 1918, Theaters Stayed Open 2020-07-14T04:00:00Z Even when it released a defiant comeback album in 2006, it still went by the Dixie Chicks. Country Music Struggles to Meet the Moment. Again. 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z And even if Andrew Woodall overdoes the biting off of hard consonants as the caustic Nick, he catches the character's defiant egotism. Little Platoons ? review 2011-01-25T18:30:04Z In a globally warmed era of white noise far from the optimistic philosophy of The Beatles’ epochal “All You Need Is Love,” both Bunyan and her familial “Heartleap” are practically defiant statements of slow living. Vashti Bunyan: It’s hard to imagine making another album 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z Swift reacts to that idea with a defiant expletive, takes to the internet with her endorsement, and decides she’ll never stay quiet about the things that matter again. What Taylor Swift Reveals in the New Documentary ‘Miss Americana’ 2020-01-24T05:00:00Z It also suggests that the DiMeos’ history has given them a defiant team spirit: They’ll squabble, but God help an outsider who crosses them. Review: In ‘Speechless,’ Balancing Family Needs With Special Needs 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z She is by turns defiant, angry, charming, nonsensical, strident – sometimes it’s hard to break her flow to ask questions. 'They called me the antichrist': JT LeRoy, Laura Albert and the literary hoax 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z This was defiant, ritualistic music — aggressive and forlorn, but with poignant warmth from its creation as a duo. Planned Before War, a Festival Embraces New Ukrainian Music 2022-03-21T04:00:00Z Wearing black leggings and bright satin jackets, they are boldly defiant. Review: Dancing That Unfolds Like a Prayer 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z She is defiant, resourceful and willing to sacrifice her life to protect those she loves. A Haunting Debut Looks Ahead to a Second American Civil War 2017-03-27T04:00:00Z And the defiant Malian musicians depicted in “They Will Have to Kill Us First: Malian Music in Exile” will be familiar to anyone who saw the recent film “Timbuktu.” Movie Listings for July 24-30 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z With one defiant word, “dracarys,” she has her children unleash jets of fire that seem almost to shoot from her body itself, as though she were in a high-fantasy Katy Perry video. Game of Thrones Watch: Fire, Meet Ice 2012-06-04T14:44:21Z But without him, and after him, Hepburn was as defiant in her dotage as she had been in her youth. Hadley Freeman's 10 awesome women: from Katharine Hepburn to Miss Piggy 2013-04-22T15:38:00Z Soctomah and other Passamaquoddys told me that, given this history, the process of reclaiming their language, songs, and dances felt defiant. The Passamaquoddy Reclaim Their Culture Through Digital Repatriation 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z “Too Late!” is hardly conventional, but in the context of experimental theater, there’s something almost old-fashioned about its defiant theatricality. Critic?s Notebook: Going Under the Radar, and Into the Unknown 2011-01-11T23:53:39Z At Italy’s pavilion, a 3D replica of Michelangelo’s David stands tall, his gaze intense and defiant. Art or censorship? Expo shows just top of famed David statue 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z Birdman represents not just Keaton’s fictional apologia but also his defiant, nearly heroic comeback. Birdman at Venice: Can an Ex-Superhero Still Fly? 2014-08-27T04:00:00Z Memories of her classmates gave rise, in part, to her vision for the Sugar Army as a defiant band of young women. From Northern Ireland, Dance as a ‘Physical Prayer’ 2022-01-10T05:00:00Z Meg’s explanation that “we made them remember” was meant to be defiant, but it’s true, as Laurie told Tommy last episode, that forgetting a tragedy “doesn’t work.” 'The Leftovers' Recap: In the Finale, a Showdown 2014-09-07T04:00:00Z And if only I hadn’t eaten the pork belly, seared as if by a bulldozer over heat and as defiant of my fork as the polished concrete beneath my feet. Review | Urbano 116 looks like the real deal, but its food is a faint echo of Mexico 2019-03-05T05:00:00Z The songs sported much of the ageless, defiant joy they did so long ago, and as the four band members bounded across stage, muscles rippling beneath skintight clothes, they looked oddly immortal. Danzig on Getting the Band (the Misfits) Back Together. Briefly. 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z Instead, she creates her own love stories, finding wonder in nature and the people she knows and securing her own dignified and defiant place in the world. “Something was wrong with Aunt Jane”: Brad Watson on the uncommon woman behind his new novel, writing difference and the appeal of “fly-over” country 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z Agrawal denied the charges, and now she has returned to the public eye with a defiant book: “Disrupt-Her: A Manifesto For the Modern Woman.” The Wild Woman Awakens 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z And his transparency regarding his own place, as a filmmaker, in society became a defiant affirmation of art as a crucial mode of experience and source of truth. The Paradox at the Heart of Abbas Kiarostami’s Early Films 2019-07-26T04:00:00Z “Days of Rage” relies not only on historical research, but on interviews with some of the principal activists, living in obscurity but still defiant about their underground activity. ‘Days of Rage:’ the long-ago war between the left and the FBI 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z “It’s really challenging, it’s defiant, it’s confrontational,” said Mary Anne Hobbs, the influential D.J. on Radio 1. MUSIC: Flying Lotus and the Los Angeles Electronica Scene 2010-05-29T04:26:00Z After more than two hours of flaming arrows, loud music and defiant sloganeering, it’s oddly hard to tell. | 'Robin Hood': Crowe and Blanchett in Ridley Scott?s Nottingham 2010-05-13T19:58:00Z Elmosnino is very good at showing how sensitive Gainsbourg is about his looks, how self-conscious and even vain he is: fragile, sensitive, defiant. Film review: Gainsbourg (Vie H?ro?que) 2010-07-29T21:25:00Z In this context, it felt particularly defiant: For a brief moment, for just a few people, the home team was victorious. Rolling Loud Brings Melting Rap Songs and Moshing Crowds to New York 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z Huntington Beach photographer Deanna Templeton has spent years exploring the nature of moody female adolescence, making images that capture teens looking both demure and defiant. Essential Arts & Culture: The theatricality of the Olympics, Wall Street on stage, a Luis Buñuel opera 2016-08-13T04:00:00Z Dylan goes for something quieter, a touch more defiant than Holiday, a bit more resigned—as broken as Holiday sounds, she was only in her early forties when she recorded her version. Bob Dylan’s Sinatra Album 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z And yet — and it is a very big yet — a sense of defiant achievement, of victory here, is conveyed through the very presence of these three, variously articulate figures. ‘Queens Row’ Review: Richard Maxwell on Life After Doomsday 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z In his industry, Milch is well known for his writing style, which blends articulate grandeur with defiant obscenity, and for his appetites. David Milch Still Has Stories to Tell 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z Like a proper terminal lance, his reply was dismissive and defiant, in keeping with what his fans might expect. A Comic Strip About the Marines: The Few, the Proud, the Bored Out of Their Minds 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z There’s a defiant purity in old snapshots, the cry of the unknown person caught on film: “I was here! I was someone!” Lee Friedlander’s ‘Family in the Picture,’ and More 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z There is an element of pre-emptive excuse making in this lyric that can be applied both to the song and the movie, a defiant equating of unpopularity with integrity. Cross-Cuts: Reconsidering Box Office Bombs Years After the Fact 2013-08-23T12:44:45Z “More expansive than interior, more defiant than dreamy, it’s a vibrant if uneven work in heated conversation with itself,” James Poniewozik wrote in his review of the first season for The New York Times. What’s on TV Friday: ‘She’s Gotta Have It’ and ‘They Shall Not Grow Old’ 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z With its skeletal narrative and desolate tone, “Bad Fever” is a low-budget oddity, a shambling study of pathological loneliness that begs for our sympathies with defiant reticence. Movie Review: ?Bad Fever,? Directed by Dustin Guy Defa 2012-02-03T01:37:26Z “They’re giving his message of ‘we’re standing alone against the giant’ with a refreshing kind of bluntness — and a hint of defiant desperation.” In wartime battle over imagery, so far it hasn’t been close 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z “Not Ready to Make Nice” was a linchpin of “Taking the Long Way,” the Chicks’ defiant but surprisingly nonpolitical response to the fray, which has sold two million copies. Two Dixie Chicks Form Court Yard Hounds 2010-04-24T02:45:00Z In a defiant email on Friday, the festival reconfirmed a press conference to announce the programme lineup in Paris on 16 April, and mentioned that accreditation applications were up 9% this year. Cannes: 'Nothing has changed' despite new ban on gatherings of over 1,000 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z A story about a woman’s defiant emergence into selfhood and her repression by a brutal husband obviously resonates differently now than it did just a year ago. Review: ‘Written on Skin,’ an Opera of Love, Betrayal and a Little Cannibalism 2018-02-11T05:00:00Z The song oscillates between muted disappointment and, on a surging chorus, defiant hope: “I’ve been known to move a little fast,” Williamson sings. Chloë Tangles With Future, and 8 More New Songs 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z The sheer relentless physicality of his performances remains astonishing, but it's his defiant vulnerability that shines through in everything he did. In a better, alternate universe, Patrick Swayze is still dancing with us 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z It's an unforgettable moment, a portrait of a community somehow resigned and defiant all at once. The boldest "Pose" episode yet: This shocking turn affirms the show's genius 2019-07-10T04:00:00Z Iran remains defiant but says it wants nuclear technology strictly for peaceful purposes. Obama, Netanyahu face struggle over Iran 'red lines' 2012-03-05T13:09:00Z A similar defiant dignity is evident in two booking photographs taken by the Chicago Police Department, part of a series made between 1936 and 1946. The Long Collusion of Photography and Crime 2016-04-09T04:00:00Z Paul Smith, the promoter behind the company has remained defiant in the face of the crackdown. Magaluf crackdown: Spanish authorities call time on drinking in the street 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z It's a testament to Gomez's enormous talents as an actor that she raises her chin and tries to look defiant, but her eyes water, her smile is forced and pretend. “Only Murders in the Building" goes shockingly dark in the making of a villain 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z To which my answer became a defiant: "Fatter." Blogging "City Island": My fat-chick manifesto 2010-04-12T16:18:00Z Anyone looking for inspiration in the fight against white hate can find plenty in these exuberant and defiant images. A collection of anti-Nazi comic book covers from the 1940s is one of the most relevant books of the year 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z It’s a gaze at once defiant and imploring; it expects no possibility of the inner understanding that’s so desperately desired and flings stifled fury at the impassive camera. “They Shall Not Grow Old,” Reviewed: The Indelible Voices in Peter Jackson’s First World War Documentary 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z When she returned, she was a touch embarrassed but also cheerfully defiant. FKA Twigs bewitches crowd at the El Rey Theatre 2014-08-13T04:00:00Z Still, it is probably preferable to carry on expressing oneself in ways that are “weird and defiant” than to slump into dreary nostalgia for a youth when one did “crazy” stuff. The Gimlet Eye: For Dazzle Dancers, It?s Clothing Optional 2010-05-19T19:42:00Z “It really helps us understand Catherine as a really defiant figure,” she added. Decoding the Defiance of Henry VIII’s First Wife 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z Like Sandra, when Malaika asked legitimate questions about whether she was required to do what the officer told her to, she was immediately deemed “defiant” and was threatened with electric shock to secure immediate compliance. The violent policing of Black motherhood: How and why cops target mothers of color 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z The defiant track not only gives the final battle a firmer edge beyond the easy grooves of the throwback needle drops, it marries contemporary recording techniques with ’90s flair, particularly through Nas’s sharp verses. How ‘Transformers: Rise of the Beasts’ Throws a ’90s Hip-Hop Party 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z What was once human, defiant and romantic is now lurching, formidable and unstable. Inception brings the trend for slow music to the big screen 2010-07-30T12:04:00Z After the 2016 election and the rancor it both introduced and revealed, that earnest notion started to seem almost defiant. Perspective | Ruth Bader Ginsburg gave us more than enough 2020-09-19T04:00:00Z Mr. West was defiant in defending his positions, but he also presented as someone fragile and in need of protection. The Battle for Kanye West Is Happening in Real Time 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z Can Michael Moore, America’s most loudly defiant doc-maker, buck the trend as he gets in on the sequel action? The march continues: why documentary sequels are on the rise 2018-03-20T04:00:00Z But its singularity is just one of the defiant personalities displayed by Italian cities. What can we learn from Italy's urban utopias? 2011-08-22T11:08:13Z The 23-year-old lives every word she utters, desperate in Take the Night Off, defiant during Once I Was an Eagle and never less than utterly real. Laura Marling – review 2013-06-18T16:38:57Z It asks, with expansive humor and fun, the most defiant, terrifying question of all. Why Harold Ramis’ “Groundhog Day” is a perfect guide to life 2014-02-25T16:32:00Z Fellow iconoclast and nightlife mainstay Bernhard will mark her 10th anniversary offering defiant merriment with “Sandy’s Holiday Extravaganza — A Decade of Madness and Mayhem” featuring the Sandyland Squad Band at 9 and 11 p.m. New Year’s Eve: A Procrastinator’s Guide to Music and Comedy Shows 2019-12-26T05:00:00Z It’s just too crude and strange to impress a large enough portion of voters; yet for a film this deliriously defiant, it’s of arguably little relevance. Why The Favourite should win the best picture Oscar 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z The film portrays Oswald as defiant, lured by the ideal of social equality to the Soviet Union where he can start anew as a young man and shed the stigma of a social outcast. Fifty years after Dallas, 'Killing Kennedy' taps into life of Oswald 2013-11-07T13:03:08Z There was Ward, defiant and angry as vehicles continued to whip by him. What was Tony Stewart thinking? 2014-08-11T04:00:00Z Owens, although usually well-behaved, can at times also be defiant, willful and immature, and Mr. James adroitly conveys his hurt and half-buried anger in subversive flashes. Review: ‘Race’ Chronicles Jesse Owens’s Rise to Olympic Glory 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z Her daughter is harder, at once more defiant and more thoroughly defeated, and Danael, who sometimes shows a soft, playful side, seems to be rushing toward a similar state. 2010-02-12T00:51:00Z Almost 20 years later, the defiant poet was elected to a seat on the union’s board. Andrei Voznesensky, 77, Celebrated Russian Poet, Dies 2010-06-01T20:19:00Z A true Viking goes down fighting while uttering a defiant wisecrack and never showing any emotion except contempt for his enemies. Review | The dauntless machismo of the Vikings 2018-07-24T04:00:00Z It was absolutely scripted and my chief concern for this episode was to tell the story of a defiant man being turned into an obedient man through grief and trauma. The Walking Dead's Andrew Lincoln on Surviving Negan’s Carnage 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z If kiddie pools are symbols of compromise, Burke’s project was a symbol of defiant resolve. The inflatable pool is the official symbol of America’s lost summer 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z But, at the same time, it has remained defiant. Argentina: What the tampon rumpus says about the troubled country 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z I think it was the Shard, rising like a defiant finger into the sky. You'll See (Me Sailing in Antarctica) – review 2012-07-11T14:56:30Z Maybe you envisioned that transition for a distant someday, but finding new clarity in a defiant smoker’s cloud is nothing to apologize for. Carolyn Hax: How to gently butt out of Grandma’s smokin’ Christmas 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z "I think the album is quietly defiant," he says. Edward Sharpe: go wild in the country 2012-07-19T20:00:03Z Bald, unrelenting and believable – entertainment and social comment stuffed into one defiant envelope. The heavyweight storylines in The Sopranos are: Tony. The Wire re-up: season five, episode seven ? The Wire v The Sopranos 2010-03-29T23:15:00Z Their heroism is a defiant step outside the church of patriarchy. Higher Ground: When God Doesn't Talk Back 2011-08-25T07:05:00Z He's blunt and bluff, stubborn and tenacious, dangerous and defiant. Partners in crime fiction 2011-07-22T08:00:02Z At the start of the 116th Congress, fashion was not merely a footnote, it was a rallying cry, a defiant gesture, a point of cultural pride — a glorious, theatrical declaration of self. Perspective | For Nancy Pelosi and the new women in Congress, fashion was a defiant statement of purpose — and resistance 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z And Chris Thorn, as Lord Capulet, is particularly rousing when, furious at his defiant daughter, he seeks to force her into an arranged marriage. Theater Review | 'Romeo and Juliet': In a Name, Unleashed and Intense 2010-02-23T23:00:00Z Baker emerges as a frightened, defiant, arrogant and entirely self-centered musician, who, by his own admission, excelled at only one thing. Review: ‘Born to Be Blue,’ Portrait of a Trumpeter as a Heroin Addict 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z This powerful singing actress adds unusual intensity to her plaintive “Song to the Moon,” Rusalka’s famed lament, suggesting the character’s defiant side more than most sopranos. The Met Opera’s ‘Rusalka’ Is a Dark, Sexy Hit 2017-02-03T05:00:00Z When the tunes turn sentimental, Liliane goes it alone—with a look, or a pair of looks, into the camera that are defiant, proud, intimate, complicit. Cultural Clicks: “Game of Thrones” Art, FKA Twigs, and Ice-Cream-Themed K-Pop 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z “He wanted to torment me and I would never allow that,” Ms. Shane said, still defiant. Jackie Shane, a Transgender Soul Pioneer, Re-emerges After Four Decades 2017-10-15T04:00:00Z His last words are a defiant pledge to retain his humanity, but it’s an open question whether we are meant to see the survival of the human race as unalloyed triumph. Theater Review: Ionesco’s ‘Rhinoceros’ at Brooklyn Academy of Music 2012-10-06T00:13:55Z Most of the photographs here suggest a defiant, personal identification with the lowly, the downtrodden and the unfashionable. Art Review: William Eggleston at Metropolitan Museum of Art 2013-05-02T21:26:29Z Mr. Arad, who started designing a memorial before there was even a competition, was invested from the start in making what he called a “stoic, defiant and compassionate” statement. How the 9/11 Memorial Changed Its Architect, Michael Arad 2011-09-04T04:19:38Z The atmosphere of defiant strength but deep vulnerability is enhanced by a poignant chart on the wall. How music helps children to deal with bereavement 2013-02-24T19:00:01Z It was during the summer, and that knot hung down the middle of my back, and looked to me like a wasp’s nest, a tornado, something small and curled-up and defiant. I reveled in my androgyny 2015-03-08T05:00:00Z It’s a defiant gesture on her part, to refuse the shroud of shame. ‘To Kill a Tiger’ Review: The Survivor Who Refused to Be Shamed 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z Three weeks since the military ousted Mubarak's elected successor, the Islamist Mohamed Mursi, street artists who want neither religious nor military rule see little place in today's exhausted Egypt for their once defiant world view. In an uncertain Egypt, street artists rein in their outrage 2013-07-23T22:06:31Z The signs, though, were there early for those who cared to notice: Mr. Putin took over independent television, punished defiant business tycoons, turned Parliament into a rubber stamp and eliminated the election of governors. Review: Walter Laqueur’s ‘Putinism’ Dissects a Canny Russian Leader 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z In a work of traditional fiction, the narrator would perhaps celebrate his outsider status and become a defiant rebel. ‘The End of Eddy’ Captures a Savage Childhood and a Global Movement 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z Performed back to back, they reiterated his defiant songwriting declaration of independence summed up in the words: “Some people want to fill the world with silly love songs/And what’s wrong with that?” Review: John Pizzarelli Channels Paul McCartney and Antônio Carlos Jobim 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z Guy was defiant - acknowledging the band's interest in, and debt to, house music but protesting they made "pop songs". Mercury Prize 2013: The nominees 2013-09-11T17:04:21Z What Lloyd responds to and what he is so defiant about is the possibility that somebody is forcing him to do something that he doesn't want to do. Thomas Haden Church on his offbeat new "Acidman" role: "There is clearly something wrong with Lloyd" 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z It's not nostalgic or particularly defiant; its blazing final chords are blurred with dissonance and unnervingly inconclusive. BBCSSO/Manze – review 2013-05-03T13:16:09Z Thus was born the Edinburgh festival fringe: defiant, independent and very much counter to the arts establishment. Edinburgh fringe 2013: are the big names stealing the show again? 2013-07-29T12:06:00Z Sheen has been defiant in his many chats — he seems to be talking to everyone — but Lohan strikes a different tone in her exclusive chat with “Extra.” Lindsay Lohan to 'Extra': I'm putting recovery first 2011-03-01T14:55:38Z It's also a belligerent and defiant record made by a junkie. John Murry: 'We praise self-destruction' 2013-06-04T18:00:01Z For Ms. Bouder, this practice has helped make her jumps famous, defiant of gravity as she seems to hang in the air. The Place to Challenge Ballet’s Gender Stereotypes? In Daily Class 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z As old comments resurfaced, Hart was initially defiant, declining to apologize. Ellen DeGeneres: Academy Should Reinstate Kevin Hart as Oscars Host 2019-01-04T05:00:00Z He sang into a microphone, wearing a dress of tulle, in a kind of defiant karaoke fantasy, but more than that, he made his material sing, transmuting it into emotional expression. Dance Review: Miguel Gutierrez Performs at the Whitney Biennial 2014-04-25T21:44:58Z Perhaps this is just the last defiant cry of a defeated Imperial-sponsored bounty hunter, determined to give our hero the glooms about her chances of victory before departing this mortal coil. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story – five things learned from the first trailer 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z The lines “a final solution / that failed again” encapsulate the poet’s defiant view that Biafra will survive the genocidal onslaught from Nigeria. Nigerian writers compare genocide of Igbos to the Holocaust 2019-02-18T05:00:00Z If anything can define Mr. Zorn and his work, it is his stance as a defiant outsider — even upon his big moment of insider acceptance. Turning 60, John Zorn Sees His Eclecticism as a Musical Norm 2013-07-10T12:00:01Z He sets the tone on the opening “Cashback,” his bold strut underpinning Cherry’s defiant sneer: “Do I look like I’m for sale?” Album review: Neneh Cherry, 'The Cherry Thing' 2012-07-02T03:07:00Z As Wink, a role that could stumble into brutality, Henry locates pain and nuance, and a love for the defiant child he could have abandoned. Beasts of the Southern Wild: A Child's Garden of Wonders 2012-06-26T10:45:42Z We were informed ... that their singing and dancing was only to sustain each other – that there was nothing defiant in their last moments ... The real thing 2010-08-10T08:08:00Z She was a wilful, stubborn woman, more fiercely so than I first realised; 25 years later, I'd discover just how defiant my closest girlfriend could be, even in the face of the undeniable. Lionel Shriver: How I failed my best friend 2010-03-20T00:11:00Z Several posted a defiant photograph of themselves on social media, extending their middle fingers to the camera. Anger for ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ Cast, and a Black Eye for Its Promoter 2014-05-31T04:00:00Z In these works Odets declares open war on American capitalism in all its manifestations, expressing a defiant hostility to bourgeois values. Rocket to the Moon revived 2011-03-19T00:06:40Z And the defiant political stands for which she became famous are entirely consistent with that identity and its long American heritage. An Appraisal: The Adrienne Rich Beyond the Anger 2012-03-30T17:31:51Z Her tone is severe and defiant but the content has the whiff of a scholar’s counterargument. | 'Desdemona': ?Desdemona? at Lincoln Center White Light Festival - Review 2011-11-03T22:47:19Z One person looks above it, his green eyes hopeful and defiant, his cheeks scarred with acne and the barest hint of stubble. Transgender Portraits and the Things a Body Won’t Tell 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z He was steadfast in his devotion to his friends, including his beloved mentor, Dumbledore, but he was also defiant when necessary, breaking the rules, risking his safety and acting out of impulsiveness and anger. FILM: Babies to Heroes: A Field Guide to Big-Screen Men 2011-07-27T12:00:10Z The defiant Tammé, who disappears into her character as the bout begins, shatters when she sees her son’s horrified expression at watching his mother bound around a wrestling ring to entertain jeering strangers. On “GLOW,” Welfare Queen vs. Liberty Belle is a fight bigger than the ring 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z By most accounts, he was difficult and defiant with the press. Review | Will we ever really, truly know Prince? 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z But the protagonists' resilience and defiant bravery shout down that darkness, and their adventures stand in rebuke of structural forces aligned against them, whether manmade or supernatural. "Lovecraft Country" is an intoxicating, myth-shattering hero's journey through a map of Black fear 2020-08-16T04:00:00Z The Shahids are back in Paris and a chance revelation makes Nora’s role in their lives cruelly clear, setting this Everywoman of a certain age ablaze with defiant resolution to finally begin living. Claire Messud’s ‘The Woman Upstairs’: reawakening, infatuation, betrayal 2013-05-08T21:18:30Z An agitated and occasionally defiant emotional mood throughout is clear, even if the facts are not. Review | Akram Khan delivers a powerful indictment of war in ‘Xenos’ at the Kennedy Center 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z Despite the poor reviews, Fortune topped the iTunes album chart after its release on Tuesday, and Brown has been defiant. Chris Brown's 'Fortune' a miss for critics 2012-07-04T02:06:16Z “It was my first defiant act,” he said. Hoop Dreams of His Own Design 2010-12-10T16:55:00Z A defiant, even joyous, two fingers to the denizens of stylistic purity … Alfred Schnittke What constitutes musical truth? A guide to the music of Alfred Schnittke 2013-04-29T15:12:17Z But looking back, comedy is inherently defiant and comics are inherently anti-authority and push the boundaries. Maz Jobrani doesn't miss Trump jokes: He wasn't just bad for America, he was bad for comedy 2021-01-30T05:00:00Z This Aunt Lydia is publicly devout but privately defiant, outwardly pious but inwardly sardonic. Review | Praise be: Margaret Atwood has published a sequel to ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z These figures are defiant but tender; they are beautiful warriors. Alison Saar on Transforming Outrage Into Art 2020-11-05T05:00:00Z In Magpie, there is a defiant sheen to Orton's swooning vocals. Beth Orton: Sugaring Season – review 2012-09-27T20:50:01Z Late Sicilian Baroque was a defiant answer to nature’s wrath, an ambitious affirmation of wealth and faith, delivered by an all-powerful local aristocracy. Cultured Traveler: On a Road Trip in Sicily, Churches Everywhere 2013-05-31T18:22:52Z The model appears defiant, punching the air, glaring at the lens and delivering what is now known as "attitude", but back then would have appeared threatening, radical. Terence Donovan Fashion edited by Diana Donovan and David Hillman – review 2012-12-16T00:05:04Z And a child left alone in a hot car should never set foot outside the car for cooler air, lest they get a whupping for being defiant. “I’ll bust you in the head till the white meat shows”: Stand-up comedy, black families and corporal punishment 2017-03-25T04:00:00Z A mix of the thrilling and the mundane, they bear witness to unheralded lives caught in a sweeping historical narrative whose prejudice, racism and defiant politics reverberate today. Huntington Library sets out to decode thousands of Civil War telegrams hidden for a century: 'It's mind-boggling' 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z I still think of this mostly as the start of the notorious gold tooth phase, but its defiant pansexuality was ahead of its time. Madonna at 60: From Material Girl to Golden Girl, on her own terms 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z But Plaza is so funny, and so defiant in her laid-back, eye-rolling way, that she practically sabotages the movie. Review: Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates May Not Be Progressive—Is It Still OK to Laugh? 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z Recorded before she was diagnosed with cancer, the words "I'm not scared" sound eerie and prophetically defiant. F&M playlist 2011-04-07T22:00:02Z The red circles, painted on gateposts and trees, depicted the man himself, looking keen, gaunt and defiant, his aquiline nose pointing us in the right direction. In Italy, a poetic walk in Dante’s footsteps 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z Alison Wonderland played a set of heaving, defiant tempo changes moving amid hip-hop, trap and brief pop interjections, and did some scratching on digital turntables. Review: Electric Zoo, a Menagerie Designed for Dancing 2015-09-06T04:00:00Z Dances, choreographed by Faye Driscoll, become cathartic exercises in frustration, as well as defiant assertions of strength by a woman who has watched both of her parents lose their mobility. | 'The Truth: A Tragedy': Cynthia Hopkins Excavates Her Father?s Life 2010-05-14T04:08:00Z In a defiant speech to a room full of officials, Samba paraphrases Lenin, declaring that “Socialism is the Soviets, plus electrification, plus the twist!” ‘Dancing the Twist in Bamako’ Review: Youth in Revolt 2023-02-22T05:00:00Z The women of “Groupies” are composed and sensual but also keenly aware that they are being gazed upon; their vamping seems centered upon a kind of defiant, come-at-this stare. Reconsidering the Rock Groupie 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z Short of bringing out a bazooka, he relied on defiant intensity to evoke the spirit of Beethoven as revolution. Beethoven sounds a defiant tone at the Bowl 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z Jafar Panahi in This Is Not a Film: 'uplifting, defiant, heartbreaking and ultimately irrepressible'. Mark Kermode's DVD round-up 2013-02-24T00:05:28Z Dylan's grim Everything Is Broken, from her highly praised new album Thankful N' Thoughtful, becomes a defiant funk up-yours; a haunted blues version of Gnarls Barkley's Crazy is freaky and confrontational. Bettye LaVette - review 2012-12-12T18:00:33Z Hepburn lived life with her chin jutted proudly upwards, defiant, uncompromising and courageous. Hadley Freeman's 10 awesome women: from Katharine Hepburn to Miss Piggy 2013-04-22T15:38:00Z The opera works best when hints of defiant idealism are allowed to creep in. 5 Things to Do This Weekend 2021-05-20T04:00:00Z Although Sarkozy has attempted to remain defiant, vowing publicly not to abandon his reform plans, this has had little effect on his popularity. Sarkozy sparks party revolt as voters lose confidence in him 2010-04-03T23:07:00Z That’s why the defiant president swatted away a question about the backlash to his Berghdahl deal at his Brussels press conference Thursday. Fox News’ POW slur: How loopy GOP grandstanding is Obama’s secret Bergdahl weapon 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z You’ll see it in the defiant eyes of a man lurching out of a second line in Pigeon Town. Critic?s Notebook: Seeking Tastes of the ?Real? New Orleans 2010-04-28T04:17:00Z I don’t think most parents want compliant children, and I don’t think they want defiant children. This Life: Modifying a Child’s Behavior Without Resorting to Bribes – This Life 2013-01-11T21:30:51Z The flower installation oozes a delicate but defiant autobiographical dimension. '@Large: Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz' a powerful meditation on repression 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z The affecting “Coverage” is quiet and defiant at once. Review: Stephen Petronio Pledges Allegiance to a Dance Lineage 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z Her hair is cropped short, her eyes are skeptical, defiant. Is Kamala Harris Generation X’s first vice president, or just another boomer? 2021-01-13T05:00:00Z Most powerful, however, is Nancy's own voice, carefully recorded by Gillies in nightly diary entries, a voice that is at times cantankerous, bewildered and defiant. The raw horror of Alzheimer's 2010-06-01T20:00:00Z In the second, a defiant young woman narrowly escapes the clutches of her hateful parents. Music Review: Norbert Leo Butz Sings in ‘Girls, Girls, Girls’ 2013-06-23T20:04:16Z But as Burnat's camera captures defiant chants in the protagonists' village accent, or rocks being hurled at fleeing Israeli jeeps, ecstatic applause filled the hall. Oscar nod for protest film cheers Palestinians 2013-01-29T12:24:00Z What follows is a guide to the highlights of a defiant, resilient, precarious and exciting new season of art — and its society — in New York. Art Fairs Come Blazing Back, Precarious but Defiant 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z The message is defiant, but it’s delivered in an oddly calm, almost dispassionate voice. Defiant Showman Demands His ?Wow? 2011-06-03T15:21:47Z On the other hand, they make the life of the creative dissident truly adventurous, stimulating a defiant heroism that western writers in the late Soviet era found inspiring. The best art is born from democracy 2010-04-07T11:48:00Z Witherspoon’s Strayed is, at times, even more abrasive and defiant than the Strayed in the book. Reese Witherspoon Isn't Nice and Wholesome in "Wild," and That’s What Makes it Great 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z Her being a pig affords fat fans the opportunity to reclaim that barb with defiant irony – she invented glorifying obesity. The ‘perfect body’ is a lie. I believed it for a long time and let it shrink my life 2016-05-08T04:00:00Z She is a sensation: she brings to the role beauty, vulnerability and a stubborn – potentially defiant – serenity. Actor Vicky Krieps: ‘I spent a whole day staring into greenery to avoid Daniel Day-Lewis’ 2018-01-21T05:00:00Z Clocking in at a spare 38 minutes, "Lazaretto" is at various times explosive, pensive and defiant. Jack White's 'Lazaretto' taps Nashville for songs' wellspring 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z Like Sheen, that character used lofty, pedantic language to construct a defiant, larger-than-life persona and mask a roiling sea of inner anguish. Charlie Sheen wants $10 million for tell-all memoir 2011-02-26T16:27:00Z Messing up as part of a team was “excruciating,” says Bareilles, whose first radio hit, “Love Song,” was an upbeat, defiant ode to independence as she resisted label-sanctioned writing habits. ‘The most welcoming safe space on the planet’: How Sara Bareilles returned to her roots in theater 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z I wanted her to be as enraged and defiant as I was about what was happening. The power of this Iranian protest song at the Grammys ... and around the world 2023-02-04T05:00:00Z “It was almost a militant, defiant statement about the movie.” Gabourey Sidibe Doesn’t Want to Talk About Her Body 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z Wake Up the Nation's beautifully defiant song Trees was inspired by Weller seeing his "best friend" withering away in a respite home. Paul Weller: the upsetter 2010-08-26T20:30:00Z To its director, Scott Waugh, and all those responsible for resurrecting this dormant action franchise, the middle finger gestures toward this fourth installment’s intended style: macho, smirky and defiant. ‘Expend4bles’ Review: Band of Meatheads 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z The women who emerge from these pages range from cautious pragmatists to defiant idealists. Freedom force 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z Such a proud, defiant, exultant posture could only be for show? Danny La Rue's Queen of Hearts: from the Guardian archive, 21 December 1972 2012-12-21T07:30:00Z Yet, in death, Leon Klinghoffer became a public figure, an innocent but defiant hero, lost to what still seems the never-ending conflict in the Middle East. John Adams’s ‘Death of Klinghoffer’ at the Metropolitan Opera 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z "The Fighter" offers two sterling supporting-actress performances from Leo as Ward and Eklund's doting but domineering mother and Adams as Ward's tough, defiant girlfriend. 'The King's Speech' gets 12 Oscar nominations 2011-01-25T14:00:55Z “They’re not threatening or defiant. They look tired and sad, a little geeky, people you might run into in the teacher’s lounge or at the laundromat.” Richard Avedon’s Wall-Size Ambitions 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z Abo Rabieh's images portray defiant protesters, veiled women, a detainee forced to kneel in a stress position and captors taunting their prisoners with a macabre dance of death – all drawn from everyday experience. Smuggled out of Syria to show London, the art of war 2012-11-23T12:17:17Z He calls it La Tartaruga, or The Tortoise — a venerable creature, old as time, filled with defiant life. Special Report: Art in Perspective: Postwar Italians Find Their Niche 2011-03-03T12:30:05Z Shot all across the country, Landreth's candid portraits are variously wistful, defiant or exuberant. Two 'Hide/Seek' offshoots in Seattle, at Greg Kucera and Photo Center NW 2012-04-26T20:13:04Z Their sculpted faces were full of expression; some looked defiant, others withdrawn. New Orleans celebrates 300 years of letting the good times roll 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z Its tone is defiant and triumphant, using quotations from Churchill and Pericles to justify the bombings. Bomber Command memorial – review 2012-06-23T23:05:21Z The actors perform adjectives instead of characters: a photographer is "perky"; a young woman is "buxom"; a dosser is "downtrodden" or "defiant"; a policeman – like much of the dialogue – is "plodding". The Captain of Köpenick; Pierrepoint: The Hangman's Tale – review 2013-02-10T00:05:21Z She looks simultaneously defiant and vulnerable – a perfectly apt combination for a musician, poet, painter and photographer whose art has always been as much about grace as ferocity. Patti Smith: how she rocks our world 2012-05-26T23:15:26Z Some of the content was in sync with the defiant tenor of radical times, some was more circumspect. Charles F. Harris, 81, Dies; Led Effort to Publish Work by Black Writers 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z This is a stirring requiem for the dead, shot through with defiant life. Review: ‘It’s a Sin’ Tells the Stories That Were and Could Have Been 2021-02-17T05:00:00Z Your child will become more obstinate, more aggressive and more defiant. How can I get my 2-year-old to stop hitting? 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z Maybe it’s a defiant cry from a writer who has accused his younger self of being bashful, diffident and very, very repressed. Books of The Times: ?Smut: Stories? by Alan Bennett ? Review 2011-12-29T23:29:06Z Three women stare down from the gallery wall - colorful, defiant and imbued with a spirit of working for the many not the few. Stirring portraits of communist Albania's women recall different reality 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z Teaching a dialect, therefore, is seen by many as a defiant homage to what was lost. Hawaiian, Gaelic, Yiddish: so you want to learn an endangered language on Duolingo? 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z The celebration of the dead that followed was only moderately joyous, hardly grotesque, far from frivolous and essentially defiant. A Venezuelan life force for the Master Chorale's Day of the Dead program 2017-10-31T04:00:00Z But those bookends are clues to both her defiant independence of spirit and her versatility within the pop idiom, and show precisely why she should be treasured. Robyn: Body Talk Pt 1 2010-06-11T00:15:00Z He was simultaneously subtle and shattering in his defiant Act III aria. Music Review: ‘Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny’ at Manhattan School 2013-04-25T21:26:01Z He’s a formidable adversary for the defiant Lizzie, and a much more careful investigator than the police. Review: ‘The Lizzie Borden Chronicles,’ a Lifetime Series Starring Christina Ricci 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z Sometimes I emerge from such second-guessing in full hairshirt mode — the fault is mine, not the show’s — and at other times I maintain a stubbornly defiant front worthy of steely Matilda herself. ArtsBeat: Theater Talkback: In the Minority 2013-04-18T18:08:01Z The film is notable for its poignant close-ups, many of which feature a defiant and tearful Falconetti in what New Yorker film critic Pauline Kael wrote "may be the finest performance ever recorded on film." L.A. Master Chorale opens season with 'Passion of Joan of Arc' pairing 2014-10-18T04:00:00Z In addition to its star turn in “Tár,” there is “Decision to Leave,” a fast-paced detective thriller by the South Korean director Park Chan-wook that makes defiant use of the symphony’s fourth movement. Mahler’s Having a Moment. He’s Got Lydia Tár to Thank for It. 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z And "Real Men" Tori is tomboyish and defiant, in a power outfit: a white suit and wide belt. Tori Amos' "Strange Little Girls" is a quietly triumphant covers collection that endures 20 years on 2021-09-19T04:00:00Z Onstage, in front of red block letters spelling out her first name, Ms. Griffin wore the blue dress from the fateful photo, and appeared defiant one moment, shook up the next. Kathy Griffin’s Wild Show: Defiant, Shaken, Then Fainting 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z Despite calls for him to step down, a defiant Moore remains in the race, campaigning under the inspirational slogan “Yes, he’s a pervert creep, but he’s OUR pervert creep.” Dave Barry’s Year in Review: Russia Mania, covfefe and the Category 5 weirdness of 2017 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z It’s messy and harsh, defiant and awkward — like life. Review: Eiko, Dancing With Friends and With the Dead 2022-04-17T04:00:00Z It’s both African and American, joyful and defiant. Theater Review: ‘Mother Africa’ Is Dance, Music and the Circus All in One 2013-12-11T23:52:44Z And the defiant Malian musicians depicted in “They Will Have to Kill Us First: Malian Music in Exile” will be familiar to anyone who saw the recent film “Timbuktu.” Movie Listings for July 31-Aug. 6 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z Her delicately defiant performance won her the National Board of Review’s Best Supporting Actress award. Remembering Ruby Dee: A Life of Artistry and Activism 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z Part artwork, part memorial, part journalistic campaign, it was conceived in defiant riposte to the authorities who refused to release clear figures. Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry – review 2012-08-09T20:31:01Z Campbell defiant over car episode Naomi Campbell said she "will not be held hostage" to her past misdemeanors after hearing a New York chauffeur will not press criminal charges against her. Campbell defiant over car episode 2010-03-05T09:53:00Z In her narration, she plays a confident, defiant future version of Plum. The Fashion Closet, Seen From Inside and Out 2018-07-01T04:00:00Z Next up was an ambitious rock opera, “The Black Parade,” with Mr. Way casting himself as the Patient, a dying, defiant, messianic narrator. Gerard Way Talks About His Comeback Album, ‘Hesitant Alien.’ 2014-10-18T04:00:00Z He is defiant and unapologetic and on occasion displays what might be called chutzpah to avoid punishment. Scandals usually end political careers. Not Joe Morrissey’s. 2015-08-17T04:00:00Z “I’m going to die at this market,” said Ms. Beverlin, with a defiant smile and that laugh. How to Tell if That Peach Is Ripe? Ask Southern California’s ‘Produce Hunter’ 2019-08-26T04:00:00Z And yet there was something profoundly moving and sincere about Le Carré's defiant desire to remain unknown. John Le Carr?: A Life Unmasked ? review 2010-12-10T21:45:00Z The best drummer of his generation still has his idiosyncratic skills intact, playing those distinctive rolls with a defiant looseness. The Stone Roses live at Warrington Parr Hall – review 2012-05-24T09:45:09Z Moving from topic to topic, he reveals the answer to a child's defiant declaration: "I didn't ask to be born." Bill Cosby muses on life in latest book 2012-01-12T16:42:47Z They're interested in girls and social media rather than cutting hair and provide an amusing glimpse into a shoddy work place with defiant, young employees. Smokey's Barbers - review 2013-07-09T13:40:42Z This kind of crossover success, for a shoe as fashion defiant as the Hopara, is further evidence that consumers aren’t looking for footwear that serves a singular need. Weird Times Call for Even Weirder Shoes 2020-06-24T04:00:00Z In a defiant statement, Sanders called the suit “more grandstanding from CNN” and said the White House will “vigorously” defend itself. CNN sues White House to regain access for reporter Jim Acosta 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z Sinatra returns with a more defiant reading of the bridge, and by the end, he’s whispering the title line as an endearment to the woman who controls him. The All-TIME 100 Songs 2011-10-24T09:00:29Z But he fails either to consider what sort of defiant political struggle would force recognition or what an individual solution might look like. Wesley Yang and the Search for Asian-American Visibility 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z When David Bowie died on Sunday, he left behind legions of fans who will remember him as the godfather of glam rock and the patron saint of defiant outcasts. Was He Gay, Bisexual or Bowie? Yes 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z It’s half a defiant l’chaim, half an outtake from “The Producers.” Review: ‘Transparent’ and Its Unsettling Technicolor Dream Theater 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z Lou’s failure to recognize those laws is somewhere between willfully defiant and dangerously naïve. ‘Fargo’ Season 2, Episode 3: Small-Timers and City-Slickers 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z I think certain institutions have toughened up, become more defiant and actually started to do more and more interesting and daring work. Playwright Alistair McDowall: Anything can happen 2013-06-05T07:53:11Z These images are by turn — and sometimes all at once — bold, unflinching, poetic, familiar, cloaked, direct, joyful, defiant, mischievous and suspicious. Foot soldiers and unheralded leaders of the Black Panthers 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z Wallis was a surprise Oscar nominee for her first acting role in mythical drama "Beasts of the Southern Wild," playing a defiant young girl in an impoverished Louisiana bayou community. Lawrence, Chastain, Riva in Oscar battle of youth versus experience 2013-02-20T12:12:16Z The opera tells of the defiant Cato’s conflicts with the emperor Julius Caesar, come to crisis in the North African city of Utica. Classical Music Listings for Nov. 27-Dec. 3 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z On the outside, Díaz is defiant and willful, stubborn and reckless, yet inside she’s a lonely, confused girl who just wants to please, to do the right thing. Abused, Addicted, Biracial and Queer: Jaquira Díaz Is Anything but ‘Ordinary’ 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z I was, from as far back as I could remember myself, a very defiant individualist who had little affinity for the masses. Jamaican, gay and Ayn Rand made it OK: My amazing “Atlas Shrugged” love story 2014-04-25T23:00:00Z Ms. Williams flashed a defiant look and held her ground: “Stanley Tucci is universal.” In ‘2 Dope Queens’ a Duo Muses Over Life, and Stanley Tucci 2015-11-29T05:00:00Z At 100 metres, the Gormley is defiant, standing up to everything, bring it on; close up he's vulnerable, lost perhaps. Antony Gormley poses lofty questions in the Austrian mountains 2010-07-30T16:35:00Z In the crucial opening scene Samantha Young emphasizes Cordelia’s defiant rectitude, giving little hint of the profound love underlying her reticence. | 'King Lear' : The Old, Inexorable Story of a King?s Disintegration 2011-07-17T21:53:11Z By now the title is almost defiant, daring you to view childbirth as routine. TV review: One Born Every Minute; Brain Doctors 2013-02-14T07:00:13Z As she gauges just how badly she wants to go on living, she hashes out some personal issues with her hubby’s hallucinated ghost and confronts childhood trauma in a defiant grasp at self-determination. The 10 scariest Netflix original movies 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z When Mr. Webb showed the boy how to lift the hoof easily, the teenager, who had been defiant, softened, asking, “How did you do that?” More Spas Offer Equine Therapy 2012-07-13T17:35:58Z She looks exhilarated, frightened, exhausted, confused, defiant, more. Cristin Milioti Is No One’s Accessory 2021-03-26T04:00:00Z It's important to remember the resistance to just one black man's enrolling at Ole Miss. After the Supreme Court ruled that Meredith must be admitted to the university, Mississippi's racist and defiant Gov. 'Safe From the Neighbors': A fascinating novel set in civil-rights-era Mississippi 2010-04-21T23:47:00Z It is a defiant, 68-minute hit of the good stuff off the top shelf, and it announces Gundersen as a potent artist coming into his own. Noah Gundersen shines on his new album ‘White Noise’ 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z At the urging of Frances’s mother, who was fearful that they would be captured with such a defiant marionette as they tried to outrace the Nazis, they buried the puppet in their backyard. The Saga of a World War II Ancestor of Miss Piggy, Bert and Yoda 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z The main exception is Camille A. Brown’s defiant choreography for the play “Choir Boy.” There’s Great Dance on Broadway. Hello, Tony Awards? 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z Consider the oppositional defiant disorder diagnosis: “The disturbance in behavior causes clinically significant impairment in social, educational, or vocational activities.” Temple Grandin on DSM-5: “Sounds like diagnosis by committee” 2013-05-18T12:30:00Z The first song from Beyoncé’s album due July 29, “Renaissance,” has a clubby house beat and an attitude that equates defiant self-determination with salvation. Beyoncé’s Dance-Floor Salvation, and 12 More New Songs 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z The defiant stance of “All This Music Must Fade” is sagely balanced by “Ball and Chain,” a soul-rending protest song about the ethics of maintaining a military prison in a foreign locale. The Who knows you're gonna hate this song: Still defiant on new studio album "Who" 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z The band’s quirky second album, “Surfing Strange,” chronicled crumbling relationships with the musical equivalent of a matador’s defiant stare. Pop, Rock & Cabaret Listings for Feb. 13-19 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z Their first album, “Licensed to Ill,” was a breakthrough not just for its defiant party vibe but for its knowing wit, its infectious, irresistible and distinctive charm. Donna Summer: Disco diva and rocker 2012-05-18T01:26:00Z She also has a vocal overdrive gear when she needs it; the modern bluesy edge to Iman’s singing works just fine, and her defiant showdowns with Warlow’s persistent knight have a wonderful undercurrent of curiosity. Shakespeare Theater Company’s ‘La Mancha’ lances its mark 2015-03-24T04:00:00Z That may sound resigned, yet the painter looks as defiant as she does vulnerable in a self-portrait called “Meat.” Review | In the galleries: Studies in ‘anti-landscapes’ and seeing the unseen 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z The blues harmonica player Sugar Blue is perhaps best and least known for his contribution to rock 'n' roll — the defiant and despondent solo he played on the Rolling Stones hit "Miss You." Sugar Blue played harp with the Rolling Stones 2011-01-06T22:10:05Z Instrumental music is unequalled among the arts in its magnificent, even defiant abstractness. From fact to fantasie: discovering the real Schumann 2013-05-18T08:01:32Z Mr. West, on the other hand, was defiant. In Kanye West, the Right Sees Truth-Telling and a Rare A-List Ally 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z There is something vaguely punk, or at least defiant, about an experimental choreographer turning to classical music today. Dance: D D Dorvillier’s Beethoven Piece at the Kitchen 2012-09-23T04:57:45Z It’s a defiant, tender and vital work of art, and a watershed moment for American opera. Review | With debut of ‘Fire Shut Up in My Bones’ at the Met, a watershed moment for American opera 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z “Road to Nowhere,” the latest from the 77-year-old Mr. Hellman, isn’t “MASH,” but it is enigmatic, elliptical, defiant of formula and possesses his almost perverse aversion to commerciality. Arts & Leisure Preview: Monte Hellman to Release a New Film, ?Road to Nowhere? 2010-05-15T02:25:00Z BBC One controller Charlotte Moore called it a "defiant, ballsy account of a 28-year-old woman who is newly married, life is all going very well, and then her life absolutely explodes with this diagnosis." Smith to play cancer blogger Lynch 2014-02-28T00:58:33Z A young black soldier in uniform and a tattooed youth in jeans and a T-shirt adopt a similar stance, part defiant, part relaxed. American beauty: Vanessa Winship's photos of US life 2013-05-27T15:00:39Z While a lot of kids were becoming slowly immune to violence from watching too many cartoons, I was being kept fully alert by defiant lyrics. Turn down the music? You’d better ask my punk parents 2015-12-12T05:00:00Z Even though some of the defiant attitude of her early songs emerges as the song progresses — and she puts on her once-trademark Chuck Taylors — mostly she’s shedding her old awkward teenage poses. Spring Performance: Music : Pop Sirens Flirt With Today And Yesterday 2011-02-20T02:00:59Z As in Divine Intervention, I sensed that it was a cultural and emotional resistance to the Israeli state: not rage, but a defiant buoyancy of spirit, a flower in the gun barrel of oppression. Film review: The Time That Remains 2010-05-27T21:25:00Z “UNDERGROUND POP” at the Parrish Art Museum is yet more proof that art’s defiant, antisocial side is not quite dead yet. The Week Ahead: Aug. 8 ? 14 2010-08-04T19:06:00Z The swipes, 40 for $34, can lure even the most defiant child into holding still to get protected, and are easy to hand out to adults clutching Coronas. Skin Deep: Beauty and the Beach 2011-06-22T21:29:54Z The black people shaping the culture have grown not just comfortable in their blackness but also defiant in its depiction, insistent in its inextricability from their art. Defining, and Proclaiming, a New Black Power 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z Acutely aware of class differences, ethnic stereotypes and discrimination, the gangsters are bitter but defiant about their outsider status. Movie Review: In ‘Easy Money: Hard to Kill,’ Wily Social Climber Is Back 2014-02-13T23:26:19Z Hanson’s abiding interest in beauty, his ease with playing the heartstrings and his unabashed sentimentality in this piece still register as defiant as they do disarming. Review | Lang Lang and the NSO delight a comeback crowd at the Kennedy Center 2021-09-19T04:00:00Z Delivered right at the end of their pulverising set, that "la"-ridden chorus sounded bigger than ever with every defiant Fire fan shouting it at the moon. F&M Playlist 2010-09-02T21:30:00Z The participants, many natives of the area and others who know it well, struck a defiant tone in asking for help to rebuild sections of the New York metropolitan area devastated by the storm. Like 9/11 concert, musicians turn out for Sandy 2012-12-13T12:55:14Z Huppert is a defiant colonial matriarch striving to keep her family and plantation together. This week's new film releases 2010-07-02T23:06:00Z The subjects adopt defiant poses, hold babies and clutch deadly weapons — not unlike, say, a turn-of-the-century image of a proud Masai warrior or a Native American Indian with spears and arrows. Bodies Altered in Pursuit of Beauty 2010-03-31T16:05:00Z It traces her development as a painter over the course of two decades, from the famed images of unruly, tormented but defiant female flesh, to recent works that see her striking out in fresh directions. This week's new exhibitions 2012-06-22T23:06:30Z She puts her stamp on a jazzy arrangement of Ms. Mitchell’s “Case of You,” by giving the words “still be on my feet” a defiant emphasis. Music Review: Woman for All Seasons, Ballads and Emotions 2011-05-10T21:30:25Z And as with so many practitioners of identity politics, literary or otherwise, while one side of her banner defiantly exclaims, “We Are!,” the other side, equally defiant, admonishes: “Don’t Lump Us.” Considering Margaret Atwood and Uneasy Sisterhood 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z “Atlanta” is the best analogue to hip-hop I’ve ever seen on TV — the storytelling is playful, defiant, dissonant, magical, tragic, decadent and triumphant, all at once. Rap Disrupted Music First. Now It’s TV and Film. 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z The movie compellingly combines elegy, tragedy, urgency and a defiant euphoria. Prowling panthers, paranormal spies and vengeful ice-skaters: must-see movies of 2018 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z Embedded within this cycle of reluctant acceptance was Reed's defiant, sometimes downright icy public persona. Lou Reed, legendary rock pioneer, dead at 71 2013-10-27T22:51:00Z In his memoir, Poitier wrote that he didn’t have a responsibility to be “angry and defiant,” even if he often felt those emotions. Sidney Poitier changed movies, and changed lives 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z "She is about standing by her culture, standing by her family, both being totally defiant but absolutely sweet and caring," he said. Indie film "Beasts" a fearless success 2012-06-27T18:09:33Z But Mattingly met the moment with music that teemed with defiant, unflappable hope for the future. At 75, the Ojai Music Festival Stays Focused on the Future 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z One floor below, Degas’s defiant “Little Dancer,” all beiges and bronze browns, but undoubtedly a white child, is mirrored in pose by Yinka Shonibare’s life-size mannequin “Girl Ballerina,” in colorful tutu, bodice and tights. Real, or Too Real? A Dazzling Show Goes the Way of All Flesh 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z Is the only authentic food the kind that gets served in tiny taquerias and food trucks so defiant of mainstream culture that most customers don’t know they exist, let alone where to find them? The kimchi revolution: How Korean-American chefs are changing food culture 2014-04-07T23:00:00Z Every life is so, but Lanzmann’s encounters with chance were particularly forthright and defiant. Claude Lanzmann Changed the History of Filmmaking with “Shoah” 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z So entwined was hockey with patriotism that the defeat left a mark and exposed the deep strands of national pride prevalent today in the defiant politics of Russian President Vladimir Putin. 'Red Army' explores Russia's soul through Olympic hockey, Slava Fetisov 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z She hit a chord that was at once wise and understanding, confused and contradictory, defiant and fragile. Lykke Li's dramatic, confident star turn 2011-05-24T16:07:20Z Singing playfully defiant songs, Ms. McKay’s magical little-girl voice conveyed a poignant sense of loss that underlined how the antiwar movement of the time often expressed itself in deceptively happy music. Review: Nellie McKay Goes Retro to Days of Song and Psychedelia 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z More expansive than interior, more defiant than dreamy, it’s a vibrant if uneven work in heated conversation with itself. Review: ‘She’s Gotta Have It’ on Netflix Is a Bold Reboot From Spike Lee 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z But the woman is defiant and there’s room for a little bit of humor in her defiance. David Mackenzie Narrates a Scene From ‘Hell or High Water’ 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z This concerto is known as a defiant oxymoron, a ravishingly beautiful twelve-tone piece — not only is it beautiful, but it incorporates a folk tune and, yes, a Bach chorale. Review | Noseda ends his NSO season with 3 B’s, and a bang 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z Seated at a desk with his attorney, Simpson was by turns affable and testy, humbled and defiant. O.J. Simpson is granted parole, closing another chapter in a neverending saga 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z Much of his stuff was so resolutely ugly that it too shone with a defiant sort of beauty. Books Of the Times: ‘Fire in the Belly,’ on David Wojnarowicz, by Cynthia Carr 2012-07-19T21:57:47Z Jones harnesses the twin forces of destruction and creation to generate these works of defiant beauty. Works of defiant beauty by Samuel Levi Jones 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z A defiant Evita on the northern facade harangues the city’s wealthy oligarchs, while on the south facade, facing a poor area, she is smiling. Eva Per?n?s Buenos Aires 2012-03-09T21:57:43Z There's something defiant about the way most of the album is set to music roughly approximate to chart pop, Auto-Tuned vocals and all. Best albums of 2012: 20–11 2012-11-28T09:00:00Z Many readers, however, would argue that the punk movement actually owed a huge debt to the Who’s defiant attitude and brash, propulsive sound. Books of The Times: ‘Who I Am: A Memoir,’ by Pete Townshend 2012-10-09T00:36:11Z Ms. Calderoni, who shifts from Haemon to Antigone, keeps taking off layers of clothes and writing messages on her body, striking a defiant punk figure of naked aggression. Critic?s Notebook: Going Under the Radar, and Into the Unknown 2011-01-11T23:53:39Z Though we all enjoyed her defiant smash, "Rehab," it was a deep cry for help. 'Amy' documentary looks squarely in the face of Amy Winehouse's demons 2015-07-03T04:00:00Z Instead, Ms. Hambling offers a defiant image of the kind of women Wollstonecraft called “neither heroines nor brutes; but reasonable creatures.” A Naked Statue for a Feminist Hero? 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z The opening “Holy Grail” set the tone, with yearning and hurt in Timberlake’s voice, Jay Z defiant and ticked off. Justin Timberlake and Jay Z at Soldier Field concert review 2013-07-22T14:57:00Z She flashes a smile from beneath all her hair, happy but defiant – and for a moment she looks exactly like the girl in the music videos. Little Mix's Jesy Nelson on surviving the trolls: 'People were saying horrific things' 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z He remained defiant, accusing prosecutors of using innuendo and faulty evidence to convict them. West Memphis 3 freed after 18 years in prison 2011-08-19T21:18:00Z Her new book of photos from that period, “Kill City,” celebrates a defiant lifestyle of minimal electricity, D.I.Y. construction projects, and dumpster diving. Squatters of the Lower East Side 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z It is mournful but solid, even defiant, and the chorus sang it with moving integrity, though the sopranos were strained by the high tessitura. Music Review: A New Church Organ, With Vocal Celebration 2011-06-09T22:54:43Z “Oh no,” he said in a tone somewhere between mournful and defiant. Sweet and Salty: Majorca’s Traditional Cuisine 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z A young girl in a silvery quilted jacket and flowing curly hair is just defiant. American beauty: Vanessa Winship's photos of US life 2013-05-27T15:00:39Z Despite the climate crisis causing many of the Earth’s glaciers to shrink, the defiant Perito Moreno remains largely undiminished; if anything, scientists say it’s growing. 10 of the best virtual tours of the world's natural wonders 2020-04-06T04:00:00Z In the end, for all his awareness of the crises that are currently afflicting mankind, Kushner has the defiant optimism of a truly liberal spirit. Tony Kushner: 'At first I was horrified' 2011-08-15T20:31:01Z What is being celebrated is the license to travel, if only through a defiant imagination. Banned in Belarus, but the Shows Go On 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z As if in defiant reply, he opened each of his first three Philharmonic programs this fall with the premiere of a commissioned work. The Best Classical Music of 2018 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z Mogen's true colours are revealed, as he appears defiant even while admitting he did indeed pressure the prosecutor. The Killing III finale: episodes nine and 10 2012-12-15T23:00:00Z All of this, however, would be too tidy a resolution — the hero vanquishing his antagonist, claiming his own identity as an invisible man — for a book as defiant as this. Surreal Encounters in Ralph Ellison’s ‘Invisible Man’ 2021-06-03T04:00:00Z At home, watching the evening news, it was easy for me to picture my dad, heroically defiant, in handcuffs and leg irons, being led across the screen. The Cost of Defying the President 2017-02-12T05:00:00Z So do not give any to the defiant daughter-in-law. Perspective | Miss Manners: Maybe just leave a will 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z Daffodils valiantly channel sunshine, as they duck and weave in winter’s defiant, malevolent glare. Ignore the weather, drink rosé and pretend it feels like spring anyway 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z And Strom’s life story, which informed a lifelong defiant independence, captivated listeners who were looking to reevaluate the role of women in the history of 20th-century electronic music. Pauline Anna Strom’s posthumous album cements her legacy as an electronic music visionary 2021-02-17T05:00:00Z The songs that address aging are defiant in their descriptions, and specific enough to seem inextricably tied with her own life. REVIEW: Tori Amos Creates Her Own Mythology on Unrepentant Geraldines 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z Images of young faces stared back with wary, defiant and no-nonsense gazes above statements such as “My Outfit Is Not an Invitation,” or “Women Do Not Owe You Their Time or Conversation.” Tatyana Fazlalizadeh Takes Her Public Art Project to Georgia 2014-04-09T21:26:33Z In 2016, playing at the Community Church, she sang a tired, disillusioned, defiant original, her voice rising on a slant as she repeated a biting refrain: “Ain’t nobody ever gonna hear nobody hearing us now.” Amina Claudine Myers, a Singer Who Still Needs No Words 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z Questions about lyrical inspiration are deflected with a stock answer along the lines of "the music always comes first", but Leithauser's world-weary, defiant narrative voice is unmistakable. The Walkmen: 'We're not difficult, honest' 2011-01-13T22:45:01Z To him, the mods' conspicuous consumption was a form of defiant working-class aspiration, while to another early mod, Steve Sparks, it was spawned by art school beatniks. The A-Z of Mod by Paolo Hewitt and Mark Baxter – review 2012-06-01T10:00:01Z It’s a protest scene, a crowd of women letting out a defiant cacophony of singing and shouting. 'It's a hustle': Jon Ronson on how he made it into movies with the help of Okja the giant pig 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z He was this defiant Christian, quasi-Jew atheist — everything at the same time. Igor Levit on Frederic Rzewski: ‘The People’s Composer’ 2021-06-29T04:00:00Z It does also run a current of crackling, anachronistic electricity into these images — giving the sepia, centenarian cells a defiant urgency. Stewart Copeland's 'Ben-Hur' thunder rolls into Northridge 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z In dark times, disco offers a seductive, defiant escapism. 10 of the best city music festivals in the UK 2019-04-19T04:00:00Z The decision to sing in his more natural, lower range struck Hadreas as defiant. The Passion of Perfume Genius 2020-04-29T04:00:00Z It’s just a chair.” — her delivery moved from droll to defiant. Dance Review: ?Where We?re Calling From? at St. Mark?s Church 2012-02-20T23:37:57Z She was defiant and angrily stated that there was no way he was my child. Ask Amy: Childless man learns he might be a dad 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z There’s something defiant but soft and graceful in her walk. Malika Favre’s “Sweeping into Fall” 2019-09-02T04:00:00Z He brought ferocity to the pummeling chords of the defiant main theme of the Scherzo and offered a luminous, rich-textured account of the mystical Adagio. Music Review: Honeck Steps In for Dudamel With Philharmonic 2014-03-28T21:28:42Z In scene after scene, Mr. Robinson gets the balance right in showing both the effects of oppression on this community and the defiant heartiness of its members. Review: A Vital and Sweeping ‘Porgy and Bess’ Debuts in London 2018-10-28T04:00:00Z When Rachel was eight, she took her first defiant decision. What is it like to live with parents very different from you? 2014-05-24T04:00:00Z Green Day’s music stays loyal to punk-rock’s defiant gusto, but it doesn’t confine itself to fast, loud, short and noisy. Review: ‘Revolution Radio’ Finds Green Day Still Unsatisfied 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z And as a defiant, learned and unbreakable figure of virtue, Mr. Hutson’s handsome, ever-eloquent Hans emerges as a sort of “Man for All Seasons” type of martyr. London Theater Journal: In the Shadow of the Nazis 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z Some days, your daughter will be accommodating and sweet, and other days, she will be defiant and surly. Perspective | Why is my 3-year-old suddenly so disagreeable? 2018-02-27T05:00:00Z Crawling into bed at night with pencil and paper, he imagined faraway galaxies with mad scientists and defiant champions like himself. Superman: Forged by bullies! 2012-06-16T20:30:00Z The performances, cobbled together after inmates studied a single, smuggled score, represented both a plea for salvation and a defiant message to their tormentors that their day of reckoning awaited. Murry Sidlin Conducts ‘Defiant Requiem,’ a Tribute to Defiance With Verdi 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z She cuts a defiant and powerful maternal image and even starts to tell her own bad jokes. Theater Review: ‘Space//Space’ by Banana Bag & Bodice at Collapsable Hole 2012-06-17T22:09:07Z Writer and media entrepreneur Rachel Sklar’s frank and defiant essay “I’m 41, Single and Pregnant” was met with loud applause on social media today for its unapologetic dismissal of retrograde attitudes about women and reproduction. Rachel Sklar smashes the pregnancy “cone of silence”: Why it’s still women’s work to explain fertility 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z As Marie’s reputation tanks, Gilbert is also furious and defiant, yet also the opposite of dumb, even if Marie is tragically unenlightened. A mod ‘Marie’ in bikini and wigs at Woolly And at Thursday’s sensational opening-night show of her debut at 54 Below, Ms. Holliday infused that howl of refusal with the same defiant, fearsome intensity she displayed onstage three decades earlier. Music Review: Jennifer Holliday Performs at 54 Below 2013-12-27T21:08:56Z When Alicia is defiant, Will screams so hard about how he hired her when no one else would that he nearly chokes. Scenes from 4 top Emmy contenders go under the microscope 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z Still, Jones mounted another comeback with the defiant single “I’m Still Here” and hit the road again this summer with the Dap-Kings even while undergoing chemotherapy. Singer Sharon Jones Dies at 60 2016-11-19T05:00:00Z A heady sweetness, or a defiant hint of dark bitterness? The secret code of America's most iconic hot chocolate recipe, somewhat cracked 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z It now diagnoses noncompliant toddlers with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, oppositional defiant disorder, and pediatric bipolar disorder and attempts to control them with heavily sedating drugs. Why are Americans so easy to manipulate? 2012-10-13T14:00:00Z McCann writes with defiant patience, frame by frame," argued Charlotte Heathcote in the Daily Express, "often building an extraordinarily detailed picture. Book reviews roundup: Cooked, Transatlantic and When the Money Runs Out 2013-06-07T17:45:01Z Later, we will see his second grin, his mother's grin: sinister and predatory and defiant, bared at the audience directly. My favourite Hitchcock: Psycho 2012-07-23T10:57:21Z Rigsby rode into that chasm of misery with defiant, emphatic positivity. Peloton star Cody Rigsby says you did not survive a pandemic to do anything but thrive 2021-07-14T04:00:00Z Only the umbrellas and trash cans, with their defiant primary colors, declare that humanity won’t be absorbed back into the ocean. In the galleries: Bodies that are more than flesh and bone 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z The two walk unified, showing off their defiant, timeless love, below a decorative arch. With ‘As You Like It,’ Public Works Aims for a Reflection of Humanity 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z That is why it is so resonant; it is club music that is both lost and defiant, sad and delirious. Take two: who has made the best 're-version' of their own record? 2010-08-05T14:00:00Z On the rollicking and cheerily defiant “Last Man Standing,” he sneers, Sturgill Simpson Leaves His Old Sound (and the Spotlight) in the Rear View 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z It is somehow forlorn and vulnerable and desperate and defiant all at once. Tracks of our tears: the songs that make G2 writers weep 2011-04-08T07:00:02Z Maybe it’s that defiant blaze of leaf-color before the inevitable rot. Spirits: Nutmeg, unlike ‘pumpkin spice,’ gives cocktails a subtle taste of fall He reached deep into himself and came back with about the most defiant statement he could muster. Can Ron Howard Save ‘Solo’? 2018-05-22T04:00:00Z That legacy endures in the defiant aristocratic ladies of Behn’s infrequently produced 1673 comedy, who refuse to relinquish control of their romantic destinies. Theater Listings for March 14-20 2014-03-13T22:40:20Z It was to be expected that the movie would be visually thrilling, but the female bias in its characters and themes felt defiant and progressive. Rise of the reboots gives new life to Rocky and Ghostbusters 2016-01-02T05:00:00Z Jubilant melodies from the Tijuana side wafted through the air, a defiant coda as the steel gates on the United States snapped shut. Sharing Music Across the U.S.-Mexico Border’s Metal Fence 2016-05-29T04:00:00Z “We are deathless!” the sisters urged the crowd to yell during “Deathless,” a defiant, communal anthem based on Lisa-Kaindé’s encounter with a policeman when she was 16. Ibeyi capitvates 9:30 Club with songs that touch both the past and the future 2019-06-10T04:00:00Z Gay has created a straightforward style and defiant voice that drive Mireille's recollections. Roxane Gay's 'An Untamed State' gives torture survivor a voice 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z Eventually — perhaps even when “Mad Men” returns with new episodes tonight — a cynical, defiant Sally Draper will dive into the deep end of 1969. Sally Draper and Arya Stark rule TV’s teenage wastelands 2014-04-11T17:16:48Z The mood is merry and defiant, a mixture of Epicurean and stoic. Poem of the week: Horace: The Odes, Book One, IX, translated by John Dryden 2012-07-30T11:26:17Z The woman's uplifted chin seems jaunty or defiant, while the skull-like eye sockets, in the context of her lower face's expression, read almost like sunglasses. Review: At SAM, Cris Brodahl's work is striking in its methods, content 2010-12-23T21:29:08Z Mostly he showed decay, though that managed to make “Wichita Lineman” seem a song about holding on to life by the barest of margins and made “Rhinestone Cowboy” almost defiant. Music Review: Glen Campbell?s Goodbye Tour at Town Hall - Review 2012-01-08T22:56:50Z It's a mesmerizing tribute to a legendary American artist, and proof of the truth of the song's defiant message that death is far from the end of a great individual's story. Ten Grammy nominees that don't suck 2011-02-12T17:10:00Z In the decade after Yeltsin’s departure, throughout the rollback on civil liberties, only a defiant few cried foul. Ksenia Sobchak, the Stiletto in Putin’s Side 2012-07-03T21:56:57Z The songs, which shift from defiant pop anthems to melodramatic ballads, do not evoke the circus, or at least not the American version. Review: In ‘The Greatest Showman,’ a P.T. Barnum Smaller Than Life 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z He had one kind of tremolo to convey the defiant thrust of surf-rock, another to hint at the feathery delicacy of a Japanese koto. Sir Richard Bishop Offers Solos at the Issue Project Room 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z However, Blanca's stand-out moments, a key one depicting her withstanding torture for three days, tell us beneath the frizzy unwashed mane and scowl is a defiant woman who refuses to be broken. “Orange Is the New Black” and the chilling truths of deportation and incarceration 2018-08-04T04:00:00Z Now, in a way, the band is even more defiant. Music Review: Shirley Manson Leads Garbage at Webster Hall 2012-05-23T21:58:49Z In the original version, the repeated phrase "Born This Way" referred to states of being that threatened the American mainstream; the song's refrain seemed at once defiant and defensive. The genius of Chris Colfer 2011-04-27T14:28:00Z This road between weary resistance and defiant pride is well trodden, of course, and “Resistance and Power,” which doesn’t offer any especially innovative takes on this journey, suffers from a predictable thematic narrowness. Dance Review: Sisters Standing Up to the Man 2011-04-29T21:21:24Z But it also may have backfired, as only hours later, Mr. Kau, who refused to comment for this article, posted two tweets that linked to old stand-up performances of his with the defiant hashtag #IDidTheseJokes1st. ‘Daily Show’ Successor Trevor Noah Finds Himself Catching Criticism, Not Dealing It Out 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z I'd advise Domingo to add a few years rather than deducting them: it makes his defiant vigour all the more precious. Pl?cido Domingo: 'I am a very happy man, but I love to suffer on stage' 2010-07-17T23:05:00Z Gamble bellows through “It’s a Fine Life” as it transforms from a peppy English beer-hall tune to a defiant blues funk that just might be worth Beyoncé’s time. Updated ‘Oliver!’ goes a bridge too far 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z It is tempting to read Galactia as a defiant self-portrait of the British playwright who created her, since Mr. Barker is a notoriously snarly iconoclast, forever biting the outstretched hands of admiring critics and theatergoers. Review: ‘Scenes From an Execution’ Features Jan Maxwell as a Difficult Artist 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z The one-time petrol pump attendant snarled out defiant songs and earned a reputation as a somewhat bitter and twisted character. Rumour has it: Rocker Graham Parker is back 2013-10-08T11:49:52Z Both men may open up in “Public Enemies” about how they’ve been wounded by their critics, yet both are defiant. Books of The Times: Throwing Mud and Calling It Beautiful 2011-01-11T22:06:40Z The song Ms. Bergen performed in that show, “I’m Still Here,” could well have served as her own defiant anthem. Polly Bergen Dies at 84; Emmy-Winning Actress 2014-09-20T04:00:00Z When the blackmailers send her a letter saying she must drop out, Casey is defiant. Race the Wind by Lauren St John - review 2013-06-05T14:00:00Z “I find it harder to write about joy because it’s simpler. There’s more complexity in sad things. But I’m a defiant optimist.” Arlo Parks Wants Her Songs to ‘Feel Like Surround Sound Cinema’ 2021-01-20T05:00:00Z In the earnest though narratively clumsy HBO documentary “Revolution Rent,” a director unpacks the relevance of this joyously defiant show when it’s translated to a different language, culture and political landscape. ‘Revolution Rent’ Review: Taking the Show South 2021-06-15T04:00:00Z Like most conversations with Dylan, “Rough and Rowdy Ways” covers complex territory: trances and hymns, defiant blues, love longings, comic juxtapositions, prankster wordplay, patriotic ardor, maverick steadfastness, lyrical Cubism, twilight-age reflections and spiritual contentment. Bob Dylan Has a Lot on His Mind 2020-06-12T04:00:00Z Her efforts at damage-limitation – including defiant interviews on the Oprah Winfrey show and later appearances in a reality series, Being Bobby Brown – only seemed to compound the perception of her as out of control. Whitney Houston: squandered talent of a singer who had it all 2012-02-12T17:13:58Z Muslim organization Imaan to London Pride, where the group gave a defiant speech after members said they experienced Islamophobic slurs from other marchers. What Should an L.G.B.T.Q. Museum Be? Approaches Vary. 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z Holder’s latest announcement followed the first night of a state-imposed curfew in Ferguson, which ended with tear gas and seven arrests after police dressed in riot gear used armored vehicles to disperse defiant protesters. U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder orders federal autopsy of Michael Brown 2014-08-17T04:00:00Z Others are even more defiant and outspoken, including two of the women soldiers Metson Scott tracked down. Pacifist portraits 2013-03-19T17:58:00Z Without mentioning the name of Disney, Scorsese deftly casts some unambiguous and defiant shade in its direction. Martin Scorsese Avenges the Auteur 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z This sly and defiant metafictional road movie, about two friends investigating the possible suicide of an aspiring actress, dramatizes unquestioned patriarchal tradition and desperate responses to its oppressive power. 2019 Has Already Been an Exceptional Year in Movies 2019-03-30T04:00:00Z And when the show finishes with a reprise of its defiant, triumphant anthem, “Walk On,” the optimistic takeaway for the youngest generation is clear: Persevere. ‘She Persisted’ Review: A Musical About Women Who Triumphed 2020-02-23T05:00:00Z But he delivered a series of angry and defiant audio messages broadcast on state television, calling on his supporters to march in the streets of the capital and "purify it" from "the rats." Gadhafi's 40-year rule crumbling 2011-08-22T01:31:00Z Newton’s defiant response is, in effect, “bring it on.” The Historical Imagination and “Free State of Jones” 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z What comes next is the kind of thing that works, as Jesús launches into the defiant tune “Born in Laredo,” driven by a twanging, sidewinding guitar. Review | D.C. debut of the musical ‘Hands on a Hardbody’ stalls 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z A defiant White began booking Duncan more frequently, with the network’s backing. Nearing 100, Betty White’s life is a page-turner in new book 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z The movie also has one of the most politically defiant, riotously revolutionary of endings. Five Films to Stream on Kanopy While New Yorkers Still Can 2019-06-28T04:00:00Z In “future friend/ships,” the two stage a defiant, poetic/political work, inspired by events in Syria, that gradually transforms chaos into hope. Review: At American Realness Festival, Mirrored Movements and a Nearly Naked Yvonne Meier 2016-01-12T05:00:00Z Her defiant tone is matched by songs that put country and punk on equal ground, unvarnished and direct. Lydia Loveless: Defiance on the farm 2011-11-22T17:10:00Z That was a subject of “Radio Golf,” in which he distinguished between “Negroes,” whom he saw as emulating corrupt white capitalists, and “n-words,” to whom he ascribed a greater integrity and authenticity and defiant style. What August Wilson Means Now 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z It’s a bold and defiant decision for someone who otherwise feels herself drifting through life. New International Fiction, From Ecuador to Zimbabwe 2022-02-18T05:00:00Z In other words “Alexis” is shaped by artistic self-consciousness, an often annoying trait associated with young and defiant intellectuals. | 'Alexis. A Greek Tragedy': ?Alexis. A Greek Tragedy,? in Under the Radar - Review 2012-01-05T22:36:26Z Before the giant ape and the cancan chorus, before the daydreaming misfit and the defiant dancer, before even the dinosaurs and the dragons, first there were the RVs. Four Musicals on Three Continents: An Australian Company’s Big Bet 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z Then another a voice echoes with a defiant “ne,” again plunging down — then another, then more, until the sopranos crown this song of faith. From a 1550s Pandemic, a Choral Work Still Casts Its Spell 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z They may well all be true, but the movies themselves answered this hand wringing with a defiant “So what?” A. O. Scott’s 25 Best Films of 2012 2012-12-15T00:37:44Z The director revealed his enduring preoccupations in the Sembènian heroine: Broadly speaking, she was principled, defiant, inclined to revolt, however outwardly hopeless her odds appeared. In These Ousmane Sembène Films, Women Are Revolutionaries 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z Cattrall remains defiant: "Look – it was never meant to be a critics' movie," she says. Kim Cattrall: absolutely fabulous 2010-09-28T20:30:00Z With help from “Glee,” on which she sang it, it has grown in stature to become a defiant proclamation of freedom, independence, self-empowerment and the casting off of demons embraced by Everygirl U.S.A. Music Review: Idina Menzel at Carnegie Hall 2013-01-16T18:07:19Z The defiant but coolly controlled “Girl Goin’ Nowhere,” which opens the album, captures the sting of being told you’ll never make it, inspired by a cruel high school math teacher. Ashley McBryde Takes Nashville, No Gimmicks Required 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z Their new show Can't Dance raises a witty, defiant two fingers to sequins and sambas. This week's new dance 2010-12-04T00:07:00Z The breakneck pace of “Devil May Care” sharpened the hard edges in the narrator’s proclamation of defiant recklessness. Music Review: The Tierney Sutton Band Plays at Birdland 2012-01-27T23:21:40Z Mr. Wolff wrote his former assistant nasty letters, calling her headstrong, defiant and a rival who was merely copying him. Art Once Hidden From Hitler, Now on View 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z It’s hard to tell if he’s being blithe or defiant when he insists he still lives his life totally normally, unaffected by fans. Keanu Reeves: ‘Grief and loss, those things don’t ever go away’ 2019-05-18T04:00:00Z Considine understands that some may find his film tough to watch, but he takes a defiant stance, stating that the abuse depicted in the picture is merely holding up a mirror to reality. Brits shine 2011-01-31T15:55:26Z She shares “Fall in Line” with another former child star, Demi Lovato; it’s a defiant dirge addressed directly to “little girls” and it insists, “You do not owe them your body and your soul.” Christina Aguilera Exults in Her Voice on ‘Liberation’ 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z “Soy Yo” seemed to appear at precisely the right moment — a defiant, and adorable, rebuke to the anti-Latino rhetoric of the Trump campaign, and haters in general. Declaring ‘That’s Me,’ and Empowering Latinas 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z Even a girl as defiant and self-possessed as Lady is still subject to male authority, which in this neighborhood rests on a complex set of codes and customs. In ‘Girlhood,’ a French Adolescent Comes Out of Her Shell 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z From a mood of wistful loss, the song swelled into defiant and triumphant last notes. Iranian pop star Googoosh wows Dubai despite Tehran’s outcry 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z Katon-Donegal’s piece ends with a defiant note of hope as well, “My Islam is beautiful. It’s peaceful. It cherishes life, and that strengthens me.” A raucous, rousing Trump protest show plays to a sold-out L.A. audience 2017-02-01T05:00:00Z How do parents deal with a child’s defiant behavior? How to teach a child to reset after a bad day (without fixing their problems for them) - The Washington Post 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z Esperón wants her readers — again, gathered together in solidarity — in the right mind-space to receive stories that are at once devotional and defiant, hopeful and horrific. Kindred Spirits: 2 Collections of Native Mythology for Children and Their Adults 2021-02-19T05:00:00Z Watched in that moment, the musical suddenly felt more defiant, combative and urgent. ‘The West Wing’ and David Byrne Stage America 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z Wounded, a defiant Ms. Jones surprised the audience and crew in June, saying on air that she would not be back in the fall. ‘The View’: TV’s Most Dysfunctional Family 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z Their exuberant decoration seems almost defiant given the fact that, barring an accident or a scandal, they were destined to remain invisible. | Connecticut: At the Bruce Museum, Gowns as Works of Art 2010-07-10T00:08:00Z It was her job to be the person she is: someone who is defiant, ambitious, funny and optimistic, even if she was there to tell a story of pain and suffering. Perspective | The refreshing defiance of E. Jean Carroll at the Trump trial 2023-05-02T04:00:00Z It’s a defiant portrait, in which Allah seems to challenge viewers to consider desire at large without making any visual claim on this one woman. “Black Mother,” Reviewed: Khalik Allah’s Deeply Personal Portrait of Jamaican Life 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z You can tell that from his defiant HuffPo screed on “the spirit of artistic endeavor” and the continuing pile-up of claims against him. Is this the end of Terry Richardson? 2014-04-21T14:38:00Z But the same weekend he made his “SNL” debut, he dropped the pitch black, artistically defiant video for “This Is America,” the release that launched a thousand think pieces. The 10 best TV episodes of 2018: A highly subjective list 2018-12-26T05:00:00Z Even at her most defiant, though, Ms. Platten never truly sounds aggrieved. Review: Rachel Platten Experiments With ‘Wildfire’ 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z One defiant holdout and martyr reportedly astonished his tormentors by merely gasping: "More ... weight!" How Do You Know ? review 2011-01-27T22:00:01Z The man was defiant and vicious in his talk of vengeance. Running the streets: A tale of three surprisingly different street gangs around the world 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z Ms. Gandhi made headlines in 2015 when she ran the London Marathon without a tampon, in a defiant act known as free-bleeding. Kiran Gandhi, Former M.I.A. Drummer, Releases Feminist Music Project 2017-11-24T05:00:00Z But rather than withdraw completely from the maw, Ms. Barnett is defiant. FKA twigs Lives Large, in ‘Congregata’ and Beyond 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z Mr. Abraham noted that everything from Hank Williams’s name and “snakelike vibe” to his defiant independence contribute to his long-lasting coolness. A New Map to Hank Williams’s Lost Highways 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z Although many of the works in the show stress connections and openness between the U.S. and Mexico, a defiant subtext is definitely on view. The border as muse: Two PST art shows look at flow of humanity between the U.S. and Mexico 2017-11-02T04:00:00Z He had backed Franklin Roosevelt in his 1944 presidential campaign, and when he was attacked by the right, he struck a defiant note in The Saturday Evening Post. You Must Remember This: Why We Return to ‘Casablanca’ and ‘High Noon’ 2017-02-27T05:00:00Z Some mixture of rage and embarrassment at the memory of her brittle grimace and her defiant untruths, spooled for four years into our living rooms, unstitching the country she claims to love. Perspective | Farewell to Kellyanne Conway, the ultimate Woman for Trump 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z “There is a sense of fearlessness when Capitola meets her uncle for the first time, and when she captures Black Donald. She is not defiant; she just is.” The best-selling Washington writer you’ve never heard of 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z Here's Looking At You, Kid is a heartbroken yet defiant evocation of Brian Fallon's past loves, reminding us that "girls have those eyes / that will cut you to ribbons sometimes". Readers recommend: songs without a chorus – results 2012-11-29T14:00:00Z I remember when he came to the first stage rehearsal, I felt a little bit defiant or defensive before he said anything to me. The Story of a Production That Changed the Metropolitan Opera 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z Shiraha is a rumpled and defiant if aimless young man who refuses to be a cog. ‘Convenience Store Woman’ Casts a Fluorescent Spell 2018-07-23T04:00:00Z A week after we spoke, she joined Josh and Shane in their hunger strike, a defiant act they initiated when they were denied access to letters from their families. Motherlode: The Imprisoned Hikers' Moms 2011-07-05T19:38:11Z But Davies actually visits the places he writes about, and quotes their songs, defiant or melancholy as needs be. Vanished Kingdoms: The History of Half-Forgotten Europe by Norman Davies – review 2012-10-09T08:59:01Z |
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