| 单词 | ambivalence |
| 例句 | That ambivalence turned to remorse soon after he shot the moose. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Theo is overwhelmed with money worries and by his ambivalence about Marie, but at least he has colleagues at the gallery, clients he speaks to regularly, painters he spends time with. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z It is doubtful that the other members agreed with that role; Compton was the only one who oversaw a lab where the scientists’ ambivalence was expressed openly. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z One odd ambivalence was how some letters, otherwise all but championing Mr. Muhammad, would recoil at the expression “white devils.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I walked that way, my hand on the ribbon, mired in my ambivalence, to the refreshment tent. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z That ambivalence was most clearly embodied by the President of the United States, Dwight Eisenhower. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z He truly seemed at peace in these moments, able at last to lose himself in something without anguish and ambivalence. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The ban on phone calls was, then, purely punitive, just as the pepper-spraying of the child-man had been born of a combination of opportunity, cruelty, ambivalence, and sport. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z He studied my face, and perhaps he saw an ambivalence about my own choices. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Any ambivalence he’d felt about killing these beauty queens had been erased by this one’s relentless campaign against him. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Francis Poulenc neatly summed up the prevailing French ambivalence towards Wagner by saying that, after listening to him, it was necessary to cleanse one’s spirit and ears by listening to Mozart. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Steve was in his mid-thirties and had a passion and certainty that seemed the direct opposite of my ambivalence. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z With some of their fortunes eroding, they find they are sitting on an extremely valuable asset, a realization that adds a touch of ambivalence to their protests against changes that are all too obvious. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z But Ms. Ross, whose other work includes this season’s “Nice Girl” for the Labyrinth Theater Company, also provides softer, subtler moments that convey the unsettled ambivalence that lingers in most close relationships. Review: In ‘Of Good Stock,’ Alicia Silverstone Is a Sister in Distress 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z In the opening pages, Seinfeld acknowledges that this book was largely his agent's idea; he repurposes enough of his prior bestseller to merit asking whether his ambivalence toward the project ever waned. Seinfeld's bland new book "Is This Anything?" is $35 dollars' worth of ambivalence and old jokes 2020-10-15T04:00:00Z “At the end of the book, de Waal wrestles with his own ambivalence about serving as a guardian of the Jewish past.” 12 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-06-10T04:00:00Z The movement’s absence is felt — not just in Atwater’s infuriating lack of transparency, but also in the girls’ ambivalence and confusion. Welcome to Boarding School. Are You Safe Here? Good Question. 2021-02-16T05:00:00Z “There’s a lot of ambivalence with how we deal with domestic violence,” she says. Inside the Wild and Addictive World of Celebrity Fan Fiction 2013-08-26T09:45:08Z This is a social documentary with a heart and soul, a biography of visual poetry, redolent with lyrical ambivalence. This week's new exhibitions 2010-10-15T23:06:00Z When these images aren’t readily presented and consumed, confusion and ambivalence can arise. In Films and on TV, a New Openness to Natural Black Hairstyles 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z You can make it through most of the film in a state of queasy, not entirely unpleasant ambivalence. ‘Red Rocket’ Review: All My XXX’s Live in Texas 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z Rather, it’s a testament to the deep ambivalence the Japanese retain about both the history and the changing role of their armed forces. Japan's Cute Army 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z A descending, grunge-toned guitar line betrays the ambivalence of “Hollywood Dreams,” which moves from hopes of stardom to the routine of exploitation. Review: Miguel’s ‘Wildheart’ Features R&B and Clashing Impulses 2015-06-29T04:00:00Z While Carrie’s story ultimately became a romance, Bushnell maintains extreme ambivalence about romantic relationships. ‘I Don’t Know What a Carrie Is’: Candace Bushnell Works It Out Onstage 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z As I revised that first draft, I realized that the murder was overshadowing what most interested me: the uncomfortable relationship between Crystal and Father Paul, and her ambivalence about becoming a mother. This Week in Fiction: Kirstin Valdez Quade 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z When Lou’s mom says, “Change is hard. Even good change,” it speaks to the ambivalence 11s feel as they run down the up escalator of life, trying desperately to stay in place. In-Betweens: 2 Middle Grade Novels About the Costs and Benefits of Being 11 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z While these books are satisfying for maternal Id, rarely is the ambivalence of everyday motherhood so dark. The bad mother’s last refuge: Smashing the cult of mommyhood 2015-10-04T04:00:00Z And if we are too sophisticated theatrically to embrace it without ambivalence, why should we be different from the family it portrays? Review: ‘Kim’s Convenience’ Shares Family Ties, for Better and Worse 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z And when it’s time for Jacinta to leave, both women teeter from ambivalence to desperation. ‘Jacinta’ Review: A Neverending Cycle of Hurt 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z Of course nothing trumps enthusiasm in the realm of Arcade Fire, not even a studied ambivalence. Arcade Fire at Barclays Center 2014-08-23T04:00:00Z Foster grappled with that same ambivalence three years ago, when she accepted a lifetime achievement award at the Golden Globes. How Jodie Foster stays one of the most ‘real’ stars in Hollywood 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z In the 2007 Broadway revival of “Company” Mr. Esparza reinvented the role of Bobby by infusing it with a half-submerged ferocity that located the character’s ambivalence in a volcanic inner turmoil. Music Review: American Songbook?s Afro-Cuban Connection 2011-02-22T00:00:10Z Its vivid depiction of gangsters, the London drug scene and sexual ambivalence was heady for the period; and it went from failure to cult classic without ever enjoying success. Nicolas Roeg obituary 2018-11-25T05:00:00Z The young artists in the show — several I.T.P alumni among them — tend to share, despite their immersion in digital technology, a profound ambivalence about where it is taking us. Young Digital Artists, Anxious About ... Technology 2017-07-24T04:00:00Z There is an ambivalence about rich people in this country, he says: an idea that somehow you might be giving for the wrong reasons. Will philanthropists save the arts? 2010-10-21T19:30:00Z He rejects that view and casts Agee as “a figure of profound ambivalence and considerable subtlety.” Do Whistle-Blowers Damage National Security? 2021-05-21T04:00:00Z In 1904, the N.A.A.C.P. dubbed James Weldon Johnson’s poem “Lift Every Voice and Sing” the “Negro National Anthem,” partly as a reflection of this ambivalence; black people still stand when it’s played. Anthem of Freedom: How Whitney Houston Remade “The Star-Spangled Banner” 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z And also with Miss Baker, whose heights of celebrity the Girl aspires to, though not without ambivalence. Review: ‘Josephine and I,’ a Tribute Show by Cush Jumbo 2015-03-10T04:00:00Z Fortunately, she has come to the right place to explore her ambivalence. Theater Review: ‘The Hatmaker’s Wife,’ a Comedy by Lauren Yee 2013-09-06T21:03:59Z Daniel Ichinaga has a creative solution to the ambivalence that comes with wanting to support the arts during a pandemic that makes attending live performance a weightier decision than usual. To go or not to live events? Here’s how some longtime Seattle arts supporters are deciding 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z “This might be a prophecy of Beckett’s later ambivalence about his own writing — at once compulsive and unsatisfactory.” Ruby Cohn, Theater Scholar and Beckett Authority, Dies at 89 2011-10-30T23:41:58Z This strange ambivalence allows us to appreciate their alleged attachment to feminism.” Catherine Deneuve's claim of #MeToo witch-hunt sparks backlash 2018-01-10T05:00:00Z Part of what Abdelmahmoud does in this book is make space — for joy and for discovery, but also for anguish and ambivalence. ‘Son of Elsewhere,’ a Funny and Frank Story About Life After a Big Move 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z The adult world deals in ambivalence and gray areas, which is unfathomable to a young person. This Week in Fiction: Emma Cline on a Father Confronting His Son’s Transgression 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z The humour and affection in such lines belie the ambivalence of Crabbe's attitude to Aldeburgh, a place where he was "very miserable and miserably treated". George Crabbe: The man behind Benjamin Britten 2013-06-14T17:00:01Z But some students respond with ambivalence, treating the suicide as an opportunity to add tallies to the ledger of who is attractive and who is disliked. ‘Tahara’ Review: Hierarchy at a Hebrew-School Funeral 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z In another, “Difference Maker,” Daum unsparingly details her ambivalence about motherhood and her wrenching turn as a court-appointed advocate for a foster child. Contemporary Womanhood, in Fact and Fiction 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z The HBO production was taped at a live performance at the Eisenhower Theater at the Kennedy Center, an incongruity given President Eisenhower’s ambivalence about the decision handed down in Brown v. | 'Thurgood': Marshall v. Bias: A Life Revealed in Anecdotes 2011-02-23T23:22:27Z Ultimately, he was attracted to the hazy ambivalence that the image conveys. Vijay Iyer’s New Trio Is a Natural Fit. Its Album Is ‘Uneasy.’ 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z We met farmer Rick and saw his ambivalence when he found a pistol buried in the ground. The Walking Dead Watch: “Infected” 2013-10-21T02:00:32Z He was the first Thai director to win the Palme d’Or at Cannes, but the award was greeted with ambivalence by many at home and with attacks by his fiercest critics. A Thai Director Earns Acclaim Abroad and Ambivalence at Home 2010-09-14T03:00:00Z I wanted to blame his ambivalence on something specific. The wedding I almost ruined 2012-06-13T00:01:00Z Even that brief cameo alludes to Mr. Nimoy’s ambivalence about his stardom. For Leonard Nimoy, Spock’s Hold Made Reaching Escape Velocity Futile 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z The new website Fareness.com aims to reduce your bargain-hunting clicks while solving your destination ambivalence. Air and Rail Travel News: Pets on Amtrak; Bargain Airfares 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z “But if the parent is 100% evil, it’s almost less damaging because it’s the ambivalence that’s so jarring and difficult and really messes up children.” Kate Beckinsale on her role in Farming: 'If the parent is 100% evil, it's almost less damaging' 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z Even from the beginning, John Lennon and Paul McCartney wrote songs that slyly added unexpected chord changes and hints of ambivalence in the lyrics, sparking a listener’s reflexes and then evading them. ‘Revolver,’ Newly Expanded, Shows the Beatles at a Creative Peak 2022-10-31T04:00:00Z As a pop singer and composer, she’s a balladeer of romantic ambivalence, and she’s an expert in locating the hidden rue in hedonism. Review: Adding the Women’s Side to the ‘Diner’ Menu 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z Though that proves impossible, his attempt reminds us that ambivalence of all kinds, about people and love and stories and theater, is not a failure no matter what world you live in. Review: ‘White Girl in Danger’ Flips the Script on Soap Operas 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z It's this ambivalence about whether he's one of them or one of us that makes Everett such a divine chronicler of celebrity. Rupert Everett: the queen of mean 2012-09-28T22:01:28Z Friedman has highlighted the ambivalence that one woman, Mac McClelland, feels towards the term. The problem with being 'badass' 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z In October, Ms. Reinsve’s newfound fame and her ambivalence toward it were palpable at a party that followed the screening of “The Worst Person in the World” at the Viennale, Vienna’s international film festival. Renate Reinsve Steps, Reluctantly, Into the Spotlight 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z There’s no missing the statement’s brutal, brilliant ambivalence. In Ann Patchett’s New Novel, a Glass House and a Family With Things to Hide 2019-09-21T04:00:00Z The historical ambivalence to Piero likely comes directly from Vasari, who both praised him, and then cast shade on his personality. Season preview: At last, Piero di Cosimo gets a retrospective — and it’s in D.C. 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z Still, Brown's ambivalence about his industry runs deep. 'The Bridges of Madison County' crosses into lush terrains, composer promises 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z It’s an ambivalence that I feel towards my characters or a situation. Todd Solondz’s comedy of despair: “I am always trying to navigate a line that is not too far, and not too soft” 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z But French sources, she argues, also reveal deep ambivalence on the part of the liberated. Rape by American Soldiers in World War II France 2013-05-20T22:19:19Z Even so, residents who prided themselves on sharing the anarchic spirit of the East Village sometimes expressed ambivalence about living in the neighborhood’s marquee address. The Interloper on Avenue B 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z While his ambivalence to criticism merits some laughs, “literalness and a lack of interest in social norms are not enough to sustain a series,” Margaret Lyons wrote in The New York Times. What’s on TV Monday: ‘Young Sheldon’ and ‘The Opposition w/ Jordan Klepper’ 2017-09-25T04:00:00Z Viewers and armchair critics have loved to hate True Detective season two – and that ambivalence yielded stronger overall ratings than the widely beloved premiere season of the anthology series. 'True Detective' Season 2 Finale Does Not Justify A Season 3, But HBO Will Likely Renew Anyway 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z Members of Radiohead publicly expressed ambivalence about the honor and booked a tour date in South America on the night of the induction ceremony. Bon Jovi Leads 2018 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Inductees: ‘It’s About Time’ 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z I think it’s a way of working out this perplexing question of choice, and the fact that choice creates such ambivalence and uncertainly. Our new era of hearbreak 2012-06-24T18:15:00Z Siff is confident and sarcastic as the woman Benedick calls, "my dear Lady Disdain," yet she also captures the subtleties of her character's ambivalence. Review: Buoyant, zestful 'Much Ado About Nothing' 2013-02-20T00:16:04Z Her original ambivalence about having a child was answered with an epically colicky baby who seemed angry from the outset. About a (Bad) Boy 2011-12-08T13:15:55Z If “The Worst Person in the World” is about Julie’s indecision, it’s also about Trier’s ambivalence. ‘The Worst Person in the World’ Review: Oslo, Her Way 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z Indeed, two themes run through this book: the hard-won autonomy of the one girl in the boys’ club and her ambivalence toward the feminist movement. Ten Women Whose Tongues and Pens Were as ‘Sharp’ as Knives 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z And nothing so invites ambivalence for this poet as America: “It is not enough/To love you. It is not enough to want you destroyed.” Sonnets That Reckon With Donald Trump’s America 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z In all that A minor snarling, was Gorecki wrestling with the Third’s legacy, and his ambivalence about the prominence it brought? Los Angeles Philharmonic Plays Gorecki’s Fourth Symphony 2015-01-19T05:00:00Z What complicates the coverage is the ambivalence - even antipathy - that some of the demonstrators have toward traditional media outlets. Protesters feed media while remaining cautious 2011-10-20T06:53:08Z Ms. Kull charts Virginia’s ambivalence and emotional confusion subtly and persuasively, the discomfiting terror of her visions leaving a residue of alarm and anxiety in her dark eyes. | 'Sex Lives of Our Parents': That Worst Nightmare, This Time Even Worse 2011-06-23T02:01:25Z What makes it all so compelling, even heartbreaking, is Ms. Lucas’s obviously deep ambivalence. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z If ‘Silverview’ feels less than fully executed, its sense of moral ambivalence remains exquisitely calibrated.” 8 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z Their different responses to the unfolding economic drama underscore the strong ambivalence Americans feel about the Greek crisis. Is your trip to Greece in jeopardy? Maybe, or maybe not. 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z But it becomes psychologically more complex as it reveals Rahim’s buried rage and guilt over his occupation and Aiman’s ambivalence when offered the chance to step into his new boss’s shoes. Review: In ‘Apprentice,’ Teaching the Fine Art of Execution 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z You could argue that that ambivalence is interesting on some intellectual level, sure. “Snow White and the Huntsman”: A would-be fantasy classic 2012-05-30T23:00:00Z After decades of false starts, litigation and ambivalence, the surviving Beach Boys are due to perform for the first time in decades. Grammys tips 2012-02-10T11:22:28Z The mood is thus of ambivalence and frustrated intimacy. Review | ‘The Tale of Genji’ is Japan’s most revered book, and likely the first novel ever. This exhibition takes us into its enigmatic world. 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z There is a good example of that subversion and ambivalence in her second novel, the generational saga Everything Will Be All Right. Tessa Hadley: A life in writing 2011-02-28T00:04:00Z Baez recalls her ambivalence about participating in the tour and describes the artistic freedom it offered her. “Rolling Thunder Revue,” Reviewed: Martin Scorsese’s Slippery Chronicle of Bob Dylan in Concert 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z Speaking for myself, I find myself feeling a great deal of ambivalence toward this guy. ArtsBeat: Vince Gilligan on 'Breaking Bad' and 'the Plumbing of It All' 2012-09-04T17:51:49Z One of the strengths of Strout’s novel is that she realistically details the uncertainty and ambivalence, the revulsion and attraction, that these stubborn, no longer young people experience in each other’s company. The Return of Olive Kitteridge, the Tart, Crotchety, Beloved Curmudgeon 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z That hesitation reflects Landers’s larger ambivalence; he wants to be part of the art world, but not necessarily the art market, which he said he associates with “sharks” and having to give up some control. He Likes ‘Staying Under the Radar,’ but His Art Is Getting Noticed 2021-06-16T04:00:00Z Probably the church is not his usual place: he is propped in the doorway, an ideogram of ambivalence, neither in nor out. Fatherhood Apart 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z Their courtship is relatively free of conflict or ambivalence, though the arrival of Hayley’s parents — Mr. Allen and Judy Davis — causes a bit of a kerfuffle. Movie Review: Woody Allen’s Latest, ‘To Rome With Love’ 2012-06-21T12:00:00Z She writes about the tedium of marriage and motherhood, the confusion and ambivalence over her first sexual experience, the grinding sadness of watching an elderly parent deteriorate. Annie Ernaux’s Work Dissecting the Deeply Personal Is Awarded the Nobel 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z There still remains a certain ambivalence in the public memory of Stalin. Carry on up the Kremlin: how The Death of Stalin plays Russian roulette with the truth 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z But even Esther views a possible move with some ambivalence, there being an undeniable appeal to having strongholds in both countries. ‘Panic in a Suitcase’ by Yelena Akhtiorskaya 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z It hasn’t given me any more clarity, but it’s helped me sit in that ambivalence more comfortably. In ‘The Baby,’ Killing With Cuteness 2022-06-10T04:00:00Z Not only does Saul never paper over Pryor’s ambivalences; he never hides his own. Richard Pryor, Flame-Thrower 2015-03-04T05:00:00Z “Better Living Through Criticism” is as much about self-doubt and ambivalence as it is about a critic’s certainty, but it manages to be thrilling and grimly funny at times as well. Critics are human, too: “But I don’t think you’re doing the artist or the audience or the art form itself any favor if you pat things on the head” 2016-02-07T05:00:00Z When Basil and Carol talk probingly about his emotional distance or his ambivalence toward his father, “Man and Boy” feels embarrassingly dated. | 'Man and Boy': ?Man and Boy,? With Frank Langella - Review 2011-10-10T02:01:09Z You wouldn’t think a show that trades in virtuosic swing could drop so deep and keep its balance, but then an ambivalence about appropriation is clearly part of Waller’s blueprint. Review: ‘Ain’t Misbehavin’,’ Saving Its Love (and Pain) for You 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z Her losses seem to have added to what feels like some ambivalence about returning to the stage. Diamanda Galás Gives Voice to Unbearable Pain, Once More 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z Yet that ambivalence seems pro forma — a kind of “on-the-one-hand-and-on-the-other” approach that is more diplomatic than it is convincing. Book review: ‘Charlie Chaplin: A Brief Life,’ by Peter Ackroyd 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z Her speech still has moments of ambivalence, as when she says that she found great happiness with a man who abused her. Review: In ‘The Wife of Willesden,’ a Literary Marriage Falters 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z Yet there’s a thrill in that ambivalence because it rings so true. is a cinematic love potion and you leave it feeling bewitched. Gaga in Love With Like Crazy 2011-10-27T22:58:38Z But next to Birmingham’s rich, detailed narration of Dostoyevsky’s life, with all of its paradoxes and tortured ambivalences, Lacenaire’s extreme self-regard quickly becomes predictable, even a bit tedious. How a Murderous Poet Inspired One of Dostoevsky’s Masterworks 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z Hollywood’s ambivalence towards finance—and capitalism in general—sits oddly with an industry marked by high salaries, huge corporations and product merchandising. Short and sweet 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z And yet, as I approached the milestone in recent weeks, I began to feel more ambivalence. This Life: Cancer Survivors’ Celebrate Their Cancerversary 2013-12-06T23:53:09Z He is at best ambivalent on whether there is any method to the Terranauts’ madness, and his ambivalence becomes less a point of subtlety than a hole in the middle of the novel. T.C. Boyle explores a world within a world in 'The Terranauts' 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z This is all the more frustrating because ambivalence is baked into the title song, which alludes to the city’s mercurial temperament. ‘New York, New York’ Review: The Big Apple, Without Bite 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z Her account presents Yakobson as a genius still virtually unknown in the West because of Soviet ambivalence about, and hostility to, his work, which was barely documented by reviews or articles and rarely preserved. Review: ‘Like a Bomb Going Off: Leonid Yakobson and Ballet as Resistance in Soviet Russia’ 2015-02-22T05:00:00Z I can pinpoint the exact moment that my own feelings about clean eating changed from ambivalence to outright dislike. Why we fell for clean eating 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z But in their ambivalence toward Russian authenticity, these two scores offer opportune context about the profound process of national soul-searching. At the Hollywood Bowl, Gustavo Dudamel and Lang Lang do their bit for cultural healing 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z In a new interview with Good Housekeeping, the “Mindy Project” star expressed ambivalence about the possibility of ever getting married, saying she’s okay with the possibility that she just might never do the deed. Mindy Kaling: “I don’t need marriage” 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z For that matter, does any other modern nation feel such profound ambivalence or uncertainty about its own origins? How a failed rebellion changed the world: The Easter Rising’s strange centennial 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z Today, as my Google alerts feed me all things Meghan Markle, I struggle even more with conflicting feelings of ambivalence and awe. How Meghan Markle Makes Me Feel About Race and the Crown 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z “I responded to the closures with an automatic, nearly filial sense of loss, followed by profound ambivalence,” Atherton Lin writes. In ‘Gay Bar,’ Time-Hopping Snapshots of Queer Nightlife 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z The work's central ambivalence is that the isolation of a single memory is reductive, given that it is the sum total of our memories and experiences that constitute our lives. After Life 2010-05-16T20:30:00Z And yet I viewed her with a certain ambivalence in this setting. The Outsider Fair Made Art ‘Big’ Again 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z So perhaps in this summer party season, we should all admit to our own ambivalence about strong-arming our guests into a particular party pattern, at least at relatively small gatherings. Cultural Studies: Arranged Seating at Parties Can Be a Source of Anxiety for Guests 2012-06-01T20:07:09Z It was Luke and Lucie Meier at Jil Sander, however, who fully engaged with the ambivalence between the gravitational pull backward and the niggling sense that it is necessary to rethink how things are done. The New Days of Disco 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z “My mom has, I would charitably say, ambivalence about the book,” he said through a tight smile. Stossel Family Problems Spelled Out in New Releases 2013-12-22T22:15:52Z Mr. Ligon indicates his own ambivalence by annotating the pictures with printed commentary by theorists, artists, politicians, gay-bar patrons and so on. Art Review: Messages That Conduct an Electric Charge 2011-03-10T23:09:03Z We are human supremacists whose vanity and moralism and tortured ambivalence make us uniquely unhappy and destructive. Want the Good Life? This Philosopher Suggests Learning From Cats 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z Brandon Straka, a Trump supporter and founder of #WalkAway, a group aimed at getting Democrats to vote Trump, attributes undecided voters’ ambivalence to the mainstream media. In a year of political anger, undecided voters inspire a special kind of scorn 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z It starts with Left to My Own Devices, pop's greatest celebration of ambivalence. My favourite album: Introspective by Pet Shop Boys 2011-08-17T14:51:44Z I don’t deliberately seek out that threshold or the ambivalence it offers, but the fact that I return to it over and over suggests that it isn’t entirely innocent, either. Instead of Sobbing, You Write Sentences: An Interview with Charles D'Ambrosio 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z At the time, however, the author was regarded with a deep ambivalence, relegated to the pulp-fiction ghetto and forced to draw succour from more favourable reviews in his beloved UK. A Mysterious Something in the Light: Raymond Chandler, A Life by Tom Williams – review 2012-08-16T07:00:01Z Passivity, a paralyzed sweetness, a deep ambivalence about sexual appetite, are somehow taken as signs of a complex and admirable inner life. Books of The Times: ‘In Praise of Messy Lives,’ Essays by Katie Roiphe 2012-11-27T16:27:18Z I think it’s possible to deem a movie worth seeing, despite ambivalence — or outright anger — toward the person who made it. Perspective | Movies have become their own form of justice, even when they don’t make it to the screen 2020-05-28T04:00:00Z "My Life on the Road" arrives at a time when the Internet has replaced the picket line as the primary venue for feminist activism, a change Steinem views with ambivalence. Gloria Steinem revs up memories and travels in 'My Life On the Road' memoir 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z The closing “Lied der Frauen” wants tone a bit more majestic, but Schultz attacked it with gusto and brought gentle ambivalence to the end. Review: Another Week, Another Philharmonic Podium Candidate 2022-02-18T05:00:00Z But none of them come close to matching the fully inhabited, spiky ambivalence of Ms. Lathan as she appears in the second half. | 'By the Way, Meet Vera Stark': A Black Actress Trying to Rise Above a Maid 2011-05-10T02:24:41Z I am torn by ambivalence, and that, I think, is a good thing. Art Review: Behold the Anonymous Downtrodden 2011-06-02T21:57:17Z At the very least, it’s impossible to watch “The Disappearance of My Mother” without a measure of ambivalence. ‘The Disappearance of My Mother’ Review: Son’s View of a Model Parent 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z Here, though, it feels as if the creative team was paralyzed rather than stimulated by their ambivalence and took refuge in a kind of florid obfuscation. Review: ‘jazz singer’ Looks to Complicate a Film’s Fraught History 2019-09-29T04:00:00Z The coincidence of their arrival is a little creepy, but it suggests the growing relevance of this subject for a generation reviewing itineraries to the undiscovered country with deep ambivalence. Review | Does living forever sound ideal? These 5 new books will change your mind. 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z Sigmund Freud’s feelings about Vienna ranged from ambivalence to outright hatred. Freud’s City, From Couch to Cafes 2014-08-29T04:00:00Z It’s appropriate, then, that ambivalence is the overriding feeling I’ve had about the movie, even after seeing a screening a few weeks ago. Why “Into the Woods” Matters 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z You can see Laymon working through his ambivalence within the space of a sentence; he is relentlessly self-aware, exploring all the forces that can stop even the most buoyant hopes from ever leaving the ground. Times Critics’ Top Books of 2018 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z At ActionButton.net, Tim Rogers spent thousands of words giving the game, and his ambivalence about it, the “close scrutiny and consideration” that Ms. Parker seeks. ArtsBeat: Game Theory: A Golden Era for Criticism 2013-12-26T13:15:38Z The ambivalence explored by the movie extends to Jewish identity itself. Movie Review: In ‘Aliyah,’ a Trip From France to Israel Is Dangerous 2013-06-13T22:47:38Z Part of this was by design, of course, growing out of a deep ambivalence about the establishment’s embrace. Works by Asco at the Los Angeles Museum 2011-08-27T04:10:06Z Reconsidering the page today may yield a different reading, but seeing it onscreen leaves little ambivalence as to the fact that we're witnessing an extreme violation. Enter "Sandman," right on time 2022-08-06T04:00:00Z Suspicion, fear, anger, ambivalence regarding the unexpected glare of a national spotlight, internal division and cohesion within a community: “London Road” traces these phases through individual portraits that melt into a collective human landscape. ArtsBeat: Nothing Rings True Like Authenticity 2011-07-26T18:21:23Z The same ambivalence infuses the ever-surprising sentences that fall from her mouth like jewels and toads in a fairy tale. Review: Phoebe Waller-Bridge Gives New York a Fabulous ‘Fleabag’ 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z Later this ambivalence about affection in relationships is transposed to a girlfriend. Semantic Polarities and Psychopathologies in the Family – review 2013-06-19T10:20:14Z They are woven into “Untraceable,” too, along with his lingering ambivalence about Russia and the fall of the Soviet Union. Raised on Le Carré, He Wrote a Thriller Dipped in Poison 2021-01-21T05:00:00Z As a trans storyteller, I’m often treated with ambivalence by movement leaders who want my story to be less complicated, to be "simplified for middle America." "Sissy" author Jacob Tobia says we all have "a coming-of-gender story" 2019-03-10T05:00:00Z But he has long expressed ambivalence about the awards, even after winning, and has often decided not to attend the ceremony even when he has been widely nominated. Drake Removes Himself From Competition for 2022 Grammy Awards 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z Even the filmmakers seem to suffer some ambivalence about their star. Bollywood gets racy with 'Jism 2' 2012-08-02T12:04:10Z He internalizes the music he plays so completely that any interpretive ambivalence or miscalculation is unthinkable. Young harpsichordist continues to amaze 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z Later in life, Krenek expressed ambivalence about the marvels he had introduced to opera, calling them “not really miracles, but just perfectly ordinary objects from everyday life.” David Lang’s ‘whisper opera’ Mines Truths From the Web 2013-08-02T18:57:04Z Cissy had some ambivalence about whether her daughter should become an entertainer, but she nevertheless told her that if she was going to sing, she’d better step up. Production of a Lifetime: Whitney Houston and Clive Davis 2017-09-30T04:00:00Z Despite the characters’ ambivalence about motherhood, Whittall has written a competent and highly readable testament to the strength of the maternal bond, even after years apart. New Fiction About Family Members Gone Missing 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z But these computer-savvy cavemen are not interested in living off the grid, like others who share their ambivalence toward the indoor life. 2010-01-09T03:29:00Z Advancing technology also played a major role in the transition from optimism to ambivalence. Music: The Unmistakable Sensibility of Sondheim 2010-04-30T23:09:00Z Instead, Scott’s essay is an expression of great ambivalence. Henry James and the Great Y.A. Debate 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z Rather than being schmaltzy and simplified, the upstairs/downstairs dynamic was portrayed with an ambivalence that highlighted its brutality and symbiotic nature. 'Downton Abbey is ludicrous': the biggest TV hits we've never seen – until now 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z The fledgling London-based Aya Theater Company looks to convey this ambivalence by having all six cast members play the occupied and the occupiers. | 'Burmese Days': ?Burmese Days? at 59E59 Theaters - Review 2011-11-17T03:03:15Z The other question is why POI would walk right up to the edge of telling an ambivalent story about the tradeoffs of surveillance, without ever actually, explicitly voicing that ambivalence. You Are Watching Big Brother: The Disturbing Spy Games of Person of Interest 2011-10-27T15:32:58Z Her songs often place her in states of ambivalence: in hot-and-cold romances that leave her unsure even about her own feelings, in situations where her insecurities grapple with her self-respect. SZA’s Songs Face Desire in All Its Complications 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z And especially in this age of ambivalence and subjectivity, a purely cerebral hero is particularly welcome. The TV Watch: Benedict Cumberbatch’s ‘Sherlock’ Is Back on PBS 2014-01-17T23:38:27Z “Heavy” is a gorgeous, gutting book that’s fueled by candor yet freighted with ambivalence. In ‘Heavy,’ Kiese Laymon Recalls the Weight of Where He’s Been 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z What powers the episode is Liz’s ambivalence about admitting that the wedding is a big deal. 30 Rock Watch: The Force of Love 2012-11-30T14:18:50Z But in “Uncertain Glory” the moral ambivalence of the Flynn character is real and fully dramatized. DVDs: On DVD, Errol Flynn and Raoul Walsh War Movies 2010-08-06T21:12:00Z The “Walking Dead” alum, who was born in South Korea and raised in Michigan, has expressed a certain ambivalence about the historic nature of his accomplishment. This is a landmark year for diversity at the Oscars. Why did it take nearly a century? 2021-04-21T04:00:00Z Martha’s ambivalence regarding her beaus arose from an unsettled family life. The Love Triangle That Caused a Religious Panic 2021-02-09T05:00:00Z In his review, Ben Brantley wrote that the show “gives full weight to the confusion and ambivalence that afflict not only Diana but also everyone around her.” An Immersive ‘Next to Normal’ Debuts in Barcelona 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z “Good Grief” still registers throughout as an affecting study of the ambivalence of bereavement. Review: Remembering What Was and Wasn’t in ‘Good Grief’ 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z That book’s moment of fame is in turn featured in “Liveblog,” when Boyle, with a mixture of pride and ambivalence, listens to her mom read passages from the book over the phone. Megan Boyle’s “Liveblog” and the Limits of Autofiction 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z How do you see the ending of “Carol”? I like the ambivalence that you’re left with at the end of “Carol.” ‘Carol’ director talks about the roots and relevance of his latest film 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z In some areas, Islam has also created ambivalence about dancing. In Africa, a Village of Mind, a World of Styles 2010-05-21T22:37:00Z Mr. Jackman’s charm can lighten the glummest dirge, but for comic-book agnostics the real appeal is Logan’s reluctance to get involved, an ambivalence that can feel familiar to viewers exhausted by the same fight. Review: In ‘Logan,’ a Comic-Book Stalwart Turns Noirish Western 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z If so, he might also bear Shakespeare’s ambivalence in mind. Review: At Stratford, ‘Coriolanus’ Is Riveting and Troubling 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z “I was sensing a mutual, if very positive, ambivalence,” Austin said. Date Lab: Can a U2 fan fall for a Justin Timberlake buff? 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z Her combination of proper moral contempt laced with shameful fascination reflects the viewer’s own ambivalence as we sit in thrall to this series about the everyday doings of very violent men. The Sopranos: 10 years since it finished, it's still the most masterful show ever 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z Even so, the anger of the protests came as a surprise to some of those for whom the armoire-shaped tower had long been an object of, if not disdain, ambivalence. For AT&T, Balancing Change and Preservation Under the Same Broken Pediment 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z Perel diagnoses them as “splitting the ambivalence”: one takes the positive position, the other the negative, until the suppressed pain finally boils over. Esther Perel Lets Us Listen In on Couples’ Secrets 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z What most distinguished Mr. Sondheim’s lyrics, however, was that they were by and large character-driven, often probing explorations into a psyche that expressed emotional ambivalence, anguish or deeply felt conflict. Stephen Sondheim, Titan of the American Musical, Is Dead at 91 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z The most famous male pop star of the last decade is burdened by a similar ambivalence about success. Shawn Mendes, the Lonely, Uncertain Pop Heartthrob 2020-12-08T05:00:00Z Wright died in 1959, at the age of 91, but “Wright at 150” suggests that the museum can’t shake the old ambivalence. MoMA's love-hate relationship with Frank Lloyd Wright is on display in wide-ranging new retrospective 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z The book is reassuringly free of scandal or self-destructive behavior, but there’s a palpable ambivalence that runs through its 241 pages, though ultimately the tone bends toward optimism. Ralph Macchio Will Always Be ‘The Karate Kid.’ He’s Finally Fine With That. 2022-10-17T04:00:00Z That ambivalence in the principal subject and dominant mood of “Take This Waltz,” Sarah Polley’s honest, sure-footed, emotionally generous second feature. Movie Review: ‘Take This Waltz,’ Directed by Sarah Polley 2012-06-28T22:36:20Z And she regards her shiny surface with the kind of trembling ambivalence of which nervous breakdowns are made. John Epperson Returns, in ‘Lypsinka! The Trilogy’ 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z Much of the show suggests an ambivalence — angry, funny, raucous, witchy — toward pregnancy and motherhood and the lived reality of the female body. Making a Meal of the Philadelphia Fringe Festival 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z Some of the ideas thrown up by the images are intriguing: male-female identity and ambivalence, alter egos, the role of memory in relationships. Dance Review: Art Bridgman and Myrna Packer at Baryshnikov Arts Center 2010-03-29T21:23:00Z "Crowd Out" is intended to capture that ambivalence. Lang's 'Crowd Out' - inspired by soccer, sung by anyone 2014-06-03T04:00:00Z Fresh and funny, Ms. Manzanales’s work grapples with her ambivalence toward her Mexican-American identity — symbolized by the sombreros and voluminous skirts that she mocks but also mines for beauty. Review: Dancing in the House of García Lorca 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z Beyond the evocative sensations and sweet reunions, Xie finds ambivalence in the experience of returning — what the poem calls “a kind of withdrawal by reentering.” Jenny Xie Explores the Subversive Power of the Concealed and the Overlooked 2022-09-19T04:00:00Z Although the sculpture might seem to directly refer to abortion, Smith said she prefers to think of it as an expression of “my ambivalence about motherhood.” After Decades of Silence, Art About Abortion (Cautiously) Enters the Establishment 2022-09-10T04:00:00Z Instead, Naomi discussed, these films reveal a new ambivalence about marriage as the be-all and end-all of romantic love, and point towards a broader definition of female self-realisation than simply pairing-off with the right guy. Q&A with Naomi Wolf: what young women really want 2012-06-04T15:10:52Z The approach pays dividends, but Hawthorne says he notes some ambivalence in MoMA’s attitude towards the singular Wright. Essential Arts & Culture: The ICA L.A. debuts, Latin America's 'Radical Women,' culture and Hurricane Harvey 2017-09-02T04:00:00Z What I wasn't prepared for was the seeming ambivalence that young people had to the violence around them. Teenagers suffer the kicks of abusive relationships 2011-01-28T10:35:44Z Yet beneath this ambivalence, girls are desperate for reminders that we love them and always will, even as they’re abruptly banishing us from their rooms. Modern Love: A 5-Pound Sack of Maternal Wisdom 2010-10-22T18:56:00Z Mostly, they have voiced an ambivalence that rarely emerges from subjects in documentary film or reality television. Movie Review: ‘56 Up’ Adds to Michael Apted’s Documentary Series 2013-01-03T23:33:57Z As to a wider engagement in politics, she says she has always wanted to express a sense of ambivalence, rather than her work being read in any one way. Cornelia Parker: 'I've always been happy to sleep with the enemy' 2013-05-18T09:00:02Z At the same time, the moral ambivalence of Sabina’s character was a direct assault on the Polish propensity — in both life and in film — to turn everyone into either heroes or victims, Mr. Lankosz said. Polish Film's Amoral New Wave 2010-06-14T12:30:00Z Although one disenchanted MyPillow purchaser I know enthusiastically trashed hers and sent a photo to the company, a couple of others expressed ambivalence: Wouldn’t getting rid of a perfectly good pillow be wasteful? MyPillow boycott: How a product can spark an identity crisis 2021-02-12T05:00:00Z Shylock, from Shakespeare’s “Merchant of Venice,” often pleads far more eloquently for the audience’s sympathy than the text will allow, warping the deep ambivalence of Shakespeare’s original. A challenge for the arts: Stop sanitizing and show the great works as they were created Thus, even when this boudoir pedant has Marie bound, gagged and twisted into a pretzel, the operative word is not abjection but ambivalence. ‘Romance’: But What Does She Really Want? 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z I say almost, because when Macbeth isn’t a fighter, he’s a brooder of deep, self-flagellating ambivalence. | 'Macbeth': The Deed Is Done, the Doers Undone 2011-03-25T23:54:57Z But most of the projects aim without ambivalence for pragmatic, real-world results. Art Review: ?Living as Form? at Essex Street Market - Review 2011-09-29T22:41:46Z There’s something almost primal and reassuring about their ambivalence toward convention. HBO’s ‘Girls,’ ‘Looking’ and the delicate balance of vignette 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z These days, marital ambivalence rules the literary scene. 2010-01-08T21:05:00Z Connie Converse’s songs, misfits in their own time, seem eerily prescient today in expressing our ache and ambivalence. Connie Converse’s Time Has Come 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z But even when that happens, it somehow amplifies the slippery ambivalence that is her signature. Sharon Van Etten's expansive vocal talent sings from the darkness 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z It can be hard for criticism to cohere when it’s perforated by ambivalence. In ‘The Earth Dies Streaming,’ Film Criticism That Transcends Raves and Pans 2018-12-26T05:00:00Z If Clinton was the icon of ambivalence, and Bush the icon of incompetence, the icon of hope has been transformed into the truly hopeless image of political gridlock and apocalyptic rancor. | Let Us Now Praise Infamous Men 2013-09-04T19:12:10Z Despite the report’s ambivalence, people all over the country with similar symptoms to those detailed in it began to contact Sierra Internal. A Town for People with Chronic Fatigue 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z One longs to revisit the younger woman, in whom one detects a germinating seed of ambivalence, in middle age. The Unsentimental, Darkly Elegant Stories of Ruth Prawer Jhabvala 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z Yang thus leaves the reader stranded with him in his ambivalence about what it means, if anything, to be “yellow.” Wesley Yang and the Search for Asian-American Visibility 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z Dutifully recording for posterity the era of the affluent and self-flagellating mother seems to be as much an act of ambivalence as of love. ‘Let’s Call Her Patty’ Review: Unseen Depths of an Uptown Matriarch 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z Notwithstanding her ambivalence at playing a domestic role, Bourgeois regarded herself as a domestic artist. A Look Inside Louise Bourgeois’s Home, Just How She Left It 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z She also makes space for ambivalence, for idiosyncrasy, for autonomy and choice. ‘The Right to Sex’ Thinks Beyond the Parameters of Consent 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z A reformed Twitter bully himself, Ronson's attitude is one of reasonable ambivalence. Books take two views on shame and its place in the modern age 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z The dependably delightful Ms. Hecht plays dithering ambivalence better than just about anyone. Theater Review: ‘Stage Kiss,’ a Sarah Ruhl Comedy, at Playwrights Horizons 2014-03-03T03:00:19Z He gave it to them but made no secret of his ambivalence about the work. David Armstrong, Photographer of Subcultures, Dies at 60 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z But the way it was released, dropped during an Apple event uninvited into 500 million iTunes catalog as some sort of publicity stunt, was greeted with a combination of outrage and ambivalence. Randall Roberts' best pop albums of 2014 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z But “P-Valley” maintains a careful ambivalence about the club itself, which Hall describes as a place of both liberation and exploitation. ‘P-Valley’ Dances to a Different Tune 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z My increasing ambivalence toward Facebook had taken a serious turn after the Cambridge Analytica scandal, and each new revelation of the company's behavior had me questioning my moral complicity by remaining. Life after social media: What I discovered after deleting all of my accounts 2019-01-19T05:00:00Z My ambivalence and love for Spokane play out in that. Spokane native Jess Walter releases short-story collection 2013-02-12T18:06:23Z Even Parasite’s world-conquering victory lap Bong regards with a level-headed ambivalence: “It’s kind of like a side job for me as a director,” he says. Parasite director Bong Joon-ho: 'Korea seems glamorous, but the young are in despair' 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z Over the years, Chavarria has reveled in the critical accolades and creature comforts befitting a designer of note, while sometimes expressing an ambivalence about those material delights. ‘To show them in a kind of glory’: How a high-end designer celebrates working-men chic 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z The ambivalence towards the piece set in early, when Tchaikovsky himself - fearing he had exposed too much of his own sexual guilt in his portrait of Byron's agonised anti-hero - called it "abominable." Prom 48: LPO/Jurowski – review 2012-08-19T15:56:24Z Nirvana’s ambivalence came to be held up as a Gen X trademark; the band’s iconoclasm turned the musicians into icons. Nirvana’s “Nevermind” Made, and Unmade, Alternative Culture 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z In song, he projects a beatified ambivalence that turns mixed feelings into a state of grace. ‘Godspell’ Review: Musical Theater Rises From the Dead 2020-08-08T04:00:00Z But ambivalence is in the air from the start, because all the women participate in all the songs, and they all appear to feel differently about what they sing. | 'Ten Cents a Dance': Music, Memories and Regret 2011-08-15T22:20:09Z In their nostalgia for a premodern society, they reveal his ambivalence — perhaps tinged, yes, with shame — toward czarist might and the progress of Russian history. The Story of ‘the Most Underrated Composer in History’ 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z “And that simply brings up people’s resistance and ambivalence.” Climate anxiety doesn’t have to ruin your life. Here’s how to manage it. 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z He’s never mean, clearly adores her and is often respectful of real ambivalence on her part. Perspective | As a kid, I loved Judy Blume’s books. As an adult, I wonder: How do they read today? 2021-04-17T04:00:00Z This week, Hannah deals with the problems that many settled married couples must confront: routine, boredom and ambivalence. Girls Recap: A Girl Walks Into a Bar 2014-03-10T16:02:10Z Fleming was writing before Vietnam and Watergate, before scepticism towards our governmental masters congealed into outright cynicism, before thrillers became laced with paranoia and deep, dark ambivalence. James Bond – a ticket to distant joys 2012-09-28T21:55:09Z Despite a nice conversation, “there is a little bit of ambivalence or apathy after the initial date,” Shiri said, unable to pinpoint the reasons. Date Lab: He was prepared to get roasted 2021-05-07T04:00:00Z The "ethical milieu" of ambivalence he dreamed of was all around him, in fact, maybe as far away as a subway ride downtown. What I talk about when I talk about Woody Allen 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z I now believe that the narrator’s ambivalence comes from his understanding that speaking for anyone means assuming a heavy burden of responsibility, for oneself and for others. Surreal Encounters in Ralph Ellison’s ‘Invisible Man’ 2021-06-03T04:00:00Z Even when Selin once dares to visit the school psychologist for advice about Ivan, the meeting is cut short by her own ambivalence. Elif Batuman’s ‘The Idiot’ 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z But in another way I think Talking Heads are a very literary band in their fundamental stance, their ambivalence and sense of inquiry. Are literary classics obsolete? 2012-05-31T00:00:00Z But the hope is there — or if it isn’t hope, it’s maybe something better: levelheaded, compassionate protagonists, with just enough integrity and ambivalence that they never feel sentimental. ‘Friday Black’ Paints a Dark Portrait of Race in America 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z There’s a reason why conservatives control talk radio, with all its grim certitude, and liberals run comedy, which is characterized by ambivalence. This Is the Joke That Liberals Need 2017-03-03T05:00:00Z “Heavy” is a “gorgeous, gutting book that’s fueled by candor yet freighted with ambivalence. It’s full of devotion and betrayal, euphoria and anguish, tender embraces and rough abuse,” our critic Jennifer Szalai writes. 12 New Books We Recommend This Week 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z Home addresses and relationships are often temporary, or on hiatus, while the characters sort through their fog of ambivalence. Review | ‘Your Duck Is My Duck’ isn’t exactly political, but it eerily captures our national mood 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z Paul Simon conveys a curiously winsome melancholy even when he's celebrating, an ambivalence mirrored in the alternative between wonder and cynicism suggested by the title and story lines of his excellent new album. Paul Simon, others, release albums in time for Record Store Day 2011-04-11T21:15:04Z This year the artists maintained a polite decorum, even when explaining their ambivalence about the institution. Janet Jackson and Stevie Nicks Speak Up for Women at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 2019-03-30T04:00:00Z British critics were mixed on Mr. Kelly’s writing, but Ms. Mulligan’s performance provoked no ambivalence. Carey Mulligan, Facing the Fear of Being Alone Onstage 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z The collection may be, as one sonnet puts it, “a record of my raptures,” but it’s also a chronicle of ambivalence, attuned always to “the scent of rot at the heart/Of love-making.” Sonnets That Reckon With Donald Trump’s America 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z Knight’s ambivalence about Romney is shared by at least a handful of her fellow Latter-day Saints. But I’m a good Mormon wife 2012-06-01T23:00:00Z “Stay and Fight” succeeds in mapping the obscure psychological and emotional territory that defines a life caught between commitment and ambivalence, between rebellion and resignation. A Contemporary Feminist Spin on the Traditional Pioneer Novel 2019-07-08T04:00:00Z In it, a verse by Grade in transliterated Yiddish alludes to both his affection and ambivalence. In the Papers of Yiddish Novelist Chaim Grade, Clues to His Lesser Fame 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z More than anything, the ambivalence written into the roles — and poignantly captured by the performers — seems to suggest that while taking sides is not impossible, it is almost certainly fruitless. Movie Review: ‘Mars at Sunrise,’ Directed by Jessica Habie 2014-02-07T00:32:44Z This ambivalence kept him from leaping headlong into the movement, but it also mirrored the urban proletariat’s love-hate relationship with a laissez-faire capitalism that rewards and celebrates those who obtain wealth by any means necessary. The Fires That Forged Iceberg Slim 2015-08-19T04:00:00Z It’s hard to heighten ambivalence, so “Ramy” instead heightens some of the pain but also some of the silly randomness of life in order to clarify its central portrait. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2020-05-28T04:00:00Z And as the bewildered straight man to everybody else, Mr. Schnetzer more than holds his own, finding intriguing ambivalence within Dylan’s virtuous persona and also proving himself a dab hand at snooker. Review: Great Pretenders Pocket Laughs in ‘The Nap’ 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z Still, ambivalence tinged the reaction: Besides regret that the ranks of black Oscar winners remained small, many felt relief that a role viewed as stereotypical was not honored. For blacks, mix of 'Help' emotions on Oscar night 2012-02-27T22:18:08Z There’s no such ambivalence this time, but the numbers are still savory. In Transit Blog: Crossing the Finish Line 2011-10-24T18:48:16Z He loves those representations but also loathes them, usually in the same breath; the ambivalence is the motor of the show’s satire, which scathes and kisses. Review: ‘White Girl in Danger’ Flips the Script on Soap Operas 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z Though it’s happening slowly, that ambivalence is fading. Wilshire Grand Center, the new tallest building in L.A. and a schmoozer in the skyline 2017-06-24T04:00:00Z She admits her ambivalence about it but cannot deny its emotional impact. Letters to the Editor 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z Despite being a pioneer of electronic music, the composer Steve Reich has maintained a similar ambivalence throughout his long career. Steve Reich at 80: Still Plugged In, Still Plugging Away 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z The songs on “The Record” make ambiguity and ambivalence sound sensible, even intimate. The Indie-Rock Trio boygenius Returns, Confident and Connected 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z Tamara, someone else who knows what she wants and how to get there, has the benefit of enough ambivalence to give her pause but not to paralyze. Review: In ‘Lempicka,’ Blond Ambition Is Set in a New Key 2018-07-27T04:00:00Z This ambivalence deepens Ms. Simmons’s art and keeps it from falling into simplistic agitprop. Influenced by Her Children, Laurie Simmons Exits Her Comfort Zone 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z These pieces weren’t the place for her to parse any ambivalence. Barbara Ehrenreich Contains Multitudes. They’re All Ticked Off. 2020-04-29T04:00:00Z In an interview with The Washington Post a few months after Dr. King’s death, Mr. Belafonte expressed ambivalence about his high profile in the civil rights movement. Harry Belafonte, 96, Dies; Barrier-Breaking Singer, Actor and Activist 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z As their affair intensifies, his passion escalates into a desperate obsession to which she responds with a push-me-pull-you ambivalence. Film: Yvan Attal at Rendez-Vous With French Cinema 2010-03-11T05:31:00Z The debate that fills me with the greatest ambivalence centers on the frequently posited idea that only certain artists should be allowed to tackle certain subjects. The year the art came down 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z Even before he's back in Denmark, to deal with the death of his father, Shakespeare's fabled prince is bedeviled by ambivalence in "Wittenberg," an impressive if overstuffed comic fantasia by David Davalos. 'Wittenberg' is an intellectual workout with Hamlet, Faustus and Luther 2010-11-22T23:29:00Z Nothing is irritatingly wrongheaded about Lynne Taylor-Corbett’s direction or choreography — cynical ambivalence about these sins is built into this 1933 ballet by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill — but nothing is remotely memorable either. Dance Review: When Brecht and Weill Danced, Revisited 2011-05-12T22:00:13Z "There is a moral ambivalence and a contradiction in most characters. Everyone loses on some level. Everybody is flawed." Highsmith's 'Two Faces' caught director's eye 2014-09-27T04:00:00Z The ambivalence and modesty in that statement, made by one of the great photographers of the age, is touching. Review | Dorothea Lange used photography to make an ugly world beautiful. She used words to give that beauty meaning. 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z Two years later, one of the first male nudes in the history of photography, a self-portrait by Hippolyte Bayard as a drowned man, highlighted the mortal ambivalence of photography and its propensity for deception. Photography's bodies of evidence | John Perivolaris 2010-04-04T14:00:00Z His lyrics, scrupulously literate and resonant with complex ideas or emotional ambivalence, were often impossibly clever but rarely only clever; his language was sometimes erudite but seldom purple. Stephen Sondheim, Titan of the American Musical, Is Dead at 91 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z I've always been of a few minds about that question, and I really tried to capture that ambivalence in the book. How working in a strip club taught "Neon Girls" author lessons about unions and solidarity 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z As Mark rants about unemployment, Cassie cashes in at a new media company; their parallel lives expose the ambivalence in a generation seen as both entitled and self-loathing. Daniel Torday’s New Novel Pits Young Against Old 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z Perhaps the scrambled format was intended to reflect Arquette's mounting ambivalence towards her operation. Alexis Arquette: She's My Brother 2010-05-21T22:00:00Z To me, Brown’s truest and most heartfelt confessions are about her maternal guilt and ambivalence. Tina Brown’s ‘Vanity Fair Diaries’ Recall a Glossier Time 2017-11-13T05:00:00Z I suspect it also explains the ambivalence with which some Generation X women have greeted the #MeToo movement. Sexism and Genius Collide ‘In the Land of Men’ 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z As in his Pulitzer Prize-winning “Buried Child,” another tale of homecoming in the American heartland, Mr. Shepard is here excavating the profound ambivalence of kinship. Theater Review | 'A Lie of the Mind': Home Is Where the Soul Aches 2010-02-19T04:40:00Z I finally see the real ambivalence of the gift: Be someone who makes it to the post office. Which Canonical Work is Frequently and Frustratingly Misread? 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z We don’t want characters to exist as a bundle of symptoms but as full personalities in their rich confusion and ambivalence. In ‘Luster,’ a Young Woman Moves in With Her Lover — and His Family 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z Tweedy’s songs ponder history, politics, mortality, ambivalence and the utility — or futility — of art in 21st-century America. Wilco Makes an Understated Magnum Opus 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z Catherine shares her ambivalence about her choices, which have kept her independent but lonely. ‘Rapture’ revisits struggle to have it all 2013-07-23T00:15:20Z You are very vocal when you don't like a place so why the ambivalence? An Indian Chef Comes Home Again at Paowalla in SoHo 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z Not for the first time, this has led me to reflect on my own ambivalence towards swearing. The language of verbal restraint 2010-07-20T14:11:00Z He also finds layers of longing and awkward ambivalence beneath the glittery gowns. Theater Review: Charles Busch’s ‘The Tribute Artist’ Is at 59E59 Theaters 2014-02-10T03:00:01Z Here the dominant conceit is Mr. Allen’s well-documented ambivalence about California and the industry that has often seemed ambivalent about him. Review: In ‘Café Society,’ Rearranging Old Preoccupations 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z Even his Christmas song, 1992's "Christmas All Over Again," balanced holiday cheer with the season's attendant ambivalence of seeing long-lost relatives. Tom Petty’s Wisdom and Will Transformed American Music Forever 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z We prefer people with simple answers to the question “What are you?”; we disparage and deport those Appiah calls “the confessors of ambivalence.” What Is Identity? 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z Mixing a suave bossa nova with a tapping, stubbornly resistant cross-rhythm, Jamila Woods neatly underlines the ambivalence she sings about, as she ponders just how close she wants someone to get. Best Songs of 2022 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z The films tend to be politically agnostic, neither condemning nor celebrating the American-led military missions in western Asia and the Middle East, which may be an authentic reflection of public ambivalence. | 'Armadillo': Fortunes and Misfortunes of War, From a Danish Perspective 2011-04-14T23:21:04Z If the profile picture I chose suggested my ambivalence, then the fact that I chose Edinburgh for my location drove it home. You Have to Let Go to Move On 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z Almond’s goal, as she states, is to “recognize that however problematic this ambivalence may be, it is part of the human condition.” The bad mother’s last refuge: Smashing the cult of mommyhood 2015-10-04T04:00:00Z And sometimes you are inclined to wonder whether the ambivalence reflects the character’s divided thoughts about his destiny or the actor’s discomfort with some aspects of the role. Theater Review | 'The Tempest': Air Sprite, Feral Creature, Rapturous Love and Other Sorcery 2010-02-26T03:15:00Z A deep authorial ambivalence about the new China ripples through this play, providing it with just the nuance and complexity it needs. Four stars for Goodman's 'Chinglish' 2011-06-27T20:36:00Z But it wasn't as deep as this movie, because this one has more ambivalence. Oliver Stone: Our empire is in decline 2010-09-23T11:01:00Z Wendy, for instance, is troubled by “the ambivalence of construction workers when I walk by.” Review: In ‘Hunter Gatherers,’ a Couples’ Dinner Grows Increasingly Bizarre 2015-03-08T05:00:00Z They’re brewing in a stew of ambivalence: gloom, doom and the occasional spark of hope. Seattle visual artists paint an ambivalent picture of the future — but are determined to survive 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z They offer luminous hope that a new generation of talent in American theater is taking up Stephen Sondheim’s mantle of exquisite ambivalence. Review: What if ‘Until Death Do Us Part’ Means a ‘Hundred Days’? 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z Steiner’s time around Oppenheimer and other scientists added to his ambivalence about the morality of art and the humanities. Eminent man of letters George Steiner dead at age 90 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z The ambivalence of belonging to a clan — and by extension, to a race of beings — is pervasive. Review: Richard Maxwell Considers Life After Life in ‘Paradiso’ 2018-01-16T05:00:00Z David Cromer's taut direction creates suspense and ambivalence, as the initially appealing characters gradually reveal how far they might go to protect themselves or get what they want. Review: 'Really Really' is clever look at GenMe 2013-02-20T22:58:08Z I love their ambivalence – are they good or are they bad? Cressida Cowell's top 10 mythical creatures 2013-02-16T08:00:00Z That ambivalence — an avoidance of the purely happy ending — is another thing that characterized the Australian new wave, and it gives the series a weight that compensates for some wide variations in quality. Critic’s Notebook: ‘The Last New Wave,’ ’70s Australian Film, at Lincoln Center 2013-01-23T23:11:00Z Their stories — of broken marriages, sexual ambivalence, late-life malaise, father-son conflict — are merely superimposed upon one another so that they seem to be taking place simultaneously. A Revival of A. R. Gurney’s ‘Wayside Motor Inn’ 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z The layers of Candace’s distinctive personal history are peeled away slowly, imitating the tentativeness and ambivalence with which many second-generation immigrants reveal themselves, caught between the desire to belong and the longing to be known. Ling Ma’s “Severance” Captures the Bleak, Fatalistic Mood of 2018 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z The narrator’s ambivalence about her own life gradually calcifies into something approaching despair, which only the novel’s playful treatment of time keeps suspended for a while. ‘Swing Time’: Zadie Smith’s sweeping novel about friendship, race and class 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z Outside, though, as the fog of fiction wears off, the real world seems to have gotten suddenly darker, incapable of fine distinction, inhospitable to ambivalence. Deep Dives Into Justice From Shakespeare, Wilde and Atticus Finch 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z The piece is revealed as a gem, whose moral ambivalence Slater and his designer Francis O'Connor also capture perfectly. Fortunio – review 2013-07-11T17:43:00Z Once again, however, his memories are tinted with ambivalence. Robert Pattinson: 'I want to strangle whoever invented that R-Patz thing' 2012-06-08T23:05:10Z If pressed, he would admit to a profound ambivalence about the actual act of selling, though he loved the narrative qualities that good retailing requires. The ‘Kanye West of Furniture’ Is Now Nesting in the ’Burbs 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z But his stance is a familiar one, especially in the art-film world, where the audience is treated either with indifference, ambivalence or outright antagonism. Critic’s notebook: ‘Interstellar’s’ sonic soup or: How auteurs diss their audiences The museum has a deep ambivalence toward its own collection that causes it to approach some health topics with caution. Pandemics Get Forgotten. But Not at This Museum. 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z Framing Harriet’s crisis with Ben as mere ambivalence feels comically absurd. Doris Lessing’s “The Fifth Child” and the Spectre of the Ambivalent Mother 2019-05-11T04:00:00Z But my ambivalence remained, and when I quit drinking, again thinking of the baby, my boyfriend was lucid enough to notice. Modern Love: A Lost Child, but Not Mine 2011-07-28T22:12:45Z When Kelli O’Hara sings that word, a plain place name becomes a prism of rippling ambivalence. Theater Review: ‘Bridges of Madison County’ Brings Iowa to Broadway 2014-02-21T03:00:02Z This ambivalence toward the Strauss family would change after World War I. From 1927 onward, the conductor Clemens Krauss in particular repeatedly chose to perform pieces from the Strauss repertoire, including at the Salzburg Festival. The Complex History Behind a Vienna Philharmonic Tradition 2022-12-30T05:00:00Z Maybe it’s that ambivalence, that refusal to be pinned down, that landed Mezzanine so squarely inside the circle of “alt” kids that loved it a decade ago. Reissue of Massive Attack’s Mezzanine Highlights Band’s Influence 2013-11-15T16:52:52Z The key to the mythic mode, asserts Ball, is ambivalence. Perspective | The Loch Ness monster may not exist, but such mythical beasts fascinate for good reason 2021-08-18T04:00:00Z At times, her assiduously cultivated ambivalence seems to paralyze her; she gets stuck between competing concerns, unable to say anything definitive about what she believes. Is Pink Necessary? 2011-01-21T19:14:59Z Underneath the ambivalence, I know only this—I love queer literature, it has sustained me. Don’t get used to it: Queer literature in a time of triumph 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z But it’s hard to find ambivalence or coded irony in the 12th, which tells a triumphal tale of the Russian Revolution of 1917 and is dedicated to that struggle’s hero, Lenin. Review: A Shostakovich Symphony Finally Reaches the Philharmonic 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z The ambivalence needs to be acknowledged and analyzed, which is why I’ve spent much of the past few weeks rewatching movies that I used to count among my favorites. Is Woody Allen a Great Filmmaker? Discuss 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z My dating profile picture, a blurry, distant figure in a desert landscape, suggested a great deal about my ambivalence: I wanted, and I didn’t want. You Have to Let Go to Move On 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z Then, reverting to his familiar ambivalence, he said, “That’s what I think on some days, anyway,” adding, “Other days I think the contrary.” Javier Marías, to Many the Greatest Living Spanish Novelist, Dies at 70 2022-09-12T04:00:00Z There may be no filmmaker who piques my ambivalence as regularly as Scorsese, and this review crystallizes both my admiration of and frustration with his work. And Now Let’s Review … 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z In just a few years, Halley Feiffer has become one of our foremost chroniclers of female rage, ambivalence and devastation. 15 Plays and Musicals to Go to in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-04-18T04:00:00Z She is not worried about offending her Florida neighbors with the book, she said, because her friends understand the ambivalence and ambiguity in her stories about this state. Short Stories for Summer Reading 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z His fantasy number, “Buddy’s Blues,” becomes a blistering diatribe against unshakable ambivalence. | 'Follies' : ?Follies? on Broadway - Review 2011-09-13T02:01:08Z She relocated to San Francisco to be closer to the tech action, in spite of the city’s ambivalence toward fashion. Wanelo: A Social Media Shopping Site 2014-05-07T22:47:56Z And yet I am not without ambivalence about the ways in which some artists tackle their subject. Two works of art acquire new significance in the wake of Trump's DACA phase-out 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z To talk to him is to feel not only his shirttails-out, expletive-heavy intimacy, but also his deep ambivalence about his calling, his craft and the show that made him famous. John Corbett Knows What You Want From Him 2023-06-20T04:00:00Z But Mr Kittleson convincingly illustrates Brazilians’ surprising ambivalence towards the game. Intersections 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z On the evidence of Mr. Bart’s own account of his years with Mr. Evans, he has his ambivalence, too. Books of The Times: Near the Top at Paramount, Handling Players and Egos 2011-05-11T22:55:27Z But this latest incarnation goes much further in digging to a core of fraught ambivalence. Review: A Smashing ‘Oklahoma!’ Is Reborn in the Land of Id 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z Larry Powell draws out the many hues of Joshua's pained ambivalence. In the laudable 'The Christians,' characterizations are a saving grace 2015-12-14T05:00:00Z As a portrait of familial ambivalence, “If There Is” doesn’t approach the touching verisimilitude of “You Can Count On Me.” Theater Review: Jake Gyllenhaal in ‘If There Is I Haven’t Found It Yet’ 2012-09-21T02:00:00Z For now, it’s clear that we’ve gotten the cinematic trope this era deserves, one that encapsulates aspirations and ambivalence in maddeningly equal measure. From transgressive to trope: ‘Unlikable’ women suddenly dominate films 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z Given the play’s rigorous balance, it appears he bears a pronounced ambivalence toward the state. Theater Review: ?As Wide as I Can See? by Mark Snyder at Here Arts Center 2012-03-01T00:17:17Z They are both fluent in the awkward body language of nerds in love, and in the crossed signals of emotional ambivalence. ‘Constellations,’ With Jake Gyllenhaal and Ruth Wilson, Opens on Broadway 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z And then he turns away, finally freed from her corrosive ambivalence. Jon Savage celebrates the film Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment 2011-02-10T21:45:01Z Of course there’s ambivalence in trumpeting Prince Albert because what makes it exceptional is its aura of being undiscovered. An Artist Colony Thrives in the South African Desert 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z Pop Torn: 10 pieces of cultural ambivalence I was going to write a longer intro to this, but you know what? Pop Torn: 10 pieces of cultural ambivalence 2011-06-04T12:01:00Z Steve Jobs,” a less perfect movie, is nonetheless a more credible character study, and it leaves behind a fascinating residue of ambivalence. Review: ‘Steve Jobs,’ Apple’s Visionary C.E.O. Dissected 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z And as played by Sam Troughton, Brutus himself, “noblest Roman of them all,” never reveals the tortured ambivalence that makes the character such an affecting figure. | 'Julius Caesar': Cry Havoc! The Blood Sport Called Politics 2011-07-31T22:23:03Z This momentous prospect triggers unease about his lifelong ambivalence toward Japan and prompts him to explore his family’s long history in the country. ‘Yokohama Yankee’: a family’s lineage in both Japan and America 2013-03-27T22:26:54Z A man nicknamed Macgyver displays acute intelligence along with a profound ambivalence about joining the permanently housed world; he teaches new arrivals how to spread twigs around their tents as a D.I.Y. alarm system. | 'Tent City U.S.A.': ?Tent City U.S.A.,? Nashville Documentary on OWN 2012-04-04T21:47:52Z Or is the indifference an unconscious manifestation of the author’s lifelong ambivalence toward facts? She Lost Her Father, Her Health and All She Held Dear. At Least She Found Perspective. 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z Of course it also refers those original three little words that have led untold millions onto the slippery slope of commitment, a concept that Ms. Maggart approaches in all her shows with a deep ambivalence. Music Review: Maude Maggart Explores Love at the Oak Room 2010-04-14T21:17:00Z She was keenly observant of the ambivalences of domesticity and of motherhood. Rozsika Parker obituary 2010-11-21T18:54:00Z She sang the best original song on “A Very Kacey Christmas,” “Christmas Makes Me Cry,” a lovely exhale that encapsulates the emotional ambivalence of the holidays. It’s Beginning to Sound a Lot Like Christmas 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z He anticipates that ultimate study in ambivalence, Hamlet, but he’s closer to Everyman than Hamlet is. | 'Macbeth': The Deed Is Done, the Doers Undone 2011-03-25T23:54:57Z Winfrey picked Franzen's "Freedom" nine years after his ambivalence over her selection of his novel "The Corrections" led her to withdraw his invitation to appear on her show. Winfrey picks 2 Dickens novels for book club 2010-12-05T21:46:00Z The perspective of almost every other character in the film is without ambivalence – the Serbs are louts – but in Danijel, Ajla encounters some humanity, crippled though it may be. Angelina Jolie Goes Dark in the Land of Blood and Honey 2011-12-22T09:58:54Z From “The Godfather” to “The Sopranos,” the mafia has loomed large in the popular imagination, thanks to characters of startling intensity — ferocious yet filled with ambivalence and subtlety. Review | Naomi Krupitsky’s ‘The Family’ is a Mafia tale with a unique perspective 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z The confidence, tempered with respect, with which Nichols approached “Loving” stands in stark contrast with the pained ambivalence many white artists have experienced as they’ve considered whether to bring black stories to the screen. White filmmakers, black characters and the fear of cultural appropriation 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z Even so, displaying our deep horror and ambivalence to dirt, many people protested that a garbage dump was an unsuitable plinth for a memorial to heroes. Dishing the dirt 2011-03-18T15:59:52Z With memories come emotions and all the loose ends of psychological ambivalence. 'Sturtevant: Double Trouble' show at MOCA will dispel misinterpretations 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z Yet he also acknowledged ambivalence about being tethered to the character, expressing it most plainly in the titles of two autobiographies: “I Am Not Spock,” published in 1977, and “I Am Spock,” published in 1995. Leonard Nimoy, Spock of ‘Star Trek,’ Dies at 83 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z It captured many Americans’ ambivalence about the “war on terror” and their role in the world and showed tremendous capacity for reinvention. Claire Danes on the end of Homeland: 'It was so nice to play such a badass' 2020-04-05T04:00:00Z The experience of watching “The Vietnam War” includes terror, horror, disbelief, discovery, disgust, marvel, pride, ambivalence and tears. Review | Yes, America, PBS’s ‘The Vietnam War’ is required viewing — all 18 hours of it 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z The Boros Collection is open to visitors, by appointment and 12 euros, but with evident ambivalence. In Berlin, History Squares Off Against Hip 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z The knot of ambivalence contained in this book is appropriate, considering that her subject — “the history and future of reading” — is too enormous and various to speak with a single voice. Recalling a Time When Books Could Give You Indigestion 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z The impression left instead is of conflict, anxiety and ambivalence, as if Korngold knew that such a victory would be impossible. Has the Time Come for a Long-Ignored Korngold Symphony? 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z Is this gender lag due to retrograde misogyny, or does Hillary project an uneasiness or ambivalence about men that complicates her appeal to a broader electorate? Camille Paglia: Hillary’s “blame-men-first” feminism may prove costly in 2016 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z Hartley’s sense of ambivalence, of confused loyalties, finds echoes elsewhere in the show, which travels to the New-York Historical Society in May, even after patriotic loyalty became the law of the land. World War I — The Quick. The Dead. The Artists. 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z There’s really no other way to put it: Los Angeles on Tuesday threw off its typical and longstanding ambivalence about whether it wants to be a big city and definitively embraced a more urban future. Bucking national trend, L.A. voters enthusiastically embrace a more urban future 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z Their ambivalence devolves into panic as they find themselves fearing for their lives. What’s on TV Monday: ‘Lodge 49’ and ‘The Bachelorette’ 2018-08-06T04:00:00Z Though he expressed ambivalence about writing music for select events for black composers, he also acknowledged the rarity of any orchestral opportunity today. Black Composers Discuss the Role of Race 2014-08-08T04:00:00Z Over the years, he has expressed ambivalence about the cover. Why the Baby on Nirvana’s ‘Nevermind’ Album Is Suing Now 2021-08-25T04:00:00Z It's a pervasive disappointment, ambivalence, if not doubt, about the quality of the lived heterosexual experience. What is "heteropessimism," and why do men and women suffer from it? 2022-07-04T04:00:00Z Karen wanted to tell the children and overcame her husband Jim’s early ambivalence. How do you tell your children you have cancer? 2015-11-29T05:00:00Z The answer, I believe, lies in the word ambivalence — a reality of our internal life Freud spoke of long ago. Let’s talk about dying 2012-12-27T01:00:00Z I reviewed "Dirt 3" last week, a game that made me question my ambivalence toward racing titles. Game On: 'L.A. Noire' arresting 2011-05-31T19:24:04Z Many here are beset by deep suspicion and ambivalence toward “the other.” South Africa aims to live the dream of equality for all 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z Q: I sense a certain ambivalence about your job. From Selina to Stalin: The man behind ‘Veep’ talks satire and cynicism 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z Q: Do you feel ambivalence about having been a prodigy? Adventurous violinist Leila Josefowicz to make a Seattle appearance 2011-03-31T20:38:06Z The exhibition, by mixing together art of different kinds and from different periods in Goya’s life, suggests an abiding condition of moral ambivalence and conflict that is probably close to accurate. ‘Goya: Order and Disorder’ at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z Its treatment of reproductive desires, ambivalences and disappointments is bold but hardly revolutionary in 2021. A Debut Novel With Prose as Lively as Its Heroine’s Mind 2021-03-15T04:00:00Z Kempowski’s sympathy for the suffering of his characters and his acknowledgment of the attendant destruction of their civilization are diffused by a fine-grained ambivalence. 750,000 Germans Fled East Prussia in 1945. A Novelist Imagines One Family’s Exodus. 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z While Banksy’s works are public sensations in Europe and the United States, the film shows ambivalence among many in Bethlehem. 'The Man Who Stole Banksy' tells Middle East street art tale 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z The confusion and ambivalence that preceded the pandemic have intensified to the extent that an innocent question about whether you saw “F9” in a theater can be taken as a culture-war trigger. The Movies Are Back. But What Are Movies Now? 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z Grigg-Spall points out that there has been a long history in the women's movement of ambivalence towards the pill, but that objections have been sidelined. Unsafe sex: why everyone's at it 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z Both the musical language and the tone of pessimistic ambivalence send distinct signals suggesting this may be the case. | 'See Rock City & Other Destinations': Brad Alexander and Adam Mathias?s Musical at the Duke 2010-07-26T02:22:00Z With no harmonic home to alight on, a line like “Comin’ for to carry me home” took on painful ambivalence. Review: ‘American Visions,’ a Graceful Take on Race, Patriotism and Longing 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z What struck Ms. Lovell was the ambivalence, even self-criticism, of some of the young Chinese undergoing patriotic education. Books: Highlighting Differences in Interpretations of the Opium War 2011-08-18T15:14:28Z Nyong’o’s convincing performance lies in her ambivalence, her natural sweetness at odds with her instinct for survival. How Broadway Imagines Africa 2016-03-08T05:00:00Z The desperate desire to bear children recurs but so too does ambivalence, even revulsion. In Stories From an Argentine Surrealist, Circles of Madness and Violence 2019-01-01T05:00:00Z And the moral ambivalence of its central character feels inappropriately queasy in this heightened, brightened context. Theater Review: Woody Allen Transforms His ‘Bullets Over Broadway’ 2014-04-11T02:00:16Z Even some of the praise she has received for “Schmigadoon!” has prompted feelings of ambivalence. Cecily Strong Is Starting a New Conversation 2021-08-04T04:00:00Z She also makes space for ambivalence, idiosyncrasy, autonomy and choice. Times Critics’ Top Books of 2021 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z But Neel wasn't always so sympathetic towards her subjects, and her ambivalences give her encounters with her sitters a painted charge. The weird world of Alice Neel 2010-07-07T20:30:00Z Bookshelf: Baby Five new picture books about babies and the ambivalence and pride they can inspire in siblings. Books - Sunday Book Review - The New York Times 2013-05-31T18:34:44Z In the onrush of the crowd’s exasperating adrenaline, you sense potently the character’s ambivalence, his understanding that he can’t share the exuberance, as well as his wish that the moment, like the movement, will pass. Willkommen once again to ‘Cabaret’ 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z But the mastery of Rattigan's play lies in its ambivalence. The Winslow Boy – review 2013-03-20T18:47:25Z The melodies retain their jagged edges, though, evoking both the fragmented mind of Ms. Cox’s character and the wrenching ambivalence of Ms. Kritzer’s. Theater Review: ‘The Memory Show,’ at the Duke Theater 2013-05-10T17:35:52Z In several of his writings, Freud associates neurosis with ambivalence, a word that, to him, signifies the simultaneous presence of two antithetical, equally strong emotions. Is Woody Allen a Great Filmmaker? Discuss 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z With a brief running time and modest scale, it is nonetheless dense, with thick textures emerging from its all-string ensemble and an affecting ambivalence in the final section of instrumental darkness and vocal ecstasy. Review: An Orchestra Offers a Novel View of Music History 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z Some of these are centered on a native son’s ambivalence about the patriarchal, agrarian society he comes from. Drawing on the Past, Living in the Present, Dreaming of the Future 2020-01-12T05:00:00Z A piercing essay collection, packed with a fierce and refreshing ambivalence, about being an Asian man in America. 50 notable works of nonfiction in 2018 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z In his renderings of houses, often with a surrounding drama of human and animal figures, one senses some of the same ambivalence to home as in the work of Marc Chagall. Review | Born into slavery, Bill Traylor didn’t just paint, he left us a world 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z It’s hard to see any upside in the world, but he expresses a certain ambivalence in knowing that he’s not exactly missing much on the outside. 03 Greedo has spent the last two years in a Texas prison but is still the beating heart of L.A.’s rap scene 2020-08-21T04:00:00Z As his career flourished and his theater and film successes multiplied, Neil Simon was known to express ambivalence about his renown as, at one time, the funniest script writer alive. Perspective | Neil Simon was a funnyman who pleased himself by going deeper 2018-08-26T04:00:00Z There has been no clear explanation for this policy, but it may reflect Uzbeks’ lasting ambivalence toward Russia’s imperial influence. ?Decadent? Russian Art, Still Under the Boot?s Shadow 2011-03-07T23:09:00Z The fatal seductiveness of narcissism; ambivalence about performing; the nature of reality — it’s all, ambitiously, here. Review: A New Opera Puts Real Emotions in a Fantasy Garden 2023-02-20T05:00:00Z But it’s also a great authorial stroke and just one of the many significant and signifying parts of a movie dense with ambivalence and cultural meanings. Why ‘Do the Right Thing’ Is Still a Great Movie 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z But its efforts to do so have not been helped by the continuing ambivalence towards its subject. Design: Postmodern, but Not Especially Proud of It 2011-09-11T13:06:04Z The same bristling ambivalence that kept the films from winning over their original audiences ensured decades of obsessive cult veneration. Five Sci-Fi Classics, One Summer: How 1982 Shaped Our Present 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z Instead, it’s laced with nervous undercurrents of percussion and bass, playing up the ambivalence of a song that’s pondering just how close to let a relationship get. Jazmine Sullivan’s Meditation on Courage, and 10 More New Songs 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z But at that tumultuous time in race relations, the work was received with some ambivalence by the art world. Lost, and Now Found, Art From the Civil Rights Era 2020-03-10T04:00:00Z And his ambivalence and internal conflict about betraying Hampton, despite his being the propulsive force behind the film’s tension, lack a clear motivation. ‘Judas’ Is the Latest Political Movie to Punt on Politics 2021-03-05T05:00:00Z Tormented by these thoughts, Harriet would be at home in a number of recent novels by Rachel Cusk, Jenny Offill, and others that document the agony and ambivalence that mothers can often feel. Doris Lessing’s “The Fifth Child” and the Spectre of the Ambivalent Mother 2019-05-11T04:00:00Z Mackintosh traffics in ambivalence and ambiguity, suitable tools for charting Calla’s hesitant progress toward, if not self-knowledge, at least knowledge of what she is looking for. Review | In Sophie Mackintosh’s dystopian ‘Blue Ticket,’ a woman’s fate is determined by lottery 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z And, even though the works are variable in quality, collectively they confirm one character's credo that "ambivalence expands our options". Tiny Kushner 2010-09-06T14:53:00Z In today's Republican Party, Corker is not alone in his ambivalence toward the current president. Bob Corker is free to speak his mind about Trump. If he could only make it up. 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z Although the exploration of maternal ambivalence is hardly revelatory, this caustic novel is an entertaining take on the vicissitudes of female friendship. Kelly Link’s ‘Get in Trouble’ and Five Other Works 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z Cities have shown no such ambivalence: They are lining up to take part. Apple and Amazon take two paths to the same conclusion: The tech companies owe nothing to the American city 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z Strindberg’s sexual ambivalence dissolves into something even more all-devouring in this landscape of stolen pasts and indeterminate presents. Reviews: ‘Mies Julie’ and ‘Dance of Death,’ Love and Madness in Strindberg 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z The ambivalence surrounding Black Pete's status in the Netherlands is not an isolated Dutch issue. In a year of Black Lives Matter protests, Dutch wrestle (again) with the tradition of Black Pete 2020-12-26T05:00:00Z History painters in the past shared that ambivalence. The art of war cuts both ways | Jonathan Jones 2010-03-22T11:41:00Z Witness the ambivalence with which many Haitians might experience the arrival of the West in moments of crisis: “Their conversation was full of acronyms,” Anaya and her fellow nursing graduates think. In ‘Zo,’ Love Must Overcome Class Difference and Disaster 2020-08-11T04:00:00Z To which I plead guilty, while also confessing a measure of ambivalence about “The Whistlers,” an ingeniously structured, engaging and witty display of filmmaking skill. ‘The Whistlers’ Review: From Bucharest With Ambivalence 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z What ensures that ambivalence is the very deliberate way in which for 40 minutes the movie has stripped, grilled and stared at Marion until we want her and her flesh. Psycho: Anatomy of a scene 2010-10-22T10:54:00Z His ambivalence toward fame can extend to his fans, whom he has showered with abuse during public appearances, churlish in the face of their candid adoration. At 90, Jerry Lewis’s Mouth Runneth Over 2016-09-10T04:00:00Z This is not a story of mere neglect but of a writer’s collusion with invisibility, with a lifelong ambivalence toward selfhood and its burdens. ‘W-3,’ a Memoir That Recalls Suffering Without Sentimentality or Sensationalism 2021-01-06T05:00:00Z And yet, their overall sentiment about the Me Too movement was ambivalence. Inside a right-wing group’s safe space for young, Trump-supporting women 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z Bragging and materialism are at war with self-consciousness and self-criticism in Mr. West’s songs; a hero of ambivalence, he slammed home all the contradictions. Critic’s Notebook: Axl Rose and Kanye West, Heroes of Governors Ball 2013-06-10T21:53:47Z And while the final image is a hopeful one, Ms. Ross wisely avoids the kind of pat or sentimental ending that would spoil the play’s mood of ambivalence, not to mention its truthfulness. Review: In ‘Nice Girl,’ a Sudden Ray of Hope in a Dead-End Life 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z Their motivations, conflicts and moments of ambivalence matter less than the play's Big Point. 'Dunsinane' at the Wallis held back trying to land big message 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z Yet their lyrics frame the other songs on “30” with a new, grown-up skepticism and ambivalence about love itself: In “Love Is a Game,” Adele belts, “What a cruel thing to self-inflict that pain.” Adele Has a Lot of Big Feelings on ‘30’ 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z But there was always an ambivalence — Iraqis were caught between the American occupation, with all its horrors, and the corruption of their own rulers. These Artists Refuse to Forget the Wars in Iraq 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z Though the titles of both books reveal her ambivalence about the memoir form - she has called them 'anti-memoirs' - she told an Edinburgh audience earlier in the week that she had "a memory like a razor-blade". Janice Galloway 'anti-memoir' is named Scottish book of the year 2012-08-18T08:39:25Z In overlapping scenes, we learn that, while Dex was more or less honest, even in regard to his ambivalence about his coming marriage, Shellie was purveying her own American fiction. Review: In ‘The Layover,’ Strangers on a Plane and Missed Connections 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z But in the same program notes, Mr. Palestine also expressed his ambivalence about the act of transcription. Review: American Contemporary Music Ensemble at the Kitchen 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z If you want connection, ideas, support, “engrossing” conversation, then you’ll need to share your ambivalence. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: What are you doing with your retirement? Being honest. 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z Our ambivalence about that power leads us to reduce movies to texts, tracts and treatises. After 100 years, we still don’t know how to actually watch a movie 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z But “Silk Stockings” is less seamless entertainment, in part because of its ambivalence regarding American show business. On DVD, an American in Paris (and in the Soviet Union) 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z “Western Motel” sits at the crux of this ambivalence, depicting a striking landscape, but as seen through the window of a generic indoor space built for refuge. What’s Better Than Seeing a Hopper Painting? Sleeping in One 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z The series is haunted by feelings of ambivalence from the scientists who are cautious about tipping the scales towards a possible dystopian future. Unnatural Selection: the eye-opening Netflix docuseries on gene editing 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z One question that Suleiman asks is why Némirovsky’s supposed self-hatred and anti-Semitism evoke such strong reactions, particularly in Jewish readers; she suggests, instead, an examination of ambivalence and ambiguity regarding Jewish identity and self-definition. A Strange and Beautiful Book About a Mother Who Disappeared 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z They returned to Msimangu's house to wash off the dirt of poverty and moral ambivalence. Digested classic: Cry, The Beloved Country by Alan Paton 2010-05-21T09:30:00Z “The show reeks of ambivalence,” said Roberta Smith, in her New York Times review, “as if MoMA, despite its frantic drive to cover the entire waterfront of cutting-edge art and visual culture, couldn’t quite commit.” MOCA Chooses MoMA PS1 Director to Lead Museum 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z Both the superb Nathan Hosner, who plays Prime Minister William Pitt, and the fascinating James Newcomb, who plays the scary physician Dr. Willis, forge characters of delicious ambivalence. 'The Madness of George III': Not always good to be king 2011-04-22T19:19:07Z Another section explores cyberbullying as a possible culprit, although Bering displays the telltale ambivalence of someone who fears being pegged as a Luddite. The Two Faces of Suicide 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z The character of Rosemary Howard certainly embodies the glories and contradictions of second-wave feminism, and Liz’s ambivalence about her is a barbed and brilliant illustration of the anxieties of female comic influence. Carrie Fisher, a Princess, a Rebel and a Brave Comic Voice 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z Now, she embraces the beat with telling ambivalence in “Happy Ending.” Shakira and Ozuna’s Breakup Bachata, and 7 More New Songs 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z Though they hoped that their accounts of workers’ lives would aid revolutionary efforts, they often approached these projects with ambivalence. What Kind of Worker Is a Writer? 2014-09-01T04:00:00Z A lot of people seem to feel that way about “Greenberg,” which has done modest business and inspired a great deal of ambivalence among audiences. Gen X Has a Midlife Crisis 2010-05-08T18:21:00Z Many restaurant owners view the service charge with ambivalence, as a necessary but imperfect fix for an industry that looks increasingly unsustainable. The Restaurant Service Charge Isn’t Going Anywhere 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z The songs illuminate passion, impulsiveness, ambivalence and uncertainty, yet the structures La Havas created are lucid and poised. Lianne La Havas Traces the Arc of a Romance 2020-07-21T04:00:00Z I suppose," he allowed, "I should be expressing some ambivalence about the targeted killing of another human being. Bin Laden targeted by TV's late-night humorists 2011-05-03T09:01:06Z But what does that matter as long as it creates great literature, quivering with ambivalence, full of longing for meaning, which, if none is found, it creates itself? Michel Houellebecq’s ‘Submission’ 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z I got teased a lot growing up, and I feel like there was a lot to identify with in the character and that ambivalence. Raúl Castillo Can Empathize With Ambivalence 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z Gatsby not only is the first novel that really understands all of that, but it also plays to both sides of our emotional ambivalence right now. Sarah Churchwell on Gatsby 2012-07-02T11:00:00Z One detects a certain ambivalence about all this. Review | In these fractious times, a yearning for Walter Bagehot’s ‘age of discussion’ 2019-07-02T04:00:00Z What seems like thrilling conviction dissolves into ambivalence. ‘Vladimir,’ a Debut That Celebrates Transgression — Up to a Point 2022-02-02T05:00:00Z She returns home for the summer in the grip of an ambivalence that is as much a fixture of the Heights as open fire hydrants and piragua carts. ‘In the Heights’ Review: In Dreams Begin Responsibilities 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z In his piercing blue eyes and his versatile voice, we can see and hear the full panoply of Marvin’s emotions: irritation and insecurity, adoration and ambivalence, and, yes, a large stock of neuroses. Review: ‘Falsettos,’ a Perfect Musical, an Imperfect Family 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z But the exchange also gestures toward a certain queasy ambivalence the film engenders about the relationship of the characters to the larger political context. ‘As Far as I Can Walk’ Review: A Search That Won’t End 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z In preparing remarks to introduce this anthology, I am, as usual, overcome by a stymying ambivalence. Don’t get used to it: Queer literature in a time of triumph 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z It is in this tortured ambivalence—her decision to leave her child and her even more despairing desire to retrieve him—that Harriet’s life begins to echo Lessing’s own. Doris Lessing’s “The Fifth Child” and the Spectre of the Ambivalent Mother 2019-05-11T04:00:00Z And she allows the layers of ambivalence in this exquisite score to color everything onstage. The Pain of Fame, With Sondheim, Warhol and Capote as Guides 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z Part of the ambivalence is in its blend of grapes, a near split between chardonnay and pinot noir depending on the vintage. Tasting Dom Pérignon From Various Decades 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z Potentially seismic quarrels tend to be reported then resolved in the space of a few lines, with little attention paid to the erosions and ambivalences that shape dynamics over a lifetime of shared experience. The British Activist Who Was a Spiritual Ancestor to Today’s Teen Radicals 2020-12-15T05:00:00Z In a sense, the imagined grotesquerie of the Homeric Sirens was yet another way for patriarchs to repress the ambivalence of other voices. In ‘Siren,’ Artists and Poets Singing From the Rocks 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z His former band mates still express ambivalence about Mr. Murphy’s decision to end the band when he did. Pop: James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem: ‘Shut Up and Play the Hits’ 2012-07-07T04:51:37Z “O.J.: Made in America” gets to Part 5 with plenty of room left for everyone’s ambivalence and another kind of impending recompense. ESPN’s ‘O.J.: Made in America’ is nothing short of a towering achievement 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z An ambivalence not elevated, by some miracle of consciousness or language, to the pitch of tragic paradox remains mere confusion. ‘The Hero’s Body’: The dangerous world of hyper-macho men 2016-08-12T04:00:00Z But more often, she finds ambivalence and contrast. New Music: Albums From Pink, Dwight Yoakam and Aimee Mann 2012-09-17T22:14:32Z By the end of the episode, when Alicia hesitated to answer Will’s knock at her door, we were right back in the land of ambivalence. ArtsBeat Blog: 'Good Wife' Watch: Let's Start With the Haircut 2011-09-26T14:30:58Z These interludes dramatize ambivalence and they stand out, and so do her hard punch lines about sex, family and food. These Stand-Ups Are in an Escapist Mood, Much Like Their Audience 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z "Something Wonderful," the song that serves as an apologia for the autocratic King's willfulness, takes on a soulful ambivalence in her hands. Tonys 2015: Four nominees make big impressions in small roles 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z It’s a strange, drive-by generalization to make about an author who infused his novel with an intractable ambivalence. The Agony and the Ecstasy of Richard Holbrooke 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z Both Japan and Korea encourage tourism, of course, but with some lingering ambivalence. Japan’s Fukuoka and South Korea’s Busan: Sister cities a hydrofoil ride apart Also changed is his relationship with Micaela, his village sweetheart: In this version, his ambivalence stems from the fact that she is wealthy and he feels beholden to her. A jazzed-up ‘Carmen’ goes where Carmens have gone before 2016-02-15T05:00:00Z In the book, the trial of the former president forces the narrator to confront a kind of moral ambivalence about working at the court. Katie Kitamura and the Cognitive Dissonance of Being Alive Right Now 2021-07-11T04:00:00Z It seemed to me my ambivalence was of altogether a different sort, or species. I love my dog as much as my child 2012-11-10T17:00:00Z Here’s another theory about my biking ambivalence: Like many people, I am afraid of being wet and disheveled, even though I live in one of the rainiest climates in the country. My year without a car 2013-12-09T01:00:00Z He also had dealings with Jack, a slick pseudo-reformer whose natural ruthlessness is checked by a hint of ambivalence. ‘Widows’ Review: Viola Davis Commands the Screen in a Somber Heist Film 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z Of the former, the most anticipated is "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker," the final chapter of the Skywalker saga that created so much ambivalence among audiences and critics alike. The best movies to stream in May, from "Star Wars" to "The Lovebirds" 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z The essay expresses ambivalence from a privileged perspective without courting the kind of mockery sometimes given to “first-world problems.” ‘Unspeakable,’ Essays by Meghan Daum 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z Blaxploitation was treated with ambivalence – the films brought more black faces to the screen, yet continued to prop up certain stereotypes about black men and black women. From Blacula to Get Out: the documentary examining black horror 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z In the universe in which these women forged their identities, it was apparently ambivalence that was tolerated least. Cultural Studies: Mary Wells Lawrence Took On the ‘Mad Men’ 2012-06-09T00:27:09Z And I don’t think of them as coats, but rather as coatdresses, given their cool attitude and Ms. Prada’s ambivalence about dresses. Fashion Review: Collections from Milan Fashion Week, Prada, Fendi, MaxMara and Versace 2012-02-24T23:55:00Z I also would confess my ambivalence about my love for Rachel Rand. The Time Capsule 2016-10-22T04:00:00Z Going back to the South creates ambivalence in black characters. Queen Sugar: why it's a time travel show for black audiences 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z At a press conference the following day, they will avoid questions about whether they will ever again reunite, but Plant's ambivalence about Zeppelin's role in his current life is evident during our conversation. Led Zeppelin: 'There was a swagger – we knew we were good' 2012-10-11T16:35:00Z He tempers his enthusiasm for the band with an ambivalence, both philosophical and aesthetic, toward certain aspects of Dead culture. Grateful Dead Documentary: A Four-Hour Jam on Jerry Garcia’s World 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z How far is ambiguity, or ambivalence, a characteristic indicator of greatness in art? A sublime, profound ‘War Requiem’ at SSO | Classical review 2013-06-14T18:03:36Z There's something to be said for such ambivalence, but sadly most of that relates to frustration. Guardian book club: The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters 2010-08-11T14:06:00Z Even better, it created a mood of amorousness, ambivalence, intimacy and fade-out that will stick in my mind for decades to come. Perspective | In a year of upheaval, the best art was also the bravest 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z The refrain – "And I believe in a promised land" – tries to bury tortured ambivalence in resounding slogan, one of Springsteen's favourite ironic devices. Bruce by Peter Ames Carlin, Bruce Springsteen and the Promise of Rock 'n' Roll by Marc Dolan – review 2012-11-28T08:00:01Z There’s an awareness of the privilege baked into this ambivalence, as well as in the deadened, overprescribed city they occupy. Review | In Lynn Steger Strong’s ‘Want,’ a woman collapses under the obligations of modern life 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z But Adele nails him on both his jealousy and his ambivalence towards women. "In Treatment": Meet Jesse and Adele 2010-10-27T12:30:00Z And on a couple of occasions he threw himself into the crowd — a rock star without ambivalence, finally. Critic?s Notebook: At the Garden, a Retirement and a Resuscitation 2011-04-03T21:54:34Z In most cases, however, the relationship of music and lyrics in Mr. Sondheim’s songs expresses a core ambivalence. Music: The Unmistakable Sensibility of Sondheim 2010-04-30T23:09:00Z “In baroque art, light symbolizes a revelation from God opposing the darkness of ambivalence,” the architects wrote. In Mexico, a dazzling museum dives headlong into the Baroque period 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z Then there’s Chin’s straitlaced friend, with his realization that Vincent is now a martyr for a movement toward which he might have felt some ambivalence. The Anxious, Unfinished Story of Chinese-American Assimilation 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z Of the works in New York this week, “Come Jump With Me” is the most direct in its dissection of, and ambivalence about, modern Israeli nationalism. Soldier Dances, From a Land Where Everyone Serves 2017-10-10T04:00:00Z But a few years into my 30s, ambivalence began to creep up every time I bought another plane ticket. Modern Love: A Place to Lay My Heart - Modern Love 2012-01-05T19:27:34Z On “It’s Only Me” — his 10th release since 2017 — Baby sounds further than ever from the neighborhoods where he grew up, something he expresses not just with boasts, but with survivor’s guilt and ambivalence. How Atlanta History Shaped Lil Baby and Generations of Rappers 2022-10-17T04:00:00Z He’d always had a bit of that tendency — a fact he notes with typical ambivalence in “Reflections” — and in later life he eagerly embraced it. Thomas Mann on the Artist vs. the State 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z And yet the actor spent much of a recent conversation candidly admitting to ambivalence and incertitude. Mike Faist Isn’t Sure About This Whole Acting Thing 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z Khepera plays the character with the most ambivalence and his performances dances very nicely along several edges. 'Passing Strange' a rockin' good time at Bailiwick 2011-04-26T21:34:42Z When I was younger, I craved novels: “Jane Eyre” and “Sons and Lovers” schooled me in ambivalence, flame, escape. ‘Odd, Unpopular and Reticent’: The Books That Sing to Wayne Koestenbaum 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z Maria’s ambivalence about continuing to pursue what sometimes seems to be a hopeless quest is the dramatic core of the film. Review: ‘Woman in Gold’ Stars Helen Mirren in Tug of War Over Artwork 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z At some point that summer she realised that "in his own quest to resolve his ambivalence about black and white, it became very, very clear to me that he needed to go black". Barack Obama: the college years 2012-05-25T22:00:53Z But ambivalence like Ms. Woodley’s is as much a part of the discussion. Who Is a Feminist Now? 2014-05-21T04:00:00Z Civilization’s literary man has no time for ambivalence or inner conflict, which get in the way of progress and social reform. Thomas Mann on the Artist vs. the State 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z That style fed perfectly into the emotional ambivalence that gives this opera its power. Jazz and Opera Come Together in ‘Fire Shut Up in My Bones’ 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z But frequently what it most obviously evokes is a rather cool ambivalence. PJ Harvey: Let England Shake - review 2011-02-10T15:29:01Z I am happy to report that Foy and Smith are equally adept at delivering such ambivalence, common to nearly all long and intimate relationships, at high volume and in equally high gear. ‘Lungs’ Review: Claire Foy and Matt Smith Chase Love in the Dark 2020-06-28T04:00:00Z Kate’s ambivalence and, later, her horror show us how messy drug enforcement has become. A Star Crosses Hollywood Boundaries at the Border 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z Hollinghurst replied by agreeing that ambivalence about the leading character was the likely response of any good reader. The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst 2011-08-12T21:55:14Z There were the usual suspects who ignored my photo and what it said about my ambivalence. You Have to Let Go to Move On 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z ROBINS-GRACE The process of making the show allowed me to really explore the depths of my ambivalence. In ‘The Baby,’ Killing With Cuteness 2022-06-10T04:00:00Z The sulfuric churning — the torture and terror and ambivalence and uncertainty — of faith, or Catholicism in the work of Scorsese and Abel Ferrara always gets sunnily allegorical with Spielberg. 2004: ‘Fahrenheit 9/11’ and a Country at War With Itself 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z “Adios” shows furious arguments at sound checks and reveals the ambivalence with which some of the musicians viewed newfound fame. Review: ‘Buena Vista Social Club: Adios,’ Analytical but Still Loving 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z The ambivalence of the relationship of Armstrong and his wife. Author of Neil Armstrong biography "First Man": He understood "the place of humankind in the cosmos" 2018-12-25T05:00:00Z For a lot of people in the indie community, there was a bit of ambivalence. Alternative nation’s last stand: Lollapalooza 1995, an oral history 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z We both share a deep ambivalence toward a certain kind of connoisseurship that apes wine snobbery with its tasting notes and buzzwords, the wine-ification of everything. Is Vermont becoming the Napa Valley of beer? 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z It also attempts to meet the demands of liberal moralists and rightwing realists by confronting with a certain ambivalence the use of torture in the so-called "war on terror". Oscars 2013: and the overall winner is … politics 2013-02-23T23:22:53Z Do many of them then look back on their decision to donate, as I do, with worry and ambivalence? Motherlode: An Egg Donor Responds 2011-07-22T18:11:26Z “They could spin or turn; they’re not stable or even, so they have an ambivalence.” The Psychology of Louise Bourgeois, at Cheim & Read 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z Adulthood claims her, yet few fictions summon up the transition’s ambivalence with such spooky power. Review | ‘I Hold A Wolf by the Ears’ offers the greatest distillation of Laura van den Berg’s talents to date 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z Chris is a passionate movie lover who is nonetheless skeptical of the power of the medium, and “Bergman Island” explores her ambivalence in a playful, critical spirit. ‘Bergman Island’ Review: Love Among the Cinephiles 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z He was, after all, the man who wrote those feelings into a beautiful “Company” song — “Sorry-Grateful” — and, in so doing, introduced ambivalence at an almost cellular level to the American musical theater. Review: In a Gender-Flipped Revival, ‘Company’ Loves Misery 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z I turn out to be one of the Semi Internet People, defined by “ambivalence towards technology and an orientation towards offline relationships over online ones.” The Long Hot Summer of Grammar 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z Yet the responses to this miracle display ambivalence: How Black writers and journalists have wielded punctuation in their activism 2021-07-03T04:00:00Z Guillén began to deepen and complicate his character even in the pilot, improvising a moment in which he reveals Guillermo’s ambivalence by letting sunlight play over his master’s coffin. Does Harvey Guillén, of ‘What We Do in the Shadows,’ Look Familiar? 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z And he shows Arnold’s ambivalence about letting others perceive the genuine fragility that he caricatures. Review: A ‘Torch Song’ Burning With Emotion Behind the Laughs 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z Because I am marred by ambivalence about the future that I want. The lasting trauma of rape 2013-02-18T01:00:00Z Yet the playfulness, the apparent sheer love of the movies, eventually gave way to a deep ambivalence, as his doubts about Hollywood changed to loathing and his sceptical attitude towards the States became unabashed anti-Americanism. 50 years of Breathless 2010-06-05T23:04:00Z When, inevitably, Jeremy begins having second thoughts about being controlled by the Squip and abandoning his best friend, Mr. Connolly proves affecting in his ambivalence. Review: In ‘Be More Chill,’ a Nerd Finds Popularity in a Sci-Fi Pill 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z “Our inability to finance the picture on Danny’s schedule was the number one culprit here, with ambivalence about Fassbender a distant second.” Why Sony's Steve Jobs movie fell apart 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z It’s going to be a good week for strong women singing softly of taut ambivalence. The Week Ahead: Oct. 30 ? Nov. 5 2011-10-27T18:15:00Z Like “48 Portraits,” Mr. Richter’s “Annunciations” are works of deep ambivalence: They are disbelieving eulogies for a lapsed European tradition, yet they also testify to a dogged commitment to paint when painting seems impossible. Titian and Gerhard Richter: Keeping Faith With Painting, 5 Centuries Apart 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z The key idea, both then and now, is ambivalence. Review | Art of fanatical efficiency that has more to do with your Facebook feed than you think 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z Does some of the ambivalence come from a similar feeling about Asian-American identity itself? A Vision of Asian-American Cinema That Questions the Very Premise 2021-02-11T05:00:00Z Yet, as much as Foster puts a cheerful spin on her childhood, her work has occasionally expressed some ambivalence. Jodie Foster: ‘I have a magical thinking that I can cope with anything’ 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z The Alice books are about the ambivalence of our experience of intellect. Who Can Be Finished With Alice? 2015-10-11T04:00:00Z Mr. Guthrie, a grandfather of seven, has sensed ambivalence from some of his children about his remarriage. They Could Be Anything They Want (Together) 2021-12-31T05:00:00Z Sensitive to the ways historical narratives can rub out the rough patches of reality, Spufford finally becomes disenchanted with nonfiction and embraces novel writing as a better vehicle for capturing ambiguity, ambivalence and contradiction. An Essayist Searching for Alternate Worlds 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z Even in an era of ingrained ambivalence about gender roles, however, some women keep the old dating traditions alive by refusing to accept anything less. The End of Courtship? 2013-01-11T21:56:39Z This ambivalence can be attributed, of course, to the mutual awfulness of Cersei and the High Sparrow—and yet, there are also legitimately compelling reasons to root for each one to emerge victorious. “Game of Thrones” needs a new big bad: With Ramsay out of the way, a villainous void must be filled 2016-06-26T04:00:00Z Stephen Sondheim is the American musical’s supreme artist of ambivalence. Stephen Sondheim, the Man Who Felt Too Much 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z Eastwood has always had a stubborn libertarian streak, and a fascination with law enforcement that, like Jewell’s, is shadowed by ambivalence and outright disillusionment. ‘Richard Jewell’ Review: The Wrong Man 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z All the ambivalence I felt arriving in London as a young outsider was there in the mood and the images of these films, and I soon learned why they spoke to me so directly. 'A pas de deux of sex and violence': a poet's guide to film noir 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z But even such intense and volatile subject matter is presented with Thompson’s characteristic ambivalence. Review | Bob Thompson died young, but his colorful jazz- and Old Master-inspired paintings speak to the ages 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z Despite her ambivalence to the proposal of cutting a demo with him or anyone, and her eagerness to flee back to England, Greta sticks around. Review: ‘Begin’ celebrates healing power of music 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z I think I wanted to be an actor because of Shakespeare, and Shakespeare's characters are full of ambivalence and ambiguity. A Minute With: Ralph Fiennes on Dickens, Shakespeare and Bond 2013-12-24T10:25:37Z In other words, Miller believed that the play at that stage reflected his own ambivalence: pursuing the affair with Monroe, while still trying to salvage his marriage. 2010-01-06T08:21:00Z It's still possible to detect ambivalence in Campbell's relationship with the franchise. 'I never wanted to be an actor,' says screen star Neve Campbell 2011-04-07T21:05:01Z But in “Right Now” Ansari is a fitting ambassador for a certain bourgeois ambivalence. The Productive Ambivalence of Aziz Ansari in His Comeback Netflix Special 2019-07-13T04:00:00Z The result is less a conventional movie adaptation than a splashy, trashy opera, a wayward, lavishly theatrical celebration of the emotional and material extravagance that Fitzgerald surveyed with fascinated ambivalence. Movie Review: ‘The Great Gatsby,’ Interpreted by Baz Luhrmann 2013-05-09T12:00:01Z Rather than tracing the familiar arc of the hero’s journey, the film plumbs Mr. Bauman’s ambivalence about being noisily celebrated as a patriot after the atrocity. Jake Gyllenhaal on Ambivalent Heroes and, Um, Perms 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z Mr. DeHaan brings an air of curdled innocence that inspires an interesting ambivalence. Review: ‘A Cure for Wellness’ Is a Riot of Film References. With Eels. 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z On the other side of town, software designer David Ford displayed ambivalence over the expanding role of government. Poll: Voters mixed on federal regulation 2012-02-18T06:21:00Z On Saturday, the picture also seemed to do something simpler and more poetic, echoing the ambivalence heard in many of the speeches before the museum’s doors were opened. Critic’s Notebook: On Day Two, a new establishment museum begins its work 2016-09-25T04:00:00Z “Sleep Talk,” another song-to-my-ex, was nestled in a vignette of homecoming, and shaded with ambivalence. Review: Diet Cig, a Lo-Fi Whirlwind, With Songs Cutting to the Heart 2015-10-18T04:00:00Z Oscar Wilde knew how to dramatize that ambivalence, no doubt because he lived it. Deep Dives Into Justice From Shakespeare, Wilde and Atticus Finch 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z “Or the result will be an ambiguity that is cruel or an ambivalence that may even be destructive.” The Novel That Riveted France During Lockdown Arrives in the U.S. 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z Even so, Amacher’s liner notes make clear her ambivalence about transferring her music to CD. Reviving the Ghostly Sounds of Maryanne Amacher 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z Though Radiohead’s odds for induction seem strong — longevity, influence and innovation are all considered — members of the band expressed some ambivalence about the hall of fame in an interview with Rolling Stone earlier this year. Radiohead, Nina Simone and Kate Bush Nominated for Rock Hall of Fame 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z Maybe it's the torrid nature of its subject that engenders such intense ambivalence. 'When You're Strange' is both standard Doors worship and valuable documentary 2010-04-08T22:04:00Z And, as ever with Marlon, there was always this ambivalence: he was deeply romantic but his relationships with women were crippled by his early experiences. Marlon on Marlon… the Brando tapes 2015-10-04T04:00:00Z The ambivalence of motherhood is a touchy subject that violates one of our greatest taboos: not liking your children. The bad mother’s last refuge: Smashing the cult of mommyhood 2015-10-04T04:00:00Z But when he’s offered an alternative by Jeff, who suggests that they scuttle the deal and bring Seth aboard under different circumstances, Mr. Krasinski nicely conveys Seth’s ambivalence about leaving his comfortable berth. Review: ‘Dry Powder,’ a High-Finance Comedy Drama 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z Others stress the shared status of women as they relate, with ambivalence, to their friends and family members of the same gender. Review: ‘Marys Seacole’ Puts Biodrama Through a Kaleidoscope 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z You don’t feel like hissing this Miss Hannigan, which adds an addling ambivalence to the show. Theater Review: ‘Annie,’ Starring Katie Finneran, at the Palace Theater 2012-11-09T03:37:23Z Every syllable — precise in meaning, sung with ambivalence — supports a narrative that, spoiler alert, is bound to lead to regrets. Billie Eilish’s Kiss-Off, and 14 More New Songs 2020-11-13T05:00:00Z Marked by ambivalence and with secrets that are very, very slowly revealed, they’re both caught between the holler and a hard place. Review: ‘Outsiders,’ the Latest Iteration of the American Family as Criminal Enterprise 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z Struggling to reconcile their enthusiasm for one batch of “Star Wars” movies with their ambivalence about another, the true believers watch and rewatch the prequels: Maybe the films weren’t bad, just misunderstood. Review: ‘How Star Wars Conquered the Universe,’ by Chris Taylor Instead, he is preoccupied by the tragic moral ambivalence of his tale. From the Ruins of Empire by Pankaj Mishra – review 2012-07-19T07:00:02Z “It Just Doesn’t Happen” begins, “You’re looking good/in spite of the light,” and that ambivalence persists; it’s a portrait of the artist as winner, loser and lost soul. Demi Lovato’s Anguished ‘Anyone,’ and 11 More New Songs 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z Mr. Hillyer’s reluctance to live with Ms. Samuels was part caution, part ambivalence. Plan B: a Front Porch Wedding 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z The Wu-Tang Clan's track Never Feel This Pain, released last June, offers a lyrical glimpse of this ambivalence. How hip-hop fell out of love with Obama 2012-08-23T19:00:01Z And Ms Gerwig, playing someone who is, with great ambivalence, pretending to be someone else, conveys that confusion with poise and commitment. Film: Greta Gerwig?s Breakthrough Performance in ?Greenberg? 2010-03-26T19:34:00Z Hawthorne: Aravena himself expresses some ambivalence about being grouped together with those other Chilean architects. Alejandro Aravena: What his Pritzker win says about architecture's top prize 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z Some, like the San Francisco native Robert Nelson, brilliantly incorporated their ambivalence about Los Angeles and its famous factory into their work. Avant-Garde Cinema Ran Parallel to Hollywood 2011-11-04T20:56:20Z It was the operas, with their difficult-to-pinpoint emotional ambivalence, that turned Mr. Morris on to Mozart as a young dancer. Does Mozart Defy the Limits of Dance? Mark Morris Begs to Differ. 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z How well that approach represents the ambivalence at the show’s core is another matter. In the Berkshires, Musicals With Ambitions Not Always Realized 2017-08-21T04:00:00Z Yet the very ambivalence towards acting that made Ryder so intriguing to watch was also the thing that all but destroyed her career. Winona Ryder: from teen rebel to screen mum 2016-06-18T04:00:00Z “Midnights” oozes with ambivalence, not just about the sorts of starry-eyed, fairy-tale endings Swift’s earlier songs used to dream of, but also about the expectations and traditional timelines of adulthood writ large. Taylor Swift, 30-Something, Is Revising Her Own Love Stories 2022-10-24T04:00:00Z But for me, at least, any excisions only further help cut to the essence of a work that is all about duality, ambivalence and choice. Theater Review: ‘Measure for Measure’ Full of Dual Natures and Hard Choices 2014-03-02T23:23:31Z Here’s one theory: My ambivalence about biking is rooted in the shapes of our car-accommodating roads. My year without a car 2013-12-09T01:00:00Z And in that “unless” we see his ambivalence. Let’s talk about dying 2012-12-27T01:00:00Z Underlying the cheerful, visually attractive surfaces of this show’s works is a deeper ambivalence, a divided, insider-outsider state of mind that is expressed much more pointedly in Mr. Musson’s videos. Jayson Musson: ‘Exhibit of Abstract Art’ 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z Marty is rude to his co-workers and cruel to the one who regards him as a friend, and Mr. Potrykus cultivates intense and uncomfortable ambivalence about this character. New Directors/New Films Festival Opens With Bold Strokes 2014-03-18T21:30:55Z The ambivalence that accompanies change has rarely felt so piercing. 8 Cannes Film Festival Prizewinners We Love (and 3 We Don’t) 2020-05-22T04:00:00Z Do globalisation and the blurring of war and peace, as the author argues in his fascinating final section, mean that we live in an age of unprecedented ambivalence? Et cetera: Steven Poole's non-fiction choice - reviews 2012-06-01T21:55:04Z For second-generation immigrants, an ambition to assimilate and an ambivalence about that ambition are opposing forces that both define and compromise our sense of self. What “Always Be My Maybe” Gets About Making an Asian-American Rom-Com 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z But policing other people’s displays of affection, when your judgment may be colored by ambivalence about your own, is a bad idea. It Was Just a Pat on the Back! 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z Later that day, several company members were frank about their initial ambivalence, and spoke of living with the issues that the book explores. Searching for a Promised Land in South Africa 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z But one of his many strengths as a critic is an ability to express ambivalence – a welcome surprise given the certainties of his politics. A New Kind of Bleak by Owen Hatherley – review 2012-07-06T07:00:01Z Even when a woman is doing what apparently she wants – from pole dancing to motherhood – the culture provides a kind of parking-space for her ambivalence about it. The Female Eunuch, 40 years on 2010-11-20T00:06:00Z One leaves his epic endeavor with a rich, unsentimental and jaw-droppingly thorough portrait of a man emblematic of the ideals, ambitions and ambivalences of his America, and, strikingly, ours as well. James Fenimore Cooper — not just your grandpa’s favorite author 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z Sitting by the sea with her uninhibited Creole friend, Madame Ratignolle, Edna can admit, if only to herself, her maternal ambivalence: “She was fond of her children in an uneven, impulsive way.” The Classic Novel That Saw Pleasure as a Path to Freedom 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z But his ambivalence is suggested by the room full of crucifixes that he secretly maintains. Review: A Sublime and Provocative ‘Parsifal’ at Bayreuth 2016-07-26T04:00:00Z Ms. Gerwig, most likely without intending to be anything of the kind, may well be the definitive screen actress of her generation, a judgment I offer with all sincerity and a measure of ambivalence. Film: Greta Gerwig?s Breakthrough Performance in ?Greenberg? 2010-03-26T19:34:00Z Hollywood thrives on this ambivalence, and no movie expresses it more vividly than Martin Scorsese’s “Wolf of Wall Street.” What I Learned About Democracy From the Movies 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z He sees this as a sign of growing class divisions in a once middle-class country, as well as Italy’s ambivalence about its place in the world. In ‘Italian Ways,’ Tim Parks Again Tries to Explain Italy 2013-06-07T21:25:53Z Her childhood ambivalence towards Fonny – in the book she stabs him with a rusty nail when he hits her – is erased in favor of Malickian shots of them taking bubble baths together. If Beale Street Could Talk: Barry Jenkins shows that more is less 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z This is elegy as a study in ambivalence, the attempt to reconcile innate disparities; Woolf depicts mourning as both alinear and a process to be worked through over time. Trying to Imagine Post-Pandemic Life? Virginia Woolf and Toni Morrison Can Help. 2021-05-08T04:00:00Z History will recall that as Ferguson, Mo., was recovering from riots and police clashes that rattled America, Swift coincidentally released "Shake It Off," her anthem to celebratory ambivalence. Grammys 2015: Sam Smith, Rihanna and Ed Sheeran among those to watch 2015-02-07T05:00:00Z She delivered this sharp monologue with an ambivalence that also resonated with me. Is It Funny for the Jews? 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z “In 2022, with ambivalence about Russian power, it has come to mean something different. And it could mean something different again in the future.” Amid Ukraine War, Orchestras Rethink ‘1812 Overture,’ a July 4 Rite 2022-07-03T04:00:00Z One of the novel’s central characters reappears, and Martin returns to familiar themes in this collection: substance abuse, professional ambivalence, low-grade existential dread. 16 Books to Watch For in July 2020-06-24T04:00:00Z “Hurt Village” elicits the adrenaline-stoked ambivalence in the competitive rapping and insult swapping that are among its characters’ favorite forms of recreation. Theater Review: ?Hurt Village,? by Katori Hall 2012-02-28T03:00:00Z This ambivalence is central to Visconti’s work and is often described in terms of the supposedly contradictory facets of his personality. How Luchino Visconti Made History Sing 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z There’s sadness about stopping, but no regret and no ambivalence. ArtsBeat: Stop the Presses: 'Brenda Starr, Reporter' Comic Is Ending 2010-12-09T16:13:00Z Nonetheless, the merit of “Best of Enemies,” as well as its commercial success, depends upon a crucial ambivalence. Buckley, Vidal, and the Birth of Buzz 2015-08-17T04:00:00Z But I like Chua's lack of ambivalence about her own values. Do (strict) Chinese mums know best? 2011-01-16T00:06:32Z Anderson told me that he perceived as much excitement and wonder in the faces he encountered as ambivalence and uncertainty. The Anxious, Hopeful Faces of Young People in Shenzhen, China 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z What makes "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" interesting, to the extent that something that's so fundamentally idiotic and soul-deadening can also be "interesting," is what you might call its aesthetic and ontological ambivalence. "Transformers: Dark of the Moon": An American summer-movie masterwork 2011-06-28T21:01:00Z And knowing the ambivalence of that moment, they left it open-ended so she doesn’t die. Gina Torres on Why She Decided to Leave ‘Suits’ 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z It isn’t just your usual waffling, shuffling ambivalence that’s at work here, though. Kneehigh Theater's ‘Tristan & Yseult’ 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z And among certain fans of her style, there’s a hint of ambivalence. She may not acknowledge it, but Nancy Pelosi is a fashion icon 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z I have no doubt they mean what they say, but ambivalence reigns in death as well as in life, and when the question arises, so do the fears and the conflicting feelings. Let’s talk about dying 2012-12-27T01:00:00Z The movies don’t so much reflect public ambivalence about their power as actively promote it. ‘Mank’ Review: A Rosebud by Any Other Name 2020-12-03T05:00:00Z “So many Jews were caught up in this gray zone of moral ambivalence,” Dr. Smith said. ‘The Last of the Unjust,’ About a Jewish Camp Official 2014-01-24T19:52:42Z She urges a profound kind of ambivalence: Proceed with caution, looking over your shoulder, and somehow simultaneously with fierce abandon. Two New Volumes by Adrienne Rich, Game-Changing Feminist, Poet and Essayist 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z There is moral ambivalence and some soul-searching from the protagonists. When Russia was the villain: How this moment echoes the era of Cold War spy novels and ‘Rocky IV’ 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z She didn’t want to lose him to ambivalence. Never Underestimate the Value of Crashing a Wedding 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z Although he decides to explore the unknown, despite his ambivalence, others are not so optimistic about the use and development of technology. Unnatural Selection: the eye-opening Netflix docuseries on gene editing 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z But my ambivalence evaporated when I actually tried one of the exercises. The Best Comics of 2019 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z These characters are full of ambivalence, doubt and occasional resignations to their fates. Review | PBS’s ‘World on Fire’ offers something besides the usual heroics of a World War II story 2020-04-02T04:00:00Z Barrymore's decision to resume shooting has created ambivalence in the industry. "Drew Barrymore Show" audience members "verbally assaulted," kicked out for writers strike pins 2023-09-11T04:00:00Z Sotelo’s complicated ambivalence about men who “still love girls, but rarely admit it” is disturbing and authentic. Sex, Death, Suffering and Surrealism, in New Books of Poetry 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z His fortress, like Frank Lloyd Wright’s Guggenheim Museum several blocks north — which contrived its own enclosed, spiral version of a vertical city — reflected ambivalence about what was outside the front door. Review: A New Whitney Lets New York City Pour In 2015-04-19T04:00:00Z The ladies and gentleman of this jury have been carefully selected on the basis of their ambivalence toward the nation’s pastime. Asleep at the Roger Clemens trial 2012-06-10T13:00:00Z He’s also a showman, and as such an avatar of the film’s ambivalence about the business of spectacle. ‘Nope’ Review: Hell Yes 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z Fritzsche turns their surprise, ambivalence, enthusiasm or horror into far greater account than most other historians. How Hitler Transformed a Democracy Into a Tyranny 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z The song is shaped as something of a flag-waving anthem, but it’s tinged with ambivalence and doubt: “Where’s the promise from sea to shining sea?” Springsteen: new album, tour, possible Chicago date 2012-01-19T19:08:00Z Speaking to your ambivalence, there are definitely examples that come to mind of pop culture feminism that come to mind that are just awesome and very powerful and send the right message. From Riot Grrrl to CoverGirl: What does feminism mean in an era when it’s being used to sell lipstick? 2016-05-21T04:00:00Z Lucien's professional mind may be clouded by doubt, but his ambivalence extends to his personal relationships as well. "Lost Illusions" is a sumptuous period piece on the allure of fame, followers and fake news 2022-06-10T04:00:00Z The hardest decisions in parenting occur at moments of ambivalence. Motherlode Blog: Halloween Forecast: Cloudy With a Chance of Diabetes 2012-10-26T19:12:15Z The self-pity is monotonous; endless disappointments with men, a quest for perfection, the boring details of the hyper-grooming, the classic ambivalence towards femininity itself. Girl Least Likely To: 30 Years of Fashion, Fasting and Fleet Street by Liz Jones – review 2013-07-10T14:00:01Z What made it characteristic was its shrewdness and composure — and also its faint touch of ambivalence. Music Review: The Songs Of Prince, Faithfully Reimagined 2011-06-16T22:08:15Z The 400 Unit met him at every turn, locking into a roaring gear on several tunes rooted in Southern ambivalence, including “Alabama Pines,” which Mr. Isbell dedicated to the author Harper Lee. Review: Jason Isbell, Slowing Down to Feel the Americana 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z "I just hope 150 years from now our ambivalence will not allow another filmmaker to make this film." Baftas 2014: Certainties and surprises 2014-02-17T03:42:19Z Waits is joined by Richards on the choruses of the spare, delicate ballad “Last Leaf,” each sounding exceedingly frail as they sing about the ambivalence of being that final leaf to fall from a tree. Tom Waits Goes Back to the Well on Bad As Me 2011-10-25T09:00:51Z Some critics are energized by ambivalence; others, by rapture. The Greatest Composers Ever 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z Mr. Luhrmann’s experiment will have to overcome the ambivalence of viewers who have yet to fully embrace 3-D technology, especially in North America. Baz Luhrmann Puts ?The Great Gatsby? Into 3-D 2012-01-16T22:51:46Z Call it a koan to contain the ambivalence of enjoying an often-awful world. The Many Lives of Martine Syms 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z It’s possible to locate the roots of this ambivalence in Chaplin’s difficult relationship with his mother, who may have been schizophrenic and died in an institution. DVD: Charlie Chaplin in ‘The Gold Rush,’ Remastered 2012-06-22T16:00:00Z As I prepared to post the winner to Instagram, my own wave of ambivalence washed over. What’s Better Than Seeing a Hopper Painting? Sleeping in One 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z But there’s no doubt Hopper was alive to the flavor of ambivalence in all the promises held out by hotels. Review | This Edward Hopper exhibition on hotels is worth an extended stay 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z It also hints at the dancer’s ambivalence toward the Russia he left behind when he defected to the West in 1961 at the age of 23 while on tour with the Kirov ballet. Ballet Review: Ballet Stands on Ceremony 2013-12-10T16:26:42Z In addition to broadsides coming from the right, some artists harbor a cool ambivalence for the N.E.A., too. The N.E.A. Really Isn’t “Welfare for Rich, Liberal Élites” 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z And if the creator’s vision is executed with clarity of purpose and intent, that vision beckons you to enter, even if you have ambivalence about some of it. ‘Feud: Bette and Joan’ Season Finale: Two Seconds 2017-04-23T04:00:00Z He treats Anne Frank as the living embodiment of ambivalence: Is she really better off alive when the story of her death has become so cherished? Books of The Times: ?Hope: A Tragedy? by Shalom Auslander - Review 2012-01-17T23:18:49Z Like many people who grew up in the aftermath of the Tipper Gore-spearheaded Parents’ Music Resource Center, I harbor serious ambivalence about trigger warnings. Appetite for destruction: Glorifying gun violence on screen despite the sobering reality 2016-06-15T04:00:00Z But these two writers share more than just marital ambivalence. 2010-01-08T21:05:00Z The hard silver case looked like an action film prop for holding bomb parts, and its clattering, bumping wheels played the sounds of my ambivalence as I made my way to the seniors' residence. It’s my mother’s fault I stole her letters 2021-05-08T04:00:00Z He also acknowledges the white, middle-class privilege that allowed him ambivalence about getting married. Pride, Illustrated: 6 Comics and Graphic Novels to Read This June 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z Seemingly suspended between action and indolence, art and bed, the world back home and the one outside his window, Cogniet perfectly captures his ambivalence. Art Review: Romantics Shining Clear Light on Daily Existence 2011-04-07T22:30:23Z And then we kind of moved on, at least until 1999, when Mr. Lucas returned with “The Phantom Menace” and the Gen X legacy of ambivalence and confusion blossomed anew. ‘Star Wars,’ Elvis and Me 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z The artists generally approach their difficult and delicate subject from oblique, ironic and non-partisan perspectives, signalling a recognition of the complex tensions and ambivalences involved in the conflict. This week's new art picks 2010-08-13T23:06:00Z Maybe it was karmic when, after college, I had my heart broken by someone who was ambivalent about me and who believed the ambivalence was mutual. Modern Love: Casting Call: Bit Player, Male 2011-03-10T22:08:55Z Because Ronah is evasive about her occupation outside the office, there is plenty of reason to suspect she harbors deep ambivalence and perhaps even some shame about it. Review: In ‘She’s Lost Control,’ Crossing Boundaries in Pursuit of Intimacy 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z They will avoid the mistakes of their sinner predecessors—the gig economy and the Internet’s irony-poisoning, climate-change ambivalence, and millennial listlessness. “Euphoria” and the Flawed Art of Gen Z Prophesying 2019-06-16T04:00:00Z Nothing prods the making of art like ambivalence, and Chatwin was lucky to have his roaming impulse countervailed by a strong “compulsion to return.” The Wanderer 2011-02-25T17:39:26Z Do not question her about her depression or ambivalence. Perspective | Before you diagnose your sister-in-law’s issues, be a friend 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z With the highly anticipated “There There,” which Knopf will publish next week, Mr. Orange has written a new kind of Native American epic, one that reflects his ambivalence and the complexity of his upbringing. With ‘There There,’ Tommy Orange Has Written a New Kind of American Epic 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z In just a few years Halley Feiffer has become one of our foremost chroniclers of female rage, ambivalence and devastation. 15 Plays and Musicals to Go to in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z If poetry, as Auden wrote, “might be defined as the clear expression of mixed feelings,” then the medium seems particularly suited to capturing the ambivalence of the old toward old age. What Old Age Is Really Like 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z But Sutter has genuine heart, and his cheer masks closely held fears, an ambivalence about the future and an insecurity over his separated parents’ past. Movie Review: In ‘The Spectacular Now,’ Growing Pains Precede Graduation 2013-08-01T21:23:20Z A song that is really about a deep-seated fear of commitment remained a sensitive expression of timidity and ambivalence, lacking in terror. Music Review: A Bachelor, Five Couples and All Their Tuneful Discontents 2011-04-08T23:21:13Z Last month, David L. Ulin expressed his ambivalence about the publication of "Go Set a Watchman." Will investigation of elder abuse cast shadow over Harper Lee book? 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z Once recovered, I realise to my chagrin that the ambivalence is still there. ‘I want to want a baby’: can I kickstart my broody gene? 2019-04-06T04:00:00Z In that tradition, the Black Earth Ensemble mingles Afrocentrism with an ambivalence to genre, and delivers messages of empowerment with an activist’s audacity. Nicole Mitchell, an Innovative Flutist With an Afrofuturist Vision 2018-01-10T05:00:00Z Are the minstrel characters mere figments of Richard’s imagination conjured by his ambivalence about assimilation? Theater Review | 'Neighbors': At Public Theater, Racial Commentary in Caricature 2010-03-09T22:11:00Z The book’s secret protagonist is the father figure’s half brother, inevitably named “Little Angel,” who brings an outsider’s perspective and a measure of ambivalence to the festivities. Review | A family saga with bounding heart, poetic delivery and plenty of swagger 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z The problem isn’t that she’s indecisive or conflicted or capricious, or that she reacts to Christian’s proposal of a formal, contractually established dominant-submissive relationship with ambivalence. Review: In ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ Movie, Sex Is a Knotty Business 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z For one thing, probably projecting my own comic tastes and ambivalence. How a Review Changed Both Sarah Silverman and Our Critic 2021-05-19T04:00:00Z “It’s hard to express nuance or ambivalence in under 140 characters,” she added. The Grammy-Winning Singer Lorde, a.k.a. Ella Yelich-O’Connor, Impresses and Vexes Her Peers 2014-02-07T22:45:43Z Mr. Beresford, an actor, writes eminently actable dialogue: the kind in which surface wit is rooted in deep ambivalence. Critic’s Notebook: On British Stage, Baby Boomers Fare Poorly 2012-06-22T23:54:12Z For some, this book will read like an anthem to choosing the single, family-free life; for others, the story is clearly about ambivalence. Going Solo: An Author Chooses — and Celebrates — Life Without a Partner or Kids 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z Normally, this sort of stance — a notch more hostile than a celebrity’s typical ambivalence toward nosy reporters — would make for an uncomfortable interview. The Evolution of E L James 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z For the rest of the novel, that ambivalence never lets up. Elena Ferrante’s New Book: Art Wins 2015-09-01T04:00:00Z For that show’s curator, Leigh Arnold, Buchanan’s ambivalence to permanence and authorship helps to expand our understanding of land art as a category. A Vanishing Masterpiece in the Georgia Marshes 2023-07-29T04:00:00Z From there, the perspective on the city is seeped in ambivalence. Georgia O’Keeffe’s urban side 2012-07-25T16:42:00Z Over the next three years, she said, Mr. Truman called her to discuss his ambivalence about continuing in the job. James Truman, A Crown Prince in a New Kingdom 2013-08-16T21:00:35Z “Olive Trees” is steeped in ambivalence — a dilemma manifest in the abrupt, impulsive decision Jean makes in the movie’s final moments. France’s Colonial Conflict, Filmed From Both Sides 2022-01-19T05:00:00Z While Mr. Elba systematically courts an audience, a deep-seated ambivalence about the trappings of fame courses through his actions and comments. Film: Idris Elba, ?Wire? Star Generating His Own Buzz 2010-04-16T18:19:00Z It seems there’s a lot of cultural ambivalence around the Flex Life approach, too. Inside women’s “Ambition Decisions”: On opting out, buying in or embracing the “flex life” 2018-06-23T04:00:00Z Related: Slow West review – trails and tribulation Despite a script by archetypal cowboy-poet Sam Shepard, Wenders’ ambivalence towards America in the latter film is palpable. Existential cowboys: Slow West isn't the first European journey into US darkness 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z Beyond It, her film roles tended to reflect the industry’s ambivalence. Clara Bow: the hard-partying jazz-baby airbrushed from Hollywood history 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z We hear her radiating ambivalence — “distress, distress!” — throughout one lengthy conversation, available here thanks to a tour de force of shorthand transcription by Calhoun. In ‘Also a Poet,’ a Search for Frank O’Hara and for Peace With Dad 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z If such an all-in-one approach sounds like it might generate ambiguity and ambivalence, well, that’s appropriate to the subject at hand. Review: She’s Still Debating ‘What the Constitution Means to Me’ 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z The new season deals with the repercussions as well as the spies’ growing ambivalence about the often coldblooded acts required of them. Submit Questions for Joe Weisberg and Joel Fields of ‘The Americans’ 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z If there is an overall theme, it seems to be that relations are riven by such ambivalence. Scottish Dance Theatre ? review 2011-03-22T19:15:01Z “Shopping and …” by the H.I.V.-positive writer Mark Ravenhill matches its explicitness and ambivalence. How Taking Flight in London Helped ‘Angels in America’ Soar 2017-05-03T04:00:00Z Reactions range from enthusiasm to ambivalence and outright hostility. Theater: Tassel-Twirling Gets a Feminist Touch 2011-11-08T13:30:07Z “Aliyah” is an interior movie whose subject is ambivalence and the difficulty of making choices to survive. Movie Review: In ‘Aliyah,’ a Trip From France to Israel Is Dangerous 2013-06-13T22:47:38Z In that interview Mr. Rihm, discussing the limitations of conventional opera and his fascination with ambivalence, states that “nothing is so obstructive to music-theater as a perfect literary text.” Music Review: Premiere of Wolfgang Rihm?s ?Dionysos? at Salzburg 2010-08-01T22:45:00Z It is the suffering of ambivalence: the murderous alternation between bitter resentment and raw-edged nerves and blissful gratification.” The bad mother’s last refuge: Smashing the cult of mommyhood 2015-10-04T04:00:00Z Jones is especially good at illuminating the ambivalence that activates an enticing mystery in this production: Laurey seems repulsed by the slightly creepy Jud, and yet also intrigued by his off-kilter intensity. Review | A radical new Broadway ‘Oklahoma!’ says it’s not such a beautiful mornin’ in America 2019-04-07T04:00:00Z For much of the three years I spent at high school in Michigan, I experienced the ambivalence that most people from the so-called Third World feel toward the United States. My Muslim Father’s Faith in America 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z I wrestled a lot with my own ambivalence about writing about a black cop. Attica Locke lives in L.A., but she writes about what she knows — black life in Texas 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z And the night concluded with the strangely consoling affirmation of a great artist’s ambivalence. Review: For Sondheim’s 90th Birthday, a Collage of Aching Voices 2020-04-27T04:00:00Z Dr. Pollack then offered a fresh analysis, one that attempted to incorporate, or at least acknowledge, his ambivalence. Life Without Amazon (Well, Almost) 2020-12-29T05:00:00Z Co-curator Chris Stephens said he hoped to show a darker, more complicated picture of Moore and reassert his position as one of the great sculptors of modern times after a period of critical ambivalence. Dark side of sculptor Henry Moore on show in London 2010-02-22T20:22:00Z Mr. Burstein’s knockabout “Buddy’s Blues,” a low vaudeville clown turn, seethes with a genuine exasperated ambivalence that comments wryly on both Buddy’s self-flagellating nature and on the cathartic nastiness of music-hall humor. | 'Follies': Broadway Babies? Glory Days 2011-05-23T02:01:05Z According to a 2011 Pew survey, children expressed a decided ambivalence about having their parents friend them on social networks. Cyber Parents, Accessing Perhaps, TMI 2013-05-03T22:57:13Z These may have been wanderings on “side roads,” as Mr. Posen put it, or there could have been a much deeper ambivalence about his own work. Stephen Posen Knows How to Fashion a Line. So Does His Son. 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z More important, it's not quite funny enough to distract viewers from its structural ambivalence. NBC's 'Marry Me' may have a delayed honeymoon 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z But in between, there’s more ambivalence, humor, self-questioning and openly political intent. U2 Releases ‘Songs of Experience.’ Cynicism Not Included. 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z Sondheim’s penetrating study of modern love and even more modern ambivalence is a classic. Stream These 7 Productions That Celebrate Stephen Sondheim’s Work 2021-11-27T05:00:00Z Few notes of ambivalence about Henry's brutal strategy are registered. Myth and mirth take the stage at Oregon Shakespeare fest 2012-07-19T21:29:02Z Slate editor David Plotz to tweet that the coup made him feel “ambivalence.” Travoltify Your News! Why Name Generators and Quizzes Are the New Crosswords 2014-03-05T14:46:38Z I wanted to have this ambivalence in this sentence. How Christine and the Queens Wrote One of the Best Songs of 2015 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z Brando set the standard for ambivalence towards his own creative profession, and Depp seems to have picked up the master’s baton. 5 Directors Who Could Help Johnny Depp Recover From 'Mortdecai' 2015-01-25T05:00:00Z What I learned from “Into the Woods,” most of all, was ambivalence. Why “Into the Woods” Matters 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z This unnervingly prescient Swedish dramatist, who lived from 1849 to 1912, portrayed relationships propelled by an ambivalence that scorched and withered. Reviews: ‘Mies Julie’ and ‘Dance of Death,’ Love and Madness in Strindberg 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z We still feel deep ambivalence about such unpoliced pleasure, even while most of us are paid-up subscribers. Masturbation: literature's last taboo 2010-04-21T08:36:00Z “Coward” recurs frequently, appropriate to a work in which people are often paralyzed by ambivalence. Review: 3 Generations Aching to Connect ‘On the Shore of the Wide World’ 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z An ambivalence does freshen some of Stewart's judgments towards the end of the book. Bang! A History of Britain in the 1980s by Graham Stewart – review 2013-01-17T08:00:02Z Those issues are, at least superficially, alcohol and money, about which the movie, like the rest of American culture, has a great deal of ambivalence. | 'Arthur': A Lush Life Revisited, With Nanny on Board 2011-04-07T21:14:56Z She cried after killing the first rabbit, and talks about her ambivalence at stalking and shooting a red stag. A nice bit of squirrel: should we chow down a diet of invasive species? 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z “No matter how far I travel — how deep the ambivalence I feel about ever returning.” Michele Cliff, Who Wrote of Colonialism and Racism, Dies at 69 2016-06-18T04:00:00Z Mr. Friedman is marvelous in evoking a rational man being steadily consumed by a cancerous guilt, while Ms. Dunagan’s shrewd performance fully justifies his jagged ambivalence. Review: In ‘The Treasurer,’ a Son Remembers Mama, as She Forgets Everything 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z That ambivalence is on display in the fifth episode, in which a skeptical Mr. Rogers is summoned onscreen to act out some murder-related fan fiction about him. When Fan Fiction and Reality Collide 2017-06-21T04:00:00Z The ballads that define the triangular relationship among Hamilton, Eliza and Angelica have a romantic urgency and ambivalence that had me in happy tears. Review: ‘Hamilton,’ Young Rebels Changing History and Theater 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z As Bob Zmuda, Kaufman’s close pal and collaborator, has written in a recent book, it cannot be a coincidence that Kaufman, famous for his ambivalence about fame, disappeared so suddenly. The Belief That Andy Kaufman Is Alive 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z Such full sensory existence — and the ambivalence within — is embodied by everyone onstage. ‘The Crucible,’ by Arthur Miller, Plays at the Old Vic 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z They also have an unsparing emotional directness — albeit one that Brahms reveals with characteristic, uneasy ambivalence. ‘There’s Nothing Quite as Distressing as This Piece’ 2022-01-30T05:00:00Z The self-abnegating spectacle of “All” is completely in character with Mr. Cattelan’s well-known ambivalence about himself, his talent and his art, and his oft-cited fascination with failure. Art Review: Maurizio Cattelan at the Guggenheim - Review 2011-11-03T22:20:09Z The ambivalence of Franz’s position begins with the first day of her year alone: Feb. 29, leap-year day, “a day that does and does not exist.” An American in Japan, Leading a Zen Koan of a Life 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z Intensely erotic, brimming with tension, sublime on the sentence level and pleasurably painful in its articulation of both yearning and ambivalence, “Cleanness” is more than a beautiful closing, perhaps, to the narrator’s Sofia story. 7 must-read novels to kick off 2020 right 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z It is a romantic comedy of female ambivalence and fear of commitment. How chick-flicks are breaking the conventions of wedded bliss 2012-06-01T15:30:00Z But both actors bring emotional transparency to their roles, providing a quietly affecting counterpoint to the guarded ambivalence inherent in many of Mr. Sondheim’s lyrics. Theater Review: ‘Marry Me a Little,’ Sondheim Songs, at Clurman Theater 2012-10-04T20:43:21Z Perhaps because of this ambivalence about fame, Bacon recently went shopping in LA wearing a disguise, just to see what it was like. Kevin Bacon: ‘I thought I'd be sent to the TV graveyard’ 2017-05-20T04:00:00Z Though her subsequent experiences will be marked by growing ambivalence, the joy of that moment is never entirely dispelled. | 'Higher Ground': ?Higher Ground,? Directed by and Starring Vera Farmiga 2011-08-25T22:13:02Z But the rest of this book suggests that Tillman is too aware of ambiguity and ambivalence to reduce her mother to that caricature, rounding it out with a fuller portrait, almost in spite of herself. ‘Mothercare’ Takes a Hard Look at What Happens When Duty Outlives Love 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z I loved the exploration of ambivalence because it took me years to decide to have a baby, and it took me six years to decide to have a second baby. In ‘The Baby,’ Killing With Cuteness 2022-06-10T04:00:00Z Did he sense my ambivalence about the whole project? How I Taught My Son to Speak Russian 2018-06-16T04:00:00Z A G.O.P Candidate With a Dog, but Not on a Car’s Roof In this year of electoral ambivalence, an unlikely candidate to root for has arisen in New York. Theater Review: ‘Checkers,’ With Anthony LaPaglia, at the Vineyard Theater 2012-11-09T03:00:08Z I strive to understand ambivalence about things and there is a lot to be angry about, and a lot of moments of isolation, and those are common feelings for many of us. "Clean" star Adrien Brody talks "Succession" & daily injustice: "There is a lot to be angry about" 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z With every book, with every question, with every overt display of ambivalence and disgust, he was affirming to us that we were contenders. What Philip Roth Taught Me About Being an American Jew 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z She is content to hold everything in her eye, all the ambivalences of intimate life. Jean Stafford’s Novels Frankly Survey the Kingdom of Childhood 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z I doubt my psychiatrist felt much ambivalence when he was diagnosing me. ‘I assumed it was all my fault’: the adults dealing with undiagnosed ADHD 2017-09-05T04:00:00Z All this ambivalence serves to humanize “Love Is a Canoe.” Books of The Times: Ben Schrank’s ‘Love Is a Canoe’ Portrays a Self-Help Author 2013-01-20T22:14:10Z |
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