| 单词 | ambivalent |
| 例句 | These were to be our last days together, at least in the carefree spirit that had marked our escape from the Middle West and the American culture it was so easy to be ambivalent about. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z When he looked ambivalent, I lied and said, “I’ve been practicing with my dad at home. Even he thinks I’m getting better.” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Thus, in the realm of morals the role of Christianity has been, at best, ambivalent. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z Her face reset to ambivalent frostiness, but Jessica had already noticed. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z I found myself crying, laughing, numb with depression, nervous and pacing, ambivalent, angry, and filled with self-loathing. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z While I gloried in the beauty of these buildings, I was ambivalent about what they represented. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Initially he had been ambivalent about whether Chicago should even seek the world’s fair. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The North was overwhelmingly Republican and, while Republicans were ambivalent about equality for African Americans, they were far more inclined to adopt and implement racial justice reforms than their Democratic counterparts below the Mason-Dixon line. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z He was vague and ambivalent on matters of policy. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z He had not always been so ambivalent about his home. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Although McCandless was enough of a realist to know that hunting game was an unavoidable component of living off the land, he had always been ambivalent about killing animals. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I rolled over to look at her, and her expression seemed ambivalent. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z But by the time we were ten, we’d grown more ambivalent about it. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “Rishi, I’m sorry if I seemed ambivalent at the restaurant before. What you did, that gift...” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z I sighed in relief again when Mr. Banner turned the lights on, finally glancing at Edward; he was looking at me, his eyes ambivalent. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z “I suppose I have an ambivalent attitude toward it” Major Sanderson sprang up with joy when he heard the words “ambivalent attitude.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The time of action is upon us, but I remain ambivalent as to what action I should take. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z She also may have felt ambivalent about the suffrage issue because she was a Quaker; many Quakers refused to vote because they did not want to participate in a government that waged war. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z On the whole, Mrs. Johnson’s attitude toward her father was ambivalent, but one aspect of him she had always respected—his fortitude. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s probably inevitable that a book that critiques the linear model of time will also be ambivalent about both the act of writing itself and the clicking rosary that is narration. Ben Ehrenreich’s Dispatches From the Beginning and End of the World 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z Though he was ambivalent and contorted on Russia, undemocratic communism looked unappealing to his Fabian mind. Bernard Shaw's guide to the post-crash world 2012-10-12T21:55:16Z As an expert witness in a witchcraft trial, Browne is ambivalent. Weird science 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z Of course, being mobile has many connotations in the age of new media, which Mr. Mellon feels ambivalent about. The Story Behind the Hanley Mellon Clothing Line 2014-04-11T20:55:56Z Musgraves seems similarly ambivalent—not finished criticizing her home town, but not sure she has the nerve to say so. Kacey Musgraves, Harper Lee, and the Home-town Dilemma 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z The film has a darker, more ambivalent kind of ending where the viewer is not sure what's happened with Neil's relationship. Author of Neil Armstrong biography "First Man": He understood "the place of humankind in the cosmos" 2018-12-25T05:00:00Z Even Dylan seemed ambivalent about the honor, refusing to acknowledge it for days and then declining to attend the awards ceremony. After the Bob Dylan Nobel prize backlash, will honoring Kazuo Ishiguro ‘make the world happy’? 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z The communists exercised a certain brutality on the city's fabric, demolishing dozens of churches and monasteries, but they also left further monuments that inspire ambivalent admiration. City of wood 2010-10-23T23:05:00Z The ambivalent, uncertain present of the movie can’t separate itself from the legacy of death that Ernesto and his colleagues keep uncovering. ‘Our Mothers’ Review: Uncovering Atrocities in Guatemala, Bone by Bone 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z We both laughed about the ambivalent British summers, and the conversation moved on. I’m 35 and I love gardening. Deal with it 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z For all his fine words, Morris emerges as a morally ambivalent figure under pressure to compromise in order to stay ahead in the race. Clooney explores dirty politics in Venice film 2011-08-31T11:04:47Z The latter, Bellow ambivalently portrayed in his novels as the “potato love” of the family, the “humanity bath” of the streets, and the rough-edged, criminal temptations of the 20th-century city. Was Saul Bellow a Man or a Jerk? Both, a Monumental Biography Concludes 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z For my first few jokes, the laughs were faint, but I felt relaxed because I was so ambivalent about being there. How I Found Myself in Mrs. Maisel’s Shoes 2019-12-01T05:00:00Z I have long been ambivalent about Woody Allen. Compartmentalizing Woody Allen: What America chooses not to see 2014-02-02T17:46:00Z This paradise for visitors – locals are ambivalent about their isolation, not least because almost all the young people leave to look for work in towns – will not last. My Himalayan journey – trekking to Shangri-La 2018-08-19T04:00:00Z But in popular culture any affirmation of corpulence feels decidedly ambivalent. Plus-Size Wars 2010-07-29T15:41:00Z With the rise of fascism, Mann’s ambivalent acceptance of democracy became full-throated support. Thomas Mann on the Artist vs. the State 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z While he was ambivalent about the franchise at times, the "Furious" movies ultimately held a lot of meaning to Walker too. How Paul Walker nearly didn't end up in many of the 'Furious' films 2015-04-06T04:00:00Z “He was deeply ambivalent about the issues of density and sprawl,” says Bergdoll, who also teaches architectural history at Columbia, “and America still seems to be as well.” | Frank Lloyd Wright’s Love-Hate Relationship With the American City 2014-01-29T20:24:54Z Le Carré’s ambivalent spies persevered in a slow simmering corrupt reality, always with a sense of gentle futility. The Trump era is posing some major challenges for thriller novelists 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z But when his generation’s conflict arrived, Wheeler felt ambivalent about America’s role in Vietnam. He helped build the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. How did he end up dead in a landfill? 2017-05-23T04:00:00Z Donovan is deeply ambivalent about the Western influence on Africa, which he blames in part for the decline of traditional African arts. Keeper of Africa's lost arts 2012-01-11T21:13:12Z Perhaps most ambivalent is an impressive image of Prince astride his motorcycle from “Purple Rain.” When humor shifts to unease: How Eric Yahnker turns pop culture into pointed art 2016-04-04T04:00:00Z The brightest moments here are the most ambivalent ones, on songs that merrily undermine and poke holes in all the sacred institutions: marriage, love, sports. Critics? Choice: New CDs: Albums by Brian Wilson, John Mellencamp, Trace Adkins 2010-08-15T23:05:00Z About fame he was more ambivalent, and part of the delicate drama of “Blaze” involves his attempt to make his mark in the music business without being ground up in the machinery of celebrity. Review: Ethan Hawke’s ‘Blaze’ Revisits a Country-Music Legend 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z Feist and Chilly Gonzales, the composers of Limit To Your Love, meanwhile seem to be, at best, ambivalent about Blake's version. Blake's progress 2011-01-22T00:05:04Z Taken together, these titles arguably stand for a bold new wave of British filmmaking: cinematically confident, generically tricksy, compelled by disturbing, ambivalent subject matter. Katherine Butler: the gambler behind Film4's low-budget features 2012-08-30T16:02:14Z She’s one of the few singers unafraid to import those values into bluegrass, which has long had an ambivalent relationship with gloss. Music Review: Improvising, in Truest Sense of the Word 2010-09-24T21:49:00Z The people who know Bremer best are ambivalent protectors of his silence because they think his story is worth telling. He shot George Wallace to be famous. Now he lives in silence. 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z Dressed in a robe and crown embroidered with purple sequins, with heavy lines of kohl below his eyes, he was more ambivalent than his attire implied. Portraits of Everyday Life in the Indian State of Gujarat 2020-06-15T04:00:00Z “Here we are all these years later and I want you to win, but I’m ambivalent about what you are winning for.” David Oyelowo Says Academy Rewards Black Actors in Subservient Roles 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z But even some supporters of the law are ambivalent about “marriage for all,” as the initiative is called. France Debates Gay Marriage 2013-02-01T21:10:09Z The implication — supported by the perky music, if not the more ambivalent text, sung as a finale by the surviving characters — is that eliminating the single bad apple will let the garden of society bloom. Review: At the Met, a New ‘Don Giovanni’ Has a Stark Vitality 2023-05-07T04:00:00Z And, according to polls conducted earlier this summer, Democrats are ambivalent about whether they even want Biden to be their party’s nominee in two years. Is there such thing as a Joe Biden superfan? 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z Beyond that point, you may need poetry or the equivalent to map a territory so ambivalent and contradictory and full of longing. Greg Jackson on the Dialogue Between Myth and Reality 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z Songs like the exuberantly ambivalent “Everybody’s Coming to My House” assume a new resonance in the time of sheltering in place. What Is the Sound of a Theater Season Interrupted? 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z Locals can seem ambivalent about the Church Street Marketplace, an open-air mall featuring chain stores like Gap and Patagonia. 36 Hours in Burlington, Vermont 2015-08-19T04:00:00Z I was ambivalent about this: would you fly a plane to kill all those people because you thought you were going to save even more? How we made: Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark on Enola Gay 2013-01-07T18:55:00Z Or is he, just as plausibly in the political context of the time, a symbol of all-American gumption, meant to shame an ambivalent citizenry into supporting the Korean War? DVD: ‘High Noon’ and ‘Body Snatchers,’ From Republic Films 2012-07-13T18:37:45Z This is excellent news for readers, but I imagine the authors, both famously ambivalent about causes of any kind, would have greeted the news with some exasperation. Two Classic American Novels About the Madness and Beauty of Race 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z Asked by the karaoke hostess, Mei-Mei, whom he ambivalently courts, what he does for a living, he tells her that he’s “a craftsman who earns his money with his hands.” In ‘Xiao Wu,’ a Wandering Pickpocket in the People’s China 2021-07-21T04:00:00Z Though he himself left the church as a teenager in the 1960s, he’s ambivalent about the loss of a binding and, at times, beautiful religious culture. Irish Catholics flee the church 2013-03-26T23:09:00Z But despite the success, he was always ambivalent about his stringed stars. Gerry Anderson: Obituary 2012-12-26T20:44:21Z But maybe you're more like me, someone who could at best be described as "turkey ambivalent." What you really want for Thanksgiving is pumpkin pizza 2022-11-20T05:00:00Z Here was a relatable hero, who drank too much, occasionally slept in her clothes and was generally ambivalent about her work. Farewell, Jessica Jones: the last woman standing in the Marvel-Netflix era 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z By then the show was a certifiable hit, but Mr. Zimbalist was clearly ambivalent about the work. Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Star of ‘77 Sunset Strip’ and ‘The F.B.I.’, Is Dead at 95 2014-05-03T05:34:53Z That's certainly true of Forty Years On, which I once described as a piece of radical nostalgia and which gains its vitality from the tension between Bennett's ambivalent attitude to the past. Alan Bennett: a quiet radical 2012-10-12T09:38:00Z What would he have done with a plot whose every action is plagued by uncertainty, and with characters whose every motivation is ambivalent? ‘To Be or Not to Be’: Is It the Question or the Point? 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z The family also objected to Mr. Lottman’s portrayal of Camus as ambivalent about the Algerian uprising against France that grew into a successful war for independence in 1962. Herbert Lottman, Biographer of French Figures, Dies at 87 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z That is a deeply disturbing dynamic, on and off screen, and a legacy with which Hollywood and its ambivalently rapt audiences continue to wrestle. Review | In ‘The Twelve Lives of Alfred Hitchcock,’ it’s the contradictions that made the man 2021-04-12T04:00:00Z “The results imply that atheists’ attitudes toward God are ambivalent, in that their explicit beliefs conflict with their affective response,” concludes a research team led by University of Helsinki psychologist Marjaana Lindeman. Do atheists secretly believe in God? 2013-04-27T12:00:00Z Always ambivalent about actually running a bar as opposed to performing in one, he had simplified things after his uncle’s death by deciding to open only one night a week, on Fridays. Sunny’s Place 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z At this point the working class emerged as a serious subject for moviemakers, and lower-class criminals began to embrace the ambivalent glamour they had in America and on the continent. Ill Manors – review 2012-06-09T23:08:05Z Unspooling, Manchester The contemporary artists showing in this wryly amusing exhibition display an ambivalent attitude towards the history of film that shifts between homage and parody. This week's new exhibitions 2010-10-01T23:06:00Z His views on religious faith and the lessons of history were ambivalent, at best, yet some of his fellow poets dismissed Mr. Hill’s hard-to-grasp poetry as culturally conservative and maddeningly retrograde. Geoffrey Hill, often hailed as Britain’s greatest poet, dies at 84 2016-07-04T04:00:00Z Bridget is ambivalent about having given up the practice of law for motherhood; Mark works punishingly long hours as a web designer; and Julie’s just a cute kid. Anne Rice's 'Prince Lestat,' and More 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z Speaking by telephone from the Palm Springs Film Festival, she reminisced about that experience, compared her own situation with that of American female directors and admitted to ambivalent feelings about the success of “Accused.” Injustice Treated Like a Thriller 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z He realizes that his reaction is complicated by his ambivalent feelings toward his father, who, decades ago, abandoned him and his mother. Review: In Don DeLillo’s ‘Zero K,’ Daring to Outwit Death 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z She is also deeply ambivalent about marriage and committing to a career in synthetic organic chemistry. ‘Chemistry’ Is an Anti-Coming-of-Age Story 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z According to a report from the Guardian, the assailant was initially ambivalent about the encounter; he was in the closet and reticent about risking exposure by meeting in person. Coming out saves lives: The deadly potential of internalized homophobia is all too real 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z The story hinges on Maya, a spiky loner with next to no back story, no friend or family, who’s more of an ambivalent protagonist than a traditional heroine. Movie Review: Jessica Chastain in ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ 2012-12-17T23:06:45Z There were hints of Rivera’s ambivalent Communist proclivities: a villainous-looking line foreman, visibly passive bourgeois visitors touring a plant, and a lone worker wearing leather gloves emblazoned with a red star. Review: ‘Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo in Detroit’ 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z The audience streamed out, some chuffed, some disappointed, some ambivalent. An Oscars-Night Diary 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z I'm very interested in their relationships to their parents – whether it is obvious that they are close, or ambivalent. Photographer Nan Goldin's best shots 2011-07-24T20:30:07Z And to some degree in spite of Ms. Poitras’s journalistic intentions — though very much as a consequence of her rigorous honesty — the picture that emerges is complicated, unsettling and intriguingly ambivalent. Review: Revisiting the Mystery of Julian Assange, in ‘Risk’ 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z Throughout, though, this is a strange and ambivalent building. What's the big idea behind the Pompidou-Metz? 2010-04-06T20:30:00Z Perhaps the fact that the author is female is unsurprising, since a male writer who feels ambivalent about #MeToo might not get very far. Review | A new novel explores the nuance of #MeToo accusations. Are we ready for that? 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z O’Donovan’s personal touchstones are swept into the mood of the album: pensive, determined, ambivalently and then determinedly hopeful. Aoife O’Donovan’s Songs Poured Out When Touring Shut Down 2022-01-19T05:00:00Z And if he has to be given one, in light of his ambivalent yet attention-seeking attitudes about being famous, it makes almost as much sense to simply call him a star. Books Of the Times: Lawrence: Fresh Look at Warrior of Desert 2010-11-21T22:37:00Z Unfortunately, the content itself is often ambivalent—for the same reasons the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial was renamed the Gateway Arch National Park in February. A New Gateway to the West 2018-07-02T04:00:00Z I’m still ambivalent about it — it seems unlikely that anyone truly good is going to waltz into my life because they like the glimpse of nipple at the top of my low-cut dress. My shazam boobs 2012-12-11T01:00:00Z After a few ambivalent minutes, he made his way to the door. Modern Love: Modern Love – You May Call It Cheating, but We Don’t 2012-09-14T23:23:04Z Thoughts, even ambivalent ones, appear together under the date on which they occurred. Alice Walker's "Gathering Blossoms Under Fire" and the rare gift of Black women's published journals 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z I saw friends who became single mothers and thought, I feel ambivalent; it wouldn’t be fair to a child. Women Who Said No to Motherhood 2021-05-03T04:00:00Z Can you look back ambivalently at the way people used to look back ambivalently at a vision of the future? A Return to the Nostalgia of “The X-Files” 2016-01-23T05:00:00Z In this novel as well as others, the narrator views that sacrifice ambivalently, sometimes experiencing it as loss and sometimes glimpsing in it possibilities for a new, more complex maternal identity. ‘The Story of the Lost Child,’ by Elena Ferrante 2015-08-26T04:00:00Z “Being Flynn” is an honorably ambivalent film, finally unsure of what to do with the two strong, complicated characters at its center. Movie Review: Paul Weitz?s ?Being Flynn,? Starring Robert De Niro 2012-03-01T22:37:28Z I was ambivalent about our tryst and feeling fragile about where it might lead. When Chivalry Is More Control Than Care 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z The book inhabits an ambivalent zone between the acknowledgment that adult women have needs and the author’s fear that she has too many needs nevertheless. “The Crying Book” Reveals How Tears Can Help Us, and How They Can’t 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z Mike is drawn to Brooke, and her ambivalent attitude to him resembles the relationship Saint has to Brando's similarly shambling, dubiously employed and charming Terry Molloy. Magic Mike – review 2012-07-14T23:05:59Z That scene is beautifully played, allowing you to sense a complex web of ambivalent relationships. Review: ‘The Whirligig’ Is a Feast for Actors, by a Knowing Chef 2017-05-21T04:00:00Z All that tries the patience, but to his credit, Yorke is always ambivalent about whether this material about spirits and similar should be taken at face value. Not the Booker prize: Pictures of Lily by Matthew Yorke 2010-10-08T13:49:00Z I suppose this mean that my friends think I'm a bit ambivalent. Six Songs of Me: Si Forster of 6 Days from Tomorrow 2012-08-15T09:07:04Z But perhaps you feel ambivalent about condemning such gags, because you don’t want to sound like a prude, and because it’s nice to see the Muppets back on prime-time TV. Dirty Sexy Muppets 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z Adding heft is a beautifully ambivalent performance by Rob Benedict as Laura’s wistful brother-in-law, Paul. | 'A Little Help': An Unsatisfying Life 2011-07-21T23:26:02Z In dwelling on the life that was lost, with all its heartbreak and yearning, the film memorialises the vanished even as they were: ambivalent and troubled. Why Vittorio de Sica is one of Europe’s greatest tragic film-makers 2015-08-08T04:00:00Z But that doesn’t stop them from trying to come up with precise words that might define their ambivalent relationships and their own ever-elusive identities. | 'The ___________ With the Hat': A Love Not at a Loss for Words 2011-04-12T06:30:20Z Castro, a veteran stage actor who regularly appears in Larraín’s films, says the director is drawn to material that deals with impunity, often in narratives that feature ambivalent outcomes. Director Pablo Larraín is this awards season's double threat with 'Jackie' and the poet caper 'Neruda' 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z The continuation of the series created a need for what you might in the broadest sense call happy endings, but they were usually tired, ambivalent things. Alien: Covenant – why Ridley Scott's facehuggers and chestbursters will never die 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z Melvin Donalson, a professor of film at California State University, Los Angeles, and the author of “Masculinity in the Interracial Buddy Film,” is more ambivalent about the genre’s politics. Film: Buddies Cracking Jokes and Heads 2010-02-19T23:52:00Z My ambivalent relationship with authority figures goes back to an early age. How to stop being a people pleaser 2020-10-24T04:00:00Z Mr. Shorter, once ambivalent about marriage, got impatient, she said. Their First Date ‘Felt Like Christmas’ 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z Four decades after the photograph was taken, and 14 years after “The Tricky Part” was first staged, the dialogue between the two continues with full eloquent and ambivalent force. Review: Reliving a Childhood Interrupted in ‘The Tricky Part’ 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z After singing “50 Ways to Leave Your Lover” — itself a song about an ambivalent exit — he joked: “I lied about the final. I was just trying to raise the ticket prices.” Review: Paul Simon, Still Evolving, Is Saying Goodbye 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z That said, they seem ambivalent about the miserable atmosphere they create. New band of the day: Story Books (No 1,508) 2013-05-08T13:12:09Z Yet for the longest time I was ambivalent, if not outright dubious, of Shakespeare, for that very same reason. Amanda Gorman, the Inaugural Poet Who Dreams of Writing Novels 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z “I can’t be ambivalent about the sets of decisions that brought them into my life because I love them too much.” Reckoning with an Upbringing in a ‘Noah’s Ark’ of a Family, With ‘Two of Every Race’ 2023-03-27T04:00:00Z For Katherine Ozment, writing for Boston magazine, it also meant soul searching because, as she writes: As ambivalent as I am about organized religion, I recognize there is something to it. Motherlode Blog: Children, Choosing Their Religion 2013-01-03T18:00:47Z After crunching the numbers, the researchers found the largest amount of calcification “when both partners in the relationship viewed each other as ambivalent.” Study: Unhappy marriage could lead to cardiovascular risk 2014-02-07T12:50:00Z “Knight of Cups” is also very much a Los Angeles movie, and it features some of the most aesthetically ambivalent architectural modernism since Antonioni’s heyday. Terrence Malick’s “Knight of Cups” Challenges Hollywood to Do Better 2016-03-07T05:00:00Z They were also ambivalent about the attendees, and the feeling was mutual. Alternative nation’s last stand: Lollapalooza 1995, an oral history 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z To feel ambivalent about all this is part of the deal. Art Review: Behold the Anonymous Downtrodden 2011-06-02T21:57:17Z “So it means that I’m kind of ambivalent about form and I’m more invested in flow.” Alok Vaid-Menon Finds Beauty Beyond Gender 2021-12-04T05:00:00Z So it’s understandable why Phish and its fans might nurse ambivalent feelings about its most storied predecessors. Phish Has Come To Terms With Its Life After the Dead 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z America rushed into those conflicts and turned ambivalent, even as its soldiers, most from low- and working-class households, endured multiple tours of duty and uncomfortable stares from their countrymen. Did 'American Sniper' miss an important mark? 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z Unlike other detective shows that traffic in the black and white of good and bad characters, "Terriers" embraces the hazy in-between, from devious ex-buddies to ambivalent teenage accomplices to reformed thugs. "Terriers": One of this fall's only gems 2010-10-27T18:45:00Z Of all the treatments, this was the one I was most ambivalent about. Frugal Traveler: Budget Beauty: Manicured Without Getting Clipped 2010-02-24T14:16:00Z The movie’s title itself, I realize now, is beautifully, characteristically ambivalent. The Kathleen Collins Revival Continues With ‘Notes From a Black Woman’s Diary’ 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z If people felt ambivalent, as Avishai relates, about their "society of choices" in the 1960s, what obscene fury could be mustered to match our own? Non-fiction roundup – reviews 2012-08-24T07:00:04Z And so these New Leipzig School artists, as they often do, pose the old, the new, the supernatural and the modern in productive, ambivalent, veiling tension. Review: Bayreuth’s First American Director Arrives With ‘Lohengrin’ 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z Unlike tattoos, piercings or fashionable clothing, jewelry still provokes deeply ambivalent feelings among men. Jewelry for Men Is Back in Vogue 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z His mother left him and his white father when he was young, and to say that he is ambivalent about his identity would be to miss the point. Chang-rae Lee’s Global Revision of the Suburban Novel 2021-02-05T05:00:00Z Green means you hear music in everything, yellow means you’re ambivalent, and gray means you don’t buy into Fluxus as music. What Happens When Fluxus Enters the Concert Hall? 2018-11-11T05:00:00Z Since each label has a different metric behind its claim, chances are high that they will only further confuse a lot of already ambivalent consumers. Making sense of regenerative labels 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z Gogol was a contemporary of these writers, but his fiction speaks even more to our growing disenchantment with their ambivalent bequest. The Russian Comic Writer Who’s an Antidote to Mad Times 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z Michael Tippett's heartfelt 1941 cry against the indignities suffered by oppressed civilians in times of war, A Child of Our Time, had a less ambivalent effect on @TimAshAsh, who tweeted about being "in bits" afterwards. Proms 2012: week four in review 2012-08-08T13:50:17Z In it, he examined his subject’s construction of, and deeply ambivalent relationship with, his white-suited public persona. Justin Kaplan, Literary Biographer, Dies at 88 2014-03-04T05:34:11Z Whatever he does prospers.'"Jesus is rather more ambivalent in Matthew 7:15-17 we read"'Watch out for false prophets. Reading group: The Spire's many meanings 2013-04-15T10:34:02Z She doesn’t know left from right or the difference between the words ambiguous and ambivalent. | Connecticut: A Review of ‘Venus in Fur,’ at TheaterWorks Hartford 2012-10-27T04:59:07Z By this point, I knew Frank to be notoriously sly and puckish, and ambivalent about everything. A Mesmerizing Marathon of Robert Frank’s Movies 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z As an Indian American, I’m more ambivalent about the bee. Someday, the spelling bee winners may wish they had just played football 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z It’s not a heartless portrayal, but it’s an ambivalent one. The Unsinkable Debbie Reynolds 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z The movie's effectiveness relies on our ambivalent feelings about Gere himself; his good looks and good luck. Arbitrage: a reminder of a talent so often put to waste 2013-02-22T06:00:00Z It’s the ability of Google search to index abuse or what she calls “ambivalent play” that changes the ethical stakes. A normalization of violence: how cyberbullying began and how to fight it 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z The poignant drama is about a Nigerian-born American novelist who is confronted by her own ambivalent feelings about home and homeland when she returns to visit her dying father. Daughters of African Immigrants Use the Stage to Tell of Two Worlds 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z The Emirate to which the four friends repair is an oasis of gilded luxury in a world that has grown a little ambivalent about unbridled commodity fetishism. | 'Sex and the City 2': Sarah Jessica Parker, Flying Down to Abu Dhabi 2010-05-26T20:10:00Z That ambivalent, postmodern spirit undergirds the anthology, whose goal, Mr. Miles writes, “is not conversion, but exploration.” Norton’s Latest Anthology Explores World Religion 2014-11-02T04:00:00Z “It was a creative decision,” he said, “and I was ambivalent about that creative decision.” Bowery Club Poets Take Issue With Documentary 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z What holds our interest is the bedrock of bitterness on which Ms. Perabo has built her character, and the piquant hints of a fully shared, ambivalent past between Maggie and Lou. Review: In ‘Lost Girls,’ Derailed Blue-Collar Lives, With Zingers 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z And the show as a whole, with its news release and voter drive, is an ambivalent gesture, as if the artist himself isn’t sure how serious he’s being. Facing Violence With Brushes and Ballots 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z Luz, whose own mother died when she was young, is an ambivalent mother figure to Ig. The bad mother’s last refuge: Smashing the cult of mommyhood 2015-10-04T04:00:00Z A whole different, far less compelling show begins, one about an ambivalent Marine turned terrorist who appears poised to sell out his family and his country for one little saucer-eyed boy. Riff: ?Clues That Lead to More Clues That Add Up to Nothing? 2011-12-16T17:03:47Z The ambivalent figure of Bérenger, so perfectly embodied by Mr. Maggiani, leaves us wrangling with uneasy questions about what constitutes moral strength and weakness. Theater Review: Ionesco’s ‘Rhinoceros’ at Brooklyn Academy of Music 2012-10-06T00:13:55Z “Every nation is ambivalent about slavery,” said Mr. Bunch, the first African American to lead the Smithsonian. A Smithsonian Museum Sharpens Focus on the History of Slavery 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z Whatever it's called, her community acts ambivalent about it. An intimate look at a fluid family in Maggie Nelson's 'The Argonauts' 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z They are beautiful, philosophical, ambivalent — brimming with all the humility that his opening pages lack. Review: In ‘Ordinarily Well,’ Peter D. Kramer Goes to the Antidepressant Ramparts 2016-06-06T04:00:00Z Mr. Gleeson doesn’t even watch the series, and his friends were similarly ambivalent: “I’ve somehow remained oblivious about what happened,” Mr. Macaulay said. King Joffrey Is Coming. But Only to Act in a Play. 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z As viewers, we feel ambivalent: the two look so right together, but we see, too, the tragedy of a father who has resolved to let his daughter go. Dancing with Claire Denis 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z In it Ms. Balibar plays a middle-aged flight attendant reeling from personal disappointment and professional stress who takes up with a group of animal-rights militants, ambivalently embracing their cause. Critic?s Notebook: Modest Methods, Big Ambitions 2011-03-22T22:58:03Z Equally, her mother is ambivalently viewed as both adoring protector and indulgent enabler of Lucy's habit. Review 2011-03-18T00:46:40Z This Apollo performance was something of a comeback, but an ambivalent one. For Yasiin Bey, Once Known as Mos Def, a Comeback With the Finish Line in Mind 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z Scott -- and indeed, most other critics -- are less ambivalent. 'Selma' a vivid historical drama and a timely reminder, reviews say 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z I put the question to Mr. McGill, the Philharmonic’s principal clarinet since 2014, who was more ambivalent about blind auditions than I am. To Make Orchestras More Diverse, End Blind Auditions 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z “Times Square, baby!” said Josh and Michael, from Naples, Fla. They didn’t seem ambivalent about the eagle. 2010-02-04T01:59:00Z The answer is: ambivalent but believing I’ll overcome it when the time comes – perhaps when I finish this article and have nothing left to say. Let’s talk about dying 2012-12-27T01:00:00Z He had told me early on that he was ambivalent about his maleness but had made peace with it. Modern Love: My Husband Is Now My Wife 2011-08-18T19:50:50Z The word “ambivalent” doesn’t really exist in my vocabulary, but there is no other word to describe my feelings for August. What to Do With All That Summer Fruit 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z We attend the theatre to encounter magnetic, ambivalent people who seem to embody our own contradictions. Michael Billington on giving away the plot 2011-04-03T21:01:01Z Handel was lucky to get, in Vincenzo Grimani’s gleefully wicked text, that rarity in opera history: a libretto with dramatic focus, ambivalent characters and worldly humor. Review: The Met Opera Is Handel’s House in ‘Agrippina’ 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z Perhaps the strangest thing was that eventually Leonard became somewhat ambivalent about his relationship with Spock. William Shatner: How Kirk and Spock's Relationship Held 'Star Trek' Together 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z Her goal is to get the majority of Americans to talk openly about their deeply ambivalent feelings about abortion. 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z Some who addressed the San Francisco library commission were ambivalent about the plan, including Librarians Guild representative Melissa Riley. San Francisco libraries want to microchip their books 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z Ben Brantley, in his New York Times review, admired the play but was ambivalent about this staging. ‘Six Degrees of Separation’ Broadway Revival to Close Early 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z But it’s Colby, ambivalent and sometimes hostile, who gets her to react. 2010-01-13T23:02:00Z Abortion is a symbol — of social decay, sexual irresponsibility, hedonism and, of course, women’s autonomy, about which we are deeply ambivalent. Changing the Debate: Katha Pollitt Talks About 'Pro' 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z The regrouped Pavement, which played its first American show on Thursday night in Pomona, Calif., was its old wayward, brilliantly ambivalent self. Newbies and the Reunited Gather in the Desert 2010-04-19T21:37:00Z That, too, turns out to be an ambivalent strength: The miller’s teachings include instruction in how to curse — words, one realizes, can cut both ways. Minds in Meltdown, and a Risk-Taking Director Back on Form 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z The resulting image haunts, its ghostliness keyed to the ambivalent predicament of young black lives even under a banner of patriotism. Review | How the Vietnam War changed art forever 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z The warming glow of her smartphone screen pierces the storm cloud of puberty in suburbia, but the film takes a more ambivalent attitude towards the subject. Double screening: how Hollywood embraced Instagram 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z Rubell’s work certainly invites criticism, but only as part of a larger and more ambivalent contemplation of Trump’s role as a fraught female figure in American society. Perspective | The performance piece ‘Ivanka Vacuuming’ seems to irk the first daughter even more than ‘fake news’ 2019-02-05T05:00:00Z But “Brave New World,” which most viewers will remember — vaguely if at all — from some high school or college syllabus, presents a more ambivalent prospect and particular challenges. ‘Brave New World’ Arrives in the Future It Predicted 2020-07-13T04:00:00Z However ambivalent, Juan endeavors to protect his son from the Order, a secret society of wealthy families who threaten to use Gaspar as their next medium. Reveling in the Eerie and the Spooky, but Finding ‘True Horror’ in Real Life 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z Ms. Bourgeois’s long involvement in the nascent feminist movement, about which she had passionate but ambivalent feelings, began at this time. Louise Bourgeois, Influentual Sculptor, Dies at 98 2010-05-31T21:24:00Z My feelings about fear are somewhat ambivalent, because fear is why I can afford to swim every day, now. Confessions of a reluctant gentrifier 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z But if you take the words out, as Beethoven was obliged to do, its message is wonderfully ambivalent. A Revolutionary Approach to Beethoven: Period Instruments 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z Her son’s succession of her husband as prime minister, however, will now draw Mrs. Trudeau back to Ottawa more frequently, even if she is a bit ambivalent about her return to prominence. The Quiet Comeback of Margaret Trudeau 2015-11-07T05:00:00Z Kidney says go for it, spleen is ambivalent. A Long Day at ?The Office? with Mindy Kaling 2011-09-25T04:30:05Z More notable is the way he mixes wide-eyed enthusiasm with sombre, ambivalent notes. Conan O'Brien Goes to Cuba 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z And we're constantly evolving it, because it's my way of trying to make sense of all these ambivalent feelings I have. Vintage chat: Moyers and Stewart 2011-05-18T16:30:00Z Unspooling, Manchester A wryly amusing exhibition in which the artists display an ambivalent attitude towards the history of film. Exhibitionist: The week's art shows in pictures 2010-10-01T13:40:00Z As a group, they form an oblique, ambivalent commentary on the landscape of L.A. The lowly palm frond, all dressed up in Zoe Crosher's show at LAXART 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z In “Leaving Means Returning,” sung to her by her stepfather, a lyric encapsulates in a beautiful phrase the tempting if ambivalent embrace of family: “We are your comfort and your courtyard.” Review: In ‘Monsoon Wedding,’ an Arranged Marriage of Musical Styles 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z Scott himself remains ambivalent about his role in the university’s history. This Season’s Books on Sports: A Roundup 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z New music was always on the bucket list for the Pixies, even if the members were ambivalent about it. The Pixies Motor On, Without Their Longtime Bassist 2013-09-03T12:23:10Z She described a child whose primary interests were in creative pursuits, and who is, at best, “ambivalent” about college. Motherlode Blog: When College Isn’t in the Cards 2014-04-30T20:39:06Z On the new album, piercing pop-punk tunes like “Gone” and “Deadweight” challenge emotionally ambivalent partners to wear their hearts on their sleeves. Beach Bunny Is Building an Indie-Rock Career in a Time of TikTok 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z On the disco-esque “All Around and Away We Go” she was an ambivalent diva, glittery and resigned. Music Review: Twin Sister in Wee Steamy Hours at Glasslands 2010-05-30T21:06:00Z This ambivalent relationship with virtuosity lasted throughout his life. Henri Dutilleux obituary 2013-05-22T17:43:25Z It’s not that she’s blind to the work of character development—it’s that she appears inured to or ambivalent about it. The Loneliest Generation Embraces Billie Eilish 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z Unable to decide if its namesake is saint or sinner, genuine mystic or false prophet, “Benedetta” is too ambivalent to find focus or resolution. ‘Benedetta’ Review: Habit Storming 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z That ambivalent pull of an object is part of the clutterbug and hoarder MO. 'Mess' author straightens out readers about clutter and hoarding 2015-08-28T04:00:00Z The gardener is ambivalent about mahonias — they are prickly and coarse to a point where drama touches ugliness — and they get leggy and open. Mild weather brings unusual activity to the January garden, both distressing and delightful 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z What could have been a revisionist slog opens into a more ambitiously ambivalent buddy movie. The Mystery of the Oscars: How Do You Really Vote for a Script? 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z “The picture that emerges is complicated, unsettling and intriguingly ambivalent,” A. O. Scott wrote in The Times, and invites questions that “can’t yet be answered by a movie.” What’s on TV Saturday: ‘Hacksaw Ridge’ and ‘Gone: The Forgotten Women of Ohio’ 2017-07-22T04:00:00Z But it sounds as if your electronic gentleman is ambivalent about meeting in real life — or married or just killing time before his 4 p.m. conference call. Social Q’s: Social Q’s: Spreading the Wealth 2013-05-16T17:17:27Z It was the kind of straight-faced reporting of manifest absurdity that creates a richly ambivalent environment for memes to thrive. Ironic Occultists for Marianne Williamson 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z So “Docile,” paradoxically, is a book very deliberately packaged to solicit the enthusiastic consent of its readers, and I find that fascinating, even as I’m ambivalent about how well the book succeeds in its project. Visit These Science-Fiction Worlds to Make Sense of Our Own 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z The United Brothers website offers a photograph of a scarily green liquid, with the tagline: “Does this soup taste ambivalent?” New Live Performances Redefine Frieze London’s Limits 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z Gardeners, by the way, tend to be highly ambivalent about Southern magnolias. Considering trimming or getting rid of an old tree? Not so fast. 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z And Lincoln, the bumpkin lawyer, is ambivalent about landing in her web. ‘A Friend of Mr. Lincoln’ review: The burning ambition of a future president 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z But he felt ambivalent about New York on his first visit in 2001. Classical: The Sad Beauty in Schubert’s Last Sonatas 2012-10-14T02:00:41Z While Ms. Duffy, often nearly naked and singing with the cool roundedness of melting ice, creates a subtly ambivalent portrait of a woman both self-important and persecuted, the opera’s other characters are less persuasive. Review: ‘Breaking the Waves’ Lends Musical Heft to a von Trier Tale 2016-09-25T04:00:00Z But I'm actually really ambivalent of saying "get a nice guy to marry" because I think saying that can be as much of a trap as a plus. Sandra Tsing Loh on menopause, marriage and writing 2014-05-17T04:00:00Z The whisper of the wind past an open sliding door and the balcony beyond, the blue sky ambivalent above — it’s all as ominous and malevolent as anything we’ve seen. ‘Fear the Walking Dead’ Season 2, Episode 9: Lessons to Be Learned 2016-08-28T04:00:00Z Of course they were difficult to write about, and I was very ambivalent about whether to press ahead. | John Lithgow 2011-09-02T14:00:51Z But the drinking plays an ambivalent role here, I think—the thing that pulls them together, the thing that pushes them apart. This Week in Fiction: Kevin Canty 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z Buzzed and chatty, the young crowd was either oblivious or ambivalent to Haggard’s pain as he slowly moved toward the center of the stage and began to sing. Merle Haggard carried life’s burdens to the end of the road 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z I was about as ambivalent as a Civil War re-enactor so determined to avoid anachronism that he drives 3,000 miles to find the correct epaulets. Modern Love: Casting Call: Bit Player, Male 2011-03-10T22:08:55Z As in most monster movies, the subject finally is human guilt — but here rendered richly ambivalent, because the monsters are scarcely monstrous and the guild is a function of unassailable strategic intelligence. The Times Critics' Guide to 'Planet of the Apes' 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z “Here I am, ambivalently doing this thing I’m ambivalent about,” Kucera said. Seattle Art Fair draws crowds, excitement — and a touch of ambivalence 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z But the truth is that I remain ambivalent, as uncomfortable with being defined by prejudice as with ignoring it, living up to the stereotype of the neurotic Jew. Is It Funny for the Jews? 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z He is ambivalent about marriage, none of his relationships in the last five years has lasted longer than a month, and he has no intention of having a child any time soon. ‘There was nothing wrong with my wife – it was me’: the men waking up to fertility problems 2016-03-19T04:00:00Z And some librarians are ambivalent about encouraging young people to use the platform. Librarians Are Meeting Younger Readers Where They Are: TikTok 2022-12-30T05:00:00Z One of the most intriguing things about this show is its increasingly ambivalent attitude towards Dany. Game of Thrones recap: season eight, episode one – the end is now 2019-04-14T04:00:00Z Vaughan Williams’s Sixth is difficult and ambivalent, but Pappano tears into it, forcing it upon you to tremendous effect. 5 Classical Albums to Hear Right Now 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z The 2002 Steven Spielberg film, starring Tom Cruise, was an ambivalent action thriller about omniscient law enforcement. Review: In ‘Minority Report,’ a Case of Precognitive Dissonance 2015-09-18T04:00:00Z Consciously designed to embody respect for the police after a spate of “narco novelas” told from the point of view of the cartels, it’s interestingly ambivalent. ‘Infiltrados’ Has Its U.S. Premiere on Monday 2014-10-05T04:00:00Z Several of the guests were impressed by Mrs. Thatcher, Mr. Farndale wrote, but Mr. Thomas’s effort to broker a following for her in the world of letters and learning yielded ambivalent results. Hugh Thomas, Prodigious Author of Spanish History, Dies at 85 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z By the end of the series, he’s much more ambivalent about violence, a conflict “Adventure Time” externalizes by giving him a clone, Fern, who is literally created from the merger of two magical swords. ‘Adventure Time,’ TV’s Surreal Masterpiece, Comes to an End 2018-09-02T04:00:00Z As an ardent, ambivalent reader of Wallace’s prose and a complete stranger to him personally, I can only respect such objections. Review: ‘The End of the Tour’ Offers a Tale of Two Davids 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z I am not usually drawn to detective or murder mysteries, and am ambivalent about books that hinge on erotics and violence against women. The Book That Terrified Neil Gaiman. And Carmen Maria Machado. And Dan Simmons. 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z Short, spiky and dominated by exotic, heavily treated guitar lines played by a single live musician who prowls the stage, “Leave to Remain” is essentially ambivalent about marriage. Married With Children: New Gay Options, Explored Onstage 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z Anderson’s oils on canvas are also intellectually sophisticated, physiologically complex and psychologically ambivalent. In Scott Anderson's 'Supper Club' paintings, pretty isn't the point 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z Each cast member keeps these conflicting elements in skillful, ambivalent balance. ‘This Is Our Youth’ Stars Michael Cera, Kieran Culkin and Tavi Gevinson 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z Well, I am ambivalent at best: afraid to file for divorce, but unable to take the steps necessary to reconcile. Psychic change or con job? 2012-11-13T01:00:00Z One of the strengths of his writing and direction—strengths that are greatly reinforced by the performances and the presences of Jordan and Stallone—is the ambivalent force of memory and heritage. “Creed” Is a Knockout 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z And there, in Don Draper, you have this completely ambivalent character. ArtsBeat: Julian Fellowes on Viewer Criticism and ‘Downton Abbey’s’ Future 2014-02-24T03:30:09Z The expression Floca puts on the watching younger sister’s face is wonderfully ambivalent as we see her watching the father hawk fly off, the squirrel in his talons silhouetted against “the navy-blue sky.” Facts About the Natural World Astound and Delight in These Picture Books 2018-07-23T04:00:00Z The message from voters was clear: L.A., long ambivalent about density, the viability of public transit and tall buildings, is ready to embrace a more urban future. Architecture's top 10 for 2016 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z Other artists, while praising On the Boards for its artist-friendly approach to an inevitable technological shift, are ambivalent about preserving their creations like so many butterflies on pins, and wonder about the hierarchies it reinforces. 2010-01-23T03:02:00Z Many of our best journalists hinted at it but could not stand up these stories, partly because we continue with this ambivalent attitude to teenage girls. Liking young girls is not a preference, it's a perversion 2012-10-03T17:15:01Z Now, New York will be paying him a less ambivalent tribute, with a nearly monthlong series of events commemorating the 70th anniversary of his visit to the city. A Monthlong Celebration of Albert Camus in New York 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z The film’s graphic and morally ambivalent portrayal of the violent outlaws divided critics. Warren Beatty Is Accused of Sexually Assaulting a Minor in 1973 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z Still, he’s ambivalent about assuming the role of teacher. AFI Docs shows us where the histories are buried, and why that matters more than ever 2021-06-16T04:00:00Z She found that voices like her own — wavering, ambivalent — seemed to be missing from the conversation. Deciding whether to have kids has never been more complex. Enter parenthood-indecision therapists. 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z Like many adults, I'm ambivalent towards Dahl; like most children, mine weren't. Mal Peet's top 10 books to read aloud 2011-08-03T13:08:37Z That sounds decisive and optimistic, but the track is more ambivalent. The Playlist: Arcade Fire and Gorillaz Return, With Money and Power on Their Minds 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z In their different ways, these two women turn to one another with very human, very ambivalent needs. Deborah Shapiro’s ‘The Sun in Your Eyes’: A musical whodunit 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z This routine — however ambivalent, in spite of any kind of weather — gives me an intimate familiarity with many hardships cyclists face. My year without a car 2013-12-09T01:00:00Z She is often ambivalent and jealous, but Lila, with her feral character, is closer to essential truths. 'The Story of the Lost Child' is a masterful conclusion to Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan quartet 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z Nothing brings you back to yourself like an ambivalent wave. Getting dumped: the humiliating nostalgia of a beachside wipeout 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z France has a long, rich history of anti-Catholic satire to go with its long ambivalent relationship to that institution. The war on laughter: What the Charlie Hebdo attacks reveal about our thorny relationship with satire 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z By now, the Black Keys are emphatic insiders, however ambivalent they might feel about it. New Music: New albums by the Black Keys and Swans 2014-05-12T22:08:25Z But Let England Shake is magnificently ambivalent about her own native soil. PJ Harvey: Let England Shake ? review 2011-02-13T00:15:33Z If Noel sounds ambivalent, Liam certainly did not when he levelled accusations against his brother in January. Noel Gallagher: 'I am not recording new stuff' 2011-02-10T10:19:55Z On this occasion, he took the central Purgatorio slowly, which was perhaps less than ideal: it sounds more eerie and ambivalent when done faster. RLPO/Petrenko – review 2013-03-24T17:59:19Z Souvenir shops, convenience stores and street stalls no longer sold them, or any other views of the ambivalently Chinese city-state. Are postcards a thing of the past? 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z Not for him the glitter and playfulness others find in the scherzo, but rather weight and menace, as if to pre-empt the passacaglia finale, itself engrossing yet ambivalent here. Review: Manfred Honeck Coaxes a Burnished Sound From the New York Philharmonic 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z “Doris” may be Earl Sweatshirt’s highest profile release, but it is also his most ambivalent. Earl Sweatshirt and ASAP Ferg, Hip-Hop Progressives 2013-08-15T16:50:54Z Brown breaks up tense alpine adventures with letters from prospective parents who run the gamut from desperate to hopeful to ambivalent. Nine People Under One Roof for Two Weeks? Have Fun! 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z But new things work, too, such as an ambivalent ending that harks back to George Bernard Shaw’s original while pointing toward the gender politics of 2018. The Best Theatre of 2018 2018-12-22T05:00:00Z It's hardly surprising that Ballard, this least nostalgic of writers, famously interested in "the next five minutes" as he put it, felt ambivalent about an archive. JG Ballard: Relics of a red-hot mind 2011-08-04T08:17:13Z Drama is about conflict, not comfort, of course, but what an ambivalent welcome such plays offered “sensitive” young men: Out of the closet, into the fire! Will the Old Gay Play Have Something New to Say? 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z Nonetheless, she is ambivalent about her subject matter. Future Tense: Celebrities Behaving Well 2014-03-07T21:36:13Z But there’s no need to be ambivalent or even bemused–certainly, not embarrassed. Travoltify Your News! Why Name Generators and Quizzes Are the New Crosswords 2014-03-05T14:46:38Z In the film’s final moments, Attanasio and Morrone aim for notes of freedom and escape that mean to resonate as both ambivalent and rallying. ‘Mickey and the Bear’ Review: Trapped in a Small Town, With Dad 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z She is also still bound up in the story of Huzaifa, who was apprehended by the Canadian authorities the day after Callimachi first interviewed him, and towards whom she has ambivalent feelings. Rukmini Callimachi: the podcasting terror expert getting into the minds of Isis 2018-08-11T04:00:00Z That mentality chimes strongly now with younger artists, who often turn to humor as the best way to reflect the deeply ambivalent role of the artist in the 21st century. Fischli and Weiss: Anarchy at the Guggenheim 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z Drake, the group’s citymate, toys with a similar aesthetic, but the Weekend takes his ambivalent emotional tenor and stretches it out, building a whole worldview from it. Playlist: Screams That Charmed, and Other Overlooked Highlights 2010-12-31T19:54:24Z It is a fitting location in which to discuss one of the more artificial, touristy traditions of Hollywood, one about which Duchovny seems ambivalent. David Duchovny: ‘I can't play Mulder the way I did. That would be obscene’ 2016-02-05T05:00:00Z And even now that is a notion about which Hemon is extremely ambivalent. Nowhere man 2013-02-23T08:00:16Z Though it was the overwhelming support of white men that swept Trump into office, it was the ambivalent position of white women that became an object of public fascination. ‘In This House’ Yard Signs, and Their Curious Power 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z Playing a woman called only “Her” in the script, Anyanwu delivers a furious comic diatribe to an absent lover she’s apparently ambivalent about leaving. Review: In ‘The Last of the Love Letters,’ Passion Is Inescapable 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z Both are responses to Britain’s enduringly ambivalent obsession with its aristocracy and royal family. ‘King Charles III’ and ‘The Ruling Class’ in London 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z “Extra Lives” is an ambivalent book that runs at cross-purposes. Books of The Times: ?Extra Lives?: Tom Bissell?s Video Game Manifesto 2010-06-22T22:53:00Z Crichton, after all, was coming from the ambivalent “high tech/high touch” era of wariness and future shock, when computer technology was not to be trusted, even if it was programmed to be harmless. Hold on, cowpokes: HBO’s ‘Westworld’ is a big, fat homework assignment 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z Granted, she appears to be somewhat ambivalent about her new super-spy persona. 'Homeland' Recap: Are You Finding Carrie a Little Creepy? 2014-10-26T04:00:00Z She has learned, she says, to turn down projects she is ambivalent about. Claire Danes's secret diary 2011-04-01T23:03:12Z “As an organization,” Ms. Anderson wrote, “the D.A.R. has been no less ambivalent in racial matters than the nation itself.” Peggy Anderson, Chronicler of the Nursing Profession, Dies at 77 2016-01-17T05:00:00Z 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 Of those 2,293 reviews I have published, here are five — positive, negative and ambivalent, in chronological order — that together capture something about the movies and my relationship to them over the past 23 years. And Now Let’s Review … 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z Over the centuries, human yogis provoked similarly ambivalent reactions. Art Review: ‘Yoga: The Art of Transformation’ at Sackler Gallery 2014-01-02T22:01:19Z She ambivalently created a profile on Coffee Meets Bagel, a dating app she appreciated because its list of preferences included her identity of “nonreligious.” Returning From the Peace Corps to Find Love Close to Home 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z The central character is much more ambivalent than his opponents. Public Enemy; These Shining Lives; The Hothouse – review 2013-05-18T23:07:16Z Julia Raeside A secret party at which a bombshell is dropped provokes emotional confusion among the girls and ambivalent attitudes towards commitment. TV highlights 10/12/12 2012-12-09T20:00:02Z All three of the musicals in which they appear — each an adaptation from a different pop-culture sphere — are at least a little ambivalent about being musicals. Ridiculous! Fabulous! On Broadway, Tapping in Quotation Marks 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z Instead, the real coup of “Götterdämmerung” is the realization, earlier on, that the kidnapped Rheingold-boy has grown up to become the embittered, ambivalent Hagen. Review: A New ‘Ring’ at Bayreuth Does Wagner Without Magic 2022-08-07T04:00:00Z “But he strikes a distinctly ambivalent tone through his captivating portraits of two fallible men whose intertwined struggles and doubts tell the story that unfolded out of public view.” 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z The mainstream entertainment world has an ambivalent relationship to the online fan-fiction enclaves that have built up around it, where fans seize control of characters or celebrities and subvert their narratives for their own ends. When Fan Fiction and Reality Collide 2017-06-21T04:00:00Z She’s shrewd, but having come from the slums, she finds managing household servants rather awkward, and she’s ambivalent about life with the rich, powerful man who has made of Marx “something like a wife.” Review: New Novels by Paul Murray, César Aira and Others 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z Just under half of respondents said they were either comfortable or ambivalent. Homosexuality on TV: viewers react 2010-09-29T23:36:00Z The xx, an English band whose songs whisper about love and uncertainty in rigorously sparse, intimate arrangements, has been ambivalent about that ascent. New York Times Critics on What They Want to See 2013-12-31T23:10:26Z But it's an ambivalent gratitude because just seeing the name, Haiti, brings me great pain. In Haiti, Tracing a Paradise Lost 2017-12-04T05:00:00Z Walter’s description of Williamstown as the place “where all ambivalent successful actors come for absolution” is a savvy zinger. Blythe Danner Stars in ‘The Country House’ 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z Ms. Ripley was never merely ambivalent; in any given moment, she was overwhelmingly multivalent. | 'Next to Normal': Marin Mazzie and Jason Danieley Lead New Cast 2010-08-13T20:21:00Z But he argues that until the underwear bomber incident, there was still an “ambiguous, ambivalent balance” within the administration on how to deal with counterterrorism, a balance that then tipped toward a harder line. Review: Charlie Savage’s ‘Power Wars’ Dissects Obama’s Evolution on National Security 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z And when you see the same graphic pictures every day, you become ambivalent. American Apparel Scandals Have Gotten Boring 2014-08-11T04:00:00Z But he is a deeply ambivalent writer, particularly when the subject is himself. Robert Gottlieb: Avid Reader, Reluctant Writer 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z Lewis, 79, has a more ambivalent and raucous relationship with his God on his latest studio album, "Rock & Roll Time," which mostly features songs about lust, drink, murder and other non-Boone-sanctioned topics. Jerry Lee Lewis and Pat Boone spread their religions 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z The image was ambivalent; bleak and hopeful in the same breath. Why we made a play about Beachy Head 2011-02-09T16:34:09Z Cho was an extreme manifestation of this resentful, racialized masculinity, and Yang confesses an ambivalent kinship with him as an “unlovable” man himself. Wesley Yang and the Search for Asian-American Visibility 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z And the libretto is so well written, the characters are all complex and ambivalent individuals. The Pains and Privileges of Staging Mozart’s ‘Don Giovanni’ 2023-04-29T04:00:00Z She is often ambivalent, but never neutral in the self-protective modern manner. Rachel Cusk’s Essays, as Sharp and Glittering as Her Fiction 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z One could argue that her ambivalent identity is directly responsible for her success and appeal as a food writer. Why Americans should get to know Britain’s favorite Italian cooking authority 2018-02-16T05:00:00Z Again at the center is an ambivalent gangster, this time Ezekiel “E.Z.” Review: ‘Mayans M.C.’ Motors Down a Familiar Road 2018-09-03T04:00:00Z He’s convincingly ambivalent and obstreperous as the womanizing ex-astronaut who eventually reveals a core of tenderness, but once again, flickering movie shadows loom. Review: Molly Ringwald Now Plays a Granny in ‘Terms of Endearment’ 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z Shakespeare’s language, heard in Spanish with English subtitles, frames and punctuates ambivalent breakups and tentative hookups, while also broaching themes of desire, deception and the mutability of identity. Movie Review: In ‘Viola,’ Shakespeare Is Lens to Look at Young Argentines 2013-07-11T21:39:22Z But ladling on the atmosphere doesn’t make up for the thin story, with its obvious twists and irritatingly ambivalent ending. | 'InSight': ?InSight,? Directed by Richard Gabai ? Review 2011-09-02T04:43:03Z When Ms. Wolf was approached about the gig, she said she was ambivalent. Michelle Wolf’s Next Gig Is Hard Work: Making Washington Laugh 2018-04-25T04:00:00Z “Thirteen Reasons Why” seems intent on keeping viewers in an ambivalent state about whether Hannah — dead or alive — is a sympathetic or trustworthy character, making it an especially cruel experience to watch. Review | ‘Thirteen Reasons Why’ shows how adults can really mess up teen angst 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z The result was a poetic stream of consciousness about masculinity, ambivalent love and the failures of France to help a man trapped and physically ruined by his working-class life. Édouard Louis Would Like to Talk About Theater Now 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z Christianity has a deeply ambivalent relationship with silence. Silence: A Christian History by Diarmaid MacCulloch – review 2013-03-29T08:01:01Z "I have a constantly changing, perhaps ambivalent relationship with my own work," he insists. A life in theatre: Nicholas Hytner 2010-10-18T07:00:00Z It may be almost three decades since I left, but I have been coming back ever since, and that sense of ambivalent belonging never goes away. Election memories 2010-04-09T23:07:00Z The result is bold, brash and takes an ambivalent attitude towards its young hero, whose thwarted hopes of breaking into the music industry lead him into a life lived hard, fast and outside the rules. Theatre picks of the week 2010-05-07T23:14:00Z As in so many cases in life, though, one's own clearly ambivalent attitude toward one's body doesn't jibe with the public image. Kevin Smith: Skinnier -- but not proud 2011-02-11T16:12:00Z Many Jews my age slid into paganism, a sort of ambivalent agnosticism, or outright atheism; we are cultural Jews rather than religious Jews. Israel is not my birthright 2014-07-26T04:00:00Z "If all of us felt ambivalent about it, we probably wouldn't show it," said Barrett. May 29 at SIFF: 'The Imposter' on a roster of 64 documentaries 2012-05-25T23:08:03Z But even on their own the characters lack verve, and Soderbergh seems ambivalent to them. ‘Let Them All Talk’ Review: That Ship Has Sailed 2020-12-09T05:00:00Z One major difference between Mr. Waters and Ms. Sohn is that Mr. Waters loves his freaks and geeks, while Ms. Sohn is more ambivalent. Movie Review: ‘Sassy Pants,’ From Coley Sohn, With Ashley Rickards 2012-10-22T04:23:01Z Like that film — and like “The Exorcist,” too — “Hereditary” draws on a deep, dark well of ambivalent maternal feeling and blurs the boundary between mental and supernatural disturbance. Review: In ‘Hereditary,’ the Horror is Slow-Cooked and Homemade 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z It's safe to assume that most of these later adventures would have made Pooh's famously ambivalent creator blanch. Winnie the Pooh: A Sublimely Silly Old Bear 2011-07-14T09:20:00Z "Even a few years ago, people were ambivalent about what the consequences should be concerning behaving incredibly badly in the workplace." Anita Hill gives John Oliver few #MeToo lessons on “Last Week Tonight” 2018-07-30T04:00:00Z I like authors who are ambivalent about most things, who hesitate, who never know enough to preach anything to anyone, who understand how petty and silly we humans are destined to remain. André Aciman Would Like to Demote Virginia Woolf From the Canon 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z Their turbulent, youthful, drink- and drug-troubled affair casts a shadow over Sean’s ambivalent feelings about Anna, for whom he doesn’t feel the same heated need. | 'Kin': No Connection Is Too Far, or Unlikely 2011-03-22T02:01:24Z Ramos’s richly ambivalent novel leaves the possibility open, even as she details how the Hosts at Golden Oaks are denied basic rights. Can Surrogacy Remake the World? 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z “I am ambivalent about the fiftieth anniversary,” Apuzzo wrote to me. Coming Out, and Rising Up, in the Fifty Years After Stonewall 2019-06-28T04:00:00Z Back in December of last year, Ina Garten spoke with David Remnick on "The New Yorker Radio Hour," and in answering a listener's question, she shared her feelings on bay leaves — which were ambivalent. Sorry, Ina, you're wrong this time: The subtle power of the bay leaf 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z It’s a question the concert answers ambivalently and obliquely. Review: Gabriel Kahane Finds Inspiration in Strangers on a Train 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z And, unlike more pat disease dramas, the finale is ambivalent and open-ended. 'Next to Normal,' coming to 5th Avenue, tries to paint authentic picture of mental illness 2011-02-16T23:19:17Z Over the years studying this field, I found numerous examples of when patients are ambivalent, the providers will encourage women to take their time, to go home, think about it. Legal abortion is gone for many women, but the problem is about to get exponentially worse 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z Fearing Mary will usurp her crown and incite religious strife, an ambivalent Elizabeth is pressed by court advisers to order her cousin's execution, and remove her as a political threat. Queens prepare to clash in ACT Theatre's 'Mary Stuart' 2011-09-08T20:37:10Z As Carey and Simon run through baby names and ultrasounds even as Carey seems increasingly ambivalent about her impending motherhood, the rather mild invectives mount, at times amusingly. Fringe Festival in Review 2010-08-18T21:22:00Z In reality 1913 was an ambivalent year that looked forward to the carnage of the trenches, and back to a time before the old certainties died. 1913: The World Before the Great War by Charles Emmerson – review 2013-04-28T07:00:01Z An interactive panel explores the perspectives of 10 individuals: men and women, free and enslaved, enthusiastic and ambivalent. A New Museum of the American Revolution, Warts and All 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z Shane, a hairdresser whose own unruly shag haircut has been restrained if not redeemed, is suffering through a divorce, and comforts herself, as usual, with a series of ambivalent seductions. “The L Word” Reboot Seeks to Absolve the Original’s Sins 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z This mood of stasis makes “The Leftovers” an especially apt extended metaphor for the economic recession of 2008—a kind of cultural apocalypse that produced conflicting, ambivalent results. The Leftovers: Tom Perrotta's Rapture 2014-06-28T04:00:00Z Aker had a promising subject in a woman who is deeply ambivalent about her life’s calling, and, by extension, herself. ‘Hound Dog’ Review: A Soul-Searching Journey Strays Off Course 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z Weyman actually matched or even surpassed “A Gentleman of France,” in 1894’s “Under the Red Robe,” which features a highly ambivalent antihero, the 17th-century gambler and swordsman nicknamed The Black Death. Review | Flashing blades, secret passages, mistaken identities: ‘A Gentleman of France’ is a classic adventure tale 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z 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 I’ve watched the scene dozens of times, in which Redford’s reporter loses patience with his arrogant, ambivalent source — and imagined an entire play based on that flammable moment. Perspective | From Twain to Deep Throat, Hal Holbrook left an indelible mark on American entertainment 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z As for Oscar, he is ambivalent about what he sees. Review: ‘Happy Birthday Doug.’ Here’s a Vodka Stinger. 2020-02-16T05:00:00Z But Mr. Gibson, who studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Royal College of Art in London, is ambivalent about being presented as a Native American artist rather than just a contemporary maker. A Canadian Museum Promotes Indigenous Art. But Don’t Call It ‘Indian.’ 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z It’s a tricky combination of tones “Forever” is aiming for, simultaneously heartfelt and ambivalent. Review: ‘Forever’ Is a Thrilling Story of Boring Love 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z His clients most likely had British roots and felt ambivalent about the new democracy. Antiques: A Craftsman?s Biography, Carved Into His Furniture 2010-10-07T20:22:00Z “The Threat” and “Follow Me Quietly” are very much movies of their historical moment, predicated on the richly ambivalent mixture of hope and dread that characterized the dawn of the Atomic Age. DVD: How Crimes Have Changed 2011-08-12T18:43:25Z At the time, Byrd, who was taught by his family that nothing, not even racism, could stand between him and his goals, felt ambivalent about art dealing with African-American hardship. Spectrum's Donald Byrd asks everything of his dancers, and his audience 2012-11-28T23:59:27Z The song, from her 2015 album “Art Angels,” is both a plaint and a taunt: to recording companies courting her, to fans hating any change, to her own ambivalent pop ambitions. The Playlist: Bob Dylan’s New Song and Merle Haggard’s Final Recording 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z It is slightly surprising, then, to find he is ambivalent about the comic medium. Ghostface Killah: 'Everyone said Wu-Tang Clan wasn't gonna work' 2013-05-10T12:00:00Z “It seems to me that truthful fiction often ends ambivalently or pessimistically,” Barnes says. Julian Barnes: 'I told the film-makers to throw my book against a wall' 2017-04-01T04:00:00Z Beyond his commitment to productive images, he is ambivalent about the strange gravity of being one of few black filmmakers to make work earning film’s top prize. Barry Jenkins Is Trying Not to Think About ‘Barry Jenkins’ 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z The performer has often had an ambivalent relationship with mainstream Hollywood. Colin Quinn is embracing the moment — his moment 2015-08-29T04:00:00Z But that isn't really fair to either movie; "Moneyball" is meant as a classic tale of Podunk heroism, far closer in spirit to, say, "Hoosiers" than to the ambivalent, Gatsby-hued saga of "Social Network." "Moneyball": Brad Pitt's wonk-friendly Oscar contender 2011-09-23T00:01:00Z Though ambivalent about his relationship with his girlfriend, Linda, Pace is so troubled that he proposes marriage, hoping it will save him from the unspeakable traumas that breach his sleep. Percival Everett's 'So Much Blue' takes on art and secrets — and he doesn’t have the broad audience his writing deserves 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z Resistance may be futile, and even now ambivalent participation seems unbecoming. Critic?s Notebook: Google Art Project?s Expanded Offerings 2012-04-11T19:59:11Z I’ve always been ambivalent about social networks, because they exploit and amplify the duality between public and private selves. Laila Lalami on the public writer vs. the private self 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z That dichotomy reflects the artist’s ambivalent feelings about tampering with nature. Man of Steel?s Industrial Web, Mirroring Nature 2010-10-15T16:58:00Z Once your preference makes itself known — or if you are permanently ambivalent — figure out if you need to go. How to Say ‘No’ This Thanksgiving 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z It would be fine if we were to leave “The Perfect American” feeling ambivalent about Disney, but we shouldn’t feel nothing. Music Review: ‘The Perfect American,’ by Philip Glass, at Teatro Real 2013-02-01T16:17:23Z The Washington Post's Ann Hornaday is more ambivalent, calling "Get Hard" a "fish-out-of-water buddy comedy that — when it's working — also does a smartly scathing job of sending up privilege, entitlement and crony capitalism." 'Get Hard': Kevin Hart prison comedy has a hard time with critics 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z Pop Jon Caramanica Another week, another plethora of opportunities to revisit the 1990s, when bands were dirtier, less danceable and deeply ambivalent about their firm grasp on beauty. The Week Ahead: June 19 ? 25 2011-06-17T18:54:18Z Mahan, arguably the most ambivalent and inward of the group and with a southern accent unsullied by years living and working in the U.K., doesn’t claim any home at all. Algiers is a political band in a political time. But don’t try to box them in. 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z I’m ambivalent about zoos, too, and don’t believe that large, roaming animals, such as elephants, should be kept in such small spaces. Visit Jersey Zoo – and stay the night 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z For the group’s trademark slacker jam, there’s “Going Nowhere Fast”, which pairs a guitar with the force of an industrial saw and Ramone’s nasal, ambivalent drawl. Joey Ramone's Posthumous "...ya know?": You'll Almost Wish You Didn't 2012-05-22T10:45:20Z But the song’s message is far brighter and less ambivalent than much of Beck’s catalog. The Playlist: Beck Wows, the Avalanches Collapse and Kanye West Finds a Few Champions 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z It also possesses a bracingly ambivalent attitude to drug abuse. Denzel Washington: 'I don't want movie-star friends' 2013-01-24T13:05:52Z Black Americans have long felt ambivalent about “The Star-Spangled Banner.” Anthem of Freedom: How Whitney Houston Remade “The Star-Spangled Banner” 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z Being a parent means making choices – including choices about the things you yourself are often ambivalent and conflicted about. My uneasy Catholic motherhood 2013-05-26T20:30:00Z It's an ambivalent work — impossible to tell if the figure is standing up or falling down. With swagger and style, Jose Montoya's drawings at the Fowler document Mexican American life 2016-02-20T05:00:00Z Janus-faced and ambivalent to tropes, Daphne’s narration is riddled with omissions and reversals that intensify the mystery of the broken window. The Loneliness, and Danger, of Being a Young Woman in a New City 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z Some transplants, however, are much more ambivalent about their latest career detour. The Return of the Ski Bum 2010-02-19T23:59:00Z "But I must say I was totally wrong. When I reread 'A View From the Bridge,' it struck me how ambivalent this play was — and how disturbing." Meet Ivo van Hove, the most provocatively illuminating theater director right now 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z I was really ambivalent about it because I still liked it, but you did not wear make-up, you did not dye your hair, you didn't wear a bra – we were all natural. Me, myself and I 2011-01-15T00:04:05Z This is a problem when you’re portraying those hopelessly ambivalent folk called artists, and you’re trying to parody and celebrate your subject at the same time. Theater Review: ?Seminar,? by Theresa Rebeck, With Alan Rickman - Review 2011-11-21T03:01:23Z The skill with which Bhattacharya teases apart dense scientific concepts left me feeling ambivalent. ‘The Man From the Future’ Recounts the Life of a Restless Genius 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z That holds especially true for FX’s bordertown crime drama “The Bridge,” which concluded last year with an ambivalent sigh and returns Wednesday night with a far broader scope. In Season 2, FX’s ‘The Bridge’ reaches a little too far Mr. Shinn doesn’t write heroes; his characters are too complicated and ambivalent ever to be unconditionally heroic, which makes them all the easier to identify with. | 'Picked': Actors Live Their Double Lives, Both on the Screen and Off 2011-04-21T02:17:30Z This destructive glamour seems to me to perfectly capture our ambivalent moment. Sarah Churchwell on Gatsby 2012-07-02T11:00:00Z "National pride is growing after nearly more than a century of long, complicated and ambivalent history," explains the documentary's producer, Ruby Chen. Hong Kong film festival offers view of a changing China 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z “Anniversaries” can feel like it must be the most ambivalent immigration novel ever written. A New Translation of an Anti-Heroic German Doorstopper of 1968 2018-11-26T05:00:00Z Now, at 59, I find myself largely ambivalent to my siblings and their constant drama. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Mama, don’t let your babies grow up to be like you 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z Holding fast as the play’s still but agitated center, Mr. Kim and Ms. Krusiec bring a lovely, low-key air of bewilderment to the proceedings that honors their characters’ humility and ambivalent hopefulness. Review: Reaching Across Korean Borders in ‘Wild Goose Dreams’ 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z In his company Nana discovers that she has healing powers of her own, though she is ambivalent about her gift. Review: ‘Aloft’ Trains an Eagle Eye on Human Misery 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z His work, he believes, reflects his ambivalent attitude towards the establishment, acknowledging the perversity that, sometimes, a person can find something both abhorrent and deeply attractive. God save the Queen 2010-05-15T23:05:00Z The result, as it must be for 2019, is a more ambivalent, feminist reading of Argentina’s first lady, lay saint and lightning rod. Review: An ‘Evita’ Newly Tailored for Our Time 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z Persuasively ambivalent as a hero of westerns, war movies and detective stories, Mr. Garner’s performances may have reflected his feelings about his profession. James Garner, Witty, Handsome Leading Man, Dies at 86 2014-07-20T04:00:00Z It’s a backhanded proposal with an understated, ambivalent buildup musing on independence, uncertainty and “fairy tales of fake happiness.” Christina Aguilera Exults in Her Voice on ‘Liberation’ 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z After a cold, gray Northeastern winter, piles of the lipstick-red stalks at the farmers’ market practically glow, tempting even ambivalent cooks to scoop them right up. Crisp Chicken, Tender Rhubarb and a Brilliant Sheet-Pan Meal 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z This means, inevitably, that her triumph would be a more ambivalent victory than that promised by the abstract idea—or ideal—of the first female President. Hillary for President: No Joke 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z From the start, Scott is ambivalent about his fortunes. Television Review: A Teenager Learns He?s a Breed Apart 2011-06-03T22:30:21Z Some artists are ambivalent about sampling, but Thomas seemed over the moon about his song’s second life as a rhythm track for Drake’s viral smash. You May Not Know These 15 Songs. But You’ve Heard Them. 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z Conan Doyle, who maintained a famously ambivalent attitude to his hero, would have found it a bit much. The Shape-Shifting Sherlock Holmes, Now Playing the Villain 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z In the ensuing years some journalists avoided publishing the real names, because descendants of the original families were ambivalent about how Agee had portrayed their lives. James Agee’s Article as ‘Cotton Tenants: Three Families’ 2013-06-03T22:41:39Z In the end, I find myself deeply ambivalent. ‘American Dirt’ Plunges Readers Into the Border Crisis 2020-01-19T05:00:00Z She believes 100 percent in everything she’s saying, which is kind of refreshing to find after playing so many ambivalent characters.” The New Bunny, Artie and Bananas 2011-04-16T02:00:44Z But three quarters of the marriages fell into the ambivalent category: mostly their spouses were great, but there was some areas in which they were unsupportive or overly negative. A Better Marriage is Better for Your Health 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z You have this vegetating ball of fibrous masses which eventually will form into what Blake calls Urizen, which is a sort of strange, ambivalent God-like figure. Tate Britain makes room for William Blake art found in railway timetable 2010-08-12T06:00:00Z “Duet for Cannibals,” which inspired ambivalent reviews in The New York Times and contentious letters to the editor, is open to the same characterization although it is more of a social critique rendered fashionably lurid. Susan Sontag’s Mind Games 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z The Kennedy Center, being a partly government-funded institution, has had an ambivalent relationship to explicit protest art, but many of the works featured this year are at the very least tackling current events head-on. Perspective | Can a festival make the Kennedy Center a destination for political art? 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z For a long time he retained an ambivalent connection to his home country, but by the time he heard the “King Kong” music, he was actively looking for South African projects. Reviving a South African Musical That Once Promised So Much 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z But they also linger ambivalently in the mysteries of gender. Independent 20th Century’s Artists in a Cozy New Fair Spinoff 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z The premise suggests it is the story of a young Muslim radicalised by American bigotry, but the film's resolution - like the title - is deliberately ambivalent. 9/11 film explores divided loyalties 2013-05-10T05:36:38Z But artists in nations newly liberated from tyranny tended to be more ambivalent, acknowledging the allure of American culture even as they struggled to free themselves from its grip. Far and wide 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z But as the camera pulls away, a more ambivalent reality is exposed. Two Filmmakers, Two Dramas and the Pain of the Foster-Care System 2023-07-14T04:00:00Z The surface emotions are intense and authentic, the subtext below ambivalent, uncertain. An Obsessive Listen to a Twenty-Five-Year-Old Album 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z But her ambivalent narration has been muted; instead, we hear the lofty strings of Britell’s song “Eros,” which is the sound of soul mates merging. Can we Trust the Beauty of Barry Jenkins’s “If Beale Street Could Talk”? 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z I’m kind of ambivalent about it myself, although I’m the first person to cry at weddings. Kerry Condon: ‘I Don’t Think Anything Has Ever Come Easy to Me’ 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z The change apparently leaves him ambivalent about the idea that the band might be growing too pop. Music Review: David Longstreth’s Dirty Projectors Do ‘Swing Lo Magellan’ 2012-07-10T22:16:36Z Unlike Hemingway, who responded to chaos by carving out clean, simple sentences, Dos Passos portrays his inner life as raw, messy, and ambivalently associative. What John Dos Passos’s “1919” Got Right About 2019 2019-12-29T05:00:00Z It's a private space, an ambivalent object with an outside for show and mysteries hidden inside. The secret life of handbags 2011-04-05T13:00:18Z Kono’s women also tend to be ambivalent, at best, about the idea of children. Sex, Death and More Sex: Three Books of Fiction by Acclaimed Japanese Writers 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z As Aeson, he’s angry and ambivalent, wronged by a new birth but not quite averse to a new life. Review: Harrison Birtwistle’s ‘The Cure’ and ‘The Corridor,’ Myths With a Twist 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z Much of the music, though, has the interrogative restlessness of thought in pursuit of certainty, and the ambivalent mix of anger and affection that pervades our relationships with our nearest and dearest. Review: ‘Fun Home’ at the Circle in the Square Theater 2015-04-19T04:00:00Z She can’t get enough of “The Americans,” is ambivalent about “Boyhood,” and thinks there are too many action movies these days, although she enjoyed “Guardians of the Galaxy.” Barbra Streisand, a Voice to Be Reckoned With 2014-09-12T04:00:00Z But the rest of the time, I’m either ambivalent or sad. What do I do with my sadness? 2012-07-16T00:00:00Z Her readers might be a bit more ambivalent. The Fantasy Master N.K. Jemisin Turns to Short Stories 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z Yet the Catalans are frequently as ambivalent towards France as they are resentful of Madrid's political authority. Catalan artistic vitality might not thrive in splendid isolation 2012-11-20T20:10:01Z Loosely constructed around a series of firsts — first meeting, first kiss — the memoir recounts Huda’s ambivalent exploration of traditional courtship, even as it reveals the appeal of “life made rich by rituals.” Review | Love is complicated in the charming ‘First Comes Marriage’ 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z At the end, once Soo had trilled the final ambivalent syllables, the audience leaped to its collective feet. ‘Into the Woods’ Review: Do You Believe in Magic? 2022-07-10T04:00:00Z She’s also ambivalent about plant-based meats made in a lab: While they contribute less to climate change, they are not a solution to fixing our broken food system, she said. The Godmother of ‘Plant-Based’ Living 2021-11-20T05:00:00Z Baker’s pictures are informed by the choke of tradition while also being intriguingly ambivalent toward it. Shirley Baker’s Half Century of Street Photography 2019-11-03T04:00:00Z A South Dakota native, the 27-year-old cable news writer is ambivalent about all things Washington. Date Lab: He is a proud Trump supporter. She was not turned off. 2017-09-19T04:00:00Z The show stakes an ambivalent position when it comes to wealth and class. In ‘Succession,’ Tom and Greg Were Never Playing the Long Game 2023-05-29T04:00:00Z And rather than feeling mildly ambivalent about the rain, you can cheer it on — with pompoms and a brass band. Social Q?s: When You Become the Fashion Police: Social Q?s 2011-09-16T17:51:12Z The cinema has been ambivalent in its response. Winter's Bone 2010-09-18T23:05:00Z “The way that he felt about his work being adapted is ambivalent,” she said. With ‘Electric Dreams,’ Philip K. Dick Gets the TV Anthology Treatment 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z The soloist in the concerto was Leila Josefowicz, finely attuned both to the ambivalent sense of calm-before-the-storm nostalgia that pervades the outer movements, and the flippant brilliance of the scherzo with its Classical Symphony overtones. LSO/Zhang ? review 2011-04-06T18:00:29Z The film presents people who are ambivalent, ambiguous, and have flaws. "Black Box" filmmaker on making a plane crash thriller that requires you to listen closely 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z Mr. Berger elucidates the play’s suggestion that hearts are often divided, and that a devil’s easiest mark is an ambivalent soul. Theater Review: ?The Witch of Edmonton?: A Supernatural Subject with Human Urges 2011-02-04T17:00:53Z But whereas those artists were in some part critiquing female stereotypes, Rasmussen’s works are more ambivalent. How many legs in this photo? The strange, surreal photography of Heather Rasmussen 2017-05-27T04:00:00Z Perhaps we know that behind our hopes of patronizing good old-fashioned artisans lies a more ambivalent kind of nostalgia. The Robust Preciousness of Labour and Wait 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z “The Inspection,” which follows Ellis through his training, is therefore in some respects a love story, and a love letter — ambivalent, unsentimental, but utterly sincere — to the Corps. ‘The Inspection’ Review: Boot Camp, a Love Story 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z 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 She called me a little trepedatiously about it, she was ambivalent, and I leapt on it. Tim Gunn on How This Season of Project Runway is Different and—Naturally—Making It Work 2013-01-18T13:00:44Z The film's depiction of madness is deliberately ambivalent. Jon Savage celebrates the film Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment 2011-02-10T21:45:01Z Mr. Radcliffe’s Billy embodies the essence of this beautifully ambivalent play without dominating it, which would throw the production off balance. Theater Review: Daniel Radcliffe Stars in Revival of ‘The Cripple of Inishmaan’ 2014-04-21T02:00:12Z You might find yourself exactly as ambivalent as before, but at least then you’ll know to look for the next theory in line. Carolyn Hax: Abused man risks being accused himself if he doesn’t leave 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z "For years, people have asked, 'How did you feel about that poem going viral?' I'm really ambivalent about that poem." Maggie Smith on her memoir's unanswerable questions and feeling ambivalent about "Good Bones" 2023-04-13T04:00:00Z Mr. Watts was ambivalent about the fame that he achieved as a member of the group that has often been called “the world’s greatest rock ’n’ roll band.” Charlie Watts, Bedrock Drummer for the Rolling Stones, Dies at 80 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z Though this may be deliberate on the part of the author as these characters live an ambivalent plurality, simultaneously running away from and toward each other. Review | In Kelli Jo Ford’s remarkable ‘Crooked Hallelujah,’ the maternal bond is unbreakable 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z Memories of suburbia, questions of integrity, thoughts on time passing and portents of decline fill the ambivalent anthems on Arcade Fire’s third album. The Year in Culture: 2010 Anthems: From a Kiss-Off to Jolts of Hope 2010-12-16T19:28:05Z I am human and I don't really relish people saying bad things about me, but I understand that my movies always generate an ambivalent response. Director Todd Solondz looks for lightness in new "Dark Horse" 2012-07-26T18:21:08Z But most of the exhibition’s artists were more ambivalent about the feminine mystique. Art Review: Before the Rebellion, Playful Pop Art Novelty 2010-10-14T21:54:00Z In a more positive but still ambivalent review, USA Today's Claudia Puig calls "True Story" an "intrinsically fascinating and occasionally riveting tale marred by unnecessary embellishments." 'True Story': James Franco-Jonah Hill drama doesn't convince critics 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z He is also frank about his drinking, his ambivalent feelings toward his own talent and the career that brought him such success. Burton diaries' passion and shame 2012-08-15T11:56:58Z As the sun went down, she turned the set into an EDM party, leaving the more ambivalent audience members to stand bemused as she exhorted them to "Declare independence!" Bonnaroo: Paul McCartney rules 2013-06-18T14:39:13Z Gatsby is a book that is, in some ways, ambivalent about glamour and wealth. Sarah Churchwell on Gatsby 2012-07-02T11:00:00Z More likely, their tensions reflect the ambivalent nature of the average film-goer; even the contradictory nature of the US as a whole. Will Hollywood ever end its love affair with guns? 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z For the reader, the iffy scheme seems unrelated to Naomi’s newfound social conscience, and instead bound up with ambivalent relationships to her father and stepmother. Let’s not mince words: Lawrence Osborne’s ‘Beautiful Animals’ is a great book 2017-07-11T04:00:00Z We’re all like, I don’t want my mother to have been ambivalent. Maggie Gyllenhaal Has Dangerous Ideas About Directing 2021-12-29T05:00:00Z More traumatic is the rift that has grown between them over Paige’s unexpected pregnancy, about which Jamie is mildly angered and deeply ambivalent. Theater Review: ‘The Great God Pan,’ by Amy Herzog, at Playwrights Horizons 2012-12-19T03:00:00Z But Mr. Andriessen has long been ambivalent about the symphony orchestra. The Dutch Composer Louis Andriessen at Carnegie Hall 2010-04-01T20:43:00Z And Jung, as he gropes after ultimate meanings and obscure symbols, is surely one of us, an ambivalent inhabitant of the country Freud discovered. | 'A Dangerous Method': ?A Dangerous Method,? by David Cronenberg - Review 2011-11-22T18:02:01Z Friends have been describing his feelings about receiving the Twain as “ambivalent.” The greatest role of Bill Murray’s life has been playing Bill Murray 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z It’s appropriate that the R&B group that formed part of the soundtrack of the coming-of-age of Mr. Lethem’s ambivalent hero was called the Subtle Distinctions. ‘Fortress of Solitude,’ Now With Musical Numbers, at the Public Theater 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z Wagner’s works are as ambiguous and ambivalent as we are, pulled between the desire for freedom and the desire to be led and commanded. Wagner’s ‘Lohengrin’ Uses the Word ‘Führer.’ Keep It There. 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z Transforms a spirit I'm ambivalent about into a magical experience. How to make a Sazerac, a New Orleans cocktail with a sweet and spicy bite 2021-02-13T05:00:00Z In the 21st century, we find ourselves equally ambivalent, but we now know what’s at stake. ‘Icebound’ Takes Us Back to the Arctic, in All Its Terror and Splendor 2021-01-08T05:00:00Z She's ambivalent about nuclear weapons; he believes in their "philosophical value". Next week's radio: from Recycled Radio to 5 Live's Big Day Out 2013-06-01T05:00:00Z It’s one of the most ambivalent, melancholy documents of rap success ever released, which is odd, because it was recorded long before Drake’s turn in the limelight. Arts & Leisure Preview: The New Face of Hip-Hop 2010-06-09T19:29:00Z It sounds urgent written out, but on the record it’s a bit fatalistic and ambivalent. An Obsessive Listen to a Twenty-Five-Year-Old Album 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z “The Source” is his finest, most inventive and ambivalent work yet. ‘The Source,’ an Oratorio About Chelsea Manning’s Leaks 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z They all capably play versions on themselves, but the revelation here is the Boston Celtic great Bob Cousy, who transforms into a morally ambivalent athletic director. N.B.A. Pros on the Big Screen: Can These Stars Act? 2021-07-19T04:00:00Z But he ends on a more ambivalent note, recognizing the limited scope of this kind of provocation: “Thank God for the First Amendment … letting me vent.” The Kind of Comedy That Can Hurt Trump 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z 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 As ambivalent as ever, they can alternatively be understood as views of the world that we know and as colored attempts at transcribing a frame of mind. Contemporary Art Works of Often Subtle Beauty 2010-10-08T15:11:00Z Perhaps I am ambivalent because I am black. Lots of People Love ‘To Kill a Mockingbird.’ Roxane Gay Isn’t One of Them. 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z In this etching the figure of Fame slouches beneath a weed-strewn bust, in an unusually ambivalent meditation on artistic celebrity. Art in Review: GIOVANNI BENEDETTO CASTIGLIONE 2012-06-28T19:45:37Z But Brahms, who carefully chose texts speaking to consolation and resolve for the living rather judgment of any deceased, was ambivalent about the title. Review: A White Light Festival to Re-energize Your Inner Self 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z An ambivalent note of consolation ends the poem: "You will survive, language holding some trace of you for years,/ and the mourners, too." Poem of the week: Rendition by Chris Wallace-Crabbe 2013-01-28T13:02:28Z While some composers rely on computers in creating new work, Muhly is ambivalent about them. Seattle Symphony premieres Nico Muhly work 2012-01-23T19:12:04Z Meredith’s parents do not approve of Kirsten because of the age difference, and mine are ambivalent but wouldn’t approve if they knew how close we are. We have to fix our friend! 2012-08-27T00:00:00Z Somehow this seemed appropriate for a writer firmly yet ambivalently ensconced in California. Mona Simpson Quietly Embraces Art 2010-07-28T20:43:00Z But most people who stay regularly in hotels see them, I think, in a more ambivalent light. Review | This Edward Hopper exhibition on hotels is worth an extended stay 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z They commissioned a pilot, and Kathy was ambivalent about it and sent it to me. Can Tony Gilroy Bring New Hope to ‘Star Wars’? 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z The other panelists were less ambivalent, regularly calling free enterprise a “blessing,” a “miracle” and a “savior” throughout the event. Gentrifying the dharma: How the 1% is hijacking mindfulness 2014-03-05T15:29:00Z This Seattle urge to win and lose at the same time, this ambivalent syndrome of wanting fame and success, but feeling self-loathing once you’ve got it, seems to be part of our DNA. Macklemore’s ‘Same Love’ set the agenda at 2014 Grammys 2014-01-29T23:55:10Z But the bystander’s responsibility is more ambivalent than the headlines suggest. Hollywood Harassment Was an Open Secret. But TV Comedies Took It On. 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z Two donors received my friends’ approval, so I put myself on the wait-list for their sperm, though I still felt ambivalent. Seeking a Father for My Child (Relationship Optional) 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z Wemba, who, like all Congo’s star musicians, naturally maintained an ambivalent attitude to power—sometimes critical, but generally compliant—at first played along. The king of the rumba 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z Cubans, she said, are ambivalent about the warming relations with the United States. In Cuba, as an uncertain future inches closer, it’s still a step back in time 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z Maybe that’s because, compared with other icons of national identity, it is ambiguous and ambivalent. Perspective | Maybe it’s time to admit that the Statue of Liberty has never quite measured up 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z It’s not that I think it’s a bad thing inherently, it’s just that I’m sort of ambivalent about the way it’s manifesting in a lot of ways. 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 Rather, its edge and pessimism make it a remarkably responsible piece of film-making, with a conclusion about the wisdom of pursuing a career in the arts that is ambivalent at best. An oral history of Fame: 'We were dancing on cars in the epicentre of porn and filth!' 2020-08-19T04:00:00Z She left Detroit in 1933 confident that she was an artist in her own right, having found her subject matter in her ambivalent reactions to the United States. Frida Kahlo in ‘Gringolandia’ 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z But Ginzburg is ambivalent about success, and she does not consider childhood a staging ground for adulthood. The Book That Taught Me What I Want to Teach My Daughter 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z The Golden Thread continues its questioning programme with a show by six artists concerned with ambivalent attitudes to the retelling of accounts of suffering. This week's new exhibitions 2011-08-26T23:05:08Z In both films, the central mother figures are unprepared for their new roles — what’s more, in a disturbing blow to the patriarchal nuclear family, these women are ambivalent about motherhood itself. When Moms Attack 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z Other Bearsden alums have more ambivalent memories, but they all describe a curly-haired young man who impressed his teachers, charmed his peers and wanted more than anything else to become a doctor. ‘My Old School’ Review: An Impostor Makes the Honor Roll 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z Often your music has an uplifting feel but your lyrics are ambivalent or sardonic, and I wonder if that comes from your having encountered that side of life … New Order’s next album is coming: Bernard Sumner talks “Complete Music,” Peter Hook and why it’s important to “glow for a very long time” 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z I was loath to do a fifth one — we were supposed to do 4 and 5 together, and I felt that I was very ambivalent about that. Sigourney Weaver discusses why she signed on for the new 'Alien' video game 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z In fact, one of the most intriguing and pleasingly nuanced aspects of The Marvelous Mrs Maisel is that it presents a highly ambivalent portrait of female empowerment. ‘It’s about a woman finding her voice’: Mrs Maisel star Rachel Brosnahan on great roles – and controversial men 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z Similarly, while Christians will have a particular affinity with carols, they cannot claim possession, not least because they have historically been so ambivalent about them. Faithful or not, all can rejoice in carols ? hymns drenched in our folk memory 2010-12-07T19:59:00Z As Cavusoglu's moody video installation depicting a foggy border zone between France and Spain suggests, displacement is an ambivalent experience. Exhibitions picks of the week 2010-04-02T23:07:00Z You assume, for example, that the Ossies were thrilled to get to the West, but many were at best ambivalent. Big Bang in Berlin 2014-11-12T05:00:00Z Connor was a far-fetched feminist figure because her power was concentrated in her ambivalent maternal love – like a hypothetical tiger mother, which doesn’t do a huge amount for female agency. Why Wonder Woman is a masterpiece of subversive feminism 2017-06-05T04:00:00Z And though he still posts to social media, he’s ambivalent about chasing fame and his status in the influencer ecosystem. Jawline: behind the social media documentary about short-lived fame 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z After graduation, Ms. Kraus became a journalist but was ambivalent about how she had to “bond with people and then betray them by writing about them.” Chris Kraus, Author of ‘I Love Dick,’ Returns to the Bronx 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z Their ambivalent attraction culminates in a tremulous hotel room tryst that ranks among Williams’ most lyrical achievements. What the heart desires in Tennessee Williams' 'Eccentricities of a Nightingale' in Venice 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z She is also able to provide a historical context for what appear to be anti-Semitism and racism in the novel, and to supply the relevant biographical data to account for Fitzgerald’s ambivalent feelings about America. ‘So We Read On: How “The Great Gatsby” Came to Be,’ by Maureen Corrigan A. My hope was it would attract that piece of the population that’s ambivalent. Style Invitational: Poems of the year(s)—‘time-travel’ with Merriam-Webster 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z But that is otherwise an all-too-thrilling conclusion to a bitter, ambivalent opera that ends better in the 1867 version’s sober quiet, with monks softly chanting about Charles V being reduced to mere dust. Review: ‘Don Carlos’ Finally Brings French Verdi to the Met 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z Without exception, they're either bemusedly ambivalent or outright supportive of the pair's relationship. What I talk about when I talk about Woody Allen 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z But no matter how moving or morally ambivalent these women are, Ms. Czubek seems content to hop from one anecdote to another, unwilling to shape her findings into a larger investigation or deeper analysis. Movie Review: ‘A Girl and a Gun,’ Cathryne Czubek’s Look at a Subculture 2013-07-04T21:24:16Z The marshals themselves were ambivalent about carrying out evictions. No place like home: America’s eviction epidemic 2017-02-12T05:00:00Z It was a relief to do what most directors don't do – let an actor come over who was ambivalent about his work and say, 'Have a look at the monitor, put the earphones on. Dustin Hoffman: facing down my demons 2012-12-14T23:00:18Z And a tweet, with its two-hundred-and-eighty-character limit and predilection for oversimplification, is the very antithesis of the difficult, complex, ambiguous, ambivalent terrain of “Ulysses.” The Politicians Who Love “Ulysses” 2019-04-23T04:00:00Z It’s a reminder of how a single ballad, and a lone interpreter, can capture the full, ambivalent spectrum of a lifetime. Review: In ‘War Paint,’ Sing a Song of Face Creams 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z For someone ambivalent about the mission, such reconciliation must be next to impossible. “Relentless Absurdity”: An Army Photographer’s Censored Images 2020-01-19T05:00:00Z Both have been, shall we say, ambivalent about turning over the power of office. It’s Time to Turn the Page on the Trump-Shakespeare Comparisons 2021-01-19T05:00:00Z And so Act I closes on an ambivalent Taft at his inauguration. ‘William Howard Taft’ Review: Taking the Bully Out of the Pulpit 2018-03-19T04:00:00Z Troy is generally viewed as a complex, ambivalent figure, but Bond says he understands him perfectly. Seattle Rep builds 25th-anniversary run of Wilson's 'Fences' with Tim Bond 2010-03-24T23:18:00Z “The traveler expects an ambivalent response, namely, to fulfill their need for exoticism without giving up their comfort,” she said. Paris Exhibition Questions Where 'Here' Is 2010-06-02T10:00:00Z A tense, triangular workplace romance takes shape, as Rachel negotiates her ambivalent attraction to both men and their much less ambivalent attraction to her. | 'The Debt': ?Debt,? With Helen Mirren - Review 2011-08-30T12:00:00Z That line from The Return of the King seemed specially uncanny, because vultures are such a powerful and ambivalent presence in Africa. Summer readings: Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien 2011-07-28T15:01:11Z While Stenham's ambivalent attitude to her hero is one of the play's strengths, I feel Robin's attacks on the cash nexus would have more force if he had ever had to work for a living. No Quarter – review 2013-01-17T12:05:22Z Dorrigo Evans, who was imprisoned by the Japanese and who worked on the railroad, returns to Tasmania in 1945 an ambivalent hero. Richard Flanagan’s Way With Intimacy 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z Conlon is also ambivalent about sound quality when listening for information or recreation. Conductor James Conlon on L.A. Opera's Grammy nominations, and why the odds are stacked against them 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z My hope was it would attract that piece of the population that’s ambivalent. The creator of PsychFit on the impetus to combine exercise and therapy 2017-09-19T04:00:00Z He’s thoughtful, ambivalent, mildly embarrassed by the attention. Critic’s Notebook: Proven in Britain, Two Comics Try to Take New York 2013-06-17T21:44:00Z The meme’s hold over online culture offers clues about our ambivalent relationship to alpha males in 2016. Crying Jordan: The Meme That Just Won’t Die 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z It is emerging, ambivalently, from the Tampa punk underground, although its music is closer to the brooding, surging, crooning post-punk of the Smiths. Critic’s Notebook: Cacophonous Declarations of Independents 2012-10-22T03:57:17Z Chartjacking was an inevitable consequence of this sea change and one that leaves me ambivalent, starting with Rage Against the Machine's Christmas No 1 in 2009. Thatcher Ding Dong! chart campaign is puerile – but the best protest available 2013-04-11T11:46:33Z Twain’s ambivalent attitude toward the New York he kept visiting shows in two of many quotations. New York?s Huckleberry Friend 2010-08-26T22:37:00Z Yet, according to interviews with parents of children with disabilities, as well as the children themselves, many are ambivalent about gene editing in general. Once Science Fiction, Gene Editing Is Now a Looming Reality 2020-07-22T04:00:00Z So when her employer, the Atlanta History Center, announced five years ago that it would become the latest steward of the Cyclorama, she was ambivalent. Atlanta’s Cyclorama had the black role in a Civil War battle all wrong. She set about to fix that. 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z But it was decidedly ambivalent, arriving at the muddled confusion of “count me out in.” In the turmoil of 1968, music failed to seize the moment 2018-11-04T04:00:00Z Though he’s ambivalent — he’s quieter and calmer than Freddy, and seems more protective of his privacy — he might be open to persuasion. Review: In ‘Nasty Baby,’ Friends Decide to Start a Family. What Could Go Wrong? 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z Certainly, it was the one he was least ambivalent about. Amos Oz and the Politics of the Hebrew Language 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z But I found that he was terribly ambivalent. Peter Carey, Australian at Home in New York 2010-04-26T22:21:00Z As a mestizo region, there's a jumbled, ambivalent sense of old and new, of the price to bring about the transition to the modern world: what ancient identities were served up on the altar. Shock of the new: cinema's fascination with indigenous peoples 2012-06-27T08:57:10Z It also tells a much broader story that touches on several areas of conflict, particularly for today’s ambivalent American Catholic. On rebooted ‘Exorcist,’ a new way to get rid of demons: Hugging it out 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z It was, he reported, "a fascinating experience affording me a taste of the grinding toil of a low-white-collar job, as well as the ambivalent relationship" between bosses and workers. Barack Obama: the college years 2012-05-25T22:00:53Z For his part, Mr. Dowd was more ambivalent about the future of the art colony. Can a New Arts Center Revitalize Provincetown? 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z Tatchell says that the group benefited from its “accessibility and spontaneity”, but some are more ambivalent. Giant condoms and buckets of fake blood: the true story of Aids activists Act Up 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z Don't know about you, but until I saw Appropriate Adult, I was ambivalent about murder. Haven't we had enough of murder on the telly? 2012-06-03T19:00:06Z She is somewhat ambivalent about parting with her chandeliers, especially if they are just going to hang on someone’s wall. An Artist Unites North and South Korea, Stitch by Stitch 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z Advertising is beginning a more slyly aggressive effort at manipulation and Don is positioned ambivalently at the vanguard. 'Mad Men' Watch: Scrappiness in the Sixties 2010-07-26T12:19:00Z Fleming created a secret agent who was sometimes frustrated and ambivalent about his job. New 007 film to depict spy's inner demons 2012-04-29T19:46:04Z And here she brings a marvelously gritty, ambivalent majesty to the broken witch, who is tried and sentenced to a life chained to a corpse. Theater Review: ‘The Castle,’ by Howard Barker, at Atlantic Stage 2 2013-07-17T21:11:30Z Each stage is marked by a specific ceremony such as an anniversary, a wedding or a funeral, exposing Oshima's deeply ambivalent attitude to Japanese society. Nagisa Oshima 2013-01-15T12:43:54Z Although Tie Ning is unwilling to confront directly China's social and political conflicts, her ambivalent, unhappy characters quietly expose the scars left by Communist politics. The Bathing Women by Tie Ning – review 2013-03-22T08:00:01Z Readers may be ambivalent about the sheer number of strangers she encounters; or wonder why Hershon includes these apparitions at all. During a Weekend in the Country, Secrets Simmer Between Old Friends 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z Their occupation here is an ambivalent one, both physically and metaphorically. 'We are offering something people didn’t get before': inside gal-dem 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z I’m also ambivalent about how much to tell here. Review | As a disturbing psychological thriller, ‘Servant’ succeeds. But it might hit too close to home. 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z An ambivalent attitude toward gender makes Bond an ideal embodiment of Curtis, whose attitude to his identity fluctuated from day to day. Theater Review: ‘Jukebox Jackie,’ About Jackie Curtis, at La MaMa 2012-05-31T21:00:38Z “I want you to win,” Mr. Smiley said, “but I’m ambivalent about what you’re winning for.” The Carpetbagger: Viola Davis on a Mind-Set That Harms Black Actors 2012-02-14T13:30:08Z For all that, the billionaire is ambivalent about the purchase of the Dylan collection. A billionaire’s quirky quest to create a mecca for Bob Dylan fans. In Tulsa, Oklahoma. 2017-10-11T04:00:00Z “I was one of those who were ambivalent about opening up the prize to Americans,” Powers wrote via e-mail in response to the news that he is among the finalists. For the first time, U.S. writers on longlist of contenders for Britain’s Man Booker Prize These characters are ambivalent, morally compromised or far worse. When Jewish Artists Wrestle With Antisemitism 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z Through loops, eight-bits and inventive arrangements, he’s made a critical addition to his work that may inspire awe even in the most ambivalent. Pop & Rock Listings for Sept. 30-Oct. 6 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z Ms. Lee ambivalently attended Huntingdon College in Montgomery, Ala., before studying law at the University of Alabama. Harper Lee, elusive author of ‘To Kill a Mockingbird,’ is dead at 89 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z Rakitina’s interpretation was one of ambivalent optimism, matched by her contrasting gestures at the podium: an emotively outstretched hand in one moment, a hammering beat in another. Review: Two Artists Arrive at the Philharmonic, Loudly 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z The miracle is that, as performed by its original cast in the spring and its second cast in the summer, it’s also that rare thing: a great, ambivalent feminist comedy for our times. The Best Theater of 2017 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z This is an ambivalent relationship, hopelessly confused at the core. Will Hollywood ever end its love affair with guns? 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z In “Columbia Icefield,” by contrast, it never quite reaches the octave: Rather than achieving a triumphant vantage, this music is modest, ambivalent. Review: The Prettiest, Most Progressive Campfire Music Ever 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z Recently she started an ambivalent TikTok account tagged with a self-deprecating “Mean Girls” line: “she doesn’t even go here.” Kacey Musgraves’s Expanding Universe 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z “I’m very ambivalent about the proposal,” he said. Harvard Club Considers a Change, and Some Think It’s the ‘Worst Thing Ever’ 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z Zebra Katz is often categorised as "queer rap", a term he feels ambivalent about. Zebra Katz: 'Creating a strong, black, queer male is something that needed to happen' 2013-05-25T18:00:00Z Instead of showing us why Mary is ambivalent, Fellowes just lets her tell us that she is -- repeatedly -- in conversations with Anna, Branson and Violet. 'Downton Abbey': The delights of Liverpool 2015-01-19T05:00:00Z The men in many of these stories are mama's boys with a weirdly ambivalent, sometimes hostile attitude toward womanhood. 'This Is How You Lose Her': love, lust and the divided heart of the male 2012-09-12T22:05:04Z But she is still slightly ambivalent about being labelled an activist. 'I'm not a quirky 17-year old any more': what Arrested Development's Alia Shawkat did next 2017-05-13T04:00:00Z In “Nobody Knows.,” his squirrelly second record, he seems ambivalent about what to do with it. New Music: 2 Chainz, Arctic Monkeys and Keith Urban Release New Albums 2013-09-09T22:11:48Z I keep that Garth moment handy, in GIF form, to deploy whenever I recognize that ambivalent impulse in myself and others, which is all of the time. ‘Wayne’s World’ & Me 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z Of course, then, he’s an ambivalent combatant: the sort of artist who gnashes his teeth, shows a fang or two, then backs down, a provocateur and a pacifist. Music Review: Kendrick Lamar Weighs in at Williamsburg Waterfront Park 2013-09-11T21:41:02Z While the Hebrew scripture is fairly unequivocal in its praise of marriage and family life, the New Testament is more ambivalent about it. A Protestant liberal defends clerical celibacy 2013-03-10T12:00:00Z “Be Careful,” whose lyric provides “All the Girls” with its title, is wrenchingly ambivalent, celebrating women’s strength but also their fragility — and ending, in this arrangement, on a daringly unresolved harmony. With Her Final Album, Rebecca Luker Bids a Fond Farewell 2021-05-02T04:00:00Z People congregating on Comic-Con’s trade show floor on Thursday were mostly ambivalent. ArtsBeat: A New 'Spider-Man' Suit Debuts to Decidedly Mixed Reviews 2011-07-21T23:01:46Z Mr. McPherson often seemed ambivalent about the many honors bestowed on him and the celebrity that accompanied them. James Alan McPherson, first black writer to win Pulitzer Prize in fiction, dies at 72 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z Readers who are ambivalent about the violence and gore that are part and parcel of so many Scandinavian mysteries these days needn’t worry too much about “The Girl Who Lived Twice.” Review | Lisbeth Salander is back — and angrier than ever 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z The first two episodes acquaint viewers with the basics of the case, as well as the ambivalent reactions to it. Perspective | Here are six new summer shows to watch as the TV pool begins to dry up 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z Except that she’s human, which means that she’s awkward and ambivalent and falling all over those long legs of hers like a baby giraffe. | 'Uncle Vanya': ‘Uncle Vanya’ With Cate Blanchett at City Center 2012-07-22T18:31:05Z She uses “Emo” ambivalently, embracing art’s emotional range while mocking the expectation that art, in the end, should express something sincere. Anne Imhof, Dancing in the Ruins 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z The song "In The Street" and an occasional tour kept money in Chilton's pocket, but he was always ambivalent about Big Star's legacy. Big Star's third album finally gets star treatment 2011-03-23T22:16:48Z If that makes you feel a bit ambivalent, you’re not alone. ‘Considering it.’ ‘Looking at things’: How 2020 Democrats mastered the coy art of mulling 2018-12-31T05:00:00Z She is perhaps what you'd call "pregnancy ambivalent": "I don't have the terrible anxiety about accidental pregnancy that I had when I was 20," she says. Unsafe sex: why everyone's at it 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z Her recent Audible memoir, “May You Live in Interesting Times,” describes young success in deeply ambivalent terms. Hannah Einbinder: Portrait of a Young Comic on the Cusp 2021-05-12T04:00:00Z The invading forces are resented, and individual members of those forces, perplexed by things not going as planned, find themselves bogged down in a hostile land on a deadly mission of ambivalent purpose. In 'Dunsinane,' David Greig offers a timely play -- set in 11th century 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z At the same time, she has an ambivalent attitude toward surveillance technology. Who Dreams of Hunting People? 2017-02-15T05:00:00Z Five decades later, dividing his time between rural Colorado and Manhattan, where he works as a “picker,” hunting in thrift shops for antiques to resell, Mr. Morea remains ambivalent about his public resurfacing. The Artist Ben Morea Returns to the Site of the Revolution 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z All this means that A Taste of Honey goes on a bit, meandering to its ambivalent conclusion, but you might also argue that's the point. A Taste of Honey – review 2013-01-23T17:33:00Z So it might seem odd to apply the “only believe” principle to an artist as notoriously skeptical and ambivalent as Mr. Sondheim. ‘Into the Woods,’ Stripped Down by Fiasco Theater 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z For those whose own families have treated them with ambivalent hostility, the upswing of hate crimes since the election recapitulates old experiences of rejection. Fear and Loathing in Trump’s America 2017-02-03T05:00:00Z Dr. Phillips added that the meme could be categorized as ambivalent expression. The Timesian Urge to Explain a Meme 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z Most of the people I met seemed pleased to be Israelis; some were more ambivalent. Explorer: Israel With a Russian Accent (and Pork) 2010-02-27T04:22:00Z As ambivalent as my relationship is to videos, the fact is that R.E.M. and MTV kind of grew up together, and we were very helpful for each other. Mike Mills: “As ambivalent as my relationship is to videos, the fact is that R.E.M. and MTV kind of grew up together” 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z “It’s an ambivalent relationship with East Asian visual culture,” Mr. yi Hou said. Oscar yi Hou’s Paintings Lend New Frames to Queer, Asian Identity 2022-10-22T04:00:00Z But it had teeth as an ambivalent declaration of love for a fickle man and sung with a weighty sigh. Critics? Choice: New CDs 2010-08-29T21:53:00Z But a city news release lacks any quotes from other parts of the arts community, which is ambivalent, said 4Culture Executive Director Jim Kelly. McGinn wants city's arts department to take over Langston Hughes center 2012-09-14T01:41:04Z He handled the diaries carefully, almost paternally, and was clearly ambivalent about selling them. Auctioning Dawn Powell’s Diaries on the Web 2012-06-29T22:24:09Z Given Artaud's well-known misogyny it was an intriguing and ambivalent strategy. Nancy Spero: no pity 2011-02-26T00:07:34Z Johnson died last year and was ambivalent about the show. The Liberation of Lizzy Caplan 2014-08-29T04:00:00Z The Cuban Revolution is itself a state religion and its gods inevitably find a place in the show, though as objects of ambivalent devotion. A Bumpy Journey From Havana to New York Ends at ‘Wild Noise/Ruido Salvaje’ 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z It was a neat trick from someone ambivalent about the spotlight — leave the audience on a floating high, and sneakily retreat back to the realm of imagination. Jai Paul Emerges, Tentatively, for His First Headlining Concert 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z “He is extremely ambivalent about his aggressive impulses and tends to deal with them by projection onto others.” Bruce Mazlish, Who Fused Psychoanalysis and History in His Books, Dies at 93 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z There were also some neutral or ambivalent responses, although this included one girl suggesting she felt “scared and relieved.” Low-income girls often feel unprepared for puberty 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z In the course of their arguments about Diana’s destiny, the history of the Amazons is recounted, with emphasis on that tribe’s ambivalent relations with men — meaning human beings generically and dudes in particular. Review: ‘Wonder Woman’ Is a Blockbuster That Lets Itself Have Fun 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z Oddly enough, one of the people most ambivalent about the place’s success is Mr. Brown himself. A Catskills Art Scene Makes a Splash With Free Curry 2017-08-30T04:00:00Z Yet the four young people are more ambivalent about their evolving identities. Young, accomplished, undocumented: ‘Risers’ features four local achievers 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z At the conclusion of the first, Heimvey, always ambivalent about the trappings of success, announces that he won’t play the Madison Square Garden gig. ‘Family Album,’ a Musical From Heidi Rodewald and Stew 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z “And none of us recognize ourselves as one thing. We are all ambivalent and chaotic.” Renate Reinsve Steps, Reluctantly, Into the Spotlight 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z It begins where her first memoir, “A Mountain of Crumbs,” left off, with the ambitious young language teacher accepting an ambivalent marriage proposal from an American exchange student. Review: “Russian Tattoo,” by Elena Gorokhova 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z And the Act 2 opening -- enhanced by a shrewdly ambivalent setting from Leigh Breslau that seems both comfortingly regal and hellishly garish -- also provokes more than a few shivers. Exploring life's prickly truths 2011-01-24T00:13:06Z There's a clear sense that Joan is ambivalent about motherhood, that like virtually every parent the world over, she genuinely loves her child but occasionally longs to escape the endless obligations he requires. 'Mad Men' recap: The vision thing 2015-04-20T04:00:00Z Few would dispute the justice of killing Hitler, yet von Stauffenberg is viewed as an ambivalent hero in Germany today; his dog-like devotion to Prussian codes of honour is reckoned to be anachronistic. Age of Assassins: A History of Conspiracy and Political Violence by Michael Newton – review 2012-11-18T00:05:09Z You might be ambivalent or confused, but you can’t be neutral. Arts & Leisure: Debated Movies: ?The Tree of Life,? ?The Future,? ?The Help? 2011-08-25T15:03:08Z “The Designated Mourner” is a long funeral Mass for a vanished culture in which the man delivering the ambivalent eulogy doesn’t seem to fully recognize that he too is no longer alive. Wallace Shawn's 'The Designated Mourner' gets new relevance in the Trump era 2017-05-13T04:00:00Z It's a great play precisely because we feel so ambivalent about Arden's hero. Remember Arden 2012-11-26T16:22:18Z This “Abduction” was a properly ambivalent presentation of a richly ambivalent work, a production in which the piece was filled — finally — with human beings, from one end of the Mediterranean to the other. Can Opera Become an Agent of Change? 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z Frequent Village star Lee made a wily, frustrated, ambivalent Judas, with firmer vocal command. Review: 'Jesus Christ Superstar' ... I don't know how to love it 2011-05-20T01:30:14Z In the third, he’s borrowing her credit card — ambivalently lent — to buy Bitcoin. Review: ‘Fire in Dreamland’ Is a Parable of Love and Licorice 2018-07-17T04:00:00Z But if you’re being honest with yourself, divorce is generally a very ambivalent time. The Unbridled Shower: Celebrating Divorce Not With a Whimper but a Bang 2012-09-14T23:48:46Z An ambivalent closing scene, it is an honest reflection of our time: of the mixed successes of Black Lives Matter, yes, and of the only possible way forward. Review: Beethoven Returns for the Age of Black Lives Matter 2022-02-14T05:00:00Z And they create an affectingly ambivalent portrait of what is, in essence, a marriage. Theater Review | 'The Temperamentals': The Churning Insides of a Quiet Revolution 2010-03-01T06:03:00Z Watt's father was jazz bandleader Tommy Watt, so he understands the ambivalent relationship his own children have with their parents' music. Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt: Everything but the grief 2010-05-26T20:45:00Z Despite its lack of guitar noise, “Blue Skied an’ Clear” shares with “Soon” an atmosphere both ethereal and heavy, mystical and ambivalent, lovelorn and hard-edged. In Praise of Beach House 2015-08-28T04:00:00Z It sums up the ambivalent relationship of need and resentment that Diana had with the media by the end of her life, and prefigures her death. ‘The Crown’: What to Read and Watch About Diana 2020-11-17T05:00:00Z Deeply ambivalent about asking Bill for help, she reluctantly relents, for perhaps a variety of reasons, but mostly because she knows how sharp his political instincts are. Review | This new Broadway play about the Clintons’ marriage is as fascinating — and sad — as you’d expect 2019-04-18T04:00:00Z But he’s ambivalent about the idea of standing in front of an orchestra with a baton and waving his arms. The music man: Josh Bell at mid-career 2017-02-06T05:00:00Z Like Ms. Welch, who died on Wednesday, Ms. Stevens was ambivalent, if not outright indignant, about being cast as a Hollywood sex symbol. Stella Stevens, Hollywood Bombshell Who Yearned for More, Dies at 84 2023-02-17T05:00:00Z For now, Maia said she was happy as just that, though she can be ambivalent when it comes to her longer-term ambitions. A Teenager, Her Ukulele and a Bedroom Pop Empire-in-the-Making 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z With no light and shade in the baddie's behaviour, Mildred's ambivalent responses and constant capitulations are hard to comprehend. TV review: Penn and Teller: Fool Us; Law and Order: UK; and Mildred Pierce 2011-07-10T21:05:01Z But he strikes a distinctly ambivalent tone through his captivating portraits of two fallible men whose intertwined struggles and doubts tell the story that unfolded out of public view. Was the Space Program Worth the Cost? 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z The audience is in a familiar and by no means unpleasant state of ambivalent dread. ‘Night Moves’ Tracks Three Eco-Terrorists in Oregon 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z But as ambivalent as he may have initially felt toward Spock, over the years Nimoy ultimately came to accept and embrace the role. Leonard Nimoy, Spock, and the mixed blessing of an iconic role 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z In a way, she’s the ambivalent heart of this newly energized, gloriously conflicted show. Review: There’s a Dark, Golden Haze in This Reclaimed ‘Oklahoma!’ 2018-10-07T04:00:00Z But now, with a newborn at home, he sounds surprisingly ambivalent about his two-decade career, calling himself the king of the “near sellout” and wondering aloud about his passion for performing. Stand-Ups Get Experimental in Five Adventurous New Specials 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z He is not the kindly Santa Claus figure often associated with this role, but rather a changeable, ambivalent, even peevish, very human Sachs. Review: Wagnerian Comedy Is No Joke in the Met’s ‘Meistersinger’ 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z It made me realize that I'd unconsciously been simplifying my language, even though my daughters were perfectly able to handle words like "nacreous," "nonplussed," "ambivalent" and "palanquin." Motherlode Blog: How 'Shrek' Persuaded Me to Let the Words Fly 2012-09-24T20:16:51Z But on this album, the music often tells a different story: less vainglorious, more ambivalent. Music Review: Jay-Z Frets on ‘Magna Carta Holy Grail’ 2013-07-04T22:31:32Z “One senses, beneath the surface, something fascinating to be said about her complicated, ambivalent relationship with feminism,” Michelle Goldberg wrote in The New York Times Book Review. Gail Sheehy, Journalist, Author and Social Observer, Dies at 83 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z In the film, directed by Kenji Iwaisawa, three high school friends with nothing better to do than play video games and ambivalently pick fights with a rival gang impulsively decide to start a band. ‘On-Gaku: Our Sound’ Review: They Will Rock You 2021-03-09T05:00:00Z The forthcoming elections are also on everyone’s mind, and particularly Hillary Clinton, whom they regard with an ambivalent hopefulness as the first potential female president. Review: ‘Hungry’ Portrays a Mourning Clan in Election Year 2016 2016-03-06T05:00:00Z Like many postcolonial twentieth-century Asian autocrats, Suharto’s legacy is ambivalent: he oversaw the country’s economic growth and modernization but ruled its 250 million people with an unabashed iron fist. Meet 17-Year-Old Indonesian Rapper Rich Chigga 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z Mr. Park’s ambivalent search is an apt filter through which to consider present-day Korea. Special Report: Contemporary Art: Through a Filmmaker's Lens, a View of Korea 2011-06-13T12:00:06Z I was resigned to a relationship with the play that would forever be ambivalent. Perspective | How London sometimes outshines the lights of Broadway 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z But everyone turns out to be more than a little ambivalent. Books of The Times: Ben Schrank’s ‘Love Is a Canoe’ Portrays a Self-Help Author 2013-01-20T22:14:10Z New Light for the Old Dark is the only arrangement of words in the entire collection about which I feel ambivalent. New Light for the Old Dark by Sam Willetts 2010-04-17T23:10:00Z Cultural norms vary, by generation or geography, from puritanical to ambivalent to let-it-all-hang-out. The naked truth about nude art modeling 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z In the sun or salon, they look more fierce than happy, their faces, hair and manicures all but filling the frame with fiery colors and ambivalent feelings, especially about aging. Sophie Crumb and Aline Kominsky-Crumb 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z In the end, Potter seems ambivalent about the pilots and the milieu in which they live. 'Outlaws Inc.': fueling the black-market pipeline 2011-10-12T21:59:09Z In the months leading up to a September 2021 trip to Venice, the two, each of whom were divorced when they started to date, had been ambivalent about marriage. Before Their Marriages Came These Proposals 2022-01-05T05:00:00Z If the novel traffics mostly in satire, the tone here is more ambivalent. ‘Brave New World’ Arrives in the Future It Predicted 2020-07-13T04:00:00Z Taking a few steps toward Mr. Angle, then a few steps away, those previously unsteady feet of hers turned eloquently ambivalent. Dance Review: City Ballet Focuses on Robbins at Koch Theater - Review 2012-01-22T23:08:16Z Dear Carolyn: As my spouse and I decide when to have children, I find myself, the female partner, ambivalent about “motherhood.” Ambivalent about motherhood and wondering whether she’ll get over it 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z You need to know that most people don't care or at best are sort of ambivalent and be ok with that. Top 10 tips for being a comedian 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z Short attention spans rule, and the consequence is every musician's nightmare: an ambivalent audience. Rock in Rio: Do we really need another music festival? 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z I was wondering if you got feedback over the years from similar people who were not casual or ambivalent about Squeeze. “Squeeze got a bit complacent in the ’90s before we split up”: Glenn Tilbrook opens up about the past and future of the legendary new wave band 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z |
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