Neville performed a series of quite astonishing gymnastics he would certainly not have been capable of in his normal state. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

It was astonishing, really, what people could live through. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

Only after he had shut the door, and the taxi was on its way back downtown to Mia’s cramped apartment, did she unfold the paper to see that astonishing figure again: $10,000. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I am slightly amused by your astonishing capacity to talk nonsense, that is all.' it is a guilty little smile you have on, Mr Stevens. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Their heads whip from side to side, as if they’ve just heard astonishing news. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

But they could not have been skeptical had they witnessed this astonishing trial. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

In response the excited citizenry had shelled out precious nickels and quarters and dollars, raising an astonishing twelve thousand dollars to send the crews east. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Then, out of Dale, came the most astonishing words. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

This strikes me as the single most astonishing fact of human geography for the entire world. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

She spent an astonishing amount of time in attending lectures and demonstrations, distributing literature for the Junior Anti-Sex League, preparing banners for Hate Week, making collections for the savings campaign, and suchlike activities. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Byrnes, who up to then had viewed the atomic bomb largely as an abstract device useful for bargaining with the Russians, would recall that Oppenheimer’s astonishing figures left him “thoroughly frightened.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

An incentive is a bullet, a lever, a key: an often tiny object with astonishing power to change a situation. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Instead, we found an astonishing treasure: cardboard boxes filled with loose chocolates. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

But on the last day an astonishing number of English heavies opened up on us with high-explosive, drumming ceaselessly on our position, so that we suffered severely and came back only eighty strong. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

One summer’s evening an astonishing piece of news reached the Ivy Bush and Green Dragon. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

They lifted their faces to the astonishing warmth. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

And what Flora the Giant Ear heard was astonishing. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

In the last two years of his life, now profoundly deaf and mosdy bedridden by severe illness, Beethoven withdrew into a private sound world, composing six string quartets of astonishing, unapproachable intensity. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

“I had thought, knowing Miss Bowen had an opponent lurking somewhere, that whomever you might be, you were not in need of any assistance. The paper animals are astonishing, for example.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The uniformity of the earth’s life, more astonishing than its diversity, is accountable by the high probability that we derived, originally, from some single cell, fertilized in a bolt of lightning as the earth cooled. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Historical records show that frontier populations can increase at astonishing rates; in the early nineteenth century, the annual U.S. birthrate climbed as high as 5 percent. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

It is astonishing that this has happened in less than two hundred years and most of it in the last fifty. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was shoved through a glass door and onto a Persian carpet in an astonishing room. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

South Korea’s obsession with achievement has paid astonishing dividends. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Shelves rose forty feet under an astonishing painted ceiling, and the spines of books glowed in jewel-toned leather, their gold leaf shining in the glavelight like animal eyes. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

From these kinds of soldiers, therefore, come only slow, tardy, and weak conquests but sudden and astonishing losses. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

This is an astonishing development, especially given that as recently as the mid-1970s, the most well-respected criminologists were predicting that the prison system would soon fade away. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

He remembered years later that “the number of thoughts which passed through my mind during this very short, but sudden and wholly unexpected fall, was astonishing.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

A breeze ruffled the neat hedges of Privet Drive, which lay silent and tidy under the inky sky, the very last place you would expect astonishing things to happen. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Einstein had been fascinated by Bernstein’s People’s Book of Natural Science, a popularization of science that described on its very first page the astonishing speed of electricity through wires and light through space. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The staff had been handling the first fifty-three patients for the better part of two years, with astonishing results. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Not only did the system allow Roosevelt and Churchill to communicate in perfect security, but it remained in use and unbroken into the 1950s—an astonishing record. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

There could be no end to the questions, but the sketch outlines of answers were beginning to appear, and they were astonishing. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Their hearts were wrung with anguish, the anguish of having children, a vulnerability as astonishing as the capacity for love that parenthood brings, in a cuff link set all its own . Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

It is astonishing just how much of what we are can be tied to the beds we wake up in in the morning, and it is astonishing how fragile that can be. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

On the ground were bears and mountain lions and rattlesnakes; in the treetops, an astonishing array of squirrels; and beneath the soil, one thick seam after another of coal. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

We were celebrating not only my birthday, but Mr. Loomis’s recovery, which has been astonishing, though it is still not complete. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

At once Reynie was filled with an astonishing sense of well-being. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve encountered people I find to be shallow and hypocritical and others—teachers and military spouses and so many more—whose spirits are so deep and strong it’s astonishing. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I think this is just astonishing—because it is offered as the sort of practical stage-management advice that a modern person would never think of applying to something entirely imaginary.* Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

The voyages of discovery brought about an astonishing transformation in geographical knowledge from 1460 onwards. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

His hands were always gentle, though his strength was astonishing. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The sheer number of actions and reactions it’s taken to form our solar system, our galaxy, our universe, is astonishing. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

He was already giving an imitation of the Speech, and was drawing near to the astonishing Disappearance. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Another salvo of three bombs exploded as Tom Bolles’s boys passed the finish line an astonishing five lengths ahead of Syracuse. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

"Then it appears someone has managed an astonishing impersonation. For the last time, come. Or don't come, and I'll keep her for myself." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Flew him out of Cairo and put him into a school over here, where he made astonishing progress. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Rooster Jim pulled an enormous blue bandanna from his pocket and blew his nose with astonishing energy. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“You took us aback, that is all. We were all sure you would drown before our eyes. It was astonishing to see you swimming.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly she swept down the aisle and as she passed me her astonishing gold eyes rested for a moment on my own. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then an astonishing thing happened: The girl lunged at him. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

It’s astonishing that I used to believe all this without the slightest suspicion, I wrote. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

My vision is so accustomed to a shifting horizon, to the metamorphoses of ocean and clouds, that to see such a mass of rock, immovable against the sky, was astonishing. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anatole cherishes it, and the astonishing fact that I was the first to tell him the shape of our world. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

As astonishing as that was for me to think about, since winning Nationals in 2013 I hadn’t lost a single meet in which I’d competed in all four events. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

They used her Uncle Nicolas’s books, the dishes, the boxes, the furniture, and the drapes of bygone days to arrange their astonishing nuptial chamber. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The university’s football team had historically been a winning proposition, with an astonishing accomplishment to its credit—a record sixty-three consecutive games without a defeat between 1907 and 1917. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The astonishing thing was that none of the old men ever figured out why. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

But watching them suddenly struggle against even the J V boys, they just didn’t look like the crew that had won with such astonishing ease at Poughkeepsie. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He achieved such astonishing speed records that he was promoted to superintendent, and then went into the contracting business for himself, building bridges, canals, industrial towns, and factories. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was an astonishing sight, for the whole valley for 15 or 20 miles was completely filled with Indians. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Precious stones of astonishing size and brightness stared from their crowns and hung in chains round their necks and peeped out from all the places where anything was fastened. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

The animals open their mouths and utter joyful, astonishing words. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s astonishing, really, how she’s a different person from the one who was just standing at the crossroads, kicking dirt and flinging a rock at the railroad sign. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

An athlete boasts that in Rhodes he performed the most astonishing jump and claims he can produce eyewitnesses to testify to it. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

To find him under Watership Down at all, therefore, was astonishing enough. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dragon’s magic had been so astonishing, she had forgotten all about the danger in the forest. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

More dead jungle ruins flashed past, an astonishing amount of wealth and materials left to rot and fall back to the green tangle of the trees and swamps. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

They were wrenching, sometimes astonishing, an electronic outpouring of breathtaking anger and compassion. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

On January 1, Orde-Lees was skiing near the edge of the floe when a twelve-foot-long, fanged leopard seal lunged up out of the water and began humping toward him at astonishing speed. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

“Tell me, sweetheart, are you very good at math and puzzles? Greens are incredibly smart and have astonishing memories.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The sharpshooter had run up an astonishing amount of debt at nearly every gambling den on East Stave. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Splendid,” he said to himself as the Savage started his astonishing performance. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s astonishing how my power of recall is developing. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

On March 23 it won by an astonishing seven lengths in one race and a commanding three or four in a second. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

It was astonishing, after ten minutes’ pedaling away from RAF Maidsend, how peaceful the drenched Kent countryside was. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

That was not the only astonishing thing: Caitlin's house was as big as a castle, and in one photo, she was wearing jewelry on her teeth. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Students were advised to leave early, as travel might be slowed by the snow-like this was the most astonishing observation of the century. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

The giant axon of the Woods Hole squid became the apparatus for the creation of today's astonishing neurobiology. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had spread with astonishing speed.The human beings could not contain their rage when they heard this song, though they pretended to think it merely ridiculous. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

He has reached new and astonishing peaks of scientific success. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

It was astonishing what a peculiar and uncomfortable state of things was produced by the ‘resting and reveling’ process. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

The girl's face was there, really quite beautiful in memory: astonishing, in fact. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have discovered, deep in the hearts of many condemned and incarcerated people, the scattered traces of hope and humanity—seeds of restoration that come to astonishing life when nurtured by very simple interventions. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Sentences of astonishing simplicity seemed to me lifeless and drab: ‘The boys ran from the rain... She wanted to sing... The kite rose in the blue.’ Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they arrived at the family’s house, an astonishing sight met the Council of Elders. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Rembrandt’s draftsmanship is so forceful that it allows us to mentally trace the movements of the master’s hand with astonishing vividness. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone in the village came out of their houses to see the astonishing sight—pale, unhealthy-looking men who carried large bundles and unusual-looking sticks as they marched into the center of the village. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

And there were intervals of ability to recall and review things that had happened years back with an astonishing clarity. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the last few millennia we have made the most astonishing and unexpected discoveries about the Cosmos and our place within it, explorations that are exhilarating to consider. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was astonishing to see how angry Cersei could wax over accusations she knew perfectly well to be true. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The change that came over the Mellower was astonishing. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

He has the demeanor of a psychoanalyst, watchful and impassive, and his ability to transform his face so easily and quickly was astonishing. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

The lack of domestic mammals indigenous to sub-Saharan Africa is especially astonishing, since a main reason why tourists visit Africa today is to see its abundant and diverse wild mammals. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The cameras were fed by 12,000 feet of film, an astonishing quantity made possible by a thin Mylar strip specially manufactured by Eastman Kodak. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

"This child has already read an astonishing number of books," Miss Honey said. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

It flowered with bald-faced ladies in head-dresses which looked like crescents or cones or the astonishing coiffure worn by the Duchess in Alice in Wonderland. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Together, they were an astonishing tour de force for racism in the Magic City. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

The very idea of Bobby Fischer wanting to talk to the press was astonishing, but this new Fischer called for a press conference the night before the match was to begin. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I see fear in his eyes, and bewilderment, and, most astonishing of all, the fact that some adult worry is taking precedence over our walk together. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

What we saw on such pictures was absolutely astonishing. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still, it is fair to wonder why the police would choose to arrest such an astonishing percentage of the American public for minor drug crimes. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

It’s astonishing to me, the curiosity these foreigners have about indigenous culture. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

When supper was over I saw that there were many biscuits piled high upon the bread platter, an astonishing and unbelievable sight to me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of the seventy-five names, an astonishing fourteen are Americans born within nine years of one another in the midnineteenth century. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

The light from his hard hat lit up an astonishing scene. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

There, like Darwin, he observed astonishing differences between closely related species that had been separated by channels of water. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

All at once an astonishing change came over the Spirit Medium. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

For a boy who had worn the same rumpled sweater to rowing practice for a year, this was an astonishing collection of sartorial treasure. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I spent the entire day with Kapwepwe and heard from him the most astonishing tale. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fact was infinitely astonishing to him--and I recognized first the unusual quality of wonder and then the man--it was the late patron of Gatsby's library. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

It is astonishing how untroubled she looks, in her white robe with her eyes sweetly shut, the rose petal still balanced on her nose. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

It seemed that the force of her astonishing fertility had finally begun to ebb. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one had ever seen such astonishing fertility and he was sure that at least half the infants were not his. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The post-office is a wonderful establishment!” said she.—“The regularity and despatch of it! If one thinks of all that it has to do, and all that it does so well, it is really astonishing!” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

It is one of the undisputed masterpieces of all music for the violin, comprising an astonishing sixty-four continuous variations on a single theme, creating the impression of an orchestra of sound from one single instrument. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Yet he gave me an astonishing measure of his humanity. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

After that, things fell into place with astonishing speed. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

She developed the capacity to guess an astonishing percentage of the cards in a deck, and invented games of fantasy to play with her brothers and sisters. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

At this point Miss Honey could not resist the temptation of exploring still further the mind of this astonishing child. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

He still did not understand why Chief had decided to help him, to use him while overlooking, even encouraging, the astonishing collateral benefits. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

When asked how he accomplished his astonishing discoveries, Newton replied unhelpfully, “By thinking upon them.” Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

We take this seeming unity of China so much for granted that we forget how astonishing it is. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

To produce a ton of the stuff, he had explained over his astonishing cocktail, cost next to nothing. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

At the moment of discovery, the vaunted technology has produced something astonishing. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He is like that person you never heard of who wins one of those MacArthur genius awards for creating astonishing success in the most unlikely of settings. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

By the end of each opera they are cropping up at an astonishing rate, sometimes several in every bar. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

It is astonishing how little one remembers about one’s life before the age of seven or eight. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

The idea seemed so astonishing to him that he pondered it silently for a minute or two. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

With astonishing speed and skill they checked their steeds, wheeled, and came charging round. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Thomas had told her that once he too had carved astonishing things into wood that seemed to come alive in his hands. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

After this astonishing political loss, Conkling and fellow New York senator and Stalwart ally Thomas Pratt dramatically resigned their Senate seats in mid-May. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

In March 1978, Waterman embarked on his most astonishing expedition, a solo ascent of Mt. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The eyes are the most striking and astonishing aspects of the face.” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

But the human cost of sudden affluence has also been astonishing. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

And on the grass there was an astonishing sight, especially given what he and his guests had been talking about the night before. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

He looks out at us with astonishing directness, as if he were reading us with the same intensity that we bring to bear on his strongly modeled features. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The guards took hold of him to wrench him loose, but he clung on with astonishing strength. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“We better just keep these on hand,” she’d said, astonishing me completely. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Behind this screen there gleams an astonishing promise: One can become a public person while still remaining a private person. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was an astonishing student, absorbing everything in the books, then looking past them for things his teachers didn’t know. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had no idea of the astonishing acts of heroism, the blinding light, contained within his outward, humdrum disguise. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

The voyage past the last edges of the universe is frightening and impossible but sometimes astonishing. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

And their wild reveling, their astonishing acts made their names ring out. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

I explained how I’d seen Jesse install operating systems, play online games from chess to Quake, use astonishing ingenuity to gather archived information off the Web. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Modern physics and chemistry have reduced the complexity of the sensible world to an astonishing simplicity: three units put together in various patterns make, essentially, everything. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The insect world is nature’s most astonishing phenomenon,” said the Dutch biologist C. J. Briejer. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

The traffic is astonishing, there’s honking and barging, people drive right out to the middle of the intersections and sit there when the light changes. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

None more so than Ira: the transformation in her was as astonishing as it was inexplicable. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wasn’t their astonishing transformation just another part of this marvelous complexity? The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The second thing could be considered, from some points of view, even more important—and certainly more astonishing—than the first. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

It was astonishing that Fischer, at thirteen, could excel at blindfold chess. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

It was flowing into his yard at an astonishing rate. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

But what is astonishing is not that bits of savage belief were left here and there. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The music went on and on, minute after minute, with astonishing variations, never once repeating itself, almost as though the bird were deliberately showing off its virtuosity. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

There is little to equal ahull terrier’s grin, however charmingly presented, for sheer astonishing ugliness. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

His mind reverted to the astonishing revelations of the last half hour. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

An astonishing amount of the ship ran on automation. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Darwin had misclassified them: they were all finches—an astonishing thirteen species. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

I began to see that by my astonishing growth I had made them shrink and emphasized their inadequacies. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

These people covered astonishing sweeps, for considerable periods. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

During the time-out, the looks on my teammate’s faces were astonishing. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

It made her bones crack and splinter, made her feel the astonishing cold of a winter long since past. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“How you can bear such recollections, is astonishing to me!—They will sometimes obtrude—but how you can court them!” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

Later I learned from Pete Athans that shortly after he had injected Beck with dexamethasone, the Texan experienced an astonishing recovery. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

The book said something astonishing, a very big thought. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a rustic cabin with wood paneling everywhere, high ceilings, and an astonishing variety of animal heads on the walls. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

More astonishing, perhaps, was the fact that time travel hadn’t broken my brain; that by some miracle, I had not yet devolved into a gibbering crazy person ranting on a street corner. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

In fact, as the great challenge of the conference drew nearer, an astonishing change seemed to come over my father. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

The next thing Alex knew, the heel of Wolfs palm had rammed into his chest, pushing him back with astonishing force. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

This was an astonishing leap into the unknown. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

It is astonishing how little information we have about this universal process, with all the other dazzling advances in biology. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was astonishing how that mask transformed her. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Perhaps for reasons other than its oniony flavor, then, the plant was in astonishing demand throughout the Greek and the Roman world. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

But as they stepped into it, light suddenly flooded the room to reveal an astonishing sight. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

The face framed by this astonishing cascade, however, was not that of a beautiful young woman but that of an old widow with a square head and dried-out mouth. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Soon she would fully come into her own, accomplishing the seemingly impossible—and astonishing the world. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

His boldness in speaking of such delicate matters in the presence of Dr. Wellington and other whites seemed utterly astonishing to us. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In September 1832, exploring the gray cliffs and low-lying clay bays near Punta Alta, he discovered an astonishing natural cemetery, with fossilized bones of enormous extinct mammals splayed out before him. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

But most astonishing of all, the force of the explosions actually lifted the enormous giant clear off his feet, like a rocket. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pattern of evolutionary causality is a web of astonishing complexity; the incompleteness of our understanding humbles us. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Considering the design of this new system of control, it is astonishing that so many people labeled criminals still manage to care for and feed their children, hold together marriages, obtain employment, and start businesses. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

It was astonishing to watch how efficiently they moved. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Instead of treating the basic condition, suburbanites — advised by nurserymen who in turn have been advised by the chemical manufacturers — continue to apply truly astonishing amounts of crabgrass killers to their lawns each year. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

These numbers were astonishing to me and my staff, but the sad fact is that urban schools around the country were contending with epidemic levels of gun violence. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The younger stepsister, Olive, said little, but the little was astonishing. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Dad told me that one company had been so alarmed by the success of Mother’s oils, they had offered to buy her out for an astonishing three million dollars. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Without missing a beat in his Senate duties, he’d have to build and maintain a coast-to-coast campaign operation, develop a policy platform, and also raise an astonishing amount of money. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

In the Southfarthing the vines were laden, and the yield of ‘leaf’ was astonishing; and everywhere there was so much corn that at Harvest every barn was stuffed. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Physicists were forced to confront astonishing paradoxes roiling their conception of the natural world. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

She energized the organization and helped to increase the membership from twenty-seven thousand to an astonishing two hundred thousand dues-paying members by 1890. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Then an astonishing thing happened when one old West Indian stood and began attacking me—for attacking America. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

And out of their packs came course after course of the most astonishing picnic. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

It’s astonishing what you hear when you’re alone in the blackness of your dying mind. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

But Kepler had worked with Tycho Brahe, who had devised new instruments capable of measuring with astonishing accuracy to a single minute. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

For an instant I see Cordelia and Grace, and Carol, walking toward me through the astonishing whiteness of the snow, their faces in shadow. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Here it stems from a yapping poodle that acts as a crucial anaphrodisiac and which, even in death, shows an astonishing capacity to nip ankles. Once Bitten ? review 2011-01-12T22:46:00Z

“I didn’t think I would like it so much; I mean, I thought I would like it, but it’s really quite astonishing,” he said. Paul Dano’s Cup Runneth Over (and Over) 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z

The success of “A World on the Wing” in navigating that challenge rivals the astonishing feats of the birds he chronicles. Christian Cooper on a New Book That Asks: Why Are Migratory Birds Vanishing? 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z

But as performance spaces around the country are on the verge of reopening, the Morgan Library & Museum is offering a quietly astonishing reminder of what we’ve been missing. How a Family Transformed the Look of European Theater 2021-06-11T04:00:00Z

“It’s quite astonishing, puzzling and disappointing that this is still an issue to this level,” Ewing said. ¡Americano! A real Dreamer story debuts off-Broadway 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z

“Just being around that kind of force field is astonishing,” Taccone says. Tony Kushner’s civil war

As if that wasn’t what she’d already been saying between the lines for this entire, astonishing set. Joni Mitchell Returns to the Stage, Golden, Glorious and in Control 2023-06-11T04:00:00Z

But if the actor’s grasp on the character is astonishing, the character’s grasp on the audience — as is too often the case with the avant-garde — is weak. In a Double Bill, the Avant-Garde Meets a Very Good Girl 2022-01-17T05:00:00Z

For all her astonishing vocal gifts, there's nary a whiff of the diva about this down-home Midwesterner. Mezzo Joyce DiDonato dazzles in sold-out song recital at U. of C. 2011-02-19T21:07:00Z

Late one April night, the artist Liao Wen was in her studio in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, listing off the many instruments that she uses to make her astonishing art. This Young Artist’s Works Capture the Agony and Ecstasy of Being Alive 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z

As with most of the actors associated with “The Godfather,” Caan was quickly elevated to leading roles in the wake of its astonishing success. 9 James Caan Movies to Stream 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z

Touring is where the stars now make their money — especially an astonishing live performer like Prince, who sold out 21 concerts at London’s 02 Arena in 2007. What would Prince want? Two years later, his estate is a mess and his legacy unclear. 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z

The depth of perspective in the canyon is astonishing, especially when cottony white clouds in a sapphire sky and pyramid-shaped peaks in the distance add an extra dimension to the tableau. The Austere Beauty of Egypt’s Long-Distance Hiking Trails 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z

And it is astonishing how early in his career Schubert was able to craft quartets that allowed his lyric voice such imaginative yet disciplined scope. Cuarteto Casals – review 2012-10-11T16:44:30Z

Bach’s astonishing 16-minute work is structured as a set of continually inventive variations over a repeating bass line. Review: At Mostly Mozart, Joshua Bell Plays a Rejiggered Bach Novelty 2015-08-19T04:00:00Z

As Lane pores through the materials at hand, she herself watches the scope and implications of the project expand into astonishing realms of power and influence. The State of Independent Film in 2016 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z

His faceted figures and faces in particular are astonishing made things that reach back through Cubism to the carved figures of African sculpture. Derrick Adams Takes Off 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z

The first 10 write-ups about heroes saving people from burning cars are astonishing; it’s difficult for the remaining 1,257 to carry the same jolt. What Makes an American Hero? (Or a Canadian One?) 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z

But inside the 12th-century Norman church are beautiful cloistered gardens and gleaming gold mosaics of astonishing detail — some of the best in Sicily. T Magazine: Classical Virtues 2012-05-14T15:53:25Z

And both of these books are astonishing — it is fun to try to decide which is more amazing, the fiction or the history. My Five Things: Luis Alberto Urrea 2011-12-06T18:09:42Z

In the tradition of actors who are unrecognizable from role to role, Weaks becomes an entirely new human being as Jonelle, whose complex sexual identity he embodies with an astonishing physical and psychological dexterity. Is following Emily Post the path to a better world? 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z

Mr. van Hove, perhaps the most influential director of his generation in international theater, is on an astonishing upward trajectory just now, going from strength to strength. Review: Shakespeare’s Take on the Game of Thrones 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z

Some of the lithographs, mezzotints, etchings and engravings in the show are astonishing. ‘Twisted Impressions’ show is ghoulish, thought-provoking 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z

It’s astonishing, isn’t it, the confidence of a man to insert himself into a conversation about women’s bodies armed with nothing but some incorrect figures – but it happens all the time. How many tampons do you need? This man will explain 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z

When this astonishing breach of user trust became public, the company claimed it wasn’t a big deal, that many companies did similar things. An Anti-Facebook Manifesto, by an Early Facebook Investor 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z

Mr. Hou said that the film’s astonishing palette was largely achieved in situ with natural lighting instead of filters or post-production tweaking. 'The Assassin' Director on Long Takes, Fast Edits and a Warrior in the Shadows 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z

But Bad Saint’s adobo of tender squid is still astonishing, its sauce deepened and darkened by squid ink and given a slow, lingering burn by long peppers. Filipino Food Worth the Wait at Bad Saint in Washington 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z

The expressive variations Mr. Lawrence extracts from a few basic visual props — staircases, windows, walls, beds, massed figures — is astonishing. Review: ‘One-Way Ticket’ at MoMA Reunites Jacob Lawrence’s Migration Paintings 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z

While watching “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” on Broadway you might forget that it’s a play because of its astonishing visual effects. What’s on TV Thursday: ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ and ‘The Carbonaro Effect’ 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z

It was an astonishing performance, and at the song's end she turned away from the microphone, biting her thumb, trying not to cry in the face of a standing ovation. The girl with the mighty mouth 2011-03-27T00:02:01Z

More to the point is his vision, his ability to shock us, in ways both astonishing and inevitable. T. Geronimo Johnson brings culture clash to 'Welcome to Braggsville' 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z

When Young suggested she was "an astonishing looking creature … like a Bond girl" as a student, she admitted: "I turned a few heads." Aung San Suu Kyi picks Beatles and Tom Jones on Desert Island Discs 2013-01-27T14:12:00Z

When I looked into the statistics in the US, it was astonishing: about 30,000 people are killed each year by guns. Photographer Zed Nelson's best shot 2010-09-01T21:30:00Z

Her instinct for introducing and encouraging talented people whom she perceived, in her magical way, would produce plays, musicals, films, festivals and chamber concerts was astonishing.” Priscilla Morgan, Cultural Matchmaker, Dies at 94 2014-04-03T05:01:14Z

“When Diana died, the response of the British people was so astonishing, and the same with William and Kate’s wedding,” he said. A British Play Imagines Charles (Finally) in Charge 2014-04-14T17:30:49Z

But the pleasures here have less to do with celebrity than with the astonishing fluency of van Dyck’s preparatory drawings and monochrome “grisaille” paintings, from which engravers made their more leaden, heavy and ponderous reproductions. At the Frick, clothes do make the man, and the woman 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z

As Lydia, Geraldine Alexander at times puts Baltic authenticity above comprehensibility but charts the character's physical decline with astonishing precision. In Praise of Love ? review 2011-04-06T17:59:43Z

When listening to Johann Sebastian Bach’s astonishing creativity, which appears to be routed in many disciplines, we hear and feel what it is to be human. Review | In ‘Counterpoint,’ a memoirist reflects on love, loss and Bach 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z

One of the astonishing things about Williams is the number of musical eras during which she continued to break new ground. 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Mary Lou Williams 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z

But for sheer technical virtuosity the most astonishing exhibit is a 3rd-century sarcophagus, carved from a single block of stone, showing the Romans fighting the Ostrogoths. 10 of the best museums and gallleries in Rome 2011-07-13T09:00:00Z

Even the more modest buildings have distinctive flourishes, and some are simply stand-in-the-street-and-stare astonishing, like the House of Scientists, a neo-Baroque extravaganza with a huge wooden entryway flanked by twin Atlases holding up the balcony. To House Refugees, Lviv Wants to Make Beautiful Buildings That Last 2022-05-31T04:00:00Z

The mind is intricate and complex, human ingenuity is astonishing, but the creation itself is of course simple. Man and Things 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z

The speed with which it went was astonishing in one way, you think about this institution which has been so powerful for 1,500 years, just gone. Fintan O'Toole on Ireland's transformation — and the reverse version now underway in America 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z

But pretty much all the paintings in this room dazzle by their palette alone: deep reds and yellows; astonishing turquoise-lavender blues; lollipop orange; ebony black; and two paintings of zinnias and others that include zinnias. Looking for Clementine Hunter’s Louisiana 2013-06-14T20:04:57Z

The intimacy is astonishing, and then this very strange separation happens, where you get trapped in a system of designated superiority, and this woman stays at that position. Mies Julie in London: 'Apartheid was an insane experiment' 2013-03-06T20:00:02Z

Although my hair barely reached my shoulders, when it began to tumble around me — my husband employed scissors first, and then clippers — there was an astonishing amount of it. When we all shaved our heads 2012-10-18T00:00:00Z

Winstone's instinct for the humanity buried inside the most brutalised masculinity was astonishing to witness. 'I used to be a raving lunatic' 2010-09-02T20:00:00Z

The most astonishing thing I saw though was probably in Tokyo, which the guys visited for the first time in January. One Direction disarm Spurlock 2013-08-15T06:48:44Z

These taut little pictures are astonishing, acutely observed wartime vignettes: a recruit listening, eyes down, to distant music; a stiff young officer confronting hostile prisoners of war. American Eden, After the Fall 2013-01-10T22:01:26Z

It probably remains the most electric, astonishing thing I've ever seen on the stage. Glenda Jackson on Quitting Parliament, Playing Lear and Returning to Broadway 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z

Soon after the start of “Paris, Texas,” Harry Dean Stanton appears in an astonishing gorge called the Devil’s Graveyard. Harry Dean Stanton: Fully Inhabiting Scenes, Not Stealing Them 2017-09-17T04:00:00Z

These warming, even sentimental additions do not detract from the intellectual integrity of Kennedy’s conception any more than McDonald’s astonishing access to tragic feeling diminishes the prickly oddness of the characters. Review: Who Committed the ‘Ohio State Murders’? Who Didn’t? 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z

There are no nasty surprises, but neither are there any astonishing ones, bar an early segment involving looking for Peppa, which is clearly a postmodern comment on Waiting for Godot. Peppa Pig's Party ? review 2010-12-03T22:00:00Z

Five women organize an astonishing array of costumes, tap shoes and feather boas into small, curtained-off, makeshift dressing rooms backstage. Out of the Spotlight, Still a Star: The ‘Backstage Diva’ 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z

Still, “Jagged Little Pill” features an astonishing 22 of her songs, including all 12 from the 1995 album that gives the show its title. Review: ‘Jagged Little Pill’ Breaks the Jukebox Musical Mold 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z

It was astonishing that the Finns were concerned enough about keeping cultural exchange alive that they would offer artists a special tracking number to get us across their locked-down border. Diary of an American in Finland, Doing ‘Essential’ Work in Ballet 2020-11-17T05:00:00Z

It’s astonishing: On the street, everybody’s got to tell me what they think is happening, and yet nobody has gotten it right. Patricia Clarkson: ‘Sharp Objects’ Included ‘Some of the Toughest Scenes I’ve Played’ 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z

And, in an astonishing feat, it raised nearly half a billion dollars before opening. New York Chased the Olympics. It Got the Shed Instead. 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z

There's something of Dürer, too, in de' Barbari's astonishing woodcut map of Venice. Why Jacopo de' Barbari is the artist of the moment 2010-05-14T15:23:00Z

Did he ever imagine that these astonishing, unconventional works would be performed in concert? Patricia Kopatchinskaja in A Little Night Music 2014-08-24T04:00:00Z

Mr. Hou said that he didn’t rehearse the film, which is fairly astonishing given the precision of the camerawork and how bodies move through his space in it. 'The Assassin' Director on Long Takes, Fast Edits and a Warrior in the Shadows 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z

Mrazek’s book is a treasure, an eminently readable tribute to the wartime heroism of one brave woman and the astonishing endurance of one determined man. A Woman Who Resisted the Japanese Military 2020-07-22T04:00:00Z

At the heart of the library is what the consortium described as an “astonishing set of manuscripts” by the Brontës, much of it “unseen for 80 years and never properly examined.” Brontë Auction Is on Hold as Group Tries to Keep Library Intact 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z

“There’s brutality here, but also brilliance — anemones, despite literal brainlessness, adeptly size up their rivals — and astonishing tenderness.” 12 New Books We Recommend This Week 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z

It’s an astonishing piece of work, a painstaking examination of a fascinating case, with brilliant characters and a few chilling lessons about the world we live in. Whodunnit: the husband or the owl? How The Staircase invented true crime TV 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z

Much of the wit in “Telegraph Avenue” inheres in Chabon’s astonishing prose. ‘Telegraph Avenue,’ by Michael Chabon 2012-09-08T00:17:29Z

While utterly respectful of the scores, he plays with such spontaneity that these familiar staples seem newly astonishing, qualities equally conveyed by Mr. Belohlavek, the Czech-born chief conductor of the Symphony, and his inspired players. Recordings: Mixing Urgency and Relaxation 2010-09-25T21:04:00Z

The Blacksonian takes astonishing care to correct a crucial misrepresentation of slavery. Visiting the African-American Museum: Waiting, Reading, Thinking, Connecting, Feeling 2016-12-25T05:00:00Z

It is filmed plainly, often with improbable intimacy, and buffeted with a rather astonishing amount of contemporaneous video documentation. The Alternate Aesthetic Realities of ‘Tiger King’ 2020-04-02T04:00:00Z

The cases, meanwhile, go by in the usual blur of stakeouts, turf battles and astonishing leaps of logic. Television Review: ‘King,’ on Reelz, Shows a Tougher Side of Toronto 2013-07-04T21:53:31Z

It survives as one of the most astonishing interiors in Britain, and a late masterpiece of the European baroque.• Vel?zquez, Christian Marclay and the Brighton Pavilion ? the week in art 2011-08-05T11:36:14Z

Mr. Jacobi remained there until 1971, going on to play an astonishing range of parts onstage, on television and in the movies through the decades. For Derek Jacobi, Now Is the Time for a Certain Role 2011-04-22T23:30:23Z

Many were accustomed to treating white reporters with suspicion; in retrospect, the access that they granted Warren seems astonishing. “Some Kind of Renewal”: Revisiting Robert Penn Warren’s Civil-Rights Interviews 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z

But Highway 12, a slower, windier alternate route, snakes through astonishing crimson, pink and tawny canyons, replete with a waterfall or two. Get Outside and Safely Visit a National Park 2021-03-12T05:00:00Z

He would combine cartoon colouring and an astonishing ability to jump large distances with an unquenchable thirst for social retribution and violent death. Charlie Brooker answers your questions: 'I get angry to amuse myself' 2013-02-06T19:01:10Z

Given that it was an error, a mirage, an astonishing mass delusion, what do we gain if we do remember it? Red star rising 2010-08-06T23:04:00Z

The astonishing attack from beyond the grave will be published in October in a book titled Georgette Heyer: Biography of a Bestseller. Barbara Cartland stole plots, rival author alleged in furious letters 2011-08-04T15:59:00Z

Every single actor was remarkable but the most astonishing performance was that of Hans Kesting who played Mark Antony. The best performance I've ever seen: Simon Stephens 2011-04-01T19:36:30Z

And yet Connelly handles even this scene like the seasoned pro he is, avoiding exploitation and producing a demonstration of Ballard’s astonishing resourcefulness and bravery. Michael Connelly’s New Detective Makes Harry Bosch Look Like a Slouch 2017-07-10T04:00:00Z

What is astonishing is how thoroughly nearly everything that happened before and after the massacre was documented, in black-and-white and sometimes in color. ‘Babi Yar: Context’ Review: Unearthing Footage of a Nazi Massacre 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z

Cheap seats could suddenly be found online this week, but the demand has still been astonishing. The Glorious Inconsistency of the Grateful Dead 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z

The astonishing quantity of content, on commercial television, premium and other cable networks and streaming services means many fine actors/actresses/programs are not nominated. Emmy Nominations 2018: ‘Game of Thrones’ and Netflix Lead the Way 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z

There's a new generation of Arabs who are doing astonishing things. Kiss' Gene Simmons undeterred by Jerusalem bombing 2011-03-25T19:30:49Z

Set in Louisiana in 1963, the show is a thing of astonishing beauty, with characters of extraordinary depth and sympathy. Music, Theater and More to Experience at Home This Weekend 2020-04-02T04:00:00Z

He and his seven fellow performers in "The Beast" are also astonishing dancers. A moment with Spectrum dancer Ty Alexander Cheng 2011-10-05T22:50:05Z

The first screening of the film – to a highly select audience of bloggers and fans and – astonishing I know – they all seemed to like it. Close up: The Dark Knight also Rises 2012-07-12T16:11:20Z

In his final piece, he probes the astonishing charisma of France’s president, Emmanuel Macron. Review | We blog, we tweet, we post to Facebook: Let’s instead savor the art of the essay 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z

Full of fantastic food, kind people and astonishing natural wonder, Sri Lanka is a place best seen slowly, even if you only have four days on the ground like I did. Sri Lanka, an Island Nation That Is Best Savored Slowly 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z

Gia Kourlas wrote in The Times that she was “the complete package, a mixture of astonishing technique, grandeur and ease.” American Ballet Theater Promotes 4 Dancers 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z

They have such wonderful round faces, with disks around their eyes that work like satellite dishes to capture and direct an astonishing range of sound to their ears. The Great Outdoors: From Your Backyard to a Garden in Japan 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z

The choreography of the “A Christmas Story Live!” quick-changes — some of which were seen briefly over the closing credits — were astonishing. Review: ‘A Christmas Story Live!’ Wasn’t Lively Enough 2017-12-18T05:00:00Z

I just loved the story – it is astonishing, the story of Troy, and all of the different conflicts, tangles and relationships, the heroes and heroines. Read 'em and keep: what are the books to pass on to the next generation? 2011-03-28T19:30:01Z

In one astonishing sequence, thousands of red-robed Buddhist monks fill city streets in silent protest. Amar Kanwar at Marian Goodman, Lyle Ashton Harris at CRG 2010-04-01T22:40:00Z

In this context, the numbers racked up by the “regional” Baahubali 2 – budgeted at $39m, made in Telugu and Tamil, with Hindi and Malayalam dubbed versions – are astonishing by Indian standards. Beyond Bollywood: where India's biggest movie hits really come from 2017-05-12T04:00:00Z

In his career Hayden designed an astonishing 30 world premieres, and saw Devine's ideas leave their centre of excellence at the Court and flourish mightily in other places. Hayden Griffin obituary 2013-04-01T15:43:35Z

As on-screen, his brown irises dart with astonishing velocity and expressiveness. Robert Downey Jr. hasn’t just made it all the way back, he’s made it all the way to the top

Perhaps the most notable change, however, is the astonishing mix of work by artists who are not white men throughout the museum. Perspective | Is Crystal Bridges, in rural Arkansas, the most woke museum in America? 2018-02-08T05:00:00Z

But as we approach the 100th anniversary of Anarchism and Other Essays, her first and best book, what is astonishing is the continuing relevance of her subject matter. Emma Goldman: a thoroughly modern anarchist 2010-10-06T12:00:00Z

Or rather the fact, the single, inexhaustibly astonishing fact. 127 Hours ? review 2011-01-06T22:05:00Z

Also elided are the reasons that 97 percent of loan recipients are women, especially astonishing in Bangladesh, a primarily Muslim country. Movie Review: ?Bonsai People,? a Documentary About Muhammad Yunus 2012-02-09T23:42:11Z

“The Essex Serpent” is also an example of what the nature writer Robert Macfarlane calls “a word-hoard of the astonishing lexis for landscape.” A Spirited Widow and a Monstrous Serpent Propel a Lush Novel 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z

More than once, the doctor refers to the experience of his "enks" as "astonishing", which it is, although Self's treatment of them is more pessimistic than that of Pinter or Sacks. Umbrella by Will Self – review 2012-08-10T21:55:01Z

Maybe Sarukkai's most astonishing innovation is in exploiting the changing light to seemingly transform herself into different beings. Malavika Sarukkai expressively displays Bharata Natyam 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z

It’s as if he’s ticking off a list of unimaginable feats one after another — but in fact his rhythm, with phrasing far more subtle than mere clock timing, is more astonishing than his balance. Dance Review: Merce Cunningham Troupe?s Last U.S. Repertory Night - Review 2011-12-11T23:27:57Z

The archive includes the astonishing creative output of Guthrie during his 55 years. Woody Guthrie Gets a Belated Honor in Oklahoma 2011-12-27T23:39:33Z

With tendrils drooping down, extending its length to an astonishing 10.2 inches, it suggests a corsage gone awry or dripping blood — disconcerting and oddly beautiful. The Brooch Is Back, Baby 2021-03-24T04:00:00Z

If so, it would not be the only astonishing thing about this painting, which has just been rediscovered in the basement of the National Gallery. Titian discovery at National Gallery 2013-01-07T21:51:45Z

The astonishing thing to remember is that this is a part of London people didn't visit 10 years ago. 10 years of Tate Modern 2010-04-24T23:07:00Z

Everybody in this musical, about beached stage actors who crash a small-town dance, worked with an astonishing sense of farce. Best Performances of 2019 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z

They wanted it so badly that their desire pushed human ingenuity to astonishing new levels, producing a cascade of indelible images in the process. Perspective | The most stirring photo from the Apollo mission wasn’t of the moon. It was of the Earth. 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z

“It’s an astonishing journey, going from a lush green landscape to an arid plateau. It is one hell of an experience.” Nepal-Tibet border reopens to tourists after 2015 earthquake 2017-09-16T04:00:00Z

Because any book is a disservice to the vast and astonishing quilt of the African-American experience that does not meticulously examine its individual patches and colorful threads. Motherlode Blog: The New Reader’s Back-to-School Booklist 2013-08-21T13:56:02Z

While the full import of that astonishing fact sinks in, let me say that “No Strings Attached,” directed by Ivan Reitman from a script by Elizabeth Meriwether, is not entirely terrible. | 'No Strings Attached': Firmly Committed to Casual 2011-01-20T14:18:23Z

It's only possible because of the astonishing drop in the price of sequencing. My own genome project 2013-06-08T18:45:00Z

Mr. Blechacz, it seemed, wanted to end the evening with this astonishing piece and not play an encore. The Pianist Rafal Blechacz at Zankel Hall 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z

Until then, I hadn’t given much thought to the economy of Westeros, or to its astonishing wealth gap and the notion that there are puppet strings controlled by bankers. Perspective | Was ‘Game of Thrones’ supposed to mean anything? Only if you wanted it to. 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z

She was utterly astonishing in the play every night. Nicky Silver on His Broadway Run of ‘The Lyons’ 2012-07-06T04:47:18Z

But her earlier efforts fascinate as well, linking up with an astonishing variety of postwar art movements: Abstract Expressionism, Art Informel and Viennese Actionism, to name a few. Art Review: ‘Maria Lassnig’ Celebrates the Artist at MoMA PS1 2014-03-27T21:52:41Z

Most astonishing has been the outpouring of love and respect from ordinary people. Gary Moore: the guitarist as gunslinger 2011-02-07T13:52:27Z

“His capacity to encompass a vast amount of material with seeming ease and a personal approach to it is astonishing.” James Levine Withdraws From Met?s Fall Season 2011-09-07T04:32:44Z

Cuarón served as the director of photography for “Roma,” and his work here is astonishing. ‘Roma’ Review: Alfonso Cuarón’s Masterpiece of Memory 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z

Everyone else defends Shelley, and to find her lumping him with Byron as a target of criticism was astonishing to me. Hay festival hears Byron and Shelley were 'monsters' 2010-06-03T10:49:00Z

On the eve of World War I, rhythmical movement became the common characteristic shared by works of otherwise astonishing diversity. Art Review: Severini and Van Dongen, Restless in a Rudderless 20th Century 2011-06-10T12:19:58Z

The donations are astonishing, and not only because millions of dollars flew into bank accounts seemingly unrestricted, with no strings attached. Perspective | MacKenzie Scott’s multimillion-dollar message: Art is essential everywhere, not just in museums and theaters 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z

Cree LeFavour has produced an astonishing number of cookbooks, and she has a wonderful name. Scenes From a Marriage: One Cheats, the Other Wants To 2020-08-18T04:00:00Z

Trained at Harvard and the Sorbonne, he had an astonishing gift for language, mastering most of the Western ones and also Sanskrit, Latin, and Greek. Our Favorite Nonfiction Books of 2019 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z

He is astonishing in the tarantellalike finale, which here becomes a dark, relentless dance. Box Sets Highlight Leonard Shure and Howard Karp 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z

It was sort of astonishing, then, to see Stewart on-stage, and to see that he is “just” a guy; he came to the event in a sweatshirt and jeans, emphasizing the “casual” in “casual conversation.” Jon Stewart faces his next chapter: Goodbye to “the joy machine” of the writing room and the anxiety of being the poster boy for the left 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z

CAPRI, Italy — In a location that requires no filter, it was astonishing how many such tools were being used on a springlike April afternoon. Pucci Returns to Capri 2022-05-02T04:00:00Z

The closing wonder 2, meanwhile, is flatly astonishing. m b v – review 2013-02-04T18:22:24Z

An astonishing four hours after that, we were in Mek’ele and at the airport, ready to rejoin the world after four days of peering into the crust of the Earth. Journey to an Ethiopian volcano located in one of the hottest places on Earth 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z

The islands’ claims to fame — astonishing prehistoric sites, Old Norse heritage and recent history as a WWI and World War II naval base — combine to spur travelers’ imaginations. Scotland’s Orkney Islands: remote rewards far from the maddening crowds 2019-07-24T04:00:00Z

But there are also moments of astonishing insight, and a sweeping sense of moral drama that feels true in spite of inaccuracies and implausibilities. | 'Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps': The Pride That Went Before the Fall 2010-09-23T16:10:00Z

“It’s astonishing,” he says, “to hear people say America is going down the drain.” How the presidential campaign looks through the eyes of a foreign journalist 2016-02-10T05:00:00Z

What was astonishing was how authentic Ms. Mulligan made the world of illusions seem to us. ArtsBeat: Theater Talkback: A Method to Their Madness 2011-07-07T15:40:01Z

Mr. Cannavale made an astonishing Yank, not least for his vertical, nearly feline leaps from the stage floor to the tabletops. Eugene O’Neill, Brought to Life in Bright Colors 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z

A two-hour recap that led into the closing episode also earned strong numbers, and the finale itself displayed almost astonishing consistency for most of its two and a half hours. ?Lost? Finale Brings ABC All-Night Ratings Success 2010-05-24T21:43:00Z

The second movement — Mr. Rosen calls it at once Baroque, classical and Romantic — is an astonishing piece of time travel: It looks back at the Baroque as if through the filter of jazz. Review: A Mark Morris Premiere Features Singular Theater Poetry 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z

From its announcement, “Behind the Candelabra,” directed by Mr. Soderbergh, has been as astonishing as its star subject’s preference for being driven onstage in a Rolls-Royce. Liberace’s Tale, From Michael Douglas and Steven Soderbergh 2013-05-17T21:54:42Z

This was the mark of sophistication that Pilobolus brought to Wolf Trap in its enthralling and frequently astonishing performance Tuesday night. Pilobolus’s naked display of magic

It is sometimes astonishing to read Faulkner and you’re in the space he’s describing. ArtsBeat: Jessye Norman Talks About ‘Stand Up Straight and Sing!’ 2014-05-06T16:27:37Z

It’s astonishing that we don’t hear about it more in the States. Emily Blunt on taking a hit, training with the FBI and her Taylor Swift moment 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z

These works are astonishing achievements in the physics of music. Pierre-Laurent Aimard Plays Bach at Carnegie Hall 2014-11-14T05:00:00Z

They returned to Europe to a hero’s welcome, their cases groaning with specimens; 2,000 new species of plants alone, which was astonishing given that only 6,000 had hitherto been recorded. Man of the world 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z

Most important, of course, is that we have the astonishing art these tools produced, work that defined mastery as an exercise of formal skill so virtuosic that it becomes its own form of radical invention. Bamigboye, Nigeria’s Tour-de-Force Sculptor, Claims His Fame in the World 2022-10-16T04:00:00Z

Even if he loses, what Monteverdi accomplished in this landmark opera, his final work, is astonishing. Music Review: Bad Guys Singing Of Love And Power 2010-11-19T05:30:00Z

“The Street” is my favorite type of novel, literary with an astonishing plot. Tayari Jones: In Praise of Ann Petry 2018-11-10T05:00:00Z

The question serves as a kind of humorous warning, since the novel that follows contains an astonishing range of breakdowns. A Gun Shop and a Family Prone to Breakdowns: What Could Go Wrong? 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z

In a scrupulously researched and reported book with a stellar cast of players, not to mention some astonishing sources, Wasson sees Roman Polanski as the genius who elevated “Chinatown” from good to great. It’s ‘Chinatown,’ Jake. On Second Thought, Don’t Forget It. 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z

It was a summons for a spectacular bruising as he later dominated the piano with astonishing force. Russia's secret weapon? Valery Gergiev and the rapturous music of the Mariinsky Orchestra 2017-11-02T04:00:00Z

At Royal College of Art, London SW7, 31 August until 6 September Semiconductor: Solar SystemsHow can art keep up with the astonishing images provided by modern astronomy? Magritte, Monet and Tracey Emin ? the week in art 2011-08-26T08:00:01Z

This is far from a clinical survey, but it does feel like our creative industries are smoothing the jagged surfaces of their lives with SSRIs in astonishing – even epidemic – numbers. Does Prozac help artists be creative? 2013-05-19T06:00:00Z

She was always the first — what’s astonishing is how even now, she still remains, in so many ways, the best. There will never be another Barbara Walters 2013-05-13T14:47:00Z

We passed occasional piles of dessicated horse manure attesting to the astonishing fact that the descent could be made on four legs, if not two. Deep in the heart of Big Bend National Park 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z

Even more astonishing was news from Veloso’s daughter-in-law that her friend’s infant does the same thing. Caetano Veloso’s exquisite protest music has always rejected the idea of despair 2021-10-22T04:00:00Z

On Friday, when Ms. Peck led the Waltz of the Flowers as Dewdrop — an astonishing performance — she was a changing force of nature: a lark, a breeze, a rainbow. Dance Review: Balanchine’s ‘Nutcracker’ at New York City Ballet 2012-11-25T22:19:46Z

These astonishing works marry the legacies of Eugene O’Neill and Samuel Beckett in scorching dramas that sound like absolutely no one else’s and yet are rooted in theatrical tradition. The real Sam Shepard behind the man we think we know 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z

And, despite the astonishing advances in Earth science over the last five decades, they are still quite difficult to describe. The Million Death Quake by Roger Musson – review 2012-11-09T09:20:19Z

He also displayed an astonishing verbal speed and self-assurance, which allowed him, without breaking tempo, to emphasize key phrases and make his lines snap. David Denby: Jesse Eisenberg Explores His Dark Side 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z

These desperate letters, which until recently were privately held, provide astonishing insight into Plath’s inner state in the troubled months when she wrote her strongest poems. Sylvia Plath’s Last Letters Show Her Struggling to Imagine Life Without Ted Hughes 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z

And though her jump is the most astonishing weapon in her armory, there’s no feature of the bravura choreography in which she doesn’t shine. Dance Review: Natalia Osipova Takes Don Quixote Airborne 2010-06-04T22:24:00Z

He recalled Christie’s 2004 auction for tobacco heiress Doris Duke’s wine collection which sold for an astonishing $3.7 million, much higher than he had anticipated. Mr. DeMille, I’m Ready for Your Booze Stash 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z

Assembling a story that’s equal parts astonishing and bamboozling, Baird and his screenwriter, Noah Pink, pit communism against capitalism and individual passion against corporate greed. ‘Tetris’ Review: Falling Blocks and Rising Freedom 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z

The teens who, galvanized by the astonishing sixteen-year-old activist Greta Thunberg, took to the streets on Friday for a “school strike” in cities spanning our shared, imperilled globe, are in a different position. New York’s Climate Strike and the Things That Make Teen-Agers March 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z

Schubert revels in tone color, this piece in particular, and in Dinnerstein’s hands an astonishing richness of opulence, brilliance, muted hues and quiet clarity spoke eloquently and moved inevitably in an intense and moving performance. Simone Dinnerstein gives intense, moving performance at Wolf Trap Barns

The idea of a bandaged, semi-corporeal figure arriving in a Sussex village to pursue his scientific experiments hardly seems suited to the stage, but this is to reckon without Kieve's astonishing ingenuity. The Invisible Man ? review 2010-11-24T21:45:00Z

He caroms between bitterness and giddy hope, strangled desires streaking across his face with astonishing force. | 'As? Que Pasen Cinco A?os': Fianc?, Tied in Poetic Knots 2011-01-23T22:23:43Z

Rightly so: funded by the Seagram Company, Johnson did something astonishing in this room. The Grill Is Confident, Theatrical, Sharp and New Yorky 2017-08-22T04:00:00Z

Cole draws us deeper and deeper into his mind, which has an astonishing depth of knowledge. Open City by Teju Cole ? review 2011-08-06T23:05:38Z

She dispatched every technical test with astonishing ease and visceral joy, and took obvious pleasure in the music’s often sardonic humor. Review: At the Philharmonic, a Guest Challenges Common Wisdom 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z

I don’t mean to sound down on Beethoven’s astonishing symphonies. Berlin Philharmonic’s Beethoven Marathon at Carnegie Prompts Some Head-Scratching 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z

I found it when he writes that “Keller’s prose, so unreservedly committed to earthly life, attains its most astonishing heights at precisely those moments where it reaches out to touch the edge of eternity.” Books of The Times: ‘A Place in the Country,’ Essays by W. G. Sebald 2014-02-09T22:17:26Z

Mr. Durning has an astonishing 207 acting credits on the site — a barkeep, a priest, a police officer, Santa Claus, assorted politicians. An Appraisal: Remembering Jack Klugman and Charles Durning 2012-12-25T22:41:22Z

In musical theater, there is nothing like a dame, a star of great voice, astonishing presence and dazzling wattage. A divine showing of divas put the ‘broad’ in Broadway 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z

I find it the most astonishing work in the museum.” | The Louvre Less Traveled 2011-09-27T22:00:14Z

He registers the astonishing beauty of the Aegean landscape next to the mundane details that have regrettably come to represent Greece — “the Heineken and moussakas, the ouzo and sardines.” Greece’s Fear and Yearning Crystallized in Fiction 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z

It’s such an astonishing thing that Philip did, which was to take very, very simple materials and a simple mode of expression, and create something that was original. Philip Glass and John Adams on a Bowie-Inspired New Symphony 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z

They also demonstrate the company’s astonishing stylistic versatility. Ballet Theater’s Met Season, a Mix of Sparkling Moments and Familiar War Horses 2015-07-03T04:00:00Z

The other revelation of the Drouot sale is the astonishing vitality of Lithuanian photography in the Soviet era. Photography: Soviet Photographs in a Rough-And-Tumble Auction 2011-04-01T12:00:31Z

For the past three decades, Lalah has been recognized for such talents as her frankly astonishing ability to sing chords and also her subtler gifts: her sensual, inventive approach to melodies and her smoldering tone. Eulaulah Hathaway on Her Musical Marriage to Donny Hathaway 2019-02-10T05:00:00Z

Most astonishing, though, Hollywood's highest-paid couple voluntarily took a financial hit. How Elizabeth Taylor silenced the censors 2011-03-30T23:53:15Z

Except the characters don’t only sing, they dance, and in astonishing ways. Review: Joan of Arc Is a Young Headbanger in ‘Jeannette’ 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z

That is why we preserve: to hold on to those foods that appear and disappear at an astonishing rate. Pickle the onions of spring while you still can

Right now it is astonishing to find myself still here at the end of each day. No Longer Writing, Philip Roth Still Has Plenty to Say 2018-01-16T05:00:00Z

The pro bono appointment shows Ms. Massenet’s astonishing virtuosity. British Fashion Gets a Web Dynamo 2013-02-04T11:43:14Z

The most astonishing detail here is that Wallace once tried to arrange to buy a handgun to kill the husband of the poet Mary Karr, with whom he was infatuated. Every Love Story Is a Ghost Story: A Life of David Foster Wallace – review 2012-08-30T07:00:41Z

Several boys and young men did off-balance turns of astonishing complexity. All Jooked Up With Everywhere to Go 2014-06-29T04:00:00Z

It’s quite astonishing how he’s managed to steer such a wild vision to the screen without interference. The 50 top films of 2017 in the US: No 7 The Shape of Water 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z

But it's even more astonishing when one looks at the history of the two companies. Steve Jobs always seemed eerily familiar and now I know why 2011-02-13T00:05:36Z

“Mother!’s” astonishing bigness may not be immediately apparent. The Mythic Maximalism of Darren Aronofsky’s “Mother!” 2017-09-16T04:00:00Z

Still, his performance is astonishing in its clarity, nuance and endurance. Review: 1 Actor, in 8 Roles, Wrestles Nuance From Eugene O’Neill’s ‘Strange Interlude’ 2017-10-22T04:00:00Z

The results were astonishing – the misdirection was remarkably effective at manipulating people’s conscious experiences. Mind games: what magic reveals about how our brains work 2019-03-30T04:00:00Z

The saxophonists were an astonishing pair: Hughes’s inquisitive phrases seemed to ask questions of Settles’s monumental tone. Review | Janel Leppin’s Ensemble Volcanic Ash is making a jazzlike sound you can look forward to 2021-10-31T04:00:00Z

In a program essay, Mr. Biss writes of the “lyricism and terror” existing side by side in “the astonishing and often unsettling music of Schubert’s late period.” Review: Two Concerts Explore Schubert, Before He Took His Leave 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z

Even more astonishing, perhaps, was the social context: 1977 was the year of the silver jubilee and punk, Britain fractured and filled with self-hate. My favourite Bond film: The Spy Who Loved Me 2012-09-28T10:21:34Z

In one astonishing moment, the two men apply a coat of primer to canvas with an almost Dionysian fury and are physically spent by the hard work. 'Red' examines art, an artist, the act of creation 2010-04-02T01:16:00Z

Puccini, something of a musical magpie, and not exactly progressive, nevertheless had his finger on the pulse of the 20th century to an astonishing degree – sentimentality, cruelty, hedonistic abandon, alienation. The Rest is Noise festival: what's your favourite piece of 20th-century music? 2012-11-29T20:00:02Z

The street is Pepys Road, where housing prices have climbed to astonishing heights and residents begin getting anonymous, creepy postcards saying: "We Want What You Have." John Lanchester's 'Capital': Lost in London on a not-so-easy street 2012-06-27T20:25:04Z

Served in a can that encourages the drinker to "drink from the can", I poured mine into a glass instead which permitted me to admire its astonishing color. Two Big Brewers Try to Cash In on an I.P.A. Craze 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z

Even though he wrote an astonishing number of works, in so many ways he was just getting going. ArtsBeat: Top 10 Composers: The Vienna Four Part 2 2011-01-11T12:00:49Z

Earthen barriers have reinforced mountainside rice beds in Bali for thousands of years, channeling rainfall, curbing erosion and providing habitats for ducks that feed on agricultural pests — while also resulting in astonishing beauty. These Books Move Heaven and Earth 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z

Invention abounds; the last image of coglike, interconnected movement by the group is astonishing. Review: Premiere of Wheeldon’s ‘Strapless’ at the Royal Ballet 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z

It’s astonishing that Smith evaded detection for so long, considering that the county had transformed itself into a spider with a thousand eyes. An Arsonist and His Femme Fatale Partner Fuel ‘American Fire’ 2017-07-12T04:00:00Z

Cats kill an astonishing number of birds in this country, as many as 2.4 billion a year. Protecting fragile bird species, one garden at a time

Instead we used this astonishing snapshot of the year – a broadcast that gives the lie to the idea of the swinging 60s. Celebrating 90 years on air: the best moments of speech radio 2012-11-13T11:12:21Z

Lighter than Smith's usual jaundiced takes on humankind, "Demon Dreams" doesn't reveal any astonishing secrets about how to manage your karma. Tommy Smith's 'Demon Dreams' at West of Lenin 2012-11-02T14:31:04Z

"For an outfit only just finding their feet, Bear Driver's debut single Wolves is nothing short of astonishing" – Mewbox. New band of the day ? No 801: Bear Driver 2010-06-04T16:25:00Z

Trump, in Bill Camp’s performance, is an astonishing creation. Review: Manly Trump Sinks Waterlogged Liberals in ‘Shipwreck’ 2020-10-19T04:00:00Z

Photograph: David Redfern The Modern Jazz Quartet is one of the most astonishing cultural phenomena of the postwar period. From the Observer archive, 29 November 1959: how to take pizzazz out of jazz 2012-11-24T00:05:25Z

Search the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s website using keywords like “plague” or “healing” and you will find an astonishing volume of objects devoted to these themes. 2 Art Gallery Shows to Explore From Home 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z

She sang William Walton’s cycle “A Song for the Lord Mayor’s Table” with energy and the folk song arrangements with easy freedom: “She Moved Through the Fair,” an Irish tune, was a cappella and astonishing. Music Review: The Soprano Lucy Crowe Gives Her New York Recital Debut 2014-04-10T23:14:25Z

As always, there was a lot of innovation on display, with astonishing feats of te chnology to keep avid collectors and fans excited. T Magazine: Highlights From the International Watch Salon 2013-02-06T18:28:44Z

Of course we went to the Warhol Museum, which captures the man’s astonishing evolution as a creative force — though, gosh, that’s a lot of museum for one fella. The smartest route to Pittsburgh: The one with no shortcuts 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z

The heroine chooses another way entirely, one that turns out to be profoundly heartbreaking, astonishing and gorgeous, and not at all where we suspected she would take us in the first place. "I May Destroy You" ends with a revolutionary "ego death" because the other options would be a lie 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z

As astonishing as it may seem, many evolutionists theorize that fish evolved into amphibians and amphibians into reptiles. ‘Girls’ still racist 2012-06-22T16:56:00Z

Unlike Mounsey’s segment, which uses subtlety and nuance to generate a sense of anxiety and then ramp it into overdrive, Pasic’s segment is marked by her committed physical and emotional performance, and it’s astonishing. The Need for Art That Hurts 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z

And an astonishing contortion act, with three spaghetti-spined young women arranging themselves in impossible body sculptures, wowed her. Review: Cirque du Soleil's 'Kooza' is more laughs and thrills than poetry and whimsy 2010-06-03T20:28:00Z

The evening kicked off the first of a three night musical bash, appropriately called “The Simpsons Take the Bowl,” to help honor the groundbreaking sitcom’s astonishing longevity. 'Simpsons' invade the Hollywood Bowl 2014-09-14T04:00:00Z

The results are an exuberant hodgepodge of genres, including an action thriller, a samurai fantasy epic and an astonishing melodrama of race, passion and family honor set on a 19th-century plantation. Critic?s Notebook: New Directors/New Films at the Film Society of Lincoln Center 2012-03-20T22:30:26Z

Then, in each of the following lively chapters, he explores an astonishing range of perspectives. Faith and Reasons: Two Authors Explore the Persistence of Religious Feeling 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z

I discovered “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass,” the astonishing document of a slave who taught himself to read at great peril to himself. A Lifetime of Reading Taught Min Jin Lee How to Write About Her Immigrant World 2021-04-07T04:00:00Z

An astonishing success story followed, and when Waller-Bridge returned with her character to a mainstream West End perch in 2019, there were House Full signs from its first performance onward. For Many Golden Globe Winners, the London Stage Came First 2021-03-02T05:00:00Z

I think our difficulty, as consumers and commentators, is that this is a period of astonishing, and disorienting, change. Apocalypse now? No, but we've lost our cultural way 2010-07-12T10:25:00Z

Running for an astonishing 31 seasons, AB’s most pernicious legacy may be its showing advertisers that teenagers, long ignored as a demographic, were, in fact, a huge and untapped market. Top 10 Music TV Shows 2012-02-03T13:00:09Z

There's an intense physicality to Tharp's choreography, not to mention a delight in show-biz razzle-dazzle, and both qualities are present in the dancers whose affairs of the heart are examined with astonishing theatricality. Tharp delivers libido-charged Sinatra love letter 2010-03-25T22:43:00Z

“It is just astonishing that something like this is happening in the United States.” What actually happens when Trump blacklists a reporter 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z

The sheer range of media in the show’s 41 objects — graphite, watercolor, pastel, oil stick, ink on paper, ink on plastic, collage — is astonishing. Menil’s New Drawing Institute: A Full-Service Home for Fragile Art 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z

He can draw a bun along with a set of eyelashes to die for, but the delicate, expressive fingers are astonishing: They complete the movement. 5 Dance Picture Books 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z

This book reminds us just how astonishing the radicalism of this composer’s creations really is. John Adams on Debussy, the First Modernist 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z

The Metropolitan Opera has an astonishing website; I imagine that it receives many millions of hits each year. Noises off: From Salesman to selling out 2012-06-08T11:20:39Z

That Pfizer and Lilly have allowed their names to be used in the picture is astonishing and an indication that the movie's account of the business is reasonably accurate. Love & Other Drugs ? review 2011-01-02T00:03:03Z

When you look over his career, it’s astonishing to think that DiCaprio — who has been acting in critically-acclaimed films for 20 years now — has yet to win an Oscar. Oscars 2014: When Will Leonardo DiCaprio Finally Win? 2014-02-25T19:30:48Z

Now restored and preserved in a Kino box set, this pulp thriller epic remains as fresh, astonishing and satisfying as it was nearly a century ago. 
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“It was beautiful; it was astonishing, yet all it was was dropping eggs,” Mr. Paxton recalled. Steve Paxton, a Buddha of American Dance 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z

There are numerous inscribed tombstones and altars around the astonishing Roman Baths – one of the most impressive and important Roman British sites in the country. Speaking stones: the Roman Baths at Bath 2011-04-07T12:02:58Z

There's concert footage as well, much of it astonishing; many fans regard the 1972 tour as the Stones' finest hour. The Rolling Stones' forbidden documentary 2010-05-22T18:01:00Z

This constantly changing texture makes us listen afresh to the beauty of Bach's astonishing vocal writing. Bach: Mass in B minor 2010-05-22T23:05:00Z

The surrounding desert, which at first glance appears barren, supports a complex ecosystem that features skilled hunters and astonishing spring flowers. A sweet and trippy reading in Joshua Tree 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z

Seagulls and squadrons of brown pelicans flew alongside my rented Hyundai as I drove across the astonishing seven-mile stretch of U.S. 44 Islands and 42 Bridges: A Florida Keys Road Trip 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z

As the company took pains to explain in its catalog, “Despite its astonishing appearance, this piece is very comfortable.” Irving Harper, Creator of the Marshmallow Sofa, Dies at 99 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z

While the chorus sounded astonishing — clear and secure — the men tended to get ahead of Mr. Petrenko, and the whole group’s acting, as is too often the case, was inconsistent: sometimes engaged, sometimes detached. Opera Review: ?Khovanshchina? at the Metropolitan Opera 2012-02-28T16:32:53Z

Perhaps the most astonishing impact of the new focus on power and monumentality matched by a move away from nuance is to be observed in the decorative arts. A Gathering of Treasures 2010-09-17T18:00:00Z

Wakanda continues to be a successful African nation with astonishing science and technology. "Black Panther" and its science role models inspire more than just movie awards 2019-02-24T05:00:00Z

His selflessness is as astonishing as Matt and Nicole’s casual acceptance of it, his motivations a mystery perhaps only the audience cares to solve. ‘Our Friend’ Review: Lean on Me 2021-01-21T05:00:00Z

The shots of butterflies flying high and making navigational adjustments, far above the Earth, are especially astonishing. 'Flight of the Butterflies': A must-see 3-D IMAX journey 2012-10-19T19:25:04Z

For Beatles fans, or any student of 20th-century pop culture, these are astonishing glimpses into the band’s working life and the tensions that surrounded them. Know How the Beatles Ended? Peter Jackson May Change Your Mind. 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z

Douglass’s magnanimity through these 20 searing minutes of American history is as astonishing and surpassing as Anderson’s poise and grace some 60 years later. Perspective | Marian Anderson’s Lincoln Memorial concert wasn’t the moment of racial reconciliation we like to think 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z

The moment that the Libyan rebels entered the Gaddafi compound was astonishing: and it was also slightly eerie. Libyan revolution has made democracy real and tangible idea, says novelist 2011-08-26T19:11:21Z

But what’s astonishing about “Spring Storm” is its depiction of the living deaths suffered by pretty much everyone on that stage. Review: The Young and Ever Restless Tennessee Williams 2010-04-20T12:41:00Z

Such phrases are always followed by statements of astonishing prudishness. The real boobs in the Holly Willoughby dress row are the 139 angry viewers 2013-06-27T11:48:39Z

You feel the sunrise of an astonishing breakthrough in which animated and photographed life might merge. Andy Serkis 2011-08-11T22:00:01Z

Eliot and Woolf certainly, but Forster too transmuted private paralysis into astonishing monuments to collective catastrophe. 1922: The Year That Transformed English Literature 2017-08-09T04:00:00Z

“And when he photographed people he turned them into sculptures. This is really an astonishing thing.” Mapplethorpe: A Sculptural Perspective 2014-04-15T13:18:50Z

For the real thing, however, they might be directed to the astonishing documentary Kings of Pastry, where grown Frenchmen are reduced to emotional wreckage over spun sugar. The continuing legacy of Pimp My Ride 2011-08-11T10:48:43Z

He met the work's myriad challenges with astonishing prowess. American Youth Symphony and National Children's Chorus members rise to 'Heaven Earth Mankind' 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z

Da Ponte’s astonishing life story would make for a great costume film. “The Marriage of Figaro” at the Met 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z

Exhibited with pinpoint lights in a darkened space, they achieve maximum visibility and reveal an astonishing variety. 10 Galleries to Visit in Chelsea 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z

This audacity propelled German soldiers across the globe with early and astonishing success. Hitler and the Holocaust 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z

They achieve not just what Aschheim calls a “temporary haunting of a real space,” but an astonishing evocative experience for the visitor. At Suyama Space, mesmerizing ‘Threshold’ 2013-01-31T22:59:32Z

His translator's introduction reveals an astonishing understanding of both writer and subject. Christopher Pemberton obituary 2011-02-06T18:21:37Z

Photograph: Artificial Eye Three years ago, without fuss, a young British director pulled off an astonishing coup de cinema. Berberian Sound Studio – review 2012-06-29T16:06:07Z

The Bunker Hill Redevelopment Project was adopted in 1959 and somehow lasted an astonishing fifty-three years. A Split-Screen Tour of Los Angeles, Seventy Years Ago and Today 2016-07-18T04:00:00Z

Elegance, as the Countess defines it, is “the art of being astonishing without creating astonishment.” Haute Ticket: Jacqueline de Ribes at the Met 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z

The estimated global total of new insect material that grows each year is an astonishing 1,500 million tons. Insects are vanishing worldwide – making it harder to grow food 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z

Leonardo's perception of nature was astonishing, especially for its time. 'Leonardo's Legacy': Leonardo da Vinci ? artist, inventor, naturalist 2010-06-23T23:37:00Z

When the cold war ended, after the Berlin Wall came down, and once the internet took off in the 1990s, there was an astonishing new landscape to explore and describe. A global tongue 2010-05-08T23:05:00Z

But what made the series so exceptional was its insistence on examining the human riddle at its center, turning it over and over again to uncover astonishing new facets and missed connections. 12 Surprising Reasons to Be Grateful for the Arts in 2017 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z

The truth of what happened to him is devastating; the truth of how he found forgiveness in his soul is astonishing. ‘The Railway Man’: a WWII story of remarkable forgiveness 2014-04-24T20:36:26Z

Drawn and painted in writing ink, to show different qualities of light, it’s astonishing to behold. Stop and Smell the Roses 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z

"The Sky of My Childhood," released Thursday in Kazakhstan, charts the early life of President Nursultan Nazarbayev, who last week won a presidential election with an astonishing 95 percent of the vote. Authoritarian Kazakh leader hits movie screens 2011-04-14T11:26:10Z

Retired Vancouver stock traders and Calgary oil executives, retail magnates and other moneyed folk have built some astonishing wineries in places with great views and top-notch restaurants. Fall harvest is the best time to visit wine country. Here are 4 places to get you started. 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z

It may not be possible for any photographer to avoid romanticizing Bryce Canyon, and she presents it as the place of astonishing beauty that it surely is. Messiaen's ode to Utah's national parks is a multimedia wonder at Disney Hall 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z

The results, in books such as The Code of the Woosters, Joy in the Morning and Pigs Have Wings, were astonishing – comic writing elevated to a kind of poetry. Will PG Wodehouse's Blandings work on TV? 2013-01-12T15:58:12Z

As Joel and Ellie travel from Boston to Pittsburgh and beyond, the attention to detail is astonishing. Review: Humanity abides in 'The Last of Us' 2013-06-13T12:57:08Z

“Where the Crawdads Sing” continues to sell at an astonishing rate — it sold 80,550 print copies the week ending July 9 — and is currently the top-selling book on Amazon. Questions About An Unsolved Murder Linger Over ‘Where the Crawdads Sing’ 2022-07-19T04:00:00Z

Up close, the “Aladdin” costumes offer astonishing intricacies, like the beaded birds and flowering vines that meander up and down Aladdin’s turquoise robe. Velvet, Organza and Vipers: Stage Costumes Dazzle 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z

There is also a novelization of the series -- an astonishing thought -- available here. TV Picks: 'Community,' 'Decker,' 'Empire,' 'iZombie' 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z

The photos they show me of their trips around the world, from Mexico to Macau, are of an astonishing quality. The 100-year-old couple – still married, still going strong 2017-02-11T05:00:00Z

When the play debuted in 2005, The New York Times said it is “as unassuming in its means as it is astonishing in its impact.” 15 Plays and Musicals to Go to in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z

Black is plenty smart and capable of astonishing leaps of vision. The Plight of the Political Convert 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z

If Hugo’s aesthetic and psychological treatment of his subjects isn’t astonishing enough, his command of a variety of media is equally impressive. ‘Stones to Stains: The Drawings of Victor Hugo’ Review: A Writer’s Other, Haunting Talent 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z

To call this standout book a corrective would make it sound earnest and dutiful, when in fact it is wry, readable and often astonishing. ‘How to Hide an Empire’ Shines Light on America’s Expansionist Side 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z

In current context it’s astonishing to see the effort that Hollywood and the sports world put into redeeming and maintaining Simpson’s hero status after one 1989 incident made the news. ESPN’s ‘O.J.: Made in America’ is nothing short of a towering achievement 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z

"Form and content are seamlessly integrated in an astonishing, audacious and courageous show," the reviewer continued. Sondheim hails 'fresh' Assassins show 2014-12-02T05:00:00Z

What’s astonishing is how Neighbors funnels so much clarity and despair into guitar phrases that torque time and space. Review | In chaotic times, Mizmor’s heavy metal is a model of composure 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z

The story of art is the story of trouble, and May’s genius is in bearing and surviving that trouble and finding original, astonishing ways of showing it. Movie of the Week: “Ishtar” 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z

In the meantime, he said, he has already written another 85 video chapters, each one more astonishing than the last. ArtsBeat: R. Kelly Discusses Theatrical Adaptation of 'Trapped in the Closet' 2012-11-20T17:57:04Z

The suite of public rooms upstairs provide the backdrop for Wellington’s astonishing collection of paintings. Cultured Traveler: In London, Private Homes on Display 2010-12-31T19:55:00Z

The sense you get of being almost behind Cézanne’s eyes — or at least, bearing intimate witness as he observes, adjusts, solves and resolves, all at an astonishing level of intuitive intelligence — is exhilarating. Review | Want to go deep inside a great artist’s mind? MoMA’s Cézanne exhibition is the one to see this summer. 2021-06-14T04:00:00Z

As a first step, theirs is an astonishing tale. To have and to hold 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z

One should never bother expending compassion on rich and famous celebrities, but the combination of adoration and derision that greeted Stewart’s astonishing ascent was almost as unprecedented as the event itself – and almost as exaggerated. Kristen Stewart’s post-“Twilight” resurrection: Her indie career is no gimmick, and no surprise 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z

A useful reminder of the astonishing scientific advances we so quickly learn to take for granted. TV highlights 07/01/2013 2013-01-06T19:59:03Z

It offers an astonishing chronology of an obliterated romantic partnership, the eviscerating grief that followed and the healing that’s still underway. All is full of love: Listening for Bjork’s radical humanity 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z

The stories of the victims and the scientists are told in astonishing detail. Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic by David Quammen – review 2012-10-11T07:00:01Z

And yet, we have this astonishing quote from this year’s SVB report: U.S. wine’s worries for 2017: Who’s picking the grapes, who’s buying 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z

That streaming number is down about a third from the astonishing 385 million that “More Life” notched in its opening week. Drake’s ‘More Life’ Spends a Second Week at No. 1, Boosted by 253 Million Streams 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z

The impact it has had on the gay community, in being one of the most astonishing movies about love, period, should not be understated. The Best Movies of 2017 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z

It’s astonishing how these ingredients are built into a framework for the ballet’s many pas de deux — above all the phenomenal duets, acrobatically and intensely sexual, that conclude each of the three acts. After Flood, Houston Ballet Returns With a Romantic Masterpiece 2017-09-24T04:00:00Z

In the decades since his astonishing first novel, “Satantango,” in 1985, his sprawling sentences have established him as a cult figure among readers drawn to contrarian authors who sound like no one else. ‘The World Goes On’ — and So Do the Sentences 2018-01-12T05:00:00Z

The main speaker is Joyce McKinney, a charming and loquacious Southerner with an astonishing story to tell. Captivating Films, Complicated Truths 2011-07-23T00:03:17Z

Stolley showed up early, before other reporters, and viewed the astonishing 26 seconds of film. Perspective | What Biden — and a lot of other people — get wrong about journalists 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z

First and foremost was that astonishing opening scene, in which we see Walt’s true motives – his true reasons for being – laid bare. Breaking Bad Watch: Four Terrifying Glimpses of Walter White, Lost Cause 2012-08-27T16:09:22Z

More intriguing is “Catalogue,” featuring the velvety dancing of Jill Johnson — formerly a principal dancer with Ballet Frankfurt, she is still astonishing — alongside the newcomer Brit Rodemund. Review: William Forsythe Takes Dance to a Quiet, Uneven Place 2019-10-13T04:00:00Z

But these terrible fancies proved surprisingly easy to dismiss in the astonishing peacefulness. Scuba Diving in Thailand: A Balancing Act 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z

Greengrass did just that, and the result is the fifth installment in the franchise, the fourth starring Damon, and, per the trailer, an astonishing number of totaled vehicles. These are TIME's Most Anticipated Movies of the Summer 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z

Britons are now prepared to reveal themselves with astonishing candour. What's typically British now? Tears, tents and no spiders 2012-06-01T19:30:01Z

“It’s astonishing that this is happening in the media capital of America,” said Robbins, now a journalist in residence at City University of New York. The city that never sleeps finds that it’s running out of reporters to report 2018-07-23T04:00:00Z

The Beatles always revelled in the new and the untried, and across their career they repurposed highly disparate influences with astonishing energy and inventiveness. Get Back: The Beatles rocked the rooftop 50 years ago 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z

"It is astonishing to see that adult sites are more popular in the UK than all social networks combined." Porn sites get more internet traffic in UK than social networks or shopping 2013-07-26T16:35:09Z

Two paths diverged in the wood, and “Downton Abbey,” despite its astonishing talent and productive values, took the path of predictable, repetitive soap opera. America’s long obsession with “Downton Abbey”: How the show became a satire of Britishness 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z

An astonishing, inspiring number of these albums are excellent, making it difficult for each writer to choose just five for this list of 25 of the year’s most memorable. The Best Classical Music Recordings of 2015 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z

Memorable, too, is the astonishing Psychology for the Fighting Man, a work of startling empathy and humanity, produced in 1943 and distributed to American forces. Deserter: The Untold Story of WWII by Charles Glass – review 2013-03-28T11:00:01Z

Most astonishing, Mendelssohn was still in his teens when he wrote his first piano sonata. Review: Philip Glass, at 82, Unveils His First Piano Sonata 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z

So to re-establish the ridiculous habits of Hollywood casting directors, here are 10 movies that deliver some seriously astonishing age gaps, and expect us to run with them. Hollywood's love affair with old dudes romancing young women 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z

What do you get from the astonishing feat, besides astonishment, that you wouldn’t get if the same material had been acted out as it might be in a typically effective television procedural? Review: In the Disturbing ‘Dana H.,’ Whose Voice Is It Anyway? 2021-10-17T04:00:00Z

I don't know that there was anything particularly astonishing about the conversation, in that regard. Vintage chat: Moyers and Stewart 2011-05-18T16:30:00Z

It was not simply Walker's display of virtuosity – graceful and apparently effortless – that was astonishing, but his ability to characterise the music so vividly. Walker/Watkins 2010-06-09T21:15:00Z

The change that came over her was astonishing. Byron Katie: ‘Just ask yourself, is that thought really true?’ 2017-12-30T05:00:00Z

She is fantastically clever and when she's on about ideas she is astonishing. AS Byatt says women who write intellectual books seen as unnatural 2010-08-20T18:37:00Z

It’s astonishing that such rich territory hasn’t been explored already.” Eve Ensler: trans people have been caricatures for too long 2015-08-19T04:00:00Z

It all sounds like remarkable, astonishing and marvellous doesn't it? Notes on PEN's annotated first edition auction 2013-05-20T10:58:00Z

Ullrich argues that the very qualities that accounted for Hitler’s astonishing rise were also what brought about his ultimate ruin. 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z

With characteristic cleverness, though, each of these minor irritants transitions into a crucial plot device with astonishing agility. #MeToo to MAGA: why Curb Your Enthusiasm is still TV's most daring comedy 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z

All of which makes Violent J's recent announcement really quite astonishing: Insane Clown Posse have this entire time secretly been evangelical Christians. And God created controversy 2010-10-08T23:03:00Z

While one might imagine the book as three stories braided together, "The Warmth of Other Suns" feels intimate and panoramic because of Wilkerson's astonishing synchronistic ability. Genealogy class sprouts tale of Great Migration 2011-01-14T23:06:00Z

In an astonishing burst of productivity in the early 1890s, he wrote the blockbuster comedic plays “Lady Windermere’s Fan,” “A Woman of No Importance,” “An Ideal Husband” and “The Importance of Being Earnest.” Review | Surprising influences on Oscar Wilde’s greatest works 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z

Eric Holder, who would become Barack Obama’s attorney general, may have played the most astonishing role in escalating the war on crime. ‘Locking Up Our Own,’ What Led to Mass Incarceration of Black Men 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z

But this is a Robert Wilson production, a series of astonishing, breathtaking and complex tableaux held together by the brilliant performance of Willem Dafoe, who recounts her story like a crazed chorus. Manchester international festival: Room with no view 2011-07-11T20:30:01Z

She was one of the violin world’s most astonishing prodigies — and two decades after her rise to teenage stardom, Hilary Hahn at 37 continues to grow as a star soloist. A high-wattage evening: violinist Hilary Hahn with Seattle Symphony 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z

The number of people who are in solitary is astonishing and indefensible. Orange is the New Black” author: Prison wastes time, human potential and money 2013-09-06T23:00:00Z

George Saunders has a novel coming out next year, “Lincoln in the Bardo,” and he sent me an early copy, and it’s astonishing. Nick Offerman on 'great scam artist' Tom Sawyer and his favorite writers 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z

But the sense of purpose, confidence and detail in the dancing and the astonishing quality of the dancers suggest a company in full flower. Dance Review: In London, a Triple Bill From the Bolshoi 2010-08-02T21:06:00Z

Instead, that was, in an astonishing blindside, done. Boardwalk Empire Watch: Do It Yourself 2011-12-12T13:20:05Z

It is astonishing that Ms. Shaw’s career is still young enough that that two-ensemble piece is her first real commission. Caroline Shaw, Award-Winning Composer 2013-04-18T00:31:19Z

Visitors might be handed a glass of pinot but the hostess would rather stay as sober as possible as she tackles another astonishing part in a career populated by plenty of them. Fiona Shaw plays the Virgin Mary with 'no agenda' 2013-04-12T13:00:14Z

Alas, what was most eye-opening about the program was how the astonishing banality of the musical selections — greatest-hits compilations sold on TV are more adventurous — was matched by the general awfulness of the choreography. Ezralow Dance Makes Its Debut in Los Angeles 2014-09-15T04:00:00Z

Here, Parkhurst cements herself as a writer capable of astonishing humanity and exquisite prose, someone whose wisdom parents and their judges should heed. The powerful story of one family’s struggle to save an autistic child 2016-07-26T04:00:00Z

What's astonishing — as the new documentary "Ai Weiwei: The Fake Case" reminds us — is that three years ago, Ai was anything but free. For Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, 'free' is a relative term 2014-06-10T04:00:00Z

He was astonishing as Gordon Brown in The Deal, the drama that told the story of the leadership agreement made between Brown and Blair. David Morrissey: 'Acting gave me a life' 2012-11-09T17:00:01Z

"Bill Nighy at full belt on stage is astonishing, unbalancing, unforgettable," he wrote. Skylight illuminates West End 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z

Garland is in astonishing mettle here; the space and the mood are more congenial than was the formal cavern where I saw him. The Best Jazz Reissues of 2014 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z

“The astonishing thing about the new JACK is that it does indeed have the same ring,” he writes. Essential Arts & Culture: NEA threats, the Lucas museum vision, minimalist music and the return of Zubin Mehta 2017-01-21T05:00:00Z

It’s giddy and wild and, thanks to Huppuch’s especially astonishing work, kind of terrifying, in the vein of the bilious truth-telling in “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” ‘The Wolfe Twins’ at Studio Theatre: A smart trip

As of Monday, the 69th edition of the Cannes Film Festival is almost exactly at midpoint, and already the pileup of terrific—or even flawed but fascinating—films is astonishing. At Cannes, A German Comedy to Fall in Love With, and Paterson's Poetic Radiance 2016-05-16T04:00:00Z

Even when you're tackling big, bold, brilliant women, it's astonishing how insidious the well-worn tropes can prove. Where are all the daring women's heroines? 2011-03-08T10:57:47Z

The final shot, accompanied by an improbable but perfect musical cue, is an astonishing cinematic gesture, an appalling, hilarious statement about modern values, the state of the world, human nature and everything else. Review: In ‘The Treasure,’ Digging for Something of Value in Romania 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z

Only the last offers a clue to interpreting the movie’s more astonishing revelations and unprobed corners. Review: ‘Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood’ Reveals a Gabby Hollywood Hustler 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z

But Ayckbourn and his technical team, including Michael Holt as designer, show astonishing ingenuity in creating, among many other things, an elliptical device for communicating with holograms. Surprises – theatre review 2012-07-17T11:29:54Z

He taught mostly graduate courses, and worked with an astonishing number of graduate students. Influential thinker Herbert Blau changed theater landscape 2013-05-06T23:55:22Z

“When the film came around, I found out I was too old to play Éponine or Cosette—which I handled with astonishing grace.” They Dreamed a Dream: Les Misérables Is a Whole New Kind of Movie Musical 2012-12-04T17:00:00Z

All the fury, grace and poetry in Khan's body contracts into a single fearsome but ecstatic juddering, and in one astonishing metaphor he shows us both the leaping savagery of the flames and Gandhari's agony. Gnosis 2010-04-26T23:32:00Z

Massey’s is an astonishing story – one of criminality and violence, regret and loss, humour and chutzpah, love and loyalty. 'You start getting bitter': what I learned from 43 years in prison 2018-07-28T04:00:00Z

"Picasso's portraits epitomise the astonishing variety and innovation of his art," the gallery said on its website. Picasso works go on display at London's National Portrait Gallery 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z

He also, though, made story ballets, often with unimagined twists and astonishing endings. She Rotates, She Floats, She Glides on Her Toes 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z

This was true — as Brendan King demonstrates in his astonishing new biography — but also the entire point. Beryl Bainbridge: The writer who used tragedy as an entry point into farce 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z

And the Americas were every bit as diverse and complex as Europe, says Blackhawk: “an astonishing universe of social communities inhabited the American landscape.” How to Talk to Kids About America Before Columbus 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z

As an examination of different states of love, this is a work of astonishing maturity, and the skill and confidence with which Scarlett deploys his large cast promise great things. Electric Counterpoint, Asphodel Meadows, Carmen; Dystopian Wonders; Breakin' Convention 2010-05-08T23:07:00Z

The most astonishing moment – quiet but revolutionary – occurs when an unexpected someone sits opposite Rutherford at the table's head. Rutherford & Son; Glasgow Girls; Playing Cards 1: Spades – review 2013-02-17T00:06:21Z

Though I had to swallow some disappointment to see it, Abbé’s fumaroles, built up over millennia by the accretion of calcareous mineral deposits, still presented an astonishing panorama. A Remarkable Rail Journey Into the Horn of Africa’s Past, and Future 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z

What’s surprising, even astonishing, about “A Quiet Passion” is that, first of all, it’s funny—not just clever or wry but uproarious, outrageous, hysterical. A Masterful Emily Dickinson Movie 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z

Although I regard these poems as some of the most astonishing and lucid writing ever delivered to the world, I wonder if I was too interested in despair at that age. Deborah Levy Would Like to Drink With Virginia Woolf 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z

Stravinsky was inspired to write astonishing scores for Balanchine, like “Orpheus” and “Apollo.” ArtsBeat: Top 10 Composers: Which 20th-Century Masters Will Make the Cut? 2011-01-12T13:43:50Z

Not to reinforce invidious stereotypes, but they were, well, more colorful than any I'd seen before, an earth-toned rainbow ranging from ivory to umber, dappled here and there with astonishing flecks of creme de menthe. Looking for Uncle Allan: A queer odyssey 2021-06-12T04:00:00Z

The most astonishing sentences are those that stir emotions: Joan Didion’s “We tell ourselves stories in order to live”; William Faulkner’s “My mother is a fish.” Bravery, self-exposure and the precision of words 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z

His teaching style was an invigorating and mesmerising mix of laid-back chat, practical advice, an astonishing ability to quote from memory, analytical rigour, bad jokes, and an unstinting devotion to poetry. My hero Michael Donaghy 2010-11-20T00:07:00Z

Nearly three decades after “Daughters,” many of the barriers Dash faced remain intact, making the recent accomplishments of black women behind the camera even more astonishing. Black women are making history behind the camera in Hollywood 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z

The second world war demonstrated the astonishing power of America’s production machine. G force 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z

There is Roger’s astonishing charm: Here is a man who can size up anyone in a heartbeat, can work a funeral as easily as he works political rallies and simply doesn’t lie. Books of The Times: ?Truth Like the Sun,? by Jim Lynch 2012-04-08T22:00:45Z

It was an astonishing thing to witness — an iconic news organization feeling the need to hawk not the quality of its writing and reporting, but the most fundamental virtues of its entire industry’s mission. The Truth Is Hard. But for a New York Times Lawyer, Defending It Is Fun. 2019-03-11T04:00:00Z

The astonishing experience of recognition and implication in the same moment. Dana Spiotta Loves Coming Across Jokes in Really Old Books 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z

Part of what’s astonishing is the audience: Thousands of people attend each performance, some of them having traveled hundreds of miles or more. Die-Hard Ballet Fans, Passionate and Partisan 2014-04-25T20:08:08Z

"These are astonishing objects, not just very beautiful but with many stories to tell us about the culture in which they were made," said Neil MacGregor, director of the British Museum. British Museum buys Assyrian treasures cleaned by Agatha Christie 2011-03-07T16:43:37Z

Her high, distant, panoramic view of the Kaaba shrine in Mecca, encircled by tens of thousands of pilgrims, is an astonishing thing. ‘The Middle East Revealed: A Female Perspective’ and ‘Syria in 1940’ 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z

To pack so much into an hourlong episode is an achievement; to do so without any of it seeming rushed or gimmicky is astonishing. The Memorable TV Episodes of 2016 2016-12-28T05:00:00Z

The international protests over the death of George Floyd, killed by a Minneapolis police officer who kneeled on his neck for an astonishing eight minutes and forty-six seconds, were at the president's doorstep. In the name of the movement: Black Lives Matter Plaza, Breonna Taylor and the long road to justice 2020-06-27T04:00:00Z

Their resilience is encoded in their sound, which qualifies as an astonishing act of endurance, both across the decades and within the songs. Review | Eyehategod’s high-gravity metal can connect you to the heavens 2021-03-12T05:00:00Z

But when the production hitches a ride on the astonishing craft of the original, it is often thrilling. Review: A Yiddish ‘Fiddler on the Roof’? Sounds Crazy, Nu? 2018-07-17T04:00:00Z

An embarrassment of riches, but the performance of the year is by Cynthia Erivo, the British actress making an astonishing Broadway debut.  A race for the record books: Can anything stop 'Hamilton' from making history at the Tony Awards? 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z

Mohseni’s line readings feel, at first, presentational, but her gaze is astonishing in its ability to convey longing and a mask of contentedness. ‘See You Then’ Review: The More Things Stay the Same 2022-04-18T04:00:00Z

Another Country, the great movie which brought his angular beauty and astonishing charisma to national attention, was the first 15-rated film I ever saw underage. Rupert Everett: 'Sex is over. I'm not motivated by it any more' 2013-04-21T07:30:01Z

Take, for example, the astonishing increases he cites in both cotton productivity and cotton production. Blood cotton 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z

It's astonishing that it's more than 70 years since he wrote the music for Citizen Kane. Herrmann: Scoring the best 2012-08-04T00:16:46Z

Miller and Mr. Penrose’s son, Antony Penrose, graciously took us around a place that is a working farm, a living memorial, a handsome dwelling and an astonishing small museum. The Bloomsbury Bohemians in the British Countryside 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z

Chabon’s rich comic novel about fathers and sons in Berkeley and Oakland, Calif., juggles multiple plots and mounds of pop culture references in astonishing prose. 100 Notable Books of 2012 2012-11-27T16:28:12Z

Then they’d go to the firehouse where an astonishing outpouring of love awaited them. Mudslide survivors find gratitude and ways to go on 2014-11-12T05:00:00Z

Mr. Mayer is an astonishing blues guitarist, both in his technical gifts and in his ability to make those gifts appear accessible. Music: Now Letting His Guitar Do the Talking 2010-03-01T06:39:00Z

Atmosphere Philip Johnson’s 1959 interior is more astonishing than ever, and it benefits from the new energy in the room. The Grill Is Confident, Theatrical, Sharp and New Yorky 2017-08-22T04:00:00Z

When Chouinard’s company brought its version of “Orpheus and Eurydice” to On the Boards in 2008, a Seattle Times reviewer praised the troupe’s “astonishing language of energized, tormented beauty,” calling it “primordial and futuristic both.” 100th birthday celebrations for ‘The Rite of Spring’ in Seattle 2013-01-16T23:39:04Z

Managing to inject an astonishing amount of venom into every "Yes sir", Burnside is a brute in a well-cut suit. The Sandbaggers: box set review 2013-06-13T14:00:01Z

They grow, they learn, and they remind the rest of us of the astonishing power that is our common birthright. Movie Review |'Babies': Thomas Balm?s?s Chronicle of Four Babies 2010-05-06T22:16:00Z

Among these is the Holy Thorn Reliquary, an astonishing confection of gold, precious stones, rock crystal and numerous tiny enameled figures, made around 1400 to house a supposed thorn from Christ’s crown of thorns. A Sleek Home at British Museum for Ferdinand’s Gift 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z

So if you wish to remember the restaurant, or would be inspired to tackle its vegan recipes, including the most astonishing chirashi sushi you’re likely to encounter, this book is for you. The Impermanence of Beauty 2021-01-25T05:00:00Z

Hopper's comeback was consecrated in 1986, with his astonishing portrayal of a psychopathic kidnapper in David Lynch's Blue Velvet. Dennis Hopper obituary 2010-05-29T18:51:00Z

Brown has done something astonishing: He makes the reader care, even sympathize, with perhaps the last subject worthy of such affection. Review | Princess Margaret’s beauty and arrogance are on parade in ‘Ninety-Nine Glimpses’ 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z

The sheer number of facts and figures that Armbruster has at his command is astonishing. 'Before Seattle Rocked': music history as social history 2011-10-27T20:10:05Z

It’s astonishing now to think how an alleged killer’s handsomeness could shift public perception, but it did. Perspective | In resisting the allure of a killer’s good looks, ‘Preppy Murder’ series restores some dignity to his victim 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z

In his old age, failing in health, he made an astonishing return to the jewellery making of his early days in Birmingham. Ronald Carter 2013-05-30T14:09:38Z

There are hoops and ropes and sticks, but mostly there is just astonishing physical mastery. The Week Ahead: Feb. 27 ? Mar. 5 2011-02-25T14:59:35Z

His astonishing 2017 feature, “Dawson City: Frozen Time,” unearthed an uncanny swatch of buried film history from the end of the line of the Klondike Gold Rush. ‘The Village Detective: A Song Cycle’ Review: Soviet Film Hero Emerges 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z

The cowhide-bound menu, an astonishing 132 dishes long, lands on the table with a soft thud, the dining equivalent of shock and awe. Farmers & Distillers preview: An unfortunate matter of scale 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z

"It is astonishing that the Conservatives fail to mention arts or culture once," he said. Labour's manifesto steals the arts policy spotlight 2010-04-13T22:15:00Z

“Funeral Song” is no missing link in that astonishing evolution; instead, it only heightens the daring of Stravinsky’s leap into the unknown. A Rediscovered Stravinsky Work, from Before He Made His Leap Into the Unknown 2017-04-25T04:00:00Z

Bynum exacts the same amount of commitment and control as a director with precise visual compositions as Majors does in his astonishing performance. "You have a religious devotion to this sport": Director on bodybuilding movie "Magazine Dreams" 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z

And then we see a series of galleries that to an outsider is astonishing, demonstrating the extent to which nearly everything about Seattle is engineered. Museum Review: Museum of History & Industry Reopens in Seattle 2012-12-29T01:25:41Z

The actors are impeccably cast and deliver unaffected and subtly astonishing performances. Review: In ‘The Best We Could,’ the Players Follow Directions 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z

But the shock of his death on Sunday revealed, too soon and too late, the astonishing scale of his greatness and the solidity of his achievement. An Appraisal: A. O. Scott on Philip Seymour Hoffman 2014-02-03T17:36:07Z

They deliver astonishing performances, yet most had never even acted before. Plan B: 'I love directing. But does my art change lives? I don't think it does' 2012-06-07T19:00:08Z

When he finally caught up with them, the reunited group socialized and vocalized with astonishing vigor for hours. Orcas: Amazing athletes, but they don’t belong at the Olympics 2014-02-07T13:30:00Z

That astonishing voice — dark, vehement, burning — pours out with extraordinary ease throughout her range. Dance Review: ‘Dido and Aeneas,’ From Mark Morris, at Mostly Mozart 2012-08-23T22:03:45Z

The level of research is astonishing, at times to the point of scholasticism. A sonata in two movements 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z

"The interconnectedness of the Iranian community is kind of astonishing," he said. HBO works to get film on dissident seen in Iran 2010-06-15T19:34:00Z

The work he made during this period is astonishing, and sometimes terrifying. Perspective | I grew up in Upstate New York. It took the art of Charles Burchfield to help me rediscover the beauty of its winters. 2020-01-01T05:00:00Z

The variety Mr. Taylor finds in his women is more astonishing. Dance Review: Revealing New Facets of a Choreographer?s Gemstones 2010-03-01T23:06:00Z

It’s an astonishing voice, and it’s beyond astonishment really, it’s inexplicable. The peak of Sinatra’s power: “Every Sinatra performance was acting. His greatest performance was as himself” 2015-11-21T05:00:00Z

The opera is also unimaginable without Victoria Simmonds in the title role and Martin Duncan's astonishing production. The Adventures of Pinocchio 2010-09-20T21:21:00Z

Indeed, he shared the joke and the mystery if one asked: how can a man so reasonable and charitable have such an astonishing, passionate awareness of violence? Arthur Penn: a gentle man and a master of violence 2010-09-30T10:47:00Z

“Imelda is an astonishing talent and will be a fantastic successor,” Morgan said in a statement Friday. Netflix hit series ‘The Crown’ taps its new and last queen 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z

Thailand may be famous for its tropical isles and aquamarine seas, but select rivers and canals in the country’s core offer opportunities for some astonishing adventures as well. Taking to the River in Thailand 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z

An honest, alien visitor to Kenwood would otherwise think British art is a minor sidekick to the astonishing genius of European painting. Kenwood House and what it says about British art 2010-11-23T14:57:00Z

Using what he has described as “stone age” techniques, Mr. Kentridge achieves astonishing results. Two Kentridge Shows Come to Paris 2010-08-10T10:00:00Z

It’s an astonishing love story, all the more notable for the sheer amount of documentation that is shown onscreen. ‘Nelly & Nadine’ Review: An Unlikely Love, an Unlikely Record 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z

It is about understanding how and why weird and astonishing species evolve. In ‘Life at the Limits,’ Extreme Creatures at American Museum of Natural History 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z

His gâteau Breton, a moist shortbread-like torte with a layer of prune at its core, was saved from any potential prune-y stodginess by the astonishing buttery richness of the dough. Baking Cookbooks That (Gently) Push the Limits 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z

But you should return next week for Philip Ridley's astonishing love story, Tender Napalm. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2012-05-25T16:48:54Z

Such historically minded analyses can lose sight of the straightforward delights of Gorey’s art — his astonishing draftsmanship and pitch-perfect composition, informed by a lifelong love of film, theater and ballet. Nightshade Is Growing Like Weeds 2011-03-06T00:26:18Z

In its 94th season — an astonishing figure — the Martha Graham Dance Company is the nation’s oldest dance group, more senior than the ballet companies. Review | Martha Graham dancers are marvelous, but the message is mixed in Kennedy Center program 2020-03-06T05:00:00Z

With an astonishing transparency, she disappears into the truth of her characters. ‘1,000 Times Good Night,’ Starring Juliette Binoche 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z

The piece is just one of the many astonishing large-scale 3-D-printed projects that will be featured in Design Exchange’s exhibition “3DXL,” opening May 14. Massive 3-D-Printed Sculptures Go on Display in Toronto 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z

Dolan, however stands out here: she was astonishing as Rose West, and certainly I could imagine Appropriate Adult sweeping the board in all three acting categories. Bafta TV awards 2012: who should win? 2012-05-25T13:14:35Z

And that’s not the astonishing number. grossed an infinitesimal $24,094 in its entire run—of one week, in 10 theaters. DVD Roundup: Harry Potter's Riches, Nic Cage's Rags 2011-11-09T04:58:32Z

Syracuse's lack of self-pity at many times is something that was just astonishing to me. Colin Farrell's fairy tale ending 2010-05-02T18:01:00Z

In one astonishing moment Edwards appears sobbing uncontrollably over the death of his mother, only to switch in a second to inner rage at being patronised as "poor old Charlie". Strange Interlude – review 2013-06-05T17:44:02Z

Bubble-like windows allow people to immerse themselves in the astonishing aurora australis. Halley VI research station, Antarctica – review 2013-02-10T08:00:03Z

A 2015 survey reports that only 2 percent of Chinese women use tampons — an astonishing statistic when you consider the powerful performances of Chinese women in athletic competition. Olympian Fu Yuanhui reveals shocking truth: Women get periods! 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z

Watching the bird swooping from a mountain in response to the young girl’s call is visually astonishing, but it also shows the huntress’s resolve in the face of older male competitors. The Eagle Huntress: the teenage Mongolian nomad who's preparing to swoop on the Oscars 2016-12-11T05:00:00Z

It achieved so much, the breadth of its success is extraordinary and still reverberating in astonishing ways that shape not only our politics but that of the world. Bob Geldof: Gleneagles G8 summit was a triumph for Africa – and Tony Blair 2013-03-02T21:30:03Z

It’s even more astonishing that the production achieves this effect with only a few minor alterations to the dialogue. Review: In a New ‘Salesman,’ the Lomans Look Like All of Us 2022-10-09T04:00:00Z

Watching “Toy Story 4” and “The Lion King” is an even more astonishing experience, and also a slightly disorienting one, inviting questions as to what, exactly, we’re seeing. ‘The Lion King’ leads us out of Uncanny Valley and into Disney’s branded new world 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z

The other astonishing showstopper was in Act II, when Cavaradossi realises he has been betrayed. Tosca; La rondine; Arensky Chamber Orchestra ? review 2011-07-16T23:07:14Z

As family and friends rally round, attractions and resentments flare up until an astonishing crisis explodes. Review | New Joe Calarco drama ‘Separate Rooms’ debuts at emerging 4615 Theatre 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z

It is astonishing how expressive toes can be. Give Them a Hand: Puppet Artists Are Having a Moment 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z

“A lot of new collectors started coming into the market, and now in the last few years there have been astonishing numbers coming in.” For Luxury Watch Buyers, One Just Isn’t Enough 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z

But the disorienting tape loops, military drums and ringing guitar that shatter the woozy calm after Strawberry Fields Forever fades out is an astonishing pop moment. Readers recommend: songs with false endings ? results 2011-07-21T15:26:44Z

Faragher's telling yields new appreciation for the astonishing spectacle that was early California history and gives us new eyes for the place. Frontier justice was brutal in Los Angeles, and 'Eternity Street' gets to the heart of the matter 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z

What is astonishing is that we tolerated his tyranny for so long. Hair 2010-04-14T16:56:00Z

For the dancers, there were solos or at least featured moments: Huiwang Zhang was astonishing — slippery and resilient as he wound and rolled his way along a single pathway of light. Review: Bill T. Jones’s Fragments for a Fragmented Time 2021-05-20T04:00:00Z

Elsewhere, he ventures further afield: the astonishing Let the Groove Get In features an electronic approximation of a batucada rhythm, overlaid with ferocious afrobeat horns. Justin Timberlake: The 20/20 Experience – review 2013-03-14T15:30:01Z

The performance powerfully conveyed the astonishing strangeness of this inventive work; the Philharmonic sounded magnificent. Review: The Philharmonic Hails Sibelius, and Offers Joshua Bell on a Mendelssohn 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z

Though Berlioz did not live to see it performed complete, “Les Troyens,” an astonishing score lasting more than four hours, was the summation of his work. Music Review: ‘Les Troyens,’ at the Royal Opera House in London 2012-06-26T21:10:52Z

I saw three performances over Friday and Saturday, with two or three stylish interpreters in each role; the commitment of all performers was astonishing. Review: Sarasota Ballet Blends Oddity and Englishness in a Double Bill 2016-04-10T04:00:00Z

We can do all kinds of astonishing things, but on a personal level . . . or on a species level, we don't change much. Bill Nighy on being an alien rock star in Showtime's "The Man Who Fell to Earth" 2022-05-15T04:00:00Z

A few weeks after starting lithium, the effect was astonishing. Modern Love: Making a Hard Choice for a Soft Landing - Modern Love 2013-05-17T16:00:00Z

Even the bad ones were good, and the good ones were astonishing. Neil Gaiman: 'Iain Banks was one of us, whatever that meant' 2013-06-09T22:57:04Z

Martin's Funeral is part dirge, part march, part funk jam, running the gamut of reverence, burning anger, then release and acceptance over the course of an astonishing 15 minutes. Readers recommend: songs about funerals – results 2013-06-20T11:04:00Z

An astonishing £11.8 million greeted the appearance of Cézanne’s still life painted around 1893-1894 in oil on paper laid down on panel. 2010-02-05T05:23:00Z

A solo for Carolyn Brown made an astonishing use of sustained stillness. Jasper Johns Speaks of Merce Cunningham 2013-01-08T00:07:44Z

Even more astonishing was that Khan was already well-known in Indian movies. A Troubling Culture War Between India and Pakistan 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z

In this astonishing scene the king goes over to the wild side and partakes of Dionysian revels. Opera Review: ‘King Roger,’ With Mariusz Kwiecien, at Santa Fe Opera 2012-07-27T21:24:17Z

There are astonishing wooden burial chariots found when Lake Sevan receded and a stone hearth with “circular depressions for ritual bloodletting.” A Crash Course in Armenian History 2015-04-15T04:00:00Z

Rain or shine, singles or doubles, a woman in the royal box was always ready to pull a funny face from an astonishing armoury of emotions – and a photographer was always ready to capture it. Women watching tennis: the media's true champions of Wimbledon 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z

In the years following its publication, Jünger completed an astonishing self-transformation into an exceptionally well-read and cosmopolitan intellectual, one particularly passionate about French culture, entomology, mysticism and philosophy. Review | A fascinating look inside the journal of a controversial German war hero 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z

What I found astonishing when the #MeToo movement broke was the pretense that nobody knew this was going on. Glenda Jackson Returns to the Screen for an Issue Close to Her Heart 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z

Ms. Larson is 26, and her inward turn in “Room” might have been overlooked were it not for her astonishing young co-star, Jacob Tremblay, whose performance, though not Oscar-nominated, drew raves. Topsy-Turvy Oscars Race May Gain Clarity in Directors Guild Awards 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z

Perhaps the most astonishing thing of all about Shepard's talent is the sheer range of it. Sam Shepard bares his soul 2010-03-21T00:05:00Z

He emphasized, though, that there “are moments in Mr. Gould’s performance that emerge with astonishing freshness and conviction.” For Glenn Gould, Form Followed Fingers 2010-09-25T21:04:00Z

According to preliminary figures released for the first time, the Met hauled in $182 million, an astonishing amount in a tough economic climate and 50 percent more than it raised just the year before. Metropolitan Opera?s Donations Hit a Record $182 Million 2011-10-11T02:17:33Z

Folded into a green hillside that rises above the busy artery of Via Nomentana, the circular templelike tomb of the daughter of Rome’s first Christian emperor preserves a mosaic cycle of astonishing exuberance and delicacy. 36 Hours in Rome 2018-11-22T05:00:00Z

Mr. Jones added: “It’s also an astonishing re-creation of Lower Manhattan in the ’70s. 3-D Film About Twin Towers High-Wire Walk to Open New York Film Fest 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z

Best of all, this new astonishing medicine was walking around in the shape of human beings. Blood tales: the magic liquid that keeps us alive 2018-10-20T04:00:00Z

There are some artists whose main gifts are for astonishing revivals, not premieres. Review: Chamber Music Society Returns, Unchanged 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z

Its entertainment normally encompasses quizzes, wine tasting and the occasional appearance by Kings of Queen, Tockwith's own Queen tribute band, who – the Candle Thieves have been informed – "do an astonishing version of Bohemian Rhapsody". The Candle Thieves reinvent the rock tour in your garden 2010-03-18T23:20:00Z

Even more astonishing than her ability to depict these women is her knack of making us love them. Phoebe Waller-Bridge: 'I have an appetite for transgressive women' 2018-09-08T04:00:00Z

Anything intended to gain a new audience for this composer's astonishing work must have its heart in the right place. Monteverdi's Flying Circus 2010-09-28T21:00:00Z

The Bosnian Azra Aksamija brought together her academic and artistic vocations to create an astonishing and profoundly moving work: “Monument in Waiting,” a kilim designed by her and woven by women war refugees in Sarajevo. Special Report: Contemporary Art: Show Highlights the Return of the Loom 2011-06-13T12:00:07Z

His classmates decide to prove him wrong with tragic and astonishing consequences. Amnesty teen takeover: Sara Grant's top 10 books that entertain and inspire 2012-08-22T11:19:10Z

“I am entranced and intrigued with these modes of thought and ways of investing the world with wonder and astonishing qualities,” he said. Reimagining a Shadowy Medieval Brotherhood That Probably Didn’t Exist 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z

Woodard’s performance gathers its astonishing force incrementally, in subtle choices and inflections that you might not even register as actorly decisions. ‘Clemency’ Review: No Place for Mercy 2019-12-25T05:00:00Z

It’s easier to laugh at what he represents—“astonishing abs,” sports, machismo—than to feel his sexual frustration and anger. Patricia Lockwood's Crowd-Pleasing Poetry 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z

The U.S. had steamrolled into the final four, outscoring their opponents by an astonishing 31-0. Soccer: U.S. women secure Olympic berth 2012-01-28T07:08:02Z

It was all the more astonishing because it was, technically, his first. At London Men’s Fashion Week, Designers Fly the Flag for Individuality 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z

What was astonishing, however, was their chemistry, even without the help of liquid courage or ’90s hip-hop. On Love: Amelia Gingold and Aneet Makin

A single bronze object, however astonishing, is not legally treasure. Roman helmet sold for ?2m 2010-10-07T13:34:00Z

An astonishing and brilliant merger of scholarship and poetics. Michael Bracewell's top 10 art books 2012-06-06T10:35:15Z

Far from being musty, the book spills over with astonishing moments. Beyond Expectations: Rereading Dickens 2016-12-28T05:00:00Z

He is also endowed with two remarkable skills: an astonishing memory and great mental strength. Mass Murder Relies on People Like Us: An Interview With Thierry Cruvellier 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z

And it’s an astonishing tale: I couldn’t believe I was the first novelist to work it over. ArtsBeat: Thomas Mallon on the Fact and Fiction of 'Watergate' 2012-02-22T16:00:18Z

The opening minutes of “Honeyland” are as astonishing — as sublime and strange and full of human and natural beauty — as anything I’ve ever seen in a movie. ‘Honeyland’ Review: The Sting and the Sweetness 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z

It has been astonishing to watch, in the slowing of the economy, how the classy sex-shop business model has thrived. Critical Shopper: Agent Provocateur, Selling Kink on Madison Avenue 2011-02-23T19:49:37Z

Flying bumblebees maintain a temperature of 35C, almost as warm as a human body – an astonishing characteristic given how much harder it is for a tiny being to keep warm. A Sting in the Tale by Dave Goulson – review 2013-05-18T11:00:02Z

There’s still not much traffic, and it’s not hard to imagine the luxury sedans edging the central square on their way to deliver guests to one of Emilio Fernández’s long, astonishing parties. Chasing Spirits: Mexico City’s House Museums 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z

Obvious though this seems to us now, the extent to which her observations explained our fundamental dilemma was astonishing. We were married. But there was no sexual attraction 2015-11-21T05:00:00Z

There is astonishing precision to be discovered in the sultan’s beard, and hidden fancies in the rocks beneath the tiger. At the Met, the artistic riches of India’s Deccan Plateau 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z

Because even within the context of a tragically abbreviated career, the range of roles, and challenges, Yelchin accepted is astonishing. From the Bard to Star Trek: In Memory of Anton Yelchin 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z

One of the most astonishing moments comes as you wander the vast landscaped park between the city's museums and the river. Documenta 13: Mysteries in the mountain of mud 2012-06-11T17:53:51Z

While some scenes of verbal and physical violence are troubling enough to make you fear for Houel’s mental health, she rises to the occasion with astonishing sang-froid, quietly haunted then seething in the second act. ‘Daddy’ Review: Deeper Into the Internet’s Darkest Corners 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z

But as Kate Cole-Adams conveys in her 2017 book, “Anesthesia: The Gift of Oblivion, the Mystery of Consciousness,” the astonishing thing about anesthesia is that we still don’t understand how it works. Perspective | Knock yourself out in the Ether Dome 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z

But the gardens have an added attraction: go early enough and you’ll see the astonishing spectacle of thousands of flying foxes – huge fruit bats – returning to their daytime roost in the treetops. 10 great botanical gardens around the world: readers’ tips 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z

After five years in development, six months' rehearsal and some astonishing technical wizardry, it’s clear that there’s nothing “mere” about Global Creatures’ multi-million dollar invention. King Kong stomps on to stage in Melbourne 2013-05-27T04:32:00Z

It spent an astonishing five weeks at No 1 in the US and hit the top of the British charts too. Ray Charles – I Can't Stop Loving You 2012-05-31T20:50:00Z

If the power goes off in a nightclub, it’s astonishing how quickly audiences will tune in and scale down their conversations to hear the unamplified music. How to act in public spaces in a digital age 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z

In one lifetime, she managed to cover an astonishing amount of popular culture ground, tapping into our collective obsessions with sex, drugs, weight, money, love triangles, and great big fake breasts. Anna Nicole Smith returns from the dead 2011-02-18T16:19:00Z

"It was astonishing for us to be playing Mahler's Third in Berlin at the time the revolution in Egypt was going on," Rattle says. Simon Rattle: Baton charge 2011-02-15T21:30:00Z

It's a beautiful object, and the attention to detail is astonishing. What does a £2,500 record sound like? 2013-05-25T16:00:00Z

Banks’ 73-minute “a cappella opera” is an astonishing work, and part of its wonder stems from its blending of some of the oldest known melodies in the world with a contemporary choral sensibility. Eric Banks: Esoterics founder an explorer of new vocal worlds 2013-05-04T14:34:47Z

After a long wait in a currency line, we met our tour in Soroa, a mountainside resort, penetrating deep into the green and winding our way through a forest of astonishing density. In Cuba, as an uncertain future inches closer, it’s still a step back in time 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z

It’s an astonishing revelation, especially as we soon see a pyjama shark swim off with one of her still-waving tentacles in its jaws. There Is More to Us Than Just Our Brains 2021-06-11T04:00:00Z

And there is no doubt that in the brutally repressive, creatively stifling period of Soviet history in which Yakobson lived and worked, he was an artist of rare courage and astonishing self-belief. Review: ‘Like a Bomb Going Off: Leonid Yakobson and Ballet as Resistance in Soviet Russia’ 2015-02-22T05:00:00Z

In April 2015, her astonishing discovery was greeted with great fanfare, landing on The Times’ front page. A masterpiece of Baroque painting, missing for more than a century, is hiding somewhere in L.A. 2017-10-22T04:00:00Z

Christie’s astonishing session, which ran to only 24 lots, would have been inconceivable three decades ago, when specialty auctions included at least 100 objects or so. Auctions: Glamorous History Drives Divine Surprise 2011-11-18T12:30:13Z

This is a very uneven play, full of passages of astonishing writing and segments that feel a little clumsy and disconnected – as if whole thing has been stitched together like patchwork. Winterlong ? review 2011-02-07T18:26:39Z

The quality of the ensemble acting is astonishing. | 'Harvest': The Family That Stays Together Frays Together 2011-05-06T05:30:05Z

That’s astonishing because it reveals the historical depths of the industry’s inequities even while it speaks to the audience’s embrace of this series. Review: ‘The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2,’ Katniss’s Final Battle 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z

That Rodney lived was miraculous, yet perhaps the most astonishing element of his story is what happened next. Diving with the shark attack survivor who filmed Jaws 2015-06-07T04:00:00Z

A master key of the Louis XVI period, wrought in the age of light-hearted art, was more astonishing with its starkly geometrical design and powerful architectural proportions. An Auction Brings to Light a French Collector With an Eye for Ignored Beauty 2010-05-28T12:00:00Z

The latest offering from this astonishing troupe in exile, which recently closed at the Young Vic Theater, begins with individual performers walking up to a microphone. Critic’s Notebook: In London, ‘Minsk, 2011’ and ‘Mercury Fur’ 2012-06-29T22:09:31Z

The Harry Potter films were given a special award for outstanding British contribution – about time, some might say given their astonishing global success. Baftas 2011: The King's Speech sweeps the board 2011-02-13T21:56:35Z

In the middle of a communal singalong, a powerful voice suddenly materialised out of her tiny frame, astonishing all into silent delight. "Prima donna in pigtails": how Julie Andrews the child star embodied the hopes of post-war Britain 2022-10-10T04:00:00Z

His slightly bemused, morose and frightfully shy, hands-deep-in-pockets approach to the prince is astonishing. AP Emmy pundits favor ‘The Crown,’ ‘Ted Lasso’ for honors 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z

The way it turns blunt, material facts into sublime images is both astonishing and troubling. | 'Iron Crows': Documentary on Shipbreakers, and Where Tankers Go When They Die 2011-08-23T21:53:07Z

Many of the once legendary slums have been transformed through some astonishing architectural gems, like the Biblioteca España, a hyper-modern public library and community space in the low-income Santo Domingo neighborhood. 52 Places to Go in 2015 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z

Besides, look around, outside of downtown: the economic veneer has chipped in recent years, but the legacy of mob-run spectacle and sensation is still astonishing. Museum Review: Mob Museum Opens in Las Vegas 2012-02-14T00:58:51Z

According to our reviewer, Christian Cooper, the success of Weidensaul’s account “rivals the astonishing feats of the birds he chronicles.” New in Paperback: ‘Caul Baby’ and ‘While Justice Sleeps’ 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z

Humans, Mr. Adjaye informs us, use these astonishing towers as a marker of where to construct their own dwellings. Five Artists to Follow on Instagram Now 2020-05-06T04:00:00Z

Hahn’s meticulous readings were as much acts of illumination as of interpretation, revealing the structure of these dense works with astonishing clarity. Review | Hilary Hahn shows mature artistry with Bach violin solos 2018-10-28T04:00:00Z

Thank heavens for the dog walker I find it astonishing but not esp. surprising the historians are only looking at documents after they formulate their theory!! Eric Foner Revisits Myths of the Underground Railroad 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z

But this story of female wings clipped, distant horizons and soaring ambitions is delivered with such ingenuity that you forgive the failures and the fact that the final astonishing image is not quite earned. The Vanishing Horizons 2010-08-18T09:26:00Z

It’s astonishing that humans are expected to make our way in the world with language alone. ‘Don’t Believe a Word,’ a Look at Language and Power (and Why Dolphins Have Accents) 2020-01-01T05:00:00Z

“The Invisibles,” which tells the astonishing stories of four of the thousands of German Jews in Berlin who tried to escape deportation to the camps in World War II, is two movies spliced into one. ‘The Invisibles’ Review: On the Run and in Plain Sight in World War II 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z

Other examples—such as the work of e.e. cummings—is astonishing in its mastery. Famous writers’ art and design 2012-07-03T00:00:00Z

She was astonishing, by the sound of it. Choose July's Reading group book 2013-06-26T13:35:35Z

To which I say: No. "Borat" flies on the wings of effrontery and astonishing satiric extremes, and its pilot is a singular creation. Is the appeal of 'Jackass' just a guy thing? 2010-10-22T21:09:00Z

“He composed nearly 300 songs, but what is astonishing is that every song is amazing, a revelation of possibilities, of thoughts, of beauty. There is maybe only one song I don’t like so much.” 10 Hours Gives Us (Almost) All of Schumann’s Songs 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z

And Mr. Beaty’s gifts are such that when female characters do speak through him, his demeanor and posture change in astonishing ways. | 'Through the Night': Black Men in America Trying to Move on Up 2010-09-27T04:01:00Z

Given this process, it seems astonishing that he was so prolific, until you remember that he was virtually never not working, trying this, tweaking that, scrapping failures, starting afresh. Art Review: ?De Kooning: A Retrospective? at MoMA - Review 2011-09-15T11:00:58Z

"It's absolutely astonishing, and strangely rewarding in a way," Daltrey says. 2010-02-06T02:39:00Z

If you can exclude deer, though, it is astonishing to discover how the landscape can heal itself. In deer territory, good fences make good gardens 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z

In a statement, the star said: "To be nominated for this award, especially alongside these other actors, is truly astonishing and a great honour for me." King's Speech leads Oscars pack 2011-01-25T17:34:34Z

“Great problems require great research and facts to solve them, and that’s what this astonishing ship will be here to do,” he said. UK royals give Boaty McBoatface polar ship its official name 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z

That season, Yogi went to the plate 656 times and struck out just 12 times: “That to me will always be astonishing, because guys today strike out 12 times in a weekend.” Yogi Berra on the Field: The Case for Baseball Greatness 2023-05-08T04:00:00Z

The two books rest on an astonishing body of learning. The end of harmony 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z

But really, I think that production works because of playwright Simon Stephens's astonishing adaptation: it's so much fun to perform. 2013 Olivier award nominees: 'No, I haven't written a speech' 2013-04-25T05:30:01Z

The book doesn’t distinguish itself from others in the genre — it’s an epic poem rendered in workmanlike prose — but the details are astonishing nonetheless. Suffering From Scrappy War Hero Fatigue? Get Over It 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z

My mother’s faith both revealed and masked her secret: revealed it through her astonishing intensity and passion; masked it in Nigerian culture, where ostentatious devotion is not unusual. My son was diagnosed with autism at five. Did he inherit it from my misunderstood mother? 2020-03-28T04:00:00Z

It's not that married couples are incapable of producing astonishing music. Can music and marriage mix well? 2010-05-05T14:48:00Z

The hardness and grace of his style in Gatsby are astonishing, and there’s no question that it’s his most perfect novel, by far. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Hollywood “Crack-Up” 2013-06-09T15:00:00Z

The French documentary Oceans was full of astonishing images of long and winding sea snakes, or trillions of tiny fish arranging themselves into shimmering spheres. Anne Billson: Why we love questioning faux-or-not docs such as Catfish 2010-12-16T21:44:00Z

And that aggression complicates perceptions of this art’s astonishing formal and imaginative beauties, and of beauty itself as a saving grace. Can Art Ever Be Innocent? 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z

And Mr. Weinstein’s primary contender this time around, “Lion,” an adoption drama set in India and based on an astonishing true story, was generating virtually no tastemaker buzz. Harvey Weinstein Gets Oscar Boost After ‘Lion’ Screening 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z

“The Doors of Perception” is a seamless, confident, elegantly written travelogue of a psychedelic journey that the author found astonishing but entirely comprehensible. How Does a Writer Put a Drug Trip Into Words? 2018-12-24T05:00:00Z

His level of paranoia and fear of being identified as "ill" is astonishing. Why doctors hide their own illnesses 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z

Midway through “Terracotta Warriors of the First Emperor,” the new exhibit at Pacific Science Center, a series of hanging banners reminds us of the scale of the astonishing archaeological site near Xi’an, China. ‘Terracotta Warriors’ exhibit makes grand entrance at Pacific Science Center 2017-04-07T04:00:00Z

Their solos were fresh and original, and their individual styles fused with a spontaneous fluency that was simply astonishing. 50 great moments in jazz: How Miles Davis's second quintet changed jazz 2010-10-13T15:49:00Z

Lawrence, the Oxford-educated archaeologist who, as this book ends, discovers an astonishing destiny? The early years of the real Lawrence of Arabia 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z

The answers are as astonishing as they are finally believable. ‘Black-Eyed Susans’ is a masterful thriller that shouldn’t be missed 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z

It was a shot that required boldness, strength, and astonishing accuracy. Equal Pay for Equal Play: The Case for the Women’s Soccer Team 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z

Well into the last month of the year, it is somewhat astonishing that certain plants not only are hanging onto their leaves but also are still green. What this mild autumn means for your plants 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z

“Stories We Tell,” a remarkable movie by the Canadian actress and filmmaker Sarah Polley, blends factual inquiry and something else — not quite fiction, but also not really documentary — to astonishing effect. Critic’s Notebook: Four Days of Films at Telluride 2012-09-03T22:16:36Z

I found it very astonishing, but of course, there was a way to get him to this statement. Werner Herzog on Why You’ll Never Find Him on Facebook or Twitter 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z

“But he starts moving, and it truly is astonishing.” In ‘Sleeping Beauty,’ the Hard Work of Being Princess (or Prince) 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z

When I do adaptations, I hope that will send some people back to the books because he is an astonishing novelist. "Around the World in 80 Days" co-creator on the twist ending, David Tennant and where to go next 2022-02-21T05:00:00Z

Lamar, 34, is an astonishing technician, a keen observer of Black life, a proletarian superhero, an artist who reckons with moral weight in his work. Kendrick Lamar, Mortal Icon 2022-05-16T04:00:00Z

A few weeks later we met and he suggested we stay together but not get married, which I thought was astonishing. Experience: I was dumped an hour before my wedding 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z

If you spend an hour watching him manipulate the cards — fluently, fluidly — you will want to call him what he is: astonishing. ‘Asi Wind’s Inner Circle’ Review: Pick a Card, Not Just Any Card 2023-01-30T05:00:00Z

The huge white marble sculpture of him is astonishing: George Michael meets Michelangelo's David. Just don't call it a freak show 2010-04-30T23:07:00Z

And his astonishing technical virtuosity and musicality is often about what he doesn’t do. Colin Dunne Brings ?Out of Time? to Baryshnikov Arts Center 2011-10-16T04:00:08Z

For all of the astonishing edifices she built, the woman knew what to do with a brick. Toni Morrison Taught Me How to Think 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z

Cumberbatch-mania has hit fever pitch and is now fueling an astonishing frenzy in the London theater world the likes of which few people, if any, can remember encountering. There's no method to fan madness over Benedict Cumberbatch in 'Hamlet' 2015-08-19T04:00:00Z

Just because Raul Paul has problems with his plumbing, it's astonishing that he believes he has the right to meddle in ours. Rand Paul is pro-choice for toilets 2011-03-11T19:01:00Z

Besides these alarms there was astonishing scientific advance, a steady decline in religion and also something wonderful. A History of the British Empire at Its Peak 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z

Chiappe said the aim is to make the astonishing fossils there more directly reflect current issues such as climate change, extinction and biodiversity. Lori Bettison-Varga named new president of L.A. County's Natural History Museum 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z

It is an astonishing piece, one that composers still speak of with the lowered voice of genuine admiration. The Sheer Joy of Listening to American Minimalism 2017-03-31T04:00:00Z

Hall is astonishing in the role, fearlessly digging into Chubbuck’s deep-set insecurities to yield a deeply empathetic portrait of a woman on the verge. Oscars 2017: 11 female performances too good to be overlooked 2016-11-25T05:00:00Z

If anything, it is a venture into an undiscovered realm of astonishing shapes and colors. Books of The Times: Paolo Giordano?s ?Solitude of Prime Numbers?: Scarred Souls 2010-03-11T22:53:00Z

The tinkly Disney effects look and sound magnificent on 3DS, belying the astonishing complexity of interlinking systems that's always characterised Final Fantasy and its spin-offs. This week's new games 2012-07-20T23:05:00Z

Perhaps the most astonishing story of that final day is what happened on the Kirk, a small destroyer escort that was part of the U.S. fleet sent to facilitate the evacuation. 'Last Days in Vietnam' a thrilling recount of the fall of Saigon 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z

The film begins in the markets of Beijing and New York, then rewinds to Africa, where elephants are being hunted and killed at an astonishing rate. The illegal ivory trade may not fund a major terror group, after all 2014-11-16T05:00:00Z

As the author ably demonstrates, this is an elegant, complex, astonishing and only sometimes icky set of events. ‘Gulp’: the multiple wonders of the alimentary canal, all the way down 2013-04-04T22:42:20Z

"It's astonishing that it's in such good shape." The Getty Museum snaps up a Bernini bust, adding heft to L.A.'s Baroque holdings 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z

“It was an astonishing moment, a celebration of love and loss, being given equal treatment,” Maupin said. The Age of Laura Linney 2010-07-28T20:52:00Z

The typical figure is 25%, but the medium's astonishing rise is fast making it the priority for all publishers. Vevo boss Nic Jones: 'We're at the pointy end of labels' activities' 2013-05-19T18:00:02Z

The vulnerability that Newman reveals in the book is astonishing even to people who knew him intimately. A Posthumous Memoir Reveals Paul Newman in His Own Words 2022-10-16T04:00:00Z

But perhaps the most astonishing fact of all about this collection is that you own it. Britain's public paintings photographed in 10-year project 2012-09-29T15:45:31Z

But the astonishing commercial run of “Buena Vista Social Club” certainly encouraged gatekeepers to look back on music that spoke of an idealized past. ‘Buena Vista Social Club’ at 25: Memories of Memories 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z

The trees, the stars, the silence — so quiet you could hear bees buzzing in a hive a hundred feet away — were astonishing. A competitive beardsman saw his home burn. But then fans of his reality show came to help. 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z

No fanatics in all of pop culture are more intense than listeners of heavy metal, the subjects of Jacob Ehrbahn's astonishing "Headbangers." New art photo books explore the famous and 'unfamous' among us 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z

They were attracted to the astonishing jumble of temples, alleys, courtyards, shrines, statuary, pagodas, friezes, vegetable-and-spice sellers, fishmongers, palaces and hashish shops. Into the Land of Happiness 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z

A young female bluefin that Anderson tagged in 2004, for example, ultimately turned up in a Portuguese net in 2018 — an astonishing testament to her species' nomadic nature. In bluefin tuna, fisheries science is never neat 2023-08-02T04:00:00Z

It includes 14 elaborate fugues, about an hour’s worth of the most riveting, complex and astonishing contrapuntal music ever written. Two Pianists Test the Meaning of Virtuosity 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z

In his review, Jesse Green praised both actors, noting Hawkins’s “astonishing verbal and physical performance” as Lincoln and how Abdul-Mateen, in his Broadway debut, “fully meets the challenge, banking sympathy with his sweetness.” In ‘Topdog/Underdog,’ They Perfect the Art of Deception 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z

The astonishing thing is that so little is known about Trautmann in Germany. From Nazi to football hero: the incredible story of Man City's Bert Trautmann 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z

And while there are many astonishing objects on display here that reflect that ambition, the exhibition seems to suggest that it may no longer be as powerful as it once was. A Library?s Treasures, From Gutenberg to Malcolm X 2011-05-17T12:00:00Z

The Higgs discovery is the jewel in the crown of particle physics and a worthy testament to nature's astonishing beauty. The beauty of the Higgs boson 2012-08-04T23:05:33Z

Given the overall sanitizing of “An Army of One,” it’s astonishing that such a mutually unflattering comparison managed to see the light of day. Books of The Times: Looking at Limbaugh in Zev Chafets?s ?Army of One? 2010-05-23T21:50:00Z

It is an astonishing journey, taking in fine beaches, sunken second world war planes and pristine reefs. The 50 best beaches in the world 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z

This astonishing epic interweaves never-before-heard recordings and rare footage, creating an unforgettable portrait of one of our least understood, most beloved artists. Sundance Film Festival 2015 Lineup: High-Profile Documentaries Among Premieres 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z

But his command of the concert repertory and the required technique is astonishing. Exotic Timbres in the Darkness 2010-12-17T14:43:29Z

The resemblance is astonishing: same lawyers’ tables, same arched windows, same graceful, curving balcony. Monroeville?s Mockingbird 2010-07-07T18:02:00Z

He played both recitals from memory, an astonishing achievement. Critic’s Notebook: Memorization’s Loosening Hold on Concert Tradition 2012-12-31T23:18:16Z

After you’ve read “Novels, Tales, Journeys,” you can learn more about its astonishing author, killed in a duel at age 37, in T.J. Capturing the essence of Pushkin, the revered poet killed in a duel at 37 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z

And from what might be considered a limited set of variables, he drew an astonishing variety of effects. Carl Andre’s Epic Sculptures, United at Dia:Beacon 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z

I first saw the company in New York four years ago, in its astonishing “Being Harold Pinter,” a gut-clutching testament to that playwright’s enduring relevance on the subject of political violence. Review: Belarus Free Theater’s ‘Trash Cuisine’ Serves Politics With Teeth 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z

But in a district like Miraflores, along the beach, it’s astonishing the rate at which these high rises are going up. Q&A: In Lima, Literary Slams and Music 2012-09-14T16:42:38Z

“Beyoncé” quieted any early rumors of career trouble merely by the astonishing fact that it existed. U2’s ‘Songs of Innocence’ is a surprise — both that it exists and that it’s actually not bad

With his astonishing new novel, DeLillo has written that book, or at least a close approximation of it. 38 Years on Books: The Essential Michiko Kakutani Reader 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z

It is an astonishing power: that of creating whole universes, universes of the mind. From the sci-fi mind of author Philip K. Dick to a movie screen 2011-03-05T00:27:18Z

This material was brought to life with astonishing physical skill and enchanting theatrical magic, but the sophistication was undermined by simplistic metaphors and pat resolutions. Review: Capturing Childhood’s Wonder in Dance and Mime 2016-11-07T05:00:00Z

When you consider that Mr. Wong was only a teenager at the time, they are astonishing. Review: ‘Joshua: Teenager vs. Superpower,’ a War That Isn’t Fiction 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z

Last week's problem was equally astonishing, but not for any nowt-so-queer-as-folk-ness. The readers' room: What you thought of G2 this week . . . 2011-03-24T22:30:03Z

“Such utter calm. Such immensity! Such an astonishing view.” When Airplanes and Zeppelins Competed to Conquer the Skies 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z

Even more astonishing: She was only five years-old on the set, as she played a girl coming to grips with an ailing father, an absentee mother, a vicious hurricane and the onslaught of global warming. Oscar Surprise: Why a 5-Year-Old Actress Might Just Win Over the Academy 2012-12-20T10:45:26Z

"The level of self-delusion that we are capable of, here, especially men, is astonishing," the author laughs. Women and sex: the myth-buster 2013-07-05T21:34:00Z

I think it’s astonishing, and a little scary, how you just threw in at the end that your boyfriend thinks you were raised badly. Carolyn Hax: Boyfriend needs a shock to his value system 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z

It was not just about the carefully acquired songs and Houston’s crank-the-volume voice — it was the whole engineered package, illuminated by her astonishing beauty, that captivated MTV viewers and fans. Review | ‘Whitney: Can I Be Me’ tries and fails to bring meaning to the late singer’s legacy 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z

Judging from audience reactions, the design yields an intimacy that makes the effects astonishing from every vantage point. ‘He Must Have Superpowers’: Asi Wind and His Sublime Card Tricks 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z

“Here’s a guy who’s so undocumented that it makes his ability to show up and be allowed in to get these autographs all the more astonishing,” Mr. Lowenherz said. A Mysterious Autograph Hound’s Book Is Up for Auction 2020-10-18T04:00:00Z

In 1957, Walt Disney laid out an astonishing entertainment strategy: Animated movies would fuel theme park attractions, which in turn would power merchandise sales, which would create interest in more movies. Let It Go Go Go! Three Stage Versions of ‘Frozen’ Are on the Way 2016-06-06T04:00:00Z

“His historical intuition was astonishing,” said Norman M. Naimark, a professor of Eastern European history at Stanford University. Robert Conquest, Historian Who Documented Soviet Horrors, Dies at 98 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z

The readings were an astonishing success, drawing in poets and public from all over the country. John Rety obituary 2010-03-18T18:22:00Z

Recently, in a restaurant, I saw something astonishing. Confessions of a messy eater 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z

This is what captivated Vargas Llosa: Casement's many astonishing contrasts. Mario Vargas Llosa: a life in writing 2012-06-15T21:55:18Z

Although keenly aware of their social disgrace, they possess an astonishing inner resilience and prefer to see themselves as victims of circumstances beyond their control rather than wrongdoers. At the Human Rights Watch Film Festival, a Lot of the Humans Are Women 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z

“The level of listening in that room was astonishing,” he said. ‘The Originalist,’ a New Play About Justice Antonin Scalia by John Strand 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z

It was astonishing, the way they managed to steal such big pieces of kit. How the US let al-Qaida get its hands on an Iraqi weapons factory 2011-01-07T07:59:02Z

Spending time with him makes his performance in Now You See Me seem all the more astonishing. Jesse Eisenberg: 'Acting forces me to be social' 2013-07-04T15:58:10Z

But it is unlikely that Artemisia would have seen Caravaggio’s “Judith Beheading Holofernes” before painting, in around 1612, the first version of her still astonishing interpretation of the same scene. Art Review: Artemisia: Her Passion Was Painting Above All Else 2011-11-18T12:30:13Z

But as the songwriter Aska created plinking Minimalist patterns and sang dreamlike incantations, five female Mongolian contortionists shared the platform, twining their bodies into their own astonishing patterns. Music Review: The Circus Tumbles In, to the Sound of the ?70s 2011-01-05T23:16:37Z

My favorite kings come from the Cascade Mountains in late summer, a firm, flavorful variety that can fruit in astonishing numbers if conditions are right, which is rare. Don’t shoot me! I’m just picking mushrooms! 2013-09-08T13:30:00Z

After the astonishing success of “Bonnie and Clyde,” Mr. Penn had his choice of projects. Arthur Penn, Director of ?Bonnie and Clyde,? Is Dead 2010-09-29T14:59:00Z

A parliamentary investigation in 2012 concluded that he “showed wilful ignorance” and an “astonishing lack of curiosity” about the criminal behavior of his subordinates. Rupert Murdoch’s handing the Fox reins to sons, but he’s not going away 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z

Photograph: Simon Annand Thanks to the World Shakespeare festival, one of the Cultural Olympiad's many strands, this year has seen an astonishing array of landmark Shakespeare productions. Stephen Fry's Twelfth Night: this all-male affair is no one-man show 2012-10-01T15:13:40Z

The responses ranged from astonishing to outright horrifying. 'Weird' Thanksgiving side dishes go viral in horrifying Twitter thread 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z

Circuses often advertise using adjectives like “astonishing” and “amazing.” 5 Things to Do This Weekend 2021-01-21T05:00:00Z

During your time there you were subjected to constant, often astonishing cruelty by the US soldiers – beatings, sleep deprivation, forced nudity. Ahmed Errachidi: 'We shared one thing in Guantánamo Bay – pain' 2013-03-30T20:00:01Z

It is not surprising — though it is also, somehow, astonishing — that they worked together once, on a film devised by Beckett and titled “Film.” Review: ‘Notfilm’ Tells How Beckett and Keaton Collaborated 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z

When Shapiro comes upon a YouTube video of her biological father — a man with her features and coloring, who even gesticulates the same way she does — the resemblance is more than astonishing; it’s consoling. Dani Shapiro’s New Memoir Uncovers a Life-Changing Family Secret 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z

More than that, it was also an age of astonishing literary fecundity and intellectual vitality, scarcely surpassed since. A History of the British Empire at Its Peak 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z

More astonishing than seeing this theory published in the Wall Street Journal was seeing the degree of viral popularity the article still enjoyed nine months after it was first published. Is marriage really on the decline because of men's cheap access to sex? 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z

We moved some things around and put her on the second stage unannounced, and it was truly one of the most astonishing performances I’ve ever seen in my life. Alternative nation’s last stand: Lollapalooza 1995, an oral history 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z

In this town of just under 6,000 people, there are an astonishing 19 cider houses. In Spanish Basque Country, Sampling Cider and an Ancient Ritual 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z

She is a "fantastic find," says Letts, giving "the one astonishing performance" in the eyes of Taylor. What to say about ? Keira Knightley and Elizabeth Moss in The Children's Hour 2011-02-14T16:27:55Z

“I saw that little factoid and it’s kind of astonishing. But I don’t think that was deliberate, I think nobody got around to taking him off the list,” he said. The real US policy toward Nelson Mandela 2013-12-12T12:35:00Z

What follows is a creative tour de force, an intellectual high-wire act as astonishing as it is entertaining. | 'Trust Us, This Is All Made Up': T J and Dave, Creating Plays on the Go Onstage 2010-08-11T22:17:00Z

An astonishing collection of laughs — whinnies, giggles, squeals, snorts, heaves — gradually colors the narrative, until this seemingly harmless man becomes, in effect, not just a witness to savagery, but also an accessory. Review: Surprise Lessons From John Lithgow’s ‘Stories by Heart’ 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z

It’s an astonishing moment, and viewers will hold their breath and collectively sigh in relief when the baby finally starts to cry. The wildest, most poignant, or unforgettable movie scenes of 2019 2019-12-22T05:00:00Z

And what is truly astonishing is the way he combines Lear's spiritual trajectory from blind arrogance to impotent wisdom with a sense of the character's tumultuous contradictions. King Lear - review 2010-12-08T00:05:00Z

An astonishing talent, a mind of lightning and also someone who seemed like a truly, genuinely lovely man. What did Robin Williams mean to you? 2014-08-11T04:00:00Z

Sitkovetsky's arrangement demands impeccable ensemble, intonation and articulation; these were all delivered in an astonishing performance that preserved the delicate contrapuntal intricacy of Bach's original. Britten Sinfonia/Hewitt ? review 2011-04-05T17:45:01Z

Advanced Warfare is visually astonishing, with the best video game faces I’ve ever seen. Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Is Released 2014-11-10T05:00:00Z

Nancy Mee and Dennis Evans have astonishing command over the materials they use — glass, ceramics, metals, encaustics — and they parlay it into a rarefied world. 5 must-see Seattle art shows in October 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z

All told, these are astonishing times for the new. Los Angeles Philharmonic/Dudamel; Written on Skin – review 2013-03-17T00:06:26Z

When the play debuted in 2005, The Times said it “is as unassuming in its means as it is astonishing in its impact.” 14 Plays and Musicals to Go to in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z

Many attempts were made to cut the llamas off, with vehicles and bodies alike, but each time it seemed like they’d finally been cornered they’d spot a hole and dart through it with astonishing agility. The Running of the Llamas 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z

Such historically minded analyses can lose sight of the straightforward delights of Gorey's art — his astonishing draftsmanship and pitch-perfect composition, informed by a lifelong love of film, theater and ballet. Edward Gorey's sensibility is growing like nightshade 2011-03-05T03:09:56Z

“The rate of development and the loss of farmland is just astonishing,” Redman said. At Longwood Gardens, a new meadow for the ages

At the heart of it all is an astonishing performance by Donald Sumpter. Why The Black Panther can hold its head up high 2012-06-06T15:46:19Z

Despite the annoying hype and aspects of slumming, "Hopscotch" compensated with thrills, surprisingly few spills and astonishing instants of beauty. Classical music 2015 highlights: Female conductors, 'Hopscotch,' Dudamel — but about those parking fees 2015-12-12T05:00:00Z

At Sotheby’s, where the sales began on Tuesday evening, the bidders’ willingness to buy almost anything was astonishing. Auctions: London Auctions Highlight Insatiable Appetite for Contemporary Art 2011-02-18T17:00:06Z

During a day and part of a night, I watched this astonishing adobe building change before my eyes, turning from rose pink at dawn, to earth umber at noon, to blue-black under stars in moonlight. A Memory Museum, Courtesy of a Critic-Curator 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z

The logistical trickery that manages to get Phil back into his room at the kitschy bed-and-breakfast for each new iteration of this never-ending day is astonishing. With a heroic performance by its injured star, 'Groundhog Day' limps through opening night 2017-04-18T04:00:00Z

When the witch returns on that date and abducts Nevena — having rendered her mute in infancy — the young woman embarks on an astonishing, shape-shifting journey of death and discovery. ‘You Won’t Be Alone’ Review: Season of the Witch 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z

“Over the years, Sylvia Earle has become well known not only for the quality of her thinking and her dedication to the environment but also for her drive and energy and astonishing toughness.” Sunday Reading: Under the Sea 2018-07-29T04:00:00Z

With quarantine requirements in place, Maui summer and fall visitor numbers tumbled an astonishing 98 percent. A Maui vacation in three acts 2021-02-11T05:00:00Z

“European Masters” includes some artists who are household names — Hals, Titian, Rubens — but its most astonishing finds are more off the beaten track. One man’s treasure is still treasure: Kenwood paintings come to SAM 2013-02-11T04:38:43Z

And in a relief depicting an encounter between a pharaoh and a goddess, the fineness of the incised detail — eyebrows, hair, fabric textures — is astonishing. An Ancient Egyptian Show That’s Low on Bling but High on Beauty 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z

“We want to show the astonishing breadth of digital creativity, and the connectivity between different forms.” New Show Opens at the Barbican Center in London 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z

Mr. Kemeny “denies that a drug relapse makes people bad parents, which he must know is an astonishing denial of the reality of drug addiction,” she wrote in a statement. A Wealthy Family’s Battle With Drugs Laid Bare, but to What End? 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z

I’ve been dipping in and out of it since Christmas, and already I’m chock-full of astonishing facts about how we all ended up living the way we do. What to read this summer? Ten authors weigh in with their picks. 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z

He has an astonishing ability to soak up obscure knowledge and incorporate it into his act. Bill Bailey: Bill's excellent adventure 2013-04-19T14:00:00Z

Likewise The Sopranos: three days and 14 hours of astonishing storytelling. Are the 9.1 days you spent watching Game of Thrones a waste of a life? 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z

Boy In Da Corner was an astonishing debut, a projectile vomiting of anger and violence, alienation and confusion. Ducking and weaving 2010-07-30T23:09:00Z

And the art is astonishing: some of it fine, some of it rough, all of it made for the life beyond, all of it bursting with life in the here and now. Art Review: ‘Theater, Life, and the Afterlife’ at China Institute 2012-05-31T22:11:08Z

Walker is best known for the astonishing corruption investigation that ended his political career, but Miller makes a fair case that Walker actually accomplished something in office. ‘Supreme City,’ by Donald L. Miller 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z

The next lot fetched a price that was also astonishing. Novelty Sets Cheerful Tone for Christie's Contemporary Auction 2010-07-01T17:00:00Z

Some of the most astonishing images at this show are electron microscope scans of the fangs and spinnerets of these tiny creatures, organic sculptures of elaborate complexity. Exhibition Review: ‘Spiders Alive!’ at American Museum of Natural History 2012-07-27T21:25:49Z

Cue the diamond jubilee and the Queen, whose own continued vigour is frankly astonishing. Diamond jubilee: writers reflect on growing up Elizabethan 2012-06-01T21:50:02Z

The emotional extremes and nuances Ms. Maxwell must embody in the final scene alone are astonishing. Review: ‘Scenes From an Execution’ Features Jan Maxwell as a Difficult Artist 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z

Apple Music, Spotify, Pandora and others oversee an astonishing library — each offers upward of 30 million songs. Seeking Genuine Discovery on Music Streaming Services 2015-06-28T04:00:00Z

Holland-Dozier-Holland stepped up: While they didn’t hit the top every time with the Supremes, they wrote and produced an astonishing 10 No. 1 hits for the group. Lamont Dozier, Writer of Numerous Motown Hits, Dies at 81 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z

These are eventually spun together in a chaotic climax that manages to be astonishing without destroying the film’s hard-won credibility. | 'Crazy, Stupid, Love': What?s a Guy to Do if His Wife Cheats on Him? Head to the Mall 2011-07-29T00:02:43Z

“Cuarón served as the director of photography for ‘Roma,’ and his work here is astonishing,” she writes. What to Read About ‘Green Book’ and the Other Best Picture Nominees 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z

I had forgotten just how long Mr. Petit stayed up there, stretching a daredevil act into an astonishing and durable work of art. Review: ‘The Walk,’ High-Wire Bravado at World Trade Center 2015-09-26T04:00:00Z

It’s an astonishing human hello from the youngest solo artist ever to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. AP’s top albums of 2021: ‘Sour,’ ‘Donda,’ H.E.R. and Eilish 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z

But beyond Kronos, an astonishing array of eclectic string quartets make their home in the region. The Bay Citizen: String Quartets Thriving on Bay Area Arts Scene 2010-12-10T04:10:00Z

There’s a spot for Marcellus to show off his astonishing technique of looping his voice electronically, building a many-layered cake of soulful sound. Dorrance Dance and a Mythili Prakash Premiere at Jacob’s Pillow 2023-07-23T04:00:00Z

Dancing Swanilda, the 's flirty, feisty heroine, she gets to show off her unique and astonishing range – from snub-nosed ingenue to grand ballerina, with all shades of spinning virtuosity and cute mischief in between. Bolshoi: Copp?lia 2010-07-23T20:30:00Z

Even if Sir Humphrey is no longer the puppet-master he once was, Henry Goodman invests him with a Machiavellian smoothness and shows an astonishing capacity to reel off obfuscatory soliloquies on a single breath. Prime of their life 2010-05-21T07:41:00Z

The transformations he undergoes throughout the book are astonishing — as foreign and overwhelming as if he woke up one morning with the visual range of a bee or the auditory prowess of a bat. Review: In ‘Switched On,’ John Elder Robison’s Asperger’s Brain Is Changed 2016-03-20T04:00:00Z

The opening section, which features her breathlessly tearing through her hip-hop material, is fantastic, shifting from Did It On 'Em's minimal drone to the astonishing, frenetic Stupid Hoe. Nicki Minaj – review 2012-06-26T13:30:01Z

The currently untitled memoir, due next February, is being billed as "the definitive account of Whitney Houston's astonishing life" and death last February at the age of 48. Whitney Houston's mother writing tell-all book 2012-06-05T20:17:13Z

To be fair, this is a problem built into the play, which like all of Shakespeare’s tragedies begins with astonishing rhetoric and ends as an abattoir. Review: Can Trump Survive in Caesar’s Palace? 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z

And how varied and astonishing the world’s particularity becomes. Critic’s Notebook: ‘Noah’s Ark,’ at Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles 2014-04-21T21:43:03Z

Composed of astonishing images and visceral detail, “Human Acts” forces readers into achingly close contact not just with this instance of violence, but also the violence inherent to the human condition. Han Kang’s ‘Human Acts’ explores the long shadow of a South Korean massacre 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z

His ear is often astonishing, his gift for mimicry almost without equal. Review: Bruno Mars Delivers Decades of Funk in ‘24K Magic’ 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z

Both have astonishing images, including several of Shaw naked, apart from his whiskers. George Bernard Shaw photographs uncover man behind myth 2011-07-05T12:25:40Z

Modern children will find the freedoms of the Ruggles kids absolutely astonishing. Gallery: The pick of the Puffins 2010-06-04T11:20:00Z

The brothers created the dance with the choreographer Nick Castle, but, remarkably, didn’t rehearse their soaring leaps over each other’s heads, which they executed in one perfect, astonishing take. Escape With Me Into the Delirious World of 1940s Musicals 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z

The astonishing landscape of New Mexico gives the show a western-film starkness and scale. AMC's Breaking Bad: Elements of Style 2011-07-14T09:15:00Z

“It’s astonishing,” said a former Times journalist, who asked not to be named because he wants to maintain a relationship with the paper. Questions linger after Jill Abramson’s dismissal from Times

The range of Viola’s work is astonishing, from quiet meditations on solitude to room-sized video installations that explode single moments of time into cataclysmic events. Perspective | Bill Viola’s videos show what art can do and expose what the Barnes Collection lacks 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z

It was astonishing, discombobulating and more patriotic than anything you’ll witness at a Trump rally. Perspective | This crowd of RBG fans showed Trump what law and order really sounds like 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z

He’s also stepped into a messy situation at the art gallery where he works as a publicist, but his entitlement buffers him, to an astonishing degree, from any real consequences at work. Tana French Is at Her Suspenseful Best in ‘The Witch Elm’ 2018-10-07T04:00:00Z

Her aerial takeoff was even more astonishing than I had remembered it, rightly causing gasps. American Ballet Theater Celebrates 70th With Gala 2010-05-18T17:04:00Z

The story of its invention, distribution and updating is an amusing, invigorating, poignant and suspenseful story of an astonishing social network, and warrants a movie in itself. Why Do the Oscars Keep Falling for Racial Reconciliation Fantasies? 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z

Long before social media, the buzz surrounding the film version of "GWTW" was astonishing. 75 years later, 'Gone With the Wind' never left 2014-12-13T05:00:00Z

Her son Robin Gibb - a Bee Gees founder known for his astonishing vocals and songwriting skills - died Sunday after a long battle with cancer at the age of 62. Gibb matriarch loses third son with Robin's death 2012-05-21T16:04:11Z

She has an especially majestic presence onstage, making this glimpse of uncertainty all the more astonishing. Dancers suspended in time and space as you’ve never seen them before 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z

It was somewhat astonishing to realize, a minute or so in, that Colbert and O’Reilly were meeting as diplomats in détente. The old “Stephen Colbert” is gone for good: “The Late Show” crosses over firmly as host claims his new ground 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z

Over three hours, the band delivered an astonishing 46 songs, regaling the sound track of a generation. Beach Boys dazzle at Chateau Ste. Michelle concert 2012-07-14T20:12:17Z

A tightly wound soul man transported directly from a 1950s pulpit, he was often astonishing, and became more emotionally impactful as the season progressed. Critic’s Notebook: American Idol Winner Phillip Phillips Is Known for His Modesty 2012-05-24T06:17:26Z

Cut to the day of our Christmas party, and we are due to have our much-anticipated lunch with the astonishing 70s legend. Emma Freud: David Cassidy, my No 1 dreamboat Santa 2012-12-22T00:05:56Z

It’s an astonishing array: the very old and the very new; some favorites, as well as things I’d never heard before and am delighted to now have. 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Classical Music 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z

Send away for a DNA analysis to find out from which continent your ancestors came, and you have handed over an astonishing amount of personal data to complete strangers. Perspective | Ai Weiwei succumbs to the tyranny of fun 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z

Some critics still find it astonishing that Strauss could blithely write operas based on classical subjects as Germany fell into moral and physical collapse, and you still encounter sinister theories about his politics. Strauss Joins Sibelius?s Vacation 2011-07-22T15:31:19Z

There was an exceptional concentration on the four big plays, and an astonishing variety of treatments. The best theatre of 2012: Susannah Clapp's choice 2012-12-15T21:00:02Z

Absolutely astonishing in Good Will Hunting and then was sublime at playing the total weirdo in One Hour Photo; yoy always sort knew he had that weirdness - totally creepy! What did Robin Williams mean to you? 2014-08-11T04:00:00Z

The first three volumes sold 5,000 copies apiece, an astonishing feat for a self-published children's book with no commercial backing. Oksa Pollock: everything you need to know about the 'French Harry Potter' 2013-06-02T19:00:02Z

An anthropologist and self-described atheist explores an astonishing range of perspectives as he considers the persistence of religious belief. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z

Pauline Malefane was astonishing as the Queen of the Night, dressed in a huge, Elizabethan gown. District Six revisited 2010-04-02T23:05:00Z

She’s impossibly erudite, remarkably prolific, effortlessly fluid in an astonishing array of subjects, and a lovely, lucid writer. Why Michael Eric Dyson Would Demote ‘Heart of Darkness’ From the Canon 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z

The Browns’ collective 24-year political domination of California has spanned an astonishing 60 years. The Story of California Told Through One Family 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z

When Don arrives in Racine, Wis., looking for the waitress Diana, he lies so easily it’s astonishing. 'Mad Men' Recap: On the Road Again 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z

I have no idea, but it is astonishing. Richard E. Grant on sex, power and playing an entitled man similar to the "Teflon-coated" Trump 2023-07-06T04:00:00Z

Geri Allen showed up in the 1980s with powerful grooves, exuberant melodies and astonishing polyphonies between her anchoring left hand and her wry, fluidly inventive right. 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Jazz Piano 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z

The point is that today’s competition among nations — whether on an athletic field or the trading floor — “actually represents an astonishing global agreement.” What Are the Biggest Problems Facing Us in the 21st Century? 2018-09-04T04:00:00Z

In his short life Keats had composed an astonishing body of work, one that would guarantee that he would be remembered, and admired, as a great poet. Review | Two centuries after John Keats’s death, his famous odes are still sparking new discussions 2021-02-25T05:00:00Z

This contemporary choreographer and performer from Belfast is astonishing — not merely raw, as she is often described, but exactingly articulate. Review: An Astute Choreographer Stumbles (and Rises) to Hope 2020-03-08T05:00:00Z

And there is one astonishing scene when Philip and Sheila, talking entirely at cross-purposes about Ginny's married lover, reveal the depths of their own antagonism. Relatively Speaking – review 2013-05-20T22:00:01Z

“The author explores the minds of these champs of mayhem with astonishing success. It’s an original.” Marijane Meaker, 95, Who Helped Launch Genre of Lesbian Fiction, Dies 2022-12-11T05:00:00Z

Szalai called it an “astonishing” book that conveys “what it felt like in real time to experience the tightening vise of the Nazi regime.” Times Critics’ Top Books of 2021 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z

Scott of The Times writing, “Mr. Farhadi’s control is astonishing, as is the discipline of the actors.” A Quick Guide to the Foreign-Language Oscar Nominees 2017-02-03T05:00:00Z

Ms. Cronje is simply astonishing, one of those rare actresses who conveys a multitude of conflicting impulses in a single moment. Theater Review: Yael Farber’s ‘Mies Julie,’ at St. Ann’s Warehouse 2012-11-13T03:00:00Z

In Barker’s astonishing novel, a Beijing taxi driver learns of his previous lives as a bit player during 15 centuries of China’s past. 100 Notable Books of 2015 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z

Trout leaping for cast flies are among the more dramatic and technically astonishing of these works. Paddling through a painterly landscape in New York’s Adirondack Park 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z

A butcher, he is seemingly content with his walks, his work and the astonishing variety of music he enjoys: “Jazz music. Funk. String quartets. Operas. Symphonies. Heavy metal. Disco.” At 77, He Gets to Woo Mary-Louise Parker 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z

He called the painting “an astonishing work, heartbreaking in what it says about the way we teach racism to perpetuate it in America.” New York Show of Philip Guston Work to Include Klan Images 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z

During my graduate school years, one of the Schumann works I learned, performed and became almost obsessed with was the “Davidsbündlertänze,” a suite of dances that presents Schumann at his most astonishing. ArtsBeat: The Top 10 Composers: The Romantics 2011-01-19T12:00:08Z

It is performed by Mikhail Baryshnikov and Willem Dafoe with superb finesse, and looks astonishing – yet, nearing the end of its 90 minutes, I found myself glancing furtively at my watch. The Old Woman – review 2013-07-05T13:45:05Z

He said he was drawn to the show by McCartney's astonishing longevity. Paul McCartney plays gig at tiny London club 2010-12-17T18:01:05Z

After 20 minutes, it becomes clear that Street has the most astonishing life story of anyone I have ever interviewed. 'All my life suddenly made sense': how it feels to be diagnosed with autism late in life 2016-11-19T05:00:00Z

As she inched her way forward and back, it was astonishing to see willpower slowly spread through her body. Dance Review: Natalia Osipova as Ballet Theater?s Juliet at the Met 2010-07-11T21:59:00Z

Then, perhaps, the show’s second most astonishing event took place. The Slap Wasn’t the Only Astonishing Thing About the Oscars 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z

He’s required to talk more or less nonstop for an hour and 15 minutes, and he handles the challenge with theatrical brio and astonishing breath control. In 'Aunt Sally,' a lonely teen, a teacher who crosses a line and the phone that witnesses everything 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z

The images in the movie, produced and directed by Duncan Copp, were often astonishing. 2010-01-30T13:26:00Z

It’s an astonishing story about a German-American military pilot called Dieter Dengler who grew up in Germany during the second world war, then went to America, enlisted in the air force and fought in Vietnam. 50 documentaries you need to see 2016-03-27T04:00:00Z

The Equal Justice Initiative’s astonishing report “Lynching in America: Confronting the Legacy of Racial Terror” released this month asks Americans to take off our blinders. Lynching epidemic’s reign of terror: A reminder that white lives matter — and black lives do not 2015-02-24T05:00:00Z

Elsewhere, his restrained approach cramps the pervasive atmosphere of psychosexual tension, so superbly captured by Fischer in his astonishing Budapest Festival Orchestra version for Channel Classics, which remains the benchmark. Strauss: Josephslegende – review 2013-07-04T20:30:00Z

It sold above the high estimate for an astonishing $7.13 million. Auctions: Modest Impressionist and Modern Art to Please the Crowd 2011-05-05T14:00:04Z

He was an astonishing man, very brilliant, very talented, but wrecked by being born into a controlling, world-hating group. Tell Us 5 Things About Your Book: ‘In the Days of Rain’ 2017-07-09T04:00:00Z

Research by the Danish government in 2018 found that paper shopping bags need to be used 43 times to offset all environmental factors, and organic cotton totes an astonishing 20,000 times. 'We just didn’t think about it': how did we let plastic bags get everywhere? 2019-06-09T04:00:00Z

Perhaps no place in the Gorge is as astonishing and unconventional as Hiyu Wine Farm outside of Hood River. Great Oregon Wines Beyond the Willamette Valley 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z

“Great beauty, of course, and astonishing structure. But then this abstract and odd quality. It made him quite the provocateur in his day.” Balenciaga, Fashion’s Original Provocateur 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z

This gold-decorated wooden panel is full of things that are astonishing to see in a painting that is 700 years old. Hull will go to heaven for this: gallery acquires Lorenzetti's glowing Christ 2013-07-16T16:24:38Z

He completed his feat in 2001 and can still recite it today; his achievement is so astonishing that the journal Memory recently conducted a study on him. What's the best poetry to learn by heart? 2010-05-26T07:52:00Z

As “Salesman” spread into the culture with astonishing speed, it helped introduce the seismic re-evaluations of the ensuing decades. Review: In a New ‘Salesman,’ the Lomans Look Like All of Us 2022-10-09T04:00:00Z

The finale, the Beatles song, “In My Life,” quietly underlined her career’s astonishing 50-year continuity. Music Review: Judy Collins at Café Carlyle 2012-09-13T22:28:23Z

A solo cadenza near the end of the concerto is too astonishing for words. Susanna Mälkki brings more news to the Los Angeles Philharmonic 2017-10-30T04:00:00Z

But long before her stature on the small screen soared, Cilla was an unknown Liverpool lass with an astonishing rags to riches story. Cilla Black: Reliving the early years 2014-09-07T04:00:00Z

Many of the once legendary slums have been transformed through some astonishing architectural gems, like the Biblioteca España, a hyper-modern public library and community space in the low-income Santo Domingo neighborhood. 52 Places to Go in 2015 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z

What she didn't know is that she would devote the next 10 years to working on her astonishing book, "The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration." Genealogy class sprouts tale of Great Migration 2011-01-14T23:06:00Z

There might be little left to say about Robert Bly, the poet, critic, translator and nonagenarian whose astonishing “Collected Poems” is now available. He’s a Legend of Contemporary Poetry. There’s Finally a Volume of His Collected Work. 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z

This was a period in which Wonder’s musical genius was exploding, his astonishing creativity fueled by outrage at racial injustice, which he addressed directly in his lyrics. Review: Dance Theater of Harlem’s Soulful Ballet to Stevie Wonder 2022-04-10T04:00:00Z

It was an astonishing example of a musician playing way out of his skin – and one who had never been in Ellington's front rank of star soloists. 50 great moments in jazz: Duke Ellington plays Newport jazz festival 2010-04-06T11:02:00Z

For most people that probably sounds foolish, but the six brothers featured in the astonishing documentary “The Wolfpack” aren’t most people. Review: ‘The Wolfpack’ Shares the Story of Brothers and a Cinematic Lifeline 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z

“It’s astonishing that for a country that has Silicon Valley, lack of access to information is a red flag,” notes Michael Green, executive director of the Social Progress Imperative, which oversees the index. Global rankings study: America in warp-speed decline 2014-04-09T12:15:00Z

The numbers are astonishing, but they leave the impression that they alone are the measure of his achievement, and ironically, they work against him. How Movies Work 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z

The rest, anyway, is well known: brief manic stardom, diminishing sales for four astonishing solo albums, the long slow trek to a place where he was in control. No Regrets: Writings on Scott Walker, edited by Rob Young - review 2012-07-27T21:55:02Z

It lasted only a couple of minutes, but it was an astonishing convergence of skill, muscle memory and movement integrity. Showing Dance’s Hidden Side at MoMA 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z

“That seemed astonishing at the time, it seemed a huge amount to spend.” ‘Beatles vs. Stones’: Which side are you on? 2013-12-13T21:49:48Z

The list of deserving artists who are neither in the Rock ’n’ Roll Hall of Fame nor amongst this year’s nominees is astonishing, but I’m not going to pick-over that ugly scrap heap. This is the Fox News of music: The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is an embarrassing, corrupting institution 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z

Because the real star of this show is the astonishing architectural transformation of the theater itself, by the set designer David Korins. Review: Dancing With Dictators in David Byrne’s ‘Here Lies Love’ 2023-07-20T04:00:00Z

But the cruelty of this aspect of the novel’s structure is countered by the astonishing tenderness of other sections. Review | In ‘Dear Edward,’ the world’s most famous orphan finds something to live for 2019-12-31T05:00:00Z

Curtis' performance in "Everything" is no less than astonishing. Jamie Lee Curtis talks summer camp, being you and the end of "Halloween" 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z

"Probably Anderson's best film: hilarious, visually astonishing and packed full of his regulars, who all dazzle in their well-drawn characters." The 10 best films of 2014 (so far) 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z

Apple Blossom, aided by a one-handed performance from her astonishing pianist Leo Genovese, was sublime; Fall In sounded like a lost soul classic. Esperanza Spalding ? review 2011-07-12T18:20:00Z

It draws students, dance lovers and creative seekers of all kinds to its intimate space, which makes room for an astonishing wealth of ideas. D.C.’s Dance Place celebrates 35 years of building the field 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z

But it’s testimony to the faith the network have in this series that they are to give its handful of adoring fans a fourth and final run, following this year’s astonishing third outing. The best TV of 2016 … that you probably didn't watch 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z

It was, simply, as if an invisible choir were singing from the orchestra: astonishing. Music Review: Georg Friedrich Haas’s ‘dark dreams,’ at Berlin Philharmonic 2014-02-23T18:48:18Z

The series finale of “Reservation Dogs,” FX’s astonishing series about Native teens and elders in rural Oklahoma, dispenses a great truth of life from a prison vending machine. ‘Reservation Dogs’ Was a Coming-of-All-Ages Masterpiece 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z

“What’s astonishing they’re three of the best directors I ever worked with, which could be completely an accident. But it doesn’t seem like one,” Page said. Why Rachel Chavkin is a rare thing on Broadway these days 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z

The range of Gaitskill's humanity is astonishing and matched only, it seems, by a desire to confront readers with the trembling reality of our shared ugliness. Mary Gaitskill takes on race, class and motherhood in her new novel 'The Mare' 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z

Neither strictly dance nor theatre, these constellations of stylised action are taut with concentration and executed with astonishing precision by performers drawn from mostly non-dance and non-theatre backgrounds. Birds with Skymirrors 2010-08-19T21:30:00Z

It is still an astonishing, riveting film, both eloquent and difficult. Dance Review: Meredith Monk at St. Mark’s Church 2012-11-20T22:38:02Z

Mr. Carter died in Manhattan on Monday at 103, and it is impossible to overstate the significance of his astonishing longevity. An Appraisal: Elliott Carter, Composer and Master of ‘Gear Shifting’ 2012-11-06T22:51:30Z

“The speed and success with which the Manchester International Festival has established itself in the top tier of festivals worldwide has been astonishing,” he said. Manchester Festival Appoints New Artistic Director 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z

His elevation to the top rank of pianists is due to his astonishing technical virtuosity, which marks his concerts with an aura of patrician athleticism that, in effect, sells his intellectual rigor. The Pianist Maurizio Pollini and the Shock of the Old 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z

This astonishing piece sounds like a prolonged, subdued mass of thick harmonies, just a few oscillating chords that keep shifting, overlapping and bleeding together. Music Review: I?m Playing With the Orchestra. Leave a Message After the Beep. 2011-02-23T23:22:28Z

In this exhaustive biography, Lucy Hughes-Hallett attempts to peel away the many layers of an astonishing Italian egotist who still divides opinion over his politics, poetry and prose. The Pike: Gabriele D'Annunzio – Poet, Seducer & Preacher of War by Lucy Hughes-Hallett – review 2013-02-04T07:00:01Z

The popular comedian, who struggled with depression in her own life, dug deep for the role and the results are astonishing and worthy of awards consideration. And the Oscar may go to: 30 key movies that could win big next award season 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z

In its winter and spring seasons, the company has often hit the ground running with its astonishing profusion of repertory. Critic?s Notebook: In City Ballet?s Fall Season, a Need for Surprises 2011-10-12T17:07:24Z

The Act II narrative in “Walküre” was one of the most astonishing passages of the evening, as both music and drama. A New Wotan Reigns in the Metropolitan Opera’s ‘Ring’ 2019-05-05T04:00:00Z

But the words provide a welcome excuse for Mr. Murfi’s astonishing acting. Review: ‘The Man in the Woman’s Shoes,’ a Mikel Murfi Solo Play 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z

Galland’s Arabic text comprised what scholars refer to as the “core” stories of “The Arabian Nights,” beginning with the prologue that explains their astonishing origin. Review | How ‘Aladdin’ came to be: Thank (or blame) an 18th-century French scholar 2019-06-11T04:00:00Z

Their musical legacy consists of one astonishing album, played in its entirety here; one not-so astonishing album, which they skirt over in a couple of songs; and a handful of singles. The Stone Roses - review 2012-06-29T22:54:56Z

The timbre of his voice was astonishing – if he’d read the phone book out loud, it would have seemed deep and meaningful. Christopher Lee 1922-2015: an appreciation by Mark Kermode 2015-06-14T04:00:00Z

However astonishing, Wobble's musical travels avoid pretension, grounded by the Trilby-hatted Cockney geezer's mischievous, surreal humour. Jah Wobble & the Nippon?Dub?Ensemble 2010-08-06T20:46:00Z

The most astonishing pictures are close-ups of Bangkok pay phones, their garish artificial colors tempered by wear and graffiti, and bathed in the neon of nearby signs. Review | In the galleries: At American University Museum, a world of atmosphere 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z

The performance also featured the astonishing young talent of Alexander Vinogradov, whose penetrative bass tolled like the ringing of an ancient, Russian Orthodox bell. Royal Liverpool Philharmonic/Petrenko – review 2013-05-05T15:50:50Z

“Is This a Room,” which opened on Monday at the Lyceum Theater, turns the ums and stutters and bizarre non sequiturs of recorded speech into astonishing — and astonishingly emotional — theater. ‘Is This a Room’ Review: A Transcript Becomes a Thrilling Thriller 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z

More astonishing, perhaps, is that he has weathered advanced lessons with me for 16 years. Bridge: Winning a Title of Life Master but Not for Being 94 Years Old 2011-08-17T22:43:25Z

The Imperial War Museum in London was just astonishing in what they could uncover. "It's our foundation myth": PBS' "World on Fire" challenges the World War II narrative we know 2020-04-05T04:00:00Z

Hal Prince’s astonishing achievement demonstrates the power of the long view. My Summer With Hal 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z

Like the other top models of that time, she was tall and lithe, but it was her astonishing face that made her fortune. The Cruel Paradox of Linda Evangelista’s Fate 2021-10-16T04:00:00Z

These are no cheap, bikesploitation pulp fictions, as Parke uses the series to explore ideas of power, politics, knowledge and trust, as well as delivering some astonishing plot twists. Your books of the year 2012-12-28T22:55:18Z

By that point, Exley was long done as a writer, but his astonishing first book remains. Frank Gifford and 'A Fan's Notes' 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z

“With each passing decade,” Clark concludes, “Sylvia Plath’s work seems more astonishing, and its achievements harder earned. . . . Let us not desert her.” Review | Heather Clark’s ‘Red Comet’ is an exhaustively researched, often brilliant biography of Sylvia Plath 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z

He certainly is not: it would be astonishing to find any country in which Malouf's consciousness was replicated. Profile: David Malouf 2011-03-30T14:18:58Z

Although largely forgotten, it was an astonishing moment in which Black culture burst forth on a show and time slot that was typically treated as a lighthearted prelude to bedtime. Review | Peacock’s ‘The Sit-In’ recounts the amazing week in 1968 that Harry Belafonte took Johnny Carson’s place 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z

There is a lovely moment when it feels as if the audience have been personally responsible for magicking up the larder through the astonishing power of our thoughts. The House Where Winter Lives – review 2012-12-12T18:22:45Z

Not long after, he embarked on an astonishing series of huge acrylic canvases of high-key deep greens, reds, violets and oranges deployed in radiant fields, stark blocks and shimmering columns of ultra-vibrant colour. John Hoyland obituary 2011-08-01T19:14:31Z

“But one of the things that is so astonishing about these beautiful pieces is that they are not digital,” she says. Left in the shadows for decades, light artist dazzles anew 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z

Robinson said the artist is "an astonishing perfectionist" with an attention to detail that sometimes verged on the lunatic. Mars attacks 2012-08-07T15:57:41Z

The entries represent "an astonishing array of outstanding media accomplishment," said Horace Newcomb, director of the Peabody Awards. Newtown TV coverage, 'Girls' win Peabody Awards 2013-03-27T16:49:08Z

“It was astonishing to watch the amount of glee being taken in watching her fall apart.” Speaking of Britney … What About All Those Other Women? 2021-02-27T05:00:00Z

Of all the life stories currently pouring out of contemporary China, these are, for me, among the most astonishing and hard to forget. Hilary Spurling's top 10 unputdownable Chinese books 2010-05-11T10:30:00Z

The sheer range of musical expression is astonishing: pastoral reveries, woodland scenes, romantic arias, heroic dramas, historical legends and visions of spiritual strife. Recordings in review: the Transcendental Études, twice. ​ 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z

In any case, what happened after March 1931 took on an astonishing life of its own. Real story behind Scottsboro Boys 2013-10-17T10:03:54Z

The paintings are astonishing, and the experience is mystifying. Ancient artwork and natural wonders in Europe’s best caves 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z

Perhaps the most astonishing evidence of the buyers’ readiness to spend vast amounts of cash on pretty much every school, was provided by the second auction record established at Sotheby’s. Auctions: Uptown From Wall Street, a Bull Market 2011-11-04T13:00:10Z

In Barrow, he finds the vast submarine factory both horrifying and "genuinely astonishing, a Death Star clad in corrugated metal … the size of several towerblocks stacked end-to-end". A New Kind of Bleak by Owen Hatherley – review 2012-07-06T07:00:01Z

An astonishing 24 shows grossed more than $1 million last week, including seven that grossed more than $2 million, according to figures released Tuesday by the Broadway League. Broadway Breaks Multiple Records Through New Year’s Weekend 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z

Tiler Peck dances with a fleetness so astonishing, it’s as if her feet were made of wings. Dance? Easy. The Ballerina Tiler Peck Leaves Her Comfort Zone. 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z

And so Michelle Dockery’s wish is fully granted, in an astonishing career swerve from “Downton Abbey” to TNT’s intriguing and impressively seedy crime drama “Good Behavior,” the first two episodes of which premiere Tuesday. Lady Mary as a boozy, floozy Southern criminal? Works like a charm. 2016-11-14T05:00:00Z

With imagination given free rein, the resulting artistry is astonishing. Vampire state of mind: how to join the world's greatest Halloween parade 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z

An astonishing statement, this, given that Pound is himself arguably the greatest free verse poet in the language! John Keats, Chopped Prose and Other Letters to the Editor 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z

And I find, again and again, just by spending the time, by asking very simple questions, people have said the most astonishing things to me. Anthony Bourdain's last interview: Trump, Weinstein and travel 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z

He described the five years of treatment that concluded last spring with astonishing stoicism. The 18-Year Wait for New Wrens Music Is Over. Sort Of. 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z

As Ganga, the goddess of the Ganges River, her arms undulated with a plasticity more astonishing than any swan princess. Dance Review: A Show of Kuchipudi at Jacob?s Pillow 2010-07-12T22:05:00Z

However, even here in the United States, it’s astonishing how vulnerable young models are to exploitation. Op-Docs: Teenage Girls Audition to Be Models in Siberia 2012-09-12T18:50:33Z

Elliptical, elusive and endlessly stimulating, Deborah Levy’s new novel, her third to be nominated for the Booker Prize, packs an astonishing amount into 200 pages. Review | In ‘The Man Who Saw Everything,’ Deborah Levy questions our notions of reality 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z

“Certainly the degree of knowledge, the depth of knowledge among the general public that I meet is astonishing.” Animals Sly Enough to Surprise David Attenborough 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z

There is also an astonishing visitation at the end. Peter and Alice; The Low Road – review 2013-03-31T00:05:46Z

Even more astonishing was the phenomenal enthusiasm that persisted when the collection of Zero art was followed by works, from various owners, of artists covering a vast range of styles up to the present time. 2010-02-11T17:00:00Z

The upbeat anthem is Swift’s 60th Hot 100-charting song, an astonishing accomplishment for a woman so young. Taylor Swift's "Shake It Off" Debuts at #1 2014-08-27T04:00:00Z

What’s astonishing is how naturally and fluidly all this material allows itself to be depicted operatically. ‘Appomattox’: A superb night at the opera 2015-11-15T05:00:00Z

And 26 years after they formed, the Bad Seeds are in the midst of a startling artistic purple patch: their last two albums, the double Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus and 2008's astonishing Dig!!! 'It's OK to embarrass yourself' ? Nick Cave and the return of Grinderman 2010-09-02T22:00:00Z

But plenty of unassuming vehicles with astonishing sound systems participated as well. A 100-Car Army of Sound in Los Angeles 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z

And he finished with the most incandescent, wonderful, astonishing performance of Sibelius's Seventh Symphony that I've ever heard in my life. Sir Colin Davis remembered: 'He worked little miracles' 2013-04-15T18:13:39Z

As a career-launcher for Stoppard, though, it remains astonishing — a youthful prank bursting with theatrical mischief and literary flair. ‘Rosencrantz’ review: Clever hybrid stager, thy name is Posner 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z

The most astonishing work of the evening was the “Fantasia in C Minor” by W.F. A pianist with a penchant for the unusual 2017-01-23T05:00:00Z

The best thing about them — apart from their astonishing beauty — was that we were able to choose our paddling conditions. Explorer: Stand-Up Paddle Boarding in the Virgin Islands 2011-12-02T14:36:36Z

Even by modern standards the recorded sound is astonishing; you may have to adjust to Mr. Moravec’s breathing and other extraneous sounds. Music Critics? Picks for Chopin Bicentennial 2010-05-27T21:03:00Z

Let’s get the not exactly astonishing revelation out of the way first: yes, Crawford and Houston were lovers, and Crawford decided to speak about it after Houston’s daughter, Bobbi Kristina, died in 2015. Friends reunited: the one where they try to get along again 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z

In one piece, titled “Who Won’t Be Voting for Trump,” he listed some of the denigrating things that Donald Trump has said about an astonishing range of people. The Unclassifiable Essays of Eliot Weinberger 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z

It was astonishing – the Eden Center was entirely dedicated to Vietnamese businesses. Frugal Traveler: Cheap, Kid-Friendly Eats in Washington, D.C. 2011-03-15T21:59:25Z

But just in case we needed a reminder that film-making actually means something, and that something is at stake in being a film-maker, comes some astonishing news from Iran. Cry freedom for Jafar Panahi 2010-12-21T11:15:46Z

It took an astonishing number of individuals willing to ignore their complaints, to overlook their suffering. "Athlete A" is a fierce indictment of the gymnastics culture that enabled a predator 2020-06-24T04:00:00Z

Our hominid ancestors are described not as astonishing animals that harnessed the destructive force of fire, but “prehistoric” — people who didn’t know how to write. 1994 Was a Prison of My Own Making 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z

In a cafe near Liskeard, I met a wandering American student of quite astonishing beauty, and she spent an evening with me under one of the granite tors, a place called the Cheesewring. Travel: Philip Marsden’s ‘Rising Ground’ and More 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z

If it's musically impressive, then its lyrical reach is frequently astonishing. Best albums of 2012, No 1: Frank Ocean – Channel Orange 2012-12-14T00:00:00Z

Ms. Cameron got the idea for the story in 2010, when she read an article about sequencing the Neanderthal genome, which showed an astonishing overlap of about 99.7 percent between human and Neanderthal DNA. Neanderthals: They’re Just Like Us 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z

The Doctor is someone who sees the big picture, and has seen how the human race is — he loves the human race, because he sees its cruelty, but also astonishing kindness and heroism. Peter Capaldi Prepares for His Final Season of ‘Doctor Who’ 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z

Rousseau’s report on this exchange was an astonishing piece of intelligence. Remembering a Woman Who Was a Leader of the French Resistance 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z

It’s one of several astonishing moments across the series’ run. “The Sopranos” at 17: After watching all six seasons, I’m left with the queasy feeling that the legions of fans of the show have been played 2016-01-08T05:00:00Z

The chaotic, astonishing barrage of voices on recent single Jump in the Air turns out to be a red herring. Erykah Badu: New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh | CD review 2010-04-01T14:35:00Z

The result is a transformation that is nothing less than visually astonishing. How Peter Jackson Made WWI Footage Seem Astonishingly New 2018-12-16T05:00:00Z

The sheer audacity with which Alex Murdaugh, his family, and their accomplices asserted their power and privilege in their South Carolina town is astonishing, certainly. From "You" to "Barry," we're fascinated by audacious grifters: The man who deceives us and himself 2023-03-11T05:00:00Z

Although Morris employs the unusual technique of telling Edison’s story backward, from death to birth, he leaves no doubt about the man’s astonishing brilliance, manic productivity and unparalleled impact on modern life. 12 New Books We Recommend This Week 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z

I would also recommend Maria Golia’s “Cairo: City of Sand,” which captures with astonishing detail the sounds, smells, street dynamics and customs of the city. Read Your Way Through Cairo 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z

A Facebook post I made soliciting stories of rude talkers at shows also drew hundreds of comments detailing rather astonishing bad concert behavior. The loudmouth at the concert: Why can’t people stop talking and listen to the music? 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z

It’s also an astonishing, willful sexualization of black bodies, a fantasy of black sexual freedom and prowess, but a fantasy that the movie exalts through its specific grounding in women’s sexual freedom. “Magic Mike XXL” Grabs Our Convoluted Fantasies of Pleasure 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z

The Internet is a world of wonders for many reasons, not least for its astonishing ability to rewrite reality. Sorry, But the Original Ghostbusters Isn't Even That Good 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z

Bill Nighy at full belt on stage is astonishing, unbalancing, unforgettable.” Skylight illuminates West End 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z

David Oyelowo is astonishing as King, capturing the unmistakable cadences but also the man — uncertain, jocular, determined. The Best Movies on Amazon Prime Video Right Now 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z

In “Fantasia for Piano,” Mark Singer writes about the mystery behind the pianist Joyce Hatto’s astonishing music career. Sunday Reading: Legendary Hoaxes 2019-11-17T05:00:00Z

It seems astonishing that all this work went into a single, one-off Prom. Prom 2: My Fair Lady/John Wilson Orchestra – review 2012-07-15T13:25:08Z

“Zappa” foregrounds the laudable and often astonishing aspects of the man’s work and personality. ‘Zappa’ Review: Portrait of a Rock Star and a Nation’s Hero 2020-11-26T05:00:00Z

Being able to witness this astonishing moment of epic theatricality is something I will always cherish. 'My awe at role in 2012 ceremony' 2012-07-28T10:08:39Z

It's astonishing how intimidating art can be to people. Frieze art fair – review 2012-10-13T23:06:54Z

Both of them feature the name Ottolenghi — the famed London eateries featuring Israeli inspired dishes and some of the most astonishing pastries in the world. From Oprah to Goop, these crazy gift guide suggestions caught Salon's imagination 2019-11-29T05:00:00Z

Victor wanted to show me just how astonishing and beautiful his home is. Ecuador’s Yasuni park: where oil vies with tourism for the rainforest 2016-10-23T04:00:00Z

I shall never forget Vanessa and Corin standing next to him, feeding him lines which he then delivered with astonishing sensitivity. Corin Redgrave: a tribute 2010-04-07T15:44:00Z

But in quality of execution, another leveling factor among American orchestras has been the astonishing degree of talent among young musicians who keep pouring out of conservatories. The Big Five Orchestras No Longer Add Up 2013-06-14T12:00:01Z

He's accomplished something astonishing in Spotify and the so-called universal jukebox. Taylor Swift and Daniel Ek debate Spotify: What's a fan to do? 2014-11-14T05:00:00Z

Ghostface Killah, a veteran so accepted as a lyrical hulk as to be taken for granted, appears on “Purple Hearts” with an astonishing, floating verse. Kendrick Lamar, Mortal Icon 2022-05-16T04:00:00Z

My goodness, how astonishing they are, and how moving, and how funny, and how just plain weird. ‘The Long Haul’ Is a Trucker’s Slangy Tour of the Road 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z

Maybe not, but these chicken people, with deep connections to their birds, make for a fun and at times astonishing film. Review: ‘Chicken People,’ Pampering Royalty That Clucks 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z

At the time, Cyrus' "Wrecking Ball" success was pretty astonishing. "Wrecking Ball," Miley Cyrus' “forgettable” pop ballad remains unforgettable and fun 10 years later 2023-09-10T04:00:00Z

The dramatic story of the painting linked to World War II events played a part in the making of its astonishing price. Auctions: Uptown From Wall Street, a Bull Market 2011-11-04T13:00:10Z

From this point on, things will deteriorate with astonishing speed, despite strenuous efforts by peacemakers in China and the United States. Review | Ken Follett’s latest epic is a cautionary tale of global catastrophe 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z

Her latest show is an astonishing spectacle that draws from Cirque du Soleil, “300,” the Chinese New Year, “Grease” and — as always — Catholic imagery. On ‘Rebel Heart’ tour stop, Madonna doesn’t miss a beat 2015-09-13T04:00:00Z

The more you learn about Chekhov, as you read biographies, memoirs, the letters – the more clear it becomes that he led a love-life of astonishing activity and complexity. Anton Chekhov: a lifetime of lovers 2013-03-01T17:30:01Z

But, even if the play is slippery, it lives theatrically through Walsh's astonishing way with words. Penelope 2010-07-26T20:31:00Z

Mahler. Mahler’s last three completed symphonies got profound performances by conductors who have shown astonishing growth since their early days conducting the L.A. The best classical music performances of 2016 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z

It's just that we can now do astonishing things with technology. Bill Nighy on being an alien rock star in Showtime's "The Man Who Fell to Earth" 2022-05-15T04:00:00Z

TonyHoward:Close to, the reduction of the acting level to the spoken/whispered was astonishing and deeply moving. Reader reviews: your take on Chariots of Fire and King Lear 2012-05-25T10:41:53Z

Between 1958 and 1963 an astonishing 170 French filmmakers directed their first features, happily marching under the new wave banner, which was as vague as it was in vogue. 50 years of Breathless 2010-06-05T23:04:00Z

Whatever happens, it will also be an astonishing place to park your car. 1111 Lincoln Road 2010-03-28T00:05:00Z

His five-day stay in the hospital would have been considered short for any patient, but for a 68-year-old, it was astonishing. In health care access, doctor privilege is real. This is how it works 2020-04-11T04:00:00Z

"They practise hell for leather," says Garden, and an Ofsted report recounted that the school's "achievement in playing musical instruments and performing in concerts as the West Everton Children's Orchestra is astonishing". Strings attached 2010-10-02T23:03:00Z

And then Scott Gimple came in and did an astonishing job. ‘The Walking Dead’ Says Goodbye to Andrew Lincoln. Sort Of. 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z

Using astonishing underwater footage and videos from their travels, the film profiles the two adventurers before looking at a cataclysmic tragedy that rocked the free diving community. ‘The Deepest Breath’ Review: A Perilous Drop Into the Ocean 2023-07-20T04:00:00Z

The effect is a history of currency full of astonishing tales you might tell a friend in the pub. The Fiction That Makes the World Go Round 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z

This Bolshoi Ballet soloist, joining Ballet Theater as a guest artist once again this spring, is astonishing in her delicacy of line, fullness of artistic expression and, above all, effortless buoyancy of lift. Week Ahead: May 30 ? June 5 2010-05-28T15:11:00Z

“That was astonishing,” Veloso says of hearing it for the first time. Caetano Veloso’s exquisite protest music has always rejected the idea of despair 2021-10-22T04:00:00Z

Her piece features 5,000 insect specimens pinned in ornate patterns that are both astonishing and beautiful. The ‘Wonder’ of the new Renwick 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z

The performers, who are more like athletes, seem to always play on: they are restless creatures of astonishing beauty, stranded on what may be a raft, a platform, or planet Earth itself. Du Goudron et des Plumes ? review 2011-01-27T22:30:01Z

Finally, two fiery pieces by Scriabin provide transfixing context for an arrangement by Jonathan Keren of a Baroque piece for orchestra by Rebel, the aptly titled “Chaos” — teeming, unpredictable and astonishing music. A Pianist Loses Himself in a Musical ‘Labyrinth’ 2020-11-15T05:00:00Z

It was big enough, in fact, to fill two of the most astonishing television series of the year. Two Astonishing Views of O.J. Simpson and His Trial 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z

It’s a bittersweet cigarette drag of an episode, perfumed with loneliness and memory, and Abbass’s performance is astonishing. The Best TV Episodes of 2019 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z

I’d invite Mary Ann Evans because her writings seem to arise from an astonishing intelligence, which I find quite daunting. John Cleese Intends to Have His Unread Books Buried With Him 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z

This is, as Met curator emeritus Dorothea Arnold argues in a catalogue essay, a truly astonishing development, resulting in “royal images among the most significant representations of human beings ever created.” Met exhibit shatters 19th-century myths about ancient Egypt 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z

In the end, Dudamel trusted Schubert enough to place mood over matter when that’s what mattered to one of music’s most astonishing prodigies at this point in his development. Dudamel gives Schubertian tragedy a surprising buoyancy 2017-05-12T04:00:00Z

The first version of the play – then entitled The Turbin Brothers – was written between 1920 and 1921 in an astonishing burst of creativity that also saw the composition of four other plays. Hung up 2010-03-20T00:05:00Z

But O’Toole manages to navigate the astonishing transformation of a valley of squinting windows into something far more kaleidoscopic. His Life Was Too Boring for a Memoir. So He Wrote Ireland’s. 2022-03-15T04:00:00Z

Here is an astonishing statistic I recently encountered: Only 32 percent of the American population has blue or blue-gray eyes, but more than 70 percent of our presidents did. Are brown-eyed people losers, and other burning questions 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z

Every winter, the mummers, dressed as animals or wearing elaborate horned masks, perform a traditional dance in a spectacular parade, producing an astonishing noise from the huge copper bells worn around their waists. Bulgaria's Pernik scares off evil spirits with colorful carnival 2019-01-27T05:00:00Z

The sheer relentless physicality of his performances remains astonishing, but it's his defiant vulnerability that shines through in everything he did. In a better, alternate universe, Patrick Swayze is still dancing with us 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z

Next, read “Ordinary Girls,” Jaquira Díaz’s astonishing memoir about her tumultuous upbringing. Read Your Way Through Miami 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z

Although their most recent album, it's still a decade old and it's astonishing to witness just how in touch the group are with contemporary dance music. Kraftwerk at Tate Modern, night eight: Tour de France 2013-02-15T16:43:55Z

"There is an amazing story to be written about punk memorabilia, with a truly astonishing cast of crooks, obsessives, celebrities, fashionistas, academics, general hangers-on, victims, museum directors, auction houses, and so on." Malcolm McLaren's widow fears Met will get punk fashion show all wrong 2013-02-16T14:13:15Z

Without giving away some the film's astonishing twists — as Rodnyansky noted, the term "spoiler" translates in Russian as "spoiler" — in one sequence a drunken afternoon picnic-slash-shooting party goes very wrong. Filmmakers see a bigger message in Russia's 'Leviathan' 2014-12-30T05:00:00Z

So this is the kind of novel that strives, despite its MacGuffin, to be called "haunting"; and it achieves this by not striving too hard, and by balancing itself with quite astonishing ease. Two Cows and a Vanful of Smoke by Peter Benson ? review 2011-08-12T21:55:04Z

Up close, the sound was astonishing but unpolished, and Levit made the little grunts of somebody working very hard. Close at Hand with the Pianist Igor Levit 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z

It’s an astonishing feat for a first novel that took a decade to write and was rejected by 32 publishers before finding a home. Douglas Stuart hopes Booker win helps working-class writers 2020-11-24T05:00:00Z

In archival footage and interviews, it’s easy to see why McEnroe’s approach was one of the most astonishing in the sport. ‘McEnroe’ Review: Regrets, He’s Had a Few 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z

The way he allowed Ms. Vishneva in Act I to slowly float back to earth at the end of lifts and the way he guided her in billowing lifts in Act II were both astonishing. Dance Review: Two Top Giselles, Back to Back 2011-05-29T22:49:01Z

In your case, just the sheer amount of it is astonishing. A Word With: Pat Metheny and John Zorn: A Word With: Pat Metheny and John Zorn 2013-05-19T21:41:39Z

He stayed with friends in Denver, who enjoy watching him “in the mornings on their front lawn, doing tai chi in his beard and business suit and astonishing the neighbors.” Book Review: ‘Full Body Burden’ by Kristen Iversen 2012-09-27T21:30:42Z

An astonishing number of "lovers" of books and of reading frequently say similarly questionable things, at least if you quote them out of context – which is what people tend to do. Reading is overrated 2011-02-17T15:48:22Z

Then Mr. Hinterhäuser was simply astonishing in an unbroken hour of Ustvolskaya’s six piano sonatas, from the gentle loneliness of the first to the thunderous full-forearm cluster chords of the last. A Quirky Violinist and a Festival to Match 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z

Bryan Arias is astonishing as Caliban, full of a demon's violence and caprice. 'The Tempest Replica': dazzling dance, stage wizardry in Seattle 2012-10-24T19:31:05Z

But Australia’s resurgence is happening at an astonishing pace. Missing Broadway? In Sydney, the lights are still on for ‘Hamilton,’ ‘Frozen’ and more. 2021-02-18T05:00:00Z

For 20 years after his return from the Beagle voyage, the scientist sat on what he knew were astonishing discoveries. Tim Flannery: A life in books 2011-03-14T07:59:01Z

This week I watched an astonishing number of videos of this guy cooking 17th- and 18th-century recipes. What You Should Watch This Fourth of July Weekend 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z

“There’s still a core of experienced dealers, and astonishing things still sell in this market,” she said. Kitsch vs. Curios: Tourist Trade Threatens Character of London’s Portobello Market 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z

Somehow Hahn always seems to surpass herself, with playing of such astonishing strength, purity and accuracy that you marvel at the mighty music produced by such a deceptively fragile-looking musician. Hahn, Lisitsa mix old, new with dazzling results 2011-10-18T18:26:04Z

With “Youarenowhere,” which played at the Coil festival in 2015, Mr. Schneider established himself as a sorcerer of technical theater, able to control light and darkness, sound and silence, with astonishing precision. Three Journeys Under the Radar: Trippy, Unsettling and Affectionate 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z

Yet, as Manohla Dargis wrote of Mr. Baker’s work in The Times, “the most astonishing thing about this perfectly cast, beautifully directed movie is the tenderness with which he foregrounds marginalized characters.” Breakthrough Performances of the Summer Movies Season 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z

It is astonishing when she gets really close, looming right above you. Is Little Amal Getting Lost in New York? 2022-09-23T04:00:00Z

Broadway, Riedel argues, was both a beneficiary of and a critical factor in the city’s astonishing transformation in the following decades. ‘Razzle Dazzle’ review: Michael Riedel pulls back the curtain on for Broadway 2015-09-30T04:00:00Z

An astonishing ability to turn everyday exchanges and expletives into poetry was captured in a 1980s New York joke, in which a down-and-out asks a Manhattan passer-by for cash. Has David Mamet lost the plot? 2013-06-12T19:00:03Z

It is a work of astonishing scale and vision, uneasy and confrontational, given to moments of forlorn cynicism. No Compromises 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z

His colleague Sean Hannity, the Trump whisperer, spent part of his Monday show talking about Hillary Clinton’s emails, which would be astonishing if it weren’t so predictable. Perspective | A reporter at the White House decided to play the audio of children sobbing. Somebody had to. 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z

That union of discovery and down-home familiarity enlivens her colorful Indonesian cookbook, which skims the country’s astonishing culinary wealth. Take a culinary journey with these new travel-inspired cookbooks 2021-01-21T05:00:00Z

You will see an astonishing range of contemporary art. 10 years of Tate Modern 2010-04-24T23:07:00Z

Yet between these passages is also astonishing beauty, even the sublime: rending melodies fit for lullabies, ethereal humming that hovers delicately, like a visiting spirit. The Unsingable Music That Stumped a Diva 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z

The aesthetic movement inspired an astonishing range of innovations in art and design that the V&A exhibition brings together, from Edward Burne-Jones's spectral, waxy paintings to "aesthetic" clothes for men and women. Beautiful rebels: the daring art of the aesthetic movement 2011-03-28T20:31:01Z

Even before that, his career seemed to be progressing at quite an astonishing pace. Can Nick Grimshaw make Radio 1 feel young again? 2012-08-17T22:00:51Z

A veterinarian of astonishing empathy with animals is voiced by Isabella Rossellini. | 'My Dog Tulip': A Tender Love Story Between Man and Dog 2010-08-31T22:37:00Z

“I’m so youthful, agile, nimble, spry, mentally alert, that it’s astonishing,” he said, adding, “I eat well, I exercise.” In Cannes, Woody Allen Is Asked About Everything but Accusations 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z

When you repeat this for 21 days, it becomes astonishing. The Sublime Spectacle of Yoko Ono Disrupting the Beatles 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z

"Mantel's abilities to channel the life and lexicon of the past are nothing short of astonishing," the L.A. Cromwell is coming: Wolf Hall starts Sunday 2015-03-30T04:00:00Z

The young performers are astonishing: volatile but never out of control, searingly passionate and yet always forensic. The Dark Side of Love – review 2012-07-02T17:18:04Z

Also astonishing was the meeting of Allison and Helen at the bar. ‘The Affair’ Season 3, Episode 8: People See What They Want to See 2017-01-15T05:00:00Z

While there are entrancing hints of astonishing voices, it’s hard to tell what they were really like. Romancing the Horn: Opera Stars Record Like It’s 1900 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z

But most astonishing was the sprawling ice-skating rink decorated with kiddie cartoons and balloon shapes that takes up a giant chunk of the square, smack between GUM’s central door and Lenin’s mausoleum. Moscow in the Winter, Alive and Illuminated 2011-11-25T06:01:08Z

What’s astonishing is the drive, the never-ending touring, the searching in his music. Bob Dylan, Extending the Line 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z

“Blackwater,” the best hour of the season and possibly of the series altogether, bore down concentratedly on King’s Landing and those trying to defend and take it, and it was astonishing. Game of Thrones Watch: Smoke on the Water, Fire in the Sky 2012-05-28T15:20:17Z

However, it’s still worth watching, if only to see how utterly astonishing Patrick Stewart is in full flight. Patrick Stewart: totally over the top – but impossible not to love 2015-08-18T04:00:00Z

It is hard to explain to casual basketball fans just how astonishing it is that Golden State Warriors point guard Stephen Curry won the NBA’s MVP award this season. The awesome dad move that smashed sports’ boys’ club: Stephen Curry’s MVP parenting: 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z

At 19, as soloist with the Hallé, he gave an astonishing concert of three concertos in one evening, by Bach, Mendelssohn and Brahms. Raymond Cohen obituary 2011-03-22T18:23:06Z

From the astonishing first act at the dawn of man to the hallucinatory, largely non-verbal climax, the film takes more risks than any 10 studio films made today. Clark Gregg's 5 favorite sci-fi movies 2012-05-03T16:56:09Z

“This is an astonishing book,” author Leonard S. Marcus wrote in the New York Times review. Walter Dean Myers, children’s author, dies at age 76

And these are higher-budget independents; those who work on extremely low budgets make movies, such as “An Oversimplification of Her Beauty” and “Butter on the Latch,” of an astonishing, surpassing audacity and originality. There Is No “Genius of the System” 2014-12-21T05:00:00Z

Casanova’s persistent, fox-like curiosity is matched by Dracula’s stolid hedgehog charisma, but Serra disperses their energies and their conflicts throughout the film, by way of an astonishing repertory of eighteenth-century sounds and sights. Albert Serra’s “Story of My Death” 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z

Like Ranald Graham, she stumbled into a landscape of astonishing eccentrics, whispering voices hungry for the right ventriloquist. Marine Court: Hymn to the Sun 2010-09-03T23:06:00Z

Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. has been kind of astonishing. Jonah Goldberg’s sexual tumult: The right doesn’t get how birth control works 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z

Thumbs up/thumbs down: The Boston Globe's Matthew Gilbert praised the series as "an astonishing new medical drama that has the potential to be one of the year's best and most talked-about shows." 'Transparent,' 'The Affair' among new TV series in Golden Globes arena 2014-11-25T05:00:00Z

River’s resurgence promises to be one of the most astonishing urban revitalization projects of the coming decade. Let’s swim to work! 2012-09-15T13:30:00Z

By virtue of its title alone, “Tabloid,” Errol Morris’s astonishing new documentary, achieves a degree of serendipitous timeliness. | 'Tabloid': Was It Love? The ?Manacled Mormon? and His Kinky Weekend 2011-07-14T22:11:29Z

Some may chide her, not without cause, for overreaching; yet the emotional impact of her deep-diving images — especially the astonishing clips from the “race films” of the 1940s and earlier — is profound. Review: ‘The Rape of Recy Taylor’ Takes a Deep Dive Into Systemic Injustice 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z

I think I’m now in 47 languages, which is pretty astonishing. George R. R. Martin on the One 'Game of Thrones' Change He 'Argued Against' 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z

While I applaud the intention to convey supreme despair, this was a deterioration of Mr. Hallberg’s classical style, which used to convey searing passion and princely control to an astonishing degree. The Bolshoi Ballet’s ‘Giselle’ in Washington 2014-05-21T04:00:00Z

Though much of this is far from home for American dancers, it’s astonishing what they achieve here. Review: Ballet Arizona’s ‘Napoli’ Embodies a Culture of Exuberance 2015-02-16T05:00:00Z

What Gyllenhaal did in preparation for his performance in Southpaw is astonishing. Don't go changing: actor transformations that weren't worth the effort 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z

The Vienna Philharmonic plays for him with astonishing virtuosity: strings of tactile fullness; tangy winds; bursts of ideally round and peppery brasses. Review: Anna Netrebko Sings Her First ‘Aida’ in Salzburg 2017-08-07T04:00:00Z

Juggling dual narratives, historical interludes, an astonishing number of characters, King somehow makes it all seem effortless. Rereading Stephen King, chapter 21: It 2013-05-28T16:23:21Z

It heats in less than 20 seconds, dispensing a tall cup with astonishing crema: an absolute mattress of bubbles, smoother in the mouth than Clooney. Kitchen gadgets review: Vertuo coffee machine – a haughty home barrista 2017-10-25T04:00:00Z

Too much of the opera's astonishing depth went unrecognized in Ojai's juvenile production. How unlikely Steven Stucky proved indispensable to the L.A. Philharmonic's rise 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z

It’s astonishing; it’s so funny and poignant, it had me laughing and crying with great regularity. Nick Offerman on 'great scam artist' Tom Sawyer and his favorite writers 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z

Yet abroad it earned an astonishing $714 million — the year’s second highest foreign gross, trailing only the $888.4 million posted overseas by The Avengers. 2012 Turnaround: The Avengers Brings People Back to the Movies 2013-01-03T17:21:00Z

But the twist was less bizarre than breathtaking — correct, compelling and proof that while Ms. Mearns, bold and brave, may be a ballerina of astonishing abilities, she is above all else a dancer. Review: An Incandescent Journey Through 20th-Century Dance 2018-03-19T04:00:00Z

Though Baudelaire does not unbalance the opera's metaphysical polarities, his astonishing descriptions of the music reveal a transgressive inclination towards Venus rather than God. Wagner's Tannh?user 2010-12-11T00:06:00Z

Her secret was relatively simple: a combination of astonishing hard work, an almost innate ability to seem genuine to her audience and huge amounts of charisma. Oprah Winfrey: will the US still worship the high priestess of the talkshow? 2010-12-26T11:08:01Z

She strayed, from time to time, into movies and television over the course of an astonishing 70 years in show business. Elaine Stritch: There was nothing like this dame

I would hope that with the astonishing amount of money they’re pumping into original programs they would be a bit more discerning and create a few things that are a bitless formulaic. Flaked: Netflix serves up more man-boys behaving sadly 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z

“Pain & Gain,” though it compresses some events and characters, hews fairly close to the facts as related in Mr. Collins’s astonishing, deadpan chronicle of idiotic criminality and sloppy police work. Movie Review: Michael Bay’s ‘Pain & Gain,’ With Mark Wahlberg 2013-04-25T14:00:02Z

Or perhaps Conrad, whose last novel was weak, but who had in one astonishing 14-year period produced masterpiece after masterpiece? The damnable task of being a Man Booker International prize judge 2011-03-30T14:46:06Z

Birmingham ably guides us through the first few decades of Dostoyevsky’s astonishing life, paying particular heed to his time amid reformist circles in St. Petersburg. How a Murderous Poet Inspired One of Dostoevsky’s Masterworks 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z

This extensively researched, well-written account, illustrated with an astonishing number of maps, takes the wraps off these forgotten battles. ‘Gettysburg’: sins of omission and commission in a brutal war 2013-06-26T22:17:39Z

But Mr. Redmayne’s astonishing transformation into a near doppelganger of Mr. Hawking clearly won the day; he’s also projected to nab a Bafta, another telling bellwether, on Feb. 8. Shakeups in Best Picture and Best Actor Races 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z

“Behind the Sheet” doesn’t have the electrifying conceptual bravado of other recent works about the legacy of slavery, like Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’s “An Octoroon” or this season’s astonishing “Slave Play” by Jeremy O. Harris. Review: Reckoning With Medical Betrayals ‘Behind the Sheet’ 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z

They confirm Sandby’s astonishing ability to practice with great ease genres at opposite ends of the aesthetic spectrum. Review: Paul Sandby, Unlikely Founder of Dazzling School of European Art 2010-04-16T12:05:00Z

“They got an astonishing amount done,” the historian Joseph P. Eckhardt said. A Belated Retrospective for a Bauhaus Artist 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z

Years ago, on a day in early February, I visited a French garden that was empty, aside from one astonishing crop. Green thumbs, take note: Brussels sprouts come in purple, too 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z

“The technical achievement is astonishing and all the more so because she never allows you even a glimpse at the seams.” ‘The Vegetarian,’ a Surreal South Korean Novel 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z

He is not a pawn in history so much as a great noticer in time, with astonishing skill at capturing the atmosphere in a room, matched by his talent with pencil and sketchbook. Escaping Slavery in a Hot-Air Balloon 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z

Dancing with my guru again, 30 years after I last saw her, is an astonishing gift of the pandemic. Indian dance classes on Zoom lifted the heaviness I’d been carrying 2020-10-01T04:00:00Z

As astonishing as the thrilling performance by Lindsey Vonn in downhill skiing was, it seemed even more remarkable when you consider how lavish her eyelashes looked. Fashion Diary: Let the Games Be Stylish 2010-02-20T00:42:00Z

Few could resist this astonishing documentary featuring previously unseen footage, released for the 50th anniversary of Neil Armstrong’s lunar walk. The 50 best films of 2019 in the US: 41-50 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z

Garzone was astonishing from the off, not least because he sounded both impetuous and flawlessly secure; he seemed to have many more choices, regardless of tempo, than most song-based improvisers do. George Garzone – review 2013-06-30T14:16:00Z

And I remember it to this day, in part because I found it astonishing that here, at twenty-two or twenty-three, this poet friend of mine seemingly had found, of all things, images … metaphors … her voice. My Summer Waiting Tables at the Writers’ Retreat 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z

There's no question that the works of art the nation owns are astonishing, but are they fully appreciated? Museums should appeal to the heart 2010-06-28T09:59:00Z

And when they strive to meet the goal of being “on message,” they often do so with “an astonishing admixture of disdain, naiveté, and ineptitude.” ‘Advice and Dissent’ Review: What They Don’t Teach in Econ 101 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z

In the joyous and riveting hour that followed, we would glimpse traces of those summoned ancestors, the ways they moved, revived and remixed in the dancers’ bodies with astonishing fluency. LaTasha Barnes: Let the Circle of Influence Be Unbroken 2022-10-12T04:00:00Z

A: We have some kind of museum pieces that are astonishing, one of a kind. Q&A with Nick Offerman: Embracing ignorance and taking pride in working with wood 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z

To attain their often astonishing hues, he’s been meticulously wrapping the individual bulbs in layers of theatrical gels, sometimes more than 10 thick. Robert Irwin’s Ambient Odyssey 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z

It's her first major solo exhibition in over a decade, which, given her story, is astonishing. Claude Cahun: Finding a lost great 2012-02-14T09:27:09Z

Despite signs of aesthetic ambition, increased professionalization and expanded educational goals, this quirky, astonishing institution is not jettisoning its distinctive oddities. Museum Review: Shelburne Museum Is Opening a New Visitors Center 2013-08-16T22:18:25Z

He is an astonishing character, tormented, compromised but self-aware enough to know it, cynical but without self-deceit. 'Your Face in Mine' a bold take on race, identity by Jess Row 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z

Expect “Avatar” to go two for two: The first film won this award in 2010, and the sequel managed to better its visuals in astonishing ways. Oscars 2023 Predictions: Who Will Win Best Picture, Actor and Actress? 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z

I think David Lynch directed all episodes of his return to “Twin Peaks,” and that’s astonishing. Even for David Cronenberg, ‘Slasher’ Felt Like Something ‘Different’ 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z

The final fugue had astonishing transparency — Lemieux’s pitched guffaws cut through effortlessly — and Carsen’s staging neatly introduced each new voice as it joined the increasingly dense musical texture on a crowded stage. Review: Verdi’s Falstaff Is Back at the Met, Enlarging His Kingdom 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z

This memoir is lavishly illustrated with the author’s own drawings — some of them modern renderings that complement the text, others astonishing childhood originals. Children in a World Gone Mad: 5 Kids’ Books Set During World War II 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z

But to come up with two or three is an astonishing feat. Susan Boyle: What happened to the dream? 2010-05-29T23:05:00Z

Their precision is astonishing: In one, the artist’s expression is concentrated but slightly suspicious, as if his own attention unnerved him. 5 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now 2021-05-20T04:00:00Z

The astonishing fourth movement edges forward, a staggered series of shapes and blocks of sound. Music Review: Salonen and the Big Sounds of a Small European Nation 2011-03-11T23:45:17Z

It was technology—specifically the LP and the highly lucrative CD—that provided the astonishing revenue for the rock-star life style. Joan Jonas, Roger Waters, and Mother’s Day Theatre Picks 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z

From gilded sculptures of deities to silver filigree chopsticks, this is astonishing stuff. Art Review: A Glow From Within and on the Surface 2011-05-12T16:07:05Z

There is the exquisite lyricism and deep feeling of “Moonlight,” Barry Jenkins’s astonishing second feature, about a young black man’s coming of age in three piercing chapters. Cinema Is Dead? Telluride Says Not Yet 2016-09-05T04:00:00Z

The power of networks to access vast communities is astonishing compared to old methods, such as leafleting – but it has to be done right. How Twitter transformed dance 2012-07-31T17:29:07Z

The title alludes to the low noises made by his collaborator, Christopher Celiz, a beatboxer of astonishing sounds and irresistible rhythms. What to Fall for at Fall for Dance 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z

Sharp, without the benefit of hefty research grants, pursued his passion for folk until his death – gathering an astonishing archive of music, song and dance. Response: This great folk song collector was not a controlling manipulator 2011-04-01T07:00:02Z

But according to Deary, "the most astonishing thing" was that "the campaign of vilification" against him has been led by authors. Julia Donaldson defends libraries from Terry Deary's attack 2013-02-15T16:13:12Z

"And to this, Gabriel adds such an astonishing sense of place, architecture, urban planning, design sensibility, public policy and the lack of public policy. Not too many musicians are writing about those things." Gabriel Kahane's moving love letter to L.A., 'The Ambassador' 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z

“There’s an astonishing number of back yards in America.” How gardeners can combat climate change 2017-04-18T04:00:00Z

Both actors are highly skilled at the challenge that comes from impersonating a living individual without simply mimicking them, and the resemblances are astonishing. Cannes: Naomi Watts on Valerie Plame 2010-05-20T17:30:00Z

Ray Materson’s embroideries are astonishing for their size and intricacy: detailed images rendered in rectangles that never measure more than 5 ¼ inches on either side. What to See in N.Y.C. Galleries in March 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z

There are astonishing acts of bravery: The officers who stormed into the Virginia Beach municipal building earlier this month, finding the shooter and preventing more carnage. Is cowardice a crime? Scot Peterson’s failure leaves us with complicated questions. 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z

The number of white blooms available this time of year is astonishing. Winter White 2013-12-26T06:20:07.280Z

An astonishing compilation of medical illustrations, ancient artifacts, contemporary art and microscopic views from around the world, tracing the practice of portraying the body and its parts over thousands of years. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z

The final gallery here also begins to put the collection itself in context, another astonishing phenomenon: how English Protestants in the late 16th century established Hebrew as a central subject for study. Exhibition Review: ‘Crossing Borders’ Opens at the Jewish Museum 2012-09-15T00:26:51Z

But he was an absolutely astonishing reader of history, and of class. Tony Kushner: 'It's a crazy time' 2010-08-31T20:30:00Z

"They are immersive works," said Daniel, "which are an astonishing response to the work of contemporary American artists." Joan Mir? Tate retrospective reunites triptychs 2011-04-11T14:23:12Z

Like all of Mr. McPherson’s plays, “Shining City” crosses that same divide with astonishing grace. Review: ‘Shining City’ Is Brighter With Matthew Broderick 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z

As impressive as the Texans are taking intricately picked melodies down to their barest state, the quartet creates astonishing textural canvasses when letting loose and deploying an armada of effects pedals. Lollapalooza Day 3: Rain, more rain, and a Foo Fighters finale 2011-08-08T05:32:00Z

Cook weaves in a detailed account of her astonishing schedule; she spoke on the radio, gave lectures and talks and consulted speech specialists to help her lower and steady her voice. Blanche Wiesen Cook Concludes Her Biography of Eleanor Roosevelt 2016-11-14T05:00:00Z

Helping matters was the discovery that he lived only a few blocks from my childhood home, an astonishing coincidence in a city of more than 10 million. Modern Love: So Much in Common, in Name Only 2012-07-12T18:26:59Z

Instead, there was 16-year-old Jan Lisiecki, a pianist who is already a fully formed concert artist of astonishing maturity and depth. Pianist Jan Lisiecki: Extremely talented and incredibly young 2012-02-09T17:55:04Z

If you look at it now, I mean, there's an astonishing flowering of Irish writing, and particularly writing by young Irish women. Fintan O'Toole on Ireland's transformation — and the reverse version now underway in America 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z

"These guys are these astonishing advanced musicians who are dealing with music in a way that requires written material exclusively," says Metheny. Guitar virtuoso Pat Metheny steps away from improv on tightly plotted, inventive "Road to the Sun" 2021-05-08T04:00:00Z

Not spending time with the exhibitions themselves would be a shame since they remain as astonishing as when I was 8 and 9 years old. The Natural History Museum Has a New App 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z

As in his other works, the duets are highlights of bodies momentarily frozen in astonishing shapes of impressive difficulty. With Fitzgerald adaptation 'Up & Down,' Eifman succeeds on his own, melodramatic terms 2015-06-06T04:00:00Z

But Act II, even leaving aside the “Big Deal” letdown, is a bumpier ride once you get past its astonishing opening: “Sing, Sing, Sing,” built on the Louis Prima number made famous by Benny Goodman. Review: In Fosse’s ‘Dancin’,’ a Wiggle Is Worth a Thousand Words 2023-03-19T04:00:00Z

Jim Shepard’s novel “The Book of Aron,” grounded in massive research on the Warsaw Ghetto, reaches astonishing heights of empathy and insight. The story of twins who endured Josef Mengele, the Nazi ‘Angel of Death’ 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z

What is astonishing, however, is that after nearly 20 jazz albums, the Auburn-raised diva has released an entire disc of classic country songs. Diane Schuur plays country music ? at Jazz Alley 2011-06-29T21:05:11Z

Playing bass saxophone and occasionally alto, he uses fingers, breath, extended techniques — including circular breathing, overblown multiphonics and vocalizing while playing — and sheer astonishing stamina to perform. Playlist: From Soft, Feathery Vocals to Locomotive Sax 2011-04-17T00:31:06Z

In an art fair full of loud colors jostling for attention, six astonishing quilts stand out as the real deal. Art Fairs Come Blazing Back, Precarious but Defiant 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z

Even for Fendi, a brand that made its name by demonstrating the multitudinous forms of fur, the clothes were astonishing. Fendi’s Dolce Vita 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z

The New York Times called the book “astonishing” and “a narrative in which dramatic tension remains a constant.” Walter Dean Myers, multimillion-selling children’s author, dies at 76

The point is that Sparks can churn them out with astonishing frequency. What we want from Hollywood in 2011 2010-12-23T22:00:01Z

But reading his other novels -- "Libra," "Ratner's Star," "Great Jones Street," "The Names," "Falling Man," "Americana" and of course "Underworld" -- prove DeLillo's astonishing breadth and depth.  National Book Awards to honor Don DeLillo for lifetime achievement 2015-09-02T04:00:00Z

She calls the nomination of Fennell’s “Promising Young Woman” “astonishing,” adding that “in general that kind of depiction of a woman’s unadulterated rage would not be mainstream fare.” Perspective | Oscar nominees are more diverse than ever. And that raises more questions about numbers and nuance. 2021-03-19T04:00:00Z

The 3-D cinematography is grandly vivid and sometimes astonishing. Movies 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z

The last was in 1906, which seems astonishing because while the plot is labyrinthine and the music only occasionally truly stunning, the piece absolutely brims with superb dramatic tension. Adriana Lecouvreur; Tansy Davies ? review 2010-11-21T00:09:00Z

The two seemingly mismatched words are a testament to the astonishing evolution in European hostels. Haute Hostels Put to the Test in Europe 2013-04-26T16:24:14Z

For work that is getting on for 50 years old, that is astonishing. Dinosaurs on film – fun, fiction and failures 2013-05-16T16:12:00Z

An elegant, diffident figure with a thatch of fair hair and an engagingly lop-sided smile, Astor combined modesty, idealism and astonishing generosity with a steely determination. David Astor: The pioneering editor who loved an underdog 2011-04-02T23:09:52Z

As head coach of Bulldogs football from 1964–1988, he piled up an astonishing 201 wins with only 77 losses and 10 tied games, winning six conference titles and a national championship. Ditch the 10,000 hour rule! Why Malcolm Gladwell’s famous advice falls short 2014-04-20T15:30:00Z

Now, in the era of the #MeToo movement, this remarkable memoir arrives as another astonishing story of wartime valor. Four Books About the C.I.A.’s Exploits and Secrets 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z

"It's pretty astonishing, the level at which these kids work," Jones says. Young Composers Workshop introduces sounds of tomorrow 2012-04-30T21:26:04Z

What the characters do share, not only with one another but with the novel as a whole, is a quality of embodied and astonishing momentum, of exponential change triggered mostly by chance. A Facebook Post Lands an Innocent Woman in Jail in This Riveting Debut Novel 2020-06-08T04:00:00Z

Solaris is also astonishing because the book by Stanislaw Lem that inspired it, while powerful, doesn’t seem to contain Tarkovsky’s film. Elena Ferrante: ‘Solaris is not Tarkovsky’s best film, but it made the greatest impression on me’ 2018-09-01T04:00:00Z

No unnecessary spin, easily handed, clean, thrown not only with stealth but with astonishing foresight, especially for a madhouse pickup game. How Pat Conroy and I became lifelong best friends 2019-09-29T04:00:00Z

It seemed astonishing that there she was indeed: an outrageously famous person occupying a human-woman amount of space as she talked, texted, ate salad and, finally, introduced me to the art of the selfie. The day Taylor Swift held my hand for a photo shoot 2017-07-16T04:00:00Z

But this year, three seemingly straightforward one-person plays proved intricate, unpredictable and often astonishing. Best Theater of 2019 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z

Yet no one quoted in the book can compete with Williams' astonishing gift for silky phrases and extravagant metaphor. The shame and glory of Tennessee Williams in John Lahr's new book 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z

Either way, it is an astonishing feat given how slick this film is. First sight: Gareth Edwards 2010-09-23T21:33:00Z

“Two Trains Runnin’,” Sam Pollard’s compact, resonant documentary — part essay film, part road picture, part musical anthology — is built around an astonishing historical coincidence. Review: In ‘Two Trains Runnin’,’ the Convergence of Idealism, Brutality and Artistic Genius 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z

And then there’s what he called Parks’s “astonishing” new work, “Plays for the Plague Year.” New Work by Suzan-Lori Parks to Be Part of Public Theater Season 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z

This find would be cool and astonishing in any context, but overlooked in my very own neighborhood? Under quarantine, we rediscovered our Paris neighborhood 2020-05-14T04:00:00Z

A generation of children are born who develop astonishing psychic powers: they can communicate, eat, drink, sleep and shift objects around, all without moving a muscle, by the power of their minds. Jane Rogers's top 10 cosy catastrophes 2012-07-05T08:22:05Z

There are many astonishing characters here but no unsullied heroes. Frontier justice was brutal in Los Angeles, and 'Eternity Street' gets to the heart of the matter 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z

Made for the current queen’s grandmother in 1924, this miniature masterpiece is executed in astonishing detail. The queen stays at Windsor — why not you? 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z

Even more astonishing, when the rats were presented with two cages, one containing a rat, the other chocolate, they chose to open both cages and "typically shared the chocolate". Barack Obama and the 'empathy deficit' 2013-01-04T16:30:11Z

It was an astonishing marriage of the self-deprecating comedy he finds so easy to access and the antiheroism of Don Draper. Best TV of 2015: A salute to the year’s hardest-working faces we saw again and again 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z

But with his diagnosis of cancer in early 2008, he immersed himself in an astonishing flurry of creative productivity, of which operas were a prominent part. Review: The New Opera 'Metanoia' Goes On, but Without Its Provocateur 2010-10-12T13:30:00Z

Along the way, we learn frightening and funny and astonishing things about the justice system, and the death in particular. Why the Death Penalty Is Dying: A New Book Tells the Surprising Story 2021-01-26T05:00:00Z

Brown grew up in Detroit, and at an early age was stringing together rhymes with astonishing dexterity – a byproduct of immersing himself in the collected works of Theodor Seuss Geisel, a k a Dr. Seuss. Danny Brown finds success by rapping about being broke 2012-03-28T00:18:00Z

Amazingly, Chartres’ cathedral took just 30 years to rebuild, astonishing when you consider it took centuries to build cathedrals such as Paris’ Notre-Dame. Centuries of survival: Inside France’s gothic cathedrals 2019-12-26T05:00:00Z

Going down the trophy list, the second gigantic price was equally astonishing. Auctions: Buyers Scoop Up the Trophies at Auctions 2011-07-15T11:30:07Z

The 21st century will see technological change on an astonishing scale. 20 predictions for the next 25 years 2011-01-02T00:05:22Z

Guns.Up is astonishing, like being buried under an avalanche of scree, or sucked through a blizzard, backwards. New band of the day: Clipping (No 1,448) 2013-02-08T11:20:36Z

Chapman has always been a voracious reader, but her January totals are astonishing: She’s finished 29 books so far this month, sourced from the public library, her personal stash and Kindle Unlimited. Furloughed employees are filling workless days with books — lots of them 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z

These are astonishing and rare numbers for specialty film, but what's so gratifying is that because both movies got made for a price and were expertly released in the US and overseas, they're profitable. How The King's Speech got an outside edge at the Oscars 2011-03-01T14:41:18Z

In the third video I looked at two subtly astonishing moments in two operas: Puccini's "Turandot" and Wagner's "Siegfried." ArtsBeat: Musical Moments, Part IV: ‘Symphony of Psalms’ 2012-11-21T15:17:46Z

And in my case, the humanities are a Westwood-bred writer-turned-lending librarian, getting to meet each of these astonishing apprentice adults, watching their thoughts and vocabularies take turns outracing each other, figuring out where they belong. Where do art and the humanities belong? David Kipen on the new American Writers Museum 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z

In what should be astonishing, but isn’t, the Republican National Committee used its official Twitter account Thursday to promote this same lie of hers: “President Trump won by a landslide.” Perspective | The disinformation system that Trump unleashed will outlast him. Here’s what reality-based journalists must do about it. 2020-11-20T05:00:00Z

While they all operate according to the same logic — high contrast, repeating, monochromatic patterns — their variety is astonishing, ranging from geometric motifs to organic textures to corporate logos. Turning the humble quilt into a powerful symbol of choice

“He asks instead that we prize the astonishing mystery of creative genius.” Harold Bloom, Critic Who Championed Western Canon, Dies at 89 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z

Swed also checked in with the Calder Quartet for the second installment of the group’s three-year Beethoven quartet cycle at the Broad Stage in Santa Monica — a show that included some “astonishing listening.” Essential Arts & Culture: What L.A. loses if we lose the NEA; starchitecture in Hamburg; Kerry James Marshall at MOCA 2017-03-25T04:00:00Z

As Tatiana Maslany continues to prove on "Orphan Black," there is nothing more astonishing than watching an actor practice his or her craft on multiple levels. TNT's 'Legends' finds Sean Bean keeping his head as master spy 2014-08-13T04:00:00Z

Her fellow singing violinist, Eden MacAdam-Somer, brought astonishing virtuosity and raw expression to three “Rumi Songs” that drew on classical and bluegrass violin traditions as well as a wide range of vocal techniques. Music Review: Carla Kihlstedt at the New York Festival of Song 2012-11-17T00:26:28Z

I mean, it was astonishing for the entire year. Michaela Coel: 'Like Arabella, I realised my life was about to change for ever' 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z

The revolution of the common man was reduced to a murmur, a day so politically astonishing it almost immediately became something to hurry up and get over with. As TV goes, the inauguration was perfunctory and unimpressive, but it had moments 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z

Everything hoped for arrives, and sometimes, something astonishing takes place: At the end, 10 toys sit companionably side by side, “waiting to see what would happen next.” Three children’s and young adult books we love, December edition 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z

The Talea musicians moved through Mr. Boulez’s music — even works from his most severe period — with astonishing fluidity and warmth. Music Review: Revisiting a Mellowed Pierre Boulez 2010-12-08T23:39:00Z

What is astonishing is that the production would compound the problem by obediently following David's lead instead of channeling his comic instincts in a more theatrical direction. Larry David's play 'Fish in the Dark' thinks too small-screen 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z

And “Finding Freedom” by Erin French is an astonishing tale of resiliency. Ina Garten Delights in Hitchcock Thrillers and Her Mini Cooper 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z

Banville’s ability to channel James’s style and prose rhythms is astonishing. Whatever Happened to Isabel Archer? ‘Mrs. Osmond’ Picks Up Where Henry James Left Off 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z

Bernstein is not a miniaturist, he’s a momentalist: he creates astonishing musical moments through intense and probing attention to nuances of the score. A Portrait of the Artist as an Older Man 2015-03-14T04:00:00Z

The dramatic efficacy of text and music is certainly compromised in the astonishing hubbub of the Café Momus scene in Franco Zeffirelli’s staging of Act II of Puccini’s “La Bohème” at the Metropolitan Opera. Opera Review: Anita Hartig Stars in ‘La Bohème’ at the Met 2014-03-24T21:46:13Z

Green’s chronicle of a teenager’s struggle to live and love—and solve a mystery—despite her debilitating obsessive-compulsive disorder is simply “astonishing,” said our reviewier, Jennifer Senior. Notable Children’s Books of 2017 2017-11-27T05:00:00Z

They were exhibited as evolutionary throwbacks: "If you examine their little fingers," claimed the publicity, "you will find that conformation such as to afford them astonishing prehensile power." Declaring His Genius: Oscar Wilde in North America by Roy Morris Jnr – review 2013-02-15T14:01:01Z

Here, three of The New York Times’s classical music writers — Michael Cooper, a reporter, Joshua Barone, a senior staff editor and critic, and Seth Colter Walls, a critic — discuss his astonishing performance so far. A New Wotan Reigns in the Metropolitan Opera’s ‘Ring’ 2019-05-05T04:00:00Z

There will be links to articles about your noise, your astonishing numbers, your appearance, your genders, your ooky exoskeletons. Perspective | Dear Brood X cicadas: Welcome back to our messed-up world. Here’s what you missed. 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z

One of the most astonishing things about this evening besides its endless array of bottles and glasses of alcohol – like bewitching vivid green or pink jewels – is the way it uses sound and light. The Sun Also Rises 2010-08-15T20:31:00Z

History has mostly upheld this judgment, and Davies brings it home with astonishing force. ‘Benediction’ Review: A Poet’s Life, in Love and War 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z

The abyss separating the paintings that earned Rosa Bonheur fame and wealth, later in the 19th century, from the drawings that she did from nature is far more astonishing. Drawing Outside the Lines of the Times 2010-03-26T13:30:00Z

That Gould’s astonishing playing lacked this bodily dimension comes through in the film, in a segment about his performance of Brahms’s D minor Concerto with Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic in 1962. For Glenn Gould, Form Followed Fingers 2010-09-25T21:04:00Z

In an astonishing moment of mimicry, Mr. Magni and Ms. Hunter portray those effigies, collapsing and merging as they shrivel to the floor. Review: Peter Brook Asks the Ultimate Question in ‘Why?’ 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z

It is astonishing to watch Hendrik Verwoerd, who in the 1950s was the principal architect of racial separatism, blandly describing apartheid as "a policy of good neighbourliness". Playwright Athol Fugard: a man of obstinacy and courage 2012-06-03T17:45:01Z

Though no one sings in “Michaels Reise,” there is intense musical drama because of the astonishing score. Music Review: A Karlheinz Stockhausen Work Has Its North American Premiere 2013-07-19T21:29:24Z

Reading this book, you feel for the composer, trying to bond with others through an astonishing symphony. Books of The Times: Harvey Sachs?s ?Ninth: Beethoven and the World in 1824? 2010-06-17T21:09:00Z

You see young men in sneakers doing astonishing turns, runs and vertiginous balances on tiptoe — what, in ballet, would be called both point and three-quarter point. All Jooked Up With Everywhere to Go 2014-06-29T04:00:00Z

In the novel’s opening pages, an astonishing and brilliant act of nonviolence, secretly coordinated by the Massive Brigade, is unfolding. A New Thriller Imagines a Revolt Against the Corporate Order 2018-08-07T04:00:00Z

And the band's take on Lonely Soul, a collaboration with UNKLE, is astonishing. RPA and the United Nations of Sound 2010-06-16T20:29:00Z

Underpinning the entire series is the astonishing human ability to fight to the end even when there seems to be no hope. PBS' 'Cancer' documentary cuts to the heart of the matter 2015-03-30T04:00:00Z

They were the poets like Blake and Milton, whose syntax was astonishing, the way emphasis would be deployed. ‘I Was Unprepared’: Louise Glück on Poetry, Aging and a Surprise Nobel Prize 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z

But Light is an actress of surprising versatility and astonishing skill. Transparent's Judith Light: 'Botox doesn't work on me. I'm serious. I've tried it' 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z

The amount of black cinema breaking through at that time is astonishing. Black films matter – how African American cinema fought back against Hollywood 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z

The way that Robbins changes the tone between one musical number and another is already amazing; the way he then keeps changing mood and organization within some individual longer numbers is more astonishing yet. Dance Review: New York City Ballet Erring on Side of Variety 2014-01-27T22:26:31Z

"Graham Norton's reach of 4m for a single weekly programme is nothing short of astonishing and testament to his enduring appeal and personality," he added. Evans enjoys record radio audience 2014-02-06T11:25:09Z

It’s not all sleek seals and astonishing fish — the bloody waste pictured in the chapter about overfishing will definitely have you inquiring about the source of your sushi. 19 big holiday book gift ideas: mystery, history and local titles 2013-12-13T20:53:23Z

I know it's Daniel Day-Lewis's year, but how could this astonishing performance not make the final five? And the Oscar doesn't go to . . . 2013-01-10T14:43:05Z

Lachenmann reveals the sheer beauty and the astonishing compositional potential of these previously unloved sounds. A guide to Helmut Lachenmann's music 2012-06-12T08:44:17Z

His mum, played by the astonishing Valeria De Franciscis, is back too, but this is not exactly a sequel, more an expansion and follow-up. The Salt of Life ? review 2011-02-14T17:17:31Z

The film's empathy for its troubled women reaches apotheosis in the astonishing moment when anguished Judy lets us into her secret. My favourite Hitchcock: Vertigo 2012-08-10T14:28:09Z

Atop Louis Vuitton, he suddenly became the template for a generation of young designers, stylists and fashion dreamers who came up in the Abloh mold, an astonishing victory. Virgil Abloh, Ambassador and Infiltrator 2021-11-29T05:00:00Z

His astonishing theatrical vocation shines with technique but reveals a lack of charisma that surpasses it. Jacques Rivette’s Thirteen-Hour Experimental Film 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z

Still more remarkable – indeed astonishing – is the impression of Michael Jackson singing. Comedy gold: Eddie Murphy's Delirious 2012-10-11T13:50:17Z

Beyond all of this, there are an astonishing amount of "copycat" iterations and imitations across the interwebs, too. The rise of the egg bite: How these portable omelets became the star of coffee shop breakfasts 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z

I thought his performance in Black Mirror was astonishing. Daniel Kaluuya Isn’t Waiting for Your Approval 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z

The effect is astonishing in creating a sense of connection with what is otherwise perceived as a solid mass of bleating wool. 'Sweetgrass' follows sheep up majestic mountains of Montana 2010-03-25T21:33:00Z

Hurricane Plácido is blowing through town, a display of energy that is astonishing, yet by now routine, for a man who turns 69 on Jan. 21. 2010-01-13T22:49:00Z

During the miners' strike, seeing him speak to people … when he spoke to a room in such a clear and defined way, it was astonishing to see. Billy Bragg: Barking's Woody Guthrie on 30 years of songs and activism 2013-03-26T17:00:32Z

He traveled fluidly on point in his sneakers; his torso arched and dipped with astonishing ease; he wrapped one leg around another in knots. Dance Review: ‘Breakin’ Convention’ Shows a New York Style’s Diversity 2013-06-17T21:38:11Z

Variety's Guy Lodge, who said Ramsay may be the world's "greatest working filmmaker", called her new film "astonishing ... a stark, sinewy, slashed-to-the-bone hitman thriller far more concerned with the man than the hit". Joaquin Phoenix bludgeons Cannes with Lynne Ramsay hit man thriller 2017-05-27T04:00:00Z

He’s made films at an astonishing clip — more than 70 in the past 61 years, by his count. Werner Herzog’s Fever Dreams 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z

See amazing reproductions of prehistoric cave paintings in France, or natural caverns of astonishing beauty in Slovenia. Ancient artwork and natural wonders in Europe’s best caves 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z

"It has yet to flop anywhere, and it's astonishing, really, because the show is quite parochial and idiosyncratically British." Change is in the air at 'Downton Abbey' 2015-01-01T05:00:00Z

The Dark Knight Rises is the third and last of Christopher Nolan's Batman films: whatever the verdict from our critics, the level of interest it's sparking is astonishing. Close up: The Dark Knight of the right? 2012-07-19T16:42:00Z

The judges' descriptions of their chosen authors include: magical, passionate, elegant, ebullient, startling, eloquent, powerful, spiky, enthralling, luscious, engrossing, puckish, fascinating, astonishing, extraordinary, perfect. The damnable task of being a Man Booker International prize judge 2011-03-30T14:46:06Z

King has written a frankly astonishing number of short stories. Rereading Stephen King: week four – Rage 2012-07-03T12:59:44Z

The drama and comedy wrung out of this premise is astonishing. Tired of rewatching Fleabag? Here are 30 TV hidden gems to stream 2020-03-28T04:00:00Z

It is also astonishing how much equipment from the turn of the 20th century was used almost to the century’s end. Museum Review: New York Transit Museum 2011-12-15T23:03:45Z

Photograph: Tristram Kenton Caryl Churchill's astonishing play raises many issues: the meaning of identity, the conflict between nature and nurture, the ethics of cloning. A Number 2010-10-07T14:18:00Z

One of the most astonishing insights is that mothers don’t just pass traits to their children — they receive them as well. In an Age of Gene Editing and Surrogacy, What Does Heredity Mean? 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z

The sheriff in episode 7 was based on a real astonishing American character. "Around the World in 80 Days" co-creator on the twist ending, David Tennant and where to go next 2022-02-21T05:00:00Z

The astonishing documentary “Gunda” offers another way of looking at animals. ‘Gunda’ Review: A Remarkable Pig’s-Eye View of the World 2020-12-10T05:00:00Z

The omission of "A Legacy of Spies" from this list -- possibly le Carre's last novel and featuring the return of his greatest creation, George Smiley -- is astonishing. 100 Notable Books of 2017 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z

A degree-course's worth of books has been written about Zeppelin over the years, all containing their share of astonishing and horrifying stories. Led Zeppelin: 'There was a swagger – we knew we were good' 2012-10-11T16:35:00Z

Pappano continues to draw out some astonishing instrumental detail, but coordination came unstuck as Siegfried strode up to the Valkyries' Rock, taking the magic and fire out of one of the opera's climaxes. Siegfried – review 2012-09-30T16:15:01Z

Three new romantic comedies starting this fall attempt to do the impossible — get us invested in a romance that’s, inevitably, going to face an astonishing number of hurdles. Fall TV’s rom-com boom: Why it’s so hard to translate this genre to the small screen 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z

For new restaurants, my favorite is Atomix; it is an astonishing homage to the culture of the chef’s native Korea. Where Should You Eat in New York? Go to These Favorite Spots 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z

But the animals here, designed by Nick Barnes and Finn Caldwell, with movement direction by Caldwell, prowl and canter and leap with astonishing character and style. ‘Life of Pi’ Review: A Boy and a Tiger, Burning Brightly 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z

Some of these are astonishing in themselves, some made more exhilarating by the presence of many others. Critic's Notebook: The Art of Collecting Collections 2011-05-19T21:00:31Z

The lingering effects of our racist history – from the resegregation of our public schools to the enduring and astonishing “wealth gap” between whites and blacks – are national problems, not just Southern problems. Welcome to the new Civil War 2013-01-05T16:30:00Z

This would be an astonishing work in terms of geometry, rhythm, even if it were danced in T-shirts and leotards. Dance Review: New York City Ballet’s Spring Opener Features Balanchine 2013-05-01T22:03:21Z

And Myles Frost, who plays the adult Jackson, is an astonishing mimic. Tony Nominees for Choreography Put the Past in Motion 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z

Yet in his far too short life, Cardew made one of the most astonishing musical, social and political journeys in the whole 20th-century music. A guide to Cornelius Cardew's music 2012-12-17T15:48:17Z

Among the major producing companies, few explore the repertoire of the late 19th or early-20th century, but it is a period from which some astonishing music emerged. Raiders of the lost arias 2011-07-21T20:31:00Z

They blended the resulting videos in an astonishing visual and musical collage. New Orleans street performer debuts at Jazz Fest 2010-04-22T19:35:00Z

Sheldrake writes about mushrooms as food, as medicine, as a building material and as an advanced communications network — as works of astonishing organic art, in other words. Are Mushrooms Our Friends? 2023-03-11T05:00:00Z

What made the old studio system astonishing were both the individual film artists and “the genius of the system,” as André Bazin beautifully put it. Now Playing: The Usual Chaos 2011-03-11T05:30:59Z

But it has its hands on an astonishing story, a tale of horrifying excess that it tells with invigorating and perhaps unseemly enthusiasm. | 'The Devil?s Double': Straight From Uday Hussein?s Inner Circle 2011-07-29T00:16:46Z

“You started leaving when I was young,” he tells her, beginning an inner conversation that courses through this slim, astonishing book. International Novels Unearth Family Secrets and Nature’s Mysteries 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z

The novel’s unexpected success is all the more astonishing given the striking lack of diversity within the romance genre. The Changing Face of Romance Novels 2018-07-07T04:00:00Z

Given his age, his energy and his capacity for recalling details are astonishing. At 99, the Painter Richard Mayhew Is Still Upending Expectations 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z

The nine-page letter, filled with astonishing formulas that, as Mr. Hardy wrote, “seemed scarcely possible to believe,” prompted him to wonder if Mr. Ramanujan were a fraud. A Math Biopic, With Dev Patel, Applies a Different Calculus 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z

The movie captures the tone of urbane discourse with an astonishing awareness of the subtexts of every nervous remark. | 'Let It Rain': Agn?s Jaoui?s Comedy of Manners 2010-06-17T23:28:00Z

How did we get to this astonishing spectacle? Review: Plácido Domingo Takes On a New Role at the Met Opera. (His 149th.) 2018-04-01T04:00:00Z

The Cranach, painted before the artist left the Catholic Church and embraced Protestantism, is an astonishing image of Christian patriarchy. Martin Luther broke Europe in two, and Albrecht Dürer painted it back together 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z

The spectacle of the funeral notwithstanding, I found the baby’s grave more astonishing. In Indonesia, a Region Where Death Is a Lure 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z

They weigh almost as much as 1,900 thalers, the German currency of the time, and that was their value — an astonishing amount. Science, Splendor and ‘Dresden Green’ to Impress a Sovereign 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z

Yet even though the medieval-Cinnabon coif has always been an easy target for jokes, the astonishing thing is how well Fisher carried it off. Carrie Fisher Made Grand Virtues of Being Fearless and Funny 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z

It was astonishing -- deeply personal, career-transforming work, "a breakthrough for the future of television news," as New York put it. Anderson Cooper, world's oddest gay advocate 2010-10-12T16:35:00Z

The multiple strands, North European, Byzantine and Middle Eastern, kept recurring through much of Russian history, occasionally interweaving in astonishing fashion. Review: The Foundations of Russian Culture and Art 2010-03-05T14:00:00Z

And yet there were moments of astonishing liquidity, voluptuousness, delicacy and fullness, and her Protean mystery became more evident than ever. Carla Körbes Grandly Bows Out of Pacific Northwest Ballet 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z

What’s most astonishing here is the ordinariness of Qaderi’s adolescence and early adulthood, even as the world seems to be crumbling around her. Homeira Qaderi Wants Her Son to Know Her, So She Wrote a Book 2020-12-01T05:00:00Z

It’s astonishing to think, in 2020, just how many shows cycle past our eyeballs now, many of them barely registering on the collective consciousness. Review | ‘Modern Family’ series finale: A heartfelt end to a show that made us laugh and changed some minds 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z

“Damien is an astonishing survivor,” said Robert Storr, a curator, professor, critic and former dean of the Yale School of Art. Damien Hirst Is Back With an Underwater Fantasy. Will Collectors Care? 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z

People still remember a few astonishing features of Balanchine’s stagecraft in the later version. Dance Review: When Brecht and Weill Danced, Revisited 2011-05-12T22:00:13Z

Like the Sierra Nevada itself, the five-and-a-half-mile-long Army Pass trail offers astonishing views, as well as the possibility you might plunge into an abyss. Explorer: Facing Fear, With Family, in the Sierras 2013-09-05T13:00:28Z

Ultimately, the most astonishing thing was how well the films were integrated with Alice Goodman’s libretto, Adams’ music and, to my amazement, the live cast members themselves. L.A. Phil delivers a dazzling reimagining of 'Nixon in China' 2017-03-05T05:00:00Z

It is a classic tale of a unique country’s astonishing rise and just-as-inevitable fall. The American Past: A History of Contradictions 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z

In “Moneyball,” he tracked the astonishing success of Billy Beane, the general manager who turned the Oakland A’s from underdogs into championship contenders by relying on statistics rather than acquiring star players. Michael Lewis Explores Why People Tend to Go With Their Guts 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z

Jackson trusts, "you didn't tell her about our love-making …" Astonishing vocal, astonishing track. Readers recommend: songs about mistakes 2010-12-03T00:01:00Z

Scherchen’s Beethoven — like this Second Symphony with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra — is fast, sleek and astonishing detailed, as exciting as anything set down since. The 25 Best Classical Music Tracks of 2020 2020-12-17T05:00:00Z

Now, 16 years later, she is doing something even more astonishing: somehow, Hahn is becoming a more interesting musician every year. Hilary Hahn brings youthful listeners to their feet in Seattle 2013-04-26T19:27:18Z

London was also teeming with astonishing bands as the post-punk and new-wave scenes dawned, and Sire signed the best of it. Seymour Stein’s “Siren Song” Recounts a Career Co-Starring Madonna, the Ramones, Talking Heads, and the Smiths 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z

Alison Light’s “Mrs. Woolf and the Servants” is astonishing on the complex interrelations between bodies and class, bodies and gender. Olivia Laing’s Reading Piles Are Far From Organized 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z

Monteiro and especially Harris handle these and other lighting shifts of direction with astonishing clarity and aplomb. Review: After Merce, the Dances Go On, and Go On to Inspire 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z

As much as “Get Back” is about the band’s dissolution, it’s how in sync they can be with one another that’s often astonishing and sweet. ‘Lost Daughter,’ ‘Licorice Pizza’ top AP’s best 2021 films 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z

I would also compare Michael Craig-Martin's brilliant digital portrait of Zaha Hadid, in which the elements of her image slowly changes hue and tone in an ever-changing programme with no repetition, signalling her astonishing creativity. Response: The death of Lucian Freud was not the end of portrait painting 2011-08-01T21:30:01Z

With astonishing versatility, Martin could also paint landscapes of idyllic serenity. Art Review: John Martin's Greatness and High Kitsch 2011-09-30T11:30:09Z

One of the most deserving acts also making their first ballot appearance is Roxy Music, the U.K. sonic aesthetes whose five-album run in the early '70s was an astonishing display of audacious creativity. It’s time for Roxy Music’s debonair art-glam to get its due 2018-10-13T04:00:00Z

A jade vessel in an archaistic style inspired by 12th century B.C. bronze ritual vessels prompted an even more astonishing display of Chinese enthusiasm. Special Report: Asian Art: Chinese Nationalist Fervor Trumps Basic Facts 2011-05-26T18:00:08Z

Not a lot of mystery here, just astonishing focus and professionalism, but one burning question endures. Bob Dylan’s “electric trilogy” masterpieces: I played all 18 discs and 357 tracks. Here’s why you should 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z

The free performance — astonishing in scale — demonstrated the powerful hold that story holds for Americans of all ages. Perspective | Best theater of 2020: Sondheim’s birthday, ‘To Kill a Mockingbird,’ Mary Neely, ‘The Amen Corner’ and more 2020-12-07T05:00:00Z

It’s astonishing, then, to realize how much one country shaped the ideas of Cristóbal Balenciaga. On the Runway: Balenciaga Exhibition Opens 2010-11-19T00:49:00Z

She has enjoyed big-star treatment in recent years, but these intimate performances at Ronnie Scott's revealed new depths to this passionate, fearless and technically astonishing artist. Dianne Reeves – review 2012-11-07T18:01:43Z

Footage from the concert shows Jackson – surrounded by other children on stage, a rock’n’roll Pied Piper – singling out Robson to dance to the audience, which he does with astonishing precocity. The Michael Jackson accusers: ‘The abuse didn't feel strange because he was like a god’ 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z

But perhaps most astonishing is the captain’s calm and supremely self-assured persona as he leads El Faro to its doom. A Disaster at Sea, Animated by 26 Hours of Black-Box Recordings 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z

The length and density of dance phrases here are often astonishing. Review: ‘The Sleeping Beauty,’ Reawakened by American Ballet Theater 2015-05-31T04:00:00Z

She'd bake astonishing quantities of cookies each holiday season, giving all but a few tins away to everyone she knew. Baking with the beloved, unknown dead: How tombstone recipes connect us to food and family history 2023-08-23T04:00:00Z

The astonishing gaps in preparation under Dr. Terrace’s stewardship push science to the background of a story of hubris and crosscurrents of desire, altruism and power. An Experiment That Evolved Into a Tragedy 2011-07-02T04:10:56Z

Most of the heavy lifting was done by cameras that seemed to encircle the stage, resulting in astonishing close-ups that captured every sweat cascade on Mr. West’s forehead and every scrunched expression on Jay-Z’s face. Music Review: Jay-Z and Kanye West Swap Stories on Saturday Night 2011-11-06T18:44:46Z

Every fall, astonishing news emerges from Success Academy, the largest and most controversial charter school network in New York City. The Secret to Success Academy’s Top-Notch Test Scores 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z

The males of these species can be astonishing in appearance. Bird-of-paradise rituals on display in National Geo show 2013-04-26T16:57:51Z

Radical for its time, it still looks astonishing. From Ida to The Evil Dead: 10 of the best films under 90 minutes 2020-09-25T04:00:00Z

Equally remarkable is the film’s final sequence, an astonishing five minutes of Bernadine’s silent reaction to a climactic moment. Alfre Woodard is devastating in the beautifully bleak death-penalty drama "Clemency" 2019-12-27T05:00:00Z

It opened at No. 5 on the Billboard album chart, an astonishing mark for a singer who less than a year before had been in the Navy, putting out music on the side. Zach Bryan Is Music’s Most Reluctant New Star 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z

Nixon added: "It also has the most astonishing array of doodles and they are more extensive and clearer than anywhere else in his work." Samuel Beckett's Murphy draft bought by Reading University for £1m 2013-07-10T17:36:35Z

GT It’s astonishing how much of what would later become thoroughly mainstream in fashion emerged from those subcultures. Guido Palau’s Good Hair Days 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z

An astonishing drawing on parchment, borrowed from the National Library of France in Paris, shows a woman dancing in a flowing red-and-yellow dress, with bells in each hand. Medieval Europeans had noses, eyes and ears — and they used them 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z

“A work of astonishing maturity,” Luke Jennings wrote in The Observer. Dance: Liam Scarlett Choreographs ?Viscera? for Miami City Ballet 2011-12-30T23:09:10Z

In the Beatles' astonishing oeuvre, Love Me Do may seem merely like a rough charcoal sketch prefiguring their later Renaissance masterpieces. How the Beatles' Love Me Do began the transformation of British music 2012-10-04T15:08:33Z

And the great Sam Neill, as Oliver’s father, brings quite astonishing nuance to a role that requires him to do little more than care for injured wildlife. Review: A Long-Buried Family Secret Explodes in ‘The Daughter’ 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z

Driving curiosity — as well as an ineffable combination of instinct and intention — shaped the astonishing career of Tyson, who died this week at 96. Perspective | Cicely Tyson embodied what it takes to be a great actor: Instinct and intention 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z

Its openness to other cultures and ability to blend together different musical traditions — North African, Indian, American — is both audacious and astonishing in hindsight. Perspective | Alice Coltrane is finally heralded as a jazz great. A new reissue doesn’t do her justice. 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z

We ate until about four in the morning, a beautiful array prepared with such skill and care that it was astonishing. Love music love food: pop will eat itself 2011-07-15T22:00:00Z

Her work was astonishing, as minutely detailed as any Copley, with a feminine, folkloric twist. When Writing a Book Leaves a (Literal) Mark on Its Author 2018-02-28T05:00:00Z

Particularly in red states, Republicans have been shutting down abortion clinics through red tape regulation at an astonishing rate. From Riot Grrrl to CoverGirl: What does feminism mean in an era when it’s being used to sell lipstick? 2016-05-21T04:00:00Z

I think a lot of the ambitions come from the Sunday Times Rich List – an astonishing piece of work written with an uncomfortable marriage of hatred and envy. Joanna Lumley: 'I'm a happy person. But injustice I loathe' 2010-04-02T23:12:00Z

Inspired partly by Dürer's astonishing drawings, prints and paintings of Adam and Eve – also on show here – he takes a sophisticated, relaxed pleasure in these Edenic bodies. Jan Gossaert's Renaissance ? review 2011-03-04T10:52:10Z

“It was our goal to create a one-of-a-kind experience: astonishing and dramatic, yet with great humbleness to this fragile environment,” says Jensen. On Denmark's Jutland coast an elegant new museum counters a Nazi monolith 2017-06-24T04:00:00Z

It’s an odd collision of styles – German high romanticism meets Hollywood glitz – but Hal Mohr’s cinematography is astonishing, a surreal visual fantasy of dancing sprites and flying unicorns. The best Shakespeare films – ranked! 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z

“What he gets people to reveal about themselves, and in so doing, the country, is astonishing. He’s a genius in a league of his own.” Sacha Baron Cohen: This Time He’s Serious 2020-10-17T04:00:00Z

Peppered with rants about ex-wives, newsroom politics, and the Long Island Expressway, the book is an astonishing read. Weekly Culture Review: Bill O’Reilly, the “Girls” Finale, and More 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z

The character is called, simply, Mouth, and as embodied by the astonishing actress Lisa Dwan, it seems to be murmuring from somewhere in your own mind, as in fragments of a half-recalled dream. ArtsBeat: London Theater Journal: Running Their Mouths 2014-01-22T18:00:14Z

Still, it remained a nation of astonishing natural beauty and human warmth. Into Africa: 6 Vacation Ideas From Our Experts 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z

Some members stuck to the evidence in their speeches, and their grasp of it now is astonishing. How an impeachment unfolds: Inside the 1974 Nixon hearings, day by day 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z

At 78, Ms. Childs, serene as ever, has astonishing control. The Best Dance of 2018 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z

The show also makes clear the astonishing range of products you can procure with an animal print: mugs, towels, curtains, dressers, paper bowls, campaign lawn-post signs, handguns and much, much more. The Alternate Aesthetic Realities of ‘Tiger King’ 2020-04-02T04:00:00Z

As a walker in the city, David had a physical presence that was endlessly astonishing. How to Experience David Bowie’s New York 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z

We walk, we watch, we absorb astonishing light. Up all night in Norway: land of the midnight sun 2018-03-18T04:00:00Z

“Rolling Thunder Revue” and “The Irishman”: A simply astonishing double feature from Martin Scorsese, one consumed with life, the other with death. ‘Once Upon a Time,’ ‘Portrait’ top AP’s 2019 best films list 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z

It remains, like the world’s most famous monuments, both familiar and astonishing, as capable of inspiring awe as it did when it first appeared in 1987. Perspective | Toni Morrison not only remade American literature, she challenged us to resist the tenacity of racism 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z

Or the unrelenting death knell of a plague that summoned the astonishing sight of a field hospital in Central Park, while overburdened mortuaries outsourced the dead to mobile morgue trucks. In Lauren Groff’s New Novel, Nothing — and Everything — Is Sacred 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z

"Falstaff is one of Shakespeare's most astonishing creations," Sir Anthony said. Mark Strong honoured for Miller role 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z

Experts might dispute you on that point but I couldn't agree more.In response to Ronn from Seoul, there are in fact a few astonishing good magkeoli and severalmsoju makers in Brooklyn now! Born in Japan, and Now Made in Brooklyn: Sake 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z

Switching to English, JR said that the art history crowd may know all about Palazzo Farnese, its papal inhabitants, its Renaissance architects and its astonishing frescoes. A Trick of the Eye Turns a Luxurious Embassy Inside Out 2021-07-27T04:00:00Z

But what is astonishing is his sympathy for the vanquished. The Persians 2010-08-13T00:26:00Z

None are more glorious, though, than this astonishing outburst in Michael Mann's Heat, where his mouthy copper confidently turns it all the way to 11, and beyond. Clip joint: films that feature yelling 2013-03-28T10:00:09Z

Because they are astonishing and singular in their darkness. HBO’s ‘Nixon by Nixon’: On tape, the heart of darkness

It is possible to ski or board pitches of as much as 60 degrees — truly astonishing when you consider the steepest runs in most resorts are only about 35 degrees. 2010-02-03T14:05:00Z

His opening monologue is a swooping torrent of fancy and digression that lasts half an hour - an astonishing, exhausting piece of acting. Rylance shines in Broadway-bound comedy 'La Bete' 2010-07-08T13:16:00Z

She devours the song, the scene, the movie, and turns her astonishing, cavernous mouth into a vision of the void. Movie Review: ‘Les Misérables’ Stars Anne Hathaway and Hugh Jackman 2012-12-24T22:48:43Z

This suggests another powerful reason for his global appeal: the enormous, astonishing fertility of his historical imagination. Fractured Times: Culture and Society in the 20th Century – review 2013-03-20T11:59:01Z

So even given its astonishing début, the ultimate meaning of the object will depend on whatever protest culture takes shape in the months or years ahead—or doesn’t. The D.I.Y. Revolutionaries of the Pussyhat Project 2017-01-25T05:00:00Z

The quieter elements of storytelling, of delineating a world, which theatre relies on, feel rather less developed – and for this piece to be both astonishing and gripping, it needs those, too. Mundo Paralelo ? review 2011-03-10T17:40:11Z

Particularly memorable is her astonishing sequence of tender yet frank, unidealized portraits of pregnant women, women in childbirth and women breastfeeding. Perspective | Alice Neel was the greatest American portraitist of the 20th century. Her work continues to astonish. 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z

But Mars tore into the part with astonishing gusto, bringing a genuine air of derangement, as well as hints of childlike self-absorption, to the hopelessly misguided Liebkind. Kenneth Mars obituary 2011-02-15T18:47:58Z

Mr. Farhadi’s control is astonishing, as is the discipline of the actors. Review: In ‘The Salesman,’ Scenes From a Marriage in Tehran 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z

Instead of enhancing our understanding of the characters, these dance moments, however astonishing, seem unrelated and unspecific, detracting from the play’s insistence on valuing workers, not just work. Review: In ‘Skeleton Crew,’ Making Quick Work of Hard Labor 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z

The astonishing vision, which more often than not is crawling with schoolchildren, is topped by a 20-meter-high obelisk of yearning, intertwined figures. Norway in the offseason: Overcast and underappreciated 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z

I don’t doubt that the world would be better with fewer divisions, but the reason Soloway gives for wanting to dissolve the gender binaries is so astonishing to me it feels like a betrayal. Transparent’s Jill Soloway: ‘The words male and female describe who we used to be’ 2017-05-21T04:00:00Z

I was going to look astonishing as Oscar before I even opened my mouth. Rupert Everett Gets His Oscar (Wilde, That Is) 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z

All of these are astonishing presentations, confessions, performances — often self-conscious and, perhaps, occasionally honest. Exhibition Review: Diarists Share Tales ? True or Not ? of Lives Richly Lived 2011-01-21T19:10:36Z

The most astonishing artist in the show, and perhaps the most significant, is therefore a twelve-year-old girl named Kaia Miller, who is sort of a “Gossip Girl” version of Cindy Sherman. Finding the Self in a Selfie 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z

This was the context in which Mary Ellen staged her mutiny, all the more astonishing at a time when divorce was unspeakable and children remained the property of their fathers. A Rebellious Victorian Woman Rescued From History’s Shadows 2020-06-24T04:00:00Z

Lopez reminds us that long before interstates and factory farms carved it up, America was a continent of astonishing beauty. The best summer reads ? and where to read them 2011-07-15T13:15:01Z

So you get to meet a wide variety of people in one place, dressed up in their astonishing and beautiful finery. India's final frontier 2010-12-11T00:06:21Z

To me, this was astonishing for two reasons. The Mirror: Taking a Leap of Faith Onto the Scale 2011-01-07T18:53:49Z

Violent criminals were able to leave the country and remain at large because of an astonishing lack of coordination among U.S. Durbin plans give cash to catch fugitives 2012-03-12T16:31:00Z

Even more astonishing is the way the musicians have shut themselves off from pop's recent past. The bizarre lost world of 1970s cabaret pop 2010-10-07T21:30:00Z

The alchemy of Friday's show is going to be astonishing, a perfect, contemporary way to kick off the 40th anniversary celebrations. Gorillaz new Glasto headliners 2010-05-26T14:10:00Z

“The scope of it is really astonishing,” he said, with more awe than swagger. The March for Science was a moment made for Bill Nye 2017-04-23T04:00:00Z

The “dramatic mix of circus arts and street entertainment” show turned 30 this week, after three decades of incredible acrobatic acts—and astonishing photos of them. 30 Years of Cirque du Soleil's Best Photos 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z

The staging tricks enhance the ones that Albee built in, with Miriam Buether’s astonishing set design, at first so pretty and cozy, holding unexpected dimensions of alienation in store. Review: Glenda Jackson Gets Her Queen Lear Moment in ‘Three Tall Women’ 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z

Discovered in old storage lockers after she died, these astonishing pictures now sell for thousands. TV highlights 25/06/2013 2013-06-25T06:00:03Z

Not even four nights in a recliner amid floors “FULL” of holiday houseguests, which gives me an eye twitch just thinking about it, suffices to explain your friend’s astonishing lack of grace. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Brothers think Dad was a gem, but Papa was really a rolling stone 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z

Sometimes the fakes are so good it’s astonishing. Art Experts Warn of a Surging Market in Fake Prints 2020-01-24T05:00:00Z

Portions of the plot stretch the long arm of coincidence to astonishing lengths, but the various twists are certainly entertaining. Summer reads: romance, discovery and reconciliation 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z

Husbands is the only official track so far and it is astonishing. New band of the day – No 1,276: Savages 2012-05-25T09:22:34Z

The more established critics had seen it earlier, and the word was out that it was astonishing. “The Godfather” at the Philharmonic 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z

Here is one of the more astonishing emails, from a writer who needs a constitutional law refresher course: Why do conservatives hate Oberlin so much? 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z

This podcast makes for astonishing listening, not just because of Wittels’ brutal honesty, but because he never loses his sense of humour, even as he describes his attempts to buy heroin from homeless people. ‘Harris Wittels was the funniest person I ever met’ – Amy Poehler, Sarah Silverman and Aziz Ansari on a lost comic genius 2017-04-17T04:00:00Z

There’s an astonishing private taping of the second movement of “A Love Supreme,” titled “Resolution,” recorded at a club called Pep’s, in Philadelphia, on September 18, 1964. Seeing Through “A Love Supreme” to Find John Coltrane 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z

The last quarter of the play flashed by with astonishing velocity. Arthur Miller's 'The Price' bursts into meaning at Mark Taper Forum 2015-02-22T05:00:00Z

He continued to perform until 2012, often astonishing listeners with his undiminished technique. Buddy DeFranco, jazz clarinetist whose career lasted more than 70 years, dies at 91 2014-12-27T05:00:00Z

Manhattan’s Upper East Side is, after all, worlds away from the 1850s frontier of deWitt’s astonishing epic “The Sisters Brothers” and from the gothic realms of the later “Undermajordomo Minor.” Review | ‘French Exit’ gives a witty look at a rarefied world 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z

For a band so committed to making statement-rock, it’s astonishing how little Arcade Fire has to say. Review | Arcade Fire takes aim at the information age and shoots itself in the foot 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z

The encyclopedic knowledge that the average horse girl possesses is astonishing. Giddy Up, Girlfriend! 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z

Two years ago, Slumdog Millionaire's astonishing run kicked off here and Boyle's follow-up looks to have gained similar momentum. The King's Speech rules Toronto film festival 2010-09-20T09:46:00Z

Department of Agriculture and art could be on speaking terms seems astonishing. American Fruits and Nuts in Vivid Detail 2021-05-10T04:00:00Z

Under this pen name, Frederick Rolfe produced a stream of astonishing books, from an idiosyncratic history of the Borgias to the novel “Hadrian the Seventh,” in which a down-and-out English writer is elected pope. Summer’s hidden gems, selected by Michael Dirda 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z

Leigh Fenly of The San Diego Union-Tribune called the book “an astonishing read of life before the advent of weather prediction.” Jim Murphy, Who Wrote Vivid Histories for the Young, Dies at 74 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z

“Simply astonishing,” one voter said of Mr. Garfield. Tonys Magic Likely for Harry Potter and ‘Band’s Visit’ 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z

It was a project of astonishing boldness, which stood a chance of redefining journalism in the internet age. WikiLeaks: Strained relation, accusation ? and crucial revelations 2011-01-31T20:00:01Z

“She could be the most astonishing friend and also the most horrible person. But, as a solo performer, she was the single best I’ve ever seen.” Janis Ian Lets Her Music Speak Her Mind (One Last Time) 2022-01-17T05:00:00Z

Pacino disappears into the hunch and Michigan accent and fashions an introverted man who is nonetheless propelled by his passion; watching him move forward without regret or fear is astonishing. We still don't know Jack, despite Pacino's efforts 2010-04-21T23:55:00Z

“Mr. Bale’s performance is astonishing, in part because he so completely conquers a daunting set of physical and psychological challenges,” Mr. Scott wrote in The Times in December. Video : The Rules of the Game in a Feudal World 2011-03-11T05:44:05Z

But the play really belongs to O'Flynn, who matures from gawky kid to grown woman with astonishing conviction and who movingly reconciles the character's fear of death with an unassuageable hunger for life. Port – review 2013-01-29T12:59:14Z

He was a master conductor who possessed an innate understanding of great music that he performed with astonishing energy, care, warmth and affection. Sir Colin Davis remembered: 'He worked little miracles' 2013-04-15T18:13:39Z

My hero, Robert Merivel reflects "how astonishing it is that Man attempts any Thing of Significance … when part of him knows that if he fails, all his former contentment will be lost." Rose Tremain: The art of not winning literary prizes 2012-11-08T15:15:00Z

Leaping antelopes, prancing giraffes and snakes poised to strike are among animals and reptiles depicted with astonishing clarity in the ancient paintings. British archaeologists find cave paintings at 100 new African sites 2010-09-17T15:35:00Z

The alchemy that transformed an unknown fugitive slave named Frederick Douglass into one of the most celebrated orators and political theorists in the world finished its work with astonishing speed. Frederick Douglass in Full 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z

And there’s an astonishing amount of exciting work coming out of academia. Pauline Kael and Her Legacy 2011-10-15T22:17:20Z

The rest of the book, set in an unlikely Aztec jungle, was mainly astonishing for repetitious misogyny, as the heroine, Eden, lusted brainlessly after her erstwhile boss, and half-mutated into a jaguar. Racism row novel Revealing Eden falls at every hurdle 2012-08-23T09:55:46Z

It's just an astonishing thing to read his diatribes about men's rights, i.e. entitlements, being eroded. From mansplainers to sexual assaulters, Kate Manne explains how society empowers men to harm women 2020-08-10T04:00:00Z

And while those more recent numbers are astonishing, the reality is probably far worse. Perspective | Collusion? Who needs it when Facebook was allowing Russians to help Trump? 2017-10-31T04:00:00Z

Almost needless to say, the scenery, the glimpse of the world’s most remote place, is astonishing. Essay : The Unhip, Unexpected Joys of Cruising 2014-03-12T15:58:09Z

The president also talks to People about his current favorite book, the videos his daughters show him online, and “the most astonishing Vine” he saw this year. Guess President Obama's Favorite Movie of 2014 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z

It's almost astonishing to think it's 34 years old. Deathless prose: the vampire novel of the century 2012-02-10T11:25:52Z

The rest is like an astonishing pre-Verne Around the World in Eighty Days. Chasing Venus: the Race to Measure the Heavens – review 2013-01-29T10:26:31Z

In rendering these effects, Mr. van Hove and his astonishing set and lighting designer, Jan Versweyveld, borrow freely from the imagery of horror movies. Review: In Arthur Miller’s ‘Crucible,’ First They Came for the Witches 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z

“It’s astonishing how much audiences love Logan’s cruelty,” he says. Succession’s Brian Cox: ‘I was touched up by Princess Margaret’ 2020-01-13T05:00:00Z

Sarajevo’s topography, source of its astonishing beauty, also became its great curse. Sarajevo’s Enduring Optimism 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z

But in The Geography Of Madness, journalist Frank Bures shows that what such “culture-bound syndromes” demonstrate is the astonishing power of culture and belief – on all of us. Is your penis really shrinking? | Oliver Burkeman 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z

But this production from Rebecca Frecknall — the buzzy British director whose shows tend to scoop up Olivier awards — treats the often overly familiar play as if it were entirely fresh, and the result is astonishing. Review: In London, a ‘Romeo and Juliet’ That Feels Startlingly New 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z

Along the way, as he has before, he weaves in stories of the astonishing characters who have been figuring humans out. Review | After explaining the universe, Bill Bryson turns his attention to the body 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z

The nominations give an awards boost to several films, especially "Gravity," an astonishing 3-D technical achievement, and the wrenching "12 Years a Slave." 'Gravity', '12 Years a Slave' lead UK film awards 2014-01-08T14:21:10Z

Even if “Guardians of the Galaxy” had been included this year, the nod wouldn’t have made much of a dent in its astonishing $770 million take at the box office. It’s become too facile to pit big summer movies against integrity-filled indies 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z

What’s astonishing is that, with a sharp eye and a bit of research, you can still walk in Josephus’s footsteps in contemporary Rome. Rome, Through the Eyes of Flavius Josephus 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z

Sounds of New Orleans, and Far Beyond ‘Treme’ An astonishing proportion of the music in this new David Simon television series, broadcast Sunday nights on , was recorded live on location in New Orleans. Playlist: Music From Kris Kristofferson, Jamie Lidell and ?Treme? 2010-05-16T14:06:00Z

In such a way, Ross works her own magic, transforming humanity’s worn-out suffering into something new and astonishing. A Magic-Filled Island Where Life’s Struggles Rage 2021-04-20T04:00:00Z

Williams’s list of hits is astonishing, given his short life. The brief, wondrous life of Hank Williams 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z

In the astonishing, protracted prenuptial letter Mahler sent to Alma, he suggested that were she ugly, men would not care for her intellect and artistic talent. The Alma problem 2010-12-02T22:31:00Z

The astonishing variety of books for children is one of the wonders of our world. Open thread: Which phrases have your family 'caught' from reading? 2013-01-24T10:28:51Z

A quarter of US adults now have a “smart speaker” in their homes, a truly astonishing example of our collective willingness to trade privacy for marginal convenience. What were we thinking? The worst trends of the decade – ranked! 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z

These are not highbrow movies, and yet Reeves’ portrayal and his widely-publicized dedication to training so the moves and gunplay look and feel real is astonishing. Why do women love John Wick? (It's not just the puppy) 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z

It was astonishing to see how many parts of the body contributed: spine, shoulders, thighs, eyes, fingers, heels and more. Nivedha Ramalingam Brings Bharatanatyam to Drive East 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z

But none of it would have been possible without "American Bandstand," a show that earned immediate popularity and had astonishing longevity. Dick Clark's 'Bandstand' rocked world, changed U.S., broke barriers 2012-04-19T18:24:06Z

All the performances, led by Rountree, were exceptional, the ensemble turning on an astonishing stylistic dime. Evening of tangerine dreams as wild Up makes its Santa Barbara debut 2014-11-10T05:00:00Z

These are astonishing figures, but they're likely to be a cause for grumbling as much as celebration. Does the mega-musical boom mean theatre's bust? 2011-01-18T16:58:37Z

So it’s thrilling to have had new recordings this year from two astonishing pianists. The Best Classical Music Recordings of 2016 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z

That was astonishing to me, because I’d never seen alcoholism depicted like that. The Master’s Joaquin Phoenix on Animal Inspirations, Curb Your Enthusiasm and the Pleasures of Discomfort 2012-09-13T12:00:22Z

In one of the film’s quietest, most astonishing moments, he confirms to his son, with nothing more than a glance, that telling a lie can sometimes be the right thing to do. Christopher Nolan’s 'Dunkirk' Is a Masterpiece 2017-07-19T04:00:00Z

The evident unity among the three dancers helped create a performance that was emotionally moving as well as astonishing technique-wise. What NBC’s ‘World of Dance’ gets right about dance 2020-07-21T04:00:00Z

Swift's numbers are nothing short of astonishing in the age of digital thievery. Taylor Swift, Jason Aldean faves for CMA prize 2011-11-08T20:02:42Z

It has earned an astonishing 14 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes and the marital mismatch inspired a lot of head-scratching. Kevins Can Score Improbably Attractive TV Wives 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z

The snow alone is exemplary, building up into an astonishing storm above the dancing then relaxing into a calmer downpour. Review: Pick a ‘Nutcracker,’ One From Balanchine, the Other Reimagined 2016-11-27T05:00:00Z

"Cartel Land's" most astonishing footage comes in the town of Apo. 'Cartel Land' goes deep inside vigilantes' fight on both sides of Mexico-U.S. drug war 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z

He brings an astonishing demonic energy to the final movements of the Beethoven Seventh and the Schubert Ninth, but the effect is more battering than it is uplifting. The Disquieting Power of Wilhelm Furtwängler, Hitler’s Court Conductor 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z

Yet her recovery has been nothing short of astonishing – a woman whom early media reports had presumed dead was walking, reading and speaking again, after just months of rigorous therapy. Gabrielle Giffords’ inspiring comeback 2012-09-07T17:30:00Z

This masterpiece of a play by Edward Albee is now celebrating its 50th anniversary on Broadway with an astonishing production courtesy of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company. The AP picks its Top 10 theater moments of 2012 2012-12-13T13:00:13Z

A wildly entertaining book about probability, which left me ultimately deflated by my complete ignorance of chance, or luck, and what an astonishing huge part that plays in our lives. John Cleese Intends to Have His Unread Books Buried With Him 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z

I treasure the memory of a new major reporting on an astonishing meeting he'd had with me shortly after he joined the battalion in the Egyptian desert. Philip French: my life as a stammerer 2010-12-26T00:05:05Z

Seventeen Moments of Spring was broadcast at 7.30pm over 12 consecutive nights, and this black-and-white second world war spy drama amassed an astonishing 50 to 80 million viewers per episode. Russia's answer to James Bond: did he trigger Putin's rise to power? 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z

That controversial finale drew nearly 20 million viewers the night it premiered — an astonishing figure in the fragmented streaming era. Can ‘House of the Dragon’ Be HBO’s Next ‘Game of Thrones’? 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z

From high above, on a platform topped with the astonishing soaring saddleback roofs that characterize Torajan architecture, the deceased looked out over the proceedings. In Indonesia, Many Islands and Many Faces 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z

With the Bowl doing everything right — the lighting, the mood, the outstanding sound system — Ma made the astonishing an argument against dumbing down. Yo-Yo Ma does the impossible at the Hollywood Bowl 2017-09-13T04:00:00Z

The director’s flashy return to the real world is a work of astonishing magnitude, an immersive, thrilling, emotionally involving experience and, in my opinion, his greatest film to date. The 50 best films of 2019 in the US: No 4 – 1917 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z

It’s astonishing to think that the author of the delightful 2005 novel “Freddy and Fredericka” and the critically acclaimed “Ellis Island, and Other Stories,” could have written such a laughably awful book. Books of The Times: Mark Helprin’s ‘In Sunlight and in Shadow’ 2012-10-05T05:17:21Z

Most astonishing of all, she married at 24, having imbibed from her parents the message that "the most eligible women marry young to get a 'good man' before they are all taken". Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg 2013-03-13T11:18:53Z

It’s distant and exotic, just one of many astonishing places that Elton has visited as a direct consequence of his mother scrimping and saving for a piano all those years ago. Elton John's John Lewis Christmas ad: it could have been so different 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z

Jake Arditti, son of the first violinist and the composer, sang with poise, precision and astonishing presence, ensuring this family occasion was at once a world premiere, and a Wigmore debut, to remember. Arditti Quartet/Jake Arditti - review 2011-02-06T17:46:12Z

Curtis pursued another career as an artist, creating Matisse-like still lifes with astonishing speed. Actor Tony Curtis dies at Las Vegas-area home 2010-09-30T13:20:00Z

In his journals, Baudelaire wrote, “Nadar is the most astonishing expression of vitality,” adding that he seemed to have “all the vital organs in double.” The Wild of Nadar, an Early Photographer Who Knew How to Give a Party 2017-07-04T04:00:00Z

The two works, both dating from 2009, offer strong contrasts in staging, but their dance pyrotechnics are consistently astonishing. LINES Ballet: dance, glorious dance 2011-11-18T17:20:05Z

The diplomat — and first African American to be awarded a Nobel Prize, for his U.N. work mediating the Arab-Israeli conflict in Palestine — was a ferocious U.N. defender, and his words were revelatory and astonishing. Unraveling my family's Cold War mystery 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z

His rapport with soldiers was unparalleled, and his ability to cultivate a stable image of authority while taking advantage of shifting situations made him not only an astonishing soldier but a terrific statesman as well. Book Review Podcast: 'Napoleon: A Life' 2014-11-17T05:00:00Z

So while the phone rang at her mom’s work, she leaned back in her chair, listened to the astonishing sounds of justice, and no longer pretended to look sorry.” The rise of a foodie: J. Ryan Stradal’s ‘Kitchens of the Great Midwest’ 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z

I tasted all three on a recent visit; each dish showcased yogurt’s astonishing adaptability. The not-so-secret truth about yogurt the rest of the world already knows 2015-04-26T04:00:00Z

Instead I was treated to an astonishing piece of writing. Using the Bible in an Apocalypse and Other Letters to the Editor 2020-11-13T05:00:00Z

The impressionistic freedom with which some are executed is astonishing. Art Review: Unlikely Wit on Sacred Pages at the Louvre 2011-07-29T11:30:07Z

They come not to marvel at the barren and bleakly beautiful landscapes, the elaborately constructed dry stone walls, or even the astonishing semi-circular prehistoric fort of Dún Aonghasa, perched on a 300ft-high sheer cliff. 10 of Europe’s oddest attractions and events 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z

The answer is that society reacted pretty much as you think it might: confusion, weirdness and, at first, an astonishing degree of nonchalance. ‘Fear the Walking Dead’: Not much gore, but an outbreak (sort of) explained 2015-08-19T04:00:00Z

Vienna at the time was intellectually exhilarating and politically perilous, a place of astonishing scholarship and higher learning that also functioned as “the world capital of cranks, paranoids, megalomaniacs and conspiracy theorists,” Budiansky writes. A New Biography of Kurt Gödel, Whose Brilliant Life Intersected With the Upheavals of the 20th Century 2021-06-02T04:00:00Z

The amount of sheer feministing that has to be done, to unpick the centuries of careful work that have gone into smothering the female spirit, is astonishing. Emma Watson’s Beauty and the Beast is a good start – we need more feminist fairytales 2016-11-19T05:00:00Z

After studying twins and siblings, he came up with an astonishing result: In boys not exposed to the risk factors, genetics played no role in any of their violent behavior. Genetic Basis for Crime: A New Look 2011-06-19T22:33:19Z

AD: NBW works with an astonishing assemblage of consultants, from conservation biologists to cultural historians to Maori tribal leaders. Designer Thomas L. Woltz Is Changing the Landscape of Green Space Design 2013-12-05T05:00:00Z

Our critic Jennifer Szalai calls it an “astonishing” book that uses present-tense narration “as an effective device for conveying what it felt like in real time to experience the tightening vise of the Nazi regime.” 13 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z

But you can still catch the astonishing Mies Julie at Assembly Mound – a stark reminder that equality is impossible without justice, and that without justice personal relationships are irrevocably tainted. Edinburgh fringe: day 17 on the fringe 2012-08-23T16:05:54Z

It’s astonishing; the factionalism and the infighting is so much more important to a certain kind of leftwinger than taking on the Tories or in the last few years, the government. James O’Brien: ‘A former EDL member said my show saved his life’ 2019-06-09T04:00:00Z

Horner felt comfortable borrowing from traditional Scottish and Irish music for his score, and the result is an astonishing hybrid of sounds—choral, tribal, and orchestral. James Horner’s sweeping film scores defined a cinematic era 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z

And astonishing is the word for these madrigals. Music Review: Tenet Vocal Ensemble at Italian Academy, Columbia University 2012-11-05T20:00:06Z

"And when you get them in action, their dexterity – for want of a better word – and their accomplishment in what they can do is quite astonishing." Rewind radio: The Chris Moyles Show; The Archers; The Late Show 2010-08-28T23:06:00Z

What is most astonishing about these gender-switched scenes is how well they work. A male-focused film industry is making women act up 2011-02-11T14:39:50Z

It was astonishing: a convention centre filled with families, salesmen and thousands of weapons. Photographer Zed Nelson's best shot 2010-09-01T21:30:00Z

Even with his astonishing technique, the Russian pianist Daniil Trifonov looked as if he needed all his youthful energy to get through his formidable recital program at Carnegie Hall on Wednesday. Fleeting Fingers and Red-Eye Flights: A Pianist Is a Study in Stamina 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z

Bauhaus: Weimar, Dessau, Berlin, Chicago by Hans Wingler The influential and much mythologised German art school, the Bauhaus, is made less opaque through this astonishing collection of documents, letters and pictures from its own archive. Patrick Cramsie's top 10 graphic design books 2010-08-04T12:09:00Z

Genealogy surely has its pleasures: it's historical, microfiche-y detective work that can reward patience and perseverance with entertaining or astonishing discoveries. 23 and Not Me: As an adoptee, I'm not even remotely tempted to take a DNA test 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z

Hume not just for his astonishing insights, but because he was an utterly splendid human being. John Cleese Intends to Have His Unread Books Buried With Him 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z

Both series were presided over by the Canadian producer Sydney Newman, who encouraged original work – what he called "agitational contemporaneity" – and had an astonishing impact. Charles Jarrott obituary 2011-03-06T18:49:41Z

The following afternoon, I reclined in a pool deck chair at our hotel, sipping a cocktail, enjoying an astonishing view of the Parthenon. A Food Snob’s Food Tour Conversion 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z

“They were so colorful, so flavorful, so astonishing.” From Refugee Chefs, a Taste of Home 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z

But the episode does have moments of genuine mystery, beyond that astonishing opening trip into the Departure machine. ‘The Leftovers’ Series Finale Recap: Over There 2017-06-04T04:00:00Z

"He was a global celebrity in a time before television, before Twitter, before any of that stuff, which is astonishing," Connolly said. In 'Houdini,' Adrien Brody wants to 'convey the truth of an illusion' 2014-09-01T04:00:00Z

There is an astonishing cadenza on "Nicodemism", the term Calvin derived from Nicodemus, who only dared visit the tomb under cover of darkness. Silence: A Christian History by Diarmaid MacCulloch – review 2013-03-29T08:01:01Z

But The Wrong Trousers gets the nod because it crystallised so much of what Aardman brought to the table: the jokey/sinister crime story; the homely details; and the astonishing application of real-world physics. Aardman's 20 best films – ranked! 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z

“The very idea that there could be this other side to her, one where she selfishly did as she pleased, was astonishing,” he broods. A woman going mad, and a radical refusal, in ‘The Vegetarian’ 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z

There were more surprises, including a piece composed in 2007 for string orchestra, Soundings, of astonishing simplicity. Elliott Carter 2012-11-06T03:26:13Z

“I am not interested in astonishing people,” he said. Talking With Massimiliano Giornetti of Ferragamo 2011-09-28T18:52:00Z

In the most astonishing moments — the slow dancing, the tickling, the horsey rides — one marvels at the men’s willingness to transgress deep-seated taboos against male touching. Men touching other men: How Kenneth Tam's video art playfully nudges viewers toward discomfort 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z

This was, as Mitchell writes, “a direct and astonishing insult” to the Obama administration. George Mitchell wrote 'A Path to Peace' about Israel and Palestine. Is there one? 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z

“That was astonishing. I don’t think I’d ever tasted anything so good in my life.” James Truman, Condé Nast Alumnus, Is Now Editing Restaurants 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z

But the prose compels with its astonishing range and precision. Three Strong Women by Marie NDiaye – review 2012-07-06T21:55:12Z

Not just in the astonishing ways people have opened up and given so much, but in the painful ways that, in the wake of a catastrophe, shame threatens to engulf us. Greetings from post-Sandy Staten Island 2012-11-05T17:49:00Z

His novels — the astonishing “Wind-Up Bird Chronicle,” the sprawling “1Q84” — spiral like galaxies from central cores, but his stories are quasars, exploding with light as they reveal his themes. Eight Ways of Looking at Haruki Murakami 2021-04-06T04:00:00Z

To me there are two overwhelming elements in the Rite's achievement: its use of rhythm and its astonishing orchestral colours. The Rest is Noise festival: what's your favourite piece of 20th-century music? 2012-11-29T20:00:02Z

There are also some astonishing orchestral colours – a glass harmonica, viola da gamba – that make Written on Skin an essential experience, even recorded. A guide to George Benjamin's music 2013-02-25T12:41:11Z

They met as young boys, and their rapport—the interplay between Q-Tip’s easy, buttery confidence and Phife’s assertive sharpness—is amazing to behold, comfortable and astonishing at once, right from the beginning. Phife Dawg: Farewell to the Five-Foot Assassin With the Roughneck Business 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z

It still is: The deepest and longest tomb in the necropolis, the resting place of Seti I is adorned with astonishing reliefs. A Nile Journey Guided by 19th-Century Women 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z

That is astonishing when you think about it. New band of the day: The Strypes (No 1,396) 2012-11-15T16:37:05Z

Using digital 3-D imaging of mind-bending complexity, Giacomo Costa’s latest productions are of astonishing apocalyptic landscapes and futuristic images of ruined megalopolises being overtaken by nature, which are both disturbing and hauntingly beautiful. Scene/ Seen: Up Against the Renaissance 2011-01-21T13:00:04Z

This world auction record for the artist is the more astonishing because the painting is hardly the best among Doig’s works seen at auction. Auctions: A Serious Moment for Contemporary Art 2011-07-01T13:30:36Z

My skepticism vanished at the end, when we found the astonishing Zontik, or “Umbrella,” waterfall — though to me the rock formation looked more like a bunch of giant mushrooms, drooping over a shallow cave. A Warm Welcome in the Caucasus Mountains 2015-04-08T04:00:00Z

Some observers, like Frank Sesno, director of George Washington University’s media school, called it praiseworthy and, in its wide scope, “astonishing.” Perspective | Editorials defending the press are a nice start. Here’s where to go next. 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z

Even more astonishing was that one almost felt as though the first couple were the ones hitching their wagons to a star. Critic’s Notebook: Miranda’s big night, and Corden’s larger truths 2016-06-13T04:00:00Z

This development process was obviously effective, as the gag rate on the film is astonishing. The 50 funniest films… chosen by comedians 2016-12-18T05:00:00Z

“It was just astonishing to find all of the detailed information about the painting,” he said. A Portrait of Rembrandt Goes on Show. But Did He Paint It? 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z

But much of the pleasure lies in Goodman's astonishing performance as Arthur. The Winslow Boy – review 2013-03-20T18:47:25Z

Quite a few of the tales are horror stories, culminating in the astonishing Blood, in which a fresh, green world is overwhelmed by a red tide. Howard Hodgkin 2010-06-28T21:15:00Z

It's only the second motorway services to open in the UK and the novelty is astonishing. Service stations: my secret love affair 2010-05-01T23:35:00Z

Visitors to Rome often marvel at the astonishing integration of ancient structures into the city’s modern fabric. In Rome, Opera in Ruins 2010-07-11T10:00:00Z

An intimate, discursive inquiry into religious belief that opens to include questions about cinema, the movie is largely set within the perimeters of the astonishing Baha’i gardens. Movie Review: ‘The Gardener,’ Mohsen Makhmalbaf’s Inquiry Into Religion 2013-08-08T22:53:11Z

“The lack of similar concern for poor offenders is astonishing,” she says. Why We Let White-Collar Criminals Get Away With Their Crimes 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z

So it proved: The Worst Christmas Of My Life, available on DVD and repeating on BBC2 tonight, is an astonishing anthology of all the worst possibilities of the holidays' forced jollities. What the Guardian TV critics watch every Christmas 2010-12-24T08:00:04Z

It’s an astonishing combination of technical finesse and musical sensitivity — and a far cry from ballet skiing’s anything-goes early days. When Ski Ballet Pushed at the Porous Boundary Between Art and Sport 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z

It does a wonderful job of recreating the astonishing independence ceremony on 30 June 1960. Lumumba fights its corner as a corrective to imperialism 2012-06-14T13:25:47Z

It's an astonishing, multi-faceted play that, in Britain, has taken us decades to appreciate. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof: Tennessee Williams's southern discomfort 2012-09-30T19:00:11Z

As a period piece, it is astonishing, reeking of animal dung and illness, ankle-deep in sucking mud and spilled blood. Deadwood is the best drama HBO has ever made – it must be revived 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z