| 单词 | engross |
| 例句 | “She stayed and talked with me while I ate, then left quietly to return to their own apartment where Mr. Friedman was engrossed in his...research.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z But Mr. Mann was fully engrossed in whatever he was listening to. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z The hordes are engrossed by something in their midst. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z What was a bit more shocking was the ghost of a man seated behind the desk, deeply engrossed in some business only he could know. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z And I suddenly became very conscious of the fact that we were the only people in the shop, except for the old guy behind the counter at the front engrossed in his paperwork. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead I now stayed indoors, engrossed in attempting to master the Monopoly game, form English words with Boggle and figure out how the various toys worked, by meticulously taking them apart and reassembling them again. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z He was so engrossed in the wiring that he didn’t notice the landing party was back until Percy said, ‘Hey, man. Gelato.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Down in the rats’ home, in the artificial light, it was hard to tell the passage of time, and she had been so engrossed in Nicodemus’s story that she had not glanced at the clock. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z I’m engrossed in a book, I have to rearrange my thoughts before I can mingle with other people, because otherwise they might think I was strange. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Mama and Papa were so engrossed in their own thoughts and conversation that they didn’t hear the two sets of footsteps pitter-patter down the upstairs hallway. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z He pulled a small lunch cooler out of his backpack and became completely engrossed in pouring out individual portions of raw almonds and golden raisins into cereal bowls he’d wrapped in plastic. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Bando is at an antique reading desk, engrossed in a book. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He could engross himself in an inconsequential task for hours without growing restless or bored, as oblivious to fatigue as the stump of a tree, and almost as taciturn. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z She was so engrossed, she didn’t notice them until Leo said, “Hi.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Finally, Magistrate Tiger exited his carriage and went to the old man, who was still engrossed in his hook. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z They didn’t look up when I entered, too engrossed in Alice’s work. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z They were so engrossed that when a woman entered and set two cups of coffee down on the end table, one beside each of them, she jumped. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He turned to the left, to the right, and became so engrossed in his reflection that he only heard the footsteps on the stairs when they stopped outside his door. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z In the slightly awkward silence that ensued, Miss Kenton turned her gaze down into the depths of her cocoa cup as if she had become engrossed by something she had noticed there. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z They were so engrossed in each other that she didn't see me until I was five feet away. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z And with that, he would wander back into his study, to all appearances still thoroughly engrossed in the volume held open in his hands. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Uncle Willie was engrossed in the Almanac, his nightly reading, and my brother was far away on a raft on the Mississippi. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Shocked, I turned to the twins, but they were too engrossed in prayer to see what I was seeing. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z I sat in these meetings, engrossed and somewhat taken aback by the fact that I knew so little about military life. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z At the food court, we get slices of gooey cheese pizza and find a table not too far from where Mama’s sitting, engrossed in her folders. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z The guests were not disappointed: they had a very pleasant feast, in fact an engrossing entertainment: rich, abundant, varied, and prolonged. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z I jump up, mumble bye to Nico, and notice that while we were engrossed in his laptop, almost everyone else left, except for Julie and Ms. Holly, who are talking in the corner. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z As we left the scene of this massacre behind us, my thoughts were engrossed with visions of Bono, known to me since before my breeching, and our desperate feud, our tussle in the dark. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The lords and ladies in the gallery were as engrossed in the melee as the men on the ground. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She is less ready to talk about the second wife, the new, engrossing family, stepbrothers and sisters the age of her own little one. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It took me a moment to realise, so that by the time I turned back to her she was breathing over her fingers and looking down, engrossed by something beside her feet. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z They all sat down without so much as a glance at Dimple, still engrossed in their conversation about some dude named Corey on their lacrosse team back home. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Hanako was a little jealous at the way he could get so engrossed in stuff. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Virtually the same applies in Egyptology, in which the study of the Ptolemaic “late period” has long been the neglected stepchild of a discipline engrossed by the Rameseses and Thut- moses of high antiquity. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z The scientific problem that engrossed Fisher also involved reconciling biology’s “mind” with its “eye.” The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Zu gave us an apologetic shrug before tugging Hina away, back to the circle of younger kids who were engrossed in some kind of card game. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z She’s taciturn, but so am I. Is she waiting for me to start something, reveal myself, or is she a believer, engrossed in inner meditation? The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Hammie and Asher are on the living room couches, engrossed in a quiet debate about how best to mess up the Cloud Knights’ defense. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z At first, I would sit by the window engrossed in reading while they talked by the room’s door in low tones. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z They respond with enthusiasm and then watch, thoroughly engrossed, as she breaks down the process of the elaborate braided hairdo. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z He should have been back by eight-thirty, but he was so engrossed in the book that he forgot the time and was just coming down the stairs when his father entered the room. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z It always seemed to catch me right in the middle of something engrossing. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Regina would constantly monitor him, bringing him liverwurst sandwiches wrapped in tinfoil and a container of milk for dinner, lest Bobby, engrossed in his games, skip his evening meal. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I am entirely enamored, and so engrossed that I don’t see August until he comes to an abrupt stop in front of me. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Moss turned around, and sure enough, Larry Jackson was engrossed in something on his phone, oblivious to the fact that he had just made a cardinal error in Mrs. Torrance’s class. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z You pore over an engrossing book, but it’s gross to pour over one. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I was far too engrossed by the outpouring of love I was receiving from my hometown. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Three hours later, they were still engrossed in conversation. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z I was so engrossed, I didn't hear the door swing open and Seema charge in until she grabbed me by the arm and ushered me into the kitchen. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z To Ammu, her twins seemed like a pair of small bewildered frogs engrossed in each other’s company, lolloping arm in arm down a highway full of hurtling traffic. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “But I have a feeling she’s going to be really engrossed in her physics homework for a while.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z She would tend to Chiron until his leg was fully recovered, and keep studying Daedalus’s laptop, which had engrossed her for the last two months. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z As I slip to the counter and pay, I look back at Ma and the man, cautious not to be seen, but she’s totally engrossed in him. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Mr Farraday will usually have just returned from his short walk on the downs at that point, so he is rarely engrossed in his reading or writing as he tends to be in the evenings. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z She looks up and smiles into my lens and then pretends to engross herself in her work. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z I gasped, then pretended I was engrossed in the book. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z She looks up at Marco, who is now deeply engrossed in a particular volume. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z But he was engrossed in the images on the screen, lying on the floor next to Obiora. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z So engrossed he was with the flight of the geese that he did not hear Bill’s footsteps until his brother was quite near. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z He was fiddling with an old radio and was so engrossed in his work that he didn’t notice Bo creeping up on him. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z I don’t know how long I was reading; I was so engrossed in the paper that I did not hear any footsteps. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z So engrossed was she that she had no consciousness of being observed and one emotion after another crept into her face like objects into a slowly developing picture. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z I try to push my way through, but they are so engrossed in what’s going on that they do not move. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The same girl who had been so engrossed in her book by the fountain. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z I pretend to be engrossed in the magazine. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I’m so engrossed in what people are saying that I don’t realize it’s almost my turn to speak until Helen stands up next to me. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z This had all helped get me fascinated, and I was soon longing to become engrossed myself in those ornate pieces. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Our parents are engrossed in conversation while the television blares in the background. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z I found my work in the South Side Boys’ Club deeply engrossing. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z She drew it back with her fingers, but she was so engrossed in the reading that soon her hand dropped to the page and her hair escaped again, flying wildly in the wind. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The film's first audience greeted it Sunday with applause - the Hollywood Reporter called it "engrossing and original" - but with some puzzlement, too. Devilish Dutch drama 'Borgman' debuts at Cannes 2013-05-19T13:13:23Z Despite last week’s unexpected appearance by Ms. Kufrin’s ex-boyfriend, the series “is a self-sustaining ecosystem with few surprises,” wrote Carla Correa of The New York Times, who spent a day engrossed in Bachelor Nation. What’s on TV Monday: ‘The Bachelor’ and ‘Delicious’ 2018-03-05T05:00:00Z Still, the playing is so engrossing that this does not matter. Music: Leonard Shure and Henri Temianka?s Beethoven Sonatas 2012-01-06T17:00:00Z Around the same time, he became engrossed in the book “Decolonizing Wealth,” a catalyst for the podcast; its author, the social justice philanthropy expert Edgar Villanueva, is a guest on Episode 2. Frank Conversations About Making a Living in Dance 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z It's an engrossing reminder of one of the most exciting concentrations of artistic talent in the 20th century. Exhibitions picks of the week 2010-03-27T00:07:00Z If the textual collage isn’t particularly engrossing, at least Ms. Brown is. Review: ‘Hit the Body Alarm’ Finds Satan in a Jumpsuit 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z An engrossing, always surprising examination of accountability and healing outside the confines of adversarial justice. Perspective | Best movies of 2020: Diverse thrills, chills, Dickensian laughs and a pandemic-friendly trip to Greece 2020-12-07T05:00:00Z The story she weaves in exquisite language is as tragic and ugly as it is engrossing. The Deaths of Teenage Cousins in a Village in India Have Global Ramifications 2021-02-12T05:00:00Z Ben-Gurion’s 11th-hour meeting is one of the little-known facts revealed by the Israeli historian Tom Segev in his deeply researched, engrossing and, in some respects, controversial biography, “A State at Any Cost.” Israel’s First Prime Minister Was Complicated. So Is This Book About His Life. 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z I read the seven issues in one sitting because I was so engrossed. ArtsBeat: Graphic Books Best Sellers: 'Game of Thrones' and the Avengers 2012-04-06T20:16:59Z We switched it on and were soon engrossed in the Fendi channel, which shows a mesmerizing cartoon on a loop. Fashion designers are extending their talents (and brands) to hotels 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z Advertisement Advertisement He recited 14 in all, in two groups, each engrossing. Two Russian Tours, One Led by Evgeny Kissin, the Other by the American Symphony Orchestra 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z The story culminates into an inevitable ending that makes it a fine piece of crime fiction as well as an engrossing read. 7 thrilling books by Black authors you need to read now 2022-06-19T04:00:00Z Once the viewer gets past the shouty-ness of the show – contestants dictate every message down to the punctuation and emojis – "The Circle" is simultaneously tedious and engrossing. From "Love Is Blind" to "The Circle," the new breed of reality TV reformulates how we connect 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z But as Locho, the central character in an engrossing new documentary, "Summer Pasture," demonstrates, some generational matters never change. 'Summer Pasture': a true look at slow-to-change nomadic lifestyle 2011-12-29T21:12:04Z But it mines the investigators’ hunt for the truth, combing through documents and evidence, for a dense but engrossing political thriller that navigates the ugly history of black site water boarding and its dubious effectiveness. In ‘The Report,’ setting the record on torture straight 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z While the program explored generations of Viennese pupils and teachers, their performance was determinedly youthful: insistent, engrossed, exhilarating and just a bit exhausting. Review | Arod Quartet’s program explores generations, but its performance is determinedly youthful 2019-10-20T04:00:00Z It is very, very engrossing, a kind of fragmentary literary thriller set, in part, in Oxford. Tino Sehgal, participatory art and the Booker prize: a week in the arts 2012-07-26T14:43:33Z The adagio, however, was beautifully focused and the finale wonderfully elated and engrossing. RLPO/Petrenko – review 2012-06-11T17:10:04Z But Berg is first and foremost a Texas trial lawyer, who knows how to keep an audience engrossed. GuardianUS summer reads – best memoir: Run, Brother, Run: A Memoir of a Murder in My Family 2013-07-01T18:24:17Z The moment when Kattrin defies her mother and begins beating a drum to warn a nearby town of an imminent attack brings this entirely engrossing production to a hair-raising, then heartbreaking climax. Review: A ‘Mother Courage’ Deployed to Africa 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z Assembling a motley crew of friends and acquaintances — including a politician, a tango instructor and an astrophysicist — Mr. von Glasow elicits engrossing discussions of sex lives, self-esteem and psychological coping. | 'NoBody?s Perfect': The Devastating Legacy of Thalidomide 2010-04-16T00:54:00Z The result, premiering Sunday on Showtime, is an engrossing four-part documentary called “The Fourth Estate.” Review | It’s exhausting being a reporter in the Trump era. A new documentary captures the toll at the New York Times. 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z And if the book is never quite as engrossing or entertaining as it should be, it is at least atmospheric enough to keep one turning pages. From Rags to Ill-Gotten Riches in 1930s China 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z A quiet book set in a quiet village, “Pond” evinced an engrossingly ruminative interiority, though its plot and themes were practically latent. Review | Emma Glass’s ‘Rest and Be Thankful’ powerfully describes what it means to be a health-care worker 2020-12-01T05:00:00Z As the plot keeps a-boiling, the 2 1/2 hour show stays engrossing — due, in part, to a rich threading of live music that tells its own story of the American West. 1920s Montana comes to life in Book-It's 'Prairie Nocturne' 2012-02-17T18:44:05Z But beginning with the piercing parable that opens the second act — about whether Judaism, Christianity or Islam is the true faith — the play grows increasingly engrossing. Review: ‘Nathan the Wise’ Brings a Morality Tale to Today 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z It's actually going to be an entertaining and engrossing story. "American Factory" filmmakers on how the Dayton-set doc became one of the year's most joyful movies 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z Mr. Hough’s playing was just as prodigious technically, and I found his conception more engrossing. Virtuosos Becoming a Dime a Dozen 2011-08-12T13:09:23Z Mr. Angle’s tapping is too subdued — it needs greater fluency and sound — but his characterization is engrossing; he nods to the past yet manages to avoid looking like a goofball. Dance Review: New York City Ballet in an All-Rodgers Program 2013-05-03T23:15:25Z The story becomes darker, deeper and even more engrossing when a cataclysmic flood overtakes Southern England. Philip Pullman’s ‘The Book of Dust’ is an enthralling prequel to His Dark Materials 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z But it proved a weirdly inspired work: engrossing, entertaining and ultimately quite moving. Classical Music on Disc, on DVD and in Books 2012-11-22T21:26:23Z Touchy-feely rather than slick, the engrossing surface quality slows down perception. 'Apparitions' at the Hammer explores low-tech art in a high-tech world 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z The more engrossing the movie, the deeper that belief becomes, along with the artist’s responsibility. Perspective | The controversy over Anthony Bourdain’s deepfaked voice is a reminder that documentaries aren’t journalism 2021-07-19T04:00:00Z The meerkats on this season of “Manor” are descendants of Flower, the queenpin of the original, and the delicate social hierarchies and guiding tribalism are as intense and engrossing as ever. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z He was so privately engrossed that he didn’t see me, and I felt compelled to leave without buying milk, rather than let him know that I’d—what? “This Is Pleasure” 2019-07-08T04:00:00Z Mr. Kollar does not label his images; they engross and unsettle on their own. Capturing Human Moments Amid Chaos in Israel and the West Bank 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z They totally debunk that and make it true, and that much more engrossing and that much more visceral. “American Animals” could change how we tell true crime stories 2018-06-10T04:00:00Z This episode definitely has some of the cringe-factor that I mentioned enjoying before, culminating in an engrossing cross-country road trip to confront Moby about those CDs that had been borrowed two decades earlier. The 10 must-listen podcast episodes of the decade 2019-12-29T05:00:00Z Weirdness climaxes with a solo for the engrossing Mr. Singer, who could be a gladiator or an angsty toddler. John Jasperse Reaches Into the Audience in ‘Within Between’ 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z His restless, searching mind is part of what made his playing so engrossing and original. 5 Hours of Glenn Gould Outtakes. Why? Listen and Find Out. 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z Far from being preachy, the play is humane, multi-stranded and generally engrossing; and my only reservation is that, in the later stages of its three-and-a-quarter hours, it descends into a speculative, futuristic whimsy. Review 2010-08-05T00:48:00Z Right from the start, this involving documentary asks much of its audience and poses questions that are unnerving yet engrossing. Review: ‘What Our Fathers Did: A Nazi Legacy’ 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z That easy flow, though, managed to convey the opposite of ease, making this score sound more mysterious and thorny, and more engrossing, than I’d ever heard it. The Vienna Philharmonic Tends the Classics With a Perfect Partner 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z Preparing for a concert — listening to records, wrangling permission to attend, buying a not-quite-affordable outfit — is an endless, engrossing project. Her Best Friend Claims They Witnessed a Sex Crime. She Has Her Doubts. 2021-02-09T05:00:00Z King’s prose is stunningly gorgeous in this engrossing love story. Review | The best books to beat this year’s special brand of Valentine’s Day blues 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z “The Most Dangerous Book: The Battle for James Joyce’s Ulysses,” by Kevin Birmingham, is an engrossing non-fiction account of how Joyce wrote “Ulysses” and how he managed, against near-impossible odds, to get it published. The Best Books of 2014 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z Here, I noticed, people were engrossed in each other. A la Bonne Franquette presents unfussy food, skillfully prepared 2012-05-11T03:34:03Z Those rules may actually be a reason that David Hoffman’s “The Billion Dollar Spy,” about Adolf Tolkachev, a Soviet radar expert who spied for the C.I.A., is such an engrossing tale. Review: In ‘The Billion Dollar Spy,’ David E. Hoffman Recalls a Cold War Spy 2015-07-05T04:00:00Z The Michael Green-created series was loosely based on the story of King David and lasted just one season despite being a bold and visually engrossing modern retelling of the biblical tale. Beyond the Winter Soldier: Sebastian Stan has always played roles that exist outside the binaries 2022-02-05T05:00:00Z One problem, however, is that this season’s new plots were less than engrossing. Dance: Premieres by Christopher Wheeldon and Alexei Ratmansky 2010-07-02T22:14:00Z It’s not for nothing, as one sharp-eyed reader, MrsDohler, pointed out, that Eunice is seen engrossed in the self-help book “The Sensuous Woman.” When Barbra Streisand and Ryan O’Neal Went Screwball 2020-05-19T04:00:00Z As played by James Bergin, it was slow-moving and engrossing, like a shifting of cloud patterns. 2010-02-11T23:35:00Z The engrossing chamber opera “Paradise Interrupted” could easily have ended up a clichéd, cross-cultural mess. Review: A Powerful Opera of Eastern and Western Allure 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z So reveals StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, the engrossing, accessible new strategy game released by Blizzard Entertainment for Windows PCs and Macs. Video Game Review: StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, New Game From Blizzard 2010-08-01T21:48:00Z The chapters on the making of “Civilisation” are particularly engrossing. The man who brought humanist values — and ‘Civilisation’ — to a mass market 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z While the Americans were engrossed in overseeing the collapse of the Soviet Union, Thatcher, via her envoy, relentlessly bombarded first President P.W. Much to be thankful for 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z It might be engrossing to hear Smith in conversation with those she now teaches, to see where their ideas overlap and diverge. In ‘Intimations,’ Zadie Smith Applies Her Even Temper to Tumultuous Times 2020-07-22T04:00:00Z That’s the setup — and out of it comes a disturbing but witty tale of oblivious privilege, self-congratulatory racial acceptance and an engrossing plot with surprising twists. Review | For your playlist: three popular and controversial books are already available 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z Tennison's challenging work in a male-dominated field, and complicated personal life, are chronicled over seven seasons in the engrossing, gritty series "Prime Suspect." What our writers love this week 2010-09-01T22:26:00Z As Sister de Lourdes put it, “He was totally engrossed in his work.” The Tower That Enchanted Yeats 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z The people are engrossed with smartphones or tablets, wandering the Internet or social media, while scarcely paying attention to the taxidermy animals around them. Clayton Campbell's beasts of the wild and the cellular come to life at Coagula Curatorial 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z And under the artful direction of DeMone Seraphin, the performers capitalize on the story’s fluctuating moods and engrossingly restless power dynamics. Suzan-Lori Parks’s ‘Topdog/Underdog’ gets a sharp revival 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z But while this framework guarantees an engrossing disaster story, the choice to ignore the social aftershocks of the eruption leaves viewers without the tools to contextualize the profound pain on display. ‘The Volcano: Rescue from Whakaari’ Review: A Seismic Tragedy 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z “In his engrossing procedural of a war crimes trial, Paradis offers a more troubling history than some triumphalist American chronicles,” Gary J. Bass writes in his review. 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z While there, she was engrossed in the London designer scene. Up Close: Kate Young, a Stylist in Her Busy Season – Up Close 2013-02-06T19:23:12Z With subject matter this engrossing, a play can easily be eclipsed by the discussion it sets in motion. With his first new play in nearly a decade, Tom Stoppard aims to 'stretch your mind just a little bit' 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z There were a few moments of truth during Mountain Man’s austere, engrossing performance at the Mercury Lounge on Thursday night. Music Review: The 3 Women of Mountain Man, in Perfect Harmony 2011-08-01T21:27:08Z For one, it’s in the first person, but it’s also measured and elliptical, all the more engrossing for its gaps, more likely to omit detail than to engulf us with it. ‘Swing Time’: Zadie Smith’s sweeping novel about friendship, race and class 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z However at bedtime he asked for it again, as was as engrossed on the second reading as he was the first. When I Dream of 1,2,3 by Oakley Graham - review 2012-11-27T12:00:00Z Meanwhile, now that he’s resettled in his San Juan Island home, Lauridsen says he is engrossed in choosing texts for his next composing project, which may be another song cycle. Acclaimed composer Morten Lauridsen comes home to the Pacific Northwest, as Seattle Sings Choral Festival pays tribute 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z For the viewer, engrossed in the tale, there’s an intriguing sense of that mass looming underneath the show. For the Mad Ones, Bad Haircuts Make Good Theater 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z Like any magic realm with its languages and codes, it is wholly engrossing only when you’re inside it; from the outside, it is less compelling, less mysterious than evasive. Critic’s Notebook: Britten’s ‘Billy Budd’ Has the Gay Closet as Its Subtext 2012-07-03T21:36:04Z An engrossing, deeply reported survey of today’s China, a place that is part George Orwell, part Aldous Huxley. 50 notable works of nonfiction in 2020 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z Even as a few cars hummed in the background, “Macabre Carnival” was wholly engrossing, with a utopian streak that set the tone for the festival. In Paris, Young Theater Makers Swing Big 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z One time I got so engrossed in my own story that I was crying with you! Sue Grafton: 'My childhood ended when I was five' 2013-03-18T09:00:06Z Photograph: Graham Turner for the Guardian Entering an art gallery is an act of escapism – whether visitors become absorbed in a landscape painting or engrossed in video work, they arrive willing to be transported. Do we need buildings for digital art? 2013-07-19T09:29:51Z The New York City-based hero earns her living as a private investigator, which gives the show its engrossing noir vibe, along with Jessica’s deadpan — occasionally corny — narration, which is delivered sporadically throughout each episode. For Marvel’s ‘Jessica Jones,’ the struggle is real 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z Throughout this engrossing book — part memoir, part philosophical treatise — Antrim, a successful novelist who has struggled with depression, argues that suicide is “a disease process, not an act or a choice.” 9 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z Once more, issues of identity and equality were too interesting to be resolved, because Smith was, on his own, simply too engrossing for that. Vijay Iyer jazzes up the Ojai Music Festival 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z As Hallberg reveals in his candid and engrossing memoir, “A Body of Work,” he effectively went into hiding on the other side of the globe. Review | He was one of the world’s greatest ballet stars. Then he crashed. 2017-11-15T05:00:00Z That audience remains presumably largely unaware of Ms. Spiegel, who went on to develop Music Mouse, a composition program for early Apple computers, and who has quietly continued to create engrossing pieces with digital synthesis. Rediscovering the Electronic Music Godmothers 2012-11-25T00:50:05Z The beginning of the end of this phenomenally twisted, engrossing and Emmy-winning drama that never ceases to surprise or exceed expectations. TV Picks 2013-08-07T22:49:17Z I became engrossed in Mitchell’s drawings while browsing the book—they’re vivid, intimate—but her handwritten lyrics and poems are just as revelatory. Joni Mitchell Discusses Her New Book of Early Songs and Drawings 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z Part of what makes “Compartment No. 6” engrossing and effective is how Kuosmanen plays with tone. ‘Compartment No. 6’ Review: Strangers on a Russian Train 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z Acclaimed by the likes of Stewart Lee and Stephen Merchant for his original and engrossing take on the world, his Soho Theatre run sees a repeat performance of his 2009 Edinburgh show. This week's new comedy 2010-05-28T23:07:00Z David D. Kirkpatrick’s engrossing account of his time as the New York Times Cairo bureau chief covering the Egyptian revolution, “Into the Hands of the Soldiers,” is a less uplifting but more instructive tale. The Failure of Egypt’s Revolution 2018-08-07T04:00:00Z This is what makes Seo’s book so engrossing: it is filled with riveting, deeply researched accounts of interactions between drivers and cops back when the rules governing such incidents were still hazy. What We’re Reading This Summer 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z Some bad ballets are at least engrossing; these are bores. Taking the Pulse of New York City Ballet Without Peter Martins 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z Still, the formula is engrossing enough, and its midcentury vintage appeal — the pillbox hats, headscarves and swanky soirees — is particularly seductive. ‘The Last Letter From Your Lover’ Review: Relationship History 2021-07-22T04:00:00Z This is where the exhibition becomes totally engrossing. Machine Project's art treasure hunt at the Gamble House 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z “It proved a weirdly inspired work, an engrossing, outrageous, entertaining and, ultimately, deeply moving new opera.” Revival of ‘Anna Nicole’ Opera Comes to London 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z But this is no pastiche; Bacigalupi weaves an engrossing tale all his own, crackling with edgy style. Amid a real drought, thriller 'Water Knife' cuts to the quick 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z The family dynamic that emerges among husband and wife, parents and children, brothers and sisters is as engrossing as the punishing lifestyle they all endure for a few minutes of glory in the ring. 'Circo': one of the greatest shows on a real bare-bones circus family 2011-04-21T21:49:04Z There is no better way to describe this strange, engrossing novel. Poisoned Sake and Mutilated Teddy Bears 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z It also helps broaden the audience for her new memoir, “Yours Cruelly, Elvira,” which is the same kind of engrossing oddity that her career has been. Review | Remember Elvira? The mistress of the dark is still here, and she has some bombshells to drop. 2021-09-27T04:00:00Z Each was admirable, even lovely, in its own way, offering rich, engrossing combinations of sound sources deployed with originality, boldness and an ear for musical symmetry. Music Review: Four Compositions by Luigi Nono at Frederick Loewe Theater 2012-02-28T23:18:50Z “Tea Before You Go,” with music and story by Aaron Siegel, is also engrossing. Review: Librettos and Ariosos Meet Video at Anthology Film Archives 2016-05-08T04:00:00Z Like most stories about contested authorship, especially those involving Shakespeare, this skeleton engrosses some and seems ridiculous to many. The Marlowe Papers by Ros Barber – review 2012-06-15T21:55:03Z What follows is an engrossing, droll tale of double- and triple-crosses, highlighting at times the more bizarrely funny aspects of spy bureaucracy. From Shanghai, Paris and Mississippi: new mysteries 2013-07-11T17:50:57Z But the book, an engrossing record of Truffaut’s dayslong interview with his idol in 1962, did more than just reposition its subject’s reputation. Review: ‘Hitchcock/Truffaut’ Revisits the Master of Suspense 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z On his engrossing second record, “Wondrous Bughouse,” Mr. Powers unveiled an achingly macabre dimension, in one song wailing at the bedside of a dying relative as he imagines his own body below dirt. Pop & Rock Listings for Oct. 23-29 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z But the history museum atmosphere doesn’t detract from the play’s persuasively structured, engrossing storytelling. 'Wiesenthal' documents one man's human frailty, tireless dedication 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z In the Season 2 finale of what may be one of the most engrossing dramas on TV, Deputy U.S. Wednesday TV Picks: The Season 2 finale of FX's 'Justified' 2011-05-03T21:57:05Z The benefits claimant lays on his sofa, flaccid and worthless. Yet the CEO, our suited model of success, rushes around, engrossed in emails, documents and expense account lunches. America’s Donald Trump complex: We’re addicted to consumption — and it’s destroying us 2014-09-07T04:00:00Z The first season of “Halt and Catch Fire” is by far its weakest, but stick with the show — especially if you’re looking for an engrossing, thoughtful drama that’s not about murder and misery. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z Fortunately, as far as that acting is concerned, it’s strong work, featuring a trio of veterans whose focused, fully fleshed performances keep us riveted throughout this imperfect but often engrossing evening. Fatherhood is tested in 'Foreclosure' at Greenway Court 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z All this history, and more, is dutifully forked over in digestible chunks in “Radiance,” but Mr. Alda lacks the imaginative vision to give it engrossing dramatic form. | 'Radiance': ?Radiance? by Alan Alda at Geffen Playhouse - Review 2011-11-27T21:00:09Z The average action movie isn't sold — or, I'd argue, even experienced — as an engrossing story but as a receptacle for a series of blowout sequences or single shots. "Jackass 3D": The ultimate action spectacle 2010-10-15T18:50:00Z The engrossed writer continued to read the fat book at the laminated table. Dan Brown's Inferno: a tall writer offers his historic review 2013-05-14T06:01:01Z But his blocky, shadowy art, detailed cityscapes and inventive layouts are so engrossing, you’ll want to spend time with them. What to See in N.Y.C. Galleries Right Now 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z Like the best episodes of “In Treatment,” it was intelligent, fairly engrossing — within the limits of Noah’s worldview — and a showcase for two fine actors, Dominic West and a guest star, Cynthia Nixon. ‘The Affair’ Season 2, Episode 10: A Sick Bad Guy 2015-12-06T05:00:00Z This raw, engrossing work looks back at the deadly 1985 incident when Philadelphia police, following several fractious standoffs, dropped bombs on a rowhouse that housed Move, a group of black separatists. 5 Operas in 72 Hours: A Philadelphia Festival Is a Test of Survival 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z “Crisis” marks the second hostage drama of the 2013-14 TV season, and it’s marginally more engrossing / less ridiculous in its pilot than CBS’ fall flop “Hostages.” Realism held hostage in NBC’s new drama ‘Crisis’ 2014-03-14T20:24:38Z And there were three worthy if relatively slight works: Kodaly’s evocative “Dances of Galanta,” Dvorak’s engrossing “The Water Goblin” and Ravel’s hoary “La Valse.” Review: The New York Philharmonic and a Quilt of Composers 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z He also became engrossed by the little feuds that developed in the bridge club and who got to use the swimming pool, said his brother Mat, who often accompanied him. An Unlikely TV Star Who Knows What Britain Wants 2021-01-26T05:00:00Z I had arrived in Matera with grand ambitions to explore the Basilicata countryside, but soon found myself too engrossed to want to go anywhere else. The 52 Places Traveler: Two Versions of the Slow Life in Central and Southern Italy 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z Other episodes, such as the evolution of her business relationship with the Fresh Fields grocery chain, are less engrossing. The story behind the woman who helped make healthy eating cool 2015-04-21T04:00:00Z His approach was different, but just as engrossing, full of explanations and stories designed to engage scholars and novices alike. Perspective | What’s the best way to tour a city? A book critic stumbles onto the answer. 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z But mistrusting your audience’s complacency is not a great way to launch an engrossing story, though it can be a fantastic way to reach the sub-audience that already agrees with you. ‘Extrapolations’ and the Peril of Climate Cringe 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z It is receiving an engrossing, solid production now from Seattle Shakespeare Company. A solid, wrenching ‘Richard II’ at Seattle Shakespeare Co. 2014-01-16T21:34:58Z It’s at once restless and meditative; and, true to the entire work, engrossingly ambiguous. Review: In This One-Man Opera, It’s All in His Head 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z Apart from an engrossing duet revealing the strength and softness of Baidy Ba and Ms. Gomis, this work was meandering and overblown. Review: DanceAfrica Festival Focuses on Senegal 2016-05-29T04:00:00Z A Jewish convert with the Twitter handle @koshersoul, Twitty is deeply engrossed in both the African American and Jewish food traditions. His Paula Deen takedown went viral. But this food scholar isn’t done yet. 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z Okoye’s evocative “Black Bottom,” premiered by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra at its annual Classical Roots celebration last March, is one of the most engrossing musical portraits of Black history in the available repertoire. Let’s Make the Future That the ‘New World’ Symphony Predicted 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z Unfortunately, the acting in director Christopher Henley’s production lacks the kind of polish that might turn this extremely talky play into an engrossing theatrical experience. A pack of Parisian oddballs take on the corporate elite 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z The answer delivered by this completely engrossing yet sadly flawed exhibition is: deeply, madly, truly. Art Review | Otto Dix: At Neue Galerie, a Retrospective of a Deeply German Artist 2010-03-11T23:25:00Z The resulting work is a deeply engrossing tale that offers fresh insights into pre-war Peking and a measure of justice for a young woman whose life was cut tragically short. Midnight in Peking: Has Paul French Solved a 75-Year-Old Murder? 2012-04-30T15:45:50Z But as a whole, this year’s gathering in Ojai thrived under its long-held, suitably broad umbrella of “music festival,” and an excellent, engrossing one at that. Transcending genre labels, Vijay Iyer leads the Ojai Music Festival toward bold new territory 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z Refusing easy lines of sympathy and black-and-white morals, “Summer White” turns a familiar narrative into an engrossing, unnerving tightrope walk of a film. Five International Movies to Stream Now 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z Above all, though, he is a musician in search of big ideas, and throughout the engrossing performance there was a sense that he relishes the opportunity to air them in a large public forum. Music Review: Murray Perahia’s Powerful Sound Unfurls at Avery Fisher 2014-03-10T20:54:55Z It’s a moment of light relief amid a movie of brooding darkness – bravely made and utterly engrossing. Citizenfour review – Edward Snowden documentary is utterly engrossing 2014-10-19T04:00:00Z The effect is as captivating as the odd-couple narrative is engrossing. Review: ‘Santa & Andrés’ Chooses Friendship Over Politics 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z For all these problems, though, the Met show is engrossing, especially, I would guess, for anyone who had an experience of the world that Winogrand moved in, cared about and recorded with a fanatical vigor. ‘Garry Winogrand,’ a Retrospective at the Metropolitan Museum 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z An assortment of mini- bolsters the engrossing main story and the fully voiced cast delight. The Night of the Rabbit – review 2013-07-06T23:05:43Z More than “engrossing television,” he added, it was “important television, a model of what the medium can do.” Christopher Morahan, a Producer and Director of ‘The Jewel in the Crown,’ Dies at 87 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z But last week, Vick tripped up when he tweeted a photograph of himself innocently hanging out with his daughter, mutually engrossed in different projects, with the caption “we working.” Michael Vick, dog owner 2012-10-12T19:47:00Z To read this engrossing novel is to become invested in these “entirely resilient and impossibly fragile” people. J. Courtney Sullivan’s ‘Saints for All Occasions’ is this year’s best book about family 2017-05-08T04:00:00Z Zetter reveals how analysts from Belarus to California collaborated to piece together who created and launched the world’s first digital weapon, turning a complicated and technical story into an engrossing whodunit. 50 notable works of nonfiction This week’s engrossing hour takes a knife to each one. ‘Designated Survivor’ Season 1, Episode 4: A Way Forward 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z "Boardwalk Empire" is a transporting and engrossing series with passages of greatness, but it lacks faith in itself, and it's simultaneously too much and not enough. The plot-crazy spectacle of "Boardwalk Empire" 2011-09-26T01:26:00Z Many times, he explained, becoming engrossed in a community is centered primarily around the people. New Wing Luke Museum executive director Joël Barraquiel Tan aims to connect culture, community 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z Still others mingled, greeting friends, their murmured conversations lending some small part to an engrossing aural environment conjured at the heart of a teeming metropolis. Music Review: Turning It Outside-In at Armory 2011-02-21T22:53:56Z But if you love to see plans hatched and laws broken and heads cracked in movies and TV, you should break out of your genre comfort zone and check out these engrossing, larcenous tales. From “Scalped” to “Thief of Thieves”: The most engrossing crime comics in history 2014-08-03T04:00:00Z He suggested a walk along the prom, and we sauntered in the sunshine side by side, light seeming to skip around and between us, punctuating our engrossed conversation. Thirty years after I fancied him at school, my teacher landed back in my life 2017-08-26T04:00:00Z “Vet U” is engrossing and educational, with only a few contrivances — there’s no way that group of people goes out for beers together, sorry — that luckily don’t ruin the rest of the show. What You Should Watch This Weekend: ‘Luke Cage’ and ‘Documentary Now!’ 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z He coaxes us readers deep into weeds of Tessa’s research, rendering technical details about things like “limping iambic” poetic meter, not only graspable, but engrossing. Review | ‘The Latinist’ is the perfect suspense novel to kick off your reading year 2021-12-31T05:00:00Z I saw the play about a week ago and found it engrossing and involving. Review: Real Russians and Fake News in ‘Describe the Night’ 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z He crafts a film that is engrossing from the start, while building to something greater and more emotionally encompassing. ‘By the Grace of God’ Review: A Devastating Film About Survivors of Abuse 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z But the atmosphere of decadence, while certainly engrossing, was not hermetically sealed. 1,000 Islands, 2 Worlds 2014-08-29T04:00:00Z But it is an engrossing portrait all the same, a generous introduction to someone worth knowing, who knows an awful lot. 2010-01-08T03:32:00Z The man who makes the remark, on the first page of Emma Donoghue’s engrossing novel, is the driver of an uncomfortable horse-drawn wagon called a “jaunting car.” Stephen King Reviews Emma Donoghue’s Latest Novel 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z On paper, there's no reason why any of this couldn't have been engrossing, or at least tolerable. Close encounters of a tired kind 2011-06-19T21:20:00Z Repertory theatre heightens that spectrum of skill and empathy, and watching actors present different facets of their diamond art is engrossing. Are the RSC ensemble's glory days over? 2011-02-01T17:32:55Z I would add James Gray to the list for “The Lost City of Z,” an engrossing, fascinatingly dreamlike portrait of British explorer Percival Fawcett that deserved far more attention from viewers than it received. Perspective | The best in 2017 movies so far: Nicole Kidman, Richard Gere, ‘The Big Sick’ and more to remember come Oscars 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z Though I watched the program twice on Saturday, his engrossing, eccentric “Kammermusik No. 3” was the one for which even two viewings weren’t enough to grasp its complexities. Dance Review: Pacific Northwest Ballet in Seattle, Mark Morris Premiere 2012-11-05T22:54:53Z He bullied dancers, and infuriated friends when he testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee, but his engrossing journals, rich with watercolors and watery notes to self, reveal the intense self-doubt that his choreography obscured. 13 Art Exhibitions to View in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z As Daniel Mark Epstein notes in his engrossing biography, she used “the American revival meeting’s dramatic structure to create a fluid form of religious theater that resembled, in all but content, a musical comedy.” Theater Review: ‘Scandalous: The Life and Trials of Aimee Semple McPherson’ 2012-11-16T03:00:13Z The novel is densely plotted and written with unsparing accuracy about the characters of Naples, but Lenù's candid narration makes for an utterly engrossing reading experience. Freud, Nietzsche, Paglia, Fanon: our expert guide to the books of "The White Lotus" 2021-08-23T04:00:00Z The second book in Reynolds’ engrossing and big-hearted series about the members of a track team focuses on a speed-demon girl who outruns challenges on the track and at home. Notable Children’s Books of 2017 2017-11-27T05:00:00Z Her crime spree is retold in this engrossing dramedy, based on Israel’s memoir. What’s on TV Saturday: ‘Can You Ever Forgive Me?’ and ‘The Jungle Book’ 2019-08-31T04:00:00Z Often he seemed engrossed with the wondrous musical particulars of a given moment. Review: Lars Vogt Offers His Intensely Probing Take on Bach 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z But I’ve always admired the depth, imagination and engrossing complexity of his music. When Boston Ruled the Music World 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z If you want connection, ideas, support, “engrossing” conversation, then you’ll need to share your ambivalence. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: What are you doing with your retirement? Being honest. 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z This stuff's as grittily engrossing as an old Spike Lee film. New band of the day ? No 855: Freddie Gibbs 2010-08-26T16:12:00Z People stopped buying drinks; the bartenders put their elbows on the counter, engrossed. Music Review: Angel Olsen at the Glasslands Gallery 2012-11-13T23:41:46Z “What We See When We Read” is an investigation of what happens in the mind’s eye when we’re engrossed in a book. Designing a Book Cover for Italo Calvino 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z I actually missed my stop on the train this morning because I was engrossed in the chapter about duck sex. From duck vaginas to bumblebee sex: The amazing, overlooked science of genitals 2014-05-10T20:00:00Z Lockwood’s internet novel, one of the Book Review’s 10 Best Books of 2021, follows the life of a woman who becomes engrossed by “the portal,” a metaphor for our online social media world. New in Paperback: ‘How Beautiful We Were’ and ‘No One Is Talking About This’ 2022-02-18T05:00:00Z Dennis excels at delving into the psyche of these women, exploring their traumas and constructing wholly engrossing worlds. Review | Amanda Dennis’s ‘Her Here’ is a spellbinding existential thriller 2021-03-10T05:00:00Z Once it finally begins to focus on the mission, however, “This Changes Everything” not only becomes engrossing but reveals itself as a crucial cri de coeur. ‘This Changes Everything’ Review: Hollywood’s Men, Called to Action 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z It had evolved beyond the story its author described at Hamilton, and it was far more engrossing than I expected. Alex Haley Taught America About Race — and a Young Man How to Write 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z The African-American family story told in this engrossing, remarkably mature first novel is also a story of the city of Detroit. 100 Notable Books of 2015 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z For people who might have little interest in the subject, the absorbing illustrations support an unexpectedly engrossing text. A Gorgeous New Book Chronicles the History of the English Garden 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z Joseph O’Connor’s ingenious, engrossing novel is based on the life of Bram Stoker, author of “Dracula.” Review | Three new audiobooks make a long drive fly by 2020-08-07T04:00:00Z It’s a lamentable if not especially engrossing story, part wronged-woman narrative, part marital horror movie. Review: ‘Effie Gray’ Stars Dakota Fanning as a Rejected Wife 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z Such symbolic weight might be too much were it not counterbalanced by engrossing alpine details and rich backstories. Review | Adventure seekers — and a few ghosts — make a dangerous trip up a mountain in ‘Mysterium’ 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z There is a supernatural element here, too, and an awkward attempt to jam local historical figures into a story that is engrossing enough in itself. Fiction for older children – reviews 2013-07-27T13:00:00Z In a Cunningham dance, the mind can wander, experience different rates of change, be baffled, engrossed, astonished, bored. ‘Cunningham’ Review: Exploring Space, Time and Dance in 3-D 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z “Secondhand Time” is an avalanche of engrossing talk. Review: In ‘Secondhand Time,’ Voices From a Lost Russia 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z And for fans of both history and filmmaking, it is engrossing to watch. 'Lost Landscapes of Los Angeles': Rick Prelinger's new film of old home movies and studio outtakes 2015-11-15T05:00:00Z Along the way, we learn of the man’s tragic past and his relationship with his friends, each an engrossing, well-told tale. Review | When these animals talk, listen: Audiobooks give voice to a cat, a horse, a sheep and others 2020-12-14T05:00:00Z Paul Fischer, a film producer, recounts the well-known story in three engrossing acts. Loan-star state 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z But his playing was so deliberate in its intentions, alternately refined and feisty, and so intriguing that I was affected and impressed, especially with his engrossing account of “Kreisleriana,” a teeming, craggy Schumann masterpiece. Music Review: Conceptually Challenging in Familiar Repertory 2011-03-06T22:46:11Z Our reviewer, David W. Blight, called it “engrossing history, animated by the stories of several key characters.” New in Paperback: ‘Say Nothing’ and ‘The Club’ 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z Levin’s engrossing book shows that Taylor was something more complicated: She was a thief, impostor, scammer, bigamist and possibly a kidnapper and murderer. Review | Turn up the volume: This month’s best audiobooks have something to say 2019-06-17T04:00:00Z Bennett has written an engrossing, tension-packed family saga about sisters who both suffer from the wound of their separation and unwittingly pass a legacy of untreated trauma down to their daughters. Brit Bennett's "The Vanishing Half" and 4 more must-read novels out in June 2020-06-14T04:00:00Z But her most engrossing contribution is the typescript of her extraordinary book of poems “The Arab Apocalypse,” replete with hand-drawn symbols and annotations. ‘Here and Elsewhere,’ Contemporary Work From the Middle East 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z The film tells an engrossing cat-and-mouse story — of Landis, who flouts convention with his forgeries, and Matthew Leininger, a former museum registrar, who is intent on catching him breaking some law. 'Art and Craft': The life and times of Mark Landis, devoted forger 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z Saad made polite conversation; Sarah made a point of being engrossed in the history of rock. T Magazine: Expatriot Games 2011-03-11T17:02:22Z But at times during this engrossing production, you swear you were watching a crowd. Review | Hub Theatre’s ‘The Pavilion’ revisits the past 2018-04-02T04:00:00Z It’s engrossing, even if Rousseau doesn’t emerge as a painter of the first rank. Getty exhibition makes a case for the enduring power of Theodore Rousseau 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z And sure, the making and marketing of movies are enterprises that in their importance and engrossing details deserve the kind of full-scale treatment they get here. Exhibition Review: When Pictures Leap to Other Screens 2011-01-13T21:55:50Z It is all moderately engrossing until things go sideways. "Heart of Stone" stars Gal Gadot in a lackluster Europudding action flick 2023-08-14T04:00:00Z By Philadelphia, there were three unrelated characters with grey eyes, but at least the plot was mildly engrossing. Five Fantasy Epics That Would Have Made for Better TV Than Game of Thrones 2015-04-19T04:00:00Z They’re Clever and Carnivorous “Should you worry?” we are asked again and again as we are lured into the web of a thoroughly engrossing new exhibition at the American Museum of Natural History. Exhibition Review: ‘Spiders Alive!’ at American Museum of Natural History 2012-07-27T21:25:49Z This engrossing group biography presents them all, and shows how their enthusiasms, political and literary, encapsulated mid-20th-century Britain. 9 New Books We Recommend This Week 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z "Soulacoaster" goes on to describe the rise of Kelly's career and engrossing details of the creation of his many classic songs and albums. R. Kelly autobiography vivid despite guarded tone 2012-06-27T20:31:17Z Now Morgan is asking us to spend ten more hours in the Queen’s company, with the sumptuous and surprisingly engrossing Netflix series “The Crown,” which premières today. Peter Morgan Serves the Queen, Again 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z Over an engrossing season, she prompts itches in her co-workers that lead them to wonder about their top-secret work and their outside lives, and to rebel. ‘Severance’ Review: That Makes Two of You 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z Through his works, Cage certainly created the circumstances for engrossing perceptual experiences. Music Review: ?Launching the Percussion Revolution? at Juilliard 2012-02-01T00:03:35Z He graciously appeared on "Salon Talks" before his morning coffee to discuss his starring role in the engrossing new thriller "The Dry." Eric Bana on making Aussie thriller "The Dry" in his hometown and escaping "the comedy straitjacket" 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z Excellent acting, fantastic soundtrack, perfect direction, engrossing adventure. The best films of 2013 (so far) 2013-06-21T15:49:46Z She and Mr. Bosmeny shared a three-and-a-half-hour lunch in which they became so engrossed in conversation that they forgot to order food. When Plans Are Meant to be Changed 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z In the film a grandfather reads a bedtime story to his video-gaming grandson, who at first resists the tale of romance and adventure but becomes completely engrossed. At Salzburg Festival, Two Bold Directors Claim Their Stages 2018-08-12T04:00:00Z As the second movement continues, it becomes more stylistically volatile, and engrossing. Review: An Oratorio Cautiously Looks Back on Women’s Suffrage 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z The music hasn’t even started, and we are already engrossed in the story of this sad loner and dedicated songsmith. Music Review: Reimagining Wagner’s ‘Meistersinger’ at Salzburg Festival 2013-08-05T21:45:01Z Waugh keeps the action engrossing as Tom engages in various chases and shootouts, with one shot using night vision being especially exciting. "We leave these places in ruins": How the white lens on "Kandahar" reflects the human cost 2023-05-26T04:00:00Z “If a simple algorithm could tell you how happy you were — objectively how happy — wouldn’t you want to know?” a character asks early in “Happy for You,” Claire Stanford’s engrossing and clever first novel. Big Tech Wants to Commodify Your Happiness 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z These potent and engrossing mini-dramas made me feel I was inside a short story, and they rewarded — and inspired — close attention. 2018’s best dance: A year when human warmth burned brightly 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z In The New York Times, Eliot Fremont-Smith called it “one of the most revealing and engrossing books on film art, technique and history ever put together.” At the Movies With François and Hitch 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z While a little wan, the linear entanglements are elegantly engrossing, and their layering and sampling of existing images are two key strategies of painting since the early 1970s. Francis Picabia, the Playboy Prankster of Moderism 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z Just don’t expect a terribly engrossing experience for parents. What’s on TV Saturday: ‘Jurassic Park’ and ‘Animals Doing Things’ 2018-06-16T04:00:00Z It would need more characters actually doing things, though, as in Richard Nelson’s engrossing “Nikolai and the Others,” a play also focused on the creation of art, in that case Balanchine’s. Review: An Impresario of ‘Fire and Air’ (if He Does Say So Himself) 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z The night’s unplanned drama was unfortunately its most engrossing. ‘Swan Lake’ at American Ballet Theater 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z Only in the conviction of Victor Barbee’s High Brahmin did the story become engrossing: with him, religion, love and jealousy are honestly and powerfully expressed. Dance Review: American Ballet Theater?s ?La Bayad?re,? at Lincoln Center 2010-05-19T22:05:00Z I was still engrossed in this conversation with myself when the doctor handed me a card of a friend of his who ran the university’s main plastic surgery practice. Was my breast reduction a mistake? 2014-02-17T01:00:00Z Still, the facade alone was engrossing, so it was hard to leave. Art Deco Los Angeles 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z “This was a person who was deeply engrossed in the history of the town and a magnificent storyteller — strong narratives that brought Charleston to life and weren’t trite.” How the Concierge Endures in an Internet World 2016-12-16T05:00:00Z This engrossing narrative history of voting rights since 1965 focuses on the debate between two competing visions. 100 Notable Books of 2015 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z An engrossing, “wonderful debut novel,” said The Washington Post. How an emergency room pediatrician became a global best-selling author 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z "The Borgias" is grim but engrossing -- and when Irons is onscreen, with his bourbon-and-Gitanes voice and Chuck Jones face, it becomes a dark comedy about priests behaving badly. "Camelot" and "Borgias": Blood, boobs and costume drama 2011-04-02T18:01:00Z They are transporting, but the piece is equally engrossing in silence. In ‘Fly Away,’ Rashid Johnson Keeps the Focus on Race 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z The books may be engrossing but the formulaic plots sometimes leave a reader wanting an unexpected twist. Summer Reading 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z In "A Perilous Conception," he's delivered an engrossing book about a fascinating corner of the medical world. 'A Perilous Conception': a test-tube mystery 2011-12-15T20:53:04Z It’s an engrossing look at how humans and wildlife coexist, and how we could perhaps do so more humanely. Thieving monkeys and felonious caterpillars: Mary Roach’s research for ‘Fuzz’ was full of surprises 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z By contrast, Mr. Corigliano’s engrossing “Fantasia on an Ostinato” is a study in obsession and how it precludes any attempt at progression and narrative. Review: Pianist Ursula Oppens Seamlessly Connects the Classics With New Music 2015-06-29T04:00:00Z Over the years he has conducted “Lulu” and “Wozzeck” often and engrossingly. Critic?s Notebook: A Maestro?s Unfinished Legacy 2011-03-03T23:23:55Z The training for the drag children — with their varying levels of technical skill and comfort with a duct-taped tuck — is perhaps the least engrossing aspect of the series. HBO's heartfelt "We're Here" is the drag show America needs now 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z Haigh’s ideas about society and human nature are legible and convincing, and his adventure tale is, moment by moment, plausible and engrossing. Review: In ‘The North Water,’ There’s Blood on the Ice 2021-07-14T04:00:00Z Marc Levin’s ambitious and engrossing “Class Divide” looks at this phenomenon chiefly through the lens of a single intersection, at 10th Avenue and 26th Street. Review: ‘Class Divide’ Shows the Extremes Hypergentrification Creates in a Neighborhood 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z One of the ursine toys, in sepia, sitting on a table between besuited men engrossed in chess, looks at the camera as if perfectly aware of its ridiculous place in the scene. A Piercing View of the Twentieth Century, Through the Eyes of the Teddy Bear 2016-09-18T04:00:00Z The oddities of this engrossing 1788 sonata are masked by its deceptively jolly surface. Music Review: Jeremy Denk Performs in Peoples’ Symphony Series 2014-04-13T19:23:23Z It’s an engrossing but somewhat aimless and impressionistic ramble through the Nixon presidency and tumult of the 1970s. Television Review: ‘Our Nixon,’ a CNN Documentary About White House Cameras 2013-07-31T22:11:25Z I mingled with dozens of lycée students who were engrossed in his double-exposure color images that superimpose nudes, religious imagery and other forbidden material onto pictures of abundant wheat fields or Khrushchev-era apartment blocks. The Life’s Work of Photography’s Great Trickster, and Ukraine’s Greatest Artist 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z But even while engrossed in this rather horrific sequence, I wished I knew Alexis a little better, that her story hadn’t been dropped from view for quite so long. Books of The Times: ‘Want Not,’ a Novel by Jonathan Miles 2013-12-23T20:40:40Z “My mother used to say eating was a way of battling death,” recalls the main character, Rosa Sauer, in Postorino’s engrossing novel. Hitler Had Food Tasters, Anne Frank Lived and Maud Baum Wanted to Be Heard 2019-02-22T05:00:00Z He made a case for this episodic 22-minute piece through his engrossing performance, from the opening section, all staggered chords and melodic fragments, through the final bitter dance, reminiscent of Shostakovich. Gidon Kremer and Daniil Trifonov Team Up at Carnegie Hall 2015-01-25T05:00:00Z This ambitious novel tackles major American questions and answers them in an original, engrossing way. After ‘A Little Life,’ Hanya Yanagihara’s Big New Novel Rewrites History 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z These are subtle exchanges, but engrossing nonetheless — a brilliant, succinct depiction of everyday code switching, and it works mainly because Jordan carries it off so well. Why Michael B. Jordan Is More Than a Movie Star 2018-11-26T05:00:00Z May I firstly say how much I enjoyed The Spear of Destiny; each chapter was engrossing and thoroughly enjoyable. Marcus Sedgwick: 'the magical might be waiting for us, just around the next corner' 2013-03-23T08:00:00Z You only need to read today’s headlines to comprehend the continuing human cost of the political and military transactions depicted in this engrossing, illuminating play from the author of “The Overwhelming.” | 'Blood and Gifts': ?Blood and Gifts? at Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater - Review 2011-11-22T03:02:13Z A better word to describe this engrossing, effective piece — and her style overall — is audible: All the multilayered, meter-fracturing workings of the score are laid out clearly. Review: An Ambitious Project Returns at the Philharmonic 2021-12-05T05:00:00Z By being a self-contained story, "Shazam!" feels more like the kind of movie that any child could wander into and immediately become engrossed. "Shazam!" understands why kids fall in love with superheroes 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z The storylines are very interesting and keep you engrossed throughout. The Cherub series by Robert Muchamore 2011-07-19T14:19:43Z Like the song itself, it's simple, strangely engrossing and downright lovely. New music: Deerhunter ? Helicopter 2010-09-06T14:57:00Z It’s an engrossing and darkly funny one-woman show, but doesn’t quite make the best of its provocative premise. ‘Boy Parts’ Review: Onstage, a Dangerous Woman Isn’t Enough 2023-10-27T04:00:00Z Royston never does manage to get his swede right – but his narrative becomes all the more engrossing for his pantomime inability to see what's going on around him. One Dead Hen by Charlie Williams - review 2011-08-03T12:30:02Z Mr. Shepherd’s engrossing 12-minute work begins with the oboe playing a fidgety, twisting melody, prodded along by plunked sounds and curt chords in the strings. Music Review: Santa Fe Celebration Includes New York 2011-08-12T22:22:50Z What Richard Did is an engrossing and intelligent drama that throbs in the mind for hours after the final credits. What Richard Did – review 2013-01-10T21:10:01Z They'll be in it for the plot, which is big, engrossing, and runs like clockwork. The Casual Vacancy by JK Rowling – full review 2012-09-28T10:30:01Z And it proved a weirdly inspired work, an engrossing, outrageous, entertaining and, ultimately, deeply moving new opera. Opera Review: ?Anna Nicole? Reimagined at Covent Garden 2011-02-18T04:59:19Z This engrossing moral drama suddenly takes another turn as we catch up with that introductory trail of blood on the apartment floor. Side Effects – review 2013-03-10T00:06:26Z Washington’s strained relationships with the Afghan and Pakistani governments only exacerbated the problems, Coll writes in his excellent, engrossing account. New in Paperback: ‘Directorate S,’ ‘The Friend’ 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z More is sure to be written, but it's hard to imagine a more engrossing, dramatic, fair-minded and elegantly written account of these 11 months that changed the course of history. War in Europe comes alive in `Guns at Last Light' 2013-05-15T14:08:08Z And what happens when that unlikely intersection — which has resulted in Jackson’s engrossing new film documentary, “The Beatles: Get Back” — comprehensively chronicles the month of January 1969? How Peter Jackson shifted the dour context of ‘Let It Be’ into a fuller, more human ‘Get Back’ 2021-11-25T05:00:00Z Mr. Ripstein’s hallucinatory, deliberate style is engrossing, and “Bleak Street” is full of strange, vivid images and scenes, especially when the twins are together, practicing wrestling moves or musing on the demands of their craft. Review: Arturo Ripstein’s ‘Bleak Street,’ the Story of a Mexican Murder Case 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z After a long but engrossing day, I emerged astonished both by Murphy's historical awareness and Druid's ensemble vigour. Druid Murphy – review 2012-06-24T17:00:03Z A mere duck will not do for the clockmaker, any more than clockwork, for all its engrossing ingenuity, will do for Carey. The big novels of 2012 2012-07-13T15:00:07Z “As it went on, I think we started to relax because she was completely engrossed throughout,” Cohen said. Film puts muscle, heart behind the ‘Notorious RBG’ image of Ruth Bader Ginsburg 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z And yet Welcome to New York proves thoroughly engrossing. Cannes 2014 review: Welcome to New York - Depardieu's grunting triumph exposes more than just himself 2014-05-18T04:00:00Z Yet I found myself more engrossed than ever by this skillful retelling of a fraught and pivotal chapter in English history – and divorce law. London Theater Journal: Shadowlands 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z In its most engrossing moments, “What Remains,” with its eerie landscape of shadows and bodies, merges words and movement with a visceral, pungent force. Review: The Body, Vibrating, Is ‘What Remains’ 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z To our left, a young woman sat alone on a sandbar a hundred feet out in the water, engrossed in a book. Overnighter: In Bustling Vietnam, a Rare and (still untrammeled) Escape 2012-01-13T17:53:11Z Named one of the 10 best books of 2020 by The New York Times Book Review, “Hamnet” is incredibly engrossing and sometimes playful, even though it is about the death of a child. Maggie O’Farrell Looks for Stories Hiding in Plain Sight 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z Each of those shows is an engrossing, humanizing look at doctors, nurses and patients at different hospitals. What You Should Watch This Week: ‘Iris’ and ‘Halt and Catch Fire’ 2016-08-08T04:00:00Z They were left to continue the rumor mill, but for the 15 minutes of show, they were fully engrossed in the show. De la Renta takes bow with models on his arm 2013-02-13T03:11:10Z Bodley Head; £20. Buy from Amazon.com; Amazon.co.uk An engrossing evocation of how China turned into a country that now exports in six hours as much as it did in all of 1978. Page turners 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z Lighter, freer and a little more conventional than usual, it is Mr. Barney’s most engrossing film in over a decade. A Lighter Matthew Barney Goes Back to School, and Back Home 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z Meaty themes, for sure, but they would amount to no more than a bag of bones if were not also an engrossing, spine-chilling drama. Frankenstein at the National Theatre 2011-02-12T00:05:26Z Though equally stylised, their brand of brittle disco is engrossing and strangely infectious. New music: Cosmetics ? Sleepwalking 2010-08-11T10:40:00Z Ornithological accuracy is not among Rio's virtues, but it's a cartoon, dammit, and sunny enough to keep kids enchanted and their parents engrossed this weekend. Rio: Birds of a Fabulous Feather 2011-04-14T08:45:00Z Meloy's fast-paced, engrossing Cold War story is matched by her ability to create characters who grab the reader's interest. Penderwicks, Lucky, Liesl and Po star in great new youth novels 2011-11-13T00:20:25Z Though the manner of vocal recitative, close to plainsong, seems at first coolly detached, its quiet concentration becomes engrossing. Dance Review | Mark Morris Dance Group: Cheekily Defying Expectations 2010-02-24T22:46:00Z Nick Hornby said he understood only one word in four of the baseball talk, yet still called it "the best and most engrossing sports book I have reads in years". Summer readings: Moneyball by Michael Lewis 2011-07-29T09:25:00Z The novel’s strong sense of place and personality is handily conveyed by Australian voice actor Stephen Shanahan who narrates this thoroughly engrossing book in a no-nonsense Aussie accent. Review | These three audiobooks can be your sound of spring 2019-05-21T04:00:00Z Their efforts paid off in an engrossing, characterful performance of the dozen short movements, in which brash dissonances are playfully contrasted with emotive outbursts and lyrical interludes. Review: The Pacifica Quartet Interprets Composers’ ‘Last Words’ 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z I found that music did little to inspire me to keep moving — so I tried podcasts, which then segued into engrossing audio dramas. Ronan Farrow's voices (and other audiobook delights) helped me get through this year 2020-11-26T05:00:00Z Much of the first half of this engrossing drama is setup. Benedict Cumberbatch is a tense & meticulous spy in Cold War thriller "The Courier" 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z But few of them will benefit from as engrossing a star as Mr. Durst, with his tics, his weirdly gentle forcefulness and, when the chips were down, his nervous burps. TV Review: HBO's 'The Jinx' Finale Was Gut-Wrenching, Remarkable Television 2015-03-15T04:00:00Z A self watching another self—this is why Bella is so engrossed by the story of the Little Match Girl. This Week in Fiction: Yiyun Li on Fairy Tales 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z This delightful and engrossing memoir by the 80-year-old award-winning novelist Penelope Lively accomplishes everything one could wish for in autobiographical writing. A rich portrait of Penelope Lively’s long and eventful life 2014-02-05T22:02:42Z Cast members snacked on hot dogs and sliders, while Christopher Mintz-Plasse was engrossed in conversation with a DJ spinning hip-hop. Comic-Con: Daytime pop culture, nighttime parties 2012-07-14T13:28:13Z In his engrossing show “Daniel J. Watts’ The Jam: Only Child,” this actor-writer-storyteller delivers a jam, in the performance sense, with high-energy musical flow and an air of spontaneity. Review | Signature Theatre’s latest show is a ‘Jam’ to savor 2021-03-19T04:00:00Z It is an engrossing, unsentimental continuation of his work on “The Matter,” which he first presented in 1972. Best Dance of 2020 2020-12-01T05:00:00Z Similarly engrossing is a set of almost 100 small, wood-framed blackboards, each with a black-and-white painting; among them are abstractions, portraits, still lifes, nudes and gnomic texts. Art Review: Uptown, a Jumble of Treasures 2011-04-22T03:31:19Z He happily provided the necessary details, and she soon found herself engrossed in “Girls” and other HBO series like “Game of Thrones” and “Boardwalk Empire” on HBO GO. Seeing ‘Girls’ and Other HBO Shows With HBO Go 2012-05-25T23:46:27Z Five years after "Sunrise," Riley had become so engrossed in the string quartet that he'd begun work on a cycle of five quartets lasting two hours in performance. For Minimalist music mastermind Terry Riley, a major birthday bash 2015-07-03T04:00:00Z Lies pile on top of lies wedged between bunches of other lies in this engrossingly depraved account of romantic desperation. Stranger than fiction: the most shocking documentaries ever 2018-07-03T04:00:00Z The ripped-from-the-headlines true story would be engrossing any way you slice it, but Jackman elevates the facts into a sublime dramatic work. Bad Education: is this Hugh Jackman's greatest performance to date? 2020-04-23T04:00:00Z Words were a marginal element of this engrossing 35-minute performance, which was closer to a theatrical happening than to a song recital. Music Review: San Francisco Symphony?s American Mavericks Series 2012-03-29T21:34:57Z Luca Salsi, an engrossing, casually evil Scarpia, sang in a manner more like pitched speech, pointing his voice into the hall in a way that balanced the police chief’s debonair manner and thinly veiled malice. Review: ‘Tosca’ Returns, Defined by Its Quiet Moments 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z The conversation returned to me while reading "Days of Rage," Bryan Burrough's impressively researched and deeply engrossing history of America's violent revolutionary fringe — the Black Panthers, the Weather Underground, the Symbionese Liberation Army, et al. '60s and '70s radicals get a fresh look in 'Days of Rage' 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z Lish makes this kind of despair consistently engrossing, in part because he’s so rigorously poker-faced. Review | Atticus Lish’s new novel is about manhood, but don’t expect to find any social commentary 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z But Goldman’s prints combine a few simple motifs in so many different ways that they’re both intellectually and visually engrossing. Review | In the galleries: ‘Taking Territory’ exhibition finds the creative common ground 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z You’ll also find yourself engrossed in a vignette you assume is propelling the main story, only to hear a disembodied voice yell, “Cut,” and issue instructions for a retake. Critic’s Notebook: ‘The Drowned Man: A Hollywood Fable’ in London 2013-07-23T21:05:32Z If “Parenthood” were cynical, or if “Thirtysomething” were less ponderous, you’d get something like “Tangle,” an engrossing and talky drama about a few suburban families who are nursing some serious ennui. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z Springing from a New York Times Modern Love column, Calhoun’s memoir reads like a series of light and funny essays, formed from original, engrossing anecdotes interspersed with somewhat more predictable life lessons. For Better, for Worse: Three Memoirs Report From Marriage Country 2017-05-16T04:00:00Z The group’s most recent album, “Thwirl,” is a collection of intimate, engrossing originals likely to crop up again here. Jazz Listings for May 8-14 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z The cast and crew have reproduced the atmosphere of a restaurant kitchen with meticulous care, but the audience may not always find the outcome so engrossing. In 'My Mañana Comes,' pay cut for restaurant workers turns friends into rivals 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z Despite its shortcomings, Book-It’’s ambitious foray into the Russian canon does provide an engrossing introduction to a great novel, and may well inspire marathon reading sessions of Tolstoy’s entire tome. Love’s tragedies, triumphs in Book-It’s ‘Anna Karenina’ | Theater review 2013-02-14T02:15:42Z What’s also true is that the play within the play — the story of a merchant, a daughter, the daughter’s lover — isn’t so engrossing. ‘The Knight of the Burning Pestle’ Review: Wielding His Trusty Kitchen Tools 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z Do we mean serious in the sense that some wines are so interesting and complex that we find ourselves engrossed in pondering their characteristics? When Thin and Bitter Are Welcome Wine Words 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z Yet the quiet story remains engrossing, by turns gently humorous and pathetic, mundane and poignant. Portrait of the Artist as a Complete Jerk 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z Part of Mr. Stewart’s magic as a writer is that he is both exhaustive and engrossing. Books Of the Times: Looking for Truth in All That Lying 2011-06-12T22:09:47Z Her extraordinarily liquid, sensitive playing — engrossing even in Massenet’s endlessly burbling arpeggios — was the real reason to use Symphony Space as shelter from the storm. Music Review: Damien Top and Linda Hall at Symphony Space 2012-09-10T02:23:04Z In her engrossing opening essay, Cafritz writes about her family, career, support from fellow women and many triumphs and tragedies. Review | Peggy Cooper Cafritz’s collection of African American art rises from the ashes 2018-02-15T05:00:00Z Describe the Night is engrossing, disturbing and very risky on the playwright's part. Review: Real Russians and Fake News in ‘Describe the Night’ 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z "A Separation" is partly a courtroom drama, partly a political satire and partly a twisty thriller that gradually draws you in and becomes more engrossing with each new revelation. 'A Separation': a wholly engrossing Iranian tale of a couple divided 2012-02-02T21:05:07Z From engrossing detective fiction to fantastical young-adult novels to a serious analysis of the Supreme Court, there are suggestions here for a wide range of tastes. 143 books to read in summer 2014 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z William Powhida's snappy, engrossing work of the last decade has made it clear that when it comes to the contemporary art scene, there's a fine line -- if that -- between parody and brutal honesty. William Powhida, usually a force, has surprisingly thin show at Charlie James 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z In fact, I found myself hoping that David never develops his abilities and becomes a full-fledged superhero, because it’s so engrossing to watch his origin story. Review: In ‘Legion,’ a Hero’s Journey Is a Real Head Trip 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z But the common thread that Rovner finds is a tangible sense of awe — a certain engrossed exuberance on each woman’s face as she explains her way of working to curious camera crews and bemused interviewers. Amplifying the Women Who Pushed Synthesizers Into the Future 2021-04-21T04:00:00Z And Mr. Struzan, while an agreeable presence, is not an especially engrossing speaker. Movie Review: ‘Drew: The Man Behind the Poster’ Profiles Drew Struzan 2013-08-16T00:20:42Z The book assumes the form of a mockumentary and reads like an engrossing, if sometimes predictable, popular crime novel. Joyce Maynard’s Second Chances 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z It's hard to be fully engrossed in it for so long. Ray Romano, Jon Hamm mull lighter side of drama 2010-05-26T05:37:00Z At midnight West Coast time, 3 a.m. in the East, the new expansion, called Cataclysm, threw open a new chapter in cyberspace’s most detailed and engrossing fictional universe. ArtsBeat: Legions Descend on World of Warcraft 2010-12-07T19:38:00Z They’re even more engrossing than ABC Family’s frothy mystery about Rosewood. 26 Streaming Shows You Should Get Addicted to This Winter 2014-12-06T05:00:00Z It's weird and engrossing and seductive and scary with some nice gothic touches. Charlie Higson's top 10 horror books 2010-09-08T10:53:00Z Perhaps the most salient lesson of Brownstein’s engrossing book is that surely as day follows night, America devours its most provocative cultural expression and spits it back up, polished and unthreatening. Why Did Los Angeles Become a Cultural Mecca in the Early 1970s? 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z The closing event, at National Sawdust on March 15, includes the debut of Mr. Harrison’s eight-guitar Resophonic Guitar Orchestra, as well as Dither, a studious, engrossing band of four guitars. Alternative Guitar Summit: Don’t Expect Three Chords and the Truth 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z But here it’s an effective and engrossing mechanism for summoning the collective conscience of the region. Ten Years After Katrina, New Orleans Museums Reckon With Recovery 2015-08-19T04:00:00Z What follows is a powerful, subtle and engrossing reworking of Siegfried Lenz's short story "The Night in the Hotel". Wastwater; Hotel Confessions; Terminus; Wife to James Whelan ? review 2011-04-09T23:06:09Z “Red,” meanwhile, was given superlatives like “brilliant” and “engrossing” over and over from voters, and the play had overwhelming support from those surveyed. Predicting Winners of the Tony Awards 2010-06-10T23:18:00Z The science is not too difficult, the emotions are clear and emphatic, and the truth of history is respected just enough to make room for tidy and engrossing drama. ‘The Imitation Game’ Stars Benedict Cumberbatch 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z It's not an immediately convincing reinvention: Sun is engrossing musically, but ruined by its intrusive, abstract vocal; the clanging notes of Bowls are similarly tiresome. Caribou: Swim 2010-04-15T20:55:00Z “Junk” — a deep plunge into the high-yield-bonds fiasco of the late 1980s, which landed junk-bond king Michael Milken in prison — lacks some of the engrossing cultural crosscurrents that made “Disgraced” so dramatically potent. Review | In Ayad Akhtar’s play about Wall Street’s wicked ways, even the good guys live in a world of moral ambiguity 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z It’s as if maybe the full delivery might be too overpowering — an engrossing suggestion. 14 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in NYC This Weekend 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z “The Third Coast” is an odd title for Thomas Dyja’s engrossing, wide-angled cultural history of Chicago in the middle of the 20th century. Books of The Times: ‘The Third Coast,’ a History of Chicago by Thomas Dyja 2013-05-16T20:11:15Z Related: In a year of #OscarsSoWhite, a Mexican film-maker quietly dominates the Academy Awards “I was so engrossed in what the Indian was doing that I hadn’t paid attention,” Simmonds told the Alaska Dispatch News. Woman whose voice was used in The Revenant got no screen credit or money 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z They became so engrossed in conversation that, when the bar closed, the pair took a short walk around Richmond’s Jackson Ward neighborhood before saying good night. So Captivated by Each Other, They Closed Down the Bar 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z "Between Shades of Gray" is an engrossing and poignant story of the fortitude of the human spirit in a dark time in Lithuanian history. Dark time in Lithuania told in `Shades of Gray' 2011-04-07T19:44:14Z One style succeeded another; the rhythm kept changing but never faltered; the dance grew steadily more engrossing. Dance Review: Indian Dance at Downtown Dance Festival 2012-08-19T21:57:53Z With Mia, and with Sophie and other brilliant character portraits of the first two seasons, it was impossible not to become utterly engrossed in the setbacks and triumphs of their struggles for happiness. "In Treatment's" darkest season yet 2010-10-23T23:01:00Z They’re engrossing, though I would have appreciated English translations of the illustrated words. The African Artist-Writer Who Mapped New Worlds 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z Last summer, came the engrossing Detroit crime drama “No Sudden Move.” New this week: Mary J. Blige, Jennifer Lopez and Puppy Bowl 2022-02-07T05:00:00Z This is one vivid, engrossing, weird little book. ‘The Exchange of Princesses’ review: One of European history’s weirdest schemes 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z It's an enigmatic story that becomes increasingly engrossing as it unfolds. Iran's Kiarostami calls for filmmaker to be freed 2010-05-18T17:27:00Z The narrative’s rapid clip is engrossing and succeeds in making readers feel they are witnessing history as it unfolds. The Brilliant Astronomer Who Devised New Tactics to Fight Anti-Gay Bias 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z Yet in another way, nothing is more engrossing than the story of an education shared, the true subject of this book. The First English Translation of Hayao Miyazaki’s Favorite Childhood Book 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z It’s a journey as boggling as it is engrossing. The Quest for Immortality, Rebooted 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z Whatever her initial motivation for moving in, Statman’s rental of the Tate house ensured that she quickly became obsessed with the famously engrossing Manson case. Sharon Tate: Unwitting victims’ rights martyr 2013-04-02T20:02:00Z As our reviewer, Josh Lambert, put it: “What seems like a book about language taboos turns out to be a cognitive scientist’s sneaky — charming, consistently engrossing — introduction to linguistics.” Paperback Row 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z He says that selections like “Gabriel” and “Five Star,” both world premieres, are engrossing looks at “flailing youth befuddled and intimidated by a forbiddingly complex world.” ArtsBeat: Tribeca Film Festival: New York Via Park City or Berlin 2014-04-16T19:13:45Z These are freshly considered, elegant and engrossing performances. Recordings: Mixing Urgency and Relaxation 2010-09-25T21:04:00Z Still, Moyes paints an engrossing picture of life in rural America, and it’s easy to root for the enterprising librarians. Fiction That Takes You Back in Time 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z And on the movement’s 50th anniversary, Cooper Union, in collaboration with the Jonas Mekas Visual Arts Center in Vilnius, Lithuania, is paying homage to Maciunas, its illustrious alumnus, with this engrossing archival show. Art in Review: George Maciunas: ‘Anything Can Substitute Art: Maciunas in SoHo’ 2013-01-17T22:47:16Z The ongoing gift of engrossing, fastidiously made documentaries is that subject becomes irrelevant – embrace the films arbitrarily and you will be just as handsomely rewarded. Sheffield Doc/Fest hopes to rekindle last year's Oscar magic 2013-05-09T10:00:03Z Nine years ago, the Canadian historian Robert Morrison published a scholarly and engrossing life of England’s second most famous opium eater, Thomas De Quincey. Jane Austen Writes, Napoleon Fights and Britain Becomes Modern 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z Either way, it's clever, thoroughly researched and an engrossing read. The big novels of 2012 2012-07-13T15:00:07Z About midway through the darkly engrossing novel “A Million Drops,” a young woman with too many questions on her mind arrives at the hellscape of a desolate Western Siberian town. Review | A child’s murder sets off a sprawling tale of politics, war and family 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z There are no easy answers here, in a novel that is consistently engrossing right to the surprising finish. 'The Heart of the Matter': Emily Giffin's surprising story of a romantic collision 2010-05-05T22:09:00Z This production was a brilliant reclamation job that made narrative sense of the work and presented it with engrossing contemporary imagery. A Look Back at a Year of Top Voices 2014-05-13T04:00:00Z “The more I sat and watched with her, the more engrossed I got in these characters’ lives and the story lines. Michael R. Jackson on the Soap Opera Origins of ‘White Girl in Danger’ 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z But unlike its predecessor, the mortuary-cold air serves ultimately to distance us from the drama, undercutting any potential emotional clout, rendering this less engrossing than impenetrable. Mark Kermode's DVD round-up 2013-03-09T18:00:01Z There, engrossed by the dancer Lindsey Jones’s rendering of Ms. Tanowitz’s witty steps, I nearly failed to rush back to my seat in time for the main portion of the show. Pam Tanowitz Brings Her Steps to Lincoln Center Out of Doors 2014-07-27T04:00:00Z As engrossing as it is, it's still a white liberal fantasy in historical drag -- "Crash" with smiles and hugs. Why Hollywood keeps whitewashing the past 2011-08-12T15:20:00Z Markovits delivers an engrossing inquiry into the nature of familiarity: family stories and code words, special places in the old neighborhood, cherished holiday rituals. Home for the Holidays, for Better or Worse 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z Initially, “Chapman” engrosses as a noir procedural, illustrating how a stealthy locksmith might travel on the cheap. Movie Review: In ‘Chapman,’ a Young Man Revisits an Adolescent Rupture 2014-05-08T22:32:32Z She holds herself in, and we wait for her to explode at Bruno, who, it turns out, is one of the more engrossing characters in recent movies. David Denby: “The Immigrant,” “Belle” Reviews 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z From Mr. Samaras and Mr. Sudek, the show flows into its final, most engrossing section, “An Embarrassment of Riches,” with the studio as a place where images cover walls in collagelike profusion. Review: The Artist’s Studio, From Refuge to Gallery, in Shows at the Gagosian 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z You understood exactly why Schoenberg was fascinated by its moments of spectral fragmentation, but above all, this was engrossing, edge-of-the-seat stuff that more than outweighed the occasional fluff in the playing. DSO Berlin/Metzmacher 2010-08-11T10:58:00Z If I have a gripe with this engrossing tale, it is that the ending came too soon; small things are resolved but bigger things aren't. After Tomorrow by Gillian Cross – review 2013-05-10T15:59:01Z He opens the book, for example, with an engrossing dinner conversation that included Bannon and Roger Ailes, the former Fox News president, shortly before the inauguration, offering sentence after sentence of verbatim quotations. From ‘Fire and Fury’ to Political Firestorm 2018-01-08T05:00:00Z But it's the talking heads who make this syllabus engrossing, the most compelling of whom, hip-hop performer/producer KRS-One, is engaging, discerning and passionate. "GhettoPhysics" an awkward but sharp-eyed mashup 2010-10-06T01:14:00Z "Each novel approaches its subject from a very different perspective, but all deliver complex, engrossing narratives which persist long after the books are closed," he said in a statement. Sri Lankan-born author Kretser wins top Australia literary prize 2013-06-19T16:16:23Z The documentary only gets more engrossing as it goes along; the most vital bits are reserved for the bitter end, when — even in death — Cohn still refuses to admit defeat. "Where’s My Roy Cohn?" review: A stale portrait of Donald Trump’s hero — Sundance 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z He’s battling to save America, or maybe the entire civilized world, from a terrorist plot that is original, engrossing and all too believable. Jack Reacher: Lee Child’s giant hero battles to save America in ‘Night School’ 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z Here, in a development from the second work, “Tulip,” their connection is most engrossing in the central section. ‘Rude World,’ a Dance by Molly Lieber and Eleanor Smith 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z What you see, and how you see, Harmony Hammond's engrossing show closing soon at Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects depends on your angle of approach — not so much the physical angle as the temporal one. Harmony Hammond: Boundary-breaking work with a story on its surface 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z Volker Ullrich, a distinguished German journalist, reintroduces Adolf Hitler, his fantasies and designs, and his wartime relationship to Germans, in “Hitler: Downfall 1939-1945,” the second volume of his skillfully conceived and utterly engrossing biography. Hitler and the Holocaust 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z Over the last couple of years the museum has begun to rethink the experience of exhibitions about cinema, and it's made for some pretty engrossing shows. Wild architecture makes German cinema come alive at LACMA 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize, “Washington Black” is an engrossing hybrid of 19th-century adventure and contemporary subtlety, a rip-roaring tale of peril imbued with our most persistent strife. Review | In ‘Washington Black,’ a 19th-century slave escapes on a balloon 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z The engrossing give-and-take never eclipses either the sociological context or the literary one. Review | Studio’s blazing ‘Pass Over’ reimagines ‘Godot’ for the Black Lives Matter era 2020-03-11T04:00:00Z In Aslam’s powerful and engrossing fifth novel, set in an imaginary Pakistani city ruled by mob violence, sectarianism and intolerance, the principal characters become hunted fugitives. 12 New Books We Recommend This Week 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z In the meantime Mr Eyman has left an engrossing record of how the Duke stayed top dog for so long. A man in full 2014-04-16T04:00:00Z Still, the very young children at the matinee I attended seemed both engrossed and entertained. Review: ‘Aging Magician,’ a Fable Complete With Complexities 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z I got nowhere near halfway to the first step, but found it deeply engrossing. Fit in my 40s: roll up! Roll up! It’s time to master circus skills | Zoe Williams 2019-11-09T05:00:00Z Lombardo’s engrossing debut follows a family of four daughters for decades, through weddings, deaths, illnesses and pregnancies. 12 New Books We Recommend This Week 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z To its credit, this consistently interesting and at times engrossing picture declines to strike any of its notes with a hammer. ‘The Dig’ Review: Carey Mulligan and Ralph Fiennes on a Treasure Hunt 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z The posh, engrossing series about a titled British clan returns, with more pot-boiling melodrama than in its debut season. 'Downton Abbey' leads critics' picks 2012-01-08T04:05:44Z When "A Late Quartet" stays with the music, it's a lovely and engrossing film; where it falters is when it wanders off with the characters into their non-music lives. 'A Late Quartet': beautiful music, dissonant relationships 2012-11-08T21:07:04Z But it's also simply a great story — an engrossing tale of well-plotted revenge in the world of organized crime. Lehane's 'Live by Night': an ex-con's destiny in mid-20th-century Cuba 2012-10-19T00:11:37Z “Each novel approaches its subject from a very different perspective, but all deliver complex, engrossing narratives which persist long after the books are closed.” Michelle de Kretser wins Miles Franklin literary award 2013-06-19T04:39:00Z Anna Kendrick catches me engrossed in a Vanity Fair spread on sex robots. Anna Kendrick: real girl in la-la land 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z And, kidding aside, among pianists today, especially those who champion contemporary music, Mr. Gosling and Mr. McMillen really are powerhouses, as this engrossing, exciting album, a follow-up to their earlier “Powerhouse” recording, makes clear. Classical Playlist: Brahms, Arvo Pärt and Gorczycki 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z His companion is so engrossed in a novel that her mouth is frozen midbite into an almond croissant. Locavore Lobby Snacks Don?t Wait for the Curtain 2011-04-21T19:47:49Z “James Wright: A Life in Poetry” may be an unexceptional title for Jonathan Blunk’s engrossing biography, but it’s hard to think of a more fitting one. An Ecstatic, Troubled Poet Comes to Life in a New Biography 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z There she became engrossed by watercolors from an early-20th-century archaeological mission in Crete, led by Arthur Evans, who excavated the ruins of the ancient Minoan civilization. Remaking Ancient Greece, With Paints or Pixels 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z She was so engrossed in the music that she forgot to take off any clothes. Betty Rowland, One of Burlesque's Last Queens, Dies at 106 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z But the nuclear family more urgently tugging on Caroline’s apron and heart strings — her children and friends — is the one that on this occasion engrosses an audience most satisfyingly. It’s a Nova Y. Payton sweep in ‘Caroline, or Change’ 2017-02-05T05:00:00Z Rather than hinting at hidden meanings, the engrossing little exhibition of structural images at Prographica Gallery is more overtly about artistic process. Artists build a skillful 'Architectural View' at Prographica 2011-11-10T22:23:09Z It would be difficult to find a subject that is as much of a potential rabbit hole, and “The Nightmare,” Mr. Ascher’s new essay documentary, is not nearly as engrossing or hands-on as its predecessor. Review: ‘The Nightmare,’ Rodney Ascher’s Look at Sleep Paralysis 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z The Hollywood Reporter's Todd McCarthy, meanwhile, said the film was "never less than engrossing, and sometimes more than that" and reactions would range "from the mesmeric to outright rejection for arguably hokey contrivances". Nolan's Interstellar 'a flawed epic' 2014-10-28T04:00:00Z Not only is the music from these ventures engrossing, satisfying and fun, it also enriches the way the ensembles play the core chamber repertory. Brooklyn Rider Joins String Quartets Exploring the Nonclassical 2014-11-30T05:00:00Z After a recent visit to the library, several reporters posted snapshots of some of the books at gitmobooks.tumblr.com, and some readers said they found the photo collection oddly engrossing. Photo Essay: Prison Library at Guantánamo 2013-06-11T15:28:38Z Like Stevenson's engrossing tales, "Silver" is crammed with incident, intrigue and peril. 'Silver': courage and terror in the sequel to Treasure Island 2012-08-01T20:01:03Z By not trusting the music, Castellucci made it difficult to trust him, no matter how engrossing — or not — his stage pictures. 'Neither,' ignored in U.S., gets extravagant German staging 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z “Mortem” is six engrossing episodes, and while its brutality is not for the easily squicked out, the much more upsetting feature is that it has the loudest eating sounds of anything I have ever watched. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z The extraordinary arc of Robeson’s life and career is resurrected with grace in “The Tallest Tree in the Forest,” an engrossing solo show written and performed by Daniel Beaty, and directed by Moisés Kaufman. Review: Daniel Beaty as Paul Robeson in ‘The Tallest Tree in the Forest’ 2015-03-24T04:00:00Z At a certain point in this engrossing show, the question of whether Kent was really influential, or merely industrious and well connected, becomes moot. Art Review: ‘William Kent: Designing Georgian Britain’ at Bard 2014-01-02T22:03:54Z In nine engrossing chapters, Warnock offers a narrative of an extraordinary life, from impoverished beginnings in Savannah to his arrival on Capitol Hill. Civil Rights Memoirs 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z This was a gritty, engrossing performance of a nine-minute sextet that evolves in thick block chords. Music Review: JACK Quartet in Pop Up! Concert at Miller Theater 2012-02-08T22:51:09Z “It’s immersive, it takes you along and it keeps you engrossed.” ‘The Batman’ and Matt Reeves: Emerging From the Shadow of Other Caped Crusaders 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z The result is an engrossing account of their love story — full of longing and ardor, heartbreak and betrayal. Review | Revisiting the love story of F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald in their own words 2019-08-21T04:00:00Z If only the story of “Hinterland” felt as engrossing and alive as its setting. ‘Hinterland’ Review: Murderers Among Us 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z The most engrossing is “The End and the Beginning,” in which a woman in a fuchsia print dress emerges from gray shadows. In the Galleries: Creating objects of power For the artists, architects and writers in this absolutely engrossing book, the “year without a summer” two centuries ago offers cultural antecedents for our present climate crisis. Times Critics’ Top Art Books of 2019 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z Not only does Mr. Kevin fill us in on the careening journey that helped define Thompson as a journalist, but he also delivers an engrossing and opinionated travel guide to modern Latin America. Transformative Travel, 4 Ways 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z Despite taped music, the eight Kathakali dancers of Natyalaya were engrossing both as stylists and in the constant spatial and thematic evolution of their Indian dances. Dance Review: A World Tour With San Francisco Ethnic Dance 2010-06-14T22:29:00Z “Ink” it is called, an engrossing, richly detailed play that had its official opening Wednesday at Manhattan Theatre Club’s Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. Review | Rupert Murdoch’s tabloid world is brought to the stage in the engrossing ‘Ink’ 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z But it builds considerable emotional force across its two hours, and its scrupulously researched depictions of 1940s cityscapes and lifestyles are engrossing. From Hiroshima to Tule Lake, Films About Japan and America 2017-07-12T04:00:00Z This 30-minute fantasy in three movements is one of Schumann’s most ingeniously structured scores, yet Mr. Denk kept you engrossed every moment by fantastical, dreamy, and, in the rousing march movement, giddily energetic flights. Five Days, Three Pianists, Three Generations 2019-02-06T05:00:00Z The first movement is an engrossing jangle of counterpoint, yet somehow transparent. When Boston Ruled the Music World 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z As such, it is very engrossing because all character attacks are. Culture wars: what the row over vegan nursery meals is really all about 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z As Hepworth's engrossing book comes to an end, he wistfully captures the image that greets tourists as they wind their way from the St. John's Wood tube line to 3 Abbey Road. Take a deep dive into Abbey Road's storied legacy as "the world's most famous recording studio" 2022-10-08T04:00:00Z The show is spaciously arranged with thought and elegance, and full of engrossing groupings and pairings. Real, or Too Real? A Dazzling Show Goes the Way of All Flesh 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z But Andrew Holgate in the Sunday Times didn't quite buy it: "she often becomes so engrossed in her individual cases that the reader loses sight of the overall thesis." Book reviews roundup: Family Secrets, A Hologram for the King and China's Silent Army 2013-02-08T18:50:01Z It’s a great, twisted howl of a movie; overheated and heady; an engrossing ordeal. Darren Aronofsky on Mother! - ‘Jennifer Lawrence was hyperventilating because of the emotion’ 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z Although several female dancers were overtaxed by the choreography’s most exposing passages, this was an engrossingly rigorous account of one of the 20th century’s most radical masterpieces. Dance Review: Ballet Across America at Kennedy Center 2013-06-09T21:01:30Z When the shuttered AFI Silver began streaming films online, I rented “The Booksellers,” an engrossing documentary about New York-area antiquarian book dealers and bookstores. Review | When the world was too much with me, here’s what I read for some R&R 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z I’m more and more engrossed by the story. Reading Myself Aloud 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z One of the book’s most engrossing moments involves the crisis of having his Rhodes interview scheduled on the same day as the Yale-Harvard game. The Odyssey of a Gay Black Football-Star Banker, From ‘Peasant Boy’ to the Mountaintop 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z The train pulled up, and I was so engrossed in the text, I nearly missed it. Review: ‘By Heart’ Commits Community to Memory 2021-10-13T04:00:00Z It is fresh and utterly engrossing while also familiar — just what Meyer does best. 4 New Y.A. Fantasy Novels Full of Dark, Enchanting Twists 2021-11-09T05:00:00Z I like it, but the book didn't engross me, and I found myself unable to sympathise with the protagonist Tessa. Before I Die by Jenny Downham - review 2012-07-24T14:00:00Z “The Kitchen” is full of incident; though its complex yarns unspool in a narrative middle ground without stylistic flair or psychological depth, they’re nonetheless engrossing. “The Kitchen,” Reviewed: An Engrossing Mob-Wife Drama That’s Relegated to a Table Read 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z The “collective voices” in this “engrossing” film “suggest the country is profoundly war weary after enduring 30 years of strife originating from inside and outside its borders,” Stephen Holden wrote in The Times in June. DVDs: On DVD, Pedro Costa?s ?Letters From Fontainhas? 2010-03-24T22:24:00Z Across its first two seasons, Netflix’s epic crime drama “Narcos” cemented itself as one of the more engrossing, visually arresting shows on the platform. See the first trailer for season 3 of Netflix’s brilliant “Narcos” 2017-07-14T04:00:00Z The lack of such characters allows these new, fresh voices to be heard – and in both shows, they’re vibrant and engrossing. Better Things and Atlanta: FX delivers fresh new comedy voices 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z The strength of “The Crash Reel,” an engrossing, unsettling documentary Monday night on HBO, is that the filmmaker, Lucy Walker, knows when not to stop. Television Review: Kevin Pearce Is the Subject of Lucy Walker’s ‘Crash Reel’ 2013-07-14T22:22:35Z Perhaps most engrossing about the exhibition is its ability to challenge traditional expectations of a white-wall gallery experience. These Abstract Works of Art Blur the Line Between Two and Three Dimensions 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z It's a complex experience; at times baffling, at times astounding, but never less than engrossing. BBCSSO/Volkov ? review 2011-08-15T14:08:29Z Toward the end, in the dance’s most engrossing moment, Ms. Thompson sings. Bebe Miller Introduces Two Choreographers in Gibney Series 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z And it might have worked in even more selections from the archive: the objects here, arranged on shelves and cataloged on a touch-screen, are engrossing. Art Review: ‘Nam June Paik,’ at Smithsonian American Art Museum 2013-01-11T16:33:17Z In trying to craft a stand-alone series, Bushnell strays so far from the characters that it's difficult to stay engrossed in the story. Bushnell's new `Carrie Diaries' novel a mixed bag 2011-05-02T19:23:19Z It engrosses two floors of the Breuer with art of total mastery that also, at every turn, casts doubt on its own achievement. The Sublime Farewell of Gerhard Richter, Master of Doubt 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z Each season, “Crimetown” explores one city’s criminal element; first up is an engrossing and disturbing portrait of organized crime in Providence, R.I. The Best New Podcasts of 2016 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z And there were several unaccompanied bass solos, sparse and engrossing, that brought a welcome ebb and flow to the pacing of the set. Music Review: Derrick Hodge and Aaron Parks at 92YTriBeCa - Review 2011-10-28T23:42:57Z The vivid characters provide a spark of realism to this engrossing and sad tale. Review: Buckley's `Invisible' is enthralling drama 2012-12-10T16:04:11Z "I think at the heart of it, these are wonderful, modern stories that engross the reader," she said. Hundreds flock to meet '50 Shades of Grey' author 2012-04-30T01:09:08Z In this engrossingly acted version of Hansberry’s epochal 1959 portrait of an African-American family, Walter is all too clearly his father’s son. Theater Review: ‘Raisin in the Sun’ Brings Denzel Washington Back to Broadway 2014-04-04T02:00:14Z So instead of waiting for his label to put out his decidedly peculiar, decidedly engrossing music, he released these songs free last month on his Tumblr, in an apparent fit of pique. Playlist: Tumblr Soul, Rocker Country, Teenage Tartness 2011-03-11T15:35:16Z And yet, Mr. Obana’s show, in a pitch-black theater at the Tribeca Performing Arts Center on Friday night, was utterly engrossing. | Fashion Review: Men?s Wear Review ? NY Fashion Week 2011-09-11T21:33:03Z The series is engrossing because of its powerful story, Ling’s dogged and far-ranging reporting, its sympathetic characters, compelling scenes, and a patient, well-paced narrative. “Uncover: The Village”: A Serial Killer, Toronto’s Gay Community, and a Podcast That Transcends True Crime 2019-05-03T04:00:00Z When the music started with a solemn chant in Latin, even the children in the audience seemed engrossed, since they already knew what was going to happen. ‘The Play of Daniel,’ at Trinity Church 2014-12-28T05:00:00Z I was instantly engrossed—“Bad Blood” unfolds like a thriller, offering a breathless barrage of details exposing how Holmes deceived her investors and colleagues at nearly every turn. The Vexing Inscrutability of Elizabeth Holmes 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z With the aid of slides projected onto a large screen looming above her, Ms. Gomez draws an engrossing portrait of her father and his work. Review: ‘Latin Standards,’ When Dad Was Larger Than Life 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z You write a good, engrossing story, you make your reader care about the characters that you've imagined, and then you give that story an ending. ‘Game of Thrones’ Has Moved Past Its Blueprint, and That’s a Good Thing 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z There’s much to keep readers engrossed, including the glimmer of a happy ending. 18 Books Coming in September 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z Clear-eyed but uncynical, this engrossing novel delves deep into personal motivation, naive belief and moral confusion. Review | The best new audiobooks for your Thanksgiving drive 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z While the levels of intrigue and duplicity on “The Americans” and the front page are startling and engrossing, both feature an old trope: Russians as villains. The top 17 most badass and bizarre Russian villains in pop culture 2017-03-12T05:00:00Z The remarkable thing is that the stories themselves are plenty engrossing even without the films. “Naked in the vegetable garden”: Meet the woman who’s turning your weirdest fantasies into porn 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z Perhaps you want some engrossing nonfiction to read while sinking your toes into the sand. Summer Is Coming. Bring a Book. 2021-05-19T04:00:00Z Presenting over 30 works, including two optically engrossing installation pieces, Gomes echoed modern art movements from Constructivism to Fluxus and beyond, and left us wanting more. Best Art of 2022 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z In the summer of 1870, many Victorian Londoners who loved a good yarn were engrossed in the latest serialized novel by Charles Dickens, the most popular and esteemed fiction writer of his day. Left hanging by Dickens' 'Edwin Drood'? 2 takes coming our way 2012-04-04T20:36:04Z It was all very bright and energetic, yet no more dramatically engrossing than a variety show. ‘Alice (in Wonderland)’ a pleasant retreat of fleeting charms 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z Over the next year, you’ll be seeing engrossing new stories — written reporting, photo essays, and more — from the nation’s most promising emerging journalists. Introducing Salon’s Young Americans project: Reporting from the red states 2017-07-26T04:00:00Z The engrossing "28 Hotel Rooms" is about the difference between the life some people live and the way they hold onto a corner of the life they wanted instead. An intriguing look at a couple's secret affair in '28 Hotel Rooms' 2012-11-15T21:33:04Z Yet what an engrossing world Mr. Scheib and his fine ensemble have created. 'Bellona, Destroyer of Cities': The Feral Dwellers of ?Dhalgren? at the Kitchen 2010-04-06T21:23:00Z Perpetually on, perpetually engrossed in the theater of its existence. When Filming in New York, the City Is Always the Star 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z I disagreed with much of this challenging, interesting and engrossing book. What the People of Appalachia Want 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z As usual with Gotham, the musical quality of the performance — part of Trinity’s varied, engrossing Twelfth Night Festival — was high. Opera Review: ‘La Descente d’Orphée aux Enfers’ at St. Paul’s Chapel 2014-01-02T22:36:48Z Witnessing these two families as they commingle and clash is an utterly engrossing, often heartbreaking, deeply empathetic experience, not unlike watching a neighbor’s house burn. In a Quiet Ohio Town, Who Started the Fire, and Why? 2017-09-25T04:00:00Z It’s skillful pastiche, engrossing genre melodrama, and feminist critique—but above all, it’s unabashed. Meet “Bitch Planet,” your new “bold, beautiful, and baaaad” subversive feminist comic obsession 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z Pek’s engrossing debut novel gives us a thoroughly modern twist on classic detective fiction. 12 New Books We Recommend This Week 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z His meandering captions, which add up to an engrossing memoir of a life in fashion, triggered a jump in engagement. The Captionfluencers 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z In his review for The Times, Ben Brantley called the play “smart, funny and utterly engrossing.” Ayad Akhtar and Lucas Hnath Win Steinberg Awards 2017-09-27T04:00:00Z For these books are marvelous tranquilizers, as they transform violent death and temporarily upended lives into an engrossing parlor game. ArtsBeat: London Theater Journal: Comfortably Mousetrapped 2012-01-26T14:30:40Z The new season is a lukewarm extension of the first — redundant and not as engrossing as it used to be. Review | ‘You’ returns with more stalking and murder. But maybe it’s time to break it off? 2019-12-24T05:00:00Z As a company, Facebook may have every legal right to pursue its own interests–here, trying to ensure that its user experience is as engrossing as possible. What If the New York Times Experimented on You Like Facebook? 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z At the same time, there’s no deny how vital and engrossing Henry Louis Gates Jr.’s guided examinations of individual family histories can be. The stealthy politics of "Finding Your Roots" 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z Another afternoon he and the sculptor Jacques Lipchitz sat on the floor of the gallery engrossed in conversation despite the difficulty of communicating. Albert Barnes and his pursuit of non-French art in Paris 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z How do you create an engrossing entertainment about something as dry as personal computers and the launching of the Internet? ‘Jobs’: An inside look at a computer revolutionary 2013-08-15T19:24:04Z But Mr. Ashley’s engrossing stage works feature ordinary people, taking on a surrealist hue through the imaginative use of voices: singsong patterns of multiple speakers that blend into scores both direct and elusive. Review: Robert Ashley’s ‘Crash’ Opens at Roulette 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z But the longer I stayed in the room, the more engrossed I became in its vast assortment of domestic items. Afrofuturist Room at the Met Redresses a Racial Trauma 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z The book club energy continues as Ng shared with Salon which books are currently engrossing her. From "New Waves" to "On Immunity," what "Little Fires" author Celeste Ng is reading right now 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z “Macneal is clearly engrossed in the Pre-Raphaelite movement and especially in the plight of women who were churned through the gristmill of poverty and spat out again.” 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z Zephyr Teachout, reviewing it, calls the volume an “engrossing, character-driven, panoramic new book on the past and present of worker organizing.” 12 New Books We Recommend This Week 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z The movie is ultimately less about the players or even the engrossingly shot games than the idea of basketball as a tradition, one that imbues lives with meaning and bonds a community. Review: ‘Killer Bees’ Tracks Working-Class Athletes in the Hamptons 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z If someone told you they'd seen an engrossing play about stamp collecting, would you believe them? Review: 'Mauritius' at Seattle Public Theater is a taut, twisty thriller 2010-10-07T21:32:00Z The eight episodes are fantastically engrossing, and the imagery is gorgeous, adding layers of beauty to righteous rage. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z What may seem "boring" to some is, upon closer inspection, an engrossing and richly rewarding odyssey of self-discovery and spiritual enrichment. 'The Portuguese Nun': An unconventional, engrossing odyssey of self-discovery 2010-12-02T21:35:00Z The resulting narrative is rich and absorbing — as evocative and engrossing as a novel. Times Critics’ Top Books of 2018 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z Yes, they all experience similar effects of getting older, but it’s the distinctive ways they do so that engross us. Review: Children Growing Very Old in ‘Before Your Very Eyes’ 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z Set pieces recounting some of the region’s more horrific encounters are among the highlights of an engrossing, cumulatively disturbing narrative that encompasses murder, madness, magic, betrayal and obsessive, undying love. Review | ‘The Hush’: Murder, madness, magic, betrayal and obsessive love 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z One reason I am so immersed in contemporary music is that when you are hearing an engrossing new piece, thoughts of lasting greatness get pushed aside. ArtsBeat: Top 10 Composers: A Few Last Thoughts 2011-01-24T15:22:38Z That much is apparent on “Asteroidea,” its engrossing debut album of free improvisations, released in October. The Month in Live Jazz: 5 Standout Shows 2017-12-31T05:00:00Z Powerful performances keep things from feeling too slick, and if you’re looking for an engrossing, non-fluff show to carry you through until fall, this is a good bet. What You Should Watch This Week: ‘Brooklyn’ and Olympic Highlights 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z The three completed movements last about 60 minutes, but I hardly noticed the time passing during this engrossing performance. Music Review: Philadelphia Orchestra Performs at Carnegie Hall 2014-05-04T21:35:50Z Never less than intelligent, the work is, however, more intriguing than engrossing. Review: Dance That Playfully Brings Art History to Life 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z That experience is sometimes disorienting and sometimes curt; some abrupt twists of plot are less developments than dismissals, suggesting an authorial impatience with a narrative I found completely engrossing. Memory, That Unreliable Narrator: New Science Fiction and Fantasy 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z Burns was at that time engrossed in making his documentary "The Roosevelts: An Intimate History," the story of the family that produced two American presidents; the film aired last fall. PBS' 'Cancer' an epic, vital story Ken Burns just couldn't refuse 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z It is a truly engrossing volume, whose epic sweep reflects the grandeur and paradoxes of its subject. Readers recommend their favourite books of 2010 2011-01-01T00:05:32Z But he arrived at an engrossing, nearly five-hour collection that sounds entirely new. For the First Time, Thelonious Monk’s Songbook Swings Solo 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z Yet in his engrossing procedural of a war crimes trial, Paradis offers a more troubling history than some triumphalist American chronicles of the Doolittle raid. Trying the Japanese for War Crimes 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z In fact, engrossing ambiguities pervade “Written on Skin.” Review: In ‘Written on Skin,’ George Benjamin Creates an Unusual Love Triangle 2015-08-12T04:00:00Z While no realistic observer of American sports could call this movie inspirational, these sequences definitely make it engrossing. ‘The Redeem Team’ Review: Squad Goals 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z Still, what drives this engrossing performance is Mr. Harding’s insightful conducting. Daniel Harding Brings the Opera ?Billy Budd? to Life 2010-04-30T18:39:00Z Although its churning plot sometimes stretches credibility, “Luna Gale” remains an engrossing exploration of the tough choices welfare workers contend with daily. Theater Review: Rebecca Gilman’s ‘Luna Gale’ Opens at Goodman Theater 2014-02-10T20:50:56Z This couple, from New York by way of San Diego, were quickly celebrated for their engrossing songs, a combination of 1950s and ’60s girl-group sweet desperation, with a mild disaffected streak running underneath. Pop Critics? Choices for Summer Concerts 2010-07-01T22:43:00Z Barefoot, a dog curled at my feet, I stared at a large computer screen, engrossed in P’moo’s video presentation. A Vacation With a Purpose: Fighting Trafficking in Thailand 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z This engrossing performance made clear that, for all its scintillating colors and jazzy riffs, modernist complexities run through the score. Review: The Jaap van Zweden Era Begins at the Philharmonic 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z “Lucy” is also an irresistible, engrossing slow burn, as tension between the two builds under pressure. ‘Lucy’ Review: There’s Something About the Babysitter 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z And this is why the film wavers in walking the tightrope between personal and universal, engrossing and distancing. Diego Luna and Sienna Miller can't figure out what's real in the trippy, exhausting "Wander Darkly" 2020-12-11T05:00:00Z Fry's exceedingly fine work in Gary Griffin's expansive and engrossing new production of “As You Like It” at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater is what you might call an essential performance. Shakespeare done 'As You Like It' on Navy Pier 2011-01-14T15:22:41Z Stephen Alford's engrossing book reminds us that most governments will stop at very little if national security is at stake. The Watchers: A Secret History of the Reign of Elizabeth I by Stephen Alford – review 2012-08-17T21:55:05Z Nowhere is this more apparent than in Tuan Andrew Nguyen’s engrossing and transparently sentimental video installation, “The Specter of Ancestors Becoming.” ‘Soft Power’: When Political Art Walks a Very Fine Line 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z At the next table over sits a favorite fellow regular, deeply engrossed in a similarly personal project: composing a piece of music, fixing a line of computer code, writing a poem, a screenplay, a novel. A Man in a Cafe Asked Julie Otsuka What She Was Reading. They Dated for Two Years. 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z Her choices are safe but interesting, with enough of a story and a variety to keep fashion obsessives engrossed. First Lady and Fashion Are No Longer So Combustible 2013-01-22T00:39:32Z With that, Saul Goodman's engrossing, poignant and beautifully tragic story is finished. S'all done: "Better Call Saul" closes with a journey through time and regret 2022-08-16T04:00:00Z She incisively dispatched the coloratura flights, which sometimes turn demonic, and was engrossing during the long stretches of dramatic recitative. Music Review: O, Unsmiling Villainess! 2011-02-20T22:50:12Z Cooper doesn't have a large role in Sayles' engrossing new picture, "Amigo," but it counts for much. In Sayles' 'Amigo,' you'll see wars you recognize 2011-08-23T05:20:05Z The stories from the lice specialists are both gross and engrossing. Killing Lice Is a Growing Business 2010-04-09T20:00:00Z Readers are in for intricate world-building, engrossing adventure and stunning backdrops. Fall reading: 12 books to keep you occupied for the rest of 2020 2020-09-04T04:00:00Z Based on Benjamin Mee's altogether more honest and engrossing memoir about buying a Dartmoor zoo, this translates the action to California, where Matt Damon has to square up to parenthood, accountancy and unplanned animal husbandry. Mark Kermode's DVD round-up 2012-07-14T23:05:55Z The most engrossing relationship in the play is the deeply layered mixture of attraction and repulsion between Jeanne and the German officer. | 'Gabriel': World War II Melodrama at Atlantic Theater Company 2010-05-14T03:55:00Z The care taken by the bespoke shoe company was mirrored in its first clothing collection, shown in vignettes, from men carousing at a long banquet table to those engrossed in a game of chess. Fashion Review: Martial Arts on the Men?s Runway 2012-01-23T11:27:12Z Will curling up in a comfy chair with a bound book remain the definitive way to engross yourself in prose? How are your reading habits changing? 2011-08-29T12:14:31Z But it is engrossing throughout and refreshingly non-judgmental about its cast of rogues, royal or otherwise. London Theater Journal: A Double Double Bill 2010-07-28T15:51:00Z Having the translations inside the stage space, rather than above it or in the program, is a clever, effective way of keeping listeners engrossed in the performance. Music Review: Schoenberg?s ?Pierrot Lunaire? by Chicago Symphony 2012-02-26T21:30:51Z Probably, but that doesn’t make them engrossing television. Review: ‘Ballers,’ on HBO, Follows a Financial Guru to the Sports Stars 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z Yet I wanted to trust this book, because it tells an important story in vivid, engrossing terms. A Fight to Save Soldiers, From the Lab to the Battlefield 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z Yet one of the most engrossing interludes shows Welles guiding Norman Foster through a scene in “The Other Side.” Review: ‘They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead’ Documents Orson Welles’s Last Film 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z But Ryan’s engrossing performance asks the viewer to contemplate what we value in masculinity, and the truth behind those values. Smart Watch: Let’s look at men via portrayals in “Mr Inbetween,” “Insecure” and other T... 2018-09-29T04:00:00Z It’s a kind of danger that makes her alluring and engrossing to watch. Aubrey Plaza: “I’m way more boring that people would hope” 2017-06-30T04:00:00Z It’s an engrossing, dramatic moment, this reveal of the crown jewel in the collection of Philadelphia’s new Museum of the American Revolution. Museum of the American Revolution set to open in Philadelphia 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z The judges' descriptions of their chosen authors include: magical, passionate, elegant, ebullient, startling, eloquent, powerful, spiky, enthralling, luscious, engrossing, puckish, fascinating, astonishing, extraordinary, perfect. The damnable task of being a Man Booker International prize judge 2011-03-30T14:46:06Z This is confirmed by his latest offering, “The Spoils,” which opened Tuesday night at the Pershing Square Signature Center in an engrossingly acted, impeccably staged production from the New Group. Review: ‘The Spoils’ Stars Jesse Eisenberg as Narcissist 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z Even if you learn here that the ancient Sumerians worshipped an erect ancestor, tumescence never quite develops into the most engrossing of topics. Glandular talk in Jon Spelman’s “Oslo,” an engrossing drama about a key chapter in the long and largely unsuccessful history of efforts to broker Middle East peace, will transfer to Broadway next spring. Brokering Peace, on Broadway: ‘Oslo’ to Transfer in Spring 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z The symphony, though long and difficult, is ingenious and engrossing. Harold Shapero, 93, American Neo-Classical Composer, Dies 2013-05-22T03:58:50Z Mulgrew’s engrossing memoir benefits from her penchant for being what she calls “constitutionally hyperbolic.” Review | Life beyond ‘Star Trek’: Kate Mulgrew’s poignant, sometimes shocking family story 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z Yes, young people today are so engrossed in their digital networks. How (and Why) to Camp in the National Parks 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z This is a staggeringly engrossing and effective movie, its settings both beautiful and oppressive, its incidents tense and eye-opening. Review: The Vietnam War, as Fought by the French, in ‘The 317th Platoon’ 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z Though the strands of this metaphysical story come unraveled, the music is engrossing. 5 Operas in 72 Hours: A Philadelphia Festival Is a Test of Survival 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z It is engrossing despite its gentility and is so sublimely written that it felt like a luxury to read. Readers recommend their favourite books of 2010 2011-01-01T00:05:32Z The timing is apposite, though to be honest the phone-hacking scandal is so engrossing it's hard not to see it wherever you look. TV review: The Hour 2011-07-19T21:10:01Z My two companions, aged four and three, seemed suitably engrossed. The Fabulous Flutterbys 2010-05-16T21:05:00Z Part video installations and part architectural models, their past works have been utterly engrossing cross-associational reveries. This week's new exhibitions 2011-01-08T00:06:27Z But its scale and explicitness — bow ties, beards and copious blood — make it weirdly engrossing. Perspective | Knock yourself out in the Ether Dome 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z I was engrossed in the work right through, and Mr. Gilbert drew an exciting performance from the orchestra. Music Review: New York Philharmonic Plays Steven Stucky’s Symphony 2012-11-30T21:46:43Z Knight reviews the engrossing, garish and weird “New Objectivity” exhibition at LACMA, featuring art from post-World War I Germany. The show is a tour de force. Roundup: Historic Lebanese museum reborn, the art of Hermann Göring, Pershing Square in 1916 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z More is sure to be written, but it’s hard to imagine a more engrossing, dramatic, fair-minded and elegantly written account of these 11 months that changed the course of history. ‘Last Light’: Spellbinding close to Rick Atkinson WWII trilogy 2013-05-22T23:09:50Z So, in tribute or retribution, he made End of Watch, the alternately engrossing and annoying police procedural that Ayer dedicates to “all those who fight evil so that we may not know it.” End of Watch: City of Angels in Blue 2012-09-21T15:31:53Z Between then and sundown about 90 minutes later, I walked a slow, engrossing mile along the boardwalk. Explorer: 9 Sites Near the Texas Border: the World Birding Center 2010-04-10T03:06:00Z Han grapples with this violent history in her engrossing new novel, “Human Acts.” Han Kang's 'Human Acts' is a fractured fictional reckoning with the Gwangju massacre 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z Anthony Tommasini - The New York Post It proved a weirdly inspired work, an engrossing, outrageous, entertaining and, ultimately, deeply moving new opera. Success or failure? 2011-02-18T10:18:29Z But when the lights dimmed and cellphones were ritually silenced, they escaped, at least briefly, into engrossing entertainment, free of distraction or concern. ‘Welcome Back!’: Movie Theaters Reopen in New York City 2021-03-07T05:00:00Z For “George F. Kennan: An American Life” turns out to be not only an epic work —probing, engrossing, occasionally revelatory — but also a well-timed one. Books of The Times: ?George F. Kennan? by John Lewis Gaddis - Review 2011-11-23T00:16:55Z None of this would be too interesting if Ms. Schutz’s way with paint, like her way with images and details, were not so engrossing and perplexing, and did not provide so much to work with. Dana Schutz’s New Paintings Just Might Be Her Best 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z As presented here, in a surreal and visually beautiful production by Michael Counts, these strange and strikingly diverse monodramas, each a monologue for soprano and orchestra, made for an engrossing evening of musical drama. Music Review: Who Killed This Woman?s Lover? And Other Elusive Operatic Issues 2011-03-27T22:01:56Z A book for a plane should be engrossing, but not so compelling that you've finished it before you reach the departure gate. Summer reading is a holiday essential 2013-06-24T12:45:11Z The speaker’s brutal honesty and emotional transformation offer an engrossing guide for anyone dealing with a devastating loss. Review | Listen up: Four poets have something to say about race, gender and violence 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z This is dark and forbidding stuff, but it’s powerful and engrossing nonetheless. Classical Playlist: Bach, Anders Koppel, Mahler and More 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z Though the characters, at times, feel taken from central casting, Angress’s strength is her ability to create an engrossing plot, allowing readers to watch as her messy characters navigate their way to the finish line. Family, Home and Heartbreak in Three Debuts 2022-08-16T04:00:00Z That brave, engrossing work married psychedelic, dubby techno and deep house elements to the classic rock the band had long played; the result redefined the possibilities of mainstream pop. Pop & Rock Listings for May 15-21 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z I found the music, over all, engrossing, with the endless unfolding of restless melodic lines that never seem to settle into symmetrical phrases. Mei Lanfang Jingju Troupe Begins a Rare Tour 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z The other main strand of the engrossing plot concerns Courter’s vicious campaign directed chiefly against Sheriff Heath and his protegee, Constance, rather than his actual opponent. Review | In ‘Miss Kopp Just Won’t Quit,’ being one of the first female sheriff’s deputies is tough business 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z If you’re watching a woman, it’s very engrossing to be following her. 29 movies in, Brian De Palma still won’t play by Hollywood’s rules 2016-06-15T04:00:00Z The good news about “The Silence” is that it’s engrossing and that, at 83, DeLillo’s syntax is as prickly as ever. Don DeLillo, an Old Hand at Paranoia and Dread, Meets Us Where We Are 2020-10-12T04:00:00Z "At first, I thought that when we get to the National in London the audiences might not feel as engrossed," Duff says. Scottish theatres lukewarm over referendum 2014-08-17T04:00:00Z His demeanor was workmanlike, engrossed and inward turning, even as his solos flowed far and wide, moving forward in graceful and often unpredictable ways. Music Review: Melding Incongruities, as Only Those With a History Can 2010-10-13T21:47:00Z His entire being, we sense, is invested and engrossed in the sound that this woman pours forth. The Matchless Presence of Doris Day 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z I was engrossed in a conversation about drug addiction and homelessness. Zappos’s CEO is helping revitalize downtown Las Vegas. He took me on a whirlwind tour. 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z Snippets of incongruous footage linked by a common word flutter by, yielding an engrossing found poetry: greetings, heavens, help, here, honestly, how, hurry, and so on. This police video, 'Time Machine' and the scent of 'Apocalypse' will linger in your brain 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z But while “How the World Began” never develops into a particularly engrossing examination of its themes, the fine work of the three actors infuses the characters with sparks of real emotional life. | 'How the World Began': Catherine Trieschmann?s ?How the World Began? - Review 2012-01-09T03:01:00Z The tale of that simple wish provides a compelling spine for the longer, and yet just as engrossing, second half of Round House Theatre and Olney Theatre Center’s co-production of “Angels.” Cast’s great work continues in ‘Angels in America Part II’ 2016-10-09T04:00:00Z “Miracles in Miniature” is a major event, if manuscript illumination is your thing, but it is also an engrossing study in artistic sensibility expressed in egg tempera on vellum. Religious Miniature and Nature Drawings at the Morgan 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z Like Mr Kissinger or loathe him, this is a work of engrossing scholarship. Ideas man 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z This “engrossing, character-driven” book by a former New York Times labor reporter “spans a century of worker strikes, without overcondensing or oversimplifying, and with plausible suggestions for the future,” Zephyr Teachout, our reviewer, declared. New in Paperback: ‘Wildhood’ and ‘Beaten Down, Worked Up’ 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z As with the most engrossing reality television, everyone believes strongly that his side of the argument is the right one. ‘Preachers of L.A.’ Puts New Spin on Reality-TV Formula 2014-08-30T04:00:00Z The discussions of rights and costs and paper stock are pretty engrossing, but a lot less poignant than the personal exploration of what, if anything, can transcend death and loss. In the Hudson Valley, Shakespeare as Man, Myth and Drinking Buddy 2017-07-25T04:00:00Z Yet Ms. Nemirova’s daring and engrossing production earned her, and the production team, a sustained ovation. Music Review: A Daring Production of 'Lulu' at the Salzburg Festival 2010-08-03T20:47:00Z The always engrossing Plaza, also a producer on the film, has never been more potent. 10 movies you’ll want to see from the Sundance Film Festival 2022-01-31T05:00:00Z It is a genuinely engrossing, amusing and intelligent novel. Bedlam by Christopher Brookmyre – review 2013-02-14T09:01:01Z This engrossing installment of “Craft in America” profiles quilters working in a variety of traditions, all of whom emphasize the political nature of their discipline. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2019-12-26T05:00:00Z A fine, well-made and engrossing war film, spoiled only if you know how much it leaves out. Objective, Burma! – liberating cinema from the truth 2012-11-30T10:56:18Z Produced through a partnership with London's V&A Museum, this storybook tells the tale of Clara Button's surreal day out at the museum, with an engrossing storyline and links to the real-world exhibits. The 50 best apps for children 2012-08-04T16:24:08Z For English-speaking audiences, to hear Mr. Tomlinson’s Gurnemanz relate this tale in vividly descriptive English made what can seem like narrative filler when “Parsifal” is performed in German into an episode of engrossing musical drama. Music Review: A Wagnerian Quest in Proper English 2011-02-17T22:57:54Z She contrives to ask Scott's permission for this radical makeover while he's engrossed in a computer game. 'The Barbarian Nurseries' is a must-read 2011-10-05T23:02:04Z The series gets better and more engrossing with time, but it takes more than a few episodes for it to clear its throat, establish its bona fides and fall into storytelling stride. | 'Boardwalk Empire': The Jersey Devil Is in the Details 2010-09-16T19:59:00Z And in the series’ first two hours, the results of that embedding, with ICE operations in New York, Charlotte, N.C., and El Paso can be startling and engrossing. ‘Immigration Nation’ Review: The Banality of Deportation 2020-08-02T04:00:00Z It’s an engrossing tale of commercial expansion, industrial innovation and cultural harmony even in times, like the Civil Rights era, when that kind of unison seems tough to fathom. ‘The Automat’ Review: Put a Nickel in the Slot for Nostalgia 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z Now on Netflix, the fast-paced German drama aspires to the wily satire of “The Wolf of Wall Street,” but the spectacle of greed that it showcases is neither as engrossing nor as demoralizing. ‘Rising High’ Review: From Rags to Riches, Without a Conscience 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z “There’s a lot to digest and learn. I hope that viewers and listeners will become as engrossed with the details as we have,” she said in a statement. ABC documentary on Theranos features ex-CEO deposition tapes 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z If on par with the previous episodes, which are also being performed at the festival, it’s bound to be self-indulgent, chaotic, smart, fun and totally engrossing. Dance Listings for Sept. 11-17 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z But it is also thoroughly engrossing, offering a compelling survey of American cryptography. National Cryptologic Museum Is the N.S.A.’s Public Face 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z But the show is an engrossing study of modern Japanese culture and human character, as participants navigate tense relationships within the house and their fame on social media. What’s on TV Thursday: ‘All-Star Flip’ and ‘Terrace House’ 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z A far- fetched story, this book engrosses the reader with the absolute craziness of it. A Boy and a Bear in a Boat by Dave Shelton - review 2012-11-17T09:00:00Z It’s a long novel, perhaps a little too long, but always smart and engrossing. ‘Quicksand’: Sweden’s latest blockbuster thriller lives up to the hype 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z It's a curiously engrossing spectacle, with plenty of horsetrading and second-guessing going on. TV highlights: 25/4/2013 2013-04-25T06:01:07Z I also recently read the Lowell-Hardwick correspondence, “The Dolphin Letters,” which reads like an engrossing epistolary novel from some postwar American Bloomsbury. Attention, Working Writers: Lorrie Moore Admires What You Do 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z Perhaps this: When we are engrossed by an exhibition, we are not just looking at objects or reading text. Museum Exhibitions at National Archives and the Smithsonian 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z The stories of Thomas Wolsey, Thomas Cromwell and Sir Thomas More might have been engrossing, but the screenplay leaves barely a scratch on any of their surfaces. Anne of the Thousand Days: Tudor tale of thwarted passion with unlikely twist 2013-03-27T10:10:04Z And it is about as engrossing, and as meritorious, as the accountant’s spreadsheet it is enriching. Kim K., J-Lo, Beyoncé Undress for Success With the Naked Look 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z At times she had the slightly nasal, almost pinched, yet engrossing sound of traditional Chinese vocalists. A Dazzling Chinese Singer’s Riveting Song Cycle 2017-07-16T04:00:00Z The photographs are lush, the writing inventively colloquial, the forward pace engrossing. Art Review: Carrie Mae Weems Charts the Black Experience in Photographs 2014-01-23T23:42:31Z The kids are engrossed in their DS systems, and the parents are taking pictures of their spinach dip to post on Instagram. Don’t panic about Applebee’s: Tablets at tables won’t destroy human interaction 2013-12-04T19:52:00Z His Mahler Ninth, presented Thursday night at Orchestra Hall, was both moving and engrossing, the kind of experience you can only get when an eminent Mahler conductor and a powerhouse Mahler orchestra inspire one another. Haitink's Mahler 9th makes superb season finale for CSO 2011-06-03T17:59:36Z For young people summoning the courage to show the world who they are and what they really want, these engrossing novels offer hope and help. Young, Gifted and Searching for a Sense of Self 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z But it’s worth finding Avrupa Pasajı for its architecture alone, and also the engrossing displays of antiques, textiles, ceramics, and lamps. Istanbul’s top 10 historic shopping arcades 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z The result, while flawed, is engrossing and eminently fascinating. Exhibition Review: ?Discovering the Civil War? at National Archives 2010-04-29T21:21:00Z That's the most horrifying aspect of "Michael," a strange and agonizingly engrossing drama despite its repellent subject. 'Michael': Artful pedophile tale captures two brave performances 2012-05-10T20:29:10Z Mr. Atlas’s video, engrossing when it shows the dance from multiple angles, skirts cheesiness with landscapes and sunrises, as does Mr. Taylor’s reading of an Anne Waldman poem about idealized femininity. Dance Review: Douglas Dunn’s Autobiographical ‘Aubade’ 2014-01-28T22:32:46Z I found the whole thing totally engrossing: a survey-style piece of investigative history with a bomb ticking away inside. Art Review: When the Artists Voted for the Politics of Order 2010-10-10T21:37:00Z Those who worked out at the gym this week seemed to be engrossed in a complicated moral arithmetic. Equinox Members Take a Stand Against Trump (Sort of) 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z Any parent who thinks that the crafting of engrossing, meaningful, publishable fiction requires less talent and experience than designing a house, extracting a wisdom tooth or supervising a lunar probe is, frankly, delusional.” Motherlode Blog: Paying to Get Your Child's Book Published 2012-04-02T14:18:16Z And while a harrowing story of people seeking glory is plenty engrossing, it’s Krakauer’s eye for detail that I find most gripping. New & Noteworthy, From the Brat Pack to a Math Biography 2021-05-04T04:00:00Z It’s engrossing, but every so often you may find yourself wondering about the time frame and squinting at the tiny dates on cellphones and newspapers. ‘Collective’ Review: When Tragedy Consumes a Nation 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z The result is the most engrossing and engaging book about Napa Valley since James Conaway’s two-volume saga, “Napa” and “The Far Side of Eden.” What to give a wine lover for the holidays: Books over bottles 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z The “Merchant of Venice” music, which is recorded, is comparably engrossing but of a different style entirely. Incidental Music in ?Winter?s Tale? and ?Merchant of Venice? 2010-07-19T21:26:00Z That was weird and also oddly sort of engrossing. We Should Probably Have a Conversation About ‘Damn, Daniel’ 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z This picture, she says, both engrossed her as a viewer and made her want to be a filmmaker. Review: ‘Searching for Ingmar Bergman,’ a Misunderstood Artist 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z “He just gets so engrossed in the mental mystical algebra of what writing a novel is,” she said. Richard Price Finds His Pseudonym for ‘The Whites’ Annoying 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z The story of their fight to be together and their fight to have a baby, though, aren’t as engrossing as the story of their fight for Juniper’s life. ‘Juniper’: An intimate memoir about a premature baby’s fight for survival 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z Seen from above, the effect is surreal and engrossing, a two-dimensional riddle of color and slow, gentle motion. Exhibits at Hirshhorn, Kreeger museums offer a break from the bustle However, the best short in “Berlin, I Love You” is the engrossing “Under Your Feet,” written and directed by Massy Tadjedin. "Berlin, I Love You" won't bring you down 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z Reviewing the book in The Times, Janet Kaye said, “it is difficult to imagine a more engrossing account of the famous shipwreck than this one.” ArtsBeat: For Titanic Anniversary, the Books Go On and On 2012-03-20T17:49:46Z Here, the owner’s cerebral friends tend to congregate in fine weather, engrossed in lively discussions as well as poolside relaxation. Los Angeles Home - High Design for a Silicon Valley Entrepreneur 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z Alan Oakes, 59, a government IT manager, is looking for someone who laughs easily and is intelligent but not “too engrossed in their work.” Her theory: Chemistry is for the young 2017-02-28T05:00:00Z He would spend hours at the State Hermitage Museum engrossed with works by Wassily Kandinsky, and he relished photos of East European exhibitions in smuggled art revues that were banned in the Soviet Union. Special Report: Contemporary Art: Using Wealth to Critique the Wealthy 2010-12-01T11:00:00Z In an inspired moment of the play, Richards, engrossed in her work, asks her unseen assistant if she's even gone to the bathroom today. Review: Holland Taylor's 'Ann' a sweet valentine 2013-03-08T01:09:08Z Frances might be too engrossed in her own iPhone to even notice. The Looks of Summer 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z 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 Beguiling and human describe the rest of “The Other Side,” which is often as visually expressive and narratively engrossing as the faux art film is visually florid yet stultifying. Review: ‘The Other Side of the Wind’ Is Orson Welles’s Haunted Hall of Mirrors 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z In the playground, he would seem engrossed in a game of follow-the-leader, and I would let down my guard and start a conversation with another mother. Motherlode Blog: Trying to Let Go of My Wandering (Adult) Son 2012-03-28T15:00:53Z Impressive, rather than engrossing, but well worth seeing. Janáček: The Makropulos Case – DVD review 2012-12-13T17:23:24Z Regardless of whom he was talking to, he would find something genuinely engrossing, an opportunity to learn a fact or communicate one. The Most Comforting Dish of All 2020-08-21T04:00:00Z Ms. Zambello’s concept, which employs engrossing video projections, was at its most inspired in “Götterdämmerung.” Music Review: A Pair of Siegfrieds Complete the ?Ring? 2011-06-20T21:38:53Z Made rather than given, these bodies tell an engrossing story about the culture that fashioned them. A Corporeal History of the 19th Century 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z The unrelenting horror of Mr Abdullahi’s life is compellingly told in “A Man of Good Hope”, an engrossing book by Jonny Steinberg, a South African academic and journalist. Finding his feet 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z “Milkman,” by Anna Burns, an intelligent and thoroughly engrossing novel about a girl who’s forced into a relationship with a powerful man. Laila Lalami: By the Book 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z Our reviewer, Edward Tenner, calls it “a tour de force, an engrossing fusion of scholarly research, professional experience and revelations from intrepid firsthand reporting.” 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2019-12-26T05:00:00Z A Peruvian woman who inhabits a bunny in Germany becomes engrossed with the romantic life of her keeper. Samanta Schweblin Talks About Her Creepy New Novel 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z This is understandable, but also a loss, as this engrossing production of Janacek’s rustic tragedy, first performed in Brno in 1921, made clear. Review: Gifted Singers and an English Translation Enhance a Janacek Opera 2017-04-23T04:00:00Z It's an engrossing and often moving film built around the fierce protect-my-young instincts of a lioness and a female cheetah struggling against the odds on the Kenyan Masai Mara savanna. 'African Cats': fiercely entertaining ? and kid-friendly, too 2011-04-21T22:13:34Z Karin Slaughter wraps an intense thriller around a legacy of sexism, race relations and politics in the engrossing “Cop Town.” Review: Karin Slaughter’s ‘Cop Town’ is engrossing 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z He incorporated their words verbatim into an engrossing and beautifully rendered exploration of getting on with life, combining movement, song and spoken word. Combat veterans speak of pain, healing in ‘The Resilience Project’ 2016-02-07T05:00:00Z Deep into the new and final season of Orange Is the New Black, the groundbreaking Netflix show about life in a women’s prison, a character slumps in front of her TV, engrossed in Love Island. OITNB's Jenji Kohan: 'I’d be far richer if I’d stayed on Friends' 2019-07-30T04:00:00Z Warmly photographed by Cliff Charles, “Big Words” is an engrossing, coming-of-middle-age drama that shows how disappointment can fester and derail a life. Movie Review: Neil Drumming’s ‘Big Words’ Explores Male Disaffection 2013-07-18T23:46:41Z The playing was so direct, confident and engrossing I almost forgot to notice that technical matters, like intonation, blending and balance, were impeccable. Music Review: Danish String Quartet at Alice Tully Hall 2014-02-10T22:22:33Z The two also joined forces for an engrossing rendition of Scene I, Act IV from “Aida.” Review: LoftOpera, Finding Glamour Amid the Gritty, Performs Verdi 2015-09-27T04:00:00Z The concerto is engrossingly done, with the first movement majestically shaped and the finale sensibly paced so that we appreciate its logic as well as her panache. Brahms: Violin Concerto; Clara Schumann: Three Romances – review 2013-02-07T21:55:01Z The Place Beyond the Pines is an engrossing, extremely well designed and acted film. The Place Beyond the Pines – review 2013-04-13T23:07:32Z Her digital renderings of arcades, spas and beachy motels are completely engrossing with their almost-real textures, slick lines and myriad reflections of lights. Artists at Winston Wächter gallery construct enticing ‘Summer Dreams’ 2018-07-30T04:00:00Z If you are interested in the odd and inscrutable alchemy of creative work, it is an engrossing document—little bits of melody eventually either coalesce into coherent songs, or they don’t. Solving the Riddle of Metallica 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z Directed by Alexis Bloom and Fisher Stevens, this very funny, engrossing movie couldn’t be more mainstream or more delectable. A Guide to Enjoying the Final Stretch of the New York Film Festival 2016-10-09T04:00:00Z The tapes, now in the National Archives, will be unsealed in 2027, and in the meantime Sam Pollard has assembled an engrossing, unsettling documentary. 10 Great Movies at the New York Film Festival You Can (Mostly) See Online 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z Thrills More Boardroom Than Bedroom It was the water-cooler brinksmanship that made Season 4 of “Mad Men,” which concludes on Sunday, so engrossing. ArtsBeat: Philadelphia Orchestra's Principal Clarinetist to Perform With the Philharmonic 2010-10-14T21:29:00Z I was disappointed, but as I started to engross myself in learning more about the mysteries of the brain, I replaced my passion for magic with psychology. Mind games: what magic reveals about how our brains work 2019-03-30T04:00:00Z It’s engrossing, reports Hawthorne, but “the complicated legacy” of Jacobs’ ideas, unfortunately, are left on the cutting room floor. Essential Arts & Culture: 'The Encounter's' circular time, L.A. Phil's Icelandic time, Center Theater Group's anniversary time 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z The long-delayed arrival on American screens of Season 3 of this moody and engrossing Italian series is, for lovers of gangster dramas, the biggest news of the TV season. Winter TV Preview: 21 Shows to Watch 2020-12-31T05:00:00Z “Arrival” is an elegant puzzle, an engrossing exercise in problem-solving — for the protagonist, the filmmaker and the viewer alike. Cinema Is Dead? Telluride Says Not Yet 2016-09-05T04:00:00Z The audience gathered for this engrossing hour of circus stunts, staged in a spiegeltent pitched on the South Bank, often sat on their hands during the hairiest moments. Cantina – review 2012-06-09T23:05:43Z This is a long, engrossing small-town novel in which the narrator’s arrival as a troubled foster teenager roils the local residents’ peace and quiet and sets a string of troubling incidents in motion. Cool Beach Books for Hot Summer Days 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z It’s more engaging and engrossing to watch, because we’re not watching Disney. Emilia Clarke Knows Exactly Who Daenerys’ True Love Is on 'Game of Thrones' 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z Kuropaczewski had an endearing way of tuning and warming up before starting playing, which lent a certain intimacy to his performance both of the concerto and the engrossing encore, Albéniz’s “Leyenda.” Review | A gleeful resumption of routine: Standard program makes for diverting evening 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z Despite the repetitions, the first four episodes are slick, fast-paced and engrossing, but that’s not new either. 2010-01-15T04:09:00Z The play, written by Aoise Stratford, is not a Ripper study per se, but rather an engrossing depiction of a time and place, and a woman’s struggle in a pitiless social stratum. ArtsBeat: New York Fringe Festival Report: ‘The Unfortunates’ 2013-08-19T19:30:16Z There's jaw-dropping true crime docuseries, like "Heaven's Gate: Cult of Cults" and the finale of the poignant, engrossing "Murder on Middle Beach." From a fertility doctor with a god complex to "Wonder Woman," here's what's on HBO Max in December 2020-12-12T05:00:00Z Second, the couple’s 12 hours in town make for less than engrossing material. ‘JFK’ Envisions an Operatic Ending for Camelot 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z “Yet at both of these events, the audiences were engrossed.” Essential Arts & Culture: Our spring arts preview, more silence from MOCA, a feminist 'Shrew' 2018-03-23T04:00:00Z Then again, it is possible that Twitter users were too deeply engrossed in the music to pull out their devices. Music Review: New Music With the Energy of Youth 2010-12-19T22:07:59Z Next week Impulse Records will release “Moments Preserved,” his engrossing sophomore album. 13 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z There was excellent discussion and debate and some engrossing, enjoyable controversy. Not the Booker prize: it's back, and you're a judge 2013-07-22T09:56:22Z Still, the audience was treated to engrossing highlights from all four parts of the cycle. James Levine Ends a Climactic Season With the Met Orchestra 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z Cunningham’s engrossing low-budget ghost story still scares on its own terms. Five Horror Movies to Stream Now 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z Yes, at roughly 800 pages, it is, indeed, a mountain to climb, but the journey is engrossing, and the view from the summit will transform your understanding of America. Review | ‘The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois’ is the kind of brilliant epic that comes around only once in a decade 2021-08-23T04:00:00Z It’s a tribute to these artists that “Nox” then grew all the more engrossing. Dance Review: Poetry in Motion by Anne Carson and Rashaun Mitchell 2010-07-21T22:15:00Z "Who's heard of the London Symphony Orchestra?" the young composer Rachel Leach asks the row of faces, wide-eyed and engrossed, and a couple of hands rise, tentatively. Strings attached 2010-10-02T23:03:00Z People unfamiliar with the politicking behind the passage of the bill will probably find the play’s intricate, admirably lucid parsing of the president’s maneuvering more engrossing than those who have studied it thoroughly. Theater Review: Bryan Cranston as President Johnson in ‘All the Way’ 2014-03-07T03:00:02Z Nonetheless, Edmund Gordon’s “The Invention of Angela Carter,” while an exceptionally thoughtful and engrossing biography, has left me wondering whether it’s such a good idea to read about contemporary writers one admires. The unconventional life of Angela Carter — prolific author, reluctant feminist 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z But in preparation for the workshop, I’d clicked on a couple of flower-arranging how-to videos online and found it surprisingly engrossing to watch a pro quickly create a well-balanced composition before my eyes. She Created SZA’s Floral Bikini. Could She Help Me With a Centerpiece? 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z The rest of this engrossing book reads like high-end art history; this section also reads like sports. ‘The Art of Rivalry’ Dissects Four Jostling Pairs of Artists 2016-08-21T04:00:00Z With “The War for Late Night” Mr. Carter presents an unexpectedly engrossing tale that should engage readers with even the mildest interest in this latest Hollywood battle of wills. Books of The Times: Funny Guys, Serious Business 2010-12-17T00:00:10Z The kaleidoscopic effect of these stories is engrossing and inspiring. 4 new nonfiction books not to be missed 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z The New York premiere of Matthew Aucoin’s “Evidence” revealed an elusive yet engrossing orchestral piece. Review: Man-Made and Natural Music Merge on a Steamy Sunday 2018-07-03T04:00:00Z At each stop, Sasha sat on the ground and opened her notebook to draw, engrossed and uncomplaining. Family, Meet My Old Love: Saigon 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z Views from the suites are made all the more engrossing by the telescopes that the management thoughtfully provides. Hong Kong's Ritz-Carlton: A Hotel with Altitude 2011-04-21T08:15:00Z Onstage love, death and dance all come together in an engrossingly beautiful vortex. Dance Review: Two Top Giselles, Back to Back 2011-05-29T22:49:01Z It’s this modern weapon that is the subject of HBO’s “After Truth: Disinformation and the Cost of Fake News,” a broad but darkly engrossing documentary that airs Thursday. Review: ‘After Truth,’ the Deluge 2020-03-18T04:00:00Z His new picture, “In Fabric,” is his fourth feature and his most impressive, engrossing, imaginatively unchained work yet. ‘In Fabric’ Review: The Dress Is Possessed. But It Was on Sale. 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z Rupert Murdoch’s tabloid world is brought to the stage in the engrossing ‘Ink’ Review | ‘Beetlejuice’ cleans up its act for Broadway. It’s not a raging success, but it’ll do. 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z David Stubbs Last year's documentary series Seven Dwarves sounded exploitative on paper but turned out to be engrossing, as seven dwarf actors moved into a house together while performing in panto in Woking. Series: Watch this TV highlights 14/08/2012 2012-08-14T13:57:25Z Onda’s strange, engrossing novel — patched together from scraps of interviews, letters, newspaper articles and the like — explores the sweltering day that 17 members of the Aosawa family died after drinking poisoned sake and soda. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z One of the ways in which this charming and often engrossing museum in Brooklyn Heights works, though, is to recognize that most of us are thoroughly convinced of its subject’s ordinariness. Museum Review: New York Transit Museum 2011-12-15T23:03:45Z Similar adjectives come to mind for other scores, such as the quartet “Carrot Revolution,” an immediately engrossing work of pure excitement. Gabriella Smith’s Music Marvels at Nature With Grooving Joy 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z On the soundtrack — a newly released recording of Viola’s early work in experimental music shows him to have been an engrossing musician — are drops of a viscous fluid and a deep bass drone. A symphony for Los Angeles, just one otherworldly delight at L.A. Phil's Mozart and Pärt festival 2016-05-28T04:00:00Z The result was a performance that was never less than engrossing. Belcea Quartet/London Winds 2010-07-01T21:45:00Z There's a sense of serenity and centeredness about the warm, soft-spoken Daniels — a manner that's calmed many a nervous actor, and led to many a finely tuned, engrossing evening of drama. Busy director Sheila Daniels helms 'Dancing at Lughnasa' at Seattle Rep 2010-11-14T05:01:00Z Up to that point, “The Jungle” has been a vigorously engrossing production, depicting the creation of the self-contained village of the title, a refuge for more than 6,000 migrants in 2015 and 2016. ‘The Jungle’ Review: Migrants’ Heartbreaking Search for Home in Calais 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z The directors Rex Miller and Sam Pollard shrewdly tease this epic showdown at the start of their engrossing, politically astute documentary portrait. ‘Citizen Ashe’ Review: Advantage, Arthur Ashe 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z The whole series is visually beautiful and fantastically produced, and the genuine natural drama that arises here — and in other episodes that follow lions, tigers, wolves and penguins — is completely engrossing. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z These engrossing poems are interspersed with pieces that explore the book’s other major theme: how language shapes experience, enhancing or impeding understanding. The three best poetry books for June 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z I had listened to this song dozens of times before, and yet this accompaniment made it far more active and engrossing. Exclusive First Look at Bon Iver's Digital Deluxe Edition 2011-11-28T09:58:38Z On balance, “User Friendly” is a tour de force, an engrossing fusion of scholarly research, professional experience and revelations from intrepid firsthand reporting. Design That’s Got Users in Mind 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z Her sons are engrossed in what her husband calls “chick lit”— reading how-to guides for raising backyard chickens. America Stress-Bought All the Baby Chickens 2020-03-28T04:00:00Z I spoke with him and he sounded very engrossed, and I was interested. ArtsBeat: Off the Couch, Into the Multiplexes: Irrfan Khan on His New Big-Screen Roles 2010-12-06T17:13:00Z The work was gripping from the outset and engrossing throughout. JACK Quartet and Argento Riff on Mahler’s Ninth 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z A percolating episode, played mostly on mallet instruments, prodded the orchestra to synthesize what had happened along the way, as this engrossing piece concluded. Wine Bottles, Twigs and Trash Cans Join the Mostly Mozart Orchestra 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z The Clangers, the knitted, whistling alien creatures that engrossed children at the end of the 1960s and start of the '70s, are to make a comeback in a new series next year. BBC children's TV exhibition unveiled 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z That’s one of the main lessons of “Beaten Down, Worked Up,” the engrossing, character-driven, panoramic new book on the past and present of worker organizing by the former New York Times labor reporter Steven Greenhouse. The Upheaval in the American Workplace 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z They know this ballet intimately and made it newly engrossing. Dance Review: ‘Jewels’ Returns to New York City Ballet’s Repertory 2014-01-23T23:23:37Z As the day dragged on, Alicia became increasingly engrossed by and adept in online slaughter. 'The Good Wife' Recap: Election Day 2015-03-22T04:00:00Z In the most fascinating section of this engrossing book, Server details how Rosselli was recruited for a secret plot to assassinate Fidel Castro in Cuba. Review | The incredible life of ‘Handsome Johnny,’ a gangster worthy of the movies 2018-11-22T05:00:00Z Under house arrest, Panahi conjures up an engrossing, witty and original essay on artistic creation and the limits of control. What to Know About Jafar Panahi, the Imprisoned Iranian Filmmaker 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z Once the war begins in earnest, however, the energy crackles, and the spectacle becomes entirely engrossing. Review | Leigh Bardugo’s ‘Rule of Wolves’ is the latest action-packed installment in the Grishaverse saga 2021-04-07T04:00:00Z Gergel, a United States district judge in South Carolina who presided in the Dylann Roof trial in 2017, has written an engrossing history, animated by the stories of several key characters. The Black Sergeant and the White Judge Who Changed Civil Rights History 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z In particular, his rendering of the early mechanization of the American farm is epic and engrossing. A Sweeping History of What We Eat 2021-02-22T05:00:00Z A woman explains that during a hospitalisation, her husband is working from her bedside, but is so engrossed by his device that he doesn't talk to her. Author, author: Sherry Turkle 2011-01-29T00:05:59Z The engrossing “Buried Alive,” by the gifted young composer Jeff Myers and the librettist Quincy Long, was inspired by Poe’s “The Premature Burial,” about a New York painter haunted by visions of death. Review: Fort Worth Opera’s ‘Buried Alive and ‘Embedded’ Conjure Poe’s Dark Terrain 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z As forcefully delivered in Molina's volcanic performance, this torrent of observations is consistently engrossing. "Red" a superb rendering of modern art history 2010-04-02T21:55:00Z And the effect is heartening: so many children engrossed in a Mozart opera. Review: Fresh Talent Fuels ‘The Magic Flute’ at the Met 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z That’s how Mack, a theoretical astrophysicist, begins her engrossing, elegant timeline of the cosmos. 13 Books to Watch For in August 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z This engrossing family drama packs the same sort of emotional wallop as Anna Quindlen's "Every Last Thing." Best summer reading picks: women's fiction favorites 2011-08-05T21:59:03Z Long-listed for the Man Booker Prize, “Do Not Say We Have Nothing” is an engrossing novel that segues back and forth through more than seven generations of cultural and family history. More fine fall fiction 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z The result is a depressing — if engrossing — rehash of arguments found every day online. NBC’s ‘The Slap’ is trolling, but in a surprisingly absorbing way 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z But this engrossing examination of American perceptions of Arabs and the Arab world gets you thinking. Movie Review: ‘Valentino’s Ghost,’ a Documentary by Michael Singh 2013-05-16T22:47:11Z The young players under Mr. Hayes seemed engrossed by the music and in command of it. Music Review: Elliott Carter?s Concerto for Flute - Review 2011-09-30T22:55:05Z His new staging, which opened Saturday at the Royal Opera House in London, is an engrossing production with a fine cast, highlighted by baritone Christian Gerhaher in a sensational debut. Wagner's 'Tannhaeuser' in time of war 2010-12-13T15:00:00Z Seven years ago, the British actor Charlie Hunnam took a book with him on an overseas vacation and was so engrossed that he didn’t get around to sightseeing. Charlie Hunnam Is a Cat Person 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z I'm so engrossed by Clark's description of flying buttresses – a supporting architectural structure that allowed early cathedrals to become taller and more grandiose – that I almost forget to snigger at the word "buttress". One man vs Civilisation 2011-02-05T00:03:00Z It’s a decidedly adult goal for what used to be an engrossing but simplistic fantasy. Lara Croft battles male jerks 2012-06-14T16:15:00Z The thing I was prepared to like least about Amelia Morris’s funny and engrossing debut novel — new motherhood and all the requisite growing pains — ultimately became the thing I admired about it most. This Novel Examines Motherhood, but Not From the Usual Angles 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z The film offers no easy answers, which is what makes it so engrossing. "Unclenching the Fists" is a shattering picture of one woman's inability to escape her needy family 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z The company delivers performances where nothing is more engrossing than the choreography. 2010-02-14T22:34:00Z A thoroughly engrossing exhibition at the American Museum of Natural History that opens on Saturday — “Creatures of Light: Nature’s Bioluminescence” — teaches us quite a bit about the phenomenon. Exhibition Review: ?Creatures of Light? at American Museum of Natural History 2012-03-29T21:26:33Z He was a downtown type if ever there was one, as is made clear in Judith E. Stein’s engrossing 2016 biography, but Green Gallery was firmly in the business of doing business. When Artists Ran the Show: ‘Inventing Downtown,’ at N.Y.U. 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z In what may be one of the most engrossing dramas on TV, Deputy U.S. Your best arts and entertainment bets for the week ahead 2011-04-27T22:16:04Z According to the director, their exchanges left the performer engrossed in deep soul-searching. Was there anything real about Elvis Presley? 2022-06-25T04:00:00Z It was so engrossing that I read it in a day. A Memoir of Motherhood Lost 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z This journey is one aspect of Broom’s extraordinary, engrossing debut, “The Yellow House,” but Broom recognizes that she needs to find the language to tell an even more expansive story. After Hurricane Katrina, How Do You Return Home When Home No Longer Exists? 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z The series is brutally violent, bleak and engrossing. ArtsBeat: Graphic Books Best Sellers: The End of 'Scalped' 2012-11-30T20:18:21Z It’s very easy to be engrossed in the technical details, but not the flavor, or vice versa. 2010-01-10T17:15:00Z As a picture of the hard-pressed healing arts, it is engrossing. Tiger Country - review 2011-01-20T09:43:53Z Artemis captured that quality in an engrossing performance. Music Review | Artemis Quartet: Beethoven That Is Robust, if a Little Strange 2010-03-02T22:19:00Z As the regiment moves into many of the Civil War’s most important battles, the story becomes engrossing. A long, hard war for one Illinois regiment 2013-01-03T21:40:38Z It’s an instantly engrossing show, made more tense by Sedgwick’s all-in performance of a woman losing a precarious grip on things. Review | Fall TV 2017: 10 new shows worth checking out (and 5 you can totally skip) 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z At the moment he is engrossed in Pat Barker's novel Regeneration which describes the effects of shell shock in the first world war. Ben Whishaw: 'I feel I'm always in the dark' – interview 2013-03-17T00:15:00Z However, in this engrossing study Sussex is less concerned with the merits of “Hansom Cab” than with its creation, publication and marketing. ‘Blockbuster!’: The strange tale of the best-selling crime novel of the 19th century 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z So engrossed was I in taking a video of this carousel of good vibes that I almost crashed into a heart-tipped arrow that said “smile.” Greek Party Islands Chill Out 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z Still, this is an engrossing, valuable cautionary tale that is particularly timely when the line between collective projection and reality seems more fragile — and more consequential — than ever. ‘Amanda Knox’ catches up with a murder suspect, now older and wiser. 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z Few would deny that it constitutes one of the most powerful and engrossing of all symphonic statements. RLPO/Petrenko – review 2013-03-24T17:59:19Z But the book is full of solid, engrossing history. For Honour and Fame: Chivalry in England, 1066-1500 by Nigel Saul – review 2012-06-26T10:45:01Z Between their shifts, each was eager to meet the man who built an engrossingly realistic four-foot-high model of a bombed-out apartment building, one seemingly airlifted from the civil war engulfing Damascus, Syria. A Little Piece of Downtown Damascus in New Haven 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z With the conditions dictated by festival coffers, these shows will have precious little spontaneity or sense of event, the only aspect of their shtick that was even remotely engrossing. The Libertines: by no stretch of the imagination a great band 2010-08-18T11:54:00Z All of this is engrossing for those fascinated by the machinations of the people and politics of the Middle East. Necessary 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z A few years ago "The Anarchists" may have seemed more engrossing than it does now when the hokum spewed on Anarchapulco's stage gets heavy play on Fox News and others in the far-right ecosystem. "The Anarchists" is HBO's chaotic examination of fear, loathing and a crypto-bro con in Acapulco 2022-07-10T04:00:00Z Washington — Gloria Steinem and Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. were engrossed in conversation steps from his ceremonial office, where he was getting his makeup done. Gloria Steinem Brings Feminism to Vice TV 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z Verdict: Despite engrossing race scenes and some clever dialogue, this is the lowest-earning film in the series, no doubt because at the time audiences wanted a familiar face in the lead. Tracing the evolution of "The Fast and the Furious" franchise, movie by movie 2021-06-27T04:00:00Z The concert ends with Sibelius’s unconventional and engrossing “Voces Intimae” in five movements, written in 1909. 10 Classical Concerts to Stream in June 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z Last October, in reviewing his most recent solo show in New York, the New York Times art critic Roberta Smith said it was “possibly the best of his career,” delivering “engrossing, weirdly thought-provoking visual experiences.” The Artist Rob Pruitt: Paradox on a Pedestal 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z Still, Marlantes’s idiosyncratic approach is to his credit: “Deep River” is an engrossing and commanding historical epic about one immigrant family’s shifting fortunes. Review | ‘Deep River’ bucks every literary trend, and that’s what makes it so charming 2019-07-05T04:00:00Z I became engrossed with the depiction of how American black maids were treated in the early 1960s and as a domestic worker myself I identified strongly with the characters and their fight for dignity. Readers recommend their favourite books of 2010 2011-01-01T00:05:32Z If you’re looking for a worthy summer reading binge, stack your bedside table with the works of Dominic Smith, culminating with “The Electric Hotel,” his engrossing fifth novel. Review | An irresistible tale of early cinema makes for perfect summer reading 2019-06-10T04:00:00Z It centers on a college student engrossed in a laptop, her cat and two fellow travelers, while, out the window, passing landscape forms a wide vertical band that dominates the painting’s right side. Nicole Eisenman, Fluidly Merging Past, Present and Future 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z This continually inventive piece, in five movements, lasts just 20 ingenious minutes, every one of them engrossing as played by these artists. Review: Nicolas Altstaedt and Alexander Lonquich, in a Stirring Concert at the Frick 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z |
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