| 单词 | ostensibly |
| 例句 | The marchers were ostensibly protesting the School Board’s recent decision not to take part in a federally funded jobs program, the Neighborhood Youth Corps. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z The simple act of moving their heads up and down, ostensibly for another reason entirely — was sufficient to cause them to recommend a policy that would take money out of their own pockets. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I drew suntanned young giants in white dinner jackets, seated at white tables alongside turquoise swimming pools, toasting each other, rather excitedly, with highballs made from a cheap but ostensibly ultra-fashionable brand of rye whisky. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z He and Pa get into another big fight, ostensibly about Vincent not going to church, and about religion, morality. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z At a probate hearing after the death of George Bigheart, an attorney expressed bafflement at why loans ostensibly from Burt’s bank to the Osage were issued from Burt’s personal checkbook. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z At last, on the fourth morning, close to midday, he noticed Heqet standing close beside Rekh’s worktable, ostensibly watching the goldsmith raise a bowl, but actually whispering to him under cover of the hammer taps. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Although some white guardians and administrators tried to act in the best interests of the tribe, countless others used the system to swindle the very people they were ostensibly protecting. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Set in medieval Spain, Parsifal is ostensibly a parable about the Holy Grail, the cup from which Christ drank at the Last Supper. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z As he neared the Hickock farm, he stopped at several neighboring homesteads, ostensibly to ask directions, actually to make inquiries concerning the suspect. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z I only knew that one day, which was tiresomely like all the others before it, I sat in the Railway office, ostensibly waiting to be interviewed. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The minister had an envelope full; but when he produced them, ostensibly for distribution among the jurors, an exasperated Logan Green leaped to his feet: “If Your Honor please, this is going too far.. .” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z The Miss Bolivia contest always includes a contestant ostensibly from the coast. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Loren Johnson, Billie’s father, ostensibly worked as a truck driver, “but he never held any job for long,” she says. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z As the meeting progressed—and grew heated—the attorney who previously had wanted to accept Holmes’s mortgage stepped out of Chamberlin’s office and entered the room where Holmes waited, ostensibly for a drink of water. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Later, he would tell me that he was hearing from some Muslims who were still ostensibly Elijah Muhammad’s followers. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “Compatibility may be what it’s ostensibly about,” Dimple responded, pushing her glasses up on her nose. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z The homelands were, ostensibly, the original homes of South Africa’s tribes, sovereign and semi-sovereign “nations” where black people would be “free.” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The kid had never held a job in his life and was spending his summer break from the Ivy League here, ostensibly to get training. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z His blog, ostensibly about matters of theological thought, is peppered with references to the Philadelphia Phillies and The Wire. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z I saw him move in my direction, ostensibly to make me take a turn performing his stupid experiment and instead I just stared at him, my face numb. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Groups of young whites who ostensibly maintained order among the slaves. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Since the owner’s house was burned and the owner ostensibly burned with it, the employees of the tannery, out of respect, did not go to work. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z We were up in her room, at her desk, ostensibly to cram for her home school chem test. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z He sat right down on Alex’s chest and stayed there, ostensibly holding him captive, while Alex flailed his legs and arms around helplessly. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z I wanted to he him, sure, but I tried to remember I was ostensibly on a date with someone else. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z A desire to inherit this estate was ostensibly the motivation behind Lowell Lee’s plot to destroy his family. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Apparently, class has started without our knowing, because Mr. Applebaum, who is ostensibly teaching us precalculus but is mostly teaching me that pain and suffering must be endured stoically, says, "You feel what, Tiny?" Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z She shrugged, then reached for a piece of the cookie that they were ostensibly supposed to share, but Maya had eaten most of it already. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z The meeting ended with Eisenhower tabling Stassen’s plan, ostensibly for the moment. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Yet even in these ostensibly international forums Africa and its artists remain oddly set apart. An Art Critic In Africa: Salif Diabagat? and Other Artists Struggle in Africa 2012-04-15T04:10:00Z The thing is, even though my previous records were ostensibly fictional, obviously everything that happened in them happened to me at some point in my life. How to save the creative class: “Universal healthcare and no guns, basically” 2014-05-31T04:00:00Z Thanks to Waltz's performance and Menke's editing, almost unbearable tension was wrung out of the most ostensibly banal subject matter. Sally Menke: the quiet heroine of the Quentin Tarantino success story 2010-09-29T15:24:00Z He noted the floor on which she got off and later that evening came down ostensibly to visit a colleague. 32 Floors and 1 Subway Ride Later 2018-06-30T04:00:00Z In 1963, during a crackdown on writers and artists, he was reprimanded by Khrushchev himself for “formalism,” which ostensibly violated the uplifting style of socialist realism. Andrei Voznesensky, 77, Celebrated Russian Poet, Dies 2010-06-01T20:19:00Z All of these big rich, ostensibly good Englishmen were often slave owners or benefited from slavery. "I wrote endless drafts": "Sanditon" boss on the pressures of giving Jane Austen fans closure 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z Though in ostensibly different circumstances, the concerns of both the fictional character and its creator — of family, of livelihood and of legacy — share a number of parallels. Director J.C. Chandor follows the money in 'A Most Violent Year' 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z Sedaris was ostensibly there to promote the show “The Heart, She Holler” on Adult Swim, but the two veer off into talking about their enjoyment of “Interstellar.” Stephen Colbert and Amy Sedaris are huge fans of “Interstellar” 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z The Bachelor” is, ostensibly, a competition show with an unknown outcome, making this, depending on your perspective, the admirable work of a dedicated reporter or a shocking act of bad faith. For ‘The Bachelor,’ He’s the Thorn in Their Tray of Roses 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z Most bizarrely for a play ostensibly about two women, they barely exist except in relation to the absent Martin, who they seem to find fascinating but who comes across as a jerk. The Breath of Life ? review 2011-02-24T17:41:50Z He ostensibly works as a journalist, though we almost never see him write or file a story. Tintin Is a New Breed of Comic-Book Hero for Most Americans 2012-01-02T20:37:06Z The clothing choice was ostensibly to mark the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, which gave white women the right to vote. Perspective | Congressional Democrats wore their white-hot fury to the State of the Union 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z But because it is ostensibly a gig, it forces you to question your prejudices about authenticity and live performance. The Knife – review 2013-05-10T17:02:19Z The show invites the audience to enjoy its images of bendable sex dolls even as it ostensibly condemns the enterprise. How Movies and TV Address Rape and Revenge 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z This Berlucsconian cliche is ostensibly in town, along with other world leaders, for the funeral of his British counterpart. London Has Fallen: can city siege movies survive the age of terror? 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z In Season 2, the characters will begin with ostensibly newfound wisdom. ‘Euphoria’ Is Back. Here’s Where It Left Off. 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z You never held up an ostensibly washed dish to yourself and said, “Do you see what I see?” I was a “male spinster” 2012-11-29T01:00:00Z Rather than presenting a single, definitive story—an ostensibly objective chronicle of events—these books offer a past of competing perspectives, of multiple voices. How Archival Fiction Upends Our View of History 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z For a genre that ostensibly presents snippets of unvarnished truth, a particular type of documentary is difficult to name. Does Cinéma Vérité Exist? Watch These 2 Movies to Find Out 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z It is why the owner of AllHipHop.com wrote an ostensibly “concerned” open letter to Nicki Minaj, asking “Is this the path you want to lead impressionable kids down?” Shocked and outraged by Nicki Minaj’s Anaconda video? Perhaps you should butt out 2014-08-23T04:00:00Z Burials and memorial services ostensibly were nonpartisan but often were used to try to define the war’s legacy, she notes. How We Remember the Civil War 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z The character was a street minister who tended to space out, ostensibly because of his heavy drug use. How pot brownies came to reign as "the OG edible" 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z Except the Google URL is plainly visible; Ms. Gavankar has image-searched the photo that would ostensibly be on her own phone. Royal Rumble: 7 Meghan and Harry Specials Face Off, and We All Lose 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z Lady Antebellum is the problem Pistol Annies is ostensibly trying to solve. Critic’s Notebook: ‘Golden,’ by Lady Antebellum and ‘Annie Up’ by Pistol Annies 2013-05-10T22:06:38Z In the middle section, Lil Nas X is executed – ostensibly as a queer martyr – after which he pole dances to hell. Lil Nas X’s dance with the devil evokes tradition of resisting, mocking religious demonization 2021-04-17T04:00:00Z Into this delicate balance weighed the local police, ostensibly at the behest of residents, to run spot checks on supercars and ruin Liam's holiday. TV review: Millionaire Boy Racers 2013-01-03T23:04:01Z Intentionally or otherwise, The Morning Show is basically The Matt Lauer Story, telling the story of an ostensibly lightweight breakfast TV show derailed by accusations of sexual impropriety. Apple TV+: should you shell out for the new streaming service? 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z The heart of the novel is an expedition deep into the outback that’s ostensibly a search for the murderer but is in fact a grotesque hunt for aborigines. Review | Two Australian boys seek revenge for their parents’ murder in this blood-soaked tale 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z The nadir of the evening was a five-minute segment, positioned just before the start of the opening ceremony, that was ostensibly about Olympic golf but was really a plug for the NBCUniversal-owned Golf Channel. Even on NBC, Rio’s Colors Can’t Be Airbrushed Out 2016-08-06T04:00:00Z For ostensibly the most coveted thing on this show, the Iron Throne has a remarkably lax security detail. ArtsBeat: ‘Game of Thrones’ Watch: Arguments in Family Court 2014-05-12T03:53:49Z Nowhere is that more apparent than with Neal, the ostensibly junior partner in Detour. My streaming gem: why you should watch Detour 2020-07-06T04:00:00Z And though the show is ostensibly about the Robertson clan, it’s really about the men of the family—characters who willingly become caricatures, caricatures who are far too ridiculous to be real. The “Duck Dynasty” American dream: A cynical self-parody of Southern whiteness, whistling Dixie while Jindal’s Louisiana crumbles 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z Like so many people, I've been in "pretend" relationships more authentic than the ostensibly real ones. ‘Westworld’ Season 1, Episode 7: They Cannot See 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z But ostensibly Roger's living the dream: he's at the top of the heap, he's got the beautiful wife. Rogue male 2013-04-07T17:00:01Z There were the understandable reasons: He was brilliant, educated at a good college, ostensibly classy and a self-professed feminist. The orgy prude: How I finally admitted I don’t like meaningless, porn-star sex 2015-03-22T04:00:00Z Thereafter, he plots to pilfer £10,000 from an ostensibly "secure" vault. TV highlights 17/05/2013 2013-05-17T06:00:06Z In fact, "it" is agreeing there is no future for New Order at all, despite a new best-of the band are ostensibly promoting. Joyless divisions: the end of New Order 2011-07-14T20:44:01Z Both books deal ostensibly with the same subject matter, the return of the prodigal Boughton son, Jack, as seen from the two close-by parsonages. Profile: Marilynne Robinson 2011-03-30T13:38:57Z One speech about wedlock ostensibly gets snarled up with the playwright’s shopping list. Review | Hub Theatre’s ‘The Late Wedding’ is daring, but tends toward tedious 2017-04-18T04:00:00Z Despite the script ostensibly being a love letter to the ballpark favorite, Romney's delivery is pretty low-key. "My favorite meat": Mitt Romney goes viral in an alien-like ode to hot dogs 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z Other reputedly haunted areas include the fourth floor, where female employees and children stayed; the closet door in 401 ostensibly opens and shuts on its own. Leaf-peeping and spooky vibes make Estes Park, Colo., a dynamic fall destination 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z It is a mission that is ostensibly shared by all expedition operators in the region, and one that’s based on a genuine desire to protect the region and educate guests. Antarctica cruises are booming. But can the continent handle it? 2021-04-15T04:00:00Z An ostensibly Chinese name made into a South Asian beverage! Searching for America with General Tso 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z Their calibrated and minimalist soundscape is subtle and graceful, offering insight into an ostensibly complex relationship informed by trauma when the rest of the film struggles to do so. ‘Cicada’ Review: A New Relationship Buds as Old Wounds Reopen 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z And he understands that making a film that is ostensibly for children does not mean papering over all the nasty cracks. JJ Abrams is the perfect choice for Star Wars – may the Force be with him 2013-01-25T15:24:45Z Like some other women, Ms. Johnson said that at their encounter Mr. Cosby, ostensibly to test her acting skills, had asked her to behave as though she were drunk. Beverly Johnson Says Bill Cosby Drugged Her 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z He added that, even though “The Girl Before” didn’t ostensibly touch on race, he wanted to do everything to make the character feel three-dimensional. In ‘The Girl Before,’ Minimalism Offers a Dangerous Sanctuary 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z I don’t know about you, but I’ve certainly experienced family quarrels in which an ostensibly small slight assumed a long and smothering life of its own. Theater Review: ‘King Lear,’ With Michael Pennington, Opens in Brooklyn 2014-03-28T02:00:01Z WikiLeaks had just released a cache of thousands of secret diplomatic cables, and its founder and editor in chief, Julian Assange, had been arrested in the U.K., ostensibly for sexual misconduct. Anonymous strikes back 2012-06-03T13:00:00Z Swift is sometimes criticized as “calculating,” a quality ostensibly at odds with her perpetually thrilled demeanor. The Book on Taylor Swift 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z That was ostensibly the point, after all, in making the ceremony the only part of the Olympics NBC would not livestream online. Russian Through History: The Sochi Olympics Opening Ceremonies 2014-02-08T14:28:50Z America was still a young country during the Gilded Age, barely 100 years old and forged by revolution that ostensibly repudiated the old ways. ‘The Gilded Age’: What Is Fact and What Is Fiction? 2022-02-21T05:00:00Z At the Tony awards at Radio City Music Hall, De Niro was ostensibly booked to introduce his old friend Bruce Springsteen. Ageing bulls: have Robert De Niro’s roles inspired Donald Trump? 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z He was ostensibly imitating the pumped poses associated with the ideal male form in Classical sculpture. Bruce Nauman Reappears: Pay Attention 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z The authors of this ostensibly more sober title were Mae and Ira Freeman, who specialized in writing about science for children. Goodnight Moon Landing 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z It is ostensibly a competition documentary, but its real attention is on the subjects’ personal lives. “Man Made,” a Film About Transgender Bodybuilders, Upends the Traditional Documentary Gaze 2018-11-26T05:00:00Z It soon became known for distinctive short films that were ostensibly intended for children but that spoke, often movingly, to adults as well. Michael Sporn, 67, Film Animator, Dies 2014-01-24T01:14:43Z During Mark Zuckerberg’s recent Capitol Hill testimony — ostensibly arranged to discuss the data breach of 87 million users — multiple members of Congress instead used their time to invoke Diamond and Silk. Who are Diamond and Silk? How two small-town ex-Democrats found fame as ‘warriors’ for Trump. 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z Right now it sounds like what has ostensibly been a woman-powered show, where an empowered woman chooses her own life partner, is now becoming a show where two women compete for male attention for sport. Everything We Know About The Bachelorette's Big Twist 2015-03-10T04:00:00Z The ostensibly comic images of the workers laboring at Lily’s palatial digs are presumably meant to say something, too, though their marginality here says less about their employers than it does about the filmmaker. Review: Meet the Peewee Nihilists of ‘Thoroughbreds’ 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z Her new book, the first of an anticipated four novels in a seasonal cycle, is ostensibly about the friendship between a young woman and a very old man. Times Critics’ Top Books of 2017 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z AshLee, who is ostensibly Graham’s chosen partner, just stood there holding her rose and smoothing her hair until Graham was done sweating and breathing heavily and was ready to accept his rose/fate. 'Bachelor in Paradise': Twosomes, Threesomes and a Trip to the Hospital 2014-08-27T04:00:00Z As in previous years, Berkshire Hathaway had created a video reel of skits with celebrities, who ostensibly agree to participate for free. There’s Only One Warren Buffett 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z In a book ostensibly about the Second Amendment, which is all of 27 words long, the words “well-regulated” and “militia” do not appear. ‘Inside the NRA’ Offers an Unconvincing Confession of Swamp Regret 2020-09-07T04:00:00Z A ballad both despairing and hopeful, ostensibly about hunger. Annotated For the People: A Track By Track Look at the New R.E.M. Retrospective 2011-11-15T10:00:27Z Kanye West, now known as Ye, has scheduled a live performance in Miami on the 22nd, ostensibly to preview his newest release, “Donda 2.” Here comes Tuesday, 2-22-22, a.k.a. Twosday. (It can mean anything you want it two.) 2022-02-21T05:00:00Z In Mr. Bey’s pictures of ostensibly empty cabins, one feels “the pain and terror that exists in them,” said Ms. Keith, “the crazy weather and other things they’ve withstood all these years.” A Show With Its Host City, New Orleans, as the Protagonist 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z Then Missy, ostensibly to cure Chris’s smoking, begins to put him in a mild state of hypnosis. Why Get Out should win the 2018 best picture Oscar 2018-02-19T05:00:00Z Act of Valour was as much let down by its one-dimensional "Join the army!" message as its numerous stilted performances, and that was ostensibly politically neutral. 2016: Obama's America and the rightwing film invasion 2012-09-28T14:41:25Z The show and subsequent tour are ostensibly to promote the writer and comedian's new novel, Valentine Grey. Sandi Toksvig – Edinburgh festival review 2012-08-27T17:00:15Z That said, many Housewives love to lean into the “I’m rich! I’m ostensibly famous! But look — I’m just like you!” aspect of consuming fast food on camera. $60K rings, Diet Coke and fast food: The dichotomous tastes of "Real Housewife" Lisa Barlow 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z Even The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button – ostensibly an Oscar-baiting romantic epic – is preoccupied with grief. David Fincher on Gone Girl: ‘Bad things happen in this movie…’ 2014-09-27T04:00:00Z And for as long as there have been modern kitchens, there have been men worried women are planning to leave them — ostensibly for acts of civil disobedience and an Amy's broccoli and cheddar bake. Madison Cawthorn's dog whistle about microwave meals isn't new 2022-05-08T04:00:00Z Your new novel, Sisterland, is ostensibly about identical twins, Violet and Kate, one of whom is psychic and predicts an earthquake. Curtis Sittenfeld: 'I know my characters are unlikable sometimes' 2013-06-15T16:30:00Z This needs to be mentioned, loudly and often, because too many people who are ostensibly in positions of authority, who call themselves educators, still don’t get it. Girls’ leggings won’t “distract” your sons 2014-03-27T14:00:00Z As Oxford explains, it’s “an ostensibly modest or self-deprecating statement whose actual purpose is to draw attention to something of which one is proud.” Neckbeard, mansplain, now in Oxford Dictionary online: Amazeballs 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z In a misguided decision, though, his dialogue hasn’t been subtitled, ostensibly because no one at the farm understands the newcomers. Review: ‘Vazante’ Revisits Brazil’s History in Black and White 2018-01-10T05:00:00Z The movie, ostensibly about a family, the Wilsons, hunted by its doppelgängers, is something of an awards contender. Reading ‘Us’ Through Its T-shirts 2020-01-01T05:00:00Z But one night in the fall of 2009, she recalls, Mr. Friedman took her out for drinks at a new rooftop bar near the Breslin, ostensibly to check out the competition. Ken Friedman, Power Restaurateur, Is Accused of Sexual Harassment 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z Pastor Tim, though, could have been carrying a small, easy-to-install listening device that he surreptitiously left in the travel agency when he popped in, ostensibly to talk about arranging a mission trip. 'The Americans' Recap: The Moment Finally Arrives 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z They’re backed by McCartney’s band, which ostensibly adds another layer of authority. 'The Art of McCartney' tribute album only traces the surface 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z “Hmm, yes, very deep underneath,” she said of these ostensibly buried gifts, adding that the notion was “kind of head-scratching — Wow.” Jennifer Aniston Has Something to Prove With ‘Cake’ 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z If the husband wins it ostensibly proves the truth of his claim, a.k.a. ‘The Last Duel’ Review: A Medieval Epic in the Age of #MeToo 2021-10-13T04:00:00Z “Checkout 19,” ostensibly the story of a young woman falling in love with language in a working-class town outside London, has an unusual setting: the human mind — a brilliant, surprising, weird and very funny one. The 10 Best Books of 2022 2022-11-29T05:00:00Z “It had a Soupy Sales kind of appeal, and though ostensibly aimed at kids, I knew so many people of my age who just wouldn’t miss it,” Mr. Bowie said in 2002. David Bowie’s New York: A Playlist 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z For turkeys, a male who can afford to sport a killer snood must have had ample resources, which ostensibly reflects the quality of his DNA. How Wild Turkeys Find Love 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z There is something ostensibly macho about the differing designations of value on each animal. Coyotes, the Ultimate American Tricksters 2016-07-06T04:00:00Z The story, which was also made into a stage musical, was only ostensibly about how men and women navigate relationships in their early 30s; mostly it was about how much some people loved record stores. Review | Sampling too much from the past, Hulu’s ‘High Fidelity’ remix fails to find its own groove 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z The play, Molloy's first, is ostensibly about the complications Stephen and Marion face as Roman Catholic Ireland is on the verge of legalizing divorce for the first time, through a referendum. Male as drunk, male as nerd feature in two London plays 2015-02-01T05:00:00Z In his new Netflix special “Sticks & Stones,” the objects of Chappelle’s ire are folks ostensibly making their personal tragedies everyone’s problems by using them to perpetrate career death and reputation homicide upon celebrities. What happened to Dave Chappelle: The cruelty of "Sticks & Stones" is a sign of the times 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z When that linkage recurred — in a different, ostensibly unrelated dance — it lost much of its charge. Dance Review: Skybetter & Associates Dance at Joyce SoHo 2012-04-09T21:24:23Z The next, he was literally Jesus Christ – still taciturn, definitely still tortured, but ostensibly a more benevolent presence – in Garth Davis’s prettily soporific religious drama Mary Magdalene. Is Joaquin Phoenix set to be the greatest actor of his generation? 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z Each week, Scott Aukerman welcomes comedians and celebrities for what are ostensibly interviews, but quickly descend into a surreal blend of character skits and improv segments. 7 Podcasts to Comfort and Connect 2020-12-25T05:00:00Z Is it an affirmation of who he is, one wonders, or is he ostensibly throwing Alan off the cliff? Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan: 'We're not the big buddies people think we are' 2010-10-26T19:29:00Z One of them is, at least ostensibly, about a hot-air balloon, but I think that still counts. Music for (Waiting in) Airports 2023-07-18T04:00:00Z Along with it are the debates over the ostensibly sacrosanct value of the Communal Theatrical Experience. Chipping Away at the Huge Block of Netflix Originals 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z He was brutal about F. Scott Fitzgerald, ostensibly a Jazz Age writer. Review: Albert Murray’s Symphonic Elegance Sings in a New Anthology 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z Next to them was the appointed president of Egypt’s official trade-union federation, facing the elected leaders of the striking workers, whom he ostensibly represented. Reading Piketty on the Nile 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z Underneath the ostensibly placid surfaces of some of the art that we cherish as cozy and comprehensible, there are unexpectedly mystifying sentences, perplexing arias and dark, festering depths. Kent Tritle and Musica Sacra Bring ‘Messiah’ to Carnegie 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z Conrad’s wryness comes in large part from the fact that he is ostensibly quoting the overheated language of a newspaper account. The joy of literary destruction: Writers who broke all the rules 2014-01-19T15:00:00Z A movie ostensibly about human struggle often becomes a whirligig of sound and fury without any intrinsic human interest to tether it. “Dunkirk”: A good film, but a far better history lesson 2017-07-21T04:00:00Z The advocacy documentary “A Will for the Woods” ostensibly focuses on natural burial, a way to minimize a burial’s impact on the environment. ‘A Will for the Woods,’ a Documentary About Natural Burial 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z Jamie is the story’s hub, the center from which everything and everyone ostensibly radiates, but Dorothea is its reason for being. Review: 1 Teenage Boy and 3 Mothers in ‘20th Century Women’ 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z “Mecca” is structured as a battle for the future of the ostensibly passive and bewildered Miss Helen. | 'The Road to Mecca' : ?Road to Mecca? at American Airlines Theater - Review 2012-01-18T03:01:07Z His philosophy was tested when Mr. Pavelski, Mic’s director of programming, requested a week off, ostensibly to attend a wake back home in Wisconsin. What Happens When Millennials Run the Workplace? 2016-03-19T04:00:00Z As a black, queer woman, Khan-Cullors is the kind of activist conservative politicians get panicky about, though they ostensibly share with her an overlapping area of concern. Black Lives Matter and the Intrepid Lives That Preceded It 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z The killer is never the first person they arrest, just like it’s never the most obvious suspects or the person who is ostensibly the good guy. American Gothic: Boston serial killer drama is a case of slash 'n' slow burn 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z While the key to the sauce is ostensibly in the combination of its ingredients, it's still not a complicated recipe. The key to better burgers: make your own special sauce at home 2021-05-23T04:00:00Z For what is ostensibly a comedy, "Catastrophe" tackles a lot of dark subjects. Rob Delaney and Sharon Horgan on their 'brutally honest' rom-com 'Catastrophe' 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z In the 1930s, hundreds of thousands of sheep were slaughtered in the federal government’s stock reduction programs, ostensibly undertaken to reduce soil erosion caused by overgrazing. Cultured Traveler: Following a Navajo Sheep Herder 2012-07-27T18:52:29Z In the title story — a retelling of “Beauty and the Beast” — Beauty encounters the following inscription in the library that’s ostensibly hers: Princesses, Priestesses and Time Travel: What’s New in Science Fiction and Fantasy 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z The novel is an ostensibly dead thing that turns out to be quite alive. Books of The Times: ‘Taipei,’ by Tao Lin 2013-06-04T12:00:01Z The newly started streaming service Brown Sugar, created by Bounce TV, which bills itself as “the first African-American broadcast network,” is an ostensibly nostalgic window into the so-called blaxploitation genre. Blaxploitation Movies Are Ready to Stream, Nostalgia Included 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z We are ostensibly supposed to read this as Jocelyn now being in control. ‘The Idol’ Season Finale Recap: What Was the Point? 2023-07-03T04:00:00Z Ulm eventually fell apart, partly due to the radicalization of the students against the project that they were ostensibly involved in. How “Good Design” Failed Us 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z Some of the best parts of the book are descriptions of food, including quotations ostensibly from Bruno’s published works. Pair these wine-centric novels with a good vintage for a taste of mystery, romance and an escape from the pandemic 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z Although the play’s subject matter is ostensibly dark, there is a lot of unexpected humor, often quite biting and bright. Review: ‘Sell/Buy/Date,’ Sarah Jones’s Futuristic Look at Sex Workers 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z The title is a plain-spoken survivor’s lament, ostensibly about living through a time of environmental collapse: “I don’t want to be witness,” Anohni wails, “seeing all of this duress, aching of our world.” Taylor Swift’s Revised ‘Revenge,’ and 10 More New Songs 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z Here we see two people tasked with serving humanity and seeking peace revealing their arrogance and prejudice by way of a derogatory joke; they are leaders and ostensibly diplomats. "The Expanse" shows the dangers of treating extremism as a joke 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z For nearly fifty years now, Cosby has been selling us a vision of America as a place where a man like him—ostensibly benign, successful, unencumbered by the shackles of history—could exist. What Shielded Bill Cosby? 2014-11-25T05:00:00Z The story ostensibly takes place in a Norwegian fishing village, but would seem here to be a realm of the supernatural. Review: A New ‘Flying Dutchman’ Makes Landfall at the Met Opera 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z As far as Bane – yes, Jew, I understand he’s ostensibly the antagonist, and I understand Goyer is Jew. How Donald Trump pandered to the alt right by using music from "The Dark Knight Rises" in his new ad 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z His ostensibly objective style lightly veils feelings of identification with the overlooked, the passed-by and the outcast. Art Review: Walker Evans’s ‘American Photographs,’ at MoMA 2013-07-18T20:50:03Z In 1972 he directed “Tough to Get Help,” a comedy by Steve Gordon about a black couple working in an ostensibly liberal white household, which was savaged by the critics and closed after one performance. Carl Reiner, Multifaceted Master of Comedy, Is Dead at 98 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z Critics cite many reasons in their dismissal of the genre, reasons that ostensibly aren't rooted in literary snobbery. The chick-lit debate: light doesn't have to mean stupid 2010-08-05T08:39:00Z A respected exponent of the Austro-German tradition for the past four decades, Perahia takes the stage like a master — dignified, ostensibly calm, self-possessed. Review | Murray Perahia recital packed with canonic masterpieces, to uneven effect 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z Industry heavyweights put on a show of how disgusted they were by his hate speech – taking out ads in the trades and ostensibly blacklisting him for years. Golden Globes: thank you, famous people, for embarrassment, insincerity … and Mel 2016-01-08T05:00:00Z The ostensibly comic scene in which the men meet Ms. Munn’s character — she wakes up after accidentally shooting herself with a tranquilizer dart to find them creepily watching her — leaves a bad aftertaste. Review: In ‘The Predator,’ Hunting Season Arrives With a Smirk 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z This is a man with more down-to-earth concerns than the mystery he is ostensibly solving. Adam Sandler Grows Up (Mostly) 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z But ostensibly authentic posts about mindfulness, or sadness, or no makeup selfies are always designed to portray their poster in the best light. The age of envy: how to be happy when everyone else's life looks perfect 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z The ostensibly progressive protocol ultimately discriminates against women who do not look or perform in accordance with certain “feminine” ideals. Forget blade runners: What if some female Olympians have high testosterone? 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z Kid Rock then spent the next seven seconds shooting an MP5 submachine gun at a display of Bud Light 12-packs he had ostensibly set up about 50 feet away. "The groomer of beers": Conservatives vow to boycott Bud Light over partnership with trans activist 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z But the image of a woman being harmed while engaged in an athletic pursuit, harmed while moving her body freely, ostensibly making herself stronger, strikes a particular chord. I’m not running scared: On Mollie Tibbetts and rejecting the fear of jogging alone 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z This was ostensibly a documentary about a talented but overambitious young lad who would learn from his mistakes before he jeopardised a bright future. Britain's Youngest Head Chef 2013-04-18T06:00:08Z Evidence for Lumpawaroo’s theory from the Star Wars movies includes: • Jar Jar is present at all key moments in the prequels, despite being ostensibly useless. Is Jar Jar Binks the ultimate Star Wars bad guy? Yes, says the internet 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z He notes that it is “quite possible that ostensibly inspirational quotes could fit into the broader category”. What does 'living fully' mean? Welcome to the age of pseudo-profound nonsense 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z Perhaps their best album was Metallic KO – ostensibly a concert recording, but it sounded more like what would happen if you stuck a rock band in a Cortina and drove them off a cliff. In praise of ? Iggy and the Stooges 2010-05-04T23:05:00Z Their concert Sunday afternoon at the Phillips Collection was the occasion for some exuberant musicmaking, as well as some missed opportunities for exploring the depths of an ostensibly interesting program. Sitkovetsky, Qian show their talent and enthusiasm at Phillips 2016-12-12T05:00:00Z His message, dealing with power, commercialism and, ostensibly, how we all turn to dust, is frustratingly cursory. Bodytraffic Performs at the Joyce Theater 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z Murray is ostensibly doing a live Christmas Eve special from the hotel –produced by two women played by Amy Poehler and Julie White – but a blizzard keeps all his guests and audience members from attending. A Very Murray Christmas: Bill and friends' happy hipster holiday 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z The ostensibly apolitical arena of sport is in fact thoroughly beholden to the politics of patriotic reverence. Matt Lauer, pleasant corporate stooge: America’s double standard on politicizing the Olympics 2014-02-14T16:34:00Z Both are ostensibly superhero movies, but trailers for the two films suggest they might as well be operating in different dimensions. Why so serious? Power Rangers' first trailer ditches the kitsch 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z Her friends are ostensibly there to support her, but they’re also demanding in their own ways, and romance woes are never too far from the surface for any of them. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z But in these ostensibly blithe stories, Mr. Moran is describing a worldview, as well as a world, that informs every aspect of the story that follows, and it is equally steeped in guilt and wonder. Review: Reliving a Childhood Interrupted in ‘The Tricky Part’ 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z But the story — ostensibly concerning a theater on the Bowery in 1910, as motion pictures begin to threaten live performance — is a murk of confusion that only grows. Review: ‘Evening — 1910,’ a Slice of Life on the Bowery With Movies on the Horizon 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z But when Battleship, another expensive action picture based on a Hasbro toy, bombed at the domestic box office, the studio shelved until now, ostensibly to convert the movie to 3-D. G.I. Joe Retaliation: Make That Redemption 2013-03-29T03:35:55Z Given its premiere in October 1942, “Capriccio” is ostensibly about the relative charms of words and music, an opera about the making of an opera. Richard Strauss Recordings Recommended by Critics 2014-12-25T05:00:00Z “We are at our best when we are together, even if it doesn’t seem like a perfect fit,” he says, ostensibly speaking to the voters who elected him but staring right at Marnie. 'Girls' Recap: Hannah Tries to Enter the Land of Grown-Ups 2015-03-15T04:00:00Z The free-flowing vignettes, ostensibly seen from the vantage point of a roving spirit, are closer to portraiture than journalism. Review: ‘Those Who Feel the Fire Burning,’ a Documentary About the Refugee Experience 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z Murphy likes to go big and lightly bonkers, and his aesthetic is best described as Showbiz Expressionism: it’s splashy and ostensibly excessive without being threatening. ‘The Prom’ Review: Showbiz Sanctimony, and All That Zazz 2020-12-10T05:00:00Z Martine's arrival, ostensibly, stirs all the curiosities and spurs the shenanigans that play out over the film's brief running time - which would make sense if there were more to her. Review: `Nobody Walks' is artful but goes nowhere 2012-10-16T22:03:44Z Though Ring ostensibly exists to help deter crime, one gets the sense that these posters are in fact desperate for something to happen. Dance, I Said — Dance! And Leave the Package on the Porch. 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z Dad made Donna’s mother’s life a living hell — this, despite the fact that she was ostensibly the love of his life. Cast helps John Patrick Shanley's 'Dreamer' from being a complete snooze 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z While Dec. 25 was ostensibly a Christian holiday, many Europeans simply carried over traditions from winter solstice celebrations, which were notoriously raucous affairs. The Christmas tree is a tradition older than Christmas 2022-12-24T05:00:00Z Predictably, though, it lost best picture to “Spotlight,” which encapsulates the kind of self-flattering, ostensibly serious work the academy has historically embraced. George Miller Is at the Cannes Film Festival Making ‘Furiosa’ (That’s Right) 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z It’s frankly remarkable that what is ostensibly an action-horror series could make time — in its third episode, no less — for an alternately heartwarming and heartbreaking short film about companionship. ‘The Last of Us’ Season 1, Episode 3: One More Good Day 2023-01-29T05:00:00Z Even when she ostensibly writes about food, she is writing about 11 other things at the same moment. Louise Glück, a Nobel Winner Whose Poems Have Abundant Intellect and Deep Feeling 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z At one point, the siblings dine out at an ostensibly upscale restaurant, and there are over-the-top complaints about arugula on pizza. ‘Dealing With Dad’ Review: A Family Dysfunction 2023-05-09T04:00:00Z First, there was the use of the slur, regrettable even though he did so ostensibly to demonstrate a point about the limits of racial understanding. Music: Now Letting His Guitar Do the Talking 2010-03-01T06:39:00Z The embattled, ostensibly finished album Tha Carter V is finally due to drop—we hope. The 21 Artists We Want to Hear From in 2017 2016-12-23T05:00:00Z Though you’re ostensibly doing nothing, or seemingly mesmerized by a patch of grout, this is when the mental magic begins. Quarantine is perfect for discovering the beauty and power of boredom 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z Calling the drawings “a kind of catmint to adolescents,” Clark wrote that they “suggested vice . . . with an adolescent intensity which communicated itself through every fold and tightly drawn outline of an ostensibly austere style.” The Faith Behind Aubrey Beardsley’s Sexually Charged Art 2016-06-14T04:00:00Z Gene/Jimmy tries to sound casual, saying he's just checking in after realizing "it's been six years," ostensibly referring to the day they signed their divorce papers, scenes from which play throughout this hour. Kim, Jimmy and the moral sandwich-making of "Better Call Saul" 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z Some of the people who are ostensibly funding it seem to have little interest in what it is and what it’s for. The Ham-Handed, Money-Driven Mangling of Sports Illustrated and Deadspin 2019-11-03T04:00:00Z I was torn between thinking that the decision felt hugely out of character for someone who ostensibly isn’t deranged, and feeling that this is where things have been leading, in terms of Noah’s compounding selfishness. 'The Affair' Recap: In the Finale, an Answer to What Happened Between Noah and Alison 2014-12-21T05:00:00Z So impressive is the technical accomplishment that one forgets that the action, while ostensibly unfolding in the context of a real and recognisable war, is operating safely within the absurd liberties of Hollywood convention. The human heart of the matter 2010-06-11T23:05:00Z Many hotels tack on an “amenity fee” ostensibly to cover the little extras. 36 Hours in Honolulu 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z Yet the glossy hermeticism and theatrical realism of many older, ostensibly classic movies have dated terribly and reflect the very exclusions and compromises of the system that produced them. The Misplaced Nostalgia for Movies Like “The Graduate” 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z So when I went back to Los Angeles, I went to a voice coach — David Craig, who ostensibly taught actors how to sing. ArtsBeat: Anjelica Huston Performs 'September Song' in Her 'Smash' Singing Debut 2012-05-03T13:00:52Z “Whipping Post” is ostensibly about betrayal: your lover takes advantage of you, splits, takes up with your buddy. Postscript: Gregg Allman, 1947-2017 2017-05-28T04:00:00Z In an interview withHuffPost, the show’s creator, Bruce Miller, discusses how he actually sees the show’s ostensibly bleak arc as optimistic. The future isn't female enough: the problematic feminism of The Handmaid's Tale 2018-05-08T04:00:00Z The four couples gathered at a handsome beach house for an evening of what was once called swinging are ostensibly frisky and ready to repair to the “party room” for some no-strings-attached frolicking. ‘The Qualms,’ by Bruce Norris, at the Steppenwolf Theater 2014-07-13T04:00:00Z In the Concertante, he specified that the solo viola’s strings should be tuned a semitone higher than normal, ostensibly to intensify the tone. New York Philharmonic, Led by Jaap van Zweden 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z It may be one thing for the rich to drive better cars; it would be another to divide public roads between rich and poor, ostensibly to avoid “congestion.” Tim Wu Makes A Bid For Net Neutrality 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z Yet Meadows also ensures that we can't simply dismiss Combo as a thug; he lashes out at Milky ostensibly because he's black, but he's also deeply envious of Milky's loving family background. This Is England redux 2010-09-03T23:03:00Z Though Rama is ostensibly there to conduct research for her next book, a riff on Medea, watching Laurence provokes her to contemplate her nascent pregnancy as well as her strained relationship with her own mother. For the Documentarian Alice Diop, Only Fiction Could Do Justice to a Tragedy 2023-01-16T05:00:00Z Few directors do so much with so ostensibly little, but, at Hong’s best, worlds of feeling are revealed in scenes of people facing one another — and themselves — across a table littered with soju bottles. Loved ‘Parasite’? Manohla Dargis Recommends Other South Korean Movies 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z The movie is thus something of an outlier too, ostensibly concerned with the esoterica of classical piano but actually interested in bigger themes about ambition and creativity. In 'Seymour,' Ethan Hawke and Seymour Bernstein as creative odd couple 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z I'm sorry, did the ostensibly 15-year-old doll not only admit that she spends all her time "plucking and shaving" but that it's a small price for being fabulous? Monster doll teaches girls value of shaving 2011-03-18T20:01:00Z Then came news that Alain Afflelou, the wealthy head of a chain of French opticians, was moving to London, ostensibly to expand his business and "absolutely not for tax reasons". Gérard Depardieu's tax move to Belgium divides France 2012-12-22T12:05:39Z Weldon traveled alone from New York to the Dakota Territory, ostensibly to paint a portrait of Lakota Sioux tribal chief Sitting Bull. Chastain's Sitting Bull film pays heed to indigenous voices 2017-09-11T04:00:00Z We're meeting in Bartoli's management's offices, ostensibly to talk about her new greatest hits collection, Sospiri, about which she is heroically upbeat, though I suspect it is not her thing at all. Ceclia Bartoli: the limitations of being a mezzo 2010-12-23T22:00:04Z Then one day, this consummate forger — ostensibly a small-time book scout — receives a letter with no return address. Review: ‘The Forgers,’ a suspense novel by Bradford Morrow 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z The offering had ostensibly nothing — but in fact had everything — to do with Charlottesville. Peter Sellars turns Mozart's last opera into a modern message of humanity in the face of terror 2017-08-14T04:00:00Z Himmler’s SS, ostensibly Hitler’s bodyguard but in practice the leading special forces of the Nazi Army, was conceived of and designed based on occult beliefs. Did Nazis really try to make zombies? The real history behind one of our weirdest WWII obsessions 2015-08-22T04:00:00Z All our cleaning products, which were ostensibly “green” and “natural”, are not as innocuous as they seem, this man’s research claims. 'I have three seconds before she draws blood': life with extreme eczema 2016-05-21T04:00:00Z It is not helped by the band, Ray Chew Live, which is well suited to a variety show but not one ostensibly in search of a modern pop star. Critic’s Notebook: Candice Glover Prevails, but ‘American Idol’ Is Losing Spark 2013-05-17T05:25:41Z And how those ostensibly cozy tales offer ruthless road maps for what lies ahead in life. Theater Review: ‘Into the Woods,’ at the McCarter Theater in Princeton 2013-05-14T21:08:58Z While, Eric, ostensibly, is left naked with a big blob of blood, about to face a vengeful Russell. "True Blood" recap: Making up isn't hard to do 2010-08-09T12:30:00Z But every time my eyes slid back to her, I saw that even ostensibly asleep, Ms. Lavin had somehow added another shade or two to her character. | 'Other Desert Cities': Drowning in Domestic Denial in the Sands of Palm Springs 2011-01-14T03:00:00Z Gillies’s performance as Mandrake, while remarkable in its way, radiates a kind of movie-killer cool that doesn’t quite square with the vengeful indignation that ostensibly motivates the character. ‘Coming Home in the Dark’ Review: No Picnic 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z At first I wasn't really able to understand the joy of sitting through hours of televised poetry sessions, especially those ostensibly held to eulogise and flatter royal families. The Saudi housewife who spoke out 2010-04-12T10:00:00Z His scheme was to devise his own corrective biography, ostensibly with Miller as authorized author, while behind the scenes Roth would, in effect, ghostwrite it with proddings and minute supervisions of method and means. Cynthia Ozick Calls the New Philip Roth Biography a ‘Narrative Masterwork’ 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z As a form, horror is preoccupied with the unknown and ostensibly monstrous, a fixation that manifests in visions of otherness. ‘Candyman’ Review: Who Can Take a Sunrise, Sprinkle It With Blood? 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z The money is ostensibly for legitimate assistance, but it also seems to paper over all that’s potentially fraught about race. Why Do the Oscars Keep Falling for Racial Reconciliation Fantasies? 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z At the Academy Awards, actor Sacha Baron Cohen, as his character Ali G, indulged in a racist joke, ostensibly about Minions but clearly also targeting Asian men, about “yellow people with tiny dongs.” Sorry, Marco Rubio: Penis jokes only make the teller look small 2016-03-01T05:00:00Z Bogus “talent searches” and managers ostensibly trying to discover the next big child actor or model pop up regularly in cities small and large, and most of these are scams. Don Draper?s reckoning nears 2012-05-21T12:45:00Z We meet ostensibly to discuss a TV documentary series she has made about the Nile. Joanna Lumley: 'I'm a happy person. But injustice I loathe' 2010-04-02T23:12:00Z Haddish and I are meeting in a hotel in London, ostensibly to discuss her work in The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part. Tiffany Haddish: ‘If Meryl Streep can go to the Oscars 22 times, why can’t I?' 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z Understanding the separate cogs within “Westworld” and how their teeth ostensibly fit with and turn others is, as the theme park’s players might say, merely the basic experience. We, Robots: As “Westworld” finale looms, we have about as much of a clue as the hosts 2016-12-03T05:00:00Z But it wasn’t just her behavior in the ostensibly distant past that surprised and alienated so many of her fans. Paula Deen finally learns how to apologize 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z He was immersed in the medium, its materials and its history, and although his work was ostensibly traditional, it was also subtly pushing at the envelopes of subject matter, psychological expression and painting technique. Noah Davis Is Gone; His Paintings Continue to Hypnotize 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z It is difficult to serve dessert from rural Scotland, where Silven ostensibly retreated once the pandemic struck. Review: In ‘The Journey,’ Scott Silven Tours Your Mind 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z However ostensibly humble their roles, these women also helped make movies and their invisibility speaks to the biases of those who tell history. Thrills, Tears and the Real Gone Girls of Cinema 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z Instances of racism are always preceded by other examples that ostensibly show the absence of racism. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on Barack Obama’s ‘A Promised Land’ 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z Parts 1 and 3 are ostensibly written by the editor, who has come into possession of a notebook discovered among the mouldering bones of a suicide's grave. Sue Arnold's audiobook choice - review 2012-07-13T21:55:07Z She was promptly branded “difficult” – with even ostensibly feminist websites such as Jezebel frowning on her bad form – and her career foundered. Has celebrity feminism failed? 2016-05-16T04:00:00Z Watching such characters behave monstrously in the ostensibly dispassionate dispatch of their public duties, I found myself wondering: How do they live with themselves? “Just Mercy” and the Challenges of Depicting Real-Life Heroes 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z He was supposed to serve for five years but stepped down in 1992, ostensibly because the faculty rejected his plan to trim the university’s budget. Donald Kagan, Leading Historian of Ancient Greece, Dies at 89 2021-08-13T04:00:00Z That was essential to his outlook: His movies and TV shows tended to look back fondly at ostensibly simpler and better times. Garry Marshall, 1934–2016: Funny, Friendly, Democratic 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z Mr. Martinez’s assertive-but-sly approach is on view in “White Outs” at the Bronx Museum, a selection of recent, ostensibly white paintings. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z On a night ostensibly meant to honor films of the past year, the Movie Awards seemed more interested in drumming up publicity for those just around the corner. MTV Movie Awards: Five take-aways from Sunday night's show 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z Pretty and poised, she is ostensibly the most successful of the group, with her soon-to-be-M.D. boyfriend, her Princeton degree and her job at a hospital. | 'Bachelorette': Wedding Trash Talk in Leslye Headland?s Comedy 2010-07-27T02:04:00Z The couple's marriage broke up in the first season, ostensibly because Ted couldn't open up emotionally to her. Ted Lasso: great coach, bad ex-husband 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z Written, directed and produced by filmmaker Harry Lynch and hosted by Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra principal director Scott Yoo, “Now Hear This,” presented by “Great Performances,” is ostensibly a show about composers. Perspective | ‘Now Hear This’ modeled itself after cooking shows. It found millions of viewers with an appetite for classical music. 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z Palin, the 2008 U.S. vice-presidential candidate, says she was tricked into an interview, ostensibly about American veterans, by a person dressed as a disabled U.S. serviceman. Sacha Baron Cohen's U.S. TV show disrupts ahead of first broadcast 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z Elizabeth in the meantime sits Diana and Charles down, ostensibly to counsel the couple. "The Crown" presents Princess Diana of Wales, patron saint of tradition-defying divorcées 2020-11-21T05:00:00Z He affixes the majority to the wall with Scotch tape or bulldog clips — although, as with the soft lighting and easy cropping of his photography, the ostensibly “informal” hang is actually calculated to the quarter-inch. The Disappearing World of Wolfgang Tillmans 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z This ostensibly begins with "artist," but inevitably snakes around to director, producer, archivist and every other type chipping away on the annals of culture. | Andy Kaufman 2013-02-01T22:53:36Z I need what is ostensibly going to be a hit single. ArtsBeat: 'Weird Al' Yankovic Talks About the Lady Gaga Saga 2011-04-20T20:28:49Z What the shrill, ostensibly life-loving advocates who see the world in the starkest black-and-white terms refuse to acknowledge is that safe, legal abortion saves women’s lives. Bill O’Reilly speaks for the babies 2013-02-05T16:09:00Z Interestingly enough, both “Play Misty for Me” and “Loving” were ostensibly about men. Jessica Walter and George Segal personified a time when movies grew up 2021-03-26T04:00:00Z Though ostensibly positive, this is yet another of the “erasures” Dekel calls to our attention and so poignantly laments. Escaping the Nazis by Way of Iran 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z It’s odd that Rock and Schwartzman, ostensibly in the marquee roles, are among the last of “Fargo’s” latest ensemble to register. Review | There’s a little too much ‘Fargo’ in the new season of ‘Fargo,’ but the trip is still worth taking 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z When acts of execution as ostensibly dissimilar as genocide in Rwanda and an American death by electric chair appear on the same slate, a feeling of randomness emerges. Review: Belarus Free Theater’s ‘Trash Cuisine’ Serves Politics With Teeth 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z Bloom’s project is ostensibly to trace the idea of the daemonic sublime, defined as “the god within who generates poetic power,” through the work of 12 canonical American writers. Harold Bloom takes on 12 American greats in ‘The Daemon Knows’ 2015-05-26T04:00:00Z The sketch was scathing but ostensibly respectful, her performance relentless and irresistible. Amy Poehler’s Confidence Lessons 2014-11-18T05:00:00Z The book is ostensibly about friendship and the indelible mark the troubled Marlena left on Cat, but it is also a quiet, powerful look at addiction. 3 Books Take a Deeper Look at the Opioid Epidemic 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z In the final years of Marshall’s career he made several ensemble-cast romantic comedies, each centered on an ostensibly beloved holiday. Review: In ‘Dog Days,’ Finding Each Other Through Canine Fandom 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z The setting is ostensibly a century ago, but the title is borrowed from a 2015 comment by Stephen Harper, then the Canadian prime minister, who drew a distinction between refugees and “old stock Canadians.” Review: ‘Old Stock,’ an Immigrant Love Story Set to Klezmer 2018-03-19T04:00:00Z One infant is born into wealth; the other’s lineage is complicated, but he would ostensibly be raised by poor wandering musicians. Lovely ‘Midnight’s Children’ crams in birth of a nation — and 2 boys 2013-05-09T20:50:32Z Though ostensibly about crime, the books are more about Quirke's uneasy relationship with his daughter than they are about murder and death. Can John Banville resuscitate Philip Marlowe? 2012-08-09T11:44:54Z The two are ostensibly a romantic pair, the one who will fight for her and the woman who is swept up by his upstanding devotion to virtue, goodness, honesty. "Good, honest folks": 20 years later, controversial "Dogville" has become frightening prophecy 2023-04-30T04:00:00Z And a new law ostensibly passed to crack down on sex trafficking also risks sending all sex work underground, forcing women to again work through intermediaries and walk back the freedoms they have gained online. ‘Who Gets to Be Sexy?’ 2018-05-05T04:00:00Z Though ostensibly about the past, the series reflected the decade in which it was produced, depicting political corruption, inter-generational tension, conflict between men and women and a polite kind of class war. The new Upstairs, Downstairs is more period than drama 2010-12-27T12:00:00Z She specifically cites the troubles caused by her plain speaking in the ostensibly integrated and sophisticated downtown milieu, centered around Café Society, where she became a celebrity in the early forties. The Art of Billie Holiday’s Life 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z This showcase finds comedians ostensibly asking themselves the titular question, through their own jokes and revelatory stories. 6 Comedy Shows to Catch in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z Simmons in an Academy Award-winning performance, who uses violence, personal and ethnic slurs to berate the young drummer, ostensibly to motivate him to become great. 'Whiplash' strikes a chord for South Koreans at the box office Johnny, who lives with his grandmother, is one of a small number of Black students at the school, and their presence alarms some of the ostensibly tolerant adults in Paul’s family. ‘Armageddon Time’ Review: Hard Lessons About Life in America 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z Polygraph also found that women often struggled to win dialogue even in ostensibly female-led projects. Women get less dialogue in Hollywood films the older they get, study finds 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z And where this one is going — ostensibly, anyway — is a New England-esque hamlet in the 1890s. Plot Twist! Why 2004 Was a Surprising Year for Movies 2020-08-24T04:00:00Z On Becoming a God in Central Florida is ostensibly a show about multilevel marketing – but it’s really about what we are content with. Kirsten Dunst: 'Awards are pretty much all bullshit' 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z Butler gives full body and heart to the ostensibly more humane Aufidius. Ralph Fiennes' Coriolanus: The Paths of Gory 2011-12-04T18:37:40Z America was ostensibly founded on freedom, democracy and equality for all, but those ideas are difficult to reconcile with the dominant race committing genocide, settler colonialism, and empire. HBO's doc "Exterminate All the Brutes" asks: "When was American great — and who was it great for?" 2021-04-07T04:00:00Z The story is ostensibly about the Roman empress Agrippina’s ferocious machinations to get her husband, Claudius, to cede the throne to her vastly unqualified son, Nero. Review: The Met Opera Is Handel’s House in ‘Agrippina’ 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z So while ostensibly celebrations of achievement, such events are actually studies in professional disappointment and, for the rest of us, social exclusion. Rewind TV: OK! TV; The British Academy Film Awards; Champions League Football; Dispatches: Lessons in Hate and Violence 2011-02-20T00:05:41Z Part of the Minions’ ostensibly universal charm lies in the fact that they speak no known language, but rather a chirpy, vaguely Spanish-inflected patois. Review: ‘The Secret Life of Pets’ Amuses, but Misses Opportunities 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z This earnest confession leads to her being locked up — ostensibly because she’s a suicide risk — at first for 24 hours. Review: In ‘Unsane,’ It’s Not Paranoia if Someone’s After You 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z FX describes "Pose" as a dance musical ostensibly to get around having to explain its purposeful emphasis on the late-'80s ballroom scene, and the why and how of it. Scarlett Johansson can’t do this: “Pose” shows why authenticity matters in LGBT stories 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z Then Emily comes out ostensibly to cheer him up and talk, but instead she sends him packing. The Bachelorette Watch: Sixteen Bachelors, Three Departures, One Trip to Dollywood 2012-05-29T12:00:44Z While the work ostensibly represented Don Rodrigo Calderón, “it was very obvious to me that it was King Felipe III,” Mr. Jordan said. Historian Donates Velázquez to Prado 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z He’s a moth, ostensibly drawn to flame, yet rigid because there’s a pin through his thorax. A Minister’s Troubled Son Takes Center Stage in Marilynne Robinson’s ‘Jack’ 2020-09-21T04:00:00Z Sitting down, you enjoy a kind of reverse psychoanalysis: as if a therapist were revealing herself or himself in an authentic but ostensibly one-way connection. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z Now in its 15th year, the PBH free fringe continues to grow and with it, a body of performers who – ostensibly at least – put "art" before "career". Edinburgh comedy notebook: TV is making comedy better ? and worse 2011-08-26T14:38:24Z But there’s something about anybody — even an ostensibly empowered fellow woman — telling the rest of us what we “should” do that rankles. It’s OK to care about your looks: Women shouldn’t be embarrassed by — or shamed into — decisions of personal style 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z Though the play is ostensibly about one boy’s fraught survival after a disaster, that story is somewhat thin. ‘Life of Pi’ Review: A Boy and a Tiger, Burning Brightly 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z Because by haphazardly chucking out a press release that ostensibly serves no purpose to anybody, Music Magpie might have just pre-empted the next few decades of Disney movies. Don Cruella or Hook and his crooks: which Disney villain would serve the longest sentence? 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z Animal Farm, ostensibly the tale of farm animals' revolt against their human masters, is an allegorical account of the Soviet Union's passage into Stalinism. Elton John working on Animal Farm musical 2010-07-26T10:29:00Z After they separate, ostensibly taking a first step toward independence, they still move in tandem, covering the stage in two-footed spins while making dreamy, almost loving eye contact with each other. Suzanne Beahrs’s ‘Rise’ at Danspace Project 2015-02-06T05:00:00Z Without going too deeply down an academic rabbit hole let’s acknowledge that when we talk about ostensibly slow and boring films, the terms of debate extend beyond issues of entertainment. film: Sometimes A Vegetable Is Just a Vegetable 2011-06-17T15:55:10Z Supervision of prison labor was ostensibly shared by employers and the prison authorities. Why Etan Patz still haunts us 2012-05-25T18:00:00Z Half are directed toward preschool viewers, half ostensibly toward viewers ages 6 to 11, though the best will appeal to older kids as well. Kids in control of environment in Amazon Studios' new pilots 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z His meticulous works, gargantuan in scope and length, follow ostensibly linear paths, but aren’t really narratives. Review: In ‘River of Fundament,’ Matthew Barney Contemplates Waste 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z So this was ostensibly supposed to be a sketch about the news, that really became a game show/sporting event with race relations the stakes. How can "Saturday Night Live" parody a farcical administration? 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z The Republican Party’s use of “law and order” rhetoric is a cornerstone of its racist Southern Strategy, one where negrophobia and anti-black animus are now cloaked behind ostensibly “color blind” and “race neutral” language. Fine, just call him the N-word: All the Republicans want to do is say it. Would be more honest if they did 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z Though the bout is ostensibly just for fun, the resentment coursing between the men quickens each lunge, riposte and parry. Games, both old and new, power this reboot of ‘Edward II’ 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z But the quest for grace that spurred Evelyn Waugh is less captivating to viewers than the nostalgia for a lost, ostensibly better world. Your next box set: Brideshead Revisited 2012-08-30T15:01:00Z What about Taiwanese food has ostensibly made it an "underdog" in the global food spotlight? "Taiwanese food is an underdog": In her new cookbook, Clarissa Wei writes a love letter to Taiwan 2023-09-02T04:00:00Z And though both were ostensibly about a robbery, each carefully avoided showing the crime itself — to better allow their writers to withhold vital information until the conclusion. ‘Glengarry Glen Ross’ and ‘Reservoir Dogs’ at 30: Men Talking 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z A brutally and often uncomfortably funny comedy, it dances around female victimization and male exploitation, and plays with the ostensibly blurry line between the personal and the public. Men, Women, Cinema — No Longer the Same Old Story 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z Produced at MGM by Arthur Freed, the film is often viewed as a leap forward for the formally integrated musical, where numbers overtly help advance the story, unlike the ostensibly stand-alone numbers in backstage tales. Escape With Me Into the Delirious World of 1940s Musicals 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z This too would be an important step toward making sure that stories which are meant to capture the experiences of millions of people are actually told by the same voices they're ostensibly intended to represent. Does the media get autism right? 2019-04-02T04:00:00Z Some may however lament the loss of her fluidly architectural, and more ostensibly couture, gowns. Pink, Hudson, Leto make Armani a celebrity circus 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z A few weeks ago I set out ostensibly to find a replacement for our unwieldy iron coffee table. Treasure Hunting Along the Old Canal 2011-07-07T21:28:24Z “Second Nature,” his first book, was ostensibly about gardening, but really about ways to overcome our alienation from the natural world. Michael Pollan Drops Acid — and Comes Back From His Trip Convinced 2018-06-04T04:00:00Z Though ostensibly all about surface, these works are rich in narrative possibility. Art in Review: Alex Katz / Dara Friedman 2014-02-13T23:04:00Z Why did you choose “The Old Man & the Gun” as ostensibly your final performance? Robert Redford Isn’t Going Anywhere, for Now 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z Though ostensibly a functional garment, the bathing suit has long been so much more, particularly as it pertains to female bodies. Following the Lead of the Diving Girl 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z While ostensibly unorthodox, works like these and many others in the show, including those made by digital means, invite a traditional connoisseur’s appreciation of formal aesthetics. Art in Review: ‘Xstraction’ 2013-06-06T18:13:39Z And Mr. Hilton, ostensibly the big star here, is eclipsed by his co-stars. Review: ‘Full House! The Musical!’ Lampoons a Ripe Sitcom Target 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z But the music, while ostensibly divided into discrete sections, never forms itself into song structures, with the exception of a lullaby Sara Jane wrote and plays on the piano, about moonlight flooding the house. Theater Review: In ‘Arlington,’ an Army Wife Fights a Lonely Battle 2014-03-03T03:00:01Z While the play is ostensibly set in the near future, the characters are mired in the past, quoting the Romantic poets and singing a couple of Gilbert and Sullivan numbers. Review: Tina Howe’s New Englanders Thrash in the Shallows of ‘Singing Beach’ 2017-07-30T04:00:00Z For the producers of an ostensibly substantial movie to presume to sell it on the basis of Heard’s nudity is repellent, if not entirely surprising. Amber Heard and the Artistic Problem with Contractual Nudity 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z Nothing works too easily for Paula, that’s for certain, including her relations with women – like the ostensibly chummy young mother who hires her as a babysitter. Meet the new double act of French cinema 2018-05-05T04:00:00Z Cutler and journalist turned filmmaker Matt Tyrnauer — are ostensibly about fashion. 2009-12-28T01:20:00Z Aptly, a more ominous note sounds in the play’s interstitial sequences — ostensibly online teacher resources — which periodically appear as video projections. Review | ‘Thanksgiving Play’ at Olney Theatre Center takes a carving knife to wokeness 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z Where she falters most is what Revival is ostensibly about: bratty confidence. Selena Gomez's 'Revival' Is Better When It's Still in the Cocoon 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z The evening’s topic was ostensibly about “defining relationships,” and their stories included a middle-aged woman’s sexual awakening, dating with an S.T.I., and revealing your polyamorous lifestyle to family and friends. Sex Ed, for Grown-Ups 2018-07-14T04:00:00Z The show is called, of course, “A Series of Unfortunate Events,” and it’s based on the popular books, ostensibly written by Lemony Snicket but in fact written by an actual person, Daniel Handler. Review: Lemony Snicket’s Creations, in a Cloud of Marvelous Gloom 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z Doug the delicate neighbor was removed because of his emotional fragility; Griselda for her bum leg, ostensibly to get surgery; Nick for his opiate dependence. 'Fear the Walking Dead' Recap: Wake Up, Travis 2015-09-20T04:00:00Z Her character, Lucille, slowly poisons the women who marry her brother, and cares for them as they die, ostensibly so she can keep him to herself, and spend their money. Jessica Chastain: ‘It’s a myth that women don’t get along’ 2016-04-09T04:00:00Z Although the song was ostensibly a pop confection of girl-with-bad-boyfriend problems, Sullivan notes, “You Don’t Own Me” became an enduring feminist anthem. Music With Messages 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z Villestas asked her if she knew that the deputy was watching her and her girlfriend when they were ostensibly alone together. The prison where women say guards and medical staff preyed on them 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z Things are better for everyone, the film suggests, when men like Uncle Remus accept their subservience and benefit from the largesse of white plantation owners, even when they’re ostensibly free to leave at any time. Song of the South: the difficult legacy of Disney's most shocking movie 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z We are meeting because Campbell is back on screen this month, in the fourth season of House of Cards, the ostensibly sophisticated TV series about White House politicking. Neve Campbell: ‘Everything about US politics makes me proud to be Canadian’ 2016-03-01T05:00:00Z “We’ve been hurt by people who create stories for us, ostensibly ones that are inclusive, ones that we grew up with, ones that helped us form our own identities,” Dr. Letamendi said. The Show Is Fake. The Fandom Is Real. 2021-06-10T04:00:00Z Bluto was ostensibly a minor character, a bully with a endless appetite. The tragic legacy of John Belushi: ‘He could have done anything' 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z That everything else is a hostage drama wrapped around an ostensibly complicated global caper. Review: In ‘Money Monster,’ a Broke Investor Holds a Grudge and a Gun 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z Among French composers Saint-Saëns was a decisive force in a purposeful shift from opera and other dramatic entertainments toward ostensibly more exalted absolute forms like the symphony and the sonata. Critic’s Notebook: A Bard Music Festival Weekend of Saint-Saëns 2012-08-13T21:46:15Z Moving from basic cable to premium ostensibly requires their diehard fans to commit to an additional financial outlay. "Desus & Mero" won't give 2020 candidates a pass: "We bring up receipts" 2019-02-03T05:00:00Z In contrast, those people are fussier and more frivolous, and there's ostensibly humor to be found in plumbing those differences. From country music to "Kevin Can F**k Himself," the politics of pop culture's meat and potatoes man 2021-07-16T04:00:00Z If “The Sacrament” is ostensibly a novel about a woman with secrets, it is more profoundly a consideration of silence. A Not-So-Cold Case in Not-So-Frigid Iceland 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z Niall pursues a friendship with Henry—ostensibly as a kindness because Henry’s lost his father. Richard Ford on the Drama of Adolescence 2018-07-30T04:00:00Z The film’s visuals perforate and transform the story they’re ostensibly conveying until its cyberpunk premise is, at once, overturned and elevated to the realm of poetry. What’s on TV Monday: ‘His Dark Materials’ and a Football Finale 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z The puppet is the protagonist in what is ostensibly a traveling theater project meant to remind a news-fatigued public about the children fleeing violence and persecution. Little Amal Arrives in New York, With a Message of Hope and Humanity 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z His ostensibly shocking, entertaining films were French cinema hits at a time – from the mid-70s on – when the directors of the New Wave began to seem tired, pious and funless. Bertrand Blier's new comedy sidekick 2011-02-03T22:15:01Z It’s a metaphor for consciousness, the art work, or any other ostensibly sealed box of illusory vistas. Kusama Takes On the Infinite With a Sly Wink 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z She falls ill, ostensibly from the emotional turmoil, and Johannes must save her. ‘Luzifer’ Review: Finding the Devil in Everything 2022-04-25T04:00:00Z The longer Horse Girl probes its protagonist’s ostensibly unremarkable life, however, the more complex and fragile her mental state is revealed to be. Streaming: To All the Boys: PS I Still Love You – the longed-for sequel lands 2020-02-15T05:00:00Z “Ye’s” back half ostensibly hinges upon his love for Kardashian, and retrograde explanations of the boys-will-boys behavior that men force their wives to endure. Review | Kanye West’s ‘Ye’ is the unedited ramblings of the world’s oldest adolescent 2018-06-04T04:00:00Z But then, there’s a lot of such darkness beneath the surface in other, ostensibly sunnier, Britten works. David Afkham’s SSO debut uncommonly impressive | Classical review 2013-03-22T16:52:26Z Or so I gathered, although much of the spoken text in “Donka” is hard to comprehend, even when it is ostensibly in English. Theater Review: ‘Donka: A Letter to Chekhov,’ by Daniele Finzi Pasca, at BAM 2012-11-16T22:50:08Z I bought it there after our troops invaded the tranquil island, ostensibly to rescue American medical students and halt Cuban adventurism. Mortar shells and dog tags: The objects Post journalists can’t leave behind 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z Men exist on the base, doing their own ostensibly important military thing, but they may as well be the adults in “Peanuts,” their voices garbled and inconsequential. Bored to Death in the I.D.F. 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z He's presently on tour ostensibly promoting "Tempest," his 35th studio album, and one of his best received in years. Here comes Bob Dylan ... the legend 2012-10-11T20:11:04Z It seems to be part of a trend for recognising literary merit in ostensibly "genre" fiction. The new Penguin English Library is a far cry from its 1963 version 2012-05-24T07:00:00Z “In & Of Itself,” directed by Frank Oz, is ostensibly a show about identity. Review: Derek DelGaudio Sets Himself Apart From the Abracadabra Crowd 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z Despite how many options are ostensibly out there, it’s not easy to find something that hits all the markers: well-known songs, a part for a strong female vocalist, appropriate for a family audience. Which classic musical should be NBC’s next live extravaganza? 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z A few years ago friends of hers applied for permission to alter their house and she wrote a letter, ostensibly from the planning office, demanding that they install a partition in their living-room. A life in writing: Nicola Barker 2010-04-30T23:13:00Z But in this troubling play the love matches bring grief in their wake, just as the pursuit of justice — ostensibly a righteous mission — also proves an act of inhuman cruelty. | 'The Merchant of Venice': What Price a Pound of Flesh? 2011-03-04T23:52:29Z And she took special care to mention the one-string guitar on which she wrote some of her songs, ostensibly because she couldn’t afford a better setup at the time. Music Review: V. V. Brown?s Parasol Pop at Bowery Ballroom 2010-04-29T21:11:00Z While “Serial” was ostensibly evenhanded, it’s pretty widely viewed as a pro-Adnan narrative. The Intercept is trolling Sarah Koenig: Why the site took such a weirdly antagonistic approach to “Serial” 2015-01-11T05:00:00Z Split is ostensibly about lots of things: The demons that live inside us, for one; the tactics humans use to overcome childhood trauma, for another. Split Review: Shyamalan's New Thriller Is Insanely Watchable 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z It’s ostensibly a caper-cum-heartwarming holiday story; alas, it doesn’t hit either of those marks, and is instead an occasionally entertaining, mostly befuddling mess of a movie. 10 Things We Learned From 'Grumpy Cat's Worst Christmas Ever' 2014-12-01T05:00:00Z He's overseeing the development of oversize but ostensibly green homes in rural Oregon. "Vengeance" neither sweet or funny in eco-comedy 2010-04-30T00:34:00Z But upon closer inspection, the ostensibly simple work belies a herculean engineering feat. See Populous’s Installation at London’s World Architecture Festival 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z There’s a revealing logic within her characters’ ostensibly irrational arguments and a surprising accuracy in their malapropisms. Theater Review: ‘Adult’ by Christina Masciotti, at Abrons Arts Center 2014-02-03T22:00:42Z After ostensibly offering career advice, he abruptly pivoted: “Anyway, you’re so beautiful,” he typed. Perspective | Did he just harass you or are you imagining it? You might be a victim of ‘crasslighting.’ 2019-05-08T04:00:00Z The Good Wife is ostensibly not a show so many critics and fans should enjoy. How The Good Wife transformed TV 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z Best Reason To Get a Rose: While ostensibly Brooks got his rose for opening up about his Feelings, it’s clear his copious use of hair gel contributed to the decision-making process. The Bachelorette Watch: Rap Game Fairy Princess 2013-06-04T14:53:14Z Having to pay for surgeries with credit cards, and stuff, in what is ostensibly a first-world country. Insurance companies “will happily kill people for profit”: Rob Delaney on the UK’s “empirically better” healthcare, Bernie Sanders and parenting through the filth and joy 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z Abusers, each endures the kind of ostensibly righteous retribution that tends to be visited on men by other men in exploitation flicks like “Death Wish.” ‘A Vigilante’ Review: Vengeance Is Hers 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z There are revealing glimpses into the early work of artists who would morph into entities that were slicker and ostensibly cooler. ‘Meet Me in the Bathroom’ Review: New York’s Last Rock Renaissance 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z The results showed in training camp the following summer, while Griffin, ostensibly healed from his injuries, had a calamitous preseason. Is Kirk Cousins capable of greatness? 2017-08-29T04:00:00Z How strange, he said, that an ostensibly prosaic, ostensibly factual play should unleash some of the purest visual poetry he had ever seen in a theatre. Mere fact, mere fiction 2010-04-16T23:10:00Z “We’re both ostensibly record stores, but we’re sort of in a different business,” he said, noting Rough Trade’s emphasis on new releases and his own store’s focus on used vinyl. Rough Trade Record Store Has an Unlikely New Home: 30 Rock 2021-05-10T04:00:00Z He meant the right kind of bad — ostensibly bold, cannily earnest, hammering home big themes — the kind that Academy members are susceptible to. The King's Speech: Toronto and the Lust for Oscar 2010-09-15T18:45:00Z The movie is ostensibly about how the anti-lynching anthem “Strange Fruit” became so inseparable from Holiday’s career that she was under constant F.B.I. surveillance. Why Is It So Hard to Show Black Women’s Musical Genius Onscreen? 2021-04-20T04:00:00Z My folks were undeterred; they eagerly sacrificed their existence in the Great White North, ostensibly to facilitate my quest for higher knowledge. Obamacare saved my a**: Really, it literally saved my a** 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z The novel, which is ostensibly about the wedding preparations of its principal character, and which, more broadly, is about the joy and complication of unexpected love, draws upon Laing’s recent experience of getting married. More Books We Loved in 2018 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z His novels – ostensibly "young adult" – are brilliant, dark and very funny. Best holiday reads 2013 2013-07-14T07:00:00Z Crammed with sinister shadows, shady characters and skewed angles, it takes place in the rubble-strewn, postwar Vienna, opening right after Lime has ostensibly died. 8 Cannes Film Festival Prizewinners We Love (and 3 We Don’t) 2020-05-22T04:00:00Z On the way to his office, ostensibly to collect their passports for their Mexico vacation, Linda softly confides to her husband that she feels like Cinderella, rescued by Lester. 'Fargo' Recap: It's a Turducken 2014-06-10T04:00:00Z It’s ostensibly the story of the lifesaving properties of her high-elevation ranch in Colorado, although there’s not much to cultivate up there in the long winters except, apparently, self-delusion and acres of self-satisfied contradictions. The Examined Life May Be More Worth Living. Reading About It Is Another Matter. 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z Victor's path to the great love story he deserves ostensibly holds no such guarantees. "Love, Victor" is Hulu's likable spinoff of "Love, Simon" that questions who gets a great love story 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z And before he was exposed as Carlos Danger, his comeback suggested considerable acceptance of ostensibly resolved sexting issues. Sex addiction? Sorry, chaps, it's just plain old lust 2013-07-28T06:20:00Z The revered Italian director Luchino Visconti was openly gay yet devoutly Catholic, ostensibly Communist yet unyieldingly aristocratic. Visconti’s Operatic Autopsy of German History, Restored Anew 2021-10-13T04:00:00Z He was talking about gun violence, and mass shootings, and how, compared to other ostensibly advanced nations, the United States was uniquely afflicted by this epidemic. Jon Stewart's Charleston Despair 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z The previous fall, Dylan had arrived in Minneapolis from the iron range, ostensibly to attend the University of Minnesota. My father recorded young Bob Dylan: How the historic "Minneapolis Party Tape" was made 2019-05-08T04:00:00Z In perhaps the play’s most chilling scene, Charlie drives Crystal home after taking her to dinner ostensibly to discuss buying the car. Theater Review: ‘Bethany,’ With America Ferrera, at City Center 2013-01-21T03:00:00Z “The Miller’s Son,” an ostensibly jubilant paean to seizing the day from “A Little Night Music,” was rendered by Elizabeth Stanley with a sobering awareness of life’s transience and the impossibility of so many dreams. Review: For Sondheim’s 90th Birthday, a Collage of Aching Voices 2020-04-27T04:00:00Z Here we go again, ostensibly for the last time, and if this doesn't capture the magic of the first Hangover it's at least less offensive than the second, which isn't much of a recommendation. The Hangover Part III, Something In The Air, Epic 3D: this week's new films 2013-05-25T05:00:09Z And the ultimate question: What does the ability to connect with streams of ostensibly eligible people at any given moment do to our ideas of courting, commitment, monogamy and even marriage? The billion-dollar business of online dating 2013-02-28T00:10:44Z The dance form, born a decade earlier in the Bronx, was ostensibly free; all it required were able bodies and open space. Morocco’s D.I.Y. Dance Crews 2018-05-26T04:00:00Z As for the method, it was ostensibly nothing new. Paranormal Activity 3: Three?s a Shroud 2011-10-19T12:57:15Z For the first time in a long time, I was not going climbing or possibly going climbing or ostensibly not going climbing but then going climbing anyway. My first and last Internet date 2014-09-21T04:00:00Z Manson again brought Bianco to Los Angeles in 2011, ostensibly to appear in his feature film “Phantasmagoria,” though that project also never materialized. Actor Esmé Bianco sues Marilyn Manson, alleging sexual abuse 2021-04-30T04:00:00Z Instead, let’s talk about how, once again, Trump is manipulating free campaign advertising out of the media by transforming ostensibly non-newsworthy events into must-cover press opportunities. The media's "Made in America" problem: Trump creates racist controversy, gets free campaign coverage 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z This Broadway opening was delayed ostensibly so that Mamet could continue to work on the play. In David Mamet's perplexing 'China Doll,' Al Pacino can only roar weakly 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z In January, a judge ruled that Ballyhoo had the right to operate so long as its craft stayed fifteen hundred feet offshore when in sight of a highway—ostensibly to avoid distracting drivers. The Trumpian Origins of New York’s Floating Billboard Problem 2019-09-18T04:00:00Z “Grinding” is a verb used ostensibly as a compliment, meaning “at least the big schlub is trying,” despite repeatedly scuffling more than a little bit. Perspective | Why limit preposterous understatements to baseball? Imagine the possibilities. 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z But as he demonstrated in his gripping parliamentary procedural docudrama, “This House,” Mr. Graham has a gift for finding the human crackle in ostensibly dry political business. On London Stages, Britain Considers Its Divided Soul 2017-11-13T05:00:00Z And so we have a movie that places Robbie front and centre, just as Suicide Squad tried to do, despite that movie also ostensibly being an ensemble effort. Who needs Joker? Birds of Prey puts Margot Robbie's Harley Quinn centre stage 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z However provisional and ostensibly vulgar, the rankings allow critics to check in on one another and give distributors another chance, along with Twitter feeds and blogs, to take a temperature reading. Critic’s Notebook: Many Films Still in Running at Cannes for Palme d’Or 2013-05-23T22:01:08Z Roman has been instructed to go no higher than £50m as a sweetener, ostensibly reopening the divorce settlement. Succession recap: season two, episode seven – deliciously twisted as ever 2019-09-22T04:00:00Z Determined to enlighten his fellow citizens about federal overreach, Negley holes up in the town’s only remaining locus of culture, the National Toby Jug Museum, ostensibly taking its curator, Miss Tink Enraught, hostage. Review | UrbanArias turns conspiracy theory into opera 2018-09-23T04:00:00Z But though this movie ostensibly celebrates the spirit of adventure and openness to experience, it takes no risks and blazes no trails. Review: She’s Still a Mess, but ‘Snatched’ Is No ‘Trainwreck’ 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z Clearly, Silver found the ostensibly commercial premise of his film a springboard for his inspiration. This Week in Cultural Clicks: Sushi Cats, Post-Internet Poetry, and More 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z A screenplay pitch might outline an ostensibly unstoppable concept, or, the thinking went, one that was execution-dependent: It would yield big returns only in a well-made film. Review: ‘9 Fingers,’ a Gangster Tale, Is Missing More Than a Digit 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z Leigh, a feminist and aspiring playwright, is ostensibly the real heroine of the story, though Luke gets most of the attention. ‘Fallout,’ by Sadie Jones, a tale of passion and imperfect love in 1970s London theater world Take their edible, flavorless metallic spray paint, for example, which is ostensibly intended for use on icing but which obviously begs to be artistically applied to a mashed-potato sculpture, or a standing rib roast. Holiday Gift Guide for Foodies: From Murderous Mermaid Salt to Lamps Made Out of Croissants 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z But the typically Victorian horror from the royals brought to light a valid question for Americans, who were ostensibly untethered from the Queen’s morals 200 years ago: why are we so freaked out about sexting? Are online nudie pics an art form? 2012-09-01T14:00:00Z Ines, who was brought up by an indifferent, indolent mother, craves the shelter of a family, and that is ostensibly what Catherine House seems to offer. Review | In Elisabeth Thomas’s ‘Catherine House,’ an exclusive university harbors sinister secrets 2020-05-14T04:00:00Z Friday evening brought Mr. Miller’s second offering, “The Nauru Elegies,” a well meaning but embarrassing spectacle ostensibly related to the collection of Oceanic art. Music Review: D J Spooky’s ‘Nauru Elegies’ at Metropolitan Museum 2013-01-20T22:29:46Z Exiling cigarettes to the ostensibly forbidden but easily accessible land of the R might have the unintended effect of making them seem more alluringly grown up. 2010-01-22T20:27:00Z She criticized the Nashville stars for eclipsing a Black artist with a gesture ostensibly meant to show their allyship. Seattle singer Lady A and former Lady Antebellum band end lawsuits 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z A “system ostensibly resting upon equal and fair exchange could consistently yield a surplus to one of the parties to the exchange.” False consciousness 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z Hudson, whose character ostensibly goes through chemo, yet never loses a bouncy curl off her blond head. Sheryl Crow’s tumor damage control 2012-06-06T15:40:00Z She doesn’t work that way, she said, though ostensibly in the end, the “right” people seem to show. Svetlana Legetic, Washington Night Life Promoter, Moving to New York 2012-08-17T20:45:23Z This was a gorgeous slice-of-life drama about a small girl who sets off to buy a goldfish; a film that seemed to be about everything while ostensibly being about very little. Cannes alerted the world, but Jafar Panahi's freedom is all his own 2010-05-26T09:24:00Z “If ‘The Sacrament’ is ostensibly a novel about a woman with secrets, it is more profoundly a consideration of silence,” Hannah Kent writes in her review. 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2019-12-26T05:00:00Z And this in, in turn, does wonders to shore up the very stereotypes about these places and the people living in them that “Dangerous World” is ostensibly seeking to champion. The perils of "dangerous" comedy, or what makes a notorious warlord laugh? 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z In actuality, the ostensibly ready-made drama in the story of a Gotti, an Escobar, or a Manson may be their greatest obstacle. Gotti, Escobar, Manson: Hollywood's problem with real-life criminals 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z To Democrats and liberals, he was a manipulator of the news, a puppet master who used his network to turn minor stories into blazing scandals, ostensibly in service of his personal politics. Roger Ailes, architect of conservative TV juggernaut Fox News, is dead at 77 2017-05-18T04:00:00Z Its members are nice, even at their most ostensibly fierce, and so unrelievedly bland that it feels like an affront, especially to all the women here doing so much hard work. ‘The Marvels’ Review: You’ve Seen This Movie 32 Times Before 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z Barnum paraded 20 or so elephants from his circus, the famous Jumbo leading the way, across the bridge, ostensibly to demonstrate that it was safe, strong and sound. I love the Brooklyn Bridge. Walk across it and you will, too. 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z Although “Hong Kong Trilogy” is divided into three segments, each ostensibly focusing on a different generation, the sections bleed into one another. Review: ‘Hong Kong Trilogy,’ Captures the Voices of the People 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z BioShock games are ostensibly first-person shooters but are just as much a vehicle for exploring expertly conceived alternate histories that imagine the cities and societies that might be erected by the zealots of different philosophies. Looking Ahead: Culture Picks for 2013 2012-12-27T23:05:33Z As religion scholar Marie Griffith writes, such movements reinforced a message that "fit bodies ostensibly signify fitter souls." Making sweat feel spiritual didn’t start with SoulCycle – a religion scholar explains 2023-01-09T05:00:00Z Every feminist has encountered the ostensibly radical white man who thinks gender is frivolous when compared with more serious issues of race and class. In America, Is Power in the Hands of Too Many ‘Mediocre’ Men? 2020-12-01T05:00:00Z Streep's bereaved matron inserts herself into Celeste’s life ostensibly to help her. "Big Little Lies" is back to stare at the sea 2019-06-07T04:00:00Z Its ostensibly authentic characters are constructed from the traits that fit the needs of the plot. The Mild Controversies of “Dear White People” 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z Dark Phoenix is ostensibly set in the 90s, but there is little to indicate this, not even a Captain Marvel-style visit to Blockbuster Video. Dark Phoenix proves the X-Men need a no-holds-barred Marvel resurrection 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z While this book is ostensibly addressed to his nieces and nephews, it’s hard not to picture Lemon speaking each sentence through a camera to an unseen audience of millions. Don Lemon’s New Book Hopes to Guide America Through a Conversation About Race 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z It is ostensibly the return to Rwanda of Raymond, a Tutsi who lost more than 40 family members in the massacres, that “Unexplored Interior” follows. Mosaic opens its inaugural curtain with “Unexplored Interior” 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z The purpose of such tracking is to ostensibly prevent what is known as “renting,” a fraud of buying an item to wear and return. Disney is spying on you! 2013-01-17T23:11:00Z The focus this year is ostensibly on more serious fare, although that doesn’t mean that the limits of auteur worship aren’t sometimes painfully obvious. Perspective | Cannes at 70: Striving to keep pace with change while staying true to its auteurist roots 2017-05-18T04:00:00Z “Two-Lane Blacktop,” ostensibly a road movie, for instance, is considered by many one of the great American films. Arts & Leisure Preview: Monte Hellman to Release a New Film, ?Road to Nowhere? 2010-05-15T02:25:00Z Sure, the Golden Globes are ostensibly the awards where “anything can happen,” but that’s usually because it’s a ballroom full of drunk people. The Best and Worst of the Golden Globes 2021-03-01T05:00:00Z The category also works nicely for all of the many other ostensibly grown-up entertainments about girls and women with heavy crowns. ‘Corsage’ Review: A Queen in Quiet Rebellion 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z And ostensibly, Walker was the star of the first two films. Why More Movies Should Be as Diverse as "Furious 7" 2015-04-06T04:00:00Z Ms. Teigen appeared in what looked like an enormous iridescent bow, and ostensibly nothing else. Are You Cleaning Enough? Celebrities Want to Help. 2021-03-24T04:00:00Z They have been employed at the country estate of the Austeur family, ostensibly to care for the family’s four sons. ‘The Governesses’ Offers Subtle Lessons in Shame, Constraint and Lust 2018-11-27T05:00:00Z For “Digital Empathy,” Julianne Swartz has hidden audio equipment in elevators, bathrooms and drinking fountains that plays digital voices intoning ostensibly informative, affirming and reassuring messages. Critic?s Notebook: Sculptural Surprises Grace the Streets 2011-08-18T22:26:28Z The parties of New Year’s Eve are ostensibly the way to start another trip around the Sun with a burst of exuberance. Pop Music Choices for New Year?s Eve 2011-12-29T23:59:04Z There’s a sense that ostensibly democratic governments have hardened against the interests of their citizens, and that, barring a tip of the political apple cart, voters are unable to force a course change. Kong: Skull Island – why do Hollywood blockbusters have such Trump-like politics? 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z Why the first song coming out of a film ostensibly for children is being rolled out by a trio of artists better known for rapping about strippers, weed and money. Beyonce, Juicy J show the right and wrong way to score a film 2014-07-22T04:00:00Z Judging by his behavior in recent months, rapping seems to be the furthest thing from Lil Wayne’s mind, odd behavior from the person who is ostensibly the most popular rapper in the country. Critic?s Notebook: Lil Wayne?s ?Tha Carter IV? - Review 2011-08-30T22:28:26Z That isn’t his fault, but rather that of filmmakers who decided to cast a well-known Irish actor as a Russian gangster in an ostensibly true saga. | 'The Way Back': Pushing the Limits of Endurance 2011-01-20T23:13:53Z Do you see any kind of division between the more speculative ones and the more ostensibly realistic? Mary South on Content Moderation and Trauma 2020-01-20T05:00:00Z We were here ostensibly to talk about his latest endeavor, “Max Rose,” a critically skewered but nonetheless affecting film released this month, a portrait of a jazz pianist living out his twilight years. At 90, Jerry Lewis’s Mouth Runneth Over 2016-09-10T04:00:00Z “Abstract Climates” is ostensibly about the particular coastal landscape that helped to nudge Frankenthaler into her mature style, and in places it’s quite specific. ‘Abstract Climates’: Helen Frankenthaler’s Ode to Provincetown 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z “I’m 60 years old,” he growls several times in “The Commuter,” ostensibly to complain about the indignities his character is suffering but really to invite our admiration. Review: ‘The Commuter’ Has Panic, Paranoia and Punches. Liam Neeson Too. 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z At least, that cookery item was aimed at parents entertaining their kids at half-term, instead of ostensibly functioning adults who take this cutesy-wutesy, cartoon nonsense seriously. It’s poké, man: the ultimate hipster-food glossary 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z For a piece in which emotions ostensibly run high — everyone, as usual in opera, is always in love or in hate with everyone else — the emotional power is strangely muted. Review: ‘Ghosts’ of the Guillotine Reunite at Versailles 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z It was ostensibly to find such a culture that he went to Tahiti in 1891, though he was in for a shock. Art Review: The Self-Invented Artist 2011-02-24T22:33:10Z Daisy, neurotic and frustrated and unemployed, goes into therapy with a domineering doctor who hypnotizes her, ostensibly to help her quit smoking. I Love Performing Those Songs. But What About the Gender Politics? 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z His new novel is ostensibly the story of a middle-aged comic book writer named Adeline. Review: When the Digital World Is Judging Your Every Thought 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z Mr Sheffield said the work was "beautiful" despite its "ostensibly shocking" subject matter. Malkovich to tread London boards 2010-03-11T15:41:00Z In “Life in the Garden,” she recalls with great clarity her own ostensibly ordinary but deeply formative environments. Review | What got lost in one writer’s garden 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z The key to being able to crave cinema's disgusting offerings is to see the potentially edible mixed in with the ostensibly inedible. These horror movie foods are supposed to be gross... but look delicious! 2021-10-31T04:00:00Z These local farmers — despite ostensibly being in competition — turned to each other for help in adopting a chemical-free, biodynamic system, which treats the farm holistically as one big organism of plants and animals. In Tuscany, Farms Embrace Nature — and Visitors 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z Developed for an online audience and running just under an hour, it’s a chiseled piece of at-home horror, ostensibly based on a colonial-era New Hampshire house that Mezzocchi’s parents and siblings once inhabited. The Play Is Coming From Inside the House 2021-05-03T04:00:00Z These fascinating and/or foolish theories about The Shining, cooked up since its 1980 release, are ostensibly the subject of a new documentary, Room 237. Room 237: Deconstructing Stanley 2013-03-28T09:45:57Z While he ostensibly sought her out to further his work on forced labor, Rambo quickly turned the focus to a leak investigation. Watchdog; Federal anti-terror unit investigated journalists 2021-12-11T05:00:00Z One for each choice, ostensibly: keep it, or don’t. Unexpectedly Pregnant, a Memoirist Finds Her Choices Limited 2020-11-10T05:00:00Z Perhaps the pain speaks to mystical ancestral connection of the sort in which I ostensibly don't believe, and yet seem to crave. My great-grandparents died in the Holocaust and were almost forgotten 2022-10-01T04:00:00Z Tuesday's appearance on the "Late Show with David Letterman," ostensibly to promote this weekend's release "Scary Movie 5," in which she has a cameo with Charlie Sheen, was Lohan's first interview since November 2012. Lindsay Lohan dodges rehab questions in Letterman TV appearance 2013-04-10T00:37:03Z The ostensibly good news is that BT Sport is competing with Sky for football rights. Why too much choice is stressing us out 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z PTC president Tim Winter said in May that his organization "couldn't imagine that a network would actually name a program either with an expletive or with the expletive ostensibly bleeped out." Low-tech Shatner eyes Twitter, says what the "$#*!" 2010-07-29T02:13:00Z Bono, 58, calmed things down for “Iris,” another newish song that mulls his relationship with his mam, sung while a quaint and sepia-toned wedding video, ostensibly of his folks, played on the big screen. Review | No bells and whistles, no biggest hits, but U2 is still one of the best big rock bands in the world 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z Douthat claims that critics unanimously loathed the character whose clear modern analogue is the devout Christian, and suggests that liberals hate the spiritual more than they care about the values they ostensibly champion. Cheering the High Sparrow’s death: Why the end of this “Game of Thrones” villain was so satisfying 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z In the wake of the Stanley-Jones killing, this intersection of reality television and crime feels riskier than ever, especially as the cameras become part of the stories they’re ostensibly there to document. Critic?s Notebook: Squad Cars, Sirens and Gangs, and the Cameras That Love Them 2011-01-16T22:21:09Z While the groups were ostensibly democratic, this could mean it was, at times, hard to agree on what to do. Giant condoms and buckets of fake blood: the true story of Aids activists Act Up 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z Her opening-night speech, ostensibly about her husband’s character and their relationship, was really a sly demonstration of criticizing without criticizing, rebutting by implication, slicing and dicing with a smile.* The Morning After: Michelle Obama, Between the Lines 2012-09-05T13:03:03Z Becker asks about Maya’s background upfront, ostensibly to ensure she can withstand national scrutiny. ‘Memorial’ Review: An American Story, Set in Stone 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z Bonnie Tsui’s “Why We Swim,” an enthusiastic and thoughtful work mixing history, journalism and elements of memoir, is ostensibly focused on those who do swim, rather than those who don’t. Eat. Sleep. Swim. Repeat. 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z Gawker was ostensibly brought low by an invasion-of-privacy lawsuit by former pro wrestler Hulk Hogan over a sex tape of Hogan that Gawker posted in 2012. Gawker.com, brash and breezy Internet mainstay, to shut down 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z The scoreboards of prestige were ostensibly built to guide those conversations, but their ulterior motive is to end them. No charts, no Grammys, no Hall of Fame: Why pop greatness requires talk and time 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z She added that she drew inspiration from dance history, mythology and action films, including the James Bond franchise, but that she viewed the stage as a “laboratory” where ostensibly taboo acts can be performed freely. Florentina Holzinger Makes Everyone Uncomfortable 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z In a lab at CATIE's Costa Rican headquarters, a sprawling campus surrounded by volcanic mountains layered in mist, Phillips-Mora and I sit down in front of ostensibly identical rectangles of dark chocolate. The world's biggest chocolate-maker says we're running out of chocolate 2014-11-15T05:00:00Z Often you find yourself tearing up at what should be funny and laughing at the ostensibly sad. Review: ‘Ripcord,’ a Comic Tale of Adversaries 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z The note, published by Variety, was ostensibly a postscript to a letter about a coming episode of his new show, “Horace and Pete.” Louis C.K. Condemns Trump in Email 2016-03-06T05:00:00Z He was one of the moguls who paid an early homage to then-President-elect Trump with a visit to Trump Tower, ostensibly to discuss expanding production in the United States. Perspective | For Melania Trump, fashion diplomacy was defined by a hat 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z Wikileaks' venture into pop music is ostensibly to raise money to keep the website's quest for truth and justice going in the face of a crippling financial blockade. Wikileaks – the album: read our verdict 2012-06-29T16:56:41Z Hersch's ostensibly conservative approach is rooted in song-based -piano conventions, but his fluency and intelligence keep reiterating that his is a music of the moment, not the past. Fred Hersch Trio: Alive at the Vanguard – review 2012-10-11T20:30:01Z If the Oscars were cancelled, would the studios still backload the year’s ostensibly prestigious releases into late December? What Movies to See This December 2014-12-01T05:00:00Z When school ended, Mrs. Sanford and the boys decamped to the Sullivan’s Island beach house, ostensibly for the summer. 2010-02-06T05:10:00Z Though her newer material, like last year’s “In Situ,” is ostensibly intended to be played at clubs, the drums are loose and off kilter. Avant-garde producer Laurel Halo heads hefty Kremwerk bill 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z In the next phase, ostensibly to coincide with her improved spirits, she would shift to charcoal gray and eventually a sober shade of mauve. Grief as a fashion statement in ‘Death Becomes Her’ at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Grief anchors itself to a piece of cake at one point in “The Electric Baby,” Stefanie Zadravec’s poignant play about unexpected bonds between ostensibly dissimilar people. What’s up with the glowing baby at the back of the stage? 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z The ostensibly spiritual King approached Bobby Kennedy with a hardheadedness that the pragmatic Kennedy would have admired. Book excerpt: The untold story of MLK and RFK 2018-03-27T04:00:00Z The film – ostensibly about a summer camp for disabled youngsters in the New York Catskills in 1971 with a vibe that’s been likened to Woodstock – charts the birth of America’s disability rights movement. Judith Heumann: 'Biden is committed to involving disabled people in his administration' 2020-12-15T05:00:00Z “Boogie” ostensibly centers on basketball, but what is the movie about to you? Eddie Huang: Filmmaker Was on His List of Things to Do Even Before Chef 2021-03-05T05:00:00Z I’ve had plenty of wines from California that have crossed the line, wines that are ostensibly dry, but where the impression of sweetness becomes the dominant flavor. When Simplicity Can Be a Winemaking Virtue 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z It costs her male companionship, ostensibly, but it also creates a boldness in her that’s both envied and admired by Bryson and his cohorts. What to watch this week: "One Day at a Time" returns and "Boomerang" premieres 2019-02-09T05:00:00Z Weinstein had asked her to come to his hotel room, ostensibly for work reasons, she told Brewer, but then kissed her. Violence. Threats. Begging. Harvey Weinstein’s 30-year pattern of abuse in Hollywood. 2017-10-14T04:00:00Z At the Moulin Rouge, one tableau ostensibly set in Indonesia brings together performers dressed as panthers, masked goddesses, warriors and even a Medusa of sorts. Paris Cabarets: Can We Ask for More Than the Cancan? 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z Thus, the ostensibly triumphal coda, Mr. Zander explained before the performance, is meant to sound beaten down and labored: points missed outright even in benchmark interpretations. Music Review: Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra at Carnegie Hall 2013-12-10T22:14:02Z It’s an anachronistic approach in an era of emailed Pro Tools files, but one that reignited an alchemical formula that had ostensibly expired decades ago. Against all odds, A Tribe Called Quest delivers one final masterpiece 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z Most Haunted employed a resident historian, whose job was ostensibly to check the veracity of facts, then produce them with credulous astonishment to back up whatever random names Derek had shouted out. Most Haunted: a guilty pleasure? 2011-08-17T10:44:57Z The big tee-hee about the “Fifty Shades of Grey” phenomenon is that it’s brought ostensibly scandalous heterosexual sex — with its whips and restraints — out of the shadows and into the mainstream. Review: ‘Fifty Shades Darker,’ and Only Half as Watchable 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z The nonexistent weapons of mass destruction that ostensibly led to the United States’ invasion of Iraq are a case in point. Art Review: Harun Farocki Video Installation at MoMA - Review 2011-08-25T22:27:41Z Critics believed Beer’s anecdotes until 1990, when the scholars Stanley Wertheim and Paul Sorrentino reported that Beer’s archive contained rough drafts of letters ostensibly written by Crane that differed sharply from versions he eventually published. Caleb Crain: The Hectic Career of Stephen Crane 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z Beginning in 1993, the government allowed the establishment of sex stores, provided they maintained an ostensibly medical focus. China’s schizophrenic sexual revolution 2012-12-23T14:00:00Z The two men circle each other for an hour or so, ostensibly competing for the affections of Corrine Calvet as an extravagantly gowned “entertainer,” though the real sexual energy is between them. Video: Hard Work of Comedy and Straight-Shooting 2011-04-16T02:23:01Z While The Big Bang Theory is ostensibly about the elite ranks of geniuses, they are very relatable. Critics be damned – here's why The Big Bang Theory is an unstoppable force with fans 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z Don is ostensibly worried about Mary’s website and the danger of anonymous accusations. Listen Here, Internet Girl: The Newsroom Rapesplains It All 2014-12-07T05:00:00Z Tachycardia collapses periods, combining an ostensibly medieval setting with a futurist streak. ‘The King and the Mockingbird,’ From Paul Grimault 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z Considering Atlanta is ostensibly a show about a rapper trying to make it in arguably the most important city for hip-hop in the world, there’s surprisingly little rapping in the show itself. The best TV soundtracks of 2016 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z Rachel Boynton's fascinating film is ostensibly about the oil industry and Africa, but touches on deeper themes: questions of self-interest, personal greed and, ultimately, human nature. TV highlights 24/06/2013 2013-06-24T06:00:11Z The rougher, ostensibly cruder animals and figures that predate these objects and lead up to them are the heart of the show. Art Review: ?The Dawn of Egyptian Art? at the Metropolitan Museum 2012-04-12T22:17:19Z Any kind of physical transformation – even an ostensibly positive, healthy one — is an identity shift. Rosie O’Donnell speaks out on the downside of getting thin 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z Whether drawing on ostensibly personal material or delving into the depths of her imagination, Berry's big theme is relationships. Dear Boy by Emily Berry – review 2013-03-22T19:00:01Z Hughes ostensibly leaves a colossal fortune to the man, who never gets the money, of course, losing his claim to it in court. Jonathan Demme, Oscar-Winning Director, Is Dead at 73 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z Since the film, we have ostensibly more female unity. Finding New Meaning in ‘Mean Girls’ 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z He is ostensibly calling on behalf of Topaz pantyhose, but it's safe to assume that on some level he's also hoping to rekindle their decade-old romance. 'Mad Men' recap: 'The life not lived' 2015-04-06T04:00:00Z Nuns keep themselves physically and culturally confined, ostensibly concerned with salvation and the celestial, but they, more than any other group in the church hierarchy, bump up against the world and all its ugly suffering. The Nuns of Fiction: Experts in Affliction and Awe 2021-09-12T04:00:00Z The fighting began when Moscow invaded Georgia ostensibly to end atrocities against ethnic minority separatists in the South Ossetia region, while Georgia contended that Moscow was dressing up expansionism with bogus humanitarian intervention. Seeking Drama In a Conflict That?s Still Raw 2011-08-14T02:53:01Z Freedom of assembly is guaranteed in Gambia’s constitution and ostensibly protected by laws. Activists call on Gambian president to pass FGM ban into law 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z He was an ostensibly devout believer who held that religion could teach us how to hate but not how to love. Review | Jonathan Swift: Not (entirely) the misanthrope you thought you knew 2017-02-27T05:00:00Z Think of Wu-Tang’s “C.R.E.A.M.,” or “Cash Rules Everything Around Me,” ostensibly a love letter to hustling that really turns on bleak experiences of youth and adolescence. Hip-Hop’s New Wave of Lyricism 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z In the transcript, Cosby says he received seven prescriptions for Quaaludes, all of which were obtained from Amar, a gynecologist, ostensibly for a sore back. When Bill Cosby wanted Quaaludes, he turned to this gynecologist 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z The construct is a bit like “30 Rock”: A certain porcine egomaniac hosts a show within a show called “Up Late With Miss Piggy,” which ostensibly runs after “Jimmy Kimmel Live.” On ‘The Muppets,’ Miss Piggy Has a Talk Show and a Chatty Staff 2015-09-07T04:00:00Z Death by Audio was a quasi-communal art, music and small-scale-manufacturing space that was forced to close after its building was taken over by the ostensibly renegade media company Vice. Review: ‘Goodnight Brooklyn: The Story of Death by Audio,’ Alive in Spirit 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z Pinchin spends several pages explicating their personal animus, which ostensibly stems from an arcane debate over the location of bluefin spawning grounds but seems really to be about how scientists should position themselves vis-a-vis industry. In bluefin tuna, fisheries science is never neat 2023-08-02T04:00:00Z Master Chief is practically a shell, a suit of armor — no face, just a mask with internal heads-up displays that feed information directly to the person inside — ostensibly you. In praise of silent, stoic video game heroes 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z In the series, Mia is a black single mother who settles into Shaker Heights, Ohio, an affluent and very white suburb of Cleveland, ostensibly to avail her daughter of the town's superior public schools. "Little Fires Everywhere" is a gripping, soapy reminder of that yesterday's ills are still present 2020-03-18T04:00:00Z The Tylers languish in gadgets and plastic surgery, only surfacing from their alcoholic fugues long enough to snap at each other — yet they are ostensibly better off, financially, than the Wilsons. I Know Where You Lived Last Summer 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z I tell Kunzru I fund this passage fascinating because, in it, both parties are ostensibly secular, but as soon as rearing a child gets serious, they revert atavistically to Sikh and Jew. Hari Kunzru: 'What's happened since 2008 is a class war based on faith and credit' 2011-08-07T19:00:02Z Nonetheless, we all felt a little spoiled that we could wash up, ostensibly camping, without a headlamp and a walk in the woods. S’more, s’il vous plait? A French company opens its first ‘glampground’ in the U.S. 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z It is a forum for us to think together, rationally, communally, about the United States—its shifting character, its ostensibly noble purpose, its sometimes unfortunate tendencies. Heidi Schreck’s Play About the U.S. Constitution Offers an Oasis of Sanity 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z And there were signs that the brothers, who ostensibly owned the place, served this hidden family. The death of Osama bin Laden: how the US finally got its man 2012-10-12T22:00:09Z The latter is ostensibly a country tune, but Walker isn’t confined by such boundaries. Album review: Joe Louis Walker, 'Hellfire' 2012-01-30T20:04:00Z And to judge by much of the public speaking and ostensibly persuasive writing one sees these days, it’s also woefully neglected. “Tubes”: What the Internet is made of 2012-05-28T00:30:00Z They read excerpts from the deeply critical book about President Donald Trump’s first year in office, ostensibly as contenders for a spoken word Grammy prize. Hillary Clinton surprises with Grammy 'Fire and Fury' spoof 2018-01-28T05:00:00Z The dozens of geometrically cut sheets of colored plastic in an installation by Amalia Pica are ostensibly a study in Modernist harmony. ‘Under the Same Sun,’ Art From Latin America, at Guggenheim 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z And while their job was ostensibly solving crimes, really it was storytelling. In Praise of Agatha Christie’s Accidental Sleuths 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z Dickinson's brevity convinces you that poems were never meant to be long or ostensibly complicated. Poem of the week: What mystery pervades a well! by Emily Dickinson 2010-10-04T09:21:00Z I’m here, ostensibly, to write a book of fiction, a book for young-adult readers. Creeping Through My Home Town (for Research!) 2018-11-26T05:00:00Z In another essay, ostensibly about shoes, Ginzburg asks, rather suddenly, about her sons, “What road will they choose to walk down?” The Book That Taught Me What I Want to Teach My Daughter 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z These White House sessions — ostensibly meant to give the public critical and truthful information about this frightening crisis — are in fact working against that end. Perspective | The media must stop live-broadcasting Trump’s dangerous, destructive coronavirus briefings 2020-03-21T04:00:00Z Ms. Feiffer’s play, an Atlantic Theater Company production, is ostensibly a two-hander, but for much of its running time of about 90 minutes, only one hand does much of the work. ‘I’m Gonna Pray for You So Hard,’ With Reed Birney 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z Her recorded voice issues from a speaker nearby — nebulous talk of life and death, of absence and presence, ostensibly based on the fourth part of Petrarch’s “I Trionfi” cycle. Reggie Watts and Marie-Caroline Hominal Come to the Public Theater 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z Remember those two sarcastic cartoon police horses from ITV4’s Warren United earlier this year who were ostensibly charged with chaperoning football-loving human morons to their Saturday afternoon fixtures? BoJack Horseman review: shades of Curb Your Enthusiasm and Daria, but hard to love 2014-08-29T04:00:00Z Even though I ostensibly lived alone surrounded by piles—books, records, photographs, magazines—my body had been afflicted by emotional piles for a long time before I left all that junk behind. Revealing and Obscuring Myself on the Streets of New York 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z And part of the proof, ostensibly, were the 1,200 texts and calls Maureen was exchanging with Williams — evidence of what the defense calls her “crush” on him. I’m cheating on you right now 2014-09-28T04:00:00Z Then I think there can be a more skeptical follower who still admires her, but more as a shrewd businesswoman than for the values or the life she ostensibly embodies. This Week in Fiction: Curtis Sittenfeld on the Necessity of Writing Sex Scenes 2017-02-06T05:00:00Z Bark will be sent to California to live with another, never-seen daughter, ostensibly for reasons of health; Lucy will go to an old folks’ home, where she’ll have “friends of her own age.” DVDs: In the Depression, a Couple Undone 2010-02-19T23:59:00Z Capitalism is all about trying to sell the consumer the same thing over and over, in ostensibly new and exciting formats. How to eat: chocolate 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z Despite the carefully dropped-in reaction shots of audience members with mouths agape, none of the ostensibly shocking things that were said about Coulter were, in the context of contemporary public conversation, very shocking at all. Please Kill the Celebrity Roast 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z This new limited series is ostensibly about the investigation of a murder, told over the course of four days in London. What’s on TV Friday: ‘Collateral’ and ‘Love’ 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z Divergent, directed by Neil Burger, displayed an admirable seriousness and some grim verve in laying out the boundaries of novelist Veronica Roth’s dystopia: six segregated but ostensibly harmonious regions defined by their inhabitants’ skills. REVIEW: There's Nothing Urgent About "Insurgent" 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z He has a series of what are ostensibly crime novels, in that there is a murder in every book. Summer Is Flying By. Plan Accordingly. 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z The war’s impact on Martha takes a while to emerge, ostensibly because she doesn’t like to talk about it or even to identify as German. Review: In ‘Amnesia,’ Finding Inner German Peace on a Spanish Isle 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z At the end of the decade, Franco, Simaro, and other band members were imprisoned, ostensibly for immorality. The Death of Simaro Lutumba Closes a Chapter of Congolese Music 2019-06-25T04:00:00Z In Pale Fire, Charles Kinbote is ostensibly an academic ostensibly commentating on what is ostensibly his best friend's poem. Top 10 deranged characters 2011-04-06T11:21:05Z That last piece is ostensibly the reason the entire site exists. Arcade Fire: Content kings or killed by content? 2017-07-25T04:00:00Z “This was a Black man who ostensibly looked like me with his own series,” Mr. Ridley said during a recent interview. Inside the ‘Other History’ of Comic Book Superheroes 2020-11-21T05:00:00Z He does not ever mention by title “The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs,” the ostensibly nonfiction Off Broadway hit whose fabrications, once exposed, were a self-inflicted gouge in Mr. Daisey’s career. Mike Daisey on Shakespeare and His Own Failings 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z The only problem is that the people he was ostensibly speaking to—the artists who had been slighted year after year—don’t care anymore. It’s Too Late for the Grammys to Redeem Themselves 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z The Adventures of Tom Sawyer: Mark Twain And a classic for – ostensibly –the boys. Best children's books: 12-years-old and over 2010-05-12T07:00:00Z One photo showed Ms. Casiraghi, in sneakers and without makeup, ostensibly leaving his Paris apartment on Sunday afternoon, the day after she arrived. Charlotte Casiraghi: Carrying On the Grimaldi Tradition 2012-05-20T17:10:14Z “There’s a song called ‘Memo to My Son,’ which is, ostensibly, about me,” he says. Randy Newman cared enough about his new album to help pay for it 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z It’s worth noting the essentially conservative core of an ostensibly radical movement. A Movie that Captures France’s Dystopian Employment Situation 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z The complicated case highlights the difficulty of adjudicating what is real and what is fake in this market for such elaborate — and ostensibly centuries-old — timepieces. They Look Like the Emperors’ Clocks. But Are They Real? 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z "Diving Board" made me think of "Leap Into the Void," the famous 1960 photograph of a swan dive taken by artist Yves Klein, ostensibly from a Parisian rooftop and into an empty street below. Making photos, not taking them; the distinction in 'Perfect Likeness' 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z Something like a Bond Touch bracelet ostensibly solves a communication problem, but it also creates one—the problem of over-availability, in which no one can be unreachable and no sentiment goes unexpressed. Bond Touch Bracelets and the New Frontiers of Digital Dating 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z While ostensibly the question relates to the ethics of a teenager running a sex clinic, it also suggests the show’s awareness about the relationship between entertainment and RSE. 'It answered my weird questions': what do teens really think of Netflix's Sex Education? 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z That year's Strawberry festival was immediately cancelled and Zuoxiao Zuzhou, a rock musician who ostensibly sent the message, was briefly detained. Kraftwerk denied China visa over 1999 Free Tibet concert 2013-03-29T18:54:14Z Much of its appeal lies in the contrast between the ostensibly stodgy actors and the outlandish tales they purvey. Review: ‘Travels With My Aunt’ Taps Into a Hidden Sense of Adventure 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z The night was ostensibly about performance, but was really a place for the faithful to gather. ASAP Yams, Honored as an Imbiber and Arbiter of Hip-Hop 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z The family’s agent, Faisal Mukri, has sent a request, ostensibly from Farid’s widows, asking that their inheritance be given to a charitable organization. Review | Hear it to believe it: The audio version of Tana French ‘Faithful Place’ is perfect 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z He’s ostensibly addressing his Georgetown students, but he’s really talking to us. Review | Soul-searching and suspense carry a riveting ‘Lesson of Jan Karski’ at Shakespeare Theatre 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z With skyrocketing costs, inflation and food insecurity at a fever pitch, this year's holiday meal is ostensibly even more of a strain on the purse strings. Millions of people go out to eat for Thanksgiving: Here's what the day is like for restaurant staff 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z It's about two security guards, Harry and Michel, who live in the basement of an impregnable luxury apartment block, ostensibly protecting its inhabitants. Thrillers - reviews 2012-10-11T07:00:02Z And then there was their manner: group shots that froze ostensibly casual activity in ways that emphatically declared they were not snapshots. A Spotlight on the Season’s Top Photography Books 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z David’s family was ostensibly Catholic, but they never practiced much. This Life: For this witch, Wicca is about personal responsibility and growth 2017-10-26T04:00:00Z Both movies were in competition in Un Certain Regard, a sidebar of the official selection usually reserved for more ostensibly unusual work. Critic?s Notebook: Cannes Gives Top Prize to ?The Tree of Life? 2011-05-22T20:15:48Z Though ostensibly about how Europeans look at and think about California, it was also a collection of objects from architecture's near and distant past: photographs and models arranged with a kind of archaeological enthusiasm. The future is in the past: Architecture trends in 2014 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z She told a group of reporters the same at a press conference ostensibly intended to celebrate her show. Katherine Heigl's "State of Affairs" may not save her reputation 2014-11-17T05:00:00Z “The God Committee” ostensibly ponders the ethical compromises involved in choosing organ transplant recipients, but it mostly illustrates the dangers of facile twists. ‘The God Committee’ Review: At a Hospital, Judgment Day 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z She was concerned they hadn’t eaten, that there were children there, that they had been up for so many, many hours — all, ostensibly, for a purse! Celine Dion Loves You. And You. And You. 2017-09-02T04:00:00Z The couple are ostensibly still in love while perpetually on the edge of explosive mutual irritation. Leslie Mann: 'If I don't have a creative outlet, I implode' – interview 2013-02-16T22:00:02Z This documentary directed by Alex Winter opens with a portrait of the ostensibly outrageous musician Frank Zappa in a moment of nobility. ‘Zappa’ Review: Portrait of a Rock Star and a Nation’s Hero 2020-11-26T05:00:00Z Though Otis grows up in an ostensibly sex-positive home, he is incredibly uncomfortable about sex. Sex Education: in praise of the raunchy yet heartfelt Netflix comedy 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z An interruption by an actress — Townley, ostensibly playing herself — gives these ideas a philosophical and feminist spin. Review | Coronavirus looms over this play set during a plague. But ‘The Amateurs’ speaks to timeless concerns. 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z Toward the end of the car ride, the narrator has a moment where he begins to suspect that while he and Duncan are ostensibly in agreement, they’re actually referring to different things. Saïd Sayrafiezadeh on Acting and Amateurism 2018-09-03T04:00:00Z Occasionally he would invite them to his house on weekends, ostensibly to watch football, only to flip the channel to C-SPAN. A conservative judge helped stop Trump on Jan. 6. He wants to finish the job. 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z Based on the video quality, even the ostensibly recent interviews appear to be quite old. ‘Dateline-Saigon’ Review: Challenging the Official Story 2020-07-14T04:00:00Z Though fashion is a world that seems “ostensibly accessible,” as Ms. Coles said, especially now that shows are livestreamed on every social media platform, it’s actually much more nuanced than feature films ever really credit. In ‘Cruella,’ Fashion Is Toxic 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z Similarly, the elements ostensibly centered on theodicies and determinism are frustratingly low-level, and it’s here that the novel’s extensive reliance on magic most impairs deep inquiry. On Loony Island, a Malignant Priest Strips Mental Patients of Free Will 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z After the Nama joined the fight against the German colonizers, they were also targeted, and colonial officials set up concentration camps, ostensibly to provide labor for German-owned businesses, in which hundreds of prisoners died. A Movie Confronts Germany’s Other Genocide 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z Another ostensibly miscast actor was Simon Russell Beale in the title role of “Hamlet.” Theater Talkback: Just When You Think You Know Somebody . . . 2010-09-01T21:24:00Z And this second season admirably plumbs the bitter, bleak crises burbling beneath the facade of wealth these families have constructed, ostensibly for the sake of their children but demonstrably to impress and one-up each other. Where did the "Big Little Lies" spark go? 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z Diagnosed with cancer, Willoughby takes his own life ostensibly to save his family and friends from the burden of his long, inexorable decline into illness. Three Billboards' portrayal of dwarfism is reductive and ableist, and I would know | Eva Squire 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z It’s on the Cartoon Network, and its target audience is ostensibly boys of Finn’s age. Second (and third) time’s a charm 2012-12-11T16:04:00Z The ostensibly meaningless "Bum bum be-dum" refrain in Rihanna's Disturbia, for example, is decoded as: "You good-for-nothing, idiotic person, let yourself become dumb, stop thinking and let yourself be hypnotised and possessed." Lady Gaga and the New World Order 2010-07-01T20:59:00Z God knows what my family thought hearing me ask the evil spirits who prey on mortal thoughts to "unsex me here" while ostensibly studying for exams. 'Macbeth' succeeds in avoiding its onstage curse when it's on-screen 2015-11-28T05:00:00Z The search for love is still ostensibly at its core but, by this point, the spectacle surrounding it is at least as much of a draw as anything else. What’s on TV Monday: ‘The Bachelor’ and ‘The Family Farm’ 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z But there are also plenty of parallels to the present in Sondheim’s sharp-eyed song cycle of the ostensibly dispossessed and in Weidman’s often casually violent dialogue. Review: This Revival of Sondheim’s ‘Assassins’ Misses Its Mark 2021-11-14T05:00:00Z Though we all ostensibly come together for the picture-perfect moment when Dad carves up the big bird, or slices up the roast, the real excitement is the flurry of activity that happens around cocktail hour. 28 make-ahead Christmas appetizers for a stress-free holiday 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z This ostensibly life-threatening confrontation ends with everyone deciding to work together to find Eric, because when you stop and think about it, all the major characters on the show grudgingly have each other's back. "True Blood" recap: Good Eric, bad Bill 2011-07-11T05:01:00Z Made by two Pixar veterans, “The Dam Keeper” was ostensibly for children, but unlike many of the other nominated works wasn’t particularly funny. Under Siege From a Mysterious Fog 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z We are sitting here today ostensibly to talk about his new film, Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them, JK Rowling’s return to the world of Harry Potter. Eddie Redmayne: ‘I loved Harry Potter, so I don’t want to screw up’ 2016-11-06T04:00:00Z What was ostensibly the album's lead single, H.A.M, may not actually appear on the record. Jay-Z begins work on new album 2011-07-11T12:08:26Z Betsey Johnson took the stage at 9:30 p.m. on Monday, ostensibly to accept the style icon award from the Accessories Council, a trade organization for the $54-billion-a-year industry. Eva Longoria, Victoria Justice and Grandmaster Flash at the Fashion Accessories Dinner 2017-08-09T04:00:00Z The movie follows the optometrist as he visits a handful of perpetrators, ostensibly to check their eyes, but also to ask them about their roles in the murders. When the Oscars really matter: A nominee tries to show how the U.S. aided a genocide 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z Morgan’s script, though ostensibly spurred by matters of disease and financial crimes, is less misanthrope than optimistic. 360: A Long Way Around to Find Love 2012-08-03T13:00:56Z This is ostensibly to remind us that dads are more than just the two-dimensional buffoons we see on TV and in the movies. A Brief History of Father's Day (and Why I'm Against It) 2014-06-14T04:00:00Z Just as telling, Hank’s has seen an increase in phone calls, ostensibly from furloughed workers, who are asking about shutdown specials, Gabice says. D.C. restaurants grapple with drop in business from government shutdown 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z Every other woman in the dozens-deep class was wearing a “cute outfit” and had their hair and makeup done for what was ostensibly an athletic tryout, she says. The women wrestlers of WWE have created a movement. Is it built to last? 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z They fancy themselves alt-right handmaidens of a reinvigorated white culture and spokeswomen for their ostensibly beleaguered male defenders. Alt-right women and the "white baby challenge" 2019-07-14T04:00:00Z I’m 38 years old, ostensibly successful, but I wouldn’t say I’m any happier than I was when I was 18 or 19, or any more miserable. Ryan Reynolds on Self/less, Parenthood, and Why He's Trying Comic-Book Movies Again 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z Like jazz and folk, it is, in its ostensibly pure form, appreciated in small corners by enthusiasts. Review: Paul Butterfield’s Story Is Told in ‘Horn From the Heart’ 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z Plus, of course, all of this is just in the United States, where we do have a Constitution that ostensibly gives us the legal right to not be religious. Atheists fight discrimination too 2012-08-09T18:26:00Z And it was Prouty, Stone said, who turned him on to “The Report From Iron Mountain,” a 1967 document ostensibly written by a secret panel of military planners. Oliver Stone Rewrites History — Again 2012-11-25T03:37:22Z This is a fittingly mystical epigram from a writer whose characters strive for ostensibly reachable goals and, tragically or amusingly, never manage to get any closer to them. What if We Stopped Pretending the Climate Apocalypse Can Be Stopped? 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z When an appetizer sampler from Chili's — complete with sticky wings, Southwest eggrolls and sliders — could ostensibly qualify as charcuterie under the ever-broadening guidelines, it may be time to reassess the situation. "Everything is a spritz, nothing is a spritz": Notes on creativity, cocktails and bad copies 2023-07-10T04:00:00Z But I find this novel has stuck with me in ways that ostensibly “better” ones have not. Times Critics’ Top Books of 2017 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z But Claudine, also a fairy, seems to be able to hang out in the human world just fine despite ostensibly eating human soul fruit. "True Blood" recap 4x1: Of fairies, brujas, and "Office Space" 2011-06-26T07:01:00Z Last week, fans who signed up at new site likeclockwork.tv were treated to an eerie voicemail, ostensibly from the album's cover star, The Vampyre of Time and Memory. Queens of the Stone Age unveil new teaser track for Like Clockwork album 2013-05-07T11:17:37Z A cynic could argue that all ostensibly happy marriages are really power struggles in disguise. Cannes and Hollywood: a feisty marriage 2013-05-14T08:00:03Z I relied on a “scientific” explanation to the way we react to something that is ostensibly miraculous and inexplicable. Q&A with J.M. Sidorova, Seattle author of ‘The Age of Ice’ 2013-08-09T21:33:45Z Still, “Lonesome West” ultimately draws its power from an ostensibly calmer central sequence, in which the feuding siblings do not appear. ‘The Lonesome West’: Irish brothers seeing red turn the comedy deliciously black 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z He’s ostensibly compassionate, and says he sees LeMarcus as a son. ‘National Champions’ Review: A College Football Revolution 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z The words that cut like daggers here are often ostensibly neutral numbers, the kind that abruptly remind you of how many years have passed and how much got away from you as they moved by. ArtsBeat: London Theater Journal: Surprised by 'Betrayal' 2011-07-13T16:31:48Z The Museum of Civilizations of Ivory Coast near the center of town was closed, ostensibly for inventory taking after it was looted of millions in art during the crisis. An Art Critic In Africa: Salif Diabagat? and Other Artists Struggle in Africa 2012-04-15T04:10:00Z In the magazine this week, I write about the vexed intersection of air travel and the Internet, two technologies that ostensibly facilitate rapid communication between distant regions of the globe. The Fortifying Pleasures of YouTube Cockpit Videos 2016-01-29T05:00:00Z The institute sets out to find Kyle a new leading lady, ostensibly for his next blockbuster, “The Kill Plan.” Review | ‘The Arrangement’ is quite clear: It’s a drama based on Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z In doing so, he reveals that even though “display” ostensibly means “to make a prominent exhibition of something where it can be easily seen,” many such public presentations have problematically exploitive semi-hidden agendas. A Poetry Collection That Opens Up Like a Cabinet of Curiosities 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z They read excerpts from the deeply critical book about President Donald Trump’s first year in office, ostensibly as contenders for a spoken word Grammy prize. Hillary Clinton surprises with Grammy 'Fire and Fury' spoof 2018-01-28T05:00:00Z Those goals are ostensibly aligned because the players get recruitment benefits from succeeding on the field and in the classroom. ‘Last Chance U’ Travels to Oakland, Just Like the Players 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z Curtis’s films often use the very same agitprop techniques—bold, seemingly authoritative text and voiceover, editing tuned for maximum dialectic juxtaposition—that he ostensibly critiques. The Documentary “Bitter Lake” Remixes the BBC 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z The candidates listen to the question and then begin the delicate work of emphasizing that gender parity — ostensibly a priority for many Democratic voters — is also a priority for them. Perspective | The hazards of asking male candidates whether they’d choose a female running mate 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z The directors Martin Desmond Roe and Travon Free have gained unfettered access to Johnson to retrace the coach’s founding of a football academy ostensibly intended to help Black athletes succeed. ‘BS High’ Review: Greed and Football 2023-08-23T04:00:00Z “NOW” is ostensibly about the last production of the Bridge Project, an ambitious collaboration of British and American actors that took its work to stages around the world. Movie Review: ‘NOW’ Chronicles a Traveling Production of ‘Richard III’ 2014-05-01T23:01:24Z But Paul said that about two years ago, he received a phone call from Gilligan, ostensibly to talk about plans to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the debut of “Breaking Bad.” ‘Breaking Bad’ Movie, Starring Aaron Paul, Coming to Netflix in October 2019-08-24T04:00:00Z This German singer’s songs are ostensibly about heartbreak, material excess, partying and other escapades, but they’re also about pop music itself. 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z Two small, illuminating exhibitions of work by Helen Frankenthaler at the Clark Art Institute, one of paintings and the other of woodcuts, together suggest nature lurks throughout the imagery of this ostensibly unyielding formalist. Berkshire Tour: Formalism Relaxes, Handcraft Goes Digital 2017-08-30T04:00:00Z The set was ostensibly a reference to the landscapes of Mr. Scott’s Texan boyhood. Post-Lockdown Paris? Think Youth and Sex. 2021-06-29T04:00:00Z More interesting, at least initially, was the continuing investigation into Luther's ostensibly crooked ways. Luther recap: series three, episode two 2013-07-09T21:01:00Z Furthermore, this would help limit the amount of water that's necessary for dairy farming and, of course — ostensibly result in a bunch of happier cows. Ben & Jerry's owner may launch ice cream made from cow-free dairy 2022-12-04T05:00:00Z In her twenties, ostensibly her prime decade, Russell made only three pictures. Remembering "The Two and Only" Jane Russell: 1921-2011 2011-03-04T09:05:00Z Which brings us to Rebus, ostensibly the reason for meeting. Ian Rankin: 'I am, of course, a frustrated rock star' 2012-11-18T00:05:11Z And that this is ostensibly a great relationship between a married couple, and then the wheels just totally fall off the bus. Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Nicole Holofcener on the Absurdity of Everyday Life 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z He moves into the treacherous waters of “Novacane,” a song ostensibly about drugs, but more poignantly the numbing ache of loneliness. Lollapalooza Day 2: Chief Keef, Frank Ocean, Chili Peppers and an evacuation 2012-08-05T07:02:00Z The subject of the book is ostensibly racial identity, but Hong confesses to feeling unsure and unsettled about her authority to write it. ‘Minor Feelings’ Rescues Personal Experience From the Expectations of Others 2020-02-17T05:00:00Z And ostensibly, it was the reason one would spend an hour or more at Rack, which opened here last month, the first in New York. | Nordstrom Rack: Thrift Shopping at Nordstrom Rack in Manhattan 2010-06-16T18:27:00Z This was ostensibly a reference to the Federation’s longstanding battle with the Borg, but it also might as well been about “The Next Generation” franchise. ‘Star Trek: Picard’ Series Finale Recap: Saying Farewell 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z Women ostensibly have more choices, but at a price: The safe zone between “dressing like a man” and “flaunting one’s body” is a narrow, ever-shifting path, with harsh penalties for missteps. @Work Advice: The case of the offensive cleavage 2016-05-31T04:00:00Z I’d moved months earlier to New Orleans, ostensibly for a job as a newspaper reporter. I love a rapist’s artwork: A brutal crime, a delicate work 2015-01-01T05:00:00Z Other additions to the property were intentional and ostensibly aesthetic. The Time Capsule 2016-10-22T04:00:00Z The “Harry Potter” author was exposed by a newspaper on July 14 as the author of “The Cuckoo’s Calling,” a thriller ostensibly written by former soldier and first-time novelist Robert Galbraith. Rowling Accepts Donation for Identity Revelation 2013-07-31T14:03:40Z You are, after all, ostensibly among those who reside on a list called ”friends.” In support of Facebook’s sea of red for equality 2013-03-27T15:05:00Z And Kafka, too, while ostensibly writing a conspicuously unornamented mature German prose, nonetheless looked to the quasi-allegorical properties of Hassidic folk tales for his formal properties. Will Self: The musical world of Franz Kafka 2012-10-05T21:55:12Z On a show that’s often disarmingly accurate in capturing the angst of teenage outsiderdom, the performance numbers, these ostensibly grand moments of emotional redemption, regularly make for the least compelling bits. Television: ?Glee?: Attitude, Yes, but Without a Song in Its Heart 2010-04-10T04:10:00Z Teen Wolf is ostensibly based on a Michael J. Fox movie from 1985, and it retains some elements of the original. Teen Wolf 2011-06-03T15:35:00Z Germany Year Zero is ostensibly about a 13-year-old scrabbling to survive in the chaos of defeated Germany, but it's the ruined city itself, with broken buldings and dubious denizens, that is the real subject.• 10 of the best films set in Berlin 2011-08-17T09:51:19Z Snoop ostensibly converted to Rastafarianism when he recorded his current album in Jamaica last year, a process recorded in the documentary Reincarnated. Snoop Lion lays into Bunny Wailer for questioning his dedication to Rastafarianism 2013-04-25T11:43:54Z One of the queasy draws of women-in-peril-at-home movies is how they make literal the dangers that can lurk in traditionally feminized, ostensibly safe domestic spaces. ‘KIMI’ Review: Sure She’s Paranoid, but Something Really Is Out There 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z “All we really have is today,” Kanye said, huddled with President Trump in October, ostensibly to talk about prison reform. Perspective | Whose hero’s journey was it anyway? Your 2018 in review 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z While ostensibly we were already watching a ballroom battle, the producers decided to add a layer of meta-ness to the evening’s program by putting a dance battle within a ballroom battle. Dancing with the Stars Watch: Classical Week Results 2012-05-02T12:30:01Z Mr. Smith’s trumpet is all the things that electrified music ostensibly isn’t: slow, shapely, somatic, preverbal. The Best Albums of 2017 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z It's typical of Dickie to see the redeemable in an ostensibly hostile and forbidding character. Kate Dickie: 'I've been angst-ridden all my life' 2010-12-02T23:00:00Z Daniels’ series would ostensibly train its satirical crosshairs on the abundant, self-evident stupidity of this enterprise, and through it, the antagonistic senselessness of Trumpism as a political philosophy. Crash landing: Space Force is not the Trump satire we need right now 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z He’s ostensibly just playing along to win back a girlfriend who’s just given him the boot, but he soon finds himself uncomfortably caught up in the manufactured drama. Theater: To Court Your Ex, Try a Reality Show 2013-07-12T17:55:09Z If you’re exiting Chatt Town on the south side, veer over to Rock City on Lookout Mountain to where — ostensibly — one can see seven states. 36 Hours in Chattanooga 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z Between every few songs, a woman read some of the day’s Associated Press reports — tax legislation, Iran’s nuclear program, Wikileaks, in Australia — ostensibly to change the context for the songs. Music Review: Folky Strokes, With Dabs of News, Video and Static 2010-12-08T23:03:00Z The session ends with her encouraging Paul to continue nurturing this tiny seed of passion, ostensibly by describing all his sexual fantasies about her, hopefully in a lot of detail. "In Treatment" recap: Finally, some sexual tension 2010-11-17T13:30:00Z In part because she was a woman, and one who at least ostensibly exploited traditional models of femininity, her role in late-20th-century American vanguard culture has been undervalued, though not by Paik. Nam June Paik’s Work at Asia Society 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z As Tolson, Hammer purrs and preens, ostensibly as gay as Bill Tilden, but DiCaprio’s Hoover can take little pleasure in the nearness of the man he loves. Clint Eastwood's J. Edgar: Yanking the FBI Chief Out of the Closet 2011-11-08T16:35:25Z The chain’s “Mexican Flavor Fiesta” menu features items that is ostensibly fast food Mexican on crust. Pizza Hut’s “Mexican Flavor Fiesta” is the latest in fast food atrocities 2014-11-14T05:00:00Z He admitted to something — ostensibly, to committing acts of violence against children, against his own sisters — but it doesn’t matter. Josh Duggar didn’t make a “mistake” — he’s going to get away with sexual assault 2015-05-26T04:00:00Z Never before had we seen someone become physically ill just from eating something that was, ostensibly food. This is what happens when you leave McDonald’s food out for 2 years 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z It is, ostensibly, a living room, containing everything from an interwoven bamboo tabletop inspired by an Astuccio fur coat from 1971 to watercolor illustrations of previous Fendi editions at the event. A Fashion Guide to Miami Art Week 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z Books and podcasts are mediums that should, ostensibly, complement each other. “Case Closed,” Reviewed: Do We Really Want a True-Crime Podcast With Answers? 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z And it argues its case by examining 38 other ostensibly liberatory images of Black subjects that predate and postdate this one. ‘Carpeaux Recast’: A Sculptural Gem With a Knotty Back Story 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z The reality show, whose latest season ended on Sunday, is ostensibly about choosing the best rookie director to shoot the best possible original movie. ‘Project Greenlight’ Gives Rookie Director a Hollywood Education 2015-11-01T04:00:00Z The three governesses of the title have been employed at a country estate, ostensibly to care for the family’s four sons. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z It was a controversial move that turns an ostensibly woman-powered show on its head, giving all the control back to the scrum of men. Why Did 'The Bachelorette' Let Rape Jokes Air? 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z For much of their affiliation, which lasted until June of this year, she was ostensibly an equal partner in their business. Gabrielle Hamilton, April Bloomfield, and the Problem with Leaving Women to Clean Up the Mess 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z Settling scores, wrapping up loose ends and taking a victory lap — the main objects of the game this ostensibly last time around — generate some comic sparks as well as a few honest tears. ‘Avengers: Endgame’ Review: The Real Heroes Were the Friends We Made Along the Way 2019-04-23T04:00:00Z Weldon traveled alone from New York to the Dakota Territory, ostensibly to paint a portrait of Lakota Sioux tribal chief Sitting Bull. Chastain's Sitting Bull film pays heed to indigenous voices 2017-09-11T04:00:00Z Together, they are architects of destruction — ostensibly of the people on camera, but really of themselves. Lifetime’s ‘UnREAL’ Traces the Cracks in Reality TV’s Fourth Wall 2015-05-31T04:00:00Z His new work was, ostensibly, in a belle epoque mode: a series of installations he referred to not as art but as “décor,” evoking luxury salons and movie sets. ‘Marcel Broodthaers,’ a Knot of Riddles in a MoMA Retrospective 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z Merc has retreated to a lovely, secluded spot in rural New England, ostensibly to work on material for a contractually mandated new album. ‘Down With the King’ Review: A Rapper in the Wilderness 2022-06-28T04:00:00Z That show ostensibly rewards talented amateur dancers, but it is fashioned to feed the vanity of Ms. Abdul. ArtsBeat: The TV Watch: Life After Simon for 'Idol' 2011-01-20T12:26:17Z Everything else wears the same thick coat of fuzz they’ve been messing with for more than a decade, the same digital decay that now ostensibly obscures some of the band’s most deeply personal lyrics. REVIEW: The Raveonettes Tackle Childhood Trauma on Pe'ahi 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z He sometimes repeats parts of Alex’s story, ostensibly to layer them with more perspectives and information each time, but the information he adds is often insufficient to warrant the retellings. ‘Ranger Games’ Investigates a Crime and a Soldier’s Mind 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z There’s something vaguely feeble about this cautious approach to what is ostensibly an unapologetic gore fest. ‘Sisu’ Review: Sweat Wicking 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z But although both films were ostensibly the same, subtle differences in the language and performances created a world of difference between the two. This week's new exhibitions 2011-07-29T23:10:59Z A final part of the pattern that emerged with last year’s high-profile abusers was contrition, ostensibly as a table setting for rehabilitation. Hip-Hop’s Year of Dangerous Living Put the Accused on the Charts 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z Through it all stroll the Americans, genially observing the chaos they have ostensibly come to relieve, playing the part of the benevolent liberator. Whimsy and War: Boris Vian’s Two Minds 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z A television monitor plays footage of the same performers, ostensibly offering variations in the narrative. Theater Review: ?There We Will Be Buried,? at the Whitney Biennial 2012-05-18T21:26:58Z Fast-forward to the present where in the United States we have recently inaugurated the Donald Trump administration in what is ostensibly a democracy but that increasingly feels like an authoritarian regime. Hitting Trump where it hurts: The satire troops take up comedy arms against Donald Trump 2017-02-11T05:00:00Z The Times - Alex Hardy The first episode, set exclusively in the dark grandeur of the men's flat, was ostensibly a wake for a dead friend. ITV's gay sitcom fails to impress 2013-04-30T10:12:43Z It’s exactly the kind of ahistorical, impersonal, ostensibly color-blind approach to which Peele’s film brilliantly responds. “The Lovers” and the Limitations of the Modern Rom-Com 2017-05-03T04:00:00Z “This one is ostensibly stranger,” says Iuzzolino, “but bit by bit, you go, My God – this is like Chekhov.” 'It's better than The Sopranos': the foreign TV you'll be bingeing on this summer 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z That is, she can make husband Kanye West so proud he begins to tweet nonsensical messages, ostensibly about her breasts. “I’M SO LUCKY”: Kanye West plays proud husband, tweets naked photos of Kim Kardashian 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z When the teens are taken on an outing to a local diner, Cameron sneaks off, ostensibly to the bathroom, and uses a pay phone to call Coley. “The Miseducation of Cameron Post,” Reviewed: An Empathetic But Unimaginative Tale of Gay Conversion Therapy 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z Don't be duped by the ostensibly tragic finale: that dead old man was just an impostor. Alter Argo: Iranian film to tell other side of hostage crisis 2013-01-11T17:37:56Z Ms. Weigel died in 1971, and though management of the ensemble ostensibly passed from the family, Brecht’s three children became his literary heirs and thus maintained a measure of artistic control. Barbara Brecht-Schall, Guardian of Father’s Plays, Dies at 84 2015-09-02T04:00:00Z The 13 short episodes are ostensibly devoted to different aspects of making and understanding art. Can Jeff Koons Teach Me to Paint? 2020-12-27T05:00:00Z And what is this ostensibly essential bit of knowledge? Masterpiece Theater: A Tale of Dueling Art Books for Kids 2021-05-14T04:00:00Z In each, the woman portrayed is the Filipina-American artist herself, dressed up in the ostensibly authentic garb of an unidentified native. Review: ‘Everything has been material for scissors to shape’ is a flow of textiles, interrupted 2017-03-21T04:00:00Z None of this history has ever shown through into Britney’s previous musical output, and despite Britney Jean ostensibly being Spears’ “most personal” record, it’s nowhere to be found here, either. Britney Spears’ “Most Personal” Record Lacks Personality 2013-12-05T10:45:38Z Adding to the controversy quotient is that the ostensibly Japanese “Mikado” characters have traditionally been performed by non-Asian actors. A ‘Mikado’ for a modern age — minus Japan, but complete with a bar 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z But especially in the later examples, images of the ostensibly natural world and its denizens become metaphorical mirrors of an irrepressibly lively mind. Art Review: ?Colorful Realm,? Works by Ito Jakuchu at National Gallery 2012-03-29T21:27:01Z The music presses on, backing vocals coming in to ostensibly join me for the chorus. You can dance, you can jive — at Stockholm’s kitschy ABBA museum 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z The song is ostensibly the lead single from an as-of-yet-unnamed fifth album from Gaga, which she started hinting at way back in January. Here's What We Know About Lady Gaga's "Perfect Illusion" 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z Even after shots erupt, initially in the distance and then at closer range, these ostensibly fearful characters don’t bother to turn the volume down on their cacophony. Review: In ‘Good Friday,’ an Unblinking Look at Rape Culture 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z But Quality Athletics is a sports bar in the same way that Skillet is a diner, Hollywood Tavern is a roadhouse and Westward is a fish house: archly, ironically, ostensibly, but not really. Quality Athletics is changing the sports-bar playbook 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z When President Obama recently issued an executive order updating and expanding overtime protections, outcry from ostensibly liberal industries revealed the limits of their progressivism. The 6 most ludicrous myths TV perpetuates about class in America 2016-06-12T04:00:00Z Though the atmosphere is funereal, the occasion is ostensibly happy—a baptism on Easter Sunday. Premonitions of a Florida Ravaged by Climate Change 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z Maybe it’s intended as comic relief, because much of “Unapologetic” is a tough listen, ostensibly a pop album from one of the biggest pop stars of our time that’s dark and emotionally complex. Album review: Rihanna, 'Unapologetic' 2012-11-19T20:57:00Z What makes him ostensibly interesting isn’t his job or body count; what’s intriguing, at least before your eyes finally glaze over, is that he’s dull. ‘The Killer’ Review: He’s a Deadly Bore 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z For Mr. Younger, the inevitability of financial folly — and real bankers’ odd veneration of ostensibly evil characters like Gekko, an irony he highlighted in “Boiler Room” — has turned him sour. Arts & Leisure: ?Margin Call,? From J. C. Chandor, Looks at Wall Street 2011-10-12T11:01:11Z Wolsey dies with Cromwell’s name on his lips, but his old protégé is miles away, ostensibly attending to the cardinal’s affairs but attending just as sedulously to his own. 'Wolf Hall' Recap: Cromwell Shows Us His Two Sides 2015-04-12T04:00:00Z But not too long ago, he sent his big sister, Amy, a script, ostensibly to verify that it was formatted correctly. Greg Poehler Plays a Transplant in ‘Welcome to Sweden’ 2014-07-04T04:00:00Z “It’s not a record that you would expect to hear from someone who is ostensibly the most famous and most relevant rap star of the day,” Mr. Caramanica says. ArtsBeat Blog: Popcast: Drake and Romeo Santos 2011-11-17T20:32:57Z It’s from within the enabling, ennobling, and ostensibly sane frameworks of their business ventures that they find ways to pursue destructive and violent visions of godlike transcendence. Werner Herzog’s Internet Visionaries 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z A recent YouTube series, “Best Shape of My Life,” that ostensibly targeted his non-superhero dad bod was really about unbuckling his own strictures of behavior. A Slap Could Sting the Smith Family Brand 2022-04-02T04:00:00Z “Work Clean” is ostensibly about mise en place, which is the system used in professional kitchens to organize the workday. What to Cook This Weekend 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z “The reluctance — or outright refusal — of ostensibly grown men to behave like adults is more than just a favored theme of modern movie comedy,” A. O. Scott wrote in The Times in March. Video: New DVDs: ‘Gremlins 2: The New Batch,’ ‘The Space Children’ 2012-06-17T02:43:01Z In both works, ostensibly ordinary people are allowed opportunities for self-expression normally reserved for the likes of Gene Kelly and Judy Garland. Review: In ‘Good Samaritans,’ They Sing and Dance, but This Isn’t ‘La La Land’ 2017-02-15T05:00:00Z Her eyes are open, and she’s holding her nose, timing her breath ostensibly for health reasons. ‘Corsage’ Review: A Queen in Quiet Rebellion 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z The classic example is a 1993 ruling by a federal judge that “Rio Nero,” a mobile ostensibly by Alexander Calder, was the real thing. When Judging Art’s Authenticity, the Law vs. the Market 2012-08-05T20:26:23Z Sam, who is in his mid-20s but looks and acts like a junior high school Baldwin brother, cons Marshall into driving him to Long Island, ostensibly to mend their fraying friendship. | 'Ceremony': Here Comes the Bride, a Wedding Crasher in Pursuit 2011-04-07T20:48:34Z For all its Tolkienesque grandeur, the Battle of Winterfell felt oddly inert, main characters ostensibly fighting for their lives though we never really believed they were in jeopardy. Stop the nitpicking! This season of Game of Thrones is miraculous 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z Stories have come to light about Amazon's practice of transcribing conversations overheard via its Echo devices, ostensibly to help train the system. "Amazon Empire" is PBS' frightening look at Jeff Bezos' relentless capitalist success story 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z "Their employment was terminated by the trustees of Raising Malawi Academy for Girls ostensibly following the change of plan not to build the school as planned," Chirambo said. Malawi charity workers sue Madonna over payments 2011-03-27T17:24:05Z It was also his father who suggested he apply for drama school, ostensibly as an interlude until the fire department came calling. Steve Buscemi: ‘I feel I haven’t fulfilled my true potential' 2017-09-17T04:00:00Z The police and school administrators provided the badges to ostensibly prevent truancy and child abductions. Big Brother invades our classrooms 2012-10-08T13:10:00Z When Benjamin arrives at his parents’ lavish Pasadena mansion, he finds they’re throwing a party, ostensibly in his honour, though everyone present is at least twice his age. Here’s to you, Mrs Robinson: why The Graduate unites warring generations 50 years on 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z The hurricane arrived, wrecking Dexter’s boat and ostensibly killing him, too. Get Your Kill Room Ready. Dexter Is Back. 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z I’m much more interested in the latter, and that interest brought rewards that far exceeded that of the ostensibly grand narrative revelation at the end of “Jedi.” What the Seven “Star Wars” Films Reveal About George Lucas 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z In “The Ditch,” which has been seamlessly rendered into English by his regular translator, Sam Garrett, Koch again seeks to show the fault lines beneath the surface of ostensibly civilized society. A Dutch Novelist Pokes Holes in His Country’s Pretensions 2019-06-11T04:00:00Z But in mid-December, he posted a more casual black-and-white photo of him in a tracksuit, ostensibly before a show, along with a reflective missive. How Harry Styles became an even bigger star – and the one we needed the most – in 2022 2022-12-26T05:00:00Z They may, ostensibly, seek to teach, but the more necessary lesson, perhaps unbeknownst to even the teacher herself, can’t be taught in the kitchen. Eating Alone in China 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z Nxivm spawned a web of internet “companies,” including The Knife, a website ostensibly dedicated to rating news reporting for objectivity. Nxivm Had a Cult Leader Made for the Internet 2020-09-14T04:00:00Z We never see the director after we leave Miami, ostensibly because he is holding the camera through which we are viewing these events. The Hidden Stars of This Year’s Sundance: Hoaxes, Hucksters, and Glamorous Frauds 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z All made this year, these paintings each ostensibly depict a planet looming above an object on the ground, whether a bicycle or a ghostly looking shrub created with a palette knife scraping away lime-green paint. 5 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now 2020-12-09T05:00:00Z Sam cons Marshall into driving him to Long Island, ostensibly to mend their fraying friendship. 'Ceremony': Not much pomp in this wedding-crasher 2011-04-28T20:07:26Z With that angelic procession, the cycle ostensibly begins anew. Three Days, Four Helicopters, One Bone-Shaking Opera Marathon 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z If you're a fan of the musician you ostensibly bought tickets to see, ignoring them while they're doing their job is downright insulting. The loudmouth at the concert: Why can’t people stop talking and listen to the music? 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z Written in 1890, the play is ostensibly about a dozen sightless people taken by their priest on an outing. ‘The Blind,’ Lera Auerbach’s Opera, Confronts Isolation 2013-07-05T17:16:44Z But even that seems unlikely, since many auditions are ostensibly “blind,” with musicians performing behind screens to ensure their anonymity. Critic?s Notebook: Orchestra Arrives On Big Screen 2011-01-10T23:01:21Z Just before her disastrous European tour last month, the infamously addicted singer entered a rehabilitation center on doctor's orders, ostensibly to ensure that she would be ready to perform. Should the music industry have tried to save Amy? 2011-07-26T19:32:14Z Her style is ostensibly expressionist, loosely and sometimes sketchily painted but almost always given a weird specificity, thanks to an eye or mouth rendered with photo-realistic precision. New York Galleries: What to See Right Now 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z Mr. Giordano transfigures what ostensibly is a story of injury and defeat. Books of The Times: Paolo Giordano?s ?Solitude of Prime Numbers?: Scarred Souls 2010-03-11T22:53:00Z Too many Americans are not living in the same reality although they are ostensibly in the same country. "Trump's wall is based on a ridiculous fantasy": Scott Snyder on how reality is scarier than fiction 2020-10-31T04:00:00Z Autesserre was ostensibly in “the field” to help those afflicted by wars, disease and poverty, but she communicated with few civilians. How to Help Endangered and Impoverished Peoples 2021-03-02T05:00:00Z Other recent books join a long tradition of thinking about the suffering caused not only by malice but also by indifference, or by convenience, or even by ostensibly good intentions. New Books Update Our Thinking About Cruelty 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z Stalker is ostensibly about the Threat Assessment Unit of the LAPD, the group of cops in charge of preventing and solving cases that involve stalking. CBS's Stalker presents violence against women as a horror movie sideshow 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z In the Islamic world, many countries continue to ban Animal Farm, ostensibly because of its emphasis on pigs. Where's Lenin? 2010-04-16T23:08:00Z And while her fans ostensibly blanched at her mistakes, there’s little question that we also let it validate her work: Hey, she means it. The authenticity trap 2011-07-25T10:59:00Z Now ostensibly entering a new phase, or merely following through on its original promise, MTV is trying to capitalize on the national lust for shape-shifting narrative. Television Review: A Teenager Learns He?s a Breed Apart 2011-06-03T22:30:21Z An alarm sounded in the control room, but a guard ostensibly monitoring the battery of surveillance cameras saw nothing. The Dickensian Conditions of Life in a For-Profit Lockup 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z The question is what kind of show The Office can and should become—a question The Office is already ostensibly dealing with, but not very effectively or decisively. Help Wanted: Now James Spader Leaving The Office 2012-02-28T14:39:12Z It's a documentary, ostensibly, but it's also a genre-defying film about memory and fiction and their strange, liquid relationship with the truth. Trailer Trash 2013-06-08T23:05:28Z He spins in the middle as 12 others — the hours, ostensibly — swirl around him or form lines like a second hand sweeping across the stage. Review: Alvin Ailey Returns to Lincoln Center With a Tribute to Women 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z What was unusual — and disturbing to some experts in journalistic ethics — was the Republican conference’s conspicuous affiliation with Fox, an ostensibly nonpartisan news network. Fox News once banned its hosts from speaking at partisan events. Then it went all in on CPAC. 2021-03-01T05:00:00Z Despite dealing with ostensibly the same product, there seems to be a different business model at play. Blu-ray just gives me the blues 2011-04-13T15:01:07Z What I appreciate about this review is that though the focus is ostensibly on the food, it reads like a narrative of the American Dream, as lived by these two fine young me men. A Menu That Defies Tidy Categorization at Ok Lah! 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z The phishing scams led victims to Indonesia, ostensibly on a film job, before bilking them for travel expenses — a scheme said to have earned the con artist hundreds of thousands of dollars. 21 of the wildest cons in history 2022-03-12T05:00:00Z The question was “Why, in a world where now we’re ostensibly so much more progressive, were the female characters so much better then, and why did they have so much more to say?” Can real men love ‘Little Women’? Greta Gerwig thinks they should. 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z A poem ostensibly about the Trojan War leads her to the following query: what if waris just a male version of dressing up,a game devised to avoidprofound spiritual questions? Books of The Times: Louise Glück: ‘Poems 1962-2012’ 2012-11-08T22:39:48Z She soars while he falls, succumbing, at least ostensibly, to his addictions. In ‘A Star Is Born,’ Equality Is Deadly 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z Crops grow, shelter is built, and a rainbow coalition of fit-looking boys seem to enjoy their time in what is ostensibly a prison. The Maze Runner review – the acting's great. Shame about the rest of it 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z Essentially, to stash someone is to start a relationship with them but fail to announce it publicly, leaving the stasher free to lead an ostensibly single life while keeping a partner in reserve. Stashing: the questionable art of hiding your new partner online 2017-08-23T04:00:00Z Even though Mr. Thein Sein has ostensibly put the country on the path to democracy, Myanmar is hardly free from malign influences. Visiting Myanmar: It’s Complicated 2012-08-03T16:32:39Z With the final episode of the show airing on Sunday, is the overarching lesson of the six seasons of this groundbreaking and ostensibly feminist show that women’s friendships are difficult, or even toxic? 'You're a bad friend!': Girls dared to show the toxic side of female friendships 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z Freedom tells the story of Patty, her environmentalist husband Walter, and their children Jessica and Joey, an ostensibly happy American family who begin to fall apart. Jonathan Franzen: 'I must be near the end of my career ? people are starting to approve' 2010-09-24T23:03:00Z Wenatchee is where “What the Constitution Means to Me” ostensibly takes place. Review | Seeing Broadway’s ‘What the Constitution Means to Me’ feels like a patriotic act. Here’s why. 2019-03-31T04:00:00Z After Felder met with Lemmon and attended a performance of his show, the two began to collaborate on transforming what was ostensibly a cabaret act into a play. Chris Lemmon channels his Pops in 'Jack Lemmon Returns' 2014-06-07T04:00:00Z The Abbottabad approach could be win-win: while ostensibly reclaiming the town for more mainstream holidaymakers, there's nothing to stop the new park benefiting from Bin Laden pilgrims too. What Leicester needs is a Richard III theme park 2013-02-10T00:05:24Z The name of the guy who ostensibly wrote the book was Raynal; he got kicked out of France, whereas Diderot, who wrote the most incendiary parts, got to stay. Diderot Was Way Ahead of His Time — and He Knew It 2019-01-27T05:00:00Z Indeed, Dan doesn’t even discuss Medicare reform in an article ostensibly dedicated to reducing spending. Is the Conservative Establishment Against Entitlement Reform? 2012-01-18T18:35:49Z “They are films that are ostensibly about race but are extended polemics where so-called progressive Whites are saying ‘I’m the only one who has a reasonable perspective on this and Blacks are irrational and unreasonable.” Dear Hollywood: Let's Stop Making Movies Like "Black or White" 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z He decamped to Los Angeles in 1971, ostensibly to write material for “The Funny Side,” a new NBC variety show starring Gene Kelly. Dave Frishberg, Writer of Songs Sardonic and Nostalgic, Dies at 88 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z In Angola and nearby regions, white South African armies ostensibly fought communism in a long border war. ‘Moffie’ Review: A Bleak Coming-of-Age 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z “We are so comfortable sharing the most intimate parts of ourselves with total strangers, and then among the people we’re ostensibly the closest to, we don’t share anything.” Their songs and their names will linger in your ears: Pasek and Paul and 'Dear Evan Hansen' 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z He said the operation appeared to have been carried out with appropriate preparation and care to avoid civilian casualties, despite the ostensibly unintended killing of Khan, who was with Awlaki at the time. Awlaki death stirs debate on targeting Americans 2011-10-01T05:38:00Z Hidden in those ostensibly simple lines about health are wise wellness philosophies covering food, fitness and making peace with one’s body image. Jane Austen believed beauty could come in every shape and size. What else can she teach us about wellness? 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z Kava bars—of which there are now two in New York City—exist, ostensibly, to hack this problem. Kava and the Rise of Healthy New York 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z Spouse Vs House If Bravo is the network devoted to baroque expressions of coastal affluence, TLC exists as its spirit cousin and opposition: a cable channel committed to the ostensibly bizarre habits of non-elites. | ?Spouse vs. House? : You Say Man Cave, I Say Good Taste 2011-05-03T16:48:04Z Although the play is ostensibly about making decisions, Mr. Silver said that the real subject is “the fragility of human connection.” A Staging for Vonnegut’s ‘Make Up Your Mind’ 2013-05-19T21:35:48Z Clinton ostensibly opposed the Vietnam War by 1968, but would establish herself in later years as one of the most hawkish figures in U.S. politics. Hillary Clinton lost sleep trying to talk Wellesley students out of Vietnam War protests 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z In the novel, servant Sue inducts Maud in the art of sex, ostensibly to prepare her for her wedding night. Sarah Waters: ‘The Handmaiden turns pornography into a spectacle – but it's true to my novel' 2017-04-08T04:00:00Z In what was ostensibly an attempt at humor, Weingarten runs through a list of foods that don't please his picky palate, like Old Bay seasoning and bleu cheese. How curry ketchup became an unexpected icon in post-war Germany 2021-09-12T04:00:00Z Two dancers walk a pair of other dancers, ostensibly prisoners, like dogs, crawling on their hands and knees, their faces covered by masks. Review: A Dance for Our Times Travels to a Dark Place 2022-11-13T05:00:00Z The character, who is ostensibly working to bridge a cultural divide, shares the difficulties of raising children according to his values. Sacha Baron Cohen’s “Who Is America?” Reviewed 2018-07-15T04:00:00Z The floor of Bunny Christie’s ostensibly naked green set cracks open to produce a crop of four-posters with plump pillows, mattresses and sheets that turn into trapezes. The Restorative Power of ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z No, the big bad here is fame, which ostensibly claws at Kelly from within and without. | 'Country Strong': I Am Woman. Hear Me Sob, Y?All. 2011-01-06T22:53:01Z For what is ostensibly an interactive show, the audience doesn’t communicate often with the actors; participation is mostly limited to the granting of leis and a kind of conga line. Review: ‘Wild Women of Planet Wongo,’ a Musical Comedy With a Sci-Fi Bent 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z Mr. Tao spoke eloquently about the work, which Prokofiev ostensibly composed as a birthday tribute to Stalin. Music Review: Conrad Tao at Weill Recital Hall 2012-02-29T23:01:35Z In this ballet the sky — ostensibly the background of demi-soloists and ensemble, all clad in white — is just as engaging as the stars and satellites. Dance Review: American Ballet Theater Gala at the Met Opera House 2013-05-14T20:34:16Z This is ostensibly to prevent shoplifting but it felt more symbolic, as though you must leave any remnant of the outside world behind. Finding Yourself in Los Angeles 2018-07-23T04:00:00Z The fact that it’s ostensibly about baseball is sort of an obstacle to get people to give the movie a shot. The Carpetbagger: It's 'Moneyball,' Not Baseball 2012-01-19T19:30:03Z They had several follow up meetings, ostensibly to talk about her career, but things turned more and more sexual, the prosecutor said. Weinstein rape accuser to testify in pivotal trial moment 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z The two women are ostensibly more moderate than Mr. Le Pen; their rhetoric nevertheless carries more than a whiff of racism. 3 Sobering Documentaries on Netflix, Fandor and Field of Vision 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z Even with something ostensibly practical like a lure, “it was odd, the way he took his time and painted them and stuff like that,” his son Richard said. Art: Letting His Life?s Work Do the Talking 2011-02-20T02:02:00Z Of course, the subject being tackled, the repression of women in a male-dominated society, was pretty confusing, too, since even the debaters who were ostensibly on the same side couldn’t seem to agree on much. Review: It’s Norman Mailer vs. Feminists in ‘The Town Hall Affair’ 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z But where he was nimble, the exhibition is clunky, shoehorning the interests of its corporate sponsor into an exhibition ostensibly designed to give us a more intimate view of the artist. 'Letters to Andy Warhol': Celebrity drives art exhibition, but in the end, is it a clunker? 2017-01-16T05:00:00Z I eagerly Googled their ostensibly homely honeys only to find that I’d been lied to and both wives are, disappointingly, very beautiful indeed. ‘Do they really think I'm his mother?’: life with a younger, hotter boyfriend 2019-08-17T04:00:00Z The modern era of commercial ghoulishness began in earnest in 1987, when Nike combined The Beatles' "Revolution" with sports figures both famous and unknown, ostensibly changing the world with their fantastic sneakers. Martin Luther King Jr., ultimate pitchman 2010-09-30T15:10:00Z Even an ostensibly playful piece like Mahler’s “Frühlingsmorgen” was infected with darkness: why won’t the song’s lazybones get up, as the singer keeps instructing him? Music Review: Bernarda Fink at Alice Tully Hall 2012-11-18T22:23:06Z Both plays present an ostensibly supportive group of friends who, over the course of many drinks, turn on one another and segue into anguished confessions. | 'That Championship Season': The Champs Reunite, Bearing the Nation?s Scars 2011-03-07T03:01:04Z This nostalgia comes to the fore, around year’s end, with the lists—a nostalgia for professionalism, for the ostensibly well-made film, for the film that flaunts a political opinion or a literary pedigree. The Best Movies of 2014 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z It’s a built-in guilt trip for patients, who wonder why they’re having a hard time when they’re ostensibly not supposed to be. Why can’t doctors tell cancer patients the truth? 2013-01-11T20:54:00Z In broad terms, TV is still embracing what critic Jenny Jaffe dubbed the “sadcom” – a show with an ostensibly comic outlook that trades in for pathos - but something special is happening in animation. In the golden age of TV the existential-animation is king 2017-09-11T04:00:00Z Entry to the Vault could be gained only by way of keys distributed, ostensibly at random, by artists sent to wander the aisles. The Elite Browse and Forage at Frieze Art Fair 2013-05-10T21:06:57Z “Though they were ostensibly designed to compliment a real woman’s fuller figure, the reality is that most of them make an average wearer’s behind, hips and stomach look . . . well, big.” The Jean War between millennials and Gen Z cannot be won 2021-05-09T04:00:00Z “Seeing Nature: Landscape Masterpieces from the Paul G. Allen Family Collection” is ostensibly about landscape, but the curators use that term elastically. A Microsoft billionaire gives the public a rare view of his art 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z It’s an interesting thing about passion, how coming from ostensibly opposite beliefs and directions, it can sometimes end up meeting in the same place. ArtsBeat: After a Flap, a Work Draws Attention 2010-12-09T20:09:00Z I’m in two scenes, one with Salman Rushdie on the deck, ostensibly looking out at the river and having a conversation about men and the exploitation of women. | Sexy Beast 2014-02-07T17:56:52Z As the conversation continues and deepens, the men’s interaction becomes increasingly physical, and there are moments when Gustav fastens his body onto Adolph’s, ostensibly to offer strength but looking like a succubus. | 'Creditors': Deconstructing Marriage: Strindberg at Harvey Theater 2010-04-21T22:25:00Z This intricately imagined novel is ostensibly set in the near future, though it sometimes reads less like prophecy and more like present-day journalism. The Future Is Here, and Uncomfortably Close to Home 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z His journey, although ostensibly to thank her for saving his job all those years ago, became a kind of penance for past mistakes. ‘The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy,’ by Rachel Joyce 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z During shoots, she found that scale and proximity often contradicted her expectations; she was strangely captivated by ostensibly unappealing parts of the body when she viewed them up close. Maisie Cousins’s Visceral Images of Desire and Decay 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z Another great distortion is the extent to which it ignores the collective nature of Parks’s ostensibly individual action. Rosa Parks’ activism wasn’t limited to a Montgomery bus 2013-03-15T16:57:00Z The original spinning direction was reversed on the advice of a group of feng shui masters, ostensibly to revolve wealth back into the financial district. Facts about Ferris wheels and the 10 tallest 2012-09-27T22:41:09Z The vignettes offer ample opportunities to watch ostensibly smart people behaving stupidly. Review: ‘L for Leisure,’ Vignettes of Graduate Students on Vacation 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z In terms of civilian slaughter, he declares, “our ostensibly democratic ally was the worst offender, contrary to the American image of the North Koreans as fiendish terrorists.” Books of The Times: Bruce Cumings?s ?Korean War,? Corrective on Conflict 2010-07-21T21:41:00Z And since one movement of the Handel suite was an Air with variations, this performance set the table for the second recital, on Tuesday, an ostensibly unrelated event at Alice Tully Hall. Review: Richard Egarr and Carlo Grante on Keyboards 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z Second place receives — apropos of our ostensibly animal-centered contest, not to mention double-entendre — the book “Boobies, Peckers and Tits: One Man’s Naked Perspective.” Style Invitational: Colt Following — the winning foals, and now time for grandfoals 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z It was really that I couldn't write a book ostensibly on hope because I was touring for one, and talk about beating a dead horse. Anne Lamott on coping with "existential exhaustion," from the healing power of Target to forgiveness 2021-03-10T05:00:00Z Often history – because it is ostensibly in the past – insinuates itself in surprising ways. Guardian book club: The Collected Stories by Lorrie Moore 2010-04-16T23:08:00Z The production moves smoothly and briskly in short segments, bogging down only and oddly in the ostensibly tense moments just before the clock strikes 12. ‘Cinderella,’ Streamlined, by New York Theater Ballet 2015-02-08T05:00:00Z The "Harry Potter" author was exposed by a newspaper earlier this month as the author of "The Cuckoo's Calling," a thriller ostensibly written by former soldier and first-time novelist Robert Galbraith. Rowling accepts donation for identity revelation 2013-07-31T13:11:35Z After being sent to a school near Paris for a few years to be Europeanized, he returned to St. Thomas in 1847, ostensibly to join the family business. Art Review: Populating the Landscape With Idealism 2011-08-04T21:46:17Z Granted, I often felt sucker-punched, too, maybe because I hadn’t expected such an ostensibly self-contained person to unravel so completely and convincingly. How Helen McCrory Shone, Even in a Haze of Mystery 2021-04-17T04:00:00Z “The Lost Girls” ostensibly has something to say about the female experience in J.M. ‘The Lost Girls’ Review: Wendy’s Telling of Peter Pan 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z He said he obtained seven prescriptions for them over two to three years from a doctor in Los Angeles, ostensibly for a sore back but in reality to give to women. Bill Cosby Deposition Reveals Calculated Pursuit of Young Women, Using Fame, Drugs and Deceit 2015-07-18T04:00:00Z Adults who managed to get into law school and who are ostensibly, serious, studious, intelligent human beings. Students: Don’t make “wildly inappropriate” comments about teachers 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z He spent the next four months ostensibly preparing to hand over to his successor while secretly battling through the courts to block publication, until eventually the injunction was lifted in May. Lord Browne: 'I thought being gay was basically wrong' 2014-05-24T04:00:00Z Eilish now has the kind of all-encompassing superstardom that fans often find hard to forgive, especially in those who could ostensibly be their peers. Review | On ‘Happier Than Ever’ Billie Eilish delivers a second album that shows she wasn’t just a whisper 2021-08-01T04:00:00Z After a tech rehearsal at the theater — and, ostensibly, notes from Mr. Taylor — it’s showtime. Paul Taylor Alumni Return for 60th Anniversary Celebration 2014-03-21T21:23:57Z I ended up in Texas because, ostensibly, they place inmates as near to family as possible. “The most ludicrous scenes of ‘Orange is the New Black’ are the most realistic”: My time in federal prison 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z Here in Chasland, magic is the province of men; women may perform simple charms in their youth, but once married they are forced into warding collars that suppress their abilities, ostensibly to protect potential children. Dealmakers and Wanderers: New Science Fiction and Fantasy 2020-10-14T04:00:00Z We’ve gone to this place where ostensibly zero people have departed from. Justin Theroux on the 'Spiritual' New Season of 'The Leftovers' 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z Given that the series is ostensibly about the #MeToo movement, its stakes are bewilderingly low: the show’s main concern is whether a wealthy female presenter’s career will suffer because of her male colleague’s behaviour. Jennifer Aniston: 'A lot of guys are narcissists. They think every woman wants to sleep with them' 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z Just like Sky's new show, Fame Academy was an ostensibly upmarket version of its ITV rival – in this case, Popstars: The Rivals. Must Be The Music: the anti-X Factor we've been waiting for? 2010-08-13T14:00:00Z Related: The portrayal of boxers in film: clever political parables or clichéd bores Intriguingly, though, issues of race and colour are ostensibly incidental to Creed. Creed adds to short list of boxing films starring a black hero 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z Beginning with a policeman’s dry recitation of the facts the film is ostensibly an attempt to determine Oshima’s fate and shed light on the phenomenon of young Japanese men dropping out of society. Shohei Imamura’s Documentaries at Anthology Film Archives 2012-11-09T23:03:37Z It’s ostensibly literary criticism, but it does much more than that. Will Self, on himself 2012-08-20T11:45:00Z “Actress Fury” ostensibly takes place in a dressing room, with the audience surrounded by mirrors. Theater Review: ‘Actress Fury,’ a Dance-Theater Work Set in a Dressing Room 2014-02-10T22:37:23Z The After Party: At what is ostensibly the after-party to prom, the ladies vie for alone time with Ben. Kevin Hart and Ice Cube Gatecrash a Hot Tub on 'The Bachelor' 2016-01-11T05:00:00Z While many are ostensibly aware of it, this peculiar produce is certainly neither the most common nor the most popular ingredient. Rhubarb: How to use this harbinger of spring in every type of dish, from tomato sauce to sandwiches 2021-05-15T04:00:00Z “Dr. Sun Yat-sen” is shot through with revolutionary zeal, beginning with the initial scene in Charlie Soong’s Shanghai home — a fund-raising reception ostensibly benefiting a new church but really intended for the revolution. Opera Review: Hong Kong, Not Beijing, Sees an Opera Laced With Revolutionary Zeal 2011-10-18T13:00:19Z Mr. Busch, 63, is now performing this Tuesday through Saturday at Feinstein’s/54 Below — ostensibly out of drag, he says, “but what I call ‘out of drag’ other people might call ‘full drag.’ In a Bygone New York, John Epperson Invited Charles Busch to a Show 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z Further distraction: the actor playing the ostensibly German Professor Bhaer appears to have . . . an Italian accent? We watched 15 straight hours of ‘Little Women,’ and things got weird 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z Here he plays several bizarre characters – ostensibly trying to tackle "the stigma of being typecast", but more as a means to indulge in inspired high-energy silliness. Edinburgh fringe festival comedy special 2012-08-03T23:05:22Z I’m working on a memoir right now ostensibly about physical fitness and the body. Alison Bechdel on Fun Home, Her New Book and That Famous Test 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z As ostensibly different as each character was, they shared a naïve amiability and slightly daffy charm. Chris Pratt Is a Superhero in 'Guardians of the Galaxy' 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z The book may ostensibly seem to be about your average Wild West drama, but impressively, DeWitt also plays with the concepts of morality and its relations to the infamous Greed and Gambling. The Sisters Brothers by Patrick DeWitt - review 2012-11-29T15:00:00Z The movie traces the arc of the CIA's decade-long hunt for bin Laden through the eyes of a young female analyst, who spends most of her time ostensibly in Pakistan. Little audience for 'Zero Dark Thirty' in Pakistan 2013-02-19T20:54:11Z It’s ostensibly a history of the Korean War, but delves into the meaning of an army in a democracy to a greater degree than any other book. Brad Taylor Has a Theory About What Makes for Good Thrillers 2021-01-21T05:00:00Z Professional or educational hazing is ostensibly designed to weed out the ones who can’t hack it, as they say, while those who do stick it out get reap eventual rewards, supposedly. Is Amy Klobuchar being smeared by sexist "mean boss" stories? 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z Although this is ostensibly a drama about the inheritance of a house, all it's really about is sex. Have you been watching ? Downton Abbey? 2010-10-21T12:14:00Z “The Week the Women Went,” though, appears to be on the path toward reinforcing the values it’s ostensibly challenging — not much of an experiment at all. Television Review: ‘The Week the Women Went,’ on Lifetime 2012-08-13T22:24:20Z The horses were around them ostensibly, at least in the mind of the boy, watching them. Peter Shaffer Dies at 90; Playwright Won Tonys for ‘Equus’ and ‘Amadeus’ 2016-06-06T04:00:00Z Though political stans ostensibly exist to promote their favorite candidates, you get the sense that they are also looking to build micro-fandoms around their own online personalities. United We Stan 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z The film is ostensibly a comedy about a race car driver who nearly kills his own brother in a race. Human, all too human: 10 sci-fi films that show what it means to be alive 2017-07-14T04:00:00Z Her first novel, “Missing Reels,” is ostensibly about a lost movie and forgotten actress of the silent era, but its true inspirations are the indelible romantic comedies of the 1940s. A novel in love with movies and movie love 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z “Those were the exact words,” Hoffman said, noting the irony that at a time when ostensibly straight rock stars were rewarded for gay affectations, actual gay people were punished for them. Lance Loud Was an Early Reality Star. He Was Also a Gay Punk Pioneer. 2021-05-31T04:00:00Z These are monks and mothers trained in martial arts, fighting “against demons,” ostensibly “in the name of the Father.” ‘Faith’ Review: Training to Fight Demons at a Monastery 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z He works there for many years, making friends and helping customers — and then he's summarily fired, ostensibly for not having a college degree. 'Larry Crowne' is the king of nice 2011-06-30T19:36:05Z Their journey ostensibly has something to do with the earth’s looming environmental catastrophe, but mostly plays out as an excuse for Denis to explore the farther, darker side of her imagination. ‘High Life’ Review: Robert Pattinson Is Lost in Space 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z This tracking is ostensibly intended to better target coupons and other incentives to the appropriate customers like, for example, a pregnant woman receiving coupons for diapers and baby food. Disney is spying on you! 2013-01-17T23:11:00Z Despite the fact that this is ostensibly a dancing show, the first hour featured no dancing, but instead inane conversations between the All Stars and Tom Bergeron. Dancing with the Stars Watch: First Cut is the Deepest 2012-09-26T12:00:58Z None of the three new libraries was built by the Department of Design and Construction, the agency ostensibly in charge of erecting New York’s public works. Three Sunny New Libraries Are Neighborhood Lifelines 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z It found that most ordinary people - if encouraged by an authoritative-seeming scientist - would administer ostensibly dangerous electric shocks to others. French test limits with fake game-show electrocutions 2010-03-17T18:28:00Z On top of that, he infuses his screenplay with a welcome dose of humor, including some of the funniest moments ever found in an ostensibly serious superhero saga. Final cut: The gems and stars left off the Oscars list 2013-01-30T16:28:23Z The 10-minute video ostensibly promotes the song that happens way at the end, an orchestral remix of last year's "Go Far" called "Go Farther." Video: 'Go Farther' by Renton's J. Pinder 2011-11-15T17:39:12Z Now The Onion is publishing an e-book titled "The President of Vice," about the life of Mr. Biden and ostensibly written in his voice. ArtsBeat: Biden Getting an Autobiography From The Onion (Whether He Wants It or Not) 2013-01-17T21:01:05Z “Ocean’s 8” takes these sophisticated wonders for granted, without implicating a wider web of witting or unwitting accomplices from the ostensibly neutral realm of technology. “Ocean’s 8” Isn’t Up to the Talents of Its Female Stars 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z Liang ostensibly runs a photography business, but it’s really a collection of booths in which high school girls snap their own pictures. Review | Simon Han’s ‘Nights When Nothing Happened’ is a poignant study of the immigrant experience 2020-11-30T05:00:00Z The cynical pro forma luridness “Yakuza Princess” grinds out suggests that sensationalist cinema, or at least its most ostensibly mainstream iteration, is currently depleted of resources. ‘Yakuza Princess’ Review: Crime, Amnesia and Ancient Swords 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z This ostensibly traditional novel is not, perhaps, the book we expected from Egan. Jennifer Egan Updates the Old-Fashioned Page-Turner in ‘Manhattan Beach’ 2017-09-27T04:00:00Z It amiably alternates commonplace depictions of introspective intimacy with ostensibly bar-raising, outré set pieces. ‘No Hard Feelings’ Review: How Lucky Can a Nerdy Kid Get? 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z That exhausting conflict, which, as Nooteboom writes, both “created the Netherlands and impoverished Spain,” was ostensibly about religion. Review | Buried deep in a disappointing Rembrandt and Velázquez show are two portraits that demand to be seen 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z In the noughties, when indie aesthetics overtook alternative music in the US, it ostensibly produced more female equality. Ask the indie professor: Are gender stereotypes still present in indie music? 2010-09-01T11:59:00Z She is entrusted, by a blind old man, with the care of an ostensibly sacred white bird. ‘The Burial of Kojo’ Review: A Dazzling Modern Fable 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z But while she handles Grace’s lines and costume changes comfortably enough, as the ostensibly worldly Cordelia she looks and sounds like a child playing dress-up, unformed. | 'Monte Carlo': Cinderella Goes to Europe, and Cute Meets Culture 2011-06-30T22:00:10Z That novel featured three siblings, named after famous characters by their Shakespeare-loving parents, returning home ostensibly to care for their ill mother. ‘The Light of Paris’: What’s the quickest way for a heroine to change her life? 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z With diligence and proper indignation, Thompson shows how, long before Hearst’s ordeal hit the airwaves, these ostensibly fortunate daughters had an inherent vulnerability. ‘Heiresses’ Adds Up the Melancholy and Danger of Inherited Wealth 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z Set months after the mysterious, sudden and simultaneous death of most of humanity, “Bones in Whispers” centers on a band of survivors who seek shelter in an ostensibly abandoned hospital. One play’s weirdness has meaning; the other just seems to be fooling around 2015-08-18T04:00:00Z Just this week, the Wall Street Journal published a piece ostensibly about “differing expectations about sex” in relationships in general, but which fell back on the stereotype of the frigid wife who withholds sex. When she wants sex more 2013-04-28T11:00:00Z It’s a simple song, mostly reliant on Sheeran’s vocal skills and charisma to get over, but it works: when isolated and not made to press against ostensibly mature lyrical material, he displays a deft touch. REVIEW: Ed Sheeran Multiplies His Appeal on x 2014-05-31T04:00:00Z The story is ostensibly an allegory of “atonement” — a word repeated frequently by Williams — presumably for white men’s treatment of black men. Review: ‘Desire,’ Six Plays That Second-Guess Tennessee Williams 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z Even though it is ostensibly about all of those feelings, it handles them with a tastefulness that is hard to distinguish from complacency. ‘Mothering Sunday’ Review: Sex, Death and Literature 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z She, along with more than 500 performers who have come out against the bill, says it will hurt the industry it is ostensibly meant to protect. “Performative sex is utterly different from private sex”: A porn star takes on the California State Capitol 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z While the music industry standard was labeling all product for easy finding at the store, Factory Records, which released “Unknown Pleasures” as its first proper full length album, ostensibly operated on more utopian ideals. How Joy Division’s ‘Unknown Pleasures’ image went from underground album cover to a piece of cultural ubiquity 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z |
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