| 单词 | highbrow |
| 例句 | She worked in regional theaters in Britain, and in the 1950s, as the tide turned in English theater from the courtly and highbrow to the kitchen sink, her North Country accent brought her work. Billie Whitelaw, Longtime Beckett Muse, Dies at 82 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z And despite their garishness, they are in some ways more tasteful than highbrow dramas. ‘Sex Sent Me to the ER’ and ‘Untold Stories of the ER’ 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z There is some historical merit to it, and all the manners and under-the-surface tension disguised as nicety has lulled us into the comforting sense that watching this show is something of a highbrow activity. Downton Abbey Watch: Mastercheese Theater 2012-02-13T14:15:46Z Perelman is certainly a benevolent angel in that collision between lowbrow and highbrow. S.J. Perelman was a master of comedy. Nearly a century later, his work still delivers laughs. 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z It was pompous and highbrow in a way that many of today’s mainstream sitcoms just aren’t, and often treated its episodes like a grand repertory stage farce. Shrinking returns: analysing the pros and cons of a Frasier reboot 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z “Graphic novel” sounds more highbrow, but it’s not always correct, given that many of these books now are memoirs and other kinds of nonfiction. Perspective | Don’t be afraid to let children read graphic novels. They’re real books. 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z But in highbrow circles, the term was still toxic. Perspective | Summer reading has a fraught history. But if there was ever a time to delight in escapism, it’s now. 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z But then Sting has never made a secret of his highbrow aspirations, indulging them in ways both respectful and fanciful. Music Review: Sting?s Songbook at the Met, With Strings Attached 2010-07-14T20:35:00Z There is, he admits, a streak of perversity in his character that likes to toy with notions of highbrow and lowbrow. Matilda: Thank heaven for little girls 2010-12-27T22:00:00Z It was a time when much of the highbrow fashion industry was fixated on minimalism and the washed-out, dour aesthetic known as heroin chic. Perspective | Kate Spade’s aesthetic was the happy answer to fashion snobbery 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z Back to the Bard then, because this is a highbrow kind of column. TV review: Grandma's House, Inn Mates and Gears And Tears 2010-08-10T06:30:00Z The statue rises out of a large coffee table so that it seems to preside over a highbrow salon. Living room built around NYC Columbus statue a hit 2012-10-08T09:31:07Z “And Their Children After Them” and “Our Need for Consolation Is Insatiable,” the two productions on offer in August, could have fit right into the lineups of a number of highbrow Parisian theaters. This Theater Brings Nature Right Into the Drama 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z “I’m more into the highbrow intellectual style,” said the younger Mr. Conrad. A Novelist Makes Good on His Promise to Sinclair Lewis 2011-01-26T16:25:50Z And the same goes for his volumes of best-selling poetry -- or "doggerel," in the words of several highbrow critics who were tasked with reviewing them when they came out and sold thousands of copies. Remembering Rod McKuen, the accidental hipster 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z Wendy is an upper-middle-class woman of letters with a highbrow reputation. Review: ‘Learning to Drive’ Charts a Culture-Bridging Friendship 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z What’s great about teen fiction is that it’s all mixed up — there’s highbrow and lowbrow! Author of "The Descendants": I Could Work With Shailene Woodley for the Rest of My Life 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z This is a surprisingly middlebrow concept for a supposedly highbrow jukebox presentation, and the visuals don’t help. Review: In ‘Maestro,’ a Downbeat Look at the Great Toscanini 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z Another big challenge, though no one connected to the film put it quite this way, was how to reconcile Ms. Taylor-Johnson’s highbrow sensibility with the book’s populist tone. ‘Fifty Shades of Grey,’ the Movie, as a Fairy Tale 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z Talk of the “death of the American dream” is everywhere, from well-articulated op-ed pieces to crude talk radio shows, from casual barbershop conversations to highbrow academic symposia. What gets declassified? 2012-05-31T21:09:00Z Some highbrows would scoff that series fiction lends itself to such artificial extensions of life because it’s more formulaic than so-called literary fiction and, thus, easier to mimic. Review | Ian Rankin took on the challenge of finishing his mentor’s book. The result is a darkly beautiful novel. 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z It is a highbrow horror film backed by Roadside Attractions, which is known for distributing gems like “Manchester by the Sea” and “Winter’s Bone.” Chloë Sevigny Wants More. Lizzie Borden Is Helping With That. 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z Rather than the highbrow and sometimes obscure names usually touted for the Nobel, this list includes J.K. An Alternative to the Nobel Prize in Literature, Judged by You 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z “Is it as good as the book?” is a question movie critics often hear, whether the book in question is a Harry Potter adventure or something more highbrow. ‘Zola’ Review: Twitter? I Hardly Know Her! 2021-06-29T04:00:00Z A rare author and screenwriter whose works appealed to highbrow readers and mainstream moviegoers, Ephron wrote fiction that was distinguished by characters who seemed simultaneously normal and extraordinary. 'Sleepless in Seattle' writer Nora Ephron dies at 71 2012-06-27T01:41:54Z Mendelsohn, a classicist by training, may be criticism’s answer to Michael Jordan; highbrow, lowbrow, antiquity, modernity, Sappho, “Suits” — he can do all the moves, as these essays, sparkling with insight and erudition, show. 12 New Books We Recommend This Week 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z One of the “stars” of VH1’s highbrow new dating show Dating Naked is suing for $10 million because viewers at home saw her dating — naked! 'Dating Naked' star is suing because VH1 showed her dating… naked 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z Like the resulting works, which feature highbrow and common musical forms and texts alternating Latin and German, the music engages the listener’s attention on a number of levels. Review: A Broadened Christmas Repertoire at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church 2015-12-13T05:00:00Z In the early 20th century, art-world highbrows embraced this sort of unschooled art as evidence that artistic ability is inborn rather than taught. Quirky European sights, from Lennon ‘love wall’ to salt mines 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z That show is highbrow compared with “Dancing Fools.” Television Review: ‘Dancing Fools,’ a Competition on ABC Family 2013-05-28T21:06:39Z “I think that we can mistake metafiction as sort of a highbrow, beard-strokey thing, but actually it’s just rough-and-tumble play with the rules of literature,” says Barnett, the children’s book author. 50 years later, ‘The Monster at the End of This Book’ is still selling — and inspiring authors 2021-01-25T05:00:00Z The novel’s formal gambits and transgressive literary figures lend a bit of highbrow window dressing to an otherwise anodyne romance. Boundary-Pushing Books for Fans of Narrative Experiments 2020-08-11T04:00:00Z And if you have, this “Scenes” feels less like a reimagining than like a highbrow stage revival — movie stars spending a few weeks doing Ibsen at a summer theater fest. Review: In ‘Scenes From a Marriage,’ a Couple Unhappy in the Same Way 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z The literary world will celebrate its own highbrow version of the Oscars tonight with the National Book Awards, a splashy awards ceremony, party and dinner held at Cipriani Wall Street in Manhattan. ArtsBeat Blog: Celebratory Night for the Book World 2011-11-16T22:30:37Z The highest screen average of any film on release was earned by highbrow arthouse offering Women Without Men, which earned £6,500 from a single site. World Cup puts boot into suffering UK box office 2010-06-15T11:58:00Z When it comes time to walk off all those calories, Richmond is replete with highbrow pursuits that often come at a low cost. What’s new (and old) in Richmond, Virginia’s trendy capital 2016-03-01T05:00:00Z It's a terrific mix of highbrow and lowbrow: niftily plotted, wittily edited, brilliantly performed, and casually offensive. It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia 2010-05-14T07:00:00Z And now it’s a subject of highbrow discourse. | 'What Was the Hipster?' 2010-10-25T22:27:00Z Without the distinguished cast, its highbrow melodramas would seem ludicrous. This week's new films 2013-04-06T05:00:08Z It’s the unspoken fantasy of so many theatergoers: a highbrow cultural outing that, somewhere between the opening and the ovation, includes a nap. ‘Dream of the Red Chamber’ and Other Sleep-Oriented Shows 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z We may kid ourselves that we like highbrow indie and critics' darlings. Take cover! It's the Swells iPod! 2010-06-24T11:58:00Z As for Mr. Quinlan, the former TV binger, he’s channeled his habit to a more highbrow outlet. Future Tense: Binge Media Culture Finds a Receptive Audience in Americans 2014-05-02T23:01:27Z As well as Costa, the Booker will soon be facing competition from the avowedly highbrow Literature prize, set up in protest at the perceived dumbing-down of the Booker. Why books need literary prizes 2013-01-29T07:00:00Z Unlike more sophomoric hybridists of highbrow content and popular form, Mr. Brinkman brings genuine passion, curiosity and analytical skills to his subject. | 'Rap Guide to Evolution': Rapping Your Mind-State Around Darwin 2011-06-27T21:53:16Z Certain inane pleasures await when we stop treating TV like highbrow homework and let it become the populist entertainer it was made to be. Perspective | 20 new and returning TV shows that you should check out this summer 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z Why should it be assumed that an intelligent, highbrow radio station holds no attraction for young people, Geordies or folk of Chinese extraction? A cool Radio 4? What a turn-off 2011-02-13T00:06:03Z It's not a feat of the writer's art exclusive to highbrow literary fiction. Martin Amis: Only brain injury could make me write for children 2011-02-11T12:50:24Z A psychiatrist in the old-school Freudian mould, he is both highbrow and extremely silly. The 10 best screen psychoanalysts 2010-06-12T23:05:00Z Yet he was at least ten years ahead of the great fashion for dystopias in highbrow circles, and anyhow hadn’t judged how his book’s slightness, and its vein of real perversity, might play against it. David Bowman and the Furry-Girl School of American Fiction 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z The beef burgers come in two forms, highbrow and lowbrow. The Best Comes in a Bun at Salvation Burger and Spotted Pig 2016-04-19T04:00:00Z There can't be many insults that strike more viciously at the heart of the highbrow film lover than "philistine". The view: Is it OK to be a film philistine? 2010-05-21T12:48:00Z What do you need to celebrate the publication of a highbrow journal devoted to celebrity? ArtsBeat: Live and in Print: Lapham's Celebrities 2011-01-11T17:35:29Z "The Simpsons" used to mix highbrow and lowbrow gags, and timeless and timely humor, but that rich mixture was simply too difficult to sustain. Will future generations understand "The Simpsons"? 2011-03-08T16:05:00Z This made the book something like a memoir, a form that in the nineties came with the double highbrow disqualifier of being both female and popular. A Deflated Adaptation of the Singular Cult Novel “I Love Dick” 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z To reproduce something similar, this time in a highbrow gallery, raises a question about what happens when social practice objects are entangled in commerce. Theaster Gates Turns the Stain of the Past Into Art 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z It wears its highbrow low, and vice versa. Theater Review | 'Whatever, Heaven Allows': If Douglas Sirk and Milton Walked Into a Bar and Started Trading Yarns 2010-02-24T22:27:00Z Part of his appeal was the ease with which he entwined highbrow references with frankness, sincerity and a fascination with popular culture. Carlos Monsiv?is obituary 2010-06-24T18:04:00Z This may suggest an all-too-familiar Broadway recipe for flattering middlebrows into feeling highbrow, allowing audience members to signal their sophistication with knowing laughs at intellectual references. Theater Review | 'Red': Alfred Molina as Mark Rothko in John Logan?s Drama 2010-04-02T10:10:00Z “It has to be something more than that — without it turning into a precious, highbrow thing.” Los Angeles: City of Breakfast 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z In contemporary literature, particularly of the more highbrow variety, there’s this fear of plot. “How accidentally a fate is made”: Ed Tarkington on love and its complications, the toll of mental and physical illness — and how dark episodes become the seeds of story 2015-12-27T05:00:00Z There's a suspicious uniformity to the responses; more specifically, those questioned always seem to be reading the most highbrow, trendy, intellectual and impressive works possible, often several at a time. Bedside reading: the naked truth 2010-04-02T13:30:00Z Unsurprisingly, the keep-Austin-weird crowd frets over whether this new celebration of highbrow dining is part of an ominous new trend. Choice Tables: Beyond Brisket and Burritos in Austin, Tex. 2013-12-03T21:04:26Z But it’s not just Vietnam-era disiullsionment and Cold War paranoia; suspicion of government is a viewpoint that so saturates media, from highbrow to lowbrow, that it’s moved beyond “trend” and into “movement.” Our post-Snowden TV paranoia: “Homeland,” “Quantico” and privacy inside the surveillance state 2015-10-18T04:00:00Z As Mr. Graves’s populist appeal rose, his credibility in highbrow architectural circles continued to slide. Michael Graves, innovative architect and designer, dies at 80 2015-03-14T04:00:00Z Now, any fan of highbrow horror will think back to Hannibal Lecter taking in his inquisitor’s “good bag and cheap shoes” in “The Silence of the Lambs.” ArtsBeat: ‘Penny Dreadful’ Recap: Up and Down the Ladder of Wealth 2014-05-12T03:05:43Z That life can be a rich place, comprised of the highbrow and the lowdown, the casual and the ambitious, private reading and public sharing. New guide to children's books for parents 2010-10-16T01:40:00Z Yet after so many big, dumb success stories, will audiences actually want a highbrow blockbuster? Prometheus: the making of a new myth 2012-05-25T23:01:00Z It’s not that I wasn’t aware of the difference between “highbrow” and “lowbrow” writing — after all, I did have literature teachers. Marlon James: By the Book 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z It lopes along like a highbrow episode of “Louie,” a series of silly, surreal, confident riffs about humiliations, minor and major. An Unassuming Heroine Envies Her Harvard Classmates the Confidence of Their Convictions 2017-03-27T04:00:00Z In Vienna, highbrow music is the stuff of daily life. Rick Steves gets lost in the music and grandeur of Vienna 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z These are not highbrow movies, and yet Reeves’ portrayal and his widely-publicized dedication to training so the moves and gunplay look and feel real is astonishing. Why do women love John Wick? (It's not just the puppy) 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z Members of these communities are disconnected from the kind of highbrow displays that are the mainstay of biennials such as Manifesta. At the Manifesta Biennial, a French City’s Tough Realities Go on Show 2020-09-22T04:00:00Z And like his highbrow forebears, Etchells is highly resourceful when it comes to remolding the language to fit his darker purpose. Review | In ‘Endland,’ Tim Etchells finds squalid humor in post-Brexit Britain 2020-05-18T04:00:00Z She joined the highbrow Alexander Gray Associates gallery. Jennie C. Jones, a Minimalist Who Calls Her Own Tune 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z But the show is not stuffily highbrow: there are cameo appearances by Pat Cleveland, David Bowie and Divine. Front Row: The Dries Van Noten Exhibition in Paris 2014-03-06T00:30:31Z But fans of the Twisted Metal game needn’t worry that their beloved bedlam has gone highbrow. In ‘Twisted Metal’ Series, Killer Clowns Come With Class Commentary 2023-07-20T04:00:00Z On rare occasions, he would be called in to work a traveling Broadway show — “I saw ‘Pippin’ 23 times” — but that was as highbrow as local fare rose. Art Basel Miami Beach Is Canceled 2020-09-04T04:00:00Z And though Staples’s allusions are occasionally highbrow, he also raps, “I ain’t wish for nothing but hood rich / You ain’t seen how grimy my hood get.” “Atlanta” and Vince Staples and a New Hip-Hop Sensibility 2016-11-05T04:00:00Z This lowbrow project, dictated by highbrow theorising, is relentlessly entertaining. Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation by Michael Pollan – review 2013-05-22T06:30:11Z The tone of the competition, from 3 to 6 p.m. beneath the 86th Street Boardwalk, is not exactly highbrow or earnest. Creative Time Hosts Sand Castle Contest at Rockaway Beach 2012-08-16T20:16:18Z "It's a totally stupid reaction, and it's not sophisticated at all," he confessed on camera, aiming to reassure his online viewers that their reactions to classical music need not be highbrow. John Mangum to head Philharmonic Society of Orange County 2014-06-03T04:00:00Z And so, Goodman gleefully suggests, was a man associated in later eras with highbrow theatrical entertainments: William Shakespeare. Manspreading, Renaissance-Style: 2 Experts Weigh In on Etiquette of Centuries Past 2018-11-26T05:00:00Z None of these films made the cut on a list that includes highbrow humor and slapstick comedies alike. I can explain #OscarsSoWhite in 2 words: “Annie Hall” 2016-02-28T05:00:00Z But as the Digital Dozen award for “Lithopy” shows, design fiction is moving beyond the niche of academia and highbrow design studios, into technologists’ laboratories and, perhaps, people’s homes. Design Fiction: Real Solutions, Unreal Problems 2020-05-29T04:00:00Z And in the same way contemporary music fans probably don't won't to be lumped in with classical because they think it's all a bit highbrow and snooty. Doomed? 2011-05-12T12:33:19Z That’s not necessarily what one would expect of a Sophoclean drama performed in Japanese with English supertitles at one of Manhattan’s most highbrow cultural institutions. Review: A Spellbinding ‘Antigone,’ Both Timeless and Urgent 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z Thom’s riffs about God and despair echo early Woody Allen movies — adolescent introspection leavened with highbrow literary references. Review: Showtime’s ‘Happyish’ Is Funnyish 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z In this landscape, the highbrow/lowbrow divide seems like a quaint relic of a bygone age. Is the age of the critic over? 2011-01-30T00:07:09Z Over the past few years, younger artists who aren’t as concerned with distinctions between highbrow and lowbrow have started making pieces inspired by Mr. Ross, who died in 1995. Bob Ross Fans Seek Some Happy Little Appreciation for Their Muse 2018-08-21T04:00:00Z The movie shellacked a thick layer of highbrow cinema gloss over fundamentally pulpy material, and was awarded with a pile of Oscars. | 'Silence! The Musical': The Knives, and Forks, Are Out 2011-07-12T02:01:43Z “The Good Place” is one of the brightest spots on TV right now, nimbly both highbrow and lowbrow. The TV Surprises and Snubs of the 2018 Golden Globes 2017-12-11T05:00:00Z “It hasn’t necessarily become highbrow entertainment, but it has a lot more cultural cachet. People aren’t ashamed of liking it the way they were 10 years ago.” As Making a Murderer returns, is the obsession with true crime turning nasty? 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z Plum Hamptons, from the resort-only Plum Networks, is a monthly that aims for the highbrow. Clouds Have Lifted, and the Hamptons Beckon 2011-05-25T22:26:19Z Scott put it a little more modestly, but it's the same idea: Lately, I think, protests against the deep-dish and the highbrow ... mask another agenda, which is a defense of the corporate status quo. In praise of boredom, at the movies and in life 2011-06-08T01:01:00Z Or will you try and get the machine going with the highbrow American thespians? Downton Abbey creator's plan for US period drama is one big mistake 2012-11-28T16:21:43Z Part of Wanger's highly successful scheme to win over highbrows and high society involved hiring one of Diaghilev's conductors, Eugene Goossens, with "the flower of the LSO", to provide live music. How Diaghilev's Ballets Russes kept British cinema on its toes 2010-12-22T15:08:50Z The famously unassuming Leonard — we were friends for 20 years — always played down the highbrow. Elmore Leonard shoots his way into the Library of America He saw no distinction between the so-called highbrow and lowbrow, sharing an equal zealousness for bubblegum pop as he did Indian classical music. My streaming gem: why you should watch Wild Combination 2020-08-21T04:00:00Z Let culture critic Greg Tate, profiling Golden in the Village Voice years ago, answer it: “A stone-cold player. A highbrow mack-diva of the first magnitude.” At the Studio Museum in Harlem, a curator who loves art ‘on a cellular level’ 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z The boy was enthralled by the colorful posters plastered all over the city advertising upcoming shows in the Fringe, the scrappy sidebar to the highbrow Edinburgh International Festival. At Edinburgh Fringe, Small Shows With Big Ambitions 2023-08-17T04:00:00Z Objets de Ruth are now part of the temple of highbrow kitsch, along with Freud bobblehead dolls and Shakespeare rubber ducks. Review: ‘Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg’ 2015-10-25T04:00:00Z If you are expecting highbrow greatness, let’s step aside and have a little talk about looking for love in all the wrong places. What You Should Watch This Weekend: ‘Please Like Me’ and Films Leaving Netflix 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z What you're getting in these transactions, even when the performer is more highbrow, is simply pure personality. Charlie Sheen and the vaguest shows on earth 2011-03-30T20:55:00Z “It’s not very highbrow, but it’s very real. It’s very Old Testament. It’s eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth.” Mickey Spillane’s Work Keeps Coming, 12 Years After His Death 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z Her first proper record, Tragedy, was highbrow, drawing heavily on classical drama. This week's new live music 2012-05-25T23:05:17Z Working at a frenetic pace on stage, Belzer could go from highbrow social commentary to gutter humor in the blink of an eye. "He did not suffer fools": Honoring Richard Belzer, the stand-up conspiracy theorist 2023-02-25T05:00:00Z Mr. Kahane is known as a highbrow polymath: an accomplished new-music composer who also plays an array of instruments and writes pop songs of theatrical effect. New Music: ?SuperHeavy,? With Mick Jagger, and ?Where Are the Arms? - Review 2011-09-19T22:39:18Z An uncompromising highbrow, Bloom sought to hoist his readers up to the level of what he saw as the greatest books. Harold Bloom, a Prolific Giant and Perhaps the Last of a Kind 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z Born in the spring of 1958, Burger Chef, whose name was reportedly chosen to present the new restaurant as a more highbrow version of Burger King, got its start in Indianapolis. Mad Men: A Brief History of the Real-World Burger Chef 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z Twenty-two-year-old Serena, who studied math in college but yearned to major in literature, is a perpetual devourer of both highbrow and lowbrow fiction. 'Sweet Tooth': Ian McEwan's novel of spying, writing and love 2012-11-14T20:37:12Z Could this be the onset of a novel, highbrow age in 3-D cinema? The Misunderstanding of 3-D 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z The highbrow, low-budget feature permitted generations of writers, directors and actors to play with a form where less is more. ‘My Dinner With André’ at 40: Still Serving Hot Takes 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z Another offered only the guidance that it should be “highbrow, whimsical, and, if possible, have lots of meerkats.” A Thousand Cuts 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z He suggested also introducing children to other environments — like highbrow concerts or museums. Eat, Drink, Be Nice: Teaching Children Manners 2012-12-27T17:30:04Z I’ve been dying for just a black comedy, not even highbrow but just at a normal non-dumbed-down level that is clever and funny. Chris Rock and Questlove Discuss 'Top Five' 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z Tabloid papers – actually, all papers if we're honest – deal in templates and received ideas: in pretty princesses, snooty highbrow authors, smirking fiends and tragic tots. Hilary Mantel: why novelists are deliberately misunderstood 2013-02-19T17:32:07Z Yes, there is war and death and romance, but this film is meant to be a modern-day throwback to old-fashioned movies, not some highbrow art-house masterpiece. What is Sir Ben Kingsley doing in “The Ottoman Lieutenant”? 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z When her well-meaning husband Ira, an allergist, tries engaging her in conversation, the talk drifts toward her favorite topic: highbrow culture. Theater J’s ‘The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife’ 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z Big Movies for Little Kids on Governors Island Cinemagoing highbrows tend to praise Buster Keaton in reverent tones. Weekend Miser: Big Movies for Little Kids on Governors Island 2012-09-13T21:08:01Z Very few people are going to bleat loudly if highbrow entertainment gets a bit of a pinch. Who cares about culture cuts when Top Gear is doing well in Poland? 2010-05-12T21:35:00Z It's an abstract piece, taking a slim narrative about a bickering couple and scattering it through a series of poetic, highbrow conversations about the meaning of words and symbols. Home entertainment: 'Maps to the Stars' is a showbiz psychodrama 2015-04-11T04:00:00Z I end up inhaling all the criticism I can until I've ingested all the typically highbrow but thought-provoking critiques and then I eventually decide how I feel about a film. Do audiences even trust movie critics anymore? The downfall of Rotten Tomatoes and media criticism 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z But many of his tastes are less highbrow, as befits Britain’s first king to grow up in the age of mass media. A King Who Actually Likes the Arts 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z Since being tapped by Mr. Putin in 2012, Mr. Tolstoy, 52, has emerged as the more conciliatory, highbrow and Western-friendly face of Kremlin cultural policy. In Putin’s Nationalist Russia, a Tolstoy as Cultural Diplomat 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z His trade – classically trained clowning, coupled with some disarmingly well-acted vignettes – might sound a bit highbrow, but Burgers is funny. TV listings and previews: plan your week's viewing - 19-23 November 2012-11-19T07:00:00Z This is clear in the essay, which identifies the highbrow not as an aristocrat or even an artist, but rather as someone likely to work in the academy. A Resurgence in Inequality and Its Effects on Culture 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z Certified Copy is the deconstructed portrait of a marriage, acted with well-intentioned fervour by , but persistently baffling, contrived, and often simply bizarre – a highbrow misfire of the most peculiar sort. Film review: Certified Copy 2010-09-02T21:35:00Z Hay is a blend of highbrow and populist, heavyweight discussion and entertaining stunts. Making Hay: British book fest conquers the world 2010-06-02T11:37:00Z And, because of the subtitles, watching it feels a bit more highbrow. 26 Streaming Shows You Should Get Addicted to This Winter 2014-12-06T05:00:00Z Like queer art or hip-hop, which invert prejudicial slurs into badges of empowerment, Mad’s defiantly labelled “trash” reclaimed the language of highbrow cultural disdain. A World Without Mad Magazine 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z The city, known internationally for diplomacy, private banking, watches and highbrow culture, was for much of the last decade a hub for squatters, anarchists, electronic music and impromptu theater. The Counterculture Pushes Back 2011-02-22T13:30:04Z He moved up to more highbrow shows like “Omnibus,” which offered programming in the arts and sciences. Charles S. Dubin, Television Director, Is Dead at 92 2011-09-10T00:48:55Z If Bertolucci ever felt anxiety that he himself could be one of the last emperors of highbrow cinema, the male creator imperiously laying down the law, he certainly never showed it. Bernardo Bertolucci: the brilliant last emperor of highbrow cinema 2018-11-26T05:00:00Z Indeed, perhaps the biggest difference between the highbrow and the lowbrow is not material, but the wishes of the highbrow to never be ephemeral, and the lowbrow’s resignation to that state. ‘American Cornball: A Laffopedic Guide to the Formerly Funny,’ by Christopher Miller 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z The Ransom Center is known for its extensive literary holdings, but Howard’s characters won’t find the company entirely highbrow. ArtsBeat: Conan the Barbarian Rampages Into Prestigious Archive 2013-08-13T17:57:31Z French critics have long deplored the fact that the country's films – even the highbrow ones – are nationalistic and self-centred. Cyrille Falisse on film in France 2011-03-23T22:16:01Z In a field filled with blockbusters, “Roma” offers a highbrow option that many voters will be eager to take. The Path to Oscar Victory for Every Best Picture Nominee 2019-02-06T05:00:00Z The fifth movie by this Argentine filmmaker is a clever but weightless divertissement, with a highbrow gloss built around the preparation of a radio production of “Love’s Labour’s Lost,” that is a pastiche of Shakespeare. At New York Film Festival, History and Detectives 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z These days some heavyweight chefs, both foreign and homegrown, have gone from showcasing a more highbrow take on Thai classics to looking at other, more far-flung menus for inspiration. Heads Up: In Bangkok, Chefs Look Beyond Thailand 2013-08-13T18:55:42Z In this highbrow mystery set in California, a woman searches for a friend’s missing daughter with the help of a private detective. Perspective | What books to read this fall 2018-09-02T04:00:00Z What could be further from Wilde’s highbrow high jinks than that racist, degrading American and English entertainment for the masses? Review | Surprising influences on Oscar Wilde’s greatest works 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z For those in search of something slightly more highbrow, Rachel Weisz stars in Agora, the true story of a female Roman philosopher, Hypatia of Alexandria. Classic tales 2010-04-07T08:34:00Z But Melchor isn’t out to write a protest novel or to offer readers highbrow snuff. A Mexican Novel Conjures a Violent World Tinged With Beauty 2020-03-31T04:00:00Z His enthusiasm for cross-cultural harmony is genuine and attractive; his populist style, less so; something in me died when he apologised for using the highbrow word "nonchalant". Imran Yusuf – review 2012-11-12T18:27:59Z Why shouldn’t the frozen food aisle adopt highbrow foodie speak? Millennials are finding hope up the frozen food aisle 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z Epic poetry has traditionally held a highbrow status in literary criticism, while action films are regarded as puerile and brutish. The ancient history of adding insult to injury 2021-11-27T05:00:00Z This mix of highbrow subjects and sophisticated, if lowbrow, technique anchors his sensibility. The Documentary “Bitter Lake” Remixes the BBC 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z Perhaps, the most lovely passages of sex in fiction are those that concern the moments before or immediately after rather than in what highbrow critics call mid-rumpypumpydom. Good sex in literature: why is it so hard to find? 2013-03-06T08:00:00Z For some, like the Guardian's own Michael Tomasky, the expression of such highbrow literary tastes would be completely unthinkable in America. Noises off: What do Nick Clegg and Samuel Beckett have in common? 2010-05-13T10:16:00Z When I look back on these excursions now, they seem almost ideal — a balance of highbrow culture for adults and fun-filled kiddie joy. The Frugal Traveler in San Francisco With His Year-Old Daughter 2010-03-13T03:49:00Z Each year, Al Bustan brings an impressive array of highbrow classical music to a hotel here on the outskirts of Beirut. What's On This Week Around the World 2015-02-06T05:00:00Z But it struggled in the ratings against its BBC1 rival, Breakfast Time, which launched two weeks earlier and was criticised for being too highbrow for breakfast TV viewers. Television presenter Robert Kee dies aged 93 2013-01-11T16:23:00Z The impulse that seems to be most frequently rewarded is the attempt to juxtapose highbrow subject matter with marshmallow-based sculptural matter. Peeps Dioramas and Their Surprisingly Long Prehistory 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z Since Mad Men’s television forebear The Sopranos closed with one of the most popular songs of all time, “Don’t Stop Believin,’” don’t expect him to be too highbrow to play a top hit. Vote: What Should Be the Last Song on Mad Men? 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z It is a highbrow roadhouse, a juke joint near Neil Young University. Critic?s Notebook: Seeking Tastes of the ?Real? New Orleans 2010-04-28T04:17:00Z Noorderzon is something of a stand-alone on the summer festival circuit: one part youth music rave, one part highbrow international theater lineup. Flo Rida in Tokyo and Japanese Prints in Amsterdam: Global Arts Guide 2016-08-12T04:00:00Z That’s because three of the city’s highbrow cinema presenters are offering ambitious and adventurous horror movie series with scares enough for everyone, from squeamish newbies to hardened connoisseurs. Summer Horror in the City 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z No, I don’t think we were quite that highbrow. Elisabeth Moss on ‘Invisible Man’: Turn Off the Lights, Turn Up the Volume 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z Cooking doesn’t have to be highbrow and prestigious. Teen Vogue’s editor is a rarity in the fashion world. She keeps it real on Instagram. 2020-02-02T05:00:00Z The sudden appearance of such a large number of highbrow operas owes a good deal to the new media-friendly musicians’ contract negotiated five years ago during Mr. Gelb’s transition into the general directorship. A Maestro?s Four-Decade Evolution 2010-12-31T15:49:56Z Though effusively praised in highbrow literary circles, they did not immediately gain a wide audience, becoming a cult favourite slowly, through word of mouth. Ties that bind 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z Starting a company that focuses on highbrow dramas "is the absolutely hardest thing to do in this business," he said. The Carpetbagger: 2 Producers, 3 Last-Minute Productions 2013-01-19T22:19:16Z But I was reminded of the irritation expressed by the movie critic Pauline Kael when highbrows hailed “West Side Story” as a musical for people who don’t like musicals. Dance Review: Susan Stroman’s ‘Double Feature,’ With City Ballet 2012-05-25T21:17:12Z There was also another component – a particular highbrow way of talking about television. The class pay gap: why it pays to be privileged 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z Still, he said he's spent five months trying to strike a comedic balance that will satisfy the fans of his animated shows and the comparatively highbrow audience inside the Dolby Theatre. MacFarlane gets Oscar-hosting advice from Crystal 2013-02-13T13:45:12Z Over the weekend the National Society of Film Critics — these are highbrow folks, folks, at least if their Wikipedia page is to be believed — weighed in on matters with its top picks of the year. Break Over, Awards Campaigners Shift Into Overdrive 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z The Golden Globes, often seen as the slightly less highbrow cousin of the Academy awards, is actually a lot more fun. Golden Globes 2017: the red carpet, the winners, the speeches – live 2017-01-08T05:00:00Z Most critics’ groups didn’t get to see the film in time for their voting deadlines, though even in the best of circumstances, their tastes tend to skew more highbrow. Feline confident? Cats' last-minute dash to the cinema 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z A major musical talent with a sideline in comedy, Mr. Weinstein presents himself as a highbrow dandy in the tradition of Jack Benny, Victor Borge and Oscar Levant. Review: Aaron Weinstein, Wunderkind as Highbrow Dandy 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z Then Britain and the audience changed and highbrow rigour was not so much the go any more. Hayden Griffin obituary 2013-04-01T15:43:35Z This highbrow critique has been reflected at home in calls for increased diversity in the characters represented in books for children and young adults. Book trends in 2016: Paper is popular, science fiction rises, long-form nonfiction dips 2015-12-31T05:00:00Z This isn’t just great TV, it’s great TV brimming with highbrow cinematic and literary references. Binged Bridgerton? Find your next lockdown watch with our TV quiz 2021-01-19T05:00:00Z "The boundaries between popular and highbrow music get blurred." Strong 20th-century program ? including Gershwin ? on SSO's plate next week 2010-09-30T20:44:00Z On the surface, this is precisely the type of schlocky premise that turns off the highbrows at Oscar time. Why "It" deserves Oscars 2017-09-11T04:00:00Z “It’s a highbrow/lowbrow project by design,” Mr. Knight said. 2010-01-30T05:20:00Z I think that, if a bit of drinking was done, it wouldn't have to be too highbrow. Katy Brand's favourite TV 2012-12-15T00:05:19Z “The Tonys back then were historically a posh and highbrow salute to theatrical excellence,” Harris said recently, lingering plummily over those last two words. ‘Not Just for Gays’: The Year the Tonys Dared to Go There 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z You want erudite and highbrow, there is plenty to pick from. The All-Stars of ‘Star Wars’ 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z Christopher Nolan bends his movies’ realities to create highbrow action; In “The Roads Not Taken,” the filmmaker Sally Potter bends reality to explore memory loss and grief. What’s on TV Friday: ‘Following’ and ‘The Roads Not Taken’ 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z One week later, he returned to highbrow animals in a digital short, released online, that imagined what a swan inside a motel painting would say if he could talk. Meet Julio Torres, the New ‘S.N.L.’ Star No One Sees 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z Helen Rumbelow in the Times called it "truly brilliant": "It's 'groundhog life', or samsara, depending on your low or highbrow preferences". Book reviews roundup: Sex and the Citadel, Life After Life and The God Argument 2013-03-15T16:00:02Z Flattening the hierarchy between highbrow and lowbrow, Babitz harks back to an earlier tradition of decadence without shame, while asserting that style, entertainment and intelligence are not mutually exclusive. Review | The resurgence of Eve Babitz continues with ‘I Used to Be Charming’ 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z Taking highbrow to the edge of slapstick, Sokurov's idiosyncratic adaptation of ... Highbrow trumps Hollywood at Venice film festival 2011-09-11T08:47:48Z It’s not like he’s saying “I’m a highbrow writer” – and indeed who would say such a thing. Will Self, on himself 2012-08-20T11:45:00Z The Coterie's is a highbrow spin on a lowbrow dish. Happy Hour: Coterie Room poutine is far from routine 2012-09-11T22:46:04Z But for all the highbrow food, there is still plenty of lowbrow drama to satisfy lovers of the salty reality genre. Hot L.A. chef takes LudoBites to TV 2011-07-22T18:09:04Z At the time, people thought Blake's poetry was too highbrow to be recited over psychedelic music by an east Londoner. Bard reputation: pop stars pick their favourite poets 2010-10-07T15:52:00Z Nabokov was a highbrow genre-changer, an originator of postmodern techniques: wordplay, stories constructed like puzzles, layers of allusion, tricks of misdirection. Three Blockbuster Novels From the 1950s, and Their Remarkable Afterlife 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z During its heyday, the magazine was rightly accused of objectifying and exploiting women, but it paired that content with highbrow literary articles. No nudes allowed! Playboy decides to put it all back on 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z It often gets forgotten, because people think of Sondheim purely in terms of making difficult, highbrow music – which he did. Is Stephen Sondheim the Shakespeare of musical theatre? | Michael Ball 2010-03-29T15:41:00Z Kilmartin was unrelentingly highbrow in his tastes, and I feared that any candidate he advanced might be far removed from the interests of the common reader and viewer. How Clive James transformed the role of television critic 2012-06-23T23:06:15Z After 9/11, a highbrow theater journal asked artists how they might respond, much as the call is going out now among artists about what’s next as Trumpland comes to Washington. Notes on political theater: The perils of spectacle 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z This doesn’t only prevent the reader from equating abstraction with the highbrow. After a Climate Catastrophe, These Birds Flocked to the Moon 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z Now let's have the real thing, addressing a similar concern: "He's highbrow in a big, big way/But when he sees that I'm/The one, he'll think that it's okay/For poetry to rhyme." Selected Poems by Sophie Hannah – review 2013-05-21T13:02:48Z Create a masterpiece based on something a little more highbrow. Halloween Pumpkins 2010-09-17T16:13:00Z If they dabbled in the performing arts at all," he wrote, "it would be within the highbrow ghettos: opera, ballet, classical theatre. James Blunt gets mother's backing in 'posh pop' row 2011-01-28T13:44:08Z Mrs. Kennedy was, after all, acutely aware that her highbrow tastes and meticulously orchestrated wardrobe had everything to do with the glamour she wished to project as first lady. Jackie Kennedy: The First Instagram First Lady 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z Woolf is proud to call herself a highbrow, which she defines as a “man or woman of thoroughbred intelligence who rides his mind at a gallop across country in pursuit of an idea.” A Resurgence in Inequality and Its Effects on Culture 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z With that in mind, Phoenix is planning to widen its slate to feature highbrow releases as well as, say, the forthcoming Kobiety mafii sequels. Why Polish gangster films 'on steroids' are making it big at the British box office 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z But this year, among the programme of highbrow theatre and installations lies the MIF's events for "children, young people and families" – Once Upon a Story. Manchester International Festival's children's shows: a teenager's view 2013-07-17T14:57:15Z No doubt they’d cackle derisively, since PEN is composed of exactly the sort of solemn, highbrow types the raunchy, scatological and chronically bratty Hebdo crew loved to mock. It’s not about Islam, it’s about courage: Authors protesting Charlie Hebdo’s PEN award are missing the point 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z Kane’s novel is landfilled with such highbrow trivia as May’s life of quiet desperation plods on, page after page, the road trip you wish would just end. Down but Not Out: Fiction Filled With Second Chances 2019-07-26T04:00:00Z But it was really about the cross section of clubgoers and creatives, highbrow and low, glamorous and underground, big names and nobodies, all mingling by the mosaic tile pool. Les Bains, a Legendary Parisian Nightclub, Brought Back to Life 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z It's like a highbrow version of the "Keep Calm and Carry on" franchise. Embracing the Ordinary by Michael Foley - review 2012-07-18T07:00:02Z What sort of highbrow Little Lord Fauntleroy goes around drinking coffee? The Last Stand: Arnold Schwarzenegger is back – and it's business as usual 2012-12-20T10:56:00Z At long last, a sketch-comedy film for those who found the later “Scary Movie” installments and “Movie 43” to be entirely too highbrow for their tastes. ‘InAPPropriate’ and unfunny in the extreme 2013-03-22T22:14:39Z It's all so crude and raw you suspect it's some highbrow joke. New band of the day ? No 951: Sex Beet 2011-01-21T16:51:24Z But in recent years the food scene has expanded to cater to the highbrow tastes of nearby Silicon Valley. Summer Travel 2014: Escape From Your Business Trip 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z As such, it inevitably pays tribute to the city’s iconography: its crowded tenements and highbrow retreats and quasi-legitimate nightclubs. In ‘Manhattan Beach,’ Jennifer Egan Sets a Crime Story on the Waterfront 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z Sometimes I watch the opening credits of a so-called highbrow film, and my heart sinks, because I fear the film is going to be too earnest or too small. The WWE Enters Into Partnerships With Movie Studios 2012-03-25T01:27:19Z I wasn't suggesting you were highbrow or looking down on popular cinema. From "Black Panther" to "RRR," the new "Story of Film" honors innovation, influence of global cinema 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z What makes the riddle so special and weird as a form — and so like the crossword — is its ability to be at once highbrow and lowbrow. What Has One Eye and 1,200 Heads? An Old English Riddle, That’s What! 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z He would “go down in history as the gravedigger of this institution,” wrote a commentator in Krytyka Polityczna, a highbrow left-wing magazine. A Polish Museum Turns to the Right, and Artists Turn Away 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z "I don't think we're trying to be highbrow," producer Michael Shoemaker says, "but I would say that Seth's tastes are intelligent." Emmys 2014: The show gets an update with host Seth Meyers 2014-08-23T04:00:00Z Jolie has been relying on it for clothes that are elegant and highbrow — and befitting a serious filmmaker. Why the red carpet is bad for fashion 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z It shouldn't work, even on a pretty highbrow speech network – academics tussling with mind-bogglingly chewy issues, shepherded by Bragg who never bothers to hide when he's bored or frustrated, or the talk goes off topic. In Our Time: Radio 4's best programme? 2011-03-08T11:02:14Z These monumental series became known as “sledgehammers”, and there followed uncompromisingly highbrow treatments of human evolution, economics and US history. The real David Attenborough 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z For all her highbrow taste, Hannah seems to be still operating with “The Rules” as her romantic playbook, faking a measured detachment. Books of The Times: In ‘Love Affairs of Nathaniel P.,’ Women Flummox a Writer 2013-08-04T17:47:50Z John Thaw's Morse was a touch rumpled despite his highbrow tastes, a picture that barely matches with Evans' lanky, pressed exterior. As "Endeavour" enters its final run we bit a sober farewell to the detective who isn't yet bitter 2023-06-18T04:00:00Z It has been getting decent audiences on the broadcaster's highbrow channel BBC4 - and, crucially, good word of mouth, although not everyone is a fan. Olympic satire 'Twenty Twelve' hits close to home 2011-04-07T11:46:05Z But equally, it offers something that more stylish, highbrow fiction often doesn't or won't: a chance to lose yourself in a dense, richly-peopled world. The Casual Vacancy by JK Rowling – full review 2012-09-28T10:30:01Z It could also be that few, if any, contemporary highbrow authors wield as much mainstream influence as Hemingway, Steinbeck and Vonnegut once did. Got a Best Seller? Chipotle May Come Calling. 2014-11-28T05:00:00Z Uniquely among its peers, the show mixes highbrow insider jargon with out-and-out filth. Silicon Valley: the best and only comedy you should be watching 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z America’s appetite for highbrow whodunits, tabloid true crime, noir reprises, miscarriages of justice may be benign enough as a pastime. The Killers of the ‘Sex Money Murder’ Gang and the Cops Who Went After Them 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z It’s a universe where Netflix was never emboldened to move into similarly highbrow programming and where you’d need to read an actual book to get your Game Of Thrones fix. Can you imagine a world without Star Wars, Harry Potter or Oasis? 2016-12-10T05:00:00Z The cheerfully combative show, which included 29 Loesser songs, in full or in part, focused on Loesser’s rebellion from his intellectually highbrow family, which disdained Broadway. Review: Arlo Hill, Always in Love With Loesser 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z “There’s a lot of poverty up here, but a lot of people with enormous wealth. I want Mountain Dale to reflect that too: both highbrow and lowbrow.” Can You Curate a Town? 2018-11-03T04:00:00Z That Schumer’s book title parodies the popular but highbrow Swedish crime novel “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” is not just some random literary allusion. Reading Amy Schumer: The powerful missed message in “The Girl With the Lower Back Tattoo” 2016-08-20T04:00:00Z Opera's highbrow equivalent of neighboring Center Theatre Group's recent "South Pacific" New York import. With L.A. Opera's 'Moby-Dick,' call it a success 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z While there is undoubtedly a juicy tale in there somewhere, am I alone in wondering if this is another – albeit highbrow – example of a pitch being greenlit primarily on the basis of mainstream brand identification? The Social Network: the ultimate brand identification film? 2010-08-27T13:37:00Z Carson calls it Xanadu, but her husband describes the setup as a “fairy world” in which his estranged wife “is playing house with a bunch of highbrow queers.” Theater Review: ‘February House,’ at the Public Theater 2012-05-23T02:00:01Z Music is also central in this highbrow city, the birthplace of Giacomo Puccini. 6 Places in Europe Offering Shelter From the Crowds 2019-06-12T04:00:00Z To sneer at disorderly new developments, like highbrow urban planners do, is an act of disdain. Let them eat McMansions! The 1 percent, income inequality, and new-fashioned American excess 2014-04-13T11:00:00Z But it also embodies all the risks inherent in his willfully highbrow approach and polarizing subject matter, and it illustrates how a brand-name writer known for his prolific output can be his own greatest obstacle. Television: ‘The Newsroom,’ Aaron Sorkin’s Return to TV 2012-06-06T13:37:35Z The Alexandrov Ensemble, the army choir, is more noble and highbrow. Choir in Plane Crash Projects Russian Pride and Soft Power 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z Truth is, people turned to culture of all kinds in 2020 — highbrow and lowbrow — to satisfy varied and sometimes conflicting needs: Distraction, inspiration, consolation, escapism, hope. Pop Culture in (ugh) 2020, from the bizarre to the sublime 2020-12-10T05:00:00Z With rare exceptions, like “Sammy” and “A New Day,” this album forgoes highbrow connotation in favor of a vibrant melodic accessibility. New Music: New Albums From Kirin J. Callinan and Brian Landrus 2013-07-01T22:17:06Z Her affect remains wry, offhanded; she walks onstage holding papers and uses references more highbrow than your typical joke slinger, but she is also often disarmingly personal and self-loathing. Janeane Garofalo Never Sold Out. What a Relief. 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z Related Review New Partnerships TV shows such as “Antiques Roadshow” and highbrow museums are offering integrated experiences for their audiences. Arts - Television - The New York Times 2012-11-12T21:50:49Z Reminiscing at meaningful corners, indulging in highbrow culture available nowhere else, eating more duck than one should eat — this is why we come to Paris in the first place. Lost in Paris 2011-10-07T18:55:00Z But of all of them, Mr. Sondheim went the furthest in deconstructing and reinventing a populist art form as a highbrow version of itself. Music: The Unmistakable Sensibility of Sondheim 2010-04-30T23:09:00Z What I often am is more international than other people, not more highbrow. From "Black Panther" to "RRR," the new "Story of Film" honors innovation, influence of global cinema 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z Still, I'm afraid my parents will be distrustful of him when they realize his highbrow, East Coast roots. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Bringing J. Peterman home to meet the folks 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z On another, it’s kind of pointless and vapid to sit around discussing the philosophical implications of highbrow literature while around you terrible people are doing terrible things all day long. “The Third Man”: Why this masterful 1949 Euro-noir about the age of American arrogance and power is more relevant than ever 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z Philip French, in the Observer, penned a witty note on how this phenomenon sometimes takes a more highbrow turn. Have mercy, take pity: The A-Team catchphrase is about to go viral 2010-07-20T10:21:00Z But his USP has been to balance all that highbrow stuff against his exploratory deconstructions of unlikely rock tunes: you could put together a terrific playlist of his Radiohead covers alone. Brad Mehldau Trio – review 2012-11-15T18:02:08Z The listing was rather more highbrow than FlogIt4U’s usual fare; it was a handwritten score, still wrapped in its original tissue paper. The Hilarious, Heartbreaking Life and Music of Malcolm Arnold 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z The play — one of only two written by a woman scheduled for Broadway this season — rests on the actress’s drawing power and Ms. Edmundson’s reputation as an elite interpreter of highbrow literary fare. Keira Knightley, Making Her Broadway Debut, Is Not Afraid of the Dark 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z No, highbrow TV doesn’t avoid breasts because it wants to avoid objectification, but because of the exigence that it must be the opposite of car advertising. Game of Thrones despises you. And that’s why you love it 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z It’s not nearly as highbrow and well-constructed as it needs to be, and it’s far too serious and plodding to be a zippy break from reality. “The Killing”: Who killed Rosie Larsen? We’ll finally learn 2012-06-14T15:25:00Z “Sometimes museum food is too highbrow,” he said. How to Fit All of Asia (and a Food Cart) Into a Museum Cafe? 2018-02-16T05:00:00Z The physicist Ernest Rutherford once wrote that it is only a highbrow in the worst sense of the word who doesn't appreciate the real swells. Literary giants at play 2010-06-05T23:05:00Z So it’s the perfect time for highbrow 3-D cinema—perhaps the only time. The Misunderstanding of 3-D 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z It represented a triumphant straddling of the highbrow and the mainstream, the traditional and the hip – and earned its author huge critical and commercial success as a result. A serious man 2010-08-14T23:06:00Z And you wonder — what other highbrow writer, or indeed lowbrow writer, has such a reflexive grasp of the street, the machine, the law courts, the rackets? ‘There Is Simply Too Much to Think About,’ Saul Bellow’s Nonfiction 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z Classical critics disdained him as a jumped-up film composer, jazzers – players and critics alike – wrote him off as a cabaret artist, and film producers only turned to him when they wanted something self-consciously "highbrow". Sir Richard Rodney Bennett 2012-12-26T18:24:33Z Still, the record shows that Oliver attended highbrow Cambridge University. Fill-in host Oliver to keep the news fake, funny 2013-06-06T13:00:10Z Something of a highbrow himself, August delights in the college boy's company but can't help but notice the growing affection between his wife and the bereaved lad. "Water for Elephants" a lost opportunity 2011-04-24T22:00:45Z Columbia Pictures gave “Moneyball,” a coming baseball movie, to Bennett Miller, whose only previous film was the highbrow “Capote.” Arts & Leisure: New Captain for a Series Becalmed 2011-05-11T16:45:46Z “To hide war crimes, Russian acolytes in New York try their best to make their nation shine as harboring highbrow culture.” At Cooper Union, a Russian Design Show Caught in a Political Crossfire 2023-02-07T05:00:00Z “This is a combination of highbrow and lowbrow,” said Mr. Schrager, 72, in his gravelly, Jimmy Durante voice. Barbie Has a 60th Birthday Party in SoHo 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z If you could enjoy a gag this highbrow, it was also shamelessly funny. In Two Minds: A Biography of Jonathan Miller by Kate Bassett – review 2012-12-12T08:00:01Z Maurice may be an absurd case, but he’s an expert guide to the envy-riddled world of highbrow publishing, a realm of “covetous hostility” where success is publicly admired and privately mocked. Review | A ‘Talented Mr. Ripley’ pursues literary fame in ‘A Ladder to the Sky’ 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z His name is never invoked directly; this is not an obviously highbrow play. Review: ‘Heisenberg’ Features an Explosive Pairing of Actors 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z The person entering into a pact with 20 hours of subtitled television hopes to say something about their highbrow nature that someone with a hard drive full of Midsomer Murders might not. Will Spiral become your new favourite Saturday night Euro cop drama? 2011-04-01T14:30:00Z You don't have to read fancily, or be unrelentingly highbrow, to love literature and to take it seriously. Not-so essential reading 2010-10-22T08:43:00Z The didactic chatter has a highbrow ring, with all the name- and quote-dropping. A Broadway update, on the eve of the Tonys 2010-06-13T13:39:00Z My own tastes, moreover, have long pulled me to the margins of the marketing mainstream — to experimental novels, works in translation, neglected classics, certain kinds of scholarship and, not least, highbrow genre fiction. Review | Forget the bestseller list: These lesser-known works deserve your attention 2021-05-12T04:00:00Z Even Blancpain, which left the village in the 1980s, still offers a highbrow collection that carries the Villeret name, paying homage to the power of a creation myth. Special Report: Watches: A Living Museum of Watchmaking 2011-01-17T08:00:57Z Here was a chance for Russell the highbrow to take her on about the apocalyptic crazies on her own side. Russell Brand rules Question Time's clash of the egos 2013-06-21T00:13:16Z As deeds of daring go, writing eccentric, highbrow historical musicals in a business that rewards hummable tunes and straightforward story lines may not rank with shooting a president or shooting the falls. | 'Queen of the Mist' : ?Queen of the Mist? at the Gym at Judson - Review 2011-11-07T03:01:01Z But the highbrow, though an aristocrat, is not a snob. A Resurgence in Inequality and Its Effects on Culture 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z My friends would occasionally contribute to Thought Catalog, then a burgeoning, somewhat highbrow platform where they could submit things like snarky reviews of Mormon.org or lists of experimental musicians’ Facebook pages. Ryan O’Connell on Thought Catalog, trolling & the Millennial angst tipping point: “The more you write about your personal life, the less you have one” 2015-05-23T04:00:00Z “There’s a great division in the U.S. between popular and highbrow culture, which is less existent in the U.K.,” he replied. Bloody Awful Restaurants and the Critic Who Loves Them 2014-11-25T05:00:00Z “The notion that highbrow and lowbrow culture are two separate things is a dated concept,” said Al Moran, a founder of the Ohwow gallery, which represents Mr. Arsham in Los Angeles. Why Celebrities Are So Into the Artist Daniel Arsham 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z Your task: Decide whether the line of dialogue cited is lowbrow “Hillbilly Handfishin’ ” talking or highbrow TV. Critic’s Notebook: Power-Play Advice From ‘Hillbilly Handfishin’ ’ 2012-07-27T22:16:25Z The show debuted in the US in November on TBS, a network not known for highbrow television, yet critics were quick to hail it as one of the best dramas of the year. 'I'm not a quirky 17-year old any more': what Arrested Development's Alia Shawkat did next 2017-05-13T04:00:00Z The next day, we opt for something more highbrow. In Brooklyn, bridging the gap between new discoveries and old favorites 2018-02-14T05:00:00Z All of which sounds terribly highbrow, appealing mainly to a small group of initiates with advance degrees in dance appreciation. Dancing with Merce Cunningham in Three Dimensions 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z This Manhattan neighborhood offers two street fairs over the weekend with highbrow cuisine, bric-a-brac and live entertainment. Spare Times for Sept. 25-Oct. 1 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z I know HuffPo covers the highbrow and the lowbrow – Things You Can't Do Naked and Weird Sex also have their own news pages. The Huffington Post's sideboob news isn't really news, they say 2012-06-06T17:05:24Z But it is also a city of culture, both highbrow and popular, and the birthplace of songs like “O sole mio” and “Santa Lucia.” Naples, a City of Contradictions, Is Once Again a Home for Cinema 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z Occasionally, she said, she encounters patrons at highbrow social functions who “don’t get it and immediately turn the other way.” Ladyfag Is the Rave of the Future 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z It wasn’t highbrow entertainment, but was popular enough for Povich to build a devoted audience among viewers young enough to be his grandchildren. Maury Povich retiring from daily talk show after 31 years 2022-03-21T04:00:00Z Everything in it comes from speech, and the spoken word isn’t highbrow. Justin Peck and Collaborators Combine Gravitational Universes 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z “Seminar” makes astute use of topical and intellectual references, which are usually well known enough to make middlebrow audiences feel highbrow. Theater Review: ?Seminar,? by Theresa Rebeck, With Alan Rickman - Review 2011-11-21T03:01:23Z How did you feel about going from highbrow theater to arguably lower-brow TV? Michaela Watkins on Breaking Out With 'Casual' and Surviving the Third-Life Crisis 2015-10-07T04:00:00Z On the highbrow end, the Jan. 31 program, “Reich and Sondheim: In Conversation and Performance,” will bring together onstage for the first time these mutually admiring titans from Broadway and classical music. American Songbook Series Reshapes the Canon 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z Mr. Roth is a founding editor of the earnest and self-consciously highbrow literary magazine n + 1. Books of The Times: In ‘The Scientists,’ Marco Roth Seeks Truth About His Family 2012-09-18T14:03:58Z He was eventually able to secure a highbrow team of colleagues, and their presence won over a wavering Valerie. The Improbable Insanity of “Cats” 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z Her main character is Denise, an artist who is gushed over by assorted highbrows and spouts artsy nonsense that’s barely distinguishable from what you might hear at an actual gallery opening. Sketch Comedy’s New Faces on TV 2016-03-13T05:00:00Z “Melchor isn’t out to write a protest novel or to offer readers highbrow snuff,” Julian Lucas writes in his review. 9 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z I like working with a subject that is quite serious or maybe even highbrow or maybe even what someone might call boring, like literature or science. He Makes Physics Funny 2020-04-13T04:00:00Z Even their most highbrow work, such as A Serious Man, has some Airplane! inheritance. Airplane at 30! The ride of their lives 2010-08-22T20:30:00Z Starring George Plimpton as Himself tries and to a certain extent succeeds in capturing something of his unique place in the mix, his achievements, and the tantalizing blend of highbrow and populist in his nature. “Plimpton!” doc tells tale of literary heavyweight 2013-05-28T20:05:00Z The festival, now in its 71st edition, is not just a launchpad for highbrow films. Cannes, Where Weinstein Reigned, Reckons With #MeToo Fallout 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z They actually enjoy going to the movies, and at one point we see Andréa grab a copy of the highbrow film magazine “Positif.” ‘Call My Agent!’ Puts a Human Spin on Show Business 2021-01-20T05:00:00Z This is a book so unclear on its own arguments that its subtitle’s words “lowbrow” and “highbrow” appear nowhere in its text. Money Can’t Buy Happiness. It Can’t Even Buy Status, a New Book Says. 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z He is also the co-author of a book on the history of knitwear and appears as a fashion expert on highbrow arts programs like the BBC’s “Newsnight Review.” | Henry Conway 2010-04-01T15:58:00Z This surreal novel balances the lingering effects of immigration, family trauma and violence with highbrow allusions and humor. 13 Books to Watch For in June 2020-05-28T04:00:00Z The erosion of social deference had a cultural impact because until the late 1960s professional criticism was also, if not a toffs' preserve, certainly a highbrow, Oxbridge-dominated enclosure. Is the age of the critic over? 2011-01-30T00:07:09Z Her highbrow cartoonism treats cartoons as if they were philosophical problems, and vice versa. Patricia Lockwood's Crowd-Pleasing Poetry 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z While this may not be your typical burlesque show, there’s nothing highbrow about it. Weekend Miser: Strippers With a Plot; Audra McDonald and Sharon Van Etten 2012-01-12T23:08:44Z Her interests were not limited to foreign films, or to the highbrow end of the cinematic spectrum. Adrienne Mancia, Influential Film Curator, Dies at 95 2022-12-17T05:00:00Z “It’s a juxtaposition — a jump from high to low, from highbrow to lowbrow,” Schiffmacher told The Associated Press. High art becomes body art as visitors to Amsterdam’s Rembrandt House Museum get inked 2023-06-19T04:00:00Z The cultural artifacts range from highbrow to lowbrow. Met’s sumptuous Lagerfeld show focuses on works, not words 2023-05-01T04:00:00Z Charlotte assists in her husband’s investigations, sometimes without his knowledge, using her highbrow social skills to open doors. Anne Perry, crime novelist with her own murder record, dies at 84 2023-04-13T04:00:00Z A24, the studio behind best picture winner “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” already had an enthusiastic following for its highbrow films and edgy, youthful tastemaker reputation. Oscars 2023: A24 cements indie powerhouse status with 'Everything Everywhere All at Once' win 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z In an email, he added that the label “succeeded in making ‘highbrow’ literature accessible to a mass audience,” with a special appeal for listeners “who yearned for a more immediate and intimate connection with authors.” Marianne Mantell, who helped launch the audiobook industry, dies at 93 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z I could sit here and tell you about all the highbrow movies and TV shows I’m looking forward to next year. The 16 TV shows we're most excited for in 2023 2023-01-01T05:00:00Z Drawing from Korean folktale and Chung’s expertise as a Slavic literature professor, the narratives here shamble and ooze across a porous divide between highbrow absurdism and lowbrow jump scare. In a Korean author's U.S. debut, uncanny pleasures rear their ugly heads 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z The food: Pepperoni and margherita pizzas from a “highbrow” spot, as Washington called it. A Pizza Party on a Broadway Stage, With the Cast of ‘The Piano Lesson’ 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z But despite the highbrow recognition, Östlund is committed to being an entertainer. 'Triangle of Sadness' director Ruben Ostlund is no misanthrope. He just loves failure 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z Sure, you have “Wheel of Fortune” and “The Price Is Right,” but “Jeopardy!” is the rare program that celebrates intelligence and knowledge: highbrow, lowbrow and everything in between. Ken Jennings broke ‘Jeopardy!’ in 2004. In 2022, he helped save it. 2022-10-31T04:00:00Z She was happy to let other agents handle highbrow work, she said, adding, “I wouldn’t know literary stuff if I fell over it!” Lucianne Goldberg, Who Helped Expose Clinton Affair, Dies at 87 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z But mixing modes and influences can also cause electrifying static, breaking down the formal expectations of both pulp and literature with more highbrow aspirations. In a Korean author's U.S. debut, uncanny pleasures rear their ugly heads 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z Saudi Arabia’s busy week of triumphs included brokering a prisoner swap between Ukraine and Russia, holding a highbrow summit on the sidelines of the U.N. Saudi Arabia’s triumphant week reclaims the West’s embrace 2022-09-24T04:00:00Z While the free-flowing money has kindled enough national reputation to stoke fine banter between highbrow coaches, it has yet to saturate local business talk, Bryan-College Station Chamber of Commerce chair Wade Beckman said. Texas A&M and Miami are winning at NIL and sometimes at football 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z “I’m not offbeat enough for the little, intimate clubs,” she told the New York Herald Tribune, “and I’m too highbrow for the big clubs.” Pat Carroll, television comic mainstay, dies at 95 2022-08-01T04:00:00Z It was just past 6 p.m. on Saturday, and the leader board quaked with highbrow talent and highfalutin rankings. An eagle from a bunker and a roar for Rory create a defining moment 2022-07-16T04:00:00Z For horror fans, scary movie series from three of New York’s highbrow cinema presenters. A Pro-Religion Court 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z In that harsh highbrow league, there are flashes of provisional insight but seldom final truths. Perspective | Life was a ball with Roger Angell. How lucky we were to read about it. 2022-05-22T04:00:00Z "You couldn't help but be a little jealous of his ability to insert some highbrow literary metaphor into a description of, basically, a game," he said. Roger Angell: Baseball's reluctant poet laureate dies at 101 2022-05-21T04:00:00Z The source of the Holy Fire has been a closely guarded secret for centuries, and highbrow skeptics going back to the Middle Ages have scorned it as a carnival trick for the masses. Israeli restrictions on ‘Holy Fire’ ignite Christian outrage 2022-04-23T04:00:00Z Added Scheinert: “There’s lowbrow and highbrow, but all the brows are good.” 'Everything Everywhere All at Once' explained: Hot dog hands, empathy challenges and meaning in the absurd 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z It began with two rivals of close geographic proximity and highbrow mutual contempt, as a rivalry piled atop a coronation piled atop a Final Four piled atop a trilogy this season. North Carolina’s dream is Duke’s nightmare in epic Final Four game 2022-04-02T04:00:00Z It wasn't highbrow entertainment, but was popular enough for Povich to build a devoted audience among viewers young enough to be his grandchildren. Maury Povich set to retire from daily talk show after 31 years 2022-03-21T04:00:00Z This too primed him for an age when comics went highbrow and genre began to infuse literature. The queer Latina superhero noir novel Alex Segura had to write 2022-03-14T04:00:00Z If the Salvation Army had a pop-up exhibition inside the Museum of Modern Art, it might look something like these auctions: eclectic and drunkenly curated, with a sensibility that toggles un-self-consciously between highbrow and low. How to Buy a Masterpiece on a Budget 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z Books on Tape advertised in highbrow publications including the New Yorker magazine, the Wall Street Journal and Smithsonian magazine. Duvall Hecht, who popularized audiobooks as founder of Books on Tape, dies at 91 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z It’s become highbrow and lowbrow and all over the map. L.A. punk's house photographer remembers her best shots 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z Last November, hundreds of right-wing academics and thinkers gathered in Orlando for the highbrow National Conservatism conference. Tucker Carlson's Hungarian rhapsody: A far-right manifesto for waging the "demographic war" 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z We were just like, “Let’s put in the absolute terror that is the mashup of quiche, which is sort of a highbrow dish, with tuna.” 'Yellowjackets' creators break down 'heartbreaking' finale — and your fan theories 2022-01-16T05:00:00Z In November, Swain made just that case, when she spoke at the highbrow National Conservatism conference in Florida that drew together several hundred right-wing intellectuals. Evangelicals do battle with "critical race theory" in new online video course 2022-01-15T05:00:00Z The sake bomb is not a highbrow beverage. No Champagne? No problem. Uncork a real celebration with an explosive sake bomb. 2021-12-29T05:00:00Z And the colonial masters in those days and so on, when they were looking for highbrow areas to settle ... In Lagos, Vulnerable Communities Buried by Urbanization 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z She is struck by the explicit and implicit descriptions of wartime reality that she found in these works, which ranged from low- to highbrow. Review | The danger of American nostalgia for World War II 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z Their facial expressions and highbrow language are worth the price of admission. Best Blu-ray & 4K horror movies: ‘Frankenstein,’ ‘American Psycho,’ ‘Unbreakable,’ ‘Doctor X” & more 2021-10-23T04:00:00Z He describes 2220’s vision as “Lincoln Center meets the Smell,” connecting the highbrow New York arts institution with the downtown L.A. punk club. L.A.'s Bootleg Theater, a COVID-19 casualty, re-emerges as 2220 Arts + Archives 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z They established Club Zanzibar and Club Jamaica, highbrow gathering halls that Fordham wasn’t even aware of when he was a Black kid growing up in nearby Mount Pleasant. Black people are about to be swept aside for a South Carolina freeway — again So I’m not very cultured — I don’t naturally gravitate toward things that feel stuffy or highbrow or sophisticated because, again, I’m a dirtbag. Kay Cannon knows what you think of her 'Cinderella' movie 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z It may not be highbrow, but it’s darn delicious. How to cook a holiday brisket that will be tender every time 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z For something a little more highbrow, there’s the Browser, a smart British aggregator that draws on sources across the English-speaking world. Slow journalism: Something to add to your summer reading list 2021-08-15T04:00:00Z The goal was to guide teenagers toward more highbrow art, using the money for cultural items — things like books, theater tickets, museum passes, records and art supplies. 12-Hour Days, Six Days a Week 2021-08-02T04:00:00Z Self-taught film nerds in the habit of renting highbrow movies from the local Blockbuster, they’d recently watched the 1985 film version of “Death of a Salesman,” which had ignited a conversation. Matt Damon’s Disappearing Acts 2021-07-27T04:00:00Z To this collector of vintage plastic, the city is a whimsical assortment of highbrow and lowbrow. Dana Spiotta's novel of midlife female rage 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z “People think it’s highbrow now to tell sad stories … but it’s not funny.” Why you should watch 'Hacks,' a show about stand-up where comedy isn't the point 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z Conservative culture itself is radically diverse, infinitely resourceful in uniting opposites: highbrow and lowbrow; sacred and profane; sublime and, of course, ridiculous. How Donald Trump is helping Joe Biden build back better 2021-05-03T04:00:00Z The view originates with Pierre Bourdieu, who in his 1974 book "Distinction" argued "highbrow art" is merely the elite signaling their class difference. Is there a scientific case for literature? A neuroscientist novelist argues yes 2021-04-18T04:00:00Z Despite the fact that there wasn’t a single book in the family house, his parents encouraged Luijten and his brother to follow their highbrow dreams, which turned out to parallel each other. The Woman Who Made van Gogh 2021-04-14T04:00:00Z Quora positions itself as more of a highbrow network that is more likely to attract an expert response, and Reddit features a forum that invites people’s idle curiosity to roam free. Yahoo Answers, a haven for the confused, is shutting down 2021-04-07T04:00:00Z In 1955, he founded National Review, which became the publication for highbrow conservative opinion and carried conservatism into America's mainstream intellectual discourse. William F. Buckley and the Birchers: A myth, a history lesson and a moral 2021-04-03T04:00:00Z They have highbrow names such as “Duke,” “Syracuse,” “Georgetown,” “Michigan State” and “Arizona.” Analysis | Ohio State joins the sad list of No. 2 seeds whose dream seasons went poof in two hours 2021-03-19T04:00:00Z Lest you think that beer’s going too highbrow, this week’s sold-out event features four beers from Cleveland’s Great Lakes Brewing paired with four varieties of Girl Scout cookies, provided by Troop 44039. These virtual beer, wine and cocktail classes serve happy hour vibes with an educational chaser 2021-02-03T05:00:00Z The actor portrayed Frasier's father, a foil to him and his brother’s highbrow characters. 'Frasier' revival being discussed for Paramount+ streaming service: report 2021-02-01T05:00:00Z “This is pretty much the opposite of highbrow theater,” Minnicino said. Play in Virginia takes a spirited look at iconic characters 2020-12-19T05:00:00Z Checking in on what's happening over in the land of highbrow conservative media. A return to fake right-wing outrage: Without Trump, Republicans run back to sexist resentments 2020-12-18T05:00:00Z Perhaps because of her statuesque looks, highbrow taste and tendency to land on the cover of Vanity Fair, Kidman is often cast as sophisticated, cosmopolitan characters — English aristocrats, Sorbonne-educated interpreters, Hollywood stars turned actual princesses. How Nicole Kidman's rich white women took over television 2020-12-15T05:00:00Z Truth is, people turned to culture of all kinds in 2020 - highbrow and lowbrow - to satisfy varied and sometimes conflicting needs: Distraction, inspiration, consolation, escapism, hope. Pop Culture in (ugh) 2020, from the bizarre to the sublime 2020-12-10T05:00:00Z Are they crass and vulgar or highbrow and dry? How a bawdy online game is helping friends stay connected during the pandemic 2020-11-28T05:00:00Z If Hyman Wolfensohn’s highbrow connections were only of limited help to himself, they were gold in the hands of his son. James D. Wolfensohn, who led World Bank through tumultuous decade, dies at 86 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z For viewers who lived through the era, new episodes offer a highbrow take on a familiar royal soap opera that has already been chronicled in numerous tell-alls and made-for-TV movies. Emma Corrin's Princess Diana knows exactly what she's doing 2020-11-15T05:00:00Z But when he settled into the sole role of hosting “Jeopardy!,” the most serious, intellectual and highbrow of game shows, it helped forge him into the high-class figure of class he became. Trebek brought consensus, class to a nation in need of both 2020-11-09T05:00:00Z There are few corners in the history or geography of music — highbrow, lowbrow, any-ol’-brow — in which folk songs haven’t insinuated themselves. Can music bring us unity? How Osvaldo Golijov's 'Ayre' is what we need now 2020-11-04T05:00:00Z It is here that he asks: “What separates art from craft? Who divides the highbrow from the commonplace, the seen from the unseen?” Theaster Gates: 'Art and protest are forms of political thought' 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z He was competing against more privileged students all over the country — teenagers who grew up with books and highbrow conversation and tutors. Behrouz Boochani Just Wants to Be Free 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z “Like, one was an ode to my gynecologist, and how he was the only man I allowed in certain parts of my body. I was raised on Mel Brooks, so this was certainly not highbrow.” Inside 2020's most anticipated—and targeted—game: Violence, a virus, an LGBTQ love story 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z The book, it claimed, was “an extraordinary contribution to our national discourse”, which is highbrow speak for “shove it”. Trump is trying to block publication of John Bolton's book. What's he scared of? | Lloyd Green 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z “If somebody had the capability of doing a highbrow job like that in the offseason, we’d probably ask him: `Why the hell are you playing baseball?’ Ross Stripling pitches … financial advice during pandemic 2020-05-27T04:00:00Z She’s an academic who tries to be highbrow but also has a chip on her shoulder. Juliette Lewis reveals the secret to scene-stealing: Risk failure 'on a huge scale' 2020-05-24T04:00:00Z Even among the business community, some find Mr. Coutinho’s outspoken style unbecoming a banking executive and his highbrow intellectualism too removed from the country’s real problems. A Philosopher-Banker Who’s Shaking Up a Nation 2020-05-08T04:00:00Z All of a sudden, everyone from Twitter users to highbrow columnists had to have an opinion. Betrayal and bombast: the surreal story of the Terry v Bridge scandal | Jonathan Liew 2020-05-03T04:00:00Z Six months later, in December 1997, he parted ways with the Dome, after his proposals were deemed too highbrow. Was the Millennium Dome really so bad? The inside story of a (not so) total disaster 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z It needed to be a highbrow debate that made us smarter. Perspective | Words matter, and U.S. Soccer exposed its sexism in its latest legal filing 2020-03-11T04:00:00Z Novak’s one-woman show is all about one of the most unintellectual topics — blow jobs — yet she somehow converted the basement into a highbrow palace. Netflix Is a Joke Fest tickets are on sale. Here's what to see and what to skip 2020-03-06T05:00:00Z There he seamlessly bounces between highbrow and lowbrow. 'I didn't write this book for the white gaze': black queer author Brandon Taylor on his debut novel 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z To be fair, I wasn’t consuming Korean imports because of my highbrow international tastes. Korean culture wave rises high on 'Parasite' and BTS. Ride it with novelist Steph Cha 2020-02-22T05:00:00Z It mixed the technicolor sensibilities of Sid and Marty Krofft with philosophical dilemmas of Platonic proportions, then sprinkled it all with a highbrow/lowbrow mix of pop culture references and off the wall humor. 'The Good Place' refused to take the easy way out. And that's exactly as it should be 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z Edward Heath also had to fend off accusations that the Fanfare was a propaganda exercise, dominated by highbrow events concentrated in London. How the UK celebrated joining Europe 2020-01-29T05:00:00Z He considered the highbrow dramas of “Masterpiece Theatre” little more than well-dressed twaddle. Clive James, Australian-born TV host, writer, critic and all-around wit, dies at 80 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z Still, I’m afraid my parents will be distrustful of him when they realize his highbrow, East Coast roots. No coaching allowed when ‘ordinary’ parents meet ‘elite’ beau 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z The job he will take later this month has been a hot seat in the world of highbrow journalism since Lewis H. Lapham stepped down as editor in 2006, after a 28-year run. A New Top Editor Takes the Hot Seat at Harper’s Magazine 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z It sounds like good-natured, slightly highbrow cowboy music. Review: Dudamel channels American cowboys, indigenous Mexicans, ethnic groups of South America 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z Something about lowbrow and highbrow at the same time is my favorite comedy, and anything about bodily functions is universal. Why Justin Timberlake didn’t star in The Death of Dick Long 2019-10-02T04:00:00Z After more than 50 years of chronicling the highbrow, lowbrow, brilliant and despicable characters of the city whose name it took, New York Magazine has a new owner. Vox Media Acquires New York Magazine, Chronicler of the Highbrow and Lowbrow 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z And how do people react when they see cabbage on this highbrow menu? From common to cool: The lowly cabbage has become a star 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z Creator Julian Fellowes and the original cast bring the highbrow TV phenomenon to theaters as a visit from the King and Queen of England upends the lives of the Crawleys and their staff. Virtually every film coming out this fall 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z A dose of acid was the last thing this kind of highbrow paranoia needed. Are Spies More Trouble Than They’re Worth? 2019-08-26T04:00:00Z The highbrow specialty studio Fox Searchlight doesn’t often delve into popcorn thrillers, but the studio’s latest, “Ready or Not,” is a revenge picture with a specific demographic in mind. 'Ready or Not' ending explained: Bloody laughs at the expense of the 1% 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z What she delivered was more of a social and historical soliloquy that included asides about “highbrow” plays and bad acting. Vox pop superstar is a social media darling decades on | Lucy Siegle 2019-08-03T04:00:00Z Right now, that means true crime, both highbrow and low. What the Northwest is reading: From true crime to ‘The Mueller Report,’ we have a creative understanding of the light summer read 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z Mr. Camilleri didn’t aim for Italy’s highbrow literary circles, where culture pages of newspapers are filled with esoteric essays. Andrea Camilleri, Italian author of Montalbano detective series, dies at 93 2019-07-17T04:00:00Z Critics sometimes reproached Mr. Zeffirelli’s opera stagings for a flamboyant glamour more typical of Hollywood’s golden era, while Hollywood sometimes disparaged his films as too highbrow. This week’s passages 2019-06-22T04:00:00Z But also the mix of activities these spaces often provide: quiet zones, performance sites, highbrow chain stores as well as lots of mom and pop shops, not to mention bustling food courts with great take-out. Essential Arts: Time to place bets on the Tony Awards. Hint — we’re into ‘Hadestown’ 2019-06-08T04:00:00Z He uses his highbrow knowledge to mask his ignoble instincts. Meet Thierry Baudet, the suave new face of Dutch rightwing populism | Joost de Vries 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z Apple News Plus includes access to more than 300 magazines, from highbrow journalism like The New Yorker to mass-market celebrity fair like People. Apple’s news subscription service doesn’t have a lot of news 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z Whether your sense of humor is highbrow or low, you’re in the right place. You’re going where? Springfield, Ill. 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z Yet it did impress, this reality from the highbrow ACC. Ja Morant is electric, but upstart Murray State is short-circuited by Florida State 2019-03-23T04:00:00Z Of course, those words will be considered merely a highbrow kind of gibberish if Virginia doesn’t redeem itself. Perspective | What made Tony Bennett’s Virginia team vulnerable is also what makes it resilient 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z France Culture is among the most highbrow radio programs in Europe, a French equivalent of NPR. New Zealand suspect inspired by French writer who fears ‘replacement’ by immigrants 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z He also attacked literary luminaries, including Iris Murdoch, whom he branded “a neo-Christian apologist” who “writes Harlequin romances for highbrows.” George Stade, pop-minded literary scholar and satirical novelist, dies at 85 2019-03-10T05:00:00Z He was too highbrow to be satisfied as a film composer. André Previn: A hit in Hollywood, lionized in London, but it all began in Berlin 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z Many gorged on the traditional highbrow and lowbrow fare, as servers walked the floor with boxes overflowing with In-N-Out burgers, trays of bottled milkshakes with paper straws and platters stacked with tiny carrot cakes. Oscar winners and losers party with champagne and statuettes 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z The likelihood of him instructing Anderson to play Thatcher as an aspirational #girlboss seems as unlikely as the highbrow actor agreeing to do so. You can still like Gillian Anderson, even if she makes a great Thatcher 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z I do not bring all this up to point out some yawning chasm between highbrow critical taste and lowbrow popular sentiment, a chasm that I have never really believed exists. After Golden Globe wins for 'Bohemian Rhapsody' and 'Green Book,' awards season can only improve ... right? 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z Pollard, nearly 30 years younger than the colonel, was born in Frankfort, Ky., the daughter of a saddler whose shop also offered an array of newspapers and highbrow magazines like Harper’s. Review | The 19th-century woman who risked ruin and shame in her own #MeToo moment 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z The concept of a “parallel self” has been a staple of science fiction and highbrow literature alike since at least the 1800s. This is a terrific weekend for alternate realities 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z Instead, highbrow came to connote a commitment to rarefied refinement, with lowbrow signaling raw vitality. Review: Laura Owens' new MOCA show grasps the perpetual power of taboo 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z In America today, Hesse is usually regarded by highbrows as a writer for adolescents. Hermann Hesse’s Arrested Development 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z This boast incensed most Alaskans, fanned into rage, in part, by the Fairbanks newspaper editor WF Thompson, who referred to Cook and other easterners clambering onto their mountain as “bespectacled highbrows.” Chasing Denali: how four miners created one of climbing's greatest mysteries 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z The Los Angeles Rams and the New Orleans Saints got together and lent a slew of treats with their highbrow skills. Saints and Rams show off the best the NFL has to offer 2018-11-04T04:00:00Z At first, Lutes hoped to deploy a “highbrow thematic notion” in his unlikely masterwork. A graphic history of the rise of the Nazis 2018-09-30T04:00:00Z For the billionaires, meanwhile, ownership of storied magazines or newspapers provides an alluring combination of a trophy property, a high-profile opportunity to demonstrate their business acumen and a chance to display highbrow civic-mindedness. Billionaires buying up media: Savior complex or civic duty? 2018-09-22T04:00:00Z His lifelike images and the detail of his drawings and paintings were hits on the commercial art scene more than with the highbrow crowd. On 'American Masters,' relatives open up about the famous artists in their families 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z “Gone was the highbrow sophistication exhibited by the Forest Hills crowd that afforded it the luxury of rooting against their country’s best player.” Jimmy Connors at the U.S. Open, First Hate, Then Love 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z The veneration of the musical canon leads all too easily to a kind of highbrow theme park that trades on nostalgia for a half-mythical past. The Sounds of Music in the Twenty-first Century 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z As this list shows, the influence travels from the highbrow to the middlebrow to the lowbrow. How “Little Women” Got Big 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z His fans are particularly offensive to highbrow critics. Opinion | Our B-picture president 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z These organizations and dozens of other small groups were funded by money raised by KentPresents, a highbrow ideas festival that draws intellectuals and their acolytes to the private Kent School for a summer weekend. When a $1,000 Gift Is Better Than $1 Million 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z He served a highbrow version of it made with caramel popcorn at the Bazaar, his Los Angeles restaurant, until 2009, and he has also served a version of the dish at Minibar in Washington. Dragon’s Breath snacks make you exhale ‘smoke’ — and they’re sending teens to the hospital 2018-08-07T04:00:00Z By the year 2018, Argentina, Germany and others couldn’t quite figure out a way to meld their highbrow talent into highbrow performance. France is the World Cup power in final vs. Croatia, 20 years after winning it as underdog 2018-07-14T04:00:00Z Belgium wound up with “huge” disappointment, Martinez said of its highbrow generation, while France wound up still hoping to mend its huge disappointment of its Euro 2016 final loss to Portugal in Paris. France downs Belgium in its latest World Cup fashion: Solid, methodical favorite 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z He thrived as a media don in the 1980s, when TV schedulers enjoyed the sight of highbrows feasting on pop culture; he filmed a documentary about Talking Heads, one of his favourite bands. Capturing the voice of a brilliant, unorthodox teacher of literature 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z In recent times, religious diplomacy by much wealthier rulers of Saudi Arabia has enjoyed more publicity than the highbrow work sponsored by the Jordanian royals. A Muslim monarch and religious diplomat wins some overdue recognition 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z For a long time, he says, the emphasis was on “quite challenging, highbrow literary fiction,” which led to an unhelpful conflation of “difficult” with “translated”. The next Elena Ferrante? The best European fiction coming your way 2018-05-19T04:00:00Z To highbrow commentators such as the social critic Lewis Mumford, computers were instruments of a creeping technocracy that threatened to extinguish personal freedom. Why Silicon Valley can’t fix itself 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z The new ceremony defiantly refuses to cater to demands for a more "highbrow" line-up. Dame Vera Lynn up for Classic Brits 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z He is most famous for a polemical article he published in September 2016 in the Claremont Review of Books, “The Flight 93 Election,” which became an unlikely, highbrow manifesto for Mr. Trump’s election. A National Security Aide’s Departing Wish: Cooking for the State Dinner 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z He is most famous for a polemical article he published in September 2016 in the Claremont Review of Books, “The Flight 93 Election,” which became an unlikely, highbrow manifesto for Trump’s election. Departing national-security aide’s grand finale: cooking for a state dinner 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z One look at its austere cover and ponderous subtitle and you know this is meant as a lasting, highbrow work — a big-think story of values and institutions clashing with tribalism and self-interest in Washington. Review | In his new book, James Comey calls for ‘ethical leadership.’ But does he live up to it? 2018-04-14T04:00:00Z Plenty of governments subsidise highbrow fare, like sober news programmes and classical-music broadcasts, on the basis that they are public goods which lead to an informed, cultured population. Fake news flourishes when partisan audiences crave it 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z Remember when all the cultural critics were worried about things like “highbrow vs. lowbrow” and “kitsch vs. art”? Bunch of snobs? The last joke is Tide Pods 2018-03-03T05:00:00Z Throughout the tour, Mendieta reminds us to keep our eyes peeled for fancy cars, highbrow boutiques and restaurant patios — we may, just may, spot a celebrity. The road to #Oscars2018 goes through El Pollo Loco and the Seventh Veil: Our TMZ tour of Hollywood 2018-03-03T05:00:00Z Amy Kaufman: It might not be the highbrow choice but, "Titanic." What's the best best picture? And what movie should've won an Oscar but didn't? 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z Somehow, my literary and highbrow friends tell me — yes, I have friends and, yes, many are cultivated — I am supposed to be embarrassed by saying I love the NBA. Perspective | How can we make the NBA even better? Here are 20 ways. 2018-02-25T05:00:00Z Those coming to the original for the first time, expecting the sort of B-movie schlock horror it has inspired, may be surprised by its knotty, highbrow prose. Frankenstein: the monster that never dies 2018-02-15T05:00:00Z Calvin Klein under Raf Simons is about highbrow fashion with artistic references. Calvin Klein rewrites script to give a vision of a turbulent America on the catwalk 2018-02-13T05:00:00Z It's described as a "heady mix" of consumer affairs, news, "highbrow interviews and lightweight froth". New Alan Partridge series revealed 2018-02-12T05:00:00Z The newcomers are neither as highbrow nor as reliably liberal as earlier settlers, which causes tension. Loving Trump and living in Mexico 2018-02-08T05:00:00Z Brands’ work is highbrow political philosophy rather than ideological screed, personally motivated attack or advertorial. After the Fire and Fury: what's next for books about Trump? 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z “The Breakfast Club” is an unorthodox choice for the highbrow cinema canon, but its release as a Criterion Collection Blu-ray this week shouldn’t come as a complete surprise. The '80s teenage angst fest 'The Breakfast Club' gets a high-class video release 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z It took the French a while to warm to the American “comedie musicale,” as it is known here, long dismissed by Paris’ highbrow as low art. An American (musical) in Paris. Once seen as lowbrow, Broadway shows now ride high in France 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z Amazon recently retooled its programming strategy, veering away from highbrow dramas like “Z: The Beginning of Everything” and “The Last Tycoon.” Disney’s Deal for 21st Century Fox Is Said to Be Close 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z “Instead the elites it condemned were cosmopolitan, highbrow urbanites, who were often liberals.” Conspiracy theories, fake news, racism fueling KKK’s rise — in the 1920s 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z Its popular magazines are focused on families and women and are aimed more at Middle America than highbrow society. Time near deal to sell company in move backed by Koch brothers 2017-11-26T05:00:00Z Rejoice, for some of the year's most dramatic, highbrow films are flooding the theaters — expect lots of British accents. With horror, fantasy and superheroes in the conversation, this is turning into one weird Oscar season 2017-11-16T05:00:00Z He could have done well with highbrow novelty songs alone. Who can fill the role of Tom Lehrer today? 2017-10-31T04:00:00Z Under a new editor, David Remnick, The New Yorker regained its reputation as a highbrow magazine and also edged into the black. S.I. Newhouse Jr., Publishing Icon Who Ran Condé Nast, Dies at 89 2017-10-01T04:00:00Z Early Hef had a pipe and suit and a highbrow reference for every occasion; he even claimed to have a philosophy, that final refuge of the scoundrel. Opinion | Speaking Ill of Hugh Hefner 2017-09-30T04:00:00Z A grab bag of 15 programs — variety, comedy, drama, even highbrow music — resulted, with four of these nominees scoring Emmys. ‘Handmaid’s Tale,’ ‘Stranger Things’ among dramas vying for Emmy love 2017-09-13T04:00:00Z The Fringe — taking place this month — began as a protest against the inaugural state-subsidized, highbrow Edinburgh International Festival after eight performers who were refused permission to perform there in 1947 started their own event. Edinburgh’s Fringe, Now 70, Is Having Growing Pains 2017-08-21T04:00:00Z Slick, smart, impeccably executed, "Logan Lucky" is a highbrow heist movie involving some lowbrow folks. Steven Soderbergh returns from 'retirement' to amuse himself with 'Logan Lucky' 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z Or if highbrow is more your style, here’s the prophet of reality telly. Newcastle United v Tottenham Hotspur: Premier League – live! 2017-08-13T04:00:00Z He was attacked by highbrow critics as a sentimentalist and as a sell-out for taking advertising jobs. Why everybody liked Norman Rockwell 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, attempts at highbrow examination of “political polarization” always treat the problem as a grand mystery of the universe, while ignoring the most obvious questions. Staggering right-wing hypocrisy: America is not going to “come together” under GOP politics of division 2017-07-08T04:00:00Z As the years went by, I would occasionally hear her singing one of her songs on highbrow radio or public television. Essential California: The report card on California’s battle against climate change 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z In fact, a term was being adopted for this hybrid of highbrow and lowbrow. The Persistence of Prog Rock 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z Given the negative vibes, why do highbrow investors buy such junk-grade bonds in the first place? Why Investors Get Mixed Up In Venezuelan Debt 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z With a blunt bob haircut and oversize glasses, she didn’t look like the typical highbrow intellectual, and her opponents tried to dismiss her. Review | ‘Citizen Jane: Battle for the City’ gives urban planning the excitement of a thriller 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z He was in synch with the highbrow readership of the day. The Book That Scandalized the New York Intellectuals 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z She’s used to knowing her lack of familiarity with the highbrow cultural norms that suffocate the creative industry makes her different in ways that means she may not always “win”. Adele’s tribute to Beyoncé was a frank admission of privilege. I salute it | Michaela Coel 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z It is “not the usual reverential fare,” says its curator Louise West, who wants the anniversary celebrations to be both “highbrow, and lowbrow”. Jane Austen at 200: still a friend and a stranger 2017-01-14T05:00:00Z There are multiple ways to score a goal, but none are as highbrow as the team goal. Golden Goal: José Cardozo for Toluca v América (2003) 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z Notwithstanding his opposition to Trump, and his highbrow affectations, French is an obsessive with the usual checklist of niche grievances. Burst your bubble: five conservative articles to read in this 'peak Trump' week 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z He couldn’t always find the way against a highbrow defense gamely trying to uphold its entire team, but he knew how to find the way more than enough. Clemson throttles Ohio State to earn title game rematch vs. Alabama 2016-12-31T05:00:00Z Inevitably it attracted criticism from some highbrow reviewers. Richard Adams: The man who turned a car story into a best-seller - BBC News 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z He wanted to one day become an English teacher, and in high school was already reading some of the highbrow works of Friedrich Nietzsche, Soren Kierkegaard, and H.P. Bus shelter at Arkansas shelter now memorial to teen 2016-12-19T05:00:00Z It seemed an unlikely destiny for the lanky highbrow who in 1957 came to Huntington, W.Va., to teach government at Marshall College. Ken Hechler, W.Va. congressman and author of ‘Bridge at Remagen,’ dies at 102 2016-12-11T05:00:00Z Our family holiday dinners involve more highbrow sweet-potato recipes now: roasted with lemon-lime vinaigrette, puréed with fresh ginger and orange zest. So gross, so good: Thanksgiving dishes we love but shouldn’t 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z The Pineapple and Pearls tasting menu is a borderless survey that explores the pleasures of highbrow and lowbrow cuisine. 7 New Restaurants That Defy Tired Trends 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z Though it sometimes functions as a medical thriller, with story beats and dialogue that recall a slightly more highbrow version of some early Michael Crichton novels, “Roz and Ray” is at its core a romance. ‘Roz and Ray’: A dad and a doctor locked in battle for boys’ survival 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z Beauty and brains: The nighttime soap opera “Melrose Place” wasn’t exactly highbrow television, but it turns out one man was tasked with sneaking conceptual art into the show. Will Angelenos open their wallets to help the homeless? 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z Other maps depicted an even more highbrow demographic. What if only goats voted in the US election? - BBC News 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z In recent years, as fine food has evolved from highbrow preoccupation to a form of mass entertainment, demand for people skilled in the delicate art of dessert-making has soared. Creating a Pastry Chef From Scratch 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z Ultimately, “Every People Under Heaven” functions as a highbrow gloss on the movement to define Jerusalem as anything but Jewish, and so to undermine Israel’s sovereignty. Rewriting the History of Jerusalem 2016-10-09T04:00:00Z This is a much more pluralist vision than Bourdieu's, which many critics feel is distinctly French in its veneration of the highbrow and intellectual11. End class wars 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z Ms. Vestager, as she never tires of affirming, was a model for the highbrow Danish political soap “ Borgen,” which one reviewer calls “ ‘House of Cards’ for smart people.” Harmonize This, Eurocrats 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z While the New York Post isn’t exactly known for restraint or good taste, even a more highbrow Weiner exposé turns out to have a queasy-making side to it. Our gawking at Anthony Weiner reveals something ugly about us 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z Stories about Trump and women have intrigued more highbrow publications. Portrait of a comical, chilling and somewhat sad Donald Trump 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z “But when you’re in a numbers game like internet advertising, highbrow content is hard to monetize.” Sydney Morning Herald Faces Uncertain Print Future in Australia 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z The White House on Friday released the annual list of books that Obama is reading this summer, and the eclectic list includes both highbrow memoirs and bestselling fiction that’s already been turned into a movie. President Obama’s summer reading list includes lofty prose and beach ready entertainment 2016-08-12T04:00:00Z But his highbrow, lowbrow image — of the jet-setting mogul who takes buckets of fried chicken onto his private plane with the gold-plated seatbelt buckles — is also a carefully crafted one. Donald Trump’s Diet: He’ll Have Fries With That 2016-08-08T04:00:00Z The monthly journal Yanhuang Chunqiu is backed by reform-minded party elders and publishes highbrow essays on politics and history that often challenge Communist Party orthodoxy. Chinese Authorities Shake Up Leadership at Liberal-Thinking Magazine 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z Nelson says her team’s scope is broader than that of highbrow literary journals. How Amazon’s team of old-school book reviewers influences what we read 2016-07-02T04:00:00Z Among digital highbrows and the white-collar crowd, LinkedIn is a cool startup. How the LinkedIn Marriage Will Affect Microsoft Stock (LNKD MSFT) 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z Although that highbrow image creates a halo for the brand, the company makes much of its money selling mesh polo shirts and moderately priced sportswear at factory outlets and department stores, the former executives said. Struggling Ralph Lauren Tries to Fashion a Comeback 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z But despite his highbrow front on paper, Garrett is a renegade. Meet the Place Hackers 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z The Iraq folly is the grudge Rhodes, and by extension, Obama hold against that establishment and the mainstream media, including highbrow pundits. Portrait of Obama's Storyteller 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z The program Pretor-Pinney had pulled together was a little highbrow but fun. The Amateur Cloud Society That (Sort Of) Rattled the Scientific Community 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z “It sounds so highbrow, but it’s really not. It’s just a comic.” Brooklyn Gets a Superhero (and a Few Villains) 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z "Libraries have gone beyond that feeling of highbrow and austere. " The fall and rise of subscription libraries - BBC News 2016-04-09T04:00:00Z Artforum, the fount of highbrow art criticism, called it “deeply affecting—not a utopia, perhaps, and more bittersweet than sweet, but for that hour or so, very nearly ideal.” Performance Art that Doesn’t Bore 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z A short walk from the Paseo del Prado, it’s the perfect place to shake off museum fatigue before the night—highbrow or otherwise—ahead. A Cultural Travel Guide to Madrid 2016-03-30T04:00:00Z Celebrities like Bing Crosby helped make tequila famous in mid-century America, but mezcal was a spirit for the highbrow underground. A Liquor for the Farm-to-Table Movement 2016-04-04T04:00:00Z Like with many concept cars, the press release is full of highbrow talk about an "athletic stance" and a "performance-oriented nature." Genesis' New York Concept is a sports sedan that'll make you look twice 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z The menus of low- and highbrow restaurants alike all over the country have been overrun by meals served in bowls. 12 Things Americans Are Suddenly Buying More Than Ever 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z Yet it’s kept its wonderful mix of highbrow and lowbrow culture and held on to its charm and character. The grit and glory of Philadelphia: it's time to recognize the city's greatness 2016-02-09T05:00:00Z Obsessives and dilettantes, omnivores and geeks, highbrow and low, we are more likely to seek affirmation than challenge. Everybody’s a Critic. And That’s How It Should Be. 2016-01-30T05:00:00Z Fox passed on the idea, concluding that it was too elitist — Trump didn’t seem like a TV star, and the contestants were too highbrow, products of fancy educations, and wouldn’t connect to average American viewers. Donald Trump, remade by reality TV 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z Officials from the city’s highbrow cultural institutions say they can’t remember professional athletes coming to any of their performances—let alone as many as these Bulls. The NBA Team That’s Bullish on the Opera 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z For those people, and for others close to the original case, “Making a Murderer” seems less like investigative journalism than like highbrow vigilante justice. How “Making a Murderer” Went Wrong 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z It crunched together the highbrow and lowbrow ends of postwar American pop culture in the shape of an utterly fearless woman who was at once a shamanic beat poet and a garage-rock dynamo. From Kid A to Straight Outta Compton – five flawed albums that became classics 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z I don’t think art and poetry should be a highbrow art form. Bringing Poetry to Rikers Island, Where ‘They Can’t Cage Your Mind’ 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z The new culture minister tried to axe a highbrow theatre production featuring onstage nudity; a state TV journalist who pressed him about the botched decision was briefly suspended. The return of the awkward squad 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z |
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