But that isn’t what makes him look menacing. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Meantime my brain raced, searching for some way to avoid being handed over to this cold and menacing stranger. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed to them as though Snowball were some kind of invisible influence, pervading the air about them and menacing them with all kinds of dangers. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

I was oppressed by a feeling of anxiety and menace. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

To his horror, he found that, in fact, the trees were moving, slow and menacing as they began to sway in place. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The trees were grey and menacing, and a shadow or a mist was about them. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Satisfied that I was not a menace, he ambled off. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“In every sentence they menace our poor veins. Their language is as frightful to the ears of the alarmed multitude as the raven’s croak to those of the sickly flock.” An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

He took a step towards the hobbit, and he seemed to grow tall and menacing; his shadow filled the little room. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Her voice remained soothing and calm, but now held a menacing undertone. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Nicole’s mother lunged at her with the scissors and Nicole ran out of the house and into the menacing shelter of the jungle. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

I knew it well enough to catch the soft edge of menace. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“With this sword I defend my subjects and destroy those who menace them. Bend the knee, and I promise you food, land, and justice. Kneel and live. Or go and die. The choice is yours.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

There was a note of menace in the cold voice now. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Up close, his scars made him appear more sympathetic than menacing or villainous. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

By now, it should have been less shocking—the beast had menaced Lkossa longer than Ekon had been alive—but in truth, it was impossible to get used to the carnage left in its wake. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

They were approaching the clock tower—black and menacing, as always. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Don’t try to leave,” he ordered, with a menacing sweep of his arm, “for there’s so very much to do, and you still have over eight hundred years to go on the first job.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

He hoped the three of them presented a suitably menacing picture. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

And with each swing of my gaze, I blew in a low, menacing way in the whistle. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

For some reason the clothing here surprised Thomas; it seemed like everyone should be wearing something more menacing—like prison garb. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

What avian menace had depraved Fortuna spun his way? A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The woods, always a menace even in the past, had triumphed in the end. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

They were even more menacing in the faded gray light. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Meggie could hardly believe these same houses had looked so menacing on the night of their escape. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

A menacing restlessness rises from the tables, all of which are full. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

This uncertainty must end by making the neighbour a menace. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Several of them wore dark green visors over their helmets, a new equipment feature that served no obvious purpose other than to make football players look more menacing and killerlike than they already did. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Perhaps he has not seen what I have seen,” she said, and there was menace in her voice and threat in the words. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whatever our impression, the claustrophobic image radiates an aura of menacing danger. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our power and our fear of change help bind these people to their misery and bewilderment, and insofar as they find this state intolerable we are intolerably menaced. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

Such a device is not only a hazard to the person using the hose; it is also a public menace. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“The deer is mine,” he said in a firm, menacing voice, and took a step forward. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Quickly she glanced around, half expecting to see a menacing dog or something worse. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mama asked, voice soft and full of menace. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

The assailing hosts halted, foiled by the silent menace of rock and wall. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

A pack of blond Polish boys walks through the car, laughing cruelly with menacing faces, scrutinizing people row by row. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The deep well was full of shadows, but the dark water caught the reflection of the tiger’s menacing eyes and sharp teeth. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Holding kids deemed menaces to society in a place that would be completely normal if not for the twelve-foot barbed-wire-topped fences seems like someone’s bad idea of a joke. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

In the wavering firelight Gandalf seemed suddenly to grow: he rose up, a great menacing shape like the monument of some ancient king of stone set upon a hill. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Speaking from the White House, President Eisenhower said he sent troops because “Mob rule in Little Rock menaces the very safety of the United States and the free world.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Senate made it clear that if he did not move boldly against the Red menace, he faced the possibility of being removed from office. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

“Matherson is the menace! He hassles all the smaller kids on the bus.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I explained that it was Edmund, my childhood tormentor, and described his menacing ways. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t my neck, but my understanding which was menaced. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The prisoners’ faces are menacing—you can’t take your eyes off them. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

“What is she to me? Except a menace — a danger you’ve chosen to inflict on all of us.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

All three of them looked more pleased with themselves, more arrogant and more menacing, than Harry had ever seen them. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

If Phil were here, flickering candles and dancing shadows might be romantic, but I struggle to picture this place as anything but menacing. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

I stared back at the menacing detective and remembered what it had been like growing up here in the Dakota—a gated island on an island. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

You remember the image: a menacing, glistening heap of firearms surrounded by the mayor, the police chief, the neighborhood activists. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

“Prowl away,” said Moody, but his voice was full of menace. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“You have made the radio a medium of deception which if allowed to continue could make the radio a menace.” Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

That Bentley was native born, from an old Massachusetts family, and educated at one of America's top colleges made her seem more threatening; anybody, it seemed, could succumb to the lure of the communist menace. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

His office revoked officers’ firearms permission several times a week, he said, for infractions such as being caught drinking while wearing a gun, menacing somebody with it, or having it stolen. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They all lived in fear of Sister Marjorie Drummond, of the menacing meager smile and softening of manner that preceded her fury. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Yet genetic deterioration through man-made agents is the menace of our time, “the last and greatest danger to our civilization.” Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

He shook his wet hands over the sink, dried them on the dishtowel, and gave Jessie his most menacing look. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

The Steele woman threw a stool at the bartender, and the other two women menaced customers in the lounge with stools and broken beer bottles. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rabbits avoid close woodland, where the ground is shady, damp and grassless and they feel menaced by the undergrowth. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The woman hardly understood what he said, and Clay— grinning to himself behind her and looking more menacing than ever—only temporarily handed over my toy gun. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

A menace, a power in his body that wasn't there before. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He stood up for a moment, tense and menacing; and then he collapsed, falling forward on to all fours and crawling up the bank of the pit. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

And with that menacing gesture, Linda suddenly realized something was terribly wrong. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

His legs were spread and his arms crossed in a menacing way. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

As Jam watched, its fur softened and it shifted its stance just a little, draining the menace away. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The unnamed peaks towering over the glacier were bigger and comelier and infinitely more menacing than they would have been were I in the company of another person. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The woods are more menacing than I remember. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Clouds like mountains towered high above their heads on all sides, mysterious, menacing, overwhelming. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

"Answer carefully, young king," the emperor said in a menacing tone, "for your life may depend on your answer. Who is to blame for this empty pot?" When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Instead of the menacing green of army uniforms, the shine of boot and gun, he saw a brown caftan and flat slippers and a familiar face that took him a moment to recognize: Miss Adebayo. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Glaring, Vandara menaced her, bending her elbow as if to throw. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The claim that the ant is a menace to health and life also bears considerable modification. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

The Director’s swollen lips curl back into a menacing smile. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

He’s a menace in exactly the same way, for the same reasons. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

He suddenly looked as menacing as he had the night when Harry first met him, the night when Harry still believed Sirius to be a murderer. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The idiom brings to mind the menacing gape of a predator, reinforcing our gratitude for being alive: to come into existence we narrowly escaped a mortal threat, namely the high odds against it. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Matt said, narrowing his eyes as El Patron did when he wanted to be particularly menacing. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was another cool morning, but the Wood held none of the menace it had the night before, and Kaede wondered if she had imagined the sensation of something watching her. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

And I submit, then, that the racial tensions that menace Americans today have little to do with real antipathy—on the contrary, indeed—and are involved only symbolically with color. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

The menace was coming very near now...Six out of ten! And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

Suddenly it became menacing, powerful, harsh as stone. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The naked waste, as far as the eye could pierce, even to the distant menace of the mountains, was dappled with the fitful moonlight. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Of the two boys, Johnny was supposed to be the really bad one—a menace that ran wild through the streets of the Ida B. Wells. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gazed around at the apparently empty darkness and felt its menace. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He usually pretended not to notice, but sometimes he’d give the guy a menacing glare as if to say, “Yeah, you better stay out of my way!” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

The sky was always oppressive and gray, and the smoke of thousands of chimneys hung low and menacing. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

It was palpable and menacing in away it had never been when he said, “I can’t come on Sunday until midafternoon,” or “I have to leave early today.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Everyone looked older, more menacing, the boys taller and the girls had filled out. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Matilda and Lavender glanced round and saw the gigantic figure of Miss Trunchbull advancing through the crowd of boys and girls with menacing strides. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

Aldrin, like most of this group of insecticides, projects a menacing shadow into the future, the shadow of sterility. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

The constant wave of tropical storms and hurricanes that menaced coastal Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, and Florida in the summer of 2004 turned their relaxed Southern coastal life into an apocalyptic struggle for survival. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Soon the darkness was full of daws, full of the awful unknown and menace. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Here in the lobby he seemed almost bashful, and she had almost forgotten the menace she’d felt the day before. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

They thought the thing that had menaced the city for years had been captured, that all would be well from hereon. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The family came back, this time not as close but more menacing, and when I was able to sort out one coherent question, “Quien es?” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Finally, that feathered menace is gone long enough that I can do what I want!” The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

It was Pet she was trying to reach now, Pet with all its menace unfurled, all its great horror released into the air. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Usually, she thought brightly lit windows were an inviting sight in the dark, but these seemed far more menacing than the darkness all around. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

She smiled what she knew to be her most menacing smile. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

And then again, there was something painfully familiar in the menace and male jocularity of that tape. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

It is the first time Werner has heard Volkheimer laugh, and his countenance changes; he becomes less menacing and more like a benevolent, humongous child. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

And when it was scary it was menacing. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

But by the late twenties, as he had witnessed the menacing rise of eugenics in the United States, he had begun to reconsider his enthusiasm. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

I see the eight of us in the Annex as if we were a patch of blue sky surrounded by menacing black clouds. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

His gravel-rough voice was low, but she sensed real menace in it. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

It was no longer sweet and melodic but menacing and intimidating. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

He awoke on this birthday morning with the feeling that there was menace in the air around him—that something irrevocable had occurred in him. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

The defenders followed the two rats closely, menacing them with staves. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Colonel Cathcart was not thinking anything at all about the chaplain, but was tangled up in a brand-new, menacing problem of his own: Yossarian! Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Loitering on Earth potentially meant finding oneself abruptly classed as biologically unacceptable, a menace to the pristine heredity of the race. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

They paced the corridor in a menacing group, talking in grunts and comparing the size of their clubs. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Before me stretched the portentous menacing road of a new decade. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Otto ran to undo the other end so they could bind the rubbery menace and get some answers. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Wearing a menacing and pre-occupied scowl, General Dreedle moved to the full-length mirror in his office and stared at his stocky reflection. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Every night after supper, I practiced in front of the dresser mirror—without my shirt, because I could look more menacing that way. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

It was menacing, being desirous for victims—for it was the huge, remorseless sea. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she saw my face at the window she threw herself forward, and shouted in a voice laden with menace:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

It was only a matter of time until she found the range and scored, in spite of those menacing fullbacks. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

They both have these expressions that look more clueless than menacing. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Before them, like a brown, menacing serpent, stretched a turbulent river. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Speaking in similarly grave tones, the Secretary of the Army pointed to another Red menace, China, calling it “a crouched tiger ready to spring on any prey that is weak and wounded.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

The first swiveled his head to view this new menace. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

The drums beat louder, but the air grew quiet and full of menace. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

We had rolled up against a menacing chain of sharp rocks that stuck out of the ocean like a shark's lower jaw. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

In those first weeks, the cold startled Obinze with its weightless menace, drying his nostrils, deepening his anxieties, making him urinate too often. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I laughed in my sleeve at his menaces. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

The question, asked quietly, rang out like a shot and created a silence in the room that was awkward and menacing. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

In the dark, the searchlights and watchtowers are a menacing reminder that we’re locked away. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

When I finally figured it out I shot him; he wheeled about with his face all red storm and theater and shook his fists at me with comic menace. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

No, the menace of the supernatural is that it attacks where modern minds are weakest, where we have abandoned our protective armor of superstition and have no substitute defense. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

The gangs already owned the territory—real estate was, in essence, their core business—and they were suitably menacing to keep customers from even thinking about ripping them off. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Her old fears of the Revolution and the Marxist-Leninist menace had been rekindled by new television worries about the growing numbers of desperate and dispossessed people. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

How often had it lowered on me menace and hate! and how the recollection of childhood’s terrors and sorrows revived as I traced its harsh line now! Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

He unhooked his thumbs from the belt loops and made himself more upright, taking on a self-conscious air of menace. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Eric looks from me to Tobias and laughs, too loudly and for too long—the sound is menacing and grates against me like sandpaper. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Maddie hugged her knees, reeling with the magic and menace of that stolen flight. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

He suggested that the combined resources of the attendees, using their clout to access research, publicity, and people with money, could be marshaled to defeat the worldwide menace of TB, one project at a time. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

His own two hands at arm’s length looked menacing. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

And with that hideous memory he woke fully, and shivered, and the noise of the wind became filled with menacing voices. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

The shark looked a little ridiculous at first, but the menace was inescapable if you kept looking. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

A couple of them referred to the menacing sergeant whom I had also given a pseudonym. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Go up,” Yossarian ordered unmistakably through his teeth in a low, menacing voice. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Rocks, dirt, barbed wire, ferocious dogs, menacing guards, and acre after acre of drab barracks stretched as far as I could see. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

The Greyhound Bus Line is sufficiently menacing to make me accept my status quo. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Snow congratulates the Peacekeepers on a masterful job, honors them for ridding the country of the menace called the Mockingjay. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

They passed through the ruined tunnel and stood upon a heap of stones, gazing at the dark rock of Orthanc, and its many windows, a menace still in the desolation that lay all about it. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The rest of the goblins at the table rose, and Werfel could not tell whether it was out of politeness or menace. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

He wore overalls over his tall, thin frame; his black hair was greasy, and he walked with a slight, menacing limp. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The tall one looked menacing because of his giant size and his scar. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

By the mid-1930s, as Hitler ascended to power in Germany, droves of scientists sensed the rising menace of the Nazi political agenda and left the country. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Mami leaned over and lifted a small cast-iron statue from Yoyo's box: an old man sat in a boat looking down at a menacing whale, its jaws hinged open. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Rumors of a great insurrection terrified whites, and blacks increasingly came to be viewed as menacing and dangerous. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Richard’s eyes widened slightly, and then he fell back against his chair, all the menace and tension draining away from him, and in that moment, Ophie was relieved. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

The mountains were as unfamiliar and menacing as ever, but I wanted to stay. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

That was how close they were to being a serious menace. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

At school I found the principal and all the male teachers waiting for me, their faces cold and menacing, as they tested their canes between their hands. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

From this deficiency of nourishment resulted an abuse, which pressed hardly on the younger pupils: whenever the famished great girls had an opportunity, they would coax or menace the little ones out of their portion. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

‘Open, in the name of Mordor!’ said a voice thin and menacing. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

When Billy came out of the shrubbery, his face wreathed in goofy good will, they menaced him with their machine pistols, as though they were capturing him then. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was not merely a question of losing Central Africa; for the first time in the whole war, the territory of Oceania itself was menaced. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The four behind the leader slouched, seeming not so much menacing now as idling, waiting for their next command. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He looked stonily at the menacing old man. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“The man ought to be in jail. He’s a menace to the public health.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Hazel shook her head slightly at the strangeness of it, this once-ordinary sound that in the mist-filled forest felt like a mechanical menace. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Now I know that can’t be true, because white light is menacing. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The thick bands of muscle that wrapped his arms and torso were somehow even more menacing now. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Sammy slipped out of Red’s grip and disappeared, leaving Ben to face the menacing crowd alone. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next day I watched, along with many others, as his father's helicopter circled the air above Fullbrook again, hovering with its deafening noise and menace, and descended slowly to the football field. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The sound of men shouting and dogs barking wheeled around us as we ran, menacing us from everywhere and nowhere. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

There was menace in their hate and fear, and when Lazlo saw it, the feeling inside him was like the blast of fire rising up a dragon's throat. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

With the mothers close on my heels, shouting their threats, the twisted maze of the hallway seemed even more menacing. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the darkness, the trees loomed close and menacing. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Oh, you are at home,” he says, a growl in his voice that makes him seem menacing no matter how benign the words he speaks. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Crabbe stopped laughing and started rubbing his knuckles in a menacing way. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

In other lands they would have greeted him with kind words; but now they stood silent, each feeling a strange expectancy: something was approaching that held a hidden power — or menace. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

No official or private concern seems to have been felt about the fire ant as a menace to crops or livestock. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

The silhouette of the bodyguard looked menacing, and Matt remembered he’d killed twenty children with a bomb intended for the English prime minister.The man seemed to soak up the faint starlight from the ceiling. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Its sting was said to make it a serious menace to human health. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

But if you say it slow and menacing, especially when you get to “blister,” it’ll do. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

James Jackson actually made menacing faces at the Quakers in the gallery, called them outright lunatics, then launched into a tirade so emotional and incoherent that reporters in the audience had difficulty recording his words. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

There was no menace in his face or stance. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Finally the soldier growled some menacing words, then turned and disappeared. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

He deliberately worked a thick edge of menace into his tone. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The bear halted, then reared up to full height for attack, red eyes glinting savagely, neck up-stretched and head weaving from side to side in a menacing, snakelike way. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even my cartoon hair is wild, and I added a patch on my eye to look especially menacing. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Though not as tall or physically commanding as Bull’s, Captain Brannon’s body was stacked together with the knotted muscles of a stevedore, and an implied menace shadowed his whole appearance. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The scar on his mouth no longer looked menacing. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I drive through a menacing area filled with deserted warehouses—Dickey, be gone!—until the tent comes looming up out of the dusk. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not menacing but excited, as if proposing an escapade, a prank, a treat. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The prosperous merchants and busy tradesmen had disappeared, and in their place were coarse women and menacing men, bands of noisy, grimy children and scores of beggars. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

There was no metal detector, no menacing dog. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

It was only when you got close enough that you could see that their faces were like skulls and their eyes were filled with menace. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

A coiled hose left out by a keeper has made a menacing impression. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

That man,” he exclaimed, “is a public menace. I can’t think why somebody doesn’t do away with him.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a big block of roughly cut concrete, with one tiny, barred window and a wooden door that was locked with a menacing rusty metal latch, like something out of the Dark Ages. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I don’t know how I expected him to say it—with relief, maybe, because Marcus, his father and the menace of his life, is finally gone. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Children from slum backgrounds are potential menaces to society. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

A menace from the dead girl hung over her father in this hour of triumph. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

He grabs at her, all anger and menace. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Truth be told, she was growing tired of the whole scene at Indian Creek—the chaos on the field as well as the menacing crowd in the parking lot. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

“This place is in such a shocking state of disrepair and neglect that it’s a menace to health. Even a sewer is better. Clean it up or you’ll all die.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was an aura of menace about her even at a distance, and when she came up close you could almost feel the dangerous heat radiating from her as from a red-hot rod of metal. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

So I was unprepared when Edmund, whom I considered a common bully, began to present a more menacing aspect to me alone. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Here the sidewalks were shot through with arterial cracks and studded with menacing weeds that had evolved to survive torrential rain and the lack of pollinators. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Freed of the menacing greed and self-indulgence that had almost overwhelmed them during that time, the villagers had learned to celebrate themselves, as they were doing this evening. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The tunnel yawned before us, black and menacing. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Again she heard Hushpuppy growl from the darkness of the woods, quietly but with menace. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

He heard the menacing clicks of thousands of pincers around him, the rustling of the spiders as they scuttled across the underbrush, but he didn’t dare look back. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The safety of the keepers is constantly menaced. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thomas was pumped to hear that—he’d been curious about the squat building ever since he’d first seen a Runner go through its menacing door. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Time, and repeated screenings, have endowed the memory with a menace the original did not possess. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Traveling through the handiwork of the fire for so long made an unseeable menace more terrifying. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Those who dared to follow that road came soon to the black Dimholt under Dwimorberg, and the menace of the pillar of stone, and the yawning shadow of the forbidden door. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

And yet, in the bright sun of morning, the Institute didn’t seem such a forbidding place, not as menacing as they’d imagined; in fact the whole island was rather lovely. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I feel nothing, she whispered, as the ice hit her skin, as the wind beat against her, as the snow menaced around her. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

The crowd, invisible but possessing a huge, menacing voice, roared its approval of a Calhoun girl’s basket. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This thing is a real menace,” the chief said. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

Bagman was talking very fast in a low voice to the goblins, all of whom had their arms crossed and were looking rather menacing. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The officer who shot the boy said that the teen had been menacing and had moved quickly, in a threatening manner. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Peeves was the school poltergeist, a grinning, airborne menace who lived to cause havoc and distress. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Bran could feel the menace around them, but his brother was too young. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“You didn’t stand by that kitten, so why should I stand by you?” she asked tauntingly from the menacing darkness. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lady bared her teeth and began to growl, a low rumble full of menace, but this time Sansa silenced the wolf with a gentle hand to the head. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The blue shadows of late afternoon were menacing now. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Only the eyes held the menace of the night. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

She lowered her voice before she spoke the name, as if that might remove some of the menace from it. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

All eyes turned to Colonel Meecham who was leaning forward on the balls of his feet, glowering with unconcealed menace at the Ivy Leaguer. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

His movements and the expression on his face were so menacing that the nurse fell back in terror. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

To protect the nation against “the menace of race deterioration,” radical social surgery would need to be deployed. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Another woman, an elderly mulatta, claimed that her hair was falling out from the menacing stares the baby gave her. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

A flashlight beam focused on the weeds; in its glare their half-dead stalks appeared stark, menacing. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

The men who were working along the rows felt possessed by a strange fascination, menaced by some invisible danger, and many succumbed to a terrible desire to weep. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

He looked anxious and uncomfortable, not menacing at all. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“We’re all sorry for each other. Somebody decided they didn’t like us. We were a threat, a danger. A menace.” Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

The Spelling Bee buzzed dangerously in and out of range of the Humbug’s wildly swinging cane as they menaced and threatened each other, and the crowd stepped back out of danger. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

“That dog of yours is a menace,” the postman grumbled as he handed me a letter. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

The officer pointed to an enormous slate-gray ship that matched the menacing sky. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The orphans weren’t even allowed near this place, as signs all around the hallway insisted in red, menacing letters. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

A foreboding, clammy and fearful, came into her heart as if, along with the visitor whose name was so strange yet somehow familiar, some menace had slipped into her life. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Mark spared a last glance at the menacing, almost magical items shining inside the box, then took off to catch up with the man. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

It was also shielding its simmering menace, hiding it more than usual, and Jam sent it a silent thank-you for that. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

With Jeremiah and Mandela, Beatrice ran through the darkened streets of Monrovia, past checkpoints manned by menacing teenage boys and young men burdened by the weight of guns too big for their small frames. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

The creature growled low in its throat and changed its body language, small shifts that bled naked menace into the room. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

This insect infests about a third of Africa, posing a menace to human health and preventing the keeping of livestock in an area of some 4% million square miles of wooded grasslands. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

The villagers remembered Matty as a fun-loving young man who had been destroyed when he fought the evil, unknowable forces that had menaced the village in those harsher times, seven years earlier. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Dimple took what she hoped was a menacing step forward, map held out as a weapon. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

But just before it is too late, the tiger will freeze, the menace rumbling deep in its throat. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Géricault painted the storm clouds and cresting waves dark to create a menacing mood. The Annotated Mona Lisa 1992-06-01T00:00:00Z

The mood inside Ford’s became dark, ugly, and menacing. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I believe I have made clear the menace of a hyena. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

But there was a sense of menace that lingered in him long after. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The hall was dark because of the menace of thunder overhead. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The vision went like this: Benton stood alone on the shore of a vast, menacing ocean. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

The night, the darkness outside, the apart-ment riddled with lamplight shadows seemed more menacing. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What are you doing here?” he asked the first soldier, a menacing, low roar beginning to sound in his throat. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

The ruddy father and son are brandishing their weapons in an attempt to be menacing. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Hulking, menacing, with eyes of blazing silver, Abiyoyo stomped around the stage, roaring silently at children he spotted. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The safety of the keepers is constantly menaced. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She raised her fingers and popped them at him—boom!—but this time the gesture looked sad, not menacing. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I cannot reconcile this with the menacing figure at the schoolmaster’s desk. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was simply taking me in, observing me, in a manner that was sober but not menacing. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

They were beautiful, but to me their beauty seemed aggressive, menacing. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Then the leader, who was now half across the Ford, stood up menacing in his stirrups, and raised up his hand. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

But she began receiving menacing phone calls from a collection agency about an old bill her health insurance had not covered. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

A new odor, faint but menacing, hung in the air. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The Cold War is over, and fear of communist expansion has been replaced by the menace of international terrorism. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Sometimes the menace is to the crop itself — a menace that remains as long as the insecticide contamination is in the soil. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

An accusation was enough to ruin a person's reputation; in the shadow of a looming Soviet menace, many Americans jettisoned the most basic standards of due process, fairness, or the presumption of innocence. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

The archers from Apollo’s cabin brought out their bows and arrows, ready to slay the menace, but with so many campers mixed in with the birds, it wasn’t safe to shoot. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Hitler was always talking about the “Jewish menace” and how Germany and the rest of Europe should be “Jew free.” Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Now,” she said, pivoting quickly from the stove and staring as she pointed the menacing wire toward my nose, “let’s get this done once and for all.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The hammer kept the gods of Asgard safe from all the dangers that menaced them and the world. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Up close, I'm sure their more menacing attributes will be revealed. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

But there was not much menace behind Lillian’s attempts at discipline. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ask him in what I hope is a menacing fashion, sticking my fingers under his armpits to tickle him. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

In my terrified child’s mind, the Augur seemed larger, more menacing. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Her eyes fell on Tyler and Bobby, and she did not blush and turn away or menace them with school supplies. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

On many of the sugar islands, Africans created similar dances in which people spin, jump, and seem to menace each other, then, just on the beat, click sticks and twirl away. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

On the other hand there’s something menacing about this notion. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

His voice is replete with danger, lush with menace. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The Colonel turned, swift as a wasp’s sting, and menaced into the gloom. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

It can be objected that I am speaking of political freedom in spiritual terms, but the political institutions of any nation are always menaced and are ultimately controlled by the spiritual state of that nation. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

The tiger cub already looked large and menacing in her eyes. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

What did Chess know about dealing with menacing older boys? The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

His father got up even closer and spoke with menace. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

I remembered walking into our garage and hearing Erik’s voice, cold and menacing. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Archie,” he said, whispering, menace in the whisper, as if the information he had to impart was too terrible to be spoken aloud. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon after, somewhere near them, they heard the unceasing bubbling of a nightjar—a peaceful sound, without menace, which died gradually away as they pushed on. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Its proportions flowed from bunched and menacing to lithe and graceful. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The giant was dangling a bloody corpse by one leg, the same way Arya used to dangle her doll when she was small, swinging it like a momingstar when menaced by vegetables. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

But once night began to fall, the mobs that gathered on Wednesday night were even larger and more menacing than Tuesday night’s hordes had been. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

It wanted to hunt so badly that the shield which hid its menace was slipping, putting an edge to its presence. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

His happy question thinned to a whisper as he looked at me, standing in the doorway, menacing and mean, a pitchfork pointed straight at him. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Pax’s every instinct urged him to run from the menacing scent, but he would not leave without Gray. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

It transformed him from someone menacing to someone you wished you knew. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Jack had backed right against the tribe and they were a solid mass of menace that bristled with spears. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

“Maybe there’s some way we could forbid them to open the church again, because it’s unsafe or a health menace or something,” Bruno Martinez suggested unconvincingly. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

We defend our curious role in Spain by referring to the Russian menace and the necessity of protecting the free world. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

He would have considered this disheveled creature’s intention as mad and impossible had he not remembered the serpent in his hand, its menacing fangs and cold eyes. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

No one else in the cell knew what to make of us, the ruthless colored gangster and his menacing, Hulk-like friend. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Babies cried, tykes fought, scavenger dogs growled and menaced each other as they vied for dropped scraps. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man snarled, menacing and ugly, and advanced a few steps. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

His voice is louder now, sleek and menacing and devoid of anything resembling decency. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Unlike Calvin and Deemer, who advertised their weirdness from a hundred yards away, Jordan kept his face so empty that the emptiness alone was menacing. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

For the Citizens' Councils, as for the Klan, the sexual perils of desegregation were intertwined with the equally dreadful menace of Communist domination. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Smoke hung in the village like a menacing fog. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

That was another time of comparative coolness but menaced by the coming of the dark. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Two against a vast mob that must seem to them like one great animal, menacing them from above and from all around. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Instantly, in total silence, both dæmons sprang around, becoming wolves: mad light eyes, bare white teeth, menace in every line. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

He heard a menacing rustle in the leaves just before a putrid smell soured the air—the smell of something long dead. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

But even men far tougher and more attuned to the wilderness than Thoreau were sobered by its strange and palpable menace. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

The bales were so heavy and piled so high that they were a real menace. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

It h a menacing or amorous puff, similar to the grampus. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Johnson was on his knees, a menacing silhouette. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lack of living things made the landscape both beautiful and menacing. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

The Director bares his teeth in a menacing smile. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Much smaller, I thought, and not nearly so menacing, and in the bright sunlight it was hard to picture what had happened on this ground some twenty years ago. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt a vague flutter in my stomach as I saw Ambrose watching me with all the menace of a smoldering coal. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

None of the men moved, but they all harbored looks of disdain which suggested that nobody considered Carl was pointing anything much more menacing than a popgun. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Despite its burgeoning navigational abilities, Homo sapiens was still overwhelmingly a terrestrial menace. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her smile’s all scarlet lips, sparkling white teeth, and menace. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

‘It is much to me. But I know already sufficient of these deeds for my own counsel against the menace of the East.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Near that, maybe twenty feet to the south, stood a squat building made of rough concrete blocks, a menacing iron door its only entrance—there were no windows. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

They halted, cowering on the evil-smelling ground; but they saw nothing in the gloomy evening sky above, and soon the menace passed, high overhead, going maybe on some swift errand from Barad-dûr. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Hamilton's fiscal program was certainly a menacing shadow over the new federal edifice. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

The light post created menacing shadows on his face. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Below him someone's legs were getting tired and the desperate ululation advanced like a jagged fringe of menace and was almost overhead. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

There was an air of menace about them as they loped slowly across the plain with long lolloping strides, heading for the BFG. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

This square was better lit than the rest of the village, with four lanterns casting menacing shadows on the paving stones. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

A heavy weight was settling steadily on Frodo’s heart, and he regretted now with every step forward that he had ever thought of challenging the menace of the trees. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Whenever Merlyn and his companion swam past them, they raised their spiky dorsal fins in menace, and only lowered them when they saw that Merlyn was a tench. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just as I turn to go, we both hear a low, menacing growl coming from inside Ma’s old-lady purse. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

Black, white, or whatever, they were the menaces of nature; they were the fire, the comet, the storm, which could—with no justification—shatter my body. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

And the menacing sense of destruction it tends to drag along with it, she didn’t add. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Their labels alternate between sounding patriotic and menacing: “Rocket’s Red Glare.” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

When I pulled into the parking lot, I once again saw that loathsome truck, with its flags, stickers, and menacing gun rack. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I can feel the vibration amplified in the belly of the ship, like the menacing tone of a cello. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

The quiet glade, the sun on the alders, seemed suddenly menacing. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

A man of his size, Horace thought, must take it as a duty to imply no menace or risk that his neighbors will be wary of him. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Your newspaper is an insult to all white Americans who have pledged themselves to purge this menace from our midst. Please cancel my subscription as of this date and send refund immediately.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

A great black shape against the fires beyond he loomed up, grown to a vast menace of despair. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“We shall risk their prophetic menaces,” he noted confidently, if we should continue to have a majority.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Ridgeway knew that image to be false—he didn’t need to dissemble about the business of slavery—but neither was the menace of the Randall plantation the truth. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

And other times, for no apparent reason, he was angry and abrasive, his voice menacing. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Cob pointed an imaginary knife at the boy and gave him a menacing look. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Lowell’s Martians were benign and hopeful, even a little godlike, very different from the malevolent menace posed by Wells and Welles in The War of the Worlds. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Last Christmas"; there's the oddly powerful disjunction of Buddy Holly singing "Every Day" while Eva drives through a menacing crowd of Halloween revelers. Cannes: Tilda Swinton's "We Need to Talk About Kevin" is a grim shocker 2011-05-12T15:15:00Z

The dry castanet sound at the start and menacing drum rolls at the end create an unfamiliar effect. The Perfect American – review 2013-06-08T23:06:02Z

It’s a stealth performance that hums along with quiet menace before going to Defcon 5, a blowout that the Gumby-limbed Ms. Punch accomplishes with mad eyes and an eruption of facial tics. | 'Bad Teacher': When the Teacher Gets High Marks in the Raunchy and the Profane 2011-06-23T22:21:08Z

This quaint town, outwardly a haven for cheerful cyclists and cheese connoisseurs, was now layered with menace. Your Vacation Mission? Find This Stolen Horse 2016-08-23T04:00:00Z

More recently, he starred as a menacing motel owner in last year's Hollywood thriller "Neon Demon" and as a doctor helping a girl battling anorexia in this year's Sundance premiere "To The Bone." Keanu Reeves gets deadlier in 'John Wick 2,' talks 'Bill & Ted' sequel 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z

In the painting, Delft is an urban center clustered in the lower third of the canvas, dwarfed by enormous clouds — some white and fluffy, some gray and menacing. Cultured Traveler: Drawing Yourself Into the Scene 2013-12-12T16:43:08Z

His unflinching reaction to a video of Ramsey flashing the Laker Girl Cheerleading squad with a paper bag over his head is as menacing as it is ridiculous. Terence Stamp: five best moments 2013-02-22T12:11:28Z

In general, Ray’s stories are characterized by short punchy paragraphs, the use of documents and newspaper reports, sudden shifts of narrative perspective, and a pervasive atmosphere of menace and approaching doom. Review | Escapist reading in the fantasy novels and weird tales from another time 2020-03-18T04:00:00Z

From the aggressive displays of machismo at little league baseball games to the vaguely menacing etiquette of PTA meetings, the freakishness of suburban life far transcends the freakishness of ... well, freaks like you and me. "Neighbors From Hell": The perversion of the suburbs, unleashed! 2010-05-29T23:01:00Z

The lyrics don’t need to be straightforwardly interpreted for them to communicate a compelling sense of erotic menace. ‪The Beautiful Meaninglessness of David Bowie 2016-01-09T05:00:00Z

Yet the longer his enigmatic pauses extend and increasingly erratic his diction becomes, the less menacing the character actually appears. Faith and Cold Reading ? review 2011-02-16T18:20:31Z

When two members of White/Light augment the quartet with lap slide-guitar and electronics, the sound gets even bigger, more menacing. Lollapalooza Day 2: Rain, retro and Eminem 2011-08-07T06:50:00Z

There's already enough, in his combination of clowning, oddity and low-level menace, to constitute one of the funniest shows on the fringe. Doctor Brown ? review 2011-08-10T17:15:01Z

Saskia Wickham conveys the strain of preserving the marital facade and there is a peach of a performance from Graham Seed as a sly blackmailer who veers between ingratiation and menace. Accolade 2011-02-04T01:15:21Z

The postcard Holly brings, however, is more menacing than melodramatic. Tana French’s ‘The Secret Place’: The Dublin Murder Squad takes on the Mean Girls

And he was superb, singing alternately with suave, seductive phrasing and menacing intensity. Music Review: ?Don Giovanni? at the Metropolitan Opera - Review 2011-10-14T18:50:40Z

Almost overnight, the iconic predator of all paleontology and the Cretaceous Period’s menacing beast of prey became … a waddling buzzard. ArtsBeat: Amateur Hour: Jack Hitt Talks About an American Tradition 2012-05-16T19:53:00Z

In the 11 dramatic tales that make up her second story collection, Groff’s version of Florida comes with menace, but no less wonder. 8 New Books We Recommend This Week 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z

Craig is crisp and robust throughout, deftly illustrating Robert's capacity for menace, and he and Spall have some witty fun with the festering rivalry between the two buddies. Press views: Weisz and Craig in Betrayal 2013-11-04T11:37:56Z

We were all going to be first-year teachers, and the place was in a great location, right in the middle of town, but it was menacing. How do you know you've really become an adult? An illustrated essay 2015-10-03T04:00:00Z

Still, a genuine sense of menace lurks just out of frame, in a crime Teitelbaum alludes to but can’t name outright when she wails, “God, tell me why did he hurt my girl.” Drake Surprises With a Kim Kardashian Sample, and 11 More New Songs 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z

Chief Deputy District Attorney Arnold Mordkin said Monday the menacing charge is the most serious, usually carrying a sentence of two to eight years in prison and a fine of $2,000 to $500,000. 2009-12-29T02:12:00Z

Will is a menace, not just to the community, but to his own child. In Liana Liberato We 'Trust': A 14-Year-Old's Harrowing Turn Elevates Tale of Pain and Pedophilia 2011-03-31T20:35:00Z

But then, a wasp menaces, landing on our table. Swedish Islands Offer an Escape From Stockholm 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z

It is the subterranean glitter of mysticism in the narrator’s descriptions of her surroundings that lends them their occasional menace. Yrsa Daley-Ward Breaks Out of the “Instapoetry” Pack with Her Memoir “The Terrible” 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z

More than elegant, restrained Florence or show-offy Rome, with its perfect, ruined beauty, and even more than otherworldly Venice, Naples — earthy, squalid and slightly menacing — is one of the most romantic cities in the world. Seduced by Naples’ chaotic, crumbling beauty 2014-07-13T04:00:00Z

In 'The Dumbwaiter' you get the whole mechanism and feeling of threat and mystery, and the comedy of menace ... ACT Theatre celebrates Pinter with monthlong festival 2012-07-19T20:12:10Z

Their press shots scream moody and menacing, but in person they're disarmingly sweet and seemingly hellbent on undermining any sense of artful remoteness. Sleigh Bells shaken to life by MIA 2010-12-16T22:31:00Z

The titillating and gory details of any one case narrow readers’ focus onto particular bad actors, relegating law enforcement to a largely offscreen menace. The Epidemic of Wrongful Convictions in America 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z

Linda Powell's potent performance makes her character the most menacing in the play. In the laudable 'The Christians,' characterizations are a saving grace 2015-12-14T05:00:00Z

The shaven-skulled, quick-witted Jimmy confronts Ian with the hard look and menacing, I-dare-you manner of a thug, but he’s probably good company on an ordinary day, as long as no one sets him off. Review: ‘Quietly’ Rivetingly Revisits the Troubles in Belfast 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z

Certain of the least menacing among them can be retained as pets. Creating a spectacle of slaughter at the movies: Ambush at Kamikaze Pass 2019-08-17T04:00:00Z

Eventually, when the seven men grow more menacing—one looks at her like she’s lunch as he eats a burrito on her couch—she makes her escape. Short Stories for Summer Reading 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z

Pinocchio is caught between the inhuman and the human for most of his episodic adventures, which is crucial to his singular mix of charm and menace. ‘Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio’ Review: Puppets and Power 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z

The attraction, called “Ascend the Wall,” provides a virtual reality visit to that huge, menacing structure that protects the Seven Kingdoms from wildlings and those creepy ghost-zombie creatures. Go Inside Game of Thrones With an Intense Virtual Reality Experience 2014-01-31T19:37:48Z

The nickname, a reference to widespread street violence, was popularized by Chicago’s Chief Keef and other drill rappers, whose style is lyrical nihilism over menacing beats. Lonnae O’Neal: Some say Spike Lee’s ‘Chiraq’ gives Chicago a bad name 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z

But they are no less menacing for that. The Killers of the ‘Sex Money Murder’ Gang and the Cops Who Went After Them 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z

Kristin A. Thompson’s lighting adds menace and mystery throughout and in the teddy bear scene, a sweet sense of dawn breaking as the defeated monsters retreat. The action-packed thrill of comic books, onstage 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z

The book opens with “The Fair Chase,” a long, fable-like poem about villagers who hunt year after year for a menacing animal they fear but cannot find. Poet Amy Gerstler’s ‘Scattered at Sea’ offers wisdom and poignancy 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z

In the original production of “Drive,” staged by Mark Brokaw at the Vineyard Theater, Peck was given what felt like a definitive portrayal by David Morse, a master of subliminal menace. Theater Review: ?How I Learned to Drive,? With Norbert Leo Butz 2012-02-14T03:01:00Z

Elba’s considerable skills in projecting menace and resolve don’t come into play and he mostly just looks genial and a little lost. Review: In ‘Turn Up Charlie,’ the Manny Isn’t Just a Man, He’s Idris Elba 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z

This single set, designed by Marsha Ginsberg, fizzes with playful menace, suggested most blatantly by a rickety fairground ride. Review: A Stranger, Sexier Version of ‘Peter Pan’? It’s Leonard Bernstein’s 2018-07-15T04:00:00Z

Don’t get me started on the exterior mural of a beaming Bill Cosby, his outsized smile now as menacing as a clown in a horror film. Ben’s Chili Bowl review: I get its importance. But I still wish the food were better. 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z

Mr. Edwards’s ethos is chillier though, suggesting with banality and a hint of menace how we are framed and surveilled by cameras, interfaces and screens. 3 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now 2021-01-06T05:00:00Z

Nowadays nearly 40 rather than menacing youngbloods, there are no creaks as members spray the audience with champagne, and crouch in the darkness before leaping up together like hip-hop superheroes. Wu-Tang Clan 2010-08-04T20:30:00Z

She used etching and dry-point to draw line after line, to forge shadow and depth, or to illustrate a victimized specter or a menacing little bee. Issues of today echo in BAM exhibit ‘Emancipating the Past: Kara Walker’s Tales of Slavery and Power’ 2016-07-26T04:00:00Z

Claudia Jones, the veteran Trinidadian communist, activist and publisher exiled as a menace from America, is always known as the Mother of Carnival. The importance of the Notting Hill carnival 2011-08-25T18:59:03Z

In 2018, the era in which the gravest menace to society was acid house feels distant indeed. From The Hunger Games to Utøya and The Hate U Give: how cinema declared war on the young 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z

He walks a fine line between public nuisance and menace, holy fool and extremely annoying person. Francis Al?s treads the thin green line 2010-06-14T20:30:00Z

It has some mayhem and menace, but just for laughs. 2010-01-15T04:06:00Z

Mr. Murugan’s fictional villages are places full of quiet menace, where caste boundaries are protected with violence and social exclusion. ‘A Censor Is Seated Inside Me Now’: Hometown Wrath Tests a Novelist 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z

Cruise ships loomed tall and wide, casting a menacing shadow on the aquamarine water. In the British Virgin Islands I learned to sail — for my father, while there was still time 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z

"She creates this menacing quality by not cutting where you'd expect it - she typically would cut sooner than you might expect," Faller said. Pioneering film editor Dede Allen dies at 86 2010-04-18T22:31:00Z

Was it difficult to nail both the charm and the menace that comes later? 'The Boy Next Door' Star Ryan Guzman: You're supposed to laugh at my movie 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z

But she’s such a mild writer here that a true sense of menace is never allowed to bloom. Dangerously Deep Sleep Is Contagious in ‘The Dreamers’ 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z

He brought the pop, he says in the film, and Ms. Jett “brought the menace.” Joan Jett: ‘My Lot in Life Is to Battle’ 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z

“Rumble” from 1958 is too scary to ignore, and Link Wray’s guitar tone taught countless future guitarists that menacing distortion can be had by merely poking a hole in your amp cone. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2015: 11 other acts that should be in 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z

Although Welles never completed that film, it’s the gonzo centerpiece of Beauman’s novel, which stares into the menacing jungle and whispers, “The humor! The humor!” Review | Can anyone figure out what’s happening in Ned Beauman’s new comic novel? 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z

Morris, known for eccentric flourishes in his acting, brought to his role as probation officer Deltoid in Orange a sense of camp and menace coexisting. 'A Clockwork Orange' Actor Aubrey Morris Dies at 89 2015-07-18T04:00:00Z

A strange mixture of the mundane and menacing, it's a compelling watch. Catch-up TV guide: from Luther to Comran's Drive-In 2013-07-27T05:00:00Z

The effect is deeply creepy, not least because Bennett is a beloved playwright and arguably the least menacing man in Britain. Tim Roth: ‘If you neglect the working class for so long they will rebel against you’ 2016-12-04T05:00:00Z

Plant's idea of "settling down" is more likely to involve an invitation for someone to "come to the sea"– with all the menace that implies – than renting a cottage in the Isle of Wight. The showman must go on 2011-01-30T00:03:02Z

But somewhere during the eerie Fully Enjoy, the album starts to develop a different atmosphere of creeping menace. Banjo or Freakout: Banjo or Freakout ? review 2011-02-17T21:59:01Z

In a recent piece, two bears at the foot of a tree menace a pair of hikers who have sought safety among its branches. Art Review: Edward Koren at the Wallach and Luise Ross Galleries 2010-05-20T21:44:00Z

They can be pretty obnoxious these days – rude, disrespectful, menacing too, with their sticks and mobility scooters. TV review: When Teenage Meets Old Age, Mrs Brown's Boys, Glee 2011-02-22T08:01:02Z

In 1949, the Soviets successfully detonated their first atomic bomb, ending the United States’ nuclear monopoly — and arguably stripping Hersey’s “Hiroshima” of its perceived propagandistic menace. Long After the Bomb, Its Story Finds a New Audience 2020-10-12T04:00:00Z

I don't say "harassment," which always sounds relatively innocuous, but menace, because I don't care if somebody says something nasty to me. "I'm not getting over violence against women": Rebecca Solnit discusses her new anti-memoir 2020-03-10T04:00:00Z

It's a small drama with a vague air of menace and it's all quite compelling. The Equalizer review – Denzel Washington: ordinary guy, cool killer 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z

The plaintive guitar, menacing beat and dreamy vocals had me immediately breaking out Shazam to figure out what it was. Weekend Listening: Danger Mouse and Daniele Luppi's Rome 2011-11-11T19:12:50Z

Those inner movements had taken on menacing bite, whipping between contrasting sections; the Adagio was a deeper evocation of stillness and fragility. Geffen and Gustavo: Mixed Boons for the New York Philharmonic 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z

During a post-funeral gathering in a tavern, James corners Zilpha and purrs with no shortage of seductive menace, “One thing that Africa did not cure is that I still love you.” Mucky intent makes “Taboo” a questionable proposition 2017-01-10T05:00:00Z

The next few years saw what Clarke calls "a struggle on two fronts" as Churchill the author tried to complete both projects, while becoming obsessed as a politician by the menace of Nazi Germany. Mr Churchill's Profession: Statesman, Orator, Writer by Peter Clarke – review 2012-07-20T07:00:04Z

Behind it all lurks the menace of a mysterious, perhaps imaginary crime cartel known as the Golden Fang. At New York Film Festival, History and Detectives 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z

The menacing ravens lining the monkey bars outside the old schoolhouse. Hitchcock’s ‘Birds’ and the real birds of California’s Bodega Bay 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z

Manson sounds just as strong and limber as ever, at turns menacing and sultry. Garbage?s Reunion Rock Record Feels More Like an Anomaly 2012-05-15T16:19:09Z

Gradually more menacing as the story goes on, and ending by being properly scary. This Week in Fiction: John Lanchester on Ghost Stories 2017-03-27T04:00:00Z

On Slate, Jenny Hendrix wrote: “Subtly menacing, but not without humor, the novel derives momentum and tension from the space between its clear, intelligent language and the absolute unreliability of its narrator.” Whiting Awards Celebrate 30 Years With 10 Winning Writers 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z

Though he’s out for vengeance, his stuttering, speaking in rhyme and wearing a nylon blue tank top for much of the film hardly helps conveying any sense of menace. 12 Hours Watching John McClane: The Diary of a Die Hard Marathoner 2013-02-14T20:44:04Z

And it is decidedly in a New York state of mind, flavored with hip-hop, mountains of bling and no shortage of menace. 'Power' explores the dark corners of clubs and drugs 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z

The choral ensembles were stirring and effective, especially those for the women portraying Verdi’s witches, depicted in this staging as like a sisterhood of frumpily dressed yet menacing bag ladies. Review: Plácido Domingo Is Gone, but He Still Haunted ‘Macbeth’ 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z

This successful partnership with VAN allowed Japanese law enforcement to stop seeing clean-cut American youth fashion as a social menace. Stalking the Wild Madras Wearers of the Ivy League 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z

Not only did Valerie have a magnetic on-camera presence, she had a rare ability to connect with animals, including menacing sharks, which were then little understood. The Woman Who Captured ‘Jaws,’ Then Worked to Undo the Damage 2021-07-27T04:00:00Z

They were menacing but also interesting, and sometimes even funny. In praise of … Pran Sikand 2013-07-17T22:00:34Z

Wren and Janzo unleash a menace so Garret and Zed go on a hunt. What to watch on Thursday: ‘Monster in the Shadows’ on Peacock 2021-08-25T04:00:00Z

A copy of Edvard Munch's painting "The Scream," which, as one person observes, would radiate danger and menace to any possible human viewer. "Into Eternity": The quest to make us forget nuclear waste 2011-02-04T19:45:00Z

It was going to be one or the other for Niki de Saint Phalle, who made some of the most joyous art of postwar France, and also some of the most menacing. Niki de Saint Phalle: Nothing More Shocking Than Joy 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z

Reds, yellows, pinks, blues, purples, greens, and oranges are caked, smeared, and scraped across cardboard mounted on canvas, amassing into something otherworldly, wavering between strange and familiar, whimsical and menacing. Find the Faces in Mark Grotjahn’s Paintings at Blum & Poe 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z

Hook was a menace, but a silly one, coming up with evil schemes to the beat of a tango or a tarantella, and making wistful remarks like “Fame, thou glittering bauble!” “Peter Pan Live!” and a Night of Protests 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z

And the modern law-bound, liberal nation state is hardly a menacing political institution. Why the left is wrong about immigration 2013-03-27T11:59:50Z

Mamet contrasts Teach’s macho postures with Don’s gentler but by no means refined version of masculinity: avuncular yet menacing, slower to anger yet never quite nice. Review: In ‘American Buffalo,’ Grift Is the Coin of the Realm 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z

The refugees are also Jews who have fled a menace in Europe; it is August, 1942, and the Germans are marching to Russia. Writing a novel about Jews set in 1942—without Hitler: “Once you mention Hitler’s name, his mustache is in the room. The stakes change” 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z

Childhood scenes of Dustin and his troubled brother vacillate between feelings of affection and menace. Dan Chaon’s ‘Ill Will’ is the scariest novel of the year 2017-03-06T05:00:00Z

On Can't Be Saved the music is insistent in a quietly menacing way, but there's nothing here to match fellow Brit rapper Ghostpoet in terms of achieving a striking contrast between voice and music. New band of the day ? No 958: Sound of Rum 2011-02-01T17:00:43Z

But cutting through Stanley’s surface geniality and healthy physical vigor is a menacing distrust of — and contempt for — hypocrisy. | 'A Streetcar Named Desire': Small Space, Big Egos: Something Will Explode 2010-06-18T23:18:00Z

And, in a series of suspenseful scenes involving a hospital for drug addicts, there are a consulting doctor and the hospital’s menacing lawyer. ‘The Real Justine’: A thriller about an elusive, mysterious woman 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z

The former boogeyman of the American left, once viewed as rash, incurious and overly trusting of his gut, has been eclipsed by an even more absurd, menacing figure. Perspective | George W. Bush’s wars are now over. He retreated a while ago. 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z

But he was best known for the air of menace he brought to his evil characters. Pran Sikand, Villain of the Bollywood Screen, Dies at 93 2013-07-17T00:31:08Z

It’s a scenario reminiscent of so many accounts by Weinstein’s accusers, including the one that Paltrow has told — the isolation, the menacing persistence, the terror. I Love Gwyneth Paltrow. There. I Said It. 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z

Tenor Dominic Armstrong, doubling as the Narrator and Quint, uses his smooth sound to convey sinister charm and menace. Britten ghost story at City Opera 2013-02-25T15:53:18Z

Maybe you — we — are traumatized by months of the weird combination of boredom and menace that covid forced on us. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: How does a mom uninterested in ‘normal’ return to it? 2021-04-15T04:00:00Z

Here is where seemingly disparate ideas and images briefly come together in a world teeming with menace and traversed by souls that have lost their way. "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre": A metaphor for Nixon-era mayhem 2019-05-26T04:00:00Z

But the tender images are bittersweet since the world in which the baby will grow to maturity is a threatening one: logging, gold mining and a huge hydropower scheme now menace its habitat. King of the swingers: what Primates tells us about our locked-down world 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z

Mr. Harrelson hits his beats with charismatic menace and a reverberant Texas twang, but he’s booming in a vacuum. Review: ‘LBJ’ Hides It Light Under a Bushel of Makeup 2017-11-02T04:00:00Z

Or of the charmer menacing Enid for sport. ‘The Walking Dead’ Season 7, Episode 4: Negan Takes Over 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z

As Boyd stresses, the Nazis were expert propagandists, constantly promulgating the notion that they were the chief bulwark against the Russian-Jewish-Bolshevik menace. Review | Nazi Germany as a travel destination: A new book explores how Hitler duped tourists 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z

One hint may be in the most ambitious bit he performed on Saturday, one hinging on the peculiarly harsh consonants of a Russian accent, which he described as the most menacing in the world. Trevor Noah, Next ‘Daily Show’ Host,’ Aggressively Sunny in Performance 2015-04-19T04:00:00Z

A fascination with skeletal remains haunted the collection, the mesmerizing patterns creating a trompe l’oeil effect on streamlined clothes, many tailored, but also high-protection outerwear worn with balaclavas and more than a hint of menace. 2010-01-20T05:21:00Z

That’s a telling choice as the malleable Lorre could pivot quickly from menacing to lovable and that’s precisely what Mr. Stuhlbarg does here, taking full advantage of a character who is not what he seems. It’s Time to Take a Serious Look at Michael Stuhlbarg 2018-01-19T05:00:00Z

Maybe it's the actors — the cream of Seattle's crop — or the comic, pause-filled menace of Harold Pinter's writing. What our writers love this week 2010-09-15T23:30:00Z

Ambassador to Great Britain in Omen III: The Final Conflict did little to evoke the menace of his infant counterpart. Mama: why cinema loves a creepy kid 2013-02-23T06:00:01Z

A sly reprobate who wears his menace like the smartest cologne, Charlie ingratiates himself with India, treating her like the adult she wants to become while defending her against the schoolboys who bully her. Stoker: Gloom with a View 2013-03-01T04:30:31Z

The swings have been extreme, but the two actors, especially the effortlessly menacing Esposito, hold things together through the most unlikely turns. ‘Gomorrah’ Review: The End of TV’s Sleekest Italian Import 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z

By the time she left, traffic had stopped and a mob of menacing men had formed. In Afghanistan, Being an Artist Is a Dangerous Job 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z

Based on the novel “The Ghost” by Robert Harris, who shares screenwriting credit with Mr. Polanski, the film opens under a menacing cloak of darkness that rarely rises. Movie Review | 'The Ghost Writer': Writer for Hire Is a Wanted Man 2010-02-19T05:58:00Z

He's also an uncomplicated, relentlessly nice young man, so the reader knows that he'll be destroyed with a special vehemence, which gives the long pile-up of his admirable attributes an increasingly menacing quality. Nemesis by Philip Roth 2010-10-02T09:03:00Z

And a white police officer — who has had a menacing encounter with Fonny — seems to have coerced Victoria into the accusation. How #MeToo Changes ‘If Beale Street Could Talk’ 2018-12-27T05:00:00Z

As Roy, Simon Russell Beale is not menacing enough; his threats feel empty, which makes it hard to take his storyline seriously. Mark Rylance is the one reason to try on "The Outfit," a crime drama that looks better than it feels 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z

Their astonishingly lifelike eyes will look directly down into yours, not exactly menacing and not really friendly either, prompting thoughts about exactly what their intentions might be for your future. Overnighter : North of Tokyo, Exploring the Sacred and Scenic 2014-02-06T19:30:54Z

Their discovery made literal the promise of menace that made the Alexandrians’ suburban obliviousness so intolerable last season. 'The Walking Dead' Season 6 Premiere Recap: 'First Time Again' 2015-10-11T04:00:00Z

As the biker pleads for his life, sputtering apologies, the menacing figure puts an exterminator’s spray gun in the biker’s mouth and pulls the trigger, poisoning him to death. ‘Tailgate’ Review: Retribution for Road Rage 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z

In another performance that veers from vulnerable to terrifying, Essie Davis plays a woman whose resentment of her boy manifests itself in something existentially menacing. Home Is Where the Horror Is 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z

The strings swooned steadily, and the double basses laid down a menacing pulse. Review: The Philadelphia Orchestra Returns, With Force 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z

His opening solo, by Stone, is a marvel of lithe control, self-conflict and menace. Review: SDP's 'Project Orpheus' benefits from roomier setting 2010-09-22T21:31:00Z

The Batman danger Cracked.com's always funny series "After Hours" discusses the real menace to Gotham City. Today's must-see viral videos 2011-07-08T17:55:00Z

Wisecracking through his panic, he sends up the irrationality menacing him. Joe Morton, 'Turn Me Loose' and the sly comic activism of Dick Gregory 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z

He's the maestro of menace, but you always feel there's an ocean of sorrow dammed up behind those dark, hooded eyes. Top 23 character actors in film 2013-04-12T15:00:00Z

The menacing stranger has been supplanted with the murderer inside the house. The Media Equation: TV Justice Thrives on Fear 2011-05-22T22:00:04Z

Fallen willows are another menace, as are bloated bovine corpses. Meander: East to West Along a Turkish River by Jeremy Seal – review 2012-07-06T21:55:10Z

None of these threats ever seem particularly menacing. Television Review: ‘Orange Is the New Black,’ a Nexflix Series 2013-07-10T20:13:07Z

And a few of the older performers stumble when portraying the autocratic teachers — they're meant to be menacing cartoons, but here they seem oddly beset with stage fright. Deaf West revisits 'Spring Awakening' with fresh vigor at the Wallis 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z

In 1939, when he was a child, his Jewish family fled Belgium in the face of the Nazi menace, finding refuge in Brazil. A Collector Follows His Nose Through the Maze of Modern Art 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z

In 2014, the Amazon founder was hardly so existentially menacing; he seemed happily married, most decidedly not jacked, and he wasn’t even close to being the richest man in the world. ‘Silicon Valley,’ Darker Than Ever, Captures the Bleak Mood of Tech 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z

The guards in "Squid Game" are clad not only in pink jumpsuits, but black fencing masks which contribute to the guards' menacing and anonymous look. "Orphan: First Kill" horror homages, from the ribbon around the neck to that knowing bird 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z

In 1991, Raucci was convicted of rioting, illegal imprisonment, menacing and weapons possession, while being acquitted of murder, manslaughter and discrimination. Hot 97 Fires Rap Radio Veteran for Ties to Yusuf Hawkins Killing 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z

If that doesn’t sound creepy enough, what lies beyond the cemetery is even more menacing. What’s on TV Sunday: ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ and ‘Pet Sematary’ 2020-03-22T04:00:00Z

PS: For them that's too sweetly innocent to know, "rough trade" is gayspeak for a sexual contact with threatening, menacing, or generally violent tendencies. Geoff Travis of Rough Trade: 'We integrate everything with everything' – a classic feature 2013-06-19T07:00:00Z

With its descriptions of the atmospheric, almost medieval Cévennes region of France, it could be a travel companion, but simmering beneath the surface is an undercurrent of menace. Readers recommend their favourite books of 2010 2011-01-01T00:05:32Z

A few minor characters have been dropped: Gone is Marshmallow, the giant snow monster, as well as the pack of menacing wolves — Mr. Grandage has opted for more psychological, and less physical, drama. Replicate or Reinvent? Disney’s ‘Frozen’ Moves to the Stage 2017-08-09T04:00:00Z

The world sees them as too big, or too menacing, or too tough, or too aggressive. How ‘I’m a Virgo’ Pulled Off Old-School Movie Magic 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z

Lying amid long black feathers on a splotched tawny floor covering, her powdered torso bare, Eiko seemed a bereft, sometimes menacing spirit. Dance Review: 'Retrospective Project I': 4 Decades of Eiko & Koma 2010-05-28T22:51:00Z

As the closing credits rolled and the lights came on, to the menacing Reznorian soundtrack, there was a lot of stunned blinking in the house. Marriage Is an Abduction 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z

“I’m your king!” he said in a menacing accent, as he tensed for a dead lift. The Actor and Comedian Jay Pharoah Channels ‘Sparta’ at the Gym 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z

Hotel parking valets are another menace, especially those tempted to steal valuables from cars in their charge. Travel Scams To Beware Of 2010-12-06T15:00:00Z

Mr. Sommer’s wittily appalled Bradley needs to be a shade more menacing for the second act curtain scene to unsettle as it should. Review: In Shepard’s ‘Buried Child,’ a Father and Family Dissolve Into Darkness 2016-02-17T05:00:00Z

“Step back and look — there’s a skull!” he whispered with a note of menace. | Treasure & Bond: Nordstrom Opens Treasure & Bond in SoHo ? Critical Shopper 2011-09-14T23:58:52Z

I wanted some banana pudding to Don’t be a menace is a classic tho Know what’s amazing? The Mechanical Muse 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z

A quiet, brooding sense of menace settles in right at the beginning, which finds Mr. Clooney, his silver hair complemented by a snowy beard, rusticating in the snowy Swedish countryside. | 'The American': A Man of Few Words and an Artisanal Weapon 2010-08-31T18:35:00Z

And, naturally, Bond gets to grapple with a Soviet assassin – Necros, whose menace owes nothing to third nipples or dodgy dentistry – while hanging from the back of a plane. My favourite Bond film: The Living Daylights 2012-10-05T09:48:12Z

This mischievous, winking sensibility lends lightness and bounce to a story that’s not without menace and even some pathos. Review: ‘Operation Avalanche,’ a Tale of Film Nerds on a Kubrick Caper 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z

Steven Spielberg, mostly to his credit but sometimes to his detriment, has an affinity for fantasy extravaganzas that aren’t wholly safe and cozy, pictures that come laced with a sense of menace. Review: Spielberg's 'BFG' Honors Roald Dahl's Spirit 2016-05-16T04:00:00Z

The menace lies elsewhere, and the band is at its best when in expansion mode. On U2's 'Songs of Innocence,' you get what you pay for (and more) 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z

He knew what he looked like and that he could play menacing, but after appearing in “Paris, Texas,” he said he didn’t want to do “anything else that’s life negative.” Harry Dean Stanton: Fully Inhabiting Scenes, Not Stealing Them 2017-09-17T04:00:00Z

But I also admire their fortitude in the face of such odds as Arctic blizzards and menacing sharks. In the Falkland Islands, a quest to see as many penguins as possible 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z

Before the movie ends Sue Ann’s turquoise Sunbeam roadster will seem as menacing as the Creature from the Black Lagoon. In ‘Pretty Poison’ and ‘Gun Crazy,’ Femmes Fatales With Deadly Firepower 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z

The set concludes with his huge digital hit, “I Don’t Like,” a menacing litany of complaints that is one of the catchiest sneers in gangsta-rap annals. Lollapalooza Day 2: Chief Keef, Frank Ocean, Chili Peppers and an evacuation 2012-08-05T07:02:00Z

He began collecting the packets and about six years ago he showed them to a friend, Liza Vadnai, who was taken by their combination of menace and fragile beauty. ?Heroin Stamp Project? to Open at White Box Gallery 2010-06-22T22:37:00Z

Like a recurring nightmare, the menace of Charles Manson continues to both haunt and fascinate us. In Hollywood, a Focus on Manson and His Women 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z

Judging from critical success in their careers, the Chrises have all played an array of roles — from lovable goofballs to cold-hearted menaces — and starred in box office hits and box office flops. The origins and evolution of the ongoing “Best Chris” debate 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z

“Throughout his long career, you see spectacular moments of sadness or rage or revenge or menace or loneliness, but you always see a man working,” Macy notes. Philip Baker Hall is your favorite actor whose name you can’t quite place 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z

Burly and brusque, there is something coiled and preternaturally menacing in him. ‘The Sweeney’: Grim, glowering Ray Winstone a standout in cop drama 2013-02-28T23:25:41Z

But he is also powerfully domineering, even menacing, at other moments, appearing to command the ensemble. Review: ‘Obsidian Tear’ Is a Choreographic Breakthrough for Wayne McGregor 2016-05-30T04:00:00Z

It is also the granddaddy of works about malls as places of menace, like the 1986 killer robot film “Chopping Mall” or the new Spike TV series “The Mist.” 5 George Romero Films to Remember 2017-07-17T04:00:00Z

Stamp's role in Bowfinger drew on his talent for playing menacing control freaks. Terence Stamp: five best moments 2013-02-22T12:11:28Z

This was the menace that came from something called a "Video Nasty". The Evil Dead, The Living Dead and the dead wrong 2010-10-15T23:22:00Z

James Earl Jones, who is 85, provided the menacing voice for Darth Vader in the original "Star Wars" trilogy, in an animated TV series and again in "Rogue One." Actors seek posthumous protections after big-screen resurrections 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z

As if the weather isn’t enough of a threat, there’s also the menace of a tanker driver who seems to be following them. A mother and daughter’s risky quest for truth in Alaska in ‘Quality of Silence’ 2016-02-10T05:00:00Z

At the Wright, in Mr. Phillips’s 2015 work “Uneven Fight,” “Black Lives Matter” is tattooed across the chest of a black boxer surrounded by menacing white police figures. Detroit Museums Examine the Riots That Changed the City 2017-08-13T04:00:00Z

While gripped in his never-ending quest to write an oral history of his beloved Florida, Serge manages to violently dispatch profiteers who menace the innocent and unwary. Back to the Bayou: James Lee Burke’s Latest Novel 2019-01-04T05:00:00Z

Grazda’s pearly black-and-white finish preserves the raggedy, stuporous air of the time with great dignity and pays its occasional menace the proper respect. A Spotlight on the Season’s Top Photography Books 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z

I would have gone for really big, springy feet, to give him a menacing cruiser look, jacked up at the back, low-rider up front. Last night's TV 2010-07-01T06:59:00Z

Amid a slate that too often offered hits minus any true rock menace, Interpol drove a Motorik beat that moved with industrial strength energy. Hits and misses populate KROQ's annual Almost Acoustic Christmas gig 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z

The United States' biggest city of more than eight million people took the unprecedented step as 55 million Americans on the eastern seaboard braced for the broad, menacing hurricane that President called "extremely dangerous". N.Y. orders evacuations as hurricane nears 2011-08-26T19:05:00Z

His malaise spreads through the museum, culminating in a gobsmacking sequence in which a situationist ape impersonator menaces wealthy patrons at a black-tie dinner. Summer 2017's best movies: from Scarlett Johansson's hen night to Morrissey's teen years 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z

It is just mischievous enough to be adopted by your children in the schoolyard; and it’s just menacing enough to be seized upon by actual dictators seeking to suppress critical voices in repressive regimes. The Truth Is Hard. But for a New York Times Lawyer, Defending It Is Fun. 2019-03-11T04:00:00Z

So much of what I write about is not just that some men were menacing me, but that nobody else took it seriously. "I'm not getting over violence against women": Rebecca Solnit discusses her new anti-memoir 2020-03-10T04:00:00Z

My first sense as a young girl of sexual menace came from my Indian grandfather. My life behind India’s purdah 2013-01-04T18:32:00Z

In History’s The Bible, though, Satan is presented–regardless of the actor’s skin, through his enshrouded appearance and cues of direction–as a sinister figure of menace, to be feared and mistrusted. Devil in the Details: The Real Problem With History Channel’s Satan 2013-03-19T12:00:01Z

Rockwell’s Fosse is a complex mix of steely menace and irredeemable cad, a cigarette seemingly dangling from his lips in every scene as he barks demands. Go behind the dancing to see what fueled FX’s ‘Fosse/Verdon’ 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z

Other tracks are less autobiographical but channel the menacing, measured energy that Omar often exuded. How Michael K. Williams helped Baltimore rapper DDM find his voice 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z

Pearce is clad in a trench coat, a baseball cap and a scarf that cover all but his menacing, judgmental eyes. Delay Tests Video Game Developer 2014-05-25T04:00:00Z

But, he added, “it still has the ability to turn your TV into that box — a quietly menacing portal through which something horrifying or wondrous might burst at any moment.” What’s on TV Sunday: ‘The Take’ and the National Memorial Day Concert 2017-05-28T04:00:00Z

“He is trying to destroy life on Earth, menacing everyone with nuclear weapons.” We, the Writers? A Global Literary Congress Meets in New York. 2022-05-15T04:00:00Z

The tunnel has been used before, when Punchdrunk commandeered it for a menacing investigation of urban life: audiences wandered in the dusk from one glittering object to another. Ditch; Marine Parade 2010-05-22T23:05:00Z

Speaking of his breakout performance as the hit man Mouse in 1995’s “Devil in a Blue Dress,” Cheadle says he tried to connect to something besides menace in that character. In portraying jazzman Miles Davis, Don Cheadle took his cues from his subject 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z

Tall and gangly and with arms that seem impossibly long, the Atlanta rapper 2 Chainz is an endearing galoot, never menacing even when talking tough. Music Review: 2 Chainz, Formerly of Playaz Circle, on His Own at S.O.B.?s 2012-01-31T23:50:34Z

But it creates a disturbing feeling of a city haunted and menaced by its past. Cannes 2012: Children of Sarajevo – review 2012-05-23T17:25:58Z

The point, and the fun, is the wild mischief of Huppert’s performance, which grows lighter and more joyful as Greta’s behavior slides from menacing to murderous. ‘Greta’ Review: Isabelle Huppert as Sweet Surrogate Mom Turned Psycho Stalker 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z

A chorus by Nate Dogg, in his signature voice that spanned tenor and baritone ranges, became an imprimatur of a certain brand of hip-hop: tough yet accessible, menacing yet alluring. Nate Dogg, Hip-Hop Collaborator, Dies at 41 2011-03-17T04:31:55Z

For his first encore, the opera star finally turned to opera, and he brought tremendous menace to Iago's "Credo" from Verdi's "Otello." Siberia's bleak, beautiful baritone sweeps across L.A. Opera 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z

The biggest flaw in "No Time to Die" is not that Safin has only a few scenes, but that he is not very menacing when he is onscreen. In "No Time to Die," Daniel Craig gets a proper, action-packed Bond send-off 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z

It’s a resolution that the multiple modes of expression — ditsy, graceful, menacing — never do find in Stravinsky’s concerto. The Knights Play Stravinsky and Bartok in Central Park 2014-07-23T04:00:00Z

It is there that they must await further orders from their sinister cockney boss, Harry, played with a variety of quaint glottal stops and Pinteresque menace by Fiennes. Ralph Fiennes's 20 best film performances – ranked! 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z

But the show doesn’t approach the atmospheric menace of “Darkness” or the brainy precision of “State.” Review: A Defense Lawyer With Hidden Motives in ‘Undercover’ 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z

They jumped from site to site, images featuring the eponymous character in a turtleneck sweater, striking various poses of menace and seduction: the ideal of the all-American serial killer. ‘Notes on an Execution’ Isn’t Your Typical Serial Killer Novel 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z

It is not my job to psychologically reconcile myself to horrific human rights violations, degradation, threat, menace, insults, exclusion and et cetera. "I'm not getting over violence against women": Rebecca Solnit discusses her new anti-memoir 2020-03-10T04:00:00Z

You likely recognize that the depiction of Latin American immigrants in politics today – as a menacing mass of recalcitrant Spanish-speaking invaders — is overwhelmingly negative. 5 Latino authors you should be reading now 2018-06-03T04:00:00Z

The acrobats still dazzle, the music still swells, but the chill has gone out of the room, and the menace is harder to find. ‘Pippin,’ Almost a Year and a Half Old, and Cheerier 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z

“Games Without Frontiers,” in many ways, *is* The Americans: tense, sly, sinuous, its lyrics contrasting the banal and the menacing, imagining world war as a kind of internationalist Lord of the Flies child’s game. The Americans Watch: It’s a Knockout 2013-05-02T09:45:37Z

Curtis: As Chester Gould envisioned him, he takes a stand against the crooks and outlaws that menace society.  New creative team lays out vision for Dick Tracy comic strip 2011-03-13T15:24:00Z

A young woman, fleeing from some obscure menace, races out of a house into a bleak, stark, existentially empty landscape. The classics revisited 2011-08-20T23:04:02Z

But "Waiter" mingles similar dread, semantic bickering and Mutt-and-Jeff comedy with a mood of violent menace. Theater review: 2 excellent one-acts open ACT Pinter Festival 2012-07-30T22:51:02Z

The menacing charge carries a prison sentence of up to three years. Sheen expected to plead guilty to misdemeanor 2010-06-07T17:08:00Z

A couple moves from suburban Cleveland to an Avenue D walk-up apartment, only to be menaced by a flesh-eating icebox. A Horror Genre Where Dresses (and Fridges) Can Kill 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z

The atmosphere of menace is, if anything, heightened by the use of the chintzy fairground organ. New band of the day ? No 937: Two Wounded Birds 2010-12-23T17:08:23Z

Yet his music brims with biblical imagery, cut with Old Testament menace, deceit and blood. Concert review: Leonard Cohen at Akoo Theatre 2012-11-24T07:58:00Z

And Sarah Burton adds a further menacing note when she explains that a robotic Perspex armor-like shell worn by a model in a Givenchy collection designed by Mr. McQueen could have electrocuted her. Exhibition Review: Alexander McQueen in All His Dark Glory 2011-05-02T13:00:52Z

The figure in the red coat is both agonisingly vulnerable and menacing, and only in the final moments do we understand that combination. Don't Look Now and Roeg's red coat 2011-01-18T20:30:03Z

But right now, fighting for trade and menaced by Amazon, heady days are hoped for rather than expected. Nothing to Lose, the bestselling book you've never heard of 2013-03-18T08:00:26Z

To the five Londoners at the heart of Guy Gunaratne’s debut novel, “In Our Mad and Furious City,” the city is “the fury” and “the menace.” A Debut Novel Unfolds Over 48 Tense Hours in London 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z

But there is also a feeling of the implicit current of menace, for which Pinter became a byword, assuming more literal forms. | 'Being Harold Pinter': Political Theater, Brought to You by the Politically Powerless 2011-01-06T23:29:42Z

The music itself, though, possesses a hundred times the menace of any heavyweight flunky; you could tell everyone was pretty much scared straight. Oscars 2013: best and worst moments from this year's ceremony 2013-02-25T07:47:24Z

Martinez told the Los Angeles Times he was hoping to serve the fish, known for its sharp teeth and menacing look, at the LA food festival. World-famous chef detained at LAX with 40 frozen piranhas in his bag 2019-05-09T04:00:00Z

Even more menacing to the established order is a generation of undernourished children. Margaret Sanger: Birth control is freedom! 2013-02-18T14:45:00Z

Inside the park, there were about twenty “anarchists” walking around looking nothing like the menacing figures of our youth. The Riots in Tompkins Square Park, Reenacted 2014-05-21T04:00:00Z

The size of two football pitches, this gargantuan floating slab is now a breathtaking and decidedly menacing sight, glowering over the city like an alien spaceship come to deliver its final reckoning. Shenzhen stock exchange building: inside China's 'miniskirt' 2013-04-16T17:56:13Z

A woman sits serenely, holding a menacing pair of scissors. Photographed secretly at home: Is it art? 2013-05-17T14:41:00Z

A dark tale of humanity facing calamity as nature, from menacing mushrooms to strutting voles, goes on the rampage. The best theatre for spring 2013 2013-04-01T06:00:00Z

Later, Bourdain presses him about a swath of graffiti on an Arab house near the settlement, a menacing act Israeli settlers visit on Palestinian neighbors called “price tagging.” In 2023, nobody knows how to discuss the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In 2013, Anthony Bourdain did 2023-10-22T04:00:00Z

The writers also avoided the usual malevolent female characters, like menacing matriarchs and tormenting stepsisters. Jennifer Lee, Queen of the ‘Frozen’ Franchise 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z

While Knox calls in her findings, a figure stalks the halls to a menacing industrial soundtrack. Twin Peaks recap: episode seven – welcome back, Agent Cooper! 2017-06-20T04:00:00Z

It's like a post-authoritarian version of the confrontation in Nineteen Eighty- Four between the unwavering O'Brien and the ethically concerned Winston Smith but with the unconcealed menace replaced by a chilly geniality. Police, Adjective 2010-10-02T23:06:00Z

“The Mask,” a man who runs a deadly fight club while wearing a menacing, identity-shielding mask. TV highlights: ‘Gotham’ gets a new enemy

In place of menace, “Return” offers dung: the film’s most consistent motif is the danger of stepping in, sitting on or being splattered by it. | 'Nanny McPhee Returns': Emma Thompson Tames the Wild Child in Wartime 2010-08-19T23:34:00Z

While the colors Thys splashes across the fabric mostly mirror the existing ones, the additions represent rage, chaos and menace. Review | In the galleries: A wide array of media carry election-year messages 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z

But the green light made things worse, causing the coffins to cast large, menacing shadows. Life and death in the US Marines 2014-05-24T04:00:00Z

The menace that Mr. Gogos brought to his portrait of Bela Lugosi’s Dracula is absent from his vision of the monster first imagined by Mary Shelley. Basil Gogos, Who Painted Monsters With Love, Dies at 88 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z

Bender merely repurposed the bombast of Wagner and the movies, transforming it, as the title “Total Recall” suggests, into a vaguely menacing video science fiction. Art Review: Gretchen Bender’s Work Is Displayed at the Kitchen 2013-09-05T23:02:42Z

Paramount Pictures' follow-up to last year's micro-budgeted hit "Paranormal Activity" got a jump on Halloween as fans packed theaters for another documentary-style thriller about a household plagued by a menacing spirit. 'Paranormal' follow-up scares $41.5M out of fans 2010-10-24T19:46:00Z

Stack up five years of equivalent cynicism and unfulfilled dreams and the result is a drama with a core of shattered glass, dazzling but menacing. Anxiety awaits in sixth season of 'Mad Men' 2013-04-04T16:42:20Z

These men do not sound hostile or menacing or even particularly official. ‘Is This a Room’ Review: Why’d She Blow the Whistle? 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z

Typical for Kubrick, who had great love for the blackly comic, they settled on a mash-up that brought an air of perverse gentility to the menacing young hooligan played by McDowell. McDowell's cricket gear inspired `Clockwork' thug 2011-05-19T16:21:11Z

For nearly eleven minutes, it’s unclear which side of mortality her voice represents, as it twists into a glassy croak before rising into a menacing howl. Diamanda Galás, Lounge Singer in a World on Fire 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z

Shows such as EastEnders however, are somewhat hamstrung by being broadcast early evening – there was little Jack Dalton could do to when he wanted to menace someone except sneer and make not especially scary threats. Gangster dramas: the cliches fly like a hail of bullets 2011-04-07T13:11:36Z

Even a beloved lullaby suddenly has a tense undercurrent of menace: “Demons are prowling everywhere nowadays” — but “nothing can harm you, not while I’m around.” ‘Sweeney Todd’ and ‘The Crucible’: Not New, but Darkly Up-to-Date 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z

Government agency behind the programs to create super-soldiers — is left to menace another day. Will The Bourne Legacy Usher in the Story-Less Movie? 2012-08-15T12:00:17Z

Odom radiates a menacing edge and inner peace that makes this Turner tantalizing to his white visitors. Review | Nat Turner play at Forum Theatre gives the rebel the high ground 2018-03-20T04:00:00Z

She knows the look she wants — she favors elegantly symmetrical stage compositions here — and the tone: deadpan and dreamlike, with comedy and menace battling for the upper hand. | 'Dreamless Land' : Julia Jarcho?s ?Dreamless Land? - Review 2011-11-10T22:54:11Z

Paintings with crude, childlike figures doing menacing things lean up against the walls, unfinished drawings are strewn over his huge desk, and the floor is carpeted with cigarette butts. Museum Show for David Lynch, Who Began as a Visual Artist 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z

Batman’s creators, Bob Kane and Bill Finger , had painted the Caped Crusader not as a wacky combatant, but as a menacing, tormented figure of the night who was bent on vigilante justice. How Tim Burton’s ‘Batman’ radically changed the superhero-movie landscape 30 years ago 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z

The sneering Brit villains are laughable compared with the menace of nationalist terror depicted in the original. 'Ip Man 2': Sequel's martial-arts action beats the storytelling 2011-01-27T22:55:30Z

The menacing charge is a felony that carries a prison sentence of up to three years. Charlie Sheen set to appear in court in Aspen 2010-06-07T12:31:00Z

It’s a brilliantly controlled display of menace – a descent into remorseless inhumanity always seems only a rev of the engine away. My streaming gem: why you should watch Pit Stop 2020-09-16T04:00:00Z

The second movement has a mix of menace and a sense of dance; maybe Schubert just felt there was nothing significant to add, and left the piece as it was. 'Schubert writes something from another planet' 2011-01-09T00:05:16Z

Francesca is betrothed to Gianciotto who, this being the Middle Ages, is allowed no particular identity beyond being a menacing crookback à la Richard III. Opera Holland Park: Francesca da Rimini, Fantastic Mr Fox; BBC Proms 24 & 25 2010-08-07T23:05:00Z

Ultimately, they become fully realized characters who reciprocate the intimidation and menace that have been used against them. Onscreen, Women Are Giving Patriarchy the Pink Slip 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z

Instead of worrying about being funny for a scene, are you focusing on being menacing? Seann William Scott loves horror: The comedy star on his murderous "Bloodline" role 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z

Robots in our collective imagination have tended toward menace, rapacious will and allegiance to none. Spot is the $74,500 robot dog of our dystopian dreams 2021-08-06T04:00:00Z

When I saw the play, under McPherson's direction, at London's Donmar Warehouse, a quality of undefined menace was unmistakably part of the drama. Reaching toward the light in 'The Night Alive' 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z

These pieces are rather good, harnessing a variety of materials and employing them toward evocative, sensual and slightly menacing ends. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z

Despite this, the latest episode closes with a hint that Jack is hiding a secret: some red-tentacled menace lurks inside of him, and may be overtaking his consciousness. From "You" to "Barry," we're fascinated by audacious grifters: The man who deceives us and himself 2023-03-11T05:00:00Z

With an ominously grinning dark face painted onto a bulbous form at the center of a radiating tree root, “Faces of Africa II” by Bessie Harvey from 1994 exudes a devilish menace. Art Review: ?Jubilation/Rumination? at American Folk Art Museum 2012-01-27T00:08:07Z

There's even a fresh appreciation of restraint in new songs such as the tender Save Me, written and sung by towering bassist Chris Wolstenholme, and the sinewy, slow-burning menace of protest song Animals. Muse – review 2012-10-01T11:35:50Z

If sectarian apologists for terror have down the years lent the Belfast accent a familiar quality of understated menace, the opener of this five-part series expertly sourced that association without overtly playing on it. Rewind TV: The Fall; The Murder Workers; Skint; Made in Chelsea – review 2013-05-18T17:00:05Z

But as Jason O’Connell proves in a hilarious and explosive performance as Harold, the cult of masculinity that Vonnegut lampooned is still with us, absurd and menacing and terribly, terribly vain. Review: Toxic Masculinity, Vonnegut Style, in ‘Happy Birthday, Wanda June’ 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z

It’s a hoot of a moment, but there is menace there: in Hollywood, if you can’t succeed in being known by the world, you might as well be dead. The Brutal Logic of Stardom in “Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood” 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z

Art rocker St Vincent provides a menacing, throbbing electronic soundtrack, and the film is edited in a series of discombobulating quick cuts. Kristen Stewart on her directing debut: 'The best female film-makers are compulsive freaks' 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z

That cane will be used as an instrument of menace and of outright torture before the evening ends. | 'Being Harold Pinter': Political Theater, Brought to You by the Politically Powerless 2011-01-06T23:29:42Z

Except for a secretly taped conversation and some menacing music, she resists the urge to sensationalize. Review: ‘An Open Secret’ Spotlights Child Sexual Abuse in Hollywood 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z

In his long Barcelona series of lithographs, conceived around 1940 but only printed in 1944, Miró depicts buffoonish, highly sexualised but impotent ogres menacing innocents across a suite of 50 prints. Joan Mir?: A fine line 2011-04-11T20:30:01Z

Like Collins, Kurland stages her tightly controlled compositions, but Kurland’s photographs are less dreamy, more menacing, charged with a feral sense of possibility. The Lovely, Menacing Girls of Justine Kurland 2018-06-24T04:00:00Z

Rourke, who looks more like a homeless man than a menacing king, and Stephen Dorff bring too much of a contemporary feel to their roles. 'Immortals': powerful Greek gods in weak tale 2011-11-09T23:42:03Z

These are suffocating scenes, lit with the raking sunlight of a Giorgio de Chirico painting and infused with the fetishistic menace of a David Lynch film. At Tate Britain, Celebrating a Mischievous, Subversive Talent 2021-07-07T04:00:00Z

Trump proves not just how the crudest of celebrity hustlers, insulting, badgering, menacing, cab dupe at least 40% of a gullible base. What “unity” with Trump means: For Republicans, winning is everything, principles are swept away and hypocrisy reigns 2016-05-22T04:00:00Z

Pesci plays Russell with a subtle menace conveyed through a blank look or a slyly covetous gaze. The Restrained Genius of a Joe Pesci Performance 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z

The snowflakes that finish the act are extraordinary: beautiful yet icicle sharp, menacing with the chill of death. Alexei Ratmansky’s ‘Nutcracker’ by American Ballet Theater 2014-12-14T05:00:00Z

I left this lesson the most dejected, with the deep end looking even more menacing. First Strokes to Becoming Aquaman 2011-05-26T21:30:12Z

The result is mysterious, menacing, enthralling and mind-bending – all at once. Rereading: Pereira Maintains by Antonio Tabucchi 2011-01-04T14:26:37Z

Playing Thorpe, Grant goes from glittering smile to menacing leer in an instant. The Very English Politics of “A Very English Scandal” 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z

"Look," she said with menacing, jabbing finger, "at Andrew Lloyd Webber". Thatcher casts a long shadow 2013-04-08T15:44:23Z

There was also a menacing counterbalance to that endearing sweetness, which occasionally came through. The Big, Funny, Tragic Life of Chris Farley 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z

How do you create an air of mystery and menace around the characters you play? Udo Kier, master of creepy and camp, looks back on a wild career: “I’ve made 200 films. 100 a... 2018-07-14T04:00:00Z

For taken together, they assert an age-old idea that we forget almost as soon as we fold up the newspaper or turn off Facebook: that the world is always menaced, and nothing lasts forever. Review | Disaster was his message, but then catastrophes became commonplace 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z

The children loved how spooky it looked as the last of the morning’s fog lifted around it, giving the craggy monster a menacing feeling. Unplugged Along the California Coast 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z

As interpreted and re-interpreted by the centered actors, the words seem nostalgic one minute and menacing the next. The Theatre: Debbie Tucker Green’s “Generations” 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z

His erotic playroom, by contrast, is both orderly and overstuffed, a hidden Old World of decadent refinement, as if resonating with the menace and the thrill of absolute power and absolute corruption. The Accurate Erotics of “Fifty Shades of Grey” 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z

At Wistariahurst — a historic house museum here — a small playing area and slippery parquet floors made even a blunted weapon a menace. 3 Days in a Van With a Shakespeare Troupe: Daggers and Dunkin’ Donuts 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z

This gives the series its framing device, with Turbo facing off against a menacing beetle in the first of five episodes being posted on Tuesday. Television Review: ‘Turbo FAST’ Arrives on Netflix 2013-12-23T22:13:36Z

Last year’s champion, Nick Robbins, who plays in Minnesota, did his grand entrance to the menacing strains of “Iron Man,” his golden jug trophy aloft, and we were underway. Big Buck Hunter: Meet the world’s best fake marksmen 2012-11-25T16:00:00Z

The story misses the clinical bravado of David Mamet’s heists, the psychosexual menace of “The Grifters,” or — despite opening with a dictionary definition — the crooked community described in the David Maurer classic “The Big Con.” ‘Sharper’ Review: The Big Con 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z

But where the Daleks' creator would veer towards screeching parody in later stories, here Michael Wisher is a stunning presence of chilling menace. Genesis of the Daleks: Doctor Who classic episode #7 2013-05-23T11:52:01Z

Some days later, he saw the crow being menaced by a cat. Kerry James Marshall’s Black Birds Take Flight in a New Series 2020-07-29T04:00:00Z

Instead of hard-hitting drama, there are recitations of poetry, symbol-laden small talk and undefined menace. Review: 'The River,' with Hugh Jackman, is a wisp of a fish tale 2014-11-16T05:00:00Z

But playing his boss, Uncle Daddy, Dean Norris brings real menace to a cartoonish role. On TNT's New Soap, Utopia Among the Manicurists 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z

But this dank, menacing tune moved in a different direction, seeping into the earth like rain. Perspective | Best music of 2019: Lana Del Rey sings lullabies about the end of America 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z

Not that the majority of us would be able to discern the film’s menacing context. ‘Three Minutes: A Lengthening’ Review: A Ghost Story 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z

In his shots of his fireplace, his sink and other household realities, he seems continually to teeter between the mundane and the menacing, the banal and the sublime. Photographer captures curious power of common items 2012-01-13T18:22:42Z

Like a Hoover collaged into an ideal home, the Daleks are at their best gliding through an unexpected setting such as central London – a metal menace invading homely old Britain. Daleks are a legacy of British pop art 2013-02-25T15:04:55Z

Suffice it to say that Panahi knows that he’s the subject of relentless government surveillance, knows well the menace that he faces, and attributes it unsparingly to abusive religious authority. Jafar Panahi’s Remarkable “Taxi” 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z

New York hasn’t looked this menacing in years, with its rain slick alleys and prowling baddies. TV Picks: 'Daredevil,' 'Game of Thrones,' 'Outlander' 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z

Beefy, mustachioed and sunburned, Oliver Stone looked ready to step outside, don a tan blazer and work alongside the alternately menacing and cheerful security guards who man the doors of the Palais des Festivals. "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps": Gekko's back! 2010-05-14T15:15:00Z

Notably, he’s also wearing snug-fitting jeans, which, like the sandals, were probably meant to signal his thug’s menacing nonconformity but mostly just draw attention to his body. Remembering James Caan and His Potent Mix of Swagger and Delicacy 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z

It was half playful, half menacing, with a little bit of a 1920s German horror movie thing, a weirdness and complexity. Robbie Fulks plans Michael Jackson tribute show 2011-03-03T17:59:13Z

It must be hard to look menacing when your head resembles the nice, frilly side of an oak. From "Knock at the Cabin" to "The Last of Us," what it means when the apocalypse no longer frightens 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z

Jean Martinon was still alone in getting the CSO to ratchet up tension in the first movement's closing pages and bring singular menace to the clacking of the finale. CSO: Hough, Elder, Tchaikovsky a match made in heaven 2011-01-07T20:59:00Z

On four different occasions, the newspaper reported, he put his hands around her neck in what looked like a menacing way. Nigella Lawson: Another Star Chef Becomes a Cause 2013-07-05T20:08:27Z

For them, Brooklyn was “Bucktown,” a place of street warfare and menacing talk. Sean Price, Rapper With Deep Brooklyn Roots, Dies at 43 2015-08-09T04:00:00Z

The cast is phenomenal; Daniels makes a memorably menacing bad guy from start to finish, and O’Connell, as Roy, is convincing as a quiet and flawed hero. Review | Netflix’s gory but glorious ‘Godless’ is the Western we’ve all been waiting for 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z

There’s no time for us to see Anjali and Ven develop a connection, and we don’t get any real sense of soulless oppression or lurking menace in the world beyond Anjali’s walls. Review: In ‘The Good Girl,’ a Sexbot Gets Weepy 2016-02-21T05:00:00Z

But Liam is actually a year older at 38 than Guy, and he still walks that walk, exuding menace, leaning up and into his mic like he might butt it. Beady Eye ? review 2011-03-13T00:05:45Z

What began as a goofy character turned into something menacing as a performer dressed as a sweet snack prowled the audience bullying men to lick him. The Sociopathic Comedy of Brett Davis 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z

Soon, David and Elise are in danger of their lives, menaced by a group with terrifying powers, apparently including the power to manipulate reality. The Adjustment Bureau ? review 2011-03-03T22:15:01Z

Even Mr. Schmitt’s guttural screams don’t sound as menacing as they once did. Playlist: New Music From Breathe Carolina and Widowspeak 2011-09-03T00:14:47Z

Longstanding enmities and new conflicts among the musicians and their associates unfold in a closed space, ricocheting off the walls with a menacing fury. “Her Smell,” Reviewed: Alex Ross Perry’s Furious Portrait of an Unravelling Rock Star 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z

The former, played with great precision, offset outer movements full of rhythmic energy and inherent menace with an Andante of poised, balletic grace. LSO/Davis ? review 2011-03-23T17:41:58Z

Potentially feuding clan chiefs are stripped of menace by being presented as harmless nitwits. Brave by name, bland by nature 2012-08-20T10:03:02Z

On the other, it was a political folly paid for by taxpayers – most of whom would never be able to afford the exorbitant fares – and a polluting menace. The Silence 2010-07-12T05:45:00Z

Viewers have been flocking to these films for a sanctioned version of exposure therapy, in which an inconceivable menace can be experienced and survived. Exposure therapy: why we're obsessed with watching virus movies 2020-03-16T04:00:00Z

Delusional anti-tax activists who expect to get top-notch services at bargain-basement prices are definitely a menace, but even they do not advocate the closure of libraries. Click here or we’ll burn this book 2012-06-28T00:00:00Z

This is why the US military wants to get rid of these floating menaces. Space pollution: litter bugs face the final frontier 2010-08-21T23:06:00Z

All those talking animals, querulous playing cards and animated chess pieces were not just peculiar, slightly menacing playmates, according to the new Broadway musical “Wonderland.” | 'Wonderland': There?s No Place Like Queens 2011-04-18T02:01:04Z

For much of the movie—including in its best scenes—she’s acting alone, confronting a special-effects-conjured spirit, a series of menacing text messages, and a fancy wardrobe and its psychological implications. Review: “Personal Shopper” and the Misunderstood Art of Kristen Stewart 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z

It depicted members of a sorority house menaced by an obscene prank caller during the festive season and helped turn the traditional Christmas carol Silent Night into a haunting lullaby. Oliver Pfieffer: Is Christmas the new Hallowe'en at the cinema? 2010-12-24T12:55:29Z

Capitalizing on minimal screen time, Bridges bristles with insidious menace while maintaining a congenial, misleading exterior. ‘Eden’: a harrowing tale of sex trafficking 2013-05-02T22:32:25Z

But Teardrop is, after all, the missing man's brother and Ree's closest relative, and over the course of the film, this menacing ex-convict becomes her only halfway capable adult ally. "Winter's Bone": American film of the year? 2010-06-12T23:01:00Z

Wade's task was to create a tribe with their own codes, their own slang – the constant use of the word "mate", for example, which starts out merely grating, but quickly becomes menacing. Laura Wade: return of the thugs 2012-05-16T17:30:01Z

The author can’t resist harassing the Torringtons with the menace in the next room: “ ‘Let them rot,’ ” Charlotte, Emerald’s mother, thinks of the passengers she has sequestered in the study. New Books by Sadie Jones, Laurent Binet and More 2012-05-30T21:07:15Z

To the baleful cries of dogs in an alley, his face half-hidden by the flickering shadow-light, he began to tell me stories, violent stories vivid with menace, from the Niger Delta where he grew up. Modern Love: The Hardest Lesson to Learn 2011-02-04T18:20:03Z

He branched out into movies and television work in the 1980s, most often taking roles as an occasionally menacing working-class figure. Actor Pete Postlethwaite dies after long cancer battle 2011-01-03T15:16:00Z

Testosterone is what throws the guitar through the console television set or bashes in the head of a menacing foe in drug-fueled rage. ‘Vinyl’ is HBO’s HBO-iest show yet. That’s mostly a good thing. 2016-02-10T05:00:00Z

This diverse and earnest show tackles politics, discrimination and poverty, ebulliently portraying a neighborhood in which a gang is not a haunting menace but merely a fact of life. What’s on TV Thursday: ‘Station 19’ and ‘Portlandia’ 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z

IQ is menaced by a surly drug lord who tells his bodyguard, “Terminate this peon with prejudice.” ‘IQ’: One of the most original thrillers of the year 2016-10-09T04:00:00Z

Deploying a Cockney accent, his Elizabeth threatens and menaces Kate Middleton, newly engaged to Prince William, the minute the prince leaves the room. An Inscrutable Monarch, Endlessly Scrutinized Onstage and Onscreen 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z

As the broiling metal cage began its snail-like rise, the standard stench threatened to close my throat, and I noticed the man inching closer to my child – a menacing scowl on his face. My NYC parenting nightmare: It’s either hell or Larry David 2015-12-12T05:00:00Z

Henry has an elegant way of giving rough characters an air of menace, just under the surface; something that gives his lines an extra sense of power. 'I’m black, I can’t do method acting’: Brian Tyree Henry on Atlanta and Widows 2018-11-03T04:00:00Z

Sweeping past skeletal trees, the rider looks larger than life: His colossal steed moves with strides that are simultaneously exuberant and menacing. Review | ‘Sleepy Hollow’ isn’t Synetic’s very best work, but it will certainly quicken your pulse 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z

The two are initially overwhelmed by the copious food, comfortable quarters and careful training their new master provides, but his kindness is not without menace. 'PYG': the memoirs of a very smart swine 2012-08-03T19:47:04Z

On “Learning” repeated, bright two-note bursts cut through morbid lower-register chords as Mr. Hadreas sang menacing lines in a hopeful way: “You will learn to mind me/And you will learn to survive/Me.” Music Review: Perfume Genius, Singing and Suffering at 92Y Tribeca 2010-07-22T20:58:00Z

Laced with uncommon menace — an apocalyptic rain of nails, a Polaroid camera that erases memories — these stories are ultimately rooted in something sinister: the anxieties of modern life. 13 new Halloween reads to chill, amuse, inform and terrify 2017-10-25T04:00:00Z

The menace is all a matter of perception, of course. In the galleries: Reclaiming cultural identity 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z

As we established last episode, she isn’t very productive, and this episode, we learn that she’s not very good about backing up her work and potentially a menace to her colleagues. 'Halt and Catch Fire' Recap: Enter Donna, for Sanity's Sake 2014-06-22T04:00:00Z

Snow tells him, with nonchalant menace, "I'm not asking." 'Hunger Games' aims to whet appetites with deleted 'Mockingjay' clip 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z

“The point was not just to create a menacing image but to cross the line and they did so in a way that exposed Spencer so that they could profit off of it.” Why the Baby on Nirvana’s ‘Nevermind’ Album Is Suing Now 2021-08-25T04:00:00Z

"I would not want your skin to burn," he sings, less mincing than menacing, blowtorch in hand. New band of the day ? No 811: Diamond Rings 2010-06-18T16:16:00Z

This does allow the album's stunning title track to kick off the concert, and its menacing melody to dart, whip and whirr around the Turbine Hall. Kraftwerk at Tate Modern, night three: Trans-Europe Express 2013-02-10T11:36:08Z

Bullying is one childhood menace that can still flourish in social isolation. 7 Things to Do This Weekend 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z

For his efforts, Waring was menaced by the Ku Klux Klan and threatened with impeachment. A South Carolina Judge Writes a Book About a Predecessor, an Unsung Giant of Civil Rights Law 2019-01-19T05:00:00Z

“But there’s an atmosphere of menace that infects the everyday.” Paula Hawkins’s Journey to ‘The Girl on the Train’ 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z

Staticky, menacing voices croak from old radios and Michael Burgess’s camera beckons us into underground tunnels and clambers up walls on the heels of the villain and his victims. ‘Malignant’ Review: Womb for Improvement 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z

He brought an ear for catchy tunes; Jett, he’s said, brought the “menace.” Joan Jett’s Raw, Inclusive Rock and Roll 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z

Time darkened Simpson’s image, making him look more sinister and menacing. Sarah Sanders promotes an altered video of CNN reporter, sparking allegations of visual propaganda 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z

She belted poppy Arab-tinged melodies answered by insistent keyboard lines, looking both sultry and menacing in a long black wig that she removed with a flourish onstage when the set ended. At Moogfest, Electronics Stimulate Ears and Emotions 2018-05-21T04:00:00Z

Kuhn, who has written before about white working-class Americans, builds his book on long-ago police records and witness statements to recreate in painful detail a May day of rage, menace and blood. The Day the White Working Class Turned Republican 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z

Interspersed with his uneasy here-and-now are flashbacks to his childhood, in which sounds of menacing gunfire and celebratory fireworks become emblematic. ‘Residue’ Review: When the Old Neighborhood Is No Longer Yours 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z

Even getting a restraining order — a fairly new legal tool — requires acquiring the credibility to convince the courts that some guy is a menace and then getting the cops to enforce it. The problem with “mansplaining” 2012-08-20T16:38:00Z

“Big, yellow, a menace to our economy,” the ominous voice-over intoned. Stephanie Cutter Is a Messenger Who Does the Shooting for Obama 2012-10-13T00:12:59Z

Today, they, like Escobar himself, are regarded as a menace by the authorities and are under threat. Tonight's TV highlights 2011-01-17T08:00:01Z

A prosecution would need to prove that the sender’s purpose was either to cause distress or anxiety, or that the image was “grossly offensive or of an indecent, obscene or menacing character”. What makes men send dick pics? 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z

They're alluring, aloof, always poised in some glossy limbo between the sinister and the seductive, the moody and the menacing. Gregory Grenon: oil-on-glass paintings with a stained-glass glow, at Traver Gallery 2012-07-20T15:16:04Z

The original is truly an original in the way it cleverly mixes menace with playfulness — An iron maiden and a little girl. ‘Despicable Me 2:’ Mischievous minions steal the sequel 2013-07-02T08:24:54Z

So menacing, in fact, that there were pockets of applause when Porgy broke Crown’s neck. ‘Porgy and Bess,’ a Spoleto Festival USA Homecoming 2016-05-29T04:00:00Z

The cast members of that HBO crime drama, leading players and supporting performers alike, became synonymous with the menacing mobsters and manipulative family members they portrayed. How the ‘Many Saints of Newark’ Stars Remade Key ‘Sopranos’ Roles 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z

A versatile character actor capable of menace, quiet poignancy and Cockney charm, London-raised Hoskins appeared in some of the most acclaimed British films of the past few decades, including gangster classic "The Long Good Friday." British actor Bob Hoskins dies at 71 2014-04-30T13:07:10Z

The eerily consistent ideology of his newspapers and TV commentators is maintained in a lovely, menacing phrase quoted here from a former Murdoch editor, Eric Beecher, "by phone and by clone". Murdoch's Politics: How One Man's Thirst for Wealth and Power Shapes Our World by David McKnight – review 2013-02-20T07:01:01Z

These scenes continue for more than a minute, until the ambient noise is punctured by menacing screeches. James Nguyen?s ?Birdemic?: A Turkey Flies High as a Cult Hit 2010-03-24T21:30:00Z

The piece was hung from the wall at an angle so it leaned over the viewer in a way that could be read as menacing. Recognition, at Last, After Decades Decolonizing Art 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z

One of Francis X. Bushman’s last roles was in the “Batman” TV show in the 1960s, when he played a collector of silent films who is menaced by the Riddler. 'Boardwalk Empire' Recap: No Exit 2014-10-12T04:00:00Z

None of the top-billed actors are Lebanese, and the trailer is rife with menacing accents, none of which are Lebanese. This Is the Beirut We Wish You Could See 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z

George Bowling goes with his wife to a lecture on the Nazi menace in their local village hall. Ten of the best: lectures 2011-03-12T00:06:46Z

It’s sixty-four degrees and rainy in London; passenger boats on the Thames await tourists under a menacing sky. Travels with My Weather App 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z

But Day is also isolated, menaced by self-doubt and subject to panic attacks. Coming of age: the Gen Z losers saving cinema – and the world 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z

Though the film center did not publicly announce the dismissal, it had decided, it later said, that he had become a bully at work, menacing staff and unable to control his temper. For a Revered Art House Cinema, a Season of Off Screen Turmoil 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z

They yearn to be free from the violent, enervating menace of white racism, and to flourish in the elusive American promised land. 6 Things to Do at Home This Weekend 2020-05-28T04:00:00Z

But since he is portrayed by Mr. Washington, a specialist in layers of feeling, we notice an unsettling, even menacing blankness whenever his face is in repose. Review: In an Energized ‘Iceman,’ the Drinks are on Denzel 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z

Later he dons a high-tech supervillain suit complete with fiber-optic whips and a breastplate like Iron Man’s, but none of that can match the silky menace of his line readings. Movie Review: Superhero Sequel With Robert Downey Jr. and Mickey Rourke 2010-05-06T19:33:00Z

Lost and thirsty after his motorboat ran out of gas, Blackwell came across a Rastafari man — a member of what was then still an outcast group feared by Anglo-Jamaicans as menacing “black heart men.” Chris Blackwell Is Music’s Quietest ‘Record Man.’ His Artists Speak Loudly. 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z

Behind the wheel is the Stig, visor down, looking impassive and a little menacing. The Stig and I: my Top Gear adventure 2014-08-04T04:00:00Z

But their experiences on the platforms range from harmless to menacing. What’s on TV Monday: ‘Jack Irish’ and ‘Swiped’ 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z

Keyboards jab, drums punch, guitars surge and recede in noisy squalls, and a funereal organ cloaks everything in menace. Album review: David Bowie, 'The Next Day' 2013-03-07T17:26:00Z

Addressing the persistent lack of girls and women on screen, the USC study's author, Stacy L. Smith, identified the same villain menacing everyone except straight, white, able-bodied men. It takes more than one superhero 2023-09-03T04:00:00Z

There are rats, not the usual “Nutcracker” mice, and a menacing Rat Catcher. Review: Joffrey Ballet’s New ‘Nutcracker’ Leaves Some Tradition Behind 2016-12-11T05:00:00Z

These new songs keep that subgenre’s complexity but replace its sexual exuberance with paranoia and a menacing bravado. Playlist: Songs for the Feet, And Even the Heart 2010-10-08T15:49:00Z

For some reason, those are Bernadette’s only two options: artist or menace. “Where’d You Go, Bernadette” and the False Dream That Art Will Fulfill You 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z

She is an extremely cinematic character, menacing various politicians about their extramarital affairs even as she has her own with Coulson. ‘Hack Attack,’ About a Rupert Murdoch Paper’s Trials, by Nick Davies 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z

Here, and in the slight menace to the royal reception, you get the sense that the attentions of the crown are a great, but potentially dangerous, honor. Game of Thrones Watch: It's All in the Execution 2011-04-18T19:00:00Z

With newly discovered material from Cohn’s career as a power broker, this film aims to expose the life and death of this menacing public figure. What’s on TV Thursday: ‘The Story of Roy Cohn’ and ‘Taste the Nation’ 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z

Some of the accents were questionable, but Hall’s production captured both the play’s lyricism and the menacing brutality. Remembering theater director and Royal Shakespeare founder Peter Hall, who turned language into life 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z

The results are often menacing if not grotesque, and they blur the line between documentary and fiction. | Hooray for Nollywood 2010-04-07T18:21:00Z

To see them spit their menacing brand of hip-hop felt like a crossover moment. Conway the Machine’s new album caps Griselda’s rise to prominence as one of rap’s essential crews 2020-09-11T04:00:00Z

If you turned left, you might discover a castle, while turning right would lead to a dark and menacing forest. An adventure for the iPad 2012-07-25T19:27:00Z

She gives back-to-back shoutouts to her loneliness on “Desperado” and the menacing “Woo.” Rihanna’s 'Anti' Rewrites the Rules of Her Career 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z

The puppet is quick-witted and charming, but also consistently menacing—which reminds us, of course, of Gibson the very bad boyfriend and tabloid star. The Beaver: Can You Forgive Him? 2011-05-04T18:10:00Z

Spielberg is the BFG who’s menaced by bigger and more monstrous giants who aren’t interested in edifying their audiences but merely in consuming them—consuming the consumer, so to speak. Steven Spielberg’s “The BFG” Is a Forced March of Fun 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z

Chalk, who was on Broadway in "Fences," shows every side of the condemned inmate spectacularly - in turns loving, sullen, crazed, menacing and charming. A play about death row wrestles with meaning 2011-02-11T00:30:32Z

Nuclear weapons wreak destruction and menace the next generation. Shirley Hazzard, Novelist Who Charted Storm-Tossed Lives, Dies at 85 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z

Collishaw is an artist of risk and menace, whose work takes its audience to some very dark places. Mat Collishaw: still sensational 2013-04-26T15:30:00Z

Gunmetal-colored hallways are garnished with curly graffiti art that is somewhere between menacing and cute; an antique mini Cooper is parked in the ground-floor lobby with 1960s music blaring from its radio. In Berlin, History Squares Off Against Hip 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z

This world is menaced by the Fire Nation, ruled by a totalitarian regime that attacks, exploits and oppresses the other lands. ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’ Imagines a World Free of Whiteness 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z

The pilot of this nicely noir prequel to the Batman franchise offered much in the way of mood and menace, as well as introducing some of the caped crusaders more famous friends and foes. TV Picks: 'Transparent,' 'How To Get Away With Murder,' 'Gotham' 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z

Perched atop a stage resembling a desolate mountain hideaway fit for a villain, 21 Savage conjured the image of a menacing overlord several times during his show at the Anthem on Tuesday night. Six months after ICE arrest, 21 Savage raps his redemption 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z

When I said I found them surprisingly menacing onstage, they clapped in delight and responded, “That is the nicest thing anyone’s ever said to me.” Five Nonbinary Comics on This Moment: ‘I’m Not Some New Buzzword’ 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z

Trump was alternately prickly, crude, menacing and proudly sexist as he took center stage at the first GOP debate. Fox News tries to expel Donald Trump — but last night’s debate didn’t finish him 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z

It shows an amorous couple and cartoon characters, with dragons, menacing demons, and veiled figures. Amir H. Fallah Feels the Pull of His Iranian Origins 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z

Ellis has made it a point to say that he didn’t vote for Trump, and that he in fact warned all along of his menacing power as a celebrity capitalist. Bret Easton Ellis Has Calmed Down. He Thinks You Should, Too. 2019-03-31T04:00:00Z

From the opening shots of an axe-wielding Reed, all heavy-lidded menace, this has some claim to being Winner's finest film, and a rebuke to all those who dismissed him as a cheap-shot exploitation merchant. Michael Winner in clips 2013-01-21T16:59:15Z

Courtney Barnett: To describe this Australian artist’s new release, “The Double EP: A Split of Peas,” as the product of a “singer and songwriter” is to suggest something less menacing than she is. Coachella music fest: 10 picks out of 166 acts 2014-04-09T17:36:48Z

Our first clear look at Stamp, pausing in the door frame of a dubious establishment to carefully adjust his overcoat, is a master class in minimalist menace. ‘Last Night in Soho’ Review: Dream Girls 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z

The murder of a junkie quickly leads to Eric Blunt, a wizard of Silicon Valley played with masterful menace by "Harry Potter's" Tom Felton. 'Murder in the First' a masterful mix of whodunit, characters 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z

He takes down the Stars and Bars and raises Old Glory above his territory; this movie holds no truck with magnolia-scented nonsense about a genteel Southern way of life menaced by Yankee aggression. Review: Matthew McConaughey Rebels Against Rebels in ‘Free State of Jones’ 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z

Whannell has fun with the story’s unseen menace, sometimes a touch too enthusiastically. ‘The Invisible Man’ Review: Gaslight Nation, Domestic Edition 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z

Rivera said Friday on "Fox & Friends" that people wearing hooded sweatshirts are often going to be perceived as a menace regardless. Fox's Rivera: Fla. teen's hoodie had role in death 2012-03-23T17:54:08Z

The violent menace of the two elders of the sect and Susanna's terror seem all the more palpable for the sense of claustrophobia created in Iford's tiny cloistered space. Susanna – review 2012-08-01T17:34:03Z

Jaguars, in some respects, were Maya lords of the underworld; this representation — formal and monumental — is coiled with menace, threatening death. Critic’s Notebook: Maya Treasures Visit Los Angeles to Help Build a Musuem 2014-01-17T22:54:32Z

Illustration: DC Thompson A round of applause for Angel Face, the newest menace on Bash Street. Angel Face adds menace to Dennis on the Beano's Bash Street 2013-07-08T14:36:59Z

When Spielberg was looking for menacing music to accompany scenes of dread in “Jaws,” he tried sounds from “Images.” John Williams on ‘Indiana Jones’ and His Favorite Scores 2023-06-24T04:00:00Z

Metro Boomin, responsible for so much triumphalist music in partnership with the Atlanta kingpin Future, restrains himself to a set of beats telegraphing slow, meaningful menace. Lil Yachty and 21 Savage: Atlanta Shows a Range of Hip-Hop 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z

He spoke of a stranger who appeared at his tent after midnight outside Death Valley, wielding a hockey stick with menace before disappearing, wordlessly, back into the desert. Will Russia thwart Karl Bushby’s epic hike around the globe?

The device doesn’t just reveal his thoughts to us, it allows us to feel the experience of being worked by him–the drollery, the charisma, the dry but courtly menace. Review: House of Cards Sinks Its Sharp Teeth into Washington 2013-01-31T15:00:10Z

Motherhood, at least the way it is depicted on cable networks like MTV, TLC and even FitTV, is a menacing, grotesque fate that is mostly ill-timed. Television: ... And Baby Makes Reality TV 2011-01-21T17:40:59Z

He wrote in the statement that he could not bear “to witness how my fellow colleagues, artists, actors, singers, dancers, directors are being menaced, treated disrespectfully and being victims of so called ‘cancel culture.’” Pressed About Putin, Russian Conductor Quits Bolshoi and French Posts 2022-03-06T05:00:00Z

The cast's references to Germany's new Nazi rulers are playfully teasing, more amused than alarmed, and quite oblivious to any menace. Stephen Poliakoff on Dancing on the Edge: 'I can come across as arrogant' 2013-01-27T18:00:01Z

Her troubles are deeper than plain old patriarchy, though, and derive also from Nazism, and the ways in which fascism transforms from public to private menace, a postwar spectre of cruelty and destruction. Ingeborg Bachmann’s “Malina” Is the Truest Portrait of Female Consciousness Since Sappho 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z

Txato, a well-to-do shipping company owner, becomes the object of a shakedown by ETA thugs who send him menacing letters demanding payments to fund their operations. Review | ‘Homeland’ captures the personal costs of Spain’s violent political conflict 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z

After the company hired the Pancasila Youth to menace the workers, Mr. Oppenheimer said, they swiftly dropped their demands. Indonesians Who Helped Make Films About Killings Face Safety Fears 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z

In this unassuming Sonoma County fishing village and tourism town, the gulls do seem to fly about with more menace and authority. Fun day trips await across the Golden Gate Bridge in Northern California 2017-02-27T05:00:00Z

The imaginatively staged piece, he writes, is “at once austere and flamboyant, campy and menacing,” but “the febrile design team sets up a theatrical promise that is never fulfilled.” Essential Arts & Culture: A wondrous Hedwig, Renaissance music remade, Boyle Heights gallery crimes 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z

Taped in April 1962, this is one of the greatest of all performances of Puccini's political thriller, violent in its passion, yet also extremely subtle in its menace. Puccini: Tosca - review 2011-03-10T22:45:01Z

In the context of social media, this may sound slightly menacing. Why Aren’t We Talking About LinkedIn? 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z

The young people in “While We’re Young” are ultimately terrifying; even a baby in the final shot has an air of menace. Noah Baumbach, Kicking and Screaming Into Middle Age 2015-09-02T04:00:00Z

The fact-checker, a presumably mild-mannered figure, suddenly took on the menace of an interrogator. What if the Guy With the Red Pencil Is Nuts? 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z

Two centuries of novels and plays would have run aground without these couriers delivering menace, promise and revelation with the morning letters. Review: In ‘Daddy Long Legs,’ an Orphan With a Mysterious Benefactor 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z

Titled “Dystopia,” the landscape surveyed in Estes’ seven paintings on paper, fabric and canvas hides its menace beneath supersaturated colors, fanciful patterns and sensuous surfaces. The gorgeous but threatening world of Marion Estes 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z

“Howard was the last guy you wanted to menace,” says Letterman, who first hosted Stern on his NBC “Late Night” show in 1984. Meet the new Howard Stern. He’d like to make amends for the old Howard Stern. 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z

There’s the “pink elephants on parade” segment, where Dumbo gets drunk and hallucinates a menacing Technicolor human made of 17 disembodied elephant heads. Come-hither lions and sleazy old owls: when Disney classics are difficult 2020-05-14T04:00:00Z

This Wonderland is not the proto-psychedelic playground of the 1951 Disney animated version, but a distorted, claustrophobic environment populated by menacing, bizarre figures. DVDs: Another Trippy Rabbit Hole 2010-02-27T03:01:00Z

When I was working on the horror movie Us, playing Red, a menacing character. Lupita Nyong’o: ‘The worst thing anyone’s said to me? I like it when you’re angry’ 2019-10-12T04:00:00Z

True, Garrett Marshall’s creep Billy lacks the last measure of smarmy menace, but he’s still part of an invested group effort, sailing through Lee Martino's inventive choreography, harmonizing under Brian P. Kennedy's musical direction. With 'Carrie: The Musical,' you can't say they haven't tried 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z

It has now profiled and tried to help more than 130 addicts; next up, on Monday night, is Jimbo, a “small-town menace” hooked on painkillers. Critic?s Notebook: Criminals, Addicts, Misfits: That?s Entertainment 2011-01-20T00:30:21Z

There is a knifelike quality to the final feathers designed to catch the light in a very beautiful way without feel in too menacing. See Exclusive Sketches of the "Mockingjay" Battle Outfit 2015-03-04T05:00:00Z

To other people — drivers, pedestrians, opinion columnists — bicyclists are an unchecked menace, millennials zipping through city streets with little regard for stop signs or small children. Who can make peace between bikers and the rest of D.C.? Enter diplomats on wheels.

Gwendoline Christie, who plays villain Phasma, barely had an hour between the Game of Thrones panel and her appearance for Star Wars, where her character is also tall, armored and menacing. Star Wars force awakens with standing ovation for Harrison Ford at Comic-Con 2015-07-11T04:00:00Z

They depict characters’ dreams onscreen and add the interpretations of the elders, dramatizing the force of talismans and the clues of totems to defend, warn, or menace the families at the movie’s center. Review: “Birds of Passage,” the Tragic Story of an Indigenous Colombian Family’s Involvement in the Drug War 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z

The tale begins with a chance meeting between the king and erudite, pious Catherine in the treacherous court where Cromwell presides like Darth Vader, menacing and all seeing. Review | Fans of Hilary Mantel’s Thomas Cromwell trilogy will want to read these historical novels next 2020-10-10T04:00:00Z

Kovacs' dry reactions and timing and velocity of each throw add another wrinkle -- a hint of menace. What TV owes to Ernie Kovacs 2011-04-18T16:38:00Z

Mr. Travolta teeters between tough-guy menace and soulful, artistic intensity, but you don’t ever believe that he can paint or that he can beat up a whole squad of younger, bigger, meaner dudes. Review: ‘The Forger’ Stars John Travolta as a Convict and Painter 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z

Jay O. Sanders is, by his own definition, “an oak tree” — an imposing physical type associated with sturdiness, reliability and, on occasion, menace. Jay O. Sanders on How an ‘Oak Tree’ Became Uncle Vanya 2018-11-11T05:00:00Z

The case in question involved the Gotham Goat, a hammer-wielding menace who killed the city’s privileged children and arranged them macabrely for maximum sinister effect. 'Gotham' Recap: The Story of Harvey Bullock 2014-10-28T04:00:00Z

Despite the negative reception, the band caught the attention of Andy Warhol, who became their manager and injected the group and its menacing aesthetic into his confrontational multimedia events. A Walk Through Velvet Underground History With John Cale 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z

In hip-hop, the proverbial real man has an air of menace about him – one look and you know he could beat you up. Donald Glover: how the star of Atlanta proved that I too could be cool 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z

Whereas Pinter’s slippery speech telegraphs menace, Mamet’s salesmen strategically avoid conflict. Learning How to Sell From ‘Glengarry Glen Ross’ 2012-11-11T04:40:29Z

Something was missing: for all they menaced, there was little actual menace. Pulp science-fiction? How Quentin Tarantino could save Star Trek 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z

The Chigs – Space Above And Beyond – The methane breathing menace in Space Above And Beyond is just one of the reasons why it's worth exploring this oft forgotten but thoroughly rewarding sci-fi series. Six to watch: TV aliens 2011-03-24T11:49:35Z

They pulsate, drip, twist, ooze, squirm and sometimes even metamorphose, and when they were displayed alongside the menacing work of the “Alien” artist H.R. For Mire Lee, Rising Art Star, It All Comes Down to Guts 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z

Be responsible, don’t be a germy menace, but definitely hold a pair of hearty-yet-silky trousers cut from weighty upholstery fabric in your hands. New York, It’s Time to Shop! (Masks on, Please) 2021-04-22T04:00:00Z

In concert, her presence outstrips her pint size, but any menace she musters on record evaporated when she opened her mouth, her squeaky voice a reminder that, yes, she is still just 15. Review | Bhad Bhabie goes from Internet meme to real-life rapper, and it’s a little complicated 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z

Kellyman is a capable performer but wasn't afforded much of an opportunity to explore Karli's range, and her group lacked the flavor and spark to make them a pressing menace. If only "The Falcon and the Winter Soldier" had the guts and time to "get weird" enough for TV 2021-04-24T04:00:00Z

His work, though, looks even stranger than theirs, beautiful but also just slightly menacing. Beyond the bestsellers: Michael Dirda picks 12 books for the holidays 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z

To rescue her father, Meg Murry, the physics-loving heroine — played by Storm Reid, now 14 — skips across galaxies with her little brother and a friend, encountering fantastical creatures and menacing beasts. Ava DuVernay’s Fiercely Feminine Vision for ‘A Wrinkle in Time’ 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z

The singing pigs that skulk and shimmy through “The Butcher Boy,” which opened on Monday at the Irish Repertory Theater, are silly but also half menacing. Review: In ‘The Butcher Boy,’ an Anti-Coming of Age Story 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z

It’s bare-bones hip-hop, full of charismatic menace, street anxiety and just the faintest dash of Caribbean flair. Bobby Shmurda, Young Jeezy and T.I. at Powerhouse 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z

We threaten and menace these children with suspension and expulsion if they make a mistake. Lawyer and activist Bryan Stevenson on building racial justice: “This work is just beginning” 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z

I felt like there wasn't enough menace to that. 'Fargo' mastermind Noah Hawley makes stranger-than-fiction real 2014-08-24T04:00:00Z

And she does her most artful work in conjuring the corruption and ambient menace of Lagos, as Korede perceives it. Helping Out Family Is Taken to Extremes in ‘My Sister, the Serial Killer’ 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z

Where the cheerful, sunlit coral reef slopes away to the deep and welcoming turquoise waters suddenly yielding to a dark, colder green, another more menacing world begins. Favorite Place: Sharing Paradise With the Barracuda 2012-09-07T17:12:11Z

A lengthy monsoon, which can extend up to six months every year, compounded the menace. Explorer: Coffee Plantations in India Blend History and Hospitality 2010-12-31T19:55:00Z

It was not long before a couple of the men ran at me with menace. | Pursuits: Guy Trebay on the Joys of Driving 2012-05-20T05:34:44Z

He has the friendly patter down pat; his sotto-voce sales pitch is a cool cocktail of seduction and menace; you’re sure he will Always Be Closing. Matt Damon’s Promised Land: What the Frack!? 2012-12-21T10:45:15Z

A funny heckle, but one with a more than slight air of menace. Stage rage: when standups heckle back 2012-12-31T10:38:42Z

The main thread involved Negan and Carl, who came together at the Sanctuary, after Carl’s failed revenge mission, for a pas de deux that alternated between paternal and bullying, conspiratorial and menacing. ‘The Walking Dead’ Season 7, Episode 7: Dictatorship 101 2016-12-04T05:00:00Z

And then I went to use the rest room and someone walked in on me – that just took away all the menace. Lupita Nyong’o: ‘The worst thing anyone’s said to me? I like it when you’re angry’ 2019-10-12T04:00:00Z

Bachelor in Paradise: In case you were worried that you would never again get to see the meat-eating, protein-powder chugging, luggage-lifting menace to manliness that is Chad, good news! 'The Bachelorette' Watch: The Men Tell All 2016-07-26T04:00:00Z

The woman’s head is outside the frame, so it’s easy to focus on this bit of skin, to let your imagination run wild, fired up by the image’s unsettling power, its allure and its menace. ‘All the Beauty and the Bloodshed’ Review: Nan Goldin’s Art and Activism 2022-11-22T05:00:00Z

But with its comedy, romance, satanic menace, the spoofing of Stalinism, theological speculation and aerial navigation by a pig, the show offers much to think about and savor. Review | Comedy, romance, satanic menace and a talking cat in Constellation’s ‘The Master and Margarita’ 2019-02-06T05:00:00Z

The song has a menacing bass line and a righteous catalogue of wrongs: “I cleaned your shirts and cooked up your supper, but you stayed out late at night.” Listen to Margo Price 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z

He sounds more sensible than menacing when he says of his government, "This is a revolution, peaceful but armed." Oliver Stone and Hugo Chavez: A Love Story 2010-06-27T14:15:00Z

On the other hand, this part-time menacing Shakespeare-spewing cannibal, part-time ultra dedicated farm dad loves the stage. 10 Characters Who Could Run Things in Westworld's Season 2 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z

Not for him the glitter and playfulness others find in the scherzo, but rather weight and menace, as if to pre-empt the passacaglia finale, itself engrossing yet ambivalent here. Review: Manfred Honeck Coaxes a Burnished Sound From the New York Philharmonic 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z

When Hanif comes across a bus full of dead children, it’s a stomach-churning sign that almost nothing seen or experienced at the orphanage — caretakers, scars, a menacing creature — is what it appears to be. Five Horror Movies to Stream Now 2021-04-30T04:00:00Z

And the fact that Iago doesn't die at the end — unusual among Shakespeare's villains — gives the play an added touch of menace. 'Iago: A Novel' ? the morning after a bloody mess 2012-01-04T22:57:03Z

A whole other line of modern westerns address the Native Americans once presented as whooping menaces – grotesques to be wiped. Under fire: how cinema's new breed of cowboys are taking aim at the old west 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z

Despite Microsoft's angry denials of cooperation with apparently blanket snooping, Kinect's refusal to be unplugged or deactivated might still seem a little menacing.  This week's games news 2013-06-15T04:59:00Z

The comedy doesn’t undercut the menace that Kurt poses to the world. Looking for the lighter side to a nasty election? Playwright Jon Robin Baitz delivers it in 'Vicuña' 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z

The Happening was worse – possibly the least enjoyable film about menacing breezes in history of cinema. What we want from Hollywood in 2011 2010-12-23T22:00:01Z

But his grip on youthful abandon is compelling — he makes menace sound fun. Critic’s Notebook: Chief Keef’s New Album is ‘Finally Rich’ 2012-12-19T23:07:51Z

At times, the style has the jeering menace of a Communist pamphlet of the nineteen-thirties. The Perfect Children of ISIS: Lessons from Dabiq 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z

Carrying a designer handbag Sharapova was stalked down the tunnel by the hooded Azarenka, exuding a sense of menace as she stayed in the shadows. Tennis: Azarenka bullies Sharapova to claim maiden major 2012-01-28T10:26:00Z

It has muscular force, freewheeling energy and is by turns funny, tragic and scary, starting out resembling Distant Voices, Still Lives or the opening of Kes and drifting towards the menace of A Clockwork Orange. Peter Mullan's Neds heads London film festival's most-awaited list 2010-10-21T16:37:00Z

“What is next is entirely based on the next choice you make,” says Raylan, who can do smooth menace almost as well Markham. 'Justified' Recap: Let's Examine Avery Markham's Scheme 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z

Vampires, zombies, witches and werewolves — the dimly menacing figures that once stalked our dreams now swarm our DVRs. Forget Halloween. TV shows have thrills and chills all year-round 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z

But there is also Captain Jane, a menacing Granny Someone and the sense that other cultural influences are at play. A Dark, Dark Take on Our Most Precious Fairy Tales 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z

Rizzi let notes hang in the air with a hint of menace, then turned up the intensity for the score’s splashy, hair-raising torments. Review: ‘Tosca’ Returns, Defined by Its Quiet Moments 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z

He nailed the menace in “Pop the Trunk” and the indignation of “I Wish,” a nimble, sneering track about belonging in hip-hop despite naysayers. Music Review | Yelawolf: Alabama Rapper at Brooklyn Bowl, With ?Trunk Muzik? Mixtape 2010-03-09T22:31:00Z

It’s such a shame that the best bourbon of the season is brought out with such menace. 'Justified' Recap: Ava and Boyd Go A-Hunting 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z

It breezily waved its fabric at menacing clouds. Ferry-camping in Alaska’s Inside Passage

These tales, with their lessons about how to navigate past a menacing wolf or the cruelty of fate, did offer up heroines full of wile and quick thinking. What About the Heroine’s Journey? 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z

It would be menacing if it weren’t one of the funniest songs of the year. Our Favorite Songs of 2018 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z

It is a return to Mr. West’s early days as a seeker and reinterpreter of deep samples, but overlaid with the coldness and menace of his “Yeezus” era. Pusha-T, a Lecturer Seeking a Target, Finds One 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z

There was nothing menacing about the famous tenor horn solo that launches the first movement, no bittersweet nostalgia in its central interlude and nothing except schmaltz in the two Nachtmusik movements. Prom 22: BBC Philharmonic/Noseda – review 2012-07-31T11:16:53Z

I fantasised about leaping into the screen and attacking a Big Brother contestant with a hammer; then, without a hint of irony, announced that Nicky Campbell exuded the menace of a serial killer. Charlie Brooker: Why I'm calling time on Screen Burn 2010-10-15T13:54:00Z

With his bald head and menacing eyebrows, Mr. Starker looked ferocious, and by all accounts he could be ferocious in the teaching studio. Janos Starker, Master Cellist, Dies at 88 2013-04-30T15:05:06Z

Yes, the one dastardly person was in fact four dastardly people, dividing the menace considerably. Killing Eve to Game of Thrones: the biggest TV disappointments of 2019 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z

As she pulled on her pants, the button on her size-six jeans seemed menacing. Disorders die hard: What happens when you’re bulimic, but not thin enough for anyone to notice? 2017-02-27T05:00:00Z

Gabe, challenging the doppelgängers with a metal baseball bat, adopts a stereotypical black-dialect voice as if, by doing so, he could make himself more menacing. Review: Jordan Peele’s “Us” Is a Colossal Cinematic Achievement 2019-03-23T04:00:00Z

Whether crouching low or slouching with hands in pockets and hoods up, his clothed cardboard cutouts are more than a little menacing. Artist of the week 108: Keith Farquhar 2010-10-06T15:50:00Z

The middle movement’s exotic night music duet between piano and percussion was less the exercise in mystery and menace that mortal pianists may seek and more the enchanting glitter of the starry sky. The importance of being the L.A. Phil 2017-06-04T04:00:00Z

A filmmaker with a toymaker’s heart, Jeunet delights in seeding his movies with eccentric, often menacing gadgets, so it’s no surprise that his wayward androids are more enjoyable than his self-involved human characters. ‘Bigbug’ Review: Rise of the Machines 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z

The post quickly became a meme, with people sharing photographs of their own, more menacing “private islands”. A meme is born as Kim Kardashian West tweets about private island birthday party 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z

Jenkins’ direction allows space for Pine’s performance to muscle through any holes and shortcomings in “I Am the Night,” while Eisley’s grace and silence convey the threat of the Hodels’ menace. Ted Bundy, "I Am the Night" and our secret obsession with psychos 2019-01-26T05:00:00Z

But perhaps equally interesting — though often overlooked — is the bizarrely baroque, exceedingly polite and occasionally menacing writing style that diplomats from different countries use when communicating with each other. Why the baroque politeness of diplomatic notes is what the world needs now 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z

Given Bale’s quiet and brooding menace in the Batman Trilogy, ‘The Fighter’, and ‘Terminator Salvation’, Sorkin believes the wordy script will challenge him. Christian Bale Confirmed By Aaron Sorkin As Apple's Steve Jobs 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z

It so happens that for all the menace, at least some of what is said in favor of streaming is also true. Is streaming a threat to music? Not if musicians have anything to do with it 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z

But then the film takes on a menacing turn. ‘Oppressed Majority’ Provokes Debate on Internet 2014-04-06T20:46:31Z

A few intonation issues unsettled the flute solos in the first movement, but the menacing horn notes, on wailing siren-like crescendos, drove the music to a fever pitch. Review | Baltimore Symphony Orchestra plays on, and with gusto, despite no new contract 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z

Miller’s portrait of murderous mass hysteria during the 17th-century Salem witch trials was written to echo the “Red menace” hearings in Washington in the 1950s. Review: In Arthur Miller’s ‘Crucible,’ First They Came for the Witches 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z

But since that shoestring shocker's 1968 debut, the zombie picture has grown nearly as fast as the legions of ghouls that menace the genre's panicked heroes, demonstrating surprising flexibility in the process. Braaaains! The 10 essential zombie films 2010-05-30T18:01:00Z

While Pill exudes smooth menace, and Meek Mill impending havoc, Wale is the odd man out, a less nimble and less promising rapper whose boasting sounds uncertain, especially in impressive company. Critic?s Notebook: In the Hip-Hop World, Blogs Mean Business 2011-05-27T23:15:20Z

Andrew Veyette was a sleekly menacing Riff on Thursday, and looked to be having a good time snapping and singing. Dance Review | New York City Ballet: From a Dreamy World to a City?s Tough Streets 2010-02-19T23:14:00Z

But it’s also menacing terrain, where cloaked figures sit silently inside a massive amphitheater awaiting resolutions to earthly traumas. Stephen King on Why ‘Lisey’s Story’ Was One He Had to Adapt Himself 2021-06-03T04:00:00Z

Yes, time for another installment of “The Uncomfortables,” those outrageous menaces who come for drinks and stay to drive you bonkers! Review | What’s Steve Martin up to with ‘Meteor Shower’? Your guess is as good as mine. 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z

The Geats are allies of the Danes, and Beowulf, who by then seems to be about thirty, decides to go to Denmark and rid it of this menace. Joan Acocella: Tolkien’s “Beowulf” 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z

He can be menacing when his job and circumstances call for it, but he isn’t malicious, and he treats Ionita with tough paternal tenderness. Review: ‘Aferim!’ Traverses an Unforgiving Romania in the 1800s 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z

Mr. Morlot also offers a lean, crisp and tightly coiled reading of Stravinsky’s “The Rite of Spring” that forgoes much of the usual brutish force but brims with a lither kind of erotic menace. Classical Playlist: Bach, Anders Koppel, Mahler and More 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z

But, of his great early work, one could say that he made a medium out of menace. Postscript: Vito Acconci, 1940–2017 2017-04-28T04:00:00Z

Interwoven with all his menacing, but possibly figurative language, are all the classic signs of someone who is a high suicide risk, in particular Sunil's deep feelings of helplessness and his stubborn tunnel vision. "In Treatment" recap: Frances reads her test results 2010-11-23T13:30:00Z

When the beef is cooked, they snip it into pieces with long and somewhat menacing scissors. A New Champion of Short Ribs in Koreatown 2021-06-01T04:00:00Z

She hands her characters a seemingly insurmountable problem or dire situation and tests them with oppressive social mores, menacing evil, buried secrets or catastrophic events — frequently, all of the above. ‘The Stars Are Fire,’ by Anita Shreve, ignites history 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z

This menace that they're dealing with all the time is managed by these elevated levels of these chemicals, which create this hyper-reactivity, and that is a trauma disorder. Lawyer and activist Bryan Stevenson on building racial justice: “This work is just beginning” 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z

Meanwhile, a large crowd had surrounded the crash scene — a seemingly hopeful sign — but soon it took on a menacing air. Modern Love: Broken, Not Bound, by an Intimate Tie 2014-03-27T21:54:34Z

A critic for The Guardian called it “stylized, intelligent and properly menacing.” What’s on TV Tuesday 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z

Now the juridical meaning of the word is the one uppermost in people's minds, the qualifier "extraordinary" hovering with added menace. Poem of the week: Rendition by Chris Wallace-Crabbe 2013-01-28T13:02:28Z

A neighboring community of thugs poses some slight menace, but without crime or crisis, “The Arrest” is the sort of cruelty-free dystopia you might pick up at Whole Foods. Review | Jonathan Lethem’s ‘The Arrest’ imagines a kinder, gentler apocalypse 2020-11-09T05:00:00Z

One artist drew an elaborate tableau of a chained maiden — Belgium — being menaced by a Prussian soldier as the American flag storms in to rescue her. 100 Years of Gratitude 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z

The exact purpose of Bauer’s constructions is elusive, but their sense of menace is palpable. Review | In the galleries: Misty images from a twilight zone 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z

He was also featured in 1970s commercials for Eveready Batteries, with a battery on his shoulder, a menacing stare and a popular catchphrase, “I dare you to knock this off.” Robert Conrad, star of “The Wild, Wild West,” dies at 84 2020-02-08T05:00:00Z

“Mr. Fincher creates a persuasive ambience of political menace and moral despair,” A. O. Scott wrote in The New York Times in December. DVD: John Ford?s ?Fort Apache? on Blu-ray From Warner Home Video 2012-03-25T01:23:02Z

When Frank expresses his hurt, he doesn’t seem just wounded; he also comes off as a menace. Review: ‘Frank & Lola,’ Retreading Old Ground 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z

Graffiti no longer represents the menace it did in the seventies and eighties. Before Gentrification, a City Covered in Graffiti 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z

She followed “Fast Forward” with the 2002 monograph “Girl Culture,” which examined the myth of beauty and the menace presented by popular culture to girls. America exports its addiction to bling across the globe; Lauren Greenfield captures it with her camera 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z

The subterranean hum of a synthesizer and a slow, menacing clip-clop rhythm announce the return of this Scottish quartet. Album review: Sons and Daughters, 'Mirror Mirror' 2011-07-11T04:18:00Z

Between her flirtations with Thomas, she watches as Michael and his friends menace a beachgoer. ‘Holiday’ Review: Sun and Fun on the Turkish Riviera, Then a Lot Less Fun 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z

The drug dealer who makes menacing requests to buy Victor’s ’64 Impala is run off by his shotgun-wielding grandfather. ‘Between Heaven and Here’: Real life in a SoCal community 2013-01-09T23:57:59Z

Yet it may not be only the majors who are menaced but also smaller distributors and independent producers, who today create the overwhelming preponderance of critically acclaimed, Oscar-nominated, and, truth be told, artistically significant movies. My 2019 Oscars Predictions 2019-02-22T05:00:00Z

The wizard will once again be played by the great Sir Ian McKellen, who so perfectly embodied the character's gruff warmth and kindly menace in the Lord of the Rings films. Martin Freeman as Bilbo Baggins, a match made in Hobbit heaven 2010-10-22T13:08:00Z

He points to a smaller detail, a lighting sconce that’s a menacing open jaw. The creators of the ‘Beetlejuice’ musical ‘tried to run toward Burton’ visually 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z

He spent millions of his own dollars on the film, much of which went to a billboard that menaced Los Angeles for five years after its disastrous release, adding to its mysterious and grotesque allure. Perspective | ‘The Room’ is the worst movie ever made, but I’ve seen it a hundred times — without irony 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z

This week's episode, I gather, involves Winston Churchill hiring Daleks to fight the Nazi menace, and Spitfires in space. Doctor Who's acid test 2010-04-13T20:00:00Z

Cornering Aaron, Teddy, whom Mr. Shepherd plays with a sinister combination of jocularity and menace, insists he is owed money for having suggested the software program that Aaron and others developed. Movie Review: ‘Brief Reunion,’ Written and Directed by John Daschbach 2013-01-17T22:37:51Z

But otherwise, the menacing aspects are the least successful parts of the ballet. Enchanting ‘Sleepy Hollow’ awakens the best of the Washington Ballet 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z

On a local level, too, a menacing style can lead to control. ?City of Bohane,? by Kevin Barry 2012-03-30T23:27:18Z

"His Tommy is an ever-mellow figure of both menace and romance, a criminal pragmatist with a soft, dreamy side," it said. 'Honeymoon in Vegas' ups ante for glitz in new Broadway version 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z

But his eyes “went black” and turned “very menacing,” she said. Annabella Sciorra testifies that Harvey Weinstein raped her: ‘It was just so disgusting that my body started to shake’ 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z

Absolutely, because Super-Y-front could sweep into battle, fighting the global menace of traffic cones. Nick Clegg as a cartoon figure - it's fun but does it really hurt? 2010-07-17T23:05:00Z

Lovecraft’s death, the purveyor of baroque dread and menace remains very much alive in the imaginations of a host of ­American novelists. Paul La Farge’s ‘The Night Ocean’ will suck you into the vortex of H.P. Lovecraft 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z

The general feebleness, you sense, bleeds into something that is actually menacing. Review: ‘Disrupted,’ a Tech Takedown by Dan Lyons, a.k.a. Fake Steve Jobs 2016-04-05T04:00:00Z

It’s a beautiful, unthreatening creature because in this movie — as in “The Night of the Hunter,” which references “ravening wolves” in sheep’s clothing — the gravest menace is people. One Indelible Scene: A Donkey’s Escape in ‘EO’ 2023-01-03T05:00:00Z

“There’s a TV set on at No 5. It’s in the front room,” one moustachioed inspector says in a menacing public information advertisement. A day in court for non-payment of the TV licence: ‘What do they want us to do, kill ourselves?’ 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z

It builds up to this multinational conglomerate, whose labs may be cleaner and its menace more abstracted, but which is not immune from violence. Breaking Bad Watch: Special Sauce 2012-07-23T12:00:38Z

Van Etten sings this refrain with a pure-toned, delicate voice while guitars, organ and percussion offer a musical depth as menacing as the lines. Sharon Van Etten sings of a toxic relationship on 'Are We There' 2014-06-07T04:00:00Z

The menacing Sister Jude is, oddly and amusingly, a proto-feminist who resents her secondary status as a nun subordinate to “patriarchal males.” Television Review: ‘American Horror Story’ on FX Begins Second Season 2012-10-16T23:27:18Z

The dinosaurs, impressive in their animated actions and leathery digital texture in ’93, haven’t lost much of their moist, tactile menace over the decades. ‘Jurassic Park 3D’: Dinosaurs, and Jeff Goldblum, still rule 2013-04-04T00:06:42Z

Supporting characters aren’t given much to do except look menacing, and the least interesting tool in a writer’s kit bag, the voice-over, is used frequently. ‘Gangland Undercover’ and ‘Outlaw Country’ Examine Biker Life 2015-02-23T05:00:00Z

How do you make you know an all-black outfit even more menacing than it already is? "Totally Killer" costumer on Molly Ringwald vibes and making '80s ensembles worthy of being stabbed 2023-10-08T04:00:00Z

Some of these posters want you to believe the Death Star is the worst thing ever; others claim those pesky Jedi are the real menace. Obi-Wan Kenobi, you’re my only hope against ‘Star Wars’ propaganda! 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z

Soon the crew are off in pursuit of a villain - played with muscular menace by "Sherlock" star Benedict Cumberbatch - who may be an ally, or the enemy within. JJ Abrams boldly going from 'Trek' to 'Star Wars' 2013-05-13T17:30:17Z

It’s not just the menace that the three ever-growing dragons represent. Game of Thrones Watch: Dragons and Eagles and Bears, Oh, My! 2013-05-13T09:45:54Z

Bester is very menacing while Chekov is not. Walter Koenig: "Star Trek" is a welcome respite from the infamy of the Trump administration 2020-02-24T05:00:00Z

The undercurrent of menace here was, as in “Violet Kid,” a psychological one. You'd Follow Them Anywhere 2014-06-20T04:00:00Z

It’s a menacing, dreamlike tableau: two identical knife-wielding men, poised for an attack inside a cockfighting ring. GALA Theatre weaves a swift and taut ‘Chronicle of a Death Foretold’ 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z

His dialogue tends to be sharp, rhythmic, funny, menacing, forever evolving from traditional patois to the latest schoolroom slang, reinventing itself in newly bastardised forms. Roy Williams: Confessions of an uncool kid 2010-06-07T20:31:00Z

The menacing arachnid was spotted when a woman opened the bin after the February 14 flight landed in Banten in Indonesia. Passengers spot giant scorpion crawling out of overhead bin on plane 2019-02-18T05:00:00Z

He was born in Málaga, and formally studied art in Barcelona and Madrid — but, really, the fact he’s a migrant from anywhere automatically tags him as a social and cultural menace, a political threat. Pablo Picasso, the Pariah of Paris 2023-04-01T04:00:00Z

For Arceneaux, these uncanny presences are visual expressions of the unresolved traumas we all carry with us—free-floating menaces that lurk within our histories, capable of rearing up at any moment. Revisiting Ben Vereen’s Misunderstood Blackface Inaugural Performance 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z

Yet you find little sense of menace in the photographs, most of which are black and white, with a few in color. He Captured a Clandestine Gay Culture Amid the Derelict Piers 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z

She tried everything from opera singing to advanced maths, and – from the menacing thrum of its soundtrack to the elegant precision of its imagery – All Good Children bears the traces of her past lives. Alicia Duffy: A film of one's own 2010-05-16T20:35:00Z

This is Catherine Earnshaw, wild thing of Wuthering Heights, and if she is faintly ridiculous in her menace, it is menace nonetheless. Review: In This ‘Wuthering Heights,’ Music, Moors and Untamed Spirits 2022-10-18T04:00:00Z

There will be zombies, of course, but the greatest menace will be marauders and other seafaring survivors. Sea Zombies! How ‘Fear the Walking Dead’ Overhauled Itself 2016-04-01T04:00:00Z

Jimmy is a nice guy whose brother thinks he’s a menace. 'Better Call Saul' Recap: A Chimp With a Machine Gun 2015-03-30T04:00:00Z

His rage played out among the signs of the corporate menace he feared, in a landscape of consumerism. Perspective | What perpetual war looks like in America 2019-08-04T04:00:00Z

The ride has bold twists and turns, a crazy moment where it goes backward and, in the mountain, offers an encounter with a menacing creature. A Disney World Vacation in One Day 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z

When panic, that stealthy menace, sets in, I start cooking; hence the celery, to be followed by a chicken broth, then. Notes from a trailing spouse: Welcome to Mars 2017-04-16T04:00:00Z

“I could hear the rumble of the forest in the music,” he said later, meaning the menacing landscape that surrounds Banquo. Sing for Your Life 2011-05-20T16:00:31Z

Boogaard racks up fights and penalty minutes, crushes the cheek of a rival and earns the menacing sobriquet “Boogeyman,” along with a promotional bobblehead doll whose fists also bobble. John Branch's 'Boy on Ice' 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z

Ima Read is all about implied threat and the sense of menace you get from a slow, crawling buildup to annihilation. New band of the day – Zebra Katz (No 1,338) 2012-08-24T17:02:24Z

If Wolf was a menace singing about killing floors and drinking gasoline, King's early moans were more comforting, and as he gained fame, he leaned toward a commercial sound that his early peers rejected. B.B. King built a bridge to the blues for the world 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z

Directors such as David Lynch and Martin Scorsese have utilised the gravitas, even menace, Von Sydow brings to the screen in, respectively, Dune and Shutter Island. Max von Sydow: god of gravitas 2012-02-13T21:30:02Z

But the abundance of style serves the substance, creating an atmosphere of room-tone menace. Review: ‘Homecoming’ Is Military, Industrial and Complex 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z

Now ”menacing” has never been the first word I think of in association with Arthur Miller. London Theater Journal: Arthur Miller, Pinteresquely 2010-07-20T17:25:00Z

Around are all manner of human misery from drug addiction and alcohol abuse to untreated mental illness and sometimes a menacing combination of all three. The push to see Seattle waterfront transformed 2014-09-12T04:00:00Z

“Like a feral cat, she can seem quicksilver and weightless or, when enraged, menacing and bristly and twice her size,” Jesse Green wrote of Negga’s performance in a review in The Times. Ruth Negga Thinks Lady Macbeth Is Misunderstood 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z

Petronio, an absurd if slightly menacing captain in grey beard and wellies, stomps around unfurling ropes and muttering vicious curses at everyone in his way. Stephen Petronio Company ? review 2010-10-07T21:45:00Z

But the times are inscribed in the bodies of the characters: tuberculosis intrudes as a deadly menace in Malindy’s era—as does AIDS, in Malaika’s time. Three Boldly Personal Visions of Black History in a Great New Film Series 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z

Above the tree line, the mountains turn nearly black, cutting a menacing image that softens at the snowy peaks. Take a lunch cruise on Switzerland’s Lake Lucerne 2017-01-25T05:00:00Z

It’s more static than a Beckett play, less menacing than Pinter and not as probing as latter-day Ibsen. Jealousy and dread in ultra slo-mo in ‘Someone Is Going to Come’ 2017-01-10T05:00:00Z

Meanwhile, Trump’s ability to change libel laws appears to be limited, despite a menacing tweet after a New York Times story he didn’t like. Perspective | A movie about Hulk Hogan’s court case shows how the First Amendment is under attack 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z

An ominous, rumbling score adds menace, suspended chords and electronic creaks suggesting a descent into some Stygian world. Citizenfour review – Edward Snowden documentary is utterly engrossing 2014-10-19T04:00:00Z

Frank is just as haunted as he is menacing. 'True Detective' turns cautious at the beginning of Season 2 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z

But down in front, responding the most enthusiastically, was the burly, menacing Sean Price, a k a Ruck, the other half of Heltah Skeltah, who clearly saw in Mr. Brown something he recognized. Critic?s Notebook: Reliving Rap?s Down-and-Dirty Early Days 2011-02-12T00:00:15Z

She narrates her metamorphosis through a microphone dangling from above, using a deep, menacing voice. Nora Chipaumire Makes Darkness Visible 2016-10-09T04:00:00Z

Regus is as seductive as he is ominous, a frightening mix of outwardly pleasant and subtly menacing, a balance that Waltz has perfected over the years. Christoph Waltz Has Some Thoughts 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z

But there is a deception, too, a menace: I will make you believe. A Novelist’s Stint Impersonating the Ultra-Rich in China 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z

For one thing, people sense a stranger in their midst as acutely as a herd of gazelles might, and they tend to scatter, or stare from a distance in a menacing way. From a Wedding Writer’s Notebook, 10 Views on Love 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z

In the teaser, we were introduced to a mysterious but menacing character in a white cape and military coat. 4 New Things to Know About Darth Vader’s 'Rogue One' Role 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z

He moves quickly but without panic, a resolute lope that only later, with hindsight, will reveal its menace. ‘The Guest’ Stars Dan Stevens as a Sinister Interloper 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z

The associations are brilliantly daft and menacing: the IRA, to whom Rubberbandits dedicate their rowdy terrace chant Up da RA; glue sniffing, also referenced in their charmless song about a fat woman. Rubberbandits – Edinburgh festival review 2012-08-10T11:05:59Z

He was infinitely better in the 2007 season of the cable show “Damages,” where he was actually given a character to work with, one whose appeal was tinged with menace. | 'Loosies': ?Loosies,? With Peter Facinelli - Review 2012-01-10T23:32:00Z

They move together with tiny, quick steps that could be menacing or comic. Review: This Dance About Refugees Has Flow and a Groove 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z

Laurence has a genius for dancing above the chaos, though, and as he fails upward, what is comic in form can feel tragic in substance — or at least unresolved and menacing. Review: Hugh Laurie Plays a Politician Trying to Avoid Cancellation 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z

Since my normal countenance can charitably be described as aggressively inhospitable, “menacing” wasn’t much of a stretch. Television: Extras in ‘I Married a Mobster’ and Other Docu-Series 2012-08-10T17:44:23Z

As played by the supremely menacing and hard-faced Michael Shannon, it may soon prove hard to recall that this is the show's main good guy. Boardwalk Empire: does it live up to the hype? 2010-09-20T11:14:00Z

Here, Obreht’s simple but rich prose captures and luxuriates in the West’s beauty and sudden menace. Téa Obreht Reinvents the Western Novel — and Brings Camels 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z

“I do like to write sinister but quite funny guys, who can combine a sense of menace and danger but also real loss,” Mr. McDonagh said by phone. Please, No More Mr. Bad Guy Roles! (But Creepy Is Fine) 2010-02-20T04:23:00Z

Flagg is a menace because he's the devil, and has a nasty habit of attacking people with murders of angry crows or snarling wolves. "The Stand" is barely alive enough to capture this year's "end of the world as we know it" vibe 2020-12-18T05:00:00Z

Some are even adding climate change to the menaces facing collections, such as the Bass Museum along Miami Beach, as it prepares for rising sea levels. Lesson from Brazil: Museums are not forever 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z

When computer-generated animation sticks this closely to photorealistic landscapes and gunplay and menace, even with a cast of animated lizards and prairie dogs and birds does the result feel like something for kids? 'Rango' sells its soul for live-action 2011-03-02T22:58:00Z

It doesn’t help that old images of Katrina’s destruction — upside-down cars, broken trees and fishing boats swept onto front yards — are bracketed by weather updates tracking the progress of new menaces named Danielle and Earl. The TV Watch: 5 Years on, Katrina Dampens Coverage 2010-08-27T21:58:00Z

He’s part swaggering wise guy, part puppy, exuding more sweetness than menace. A Hard-Hitting Role That?s Close to Home 2011-05-25T15:10:54Z

Yet, the true menace on the other side of the book is a bearded ogre who would undoubtedly “eat me up” if he ever caught our young hero. Picture Books to Make Your Kid — and You — Giggle and Guffaw 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z

Her entrance into the couple business prompts the organized crime network of matchmakers to threaten Rose in ways both big and small, including menacing Abe. Before jumping into the final "Maisel" season, here's a tight five refresher 2023-04-14T04:00:00Z

He’s the right mix of menacing and entertaining, while the idea of Raylan contending with a trio of ex-soldiers instantly raises the danger factor for our marshal. Justified 'Cash Game' recap: Two ends against the middle 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z

Because this is a slasher movie, Whistler’s overly polite demeanor carries for the audience an edge of latent menace. ‘They/Them’ Review: Scared Straight 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z

Twist makes it a menacing confrontation, with the suns aggressively approaching the audience — the show’s one real echo of climate change. Review: In ‘Book of Mountains & Seas,’ Puppets Embark on Mythic Quests 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z

Among the novel’s strengths is the hope it offers young readers, because despite the real menace from those who consider Muslim Americans “the enemy … among us,” Yusuf does have allies. The Children of 9/11 Come of Age 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z

The arch tone grows stale when it’s not clear Buffini will make a substantial point, though the menacing Agatha Christie tone pays off with a quick twisted finish. Review | Susan Derry brings polish to Keegan’s ‘Bridges of Madison County’ 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z

Touching and vaguely menacing, Martin looms like a colossus. ‘Martin Eden’ Review: Reading and Writing His Way Out of the Pit 2020-10-15T04:00:00Z

The perverse and the pathological, though, don’t come through strongly enough in this staging, directed by Ms. Lupica with a naturalism that diminishes any sense of menace, revolutionary or otherwise. Theater Review: Ferdinand Bruckner’s ‘Pains of Youth,’ by Cake Shop Theater 2014-02-19T22:39:34Z

Timeless, otherworldly and a little bit menacing, the work here exhibits the haziness of a dream and the prickliness of an encroaching nightmare. Revisiting an Artist’s Provocative Photographs 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z

On a big screen, a dark, menacing ocean pulses on a deserted beach, murmuring in a low funereal chant. Beneath the Waves, a Warning 2020-03-11T04:00:00Z

But what about all the menacing mugs who sat down on sizzling waffle irons? The Three Stooges Used a Lot of Second Fiddles 2012-04-13T14:26:24Z

Still, Nixey delivers numerous nasty shocks and an overriding sense of menace, and if the premise is new to you this movie will do more than enough to give you nightmares. "Don't Be Afraid of the Dark": Voices in the basement 2011-08-24T20:25:00Z

The brooding Courtney also impresses with his mercurial turn as a man who is wary of these strangers and exudes menace. "Does trauma-bonding negate the love?": Stars Erin Moriarty and Jai Courtney talk "Catching Dust" 2023-06-11T04:00:00Z

The second part of a bold but enjoyably nebulous concept piece, House of Gold and Bones Part 2 is a more menacing and aggressive beast than last year's grandiose Part 1. Stone Sour: House of Gold and Bones Part 2 – review 2013-04-04T22:00:01Z

Critics of Jordan say that he lacks the swagger and menace of the Killmonger character and that he appears to be reading off cue cards. Why Michael B. Jordan Is More Than a Movie Star 2018-11-26T05:00:00Z

With his imposing 6-foot-4 frame and sonorous voice, Lee brought some of cinema's most memorable villains to life, imbuing them with a unique combination of menace and charm. Christopher Lee dies: Six of his sinister villain roles 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z

On Nov. 14, 2011, it was a small boy with a violin case, looking in at a studio of towering basses, huge drums and a menacing maestro pounding a grand piano. Jean-Jacques Sempé, Cartoonist of Droll Whimsy, Dies at 89 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z

Raemond Martin, singing with an insinuating, hooded baritone, was an imposing presence as Scarpia, all the more menacing for his reserve. Music Review: ‘Tosca,’ With New York Grand Opera, in Central Park 2012-06-28T21:08:27Z

A “moronic menace to society,” Canada’s National Post called him; an “absolute terror,” according Mashable, “the worst person on earth,” in the words of Deadspin. Is Jake Paul a Social Media Genius or a Jerk? 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z

Mr. Schwartz would have been wiser to give us something closer to “Wicked” but more subdued and menacing and structured as a continuous musical piece. Opera? Musical? Please Respect the Difference 2011-07-09T03:30:34Z

Yes, it draws on “The Three Billy Goats Gruff,” but adds female characters and a few sly twists: Instead of menacing, monstrous bridgekeepers, the trolls here are tenderhearted vegetarians. Events for Children in NYC This Week 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z

To be historically accurate the actor would have to be aged around his late 40s and be able to powerfully convey Cromwell's astonishing self-confidence and rather terrifying menace. RSC to stage Mantel novels 2013-01-23T18:09:20Z

The Communications Act used to prosecute Paul Chambers covers any message that is grossly offensive, indecent, obscene or menacing. Simon Walsh: the vindictive persecution of an innocent man 2012-08-11T23:11:00Z

It’s the Therizinosaurus, a feathered creature that is no less menacing even as an herbivore. Watch Bryce Dallas Howard’s Slow Escape in ‘Jurassic World Dominion’ 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z

A different menace storms through "Mother," the fourth feature from this sensationally talented South Korean filmmaker. 'Mother': Maternal instincts go wild in South Korean thriller 2010-03-25T21:34:00Z

It is characterized, Mr. Hughes said, by “menacing tensions and suggestions of violence.” Brian Macdonald, Eclectic Choreographer and Director, Dies at 86 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z

Mr. Wehn still chuckles at the memory: “It wasn’t menacing. I just thought it was hilarious that they thought they were the first to come up with it.” A German Comedian in London: Working Out the War in Punch Lines 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z

Early in the awards season, the thriller “Drive” seemed poised to earn a few Oscar nods, namely one for its supporting performance by Albert Brooks as a menacing crime boss. | Below the Line: The Sounds of 'Drive' 2012-02-22T18:57:43Z

Moments later, they menace the arrested man’s half-naked girlfriend, plying her with a false promise of leniency for her cooperation before tossing her aside with a flurry of racial invective. Trolled across concrete: why Mel Gibson's new film is a curious provocation 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z

The songs were menacing but surprisingly fleet, a crucial balance that satisfies both ground-level fans and those peering in from outside. The Last Days of Pop Smoke 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z

A city of glorious but tattered beauty, known for its vibrancy and, yes, a frisson of menace, Naples is now humming with visitors. 36 Hours in Naples, Italy 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z

“It’s the point at which you realize what the film is about,” the 49-year-old says of a sequence that is by turns charming, menacing, sweet and devastating. Sam Elliott on working with Lily Tomlin: 'We went through this catharsis' 2015-08-23T04:00:00Z

Joan and the celebrities who play her cannot escape the algorithmic menace, no matter how hard they struggle. The best new "Black Mirror" episode is a Netflix self-own that plays out our current AI nightmare 2023-06-17T04:00:00Z

The scenic effects, as simple as they are wondrous, sustain the drama’s menacing velocity even when Camus goes off on one of his philosophical tirades. Tyranny and resistance: Albert Camus' 1948 drama 'L’État de siège' carries new relevance 2017-10-27T04:00:00Z

This raging, foul-mouthed menace to society, whose sidelong glances send poisoned arrows, is a wiry, heavy-metal Tarzan, with shoulder-length hair and homemade tattoos, one of which is a hand with an extended middle finger. | 'Hesher': Burn This, Curse That, Wreak Your Havoc 2011-05-12T20:35:27Z

It is as though just before the photograph was snapped someone demanded: Look menacing everyone! Perspective | Trump’s Situation Room photo is straight from a war movie — just how he would want it 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z

That elegance sometimes got in the way of menace and there were moments the drama seemed to call for a darker-hued voice. Review: ‘The Rake’s Progress’ Makes a Brief Visit at the Metropolitan Opera 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z

Get On Up, in which he played James Brown as a devilish and occasionally menacing sprite, was a slight improvement. Black Panther's Chadwick Boseman: 'Everybody’s minds are opening up' 2018-02-15T05:00:00Z

Maybe zombies sell these days because, not unlike the sort of nuclear apocalypse tales that resonated throughout the Cold War, they posit an outside threat, a menace beyond the control of regular people. Zombie state 2012-06-08T14:45:00Z

And the final form of the menacing sea creature is in its way as laughable as the carpet monster in the 1964 cinematic mishap “The Creeping Terror.” ‘Underwater’ Review: Wobbly Sea Legs 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z

Ramberg’s works on paper and Masonite are matter-of-fact and menacing, their point-blank simplicity delivering ample intensity. 'About Face' a disparate collection, with each work enhanced by those around it 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z

This is tough on him, but for us it helps create an atmosphere of rising menace, the sense that dreadful danger lies just at the edge of his comprehension. Floundering by Romy Ash - review by Robert Drewe 2013-06-14T07:04:46Z

Most of the hotels and restaurants were shuttered and, even to my untrained eye, a heavy caul of menace hung about the place. In a time of adversity, the bone-deep appeal of bone broth moves through mother to daughter 2019-05-05T04:00:00Z

So can Luther maintain its menace with other gruesome dramas snapping at its heels? Luther is back with more comic-book gore and fantastical crimes 2013-06-29T05:00:00Z

There are surreal scenes of nightmare and menace, but glorious moments of joy, too. Review: ‘Flight’ Has No Live Actors. But Its Story of Two Afghan Boys Feels So Real. 2018-02-12T05:00:00Z

There’s little overt menace to this Paul, who mostly registers as a sincere, sensitive, if callow hero-in-the-making. ‘Dune’ Review: A Hero in the Making, on Shifting Sands 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z

Brown pleaded guilty in 2008 to menacing a neighbor with her cell phone. Foxy Brown arrested in NY over order of protection 2010-07-22T02:52:00Z

Only Mr. Borle had the right mix of “innocence and menace and mystery and charm” that echoed the work of Gene Wilder, Mr. O’Brien said. This Broadway Season, Christian Borle Is Taking the Lead(s) 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z

And Charles Dance continues to exercise his monopoly on classy but menacing pillars of the establishment, adding the hanging judge Lawrence Wargrave to a résumé that already includes Tywin Lannister of “Game of Thrones.” Review: ‘And Then There Were None,’ a Classic Murder Case Revived 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z

Though these narrative uncertainties evoke the unsettling pervasiveness of menace underpinning everyday life in the region, the effect is often frustrating. In the West Bank, Violence Begets More Violence 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z

The famous low, dark trill in the opening of the Schubert was slow, almost gentle, like a snoring beast without any menace. A venerated pianist puts sonatas on a pedestal at Strathmore 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z

Cemerek knows how to inject his compositions with shots of drama, as when a menacing circle of dancers shrinks away from a prone man, as if spooked by his vulnerability. Balletboyz: The Talent ? review 2011-02-13T22:15:02Z

Then there’s the phantom of “The Shining,” a film Thorndike aspires to summon, down to the creepy joggers who might as well be Kubrick’s menacing girls in grown-up athleisure wear. Five Horror Movies to Stream Now 2023-08-18T04:00:00Z

But "A Better Tomorrow" still oozes the minor-key menace for which the group is known; it's unmistakably a Wu-Tang project, with tinkling pianos, lumbering grooves and mysterious bits of dialogue lifted from obscure kung-fu movies. Wu-Tang Clan looks to past, future in 'A Better Tomorrow,' more works 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z

Such persistent, menacing furtiveness promises to wreck Kehlmann’s nerves, or else promises to tug him over to the dark side, to Heidl’s state of moral relativism and anarchy. Review | If a rich liar asked you to ghostwrite his memoir, would you do it? 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z

As the bloated floating Baron Harkonnen, Skarsgård's presence is shadowed for much of the movie but his menace drips off the screen nevertheless. "Dune" is the masterful adaptation of Frank Herbert's epic we've been waiting for 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z

Quirke encounters traditional pitfalls for the literary investigator – getting too close to a witness, being "warned off" by menacing strangers – but also touches on the much fresher territory of Irish antisemitism. A Death in Summer by Benjamin Black ? review 2011-07-07T08:16:57Z

It is full of menace but devoid of monsters, a minimalist approach that is both intriguing and somewhat unsatisfying. Review: In ‘Shelley,’ She’s Expecting. But What, Exactly? 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z

Its atmosphere is obviously menacing, but it's also incredibly funny. Move over McIntyre: Kafka comics lead a standup revolution 2010-11-22T16:38:00Z

The menace of the man is still pronounced; his glowering presence is something you'd give a wide berth to on the night bus. Tricky ? review 2010-10-26T21:45:00Z

Mexico's Carlos Reygadas won the best director award for "Post Tenebras Lux", a dreamlike exploration of the undercurrent of menace within Mexican society today. Haneke's "Love" wins to cheers at Cannes film festival 2012-05-27T18:41:51Z

Are the customers in G Wienholt's continental pastry shop aware of the brooding menace in the land around them? Reading group: The Weirdstone of Brisingamen's real-life map 2012-08-24T15:04:55Z

Stipe's voice drips with menace on the grungy drone "You"; is open and romantic on "Tongue"; and is sassy, blasé, and conspiratorial all at once on "Crush With Eyeliner." R.E.M.’s “Monster” and the legacy of an unsung melancholic masterpiece 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z

The rockers especially sound more menacing than ever; "Like a Rolling Stone" has never sounded better. Tops in rock, pop 2010-12-04T06:00:00Z

But fear not – there's enough acknowledgement of corruption and malice to add a balancing menace to those sappier aspects. In PBS' playful "Around the World in 80 Days" David Tennant channels Jules Verne's liberated spirit 2022-01-02T05:00:00Z

Mendelsohn is revelatory as Danny, a leathered piece of flotsam who plays as half criminal menace, half dejected boy. Review: On Netflix's Bloodline, a Family That Preys Together 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z

He was particularly menacing when he’d rise, disheveled, his undershirt wrinkled, from an interrupted siesta when my sisters and I were noisy. Modern Love: A Photo on the Floor: My Father?s Double Life 2010-04-02T17:49:00Z

Hotel parking valets are sometimes another menace, especially those tempted to steal valuables from cars in their charge. Fifteen Travel Scams To Avoid 2010-04-09T20:00:00Z

We'll want to intervene and try to create a sense where they're not threatened and menaced without the illegal use of those drugs. Lawyer and activist Bryan Stevenson on building racial justice: “This work is just beginning” 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z

Inviting him to pay a late-night visit to her SoHo loft, Marcy is the first of the strange, increasingly menacing women with whom Paul will become entangled. The Late, Late Show With Martin Scorsese 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z

In a tension-racked scene, he offers to buy the guy’s hat and then takes it, only to leave it and start menacing the young woman. 'Justified' Recap: Misdirection Every Which Way 2015-03-24T04:00:00Z

At one point, as she’s describing her late-arriving puberty, she attaches large clusters of fake hair to her armpits and crotch, which she then uses as pompoms to become a prancing, menacing cheerleader. Review: Shedding Skins in Motus’s Genre-Blurring ‘MDLSX’ at La MaMa 2016-01-10T05:00:00Z

When the Communist menace finally faded, so did Hoover. Books of The Times: Tim Weiner?s ?Enemies? and F.B.I. Counterintelligence 2012-03-14T21:09:12Z

As Valka, a gambler with a knife he calls Wolf, Mr. Farrell is watchable and sometimes funny, if not especially menacing. | 'The Way Back': Pushing the Limits of Endurance 2011-01-20T23:13:53Z

But each suspicious glance, every chilly, gray, sunless interior adds to the menace. Neeson is a real action star in suspenseful 'Unknown' 2011-02-17T12:31:00Z

I mean, if I'd gone on the tube and been menaced by a lot of angry people, then it wouldn't have been boring and it wouldn't have been pleasant. 'Bin Laden doesn't do jokes' 2010-04-30T23:10:00Z

It took form in 10 minutes, finished when he splattered droplets creating the impression that the brains of the menacing figure’s head were exploding as if from a geyser. The Return of the Shadowman 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z

This Mary is prone to menacing anger and sharp screams, suffering from simmering trauma and guilt. Review: There's something (weird) about Mary 2013-04-23T02:16:03Z

Not until he discovered a book exploring Lincoln’s bouts of depression that revealed a new and complex Lincoln to him, one with “his own quiet menace and a poetic voice.” ‘I Am Abraham’: inside the mind and heart of Lincoln 2014-02-26T20:15:46Z

These law enforcement officers are the opposite of menacing, and they’re decidedly human. ‘North Woods Law’ Offers a Gentler View of Law Enforcement (and More Bears) 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z

And Williams, who could deftly toggle between gentle tenderness and steely menace from scene to scene, gave his lines authenticity and depth, ensuring that some of Omar Little’s catchphrases would enter the pop-culture canon. How Michael K. Williams Made Omar Little His Own on ‘The Wire’ 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z

That’s the only hint of menace in these paintings, which otherwise render nighttime as placid. Review | In the galleries: Canadian artist looks to the outdoors for inspiration 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z

A visual motif in which McNamara and Oswalt’s favorite film, “The Creature From the Black Lagoon,” is used to represent submerged menace is employed three or four too many times. Review: A Killer, a Writer, and the Questions Both Left Behind 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z

Among Dalton's many menacing deeds included hiring a hitman to kill Paul Trueman. Death in Walford: 30 years of EastEnders murders 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z

A canny interpreter of Harold Pinter's menacing enigmas, Duncan channeled the traumatic mystery of his play "Ashes to Ashes" with harrowing intensity. Lindsay Duncan finds her footing in 'A Delicate Balance' 2014-11-11T05:00:00Z

There is, indisputably, a deeply chilling side to this tale and a sense of menace, both of which have their effect. ‘A Very English Scandal’ Review: Sex, Intrigue and Bunnies 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z

But he had still not fully grown up, troubled by memories of lost love and premonitions of death, and also menaced by a rising, and somewhat better-adjusted, comic played by Seth Rogen. Gen X Has a Midlife Crisis 2010-05-08T18:21:00Z

Stewart Lee has even considered reproducing the skipping superstar's whole act to see if he could "inject any paranoia and menace or even personality into it". Michael McIntyre: lowest-common-denominator entertainer or comedy saviour? 2010-09-17T10:21:00Z

Doc drifts through this territory and past its weird and menacing claim holders with a doper’s what-me-worry smile, his jaw slacking with bafflement or wonderment, sometimes both. ‘Inherent Vice,’ Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z

But he approaches the role with a mix of effeminate flamboyance and cold-blooded menace. Review: Bond is better than ever in `Skyfall' 2012-11-05T23:38:08Z

The boys each caught a small jack with their dads’ help . . . then gasped in amazement as they watched a three-foot barracuda with a menacing underbite dart in to chomp one fish right off the hook. Aboard a chartered catamaran in the British Virgin Islands: The more the merrier 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z

This is a man in sumptuous robes with nothing of substance underneath; beautiful to look at, but as ephemeral and menacing as smoke. A Man Without Qualities: HBO’s “The Young Pope” 2017-01-15T05:00:00Z

There is menace, too, in the sea, which is teeming with nasty stinging jellyfish known as medusas. Review: In ‘Hot Milk,’ by Deborah Levy, a Broken Life and a Frayed Maternal Bond 2016-07-10T04:00:00Z

In “Black Skinhead” he snarls, “I’ve been a menace for the longest/But I ain’t finished, I’m devoted,” over a track that switches between a blunt glam-rock drumbeat and a distorted synthesizer line. Music Review: ‘Yeezus,’ Kanye West’s Raw and Jolting New Album 2013-06-16T18:25:47Z

Vague suggestions of menace are continually being dampened, partly because Ms. Bos and Mr. Thureen give such persuasively straightforward performances. Debate Society's ‘Jacuzzi,' With Hannah Bos and Paul Thureen 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z

The more we actually see him, though, the less menacing he becomes. ‘Legion’ Season 1, Episode 5: Running With the Devil 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z

A slightly menacing tone, straight from one of Frank’s crueller hangovers, has emerged. William H Macy: 'It was 104 degrees and I had on thermals, shirt, hoodie, jacket and muffler' 2016-10-02T04:00:00Z

Isn’t one of the features of contemporary urban apartment life that the ringing of the doorbell without prior warning is a sound ripe with menace? My secret hoarding shame: I lived with my trash. It was time to throw it all away 2015-08-18T04:00:00Z

That fusion of history, slapstick and menace sets the trajectory for the rest of this lovable novel. Michael Chabon’s ‘Moonglow’ is a cunning dance with autobiography 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z

The FBI arrest him as a menace to public order and – since nailing felons to a cross is not an option in the squeamish US – a court prescribes a lobotomy. The Final Testament of the Holy Bible by James Frey ? review 2011-04-10T04:00:00Z

The luxe, calme et volupté of a warm sea is unmistakable – though the sudden, blustery swell that menaces the central section will surprise no one familiar with the southern Bay of Biscay. LPO Music in the Courtyard - programme notes 2012-08-29T21:53:45Z

A menacing male intruder is in his room, wielding … a smartphone? Review: In ‘The Travelers,’ Danger at Every Destination 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z

I'm Ready, on which that familiar sprechgesang delivery is somehow both metronomic and distended, is exemplary, but the whole record – dosed with menace – sounds hungry. Tricky: False Idols – review 2013-05-25T23:04:03Z

In hip-hop and R&B the retuned voice is often crooned into cold synth-textured slow jams, sometimes making the singer's voice dehumanised and dispassionate, almost menacing – the sound of a bad conscience. Hey, what's that sound: Auto-Tune 2010-04-06T15:38:00Z

And “I Am the Night” is precisely the sort of Los Angeles noir that encourages his menace to loom above the hills like Noah Cross in “Chinatown.” The Straightforward Trashiness of “I Am the Night” 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z

“The Handmaid’s Tale” is dystopian sci-fi, but it plays like horror, from its constant sense of menace to its ominous score. Review: ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Season 2 Moves Into a Dark Future 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z

Both are warts-and-all satires of seemingly bucolic communities, but Jackson’s vision of suburban California is far more menacing than quaint, revealing the skull beneath the smile. Resurrected from the archives: timeless women’s fiction 2013-07-19T22:54:15Z

Brett Gaylor, a documentary filmmaker who calls himself an activist for a free and open Internet, developed the web series “Do Not Track” as a cautionary tale about the web as a menacing, all-seeing eye. Going Interactive at Tribeca With Storyscapes 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z

This hint of menace has electrified all Coltrane's best performances and in his latest role as Mr Jaggers, in the new film adaptation of Great Expectations, it's deployed to perfection. Robbie Coltrane: 'I take no nonsense' 2012-11-09T22:59:00Z

Fugit is terrific, the show’s general sense of menace and despair is striking, and at least in the first few episodes “Outcast” appears to have something to say beyond “boo.” What You Should Watch This Weekend: ‘All in With Cam Newton,’ ‘Jurassic Park’ and ‘Southland’ 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z

O.J. continues on to an arena where he looks up and spots a U.F.O. that is moving in an erratic and potentially menacing manner through the clouds. Watch Daniel Kaluuya Face a U.F.O. in ‘Nope’ 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z

He’s a classicist, a thrilling New York rapper in the old-fashioned way, effortlessly stacking internal rhymes while giving off charisma with just a whiff of menace. ArtsBeat Blog: Touring the Fringes, the Final Hours of CMJ 2011-10-23T21:44:53Z

Arab forces inspirited with Islam were a threat, the Mamluks menaced, and large parts of the Armenian homeland were ruled at times by Umayyads, Abbasids and Seljuks. Review | In New York, a look into the early days of the world’s oldest Christian nation 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z

The nuanced performance of the Icelandic actor Sverrir Gudnason, who plays the younger Willis, is crucial, exposing the volatility and subdued menace that has alienated two wives and caused untold damage to his children. ‘Falling’ Review: Father and Son Reunion 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z

The dramatic setup can seem like a vintage New Yorker cartoon shot through with Pinteresque menace. 'Delicate Balance' teeters slightly but always fascinates 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z

There are a few with the menacing older brother of the main character, a sixteen-year-old French girl named Marieme, and a couple with the neighborhood boys, one of whom is the object of Marieme’s affection. What About the Girls? 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z

Of course, Shy titled his 2017 album “Quiet Storm,” and despite its menacing title, “Fully Loaded” feels like an even quieter storm. Review | Shy Glizzy is bigger than ever — but he still sounds like D.C. 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z

It was a leftist provocation, equal parts “charm and menace,” as Magritte insisted to the Paris surrealists’ ringleader, André Breton. Review | René Magritte was an enigma. A new biography tries to make sense of the genius. 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z

It turns out that the imagined implications of an Underwood Presidency were more menacing than any dramatic manifestation of them could possibly be. It’s Time for “House of Cards” to Come Crashing Down 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z

Its menace and beauty brought about a cascade of life-changing musical events for me that included the Minutemen, Black Flag, and, later, the Replacements and Sonic Youth. Bob Mould: “Father Time’s trying to get in the band and I’m trying to keep him out of the band” 2014-09-06T04:00:00Z

As a plastic surgeon on a bizarre mission, he lurches between charisma and menace with ease. Antonio Banderas: five best moments 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z

And elements from the original movie — menacing power tools; killers in masks; cannibalism as a horror device — became staples of the genre as directors influenced by the goings-on in Texas came of age. Tobe Hooper, Director of ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre,’ Dies at 74 2017-08-27T04:00:00Z

Whether he's conveying innocence, shrewdness or menace — or frequently, all of the above — Gluck has a grounded authenticity reminiscent of the early work of shape shifters like Edward Norton and Christian Bale. Get to know Griffin Gluck, your next new favorite boy next door with a dark side 2020-03-23T04:00:00Z

In these pages, Joan Crawford appears in sultry black-and-white, elegant but menacing in a backless cream gown, gripping her own arm so hard with her lacquered nails that you wonder if she drew blood. Books of Style: Holiday Reading, Some Homework Required 2012-12-12T23:23:53Z

Tellingly, Aslan’s foil to the Haredim is not the group of secular Israelis who invite him over for Shabbat dinner to rail against the menace of orthodoxy, raising a toast to “the secular Messiah.” The Contradictions of Reza Aslan’s “Believer” 2017-04-09T04:00:00Z

In Willy Decker’s modern production, party guests are androgynous and menacing. Music Review: Hei-Kyung Hong Stars in Willy Decker?s ?Traviata? at the Met 2012-04-08T22:03:54Z

They are variously menacing, ravenous, bizarre and kind of cute, but the frenzied live-action and digital special effects rarely produce moments of Spielbergian awe. ‘Jurassic World Dominion’ Review: Extinction Rebellion 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z

Fans of Garland’s breakthrough film “Ex Machina” found familiar stylish fingerprints: Unrushed storytelling, cool menace, elegant doses of philosophy, an affinity with darkness and stillness, profound musical choices and striking visual effects. Nomination surprises: ‘The Mandalorian,’ Quibi get Emmy love 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z

But the henchman is without the main villain’s larger, strategic sense of evil and is hardly better than an animal: the gators or spiders or snakes that might menace Bond. Richard Kiel's Jaws: the Bond villain whose bark was worse than his bite 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z

Not the searing menace or the much-copied haircut, but the more human side who justifies his actions for the welfare of his family. Cillian Murphy: ‘I think James Bond should be a woman, which rules me out’ 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z

Jamieson says TV networks have magnified the power of Zelenskyy’s appeals with potent visuals, “overlaying evocative images of damaged buildings, fleeing mothers and children, menacing Russian tanks, empty store shelves and the like.” A modern Churchill? Zelenskyy praised as war communicator 2022-03-07T05:00:00Z

Director Mat King does a masterful job of giving the panicky, malfunctioning Tardis a real sense of menace. Doctor Who: Journey to the Centre of the Tardis – series 33, episode 10 2013-04-27T18:15:01Z

White softens some of Brendan’s menace with an inner fragility and sorrow, and Hamilton gets the charm-smarm balance just right as the absent dad whose intermittent attention is so valuable and so unpredictable. Review: ‘Mrs. Fletcher’ Tracks an Empty-Nester’s Sexual Awakening 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z

The movie’s subject, of course, is the potential for menace in nature, the threats potentially unleashed by constructive scientific research. “Life” Is Full of Horrors 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z

It was in 1934, while staying with an aunt in Germany, that she painted one of her first versions of a Moomin, a strangely menacing scene featuring a long-snouted creature, black and red-eyed. Moomins’ magic maker 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z

But for a long stretch, it’s unclear whether the menace of the movie that they are in is building toward anything. ‘Superior’ Review: Double Fantasy 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z

He was the first artist to depict the world of Frank Herbert’s “Dune” stories, with its vast windswept deserts and huge menacing sandworms. John Schoenherr, Children?s Book Illustrator, Dies at 74 2010-04-15T02:42:00Z

If you have money, Baltimore is the land of pleasant living, charm city; if you don’t it’s Bodymore, Murderland — violent, drug-riddled, the streets full of crushed drug vials, the police oftentimes more menace than comfort. “He shouldn’t be up there with Martin Luther King”: A mural of Freddie Gray with the civil rights leader provokes disgust, on my ride-along with the Baltimore Police 2015-08-22T04:00:00Z

Instances for his argument come from everywhere: menacing declarations posted in Gold Rush claims, dialogue from The Godfather Part II, the Hebrew Bible, Homer and so on. The Better Angels of Our Nature by Steven Pinker – review 2012-11-19T07:02:01Z

But while the "yellow menace"has a long history in comics, the movies are a different and more politically correct medium — so it's uncertain we'll ever see a cinematic Mandarin. Comics: Most 'Iron Man' foes too dated for films 2010-05-04T19:22:00Z

We would travel to Tennessee, where a number of towns had begun to pass strict anti-Sharia ordinances to stamp out the Muslim menace, and set ourselves up in a grocery store parking lot. My friend the Iraqi 2013-03-21T00:00:00Z

As the Northern menace descends, gaggles of armies and families and whatever stone-soup defenses they can rustle up are heading to Winterfell to prepare to fight the army of the dead. “Game of Thrones” Season 8 Première Recap: An Awkward Family Reunion 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z

To put it mildly, he delivers, leaning into both the character’s menace and the ink-black humor of his stylized dialogue. Stream These 8 Great Performances by William Hurt 2022-03-14T04:00:00Z

But the objects seem lonely, not menacing; they are visual articulations of the tone of the movie, powerfully incomprehensible and sad. Watching “Arrival” After the Election 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z

Oleg got his point across, and his menacing moves with the gun defined the word “brandish.” 'The Americans' Recap: Prepared to Carry On 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z

He dons a baseball hat and speaks in low tones, but his casual demeanor can quickly turn menacing. Annie Baker's 'Antipodes' opens a door to the coveted writers room 2017-04-23T04:00:00Z

Working with Soccer Mommy, he used reverb, distortion, synthesizer tones and guitar feedback, at every volume level from subliminal to overpowering, to create backdrops that can easily warp from sumptuous to menacing. Soccer Mommy Summons a ‘Tidal Wave’ of Feelings 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z

“All will be well” never sounded so menacing. New Crime Novels from Louise Penny and Silvia Moreno-Garcia 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z

They’re the ones that interest me lately, sort of menacing and unlikable. 10 Artists on Picasso’s Enduring, Confounding Influence 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z

The pressing menace of that score’s ostinatos works against Mr. McGregor’s restlessness, the way he’s always pulling the plug on momentum. Dance Review: Wayne McGregor at Montclair State University - Review 2011-10-28T22:16:09Z

With his first film as director, 2015’s insidious psycho-thriller The Gift, actor Joel Edgerton showed remarkable deftness on both sides of the camera, infusing a familiarly structured tale with menace and morality. And the nominees aren't: the Oscarbait films that failed in 2019 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z

The setting in a Florida Keys hotel has a faint echo of the classic Humphrey Bogart movie “Key Largo,” but the stars of “Bloodline” don’t instantly project a sense of menace. Review: ‘Bloodline,’ on Netflix, Depicts a Family With Nasty Secrets 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z

Gritty is magic because he is pure male id, but without any of the menace—his belligerent gestures so theatrical and over-the-top as to be lovable. The Year in Good Men 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z

“They wouldn’t dance or caper. They would look at each other rather slyly and you would feel a sort of menace just behind the ordinariness of them.” Rita Tushingham on life after A Taste of Honey: 'It was a shock when the 60s ended' 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z

The smile takes on different forms – professional, warm, chilly, menacing – and his extravagant camp demeanour is modulated and moderated, but always there, blazing like a fake fire in a movie hearth. Behind the Candelabra – review 2013-06-08T23:07:01Z

Through three episodes, Sheen goes very light on psychotic menace, a refreshing choice that also allows for future revelations about Martin’s motives. Fall TV Reviewed: Detectives, Sci-Fi and an Attempt at Romance 2019-09-22T04:00:00Z

Pusha T fills them with his flawless enunciation, his serene kind of menace. How Pusha T’s “The Story of Adidon” Viciously Undercuts Drake’s Celebrity 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z

Shakespeare's most famous stage direction, Antigonus fleeing from a bear, suggests it, but the moment is fleeting and, more often than not, its menace is more symbolic than felt. Disasters on stage: why can't theatre hit mankind where it hurts? 2011-02-03T15:08:08Z

The woman has moved from the city, and finds the country threatening: the fields menace her, and even the walk to the tree at the end of the garden is overwhelming. The List – Edinburgh festival review 2012-08-29T09:13:55Z

Still: I’m only getting a dog if it’s telepathic and can sense when my son is being menaced by a home invader. “Game of Thrones’” overstuffed finale 2012-06-04T15:26:00Z

No menacing cash registers here, no disapproving looks, no old-fashioned art history. Contemplating Art, and Its Sideshow 2010-06-15T12:00:00Z

Ballard recalled the intensity of Cline's footsteps and the sound of his cane hitting the floor, which were menacing and foreboding. The 5 most horrifying moments from Netflix's harrowing fertility fraud documentary, "Our Father" 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z

He began his clinical practice in the Bronx after failing spectacularly at research and being deemed "a menace in the lab." Oliver Sacks' 'On the Move' a memoir of an extraordinary life 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z

Savas doesn’t write much about modern-day Istanbul, but menace lurks around the corner of her prose. With Sensuality and Coolness, a Debut Novel Considers the (Partial) Truths We Tell About Ourselves 2019-04-23T04:00:00Z

There is even a glint of menace in his complaint: “I also didn’t like the way God treated Moses.” Kirk Douglas, a Hundred Years Old 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z

Two treacherous candle-holders sprouted from the black lacquer like horns, snagging my mother's cardies and adding to the air of menace. David Nicholls Every Good Boy 2011-07-22T22:01:00Z

It also at times has the quiet, uncanny mood of a horror movie, albeit one whose monsters are invisible, living inside the souls they menace. | 'A Dangerous Method': ?A Dangerous Method,? by David Cronenberg - Review 2011-11-22T18:02:01Z

Forests of stalactites, sharp and menacing, hung above. Slovenian Rhapsody 2011-08-05T18:30:00Z

It holds none of the freewheeling, Manson-like menace of the “Joy of Sex” beard, but it’s not too fussy, either. All Hail the Achievement Beard! 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z

When reports became inevitable, editorials frequently castigated gay men as public-health menaces. The AIDS crisis in America... 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z

Like that other low-born icon of Hindi cinema, Nana Patekar, he has a raw and emotive presence, and a mesmeric screen persona full of pathos, vulnerability, intelligence and a hint of unpredictable menace. London Indian film festival shows subcontinent cinema in confident mood 2013-07-22T16:58:10Z

Provided you don't overthink its turns into familiar corners of whack-a-doodle menace, it's also sufficiently entertaining – especially since its cast is a smoke show, much like the sky above Korea after the world has ended. The working-class hero of "Black Knight" is noble, but we've done this apocalypse many times before 2023-05-13T04:00:00Z

This one was about wonderment more than frights, but for little more than placeholding footsoldiers, The Vigil were an effective menace when they got nasty and started throwing people to the floor. Doctor Who: The Rings of Akhaten – series 33, episode seven 2013-04-06T18:00:01Z

At first glance, Juan’s gold front teeth and slow-moving menace project a kind of intimidating power, but Mr. Ali imbues him with an uncommon tenderness, and he becomes an unlikely mentor whom Chiron later emulates. Mahershala Ali? You’ve Surely Seen His Face 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z

Terror is not the point, nor is menace, exactly, although the novel offers both. A Dark Cavalcade of New Horror Fiction 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z

Both works respond to the growing menace of Nazism, even though Vaughan Williams maintained a cryptic silence as to what the subject and meaning of the Fourth might be. LPO/Wigglesworth – review 2013-05-02T17:22:24Z

His brutishness and unbowed egoism are conveyed with ferocious humor by Mr. Belushi, who can pivot from amusingly doltish to truly menacing without so much as shifting the cigar clamped between his teeth. | 'Born Yesterday': Daffy Blonde Gets Wise to Washington 2011-04-25T02:01:07Z

A few months later, Jackson was driving his car through a rough neighborhood when a stranger pulled up next to him, flashed a menacing look and asked, “Yo, where Black at?” Rapper's Delight: Inside 50 Cent's Car Collection 2013-06-04T14:00:01Z

This, combined with the oblique 5/4 time signature, instils a jittery sense of something moving at the periphery of your attention, perfectly in keeping with Carpenter's canny use of widescreen framing to create menace. From Goblin to Morricone: the art of horror movie music 2011-08-18T22:00:02Z

And Sarah Paulson, as her concerned sister, ably navigates several tricky moments, while John Hawkes exudes charismatic menace as the cult leader. ‘Disappearance at Clifton Hill,’ ‘Damsel’ and More Streaming Gems 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z

In his later years, Capote started dishing out literary menace, publishing stories in his unfinished novel "Answered Prayers" that exposed secrets of New York's high society. Richard Avedon, Truman Capote and the brutality of photography 2023-01-16T05:00:00Z

The triangular trade did not always unify those menaced by its advance. Turning the ‘Curse of Ham’ Into a Blessing 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z

In the terms of “Peppermint,” one Latinx person is a constructive exception; two are huddled, passive and dependent, in an encampment of the homeless; a group of them working together is a menace. “Peppermint,” Reviewed: Jennifer Garner Stars in an Ignorant, Racist Drug-Trade Revenge Film 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z

He calls “The Rover,” which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in May and hits theaters Friday, “a portrait of a menacing and damaged near-future.” A new animal kingdom for Michod in ‘The Rover’ 2014-06-10T04:00:00Z

As he prepares to close on a coveted piece of commercial real estate and move his family into a fortresslike suburban mansion, he is menaced from every direction. 'A Most Violent Year,’ With Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain 2014-12-30T05:00:00Z

But the Orlando Sentinel wondered why DreamWorks handed a pivotal character in a "billion dollar franchise to a voice with no menace or personality." "Shrek" gives fairy tale break to backroom artist 2010-05-21T18:30:00Z

“Games Without Frontiers,” in many ways, is The Americans: tense, sly, sinuous, its lyrics contrasting the banal and the menacing, imagining world war as a kind of internationalist Lord of the Flies child’s game. The Americans Watch: It’s a Knockout 2013-05-02T09:45:37Z

But the mix of deadpan comedy and growing menace in "Borgman" takes it into even darker territory. Devilish Dutch drama 'Borgman' debuts at Cannes 2013-05-19T13:13:23Z

It’s a posher, smoother and more sinuous role than we have come to expect from Hardy, and Nolan’s film brings out all the actor’s latent style and menace. Tom Hardy's 20 best film performances – ranked! 2020-05-14T04:00:00Z

Dreams of flight turn more menacing, however, in two works that acknowledge the connection between flying and war. In the galleries: Taking flight 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z

The music rumbled with menace, Madonna’s voice Auto-tuned almost beyond recognition, the once-bouncy “Papa Don’t Preach” and the exuberant “Hung Up” slowed and twisted to a crawl. Concert review: Madonna at the United Center 2012-09-20T07:42:00Z

Mini Mart has been ransacked and abandoned in the face of some unseen menace. The Grocery Store of the Mind 2021-03-02T05:00:00Z

When it shifts to the Dark Forest, so menacing is the look of some of the goblins, dimmer would be better. 'Strange Magic' casts a musical spell, but as a movie it misses 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z

But no menace enters the atmosphere, particularly not with Christoph Eschenbach leading the Vienna Philharmonic with a pace deliberate to the point of lethargy. A ‘Don Giovanni’ in Salzburg, Heavy on the Shallow 2014-08-18T04:00:00Z

He projects a mixture of menace as he was the head of the National Police when the drug war began, but he's an entertainment jester who jokes with the crowd. Journalist Maria Ressa, convicted of libel in the Philippines, takes on Duterte in new documentary 2020-06-21T04:00:00Z

During some sequences, particularly those that center a creepy-crawly menace called a Shredder, I was tempted to cover my eyes. ‘Nightbooks’ Review: A Fairy Tale Horror Fit for Kids 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z

But Snoop had menace in his rhymes, and a slithery voice that seeped into the crevasses of a beat. New Music: Big Boi’s ‘Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors,’ and Lifehouse 2012-12-10T23:17:11Z

As audio, the song is more ominous, scalloped with sudden dissonant crescendos and menacing gaps, with the singer quietly commanding, "I need you to trust in me." The Playlist: Calle 13’s Residente Goes Globe-Trotting and Slowdive Cruises Back 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z

The flag, rather than menacing those who oppose official policy, provides security and assurance – representing the Bill of Rights, democratic safeguards, the rule of law and a culture of personal choice. Bruce Springsteen and John Mellencamp can teach Jason Aldean a thing or two about small towns 2023-07-30T04:00:00Z

In a phone conversation, Foxx said one of the attractions of the film was that it adds a sympathetic back story to the menace, who begins as a downtrodden engineer. Jamie Foxx joins ‘Spider-Man’ family as good guy gone bad 2014-04-29T21:53:22Z

The rosy color that dominates here is just a bit more frankly sexual and charged with menace than Barbie-doll pink. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z

And the river itself, the wide earth-colored force that has both cradled and menaced the below-sea-level city for centuries, is the site of a tragedy essential to the plot. In ‘The First,’ on Hulu, the Future Is Not That Dark 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z

Ms. Billings, a marvel of glamorous menace, delivers such mangling with a smooth, sinister confidence that keeps the others from laughing. Review: Great Pretenders Pocket Laughs in ‘The Nap’ 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z

I spent the summer hidden in a linen kaftan to disguise all the weight I had lost, which friends remarked on as freely as they might some menacing weather system. Do couples that cook together, stay together? 2017-09-17T04:00:00Z

Pesci, returning to his first major role in nearly two decades, turns in a top-notch performance, playing Russ coolly and with just enough menace to show he means business. Martin Scorsese's "The Irishman": De Niro, Pacino and Pesci shine in this intimate gangster epic 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z

Violin and bandoneon dominate the moody five-piece orchestra, creating a music of menace and dread. Sex trafficking in old Argentina, told in grim songs 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z

Manufacturers in Europe and the United States caricatured Jews as shabby, greedy and menacing, and put these depictions on cigar boxes, candlesticks, trays, tiles, walking sticks, puppets and board games. Antiques: Anti-Semitic Artifacts, New York History and Greek Coins 2011-12-22T23:04:32Z

Promoters see us as bullies extracting money with menaces, but if they overpay for bands and lose money, they're not doing their job. Rock'n'roll jobs explained 2010-04-15T21:05:00Z

“Misirlou” is only two minutes and fifteen seconds long, all told, but it communicates an extraordinary amount of menace. Dick Dale, the Inventor of Surf Rock, Was a Lebanese-American Kid from Boston 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z

Overnight, the benign sensations of the 1990s were replaced by something much more chill, and menacing. A global tongue 2010-05-08T23:05:00Z

I'm tempted to suggest that Haigh overemphasizes this hovering sense of menace but, honestly, who am I to say? Does "Weekend" mark a new direction for gay cinema? 2011-09-21T22:01:00Z

And the deep strings come back around the 1:30 mark and it sounds sort of menacing. How Classical Music Can Help You Hear the Open Road 2021-01-13T05:00:00Z

The result is a show with direct nods to “The Matrix” and “The Wizard of Oz,” taking magical, menacing and mind-bending cues from both. How ‘Undone’ Takes Viewers Through the Looking Glass 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z

As for Scrooge, Mr. Kieffer’s version speaks with robust, stentorian tones instead of the rasp of an elderly man, making him all the more menacing. Spare Times: For Children, for Dec. 9-15 2011-12-08T23:17:55Z

A different menace storms through “Mother,” the fourth feature from this sensationally talented South Korean filmmaker, though she too seems to spring from unfathomable depths. Movie Review | 'Mother': Bong Joon-ho?s Fierce Love: Better Not Make This Mom Angry 2010-03-12T00:04:00Z

For the gardener, wetness brings a host of problems, but drought is surely a darker menace. Perspective | Your plants are parched. How you water makes all the difference. 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z

The story may suggest a standard horror concept — a peaceful home is troubled by menacing visitors. Venice Film Festival Opening Stars Matt Damon, Kristen Wiig 2017-08-28T04:00:00Z

Nicolas Cage plays her father, an equally menacing oddball named Big Daddy. Cat-and-Mouse for a Trashy Trailer 2010-02-23T23:28:00Z

It's a menacing descent into brutal darkness, punctuated by bloody spurts of stylish violence. Cannes: Scott Thomas' glorious dip into darkness 2013-05-22T19:29:13Z

Among the small purple people of Eggplant Land, threats to life and limb are perpetually imminent: the pointy-toothed piranha plants with gaping jaws, the scowly-faced mushrooms with menacing fangs. At New York Musical Theater Festival, a Video Game Sendup, Gospel Music and More 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z

Indeed, the one area where Mr. Rylance’s performance falls short for me is in conveying the character’s menace, for Cromwell carries with him both the history and the imprint of violence. 'Wolf Hall' Recap: Cromwell, the Nobody Who Gets Things Done 2015-04-05T04:00:00Z

The dancing is striking, athletic and a tad menacing. Review | Comedy, romance, satanic menace and a talking cat in Constellation’s ‘The Master and Margarita’ 2019-02-06T05:00:00Z

This defiant tribute springs from a need to impose their collective identity on this alien and menacing landscape. Restrepo - review 2010-10-07T21:25:00Z

Her books’ adroit pacing and pervading aura of menace made her one of the finest, most absorbing craftsmen of the profession. P.D. James, who brought a gritty realism to the British detective novel, dies at 94

Also, the bit in the trailer just before this scene where we see a menacing intruder break into the caller's house. The Call: Halle Berry phones in an acting masterclass 2013-01-17T12:10:02Z

Their boss is Martin Kurtz, played by Michael Shannon, whose typical air of demented menace is repurposed as a golden aura of iron will. “The Little Drummer Girl,” Reviewed: A Fever Dream of Glamourous Espionage 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z

But no one has stared down the barrel of her cultural menace more often than Perry himself. Pour One Out for Tyler Perry’s Madea 2019-03-30T04:00:00Z

It’s a powerful metaphor, simultaneously menacing and reassuring, and it’s the first thing that connects the Afghan Whigs’ first album in 16 years with that band’s revered catalog. Afghan Whigs’ Greg Dulli: “Writing songs is the greatest gift I could give myself” 2014-05-24T04:00:00Z

More recently, movies like “It Follows” and “The Babadook” have used the absence of sound to create dreamy sequences that throb with unspoken menace. Review: In John Krasinski’s ‘A Quiet Place,’ Silence Means Survival 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z

When we last saw Gibson the movie star, in M. Night Shyamalan's "Signs," he was a protective single father and fallen priest who regained faith after surviving a menacing brush with an alien. 2010-01-15T03:56:00Z

From the first line – "Another sheep, mangled and bled out, her innards not yet crusting and the vapours rising from her like a steamed pudding" – it is a tale that oozes, drips, throbs with menace. All the Birds, Singing by Evie Wyld – review 2013-06-30T09:00:01Z

It is no easy thing to watch their menacing but vulnerable bodies. Dance Review: For French Choreographer, a Night to Rattle the Audience 2010-10-22T23:26:00Z

He’s more caustic and menacing as he and Elliot become, paradoxically, both more fluidly interchangeable, moment to moment, and more detached as they work against one another. ‘Mr. Robot’ Season 3, Episode 2: Elliot Hits Undo 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z

Near-madness, and menace, lurks everywhere in the show’s early episodes; nearly everyone, it seems, is carrying a gun. The Leftovers: Tom Perrotta's Rapture 2014-06-28T04:00:00Z

Keef being the cartoon name for the cartoon man, who once oozed threat, menace, magic, and more than earned his rock'n'roll stripes. Is Keith Richards a 'good thing'? 2010-10-23T23:06:00Z

By the end of the chapter, the menace is back, and the scene assuredly serves a clear purpose. Meg Gardiner’s latest thriller is her best yet 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z

His high-pitched laugh alone is both hysterical and menacing. Review: `The Twilight Saga' ends with real bite 2012-11-14T17:42:12Z

Even when he drops his voice to a menacing whisper or blows a confrontational gust of smoke from one of his cigars, Mr. Affleck registers a hint of panicky uncertainty. | 'The Killer Inside Me': Casey Affleck in Michael Winterbottom?s Adaptation 2010-06-17T22:56:00Z

The mood is tense and claustrophobic, with the sense of dread and menace always hovering. Theater Review: ‘La Ruta,’ a Portable Production by Working Theater 2013-04-26T22:43:18Z

Egg, a menacing Humpty-Dumpty figure, runs a train to nowhere and also does a brief stint as what appears to be an academic. | 'Breath on the Mirror': At La MaMa E.T.C., Einstein Looks Back on Work and Love 2010-05-11T22:07:00Z

The lot seemed as menacing as a pair of socks. Whiffenpoofs Are Singing for Their Supper 2013-01-12T00:10:26Z

Using ominous percussion, a bit of dance and a stage that’s never more than dimly lighted, “Hamyul/Hamlet” creates a delicious mood of menace. | 'Hamyul/Hamlet': Hamlet as Eager Korean Prince 2011-06-28T21:30:33Z

The unnamed narrator falls in love with Mitko, a troubled local hustler, who is sometimes tender and sometimes menacing. My Favorite Books of 2016 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z

And if that weren’t enough, the writers throw in one final menace: Ricky Gillespie, the father of one of the murdered Sandbrook girls. 'Broadchurch' Recap: Going Rogue 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z

While menacing, this was largely considered, at the time, to be just talk. What Do You Do When Extremism Comes for the Hawaiian Shirt? 2020-06-29T04:00:00Z

"It does have menace, all good thrillers have menace, and the Daleks are very menacing," he said. Blue Peter awards drop 'unsuitable' finalist 2010-12-07T17:27:00Z

What it proves is that women writers then were as alert as modern feminists to the menace of a patriarchal society. Black Chiffon ? review 2011-01-18T22:01:01Z

Occasionally a few of the floorboards rise up as a menacing laugh resounds — the Telltale Chortle. Review: ‘Hallo’ Stars Martin Zimmerman, Fighting Off the Scenery 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z

At a time when menace seems so present in the world, a story in which the virtuous suffer and die indiscriminately right along with the wicked may seem jarringly apt. Here a ‘Lear,’ There a ‘Lear’

Just to really scare you, the clip featured a little girl being followed into a restroom stall by a menacing pair of gender nonspecific sneakered feet. Transgender bathroom panic triumphs in Houston: The Duggar-level bigotry, fearmongering and lies that set Texas back 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z

The one performer who makes an impression is Mr. Laurie, whose ability to mix charm, menace and deadpan humor is well suited for Roper. Review: Le Carré’s ‘The Night Manager,’ With Amoral Arms Dealing 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z

They meet by chance when the boy, who has miraculously survived his arrival in the Wild West without a scratch, is being menaced by a stray Union soldier hunting Indians for sport. Review: ‘Slow West,’ a Wry Twist on Classic Frontier Fables 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z

The mixture of menace and innocence adds tension to the scene. Feedback: Cats and dogs making the scene 2015-05-16T04:00:00Z

Especially for a bunch of still-game geezers menaced in a retirement home. Movie Review: ‘Cockneys vs. Zombies’ Stars Harry Treadaway and Alan Ford 2013-08-02T00:48:45Z

A civilization unto itself, with a rigorous hierarchy and unspoken taboos, the hotel hums with mystery and menace. ‘The Chambermaid’ Review: Amid Luxury, an Entrancing Drudgery 2019-06-25T04:00:00Z

For my son, who was learning the names of these things, the park contained the spectrum of possibility from menace to joy. New York Playgrounds I Have Known 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z

The character of the witch rides a fine line between hilarity and genuine menace. At Seattle Opera, a fun and feisty trip through the woods with ‘Hansel and Gretel’ 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z

She is exposing herself in the process — her crotch is urine-colored resin speckled with red — but she looks firmly in control of the dynamic, as well as a little menacing. This Young Artist’s Works Capture the Agony and Ecstasy of Being Alive 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z

Typically, a group declares a particular beach “local” and uses varying levels of menace to deter outsiders, dubbed “trolls”, and force them onto crowded non-local beaches. California's surf wars: wave 'warlords' go to extreme lengths to defend their turf 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z

Officialdom on both sides of the world emerge badly, alongside the often menacing supporters of the Christian Brothers and other organisations that have attempted to sweep their despicable deeds under the carpeting of the confessional. Oranges and Sunshine ? review 2011-04-02T23:09:00Z

Back in 2011 the government tried to stop the imperial menace. Forget Retro. The Men of Havana Embrace the Reggaeton Look. 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z

Miller's strength, in contrast, lies in his menace. Frankenstein - review 2011-02-24T00:46:25Z

To some, graffiti will never be anything more than a nuisance and, occasionally, a menace. COVID and Black Lives Matter brought an explosion of street art to Seattle. But graffiti was already having a moment 2020-08-22T04:00:00Z

Here, Poe explores its opposite: his protagonist, approaching the South Pole, encounters a vast world of menace and shrouded monsters. Carsten Jensen's top 10 seafaring tales 2010-04-14T11:04:00Z

The music is kinetic and crass, but not dangerous enough to convey a truly menacing dream. Review: ‘JFK’ Puts a Very Dark Day in an Operatic Light 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z

"Listen to the quality of this meat," he says, as a frozen chicken lands on the floor with a menacing thud. Al Murray 2010-08-22T14:57:00Z

A lot of it takes place at night, in the menacing woods of Connecticut. Bringing Up Baby: The story of a scene 2010-10-18T10:38:00Z

Every maritime mundanity — the clack-clack-clack of oysters dropping into a bucket, say — pulses with pain or menace. ‘God’s Creatures’ Review: A Crisis of Conscience 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z

Behind him, flickering split-screen images hinting at fear and submission compounded the menacing power of the music. An Apt Basement Celebration of Tri Angle Records 2015-05-17T04:00:00Z

“I thought that I was hungry for love,” Florence Welch sings at the beginning of a menacing new song, “Mermaids,” adding, “Maybe I was just hungry for blood.” Foo Fighters Begin a New Chapter, and 8 More New Songs 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z

The foreboding message from the start of the trailer ultimately sets us up to meet the menacing Grand Inquisitor. "We lost": Ewan McGregor returns as Obi-Wan Kenobi in ominous new "Star Wars" trailer 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z

The very thing I had fought so long for, I realized, could have menacing repercussions for my child. The tears of men: a crusade to have the sight of male crying be accepted, once and for all 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z

Starting last year, and flaring this February, Americans of “Ring”-watching age became transfixed by another string-haired demon girl menacing the youth: Momo. Momo Is as Real as We’ve Made Her 2019-03-02T05:00:00Z

His “Pie Fight” paintings, for example, draw on Hollywood slapstick even as they depict menacing Nazi figures; the smeared faces might have begun to deteriorate or simply been covered in layers of cream. How the Artist Adrian Ghenie Became an Auction Star 2016-11-07T05:00:00Z

It’s a capricious island, going from sun splashed and sparkling to dark and menacing in minutes. Chasing Waves on Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Way 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z

Regardless, they are a menace to others, not just to you. Perspective | Hints From Heloise: A widow’s advice for offering help 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z

In the artist's image, the crease at the book's centre is built into a menacing well of darkness, like a trauma waiting to surface. Artist of the week 80: Idris Khan 2010-03-25T13:25:00Z

Early in the day Of Mice & Men played menacing posthardcore, and soon after, on one of the main stages, We the Kings upheld the suburban ideals of recent pop-punk. Music Review: Metalcore, Screamo and Hugs 2010-07-18T23:36:00Z

Hoult brings a boyish, blue-eyed menace to the job, even if the role leans too heavily on satire and only belatedly deepens into something slightly more human. Review | ‘The Great’ has problems balancing its extravagant snark with its dramatic impulses 2020-05-13T04:00:00Z

Albert Brooks is especially menacing as the rapacious Businessman who boasts of owning all the stars in the heavens. Review: Fanciful Classic ‘The Little Prince’ Is Turned Into Modernist Fable 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z

Mostly he thrived in supporting parts, often sinister roles like a menacing butler in “Die! Die! My Darling!” Peter Vaughan, venerated character actor of British stage, TV and film, dies at 93 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z

Their spiritual ancestor, Charlie McCarthy, was a known menace, saying the unsayable—which, in the forties and fifties, was a lot—even to the ventriloquist with his hand up his tuxedo, Edgar Bergen: “Hand to God”: “Sesame Street” Meets “The Exorcist” 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z

At the national level, it devolves into a meaningless language of heroism, valor and sacrifice, often in service to a larger and menacing nationalism. America is chock-full of World War I memorials, so why build another one? 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z

Ms. Baker in particular makes almost symphonic use of pauses and silences, without the menace they carry in the plays of Harold Pinter or David Mamet. Amy Herzog and Others Bring New Voices to Stage 2012-06-07T16:47:59Z

So when Nekrotzar, the persona of Death, emerges as if from the underworld, we first see the comically menacing face of this character, played by the formidable bass-baritone Eric Owens, as a ghoulish video image. Music Review: The Philharmonic?s Challenge: Merely the End of the World 2010-05-28T18:13:00Z

Shot on 16mm and mostly staged in a single location, “Deadly Spawn” delivers a horde of slimy man-chomping menaces who land near a farmhouse and proceed to shred everyone in sight. ArtsBeat Blog: Big Hair and Bad Blood: VHS-Era Horror Obscurities From A to Z 2011-10-26T17:13:42Z

Then there was a touch of menace as a tune from “Psycho” shivered on the soundtrack and the caps were replaced by swirling Hitchcock lady chignons. Special Report: Fashion: Surface Attraction 2011-02-27T17:05:09Z

But they are not without menace – left to themselves, they will continue to dig, to build or to fetch, as ordered, until they bury or undermine their task. Why golems are precious 2010-08-27T08:56:00Z

An air of menace infects the city, and especially the Medici court, where Zummo makes an enemy of sinister Dominican Padre Stufa. Secrecy by Rupert Thomson – review 2013-03-23T15:00:01Z

They often walk several blocks, cross busy streets and encounter dozens of people on their sojourns, but there is zero sense of menace, just independence and pride. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z

The surging noise, sometimes suggestive of a buzz saw in outer space, imparts his mien with a little menace, but mostly it reads as a blank. Performance Art Review: Brian Rogers’s ‘Hot Box’ at Chocolate Factory 2012-09-20T21:32:33Z

Though vaguely menacing, he mixed readily with humans. Robby the Robot: From ‘Forbidden Planet’ to Auction Block 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z

Mercifully unassisted by the usual booming, screeching soundtrack, the story’s inherent menace builds naturally as Jessica packs a U-Haul trailer for the long drive to her father’s home in rural Oregon. ‘Alone’ Review: Catch Her if You Can 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z

Then one strange day David stumbles into a boardroom crowded with immobilized colleagues and busily moving strangers, some wearing gray suits, others dressed in more menacing black. | 'The Adjustment Bureau': Creepy People With a Plan, and a Couple on the Run 2011-03-03T20:00:07Z

Seemingly always on the back foot, repeatedly attempting survival, they were never quite so menacing again. The Tomb of the Cybermen: Doctor Who classic episode #3 2013-03-18T15:29:00Z

You can see why Stone’s suggestion to Credico might have seemed less than appealing, and even menacing. Of Course Roger Stone Thinks That He Lives in “The Godfather” 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z

They lose their original scale and, in some cases, their menace. Review | In the galleries: Science expands nature art, on grand and minuscule scales 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z

They’re playful but also confrontational, prodding at the conceptions of working-class immigrants in these communities as menacing. JR’s Street Gallery Comes Indoors 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z

There’s something juvenile about his outrage — he’s a hothead but with none of an adult man’s menace — an immaturity that implies weakness. | 'Roadie': ?Roadie,? Directed by Michael Cuesta - Review 2012-01-05T23:25:13Z

It's an impressive achievement, and the sense of scarcely suppressed menace that pervades the work and carries unmistakable echoes of Strauss's Elektra and Salome is powerfully conjured. Glanert: Caligula 2010-04-29T21:10:00Z

There are in fact public menaces that should be in prison. “Republicans are not in any way serious about criminal justice reform or ending police brutality”: Michael Fortner on race, the Clintons and the crime bill 2016-05-08T04:00:00Z

These days those once-terrifying motifs appear on baby clothing, pets’ blankets and countless kitschy trinkets, and the pirates’ brand identity has been reinvented as a symbol of mischief with barely a hint of menace. Design: Skull and Crossbones as Branding Tool 2011-05-01T16:56:02Z

The dragon's roots in medieval lore go back to their image as menacing animals, such as the dragon at the end of the Germanic story of Beowulf. An introduction to the stories and British history that inspired the beasts of "House of the Dragon" 2022-09-24T04:00:00Z

His Richard is more of a clown, more ingratiating and more uncertain than in many interpretations - a far cry from Kevin Spacey's menacing media manipulator in a recent Old Vic production. Mark Rylance reigns in Shakespeare double bill 2012-11-19T12:31:15Z

Health's brand of dystopian noise fits perfectly with the darkly menacing game. OK, computer: could soundtracking games be the future for bands? 2012-05-25T15:31:00Z

Though very different, these productions compel you to think about how society flounders over dealing with consequential men who menace women. ‘Don Giovanni’ at the Met Opera and in Two Other Stagings 2015-02-06T05:00:00Z

But this novel’s opening promise of menace is not overstated. Review: In ‘Disclaimer,’ by Renée Knight, Secrets Wind Up in Print 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z

On a platform designed to turn idle thoughts into urgent messages, it can be hard to distinguish between a crude or splenetic observation and a menacing threat. Censoring Twitter 2014-11-14T05:00:00Z

The red-tailed hawk call is the most distinguished and menacing of any North American raptor, even if it fails to fetch the mustang or line up the lemons. Raptor porn: The ridiculous proliferation of the red-tail call 2013-12-28T00:00:00Z

You might, though, have a moment of doubt when she goes on to describe one of 17th-century London’s notorious menaces, a group of upper-class louts who took their name from a Latin poem by Virgil. Manspreading, Renaissance-Style: 2 Experts Weigh In on Etiquette of Centuries Past 2018-11-26T05:00:00Z

His new novel offers a deceptively languid plot laced with menace. Roddy Doyle was determined to write a novel that shocked — and succeeded 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z

In the final version it was Lord Shen who became the menace, rather than the city itself. Arts & Leisure: Panda vs. Peacock: The Showdown 2011-05-25T21:39:26Z

The Milkman is all menace and muscle; her almost-boyfriend is too sensitive, too fey. ‘Milkman’ Slogs Through Political and Cultural Tensions in Northern Ireland 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z

In his gentlemanly way, Phillips was alluding to undertones of menace that became increasingly evident in Rothko’s work. ‘Mark Rothko: Toward the Light in the Chapel,’ by Annie Cohen-Solal 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z

The Swiss rapper Yahziz’s “Eden Hazard” is a spirited, menacing approximation of American trap, a strange fit for the silky Belgian attacker. A YouTube Journey Through Rap Tributes to Soccer Stars 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z

“Her anger kept her standing, kept food from her mind,” he writes early on as Jacqueline faces off against a trio of menacing African men. Books of The Times: Alexander Maksik’s New Novel, ‘A Marker to Measure Drift’ 2013-08-22T19:58:56Z

When the sleety villainess menaces people, the production achieves needed focus and momentum, like a snowball speeding toward its target. Review | No winter wonderland in slushy ‘Snow Queen’ 2019-12-15T05:00:00Z

His menacing baritone adds heft to the movie, which mainly follows various battles between the gang and Captain Gutt's shipmates. Review: Family tectonics shift in fourth 'Ice Age' 2012-07-12T13:43:08Z

He may not be the most obvious choice to play a menacing character. 10 Actors Who Could Star in the Upcoming Joker Movie 2017-08-23T04:00:00Z

Henry Silva, who for decades was high on the call list of any Hollywood casting director in search of a particularly menacing villain, died on Wednesday in Woodland Hills, Calif. He was 95. Henry Silva, Actor Who Specialized in Menace, Dies at 95 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z

Korey Wise: To go from kids, man, kids of New York to being called “menaces to society”… It’s just sad how our lives turned into a raw deal… They kidnapped me. Q&A: The Wrongly Convicted Central Park Five on Their Documentary, Delayed Justice and Why They’re Not Bitter 2013-01-08T13:00:30Z

The tangerine nose is gone, the eyes are dark, menacing. TV review: The Snowman and The Snowdog; Doctor Who: The Snowmen; Call The Midwife 2012-12-25T20:45:00Z

The brass were golden, whether proclaiming menace or triumph. Beethoven's messy opera 'Fidelio' is in fine hands in San Francisco 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z

And this production pitting the Wooster Group's postmodern high jinks against Pinter's dreamlike menace is too inviting a spectacle for a critic to ignore. A licensing decree prohibiting reviews of 'The Room' at REDCAT overshadows the production, which is iffy 2016-02-05T05:00:00Z

A black pickup truck stalks the margins of the estate — is it a crazed fan or a xenophobic local intent on menacing the group of imported urbanites? Gary Shteyngart’s Pandemic Novel Is His Finest Yet 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z

Who poses the greatest menace is a matter of some debate. The Odyssey tries to breathe some fresh air into a dusty, musty 'Arsenic and Old Lace' 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z

“It didn’t feel menacing at all. It almost didn’t even occur to me to tell my husband the next morning.” Quarantining With a Ghost? It’s Scary 2020-05-14T04:00:00Z

Multiple revenge schemes gallop apace, adding menace as the tale barrels toward a conclusion of breathtaking gruesomeness. Review | Two 400-year-old soap operas rip along in stagings by Brave Spirits Theatre 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z

So while seeing the menacing Darth Vader shell and giant, furry Chewbacca up close is a thrill, the exhibit hinges on the links between the "Star Wars" universe and our own reality. Seattle exhibit lets the science of 'Star Wars' be with you 2011-03-19T03:13:03Z

The novel moves at a quicksilver pace, shimmering with menace and electric visions of forests and lake-filled valleys. International Novels Unearth Family Secrets and Nature’s Mysteries 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z

Jack Birkett, who has died aged 75, was a performer with the Lindsay Kemp Company, whose stylised theatrical language permitted him to blend ferocity with camp comedy, tragedy with menace, and lyricism with grotesqueness. Jack Birkett obituary 2010-05-28T15:44:00Z

The piranhas and caimans the kids encounter aren’t mindless killers but animals occupying important niches in the environment, and the true insect menace is not the spiders but the bullet ants. A Novel Set in the Amazon, Harking Back to Classic Survival Stories 2017-10-27T04:00:00Z

Its overwhelming darkness gives it a menacing weight, particularly evident when the panels wrap around an enclosed gallery. Art Review: ?Warhol: Headlines? at National Gallery of Art - Review 2011-10-20T22:00:37Z

Oblivious to the menacing crowd around him, Cinna hears only his own voice, declaiming. The Magnificent Memory of Norman Lloyd 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z

She brings a modern spin to the quintessential goth tune with menacing synths and pulsing rhythms, her angelic voice taking on a more ghostly cast than usual. | The Garage-Rock Songstress Frankie Rose Gets in Touch With Her Inner Goth 2013-08-28T16:47:11Z

The script, by Adam Hirsch and Benjamin Brewer, is full of both humor and menace, giving the actors plenty to work with. Review: Cops in ‘The Trust’ Spice Up Deadly Dull Jobs 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z

Dunn said the men in the SUV had "menacing expressions," and he asked the teens whether they were talking about him. Closing arguments in trial over loud music death 2014-02-12T13:53:11Z

Sure, a few nervous shudders might be understandable for those who recall Liotta's menacing screen personas. Ray Liotta hops a horse to join 'Texas Rising' 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z

Now in their 60s, their menace remains undiminished: Williamson's riffs brought to the group additional notes and an increased brutality; they remain simple, primal and beautiful. Music picks of the week 2010-04-30T23:21:00Z

He also converses with his pets, who talk back, the cat in a menacing Scottish burr and the dog in a genial drawl. Ryan Reynolds as a Killer in ‘The Voices’ 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z

That opening scene, from “Carnival Round the Central Figure,” is steeped in the absurd — the man’s face is caked with white makeup, and a menacing nurse sits nearby, holding a needle about three feet long. | 'Carnival Round the Central Figure': Death Be Not Predictable 2011-01-20T21:28:30Z

To be fair, I guess Daenerys helped to save the realm from the White Walker menace. ‘House of the Dragon’ Premiere: Another Game of Thrones 2022-08-21T04:00:00Z

One of the standout characters in Rev is the archdeacon, a stage villain who swishes into each episode to spread crisp, prissy menace, like Malcolm Tucker minus the swearing. Meet the Rev 2010-07-22T19:30:00Z

Among its menacing stanzas is this bit of advice: Margaret Drabble finds wit and humor where you’d least expect it 2017-02-13T05:00:00Z

Rather than send a beacon across a menacing sea, this structure holds both motion and illumination within itself. Review | In the galleries: Artists talk through their hats 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z

Solondz seems to view both Professor Phillips and Fantasy as hustlers and charlatans, and there’s something apparently menacing and ugly in his particularly venomous satire of his black characters. Todd Solondz’s Exquisite, Imperfect “Wiener-Dog” 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z

Later, playing a communist himself in another menacing interrogation, he seems to break down, and a redemption of sorts begins. Indonesian cinema and the rise of a new noir 2013-06-05T15:36:08Z

But even those moments evoke an inflexible kind of menace that suits the characters. On ‘Irishman,’ teaching De Niro and Pacino to act younger 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z

He has a formal, shy, sincere manner, polite and cautious, as if to efface his size and menace. Review: ‘I’m a Virgo’ Goes Big 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z

Two more misfortunes follow quickly: the collapse of the country, when the life savings of tens of thousands disappear, and the brutal slaughter of a flock of sheep, recounted with menacing delight. Hit Hard by Recession, an Irish Family Faces a Bitter Struggle 2020-08-05T04:00:00Z

Vegas was the playground of people older than he; often, he was singing to his fans' parents, the ones who, a decade or two before, had thought him a menace. 2010-01-08T21:05:00Z

They can do as much to vex an art lover as more obvious menace can. Have We Smothered Warhol With Our Admiration? 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z

Yes, relocating from Japan to Mexico loses a lot: specifically, a village of farmers menaced by bandits in 1586, during the Warring States period. What, no Whistlestop? Why The Girl on the Train should have stayed in bleak backyard Britain 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z

His Alfonso is a stiff, menacing middle-aged gentleman in a black suit and derby. Music Review: City Opera?s ?Cos? Fan Tutte? at Gerald W. Lynch Theater 2012-03-19T22:28:54Z

I wanted to play with this scene where I got to flesh out in a whimsical, imaginative menace, but it's not really happening. Women's empowerment is not "kicking ass in bikinis": Julie Taymor on what real feminism looks like 2020-10-01T04:00:00Z

Sporting a green poncho, a menacing figure drags a bloody hooligan into a muddy grave. Five Action Movies to Stream Right Now 2021-04-23T04:00:00Z

The play’s most successful aspect has to do with Campos’s Eve, whose life, too, has been upended in the aftermath of Derril’s creepy and menacing behavior. Review | A new play asks: Should the Internet let you erase your past bad acts? 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z

The mysterious appearances of a tall man stooped over his mobile phone are innocuous, then menacing — whether he’s of this world or another. Short Story Collections for an Ever-Changing World 2021-03-09T05:00:00Z

There are rapists who menace young mothers in their living rooms, sons who kill for their fathers’ approval, daughters who gun down their parents and stage the crimes as home invasion. Television Review: The Killer Is Hot, The Hero Hotheaded 2010-10-15T22:36:00Z

His production is menacing and to-the-point, deploying distorted drums with military precision. Turnstile Knows Hardcore’s Rules. That’s Why It Can Break Them. 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z

But Lester is so weirdly bedraggled and menacing, and the ax swings so fast that your attention quickly moves from the auction to his appearance and then the blow. An On Screen Adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s ‘Child of God’ 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z

An exploration of every conceivable way of producing sound from a flute — successively ominous, outrageous, menacing, funny and never less than virtuosic — it was the tour de force of the evening. Review | Emmanuel Pahud dazzles at Kennedy Center 2018-02-18T05:00:00Z

I'm frequently subjected to abuse – mostly verbal, but sometimes with an edge of physical menace – for looking like a "freak", even in a town as bohemian and liberal as Brighton. Violence against goths is a hate crime 2013-04-04T15:30:00Z

“The King of Liars,” Pierre retorts, “is a menace to all creatures.” New Middle Grade Fiction From the Authors of ‘Wicked’ and ‘Knights vs. Dinosaurs’ 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z

The character is too outrageous for any believable menace, but Evans gives him a mustachioed gusto. ‘The Gray Man’ Review: Guy vs. Guy 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z

And the performances hit the right notes of kookiness and menace. Intriguing, challenging ‘The Wonderful World of Dissocia’ by Theater Alliance

The dance icons recently joined forces with Iggy Pop for “Post Punk,” a menacing, futuristic jam with a relentless beat that sounds perfect for a rave on a mission to Mars. New this week: ‘The Garcias,’ Jewel music and Barack Obama 2022-04-11T04:00:00Z

Here, literally, one source of her power, her dragons, is also an uncontrollable menace. RECAP: Game of Thrones Watch: The Irony Throne 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z

The potential for evil, often tinged with twisted sexual menace, has always lurked in Mr. Gere’s eyes, which when narrowed can suggest the diabolical mind of torturer. Review: Richard Gere, ‘The Benefactor’ Who Pulls the Strings 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z

It’s a unapologetically brutal moment, and perhaps the first time Vince Vaughn manages to convey the feral menace of his character. True Detective: season two, episode seven recap – Black Maps and Motel Rooms 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z

He might be lovely, but he does menace like no one's business. How Martin Compston shimmied from football to films 2010-08-26T22:39:00Z

The narrative builds a colossal sense of menace as they both wander raggedly from homeless shelter to sordid wastelands where the drunkards roll. Waterline by Ross Raisin ? review 2011-07-13T09:05:02Z

They’ll describe the way their hard-boiled menace looked remarkably exactly as he sounded. Perspective | Burrowing deep into many rabbit holes of Mark E. Smith and the Fall 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z

And the perhaps overtaxed ensemble members dress up as revolting Russians or, later, menacing proto-Nazis, while also doing duty as radio broadcasters who speak in urgent headlines. Review: In ‘Lempicka,’ Blond Ambition Is Set in a New Key 2018-07-27T04:00:00Z

Basically, all I had to do was go around giving people menacing looks. Cult musician Wilko Johnson "so alive" as death approaches 2013-02-04T15:54:13Z

This time Kuleshov cuts away to nearly motionless images of menacing objects and ominous details of landscape to create an atmosphere of slowly mounting tension. DVD: Landmarks of Early Soviet Film Come to DVD 2011-10-09T03:23:03Z

Richard Baker conducts the Aurora Orchestra in a focused account of the worthwhile score, which supplies abundant atmosphere and menacing momentum. The Lighthouse – review 2012-10-12T17:10:14Z

Mr. Cheatom, in a breakout performance of understated charisma, exudes a mix of sensuality, fear, eagerness to please and angry menace that makes Buddy impossible to pigeonhole. Theater Review | 'The Book of Grace': At the Public, Suzan-Lori Parks?s Family Reunion 2010-03-18T03:57:00Z

But those horrors remain distant headlines, while the sense of menace within her own story frequently abates. ‘Dancing with the Tiger’: a whirling tale of art and its sometimes sordid acquisition 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z

The problem is that Marceau’s whimsical attempts to entertain the children dilute the growing atmosphere of menace on which the story depends. ‘Resistance’ Review: Save the Children 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z

Sutherland juxtaposes varieties of obviously poetic diction—declamatory, violent, meek, sarcastic—with actual voices of worldly authority, voices that feel menacing in their general tone of understatement. A Radical Poet in the Age of Google and Guantánamo 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z

While Lynch talks of the film as a product of his art-student days in grimy Philadelphia, it was wholly shot in LA, and the menace of that city bubbles under it. Eraserhead: the true story behind David Lynch's surreal shocker 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z

The well-stocked bass section lent extra urgency, even menace, to many of these tutti and seemed to push the piano forward. Review: New York String Orchestra Offers Youthful Energy and a Lush Sound 2015-12-27T05:00:00Z

But despite this creepy premise and the menacing electronic music that is heard between scenes, “Wild Animals” almost immediately settles into the bouncy, hold-for-your-laugh rhythms of a network sitcom. | 'Wild Animals You Should Know': ?Wild Animals You Should Know,? by Thomas Higgins - Review 2011-11-21T03:01:27Z

I was tempted, if briefly, by a slinky black halter gown, suspended, with just the right amount of menace, from a leather harness. | AllSaints Spitalfields: The Rugged Charm of Jack the Ripper?s London 2010-06-09T01:28:00Z

The eerie opening scene riffs on the classic “dark and stormy night” formula: Penny conjures up a dark and snowy morning when the air is thick with menace. Review | Louise Penny’s new novel shows once again why she’s a crowd favorite 2018-11-27T05:00:00Z

This unity seems fragile, and yet is fundamental in addressing these challenges, alongside the looming menace of climate change that threatens our very existence. Taking to the skies in Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s ‘Wind, Sand and Stars’ 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z

Wonderful dark, slightly menacing illustrations matched the story so well! Family reviews: a selection 2012-08-25T11:00:00Z

One of them runs in terror, out of the light and back into the darkness, as if the darkness is at least a known thing, menacing but familiar. Perspective | Joe Biden warned of a ‘dark winter.’ Why does living in it feel so . . . unreal? 2020-12-16T05:00:00Z

It’s a human-free zone, where the persecuted creatures can feel safe from the human menace. Travel Advisory for Hotel Transylvania: Avoid this Establishment 2012-09-27T15:00:07Z

But we expect great tragedy any day now, and there’s no better metaphor for the feelings of powerlessness than the zombie menace. Zombie state 2012-06-08T14:45:00Z

There’s also more than a hint of menace in “Don’t Harsh my Mellow,” with a video depicting a student rebellion. Kids These Days pull songs from the static 2012-11-16T16:04:00Z

It's a daunting role to tackle at any age, much less as a young actress, but Hanratty walks that tightrope, never letting Misty get too over-the-top, while maintaining that smiling menace. From ghosts to cannibals, here are the 10 breakout TV performances of the year 2021-12-29T05:00:00Z

It’s set in 1884 and the story centers around a menacing outlaw who is terrorizing the West as he hunts down his partner turned mortal enemy. Michelle Dockery Used to be a Lady, Now She’s a Con Artist 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z

A character in this show never knows when a falling body might land on the hood of her car or a menacing man might put on a dress. Review: ‘You, Me and the Apocalypse’ Looks at the End 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z

Stefani may be unpredictable and not entirely honest, but X, who turns out to be in charge of the weekend’s activities, operates at a whole different level of cunning and menace. ‘Zola’ Review: Twitter? I Hardly Know Her! 2021-06-29T04:00:00Z

He was also memorably menacing as the new boss in the second series of the TV newsroom drama The Hour. Peter Capaldi: A good choice? 2013-08-05T13:10:03Z

I dreamed I was, I promise you, trying to buy a pipe while being menaced by panthers. Bitter Experience Has Taught Me by Nicholas Lezard – review 2013-07-15T08:00:01Z

The masks’ purpose is contemporary as well: to protect wearers from such menaces as celebrity culture. Review | In the galleries: ‘Afrofuturism,’ defined in the moment, by nine artists 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z

But his blowups are more pitiful than menacing: his rage is the manifestation of self-loathing, the knowledge that he has once again failed to fit himself into the world around him. Make America Cringe Again: Tim Robinson’s “I Think You Should Leave” 2019-04-30T04:00:00Z

“No. 13,” a menacing installation by JÖR by Guđmundur Jörundsson, gathers nine faceless male mannequins — five suspended from the ceiling, four lined up like corpses on the floor — all dressed in zanily varied pinstripe suits. Nordic Heritage Museum casts edgy ‘Weather Diaries’ exhibit 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z

For instance, Kershaw assigns a pivotal role to Chancellor Konrad Adenauer in transforming Germany from a Continental menace to an anchor of stability and prosperity. Europe’s Glorious Years of Peace and Prosperity 2019-05-04T04:00:00Z

The exhibition ends with “Tomorrow and Tomorrow,” a massive metallic grinder whose menacing size and deafening sound make it something of a metaphor for our time. More Art to See in Paris This Fall 2022-10-19T04:00:00Z

There's no menace, no sense of urgency, just some literary legwork – two interviews with people from Salvador's past, one critic who doesn't show up. Ilustrado by Miguel Syjuco 2010-06-26T23:06:00Z

The French horns that took the audience to the gates of Hell as Alceste prepares to leave this world were menacing. Gluck opera shines despite tenor's voice loss 2012-11-23T18:31:06Z

He looked imposing, he looked menacing, he looked like everything that you would think a stereotype about a person like him would be. "He could make you laugh. He could make you think": How Biggie Smalls became a rap legend 2022-07-09T04:00:00Z

Women in particular will recognize that the phrase “Can’t you take a joke?” is an expression of menace, not an invitation to share a laugh. The English Fetishization of Irony 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z

The music is not always menacing, and some groups have achieved commercial recognition. Amid London’s Crime Surge, Authorities Take Aim at ‘Drill,’ a Bleak Style of Rap Music 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z

Delacroix eulogized Byron's poem in an 1824 entry in his journal: "That hand, whose motion is not life, yet feebly seems to menace strife." Delacroix's 'Greece on the Ruins of Missolonghi' as a rallying cry 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z

But what was this music, this singular, uplifting, otherworldly, menacing, exotic and erotic sound? The London years 2010-08-07T23:02:00Z

The engineer Isaac Clark is still confronting the alien mutant menace that has somehow become the focus of a messianic cult among humanity. The Best Games of E3: From New Halo to Epic Mickey Mouse 2010-06-21T21:54:00Z

“Even the portraits, there’s something very judgmental and menacing,” Ms. Haskell said. At the Whitney, a Champion of American Art 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z

It bristles with a mordant sense of reality and loss, as well as menacing bits of bacteria and fauna suggesting drain water, while framed in copper pipe with spigot handles. Art Review: ‘Toxic Beauty: The Art of Frank Moore’ at N.Y.U. 2012-09-06T22:07:05Z

“Mr. Liotta, such a menacing villain in ‘Something Wild,’ makes Gino a touchingly devoted figure, a man willing to sacrifice almost anything for his brother’s welfare.” Ray Liotta, of ‘Goodfellas’ and ‘Field of Dreams,’ Dies at 67 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z

There’s an utter seriousness inside this dance as its couples react to the blustery, intimate, warm, and yes, somehow menacing singer and his music. Beyond Ballroom: Twyla Tharp’s American Classicism 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z

But, ultimately, these artists trace their own circuits of influence, finding cadences that suit their native language, using Auto-Tune to add a menacing gloss or to smooth out accents. A YouTube Journey Through Rap Tributes to Soccer Stars 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z

Embracing a more narcotic tempo, he explored the communion between U.K. grime and U.S. hip-hop before unleashing the martial menace of early dubstep. Kode9, other acts showcase 10 years of Hyperdub’s development of dubstep

The heavy lifting, however, falls to Dorris, whose astonishing performance as Eric continually ricochets among intimidating menace, disarming humor and affable charisma without missing a beat. One black kid, one white kid and the riveting friendship that unfolds onstage in 'Dutch Masters' 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z

Oliver’s fashion shows for his label Hood by Air are an explosion of counter-cultural ideas, menacing artificial fog and music that reverberates like a sonic blast. How designer Shayne Oliver won over Kanye West, A$AP Rocky — and the fashion world

In fact, it just makes him more menacing. 'Sleepy Hollow' recap: A hex on her house 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z

The postapocalyptic tale, which opens April 6, is propelled by one central menace: creatures with enhanced hearing that attack when they detect noise. Making the Sound of Silence in ‘A Quiet Place’ 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z

The relatable vibe lends added menace to the evening’s sudden turn for the sinister. ‘Mr. Robot’ Season 2, Episode 3: This Is Your Brain on Drugs 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z

He means he emits that air of menace, so white people fear him and he can’t get a desk job. Donald Glover: how the star of Atlanta proved that I too could be cool 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z

The Nocturne, written in 1958, sets eight poems by Shelley, Keats, Shakespeare and others that deal with dreaming in both its menacing and calming aspects. New Recordings: Britten’s Serenade and Nocturne by Tenor Mark Padmore 2012-07-08T03:53:15Z

His Grace Jones-influenced camp cabaret is shot through with wit, humour and an ill-defined but seductive air of menace. Zebra Katz – review 2013-06-09T15:06:55Z

The terrific French actor, Vincent Lindon, usually plays brooding types with a menacing streak but here he imbues his Casanova with subtle poignancy. ‘Casanova, Last Love’ Review: Reappraising a Philanderer 2021-07-14T04:00:00Z

But never mind, menace is at the door now — Rosie’s monologue is interrupted by an intrusive thud. ‘Overflow’ Review: The Bathroom Battleground 2021-01-19T05:00:00Z

He was filled with menace: pinstriped, perennially scowling and looming so large he seemed to crowd the borders of the screen. Bruce Gordon, TV Mobster, Dies at 94 2011-01-26T03:30:11Z

Photograph: Landmark But really, as any fan of the show will tell you, the awesome menace exists almost entirely behind the eyes. Cillian Murphy: ‘Is this it, for the rest of my days?’ 2016-04-23T04:00:00Z

Mr. Jones has to be both vulnerable and menacing, and he handles the challenge beautifully. Review: ‘Dementia,’ Where Misery Is Company 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z

Throughout 90 minutes, he was a menace hellbent on exploring good and evil, love and hate, a man battling overwhelming desire and insidious demons. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds offer fury, comfort, brimstone at Ace Hotel 2014-07-13T04:00:00Z

On some level, it’s a justifiable act: Detective Brendan McCann is corrupt, depraved and a menace to his fellow officers and the citizens alike. AMC’s ‘Low Winter Sun’ is a dark portrait in a dark city 2013-08-07T21:59:48Z

Hanging from Via Carota’s ceiling, menacing a large farmhouse table that had been surrounded by smiling customers just a few minutes earlier, was a row of long iron spikes, bent into hooks at their ends. Restaurant Review: Via Carota in the West Village 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z

According to Crowe, pigeons are a blight on touring bands and large venues, a hidden menace lurking in the rafters. The Stills offer their side of Kings of Leon pigeon-gate 2010-07-27T09:22:00Z

The most serious charge is menacing, a felony that carries a maximum three-year prison sentence. Prosecutor: Agreement reached in Sheen case 2010-06-02T01:36:00Z

If you want to get upset about something, get upset about that menace. Glamping Adds a Touch of Luxe to the National Parks 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z

A few weeks later, I was beached on my bed at home, watching a screener on my laptop for Andrew Semans’s “Resurrection,” when I was again confronted by the specter of a menacing pregnant man. Pregnant Men Were a Movie Punchline. Now They’re Horror Villains. 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z

“Lurkin,” a collaboration with the mealy-mouthed menace Plies, is alarmingly dark, as is “U Ain’t Bout That Life,” a winning collaboration with the Houston veteran Slim Thug and the intense Atlanta upstart Alley Boy. Pop: Raw Rap: Waka Flocka Flame and Chief Keef 2012-06-10T04:23:03Z

But the real menace on Mars is human greed… Space adventure underpinned with thoughtful philosophy. Steve Cole's top 10 space books 2011-08-10T14:45:06Z

“Graceland” tries to shift the balance a little, adding a moodier, grimmer underworld ambience and a more lasting sense of menace to balance all the sand and surf. Television Review: Daniel Sunjata and Aaron Tveit in ‘Graceland’ on USA 2013-06-05T22:10:10Z

But as the initial scene of desolation and death promises the reverse, an air of menace and foreboding pervades the story. Megaphone by Natalie Bakopoulos 2012-05-28T15:00:00Z

“Avalon” and “Slave to Love” turn inappropriately jaunty, and “This Island Earth” loses all its menace. Album review: Bryan Ferry Orchestra, 'The Jazz Age' 2013-02-12T16:15:00Z

The paintings are quite sinister – they have an air of menace, and they're obviously very sexual. Caravaggio and me 2010-07-24T23:04:00Z

The onstage film varyingly suggests memory, hallucination and menace as images multiply and blur, and it also allows a frighteningly realistic view of the one-on-one fight scenes and their aftermath. Love and Death in Paris, With an Assist From Star-Crossed Verona 2022-09-23T04:00:00Z

It is here that Constans stumbles upon a mysterious temple that, each day, fills the air with a menacing low hum. The 1906 Novel That Imagined Present-Day New York 2015-03-04T05:00:00Z

As the novelist, Herbert Lom, almost invariably cast as a menacing continental type in British films of the ’50s, here plays the kind of brooding romantic lead that might have been created for James Mason. DVDs: Class Alliances and Ambition in Thatcher Time 2010-09-25T21:04:00Z

His stalkerish behavior steps over the line again and again, but in a way that is all too familiar to any woman menaced or made uncomfortable by the so-called “good guy.” He’s a Murderer, a Stalker, a Creep — and an Entertaining Narrator 2021-04-02T04:00:00Z

It was ordinarily the custom of movies and TV to dramatise and fetishise Hitler’s menace in the 1930s, in his period of sinister success: the ranting on stage, the Sieg-Heil-ing followers. Bruno Ganz: always poetic and inspired, from Hitler's bunker rant to a Berlin angel 2019-02-16T05:00:00Z

For female journalists in particular, Ressa said, attacks on social media quickly become menacing. Filipino journalist reflects on Nobel Prize win at Harvard 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z

One critic called the original film "mildly entertaining if you want to watch Bronson suggesting silent, brooding menace for the umpteenth time." 'The Mechanic': Jason Statham is no Charles Bronson in this remake 2011-01-27T22:39:06Z

But isn’t this, in the end, just another way of producing that same drone note of unspecified menace? Review | The value of Trevor Paglen’s art may remain a secret 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z

As Bran develops secondary sexual characteristics, an atmosphere of menace descends upon the nursery. In Nell Zink’s ‘Avalon,’ a Young Woman Is Too Busy for Revenge 2022-05-17T04:00:00Z

The men’s sloppy, alcohol-saturated time together produces intimacy but also menace. ‘The Lighthouse’ Review: Dark Nights, Troubled Souls, Hairy Men 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z

Their brand of Americana is like David Lynch without the jocular menace, or Tim Burton scrubbed free of pop gloss. Quay Brothers at MoMA: Bending Realities for People and Puppets 2012-08-10T12:16:29Z

The layouts are usually symmetrical, and many of the images are symbols of power and potential menace: Snakes, lions, hands and mystic eyes abound. In the galleries: The devil is in the details in an exhibition filled with symbolism 2019-02-22T05:00:00Z

Introducing to the proceedings menacing glimpses of the supernatural forces that malicious Abigail swears she has witnessed, van Hove envelops his “Crucible” in a kind of galvanizing negative energy. ‘The Crucible’ as you’ve never seen it 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z

It says something about the casual menace of this series that its cavalier characters are especially memorable. Books Of the Times: ‘Vengeance,’ a New Novel by Benjamin Black 2012-08-13T21:47:45Z

The younger Huston’s line readings are delivered in the same tone of jovial, supercilious menace. | 'Boogie Woogie': ?Boogie Woogie? With Alan Cumming and Gillian Anderson 2010-04-22T23:32:00Z

Still, the employee holds ground while the manager’s tone becomes more menacing: “I’m not asking you to come in, I’m telling you that you have to come in.” Quitting Your Job Never Looked So Fun 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z

Surely he won't confuse his old pal Robert De Niro with the obvious menace that is the badly photoshopped version of Robert De Niro. Killing Season trailer: look who's stalking – it's De Niro and Travolta 2013-06-11T11:30:53Z

All white, with foot-long ridged horns, they were elegant but slightly menacing — at least to me, a born and bred New Yorker who has always been a little bit wary of farm animals. The Dutch Way: Tulips, Windmills and Barnyard Animals 2017-03-21T04:00:00Z

It was found again in 1981, and an ensemble of electric guitars, voices, synthesisers, brass, harp and percussion, conducted by BBC presenter Charles Hazlewood, are here recreating and amplifying its menace and myths. The Passion of Joan of Arc/Utley/Gregory 2010-05-11T21:35:00Z

They mill and tussle with all the spontaneity and menace of a choreographed mosh pit. Review: A Sad Noodle Debut by Rubberband 2019-09-18T04:00:00Z

For Moss there is only one hand, and it is the hand of menacing greed and self-interest. Tracking the Hyper-Gentrification of New York, One Lost Knish Place at a Time 2017-09-27T04:00:00Z

By contemporary Atlanta standards, the sinewy, menacing “Let’s Get It” is a relic. In Atlanta’s Ever-Shifting Hip-Hop Scene, Future and Migos Keep Innovating 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z

Pountney's approach and the imaginative, superfunctional designs of the late Maria Bjørnson set a benchmark: the caterpillar and its concertina, as well as the mosquito and his menacing proboscis, are still a delight. The Cunning Little Vixen – review 2013-02-26T18:16:00Z

He's the brains of the outfit, the one who keeps the rest in line with whispered menace and a killer instinct. Animal Kingdom: A Cool and Creepy Crime Drama 2010-08-14T06:50:00Z

None of the menace of the characters carries over. 'I’m black, I can’t do method acting’: Brian Tyree Henry on Atlanta and Widows 2018-11-03T04:00:00Z

Much of the menace is masked by a romantic subplot, while Horikoshi's work on the Zero comes off as a noble effort by a man in love with planes and flight. Anime master Miyazaki's new film sounds a warning for Japan 2013-08-06T06:50:35Z

The music is meant to sound menacing and active, of course, but for the listener who wants to avoid hearing loss as long as possible, it was just too loud. Review | ‘Koyaanisqatsi,’ film and soundtrack, back at Kennedy Center 2018-03-18T04:00:00Z

To pile on the embarrassment, he accidentally smacks her in the face, making clear the menacing nature of his alcoholism. How the New ‘A Star Is Born’ Complicates an Old View of Womanhood 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z

For a lesson in how a more sophisticated choreographer suggests the menace of repetition, with a dramatic gesture as simple and complex as posture, look at the beginning and ending of “Profiles.” Review: Watching Paul Taylor’s Road Not Taken (and Lessons Learned) 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z

Ben Foster, who bravely took LaBeouf's role when he left during rehearsals, has a more naturalistic take on Treat but lacks the killer instinct to be truly menacing while in full Hulk mode. Review: Broadway's 'Orphans' creates little light 2013-04-18T23:34:09Z

Even when he crouches down by Sandra’s car window to tell her he’s getting counseling, Gary exudes menace. ‘Herself’ Review: She Does It All 2020-12-29T05:00:00Z

This writing is typical of Walbert’s extraordinary ability to evoke menace and consolation simultaneously. What Do Mothers Want? And Will They Know It When They Find It? 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z

His criminality, rage and perhaps his madness have been stoked by class resentment and Mr. Keaton, with his white-hot menace and narrowing eyes, makes him a memorably angry man, not a caricature. Review: Spider-Man (Again) and All That Sticky Kid Stuff 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z

A heavy-handed musical score portends menace whenever he turns up. Review: ‘The Comey Rule’ and What a Fool Believes 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z

The white ones are particularly menacing, their beady pink eyes glinting horribly as they stalk their prey. Clip joint: Rabbits 2012-12-12T17:22:24Z

Even in repose, his Brown radiates drive, sex, menace and spirit. REVIEW: 'Get On Up' Is a Loud, Proud and Oscar-Worthy James Brown Biopic 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z

In “Once Upon a Time . . . in Hollywood,” Tarantino’s soundtrack is surprisingly lightweight, focussing on AM pop-radio hits that lack much hint of the era’s utopian fantasies, or its lurking menace. Charles Manson’s Musical Ambitions 2019-08-14T04:00:00Z

The victims in “It Follows” see their menacing stalkers, but almost nobody saw Mr. Mitchell’s 1980s-throwback terror tale becoming the hit it did three years ago. Home Is Where the Horror Is 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z

"Any sense of enveloping menace, mystery and even thematic weight that might mask the writing's more ponderously mannered aspects is missing," it added. Hugh Jackman makes triumphant return to Broadway in 'The River' 2014-11-17T05:00:00Z

Suddenly Nnamdi is seven feet tall, with skin as dark as the night and a deep, menacing voice. Black Boyhood and Its Superpowers 2020-09-16T04:00:00Z

The early stories of childhood and youth had a more menacing edge than some of the stories of adulthood. Joyce's Dublin: city of dreamers and chancers 2012-06-15T21:55:00Z

They are menaced by rednecks in a convenience store. The Prancing Elites Dance Their Way Up 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z

There’s a lot of mystery and menace, but not ultimately much meaning. ‘The Listeners,’ a Matthew Freeman Drama at the Brick 2015-02-08T05:00:00Z

It’s also written with a strong sense of menace within its marvel, encouraging viewers not just to be amazed by angry scorpions but also to fear the mouse who is immune to their poisons. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z

Young Lyle Catherwood wanted out because he understood that a “labyrinth of clammy menace underlay every limousine, tea dance and dividend in the world above.” The Story of Appalachia, With Plenty of Villains 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z

The fingers seem to crawl across the surface like some menacing tarantula. The shock, critique, theatricality of '80s art, on view in Fort Worth 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z

"I am the Shade," the bioterrorist who menaces our species balefully croaks in Inferno. Inferno by Dan Brown – review 2013-05-19T07:00:02Z

After I left the museum, the city and everything around me felt profoundly different for days — menacing and absurd, like a demented carnival, but also more vital and alive. Bruce Nauman, Art Provocateur, Returns. Are You Ready? 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z

A more extreme mutation called Boneys - skeletal creatures that are an effective but not quite menacing combination of stunt work and CGI - will eat anything, including corpses. Review: 'Warm Bodies' could use more heat 2013-01-30T17:16:04Z

A scene in which an electrical storm menaces the movie’s protagonists also generates some visual interest. Review: In ‘Ice Age: Collision Course,’ a Squirrel Reorders the Universe 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z

Make no mistake, a good "Purge" does not equal a good movie, but the post-apocalyptic thriller is slightly more interesting because it takes itself, and its menace, more seriously. 'The Purge: Anarchy' ups the ante and the gore 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z

The African-American residents of Catfish Row, the only slightly imaginary block in Charleston, S.C., where the opera is set, used it liberally, and so of course did the white characters during their occasional menacing visits. Op-Ed Columnist: In ?Porgy and Bess,? Variations on an Explosive Theme 2012-01-22T04:49:04Z

Taft Avery menaces Lee with a lawsuit; she finds herself scanning websites that offer instructions on sabotage. Rene Steinke's 'Friendswood' visits a town toxic in many ways 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z

But even just a few menaces have rankled locals in the town of 12,000 dotted with churches and bordered by vast fields and ranches. 10,000 free spirits, nudists to gather in Utah 2014-06-20T04:00:00Z

Mr. Monhanan fares better in “Mojave” when he suggests rather than states, as when he lets the desert night creatures cry and yip and the dark grow thick with menace. Review: ‘Mojave’ Looks at the Corrosive Effects of Hollywood 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z

That is precisely the menace we feel from Bella and the other two when Sewell spies on them in one scene. Rita Tushingham on life after A Taste of Honey: 'It was a shock when the 60s ended' 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z

When we first meet him, he’s a menace. The Five Ages of King Kong 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z

In one piece, a bright orange surface—wall or canvas?—is so close it is almost menacing, an explosion of energy cutting off our view of the serene studio beyond. Painter Paul Winstanley Captures Empty Artists’ Studios on Canvas 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z

Pitts' 1971 riff was angry and bristling with menace, capturing a dangerous vibe that transcended the screen and translated to the streets of a tense nation. 'Shaft' guitarist Pitts passes away in Memphis 2012-05-01T22:16:04Z

That, more than the menace of the housemates, is the reason the tension of “Downstate” trails us so tenaciously out of the theater. ‘Downstate’ Review: A Foulness in the Very Air They Breathe 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z

It’s “high flying, adored,” to use a phrase sung by the snide revolutionary commentator Che about the stylish, menacing social climber Eva Duarte as she methodically claws her way to becoming Argentina’s first lady. Under director Michael Grandage, “Evita” almost reclaims power at Kennedy Center

The imposing physicality, the menacing lyrics, the rapper gear, the don’t-mess-with-me eyes: I had expected Mr. Jackson to land somewhere between intimidating diva and serial killer. 50 Cent, Renaissance Man 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z

Vaughn infuses Frank with humanity that makes its tough to buy the menace, and Farrell's wounded eyes contradict his character's brutality. 'True Detective' turns cautious at the beginning of Season 2 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z

It's the future, and the Russian menace is back, this time in the form of a terrorist cell, the Order of the Russian Star, armed with the former USSR's vast decaying arsenal of weapons. This week's new games 2010-10-22T23:07:00Z

“Shut up!” the queen barks at Kate, and proceeds to grill her while a menacing, Cockney-bruiser Philip chomps on a toothpick and plays with the future princess’s hair. How SNL turned prim Queen Elizabeth II into a punk brawler 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z

Penn’s sense of menace and threat is leavened by his descriptions of Guzmán’s embrace of his family, particularly his two sons. Guzmán interview draws fire for journalistic compromises 2016-01-10T05:00:00Z

Fans of King's novel and the 1990 TV miniseries adaptation will recall that the eponymous monster being circled by Poulter typically takes the form of a menacing clown with a toothy grin. Will Poulter in talks to play freaky clown in Cary Fukunaga's 'It' 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z

She made me hear for the first time the veiled menace when the disguised Odysseus answers an insult from one of the nastier suitors: A Version of Homer That Dares to Match Him Line for Line 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z

In it, Agrawal demonizes the figure of the she-wolf, illustrating a female reporter as a lupine menace sent to consume the visionary female businesswoman. The Wild Woman Awakens 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z

Rife with violence, subjugation, fear and discontent, the flashing scenes from "Maidstone" add a menacing dimension to the issues hotly contested in the Town Hall brouhaha. When feminist debate turns into an ideological free-for-all: It's the Wooster Group's 'Town Hall Affair' 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z

But that suggestion of menace in mean streets was not the impression of the designer’s dynamic, utilitarian sportswear. Special Report: Fashion: Leaving the Big Country 2011-02-17T19:00:58Z

There are some reprises and call-outs: The head crusher returns, as does the self-styled squash-playing menace the Eradicator. The Kids in the Hall Have Gotten Old. Their Comedy Hasn’t. 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z

Mr. Trank brings a light touch to these self-discovery scenes — the three are flexing fast-evolving muscles — as well as a creeping sense of menace. Movie Review: Dane DeHaan in ?Chronicle,? Directed by Josh Trank 2012-02-03T00:02:16Z

More striking was the way that Glass’ score transformed Lugosi’s Dracula from a camp visage into the kind of disturbing character — in whom charm and menace mingle indistinguishably — you find in a Robert Wilson production. The Philip Glass effect on film: Transforming 'Dracula' and 'Beauty and the Beast' 2017-10-30T04:00:00Z

It’s a marvel and a menace, a banal fact of life and a force for incalculable change. Review: ‘Lo and Behold,’ the Danger, and Potential, of the Digital Revolution 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z

Professional comedians ought to be able to do better; rather than join the worst parts of the general public in an arms race of menacing vulgarity, they might consider a different strategy. Please Kill the Celebrity Roast 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z

A working-class accent slips out from time to time, undermining his sang-froid but injecting a note of menace. Clive Owen and Sam Rockwell hit Broadway in 'Old Times' and 'Fool for Love' with different results 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z

You’re right, those particular menaces were not part of Hitchcock’s film of “The 39 Steps,” belonging instead to “North by Northwest” and “Psycho.” Review: ‘39 Steps,’ Frenetic Thriller Spoof, Rises Again 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z

His menace takes the form of a twisted sense of ownership that's oddly intoxication. No sweets for the sweet in new "Candyman," which neglects the legend's seductively scary legacy 2021-08-29T04:00:00Z

Beneath hats that vaguely suggest menacing birds ready to peck, Mr. Bedford’s expressive face manages to twist itself into any number of memorable grimaces. | 'The Importance of Being Earnest': A Stylish Monster Conquers at a Glance 2011-01-14T03:00:01Z

Both rappers live on the leading edge of the genre: Young Thug’s contorted vocals push rap beyond the limits of wordplay, and Scott’s claustrophobic menace presents a post-apocalyptic vision of rap’s future. Young Thug and Travis Scott: Hip-hop is a young man’s game at the Fillmore 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z

While Bill, the gruff, chauvinist pig, is a meaty role typically interpreted as a macho cad out of an early Mamet play, Mr. Sienkiewicz underplays his swagger and applies not a hint of menace. Critic?s Notebook: Reconsidering ?Lobby Hero? by Kenneth Lonergan 2011-11-06T22:45:44Z

The scene itself is a bit cartoonish, down to the menacing score. ‘Law & Order True Crime’ Episode 2: No Surprises 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z

He has excelled at creating shared experiences: instilling in every member of an audience the same terror about a menacing shark, conjuring a common exhilaration in watching spaceships take flight. John Williams, Hollywood’s Maestro, Looks Beyond the Movies 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z

The artist responsible is 21-year-old Angel Haze, who raps so deftly, ferociously and with such menace over its stark and clattering handclap beat that "flow" seems too mellow a word for her delivery. One to Watch: Angel Haze 2012-08-25T23:08:42Z

The soldiers, while obviously well disciplined, outfitted, and practiced, simply didn’t radiate the implied menace that a massed military force generally does. Japan's Cute Army 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z

Mr. Rogers, cleverly and expediently, leaves it up to us to picture this particular menace. Review: In ‘The Honeycomb Trilogy,’ a Family Confronts Invading Apian Overlords 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z

Ferrante’s characters are astonished by the stark contrast in daily life for richer folk, the orderly manner of things compared with the menacing chaos of the impoverished neighbourhoods. Elena Ferrante's Naples – a photo essay 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z

This is Queen Bee fashion, more menacing than stylish. “Heathers” Blew Up the High-School Comedy 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z

I loved his The Skating Rink, a tale of desire, skulduggery and ice set on the Costa Brava, and his vast work 2666 is now giving me menacing/enticing looks from the shelf. We're all going on a ... 2011-07-30T23:04:12Z

Accompanied by dim lighting and a soundtrack that is by turns mournful and menacing, the setting in a small performing space creates a charged atmosphere. Play predicts chilling future for Britain's prized health service 2018-08-25T04:00:00Z

Conspicuously sniffing around for blood, slouching in doorways and purring, "Hey guy," he's at once self-mocking and utterly menacing -- and almost as despicable as his paunchy cokehead character in "Horrible Bosses." "Fright Night:" Farrell's mesmerizing in campy remake 2011-08-18T20:45:00Z

Audiences are even hearing that young people are such a public menace that older people are well within their rights to murder them. Fox News declares war on its own children: Inside its bizarre new crusade 2014-05-08T11:00:00Z

The deadly menace, which seems to emerge from your peripheral vision, is initially hard to discern, but as it draws closer, never quickening its step, you sense its grim intention. Review: In ‘It Follows,’ a Shape-Shifting Horror Stalks a Teenager 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z

One of the continual surprises of "Oklahoma!" is the sexual menace that lurks just behind its pastel surface. 'Oklahoma!' sweeps audience back to prairie in lush show 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z

He spent 93 minutes speaking halfway above a whisper while conveying the menace of a group of men screaming at the tops of their lungs. Liam Neeson Starring in Another Action Movie That Totally Isn't Taken, Also Taken 3 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z

Today’s City Ballet dancers respond to it without condescension, looking cool and even a little menacing in sneakers and sweaters. Dance Review: New York City Ballet at the David H. Koch Theater 2013-05-13T21:54:43Z

My own are his pansy collages, tightly packed, edge-to-edge congeries of overlapping floral faces that give off a bright radiance as well as well as a sense of menacing, staring eyes. No Ordinary Joe 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z

He may be the only person to think that Barry White’s “Never Ever Gonna Give You Up” would be the perfect auditory backdrop for a menacing showdown — but somehow it works. How Edgar Wright used music to transform the heist movie with ‘Baby Driver’ 2017-06-27T04:00:00Z

The menace, which only she can see, takes any number of forms, from a naked man standing on the roof of a house to an unsmiling old lady heading purposefully in her direction. Review: In ‘It Follows,’ a Shape-Shifting Horror Stalks a Teenager 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z

But a machine gun and a mask left on a worktop is almost superfluous to the atmosphere of menace. A modern masterpiece: Mike Nelson's The Coral Reef 2010-06-14T12:55:00Z

Through four episodes, these currents play out with a notable lack of menace or urgency. Television Review: ‘The Red Road’ Debuts on SundanceTV 2014-02-26T20:22:49Z

The crowd in Austin also was jangled by its slow-burn escalation of menace to a climax of outrageous, deeply unsettling proportions. SXSW Film: The Movies and Performers That Stood Out 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z

A midtempo hip hop jam — though purists might balk at this description — "200 Press" features an oblong bass line and lots of strange aural wobbles but manages to be both melodically sticky and strangely menacing. Arresting beats of James Blake, Steve Gunn, Miguel 2015-01-03T05:00:00Z

One features the image of a girl menaced by a big snake and the headline “She Couldn’t Fight Temptation Any Longer.” Review: Faile Mines the Dark Depths of Modern Youth With Two Exhibitions 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z

Compare his visual realization of the wormhole and of a later trip through an even more menacing outer-space environment with Stanley Kubrick’s depiction of Bowman’s climactic journey through the Star Gate, in “2001.” “Interstellar” Is a Flowery Greeting Card 2014-11-07T05:00:00Z

From the menacing bass clarinet line that opens the first movement, the focus was on instrumental color and dramatic momentum. Music Review: Boston Symphony Orchestra Opens the Tanglewood Festival 2013-07-07T21:57:38Z

Baker’s play immerses us for three hours in these kitschy accommodations, where time seems to obey its own rules and an air of supernatural menace gently hovers. She's stepping down from A.C.T., but Carey Perloff continues the fight for women's stories 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z

Who exactly is doing the menacing to whom? The Silent House ? review 2011-04-07T14:00:00Z

So, too, has the greedy, bloated-looking troll, whose outsize, bullying demand, “Who’s that trip-trapping over my bridge?” and threats to gobble up the goats will sound deliciously menacing to young listeners. Talking to kids about the Constitution and other best books for young readers 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z

The basement was the setting of unspeakable horrors, which gave the house an appropriate sheen of menace. Secrets of the “Exile” sessions: Drugs, sex and madness as the Rolling Stones took over France 2016-05-15T04:00:00Z

And the extraordinary feeling of menace in her music, I wondered? The Loneliest Generation Embraces Billie Eilish 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z

In “A Little Girl Always in a Dream,” a young girl’s horrible family orders her to eat tapioca pudding and she watches them morph into menacing, interspecies forms. Psychedelic Comics Like Beautiful Tattoos 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z

He’s fun to watch in the show’s moments of action, when he dishes out justice with a slightly lumbering menace. Review: A Classic Western Sheriff on the Other Side of the World 2020-10-11T04:00:00Z

Without making politics explicit, the ambient menace of cavalierly imposed power is made clear in scenes of police stops of young black male drivers. The Experimental High Notes of “Hale County This Morning, This Evening” 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z

It traces a journey from pitch-black night into daylight, starting with two of Chopin's darker Nocturnes, Op 27, played with an almost trance-like tone, the occasional hint of menace, and an air of slight detachment. Stephen Hough – review 2013-01-22T12:18:59Z

Miller has got a manic grin on her face, sings with power and has a menacing air. Review: New 'Pippin' mixed with circus amazes 2013-04-26T02:00:15Z

If you could survive the relentless sun beating down, you had no need to panic over a menacing heat ray from invading aliens. Noon to Midnight, L.A. Phil delivers new music (and free ice cream) 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z

It was knowing when to lend an air of menace and when to be a damaged returning soldier and maybe elicit some sympathy from the audience. Arts & Leisure: Damian Lewis of ?Homeland? on Showtime 2011-12-09T21:13:41Z

When the family moved to Solheimar, Rapace said, it was populated mostly by teenagers and adults with Down syndrome, and as a very young girl from another country, she found them menacing. Noomi Rapace Arrives in Hollywood, by Way of Outer Space 2012-05-27T14:10:42Z

Rockwell is suitably smarmy and opportunistic, a man who lacks Stark's natural talent and must therefore take risks to get ahead, while Rourke whips genuine menace from what might have been a one-note part. Iron Man 2 shows how Marvel movies could fly 2010-04-29T14:18:00Z

Then she is on a deserted street where a young man follows her from a distance, staring with enigmatic, possibly menacing intensity. Art In Review: JESPER JUST: ‘This Nameless Spectacle’ 2012-09-13T21:06:03Z

She protested but was overpowered and remembers him telling her to “stop fighting” in a tone that was unfamiliar to her: “cold, menacing, detached”. On the Record: the music industry #MeToo doc that caused Oprah to turn away 2020-01-25T05:00:00Z

Yet the menace has a specific source, and the play has a concrete sense of time and place. A Stage Triumph in Chicago: The Letters — Menacing Head Games in Stalin’s Russia 2013-01-29T15:30:58Z

Out of this cacophony emerged vividly drawn characters, and a real sense of menace as antisemitism grew louder within it. Radio review: Goodbye to Berlin 2010-10-04T05:45:00Z

The strange British seaside locations, meanwhile, recall the menacing likes of Brighton Rock and London to Brighton.  David Hoyle: divine director 2010-03-24T15:39:00Z

With its Asimovian name, wielded these days as a vaguely derisive epithet, the Acela might sound to an untrained ear like something exotic, even menacing. Zippy Amtrak Train Gets Tangled in ‘the Swamp’ 2017-10-02T04:00:00Z

Michael Mellamphy is affable enough as Tim, like a regular about town, but he’s neither as charming nor as menacing as his narration would have us believe. ‘The Smuggler’ Review: A Barman’s Rambling Yarn 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z

A cut to a menacing looking toothbrush confirms this. | 'The Squad: Prison Police': A&E Reality Show Spotlights Police Unit in Prison 2010-08-04T22:37:00Z

They're muscular, menacing and very, very male - and now they're something else: 3-D, for one night only at a movie theater near you. Bourne's swans: muscular, menacing, and now in 3-D 2012-03-16T22:04:10Z

Note the gigantic surgical lamp hovering over Debra Booth’s huge creep-out set like a menacing robotic arm, or like some alien craving the next autopsy. Review | There will be blood in the STC’s gross-out ‘Richard the Third’ 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z

Ebert applies a freewheeling buffoonery to Mister and, later, an opposite dimension of cruel menace to his other role, a policeman who under stress will undergo a dramatic conversion. Review | ‘Pass Over’ opens — the first Broadway play in what feels like forever. And it’s funny and poignant. 2021-08-22T04:00:00Z

He’s a big guy but carries no air of menace. Can Luke Combs, Country’s Everyman, Grow Up Without Losing Touch? 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z

His track Ima Read is a menacing and minimalist industrial chant that has become queer rap's crossover hit. Zebra Katz, Mykki Blanco and the rise of queer rap 2012-06-08T23:06:00Z

His first sketch depicts a striking menace in the Joker’s eyes and smile. The Joker in the Deck: Birth of a Supervillain 2010-10-04T21:05:00Z

The excellent Mr. Stack and Mr. McRae exude equal parts ingratiating charm and sexual menace. Theater Review: Thurber’s ‘Hill Town Plays’ Are Produced by Rattlestick 2013-09-06T02:00:01Z

His extreme color contrasts and sensuous, vaguely menacing paint handling are the Twombly we know. Cy Twombly in Los Angeles: Cheeky, Challenging, Classical 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z

As for Bill Burr, his often-upsetting and even menacing comedy about women should not be dismissed merely as uninspired, possibly offensive jokes. Is Social Media Ruining Comedy? 2014-12-30T05:00:00Z

This admission at first works to defuse the tension, but as the scene lingers the anonymity of the faceless driver becomes more menacing. A brief survey of the short story part 46: Roberto Bolaño 2013-01-24T11:38:51Z

What finally shifted people's thoughts on bedsheet ghosts was children's cartoons, which portrayed the ghosts as more fun than menacing. Why do we wear bedsheets as a ghost costume? A closer look at its creepy, yet practical origins 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z

We first glimpse him as a looming, vaguely menacing neighbor in the Christodora, who “through the first decade of the 2000s . . . unraveled before the neighborhood’s eyes.” ‘Christodora’: A powerful novel about the AIDS crisis and its legacy 2016-07-31T04:00:00Z

The film gave way to other creative, angry aliens like the Predator from “Predator,” a scaly braids-wearing menace that would fight its way into the “Alien” franchise in 2004, with “Alien vs. Predator.” How ‘Alien’ Spawned So Many Others 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z

But in Taylor’s new world, he saw menace everywhere. Miles Taylor spoke out against Trump as ‘Anonymous.’ Now he’s gone public and is hiding out. 2020-11-30T05:00:00Z

Mr. Rodriguez displays neither the menace nor the charm of an abuser like Keaton. Review: ‘Selkie’ Makes a Splash of Bad Romance 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z

More menace, but no less wonder at phenomena like “the ardent live oak,” or the raging sea gulls, “all of them mothers.” Lauren Groff Reveals the Stormy Side of the Sunshine State 2018-07-17T04:00:00Z

This repeated action — steps in slow motion — was more menacing than mesmerizing. Review: A Cuban Troupe’s Strong Dancers, Less Strong Premieres 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z

The freestyle is molasses-slow and hits hardest between the beats — a hymn of desperation and menace. The Playlist: Desiigner and Fergie Aren’t Done Just Yet 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z

“North is aware of how a good horror novel can subtly rearrange a reader’s surroundings, charging them with menace,” Flynn Berry writes in her review. 12 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z

“Territorio” is a taut, taciturn drama where little is said out loud, but much transpires in gazes heavy with longing and menace. Five International Movies to Stream Now 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z

Never was the country more powerful, and never more menaced by the technology upon which its power was dependent. Review | Robert Rauschenberg: A clear-eyed views of chaos, or just chaos? 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z

The 1992 film version featured a bravura monologue of sinister masculinity from Alec Baldwin, who won an Emmy this year for his menacing Trump impersonation. 'Glengarry Glen Ross' revival examines the dark side of cutting deals 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z

King’s novel turns an episode in the life of Margaret Mead into a taut tale of competing egos and desires in a landscape of exotic menace. 100 Notable Books of 2014 2014-12-02T05:00:00Z

The maximum penalty for the most serious charge of menacing is one to three years in prison. Sheen pleads not guilty in domestic violence case 2010-03-15T21:22:00Z

Mr. Key, on the other hand, is almost too likable in a part that ought to read as menacing. Review: Look Up! It’s Amy Schumer in ‘Meteor Shower’ 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z

The murder of a junkie quickly leads to Eric Blunt, a wizard of Silicon Valley played with masterful menace by “Harry Potter’s” Tom Felton. TV Picks: 'Murder in the First,' 'Orange Is the New Black' 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z

They take place under the menacing shadow of Russia’s escalating attacks on Western liberal democracy and the revisionist mythologizing of right-wing leaders across the continent. Three Books on the Enigma That Is Modern Russia 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z

Tall and rail-thin, she keeps returning as an almost menacing specimen. Review: ‘Tree of Codes,’ an Explosion of Energy in a Sea of More 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z

K, of course, will never be admitted to the castle; and technology, by turns both beautiful and menacing, becomes above all the very shape and circuitry of what he lacks. Technology and the novel, from Blake to Ballard 2010-07-23T23:06:00Z

It’s not an attractive doll, and its menacing presence turns nice girls into wicked ones. The Uneasy Verse of Stevie Smith 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z

That subtext might only add to the intrigue of this fair, which will turn a spotlight on a different menace: Frankenstein’s monster. 25 Art Exhibitions to View in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z

But like his flesh-and-blood monsters, this invention contains its fair share of menace too. The real star of Bong Joon-ho’s Oscar-winner Parasite? The house 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z

Through his parents, Mr. Leo vividly evokes the second-rate nightmare of repression, intolerance and low-level menace dramatized in the film “The Lives of Others.” Books of The Times: ‘Red Love,’ a Memoir of East Germany 2014-04-13T21:01:38Z

The seedy motel is inhabited by menacing creeps and oddballs who lurk for no apparent reason. Movie Review: ‘The Bag Man,’ Starring Robert De Niro 2014-02-28T00:34:03Z

Has he taken to menacing you from beyond the grave? New York Musical Theater Festival Includes ‘Deep Love’ and ‘Pope!’ 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z

And though the robin's song might seem domesticated as it's conjured by the phrase, "as bright as teaspoons", the sweet, metallic sound so perfectly evoked is both joyous and a little menacing. Poem of the week: The Man by Maitreyabandhu 2013-07-01T10:29:17Z

Not that I think the movies are dying, any more than they have been dying for the past 90 years or so, as they were fatally menaced by sound, television, corporate greed and audience philistinism. Best Movies of 2022 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z

In contrast, the villains were drawn to be hated: squinting, misshapen, with savage, menacing grins. Which delightfully evil Disney villain still haunts you? 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z

His voice conveys the requisite pitch of menace and malice, at once impulsive and premeditated, as well as the sly humor that was a characteristic of so much of Highsmith’s fiction. ‘Killing People in Fiction Was Fun’: Mysteries That Have Stood the Test of Time 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z

This is an American epidemic, a national crisis, where it has become acceptable for local police forces to view black and Latino males in inner cities as menaces to society, first, and as citizens, maybe. ‘Girls’ still racist 2012-06-22T16:56:00Z

I was horrified until I realized she was talking not to me but to Rigatoni, who had suddenly appeared over my shoulder with a menacing look. Your Dog Has Seen Me Naked 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z

Tendrils of menace creep through the unnerving drama “Azor,” snaking through every room and scene. ‘Azor’ Review: A World on Fire, Discreetly 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z

The wide streets with their neat hedges and large houses seem to seethe with hidden menace. Jordan Peele on making a hit comedy-horror movie out of America’s racial tensions 2017-03-04T05:00:00Z

She’s quite capable of pulling off the cruel-eyed menace combined with dazzling charisma that undercuts the very best Bonds, and keen on the role. It's time for Jane Bond: I spy seven potential 007 actors perfect for the role 2016-05-31T04:00:00Z

Grant is its velvety, filthy Old Father Time, and so much menace and sadness comes from his new, widescreen synth sound. The best albums of 2013 (so far) - the critics' choice 2013-07-11T19:53:04Z

The first hour of “Hereditary” moves with excruciating slowness, alternating between scenes of eerie menace and moments of dark and dry domestic comedy. Review: In ‘Hereditary,’ the Horror is Slow-Cooked and Homemade 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z

It’s opaquely menacing, but slippery — are there militaristic undertones? veiled appeals to whiteness? echoes of Stalingrad or raves in Eastern Bloc bunkers? Anne Imhof, Dancing in the Ruins 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z

The auction house said the fossil, nicknamed Hector, was the first public sale of a Deinonychus, an agile, bipedal dinosaur known for the menacing claws on its feet. Dinosaur Skeleton Sells for $12.4 Million at Christie’s 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z

But there's a sense of menace about this tableau of roadside Americana, and not only because nothing good has ever happened at an onscreen motel since "Psycho." 'Mad Men' recap: The Big C 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z

Today, parts of Mali’s central and northern territories remain a menacing no-go zone where just last week jihadists were reported killed in clashes with troops, according to The Guardian newspaper. African Biennale of Photography Returns to Mali Amid Unrest 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z

The dueling patriarchs – the maple syrup baron Cliff Blossom and the absent yet menacing Hiram Lodge – fit right into the mold of tyrants past. New old money: why hating the super rich remains small screen gold 2017-05-03T04:00:00Z

But he says he was impressed by Baitz’s impressive, “honest to goodness comedy” in which “comedy and menace work together to make clear the stark reality that’s dauntingly upon us.” Essential Arts & Culture: A wondrous Hedwig, Renaissance music remade, Boyle Heights gallery crimes 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z

The menace continues as he wakes her before dawn to hunt wild hogs in the woods. 'Justified' Recap: Ava and Boyd Go A-Hunting 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z

He stuck out his tongue and unloosed a menacing yowl. How Alex Jones, conspiracy theorist extraordinaire, got Donald Trump’s ear 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z

He can menace with an impatient glare and soothe with a gently rumbling word. Astute 'Barcelona' at the Geffen Playhouse leaves audiences guessing 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z

The right-wing theorist Russell Kirk credited him with having revealed “the forbidding problem of the rights of individuals and groups menaced by the will of overbearing majorities.” John C. Calhoun: Protector of Minorities? 2021-02-16T05:00:00Z

The production remained embedded on the Great White Way for 18 years, earning itself the menacing catchphrase, “Now and forever.” "Cats" is a mesmerizing laser pointer for your brain 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z

For fifteen years, Corddry has zealously revealed the mania and menace lurking within a balding American Everyman. Rob Corddry and the Healing Power of Laughter 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z

The director, Matt Reeves, replays the drama of a people at peace in nature being menaced by marauding arrivistes who encroach on their homeland. Richard Brody: Summer Movies 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z

While “The Deuce” avoids over-humanizing these misogynistic manipulators, it respects them as something other than just menacing brutes. Review | In this era of online porn, ‘The Deuce’ artfully retraces the rise of the sex industry 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z

There are sane readers who abhor gratuitous violence but love Reacher’s menacing wisecracks. Books of The Times: ?The Affair,? by Lee Child, Gives Reacher a Back Story 2011-09-19T22:19:36Z

There’s some strong casting around the edges; Esposito, who knows that a smile is more menacing than a scowl, takes custody of the show whenever he steps on screen. TV Tonight: Revolution 2012-09-17T12:00:09Z

PDT Tuesday to talk about her character’s menacing presence on the show. Join 'Orange Is the New Black's' Lorraine Toussaint for a live chat Tuesday 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z

Ridley is on home turf in east London, whose menacing warren of back alleys are a constant reminder that we're in spitting distance from where Jack the Ripper did his business. Film review: Heartless 2010-05-20T22:05:00Z

The menace is only enhanced by vocalist Brian McMahan, who kept it steady and distant on the end of relationship malice of "Washer." FYF Fest 2014: Angel Olsen smolders while fans bake in lines 2014-08-23T04:00:00Z

He is both courtly and strangely menacing, a lunatic prophet who understands that children are both avatars of the imagination and agents of the devil. Willy Wonka deserved an Oscar: A close look at Gene Wilder’s finest role 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z

Suddenly, once again, the urgency of discussing antisemitism was palpable, and not just to people who feel the menace of that bigotry all the time. Review: In ‘Witness,’ Seeking a Haven for Jewish Refugees 2022-01-17T05:00:00Z

As the director explained to The Times in 1980, “The Fog” largely depends on when and where the next “Boo!”-shouting menace is apt to appear. In ‘The Fog,’ Made After ‘Halloween,’ Seafaring Zombies Arrive 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z

I was waiting for Chris to emerge from its menacing exterior. His first run outside: 27 miles from prison to home 2017-07-22T04:00:00Z

Their haunted carnival menace and hangman knells have largely given way to a psychotropic Cypress Hill lounge shuffle, too, over which Domo Genesis doesn't so much spit rhymes as drool them. Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All – review 2013-07-02T18:29:27Z

In this way, Kurland’s images of lawless girls, whose menace is a form of power, are almost utopian. The Lovely, Menacing Girls of Justine Kurland 2018-06-24T04:00:00Z

But giallo’s visual signatures — plunging razors, menacing lighting, a killer in chic leather — are abundant. Summer Horror in the City 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z

“Preservation,” Davies’ rock-theater extravaganza about real estate development and rascally political corruption, has a denouement that veers from comedy to Orwellian menace as a self-righteous totalitarian supplants the rascal, who at least was recognizably human. Kinks' Ray Davies is turning 70. Why it matters. 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z

The last line felt menacing: “This time I’m not only getting—I’m holding my man.” Contemplating Molly Ringwald 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z