| 单词 | incisive |
| 例句 | George, the child of Greek immigrants, was a man who combined a sympathetic nature with an incisive mind. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Those of you who are fellow office workers and find yourselves reading this incisive journal during a coffee break or such might take note of one or two of my innovations. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z But having the independence of mind and the strength of personality to defend your work in front of the most incisive aeronautical minds in the world—that’s what got you noticed. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Darwin’s incisive intellect would quickly have grasped its implications for the understanding of evolution. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z All the Finches had straight incisive eyebrows and heavy-lidded eyes; when they looked slant-wise, up, or straight ahead, a disinterested observer would catch a glimpse of what Maycomb called Family Resemblance. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z For why should I get excited learning boring chemical facts as long as the chemists never provided anything incisive about the nucleic acids? Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Then as now, Joe had one of the sharpest, most incisive minds I have ever encountered. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Winchell, his confidence growing, threw three passes, all of them short, incisive strikes to Hill, all of them complete. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z And then she said, “I love this white dress you got me” and “This scene is so incisive!” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Madame Lavoisier had an incisive intellect and soon was working productively alongside her husband. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Some incisive commentary which no one in her audiences could fully comprehend. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He put his hands on the table to steady himself, his incisive features melted, his eyebrows shot up, he laughed loudly. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z It still had the southern richness of tone, but it had become suddenly more clear cut and incisive. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z Just now and then he posted an incisive little farewell note in the Paris sewerage system, and it was delivered promptly to Dufarge’s boot. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z Her worldview must be quite incisive, if her reading material was any guide. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m sure that it was rather perceptive and incisive, whatever it was. I would imagine that it is rather difficult to comprehend her assaults upon the mother tongue.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The cellos and double-basses were incisive at the start of Tchaikovsky's fantasy overture, and the violins achieved gossamer delicacy as the love theme surged and flowed. Prom 32: EUYO/Bamert 2010-08-10T11:11:00Z Mazursky, the writer, gave us grown-up comedies that were incisive, edgy, but without the mean streak, or much of the cynicism, that characterizes so much humor today. Paul Mazursky made incisive, edgy comedies without a mean streak 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z And so, here is my incisive commentary: What? Seriously, how is it legal to take “upskirt” photos? 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z His hater seems unmoved by his relatively incisive analysis. Television Review: ?H8R,? New CW Series - Review 2011-09-13T22:08:36Z The most incisive sections, however, are more traditional narratives devoted to Nick Brothers, a teammate of the two lacrosse players who took Alice home that night. A Spellbinding Debut Leaps Across Genres to Recreate the Confusion of Trauma 2020-07-24T04:00:00Z There is a great deal more across the spectrum, including work by network news reporters, by incisive commentators in text, on the air and in podcasts. Perspective | The media never fully learned how to cover Trump. But they still might have saved democracy. 2020-11-08T05:00:00Z Some insiders say, however, that a more incisive measure of health is the average ticket price, derived by dividing Broadway’s total gross receipts by the total number of attendees. Perspective | Broadway is off to a shaky start, but a last-minute reprieve for two acclaimed plays lifts spirits 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z The highlight of the night was Delius's Sea Drift, his transcendental setting of Walt Whitman sung with incisive clarity by Terfel, and shaped in masterly manner by Elder. First Night of the Proms 2012-07-13T23:36:30Z Foglia specialises in a kind of gentle yet incisive documentary approach in which he befriends and spends time with his subjects, then photographs them when they are totally at ease in his presence. Les Rencontres d'Arles 2012 – review 2012-07-07T23:06:03Z That may be why the speech pathologist was able to crank out an incisive daily blog scrutinizing school meals for an entire year without anyone suspecting her. Chicago school lunch blogger revealed 2011-10-05T12:50:00Z The Piuze was fresh and textured, less incisive than the Picq but more dimensional and exuberant, with flavors that were more floral and citrus than mineral. Among Chardonnays, Chablis Is Not Better, Just Different 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z Other studies of Calcutta will offer quotable statistics, dates of key events, incisive critiques of its politicians and property developers. Calcutta: Two Years in the City by Amit Chaudhuri – review 2013-04-06T06:01:32Z Pedro throws caution to the wind and he's incisive with his comments – he doesn't really care about coming off well, and he's dying of cancer, so he cares even less. Viggo Mortensen interview: 'If I think a film's beyond me – that's a good sign' 2013-05-28T18:30:01Z Instead of incisive analyses of Hobsbawm’s books, read against the transformations of postwar politics and culture, Evans devotes pages to the haggling over contracts, royalties, translations, and sales. Eric Hobsbawm, the Communist Who Explained History 2019-05-09T04:00:00Z Her prose is sharp, incisive and often very funny. The Mysterious ‘Parking Lot Attendant’ at the Center of a Web of Intrigue 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z Shadid was considered an authoritative voice on Middle Eastern conflicts who wrote with an incisive writing style that captured the nuances of region's complexity. New York Times reporter Anthony Shadid dies in Syria 2012-02-17T06:57:04Z And everything relates back to the work of one incisive and imaginative French choreographer: Xavier Le Roy. Xavier Le Roy’s ‘Retrospective’ at MoMA PS1 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z The commenters here are three well-respected critics who make smart, incisive remarks about the first film, then just tear the two sequels apart with the same level of wit. Commission us: films that only get better with a good DVD commentary 2010-10-14T11:33:00Z These are heavy topics, but Vedder's tone is empathetic and incisive. Pearl Jam's "Ten" at 30: A raw, dynamic debut that's both sonically and emotionally exquisite 2021-09-04T04:00:00Z Of these, none is more promising than Nines, whose recent album “One Foot Out” is one of this year’s most incisive in any genre. Grime Sets Today’s Music Agenda in Britain, and Tomorrow’s 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z Ms. Zeisler is an incisive, tough-minded writer, attacking her subjects with a diamond cutter. Review: ‘We Were Feminists Once,’ on a Movement Co-Opted 2016-05-22T04:00:00Z Call a man “sharp” and he’s stylish, incisive, smart. Ten Women Whose Tongues and Pens Were as ‘Sharp’ as Knives 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z Her renderings are incisive but also empathetic and warm. Portraits That More Than Meet the Eye 2020-04-29T04:00:00Z With an anthropological eye, Sharif’s reflections on freedom, consumerism and loyalty are at once witty and incisive. Poems of Exile, Introspection and Self-Discovery (Cicadas, Too) 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z She is incisive about being caught between Bengali and English when young, and not feeling entirely at ease in either. Review: Jhumpa Lahiri’s ‘In Other Words,’ a Writer’s Headlong Immersion Into Italian 2016-02-09T05:00:00Z So it’s quite a coup for Olney Theatre Center that Mason Alexander Park is taking a detour from their Hollywood ascent to grace the venue with velvety vocals, incisive improvisations and glam-rock radiance. Review | Mason Alexander Park brings star power to Olney’s ‘Hedwig and the Angry Inch’ 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z Ms. Platt’s incisive eye for the filmable printed page extended beyond fiction. Polly Platt, Producer and Production Designer, Dies at 72 2011-07-29T04:58:06Z The film brilliantly measures the reality of street law against the movie myth, and offers an incisive take on one of the world’s more controversial policing systems. Berlin film festival 2021 roundup: the most impressive selection in years 2021-03-06T05:00:00Z He was one of the earliest and most incisive opponents of the Vietnam War. The Book That Shaped Foreign Policy for a Generation Has More to Say 2020-05-09T04:00:00Z Sam Wasson’s “Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M.” is willing to take a fond and incisive look, if not Paramount’s self-importantly tough one. Books of The Times: ?Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M.? by Sam Wasson 2010-06-13T22:07:00Z In "Other Desert Cities," Baitz etches an incisive, shrewd portrait of a wealthy Southern California clan fissured by mental illness, politics and loss. Cue the 2012 Tony Awards, and a stripped-down Broadway season 2012-06-07T21:40:41Z That one incisive line does so much to help define Box by something other than his Javert-like intensity. “The Night Of” recap: Are we closer to discovering the truth? 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z Luckily the public has an alternative to the mainstream news that offers both information and incisive critique: satire. Why we need serious Trump jokes: From "SNL" to Colbert, comedians make sense out of impeachment 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z Like Stephen Shore, he is a brilliant photographer who also happens to be a gifted and incisive writer. Writing and photography ? is a picture really worth a thousand words? 2010-08-04T05:00:00Z But she also embodied an incisive critique, pointing to the ways that social conventions and state apparatuses encode and prescribe identities. With ‘Shadow Stalker,’ Lynn Hershman Leeson Tackles Internet Surveillance 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z Huang is attuned to the ironies of their story in his incisive and riveting account. Times Critics’ Top Books of 2018 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z And it confirms the status of Kelli O’Hara, its Tony-winning leading lady, as one of our most incisive and translucent interpreters of the great Broadway songbook. The Best Theater of 2015 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z Scarlett Thomas, a British writer who excels at delivering novels about difficult subjects, turns her brilliant, incisive gaze to a boarding school in “Oligarchy.” Review | In the darkly comic boarding-school world of ‘Oligarchy,’ being thin is everything 2020-01-13T05:00:00Z But this delightful adaptation by Lindsay Warren Baker and Amanda Jacobs is remarkably true to its source material, showing an incisive grasp of character and narrative drive often lacking in other festival entries. Critic?s Notebook: New York Musical Theater Festival Is Under Way 2011-10-03T22:31:10Z This incisive weekly show isn’t explicitly about A.I. so much as the tech industry overall, but the subject has been unsurprisingly dominant in recent episodes. 6 Podcasts to Make Sense of A.I. 2023-06-03T04:00:00Z Rather than resolve the ambiguity, Mr. Gergiev embraced it, drawing consistently incisive, colorful, richly characterized playing from the inspired orchestra. Music Review: Embracing the Ambiguity of Mahler?s Seventh 2011-02-24T23:27:09Z In this spirit, Krauss, an incisive and creative interpreter of Kafka, allows Nicole and Epstein to regain their own freedom to fail. In ‘Forest Dark,’ Nicole Krauss Plays With Divided Selves 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z Mr. Lugansky’s account is not just note perfect and incisive but also colorful and exciting. Virtuosos Becoming a Dime a Dozen 2011-08-12T13:09:23Z On Tuesday, her role — the most remote character in all “Jewels” — was beautifully played by Ashley Laracey, softly and calmly incisive. Review: City Ballet, in Turmoil, Shows the Value of What’s at Stake 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z The period musical, which involves a king trying to marry off his daughter, may sound like a stretch for an artist known for an incisive, personal style anchored in the here and now. Kate Nash Keeps Getting Back Up. This Time, Off Broadway. 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z Reviewing the book in The Boston Globe in 1982, Robert Taylor described Mr. Delaney’s book as “a work of incisive criticism, written with style and grace and intelligence.” Frank Delaney, 74, Author Whose Passion Was Deconstructing Joyce’s ‘Ulysses,’ Dies 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z “There is something about her work that is at once critical and incisive and also optimistic and almost utopian,” said Kelly Baum, the curator at the Metropolitan Museum who oversaw her facade commission. An Artist With Roots in Nairobi and New York Imagines a New Destiny 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z Ms. Didion came to prominence with a series of incisive, searching feature articles in Life magazine and The Saturday Evening Post that explored the fraying edges of postwar American life. Joan Didion, ‘New Journalist’ Who Explored Culture and Chaos, Dies at 87 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z But it's his writing that has always proved most inspirational to me: clear-eyed and accessible, yet also incisive. Deadpan humor with a point of view: Why critic John Perreault will be missed 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z Sort of a fascinating, circular pattern in the vocal rhythms; incisive and destabilizing percussion; plenty of empty space that leaves room for shock. Fiona Apple Is Back and Unbound: Let’s Discuss 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z In my favorite version, by the British early-music group the Taverner Choir, Consort, and Players, the soloist is wonderfully incisive and riled up, and the choir is thunderous. Twelve Feel-Good Seasonal Pop Classics, with and Without Christmas 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z This was incisive and physical playing, spurts of unabashed showmanship tempered with subdued, atmospheric grumblings. BBCSSO/Hardenberger ? review 2011-03-25T22:00:02Z The “March to the Scaffold” was incisive, full of blazing colors and slashing chords. Music Review: Chicago Greets Its New Maestro, Who Arrives With Unusual Fare 2010-09-24T16:47:00Z Still, you can see from incisive slivers what this company can do. Strange Interlude; A Midsummer Night's Dream; Trash Cuisine – review 2013-06-08T23:05:35Z Out in the world, Mr. Cline is best known for his incisive role in Wilco, the workmanlike Chicago rock band, which added him to its roster a decade ago. The Nels Cline Singers Play New Music at Le Poisson Rouge 2014-05-05T16:43:42Z They starkly silhouette the role of the artist’s model as collaborator, as incisive measures of modernity, mirroring the racial attitudes of both artists and their times. A Long Overdue Light on Black Models of Early Modernism 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z More importantly, it offers one of the most incisive insights into American working-class family life seen on any comedy program since “Roseanne.” A Netflix show about Pennsylvania — boxing, hoagies and DeVito not included 2017-06-18T04:00:00Z It’s rich and deep, fresh and incisive, with electric acidity. 10 Reasons You Should Give Riesling Another Look 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z So is the cover of Robert Redford, as incisive a Redford biography as there is ever likely to be. Critic?s Notebook: Books to Bury Yourself In 2011-05-26T22:07:19Z It was what had made him such an incisive critic of the Right’s power lust and realpolitik. Christopher Hitchens’ last years: Islam, the Iraq war and how a man of the left found his moment by breaking with the left 2016-02-14T05:00:00Z Like Ms. Holofcener’s other movies, “Please Give” stars her friend and muse, Catherine Keener, the anti-diva known for her incisive, casual performances and great hair. Nicole Holofcener and Her Latest Film, ?Please Give? 2010-04-24T02:35:00Z The orchestra was at its best in the Rondo-Finale, playing with incisive attack and impetuous energy. Music Review: Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid Plays Boulez and Mahler 2014-01-31T21:19:43Z The Andante introduction to the first movement, in which the ominous theme of fate is pronounced in brassy flourishes, was incisive and ferocious — rigidly so. New York Philharmonic’s Next Leader Gives a Taste of Things to Come 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z With a sharper point of view, Mr Wrong could have been a incisive takedown of the regressive rom-coms that were so ubiquitous in the 1990s, instead of being a footnote in her distinguished career. Stand down: when comics make unfunny big-screen comedies 2017-05-12T04:00:00Z Where his incisive 2015 debut “Summertime ’06” pinpoints loss of innocence, its follow-up is heavy with Staples’s lack of patience for nonsense and the illusion of celebrity. Review | Tyler, the Creator and Vince Staples show how fame doesn’t always lead to happiness 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z Cohen’s pranks ran low on incisive commentary, or even anything original to say. 2018's biggest TV disappointments, from moderately painful to the absolute worst 2018-12-29T05:00:00Z The character flies in six directions, and the incisive Ursula makes these nerves — which stick with her most of the night — thoroughly winning. Kiss me again, and again, and again, and . . . 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z “The Interview,” a genial, occasionally incisive, generally lackadaisical comedy about a dunderheaded journalist tasked with assassinating Kim Jong Un, was never supposed to get this far. Review: ‘The Interview’ has some laughs and makes some points but isn’t as edgy as its reputation suggests 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z And last year’s “American Spy,” by Lauren Wilkinson, was lauded for its incisive rendering of an American woman’s conflicted loyalties when she is enlisted by the CIA to spy on a revolutionary in Burkino Faso. Review | Kwei Quartey’s ‘The Missing American’ launches a new detective series. It’s a gem of a debut. 2020-01-24T05:00:00Z Some observers complained she proved more of a cheerleader than an incisive critic in the mold of Cowell. Ellen DeGeneres out as 'American Idol' judge 2010-07-30T01:57:00Z He conducts as if it were an Olympic event, throwing himself into the music with tremendous energy and sweeping, incisive gestures. Cellist Baltacigil delights Seattle Symphony audience 2012-10-05T18:56:04Z Yet because exuberance isn’t the only goal of this music, the cooler sheen of the Vienna’s ensemble sound offers an incisive look at Dawson’s experimentalism. 8 Things to Do This Fourth of July Weekend 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z Do not, Gornick says in this brief, incisive book, let that be the end of it. Vivian Gornick Can’t Stop Rereading 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z With all these good things going for it, it's regrettable that "Woman in Gold" is no more than adequate, more old-fashioned Hollywoodization than incisive modern dramatization. 'Woman in Gold' an adequate film on dazzling Klimt painting 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z She’s resolute and vulnerable, incisive and responsive, rapturous and bleak, angry and funny, implacable and compassionate, enthusiastic and inquiring. Wendy Whelan Leaves City Ballet After 30 Years 2014-10-19T04:00:00Z The naturalistic, witty and incisive dialogue; the unobtrusive yet elegant camera work; the facility between the actors; the effortless blending of the social, personal and political. Box Set Club: Our Friends in the North 2011-07-19T13:29:17Z Those flavors call for lively, incisive white wines. The Case for Induction Cooking 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z There’s room, of course, in journalism for incisive commentary as well as just-the-facts reporting. Perspective | While pundits swooned over Trump’s speech, reporters plugged away at the real story 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z It’s hard to make out the tone of the photographs in an incisive two-artist presentation from this gallery on Bowery. An Elegant Return to Form at Independent Art Fair 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z Just as David Letterman raised the ambition of comedy in late night, Mr. Stewart proved that nightly topical comedy could be hilarious while also being as incisive and passionate as the best news organizations. Jon Stewart, Seamlessly Mixing Analysis, Politics and Humor 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z But neither revival makes easy work of identifying cohesive or incisive arguments about the texts while also allowing the audience to follow along. ‘Hedda Gabler’ and ‘The Winter’s Tale’: 2 Takes That Shout Subtext 2022-10-18T04:00:00Z Once past a shaky opening aria, she sang with gorgeous, dramatically incisive tone and revealed great facility in coloratura. Soprano Angela Meade conquers 'Norma' 2010-07-11T19:01:00Z The conductor Steve Osgood brought incisive attacks and brash colors to the wildly surreal episodes of the score and drew nuanced playing from the orchestra when it mattered, in the intimate scenes. Review: ‘JFK’ Puts a Very Dark Day in an Operatic Light 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z Even when she seems like another background character, Annie Fang’s Beatrice is incisive, a little offbeat, always trying to play it cool — the kind of relatable teen heroine who seems adopted from a ’90s film. ‘Your Own Personal Exegesis’ Review: Blessed Be the Young and Lustful 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z But these are minor quibbles, and easily overlooked given the novel’s incisive appeal to the reader’s empathy. Imbolo Mbue’s ‘How Beautiful We Were’ Exposes the Human Cost of Capital 2021-03-08T05:00:00Z Mr. van Zweden led a visceral, bristling performance — beginning with the bold statement in the cellos, and the violins’ entry, which was incisive and soaring. New York Philharmonic, Led by Jaap van Zweden 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z If you want wine, however, look for an incisive white with plenty of acidity to cut through the richness of the dish. Four Breakfasts as Festive as the Season 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z His masterfully constructed plays are brainy, incisive and humorous. Ayad Akhtar: On Muslim identity, and life in America There was certainly much slashing intensity and incisive attack, but also gentleness and hazy colorings in the “Child Juliet” section. The Surprise of Jaap van Zweden’s Philharmonic Tenure? Surprise 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z Against this background, the Irish novelist Colm Tóibín has managed to write “The Magician,” an incisive and witty novel that shows what good company the Nobelist and his family might have been. Review | Colm Toibin’s ‘The Magician’ imagines the adventurous life of a literary great 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z The classroom scenes, while periodically hampered by hackneyed dialogue about dress codes and black women’s hair, derive incisive commentary from a self-conscious white gaze. Review | In Lynn Steger Strong’s ‘Want,’ a woman collapses under the obligations of modern life 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z Mr. Gardner whipped the orchestra into a frenzy, while keeping the playing incisive and slashing. Music Review: Britten’s ‘Billy Budd’ at the English National Opera 2012-06-25T22:16:47Z Portman’s performance, meanwhile, is far deeper and more incisive than mere impersonation. The 50 best films of 2016 in the US: No 5 Jackie 2016-12-12T05:00:00Z Not that his anecdotes, refreshingly free of rose-colored distortion and self-important promotion, lacked vivid imagery or incisive analysis. Looking at, listening to 1967's London scene 2011-03-20T12:45:00Z I sat up every time he seemed to push the libretto aside briefly to let some gnarly, skittish music take charge, especially in the incisive performance he conducted. Review: ‘Eurydice,’ a New Opera, Looks Back All Too Tamely 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z The details are incisive, and she stacks them carefully. Review: Jenny Diski’s ‘In Gratitude,’ an Uphill Life on and Off Cancer Road 2016-05-01T04:00:00Z The event surrounding the set trumpeted Rock's status as comedic royalty, placing him beyond the cares of average people and therefore separate from the material that once made him an effective, incisive comic. Chris Rock's "Selective Outrage" best exemplifies that comedy isn't black or white – it's green 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z Mr. Kennedy, who is African-American, has long been among the most incisive American commentators on race. Books of The Times: One Nation, Still Divisible by Race 2011-08-11T22:00:15Z Other notable winners include Comedy Central's racially incisive sketch comedy show "Key & Peele," AMC drug drama "Breaking Bad" and ABC's political thriller "Scandal" about a Washington, D.C. fixer. 'House of Cards,' HBO docs and PBS headline Peabody winners 2014-04-02T17:55:24Z It’s an incisive vision of unchecked imperialism that questions our culture’s reverence of might. HBO's "Watchmen" takes on white supremacy — Damon Lindelof promises to "troll the white savior" 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z “Do Not Become Alarmed” is a bit glib to be an incisive social novel. Privileged lives are thrown into chaos in Maile Meloy's page-turning novel 'Do Not Become Alarmed' 2017-07-14T04:00:00Z Her incisive look at how women are bullied and belittled, cajoled into losing weight, and, time after time, have horrible, unfulfilling sexual experiences has become the backbone of the entire series. Joy is a feminist (comedy) act: With her playful, dirty swagger, “Broad City”’s Ilana is breaking the mold 2016-04-01T04:00:00Z But worries about his health vanished on Friday as Mr. Muti, looking calm, fit and rather self-satisfied, conducted an emphatic and insightful account of this challenging Verdi , drawing incisive and beautiful playing from the orchestra. Music Review: Verdi, Nuanced and Empowered 2011-04-17T22:57:15Z With this rich, creamy pasta dish, sweetened by cooked onions, you want a crisp, incisive white wine to contrast and refresh. Know Your Onions (and Shallots and Leeks and Ramps) 2021-05-17T04:00:00Z Though celebratory in spirit, ‘ “Revolution” raises difficult questions, as “Wack!” did, one being whether all-women shows, unless driven by strategic necessity or shaped around an incisive theme, are a healthy idea. Are All-Women Shows Good or Bad for Art? 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z Under Mr. Wilson’s baton, the Train Bleu ensemble was both incisive and joyous in execution. Dance Review: Succumbing to Temptation (and the Devil) in a Quest for Money 2011-03-25T21:22:57Z There were radiant and passionate string cantilenas, sinuous woodwind solos, incisive interventions by the brass, vehement percussion outbursts. Dausgaard brings distinguished interpretation to Sibelius' Fifth with the Symphony 2010-03-26T18:22:00Z What begins as an incisive critique of how economists and policymakers abandoned community ends as a dismaying illustration of the problem. An Economist’s Argument for Preserving Communities 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z Doll's House", is an incisive exploration of the fragility of our familial lives, moving from the haunting description of "a table set with tiny plates" to gentle moral instruction: "Be brave. The Havocs by Jacob Polley – review 2013-01-04T21:55:01Z I think about how more than a year ago, the one and only Ann Powers wrote her incisive takedown of rock's boys club and how hard it will work to reinforce its gendered power structure: This is not just a story about Ryan Adams 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z But during the more crazed passages of the piece, his playing lacked incisive attack and sinewy power. Music Review: Conductor Makes Philharmonic Debut With Sufi Poetry and Celestial Yearnings 2011-03-04T23:52:30Z And Mr. Black is so wryly funny and incisive about matters of major import that he doesn’t need to pile on poor, pointless Kim Kardashian. Theater Review: ‘Lewis Black: Running on Empty,’ at Richard Rodgers Theater 2012-10-11T02:00:00Z “It’s a really incisive work that allows people to examine how we position ourselves as spectators to art and identity,” he said. A Multifaceted Designer Gets a New Platform 2021-09-18T04:00:00Z In 1965, Mr. Simmons, an incisive, erudite reviewer and essayist, won a William Faulkner Foundation Award for “Powdered Eggs,” recognized as a notable first novel. Charles Simmons, Novelist and Critic, Dies at 92 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z Intense and incisive, he brings the dramas in his songs alive, particularly during a feral thrash through Piece. Lovebox – review 2013-07-22T17:49:05Z Some former "SNL" performers have found success by remaining in their wheelhouse, namely Seth Meyers, who transitioned his successful run on "Weekend Update" into making the "Late Night" brand more politically incisive. The problem with Mike Myers 2022-05-08T04:00:00Z The story is incisive and modern, navigating the complexities of privilege, purpose and power, all while exploring intense passion. Perspective | Technology is transforming our love lives — and our romance novels 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z State interference in the daily lives of Iranians is noted and commented on by many artists, but Farhadi's commentary is particularly authentic and incisive. A Separation can't be divorced from Iranian politics 2011-07-05T12:13:51Z A classic of the Hollywood new wave, just pre-dating Apocalypse Now but more incisive on the moral damage the war inflicted on American society. From Platoon to Winter Soldier: 10 of the best Vietnam war films 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z Even at its least incisive, “South Park” is perennially relevant, because of the enormous pull it still has with its largely young and male audience. Always brash, “South Park” gets brave: From kids with guns to the P.C. principal, this was their most compelling — and self-aware — season 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z It’s all so incisive you’re left to wonder why a successful comedian has such a hard time being taken seriously as a songwriter, why we still confine some celebrities to silos? Tim Heidecker found fame through absurdist humor. His new album ‘Fear of Death’ is no laughing matter. 2020-09-23T04:00:00Z Yet Bavouzet’s incisive and nimble lines were set against an orchestral backdrop that was unfashionably heavy and rigid. Pianist and conductor diverge, clash during their BSO debuts 2017-01-22T05:00:00Z There's some subtle but incisive analysis of gender politics . TV review: Vexed and Stephen Tompkinson's Australian Balloon Adventure 2010-08-16T05:45:00Z Thomas’s incisive and readable biography of the Supreme Court’s first female justice captures her resilience and style of political compromise. 50 notable works of nonfiction in 2019 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z To read it is to engage with it actively, thanks to the incisive questions he asked about his life and the enormous immediacy he brought to every page. The Top Books of 2016 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z The discussion reminds me of a memorable scene in the incisive, intimate documentary about Joan Rivers from 2010, “A Piece of Work.” Cultural Clicks: Madeline Kahn, Kimmy Schmidt and More 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z Mr. West, who represented Austria at the 1990 Venice Biennale, was less a strikingly original artist who changed the course of art than an astute synthesizer and incisive adjuster. Franz West, Influential Sculptor, Dies at 65 2012-07-27T02:56:48Z The movie’s compact seventy-eight minutes should help to make clear that Mankiewicz was both a director with an incisive visual sensibility and also an essentially political filmmaker—perhaps the exemplary Hollywood liberal. Joseph L. Mankiewicz's Rare "Escape" 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z The Independent's Michael Coveney wrote in his four-star review: "As a schooldays play about hierarchies, sex, suicide and loneliness, the piece hasn't dated, while Mitchell's elegant, incisive writing still pleases and provokes in equal measure." Cambridge spies play pleases critics 2014-04-04T12:15:58Z ‘RED SPEEDO’ In hindsight, this incisive drama by Lucas Hnath, one of the brightest new lights on the scene, seems even more tartly attuned to currents of American culture. The Best Theater of 2016 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z In her new book, “The Mother of All Questions,” Solnit continues her incisive commentary on the ways women are silenced and other kinds of repression. Perspective | Rebecca Solnit on mansplaining and her new book, ‘The Mother of All Questions’ 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z It’s rich, yet light and fresh, with incisive acidity, aromas and flavors of flowers and herbs, and an underlying stony quality. From Savoie, White Wines That Refresh Like Mountain Air 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z Witty, incisive, even cranky, Sondheim is a master of his craft and a grand raconteur. 'Downton Abbey' leads critics' picks 2012-01-08T04:05:44Z Sir David, known for his incisive interviews, spent more than 50 years as a television star. Stars gather to honour David Frost 2014-03-13T13:34:43Z Piquant olives and anchovies need something more incisive, a fino sherry, perhaps. A Pasta as Versatile and Reliable as Your Pantry 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z She is good at wresting fresh nuance from familiar touchstones, and arranging them into incisive, opinionated narratives. Books About Losing Faith That Will Give You Hope 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z “Ladyparts,” Copaken’s seventh and most ambitious book, is a characteristically incisive takedown of the impact of misogyny on health care, divorce, solo motherhood, middle-aged dating, housing and employment. Deborah Copaken never wanted to be ‘Shutterbabe.’ Her new memoir is on her terms. 2021-08-02T04:00:00Z Gellhorn is now best known for her incisive journalism but she was also a wonderful novelist. Best holiday reads 2013 2013-07-14T07:00:00Z This is one of the many questions asked by comic Chris Rock in this funny, incisive, eye-opener of a documentary about the complex and ideologically fraught state of black women's hair in today's US. Film review: Good Hair 2010-06-24T21:30:00Z Great artists, such as Maria Eichhorn, an incisive analyst of art’s institutions, and the Japanese theater and technology collective Dumb Type, turn in some of the least interesting work of their careers. At Venice Biennale, Contemporary Art Sinks or Swims 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z Still, Mr. Welser-Möst, without forcing or pumping up things, drew incisive, glittering and animated playing from the orchestra. Review: In ‘Daphne,’ the Cleveland Orchestra Takes on a Difficult Strauss Opera 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z In this incisive, brilliant performance, the symphony seemed a purposeful entity, however shocking and excessive. Review: ‘Let Me Tell You’ Has Its New York Premiere 2016-01-18T05:00:00Z “Elegy Landscapes” contains 41 incisive, engaging chapters that alternate between the painters. Review | Poet Stanley Plumly takes a lyrical look at John Constable and J.M.W. Turner 2018-08-21T04:00:00Z In conversation, Davis is hyperfocused and sincere, jumping in with incisive questions or abstract ruminations. Mackenzie Davis Catches Fire 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z On the radio, Welles joined forces with Herrmann, who forged an incisive, insinuating style that often involved the hypnotic repetition of brief motifs. Orson Welles, Musician 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z David McVicar's production, originally for Scottish Opera, was first seen at Welsh National Opera in 2009, when the music simply didn't show his rigorously incisive approach. La Traviata ? review 2012-02-13T17:14:00Z But his muscular singing crackled with intensity, incisive diction and gravelly power. Opera Review: A ?Walk?re? Still Obsessed With Its Big, Expensive Toy 2011-04-23T18:40:58Z The song descriptions emulate his incisive humor — “Pork Chop Speaks to Hungry Man, Offering Respite and Carnal Satisfaction,” reads one. How to Handle the Hate in America’s Musical Heritage 2020-10-14T04:00:00Z The bold, incisive gestures of the South African dancer Dada Masilo illustrated time in movement. Review: In ‘Refuse the Hour,’ Exploring Temporal Extremes 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z The Dance of the Firebird was rich with plush orchestral colorings, yet incisive and electrifying. Music Review: Philharmonic Opens Russian Stravinskyat Avery Fisher Hall 2010-04-22T22:10:00Z It’s driven by a constant flow of incisive psychological and social observations. Times Critics’ Top Books of 2021 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z The song is kind of a shadow version of “The Lucky One,” Swift’s incisive but ultimately peppy track about the price of fame on the original release of “Red.” Taylor Swift and Phoebe Bridgers’s ‘Red’ Duet, and 14 More New Songs 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z But it’s Howard Silver’s incisive documentaries on the architect James Wines, up right now, that seem most perfectly resonant in the present moment. 2 Art Gallery Shows to Explore From Home 2020-05-28T04:00:00Z Puryear is a poet of form, plain-spoken, eloquent and incisive, and his work deals with this country’s darkest chapters without hectoring or cant. Perspective | In a year of upheaval, the best art was also the bravest 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z But with the fresh tomatoes of summer, a crisp, incisive white is a better choice. 3 Quick and Savory Recipes for Peak-of-the-Season Tomatoes 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z As it drives home that point, this production benefits from the incisive performances of Rocky Nunzio and Patrick Joy in the lead roles. Review | ‘Columbinus,’ re-creating the 1999 Colorado high school shooting, remains disturbingly relevant 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z But despite his lowbrow demeanour, he soon finds himself asking some incisive questions after it becomes clear that the drowning death of his predecessor may have happened under suspicious circumstances. You review: The Ghost 2010-04-19T13:02:00Z Rumours of a remake of Starship Troopers, Paul Verhoeven’s 1997 incisive satire of American fascism, have abounded for the best part of a decade. Please, Hollywood, leave Paul Verhoeven's Starship Troopers alone 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z “A woman is very rarely allowed to be hilarious, witty, intellectually crisp and incisive with words, and then in the next scene plotting someone’s murder,” she said. Summer Is the Time for Stretching 2017-06-28T04:00:00Z But when she lets go her singing is incisive and exciting. At Bayreuth, Boos and Dropped Jaws 2013-08-01T10:42:00Z What Stevens brings to the now-familiar form is an incisive wit that, more often than not, she deploys against herself. Haunted by a Victorian Novelist 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z The result is an incisive look at how counterterrorism and Katrina colored life in the Bush era. In Harvey and Irma’s Wake, 3 Books on Hurricanes 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z Brass and reeds augment some tracks, as does the incisive phrasing of long-time oud and guitar partner Amos Hoffman, and soprano saxophonist Jimmy Greene. Avishai Cohen: Seven Seas ? review 2011-03-17T21:16:01Z Kaptsova's Ballerina, meanwhile, is both horrid and droll, her prettily incisive moves signalling the limits of her wooden heart. Bolshoi: Russian Seasons 2010-07-30T20:31:00Z As Snyder says in one of his incisive comments, Putin’s dominance is based on “lies so enormous that they could not be doubted, because doubting them would mean doubting everything.” Are We Traveling the ‘Road to Unfreedom’? 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z The dialogue and soliloquies are spoken so that sense and motivation are always comprehensible, with incisive and legible performances by, among others, Ryan Quinn as the evil Edmund and Wesley Mann as Lear’s Fool. Theater Review: ‘King Lear’ in an Enchanted Setting Along the Hudson River 2013-08-18T21:51:45Z That essay framed a landmark challenge to the materialist view of the mind that was then prevailing and helped cement Mr. Nagel’s reputation as one of the most incisive and imaginative of contemporary philosophers. Thomas Nagel Is Praised by Creationists 2013-02-06T22:56:34Z The concert choir of the Vienna State Opera Chorus took the stage for Stravinsky’s “Symphony of Psalms” in another incisive performance. Music Review: Vienna Philharmonic and Hagen Quartet in Salzburg 2012-07-31T21:36:27Z And there were episodes, especially some exchanges among singers of dramatic recitative, where more incisive execution from the orchestra would have helped. Review: James Levine Conducts ‘Tannhäuser’ at the Met 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z The centerpiece of this “incisive show,” he writes, “puts white nationalism and its perversion of authentic Christian values on sordid display.” Essential Arts & Culture: What L.A. loses if we lose the NEA; starchitecture in Hamburg; Kerry James Marshall at MOCA 2017-03-25T04:00:00Z Mr. Jarvi’s incisive, unpredictable phrasing and bold contrasts made for an exciting performance, although with music making this risky, the few rough edges seemed almost inevitable. Music Review: Paavo Jarvi Brings Schumann to Alice Tully Hall 2010-08-03T22:52:00Z Maybe the real joke here is that, sadly, although Kundera is still the powerful and incisive writer he always was, what he has to tell us seems to have less relevance. ‘The Festival of Insignificance,’ by Milan Kundera 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z There are repetitions and a general bagginess to the essays, taken together, but Scranton at his best is an incisive dispenser of tough love. Finding Alarm and Consolation About the Apocalypse in Two New Books 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z Some regulars were eagerly discussing, in hushed tones, a “loony” and “incisive” comic one of them had seen recently. Inside the Brutal World of Comedy Open Mikes 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z He does the work, he’s incisive, he writes clearly and he has amazing integrity as a journalist. Al Franken: By the Book 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z As far as I know, no one’s come up with a similarly incisive formula for placing an article on The New York Times’s most e-mailed list. Books of The Times: Application Adventure: A Dad?s College Essay 2011-03-03T16:59:43Z But so many excellent and incisive things have been written about America vs. Books of The Times: In ‘Across the Pond,’ Terry Eagleton Explains the U.S. 2013-07-11T19:40:24Z For decades a ubiquitous soloist and chamber musician, Ms. Tuttle was praised by critics for her incisive musicianship and large, luminous sound. Karen Tuttle, Violist and Teacher, Dies at 90 2010-12-25T04:40:31Z This update has its moments of aplomb, but too many of Dickens’s most incisive lines are no more, which invites the not entirely charitable, two-word retort Scrooge made famous. ‘Scrooge: A Christmas Carol’ Review: Slightly Off Key 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z The final dance section was slashing, incisive and sonically glorious. Review: New York Philharmonic Ushers in Carnegie Birthday Season 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z This is an important and incisive book written by a major writer with firsthand knowledge of the human rights drama exploding on the international stage — and the talent to give us inroads toward understanding it. Viet Thanh Nguyen’s ‘The Refugees’ couldn’t come at a better time 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z Tall, sharp-featured, saturnine and with an incisive voice, Burke was perfectly cast as Marker. Alfred Burke obituary 2011-02-18T19:32:19Z There’s an enduring expectation that Mr. Fallon’s political comedy will never be as incisive as his competitors’. Jimmy Fallon Was on Top of the World. Then Came Trump. 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z What we are about to see is indeed episodic, like Isherwood’s tales of Berlin, if not nearly as incisive. LACMA's exhibition 'Sculpt': Incoherent pretension for an audience of one 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z Nor does Ellen blanch when the mansplaining British foreign secretary makes an incisive point about the methods of the Mossad, the Israeli national intelligence agency. Hillary Clinton and Louise Penny Deliver a Page-Turner Part Sly, Part Sweet 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z Michael Russotto plays Mervyn with a blissfully light touch, though it still takes awhile for their bantering about Jewish roots, gender expectations and middle-age romance to find a good incisive edge. Wasserstein’s “Sisters Rosensweig” coasts on comedy at Theater J 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z The CBSO's own Chorus and Youth Chorus were on their most responsive form, and soprano soloist Erin Wall, stationed as usual among them, proved incisive. War Requiem – review 2012-05-31T10:50:00Z Still, given the excessive behavior of the characters she is writing about with such incisive humor and insight, perhaps Ms. Headland can be forgiven for indulging in a little excess herself. | 'Bachelorette': Wedding Trash Talk in Leslye Headland?s Comedy 2010-07-27T02:04:00Z As Philip A. Cooke wrote recently in an incisive study of his music, “not since Olivier Messiaen has a composer given so much of his creative life to faith.” A ‘Stabat Mater’ for the 21st Century, Colored by a Composer’s Faith 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z Danson's homicidally humbled and lonely Frobisher on "Damages" set the tone for that show's still incisive study of friendship and power. Ted Danson gambles comeback on "CSI" 2011-09-21T16:22:00Z It’s dense, with great minerality, a creamy texture and incisive acidity, yet still light on its feet. A September Wine Romance 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z But if this musical seldom succeeds in creating incisive individual character portraits, it’s pretty good at summoning the endless, poignant possibilities that lurk within a crowd. ‘Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice’ Review: Four on a Mattress, With Songs 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z Its rise and fall make for an incisive portrait of the harassment and vitriol that mark the age of President Trump. President Trump Has Inspired Art. That’s Not Always a Good Thing. 2019-02-22T05:00:00Z In the opening movement, the violins dispatched the main theme — a jabbing phrase of four sustained whole notes that breaks into restless flourishes — with incisive attack and somber intensity. Music Review: At Mostly Mozart, Osmo Vanska and Antti Siirala 2010-08-15T22:23:00Z At its best it steers clear of the album checklist game, which the source book embraces, in favor of incisive cultural history. Was 1971 the Year ‘Music Changed Everything’? 2021-05-28T04:00:00Z For him, it would be conceptual and incisive, a decades-long leveraging of symbols — fair or unfair, positive or pejorative, self-applied or externally imposed — of Black identity. David Hammons, Body and Soul, at the Drawing Center 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z It was a branding device, signifying someone hard-working but incisive, part of the elite but still a man of the people. Larry King obituary 2021-01-23T05:00:00Z Awkward because its first half, an incisive comedy of false friendship, has little to do with its second half, a ragged tragedy of Lear-like madness. A First-Time Visitor Inhales Stratford’s Theatrical Perfume 2017-08-14T04:00:00Z In person, Goldsberry is incisive, unguarded, an absolute hoot and youthful in the way that suggests sorcery and midnight bargains. A ‘Hamilton’ Star Discovers Lunatic Comedy With ‘Girls5eva’ 2021-05-24T04:00:00Z Now she is associate editor of the political magazine New Statesman, for which she writes fluent and incisive political profiles, and is Vanity Fair’s European editor at large. T Magazine: The Unlikely Activist 2013-05-29T15:00:48Z It’s too bro-tastic for a satire but too incisive for a mindless frat pack foray. Hear me out: why The Dilemma isn't a bad movie 2021-02-26T05:00:00Z Close up, the stronger impression might be of her high, incisive intelligence. Beyoncé, Obama, Lady Gaga – what does their handwriting say about them? 2012-10-14T16:59:02Z Once in California and relieved from the exigencies of war, he turns his incisive wit on American culture and its cheery racism. ‘The Sympathizer’: A cerebral thriller about Vietnam and its aftermath 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z The form suited him ideally: he could be learned, funny, stylish, show-offy and incisive all at once. Gore Vidal, 1925-2012: Gore Vidal, Elegant Writer, Dies at 86 2012-08-01T05:20:14Z Mr. Nézet-Séguin drew vibrant and incisive playing from the great Met orchestra in all three acts. Review: Anna Netrebko Rings in the Year With a Met Gala 2020-01-01T05:00:00Z During the opening, they asked incisive questions about the artists’ intent. A university gallery showed art with Confederate imagery. Then students called to remove it. 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z The World Today didn't mention those at 7am, busying itself instead with incisive analysis of stories. Radio review: The Secret History of Social Networking 2011-01-27T08:00:03Z She’s incisive about the cultural expectations surrounding parenthood and single women, and shares the frustrations and elation of becoming a mother of twins. New in Paperback: ‘How to Stop Time,’ ‘Flash’ 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z With incisive wit, he spoke aloud his private thoughts, and ours. Nigel Charnock obituary 2012-08-07T14:06:41Z The Emerson quartet played with incisive tanginess, and Ms. Fleming, persuasively inhabiting a cabaret-size space, made her 10 minutes of singing count. Review: Renée Fleming, Up Close, at SubCulture 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z Boasting an entirely female cast and crew, “She the People” draws its incisive humor from such topical issues as standards of beauty, the pay gap and gun control, among them. Review | Second City returns to Washington with familiar gifts in ‘She the People’ and ‘Love, Factually’ 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z Reporters were no more open-minded, judicious, or incisive in the 19th century. Religion’s media persecution complex 2013-04-23T22:01:00Z It received an incisive, vibrant performance from the East Coast orchestra, a cheerful freelance ensemble with representatives from several major symphonies. Music Review: East Coast Chamber Orchestra at Tishman Auditorium 2012-02-07T23:35:30Z There is not enough differentiation of musical character, which dulls the dramatic richness and intensity, despite the pulsing, incisive performance that the conductor Titus Engel draws from the orchestra. Music Review: Lyrical Cowboys In Love, On Stage 2014-01-29T09:33:49Z Spanning five decades from the 1970s on, this collection of previously published work includes incisive assessments of Lore Segal, Mary McCarthy and James Salter, among others. New & Noteworthy, From Vivian Gornick’s Essays to No-Recipe Recipes 2021-03-09T05:00:00Z It so happens, too, that Godwin has cut an incisive path through “Timon,” showing us the manner in which a play about money can fuse an Elizabethan vision with a contemporary one. Review | ‘Timon of Athens’ is tricky Shakespeare. A fearless director gets it right. 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z I owe the following metaphor to my friend, the incisive novelist Andrew Altschul: The Republicans are playing ice hockey and the Democrats are playing badminton. Why David Shields Can’t Read the ‘Greatest Book Ever Written’ Anymore 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z He argued that classic American 20th-century literature – Updike's Couples, for instance – still provides a sharper, more incisive vision of suburban life than books being written now. European fiction: dry and academic? 2010-08-16T15:22:00Z “Do the Right Thing” Spike Lee’s incisive, incendiary masterpiece, set in Bedford-Stuyvesant on the hottest day of the year, remains a landmark film for its cogent depiction of race relations. The 10 best movies that take place in one day 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z While Michelangelo’s drawings show an incisive, authoritative contour, examining Sebastiano’s work closely reveals fine, delicate strokes with multiple reinforcement outlines. How a Curator Attributed This Drawing to Michelangelo 2017-11-05T04:00:00Z Well, being that the show is first and foremost about love as a misunderstood concept and phenomenon, that's always what it's saying the most about, and the most incisive and insightful things about. "You" star Penn Badgley thinks his killer Joe has "too many sides .. and he needs to die" 2023-02-19T05:00:00Z Both her parents are behavioral health therapists with doctoral degrees, and though Ms. Evans decided against becoming an academic, she demonstrates an incisive understanding of how to trouble a sleeping consciousness. What It Takes to Raise a Black Woman Up 2020-06-19T04:00:00Z Instead of offering an incisive or critical contrast with the creamily generic audiovisual work of Lee Gates’s broadcast, the movie of “Money Monster” proves continuous with it. Jodie Foster's Boring and Exciting “Money Monster” 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z The graceful, incisive writing lifts “The Beast” from being merely an impressive feat of reportage into the realm of literature. Books of The Times: ‘The Beast’ by Óscar Martínez Details Immigrant Trek 2013-12-17T21:43:42Z His racially incisive and socially astute debut solo album, “Eat Pray Thug,” arrived last month. Pop, Rock & Cabaret Listings for April 17-22 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z Its four sections, each about 90 pages, pack in a lot, but these are subjects that sprawl far past Mr. Smee’s incisive framing of them. ‘The Art of Rivalry’ Dissects Four Jostling Pairs of Artists 2016-08-21T04:00:00Z The Atlanta Symphony played with rich, varied colorings and incisive control for Mr. Spano, now in his 13th season as music director. Music Review: ‘War Requiem’ by Britten, With an Angelic Touch 2014-05-02T21:20:34Z Mr. Williams unleashed the full power of his clear and incisive tone in a role more often played for warmth and humanity, and he made the portrayal work superbly on his own terms. Review: Bach Passions in New York 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z Nathanael West's "The Day of the Locust" is now considered a classic Hollywood novel, one of the most lasting and incisive stories about the temptations and pitfalls of pursuing stardom. Nathanael West's Hollywood home is for sale 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z Such a deep well of eccentricity made Columbo amusing as well as incisive, not to mention a progenitor of later characters like Tony Shalhoub’s Monk. Peter Falk, Rumpled and Crafty Actor on ?Columbo,? Dies at 83 2011-06-24T18:55:12Z Crimp's script is studded with phrases that show his incisive gifts as a writer. Privates on Parade; In the Republic of Happiness; The Arabian Nights – review 2012-12-16T00:06:01Z Burton has a gift for short, lyrically incisive stories. Poem of the week: Pissarro's Orchards by Marianne Burton 2013-06-24T10:20:03Z Such a house sits at the heart of Mat Johnson’s ribald, incisive novel “Loving Day.” ‘Loving Day,’ by Mat Johnson 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z It was described by the Guardian as "late, piercing, morally incisive look at the unscrupulous rich" – a recurring theme in the series? Boardwalk Empire: season one, episode two 2011-02-02T22:10:00Z In short, what may have been sociologically incisive some 30 years ago seems a bit toothless today. Age has dimmed this 'Boys' Life' 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z With these pungent, tangy flavors you will want an incisive white that refreshes but does not intrude. Yesterday’s Bread, Today’s Lush Fatteh 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z In “Infamous Players,” he offers his own, more incisive versions of Mr. Evans’s most hyperbolic stories, and his perspective can be sharp. Books of The Times: Near the Top at Paramount, Handling Players and Egos 2011-05-11T22:55:27Z On Sunday the world will learn whether Emmy voters prefer their sketch comedy to be traditional, feminist, incisive about race, hiply absurd or drunk. Emmys 2015: Watch Videos From the New Sketch Comedy Category 2015-09-18T04:00:00Z And Todd Haynes' "I'm Not There" takes an unconventional approach to dramatizing the life of Bob Dylan by crafting an incisive meta-commentary around the enigmatic superstar. "Rocketman" won't go breakin' your heart — but maybe it should've tried 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z Or movies not marked by the profoundly emotional, culturally incisive, deeply empathetic imprint of a director whose passing at 83 on Wednesday I could feel deep in my bones. Mike Nichols' incisive, touching films got personal 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z Those wanting a sharper, more incisive view will have to wait for Sorkin. Sundance film festival 2013: Jobs – first look review 2013-01-28T11:49:30Z The complex flavors of this dish, combining creaminess, umami and the slightly bitter pungency of asparagus, require an incisive white wine, with little discernible oak, as the tannins will clash. Umami Is Often a Flavor Bomb. In This Creamy Pasta, It’s a Balm. 2021-03-26T04:00:00Z But although it is a play that asks whether seeing is to be equated with understanding, it also becomes, in Abigail Graham's incisive production, a play about a shared, profoundly Irish sense of exile. Molly Sweeney – review 2013-04-03T17:44:56Z And High Fidelity, based on Nick Hornby’s incisive dissection of the pop-addled male brain, is about the process of him becoming a little less of a jerk. High Fidelity at 20: the sneakily dark edge of a comedy about bad breakups 2020-03-31T04:00:00Z The resulting climactic outburst is too brilliant even to hint at, but its conceptual inspiration is matched by Riley’s incisive staging and depiction of it. “Sorry to Bother You,” Reviewed: A Wild Workplace Comedy Energized by Righteous Anger 2018-07-03T04:00:00Z A Red Army theme started off dolorously stamping, before being playfully twisted by Cohen's funky polyphonic parts for strings, woodwind and his own incisive bassline. Avishai Cohen with Strings – review 2013-05-08T16:48:00Z It’s an incisive look at the stand-up scene — the sexism but also the camaraderie, the exhaustion of the grind, but also the total thrill and joy of self-expression. What You Should Watch This Week: ‘Brooklyn’ and Olympic Highlights 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z He also writes with incisive anger about the condition of North Korea, a place he knows better than just about any Westerner. A boatload of ideas are packed into Simon Winchester's literary cruise across Pacific Rim's recent history 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z His piece, like all good investigative reporting, offers an incisive portrait of the miscalculations and blunders that ultimately led to such disastrous consequences. Sunday Reading: The Power of The New Yorker’s Investigative Reporting 2019-08-25T04:00:00Z Her dancing, a little dull and uninflected in the Prologue, was far more incisive by the end of the ballet. Dance Review: ?The Sleeping Beauty? From American Ballet Theater 2010-06-15T22:47:00Z Ms. Mutter played with commanding dramatic sweep, wondrous subtlety, incisive attack in tortured passages and plush tone in the wistful ones. Review: New World Symphony at Carnegie Hall With Anne-Sophie Mutter 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z Writing in the New Statesman, the incisive British journalist Helen Lewis took aim last week at the harm done by pack journalism, both in the United Kingdom and the United States. Perspective | In debates, gaffes and viral moments are entertaining. But they shouldn’t steal the show. 2019-06-21T04:00:00Z In “Strange Nation,” J. Gerald Kennedy constructs an incisive reading of 19th-century literature that profoundly illuminates the dark, troubling underside of American culture. To understand the rise of a certain orange-haired politician, look back to Edgar Allan Poe 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z In “To Kill a Mockingbird” you’ve got a narrator who offers — from her innocence — incisive critical commentary. Harper Lee’s lingering Civil War ghosts: “Go Set a Watchman” is “a very accurate perspective of what’s going on here in the South” 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z This director, who led Borodin’s “Prince Igor” at the Metropolitan Opera last year, has collaborated with Mr. Barenboim on a series of productions here, most recently a galvanizing, incisive staging of Rimsky-Korsakov’s “The Tsar’s Bride.” Review: A Present-Day ‘Parsifal’ With a Nod to the Past 2015-03-29T04:00:00Z A particularly incisive commentary on the relationship between social unrest and urban transformation was provided this week by the Dutch architectural historian Wouter Vanstiphout, who is currently researching a book on the subject. Constructive criticism: the week in architecture 2011-08-12T14:57:47Z The Art of Dissent deserves a gold medal for its incisive, guileful, eloquent truculence. The Art of Dissent: Adventures in London's Olympic State edited by Hilary Powell and Isaac Marrero-Guillamón 2012-07-31T10:45:01Z Mr. Gilbert conducted a sumptuous and refreshingly incisive account of Respighi’s colorful “Fountains of Rome,” composed in 1915-16. Music Review: Renée Fleming’s Perspectives Residency at Carnegie Hall 2013-04-28T20:58:38Z And I adored “Little Women,” Greta Gerwig’s incisive, rambunctious, handsomely produced adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel, which manages to retain the book’s distinctive vernacular while making a movie that’s completely her own. Sorry, best picture front-runners: She’s just not that into you. 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z Clearly Mr. Honeck knows how orchestras work from the inside, and the musicians — to judge from their incisive, alert playing — trust him. 2010-02-11T08:29:00Z Is it appropriate to a ballet whose manner has traditionally been — however jazzy or incisive — impersonal and cool? Sara Mearns, in Her Prime at City Ballet, Inspires Debate and Awe 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z Exceedingly eloquent — transcribing the hour-and-a-half interview took ages, lest I miss an incisive gem — Ms. Hall comes from rigorous on-the-job training, which began almost two decades ago in the rehearsal rooms of British theater. When Rebecca Hall First Got This Script, She Hid It 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z The propulsive vivacity of young Muscadet turns broad and deep over the years, no longer as incisive but more complex. When to Open a Bottle: Aging Wine Without the Anxiety 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z Mr. Thomas’s incisive approach ideally suited Stravinsky’s guarded effusions, and the orchestra improbably carried it through on a soggy evening. Music Review: Michael Tilson Thomas Conducts Mahler at Tanglewood 2010-07-18T21:49:00Z Ambler, better known as a writer of spy fiction, crafted an incisive screenplay lacking in sentimentality. The best Titanic film isn't "Titanic" 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z For many readers this may be its strength, its comfort; others perhaps might be more moved by a shorter, more crafted, more incisive book. A Widow's Story: A Memoir by Joyce Carol Oates ? review 2011-03-19T00:06:04Z Where Williams is colorful but uncertain, Kazan is straightforward and brilliantly incisive, writing at length about exactly why a production isn’t working and what would fix it. John Lahr’s ‘Tennessee Williams’ Fleshes Out the Playwright 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z The incisive acidity will cut through the rich béchamel, while the citrus and herbal flavors will complement the spinach. Samin Nosrat Wants Us to Make Lasagna Together 2020-04-27T04:00:00Z But, he added, “beneath an often innocent deportment there was a mighty, incisive wit.” Mark O’Donnell, ‘Hairspray’ Writer, Dies at 58 2012-08-08T05:23:01Z Yet more physical courage and more incisive musicality are needed. Frederick Ashton’s ‘Cinderella,’ at American Ballet Theater 2014-06-10T04:00:00Z Some conductors, determined to bring a jolt of freshness to Handel’s “Messiah,” opt for bracing tempos and extra incisive execution. Review: Jane Glover Conducts the New York Philharmonic in ‘Messiah’ 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z In 2005, Gaddis received a National Humanities Medal for "his incisive examination" of the epic conflict between the capitalist West and communist East. Cold War historian finishes epic on George Kennan 2012-04-19T17:08:13Z He is an incisive writer and a disciplined and decorous filmmaker, framing and cutting his scenes with clean, almost classical economy. ‘Dear White People,’ About Racial Hypocrisy at a College 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z Many French feminists do see the film as an incisive commentary. ‘Oppressed Majority’ Provokes Debate on Internet 2014-04-06T20:46:31Z Similar to the original novella in its intense compression and written in the same incisive style, it has been heralded in France and recently won the best-first-novel prize from the Académie Goncourt. An Algerian novelist takes on Camus in ‘The Meursault Investigation’ 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z After forty years at The New Yorker, I would never suggest that his standards exceeded those of scores of incisive and vigilant editors who have saved me from mortification. Tuesdays with William Zinsser 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z The objection will be that Stewart speaks to a bubble of like-minded liberals, and that the older working-class voters who like Trump will be less responsive to incisive progressive witticisms. Help us, Jon Stewart: You’re our only hope to defeat Donald Trump 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z Some distance and time would have allowed Jacobson to produce a more surprising and incisive satire of the man foaming away in the White House. A sneak peek at ‘P---y,’ the soon-to-be published novel about Donald Trump 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z Intermittently, though, it is an incisive meditation on age and youth, the female body as an object of art and desire, the easy power of nubile beauty and what’s left when that goes away. Review: ‘Mytho? Lure of Wildness’ Teases the Senses 2016-12-18T05:00:00Z Her more than 20 books feature wide-ranging yet incisive reflections on time, memory, art, mythology and the American West. How Rebecca Solnit Found Her Voice 2020-03-06T05:00:00Z Onstage, he would warble a terrified question—“Gosh, how come there have been so many airplane crashes lately?”—and then growl out a politically incisive answer. Barry Crimmins’s Hard Truths 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z And he purposefully, it seemed, kept the finale quizzical, avoiding incisive attacks and emphasizing the rambling, tentative stirrings. Bavarian Radio Symphony Performs Brahms and Ligeti 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z The spirited conductor Anne Manson drew an incisive, colorful performance of this demanding score from the Juilliard Orchestra. Music Review: ?Kommilitonen!,? a Juilliard Opera Premiere - Review 2011-11-17T23:15:52Z There's also the infamous "bad apple" ideology, which Helen Rosner poetically writes about with incisive, stunning wit in The Atlantic. What is actually the difference between pumpkin pie spice and apple pie spice? 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z This composer is clearly a fixture in both singers’ futures, and they were incisive in his declamatory dialogue and impassioned in his rich melodies. The George London Foundation Series, Featuring Angela Meade 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z Klay’s considerable accomplishment in “Missionaries,” goes well beyond incisive “insider access into the next permutation of the massive, industrial-scale U.S. machine for generating and executing targets.” Review: ‘Missionaries’ sees our forever wars as vocation 2020-10-05T04:00:00Z The piano's biting percussive edge contrasted well with the flurry of swirling flute figurations, before achieving a slower, more contemplative, though still incisive, coda. Walker/Watkins 2010-06-09T21:15:00Z Not a predictable one, however, which is all to the benefit of this incisive, funny cinematic parable, shot and edited in a disarming, documentarylike style. Review: The ‘Glory’ of a Good Deed (and Its Fallout) 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z His influence runs throughout the record, which ranges from cyborg funk to politically incisive, take-no-prisoners rap. Afropunk and 8 Other Outdoor Concerts to Put on the Calendar 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z But her commentary can also be incisive and funny, sparking roundups of her zingers across the internet. Patricia Altschul, 78, Is the Dowager Countess of ‘Southern Charm’ 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z Lee, an Oscar-winning filmmaker, is known for tackling serious subjects with an incisive gaze. Spike Lee’s Next Project: A Viagra Musical 2020-11-18T05:00:00Z Her characters in these songs — which feature some of the most incisive songwriting in any genre — are complex, self-confident and self-lacerating all at once, and most crucially, completely knowing and in on the joke. New Albums by Miranda Lambert, Meshell Ndegeocello and Taylor McFerrin 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z As Russakoff, a former Washington Post reporter, documents in her incisive, vivid account, just about everything. Notable nonfiction of 2015 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z Under Ms. Hynes’s incisive direction the production moves fluidly between layers, so that it’s easy to keep clear the intrigues among the actors and the intrigues among the politicians. Theater Review | 'Equivocation': If He Can, Above All, to His Own Self Be True 2010-03-03T03:00:00Z In any setting, the LSO's sound remains distinctive: bright, incisive and making its impact through precision more than mere loudness. Prom 52: LSO/Gergiev/Kavakos ? review 2011-08-24T10:05:08Z Mr. Serkin offered an excellent performance of this rhythmically incisive and harmonically colorful piece, imbuing the somber interludes with a poetic introspection and the dissonant, dramatic, bell-like passages that conclude the work with bristling fervor. Music Review: Peter Serkin Brings Musical Abstraction to 92nd Street Y 2014-05-12T21:40:29Z The incisive and responsive playing in this “Rheingold” suggested that good chemistry continues between this veteran Italian conductor and the Met musicians. Music Review: This Is the (Wagner) House That Levine Built 2011-03-31T22:19:06Z The piece opens with tolling funereal bells in the low register of the piano, which Mr. Kissin played with steely sound and incisive attack. Music Review: Romantics Meet (Composer and Pianist), and Sparks Fly 2011-03-10T22:36:28Z This is all a great pity because Sinclair is an incisive writer when he stays on track. Critical eye: book reviews roundup 2011-07-29T21:55:02Z Quite the best-written and most incisive obiter dicta I have read since I went through the page proofs of my latest novel. Distant Intimacy by Frederic Raphael and Joseph Epstein – digested read 2013-03-18T08:00:27Z With the technical level of orchestras rising overall in recent decades, we are almost accustomed to hearing precise, incisive performances of Beethoven’s formidable Ninth Symphony. Music Review: Vienna Philharmonic Plays the Ninth Symphony 2014-02-26T22:13:26Z An incisive history of a right-wing metaphor and its effects. 100 Notable Books of 2016 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z But Stewart’s unique hard-hitting interview style was sharp, funny, and incisive and it offered the U.S. public some of the most important media interactions with politicians they had ever seen. Jon Stewart conquered Fox News: Essential highlights from “The Daily Show’s” 16-years of truth-telling 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z An incisive musician, Beiser’s demeanor on Thursday was equal parts earthy and intellectual; the Crossing paired emotional nuance with tight musicianship. Review: A Composer Reconstructs Painful Family Stories 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z Just three hilarious, incisive episodes later, it was all over – quietly discharged from the schedules, leaving an almost perceptible stench of soiled sheets, rising bile and ulcerating despair. Getting On: deadpan with bedpans 2010-10-18T20:07:00Z There is a great deal of incisive writing about the nature of spy craft. Kai Bird’s ‘The Good Spy’ Portrays Robert Ames 2014-05-14T04:00:00Z The disc opens with the bright-hued, energetic “Obsolete Objects” and includes the enigmatic “Ellis Island,” the rhythmically incisive “Totentanz” and the nostalgic “Parlour Games.” Classical Playlist: Bang on a Can All-Stars, Meredith Monk, Kojiro Umezaki and More 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z Mr. Chou is a lithe and incisive dancer, but those qualities were often shrouded in his improvisatory meandering. Dance Review: ‘Dance Taipei,’ at New York Live Arts 2013-05-06T20:20:17Z By kismet or clairvoyance, the year of #OscarsSoWhite was also the year that one of Hollywood’s most incisive observers of race was in the driver’s seat, having wisely ignored calls to step down in protest. Chris Rock’s Oscars 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z The corps of 12 Stars is already remarkably good: It exemplifies the sharply pliant torsos, incisive footwork, swift changes of direction and sharp contrasts of dynamics that Ashton style needs. Frederick Ashton’s ‘Cinderella,’ at American Ballet Theater 2014-06-10T04:00:00Z His playing is by turns delicate, incisive, mysterious, punchy: whatever seems called for. Recordings: Mixing Urgency and Relaxation 2010-09-25T21:04:00Z Clamorous with the voices of men, who take up an awful lot of oxygen, it is most incisive and piercing in the voices of its women, whom Hansberry draws with exquisite fullness. Review: ‘The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window,’ Uneven Yet a Powerful Draw 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z In order for complications and contradictions to deepen a narrative rather than splinter it, they need to be woven together with incisive, sustained analysis. ‘Why Was It So Hard?’: How the Pandemic Changed Our Children 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z Other good, dry Mediterranean rosés would likewise be delicious, as would incisive white wines. Traveling the World for Recipes, but Always Looking for Home 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z Yet here, especially in the first movement, Mr. Rattle drew lean, incisive playing and steely colors from the orchestra during the music’s vehement stretches. Music Review: Simon Rattle and Berlin Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall 2012-02-26T21:18:46Z The second movement is like a crazed Russian folk dance, played here with incisive attack. Music Review: Cassatt String Quartet Performs Shostakovich at Bargemusic 2013-09-09T20:27:06Z The most incisive is a drawing of two people, one saying to the other, “You know Clyde, this exhibit’s better when you’re stoned.” Art Review: Everyone?s 15 Minutes In a Culture of Celebrity 2011-01-13T22:44:50Z His latest book of incisive, funny essays is aimed at a predictably unpredictable target: villains. ‘I Wear the Black Hat’: the essential anatomy of a villain 2013-08-28T22:25:51Z Stephen Holden of The New York Times called it “easily the most incisive and realistic comedy of manners to emerge from Hollywood in quite a while.” What’s on TV Friday: ‘The Grand Tour’ and Gretchen Carlson on ‘20/20’ 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z She outlasted her critics, and this incisive account of her character and life explains many of the reasons why. Burying the Bones: Pearl Buck's Life in China by Hilary Spurling 2010-04-02T23:07:00Z But the script is new and crackling, at once incisive, poignant and darkly funny. A 21st-century “Seagull” 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z Mr. Ax ended this enticing experiment with an incisive account of Brahms’s Rhapsody in E flat, the rousing final piece from the Klavierstücke set. Emanuel Ax Concert Pairs Brahms With New Works 2014-05-18T04:00:00Z Nelsons squeezed incisive, analytical zest out of each fresh idea with near frenzied intensity. Lucrezia Borgia; CBSO/Nelsons; Ibragimova/Gerhardt/Osborne ? review 2011-02-06T00:06:35Z With their typically stripped-down textures, brisk tempi and bright, incisive orchestral colours, the performances promise to be exhilarating. Northern Sinfonia/Zehetmair – review 2012-10-01T17:18:24Z The movie is a showcase for her talent, and, although it’s a comedy, it suggests an incisive vision that, unfortunately, is never fully realized. Movies 2014-07-21T04:00:00Z She’d gone from no-nonsense local coverage around her home town, Florence, to incisive stories about Hollywood, where Orson Welles praised her “sharp, Tuscan eye,” and then to risky reporting on the Vietnam War. Review | Oriana Fallaci: the journalist, the agitator, the legend 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z The younger Mr. O’Farrill released an incisive sextet album last year, “Boss Level,” spiced with hints of avant-garde improvising and aggressive, rocklike propulsion. Latin Jazz is Booming. Look Beyond the Grammys to Find It. 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z Uttered by Fran Lebowitz in the new HBO documentary “Public Speaking” — partly a retrospective of her career, mostly a monologue — the line sums up the writer’s knack for dry, incisive, self-confident commentary. Scene City: Infallibility Has Its Upside 2010-11-19T00:47:00Z Full of fascinating anecdotes and academic argument, this book is an incisive, exciting tour that brings us all the way up to contemporary hoaxsters such as Rachel Dolezal. Best books of 2017: The best nonfiction 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z “But he’s such a bold and serious and incisive thinker and writer, he makes me go back and reassess what I think I’m sure of.” Timothy Snyder’s ‘Black Earth’ Puts Holocaust, and Himself, in Spotlight 2015-09-07T04:00:00Z Which is difficult, because although Schumer’s comedy about gender is incisive and hilarious, her comedy on race is much less so. Amy Schumer cleans up her act: After a summer of backlash, her new HBO special mostly avoids jokes about race 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z Smith's voice — or, rather, the democratic constellation of voices she brings to life in her incisive, humane and sociologically rich form of theater of testimony — was urgently needed. 'Never Givin' Up' recites MLK's 'Letter' to call for justice 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z The talent show’s canned nostalgia — with its boy-girl couplings and intimations of Eisenhower-era norms — offers a quick, incisive contrast with the image of Autumn tremulously pouring her heart out. ‘Never Rarely Sometimes Always’ Review: A Woman’s Heroic Journey 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z Ms. Hyltin — engagingly fresh, matching him in spontaneity — has grown more incisive, and she has found more fullness of tone for the sequences in which she stretches up in yearning arabesques, only to fall away. Dance Review: Music as a Gallant Ballet Partner 2011-02-03T22:30:10Z These days, the solo is most commonly played on a modern piccolo trumpet, a small, tightly coiled instrument — with two feet of tubing to the Baroque trumpet’s seven — that produces an incisive, citrusy-bright sound. In Handel’s ‘Messiah,’ the Trumpet as Divine Agent 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z His best-known films tended toward a stark neorealism, laced with incisive dialogue and an arid wit, and often centered on characters struggling against conformity. Alain Tanner, Leading Director in Swiss New Wave, Dies at 92 2022-09-19T04:00:00Z Fortunately, Like Clockwork feels like a return to the smart but incisive grooves and melodies that made those songs such enduring anthems. Queens of the Stone Age: Like Clockwork – review 2013-05-30T21:30:01Z When dancing classically, Ballet Arizona is strikingly incisive. Dance Review: Ib Andersen Takes Balanchine?s Spirit to Ballet Arizona 2010-06-13T21:16:00Z Other highlights were Anna Brumbaugh’s incisive clarinet lines and the rambunctious contributions from the percussionist Ziv Stein, witty and coy in the Marche Royal. Music Review: Juilliard Students Perform in ChamberFest 2013-01-19T01:39:49Z The ever-polemical atheist author Christopher Hitchens died two years ago this month, yet his incisive, erudite diatribes against religion continue to rile the faithful and spark debate. The real New Atheism: Rejecting religion for a just world 2013-12-14T19:00:00Z Schwab also weaves in an incisive reflection on every artist’s consuming desire for inspiration, to both receive and transmit charges of insight. Review | V.E. Schwab delivers another compulsively readable novel with ‘The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue’ 2020-10-07T04:00:00Z The episode is a masterpiece, at turns haunting and laugh-out-loud funny, with incisive commentary on internalized racism, fame and the scars of childhood. The 10 best TV episodes of 2018, from ‘Atlanta’ to ‘This Is Us’ 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z Equally relevant, 17 years on, are the sections that provide an incisive – and, for the NT's recruitment board, perhaps alarming – account of the difficulty of finding a new artistic director. Why the National Theatre could use a history lesson from Richard Eyre 2013-07-12T07:30:06Z Coates, who recently was awarded a MacArthur "Genius" Fellowship, received the nonfiction prize for "Between the World and Me," an incisive inquiry into race in America. Hanya Yanagihara and Ta-Nehisi Coates win Kirkus Prizes 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z Lebowitz is such an interesting character that the camera daren't move in case we miss one of her incisive, bone-dry utterances. Tonight's TV highlights: Beauty And The Beast 2011-02-02T00:05:02Z The trade magazine Variety found the film "an incisive portrait of a vanguard cultural institution," while the Hollywood Reporter described it as "a handsome and stimulating documentary." Scorsese pays homage to New York Review of Books in '50 Year Argument' 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z She is preternaturally incisive and humane, alert to the sorts of ingrained fears and long-standing insecurities that clog communication. Esther Perel Lets Us Listen In on Couples’ Secrets 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z But capable of moving people with words — eloquent, funny or incisive words? 'The Mayor' by Richard Riordan short on revelations, insight 2014-11-05T05:00:00Z It allows you to ask incisive questions and check yourself. The Spy Museum director talks counterintelligence — and living with paranoia 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z Ms. Postell, 26, channeled her emotions into an incisive lyrical illustration of the violence and discrimination that melanin-rich people have suffered. The Changing Sound of Baltimore 2018-07-21T04:00:00Z In a handful of incisive scenes she charts the steep downward trajectory of a smart-set party girl whose life unravels thanks to drugs, money problems and shady connections. Qualities of Mercy and Strength 2010-12-03T22:00:00Z The attention it’s been paying to new work — incisive, relatable, concerned with social issues and intent on bringing underrepresented voices to the opera stage — is no fluke, but a central focus of its mission. Seattle Opera’s ‘The Falling and the Rising’ powerfully tells soldiers’ stories 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z Drawing on her expertise, Ms. Gordon’s account of her husband’s early career includes some of the most incisive, unflinching criticisms of the midcentury music business on record. Jazz Wouldn’t Be the Same Without Them. But Few Applauded These Hidden Figures. 2018-12-26T05:00:00Z But anyone who relishes elegant and incisive writing and speech will be glad that Vidal was fated to explain, rather than practise, politics. Gore Vidal reached amazing heights but missed out on main ambitions 2012-08-01T18:03:25Z Yet, in her surgically incisive descriptions of how it feels to live in her ravaged body and to redefine herself within extreme new limits, Crosby resists both self-pity and the too-easy narrative of hardship overcome. A Professor’s Memoir of Life Inside a Ravaged Body 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z Surely this ought to provide us with at least an attempt at a witty and incisive homily on greed, envy and one-upmanship. Consumerism triumphs in The Joneses 2010-04-26T10:22:00Z Hernandez-Valdez conducted with the incisive clarity of someone born to the idiom. An early Cinco de Mayo celebration with the New Orchestra of Washington 2015-05-03T04:00:00Z There’s no meritocracy that benefits incisive songwriting, textured singing, bold attitude — not in Nashville or anywhere else. Luke Combs and Miranda Lambert, Both Bound by Country’s Gendered Rule Book 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z The incisive filmmaker of "Juno," "Up in the Air" and "Young Adult" is "mostly invisible in 'Men, Women & Children,'" Sharkey says, "leaving little to recommend this clichéd vision of a virtual world." 'Men, Women & Children' fails to connect, reviews say 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z He recalled how “cutting and incisive, witty and confrontational,” but also deeply revealing, the essay was. A Provocative Satirist Left a Pervasive Legacy, Influencing African Writing 2023-05-29T04:00:00Z And that was before he dove into an incisive look at Prison Health Care. Let there be late night: A report card on the hosts' return episodes, some better than others 2023-10-09T04:00:00Z Though I could quibble with some of the staging, which sometimes seems to get stuck behind furniture, this is the director Kenny Leon’s best work to date: incisive and breakneck. Review: ‘American Son’ Puts Kerry Washington in a Maternal Nightmare 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z But there also are tender passages about his wife, Jenny, and daughter Eleanor, both apparently incisive critics. Review | Fiesty ‘Marx in Soho’ opens a block from new Irish working-class drama ‘Coolatully’ 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z Ms. Craigie is elegant and blithe, Ms. Hanna incisive and wry, Ms. Watson just a bit wicked. Broadway’s ‘Aunties’ Enjoy Their Downtime 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z Process and principle sparred again and again, and moderators Maddow and Todd did well to let the two speak while also finding incisive, specific questions to address to each. Democratic debate parent trap: The showdown between Clinton and Sanders made for tense TV 2016-02-05T05:00:00Z He won an Oscar in 1999 for his incisive screenplay of "Gods and Monsters" and then was nominated again for his 2002 adaptation of the stage musical "Chicago." The clues to 'Mr. Holmes' director Bill Condon's varied career 2015-07-11T04:00:00Z Combining a light touch with incisive attack, she excelled in the “Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks” and “The Market at Limoges.” Music Review: Alice Sara Ott at Le Poisson Rouge 2013-06-07T22:48:13Z His wife, whom he described in an unpublished memoir as “my constant, supportive, stubborn, incisive critic,” died in 2007. Joseph Kerman, Colorful Critic of Musicology, Dies at 89 2014-03-25T04:23:17Z It’s an incisive bit that nails a prevailing strain of soulless children’s entertainment — the kind of expensive, market research-driven kiddie blockbuster that shamelessly scrapes the bottom of the barrel. The Real Reason the Minions Have Taken Over the World 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z “Do not, Gornick says in this brief, incisive book, let that be the end of it.” 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z It added that, in doing so, “Carrere draws an incisive portrait of today’s society.” French non-fiction author Carrere wins top Spanish award 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z This wonderful collection of creamy, bitter, salty, smoky, nutty flavors calls for an incisive white that will both complement and underscore the pasta. Bringing Out a Bit of Radicchio’s Sweetness 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z The occasion was broadcast on the radio, and the recording makes her virtues clear: confident phrasing, incisive diction, a constant dramatic pressure. A Tale of Two Sopranos: Astrid Varnay and Birgit Nilsson 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z But the incisive, irreverent New York Times reporter and columnist, who died suddenly Thursday at age 58, couldn't help but steal the spotlight in the 2011 documentary "Page One: Inside the New York Times." David Carr dies: 'Page One' documentary stands as fitting tribute 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z The blend of flavors in this dish calls for a white wine that is both crisp and incisive, but with some sense of volume that will match the richness of the rice and cheese. A Streamlined Spring Risotto in Shades of Pink and Green 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z After them come two incisive women who reformatted drawing and painting for the computer age. Looking Inward, and Back, at a Biennale for the History Books 2022-04-30T04:00:00Z Like the best songwriters, she understands how a concrete detail can change the course of a song, and how well-chosen words can prove incisive. Jenny Hval’s lyrics will grab your attention at Kremwerk 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z An earlier edition of the script won favorable notice from a Times reviewer, who called it "an incisive look into the surreal world of first responders." New works pepper Seattle stages this month 2010-08-05T20:35:00Z The San Francisco restaurant, which has yet to reopen after the pandemic, has a wisely chosen list dominated by white wines with incisive acidity, relatively low alcohol levels and few oak flavors. These Garlic Noodles Cross Cultures, but Are Deeply San Franciscan 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z “The New Digital Age: Reshaping the Future of People, Nations and Business,” by Eric Schmidt and Jared Cohen: an incisive analysis of how the age of technology affects everything. Ayaan Hirsi Ali: By the Book 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z Some are written in the now rather old-fashioned obscurantist style of academia a quarter century ago; others are incisive, helpful and illuminating. Wandering from the straight path of clarity, it’s still full of powerful art 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z Colleagues called him incisive but sensitive to writers’ eggshell egos. Robert Gottlieb, Eminent Editor From le Carré to Clinton, Dies at 92 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z Bringing in Freud doesn't help; Freud rarely rarely said anything incisive or conclusive. Is Woody Allen a Great Filmmaker? Discuss 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z She films the performers with a poised camera; her incisive angles and smooth pan shots emphasize the dances’ visual counterpoint and overlapping rhythms. Movies 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z Tonally speaking, what’s most relevant for the current moment are values that might be described as cynical-adjacent: skepticism, intellectual honesty and moral outrage at its fiercest and most surgically incisive. At the dawn of the Trump era, cynicism in film has become instantly obsolete 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z And without a catalog tailored specifically for the show including incisive scholarly essays, there is no clear overarching idea of what it all amounts to. A Confusing Look at Folk Art and American Modernism 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z Fresh and lively, with bright, spicy, incisive flavors of purple fruits, earth and a touch of citrus. Good Wines Won’t Fix Thanksgiving, but They Couldn’t Hurt 2020-11-05T05:00:00Z Some critics saw in this early work an incisive critique of packaging and advertising in late-capitalist society. Christo, Artist Who Wrapped and Festooned on an Epic Scale, Dies at 84 2020-05-31T04:00:00Z In “On the Threshold of Winter,” Ms. Hong learned to trust its requirements for a very clean, focused sound with minimal vibrato, creating lines simultaneously incisive and vulnerable. Cancer Haunts a Composer’s Life and Work 2018-06-03T04:00:00Z Whatever your view of the historical accuracy debate hounding "Selma," the film is made more incisive and inspiring by focusing on a single, seminal event in King's fight against discrimination. Biopics find new life at the Oscars and beyond 2015-01-24T05:00:00Z Abel's first act prelude and many other incisive touches revealed an instinctive Traviata conductor. La Traviata 2010-07-09T20:31:00Z Charlie Rose was an incisive interviewer, but he didn’t change interviewing because of who he was and what he looked like. Perspective | Bill Cosby is disgraced. But can he be erased? A new TV series wrestles with that question. 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z What drew Eudora Welty, who wrote incisive short stories about the South, to the work of Kenneth Millar, who wrote hard-boiled detective novels, set largely in the West, under the name Ross Macdonald? A literary mystery: What drew Eudora Welty to detective writer Ross Macdonald? 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z From the involved and incisive playing he drew from the orchestra, the fellows were clearly excited to be making music with him. Review: Tanglewood Orchestra Celebrating Its 75th 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z At anything above the softest dynamic level, Lugansky's tone was noticeably more incisive, less warmly rounded, than in his recently released CD of some of the same works. Lugansky: A pianist of awesome talent 2011-11-16T18:03:04Z Gardner's performance is impressive – vivid, incisive and well controlled – and he does an equally good job on the slighter and more elusive Chain 3 from 1986. Lutos?awski: Concerto for Orchestra; Symphony No 3; Chain 3 2010-10-14T22:30:00Z The lessons in Mr. Rovelli’s book, as elegiac as they are incisive, do them justice. Review: ‘Seven Brief Lessons on Physics’ Is Long on Knowledge 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z Even the assemblage art movement, topped by the incisive counterculture commitments of a transformational Beat Generation figure like Wallace Berman, could simply be overlooked. 'Out of Sight' gives L.A.'s '60s art scene the respect its due 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z Laura Wade, 35, is an incisive, graceful and withheld presence – in almost comic contrast to the content of Posh. Royal Court theatre prepares to bid farewell to King Dominic 2013-03-10T07:00:00Z There is, though, one recent series of this photographer’s that transcends cynicism for something as disquieting, and as incisive about media, as his 1960s TV collages. Review: ‘Donald Blumberg Photographs,’ Observing America on the Streets and From the Sofa 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z A charming, incisive raconteur, Woolf, 82, also acted in and staged Pinter works. ACT Theatre celebrates Pinter with monthlong festival 2012-07-19T20:12:10Z As the creator of the “Forbidden Broadway” series of satirical revues, which began in 1982, Mr. Alessandrini has emerged as one of the mainstream musical’s most incisive and illuminating critics and historians. Review: In ‘Spamilton,’ Broadway’s Savior Meets His Match. It’s Not Burr. 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z Rather than striving for pristine clarity and incisive articulation, he played with grace, ease and wonderful spontaneity. Review: Bruckner, Then a Cultural Call to Arms, at Carnegie Hall 2017-01-22T05:00:00Z For its his combination of personal candour and slightly reckless benevolence that makes him such an unusual film-maker – maybe the most incisive male director to tackle domestic life since Bergman. Gianni Di Gregorio: The incidental director 2011-07-28T20:01:01Z Trifilio’s lyrics are incisive, delivering a pent-up torrent of hard truths to the noncommittal guy who’s been sending her mixed signals: “Stop saying ‘it’s my bad,’ you’re acting like your deadbeat dad.” A Bittersweet Juice WRLD Team-Up, and 13 More New Songs 2020-12-04T05:00:00Z It shows us the artist en garde, taking a playfully defensive stance, engaging the viewer in a back-and-forth of incisive imagery that never quite yields to a lasting or certain interpretation. Yasuo Kuniyoshi retrospective a testament to artist’s vision 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z Some of these touches may have been exaggerations, but they yielded dramatic, incisive performances that left you wishing the ensemble had played all 12 concertos. Music Review: 6 Vivaldis, One of Them Arranged by Bach 2010-08-31T20:48:00Z Murawski, an incisive film editor who won an Oscar for “The Hurt Locker,” had made his way through most of the footage. How Orson Welles’s “The Other Side of the Wind” Was Rescued from Oblivion 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z Hall, known as “The Storyteller” for his unadorned yet incisive lyrics, composed hundreds of songs. Country singer Tom T. Hall dies; wrote ‘Harper Valley PTA’ 2021-08-20T04:00:00Z Vigorously cuing the orchestra with incisive and emphatic gestures, Guerrero left no doubt about the depth of his acquaintance with the Mahler. Seattle Symphony soars with Mahler’s ‘Resurrection’ 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z David Robertson leads an incisive performance; the saxophonist Timothy McAllister sizzles. Classical Playlist: John Adams, Handel, Lewis Spratlan and More 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z It makes her analyses of the movies this season feel particularly incisive, such as when she describes "Fatal Attraction" through the imagined economic precarity of the white middle-class family man during Reagan. Sex and the cinema girl: Karina Longworth dives into '80s and '90s erotic films, revealing herself 2023-07-15T04:00:00Z It's witty, it's fast-moving, the plot is ... puzzling and incisive and quite dark in places. Tom Cruise defends role as "Jack Reacher" 2012-12-11T03:11:23Z They’ve been able to lay bare some of the bizarre and blatant ironies of rightwing thinking now, calling it out in an efficient and incisive way. Debra Granik’s cultural highlights 2018-07-01T04:00:00Z He dispatched the romping finale with a judicious blend of incisive touch and myriad colorings. Music Review: Mostly Mozart Festival with Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Shai Wosner 2012-08-12T19:54:07Z His performances deftly blend seemingly contrasting qualities in playing that is clear-textured yet richly colorful, organic yet spontaneous, rhythmically incisive yet spacious. Classical Playlist: Bach, Haydn, Seattle Symphony and More 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z David Leveaux's incisive, delicate, very funny production shows how much could have been lost. The Late Middle Clases; The Crucible; Ingredient X 2010-06-05T23:05:00Z On one hand, it’s encouraging to see such a politically incisive book garner a wide readership over many decades. Analysis | New York Public Library’s most checked-out books say a lot about what we read and why 2020-01-11T05:00:00Z The orchestra offered two rhythmically incisive encores: Khachaturian's Waltz from "Masquerade," and Tchaikovsky's "Dance of the Buffoons" from "The Snow Maiden." Yuja Wang and the Russian National Orchestra perform in Northridge 2016-02-20T05:00:00Z They had this movie running like clockwork — each cliche carefully counterbalanced with an incisive comment on the absurdity of the genre and carefully meted-out doses of action and gore. Spoiler Alert: Why Everyone Is Talking About The Cabin in the Woods 2012-04-16T10:45:53Z This happened because he was also the best — the most eloquent, the most sharp-eyed and incisive, the most truculent and certainly the most robust. The Art of Being Critical: Robert Hughes (1938-2012) 2012-08-07T22:19:53Z Those are the real reasons to see this incisive documentary. Review: ‘Germans & Jews,’ a New Generation Continues a Difficult Conversation 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z After the incisive fugue and the ironic inflections of the waltz, the relative acquiescence of the final bars carried a sense of stoic resignation rather than resolution. Royal String Quartet 2010-07-20T20:30:00Z His 1998 recording of the four Bach suites, rhythmically incisive and displaying startlingly clear textures, remains one of the best of many. Academy of Ancient Music takes on Bach in Disney Hall debut 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z Her tender, incisive regard creates an ache even as it offers solace. ‘Alan Pakula: Going for Truth’ Review: A Hollywood Memorial for a Friend 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z We realise "got good" is hardly the most incisive and intelligent response to a piece of music this year, but we're saving ourselves for the 1,000th New Band of the Day this Thursday. New band of the day ? No 998: Tall Ships 2011-04-05T14:55:34Z Over the 20 seasons in which Michael Tilson Thomas has led the San Francisco Symphony, audiences have come to expect panoramic, innovative programming and clean, incisive playing. Michael Tilson Thomas and San Francisco Symphony at Carnegie Hall 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z An inspired and incisive exhibition at the Neuberger Museum of Art here shows why. Art Review: An Era?s Injustices Fuel an Artist?s Activist Works 2010-12-09T22:20:00Z The specials are full of the incisive social commentary Mr. Chappelle is known for, touching on such sensitive issues as Bill Cosby’s legacy. Dave Chappelle Tells Jimmy Kimmel Why He Made 2 Specials 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z Ramin Bahrani has the documentary “ 2nd Chance,” a lively and incisive look at the man who invented the modern bulletproof vest. The Sundance Film Festival is back and online once more 2022-01-19T05:00:00Z Each familiar face dispensed a revealing anecdote or incisive zinger to box up a complex issue. When good TV goes bad: how The West Wing went south 2017-07-03T04:00:00Z This first novel is packed with riveting characters, incisive humour and relentless energy. Manil Suri's top 10 books about Mumbai 2013-03-13T13:28:19Z "P-Valley" creator Katori Hall writes such moments to announce with incisive clarity that this series is not about fantasy girls, but real women. Eyes up here: In "P-Valley," the strippers and their grueling labor are the headliners, not men 2020-07-12T04:00:00Z Each of these omnibus books has bright, incisive passages interspersed with abundant filler. Books of The Times: ?1Q84? by Haruki Murakami - Review 2011-11-09T19:28:08Z He added, “Maher is a worthy and incisive voice in political humor who made a mistake and apologized.” Bill Maher Returns to ‘Real Time’ on HBO After Use of Racial Slur 2017-06-10T04:00:00Z This sprawling and incisive action thriller from the Indian director Anubhav Sinha offers a distinctive glimpse into the divergent political and cultural identities found in India’s northeast. Five Action Movies to Stream Now 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z Pasta with clams, canned or not, calls for one type of wine: a lively, incisive white without overt oak or tropical fruitiness. Tinned Fish, Three Ways 2020-06-08T04:00:00Z Ms Secrest’s incisive, sympathetic life demonstrates great skill in unpicking the web of myths that Schiaparelli wove to reveal the shape of the woman beneath. Nonparelli 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z Mr. Whitehouse’s small, witty visual ideas are always more incisive than his larger thinking. Books of The Times: A Very Big Man and the Brother Who Resents Him 2011-07-31T21:15:13Z So it is with Roman, a broken soul with a talent for tossing off incisive, creatively foul insults with ease. "Succession" fans should be shocked by Roman Roy. He was always a terrible person with a quick wit 2023-05-20T04:00:00Z Delbanco’s incisive analyses of their observations — and, just as important, of their failure to observe — form one of his book’s running themes. How the Dispute Over Runaway Slaves Helped Fuel the Civil War 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z They are infused with graceful beauty, lush tones, and clever, incisive turns of phrase. With colored pencils and confessional phrases, Amanda Manitach’s art speaks to many 2017-12-04T05:00:00Z His early movies, like “Roger & Me,” represent an impish moral intelligence at its most incisive. Review: Michael Moore, Bragging on Broadway, in ‘The Terms of My Surrender’ 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z But as the novel advances into treacherous territory, Harrison's elegant, incisive prose gets dirtier, more dangerous, until even the apartment which Jodi once kept so beautifully is described as "the lair of some repellent animal". The Silent Wife by ASA Harrison – review 2013-07-21T11:00:00Z It’s remarkably knowing, incisive stuff for a kids’ movie, and it’s deepened by all the material aimed more at their parents. Zootropolis: Disney’s latest finds a kinder alternative to Trump’s America 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z But even during moments of agitation — with fitful stretches of tangled lines and sneering bursts of brass — the playing, however exacting and incisive, was impressively relaxed. Review: The Cleveland Orchestra Plays Strauss With Abundant Color 2015-07-19T04:00:00Z So while the overall history is familiar, these artifacts give sharp, incisive glimpses of passions and experiences that can be missed in the larger currents of the war’s history. A World War II Exhibition at the Grolier Club 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z The soloist was the lyrical, incisive Alisa Weilerstein, who released a flawless recording of the concerto with the Czechs several years ago. Review: The Czech Philharmonic Brings Tear-Streaked Consolation 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z That ancient Greek work and the surveillance-heavy “Hamlet,” with the actor Andrew Scott in the title role, cemented Icke’s status as an incisive editor and renovator of classics. A Rebound for a Summer Pairing of ‘Hamlet’ and ‘Oresteia’ at the Armory 2022-07-25T04:00:00Z But they come to each other with respect, and an incisive ear. After Scalia’s death, and the election, Edward Gero reflects on his role in ‘The Originalist’ 2017-07-05T04:00:00Z Ms. Dermont uses a measured, incisive, not all that boyish voice to present discerning character sketches of Jason’s new comrades, who range from thuggish to fragile. Books of The Times: ?The Starboard Sea,? a Novel by Amber Dermont 2012-02-28T23:57:01Z I spent much of the early pandemic period studying Tyson’s incisive delivery and analyzing these poems, whose prescient themes resonate even more potently today. 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Sun Ra 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z Although she strikes the occasional discordant note by interjecting abrupt advice, Gross is an incisive critic of our systems and institutions. 'A Bittersweet Season': the all-consuming task of elder care 2011-05-18T23:11:46Z Now and then, his work lacked incisive attack and rhythmic definition. Bolshoi Opera Brings ‘The Tsar’s Bride’ to Lincoln Center 2014-07-13T04:00:00Z It was a rare example of an outfit relying only on incisive cut and richness of color. Fashion Review: Going to Extremes 2014-02-09T15:28:04Z The classic combination of pasta with rich olive oil and sharp garlic calls for a very specific sort of incisive white wine, with lively acidity and no distracting oaky flavors. What Store-Bought Fried Shallots Can Do for You 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z This reissue of Lorde’s 1984 essay collection will introduce a new generation to her incisive diagnosis of Western pathologies and her lucid celebration of difference. New & Noteworthy, From Beautiful Crime to Essays on Identity 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z As the story gets closer to home, the material seems more opaque and resistant to incisive analysis. Girl Trouble by Carol Dyhouse – review 2013-03-15T18:59:01Z In their intensity, the actors’ incisive, impeccably coordinated performances are pitched slightly above normal conversation but not so much that “What’s in a Name?” shatters credibility. Movie Review: ‘What’s in a Name?,’ a Farce About a Fractious Evening 2013-12-12T23:26:35Z Ticciati chose ideal, unhurried tempi and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment delivered incisive playing, yet the sparks have yet to fly. Les Troyens; Le nozze di Figaro; Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra/Dudamel – review 2012-06-30T23:07:11Z Nor is it especially incisive, unless it comes as news that a magnate’s warm persona might be feigned. ‘The Good Boss’ Review: Company Man 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z There was no faulting her rock-solid technique or coolly incisive tone. Music Review | Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra: A Fresh Look at a Familiar Violin Concerto 2010-02-22T08:17:00Z But it is a model for the kind of truth-telling approach that museums could, and should, be taking to art: factual, incisive, politically astute, connecting the past to the present and inviting argument. Making Museums Moral Again 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z But once the movement took off on its episodic, vehement explorations, Ms. Batiashvili was all arresting command and incisive attack. Music Review: New York Philharmonic Performs at Avery Fisher Hall 2010-06-11T22:11:00Z The Adagio movement was warmly lyrical; in the Finale, Gluzman seemed to spear the notes with incisive accuracy, generating so much excitement that the audience response demanded an encore. Vadim Gluzman delivers power and passion with SSO | Classical review 2013-03-15T16:59:25Z The program ended with an uncommonly incisive and, when called for, blazingly brassy account of Debussy’s “La Mer.” Review: New World Symphony at Carnegie Hall With Anne-Sophie Mutter 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z After more than a decade at the helm of the protean Puerto Rican group Calle 13, the incisive Spanish-language rapper and producer Residente recently split off in search of new frontiers. Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z Yet while this, and indeed much of the book, fails to sustain its incisive beginning, the best of these essays — as with the best of Olstein’s meditations — would be a shame to miss. Wresting Insight, and Poetry, From Pain 2020-03-24T04:00:00Z Ms. De Vita, in the smaller male role of Tancredi, proved yet more remarkable, with incisive diction: Her vocalism burns like a dark flame. Review: Lafayette’s Double Bill of Baroque Opera and Dance Drama 2018-02-04T05:00:00Z The playing he drew from the orchestra was incisive and lucid. Review: Philip Glass Comes, Finally, to the New York Philharmonic 2017-09-24T04:00:00Z Beyond that, simply judged by its intellectual brilliance, poetic clarity and incisive character portraits, “The Bassarids” is one of opera’s great literary librettos. Christoph von Dohnanyi Conducts Hans Werner Henze 2012-03-16T16:11:31Z “What a waste of a good kidnapping,” Tyrion mocked once he had learned the destination, which, combined with his incisive needling and hilariously annoying gag-singing, was more than Jorah could bear. 'Game of Thrones' Recap: Call Him Swordcatcher 2015-05-03T04:00:00Z To be honest, I was anticipating — hoping for — a bolder, more incisive image of the strong-voiced person I imagine this former first lady to be. Obama Portraits Blend Paint and Politics, and Fact and Fiction 2018-02-12T05:00:00Z He does so by way of images that are both incisive and flamboyant, that join his documentary avidity to his imaginative flair. Movie of the Week: “Touki Bouki” 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z Oxford University English professor Kathryn Sutherland studied 1,100 handwritten pages of unpublished work from the author of incisive social comedies such as "Pride and Prejudice." Academic: Jane Austen had helping hand from editor 2010-10-23T18:16:00Z Certain incisive passages sounded like a Gershwin version of “The Rite of Spring.” Music Review: An Unlikely Pair, Making Musical Sense 2011-07-14T23:06:24Z After all, Mr. Pittas, accompanied ably at the piano by his wife, Leah Edwards, found sufficient purchase in his material to demonstrate his muscular tenor, with its appealingly dusky middle range and incisive top notes. Review: Jennifer Johnson Cano and Dimitri Pittas at the Morgan 2016-05-16T04:00:00Z The playing in the Rameau was equally incisive, and Mr. Christie guided the players to just the right Gallic hues for this most colorful of composers. Music Review: Juilliard415 Plays ?Fairy Queen? and ?F?tes d?H?b?? 2012-01-31T23:26:55Z In the same way Stewart was thought of by “Daily Show” fans as the sanity-keeper of the George W. Bush era, the South African-born comedian is one of the Trump era’s most incisive truth tellers. Trevor Noah talks to Salon about worrying less about Trump’s spelling and more about democracy 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z It’s also incisive, languorous and deeply felt, a warm bath of studiously relaxed hip-hop and soul. Review: On ‘Malibu’ Anderson .Paak Takes In All That His Surroundings Offer 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z Many plays end with a breathtaking coup, but Jamie Lloyd’s incisive Broadway revival of “A Doll’s House,” which opened on Thursday at the Hudson Theater, also begins with one. Review: Jessica Chastain Plots an Escape From ‘A Doll’s House’ 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z I wish it were also more incisive, but mainly I just want to see more of her. Dance Review: Revivals Eclipse the New for City Ballet 2010-06-01T21:08:00Z And last night’s episode, “Lies,” offered another revealing, incisive little gem, one that really had no reason to be in the season’s storyline except that it interested the show’s writing team. White guilt and “The Good Wife”: When good intentions about corporate diversity fall painfully short 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z Richard Armstrong conducted with incisive intelligence, the orchestra was phenomenal and the lineup of creepy, half-wit suitors, led by Andrew Shore, Christopher Turner and Ryland Davies, completed a mesmerising night. Niobe, Regina di Tebe; Faust; The Makropulos Case; Fidelio 2010-09-25T23:06:00Z Courtly, incisive and acerbic in equal measure, Mr. Sarris came of critical age in the 1960s as the first great wave of foreign films washed ashore in the United States. Andrew Sarris, Film Critic, Dies at 83 2012-06-20T17:00:26Z But his show offers a keen and incisive distillation of how much has changed since the turn of the century, and how dizzying and absurd it can seem to people of any age. Review: In ‘Leo Reich: Literally Who Cares?!,’ He’s Too Hot to Live 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z The section was conceived as a compendium of witty, incisive commentary on the best of New York City’s cultural offerings—what’s going on in jazz clubs, cinemas, museums, opera houses, and Broadway theatres. The New, Improved Goings On About Town 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z “Your articles are so incisive,” she said to me. BREAKING: “The truth can now be told — I am Sidney Blumenthal!”: The Greatest Living American Writer 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z Impassioned and incisive, the performance earned a standing ovation and prolonged applause from his colleagues in the orchestra. A Piano Rang Out Like Gunfire: The 8 Best Classical Music Moments This Week 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z More ragtag video diary than incisive feature documentary, "Giuseppe Makes a Movie" takes a swift, at times riotous walk on the wild side with the ultimate independent filmmaker, Giuseppe Andrews. 'Giuseppe Makes a Movie' an oddly compelling look at odd auteur 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z But the incisive acting helps paper over the banalities. A Revival of A. R. Gurney’s ‘Wayside Motor Inn’ 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z Another author might struggle to manage such an esoteric collection, but Mr Ball’s writing is incisive enough to keep the different elements hanging and working together like a finely tuned Alexander Calder mobile. All that is unseen 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z Britten the prodigy composer was in evidence with the Suite for Violin and Piano, given an incisive and spirited performance by the violinist Todd Phillips and Ms. Chien. Music Review: Chamber Music Society at Alice Tully Hall 2013-05-12T21:55:55Z He is without peer among screenwriters as a composer of incisive, non-punchline-driven comic dialogue, and unrivaled among directors as a choreographer of fraught social encounters. Review: In ‘While We’re Young,’ a Coupling of Gen X and Y 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z In the final movement, a restless Rondo, Mr. Lewis played with incisive rhythmic bite and, when called for, real abandon, which was fun to hear from such a tasteful musician. Music Review: The Pianist Paul Lewis Makes His Philharmonic Debut 2014-04-11T21:43:04Z The intense Prestissimo second movement combined incisive attack with mystery. Music Review: An Intimate Entree, Escorted by Beethoven 2014-03-13T22:21:16Z The sound in “Canto” was grainy and malleable, and in “Deciso, con brio” bright and incisive. Review: Chamber Music Society, From Mirth to Mortality 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z “A Tribe Called Tubman,” from TheaterWorksUSA, is the most fully realized, incisive and moving of the shows, both because of its length — 42 minutes — and its reliance on an actor’s presence. Exploring Race and Resistance for Young Audiences 2021-02-09T05:00:00Z “Assistance” is directed by Trip Cullman, whose affinity for Ms. Headland’s take-no-prisoners style was illustrated in his incisive staging of “Bachelorette.” The Week Ahead 2012-02-24T20:02:05Z Lee saw himself as “Hannibal’s ghost,” in Civil War historian Michael Fellman’s incisive words — as a brilliant tactician ultimately thwarted. What to do with Confederate monuments? Put them in museums as examples of ugly history, not civic pride 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z The Scherzo was incisive and biting as well as playful. Music Review: Gianandrea Noseda in His Mostly Mozart Debut 2013-08-14T21:01:46Z I would opt for a white wine with incisive flavors, like a good Chablis. Chicken Soup, but Make It Sassy 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z “Her observations can be so incisive that at times they might be cutting,” said Arroyo, a news anchor for the Eternal Word Television Network. Laura Ingraham was ‘Trump before Trump.’ But is she made for TV? 2017-10-24T04:00:00Z The conductor James Levine drew an incisive and rapturous performance from the great Met Orchestra and this inspired cast. Opera Review: Matthias Goerne Fills In as Lead at the Met 2014-03-07T22:34:23Z The designs are resourceful, including Leigh Allen’s invaluable lighting, and the cast is entirely impressive, particularly Connolly’s calmly unrepentant prodigal, Tate’s explosive patriarch and Tilney’s incisive rebel. 'Corktown '57' at the Odyssey: The IRA and a family at war 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z The good news is that Mr. Sondheim’s score remains thrillingly incisive, dramatizing every issue in its path. In the Berkshires, Musicals With Ambitions Not Always Realized 2017-08-21T04:00:00Z Mr. Gersen, over all, drew incisive, cohesive and colorful playing from the dedicated musicians, who range in age from 12 to 22. New York Youth Symphony Plays Copland’s Symphony No. 3 2014-05-26T04:00:00Z By contrast, he said, Mr. Eyre offers sparing but always incisive suggestions — asking him to rethink the reading of a single line, for instance, or the inflection of a word. Paul Gross Joins Kim Cattrall in ?Private Lives? 2011-11-04T03:30:21Z Passionate, incisive and self-possessed, Ms. Benton never keeps her politics far from her art or her social media accounts. Denée Benton, Tony Nominee, Embraces Her Inner Natasha 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z Some of the most incisive writing about neuroscience can be found in the blogosphere. Human behaviour: is it all in the brain – or the mind? 2013-06-29T23:05:40Z “Because Internet,” which breaks down just how life online has rewritten the rules of how we communicate, is “an incisive and entertaining guidebook,” our critic Jennifer Szalai writes. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z And in these Aldeburgh readings he was masterful, with an incisive brilliance and relentless focus that acknowledged how the music marries rigorous complexity with childlike innocence, unsentimental clinicism with romantic charm. Review: A Pianist Pays Homage to Birdsong 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z Despite a whiff of self-absorption in this project, Laing is astute and incisive, and her conclusion that “loneliness is personal, and it is also political” is hard-won and affecting. Finalists for the NBCC Criticism prize 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z As this brilliantly incisive book shows, being fair and judicious doesn’t necessarily mean trying to reconcile all sides. John Maynard Keynes Died in 1946. An Outstanding New Biography Shows Him Relevant Still. 2020-05-20T04:00:00Z It turns a lethally incisive backing track into a thrilling, expansive trip; the melodic changeups are snapping visions of light. An Obsessive Listen to a Twenty-Five-Year-Old Album 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z Their incisive, animated playing cuts through the density and complexity of Carter’s Duo for Violin and Piano to reveal the music’s wit and fancifulness. ArtsBeat: Classical Playlist: Carter, Rand Steiger, Mozart and More 2014-04-23T16:20:45Z She sang Giovanna with incisive delivery, folding embellishments and runs into impassioned vocal lines. The Metropolitan Opera Performs Donizetti?s ?Anna Bolena? 2011-09-27T12:51:23Z But Misty Copeland was in charge the whole time, lucid and rhythmically incisive. American Ballet Theater Performs ‘Gaîté Parisienne’ 2014-05-21T04:00:00Z It is not disinterested or analytical in the way that “incisive criticism” would suggest. SAT’s right answers are all wrong 2013-05-20T21:11:00Z The good news is that it’s as wry, culturally incisive and utterly captivating as all the others. Review | Summer escapes: Five new thrillers and mystery novels offer welcome distraction 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z Mr. Bringuier drew comparably incisive and colorful playing from the Philharmonic. Music Review: Lionel Bringuier Leads Philharmonic by Himself 2013-06-14T19:16:12Z The main fast section was pulsing and incisive, without being driven. Louis Langrée and Richard Goode Featured at Mostly Mozart 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z The magazine credits "expert local sessionmen" with helping to create "an almost contradictory magnificence: a tightly wound tension around Dylan's quicksilver language and incisive singing." Joe South, singer-songwriter from 70s, dies at 72 2012-09-06T11:41:12Z Whatever the case, the result is as remarkable for its economy of means as for its incisive rendition of human psychology. Review: A Florentine Artist's Two Aesthetic Lives 2010-02-19T13:15:00Z It rejuvenates appropriation art through the incisive use of digital animation, achieving an intensity that rivets the ear and the eye while perturbing the mind. Art In Review: JORDAN WOLFSON 2012-01-26T23:26:19Z Such are the customs and rituals of motherhood on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, which Wednesday Martin, a social researcher, chronicles in “Primates of Park Avenue”, an amusing and occasionally incisive new memoir. Unnatural selection 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z Strongly supported by Gerard Schwarz's orchestra, he dispatched Bartók's often taxing passage work with aplomb — the intonation immaculate, the tone mellow, the bowing incisive — and responded with much warmth to the work's lyrical moments. Review: At SSO, Gil Shaham ? and Borodin ? make concert special copy 2011-01-08T00:55:41Z She was incisive on Wharton and Henry James in New York, and also on the see-saw lives of the novelists and critics of her own generation. ‘The Collected Essays of Elizabeth Hardwick’ Gives Off a Bright Light 2017-10-09T04:00:00Z Tolomeo, excitingly sung and vigorously acted by the incisive countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo, pondered his life’s currents while peering into a goldfish bowl, with a swordfish dangled overhead. Music Review: Mozart, Puccini, Handel and Copland at Glimmerglass 2010-08-09T22:43:00Z But the play is distinguished most of all by the incisive characterizations of the Guildhall three, their contrasting outlooks elucidated in the piercing monologues that herald their deaths. Theater Review: Brian Friel’s ‘Freedom of the City,’ at Irish Repertory Theater 2012-10-16T22:01:00Z A brilliant talker and aphorist, a fast-walking, fast-talking fount of gossip and insights, cutting wit and grandiose dreams, wild impulses and crazy projects, incisive observations and boundless audacity, Brooke seems like an ingenious invention herself. “Mistress America” and the Art of Making a Living as an Artist 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z Petty had long proven himself to be a writer of incisive economy — a rock ’n’ roll Hemingway in tinted shades. The Raw Roots of Tom Petty’s ‘Wildflowers,’ Revealed at Last 2020-10-15T04:00:00Z Have you seen artists with especially incisive or witty takes on racial issues? Having a Laugh About Issues of Race 2014-10-28T04:00:00Z McNeil uses language that is incisive yet poetic to capture thoughtful insights about the internet, like the insidiousness of these platforms’ monetization schemes: “The problem with Instagram lies in how user identity entwines with commerce.” It’s Time to Unfriend the Internet 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z “Lovecraft Country” has good intentions, and there are faint, brief glimmers of the incisive show it could have been. The Unintended Racial Horror of ‘Lovecraft Country’ 2020-10-19T04:00:00Z Mizoguchi’s incisive sense of historical analysis is equalled by his exaltation of love and his recognition of the disproportionate price that women pay for pleasure and position. Movies 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z Mr. Thibaudet did almost the opposite, playing with incisive rhythmic vigor and unmannered lyricism. Music Review: Manfred Honeck Leads New York Philharmonic at Avery Fisher 2013-01-05T00:58:01Z The 167 items range from essential full-scale monographs to incisive Internet blog posts. What is an artist? Peter Plagens' 'Bruce Nauman' illuminates 2014-06-07T04:00:00Z Clay Zeller-Townson, who led the ensemble, drew a vibrant performance from the musicians, achingly delicate one moment, punchy and incisive the next. Review: A Baroque Opera Muddies Lines Between Him and Her 2017-07-14T04:00:00Z One that is tight, bizarre and has some ace comedic timing, but one where so far any prayer of incisive commentary on evangelicalism in Trump’s America seemed to be deliberately left unanswered. "The Righteous Gemstones" is an incomplete portrait of evangelical hypocrisy for the age of Trump 2019-08-25T04:00:00Z His use of stripes to slice jersey tunics and leather jackets, a sharp, incisive look for both women and men, revitalized Lacoste’s basic sportswear style. Special Report: Fashion: Victoria Beckham, Alexander Wang and Lacoste bring color and a sense of digital exploration to New York Fashion Week 2011-09-11T17:37:04Z Beginning with his briskly paced interpretation of the opening Andante, he elicited taut, incisive playing, particularly in the vivacious scherzo and exuberant finale. Music Review: New York Philharmonic, Led by Christoph von Dohnanyi 2012-03-23T22:47:08Z Kruger’s work has migrated to new platforms but remains as incisive and brilliant as it ever was. Perspective | Best visual art of 2021: Jasper Johns in two venues, Medici portraits and text-based artist Barbara Kruger 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z Wry, incisive and characteristically captivating, Gornick’s latest book is a tribute to the value of returning to the same authors at different points in one’s life. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z Its packed with incisive revelatory archive footage and contributions from former members, commendably self-critical and unarguably timely given the contemporary national climate. Black History Month: the best movies to watch in February 2016-02-05T05:00:00Z Nevertheless, both chorus and orchestra reaffirm their credentials as exponents of the baroque repertoire, responding warmly to Paul Godwin's incisive conducting. Jephtha – review 2012-10-01T17:20:52Z And then, when the dictator least expects it, Skylark pounces with relentless, incisive queries. The one way Oliver Stone actually beat the strongman in “The Putin Interviews” 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z Alone, the words were often whimsical but only rarely incisive. Music Review | 'Making It': Soundtrack of Their End: Romance Curdles Onstage 2010-02-19T06:20:00Z While speaking with the compassionate, incisive man he recommended, I struggled with my powerlessness, which spurred an intense interest in magic. Finding the Heart 2018-11-04T04:00:00Z Here, six to 10 of the most polished young comedians will do their own routines, which can be just as incisive as those of adults, but lack the usual profanity and crudeness. 7 Things to Do With Your Kids in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z Mr. Norris has made a name for himself by blending incisive drama and pitch-black humor, a quality that Ms. Metcalf has repeatedly displayed since “Balm in Gilead” more than 30 years ago. Laurie Metcalf, on Broadway in ‘The Other Place’ 2012-12-27T16:27:16Z Harron says Atwood’s “very incisive, clear-eyed, unsentimental look at how society works” gives readers and viewers some sense of how stuck these women felt. ‘Alias Grace’ is the second Margaret Atwood TV series, with more on the way. Why now? 2017-11-02T04:00:00Z The peppery, bitter flavor of the arugula, the richness of the beans and the saltiness of the halloumi call for an incisive white wine that can stand up to the assertive flavors and refresh. A Weeknight Pasta That Finds Freedom in the Familiar 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z The late liberal columnist, considered one of Texas' most incisive political commentators, was accused of plagiarism by conservative humorist Florence King. A lesson in plagiarism for Melania Trump 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z Though you’re feeling anything but sad, you realize there are tears on your cheeks, and a Pulitzer Prize-winning musical from the 1980s suddenly feels more incisive and urgent, even necessary, than ever. Review: ‘Sunday in the Park With George,’ a Living Painting to Make You See 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z There was a certain precision and candor, very incisive and sharp. Remembering Mary McCarthy’s Style 2012-10-19T22:52:01Z Whatever the subject — Victorian literature, resistance movements, “Game of Thrones” — she is not only knowledgeable, but interesting — interesting and funny, interesting and incisive. Margaret Atwood returns us to Gilead in ‘The Testaments’ 2019-09-04T04:00:00Z It’s an important point, and I conclude with it because it is one of the more incisive analyses I’ve heard on this topic yet. Zombie state 2012-06-08T14:45:00Z A passionate and often excitable writer, Almond can be a bold and incisive critic, but also occasionally trollishly provocative, as though tipping sacred cows was an end in itself. Jon Stewart, capitalist stooge? 2012-07-25T21:00:00Z On the one hand, it’s witty and incisive parody, as fluent in Mr. Obama’s tics as in hip-hop manners. Critic?s Notebook: Prez N the Hood: A Hip-Hop Parody Stirs Up Issues 2010-10-25T22:56:00Z But Ms. Carrasco, her dancing incisive and choppy, was clearly the star and the best moment was hers. Flamenco Shows of Intimacy, Passion and Spectacle 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z Oundjian helped create an incisive style of articulation in this charming work but often pressed his initially fast tempos even faster, causing some alignment problems across the orchestra. Guest conductor sets a fast tempo for Baltimore Symphony Orchestra 2015-04-19T04:00:00Z In this incisive new book, Corey Robin argues that Thomas has not abandoned his old views on race but has retrofitted them to propel a conservative agenda. 9 New Books We Recommend This Week 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z The Royal Court's artistic director Vicky Featherstone called it "timely and thrilling" to be putting on the "moving and incisive play" this season. Royal Court to stage new NHS play 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z |
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