| 单词 | deftly |
| 例句 | January 21 then deftly passes the puck to his teammate December 20—wow! what’s he doing out there?!—who shrugs off the onrushing defender May 17 and slides a cross-crease pass back to January 21. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z I sink into a chair at their table, order a gin fizz at the waiter’s suggestion, and concentrate on Dutchy’s fingers, which I can see from where I’m sitting, deftly skimming the piano keys. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z She deftly rolled the hems a few times so I could stand. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Meera knelt, undid a twist, pulled at a corner, tugged deftly here and there, and suddenly the direwolf was bounding free. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Nearby, a curly-headed tyke eyed both dogs warily then deftly leaped between them, seized the bit of food, and stuffed it into his own mouth. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She raised the scissors and deftly cut the pants leg open. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z There was Mr. Richardson, a miniature out on the wide green lawn, deftly shaking charcoal into a shining silver grill. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He rubbed the buttons on his jacket and deftly pocketed the tiny mechanisms he wanted. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z He gets up and, without disturbing Tess, deftly pulls a roll of white wraps from her pocket. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z He stepped sideways and disappeared deftly into the angriness around him. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Quickly and deftly he went once more through the pockets of the dead man’s clothes but found nothing there of interest. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she had braided her hair, using her hands to interweave the thick dark strands deftly, tying the end of the heavy plait with a leather strip. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She was eating slices of bread and jam, deftly cutting the bread from a large golden-brown loaf with a huge knife, then spooning on the purple jam with a wooden spoon. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z He popped some sunflower seeds in his mouth, deftly chewed them, and spat out the shells. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z He took a length of twine and slipped it deftly under the vase to release it from the wheel, then placed the vase carefully on a tray to dry. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z The old man picked up the long fork and deftly placed its two rotting tongs at Ignatius’ throat. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Mom took the CD, dug down in her purse for a moment, gave Mrs. Billups a five-dollar bill, and deftly snapped the disc in half. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z Maria deftly combined scientific information with gorgeously stylized leaves and flowers. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z What are the odds that the first boy, so deftly primed for success, will somehow fail? Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z He yelled out “Ow!” and instead of catching Dimple, used his arms to fend her off with a deftly executed karate chop. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Some dropped to the deck coming over the transom, others he deftly maneuvered free. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z He deftly rolled a pair of stockings onto my feet, as if all his customers came in barefoot. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He was balancing a plate of cake on top of each cup, setting them down deftly and shoving one toward me as he took his chair. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z She deftly darted away from him, and then tried to draw Moss toward her. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Lupin caught them all deftly, then moved into the room, staring at Black, who still had Crookshanks lying protectively across his chest. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Queen positioned her chair close to his bed, deftly lifted him up, and cuddled him in her ample lap. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z As he spoke, his hands moved deftly in the soft earth before him, molding a tiny model of hills, which Taran found easier to follow than Fflewddur’s map scratchings. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z It rose deftly from a small neighborhood of duplexes, laundromats, and mom-and-pop restaurants, mostly Korean and soul food. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z His hands moved deftly, with never a wasted cut; the work had to be done quickly, before the stink of blood brought shadowcats down from the heights. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Put your arm around my neck,” he said; deftly he whisked her up, as lightly as if she were made of straw, one arm under her head and the other beneath her knees. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Woolf balanced over his neck and steered him deftly through the pack, on the hunt for the white cap. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He hacked down at Rattleshirt’s calf, only to have him deftly leap the blade. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He stepped off his board onto a boulder, and deftly climbed to a spot that lay shadowed in the setting sun. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Javier deftly swung his right leg back over his seat and came to a stop with his left leg still in the cages of his pedal. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He got up suddenly and Monique moved deftly out of his way, but she wasn’t quite swift enough. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Officer Crams deftly frisked him, and came up with Rick’s service pistol and laser tube. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z The butcher turned to plunge the body into a steaming pot, then deftly stripped the feathers off, wrapping the body in white paper. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z When I look back, I see Cardan’s hands are deftly splitting the deck of cards, but his glittering black eyes are on me. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Though her words were harsh, her stitches were deftly done. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Inside, the butchers with their bloodstained white smocks deftly gutted the fish while customers cried out their orders and shouted, “Give me your freshest,” to which the butchers always protested, “All are freshest.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Without any preliminaries, he picked up the cat, turned him over on his back, deftly held his head and paws and began the lesson. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z I learned to deftly lift a slice of meat or a helping of vegetables with serving spoon and fork neatly manipulated in one hand while holding the dish with the other. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Rondon not only helped brand the cattle but also deftly hunted the jaguars that preyed on them, and the wild pigs that destroyed the crops. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z She corralled the long sweep of her hair in deftly and knotted it before going inside. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Any task Catelyn asked her to turn her hand to, Brienne had performed deftly and without complaint, and when she was spoken to she answered politely, but she never chattered, nor wept, nor laughed. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She sectioned out Ifemelu’s hair, plucked a little attachment from the pile on the table, and began deftly to twist. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z There she deftly used the nick in her beak to cut the spinal cord. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Before total darkness, he had skinned them, deftly cutting meat from their sides. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He winks at me, taking his oven mitts off, and I watch as he confidently twirls his chef’s knife, deftly slicing the pie into eight even pieces with a flourish. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z He threw deep and the ball sliced through Marcus Grant’s fingers and fell to the turf, but Grant deftly cradled the ball in as if he had caught it. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The bald man behind the bar gathered up the coins and deftly poured wine into Skarpi’s wide clay cup. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She deftly removed the bones, then cut the fish into bite-sized pieces. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z I try to focus on the talk, which has turned to our interview costumes, when a girl sets a gorgeous-looking cake on the table and deftly lights it. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Davos threaded their way deftly between the jagged rocks until the cave mouth loomed up before them. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She was not squeamish, though, and deftly caught spewings that were sometimes babies, sometimes monsters. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z In each of those modes his face would light up accordingly, moving, easily and deftly, from one state to another. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The Hound leaned forward as he rode, his lance rock steady, but Jaime shifted his seat deftly in the instant before impact. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He filled two thimble-sized tasting cups, pouring so deftly he did not spill a drop. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The silent Giaco deftly steered the boat past the bricole—the wooden posts that poked out of the water everywhere. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z "Anytime," the skipper called back, and I could make out his sly smile as he deftly coiled the rope. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Never taking her eyes off her phone, she deftly navigated around the edge of the room, avoiding people and chairs, and sat in her usual spot. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “I might be able to . . .” Then she deftly threaded a needle. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z He listened, and then took the lid of a biscuit tin and deftly folded it into a small flat cylinder. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Woolf hustled him deftly; having begun his career booting horses through walk-up match races in Indian country, he knew how to hit the gas on a horse. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z But Pocock persisted, gently and deftly probing him about his family, about where he’d come from and where he hoped to go. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z She saw Will reach the spot and move his hands deftly in the air, and the window vanished. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z My right hand deftly held three throwing daggers. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z If we were all genetically programmed to play the piano deftly from birth, we might never learn to understand music. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The debates in the ratifying conventions of the respective states only exposed the irreconcilable differences of opinion that the Constitution had so deftly bundled together. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z He was so drunk that I thought for a moment he might fall asleep on his feet, but he snapped to and found some rope and quite deftly tied our packs on the roof. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z He grabbed for the beauty queen, and she deftly elbowed him in the gut. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z If the old Hand had been murdered, it was deftly and subtly done. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The woman deftly stepped aside and cut him across the back of the arm. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z He found Frightful’s old hood and deftly put it over Oksi’s head. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z She wound it around her head, deftly, smoothly, and then tied it in place, pulling the knots tight and hard. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Jefferson’s conversion occurred with such breathtaking speed that hardly anyone noticed how deftly he was discarding the chief weapon the Republicans had wielded against two Federalist administrations. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z She took it and deftly did the last stitch, the punch of the needle through his skin almost pleasant. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z And so, having bagged the contract for the Synthetic Cooking Vinegar labels, he deftly banished Chacko from the fighting ranks of the Overthrowers to the treacherous ranks of the To Be Overthrown. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z But Burger deftly handled the situation, smoothly spouting off some lies in an effort to calm them down. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z Then, sitting back down, he took out his pocket knife and proceeded, quickly and deftly, to gut the fish. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Kino deftly slipped his knife into the edge of the shell. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z He popped some sunflower seeds into his mouth, deftly removed the shells with his teeth, and spat them into Stanley's hole. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z This one had a switch, which the man deftly snapped to the end that said OFF. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z After a moment of deftly fingering the attachments in the back, the bra fell apart. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z She picked deftly and had a reputation for speed and efficiency; she filled two flats in the time it took other pickers to fill one and a half. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z By deftly lifting and twisting the claw, they could slip it out of the hole, and then they used their trunks to examine the wheel all over, cleaning the rim, checking for cracks. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z I touched the small pillow where Abuelo’s head had rested and had an image of him deftly peeling an orange in a long ribbon to his bare feet, which were brown, calloused, and delicately shaped. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z He watched while the man deftly patted flour onto the pieces of meat and then added the rabbit to the pan. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z Now eighteen and dressed in an impeccably tailored suit with a white handkerchief deftly positioned in his breast pocket, he looked somewhat older and carried himself with an athletic swagger. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z His mom sat so that Eleanor could see, then deftly drew a line along Park's eyelashes. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z Luigi Cherubini was one such composer, born in Florence but able to flourish in Paris by tiptoeing deftly between opposing camps as political power changed hands before, during and after the Revolution. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Absorbed in his thoughts, he didn’t notice that one of the street people had detached himself from the others and was crossing the street, dodging cars deftly. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The man slipped his hand into his pocket, removed a ring of keys, and deftly unlocked the case, sliding out a mirrored base on which the necklace rested. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z If I had not ceded control of the wheel, and if he had not assumed control of the vessel so deftly, I’m sure I’d be dead. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z The woman deftly plucks out the few she needs, and then presses into Orleanna’s hand a gift: the tiny wooden okapi, perfectly carved. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Valerie thought nothing of speaking her mind in a roomful of opinionated men, often managing to deftly bring people around to whatever side she was arguing. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The drama, which deftly circles among multiple characters and their past and present, laid sturdy groundwork for the episode. ‘This Is Us’ takes on race, class and teenage love in Philly 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z In Schubert’s unfinished Eighth Symphony, Mr. Eschenbach deftly toed the line between expressive and excessive, molding phrases thoughtfully in a hauntingly shaded, deeply felt account. Music Review: Zubin Mehta Leads Final Concert in Festival 2014-03-17T22:11:13Z Here the Choral Arts tenors floated a soft, high-soaring line quite deftly. Review | Choral Arts Society performs three rarely heard works 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z Charting six decades of Irish history against his own life, O’Toole manages to both deftly illustrate a country in drastic flux, and include a sly, self-deprecating biography that infuses his sociology with humor and pathos. The 10 Best Books of 2022 2022-11-29T05:00:00Z The graceful constant is Ms. Powell’s small but penetrating singing voice, which she uses deftly. Critics? Choice: New CDs 2010-08-29T21:53:00Z But the package is deftly assembled, drawing you in. Review: A Shameful Story Gets Its Due in ‘Time: The Kalief Browder Story’ 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z The monkey didn't go down without a fight, and deftly evaded the wildlife officials who tried to snag it. 25 animals that have been imprisoned or arrested 2021-09-18T04:00:00Z This kind of architectural choreography, with the smaller structures shaping circulation and creating distinct neighborhoods of interior space, is tricky to pull off and deftly handled here. A low-key Facebook building? In Gehry's hands, Zuckerberg has it both ways 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z Mr. Landenberger, who doubles as set designer, deftly suggests the resentment boiling under a man’s meek exterior. Review: In ‘Marie and Bruce,’ It Takes Two to Do This Nihilistic Tango 2018-07-15T04:00:00Z It's well written, too, deftly walking the line between comedy and drama. TV Review: NBC Family Sitcom "Parenthood" 2010-03-03T20:49:00Z "Taste the Nation" is filled with these moments; it's a series that deftly breaks form from the traditional culinary travelogue again and again. Padma Lakshmi's political "Taste the Nation" food series could not have debuted at a better time 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z These are questions Monbiot clearly relishes and he handles them deftly and incisively. George Monbiot comes out fighting on 'Left Hook' tour 2011-02-17T14:35:04Z In “Wagnerism,” however, those impulse — aesthetic, sexual, philosophical and political — are deftly untangled, then enticingly presented for the general reader. Review | If ever there was a moment for Richard Wagner, it is 2020 2020-11-03T05:00:00Z Much of the best comedy derives from personal pain, and comic-turned-filmmaker Mike Birbiglia deftly transposes his stand-up routine to the big screen in "Sleepwalk With Me." 'Sleepwalk with Me': Comedy does more than go through motions 2012-08-31T00:01:05Z Then there were long, slender dresses, deftly draped, an elongated version of Ms. Middleton’s look. Special Report: Fashion: Catherine Versus Kate 2011-02-20T18:15:49Z Seamlessly shifting from lighthearted banter to a heartbreaking wilt, Hawkins deftly lays the emotional groundwork that leads to the play’s big third act twist. Best Theater of 2022 2022-12-05T05:00:00Z Kirsch’s essays are expertly made, each one deftly including just enough historical context, healthy portions of summary and exposition, and the lightest sprinkling of interpretation and evaluation. From Kafka to Kushner, Touring the 20th Century’s Jewish Canon 2020-10-06T04:00:00Z Bearden’s canvases from the 1940s — which deftly juggle aspects of Social Realism, Cubism, folk art and Renaissance painting — are less-original rehearsals for the collages. Visions of Life, Built From Bits and Pieces 2011-03-31T23:00:12Z He turns to the art and commerce of brewing beer in his second novel, which like its predecessor deftly propels a family drama through a savvy account of changing tastes in a changing culture. Review | In ‘The Lager Queen of Minnesota,’ two long-estranged sisters are brought together by beer 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z You manage to weave together the personal with the political quite deftly. Brewing a "Coffeehouse Resistance": Hopeful activism that's organized and energized 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z The play moves swiftly, if not always deftly, from Ora’s worries for her son to the broader concerns of how to go on living in a place where peace keeps receding. Review: In Two Israeli Plays, the Promise of Peace Keeps Receding 2017-07-26T04:00:00Z In “Sound Kitchen,” Fast Forward, a composer and multimedia artist, made a merry clatter of metal utensils deftly juggled and twirled. Music Review: Pauline Oliveros Tribute at Darmstadt Essential Repertoire 2012-06-03T22:18:50Z Carter deftly re-creates the squalor of the times, the smells of cesspools and horses, the rundown hovels crowded with too many children, and the gloom rolling in off the Thames. ‘The Infidel Stain’ evokes a chilling time in Victorian England 2016-03-20T04:00:00Z The orchestra handled this deftly, animated and evocative in orchestral passages like the “Lonely Town Pas de Deux” and the second act dream ballet, but humbly in the background as it accompanied the actors. The Trouble With Bernstein’s Broadway in the Concert Hall 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z He then led the orchestra in a deftly cut version of this movement. Critic’s Notebook: New York City Ballet’s Tchaikovsky Celebration 2013-01-26T01:22:39Z In the end, the novel’s mix of elements — a plot that draws on magic, language steeped in Tejano specificity, deftly rendered insight into the nature of humanity — makes for a thoroughly satisfying read. One Family, and One Multigenerational Curse, in the Texas Borderlands 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z She very nearly kills him and she’ll kill others before the story is over, often by deftly wielding a knife. Michael Koryta’s ‘Rise the Dark’ introduces a villain bent on taking over the U.S. 2016-08-07T04:00:00Z Others are using fashion to deftly define — or redefine — their public persona. ‘You have no idea how much better I could make you look’: The woman who turns Hollywood men into style icons 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z Iced raw oysters are deftly shucked and presented with fresh horseradish and lemon. Boisterous Ballard Annex serves seafood in classic style 2013-06-20T21:58:20Z Despite a deftly managed smear campaign by the opposition, Derrida's supporters carried the day. Derrida: A Biography by Benoît Peeters - review 2012-11-14T08:00:01Z Tudyk deftly dispenses both deadpan stares and comic apoplexy, and through the first half of its initial season, the show was consistently clever and astringently funny. When a Break From TV Brings More TV 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z Makepeace has a background as a sculptor, and he uses gradated color deftly to suggest curving, 3-D forms and the play of light across the telescope’s complex components. Review | In the galleries: A rock-and-roll odyssey through sex, race and religion 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z Highly textured carpets and fabrics, most of them keeping to a warm, natural palette of browns, rusts, caramels, and creams, enrich the deftly imbricated compositions. Inside The Glamorous New York City Penthouse Of Kara And Stephen Ross 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z His full-blooded, colorful rendition deftly conveyed Haydn’s witticisms and spirit. Music Review: Celebrating an Irishman Who Preceded Chopin 2011-03-14T23:00:13Z There’s fish here, too, along with salads and such, all deftly prepared. 36 Hours: Hamburg, Germany 2012-01-19T16:06:15Z From bad Mexican restaurants to late night youth TV this funny, wise and touching love story deftly chronicles the cultural and political shifts in British life over two decades. One Day by David Nicholls 2011-07-28T11:55:21Z The kitchen deftly ducks any accusation of 1990s trend-mongering by pairing fried calamari and cherry peppers with juicy linguica sausage and a smoky tomato sauce. Red’s Table review: Chef driven but family owned, making Reston proud 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z At 42, and decades past his years inhabiting these South Side streets, Common deftly counters bittersweet memories with harsh realities and manages to deliver some of his strongest storytelling in years. Grammys 2015: Common's' 'Nobody's Smiling' deserves rap album honor 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z The letter wasn’t just hilariously inappropriate: It deftly took the pol to task for homophobia, hypocrisy and disrespect of free speech. Salon’s Sexiest Men of 2012 2012-11-14T13:22:00Z I begin to see how deftly Banyard has learned to sidestep old accusations like man-hating which have tangled up so much past feminist thinking. Kat Banyard: 'We were sold a lie on an almighty scale, that equality had been won, the battle was over' 2012-10-14T19:45:01Z And if you're looking for a deftly delivered distraction from midterm electoral politics, this may be the bonbon you need. Parlez vous Dire Straits? Seattle's 'The French Project' does, in a silly, sublime new show 2010-09-17T16:58:00Z Such contrivances spoil the sense of realism and place that Mr. Caple, who wrote the script, often so deftly evokes. Review: In ‘The Land,’ Fast Money Brings Friends Deep Trouble 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z Croke is a natural storyteller, and she deftly evokes Williams’s tale. ‘Elephant Company,’ by Vicki Constantine Croke 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z There’s a lot going on here — stylistic flourishes, comedic pratfalls, romance and science — but it’s handled deftly. Best science fiction and fantasy books to read this month 2017-06-05T04:00:00Z Distilling his method to its essence, he pulls off a ton of tricks — both visually and in terms of satirical tone — with a few deftly placed lines or simply juxtaposed fields of color. Roger Shimomura’s ‘American Knockoff’ is satire at its best 2013-09-05T20:40:40Z Instead, McWhorter deftly models a way for us to think deeply and systematically about language while celebrating its wildness, its slipperiness and its silliness. John McWhorter Takes a Serious Look at Profanity 2021-05-04T04:00:00Z Without ever being heavy-handed, Eldridge deftly summed up the aspirations, disappointments, loves and hates of people still too rarely depicted properly on stage. Best theatre of 2012, No 1: In Basildon, Royal Court 2012-12-21T12:08:01Z This requires an author who can deftly render both the complexity of the social world and the specificity of a character making their way through it. When Your Family Becomes a Noah’s Ark-Style Experiment With Race 2023-03-28T04:00:00Z A panoramic seventh-century wall relief depicting an Assyrian clash with the Elamite kingdom of Iran is so lightly and deftly cut as to look, from a distance, like a fine-weave tapestry. ‘Assyria to Iberia,’ at the Metropolitan Museum of Art 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z In the exhibition, the “loophole” becomes a kind of artistic conceit, too, in which Leigh moves deftly between mediums, styles and messages, addressing multiple audiences — but always, as she has stated, black women. 38 Art Exhibitions to View in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z She zeroed in on Hakeem as her target, deftly weaving sophisticated lyrical attacks athletically and flamboyantly. ‘Empire’ Season 2, Episode 8: Hakeem, No Lyon 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z Dialogue, both spoken and signed, is handled deftly, showing the rich cadences and patterns of each form of expression. A Deaf Girl Finds Her Voice on Martha’s Vineyard in the 19th Century 2020-04-27T04:00:00Z Lichtblau, who initially wrote about Mayer for his New York Times obituary in 2016, deftly pieces together the life of a man “born without a fear gene,” as one of his wartime colleagues put it. 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z And this is one of Puccini’s most complex and moving scores, with boldly modernist harmonies and hints of Debussy and Richard Strauss deftly folded into the composer’s own voice. Review: A Good-Enough ‘La Fanciulla del West’ at New York City Opera 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z In particular, it deftly uses the mechanics of play to interpret Aveline’s relationship to the culture of colonial New Orleans under French and Spanish rule. Critic’s Notebook: Assassin’s Creed: Liberation Examines Colonial Blacks 2014-01-27T22:50:06Z Mr. Dean’s harmonic language deftly blends tonal elements with raw astringencies. Review: She Returns to Lead the Philharmonic. For Real, This Time. 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z Mr. Harris deftly threads the story of each man into the wider canvases of Hollywood and America, both at full mobilization. Books of The Times: Mark Harris’s ‘Five Came Back’ Covers Auteurs in Combat 2014-03-02T23:09:53Z Chakraborty, is a fast-paced fantasy that deftly intertwines two story lines. Best science fiction and fantasy books to read this month 2017-11-14T05:00:00Z This is a show to watch for the music clips, which are frequent and deftly deployed. Review: ‘Johnny Cash: An American Rebel,’ Even if You Already Know the Story 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z He toggles deftly between the distant and recent pasts, imbuing the story with a kind of meandering informality while managing to keep it coherent. Phil Collins Wants You to Know He Isn’t Dead Yet 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z The result is a unique melange of political and musical reportage, meditations on music-making deftly interwoven with reflections on the ever-changing newspaper industry. Play It Again by Alan Rusbridger – review 2013-01-20T06:00:01Z Handler spits out jokes with a sneaky swagger, deftly skewering the machismo of President Biden announcing he shot down the Chinese balloon and offering a setup that you would never hear from a veteran host. What if ‘The Daily Show’ Used Guest Hosts Permanently? 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z You have only to listen to Porter’s score — a swoon-worthy progression of deftly shifting rhythms and sophisticated rhymes and musical motifs — to understand the show’s timeless charm. Review | On Broadway, I just saw my first ‘Kiss Me, Kate.’ It was worth the wait. 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z To me, “First Person Singular” was an opportunity to immerse myself yet again into his deftly woven magic. Haruki Murakami, OxyContin and Other Letters to the Editor 2021-05-07T04:00:00Z He deftly shuffles some of the same characters in and out of stories; sometimes decades have passed. Witty and Soulful Stories From a Writer Who Was Just Getting Started 2021-07-27T04:00:00Z Mr. Garland deftly combines the crisp rhythms of Bach with sharp footwork, jazzy syncopations, and hints of West African dance and the Harlem Shake. Dancing in the Streets of Harlem, and Gathering to Dance, Merce-Style 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z Hamid deftly captures the refugee experience and also imagines a near future when migration becomes the norm, exploring how the “natives” of the host country learn to forge a new society with the incoming strangers. As Travel Ban Takes Effect, 3 Books That Delve Into the Immigration Debate 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z Diana, for her part, deftly deflects my concerns. She Slipped Past My Age Filter 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z She scoops up the gamasot rice and deftly chops a head of Napa cabbage in half on a wooden cutting board. "Pachinko" told me what my grandparents couldn't 2022-04-23T04:00:00Z It tells the story of 16-year-old Jenny being dazzled by the 30-something David, who deftly tricks Jenny into believing he’s a single and honorable man through increasingly lavish gifts. Casablanca to Starship Troopers: the movie breakups that hit our writers hardest 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z He also deftly situates their shows within a larger cultural context. Books of The Times: Brett Martin’s ‘Difficult Men’ Sees a New Golden Age for TV 2013-06-24T21:26:42Z The book seemed like a happy haunting, so deftly did Moser divine Lispector’s secrets and unlock the workings of her alluring, enigmatic sentences. In ‘Sontag,’ the Author’s Myth Takes Center Stage 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z If they weren’t handled so deftly and packaged with so many other non sequiturs to laugh at, the conceits might be far too precious. Lady Dynamite: Maria Bamford’s experimental comedy does meta better 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z The Spierig brothers have deftly fashioned an unpredictable thrill ride, and the joy is to fit together all its puzzle pieces. 'Predestination' an unpredictable thrill ride 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z It makes for an illuminating change, but in the current roster of productions, there’s a clearer sense of one pair of eyes and hands deftly presiding over the proceedings. Perspective | A cool musical where? The autumn season of plays at American Shakespeare Center is a rich one. 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z The main attraction is the duets’ deftly contrapuntal interplay and on occasion their dry humor. Music Review: ?Quartet Variations? at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center 2012-03-15T21:53:02Z As Shaw, Warren Kelley deftly portrays a visionary shortsighted in ways of the heart. | 'Engaging Shaw': A Writer Woos With Wit at Abingdon Theater 2010-04-26T22:21:00Z Mr. Masur’s experience in leading these symphonies was immediately apparent in the lucid interpretations he elicited here, deftly shaping melodic lines and highlighting orchestral colors. Music Review: Kurt Masur and New York Philharmonic 2012-11-17T00:22:56Z Reiss also deftly addresses two of the issues that often hang over the show. Review | Hi-diddily-ho, here’s everything you’ve ever wanted to know about ‘The Simpsons’ 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z This cynical jab deftly reduces principles to inherited customs and displays a gift for intelligent wordplay. Lenny Bruce Shattered Taboos, but Was He Funny? 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z Our pilot deftly navigated the helicopter up and over cols, passing close enough to some peaks that glacier-formed striations in the cliff bands and the snow’s weather-sculpted textures were clearly discernible. Explorer : A Sisterhood of the Snow in Alaska 2014-04-03T17:57:48Z Mr. Ax deftly navigated the concerto’s mercurial quick-cuts in his scintillating and colorful performance, qualities matched by Mr. Gilbert and the impressive Philharmonic players. Review: Concert Hall, Meet Cabaret 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z The Asia Society is addressing peregrination and devotion directly in a deftly shaped exhibition called “Pilgrimage and Buddhist Art.” Art Review | 'Pilgrimage and Buddhist Art': On the Road With Seekers at the Asia Society 2010-03-18T23:04:00Z This week’s episode, “Lens” — which deftly explains a ton of back story and demystifies previously cryptic details — is a master class in how that’s done. ‘The Leftovers’ Season 2, Episode 6 Recap: Her Eye Is on the Sparrow 2015-11-08T05:00:00Z Photograph: Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images The staggering swiftness and scale of the implosion of News International is deftly summarised by the title: "How Murdoch Ran Britain". TV highlights 25/07/2011: How Murdoch Ran Britain: Dispatches 2011-07-24T22:00:01Z And the image works — the metaphor of a winter forest as an empty orchestra is haunting and memorable as it is deftly executed. Derek Walcott's poetry had grandeur, an exuberance of language 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z It’s a knowing wink aimed at other locals, and in fact, the entire video is a deftly edited drumroll of the pedestrian concerns and biases of the city’s young, recent arrivals. New York only wants investment bankers 2012-07-28T16:00:00Z She deftly executed the acrobatics at the end, with joyous, tumbling high roulades. Review: A Donizetti Revival at the Met Hints at More to Come 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z At first the music, which deftly melds traditional Chinese and contemporary Western elements, provides a placid, hazy background: gentle glissandos, soft scratchy tones in the strings, delicate flickers from the woodwinds. Music Review: The American Composers Orchestra at Zankel Hall 2013-01-20T20:34:10Z She creates a fully imagined world with its own rituals and rules, and deftly satirizes the media and governmental responses to the plague of sleeplessness. Books of The Times: Karen Russell’s ‘Sleep Donation’ 2014-04-02T20:29:11Z Dries Van Noten did not steer his collection quite as deftly as usual between simple silhouettes and dense pattern and decoration. Special Report: Fashion: A Fresh Breeze of Change 2011-03-02T19:46:33Z It’s also a deftly woven portrait of two distinctive and endearing characters whose correspondence sustains them through half a century of personal and cultural change. Ali MacGraw and Ryan O'Neal, 45 years later: 'Love Letters' loaded with nostalgia 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z Thanks to Mundy’s book, which deftly conveys both the puzzle-solving complexities and the emotion and drama of this era, their stories will live on. The Women Who Helped America Crack Axis Codes 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z But in these more hardheaded scenes, he also makes it clear that their impact can be unpredictable, and like comedy, they can deceive just as deftly. When Jewish Artists Wrestle With Antisemitism 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z Rowland deftly maps a very specific kind of urban loneliness, the inner ache of the intelligent, damaged soul who prefers the company of ideas and words to that of people. The office: Three new books offer a glimpse at the contemporary workplace But Cronenberg gets points for the film’s bits of black humor, and for deftly honing in on our culture’s obsession with celebrity. ‘Antiviral’: Chilly look at celebrity obsession 2013-04-18T21:35:02Z Through much of that track’s 23 minutes, the woodwinds deftly frame the dramatic fluctuations of Mr. Shorter’s band; at times the two factions achieve a compelling synthesis, advancing a dramatic theme. Wayne Shorter’s New Album Is ‘Without a Net’ 2013-01-31T17:38:26Z Impressively, "Gangs of Wasseypur" manages its sprawling story lines deftly and maintains a brisk pace throughout its daunting length. 'Gangs of Wasseypur' is epic in every sense 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z When pressed on the difference between Independence Day and Juneteenth, Opal deftly responded, “… the Fourth of July? Slaves weren’t free. You know that, don’t you?” In case you missed them: the Guardian's unsung heroes of 2020 2020-12-28T05:00:00Z Suddenly, the clouds darken, and Snoopy, with gritted teeth and a raised fist, lets his plane nosedive as he sprays rounds of invisible gunfire at the Red Baron, who is deftly maneuvering around him. Snoopy is the true star of "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" 2023-10-30T04:00:00Z The fisherman handled his limb difference deftly his whole life, and remained a loved, respected and vital part of his community. In ‘Luca,’ a Character’s Disability Doesn’t Define Him 2021-07-02T04:00:00Z The ensembles, for the most part, are deftly written and amusing. Music Review: Love Beats Science in a Spoof by Menotti 2011-08-14T22:00:12Z The school system deftly responded with its own tweet of a little girl looking cutely astonished. The education of Dave Chappelle: How a D.C. arts school prepared him for stardom 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z As the narrative bounces between Berlin and Hollywood, Wieland deftly portrays Dietrich and von Sternberg as the Trilby and Svengali of the movies. ‘Dietrich & Riefenstahl’ review: Two women who made fateful choices 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z Throughout the novel, Ms. Sittenfeld struggles to update the plot of “Pride and Prejudice,” failing to find the effortless sorts of analogies Ms. Heckerling deftly used in “Clueless.” Curtis Sittenfeld’s ‘Eligible’ Updates Austen’s ‘Pride and Prejudice’ 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z In one deftly composed image, a stylish woman taps her cigarette into an ashtray. Memphis greys 2010-12-03T12:22:00Z The filmmaker deftly balances the humor and heartache as Renn bonds with his sister and fights with Rick as they prepare for the service. Nick Jonas "has in him a real mystery": Director on why he's compelling in grief in "The Good Half" 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z Simin Behbahani, a prizewinning poet known as “the lioness of Iran” for deftly combining classical Persian verse forms, poignant emotion and courageous social protest, died on Tuesday in Tehran. Simin Behbahani, Outspoken Iranian Poet, Dies at 87 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z But Kennedy deftly reveals how violence in a conflict zone can more accurately be described as intertwined with and inseparable from daily life. In Northern Ireland During the Troubles, a Secret Romance 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z This is just one of the many ways that the writer and director Chloe Okuno deftly elevates “Watcher” from a Hitchcockian homage to one of this century’s most arresting tales of female anxiety. ‘Watcher’ Review: Terror, at a Glance 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z “Becoming” takes her historic status as the first black woman to serve as first lady and melds it deftly into the American narrative. In revealing new memoir, Michelle Obama candidly shares her story 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z The writing "is nothing special; what is special is Clarke's passionate and deftly detailed version of the present, albeit one told in terms of its consequences," said Publishers Weekly. Spy novels by real spies: Anthony Burgess, John le Carr? and others 2010-08-18T20:33:00Z Hightower’s expressions and body language so deftly convey her character’s attitude, integrity and vulnerability that she fascinates us even more as everyone around her is experiencing unexplainable epileptic-like fits. Best films: The 10, OK 12, greatest films of 2016 2016-12-17T05:00:00Z Craig is crisp and robust throughout, deftly illustrating Robert's capacity for menace, and he and Spall have some witty fun with the festering rivalry between the two buddies. Press views: Weisz and Craig in Betrayal 2013-11-04T11:37:56Z Settings of Yeats and Joyce proved a handsome showcase for Mr. Gunn’s velvet sound and clear diction; Ms. Gunn’s arrangements balanced piano and string quartet deftly. Music Review: Nathan and Julie Gunn With Pacifica Quartet at Zankel Hall 2013-04-24T21:51:23Z Both women deftly capture the messy complexities of being twins. Review | In ‘High School,’ Tegan and Sara Quin reflect on coming out and hitting it big 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z The plot itself is taut and deftly woven. The Ides of April by Lindsey Davis – review 2013-05-09T08:01:01Z The orchestra offered a taut, energetic performance of the brooding work, deftly conveying the contrast between the stormy elements and the gracious minuet that unexpectedly surfaces, rendered with genteel precision. Work by Schnittke and Haydn at Mostly Mozart 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z These stories, deftly translated by Barton, touch on a recession specific to Japan, though the language of neoliberal precarity and gig work will be familiar to many. New Story Collections Reconsider History and Upend Tradition 2020-11-10T05:00:00Z With their remixed "White Album," Martin and Okell have deftly deployed state-of-the-art technology to render the sonic field even more vast, establishing better separation among the Beatles’ instrumentation. The Beatles’ new remixed White Album box set is a marvel 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z The film deftly avoids becoming some kind of whodunit in reverse, as McDonagh shows little particular interest in who might actually be the would-be killer. 'Calvary' takes a funny-serious look at life and death 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z But Lenin deftly took advantage of the public’s exhaustion with the war, demanded that Russia stop fighting, and turned his attention to the bitter struggle for power that followed the tsar’s abdication. Lenin and the Russian Spark 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z As we concluded our conversation, McCartney made special note of folks like Ken Townsend, the beloved studio head who deftly oversaw the facility's name change from EMI Recording Studios to Abbey Road in 1976. Mary McCartney's connection to Abbey Road Studios is a family affair 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z Ms. Russell deftly keeps her readers wondering exactly what that is supposed to mean. Books of The Times: In Florida Slough With the Gators and Family Ghosts 2011-02-16T23:30:12Z His performances deftly blend seemingly contrasting qualities in playing that is clear-textured yet richly colorful, organic yet spontaneous, rhythmically incisive yet spacious. Classical Playlist: Bach, Haydn, Seattle Symphony and More 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z While the Birthday Boys keep deftly subverting expectations, Murderfist just keeps playing its few chords, faster and more intensely. On Comedy: The Comedy of Murderfist and The Birthday Boys 2013-12-10T22:37:39Z A series of deftly arranged tarps sheltered patrons sitting on red plastic stools at a handful of tables. Where to Find Bangkok’s Best Street Food While You Can 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z Instead, he transferred deftly his comic skills into a dramatic setting as his character liberated pupils formerly rigid with obedience. Robin Williams obituary 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z It’s also Garland’s choreography, which deftly mixes classical ballet steps with moves and attitude from at least a century of Black popular dance. Black in Ballet: Coming Together After Trying to ‘Blend Into the Corps’ 2021-08-17T04:00:00Z At times the recording is no more than a click track, beats on what sounds like a wood block, and the violin, cello and piano weave deftly around it. Music Review: Joel Sachs Takes New Juilliard Ensemble to MoMA 2010-07-26T23:43:00Z And he ends what may well be the final Streets interview with half a smile and a deftly self-deprecating joke. The end of the Streets 2011-01-02T00:04:01Z Forte deftly provided a snapshot reminder to the organization that he may be worth every penny he is seeking in a restructured contract. Forte gives Bears their money's worth 2011-09-12T11:18:00Z Mr. Elrod’s inspired performance is the engine that drives the plot forward at an increasingly breathless pace, even as Mr. Ives’s deftly turned rhymes maintain the reliable rhythms of a minuet. Theater Review: ‘The Heir Apparent,’ by Way of David Ives 2014-04-10T02:00:01Z Over the years, the myth has receded, supplanted by a new persona cannily crafted by Ms. Faithfull: that of spirited survivor, scars and bruises concealed beneath a deftly tailored suit. Marianne Faithfull, as Years Go By 2011-12-23T21:47:23Z “The book is rich with details, both serious and frivolous,” our reviewer Sarah Lyall writes, “and deftly sets the story of this singular institution in the context of the greater forces of English history.” 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z And, perhaps most of all, there is the resilient, quick-thinking orphan who outmaneuvers adults so deftly that it’s occasionally hard to believe she is only 14 years old. Jojo Moyes’s new novel, ‘The Horse Dancer,’ has a Dickensian spirit 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z It helps that the film is deftly made; Hawke keeps an admirably light touch, building up to the final inevitable sequence — of Bernstein playing in public again — without being heavy-handed. An introduction to the artiste as a terrified performer 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z "Archer" probably will figure out a path forward, considering how deftly it recovered from its three-season retreat from its A-plot by setting adventures inside Sterling's comatose brain. The joy of Jessica Walter's final "Archer" missions before our favorite terrible mother abandons us 2021-08-25T04:00:00Z Thomas deftly brings the myriad challenges of existing in two worlds to bear in the novel, as well as a dire need for social justice. “The Hate U Give”: Angie Thomas, Children of Promise and the girl in the mirror 2017-04-16T04:00:00Z Mr. Muhly deftly weaves vocal strands together as the music builds in astringent textures. Music Review: ?Dark Sisters,? by Nico Muhly - Review 2011-11-10T22:46:08Z Despite the show’s sometimes broad caricatures and reinforcement of longstanding stereotypes about big oil and big hair, the new “Dallas” deftly pays heed to a city that has always been proud of its own sheen. Texas Monthly: ‘Dallas,’ Now on TNT, Is Really Filmed in Dallas This Time 2012-07-22T04:41:23Z Throughout his career, even on his later big-budget material, Jonathan Demme’s movies gave one the sense of a perfect kind of chaos being deftly marshalled. Something wild: the punk side of Jonathan Demme 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z In a recent performance, he moved with the solid grace of a dancer and deftly handled a drunken heckler who took issue with a monologue about whether sexual orientation was genetic. Jonathan Bailey Is Keeping Busy 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z The devotional—and deftly sacrilegious—quality of “Hallelujah” and other songs and poems by Cohen reflects a city of clashing and bonding religious communities, especially first-generation Jews and French Catholics. Leonard Cohen's Montreal 2015-02-28T05:00:00Z It’s a complicated plot with a whiff of mystery about it, even tragedy, all as deftly woven as one of Jo’s elegant hair braids or hat knots. Coming of Age Amid a Limbo of Prejudice and Restriction 2019-08-13T04:00:00Z Like many of the show’s contributors, Goldman uses multiple printing techniques to craft a single image, yet her work is deftly unified. In the galleries: Using heat to create several kinds of artworks 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z People in attendance noted Trump’s beet-red face, his locked jaw, his frozen slouch as Obama deftly skewered him, referring to him dismissively as “the Donald.” Why Donald Trump Is Skipping the White House Correspondents’ Dinner 2017-04-28T04:00:00Z An ecumenical cellist and vocalist, Ms. Hughes ranges deftly into chamber music, indie rock, R&B and avant-garde improvising. Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z Mr. Gibney deftly weaves Mr. Haggis’s recollections in with the history of the church and with those of other interviewees, who largely talk without audible on-camera prodding. Review: Alex Gibney Takes On Scientology in ‘Going Clear’ 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z Dickerson deftly uses Constantin’s story to elucidate the human side of the immigrant debate, a bitterly partisan argument a large segment of America views in the abstract. Why the NY Times is breaking this devastating story about an asylum-seeking family on TV 2019-06-16T04:00:00Z The best place to sample the day’s catch is at the fish market, where burly men shout their deals of the day and women crouch on the floor next to them, deftly shelling prawns. A foodie tour of Iran: it's poetry on a plate 2016-10-29T04:00:00Z The show deftly fleshes out the contours of Leila’s queerness, wading in the infinite desires that dwell in the spectrum between gay and straight. 'So often we get pigeonholed': how queer women of color found a voice online 2017-02-15T05:00:00Z The eight supporting players deftly zip through quick, distinct portraits, whether playing busy city pedestrians, square-dancing singles, Wall Street traders, blindered minions of the Williams cult or demented participants at a speed-dating event. Theater Review: ‘I ♥ Bob’ at the Joyce SoHo 2012-07-25T21:07:12Z With Kernis at the piano, tenor Nicholas Phan deftly negotiated some challenging settings of verses about the ancient art in which the forces of energy are balanced to harmonize individuals with their environment. What’s it like watching world premiere concerts online? 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z Huntington is showing portraits, some painted and others made with collaged magazine clippings; both varieties deftly fragment and unify the likeness at the same time. Review | In the galleries: Comic book artists show new dimensions 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z Look out for an astronomical level of sartorial expertise that’s likely to include monochrome, deftly matched prints and makeup applied with a seemingly impossible degree of precision. Things to Do in NYC This Weekend: MoMA PS1 and Quad Cinema 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z She concludes, “I am let in until,” deftly leaving the ending ambiguous and thereby conveying a feeling of uncertainty — perhaps her own, perhaps representing the collective fear of displacement. Poems of Exile, Introspection and Self-Discovery (Cicadas, Too) 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z With "In My Life," Lennon deftly examines the power and inevitable failure of memory. The genius of the Beatles' "Rubber Soul" 2020-03-21T04:00:00Z He deftly peels away the layers of racism in sideshow mermaids, “Feejee” savages and Circassian beauties. Liars, hucksters and fake news are nothing new: a history lesson in hoaxes 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z As you watch his deftly shuffled scenes, you can’t help but engage — silently, please! — in a game of visual Name That Tune. Critic’s Notebook: In ‘The Clock,’ You Always Know the Time 2012-07-16T20:15:34Z Argento’s works are elegant and deftly fashioned vessels for their souls. The Elegant Musical Vessels of Dominick Argento 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z As the play moves along, Ms. Lorette deftly shows signs of change: a spark in the eye, a curious look of anguish, the hint of overwhelming desire. | 'Benefactors': Discord Among the Best of Married Friends 2011-04-13T22:25:29Z Thin, marinated, deftly charred grilled chicken cutlets were our choice of a topper, but shrimp or tofu are other options. Green Leaf's Vietnamese cuisine finds a second home in Belltown 2012-09-06T20:21:04Z She seems to thrive in the collision of self and concept, and she deftly deploys apparently obscure cultural vocabularies while also writing with enough self-deprecation to break down our resistances. Self and concept collide in experimental collection 'When the Sick Rule the World' 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z Schwimmer directs with intelligence and a minimum of hysteria, deftly handling the shifts in atmosphere this creepy story requires. Trust ? review 2011-07-09T23:05:45Z But mostly, it’s the great American play because it so deftly uses a fairly conventional family drama to expose all our insecurities about the American dream. Broadway's Old New Hit: Death of a Salesman 2012-03-27T20:23:55Z But that didn’t mean I was the kind of woman who could deftly back into the campsite. A latecomer to the #vanlife party takes a 4,000-mile road trip in a pop-up camper 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z And, as part of the theatre crowd, she deftly avoided the sort of “entitled white kid” status embodied by her son in Mrs Fletcher. Kathryn Hahn's X-rated awakening: 'I responded to her sense of hunger' 2020-01-01T05:00:00Z Mr. Mengestu writes from the points of view of Helen and Isaac with poignancy and psychological precision, deftly evoking their very different takes on the world. Books of The Times: Dinaw Mengestu’s ‘All Our Names’ Describes Unexpected Love 2014-03-03T21:42:23Z Giannoli deftly illustrates how writers/critics are the brokers between the artists and public, and everyone and everything has its price. "Lost Illusions" is a sumptuous period piece on the allure of fame, followers and fake news 2022-06-10T04:00:00Z Her favorite tactic was to seize an enemy soldier and ride off with him, the explorer Marco Polo recounted, “as deftly as a hawk pounces on a bird.” 7 of the most amazing women you’ve never heard of 2014-01-20T20:00:00Z He deftly layers his data, leaving us to connect the dots. Amar Kanwar at Marian Goodman, Lyle Ashton Harris at CRG 2010-04-01T22:40:00Z Nunez deals these out deftly; they do not jam her flow. Mourning With the Help of a Great Dane 2018-02-05T05:00:00Z It swerves from goofy to ghastly so deftly and so often that you can’t always tell which is which. ‘The Ballad of Buster Scruggs’ Review: The Coens Go Darkly West Again 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z Junge, who won an Oscar for the Pakistan-set attack film “Saving Face,” also deftly shows how Knievel’s boldness in the air over Las Vegas was matched by his chutzpah with the press. Sundance 2015: Johnny Knoxville says Evel Knievel helped create him 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z Nick's compassion after his past is nicely done, another stereotype deftly avoided. ‘Fear the Walking Dead’ Season 2, Episode 7: This Place is Dangerous 2016-05-22T04:00:00Z In “Street Singers of Lucknow and Other Stories,” the table of contents deftly traverses Bombay neighborhoods, grand Lucknow zamindari estates and serene tea gardens in what is now Bangladesh. An Urdu Epic Puts India’s Partition Into Historical Perspective 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z Moving deftly between her and her two suitors, Byrd sets their to-ing and fro-ing against the larger maneuvers that will determine both the outcome of the war and the resolution of her quandary. Escape to Another Century! These Historical Novels Are Your Ticket 2020-11-05T05:00:00Z There were long, slender dresses, deftly draped, an elongated version of Ms. Middleton’s look. | Mulberry Wins! 2011-02-21T19:17:53Z Each of the many nuanced, deftly portrayed characters revolves around Dad Lewis. Kent Haruf’s ‘Benediction’: last days of a small-town life 2013-03-20T20:07:53Z “Kirsch’s essays are expertly made, each one deftly including just enough historical context, healthy portions of summary and exposition, and the lightest sprinkling of interpretation and evaluation,” Josh Lambert writes in his review. 9 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-12-31T05:00:00Z The production deftly uses the self-consciousness of its characters to create a more pervasive, self-examining consciousness about the artistic process that sets the rhythms for their dialogue. Review: ‘Really’ Compares the Fixed Image With Life’s Flux 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z But Masur deftly reveals how the loose nature of unlikely antebellum coalitions propelled justice’s fight. The Twists and Turns of Black History 2021-04-16T04:00:00Z In this riveting tale, Kim Stanley Robinson deftly explores his characters’ internal experiences. Best science fiction and fantasy books of 2015 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z His face contorts into various iterations of the open-mouthed “Home Alone” shriek while his hands move deftly about the frets of his guitar. John Mayer Is a Wonderland 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z The film, which fuses genres and moods deftly, boldly, and movingly, is as much a portrait of Sophie’s inner life as it is a vision of the city. What to Stream This Weekend: A Claire Denis Car Commercial, Rescued from Obscurity 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z The tension between youthful freedoms and curiosities and the constrictions of adult-world pigeonholing is deftly addressed in an installation that also potently captures the transformative passage between girlhood and womanhood. Humaira Abid’s ‘Self Portrait’ speaks bluntly about gender inequality 2016-08-23T04:00:00Z Topol deftly portrays office politics at a major law firm, as partners compete with one another and associates vie for the partners’ favor as they dream of making partner themselves. Allan Topol’s ‘The Washington Lawyer’ abounds with Beltway skullduggery 2015-03-15T04:00:00Z A story set on an island known informally as Thunder deserves a thundering finish, which Tremayne deftly serves up, along with a touching coda that would play well on film. Review: S.K. Tremayne’s cinematic thriller ‘The Ice Twins’ 2015-07-05T04:00:00Z Throughout his writings, fiction and fact are deftly inter-woven because often his words were metaphors or code for something better left unsaid. On the trail of the Blues 2013-11-29T07:25:45Z His is an expansive, confident performance which holds all the pieces together; a scene in which he argues and then fights with himself, to the point of unconsciousness, is deftly done – half-ballet, half-slapstick. One Man, Two Guvnors – review 2013-03-02T23:04:00Z What “March: Book Three” does even more deftly than its predecessors in the series is to spotlight a range of crucial characters who loom as large as life on the printed page. Rep. John Lewis’s new ‘March: Book Three’ rises to the historic occasion 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z But the most striking piece is the sketchy “Griot,” whose simple lines are deftly modeled with crayon and wax. In the galleries: Chinese ink paintings, enhanced with water and words 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z Light and shadow are deftly conveyed, as are the folds of voluminous costumes. In the galleries: Many ways to express ‘Light & Movement’ 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z It allowed the Chamber Orchestra of Europe to blossom in Brahms as deftly as it contained the magnificent sonority of the Bavarian forces in Tchaikovsky. Critic?s Notebook: A Jewel of a Spring Festival, Not Selling Out, but Still Sparkling 2011-04-20T22:16:56Z It deftly questions what it means to be displaced in one’s own country and surveys the extant possibility for wonder, for storytelling, for transformation.” Man Booker Shortlist is Half American 2017-09-13T04:00:00Z Bond deftly thwarts the Soviets’ plans while avoiding open conflict. When Russia was the villain: How this moment echoes the era of Cold War spy novels and ‘Rocky IV’ 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z Though she made no particular attempt to match the mostly vibratoless playing of the strings, she sang with pure, lovely tone and handled the coloratura of “Thrice happy lovers” deftly and gracefully. Music Review: Juilliard415 Plays ?Fairy Queen? and ?F?tes d?H?b?? 2012-01-31T23:26:55Z Both leading actors unfolded the complexities of their characters deftly, and what made it seem so real was that the connection between them was so difficult but strong. Readers' reviews 2011-02-10T22:10:00Z Ronald Reagan, whose main strength was arguably the ability to deploy metaphor and deftly construct media narratives, also acquired a Golden Retriever puppy during his successful 1980 campaign. The changing face of “America’s dog” — and what it says about us 2021-07-04T04:00:00Z Scenery changes are deftly rendered through sliding and descending panels on which evocative images are projected. Review: ‘Marnie’ Stays in the Shadows in Nico Muhly’s Opera 2018-10-21T04:00:00Z Like much of his work, the peace poster was a model of design ingenuity: a dazzlingly apt idea, deftly executed. Design: The Man Who Broke the Record on 'Let It Bleed' 2011-12-11T14:01:00Z The chapters are short, the characters are deftly drawn, and the action churns along. Review | Oh, the horror! Why it’s hard to look away, even when a book is full of gore. 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z It’s a brisk, deftly staged scene that gets the show off to a vigorous start. Television Review: ‘Copper,’ a BBC America Series Set in Old New York 2012-08-16T21:49:11Z I won’t spoil the opening flashback scene, which has a reveal that deftly displays Justified’s gift for humor and surprise. TV Tonight: Justified Brings It All Back Home 2013-01-08T13:00:42Z Rather than referring to them directly, his deftly diagrammed compositions present the barest of hints and let our minds do the rest. The power of the doodle: John Mills' art opens a door and lets your imagination walk through 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z Cooper deftly shuffles moods and emotions throughout the brisk one-act show, often within the same scene. ‘Ain’t No Mo’’ Review: After Great Tribulation, an Exodus of Black Citizens 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z With 18 stories of varying lengths, “Damaged Glory” is deftly and confidently written, full of experimental fun. Review | ‘Bojack Horseman’ creator Raphael Bob-Waksberg expands his funny, melancholy empire 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z The arrangements deftly took advantage of a big-band-like lineup, with phrases pinging around among the horns and reeds. Music Review: Three Bands, Floating Their Music on a Cool Breeze 2011-06-12T22:53:07Z The two are deftly funny together, even if nothing they say sticks. Movie Review: In ‘Dom Hemingway,’ Gangsters Meet Up in France 2014-04-01T22:56:10Z Even so, this hyperbole does not completely diminish Khoudi’s character, which is complex and deftly rendered. A ‘Little Family’ Against the World 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z She is deliberate and detailed without contrivance, and deftly revisits the mix of bravado and introspection inside the head of a wounded young woman. 'Wild': blisters and redemption on the Pacific Crest Trail 2012-03-14T19:57:04Z Next to him, my son was playing Angry Birds on his iPad, while his sister never took her eyes off her iPhone as she deftly reached for the milk and poured it over her cereal. Internet addiction: a trend piece 2011-03-28T12:28:00Z “Switched at Birth” deftly shows us well-meaning people utterly oblivious to their economic prejudices — people who need a lesson that the guy with the biggest house doesn’t always win. Critic?s Notebook: A Television Family Tree That Bears Surprising Fruit 2011-06-13T22:30:18Z The dancing piano part deftly showed the similarity between spiky pointillist writing and be-bop riffs. Music Review: ?Launching the Percussion Revolution? at Juilliard 2012-02-01T00:03:35Z Cooke deftly conjures the found visual poetry of such places, their free-associative density and zest. From Fred Stonehouse, haunting portraits and visual poetry 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z On the run together, Frost deftly plants doubts in greenhorn Weston's mind about whether the CIA is worthy of the younger man's loyalty. 'Safe House': Denzel is a fun break from walls of familiarity 2012-02-08T20:22:04Z First, Elisabeth Moss deftly put her own spin on posing for E!’s ridiculous, nail-flaunting “mani cam” at the Golden Globes, slyly showing off her manicure on one finger in particular. Red carpet coverage doesn’t have to be sexist 2015-02-22T05:00:00Z “Locke’s work deftly interweaves the fine lines between theatricality, visual beauty, and critical insight.” Hew Locke to Create Artworks for Met Museum Facade 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z Steven Beck, an excellent pianist and champion of contemporary music, was the committed soloist, deftly revealing the elegiac and frenetic moods of this rhythmically and harmonically complex work. Music Review: Charles Wuorinen?s Works at the Guggenheim Museum 2012-02-21T22:57:52Z Terrorists killing elephants to fund their atrocities is a powerful, troubling story that deftly taps two hot-button issues linking them in one awful, unified narrative. The illegal ivory trade may not fund a major terror group, after all 2014-11-16T05:00:00Z Both composers were also represented with characterful works for solo cello, deftly performed by Ms. Jensen. Music Review: A Lutoslawski Tribute Includes ‘Bukoliki’ 2013-12-17T22:09:30Z Catherine Taber narrates the book in a high-pitched, wholly convincing Appalachian accent, shading her voice deftly to distinguish among characters. Review | Three new audiobooks make a long drive fly by 2020-08-07T04:00:00Z Yet the creatures are rendered so deftly that they seem almost plausible. Review | In the galleries: For ‘Inheritance,’ a wealth of compelling large-scale portraits 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z Through snapshots of daily life, Yupechika deftly captures that horizon-expanding feeling of early adulthood and the excitement of discovering that the world is so much bigger than you thought. 7 Manga Titles Perfect for Any Young Adult Reading List 2023-04-08T04:00:00Z There’s a focus on two specific murders, sure, but what’s more striking is how deftly Waithe and her actors create a strong sense of empathy for the characters’ everyday lives. Perspective | ‘The Chi,’ ‘Versace,’ ‘Altered Carbon’ and other winter shows to help you hibernate 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z Making the scene more jarring is how deftly the dancing, which masterfully pairs athleticism and storytelling, sails along. It’s a Season of Vintage Gems, and Female Bonding, at City Ballet 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z Tom Hooper's monarch-ish drama about King George VI's struggles to overcome a stammer on the eve of the second world war is a deftly shot, beautifully acted, curiously moving tub-thumper buoyed by a classy bromance. A critic's view of the Baftas 2011 2011-02-14T01:15:17Z “Swimming in the sea puts you in a different zone,” Walton says as she deftly removes her denim shorts and Nike top to reveal a purple cutout swimsuit. Open-Water Swimming With the Fast-Rising Pop Duo Let’s Eat Grandma 2018-07-24T04:00:00Z The Los Angeles Philharmonic commissioned his “Gaia,” a symphonic tone poem that doubles as a concerto for Ms. Spalding and suggests a classical tradition deftly redrawn in Mr. Shorter’s hand. Wayne Shorter, Intrepid Saxophonist and Composer, Dies at 89 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z She deftly popped her card into a nearby ATM, handed us cash and said, “I’ve got to run.” Rowing for Jesus, and other activities for a Parents’ Weekend abroad 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z She deftly handled the interview question that is asked of the remaining top five contestants. Leila Lopes of Angola is crowned Miss Universe 2011-09-13T10:42:12Z Mr. Volle deftly modulated his singing, one moment spinning a phrase with seductive allure, the next erupting with chilling power. Review: Anna Netrebko Emerges as a Powerful New Tosca at the Met 2018-04-22T04:00:00Z On the descents and straightaways, their courage was on full display as they tackled hairpin turns at high speeds, deftly negotiating the deep potholes and other obstacles dotting our path. In Madagascar, an island with unique species is a biking biologist’s dream 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z Ms. Soper’s audaciously eclectic score deftly blends hints of everything from Renaissance vocal music to churchly chorales to sassy show songs to piercing modernism. Opera/Classical Music Listings for Sept. 12-18 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z Idiosyncratic gestures and deftly angled torsos disrupted conventional phrases. | Richmond Ballet: At the Joyce, Richmond Ballet?s Harems and Villagers 2010-04-10T00:45:00Z The music evokes, and somehow deftly blends, disparate influences: grim Expressionist harmony, plaintive klezmer melodic writing, even hints of jazzy dance. Two Russian Tours, One Led by Evgeny Kissin, the Other by the American Symphony Orchestra 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z Lovecraft and “American Fantastic Tales”; and deftly tracks the life of this “Magellan of the Interior,” who for more than 40 years has been exploring the shadowy corners of the human heart. Michael Dirda’s Halloween book picks 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z He achieves, deftly and gracefully, the unity of inner life and political analysis that is a touchstone of modernity. The Miraculous Apu Trilogy 2015-05-06T04:00:00Z But "After Ever After" works fine as a stand-alone novel as Sonnenblick deftly combines tragedy, humor and memorable characters to produce a book that will have readers turning the pages to see what happens next. Award-winning books about kids with disabilities 2011-03-12T01:02:49Z The vocal writing deftly mixes urgent arioso for dialogue with magisterial melodic flights. Music Review: Braunfels’s ‘Jeanne d’Arc’ Plays at the Salzburg Festival 2013-08-02T21:51:38Z Signed and mentored by rapper Usher to record label Island Def Jam Music Group, Bieber already deftly handles the media, giving little away while expertly posing for photos. Justin Bieber wins fans by working like an old pro 2010-06-04T18:17:00Z What unites El-P and Killer Mike as rappers is how deftly they thread their way through rubble and assault. Run the Jewels, Still Insisting on Old Hip-Hop Values 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z The role is nearly dramatic; Kendrick, whose deftly shifting line readings present an intellect in self-doubting motion, doesn’t so much play the role as overcome it. “Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates” and the Death of the Hollywood Comedy 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z What’s priceless about “The Front Page” is the way in which it intermingles so deftly the tawdriness and the romance of the job. Why ‘The Front Page’ is the best newspaper comedy of all time 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z Few films have so fluidly intermingled the demands of character and story or shifted perspectives so deftly and economically. Watched ‘Mank’ but Never Seen ‘Citizen Kane’? Here’s a Primer 2020-12-09T05:00:00Z “In plain, confident prose, Washington deftly records the way the forces of loyalty pull the heartstrings in different directions,” Ryu Spaeth writes in his review. 9 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z Call it the moment of the indefinable black woman character—one who resists labels as deftly as any white male anti-hero of the Golden Age. 5 Black women who profoundly changed TV in 2015 2015-12-28T05:00:00Z Card deftly grounds these experiments in subtle details that reveal history’s imprint on everyday family life. For 30 Years, He Assumed the Identity of His Dead Friend. Now He’s Coming Clean. 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z The print is one of many in which Montgomery deftly balances the deliberate and the instinctual. Review | In the galleries: A visual rallying cry against gun violence 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z In his beguiling score Mr. Guo deftly fuses Chinese and Western classical styles. Music Review: ‘Feng Yi Ting’ at Lincoln Center Festival 2012-07-27T21:15:25Z While the film initially seems to be told from Kysilkova’s perspective, Ree deftly reminds the viewer that there are infinite sides to one story. What’s on TV Saturday: ‘Premature’ and ‘The Painter and the Thief’ 2020-05-23T04:00:00Z In one of the college's workshops, I watch these looms in action: a small group of third-year undergraduate textiles students are weaving deftly, sending multicoloured fabrics spilling from their machines. British art schools: Class dismissed 2011-04-10T20:30:01Z They stick not only because they are so creepy, but because the build-up is so skilled, so deftly handled. Your next box set: Ghost Stories for Christmas 2012-11-30T09:19:32Z Here were the Labèques I had come to hear, finessing the tensions between the two pianos as deftly as those within them. With the NSO, French piano duo Katia and Marielle Labèque brew up a storm (and some stress) 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z The podcast handles this unnerving plot point deftly, too. “Public Official A,” Reviewed: The Sins of Rod Blagojevich Are the Sins of Our Time 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z There’s no such softening, however, in the frighteningly polished and deftly performed assault on good taste that is the stand-up routine of Amy Schumer. Critic?s Notebook: Female Comedians Are Confidently Breaking Taste Taboos 2011-11-15T21:38:24Z He offered an ideal balance between virtuosity and introspection, deftly supported by the orchestra. Music Review | New York Philharmonic: The Toe-Tapping Starts at the Podium 2010-02-19T23:15:00Z At one level Stephen Greenblatt’s elegant and deftly written book is about Shakespeare’s account of tyrants, but it is intended largely as a commentary on the politics of our time. Review | What can ‘Macbeth’ teach us about President Trump’s next move? 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z Is this deftly played scene Saul’s moment of truth? ‘Homeland’ Recap, Season 5 Finale: The Last Illusion 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z Bodily orifices are another form of opening into other realms, and Sonnier deftly conjures them. Keith Sonnier's neon drawings open portals to another place 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z Made up of imperfectly repeated patterns, the music deftly evokes things loosening and falling apart. Review: At Bargemusic, a Surprise Competition With Live Bluegrass 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z The band moves deftly and skillfully among these styles, creating their own unique brand of Americana. Seattle-area music and nightlife events, Jan. 4-10: Los Lobos, Seattle Pop Punk Festival and more 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z The pliant strings moved deftly from angelic grace to demonic furor. It’s Handel; It’s Not What You Think 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z His deftly articulated, characterful rendition of Debussy’s “Children’s Corner” proved a highlight. Review: I Fagiolini, Richard Goode and the Juilliard Opera in Concert 2015-04-26T04:00:00Z The album, released this year, deftly reimagines familiar songs by popular figures ranging from Prince to Johnny Cash to the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z 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 My mother spends the hour deftly pushing the tangle of bitter greens around and around in a circle, tucking the thick cubes of bacon underneath them like a child hiding her vitamins. I need to feed my aging mother, but sometimes I think she’d rather starve. 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z It deftly captured the cultured, cerebral Mbeki — a complicated man who spent decades helping lead the African National Congress in exile while his father, one of Mandela's fellow Rivonia defendants, was in prison. 'Lost and Found in Johannesburg' maps the growth of a writer and nation 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z The satire is observational rather than psychological — Mitford skewers people, deftly and economically, through their own words and actions. Review: ‘The Pursuit of Love’ Against All Odds 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z One of TV’s boldest series, FXX’s “You’re the Worst,” has from the beginning shown its characters grappling with a variety of issues, both diagnosed and undiagnosed, while deftly dancing around the show’s romantic-comedy premise. Salon Mix: 2016 was TV’s best year ever for mental illness 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z For some longtime Williamsburg-watchers, the institution’s leadership has deftly steered through today’s choppy political waters by staying true to the past. Building a Better Colonial Williamsburg 2023-05-08T04:00:00Z And the film’s riotous climax deftly turns grim social realism into action-slapstick revenge farce. | 'Looking for Eric': Steve Evets and Eric Cantona in Ken Loach?s Film 2010-05-13T22:40:00Z The book follows four characters, its point of view moving deftly from one to the next every few pages. Review | In Elliot Ackerman’s ‘Red Dress in Black and White,’ a viral photo at a Turkish protest sets a plot in motion 2020-05-27T04:00:00Z Sibling rivalries, class conflicts, old grudges, adolescent flirtations and memories of childhood violence are all deftly embedded in this novel, as is the richly idiomatic Dublinese. Books Of the Times: Tana French?s Thriller ?Faithful Place? 2010-07-11T21:25:00Z “Heat and Light” — not a helpful title — is really a deftly interwoven set of stories. Review: With ‘Heat and Light,’ Jennifer Haigh Drills Below the Surface 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z The narrators are an assortment of American and Vietnamese men who witnessed the events firsthand, and whose accounts are deftly woven into a concise and gripping film. ‘Last Days in Vietnam’ Looks at Fall of Saigon 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z “Disgraced” deals deftly with how prejudice waylays Amir. ‘Disgraced’ asks provocative questions about being Muslim in America 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z In making his case, Louv deftly brings together cutting-edge science, longstanding wisdom and recent discoveries, along with wonder and humor, while never losing sight of the magic that’s possible when humans and nonhumans connect. How Humans Can Coexist With Other Animals 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z The stories of the grotesque failure of the Bush administration to seize a historic opportunity to better relations after the 9/11 attacks and of Iran's nuclear programme are deftly told. Revolutionary Iran: A History of the Islamic Republic by Michael Axworthy – review 2013-03-25T10:00:01Z It’s something Eggers deftly lets us see around the edges of Josie’s world. North to Alaska in Dave Eggers' new 'Heroes of the Frontier' 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z Mr. Albright’s intelligently wrought interpretation deftly conveyed both the melancholy and passionate elements of this enigmatic piece. Music Review: Young Hands Tackling Chopin?s Intimidating ?tudes 2011-03-09T22:47:17Z It’s sweet, and as formula goes, deftly done and satisfying. 2010-01-09T03:08:00Z The evening ended with alluring performances of five Chopin works, including elegantly voiced mazurkas and a powerfully wrought Ballade No. 2 and Scherzo No. 2, whose technical challenges Mr. Varjon deftly conquered. Review: Denes Varjon, a Hungarian Pianist, at Zankel Hall 2016-02-17T05:00:00Z Her lengthy tenure at NBC's "Today" show makes her able to deftly switch from world leaders to actors to quirky celebrities enjoying 15 minutes of fame. Who's landing the big interviews after Oprah? 2012-06-22T09:46:03Z Tilghman, meanwhile, deftly handles the tricky channel an actor must navigate, playing the heavy of the piece, with a heart. Review | Detroit’s assembly line brought to vibrant life in ‘Skeleton Crew’ 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z Demme captures the action on nine frequently handheld HD cameras, along with some evocatively shaky Super 8mm footage, all of which editor Glenn Allen deftly cuts together without distracting from the tunes. Neil Young documentary captures raw energy of live show 2010-03-19T19:14:00Z Wade, her deftly funny, jarringly understated show doesn’t respond to the news so much as clarify it. Comedians Turn Their Attention to Abortion 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z Tom Sleigh lures readers beyond familiar borders so deftly that most won’t recall how they entered various conflicts or major war zones. Best new poetry for February 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z Egan deftly balances a play-by-play of the criminal proceedings with a methodical explanation of her reporting, gamely sharing her personal relationship to both. Review | For years, one reporter investigated allegations against Bill Cosby — even when no one was listening 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z A deftly propulsive bassist, Allison tends to devote his creative energies to original music; he’s the author of more than a dozen albums and a founder of the Jazz Composers Collective. 13 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-12-27T05:00:00Z And she depicts an innovative businessman who deftly negotiated Royal Academy politics and won commissions from the aristocracy and, later, the Industrial Revolution’s nouveau riche. An illuminating biography of J.M.W. Turner 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z Like the show’s other high point — Cary Gitter’s “How My Grandparents Fell in Love” — “The Fork” deftly shades boisterous humor with political alarm and awareness of mortality. Review: One-Act Highlights Find the Laughs in Political Anxiety 2017-05-18T04:00:00Z In the “Macbeth” monologue, the strongest and most deftly woven of the four, Mr. Daisey contrasts the scheming, belittling Lady Macbeth with Jean-Michele Gregory, his wife and longtime director, who also directs this production. Mike Daisey on Shakespeare and His Own Failings 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z The movie deftly accounts for the dissonance between the two events. ‘Summer of Soul’ Review: In 1969 Harlem, a Music Festival Stuns 2021-06-24T04:00:00Z Bonus question: As they’re zipping and zapping through the ruins of New York City, the dogfighters deftly dodge the severed torch arm of a certain large copper statue. ‘Oblivion’: Scene it? Sci-fi flick copycats other films 2013-04-17T23:27:04Z He deftly switches between flipping off his haters, wooing his female fans and packing dance floors. The worse things get for Chris Brown, the better his music becomes 2014-06-04T04:00:00Z Goldman deftly weaves the portrait of the city with his personal story. Review: ‘The Interior Circuit’ by Francisco Goldman It must be said that the Tooting Arts Club’s deftly, uh, executed stunt of a show, which originated in London, delivers on its ingenious, if limited, objective. Review: A ‘Sweeney Todd’ That Gets Into Your Face 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z In his introduction to New Documents, Szarkowski deftly defined the shift in emphasis that the work represented and the attitude that unified the three photographers. John Szarkowski 2010-07-20T11:05:00Z But the calendar also strikes a deftly engineered balance between old and new. Perspective | A star opera singer is changing classical music with a radical idea: Listening 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z Murder turns out to be good therapy, and Mr. Reece deftly walks the line between absurdity and thrills as the pair cover up their crime. Newly Released Books 2011-08-17T22:44:30Z “It swerves from goofy to ghastly so deftly and so often that you can’t always tell which is which.” What’s on TV Friday: ‘The Bisexual’ and ‘The Ballad of Buster Scruggs’ 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z Luck may have been a factor, but “HIMYM’s” longevity also was a product of smart writing that managed to deftly blend whimsical hilarity with emotional depth. ‘How I Met Your Mother’ is set for ‘ambitious’ series finale 2014-03-27T17:57:53Z All of this photographer’s strengths are on view in this deftly chosen and admirably displayed exhibition that covers most of her 40-plus-year career. 25 Art Exhibitions to View in NYC This Weekend 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z Too often in contemporary music, conductors seem merely to be keeping time; but all this was handled deftly by Salonen, who looked as animated and assured as if he were conducting Beethoven. Review: Revisiting a Kaija Saariaho Opera Days After Her Death 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z Both deftly embody lives that are often overlooked. ‘Weightless’ Review: A Look at Tough, Working-Class Lives 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z Superficially, Continuous Interruptions is an abstract piece: its vocabulary a muscular, sculptural fusion of ballet, street dance and contact improvisation; its structure accommodating deftly crafted contrasts of scale and dynamic. Russian dance that's out of this world: Turin's Teatro a Corte 2011-07-13T11:36:09Z But the show handled story lines about pioneer prejudices and gender inequality much more deftly than nonviewers might assume. Comfort Viewing: 3 Reasons I Love ‘Little House on the Prairie’ 2020-05-10T04:00:00Z But “More Than Meets the Ear,” due out in November, will be the first big band effort under Mr. Eubanks’s own name, featuring brisk new arrangements deftly executed by peers like the saxophonist Antonio Hart. Jazz Listings for Aug. 28-Sept. 3 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z With her exacting, thoughtful instructions, Ms. Greenspan anticipates pitfalls and leads you deftly around them. The Year’s Best Baking Cookbooks: Radical Ideas, Classic Treats 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z Now for its 26th edition, the show includes nearly 200 exhibitors from 32 countries and deftly straddles art worlds past and future. Which Art Fair Is for You? Let Our Critic Be Your Guide 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z The show deftly blends luscious sounds, played with plenty of room to appreciate them, with human voices that offer the modest enlightenment of public radio. “Slow Radio,” The Podcast That Promotes Monks, Moose, and Inner Peace 2019-01-04T05:00:00Z The University of Newcastle Chamber Choir from Australia sang “The Owl and the Pussycat” and deftly navigated the brisk counterpoint of a lively arrangement of “Slangpolska Efter Byss-Kalle,” a Swedish folk dance. Music Review: Rhythms of One World Festival, From Friendship Ambassadors 2012-06-29T21:35:34Z The Academy spent months stumbling down a red carpet lined with rakes, deftly stepping on each one. Nobody Hosted the Oscars. And They Did a Fine Job of It. 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z And power is a deftly maintained illusion that commands strength, allowing the likes of a eunuch and a dwarf to exercise influence far beyond their physical abilities. Game of Thrones Watch: A Trick, A Shadow on a Wall 2012-04-16T10:40:01Z I had no idea that he was coming to school with deftly applied makeup on. How Pat Conroy and I became lifelong best friends 2019-09-29T04:00:00Z The story, she added, “deftly merges the familiar bumps and groans of the haunted-house movie with a potent allegory for the devastation of dementia.” What’s on TV This Week: ‘Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy’ and ‘Genius: Aretha’ 2021-03-15T04:00:00Z The difference between the two men in Malabar’s orbit is dramatic: “Ben’s hands chopped wood, built fences, deftly killed animals of every sort. Charles’s hands were baby-soft, his right one lacking dexterity since his stroke.” A Mother’s Secrets, a Daughter’s Lies 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z And it deftly makes the audience complicit with this production’s creators in figuring out both “Into the Woods” and why the fairy tales that inspired it still haunt us. ‘Into the Woods,’ Stripped Down by Fiasco Theater 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z The firm is known for deftly mixing the classical and the contemporary and for layering custom details — while remaining open to quirk. A Narnia-Inspired Design, on Long Island 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z Yet she leaves room for decency and redemption as well in a deftly plotted finale that brings together the two story lines and provides measured resolution for both. Rene Steinke's 'Friendswood' visits a town toxic in many ways 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z And the intertwined, comic and bittersweet romances among Alex’s posse of friends are reasonably deftly plotted, if familiar. Review: ‘Hunting Season’ on Vimeo Starts Second Season 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z Graze was humming like a well-oiled engine, with staff gliding deftly by each other, managing to genially keep ahead of orders. A Taste of Vegan Nashville 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z It’s deftly done and finding that exact delicate tone took time. Succession star J Smith-Cameron: ‘Gerri is quite a badass but also relatable’ 2019-09-28T04:00:00Z She deftly straddles the line between host and mentor, for which I'm sure many of the cheftestants have been thankful. How Padma Lakshmi grew from"Top Chef" host into the show's guiding core 2023-06-10T04:00:00Z This confidence transcended gender roles as deftly as his dance moves walked the line between aggressive and alluring. Prince and the queer body: Our dirty patron saint of pop gave me permission to think outside the gender binary 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z The movie so deftly mixes sentimentality, romance and bathos in just the right measures that her fans and maybe new ones will enjoy the new Miley. Miley Cyrus all grown up in new movie 2010-03-31T02:33:00Z But this edited HD stream of the event, viewable at jazzday.com for the next few weeks, pares things down even further, cutting deftly from one peak to the next. The Playlist: Radiohead Returns, and Justin Timberlake Trolls the World 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z And Williams, who could deftly toggle between gentle tenderness and steely menace from scene to scene, gave his lines authenticity and depth, ensuring that some of Omar Little’s catchphrases would enter the pop-culture canon. How Michael K. Williams Made Omar Little His Own on ‘The Wire’ 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z The irony of pitting a bickering couple simultaneously against a reconciling one can be quite poignant, considering we know what’s coming in the final act, if the two pairs are deftly balanced. Seattle Opera welcomes back live audiences with a moving ‘La Bohème’ 2021-10-18T04:00:00Z The leap from Bach to Ives is huge, but Mr. Dank accomplished it deftly. | Ran Dank: Wide-Ranging Program for Prizewinning Pianist 2009-12-17T05:52:00Z Over the last few years especially, he has made contrarianism a usable facet of his art, pushing back against the script in deftly inscrutable ways. Music Review: Words and Music: A Jazz Trumpeter Plays, Sings and Blogs 2011-03-02T22:19:39Z Smith handles this deftly, showing Eliot’s conflicted eagerness for and fear of sexual contact with the handsome young man — fear because of how he might respond to her aging body. George Eliot’s brief marriage got off to a really, really bad start 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z Scenic designer Jacob A. Climer adorns the rustic space with Christmas lights, Virgin Mary figurines and a flickering menorah for a subversive holiday-season production that deftly toes the line between grunge and glamour. Review | Mason Alexander Park brings star power to Olney’s ‘Hedwig and the Angry Inch’ 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z Nowhere is the novel’s sense of place more deftly established than in Shafak’s passages on the character of Istanbul. Painting a vibrant and lush portrait of the 16th-century Ottoman empire 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z Based on hundreds of interviews, the book also deftly unpacks a genius business model. I Want My MTV: Drugs and Money and Cows in Boardrooms 2011-11-02T11:00:30Z But "Argo" proved that Affleck is a major filmmaker, and showed he could step deftly from the intimate drama of "Gone Baby Gone" and "The Town" into much a larger and more complicated project. Force is strong with dream `Star Wars' directors 2012-11-05T17:40:09Z He deftly sets up these characters to fail repeatedly even as they persevere. Review | A mother of two boys — one white, one black — gets a crash course in race 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z How these unseen layers create the familiar properties of glass, porcelain and stainless steel is deftly explained. Stuff Matters by Mark Miodownik – review 2013-07-03T11:15:01Z The St. Luke’s musicians deftly illuminated the sonic intricacies. Pierre Boulez’s Legacy Is Explored at NY Phil Biennial 2014-06-01T04:00:00Z And such doings, slipped deftly into the action of “Terminator Genisys,” prove extremely significant to the plot, though they remain unconsidered. An Edward Snowden “Terminator” 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z The opera deftly separates who we are from how we see one another. ‘Blue’ is the opera on police violence that America needs to see, but can’t 2020-06-16T04:00:00Z They were especially intrigued by how often he deftly sidestepped any responsibility for a coldblooded business that financially benefited a few at the expense of many. ‘The Deuce’ Recalls Sex and Sleaze in 1970s Times Square 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z Long holds his own deftly as the moral center of the play, a resister whose brutal handling by the Nazis betokens horrors in Europe yet to be unleashed. The white gloves come off in the creaky and yet timely ‘Watch on the Rhine’ 2017-02-13T05:00:00Z Her paintings combine a distinctly urban jangle with a slightly tawdry, rather literal inner light, while deftly sampling abstract strategies that range from Frank Stella’s stripe paintings through lyrical abstraction to graffiti art. Art in Review: KELTIE FERRIS: KF + CM 4EVER 2010-12-23T22:15:17Z Mark Rylance however is more of a standout for his heartrending and deftly comic work as a spy in Steven Spielberg’s period thriller, Bridge of Spies. Golden Globe awards 2016: who will win, and who should win 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z In a city as unknown to him as his nascent artistic voice, the perceptive skills that would power such later images as “Nighthawks” were less deftly wielded. Perspective | In Hopper’s early Paris paintings, reflections of today’s strange, desolate cities 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z A ruthlessly amoral and icily self-assured con woman, she plays the role of a conscientious, court-mandated guardian perfectly, all while deftly separating the elderly wards under her care from their families and bank accounts. Rosamund Pike Is Delighted to Appall You 2021-02-19T05:00:00Z Bening’s performance is a different story altogether—she virtually makes the movie, sending even simple lines from its often sententious script deftly spinning and leaping in surprising flourishes. The 2017 Oscar Nominations Don’t Matter but the Movies Do, More Than Ever 2017-01-24T05:00:00Z The reception space features powerful video works and often-provocative sculptures, with desk staff employees acting as de facto docents, deftly answering interpretive questions. Come for the Guest Rooms. Stay for the Galleries. 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z Though she does not have perfect coloratura technique, she ably dispatches the roulades and runs, folding them deftly into extended melodic phrases. Music Review: Anna Netrebko in ?Manon? at Metropolitan Opera 2012-03-27T22:50:54Z But Mr. Ackroyd does deftly situate Hitchcock’s work in the rapidly emerging film industry. Review: In ‘Alfred Hitchcock: A Brief Life,’ Fear Drives a Master of Suspense 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z In the Dvorak she produced a lovely, often soaring tone and was deftly supported by the orchestra’s trim woodwind and brass sections. Music Review: New York String Orchestra With Jaime Laredo - Review 2011-12-25T21:55:35Z They are deftly integrated into a fictional story rooted in relationships that are given room to develop and fill out. Eww, That’s Gross. And We Like It That Way. 2021-04-30T04:00:00Z From birdlike twitters among the violins and piano, the work moves through six deftly characterized movements of surging energy, jazzy vivacity and airy open-chord expanse. Music Review: Tobias Picker at the Miller Theater - Review 2011-10-09T21:55:17Z There are full-blown characters here and a deftly intertwined plot. After e-literature, there’s no going back 2012-10-29T11:30:00Z “Vanda, Dendrobium, Cymbidium, Phalaenopsis and Paphiopedilum,” he said, Linnaeus’s botanical Latin rolling off his tongue as deftly as the daily specials, pointing to the jewel-like faces to the right and left of us. Seduced by Singapore’s Charismatic Orchids 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z Adjepong and Patrice Johnson Chevannes deftly combine brusqueness and gentleness as N’s helpless parents, who apply scraps of the lore and philosophy of their Nigerian culture in dealing with their bereaved and unresponsive daughter. Review: Remembering What Was and Wasn’t in ‘Good Grief’ 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z The artist deftly navigates a notoriously unstable new environment. 'UH-OH: Frances Stark, 1991-2015' at Hammer Museum is an enthralling midcareer survey 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z The director, Michael Bay, deftly integrates digital wonders and live action, and he stages scenes of extensive destruction with bloodless exuberance. Movies 2014-07-21T04:00:00Z I’m not convinced that the Brit awards or the Oscars trod that line terribly deftly. Eurovision 2021: follow all the action from Rotterdam – live 2021-05-22T04:00:00Z She floated lines with grace and deftly dispatched little embellishments and melismas. Review: Kelli O’Hara’s Operatic Turn in ‘Dido and Aeneas’ 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z Kassa is a pre-eminent style bender and blender, successfully juxtaposing genres through his production expertise and use of melodic and harmonic forms that deftly integrate the new with the old. Five Minutes That Will Make You Love 21st-Century Jazz 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z Little milestones in social history – the chicken kiev ready meal; the Habitat garlic press; the first package holidays – are deftly handled. Consumed: How Shopping Fed the Class System by Harry Wallop – review 2013-01-18T09:01:01Z Mr. Wegman’s ineluctable lack of pretense is perhaps most complex and intriguing in the show’s paintings, where he deftly combines the roles of professional, amateur and illustrator. Art Review: ‘William Wegman: Hello Nature’ at Bowdoin College Museum 2012-08-16T17:46:55Z Mr. Garrison deftly sidesteps gay stereotype in his role as the ex-children’s book editor Robert, the more even-minded of the couple next door. | 'Olive and the Bitter Herbs': Co-Op?s Old Crank Finds a Fresh Spirit 2011-08-17T02:30:38Z There are dozens of other examples of small, deftly planted details that will pay off later on. Die Hard at 30: how it remains the quintessential American action movie 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z “The phrase fake news is like a loaded gun that Kellyanne deftly plucked out of reporters’ hands and pointed at their heads,” she said. Samantha Bee on Kellyanne Conway: 'Soulless, machiavellian despot' 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z It's deftly constructed, beautifully acted and elegantly witty. Nathalie Baye: 'Happiness is doing a job you love' 2011-08-04T21:20:01Z The quietly imperious, deftly manipulative, secretly feared and despised young matron carries herself as if living life on a tightrope among onlookers who’d be eager to see her fall. Whit Stillman’s “Love & Friendship”: Subverting the Social Order with Style 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z This might be expected to sow confusion, but the actors are skilled at shifting gears, and the textual nips and tucks are so deftly handled that even scenes that pose obvious challenges come across cleanly. Theater Review: Michael Benz in ‘Hamlet’ at the Schimmel Center 2012-10-03T21:57:28Z Mr. Ahmed deftly shows Naz’s dawning terror as his world becomes ever smaller; the cinematography conveys the isolation, the disorientation, the feeling of being funneled down a dank, fluorescent-lit chute into the system. Review: ‘The Night Of’ Takes a Cab Ride to Hell 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z The Piano Concerto in F deftly assimilates the impressionistic motifs of Debussy and the luxuriant orchestration of Rachmaninov; yet the spontaneous impulses are entirely Gershwin's own. RLPO/Wilson – review 2013-04-08T16:27:14Z Mostly, though, he deftly evokes resonances and contrasts. A Reckoning With the Wars He Has Known 2019-07-10T04:00:00Z It’s a marvelous, comprehensive atlas of the comic world Shakespeare offers up, and this company deftly flips through its pages. Review | A ‘Twelfth Night’ that’s great for any night 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z This was a show about that pursuit, and it was marvelous: brisk and unsinkable, smartly balanced, deftly paced. | Paul Simon: Many Roads to Salvation in Paul Simon?s Latest Show 2011-05-11T07:54:29Z Those many unusuals have now been deftly inserted into the story of British art. Tate rehang 'triumphant', say papers 2013-05-14T11:29:30Z Mirrcandani deftly conveys the adventurousness and exuberance that temper Afzal’s conservatism: This character’s complex personality — which sometimes bemuses his daughters — supplies many of the play’s laughs and much of its considerable poignancy. Theater review: Ayad Akhtar’s ‘The Who & the What’ at Round House 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z Whether Costner makes the awards cut or not, it's a pleasure to watch the veteran actor so deftly traverse the vanity-free demands of such a flawed, authentic, toughly sympathetic character. Kevin Costner shines in Mike Binder's nervy 'Black or White' 2014-12-02T05:00:00Z Dev deftly weaves themes of family and friendship into a beautiful romance, setting the story against a backdrop of a massive Indian American wedding, all while tackling issues of mental illness, family expectations and celebrity. Sarah MacLean picks the best romance novels for October 2015-09-30T04:00:00Z He thanked the critics for their work, deftly poking fun at the difference in star wattage. The Carpetbagger: Brad Pitt, Denbygate and Other Scenes From the Critics Circle 2012-01-10T17:10:51Z “The Good Wife” was able to deftly construct inter-firm feuds as a way to develop characters and push the plot in interesting directions. ‘The Good Fight’ Recap: The Head and the Heart 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z Citizenship isn’t even an illusory protection in “De Novo,” deftly directed by Mr. Solomon for Houses on the Moon Theater Company. When Disenfranchised Lives and American Ideals Collide Onstage 2017-12-18T05:00:00Z Ms. Winocour deftly evokes primal terrors of captivity and cruelty, and also the erotic fascination that lingers around such fears. Movie Review: ‘Augustine,’ by Alice Winocour, Featuring Soko 2013-05-16T21:08:34Z Ms. Scott deftly modulates her character’s warm, bubbly persona at times to suggest her evolving levels of anxiety. Review: In ‘Whorl Inside a Loop,’ Inmates Shape Their Stories 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z She'd tip it over the simmering water, deftly cutting the batter every half second with a butter knife. When you drink Chardonnay, the spaetzle get bigger 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z But Shrady’s deftly manipulated bronze in Virginia regales us with something sordid. What to do with Confederate monuments? Put them in museums as examples of ugly history, not civic pride 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z Mr. Jackiw, deftly balancing fervor and elegance, beautiful tone and earthy colorings, proved a comparably inspired Ivesian on this exciting night. Review: Jeremy Denk and Stefan Jackiw’s Lessons in Ives’s Nostalgic Sonatas 2015-11-22T05:00:00Z Politicians are often disparaged for being self-serving; Madsen’s acting deftly straddles the line between narcissism and sincere competence. ‘Designated Survivor’ Season 1, Episode 5: Who’s the Real Hero? 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z With his acute ear and abundant technique, Mr. Aucoin deftly folds diverse musical strands into this restless score, which can shift from skittish frenzy to stretches of aching lyricism. Review: Matthew Aucoin’s ‘Crossing’ Is a Taut, Inspired Opera 2015-05-31T04:00:00Z She put him down, and he deftly selected U2’s “Joshua Tree,” and they settled in to listen to “With or Without You.” My lessons in autism 2014-02-25T00:00:00Z There are, yes, three servings of chicken hearts now, presented on skewers made of rosemary, and Lyonne deftly swipes them all on to her plate while completing her thoughts on the violence of modern life. Natasha Lyonne: ‘There’s a fighter in me that wants to survive’ 2019-07-21T04:00:00Z This musically complex and arresting work deftly entwines three different stories of protest movements based on historical events. New Operas at the Met Prove to Be Rare Breed 2012-09-09T04:55:01Z Her breakout collection, “The Empathy Exams,” deftly explored the balance between the inward and outward gaze and the intersection of the body’s frailty with the mind’s analytical prowess. Up Close and Personal: New Essays From Leslie Jamison 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z Like those works, “Chester Bailey” is deftly plotted; Dougherty’s experience as a television writer on series including “Thirtysomething” and “Pretty Little Liars” serves him well here. Review: In ‘Chester Bailey,’ a Case of Physician, Shrink Thyself 2021-06-25T04:00:00Z The offstage episodes specified by Mahler were handled deftly. Review: Zubin Mehta Leads Israel Philharmonic in ‘Resurrection’ 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z Or you can peruse whole issues of PM, the short-lived daily that deftly combined sensational photographs and social concern, for which Weegee worked in the early 1940s. Art Review: ?Weegee? at International Center of Photography - Review 2012-01-19T23:35:18Z Though played without pauses, the piece is deftly structured in four movements. Review: In ‘Folk, Form, and Fire,’ Hosting a Party of Five for Prokofiev 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z It’s not insignificant that Ms. Ndegeocello plays a lot of electric bass on this album, deftly anchoring a core band made up of regular partners like the guitarist Chris Bruce. New Albums by Miranda Lambert, Meshell Ndegeocello and Taylor McFerrin 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z Next came lively, deftly colored interpretations of two orchestral favorites: Rossini’s vivacious “William Tell” Overture and Respighi’s evocative tone poem “Pines of Rome.” Music Review: Tanglewood?s Season Opens With Good Friends Like Verdi and Bellini 2011-07-10T21:36:09Z The series is YA only in the age of its characters; the book deftly handles serious such issues as the costs of genocide and war. Review | The best science fiction and fantasy to read this month 2018-06-04T04:00:00Z Johnson deftly renders the contours and textures of human flesh, painted in a classical style. Review | In the galleries: From artist Timothy Johnson, a heady exhibition 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z Oluo deftly combines history and sociological study with personal narrative, and the result is both uncomfortable and illuminating. Fall reading: 12 books to keep you occupied for the rest of 2020 2020-09-04T04:00:00Z Ancestry looms large in “Love Songs,” and Jeffers has deftly crafted a tale of a family whose heritage includes free Blacks, enslaved peoples and Scottish and other white colonialists. A Triumphant Debut Novel on Black History and Coming of Age in the South 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z Working deftly in mixed media on paper on canvas, Mr. Reeder creates florid, shimmering vistas without needing much surface area. Art in Review: TYSON REEDER 2011-06-16T22:00:28Z With a career spanning more than 60 years, Matheson crafted stories that deftly transitioned from the page to both the big and small screens. I Am Legend Author Richard Matheson Dies at 87 2013-06-24T20:35:01Z She manages the sweep of her history and its multitudes deftly, drawing on archival research and the significant body of historical work done by many predecessors. 'The Making of Asian America' is a stirring chronicle long overdue 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z “Witchmark” is thoroughly charming and deftly paced; I appreciated how well the world-building meshed with the plot’s development, like a map’s surface being revealed in time with one’s progress along it. The Best New Fantasy Novels 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z The second half started with the premiere of Mr. Jacobsen’s “Three Miniatures for String Quartet,” vivacious, deftly drawn sketches that evoke the microtonal keening and metrical complexity of Persian classical music. Music Review: Metropolitan Museum Artists in Concert - Review 2011-12-19T23:04:37Z Dan Saunders, an assistant Met conductor, played the piano accompaniments deftly, and if the balances were not quite perfect — he was often greatly overpowered by the amplified voices — no one seemed inclined to complain. Music Review: The Metropolitan Opera in Central Park 2012-07-26T21:57:22Z Gradually our faith in this seemingly most reliable of narrators is undermined by deftly disclosed pieces of information positing a narrative at odds with Juliana’s. | 'The Other Place': Confronting an Illness and a Life in Shambles 2011-03-29T08:30:23Z Most of the actors are capable, and the show deftly mixes emotional extremity with speedy, nonchalant storytelling. Review: ‘Fauda’ Returns on Netflix, Guns Blazing 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z The interior, executed by the District design firm HapstakDemetriou+, deftly fuses whimsy with comfort. Review | Rasa brings a new generation’s spin on Indian food 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z He also deftly makes clear the interconnectedness and rippling traumas it caused from Africa to the Caribbean to the Americas. Overlooked Black History, in Three New Novels 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z Like Hiss Golden Messenger, JLM deftly moves between country, folk and soul on Tell Me, but there's more to her than zealously guarding antique genres. New band of the day ? No 946: Jessica Lea Mayfield 2011-01-14T16:55:43Z This one," she says, deftly hefting an almost fossilised skull and lower jaw, "died in about 7,000 BC. Lords of the flies: the insect detectives 2010-09-23T07:00:00Z Some historians write about combat well, others are stronger on politics and policy, but Roll, the author of a book about the presidential aide Harry Hopkins, handles both areas deftly. Battlefields: Recent Books in Military History 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z Mr. Boutté deftly doubles as a hothead and a twee intellectual, while Mr. Rozzell matches the poise of Rupert Crosse in the original. Theater Review: ?Shadows? at the Collapsable Hole - Review 2011-11-04T22:40:49Z But there's also the lack of experience among big-time game creators of deftly making complex work. ArtsBeat: Game Theory: Challenging the Industry 2012-12-25T19:57:25Z The staging, deftly orchestrated by Lee Sunday Evans, keeps the pace hectic, more like the frenzied traffic of a heated basketball game than another sport. ‘A Beautiful Day in November’ Opens at City Center 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z Its range of materials and scales clarifies the stages of sculptural production from deftly improvised terra-cotta or plaster studies to full-size models, to bronze or marble versions. Art Review: Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, a French Artist of Multiple Passions 2014-03-27T22:29:43Z Nathan Davis, a percussionist in the International Contemporary Ensemble, writes music that deals deftly and poetically with timbre and sonority. Music Review: Yarn/Wire Plays Percussion and Piano at Issue Project Room 2012-03-25T21:49:50Z But, while Hill-Gibbins deftly underlines his point through doubling, some of the horror contained in the main story has been diluted. The Changeling – review 2012-11-27T12:55:41Z Breeze through the seasons with this deftly selected collection of 36 poems, each embedded like a jewel in one of Melissa Sweet’s gloriously textured mixed-media illustrations. Best 2014 books for kids: Fiction, nonfiction and picture books 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z Saldanha may never surpass the delightful squirrel-and-the-acorn sequence that opened "Ice Age," but the hundreds of deftly syncopated Brazilian birds that spark up Rio's opening musical number will do for now. "Rio" a fun animated frolic 2011-04-07T23:21:28Z Whether or not Confederate will deal with the material as deftly as Winters, who owed an extreme debt to the writer Octavia Butler’s pioneering science-fiction novel Kindred, remains to be seen. Confederate: will a grassroots movement sink the controversial HBO series? 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z From there, Mr. Domingo deftly navigated new roles across diverse operatic styles, from Wagnerian weight to bel canto lightness. Plácido Domingo, Opera Superstar, Achieves the Unthinkable: 150 Roles 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z It would be easy for the performance to turn saccharine there, but Mr. Hiller deftly doesn’t let it. Return Editions, with Magnetic Additions, Off Broadway 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z In his debut novel, Ulfelder deftly solves a mystery, and explores how family ties are established and what they mean. Steve Ulfelder offers fast ride, plenty of twists 2011-05-09T14:06:08Z Some might call this strategy “passing”—going undercover, by conscious deception or simple omission, to blend into conservative surroundings, staying quiet through sticky moments, or deftly navigating around political minefields in one’s neighborhood or workplace. Blue in a red state: Learning to confront, conform to or otherwise navigate your neighbors’ right-wing reality 2016-02-27T05:00:00Z The exquisite Schubert group, a series of deftly portrayed microcosms, was typical of the evening’s overall variety. Review | A wide-ranging program of song at the Library of Congress 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z On that most basic, crucial level, the premiere is a resounding success, a fleet and deftly orchestrated hour that sets the table without breaking any plates. 'Narcos' Episode 1 Recap: Meet Pablo Escobar 2015-08-28T04:00:00Z Another appetizer, steak tartare, is deftly seasoned but oddly dry. The Backroom at Kingbird, previewed: Civilized and sophisticated 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z Emanuel Gat's In Translation is a hushed abstract composition, set to Bach and interludes of silence, that deftly weaves together fluid phrases for its six dancers. Candoco Dance Company - review 2010-10-12T21:15:00Z Entwining these three asymmetrical lives as deftly as Wickenden does proves illuminating. An Unlikely Alliance in Upstate N.Y. and the Fight for Black and Women’s Rights 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z But the chamber arrangement deftly brought out Messiaen’s dazzling, mystical color play. International Contemporary Ensemble Plays at the Armory 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z During his final hours, Lennon marveled at Ono's creation, with his wife's eerie vocal sound effects and spoken-word poem sitting deftly alongside his wailing guitar solo. Yoko Ono's approximately infinite artistic universe 2023-02-18T05:00:00Z Or maybe it’s a few different points, deftly interlaced. Critics? Choice: New CDs 2011-04-25T21:59:41Z Todd McCarthy of The Hollywood Reporter called it “snappy, nasty, deftly acted and perhaps the fastest paced film ever directed by a 78-year-old.” ArtsBeat Blog: An Exclusive Clip From 'Carnage' 2011-09-29T21:29:17Z Suzanne Toren narrates the novel in benevolent tones, handling the many French names and places deftly, as if to the language born. Review | When these animals talk, listen: Audiobooks give voice to a cat, a horse, a sheep and others 2020-12-14T05:00:00Z That’s not to mention Lloyd Webber’s essential, monumental achievement here, of creating 90 minutes of music deftly combining orchestra, rock band and a small army of vocalists. Why ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ the Album Has Always Rocked 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z Series three opens with a jumpy trick that deftly, confidently swats away the competition – and it only gets weirder from there. Luther is back with more comic-book gore and fantastical crimes 2013-06-29T05:00:00Z Balancing gracefully between reverence and irreverence while deftly eluding irony, they jettison so much of painting’s traditional baggage that they almost question themselves out of existence. Art Review: A Textured Palette Without Much Paint 2011-01-27T22:58:12Z There is, even so, a certain edgy propulsion to the story, and the reveal of what is really going on in the bowels of Sansom's research centre is deliciously horrible and deftly understated. A Box of Birds by Charles Fernyhough – review 2013-05-10T14:00:02Z Playing more than 100 characters, the actors deftly handle both comedy and tragedy, and change accents and roles with ease. | 'One-Third of a Nation': A Depression-Era Protest Ripped From the Headlines 2011-05-01T21:19:13Z This season that contrast was so deftly interspersed with a couture, bow-trim elegance that the result was compelling. Tripping the Plastic Fantastic 2012-09-17T17:39:45Z She deftly refracted events of the time through the personal stories of English and Eurasian expats and their devastating relationships with Japanese occupiers and, later, Chinese Hong Kong natives. In her novel 'The Expatriates', Janice Y.K. Lee explores contemporary lives in Hong Kong 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z Directed by Shelley Butler, this funny, deftly unsettling piece displays the absurd and destructive sides of romantic relationships. Review | Anxious men and other world-builders at CATF 2019 2019-07-09T04:00:00Z An anthemic track titled “Through Culture and Tradition” deftly reworks the phrase “bomba y plena,” referring to two related forms of island folk music. Albums by Neil Young, Bette Midler and Miguel Zenón 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z Ms. Mastroianni deftly goes through the psychological contortions of a woman under siege by parents, siblings, an ex-husband, a former boyfriend and a prickly new employer. | 'Making Plans for L?na': Chiara Mastroianni in Christophe Honor??s Drama 2010-08-19T23:10:00Z For the most part, the show deftly balances dark and light even as it retains Boucicault’s social critique of the rich nonchalantly crushing the poor. Review: ‘The Streets of New York’ Is a Good Old Melodrama 2022-01-03T05:00:00Z The apparent element of vanity actually plays exactly in the opposite direction—what Moore’s doing here, deftly, is endowing Hillary with longstanding progressive bona-fides, bringing her alongside him to share in his fan base. What Michael Moore Understands About Hillary Clinton 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z The first two acts of the play, deftly edited and played fast, are among the best comic drama Shaw wrote. Bernard Shaw and his lethally absurd doctor's dilemma 2012-07-13T21:54:04Z Kopple deftly chronicles the noble but risky effort, deemed "the most audacious, difficult, complicated rescue mission ever attempted," by a co-pilot in "Desert One." "Carter was so humane": "Desert One" filmmaker on examining the Iran hostage crisis 40 years later 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z It’s been several years since he has produced anything as deftly strange and confident as this work, a co-presentation of the Chocolate Factory and Abrons Arts Center. Review: In ‘I Understand Everything Better,’ Ruthless Elemental Forces 2015-04-20T04:00:00Z The show’s real highlight, though, was a central exhibition space filled with wrap variations, short and floor-length, casual and formal, deftly arranged in marching-band formation. The Diane von Furstenberg Wrap Dress Remains a Fashion Statement 2014-01-15T20:23:45Z In this number — a rollicking, gospel-style dance — and others he deftly weaves discrete groups of dancers to create cohesive stage pictures that still draw the audience’s eye to individual performers. Arts & Leisure: Joshua Bergasse, Choreographer for NBC?s ?Smash? 2012-02-11T06:07:04Z Young readers will be able to see for themselves how deftly Barnes captured both football and ordinary life — in all their movement, power and beauty. Review | ‘Love’ and other best children’s and YA books to read this month 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z He shifted from whispering, to muttering, to shouting, to singing the Anglo-Saxon lines so deftly that song and speech were essentially merged. Music Review: David Lang’s ‘collected stories,’ at Zankel Hall 2014-04-23T21:25:46Z Since the movie began streaming last month, the internet has applauded Massimo’s character for including a limb difference on-screen so deftly. In ‘Luca,’ a Character’s Disability Doesn’t Define Him 2021-07-02T04:00:00Z The genius of “The First Bad Man” lies in how deftly July conveys levels of repression, subversion and manipulation rife in daily interactions. Book review: ‘The First Bad Man,’ by Miranda July 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z That the words are defined as deftly as possible may even be more important when they’re not the Bard’s best. Theater review: With Faction of Fools’ ‘Titus,’ an audience sees red Over more than a half-century, he deftly navigated the music’s continually shifting boundaries. Chick Corea, the Master Mixer of Jazz’s Past and Future 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z The show, a collaboration between the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh and the car maker Cadillac, sets its sights on the meandering line between art and commerce that Warhol navigated so deftly. 'Letters to Andy Warhol': Celebrity drives art exhibition, but in the end, is it a clunker? 2017-01-16T05:00:00Z On a more positive note, the poised Carkuff deftly calibrates her portrait of Rachel. ‘One Man, Two Guvnors’ at 1st Stage So is the way that, by the time the instrumental break comes, those gestures have become choreographic motifs, deftly arranged to make musical sense. Yes, Burt Bacharach Wrote That. And You Can Dance to It. 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z Francis conducts his own investigation, but he’s oblivious to the underworld that Pin traverses so deftly. Review | Disguised as a boy, the heroine of ‘Curious Toys’ finds freedom — and answers 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z Toward the end of James M. Hutchisson’s deftly written biography “Ernest Hemingway: A New Life,” we are reminded to “remember how difficult it was for him to be ‘Ernest Hemingway.’ The quiet tragedy of Ernest Hemingway 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z Though it deftly uses 21st-century technology, Mr. Landsman’s production is also steeped in the harsh sentimentality associated with literature from the early days of this country’s industrialization. Review: ‘Empathy School & Love Story’ Plumbs the Varieties of Loneliness 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z Impressively, he manages to provide a lot more than battle histories, deftly delving into technological advances, social changes and political contexts. George Washington, William T. Sherman and Viking Marauders 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z The house lights are brought up as Ms. Beugré, dripping with sweat, ventures into the audience to stare imploringly at two women; a third gingerly and deftly removes the cords. Dance Review: ‘Voices of Strength,’ Modern African Dance 2012-09-20T21:57:32Z Depicted in swerving, finely brushed red lines in a Walt Disney-like style, the pink hot dogs have the deftly rendered legs, arms and facial features of a stereotypically attractive cartoon woman. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z Small, rushed strokes predominate, with occasional forays into linear improvisations that deftly balance geometry and image. Art Review: At Hauser & Worth, Ziolkowski?s U.S. Solo Debut 2010-07-05T21:52:00Z Ms. Gilman’s caricatures of Layley’s sorority sisters are sharply funny; both Layley and Dylan are deftly characterized; and the play has a movingly ambiguous, if abrupt, ending. Review: ‘Desire,’ Six Plays That Second-Guess Tennessee Williams 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z The movie, written and directed by Charlie Levi, is a deftly shot and edited succession of monologues, primarily from four aging, affluent Angelenos. Review: ‘Childless,’ a Film of Connected Monologues, Stars Joe Mantegna 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z As he deftly poured, steeped, discarded and resteeped, he provided a guided tour of tea, describing how it is grown, picked, processed and tasted. New York’s Tea Lovers Find an Expanding Dating Pool 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z Regular guests knew to immediately claim a seat for themselves, deftly draping chairs with a mink or chinchilla seat-saver while Hollywood-handsome waiters topped off their coupes from magnums of bubbly. Dolce and Gabbana are rich, extravagant and politically incorrect. You got a problem with that? 2018-05-22T04:00:00Z As I pondered that shift in fortune, he deftly demolished the last of the brûlée. A Tasting Expedition With Michael Ruhlman 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z It is rare to see a show that puts such faith in artists — or channels their generosity, imagination, passion and networking skills so deftly — while paying so little attention to actual works of art. Art Review: Emerging Artists at ?Greater New York? at MoMA P.S. 1 2010-05-27T21:27:00Z Despite serving as a last-minute semifinalist replacement and receiving constant criticism in the early stages of the finals, Urban deftly evaded dismissal for several weeks - and kept grinning the entire time. 'Idol' loses another finalist 2010-04-22T05:31:00Z Shyamalan deftly mixes elements of comedy, horror and found footage into a darkly entertaining package, and in the process, he reminded audiences of his considerable gifts. Stream These 10 Titles Before They Leave Netflix in August 2022-08-01T04:00:00Z Córdova carefully navigates the relationship between River and Hutch, deftly balancing their electric attraction with the power differential in their professional relationship. Sarah MacLean picks the best romance novels for March 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z Mr. Nézet-Séguin deftly conveyed the subliminal structure of the opera; each scene is based on a traditional musical form. Review: The Searing Beauty of Kentridge’s ‘Wozzeck’ at the Met 2019-12-29T05:00:00Z Hamad, who lives in Australia, offers a global perspective as she deftly renders the reach of this “maternal colonialism.” Review | Ruby Hamad’s essay about White women’s tears went viral. ‘White Tears/Brown Scars’ delves deeper into performative victimhood. 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z Mr. Moe’s forces are minimal: apart from the keyboards, the only instruments required are a clarinet and a bass clarinet, which provide amusing commentary on the vocal text, and were played deftly by Jo-Ann Sternberg. Music Review: Sequitur at Merkin Concert Hall - Review 2011-09-20T20:10:02Z The sushi was so deftly and gently assembled, I noticed, that it settled onto itself slightly when placed in front of me. In Asia, Tastes of the Sea 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z And, most deftly: “All this Wagner isn’t exactly making these Oscars less white.” A Closer Look at Wagner and #OscarsSoWhite 2016-03-01T05:00:00Z Gaga has deftly circumvented traditional media hierarchies and created a new form of PR firm – one in which her celebrity is the primary medium. The coming of Gaga-ism 2010-03-20T11:00:00Z In his inspiring evening, Mr. Greenberg deftly crystallized a period. Tracing the Path of AIDS Through the Dance World 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z Houston’s dancers approached some of it like a drill team; at other times, they deftly attacked it. Three ballet companies prove the brilliance of one legendary choreographer in 'Celebrate Forsythe' 2016-10-23T04:00:00Z He moves his actors on and off the stage deftly; cheerfully garish projections by Roger Hanna and Price Johnston allow rapid changes of scene. ‘Donogoo,’ a 1930 Farce About a Financial Scheme 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z His life and its most harrowing moments are deftly encapsulated, but everything that follows him is too short or too long. ‘Me Before You,’ by Jojo Moyes, and More 2012-12-26T20:50:12Z Director Stephanie E. Coltrin hits the right emotional notes in this charged dialectic, which deftly pivots when Arnold poses the one question that cuts through all the rationalizations and excuses. When facing evil, does silence become complicity? 'Taking Sides' makes the question newly relevant 2017-11-03T04:00:00Z Think of it as a deftly cropped, Photoshopped reflection: the image of yourself you always wanted to see. Tweets from underground: How Dostoevsky anticipated social media 2014-03-18T12:00:00Z In his statement, Page deftly centers the violence and discrimination facing the trans community, highlighting the murders of at least 40 trans people this year alone, most of them Black and Latinx women. Elliot Page coming out is a historic moment for trans masculine visibility 2020-12-04T05:00:00Z The Pulitzer board described “Fat Ham” as “a funny, poignant play that deftly transposes ‘Hamlet’ to a family barbecue in the American South to grapple with questions of identity, kinship, responsibility and honesty.” ‘Fat Ham,’ a Pulitzer-Winning Riff on ‘Hamlet,’ Is Broadway-Bound 2022-12-05T05:00:00Z His prose, as always, is richly lyrical and deftly made. Holiday reading: The best books to pack this summer 2013-06-29T07:00:51Z So there is politics underlying every aspect of this funny, warm-hearted, deftly plotted film, and we fervently wish for the caper planned by this endearing quartet to succeed. The Angels' Share – review 2012-06-02T23:05:32Z A hundred more nuggets crop in the Library of America volume, which has been deftly edited by Tim Page, himself a major American critic. Virgil Thomson’s Enduring Critique of Classical Music in America 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z He came into his own at Star TV in Asia and then deftly entered the broadband market and positioned Sky TV as more than a satellite television provider. James Murdoch, Rebellious Scion 2020-10-10T04:00:00Z Clark walked into, and deftly out of, his own scandal, when in 1959 the House Oversight Committee investigated payola, the record industry’s system of bribing disc jockeys and program managers in return for airplay. Remembering Dick Clark: The Bandstand Years 2012-04-18T22:50:00Z The painterly tumult is deftly offset by simple compositions and tidy color coordination. Review | In the galleries: Doubling down on artworks 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z It's a novel that deftly suggests that the interests of the workers and their bosses are incompatible, and that workers collude in their own oppression. The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists 2010-06-24T20:30:00Z Similar to Bong Joon Ho’s Academy Award-winning film “Parasite,” Cha’s book deftly renders a society in which upward mobility is extraordinarily difficult, and what passes as advancement for poor women is often soul crushing. Review | Beauty, at what price? ‘If I Had Your Face’ explores women’s lives amid unnatural expectations. 2020-04-19T04:00:00Z As usual in this deftly handled movie, Mr. Jacquot doesn’t linger on the obvious, in this case her tumble, but cuts to Sidonie looking around, as if to see if anyone has noticed. Movie Review: ‘Farewell, My Queen,’ Set at Versailles 2012-07-12T21:53:22Z “Scott deftly exposes how life-limiting even the most well-intentioned lies can be, especially for women in a society that remains as patriarchal as Japan’s,” Tobias Grey writes in his review. 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z Stevens, about whose upbringing we learn little beyond its ordinary Englishness, is deftly comic about her predicament, while also being deeply earnest about her aspirations. Failing to Write a Novel in the Most Distraction-Free Place on Earth 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z And though the current cast is very good generally, it’s noticeable that the comic material is handled most deftly, with standout performances from the piquant Gilbert and, as a nosy neighbor, Perri Gaffney. Review: This Time, ‘A Raisin in the Sun’ Really Does Explode 2022-10-25T04:00:00Z I tackle an armed hijacker, turn his gun on him, immediately inspire the other passengers to team up to distract the terrorists, and then deftly fire bullets into all three terrorists’ heads. My liberal white male rage: What should I do about it? 2017-08-26T04:00:00Z This isn't a musical but a comedy infused with some deftly calibrated tunes. Shakespeare meets the Beatles in lively 'These Paper Bullets!' 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z The elegiac theme of the slow movement, which can sometimes seem endless, was lyrically compelling and deftly shaped, without ever sounding manipulated. 2010-01-09T01:00:00Z In the breathless Allegro finale, with its rush of superfast spiraling runs, the Emerson deftly dispatched the technical challenges while playing with impish humor. Music Review: The Emerson String Quartet Plays at Caramoor 2013-07-22T21:49:20Z Language was key to how deftly my parents assimilated into Australian society. Representation heals: How watching K-dramas lifted the weight of white supremacy and freed my tongue 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z The inserts were deftly done but made the collection seem like a game of dice without anything as the outright winner. Fashion Review: Lush, Sporty, Luxury 2013-06-30T17:01:59Z The reasonably sized orchestra deftly handles Lloyd Webber’s characteristic classical moods and bombing backbeats. Under director Michael Grandage, “Evita” almost reclaims power at Kennedy Center His throws are quick and sharp, including the one that accidentally careened into his father’s IV pole; my brother deftly deflected it with the arm free of the line delivering his daily food. Motherlode Blog: When a Game of Catch Is All a Father Has Left 2013-06-16T12:28:06Z The book “deftly guides the reader through the rhetorical and philosophical moves of Baldwin’s speech,” Meaney writes, and “becomes revelatory in its interpretation of Buckley’s performance.” 12 New Books We Recommend This Week 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z It is impossible not to be suckered by these ladies who deftly hustle their rich customers. The wildest, most poignant, or unforgettable movie scenes of 2019 2019-12-22T05:00:00Z Ryan Chase’s whirlwind “Light Fantastic” deftly explored contrasts of mood, from bombastic to introverted. Music Review: Underwood New Music Readings at DiMenna Center 2012-06-04T21:56:04Z The likelihood of leftovers is strong and involves more face time with the servers, who deftly pack up what you can’t finish at the table. Review | Two choice lunch spots to save you from eating at your desk 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z King deftly explains how Leonardo developed each element as well as his quirks and those of his patron Ludovico "il Moro" Sforza. Christmas gifts 2012: the best art books 2012-11-30T08:00:03Z Macneal deftly paints her fictional heroine into the colorful lives of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, those radical reformers, including Dante Gabriel Rossetti, who strove to reinvigorate the arts. Review | ‘The Doll Factory’ is a guilty pleasure wrapped around a provocative history lesson 2019-08-05T04:00:00Z In his substantial introduction, Paulo Lemos Horta, who teaches at New York University at Abu Dhabi, deftly surveys several centuries of “Arabian Nights” scholarship. Review | 7 beautiful books that transport you to the worlds of Bond, Tolkien, Spider-Man and beyond 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z Plus, it was so deftly and convincingly written that it was all I could do to stop myself from googling “children who spontaneously combust” to see if this condition could actually exist. New & Noteworthy Visual Books, From Computers to Mushrooms 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z The profusion of realistic detail and the way feathers, blossoms, tree leaves and myriad other elements are deftly individualized is hypnotically gripping. Art Review: ?Colorful Realm,? Works by Ito Jakuchu at National Gallery 2012-03-29T21:27:01Z But Dumont's film thoughtfully criticizes the media industry while also deftly addressing issues of capitalism, privacy, EU sovereignty, immigrants, and much more. "France" director Bruno Dumont on Léa Seydoux, digital media and how the "fake can generate truth" 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z “Swift Arrow,” deftly interpreted by Peck and Mejia, comes with an epigraph from the Greek philosopher Heraclitus: “The harmony of the ordered-world is one of contrary tensions, like that of the harp or bow.” Review | At Kennedy Center’s ‘Evening of Jazz and Dance,’ glimmers of renewal 2021-05-03T04:00:00Z But “More Than Meets the Ear,” released last year, is the first big band effort under Mr. Eubanks’s name, with brisk new arrangements deftly executed by peers like the saxophonist Antonio Hart. Jazz Listings for Sept. 2-8 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z The episode deftly moves from one clone to the other to see how each one plans to free themselves from their corporate overlords in their own unique way. ArtsBeat: ‘Orphan Black’ Recap: Season 2 Begins 2014-04-21T15:39:04Z Mr. Tovey demonstrated his versatility, deftly accompanying the personable Mr. Lewis in Mr. Tovey’s arrangements of two Gershwin songs at the piano. New York Philharmonic and Dianne Reeves on New Year’s Eve 2015-01-01T05:00:00Z The Walking Dead tells a deftly written, emotional story that doesn't require high-level gaming skills to play and appreciate. Game Theory: The Awkward Adolescence of Gaming 2012-12-27T17:16:11Z The film deftly shows how Wahhabism, a particularly conservative and nostalgia-tinged form of Islam that grew out of the Saudi’s distaste for the European imperialism, has transformed much of the Arab world. The Documentary “Bitter Lake” Remixes the BBC 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z She continues to deftly make history a personal science, persuading readers to ponder those societal yokes we've taken up to wear around our own necks. 'A Strange Stirring': Stephanie Coontz weighs the impact of Betty Friedan's 'The Feminine Mystique' 2011-02-24T20:36:03Z The novel also moves deftly among narrative perspectives. Women Seeking Intimacy Through Food, Mathematics and Rhythm 2021-11-09T05:00:00Z Archival footage is deftly blended with, for instance, Jay-Z's affecting story of achieving and maintaining success. OWN up to cable-TV challenge 2011-01-04T00:52:00Z Only its deftly manipulative style keeps “Watergate” from being mistaken for nonfiction. Review: ‘Finale’ by Thomas Mallon Moves Past ‘Watergate’ and Into the Reagan Era 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z High atop the Centre Pompidou in central Paris, 400 guests were presented with a deftly executed show in which models took to a mirrored runway in fashionable basics with a slightly ’70s vibe. Fashion: Mango Spread Its Wings 2011-05-23T14:01:14Z Just as Popcaan deftly straddles between MC and singer, the album too melds different elements. Innovative sounds: First Aid Kit, powerful folk from Swedish songstresses 2014-06-10T04:00:00Z It's perhaps Magrs's most ambitious Whitby novel yet, casting yet more light on Brenda's benighted past and deftly hopping around time with an assured and confident writing hand on the tiller. In praise of Brenda and Effie 2010-10-28T09:46:00Z Berg drew upon 12-tone techniques here, though the first movement deftly folds in musical evocations of a young woman’s youth in Vienna, with bits of waltzes and folk songs. Review: Michael Tilson Thomas, a Podium Hero, Returns 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z Mr. Dujardin, a skilled comedian, deftly embodies the spy’s combination of cluelessness and condescension, but it’s an act that eventually wears thin. | 'OSS 117: Lost in Rio': French Spy Spoof Set in Swinging ?67 Rio 2010-05-07T04:04:00Z This is your first film, and you deftly incorporate family footage and photographs, film clips, animation and interviews into the narrative to tell Bunker’s story. “Bunker 77″: The new documentary traces the steep arc of a enigmatic ’70s surf punk 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z While somewhat on the nose as allegory, the movie deftly illustrates that a culture of collaboration — whether in Bratislava in the 1980s or, indeed, any political or workplace context — requires active participation, even if subconscious. Review: ‘The Teacher,’ a Classroom Satire on Political Corruption 2017-08-29T04:00:00Z Mr. Yulin deftly combines the poet’s fierce defense of his work with a sense of contrition and sensitivity to his friend’s criticism. Review: In ‘Dear Elizabeth,’ Two Solitary Poets Commune 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z Another, smaller role reaches further back, with Harrison Ford deftly demonstrating his piloting skills over three decades after doing the necessary on the Millennium Falcon. The Expendables 3 first look review – a blundering jackhammer of a film 2014-08-04T04:00:00Z The play deftly contrasts their reaction to her with her reaction to them. Theater Review: Disabled and the Abled, Inhabiting Close Quarters 2011-06-27T23:08:27Z But while machines are unlikely to replace human workers anytime soon, new technologies can deftly strip workers of their humanity! Work becomes more like prison 2013-02-19T18:34:00Z And when Xenakis shifts suddenly from a heavy, repetitive whirlwind passage to a moment of delicate tracery at the top of the keyboard, Mr. Kigawa negotiated the change deftly. Music Review: Difficult Pieces Inspire a Pianist 2010-08-25T22:15:00Z Swinson, a retired D.C. police detective and author of three Frank Marr PI novels, deftly explores both Graham’s emotional state and a family and society on the brink. Review | Five great new mysteries and thrillers to look forward to this spring 2021-04-16T04:00:00Z This quest continued in “Abbey Road,” where the band was able to deftly incorporate emerging recording technology in a way that set the album apart from everything they had previously done. The Beatles’ revolutionary use of recording technology in "Abbey Road" 2019-10-06T04:00:00Z But the point is deftly made: The Buddhist tradition is so rich and manifold that for every rule there is an almost inevitable exception. Review | With renovated galleries, the Freer and Sackler museums confront their own quirkiness 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z The opera ends with a series of death scenes, one for each of the principal characters — a dramatically risky move that Chausson handles deftly. Review: To a Rare King Arthur Opera, Bard Says ‘Welcome Back’ 2021-07-26T04:00:00Z And while the play serves as a stinging indictment of the state of public schools in Chicago and, more broadly, the country, Mr. Holter deftly embeds his finger-pointing in the drama itself. Review: In ‘Exit Strategy,’ Scrambling Before School’s Out Forever 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z It’s a depressing film, deftly portraying the desperation of the race and the nonpartisan nature of corruption and incompetence. 8 Political Campaign Documentaries Worth Streaming 2020-09-30T04:00:00Z Mr. Roumain deftly folded gospel, funk, jazz and classical styles into his arresting score. The Best Classical Music Performances of 2017 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z Maybe I'm the only one, but I want the nerve-shredding mayhem of Jason Bourne combined deftly with the sardonic asides of Jeeves. Let's start a comedy crime wave 2010-08-03T10:36:00Z White deftly guides us through the wine’s history without delving too far into minutiae. It’s about time someone guided us through Champagne 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z The ballroom at Gadsby’s is a reproduction — and a vision of gentility that “Centennial of the Everyday” deftly undermines. Review | In the galleries: Simple objects speak about living in an 18th-century hostelry 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z He performed here in duo with his wife, clarinettist Jean Johnson, deftly weaving around the keyboard's dodgy low notes and driving Brahms's clarinet sonatas with brooding passion and a majestic sense of space and gravitas. Concerto Caledonia/Podger; Osborne/Johnson – review 2013-06-10T13:07:34Z The show, whose title has as firm a grasp on its audience’s desires as “Girls Gone Wild,” is a winning concept executed deftly with affection. Theater Review: ?Old Jews Telling Jokes? at the Westside Theater 2012-05-21T02:00:00Z The author also deftly deploys the frame story, putting the present narrative in conversation with the violent events of Sitwell’s childhood in the American South. Review | Ladee Hubbard’s ‘The Rib King’ is a fascinating look at ambition, race and revenge 2021-01-21T05:00:00Z One of the three hosts, Regina Hall, deftly handled the bit about administering faux Covid tests to some of the men in the room, even as the camera focused on her rear. Does the Academy Hold Movies in Contempt? Our Critics Wonder. 2022-03-28T04:00:00Z "Flood of Fire" requires no knowledge of the previous books, which Ghosh deftly recalls as necessary in an action-packed narrative following four main protagonists, each connected in some way to events in the previous novels. Amitav Ghosh sails into the Opium War with trilogy finale 'Flood of Fire' 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z Ms. Fey deftly contrasts her show business and homebody aspects in “Bossypants,” very much the way her “30 Rock” character, Liz Lemon, flits between drudgery and fantasy. Books of The Times: Tina Fey Is Greek and Also Teutonic, but She Isn?t a Troll 2011-04-03T21:52:49Z And James, who is Canadian, deftly captures the slow, rhythmic cadence of Lewis’s manner of speaking. Rep. John Lewis on ‘Selma’ and the memories it brings to life 2014-12-25T05:00:00Z The Pearl Theatre is closing out its 29th season with a lighthearted pair of Barrie's plays, combined in "This Side of Neverland" and deftly staged by Pearl artistic director J. R. Sullivan. Review: 2 J.M. Barrie comedies smart, breezy 2013-05-07T21:01:15Z Rare to see a film of this scale move so deftly. 'My favourite forgotten film' – you recommend your best streaming gems 2020-05-06T04:00:00Z So far, Mr. Stein seems to be handling both the social and the professional job requirements rather deftly. Lorin Stein, the Paris Review?s New Party Boy 2011-02-25T19:58:16Z Atkinson manages them deftly, and equips her protagonist with the streak of ruthlessness, and sometimes cruelty, that she needs to cope. In ‘Transcription,’ Kate Atkinson Delivers a Story of Wartime Espionage 2018-09-16T04:00:00Z Mr. Bailey and Mr. Barbato deftly reproduce his vision, showing how he edited the images, adding color and form, recalling both contemporary geometric art and classical sculpture. Review: ‘Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures’ on HBO Gives Context to Controversy 2016-04-03T04:00:00Z The book's triumph is that, despite this, the people, creatures and ways of life that Adcock deftly sketches for us seem so immediately recognisable that we almost believe that we have. Glass Wings by Fleur Adcock – review 2013-06-28T17:10:01Z The line deftly captures the role that he plays in his own music: a tough, measured, sweet-talking Casanova whose main concern is women—scorning them, seducing them, hyping them up. Pardison Fontaine and the Plight of the Ghostwriter 2019-11-29T05:00:00Z As Mr. Chappelle has deftly done before, he turned bad press to his advantage, using it for comedy, starting with his next show in Chicago, where he described the Hartford crowd as “evil.” Chappelle Returns to Hartford (All Is Forgiven) 2014-08-24T04:00:00Z She added that the movie “moves deftly between pragmatic and larger political critiques, arguing that it’s not just that the tech is faulty; even if it were perfect, it would infringe dangerously on people’s liberties.” What’s on TV This Week: ‘Coded Bias’ and ‘Tina’ 2021-03-22T04:00:00Z On a recent weekday morning at her pocket-size tea shop, Ms. Malka, 49, deftly whisked together matcha with unsweetened soy milk for a taste test. Looking for Health in the Tea Leaves 2012-08-01T19:10:40Z He traces the forces that influence whole societies as deftly as he explores the impulses that drive ordinary people. Review | In Russell Banks’s ‘Foregone,’ a dying man comes clean 2021-03-08T05:00:00Z It’s hard to wish away such a deftly farcical performance, but even tougher to argue for its inclusion. ‘Modern Swimwear’ Review: The Designer and the Murderer 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z Airy, soft-spoken ruminations are limned with ominous clouds, wrong-note pangs and themes abruptly cut short; in the finale Mr. Rogerson deftly evokes flickering fireflies and children scampering to catch them. Music Review: Benjamin Beilman and Yekwon Sunwoo at Merkin Concert Hall 2012-03-13T21:27:35Z While this production’s other five cast members deftly assume a flamboyant variety of parts, Mr. Eden remains a compellingly still center amid social flux and emotional frenzy. Review: ‘A Brief History of Women,’ an Alan Ayckbourn Comedy of Tragedies 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z As the dancers deftly traced their paths, the scene was otherworldly, as if a box of crayons had come to life. Review: Choreographic Skeletons From a Lost Pandemic Time 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z Preen deftly evoked couture’s structure, in beige and pale pastels, without nostalgia. Fashion Review: Pursuit of the New, or Just the Sellable 2010-09-13T21:34:00Z Here and there she is a touch too literal, but for the most part, she deftly tracks the quicksilver and sometimes knotty texture of the author’s prose. The Story of the Girl Who Volunteered To Be Imprisoned by the Nazis 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z He’s a rare talent who manages to deftly combine raunchiness, intelligence, hilarity, and heart—onstage, in a form that treats essays like cabaret numbers. My Most Memorable Cultural Moments of 2016 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z Like a Fellini film, the G-Rough deftly balances the refined and the rugged, creating a sophisticated hotel with both a sense of place and a sense of style. G-Rough, a Roman Hotel Both Refined and Rugged 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z Dutch deftly wounds Eichhorst – face, torso, face, torso – and Fet proves so valuable that he’s likely to be around for as long as the series lasts. 'The Strain' recap: The Master, crispy around the edges, still lives 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z Large in its scope and rich in its sense of history, this is a thrilling story deftly told. The Guardian children's fiction prize 2010 2010-05-28T23:06:00Z It was true, and he played them deftly, countering them with a spacious solo of discrete melodies. Review | Victor Provost will make you think of the steelpan in a completely different way 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z As an increasingly frantic Laurence juggles his personal and political challenges, Hare deftly weaves the strands together, and the later episodes offer satisfying moments of congruence and payback. Review: Hugh Laurie Plays a Politician Trying to Avoid Cancellation 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z The Orchestra of St. Luke’s played with an energy that underlay even the lyrical passages; Mr. Crutchfield deftly balanced courtliness and anxiety in the tarantella introduction to the Act II finale. Music Review: Verdi’s ‘Les Vêpres Siciliennes’: How Paris Helped Him Soar 2013-07-07T21:44:22Z The narrative is a speeding cacophony, each person's life story or heartbreak or moment in time deftly rendered then abandoned in a long fleet-footed riff. Salman Rushdie's new novel 'Two Years' lets the jinn out of the bottle 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z But there’s no questioning the roiling passion in his voice, or his knack for a deftly curled melody. Van Morrison Would Rather Play Jazz Than Talk About It 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z Garcia unpacks generational trauma, deftly reflects on the parallel experiences of exiles and immigrants and fully considers what it means for the Cuban community to hold the majority of the population in Miami. Read Your Way Through Miami 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z The scene is funny and deftly played, but stretches credibility. Theater Review: In ‘The Few,’ a Man’s Return Stirs Emotions 2014-05-11T20:04:03Z After a brief bubbling under the covered right burner, my host deftly flipped the naan over to the left-hand burner with a spatula for a speedy char and final flip to crisp both sides. The legendary allure of Britain's AGA stove 2021-03-26T04:00:00Z The two actors deftly portray a caring, committed relationship in which neither character fully understands the other. Review | ‘Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time’ is up to some new and mesmerizing tricks 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z Her comment cuts to the heart of this unusual little movie, an amalgam of fiction and nonfiction that deftly lays bare the prismatic possibilities of truth when filtered through the camera’s eye. Review: ‘A Woman Like Me,’ About Grappling With Terminal Illness 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z Characters who were deftly drawn cartoons on screen have been turned into gargoyles by a desperately hard-working cast. Theater Review: Woody Allen Transforms His ‘Bullets Over Broadway’ 2014-04-11T02:00:16Z Exhibiting deep concentration and a whip-smart rapport, the ensemble worked deftly with some difficult music. 2010-01-15T04:23:00Z The relationship between Sarah and Jamie is deftly sketched, and the polite, measured prose is up to scratch. Thrillers: John O'Connell's choice ?reviews 2011-08-12T21:55:12Z Mr. Perrotta cuts quickly and cinematically between these story lines, deftly building tension as he immerses us in the characters’ daily lives. Books of The Times: ?The Leftovers? by Tom Perrotta - Review 2011-08-24T22:00:16Z She deftly steered the conversation away from her own career and achievements, graciously but firmly keeping herself from being the center of attention. ‘Oslo’ and the Drama in Diplomacy 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z The transition from there into a quizzically lyrical passage was deftly handled. Review: At the Philharmonic, a Screaming Reflection on War 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z He deftly maneuvered around the kitchen, nearly grazing his belly with a pot of hot water while draining the pasta, wearing only oven mitts. The Joy of Cooking Naked 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z The duo offered Kreisler’s version of Viotti’s Concerto No. 22 in A minor, its virtuoso passages deftly rendered by both musicians. Review: Benjamin Beilman Goes Beyond His Violin Bonbons 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z Her fingers moved quickly, deftly, as though she were pinning a hem. The Christmas Wreath 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z And Mr. Frammartino observes and manipulates them as deftly — and as rigorously — as Buster Keaton did in “The General,” the most Newtonian of his farces. | 'Le Quattro Volte': Eternal Complexities of the Very Simple Life 2011-03-29T22:23:21Z The words he deftly spray-painted on the walls and buildings of downtown New York in the late 1970s and early ’80s — signing them “SAMO©” — were unlike any other graffiti of the time. Review: Jean-Michel Basquiat’s ‘Unknown Notebooks’ at the Brooklyn Museum 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z The story is deftly narrated by Miriam, a 15-year-old girl who is wrestling with her father’s brutality, her faith in God, her mother’s unraveling and the revelation of her own healing powers. Review | The spellbinding ‘Revival Season’ makes Monica West an author to watch 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z Schulman deftly moves around, telling her story from various points of view. The Multiverse Isn’t All It’s Cracked Up to Be in ‘Come With Me’ 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z It’s only in this week’s episode that Fred’s ability to deftly wield benevolent sexism to his advantage becomes undeniable. ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Episode 5: A Seduction 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z Wherever and whenever the artist appropriates, though, the takings are stitched together deftly. In the galleries: Collaged drawings that zig and zag at Adah Rose The premiere, at least, deftly avoids both traps. Review: ‘The Exorcist’ Reboots a Battle Against a Demonic Presence 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z The first season of “Outlander” deftly melded historical drama, fantasy and romance. ‘Outlander’ Season 2 Finale: I Believe You 2016-07-09T04:00:00Z With Martin’s deftly orchestrated string quartet, “Yesterday” changed the band’s consumer calculus in the blink of an eye. Ariana Grande and the Beatles have even more in common than sales records 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z The polyphony is deftly illuminated with a crisp touch and elegant contrasts. Classical Critics Pick the Top Music Recordings of 2014 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z With just two actors, a piano and a prop or two, the show spins out a curlicued comic mystery story animated by funny, deftly turned songs. Theater Review: In the Musical ‘Murder for Two,’ One Man Is Many Suspects 2013-07-26T02:00:01Z Holly Meeker Rom’s watercolors, at Gallery A, include deftly executed but unsurprising florals and landscapes. In the galleries: Deconstruction that’s carefully constructed 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z Since then, she often deftly, astutely reviewed the works of politicians, literary giants and industry newcomers. Michiko Kakutani ends her 38-year career at the New York Times 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z The language is golden, yet Kahn also deftly keeps the show on the move. Manic poets collide in STC’s newly hip 18th-century ‘Metromaniacs’ 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z That album, released this year, deftly reimagines familiar songs by popular figures ranging from Prince to Johnny Cash to the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Jazz Listings for Nov. 18-24 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z While he was out of jail on appeal and under house arrest, he deftly defied the regime with a movie, which he made in his home, about his own situation. What to Stream This Weekend: Documentary As Performance 2017-06-10T04:00:00Z All of the images are deftly made, but my favorites are ones that create a tension between realism and abstraction. Artists build a skillful 'Architectural View' at Prographica 2011-11-10T22:23:09Z Rob Reiner’s satirical rock-umentary is as funny as it is because it is so close to honestly depicting the world it so deftly mocks. 11 of the Most Memorable Original Movie Musicals 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z When the pair decide to spread their wings and seek gigs on their own, the harsh realities of trying to make it in the music business are deftly set out. Tonight's TV highlights: The Kindness Of Strangers 2011-03-11T00:05:02Z I appreciated, too, how deftly he shifted between such thoughts and his actual view. Donald Hall’s Late Burst of Creativity 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z Divided into two overarching sections — “Sunrise” and “Sunset”— "Everyday Life" presents listeners with a deftly arranged song cycle devoted to cultivating the seeds of hope and change. Coldplay attacks social and political unrest with hope on "Everyday Life" 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z The culpability, your film deftly shows, lies not only with Nassar, but all those who enabled him or turned a blind eye to his actions. "At the Heart of Gold": USA gymnastics abuse survivors on the long road to healing 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z Ms. Mazzoli deftly uses repetition to build up the listener’s expectation and sly wit to dash it, though she also serves up measured portions of real beauty. Music Review: Kronos Quartet at Carnegie Hall 2013-05-06T20:08:04Z And some artists manage deftly to straddle the divide. Playing tag 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z Ed Lyon, a handsome tenor, deftly conveyed the title role’s shifting moods and made an agile display of the showcase number “Règne, Amour.” Music Review: Rameau?s Blend, the Toast of France 2011-03-13T21:50:02Z Other passages play deftly with the technical jargon of the building trade, never separable from issues of faith and orthodoxy in this era. Painting a vibrant and lush portrait of the 16th-century Ottoman empire 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z Were they part of Fragonard’s efforts to brand himself as a master of quickly and deftly made virtuoso renderings? Review | A recently discovered document unlocks the mystery of Fragonard 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z Released in late March, "When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?" is a deftly plotted album — an old school LP in every sense of the phrase. Billie Eilish is the new pop intelligentsia 2019-05-10T04:00:00Z Clemons deftly sidesteps questions about when the E Street Band might tour, saying simply, "We don't discuss that stuff." Big Man Clarence Clemons is living in the future 2010-12-11T15:46:00Z Whatever acoustic obstacles the room presented, Noseda and Co. surmounted with bright, muscular sound that as deftly retained Coleridge-Taylor’s elegant delicacy as it released Haydn’s explosive tensions. Review | Noseda and the National Symphony Orchestra return with full hearts — and rows of empty seats 2021-05-29T04:00:00Z The surround-sound experience, coupled with Martin's deftly produced mix, found the album shimmering in new and unexpected ways. New Dolby mix of Beach Boys' "Pet Sounds" takes its luminous vocals to soaring heights 2023-06-03T04:00:00Z Shteyngart deftly pivots from this hilarious, tragicomic parody to a mood closer to the wistful, elegiac tones of his beloved Russian master, Chekhov. Review | Gary Shteyngart’s ‘Our Country Friends’ is the darkly brilliant comedy we need right now 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z The film-geek fun that Porumboiu so deftly indulges serves as an implicit rebuke to those who reflexively associate Romania with stripped-down, tough-minded realism. ‘The Whistlers’ Review: From Bucharest With Ambivalence 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z “We Don’t Care” deftly compensates for the missing element in a film about performance art: immediacy. ‘We Don’t Care About Music Anyway ...’: Tokyo’s noise-art scene 2013-02-07T22:25:04Z But a pair of essential works of art deftly deal with these topics in the Los Angeles context — and tell us a lot about the moment in which we’re living. Essential Arts & Culture: The loss of an L.A. patron, the future of freeways, art in the time of unrest 2016-07-09T04:00:00Z Rather than choose between abstraction or realism, Lawrence deftly navigated between the two. Exhibit of iconic Jacob Lawrence series, reunited for first time since 1958, opens at Seattle Art Museum 2021-03-04T05:00:00Z Ms. Hudes deftly suggests the zip of those conversations, and the way people reveal more of themselves when hidden behind screen names. The Ones We Left Behind 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z We feel their pain all the more thanks to Porter’s sentences, which are tender and alert, deftly weaving in a mix of images, without ever being treacly. Review | Max Porter’s ‘Lanny’ is a lyrical look at the tribulations of parenting 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z The transformation of Henningsen’s Cady is more deftly handled now, and solo numbers for Regina, Gretchen and Karen have in various cases been tweaked, or reset, or are now delivered with more slyness and polish. Review | ‘Mean Girls’ on Broadway: Omg, you’ll lol. 2018-04-08T04:00:00Z And there was a degree of fun in that, of seeing the show deftly navigate working on two levels. Xena comes out, finally: The rebooted “Warrior Princess” won’t just wink at her romantic relationship 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z Two stories border on creepy, but each deftly manages to avoid being truly distasteful. "Berlin, I Love You" won't bring you down 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z This abstract staging deftly employs movable screens, billowing fabrics, stylized costumes and, most daringly, a life-size puppet manipulated by three black-clad puppeteers to portray Butterfly’s son. Opera & Classical Music Listings for April 4-10 2014-04-03T22:38:38Z “Beast” plays with its lovers deftly, then pitilessly. ‘Beast’ Review: In Hot Pursuit of Love and Danger 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z Han deftly outlines the anatomy of violence, as when a character’s cheek is struck so hard that “the capillaries laced over her right cheekbone burst.” Review: South Korea’s Han Kang Returns to Bodily Horrors in Human Acts 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z He deftly turns what could be a tedious acting exercise into a complex performance, full of life, despite being technically dead. Harry ever after: tracing Daniel Radcliffe's evolution, from Potter to flatulent corpse 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z As Jude and Eliza find themselves in its midst, the film completes its mission, deftly telling a small story in the context of a larger one, and vice versa. Review: ‘Ten Thousand Saints,’ a Coming of Age in the East Village, Circa 1980s 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z The flurries of femininity were so deftly done, as were inserts of pleats and funnels of fabric, that the show, for all the complexity of construction, seemed light. Fashion Review: Stella McCartney: Dressing for Life 2012-03-05T19:02:53Z Gallicchio deftly recounts how debate about Truman’s decision persisted well after the surrender. The Debate to Use Atomic Bombs Against Japan 2020-08-03T04:00:00Z And his speech at his "trial" was hilarious, and as deftly fought as the duel that followed it. Game of Thrones Watch: Talk to the Hand 2011-05-23T16:45:00Z What could easily be rendered as straight-out horrid exploitation is given an amazingly neutral hand as Ms. Brand Frank deftly avoids the clichés that typically materialize in any journalistic look at atypical reproduction. | 'Google Baby': Surrogate Pregnancy Goes Global 2010-06-15T21:41:00Z Pedigree: Director James Marsh directed the Oscar-winning documentary "Man on Wire," demonstrating the ability to deftly convey a complex, true story. Which Toronto International Film Festival movies are Oscar material? 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z To make the sauce, she places two cloves of garlic and strips of wet chile in the molcajete, and then deftly adds spices and water a little at a time. Did slaves catch your seafood? 2012-05-21T14:26:00Z Here, Scott deftly exposes how life-limiting even the most well-intentioned lies can be, especially for women in a society that remains as patriarchal as Japan’s. Paid to Seduce Another Man’s Wife, He Fell Violently in Love With Her 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z There is humor in it, but only deftly applied, and more often cut out. The Carpetbagger: Adapting Big Questions for the Screen 2013-12-18T22:44:56Z It deftly invokes supernatural elements to address real-world traumas like death and adolescent angst. Connor Jessup of ‘Locke & Key’ Gets His Nails Done 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z There were bravos galore and bouquets tossed onstage — one of which was deftly caught by a smiling Ms. Netrebko. Review: Plácido Domingo Is Gone, but He Still Haunted ‘Macbeth’ 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z Saunders and the interactive theater maker Andrew Schneider take turns with the binaural narration, deftly leading listeners through the Financial District, over to the harbor and back to the park. Theater Is in the Streets of New York, if You Listen 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z Kent Tritle, who took over the Oratorio Society last year, seemed keenly aware of this work’s pitfalls and deftly avoided them. Music Review: A Score To Praise A Prophet 2011-04-28T20:51:24Z Here, the culinary stars are just-plucked-from-the-earth vegetables, deftly smoked over coal and laced with zesty Spanish olive oil. A sip-to-sip tour of the ‘Sonoma of Spain’ 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z But the soloist, once on her feet, deftly takes that weight into her hands, flashing the red underside as if signaling danger. Review: Martha Graham Dance Company Performs With PeiJu Chien-Pott 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z Rolling Stone called it "at once elegant and more refined but also warmer and more intimate" while Pitchfork said in their review, the album was "deftly executed, with a surplus of style." How Harry Styles' Grammys speech made Beyoncé's Album of the Year loss worse 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z Haynes deftly incorporates clips from these performances, where the band played as films were projected behind them. Apple TV+'s new Velvet Underground film is an irresistible portrait of extraordinary provocateurs 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z Cave has already dubbed Lawless a "wangster" movie, a rather unfortunate label for a film that deftly merges the tropes of the urban gangster and the rural western with considerable style. Nick Cave: 'Lawless is not so much a true story as a true myth' 2012-08-25T23:05:50Z The author of two previous memoirs, in “The Middlepause” Benjamin deftly and brilliantly examines the losses and unexpected gains she experienced in menopause. Exploring what womanhood means after 50: 'The Middlepause' 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z All three musicians played with commitment, deftly illuminating the work’s impressionistic hues. Music Review: Chamber Music Society Plays Turina and Ravel 2011-10-07T23:30:07Z His schedule is being deftly managed, the Greenwich stay limited to little more than a half-day. When a Prince Comes to Town 2013-05-08T20:38:57Z Mónica de Miranda’s lush film made in the mangroves of the Kwanza River in Angola deftly connects matrilineal knowledge, civil war and ecological dreaming. Berlin Biennale Wrestles With Big Issues (and Itself) 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z In the wake of Rick Singer’s guilty plea, media reports portrayed him as a criminal mastermind who deftly hid his activities. The Unseen Student Victims of the “Varsity Blues” College-Admissions Scandal 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z The follow-up, “Dynamics,” released last year, was a more introspective effort with underpinnings of preening Britpop and deftly introduced a bit of pathos to the dance floor. New Year's Eve Entertainment in New York 2014-12-25T05:00:00Z “City of Spies” deftly braids together these personal and political strands. A young woman caught between Pakistan and the West 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z This powerful play deftly explores the dirty antidemocratic secret of institutionalized racism. | Marathon 2011: Series B: Women Rule a Marathon of New One-Act Plays 2011-06-15T21:57:05Z Chucking Chrimbo commercialism deftly overboard, this buoyant yuletide market offers everything from hats to herbal medicines, vegan cakes to vintage dresses. This week's new events 2012-11-24T00:04:02Z On the poignantly cheerful Unbelievers, he considers, deftly, the existence of hell, the consequences of sin and the fact that "half the world" wants Americans like him dead. Vampire Weekend: Modern Vampires of the City – review 2013-05-11T23:05:18Z In White Crow Sedgwick posits the black and the white, the angel and the devil, the heaven and the hell – and then plays deftly in the space in between. Marcus Sedgwick: 'There is almost nothing you can't tackle in a teenage novel' 2010-07-16T13:56:00Z The luminous Australian dancer Stephanie Williams relishes movement, as she deftly proved in Mark Morris’s “Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes.” Standouts of American Ballet Theater’s Corps de Ballet 2014-05-09T22:02:50Z Arafat works the central tension of whether she will or won't overcome her internal obstacles deftly, avoiding casting her in pity or irreconcilable despair. Brit Bennett's "The Vanishing Half" and 4 more must-read novels out in June 2020-06-14T04:00:00Z As for Mr. Wilson he contributes one chirpy, boppish tune — “Don Knotts,” after the actor whose cadences it deftly mimics — along with an imploring ballad and a coolly fervent homage. Playlist: New CDs: Albatrosh, Trio M, Charlie Haden and Hank Jones 2012-01-06T17:00:00Z The staging, on a set by Beowulf Boritt that deftly switches from the deck of the pirate ship to the estate of the Major-General for the second act, takes full advantage of the auditorium. Review: On the High Seas, Anything Goes in ‘The Pirates of Penzance’ 2016-07-26T04:00:00Z Dare deftly navigates the entanglement between employer and employee. In These Romance Novels, the Characters Are Sexy, Hot and Toting a Ton of Emotional Baggage 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z The occasional line, not meant to be funny, deftly captures this. Micky Flanagan ? What Chance Change? 2010-05-26T06:59:00Z A few paintings of similar scenes and themes, testaments in gilded frames to different media walking hand in hand across rough ground, are deftly inserted between black-and-white forests, waterways and mountains. How the East Was Won: A Photographic Portrait 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z More impressive, though, is the percussive production, which deftly mirrors a Fourth of July soundscape. Drake/ J Cole ? review 2011-01-09T00:05:38Z The subject matter is deftly handled, striking just the right balance between heartbreak and humour. Tired of rewatching Fleabag? Here are 30 TV hidden gems to stream 2020-03-28T04:00:00Z But “Thank Me Later” is fluent enough in hip-hop’s traditions deftly to abandon them altogether in places. Arts & Leisure Preview: The New Face of Hip-Hop 2010-06-09T19:29:00Z Ruth Jones, deftly showing Jacques as both selfish and capable of self-deprecating charm, heads an impressive cast. Michel Roux's Service 2011-01-19T08:00:04Z For as strong as her characters are, Jones deftly excavates vulnerabilities, as when Amy finds herself isolated on the submarine, facing hostile sailors in an environment that is literally and metaphorically pressure-filled. In ‘Vigil,’ Suranne Jones Sounds the Murky Depths, as Always 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z Her writing was acclaimed for its technique as well as for its evocative scenes, deftly teasing out the tensions and secrets between spouses, parents and children. Obituary: Elizabeth Jane Howard 2014-01-02T19:26:16Z She read with force, answered deftly the sometimes foolish audience questions, and shone that night as one of my first examples of the living power of black authorship and authority. Going to the Movies with Toni Morrison 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z Earl Warren chief justice of the Supreme Court, a position Warren used to deftly coax his fellow jurists into upholding school desegregation in their 1954 landmark Brown v. 'Eisenhower: The White House Years': a most accomplished president 2011-11-09T23:04:08Z The complex chronicle is so deftly written that it reads as a tale being told. Summer voyages: Leo the African by Amin Maalouf 2013-07-19T12:57:30Z And yet there are only two musicians by her side, deftly triggering loops and samples. Review: In ‘We Live by the Sea,’ a New Neighbor Disrupts the Routine 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z While it’s promising to see an acclaimed series tackle this type of difficult subject matter so deftly, attitudes about what constitutes “women’s entertainment” may also end up limiting the cultural impact. War at home: how Big Little Lies deftly dissects domestic violence 2019-06-17T04:00:00Z Mr. Biayenda’s drumming, deftly incorporating shakers and gourds, makes that connection clearly but with subtlety. Critics? Choice: New CDs 2010-10-17T22:25:00Z That's one reason it is so slender, fewer than 100 pages of deftly wrought fragments that together explore the problem not just of memory but also identity. Sarah Manguso's 'Ongoingness' preserves life in the pages 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z His trio was playing an original tune, “In Case You Forgot,” whose setup involves a deftly spiky refrain and a passel of quotations from other songs. Review: The Robert Glasper Trio Presents Moody Covers at the Village Vanguard 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z The tension that the first chapters so deftly built up and manipulated is allowed to dissipate. ‘La Flor’ Review: Four Women in Search of a Movie 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z With the hour of reckoning fast approaching and Alan deftly helping me add the final credits, Helen transformed the gallery into a screening theatre. Next stop the Turner Prize … the holiday that makes you an artist-in-residence 2012-11-13T22:45:02Z “Line them up, they’ll all want autographs,” Mr. Hampton sang in the bridge, deftly concealing the patronizing glint in his tone. Music Review: Alan Hampton Performs at the Living Room - Review 2011-09-14T22:05:03Z In the first chapter, Al Samawi, who was trapped in his apartment when war exploded just outside his door, deftly catches newcomers up on the conflict, but then suddenly pivots to a Facebook exchange. Personal Stories From the Refugee Experience 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z Ray Porter, who narrated the previous two volumes, performs brilliantly again, deftly handling the frequent Spanish phrases and reflecting with subtle changes in register and tone the personalities of the countless characters. Review | For your playlist, three great new audiobooks 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z It’s why the decision to indulge in unbroken takes works so well, deftly conveying the terrifying unpredictability of any given day at war. The 50 best films of 2019 in the US: No 4 – 1917 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z It is a moment of fury and grace and wonder that this "Heart," in which a brutally specific story is deftly re-tailored for another medium and time, loses none of its original passion or pointedness. 'The Normal Heart' still a powerful call to action 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z He was barely able to say hello when his paramour deftly tied her silk waistband into a noose, clipped it to a rope, and signaled her accomplice, Michel Eyraud. ‘Little Demon in the City of Light’: a hypnotic murder 2014-03-26T19:48:46Z As we retraced the steps of his protagonist from “Pastor Böðvar’s Letter”— available in English, though out of print — he deftly explained to me that perhaps I should wait a bit. Read Your Way Through Reykjavík 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z Still, she deftly explains instances in which the conduct of contractors in Iraq made the U.S. mission more perilous. 'The Invisible Soldiers' warns of private security forces' rise 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z Douthat sets out the liberal and conservative “master narratives” about the Second Vatican Council and then offers a third narrative that deftly blends the two. A Conservative Catholic Begs the Pope: Lead Us Not Into Temptation 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z All of the above are familiar classics, but not so The Elegies of Maximianus , now deftly translated by A.M. Perspective | Why the literature of antiquity still matters 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z In “Pet,” Emezi deftly wields the conventions of genre to interrogate who is dangerous and who is safe, and how monsters are both made and enabled. 6 Great Y.A. Fantasy Novels 2023-05-06T04:00:00Z Broad City rarely surprises with its quick ability to hit gag after gag, and to deftly knot all the strands of chaos together to create a perfectly bananas ending. Bye bye Broad City: thank you kweens – you're the best in the wizness 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z It’s not that the message of that hospital scene is so novel; it’s basically an It Gets Better ad, deftly dramatized. Review: ‘Trevor’ Is a Musical That Dare Not Speak Its Theme 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z The artist responsible is 21-year-old Angel Haze, who raps so deftly, ferociously and with such menace over its stark and clattering handclap beat that "flow" seems too mellow a word for her delivery. One to Watch: Angel Haze 2012-08-25T23:08:42Z The details of her suffocating existence are deftly drawn. 30 Years After Her Acclaimed Debut, a Zimbabwean Novelist Returns to Her Heroine in a Sequel 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z In the course of realizing this, the writers deftly capitalize on the comedy inherent to these misunderstandings. "Only Murders in the Building" bridges Boomer and Millennial sensibilities for a comedy that slays 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z Fortunately, the displays of material riches take second seat to Behrens' deftly painted portrait of a marriage. 'The O'Briens': money + power + family equals fine storytelling 2012-03-21T22:59:10Z Few have appropriated Martí as strategically as Fidel Castro, who deftly co-opted the poet’s credo of nationalism to justify decades of anti-Americanism. ‘José Martí,’ by Alfred J. López 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z Next month, Zehetmair appears in Manchester conducting the Hallé, while his own orchestra, the Northern Sinfonia, enjoyed a guest appearance by Elder, his first with them, to conduct a deftly themed programme. Northern Sinfonia/Elder ? review 2010-12-20T21:45:00Z Asianness is indicated by gags — deftly delivered — about saving soy sauce packets and not loading up on rice; Teresa Teng pops up on the soundtrack when sentiment is called for. ‘American Born Chinese’ Review: We’re All Walt’s Children 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z How deftly the poem shifts from anecdote to the world of knowledge and consequences. The Malarkey by Helen Dunmore - review 2012-07-20T21:55:04Z However, with consummate skill, Goodwillie takes this comfortable narrative arc and uses it to create a taut, intelligent, deftly written novel of politics and identity. What's happened to political fiction? 2010-05-06T09:57:00Z He deftly weaves together the global history in a bowl of red beans and rice, and champions rice in breads and desserts. The Best Cookbooks of 2021 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z Three of the original characters are back, and the absence of the others deftly dealt with. The return of The L Word: the groundbreaking lesbian show is back 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z In real life, driving is rarely like those fancy car commercials on TV, the ones with sleek, sun-glinted automobiles deftly handling curved mountain roads. These luxury car clubs offer the ultimate escape from gridlock 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z O’Mara toggles deftly between character studies and the larger regulatory and political milieu. How the Department of Defense Bankrolled Silicon Valley 2019-07-09T04:00:00Z The segment deftly walked the line between mocking Phillip and gazing in awe at his originality and utter lack of self-consciousness. "Survivor" redeems itself 2011-03-17T13:18:00Z And “The Vietnam War” deftly weaves such observations throughout its hours while also speaking to the prejudice and abuse servicemen such as Roger Harris endured during and after his tour. Ten years in the making, "The Vietnam War" is broad and stunning 2017-09-17T04:00:00Z Jon Stewart has been hosting “The Daily Show” for 16 years — nearly two decades of deftly satirizing the media and politics. Hillary Clinton is a “little hawkish for me”: 16 fascinating facts we learned from Jon Stewart 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z Sasquatch fans should appreciate the deftly picked music roster — stuffed with acts worth circling on the schedules of fests three times the size — that naturally has Zacks’ fingerprints all over it. New THING music and arts festival announces inaugural lineup in Port Townsend 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z Atmosphere, dread and the power of suggestion are much more disturbing and this underseen movie deftly uses all three to palm-sweating effect. My streaming gem: why you should watch Creep 2020-06-08T04:00:00Z Any one of these adversaries would be enough for a movie, but the New Zealand director Roseanne Liang deftly handles all three at a breathless pace. Five Science-Fiction Movies to Stream Now 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z Washington deftly distinguishes the voices of his two young narrators, but they share a resilient compassion for these older relatives who treat them with such exasperation and disdain. Review | Bryan Washington’s ‘Memorial’ is a tender look at modern family life 2020-10-26T04:00:00Z In a series that’s been about changing times, it’s remarkable how deftly Lynch uses the quality of the image itself to illustrate a world becoming shadier, starker and — in every way — more gray. ‘Twin Peaks’ Season 3, Episode 10: Candy-Colored 2017-07-16T04:00:00Z “The Brave Cowboy,” shot as “The Last Hero,” was released in 1962 as “Lonely Are the Brave” — elegantly photographed, theatrical rather than “natural,” exuberantly acted, deftly paced. Kirk Douglas’s Film ‘Lonely Are the Brave’ 2012-07-28T22:47:18Z HBO Max's "Station Eleven," with its whiplash flashbacks, could learn from how Whitely deftly weaves the two storylines together. "Cheer" returns and goes full out, even when COVID and a criminal arrest come for the cheerleaders 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z “Lily came by her obtuse optimism honestly, and it later served her well,” Ms. Moffat writes about Lily Forster, in a deftly understated tone that, to Forster’s devoted readers, will sound apt and familiar. Books Of The Times: ?A Great Unrecorded History? of E. M. Forster by Wendy Moffat 2010-05-17T22:28:00Z Cooke, the director, has pared the cast back to three actors, with Levey and the female lead, Sharon Small, deftly playing multiple roles. A Studio Ghibli Classic Comes to the London Stage 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z Then Mr. Potter entered the picture, blurting strange clusters of notes, and deftly conjugating the clusters through multiple keys. Music Review: Setting Leadership Aside For Collective Control 2011-01-14T23:24:00Z Rayner skewers them deftly, as a man who knows his cutlery can. Feeding Frenzy by Paul McMahon; A Hungry Man in a Greedy World by Jay Rayner – review 2013-05-26T07:00:05Z He crosscuts deftly between scenes, alternating moments of tense violence with stretches of solitude and tenderness. Movie Review: ‘Generation War’ Adds a Glow to a German Era 2014-01-14T22:36:47Z Ossorio deftly paid homage to both artists, heaping oil and sand onto a Masonite panel, à la Dubuffet, and, the same year, covering canvases with controlled dribbles of oil and enamel. Art Review: Alfonso Ossorio, Who Knew Both Pollock and Dubuffet 2013-08-01T22:28:40Z Masculine pride isn’t the only subject of a film that raises issues deftly without naming them. ‘The Rider’ Review: A Cowboy Life in the Balance 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z In “Come to the Dark Side” Mr. Korsrud deftly improvised soaring fanfares and racing, spiraling lines on trumpet over the orchestra’s Morse-code chatter and funky grooves. | American Composers Orchestra: Louis Andriessen and Orchestra Underground at Zankel Hall 2010-04-11T21:04:00Z Ambitious and deftly written, “The Soldier and the State” is an argument for civilian mastery over a professional military. Should We Worry About Trump’s Fawning Admiration of the Military? 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z Updated to the eve of World War I and deftly toggling between wit and heartbreak, this Robert Carsen production was a revelation for me when it was new in 2017. The Met Opera’s New Season: What Our Critics Want to See 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z Once again, Gownley deftly combines humor and realism to create a thought-provoking story guaranteed to resonate with readers, who also will appreciate his wonderfully drawn illustrations. Corner: Graphic novels for youngsters that rise above kid stuff 2010-06-16T19:02:00Z The film moves deftly between pragmatic and larger political critiques, arguing that it’s not just that the tech is faulty; even if it were perfect, it would infringe dangerously on people’s liberties. ‘Coded Bias’ Review: When the Bots Are Racist 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z This is one of the smartest things about Moehringer’s memoir: It deftly captures that moment when the party comes to an end, when it’s just not fun anymore and it’s time to sink or swim. ‘The Tender Bar’: A Tale of Drinking That Ducks Alcoholism 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z This Baroque program began with a vigorous account of the Prelude from Charpentier’s “Te Deum,” music that deftly mixes martial-like rigor and sparkling ebullience. Two New York Orchestras Return With Acts of Renewal 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z It has a lamp-shaped body and flesh the color of American cheese, and when prepared deftly, it tastes like a sweetened, concentrated pumpkin — a touch vegetal, and noticeably nutty. The absolute best way to cook butternut squash 2022-12-17T05:00:00Z The cartoons were deftly drawn, gestural and vigorous—a man bolting out of a Broadway theatre with his date says, “Getting the hell out of here is worth the price of admission.” Looking at the Field: Remembering James Stevenson 2017-02-25T05:00:00Z Every page of “Take This Man” contains, in deftly agitated prose, a duet between a depleted spirit and the grandiosity of daily life — well, at least the life of Brando Skyhorse. Brando Skyhorse’s memoir of surviving his wacky mother is harrowing and humorous He crosscuts deftly between scenes, alternating moments of violence with stretches of solitude and tenderness. ‘Generation War’: 5 young German lives forever altered 2014-02-27T22:38:52Z Director Cameron Watson deftly handles the play’s split-second mood flips and proves especially masterful at knowing when to let the heated voices go suddenly quiet. In Sharr White's 'Stupid Kid,' a family grapples with the past, the audience with disappointment 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z Over the next few minutes, Thoreau deftly crushes Emily’s spirit by displaying his callousness and hypocrisy, before finally spitting out the final line: “Never meet your heroes.” John Mulaney needs to play all of history's weird men 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z Meg Howrey employs a similar premise but far more deftly in her third novel, “The Wanderers.” Review | The first step to Mars takes place in the Utah desert 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z All of this photographer’s strengths are on view in this deftly chosen and admirably displayed exhibition in Washington covering most of her 40-plus-year career. 25 Art Exhibitions to View in NYC This Weekend 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z Scheinert deftly balances the humor, the tension, and the weirdness as the story unfolds. "The Death of Dick Long" dares you to love the men who love Nickelback 2019-09-28T04:00:00Z There was a mother once, we are told in a few deftly sketched sentences, with a fateful oxycodone habit, and a father in jail; then a series of foster families. One Apartment Building, Many Lives 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z My Brooklyn team deftly tailored the custom sleeves, which we added to our signature sheath shape. What My Wedding Dress Means to Me 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z The images in Boyd's book deftly explain her success within such a fickle, often cutthroat world. The playful beauty — and overarching sadness — in Pattie Boyd's life in pictures 2022-12-20T05:00:00Z Raniere deftly manipulates her deepest vulnerabilities — they involve art, repression and emotion — and it’s as if the rabbit hole she is about to fall down takes shape before our eyes. Review: ‘The Vow’ Follows Nxivm Down Dark, Damaging Paths 2020-08-23T04:00:00Z Jenkins deals with this deftly, without being heavy-handed or dismissive, and makes the characters no less worthy of our support. Moonlight portrays black gay life in its joy, sadness and complexity 2016-10-29T04:00:00Z Kevorkian's wrenching tape of Thomas Youk's request to die, and of the death itself, is carefully edited and deftly inserted into the movie to startling yet sympathetic effect. Movie Review: Pacino as Dr. Death 2010-04-15T15:36:00Z Choose your actors well, or marry them deftly to the material at hand, and you are at least half way there — though a sympathetic director, let it be said, is important, too. Review: Onstage Risks and Rewards 2010-07-27T11:06:00Z She talks of Baker and, by implication, Bush as having “deftly managed” the collapse. The Marshall Plan, Netflix and Other Letters to the Editor 2020-10-09T04:00:00Z In the midst of so much complication, certain poems may seem to end too easily, but others are riddled, deftly complex: “There was a bottle. / There was a bottleneck exit.” Four New Poetry Collections Confront Despair With Wonder 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z Mr. Barker deftly fielded online and on-screen bidding from across the world for almost five hours, alone in his London control room. Art Auction or Game Show? Sotheby’s Tries Something New 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z The movement wizards at Synetic Theater surely have it in them to deftly animate “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz,” but their stiff new 100-minute production needs oil to loosen it up. Review | Little wonder in Synetic Theater’s ‘Wizard of Oz’ 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z Less impressed was the Patrick Marmion who acknowledged the "top drawer" acting and "deftly handled" shocks, but concluded: "You're still better off watching the subtitled film." Vampire play shocks at Royal Court 2013-12-06T12:51:58Z While that article formed the kernel for this book, Rakoff wisely — and deftly — weaves her Salinger story into a broader, more universal tale about finding one’s bearings during a pivotal transitional year into real adulthood. ‘My Salinger Year,’ by Joanna Rakoff The narrative deftly explored brief episodes from Cavafy’s life as well as musings on queerness, ethnic identity, migration and the tangled history of the Mediterranean region. Reanimating Cavafy, a Poet of ‘Future Generations’ Whose Time Is Now 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z Verdon has also deftly placed one of the most powerful works — Caravaggio’s “Rest on the Flight into Egypt” — in a context that doesn’t intimidate its neighbors. ‘Picturing Mary’: Filled with highlights but flawed in its omissions The Third Symphony’s tortuous musical narrative blossoms naturally and with unambiguous clarity, creating magical textures, deftly captured throughout by producer/engineer Ulrich Schneider. Boisterous, novel effects on Prokofiev by Baltimore Symphony programmer 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z The actor deftly shows Greville's development through each expected phase of his spy work, and his character is very sympathetic. Benedict Cumberbatch is a tense & meticulous spy in Cold War thriller "The Courier" 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z Led Zeppelin sneaked in deftly on Tuesday evening, with a lick from “Stairway to Heaven” as part of an improvisation by L’Arpeggiata’s double bassist, Boris Schmidt. Review: L’Arpeggiata Opens Before Bach Festival at Carnegie Hall 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z He skins and guts it while its heart still beats, deftly removing the poisonous parts and tossing them into a bucket on the floor for disposal. Japan's deadly fish: fugu purveyors dream of Olympic revival 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z Mr. Rattle and the Berlin players deftly balanced elements of Schubertian structure and Wagnerian turmoil in the mysterious first movement. Music Review: Simon Rattle and Berlin Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall 2012-02-26T21:18:46Z To his great credit, Ringo deftly turns the tables on his personal story, which is a powerful tale, to be sure, focusing instead on the student. Ringo Starr's MasterClass offers a student-focused approach to finding one's own drumming style 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z Known to be deftly poetic in her native Spanish, Shakira learned English and delivered the 2001 crossover album “Laundry Service,” spawning hits such as the panpipe-starring “Whenever, Wherever” and tender slow jam “Underneath Your Clothes.” Review | Shakira launches ‘El Dorado’ with real and vocal fireworks 2018-08-12T04:00:00Z Most genre hybrids mess up one element, but “An Ideal Host” somehow deftly balances sci-fi, horror and comedy — it’s like an early Edgar Wright movie on a microbudget. Five Science Fiction Movies to Stream Now 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z As a group, they play well with one another, never covering the same ground but deftly dancing across various times and places, styles and stories. Chen Man's 'East-West' at L.A. Louver stirs passions 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z The story, Hale added, “deftly and dryly exploits the gap between Ray’s violent occupation and his efforts to be a good father, boyfriend, brother, ex-husband and mentor.” What’s on TV Thursday: ‘Mr. Inbetween’ and ‘The Victim’ 2019-09-12T04:00:00Z In one display case white dishes bearing deftly glazed birds made in China are shown with nearly exact copies from Meissen, Germany, and it is practically impossible to tell which is which just by looking. Art Review: A Jewel Box for Translucent Treasures 2011-12-15T22:59:09Z Mindful of an audience not steeped in Persian history, Sofer goes out of her way to provide historical orientation — sometimes deftly, in old news clippings, and sometimes more heavily, in expository dialogue. He Tried to Change the System, Then Became It 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z After the plates are pressed and travel through a dryer, the edges are deftly hand trimmed as they spin around on a different machine. Shaping the Future of a New American Pottery Company 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z Reality is just as fluid as fiction, and Adjmi deftly plays with this tension. Review | Playwright David Adjmi’s stirring memoir, ‘Lot Six,’ explores the very meaning of identity 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z Mr. Gotell threw most back into the water and deftly cleaned and chopped three into bite-size chunks, tossing them with lime juice and minced yellow onion. On Prince Edward Island, a Seafood-Dining Excursion 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z The actor also directed August Wilson’s play, deftly, and his familiarity with the play shows in this riveting screen adaption. Best men: 12 best male film performances in 2016 2016-12-24T05:00:00Z The picture is characteristic of Caporael’s art, which deftly combines precision and spontaneity, observation and intuition. In the galleries: Finding new ways to take in the natural world 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z In the book’s final third, Pavone does just that, deftly pulling together the plot’s many threads, connecting characters that seemed unrelated to the plot and stepping up the tempo. ‘The Travelers’ review: A Hitchcockian thriller about a reluctant spy 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z It is also smart and often deftly written, a parable of power and the humanity it strips away. Okey Ndibe's 'Arrows of Rain' splits its powerful message 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z The scene where Santa, now in jail, talks to the prisoners about their childhoods deftly avoids sugary sentiment. The 50 funniest films… chosen by comedians 2016-12-18T05:00:00Z She played with soulful élan in No. 2 and in No. 4, with its multiple stops, and deftly conquered the frenetic arpeggios of the fiendish No. 5, which uses a bouncing ricochet bow technique. Music Review: Rachel Barton Pine Performs at Rockefeller University 2012-03-22T21:02:22Z She deftly notes myriad ways Harry and Ruby mirror — and rebel against — their parents’ behavior, and the many ways their teenage passions remind their aging parents of their own youthful follies. Review: In Emma Straub’s ‘Modern Lovers,’ Passion and Regret in Brooklyn 2016-05-30T04:00:00Z Lucas Hedges, like Timothée Chalamet in “Beautiful Boy,” the season’s other alliteratively titled tale of a young man fighting a drug habit, deftly captures the nuances of this condition. ‘Ben Is Back’ Review: A Mother and Son Face the Horrors of Addiction 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z “Devil We Know,” which makes its world premiere here, is the centerpiece of the record, an appealing back-country portrait comprised of a slow-rolling piano melody, deftly plucked acoustic guitar and the teens’ tender, swirling voices. | Teenage Folk-Singing Sisters Hit the Big Time 2013-08-12T18:46:11Z Yet while Mr. Lubovitch deftly uses the Graham technique, his interpretation is too literal to love. Dance Review: Martha Graham Dance Company at the Joyce Theater 2012-03-14T22:27:56Z The deftly scored, vibrant piece unfolded with cinematic sweep, offering virtuosic moments for different sections of the ensemble. Music Review: Underwood New Music Readings at DiMenna Center 2012-06-04T21:56:04Z Composed by David Cale, they are touching and often funny, simply composed and woven deftly into the narrative. Review: A Woman Grows Up in ‘Employee of the Year’ 2016-01-12T05:00:00Z Instead, it’s a raw accounting of police brutality, punctuated with images of black men who died at the hands of officers, and deftly interweaving his own personal history. Dave Chappelle’s Netflix Special: Three Key References to Know 2020-06-12T04:00:00Z Very quickly the band reached a high simmer, burbling with polyrhythmic intent: deftly syncopated bass lines, a flowing churn of cymbals and snare. Music Review: A Little Kick From the Mideast: Folk Spices the Jazz 2011-04-06T21:58:18Z There’s no way it couldn’t, given how deftly his songs build on it, even as the arrangements involve a chamber string section, and his narrative voice toggles between first, second and third person. Review: Benjamin Clementine Releases His Debut Album 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z Their mutual attraction and her uncertainty about even a brief fling are deftly handled. A chilling look at crimes against women in ‘A Good Killing’ 2015-06-07T04:00:00Z Instead, Preminger deftly and undemonstratively evokes the shortcomings of the system, its failure to account for aspects of human behavior that defy rationality, that contradict self-interest and confound tidy chains of cause and effect. DVD: Preminger?s ?Anatomy of a Murder? on DVD 2012-03-09T17:00:00Z In “Ham: A Musical Memoir,” redoubtable writer-performer Sam Harris deftly shares his trek from Sand Springs, Okla., to Hollywood, Broadway and beyond. LGBT Center's 'Ham: A Musical Memoir': A captivating confessional, in song 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z This is a critical and deftly written role, its every word filled with latent violence, that explains the roots of the bar’s dysfunction. How ‘Horace and Pete’ Made the Network Suits Look Good 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z The outlier and catalyst was Mr. Storlokken, who marshaled his array of timbres deftly and without ingratiating flourish. Music Review: Terje Rypdal at Le Poisson Rouge 2012-06-28T22:33:32Z In lieu of the stylization of “Down with Love,” Reed devised a smoothly choreographed exchange of agonized gazes, a deftly comic whirl of mutual incomprehension. Movie of the Week: “The Break-Up” 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z When one of my guests asked him to describe four Basque reds on the list, the former employee of New York’s esteemed Batali & Bastianich Hospitality Group deftly rattled off two-sentence appraisals for each. La Cuchara review: Big, brash and Basque in Baltimore 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z Who: Monika Crouch, who deftly applies mink hairs lash by lash to immaculately groomed ladies at the Pierre Michel salon in Manhattan. | Our Lady of the Lashes 2011-01-28T14:00:31Z A few songs on this album fly the banner of female empowerment, but far less deftly than Mr. Paisley has before. New Releases From Brad Paisley and Ty Segall 2014-08-25T04:00:00Z The best thing about “The Night Stages” is how deftly it allows these three stories just to touch against one another, without insisting on their ultimate integration. Review: Jane Urquhart’s ‘The Night Stages,’ a Novel of Melancholy and Missed Chances 2015-07-26T04:00:00Z Lasting about nine minutes, this work is a colorful, mercurial, deftly orchestrated piece. Christopher Rouse and EarShot Premieres From Philharmonic 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z In his score, Blanchard deftly blends elements of jazz, blues, hints of big band and gospel into a compositional voice dominated by lushly chromatic and modal harmonic writing, spiked with jagged rhythms and tart dissonance. Review: ‘Fire’ Brings a Black Composer to the Met, Finally 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z Full of deftly choreographed shootouts and comically macho stand-offs, Jack Ryan is diverting claptrap just as long as you disengage your brain. Jack Ryan: John Krasinski’s eyebrows out act John Krasinski 2018-08-25T04:00:00Z At the same time, Kaplan deftly uses their story as a lens through which to consider a broader set of inequities, less about marriage than common human decency. Roberta Kaplan's 'Then Comes Marriage' is a gripping story of lawyer's victory over DOMA 2015-09-27T04:00:00Z He is credited with deftly combining these folk idioms with European craftsmanship in his piano works, which abound in Lisztian difficulties but also anticipate ragtime and stride. Classical Playlist: Bach, Biber, Gottschalk and More 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z She deftly projects Mare’s fear and panic in a scene where the routine questioning of a suspect suddenly goes wrong. Review: Kate Winslet Returns to HBO, Now as a Small-Town Cop 2021-04-15T04:00:00Z Caird's production keeps the action simple, relying on deftly rearranged packing cases, another hangover from the RSC Dickens, to suggest changes of locale. Daddy Long Legs – review 2012-11-07T23:00:00Z Both Dun and Joseph grew up nearby in strict, religious homes, a topic they deftly avoid when recounting their childhoods today. Twenty One Pilots Want to Stay Strange 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z Kaling knows her young, female fans see her as both aspirational and accessible, and she deftly manages to come across as both. Mindy Kaling’s new book ‘Why Not Me?’ reads like . . . Mindy Kaling 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z The surprise, both in the writing and the performing, is how deftly we learn of the factors contributing to the stammer. 'King's Speech': A pair of restrained scene-stealers 2010-12-16T16:18:00Z Jacobi deftly upturned his classical reputation in struggling to describe to his daughter his early fondness for Celia. Rewind TV: Last Tango in Halifax; Homeland; The Aristocrats: Blenheim Palace; Gadget Man; Supersized Earth – review 2012-11-25T00:05:39Z “Abbey Road,” perhaps more than any other Beatles album, shows how a song can be poetically written and an instrument deftly played. The Beatles’ revolutionary use of recording technology in "Abbey Road" 2019-10-06T04:00:00Z Orlean deftly chronicles how Mengers eventually became an outsider in a town of insiders—and a realist within a city of master illusionists. Sunday Reading: Hollywood Stories 2019-11-24T05:00:00Z And it’s Lucius’s sympathy that Mason deftly uses as the hinge of this heartbreaking plot. Review | A med student gets a crash course in battle wounds and PTSD in ‘The Winter Soldier’ 2018-09-04T04:00:00Z Mr. Tetzlaff proved charismatic, imbuing his part with a burnished sound and soulful allure and deftly navigating the whirlwind passagework of the “Gypsy” finale. Music Review: Christian Tetzlaff Joins Orpheus at Carnegie Hall 2014-03-31T21:19:15Z By contrast, in “The Black Stone,” Howard deftly pastiches the antiquarian sententiousness of his pen pal H.P. Review | Robert E. Howard became famous for creating Conan. But that warrior was only the beginning. 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z Her scintillating accounts of the scherzos deftly balance bursts of breathless passagework and plaintive lyricism. 5 Classical Albums to Hear Right Now 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z The question of how the contemporary works were made thrums tantalizingly throughout the show and is deftly addressed in the catalog's technical notes on each artist, written by Getty conservators Marc Harnly and Sarah Freeman. 'Light, Paper, Process' an inventive subversion of photography 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z Hindemith’s vocal lines deftly follow the flow and contours of speech. Two-Course Feast of Stage and Song 2014-12-21T05:00:00Z The 1992 murder mystery told in reverse deftly connects its characters and plot to the English suits, French cuffs, plaid shirts and tweed jackets that define them. Academia Lives — on TikTok 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z But the novel deftly brings together the fantastic and the realistic, and it touches on a variety of issues, from politics, race and murder to disability, domestic tragedy and myth. Review: ‘Time of the Locust,’ by Morowa Yejidé√ Covering considerable ground in 50 minutes, Harrower moves deftly from linguistic games to social commentary, and a touching study of two characters learning to free themselves from their past. Good with People 2010-10-01T21:15:00Z The phenomenon is repeatedly addressed in the show’s most significant piece, the five-channel video installation “Question Bridge: Black Males,” made up of deftly edited and interwoven interviews with some 150 African-American men. Art in Review: Hank Willis Thomas 2013-08-01T19:13:08Z She deftly illuminated its eclectic moods and myriad timbres — which ranged from breathy, guttural noises to rhapsodic melodies in a high register, interspersed and contrasted with digital sounds. Music Review: Works That Make Technology an Ally 2011-06-01T22:38:12Z After some preliminary text, the filmmakers deftly commence chronicling Wang’s story, which wends through the documentary, wedding the personal to the political. ‘One Child Nation’ Review: Controlling Minds and Bodies 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z But a gentler, slightly faded look suits her deftly framed vignettes, even the ones with such brawny elements as vast skies and rows of big, black trees. Review | In the galleries: Artists talk through their hats 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z Keane deftly arranges grasses, leaves and branches, coats them with clay and fires the constructions in a kiln. Review | In the galleries: The past invades the present in paintings by Gregory Ferrand 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z The designer mixed the 1920s look at its most costumelike with her familiar deftly introduced vintage looks: chinoiserie patterns from curtains or wallpaper; and pendants with jade-green jewels. Fashion Review: Anna Sui: Asia Through Western Eyes 2014-02-16T12:06:01Z The James Royal Palm deftly combines past and present, preserving the building’s Art Deco hallmarks and adding a bevy of modern amenities. Check In: Hotel Review: James Royal Palm in Miami Beach 2013-08-27T19:17:19Z On the HBO series “The Sopranos,” she deftly adjusted her range to play Mrs. Conte, an old Italian woman who shocked Tony Soprano by unleashing a vile outburst at noisy neighbors. Sylvia Kauders, a Late-Blooming Actress, Dies 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z He ends up yielding in most of those battles, taking a particularly rough loss from the Arizona governor, who deftly paints him into a corner by accentuating Kirkman’s authoritarian tendencies. ‘Designated Survivor’ Season 1, Episode 6: Walk, Talk ... Duck! 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z The writing and acting are plausible imaginings of people struggling to assimilate the incredible, and tensions are deftly tweaked: this leaves key questions tantalisingly unanswered without resort-ing to crass cliffhangers. Tonight's TV highlights 2011-02-17T08:00:02Z “We are herein presented to some five hundred thousand characters, each one deftly drawn in a line or two of agate type, each one standing out from the rest in bold relief,” Benchley writes. Robert Benchley’s Legacy in a Era of Fraught Comedy 2019-12-26T05:00:00Z And he layers their stories — black dancers on white on black — so deftly that a reader turning the pages gets a visceral sense of the art’s constant overlap. Review: A Rigorous Tap Dancing Lesson in ‘What the Eye Hears’ 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z The balance of comedy and drama is deftly maintained, and there's a palatable, soapy aspect to Elliot and Lee's affair. Hannah and Her Sisters: No 7 2010-10-16T10:48:00Z Throughout “The Spectators,” such a notion is embodied by the images, which are sharp, concrete, deftly rendered, and also slightly abstracted at the same time. 'The Spectators' illustrates the push and pull of city life 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z This is where Norell learned the construction and couture techniques he would so deftly absorb into ready-to-wear. ‘Norell: Dean of American Fashion’ Review: The First Icon of Fashion Avenue 2018-02-10T05:00:00Z Several tracks from that album cropped up in the set, with vocals deftly handled by the fine soul singer Erica Falls. Review: Galactic, Paying Tribute to New Orleans and Its Sounds 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z The narrative is well constructed and clichés are, for the most part, deftly avoided. New Books From Louisa Hall, Christian Kracht, Juan Gabriel Vásquez and Others 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z Solomon uses a fraught mother-daughter phone conversation to deftly set up the conflicts to come. Review | ‘The Days of Afrekete’ is a bitingly funny novel with echoes to ‘Mrs. Dalloway’ 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z Incorporating the entire ensemble, the simple choreography — a multi-dancer lift; a lineup that halves the stage, etc. — deftly suggests Phaeton’s disorientation and awe as he communicates with the divine. A bold production of ‘Phaeton’ from Taffety Punk Theatre Company 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z But Alison Brie deftly balances brittleness with determination, and the entire ensemble is lovable. ‘GLOW’ Season 1: Watched It All? Let’s Talk 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z In his best pieces these myriad influences are deftly blended into a distinctive voice. Music Review: Renée Fleming’s Perspectives Residency at Carnegie Hall 2013-04-28T20:58:38Z The accompaniments by Labadie's group were everything one could have hoped for: vigorous, deftly colored, alive to niceties of style and to the singer's expressive purposes. With tenor Bostridge, rare Baroque arias sound newly minted 2011-05-08T12:35:00Z Her singing voice can move deftly from a low, smoky hush to a suddenly impassioned wail. Nilüfer Yanya’s Music Is a Family Affair 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z But the new president’s inauguration committee deftly repurposed this visual idea, a symbol of mourning remade as a symbol of presence, an idealized version of the crowds watching from home. Perspective | As Trump slips out of town, Biden repurposes old symbols for new life 2021-01-20T05:00:00Z And through their stories, the series deftly engages the viewer with thorny, unpleasant social concerns, inviting us to comfortably in zones of discomfort for hours at time. "Little Fires Everywhere" is a gripping, soapy reminder of that yesterday's ills are still present 2020-03-18T04:00:00Z Wilson deftly evokes the dramatic stakes, showing us the precariousness of Odysseus’s improvised plot, as well as the thrumming violence beneath. Review | The first English translation of ‘The Odyssey’ by a woman was worth the wait 2017-11-16T05:00:00Z As Rosmer, Bradford Cover deftly conveys a man in anguish over the past but hopeful for the future. | 'Rosmersholm': In Ibsen, Discontent and Desires Unspoken 2010-12-01T22:20:00Z Calhoun deftly moves 21 gifted performers around the stage while they belt or harmonize their way through Frank Wildhorn’s generic tunes. Cast makes the best of entertaining but generic tune of ‘Freedom’s Song’ 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z And now Trump has taken the lessons he learned from those experiences and deftly applied them to his presidential primary campaign. It’s all just wrestling to Donald Trump: Everything the GOP front-runner knows about politics, he learned from the WWF 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z Far from mere window dressing, the jarring temporal dislocation Brandon experiences, which is deftly mirrored in the novel’s perspective-swapping structure, blends with and builds on the hardest parts of his past in revelatory ways. A Time-Travel Novel Whose Thrills Go Beyond the Speculative 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z He deftly dispatched the feisty scherzo and ended with a supple account of the dancing rondo, played with impressive lightness and clarity. | New York Chamber Music Festival: Connecting the Dots Between 2 Composers 2010-09-17T04:00:00Z The result is a consistently engaging, deftly staged debut from the L.A. theater collective Artists at Play. Dynamic cast propels tale of two step-siblings across three decades 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z But in retrospect, we should have known — it was the kind of something-for-everyone entertainment that recalled blockbusters of the past, deftly combining historical drama, wide-screen adventure and heartfelt romance. The 50 Best Movies on Netflix Right Now 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z As Briscoe deftly knits the two narrative strands together, deeper, more troubling issues emerge in the relationship between mother and daughter. You by Joanna Briscoe ? review 2011-07-08T10:42:01Z For the most part, Mr. Mitre manages this deftly; the small-scale pettiness easily translates to a broader context, though non-Argentines may fail to grasp other historical implications. Movie Review: Santiago Mitre’s ‘Estudiante’ Is a Study of Behavior 2013-08-21T22:32:30Z Powell and Pressburger’s glittering wartime fantasia ranks among the greatest films ever made, a shimmering jewel in the crown of British cinema that deftly straddles the divide between this world and the next. Nine films that should have won best picture at the Oscars 2019-02-18T05:00:00Z As she hits her promotional whirlwind for “Stronger,” it’s clear that Ms. Clarkson has learned to respond deftly to interviewers’ under-the-microscope questions. Kelly Clarkson, the Role Model Next Door 2011-10-29T13:24:15Z Stanfield, an actor whose strength is in his reserve, modulates deftly between the idealistic young samurai and the hard-bitten elder. Review: ‘Yasuke’ Reclaims a Black Samurai From History 2021-04-28T04:00:00Z Though it was deftly and sensitively played by Adam Nielsen, the results could feel monochromatic and lugubrious. Music Review: Juilliard Opera’s ‘Curlew River’ and ‘Riders to the Sea’ 2012-12-10T22:47:15Z On a wooden table, the eldest deftly uses the edge of a knife to press bits of dough into fresh orecchiette. Italy’s overlooked ‘heel’ has a wealth of food, wine and unique architecture 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z From there, he’d answer calls from his white co-workers, ingratiating himself with carefree enthusiasm and a formal syntax while deftly employing his lawyerly lexicon. Sorry to Bother You shows why black Americans code-switch to survive 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z She also deftly tackled a wardrobe malfunction - a dangly broken dress strap - while performing a Broadway number during the third week of competition. 'So You Think You Can Dance' fans pick Froderman 2010-08-13T02:59:00Z Mr. LaChiusa has a wide musical vocabulary, and he deploys it deftly in numbers that subtly incorporate the styles of different eras and cultures, from the 1920s to the 1950s. Theater Review: ‘Giant,’ With Brian D’Arcy James, at the Public Theater 2012-11-16T03:00:12Z He went on like that, in classic Letterman monologue form, deftly maneuvering between dry quips and earnest praise of Pearl Jam. 8 Memorable Moments From the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction 2017-04-08T04:00:00Z Buccola, a professor of political science at Linfield College, deftly guides the reader through the rhetorical and philosophical moves of Baldwin’s speech. When James Baldwin Squared Off Against William F. Buckley Jr. 2019-10-18T04:00:00Z He writes deftly of the growing split between the man he knew and the persona he was taking on. ‘Saul Bellow’s Heart’: Son looks back at his father 2013-05-08T21:05:21Z It’s propulsive, driven on a chugging guitar riff, and it shifts into its chorus deftly on the back of a bright, schizophrenic synth line. Britney Spears’ “Most Personal” Record Lacks Personality 2013-12-05T10:45:38Z “A Book of Secrets” didn’t just overcome my reservations; it buried them under a landslide of deftly deployed fact and feeling. Books of The Times: In the Fast Company of Women on the Edge 2011-08-04T22:16:36Z Time and again, Banville sets up and then deftly demolishes the Agatha Christie format he seems to be aping. John Banville’s New Murder Mystery Starts Like a Game of Clue 2020-10-05T04:00:00Z Despite this, he shined throughout, deftly capturing the caged anguish that has tormented him since he was a boy — “a boy who couldn’t cry.” Review | With debut of ‘Fire Shut Up in My Bones’ at the Met, a watershed moment for American opera 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z The first few minutes of Rob Roth’s new multimedia piece, “Soundstage,” deftly evoke the fleeting transition from wakefulness to dreaming. Review: Up All Night, With Rebecca Hall as Muse, in ‘Soundstage’ 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z The elements of fantasy exist here but are deftly muted, as Mr. Martin defies genre conventions. Books of The Times: In a Fantasyland of Liars, Keep Your Dragon Close 2011-07-14T17:28:37Z “What’s new to us is really just a discovery of what’s been going on there for some time,” White says, deftly wrapping history into today’s trends. It’s about time someone guided us through Champagne 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z |
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