| 单词 | poignancy |
| 例句 | Hamilton’s last days contained several other incidents of equivalent poignancy, though they were only recognizable when viewed through the knowledge of the looming duel. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z All she knew was that, crossed with shadow, their family life took on a poignancy sharper than she could stand. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z The puzzlement in having to make sense of this abstract philosophical conundrum mingles with the poignancy of having to come to terms with the loss of someone we love. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z The Permian fans were on their feet, yelling with an urgent poignancy. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z This convenient comparison is given extra poignancy by Beethoven’s reference to the French despot in his momentous third symphony, these days known as the Eroica but originally dubbed the Bonaparte. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z I wanted to linger there, experiencing the sensation of something precious perilously attained too late and now to be lost forever—a poignancy. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Charles Hubert Parry viewed the war, as did Elgar, from an older generation’s perspective, composing a cycle of choral songs of mature, eloquent poignancy in Songs of Farewell. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z With this in mind, the sight of her bare blue toes curling into the river mud struck him with a deep poignancy. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The words Father, Mother, Ravi, India, Winnipeg struck me with searing poignancy. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The last time of anything has the poignancy of death itself. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z And when the picture was finished, you didn’t see the dirt or the meanness; you saw the glory of innocence and the poignancy of a baby growing up too soon. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z There is a killing poignancy in the fact that Troy’s credentials are invariably a list of unwatched 1970s made-for-TV flops and infomercials for quack remedies, which is what makes us laugh. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z With poignancy, Sissy realized that he was growing up. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z "We chose The Lacuna because it is a book of breathtaking scale and shattering moments of poignancy." Kingsolver is Orange winner 2010-06-09T18:30:00Z Amid the isolation and indifference, though, were surprising interactions with strangers and moments of tenderness, which add poignancy to the piece. 6 Dance Performances to See in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z There’s a poignancy, too, in the cyclical nature of the story: Bell, now a father, is wrestling with the same questions his own parents faced. 14 Nonfiction Books to Read This Summer 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z The girl looks worriedly at her parents, capturing the story’s essence with efficiency and poignancy. Picture Books to Help Kids Weather Our Age of Anxiety 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z My Lonesome starts like a Tornados instrumental with a Hawaiian guitar highlighting the poignancy of the inconsolable protagonist's plight. New band of the day ? No 937: Two Wounded Birds 2010-12-23T17:08:23Z “I like the poignancy when I watch it back,” Coogan says. Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan: 'Work-wise, Steve's terrific. On a personal level, appalling' 2020-02-15T05:00:00Z There is also eerie poignancy in the way spiritual beings hover around Boonmee as they sense his impending transition to another world. Thai Cannes winner steeped in spiritualism 2010-05-24T01:42:00Z The poignancy of Abounaddara’s work is derived partly from the group’s modest means of creation. New Museum Puts Spotlight on Art From the Arab World 2014-07-15T04:00:00Z Blumenthal’s meal summoned a similarly eerie poignancy as we feasted on these refined, fanciful renderings of dishes rooted in the residue of a lost city. How to Eat Dinner Like the Last Citizens of Pompeii 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z Floored Chicago’s Open-Outcry Traders There’s an elegiac poignancy in James Allen Smith’s “Floored,” a documentary about the changing face of the Chicago futures exchanges. | 'Floored': Chicago?s Open-Outcry Traders 2010-05-07T02:18:00Z Why shouldn’t I lean into the poignancy, made manifest on the stage, of a familiar struggle? A ‘Tradition’ Omission: I Had Never Seen ‘Fiddler’ Until Now 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z But there was also a poignancy to the event: a few weeks earlier, it was announced that the show’s run was going to be cut short because Ms. LuPone had to have hip replacement surgery. 12 Surprising Reasons to Be Grateful for the Arts in 2017 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z This touching exhibition gains further poignancy by being among the last to be held in this building, home to many galleries over the years but now one of four adjacent structures slated for demolition. 11 Galleries to Visit Now on the Upper East Side and in Harlem 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z Laced with humor and poignancy, the songs are both sassy and deep, finding the humor in even the toughest of circumstances. Pistol Annies believe it's time to 'Annie Up' 2013-05-09T17:17:08Z Neither was there any of the wondrous eeriness or erotic poignancy of Pu Songling’s slightly later classic, “Strange Stories From a Chinese Studio.” Review | The action-packed saga ‘Monkey King: Journey to the West’ gets a modern take 2021-03-03T05:00:00Z A well-known quality of old photographs is their poignancy. Rich and poor 2010-03-23T21:00:00Z That loss is conveyed with dignity and some poignancy, offsetting the weirder-than-fiction snippets of reader letters. Review: ACT's 'Lady With All the Answers' invites you into Ann Landers' office for a late-night talk 2010-09-21T23:10:00Z The baritone Scott Dispensa was the able soloist, although, as in the Vivaldi, the music making stopped short of the necessary poignancy. Music Review: Sacred Vivaldi, Somber and Elegant 2011-04-22T21:57:36Z Give Real Estate credit for deriving meaning from shimmering beauty, for seeing the poignancy in the ever-present sunlight. New Music: Albums From Real Estate, Linda Perhacs and Nick Waterhouse 2014-03-03T23:08:37Z It's almost a year since the final episode was broadcast, on New Year's Day, and yet the show already seems to carry an extra poignancy. Your next box set: Gavin and Stacey 2010-12-10T06:45:00Z She hates magicians and magic, which adds to the drama and the poignancy. Is Originality Even a Worthy Ambition Anymore? 2023-06-28T04:00:00Z “He is struggling to be more than he is, and there is a poignancy to that.” ‘Better Call Saul’ Stars Bob Odenkirk of ‘Breaking Bad’ 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z Both its technologically advanced visuals and the poignancy of its interpersonal conflicts make it a bright anomaly in the constellation of early 2000s animation that deserved to soar. ‘Treasure Planet’ at 20: Disney’s Failed Space Odyssey Deserved to Soar 2022-12-28T05:00:00Z You marvel at the poignancy of the sentiment, but in the end, you don't buy it. Annabel by Kathleen Winter ? review 2011-04-12T16:15:00Z Here in New York, which is experiencing its own migrant crisis, the show’s overtures for shelter and asylum have had similar poignancy. My Unexpected Love Affair With ‘Notre Dame de Paris’ 2023-07-14T04:00:00Z The tone of her thoughts is given added poignancy and depth by Mr. Goebbels’s remarkable music. Music Review: A Musical Discourse On War and Cities 2011-03-20T22:08:36Z He balanced poignancy and gravity in his rich-textured account of the slow movement. New York Philharmonic’s Next Leader Gives a Taste of Things to Come 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z He’s able to say what he has to say and record how he thinks and feels with such accuracy and poignancy. Jay-Z is ‘Robert Frost with a Brooklyn accent,’ a Georgetown professor writes in his new book 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z Ives has mastered dozens of comical ways a pick-up attempt can flame out, and while Rooth's character has heard it all before, Elrod's determination to get to a "yes" lends poignancy to the humor. Review: 'All in the Timing' has wordplay and wit 2013-02-13T19:03:10Z Longtime fans of "The Vinyl Cafe" are familiar with what Hansen, in an e-mail, calls the "depth and poignancy" within McLean's humor. Humorist Stuart McLean serves 'The Vinyl Cafe' at the Paramount on Oct. 17 2010-10-15T18:57:00Z If the beginning of the first movement was clear and straightforward, it also lacked mystery and poignancy — an establishment of mood beyond mere accuracy. Review: Gustavo Dudamel Leads His New York Philharmonic 2023-05-20T04:00:00Z The lucid, modest performances here let the comedy, poignancy and unlikely magic of “Cymbeline” surface gently and naturally, unencumbered by conceptual baggage. | 'Cymbeline': Simply Shakespeare, No Tangled Web 2011-01-17T22:15:53Z That plot point carries an added wallop of poignancy, given the current refugee crisis. Review | Young local actors impress in ‘Brighton Beach Memoirs’ at Theater J 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z It’s that poignancy and heartbreak that gives the movie its center. The Next Act for Marcel the Shell (and Jenny Slate) 2021-09-05T04:00:00Z What lends a special, tickling poignancy to Mr. Hansard and Ms. Irglova’s songs is their acceptance of loneliness as an existential given. Theater Review: ?Once,? With Steve Kazee and Cristin Milioti, at Jacobs Theater 2012-03-19T02:00:10Z “Blind,” the last song on the album, is a slightly cryptic ballad about the poignancy of deep affection. Soak’s Mature Teen Spirit 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z A Bob Dylan anthology led to the indie rock of the Mountain Goats and the Microphones, who placed less emphasis on production than poignancy. Kevin Morby Chases Ghosts, and a New Album, in Memphis 2022-05-10T04:00:00Z Occasionally, though, Fleming’s notes to his friends contained more than a whiff of self-doubt, which lends this lively and entertaining collection more poignancy than you might expect. Review: Ian Fleming’s James Bond Letters in ‘The Man With the Golden Typewriter’ 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z There is a grisly poignancy in his delivery of “Oh no…!” as he is ushered into an empty room for his fateful “made guy” ceremony. Who is the best Oscar-winning supporting actor of all time? 2018-02-08T05:00:00Z But those sweet moments of humor are subsumed in the poignancy of the stories they tell each other every night. Kent Haruf’s posthumous novel offers a tender look at love in the twilight 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z If my father, now 88, were destined to live forever, and if I were destined to live forever, too, then our affection would be stripped of its poignancy and urgency. ‘The Good Death,’ ‘When Breath Becomes Air’ and More 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z Twenty years on, the song the band recorded at Lang’s for “Sonic Highways,” the moody “Subterranean,” looks back on that period with poignancy. Dave Grohl's ‘Sonic Highways' Seattle-area stop ‘feels like home' 2014-11-25T05:00:00Z But Iyer’s talent is best deployed in scenes that plumb the poignancy of finishing high school and leaving home — a moment when one’s world can be at once filled with kaleidoscopic possibility while also disintegrating. If Nietzsche Were in High School 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z Ms. Southwell delivered the anguished phrases with an affecting blend of earthy power and poignancy. Review: ‘Anatomy Theater,’ an Opera, Puts Convicts Under the Knife 2017-01-08T05:00:00Z On Brooklyn Rider’s album, the playing of Beethoven’s tender slow movement seemed to gain additional poignancy when coming after detours into the sounds of today’s avant-garde from composers like Du Yun and Matana Roberts. Best Classical Music of 2020 2020-12-02T05:00:00Z Behind all of this, though, is a fascinating personal story, and one that doesn't want for poignancy. I Am the Secret Footballer: Lifting the Lid on the Beautiful Game - review 2012-08-22T09:40:01Z It emerged as the first of about four slow-tempo arias of great expressive poignancy. Music Review: On Paris Stages, Intriguing Vivaldi and Novel Wagner 2011-03-15T12:30:07Z The Kings had already been plotting the firm split when they learned of Charles' plans and decided a soured relationship with Alicia would add a layer of poignancy to his character's death. 'The Good Wife' cast wraps Season 5 in a triumphant mood 2014-05-17T04:00:00Z The words of one president spoke with particularly aching poignancy as the country prepared to inaugurate another. American music for an inaugural week 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z They imbued “O love divine,” the introverted concluding chorus, with a poignancy that ended the performance on a tender note. Music Review: ‘Theodora’ at Carnegie Hall 2014-02-03T07:29:53Z The battlefields are matched in poignancy by several giant close-ups of the faces of Mann’s grown children. Review | Sally Mann: A great artist who loves tumbling into trouble 2018-02-28T05:00:00Z With manufacturing largely gone from the city, there is a poignancy to her machinery samples that undercuts their aggressive sound. Music in Review: Annie Gosfield 2011-03-06T22:22:02Z Sandy LeBrun-Evans took her camera inside a tattered room for a double exposure that combines the ghostliness of Ham’s style with the poignancy of Hyde’s. Review | In the galleries: The Washington colorists and the CIA 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z The soprano sings in plaintive phrases of disarming poignancy in parts. Review: The Hazy Mysteries of Love at Lincoln Center 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z But she brings a fortifying poignancy to these nocturnal murmurings that will better equip us for that ultimate confrontation with the inescapable dark. If you're going to see Beckett's late short plays, Lisa Dwan is the actress you want to perform them 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z In “Bridesmaids,” Wiig’s physicality, including her stumbling vulnerability, adds poignancy to her portrait of a woozy misfit. These 18 movie stars are also amazing dancers. That’s their real superpower. 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z She presents as every inch the glamorous, capricious widow, and, because we see her in silhouette, her portrayal flirts with cliché—which, in deWitt’s hands, adds to her mystique and her poignancy. The Stealth Absurdism of Patrick deWitt’s “French Exit” 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z And yet, as the worldly-wise courtesan determined to recapture the buzz of her youth, her performance adds to the opera's poignancy perhaps more than intended. La Rondine Royal Opera House review 2013-07-08T09:38:21Z Thorpe's story, though beautifully embellished with international settings and Sumerian legend, is a simple one about the dramas of long-term friendship, its importance and poignancy, its difficulties and disappointments. 'The Girls From Corona del Mar' explores friendship's evolution 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z Linklater’s film seems to have outwitted the enemy, containing and controlling the poignancy of the passage of time, but that is just how it looks now. Non-stop action: why Hollywood’s ageing heroes won’t give up 2015-08-18T04:00:00Z It was a clue to the potency and poignancy of her part in that love triangle. Jeanne Moreau: the intelligent, complex star who lit up the French New Wave 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z The poignancy of this leap lies in its juxtaposition of the emotional with the theoretical; the modes are indistinguishable for Valerie, and come to feel the same to us. “Valerie” Is an Extraordinary Love Letter to a Radical Feminist 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z With a performer and character so clearly in tune, it’s no wonder Hedwig’s forlorn voice still pierces with poignancy. Review | Mason Alexander Park brings star power to Olney’s ‘Hedwig and the Angry Inch’ 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z It was Mr. Rothman’s great insight that the return of Chaplin — old, frail and confused but still capable of the Little Tramp’s quizzical poignancy — would create a publicity frenzy. Mo Rothman, 92, Entrepreneur Close to Charlie Chaplin, Dies at 92 2011-09-29T00:16:13Z What gives “The Enchanted Island” its poignancy is the palpable respect for the beautiful borrowed music. Music Review: ?The Enchanted Island? at the Metropolitan Opera - Review 2012-01-01T22:56:22Z The football adds poignancy and urgency to the music documentary, too, which is showing tourist board shots of Te Kanawa's native New Zealand during her singing. What Makes a Great Soprano? and Jason Manford Live 2010-06-21T05:45:00Z The poem is an anthem for all those who have failed through inaction, which probably includes us all at some time, and which no doubt is what provides it with its great poignancy. John Stammers's top 10 love poems 2011-02-09T10:26:17Z Millionaire is mellifluous, Standing on the Edge of the Noise is pure swagger, Kill for a Dream oozes poignancy and The Beat Goes On gets arms swaying in the air. Beady Eye ? review 2011-03-04T12:54:53Z Each phrase of Danny Boy has an arc structure, that rises and falls, which Jackson feels enhances the song's poignancy. Danny Boy at 100 2013-11-10T21:39:11Z His spot demonstrated his proficiency with balloon sculptures; something that, in light of Colin Hanks’ recent story about him, now has added poignancy. From Beverly Hills, 90210 to Sideshow Bob's brother: the best of Luke Perry 2019-03-05T05:00:00Z The poignancy of the piece was deepened by the 1907 passing of Mahler's own daughter to scarlet fever. Rachmaninov, Liszt and Mahler coming up at symphony 2011-09-29T20:03:09Z He may go a bit Hollywood — he has before — but he creates moments of indelible beauty and poignancy. Art Review: ?Philippe Parreno? and ?At Home/Not at Home,? at Bard 2010-07-01T22:39:00Z An intimate dream-bedroom scene for two sundered lovers, though without particular choreographic originality, has real poignancy. Vuyani Dance Theater and Trisha Brown at Fall for Dance 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z That the statement is addressed to Knausgaard’s living fourth child undercuts the drama of this assertion, but its poignancy remains. In Knausgaard’s ‘Spring,’ a Man Considers How Best to Help His Sick Wife 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z Their performances are wonderfully naturalistic; they breathe life into their roles by filling the jagged corners of their characters with poignancy. My streaming gem: why you should watch Private Life 2020-06-12T04:00:00Z It wasn’t just that the first words, “Comfort Ye,” sung by the tenor Stephen Sands, took on a special poignancy. Music Review: Trinity Wall Street’s ‘Messiah’ 2013-12-08T22:27:39Z The poignancy of a life snuffed out too soon pervades the show, attesting to the Basquiat allure that has captivated aspiring painters, graffiti artists, museum curators and moneyed collectors. Sweeping Basquiat Show Curated by His Sisters Offers Intimate Look at the Artist 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z It’s probably that last question, which became a lot less rhetorical during the pandemic, that lends the play its poignancy. ‘Walden’ Review: Getting Away From It All 2021-08-16T04:00:00Z It's an inspiring story of one girl's ability to overcome racism and violence and still be able to find beauty and poignancy in the world. Amnesty teen takeover: Sara Grant's top 10 books that entertain and inspire 2012-08-22T11:19:10Z Conscious charm rather than poignancy pervaded all their scenes. Review: At 53, an Effortless Return to Dance ‘Romeo and Juliet’ 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z This time around, however, there was a certain poignancy to the floral parade, as it's not clear whether Edna will pass our way again. Dame Edna offers 'Glorious,' cheeky zaniness at Ahmanson 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z Wheeler has the novelist Anne Tyler's eye for the comedy of humdrum detail, and for the poignancy of human aspiration. O My America! Second Acts in a New World by Sara Wheeler – review 2013-04-06T15:00:01Z The play’s poignancy lies in how mercilessly difficult that is, and how precarious for all of them. Review: A Crisis of Borders in ‘72 Miles to Go…’ 2020-03-10T04:00:00Z The timing, she said, has delivered “an unexpected poignancy.” | New Jersey: At the Morven Museum and Garden, Impressionists of the Coast 2013-05-25T01:11:06Z The poignancy lasted as long as the song that accompanied them. Whole Selves Becoming Visible 2014-11-12T05:00:00Z Given his talent for blending cutting wit with tear-jerking poignancy, it's no surprise Hollywood has come calling. Jonathan Tropper offers 'This Is Where I Leave You' 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z There is a real poignancy here that mad, passionate movie love stories often fail to achieve. 2010-01-11T02:52:00Z Scenes set at a support group for bereaved parents feel especially exploitative in the way they provide instant, undeserved transfusions of a poignancy that is far outside the film’s range. Good grief: cinema’s new mood of despair 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z It was the place that drew things out and gave them poignancy. Music has died now I've thrown away my CDs and only listen on my laptop 2013-06-04T19:00:02Z Seated at a piano for a harrowing "Turn the Page" and on a stool for the acoustically anchored "Like a Rock," Seger restored poignancy to classics previously tempered by commercial overexposure. Bob Seger full of conviction, energy at United Center 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z Yet the potential poignancy of this flipping of filial relationships, and its relation to Shakespeare’s themes, is entirely undercut by the theatrical shenanigans. Review: A ‘Lear’ With Hops, Spins and Posturing 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z Pathos and poignancy are, to me, tactics and techniques; in my work as a writer, I fetch them from my toolbox and use them as required. The Crimson Petal and the White: Watching my novel reborn on TV 2011-04-06T14:13:06Z And physically, he does a brilliant job of conveying Chase’s combination of lethality and frailty, a condition that is played more for poignancy than action-movie triumphalism. ‘The Old Man’ Review: Jeff Bridges Comes to TV and Goes on the Run 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z Bigger and just as bold, Sinclair and Blichfeld have succeeded in retaining the poignancy and gentleness that counters the sharp observational humour throughout. High Maintenance: a cult favorite makes it to the mainstream 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z F for Fake is a minor work in some ways, but there is fascination and poignancy in seeing Welles's elegant retreat into this hall of mirrors. F for Fake – review 2012-08-23T20:45:01Z Vera wishes to narrate “this place,” believing her own voice is “a kind of soundtrack that brings poignancy, maybe even beauty, to the most divisive conflict in the whole world.” In the West Bank, Violence Begets More Violence 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z There was nevertheless special poignancy near the end, hearing — from the voice of a character named Riccardo, no less — a dying farewell to “beloved America.” Review: Before Riccardo Muti Leaves Chicago, a Verdi Farewell 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z In the movie’s view of life, this happens with special poignancy to men. Review: Sorrentino’s ‘Youth’: A Euro Buddy Film 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z The attachment between the huge monster and the tiny girl gives the movie unexpected poignancy. In ‘Monsters at Work,’ the Scary Part Is the New Business Model 2021-07-06T04:00:00Z But the play challenges Carmela and la Perdida to negotiate realism, fantasy and everything in between, a challenge they giddily accept, occasionally finding genuine poignancy even in the midst of the irrational and bizarre. ‘Notes on Killing’ Review: For These Puerto Ricans, Promises Never Kept 2022-05-30T04:00:00Z There was poignancy in having a great diva, now 63, singing the nostalgic leading role, a woman taking in all she has done — and realizing she still has more to give. Review: ‘The Hours’ Will Bring Renée Fleming Back to the Met 2022-03-20T04:00:00Z Claudel’s libretto, sung here in the original French, intersperses poignancy with a strong element of satire. Music Review: Baltimore Symphony?s ?Joan of Arc,? at Carnegie Hall - Review 2011-11-21T23:30:10Z In Chopin's demonic Scherzo No. 1, there were similar issues of balance and clarity, but Perahia sustained the forward momentum, slowing down to render the score's central carol theme with touching poignancy. Murray Perahia evokes suspense, sadness and exhilaration at Disney Hall 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z The record carries the same poignancy as the Staple Singers material — that same sense of refuge from cultural chaos. Mavis Staples Spreads Love and Joy on One True Vine 2013-06-26T09:45:05Z But some of her most popular work focuses on revealing the extraordinary poignancy of routine moments experienced by ordinary people. Mary McCartney’s Candid Camera 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z “Jack” rests on what came before, and its poignancy arises from what we know lies ahead for these characters. Review | In ‘Jack,’ Marilynne Robinson’s fourth Gilead novel, a lost soul embarks on an impossible love affair 2020-09-21T04:00:00Z How Naz confronts the decision point regarding his departure shapes the drama and provides its poignancy. "Every Day in Kaimuki" filmmakers on questioning contentment: "Are you happy or is this just easy?" 2022-01-23T05:00:00Z Interspersed with this gung-ho adventurousness are interludes of a blunted poignancy: long, lingering stares across darkening water, and the like. Strands – A Year of Discoveries on the Beach by Jean Sprackland – review 2012-07-27T21:45:12Z Pitt's character remains youthful by bathing in the blood of virgins, and Pitt provides a certain poignancy as the ugly, old crone grasping at beauty. Ingrid Pitt obituary 2010-11-24T14:40:00Z Presenting the exhibition in the Turner Contemporary, which looks directly onto the sea, gave poignancy to the poem’s motifs of “drowning, voyages and shipwrecks,” Mr. Tooby said. 2 Literary Greats, in Art Galleries by the Sea 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z The poignancy of this film comes from the fact that even a movement of such extremity could not transcend the drab realities of either real life, or the modern cultural world. Black metal, darker than your average music scene 2010-03-27T00:36:00Z More than once you spot her wiping away a tear – only for her to undercut the poignancy by hacking into a tissue or drowning a cigarette in water between songs. Marianne Faithfull/Bill Frisell – review 2013-06-24T17:20:25Z With mock poignancy, she asks: “Who could forget your surface-level love for photography, which you tried to get people to call ‘memory remembering,’ a term you coined.” When Is a Comedy Special Also a Corporate Synergy Message? 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z “Better Things” is known for finding poignancy in life’s mundane moments, and shining a light on minor characters, and its last episodes provide growth and resolution for many. ‘Magical’ ending for ‘Better Things’ fifth and final season 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z She may at times be perceived as an imperious ice-maiden but the record highlights the vulnerability and poignancy in her performance. Sophie Ellis-Bextor's eerie inspirations 2014-01-22T07:24:33Z The festival debuted in 2013 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1963 march, and this year’s edition has landed with particular poignancy. March on Washington Film Festival mines history, has eye on the future 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z The Hollywood Reporter's David Rooney wrote that the revised revival production "maximizes the material's strengths and minimizes its weaknesses, serving up mesmerizing entertainment veined throughout with haunting poignancy." 'Side Show' revision on Broadway earns praise from critics 2014-11-18T05:00:00Z There must be a particular poignancy for actors of Asian heritage in the cast, who are granted unusually large screen-time but in return for playing second world war-era Japanese stereotypes. The Man in the High Castle: how will Nazi drama fare in age of Trump? 2016-12-16T05:00:00Z For those still in search of their identity, a well-worn aphorism — we travel not only to discover distant places, but to encounter ourselves — retains its poignancy. A Gay Pilot Reflects on What Travel Means to Queer Folks 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z The tone shifts quickly between humor and poignancy. ‘We need diverse books,’ they said. And now a group’s dream is coming to fruition. 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z This also means the writers have to weave a series with heart and poignancy as opposed to constructing a vehicle around a reckless, emotionally-shallow persona. Without Roseanne, who are “The Conners” now? 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z Each seems well aware of the fact that this stage in their life is approaching, or has already arrived, adding poignancy to what otherwise might have been an intrusive endeavour. TV highlights 04/07/2012 2012-07-03T18:59:01Z There's a poignancy, too, in watching the characters and performers alike approach 40. 'Chinese Puzzle' a buoyant and bittersweet romantic adventure 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z Goldman sees the poignancy of using antique imagery to capture antique plants. Arresting black-and-white photos expose the beauty of ordinary vegetables 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z In a bittersweet scripted scene, an elderly choir sings Pulp’s sympathetic yet cheeky ballad “Help the Aged,” the quavering harmonies adding a sense of poignancy. A New Documentary Looks at the Band Pulp 2014-11-12T05:00:00Z Sumlin lost a lung to cancer years ago and breathed from a tube attached to an oxygen tank, which added poignancy to his barking rendition of "Sitting on Top of the World." Keeping alive the mythology, art of Robert Johnson 2011-02-12T14:29:00Z The poignancy of these passages mirrors that of later scenes in which Francis gradually finds community in a neighborhood barbershop. New Fiction Traces the Anguish of Lost Young Men 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z But Harrison’s music is shaded with poignancy and sweetness, and this palpable warmth is in the dancing too. Lou Harrison and Mark Morris: a grand partnership of music and movement 2019-03-02T05:00:00Z The duo created a genuine dialog between instruments, evoking mountain streams, folk song and the ebb and flow between poignancy and the acerbic so characteristic of Janacek. Review | Piano-violin duo brings mature eloquence to Phillips Collection 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z In a slow movement like the Sarabande from the B minor Partita, the mandolin’s inability to sustain sounds adds poignancy. Review: Chris Thile Is the God of Small Sounds 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z But Rojo's ability to bring into focus the mischief and poignancy of Cinders's character was disappointingly erratic. Cinderella ? review 2010-12-15T22:20:00Z Nothing flagrant, but Cyrano’s laughs weren’t landing; his usually exquisite poignancy was not in evidence. Best Theater of 2022 2022-12-05T05:00:00Z But, perhaps drawing on the poignancy of Blade Runner's self-aware replicants, movies have sometimes been driven to take the clones' perspective. Could Never Let Me Go give human clones a good name? 2011-02-05T00:06:01Z Its themes of female empowerment and #BlackLivesMatter poignancy struck him as particularly salient and prone to crossover. Fans love it. Critics don’t. After Tyler Perry, can urban theater cross over? 2018-05-28T04:00:00Z And the tragic poignancy of Violetta’s sacrifice when she agrees to give up Alfredo comes from her imagining that young woman’s predicament. Review: ‘La Traviata’ Opens a New Era at the Met Opera 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z It’s a powerful vantage point, and one that holds both the practical realities and the lyrical poignancy of 11-year-old voices in equal tension. New Novels From Three of Today’s Most Beloved Children’s Authors 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z The show received a prestigious George Foster Peabody award earlier this year and was lauded for combining humor and poignancy. TNT cancels `Men of a Certain Age,' cites ratings 2011-07-15T23:24:08Z Fickley seemed to hold the piece at an arm’s distance, diminishing some of the joy and poignancy of the music. Review | Washington Bach Consort gives a cheerful performance fit for spring 2017-02-26T05:00:00Z For some, the poignancy of the day began with the first glimpses of William and Harry, their looks so like their late mother's. Sealed with 2 kisses 2011-04-30T05:15:58Z He was kidding, of course, but there was a poignancy to Mr. Hahn’s remark. Taos Had History and Mystique, but Few Skiers. Can a New Owner Change That? 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z Because, ultimately, life is like that: rife with indelible metaphor, and more startling in its poignancy than any fiction. Review | Jo Ann Beard, best known for her New Yorker essay about a shooting, returns with a beautiful new collection 2021-03-11T05:00:00Z It’s a bracingly dark comedy that skates savagely close to the edge, but there’s also a poignancy here, a study of a socially inept outsider desperate for a life she’ll never have. No sequels allowed: the 12 best alternative movies to watch this summer 2017-05-12T04:00:00Z The poignancy of her images relies on an almost incongruous compositional and technical restraint. Exhibition picks of the week 2010-04-23T23:12:00Z “In fact, one of the most charming aspects of the volume is the interweaving of Delaney’s personal experience with Joyce’s novel — remarking the poignancy with which lives are touched by literature.” Frank Delaney, 74, Author Whose Passion Was Deconstructing Joyce’s ‘Ulysses,’ Dies 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z Though Ms. Voigt’s performance had some wobbly passages and steely top notes, she brought earthy poignancy to the role, especially in Marie’s tender moments with her child. Opera Review: Matthias Goerne Fills In as Lead at the Met 2014-03-07T22:34:23Z When he talked about his art, it was in tidy clichés about “beauty” and “poignancy” and “freedom” that didn’t seem to have much grip on actual works or his experience of them. Paul G. Allen and the Art He Didn’t Sell 2022-11-13T05:00:00Z But with the strong imbalance in the principal roles, the play becomes mainly about Vanya and Astrov, and poignancy goes missing. ‘Uncle Vanya’ at the Pearl Theater 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z In San Juan, the lyrics took on an inescapable poignancy, encompassing all the trauma and resilience of the battered island: What “Hamilton” in San Juan Means to Puerto Rico 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z Though it's among the better big-budget franchise movies of the summer, "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" is a mixed bag — an odd blend of silly popcorn entertainment and sometimes startling poignancy. 'Rise of the Planet of the Apes' evolves into a digital showcase 2011-08-03T23:37:04Z But it lends poignancy to this concept to present them as old actors in a theater company dusting off a familiar play. Review: In This ‘Ring’ Cycle, Gods Dwell in an Old Theater 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z Like Streisand, McCarthy is an admixture of poignancy and power, nowhere more evident than in "Tammy" where these traits keep alternating from scene to scene. All hail Melissa McCarthy, Hollywood's indestructible comic superwoman 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z Remarkably, she showed much the same capacity for poignancy as Ms. Ferri, whether protesting angrily or merely walking slowly. Opposites Who Reveal Ballet’s Expressive Range 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z But Mr. Hoffman is small, which adds poignancy to his salesman’s bluster. Review: ‘Death of a Salesman’ in Yiddish 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z He loves basketball — with the hoops lowered so he can dunk — and Katy Perry, but with the poignancy of a poor little rich boy who must play the adult in his public appearances. You Can't See The Interview, But I Did 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z If there are losses incurred – Computer Love barters some of its poignancy for a four-to-the-floor thump – then there are gains, too. Kraftwerk at Tate Modern, night five: Computer World 2013-02-12T15:13:31Z Some of those flowers will be picked and proffered, ice cream will be eaten and remembrances shared before this gentle movie rests in the poignancy of a mourning dove’s call. ‘A Love Song’ Review: When Moving Forward Means Looking Back 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z Wagner's Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde, unremarkably played, is also saturated with love and death, but this was programming of dubious taste alongside the poignancy of the Lieberson songs. BBCSO/B?lohl?vek ? review 2010-10-04T21:00:00Z It’s this kind of brutal, beautiful poignancy that makes the show so special. The Best TV Episodes of 2022 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z These different modes of domesticity — one warmly glowing with nostalgia, the other reeking of instability — converge with aching poignancy. 'Conceptual Craft' at Denk Gallery: The wood chair returned to nature and other heady ideas 2017-10-07T04:00:00Z The story of Snyder’s own thwarted athletic ambitions gives their bond a special poignancy; in a sense, Snyder is living through Owens, and Mr. Sudeikis’s tough, heartfelt performance conveys the intensity of his personal investment. Review: ‘Race’ Chronicles Jesse Owens’s Rise to Olympic Glory 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z It is experimental Americana with a similar quality of panoramic poignancy. New band of the day – Youth Lagoon (No 1,441) 2013-01-29T16:26:12Z Levine tapped into the mellow harmonic richness and wistful poignancy of the music, almost as if offering Sachs consolation, as if urging him not to lose his faith in people. Taking Stock of James Levine’s Tarnished Legacy 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z "The Trial and Metamorphosis are full of their own depth, and their own complicated sadness, but they don't strike the heart with the same poignancy as Kafka's final, unfathomable novel," he wrote. Franz Kafka's Metamorphosis becomes Google doodle 2013-07-03T11:06:46Z “There’s a poignancy to being with someone older,” she observed. Sarah Paulson Opens Up About Acting, Marcia Clark and Dating Older Women 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z Colman has previous in parlaying her teary self into dramatic poignancy. Olivia Colman: 'It's slightly scary … it could all go wrong' 2013-07-07T17:30:00Z In the leading role of the Waltz and Elegy heroine, Lillian DiPiazza has a beauty and poignancy, but she lacks the technical assurance that yields true authority. Review: Pennsylvania Ballet’s ‘A Program of Firsts,’ a Tricky Triple Bill 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z Reviews have spoken of the band's "innovative and electrifying musicianship", their "exemplary songwriting", "creatively ambitious lyrics" and "captivating blend of insatiable grooves and profound poignancy". New band of the day – Alt-J (No 1,275) 2012-05-24T15:26:10Z These two books express those simple frustrated longings that felt like the two halves of my deepest self with honesty, poignancy, and not a false note. Amid depression, bleak stories can be as consoling as self-help 2013-02-04T14:39:32Z The poignancy of their faith makes the deep need for justice and reform all the more pressing. Ending military rape: The crusade of “The Invisible War” 2012-06-27T11:45:00Z Yes, Kennedy said, a president has many powers, but he must wield those powers “under extraordinary limitations — and it is these limitations which so often give the problem of choice its complexity and even poignancy.” Great Leadership in a Time of Crisis 2020-03-24T04:00:00Z But a couple of these cameos now carry an unexpected poignancy. How Angela Lansbury and Stephen Sondheim Came to Appear in ‘Knives Out’ Sequel 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z Kleiber, again, finds a middle ground, conducting the scene with precision and restless energy, yet still giving Ms. Cotrubas some leeway to sing with poignancy. Toscanini and Giulini Put Their Mark on ?Traviata? 2010-04-04T21:37:00Z Its subjects were often “ripped from the headlines,” faithfully or otherwise, lending it the poignancy of true crime. ‘Law & Order True Crime’ Season 1, Episode 7: Gender Dynamics 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z But as the scene moves through additional extended episodes, the initial poignancy dissipates. Music Review: Premiere of Wolfgang Rihm?s ?Dionysos? at Salzburg 2010-08-01T22:45:00Z Eighties basketball, particularly the Lakers, had a cultural and political poignancy that has influenced the game and the world at large ever since. ‘Winning Time’: When the N.B.A. Went Pop 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z As a movie subject, Lennon enjoys the advantage of having died young and violently; simply summoning his image automatically evokes poignancy for a life that was both amply fulfilled and tragically cut short. Nowhere Boy: Lennon and McCartney Before the Beatles 2010-10-08T20:20:00Z The characters’ predicaments register with increasing poignancy as the play proceeds. Review | ‘Sooner/Later’ weaves rom-com premise into bittersweet family portrait 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z Does that add a poignancy to each remaining episode? ArtsBeat: Matthew Weiner Explains Why 'Mad Men' Will (Hopefully) End Like 'Abbey Road' 2011-07-14T17:30:45Z What does not escape him are the poignancy and humanity all around him — at the grocery store or the Social Security office, at the Women’s March. Review | The best poetry collections to read this month 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z It’s grounded in authentic ideas and behaviors, finding poignancy and meaning beyond the fantastical elements. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z Observantly edited, the movie mingles the perspectives of many family members without casting judgment, developing an aching poignancy that recalls recent family dramas like “Aftersun” and “Return to Seoul.” ‘Sam Now’ Review: When Mom Leaves 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z There’s a cleverness as well as a poignancy here that I don’t think could be replicated if an audience were there. Does a Comedian Really Need an Audience? 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z "We chose 'The Lacuna' because it is a book of breathtaking scale and shattering moments of poignancy," said chair of the judges Daisy Goodwin. US writer Kingsolver wins Orange Prize for Fiction 2010-06-09T21:30:00Z And yet, there’s poignancy to the situation, no matter how schematic the characters. Review: In ‘How to Live on Earth,’ a Way Off the Planet 2015-09-18T04:00:00Z David Jason is particularly good at poignancy, which leads me to fear the worst. Doctor Who | A Touch of Frost | Jonathan Creek | TV Review 2010-04-05T05:45:00Z The references to the Scottish play, which features another strong woman with a troubled mind, adds a further heap of poignancy as “The Widow Lincoln” struts and frets its own hour upon the stage. ‘The Widow Lincoln’ at Ford’s Theatre shows a first lady in mourning 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z During these challenging years, Rihanna’s voice grew into an instrument of deep pathos as she slowly learned how to lean into its limitations in a way that conveyed poignancy, resiliency and grit. Rihanna: Since She’s Been Gone 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z The traditional Irish songs were lovely; I think everyone got the poignancy of “The Kerry Dance,” “gone, like our youth, too soon.” Review: Aprile Millo Keeps Opera’s Old-School Flame Alive 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z Besides, the choker, the gold accessories, the finger nails; where it matters, she's still Babs and any wear and tear merely added to the poignancy of her misty water coloured memories. Adele, Barbra and Shirley: Oscars divas converge for the night's best photo 2013-02-25T17:16:00Z Still, in early scenes, he must do a lot of fancy, ardent singing, and Mr. Polenzani embraced the challenge, singing with verve, crispness and poignancy. Music Review: ‘Maria Stuarda’ at the Metropolitan, With Joyce DiDonato 2013-01-02T00:03:57Z That the website’s gathering is only virtual is part of its poignancy; there’s a ghost of desolation in the title, too. 7 Things to Do This Weekend 2020-08-06T04:00:00Z But in Act II, the music for the priests — sonorous refrains, and a full-voiced, beautiful chorus — lends them depth and poignancy. Crowds Define Opera. They’re Also Keeping It From Returning. 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z He’s surprisingly convincing as a hard-drinking, drug-taking, morally vacuous cop, and he also helps to deliver a sucker punch of an ending that brings real poignancy. James McAvoy: five best moments 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z Naturally such knowledge adds poignancy to the descriptions of Esther's suffering when she, like Plath, was just 19. Reading group: Art and autobiography in The Bell Jar 2013-01-09T13:29:56Z And there’s a poignancy to her plea that accords with the current mood of much of that country, an inchoate sense that events you can’t control call for some sort of radical action. ‘Homeland’ Season 7: Once Again, It’s All Up to Carrie 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z His accomplished band thrum with an ideal admixture of discipline and sullenness, while two new backing vocalists engaged especially for tonight's gig add poignancy to Hawley's growl. Richard Hawley – review 2012-10-06T23:05:53Z It is in that context that Ms. Meier’s run in “Wozzeck” finds its meaning, both for the Met audience and for her, its undercurrent of poignancy and triumph. Keep Going, Keep Going, Even at the Met 2011-04-03T02:14:50Z This heightens the poignancy of the pain they’re all going through, and it reminds us that even when one person takes center stage, the others still exist. Review | Meredith Hall’s ‘Beneficence’ is a quiet, poignant look at one family’s tragedy-strewn trajectory 2020-10-14T04:00:00Z If the movie tells an old story, its unvarnished realism lends it poignancy and depth. | 'Come Undone': Guilt, Anxiety, Obstacles: Adultery Is Hard Work 2010-12-03T00:22:00Z But there's also poignancy in seeing children craving reaction from their teachers and peers. TV highlights 14/07/2011: Rick Stein's Spain 2011-07-13T20:59:01Z The director John Hay plumbs the poignancy well but avoids any tussling with Dahl’s legacy, tarnished by antisemitic statements. ‘To Olivia’ Review: Roald Dahl and Patricia Neal Cope With Tragedy 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z For an actor, McKenna was an unusually modest and self-effacing man, and this trait lent a profound transparency and poignancy to those performances that touched on failure and disappointment, notably in Chekhov. TP McKenna obituary 2011-02-16T19:05:33Z Joel Berning, an actual New York chaplain, clearly drew on his own counseling experiences to lend the scene its poignancy. NW New Works: dental hygiene, stunning solo work, and more 2013-06-10T18:40:34Z It stuck with him for its poignancy and drove home how Mr. Stewart was always much more than a comedian. They’ll Just Hate to See Jon Stewart Go (So They Say) 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z But she had all sorts of qualities that compensated: among them, moxie, abundant talent and that poignancy to which audiences, especially women, could relate. All hail Melissa McCarthy, Hollywood's indestructible comic superwoman 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z And unlike many memoirs, which often strain for poignancy, the book’s insights are woven in naturally, with the vividness of genuine realizations. ‘Leaving Before the Rains Come’: the latest chapter in a life chaotically lived 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z In Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 5, he seemed to caress every phrase of the orchestral part into a sepia elegance, producing a poignancy that stayed buoyant, a contentment that still yearned for something more. Review: Manfred Honeck Coaxes a Burnished Sound From the New York Philharmonic 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z The poignancy of one patient's story is heightened but not overplayed. TV highlights 03/08/2011 2011-08-02T20:59:00Z Many of the actors are immigrants, or the children of immigrants, giving particular poignancy to the show’s reliable applause line, “Immigrants: We get the job done.” They Translated ‘Hamilton’ Into German. Was It Easy? Nein. 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z Her political material is wry and pointed, and her personal jokes can achieve the poignancy of a slice-of-life scene from one of Alan Bennett’s delicately observed plays. Sick of Angry Comics? Try Some Sweet-Tempered Stand-Up 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z But somehow it does, keeping its sense of humor but muzzling it just enough to allow some drama and poignancy to enter the mix. | 'Knock Me a Kiss': Harlem Renaissance Man and His Family, Behind Closed Doors 2010-11-21T22:50:00Z Coming in at a tight and talky 74 minutes, “Incredible but True” is a sweetly absurd time-travel comedy that coats its lunacy in a touching poignancy. ‘Incredible but True’ Review: Track to the Future 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z Nancy Spector, the Guggenheim’s former artistic director and chief curator, wrote in an analysis of the piece on its website that “Perhaps no artist depicted the plight of the underclasses with greater poignancy than Picasso.” Jewish Heirs Sue Guggenheim Over Ownership of a Prized Picasso 2023-01-29T05:00:00Z From the moment he and Ahmed come together, “The Night Of” gains propulsion, powered by each actor’s respective talent for evoking poignancy. Powerful crime drama “The Night Of” could be the hit HBO needs 2016-07-09T04:00:00Z In a bleak period, the work of the archivist assumes exceptional poignancy. The Record Keepers’ Rave 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z The albums took on added poignancy because they marked the final time the Evans trio would be together. Orrin Keepnews, producer of milestone jazz albums, dies at 91 2015-03-04T05:00:00Z In the wake of Tanner’s essay, it was highly pleasurable to discover that the first novel from John Waters — film director, essayist, artist, non-woman, known hater of poignancy — is about … “generations of women.” John Waters’s First Novel Is Manic, Hyperbolic and Deviant. Surprised? 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z And of course the poignancy of Spock’s death at the end. Leonard Nimoy dies: Ranking his 'Star Trek' films 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z Featherstone is the one character to break through the wall of clichés and introduce a little poignancy to the enterprise. Gnomeo & Juliet: Garden-Variety Shakespeare 2011-02-10T23:15:00Z This poignancy makes the picture less humorous but potentially more substantive than its predecessors. Review: In ‘The Trip to Spain,’ Everything Tastes Stale 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z There is poignancy in images like a schoolteacher’s snapshots of internees’ gardens and an unknown watercolorist’s painting of a sunset over the Topaz internment camp in Utah. Life in a Japanese-American Internment Camp, via the Diary of a Young Man 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z There's a built-in poignancy to this kind of retrospective, like looking at old photos, that, over the course of the list, rises to the level of general principle. The novelty value of Publishers Weekly's novel list 2013-02-26T15:00:00Z The recorded piano accompaniment she used was barely audible, yet the flawed balances actually lent extra poignancy to the performance. The Met Opera’s At-Home Gala: Informal Yet Profoundly Moving 2020-04-26T04:00:00Z Trombley wrote with humor, poignancy and thoughtfulness about being a child who had been conditioned to make up stories to hide the fact she'd been adopted. Laura Skandera Trombley is named new president of Huntington Library 2014-12-03T05:00:00Z But there is romance and tremendous poignancy in the story, and Mr. Nelson evokes it quietly. ‘Freedom Summer’ on PBS Looks Back at 1964 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z She says "darling" too much, appears nude in a completely unnecessary bathtub scene and plays guitar while singing in another, but that drags on so long it undercuts its poignancy. Review: 'Breakfast at Tiffany's' is ill-conceived 2013-03-20T23:46:16Z Bell, as his forgiving girlfriend, radiated sunshine for the most part but found shimmering poignancy in her handling of "Easy to Be Hard." This 'Hair' makes it easy to be heartened 2014-08-04T04:00:00Z I wrote at the time that seeing the real-life, hard-bitten characters portrayed by fresh-faced, aspiring artists lent grave poignancy to the drama. What ‘The Death of Klinghoffer’ Could Have Accomplished 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z A gentleman composer, he consigned poignancy to the lower layers, which made the music all the more hauntingly expressive. How unlikely Steven Stucky proved indispensable to the L.A. Philharmonic's rise 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z This is splendid puppetry, imbued with poignancy and the pulsing, drum-driven drama of mythic quest. Review: In ‘Book of Mountains & Seas,’ Puppets Embark on Mythic Quests 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z So the recent loss added extra poignancy to a show that was educational, elegant and affecting. Carmen de Lavallade recalled her time with the famous in a Kennedy Center show The survey has a special poignancy this month, which marks the centenary of the extinction of the passenger pigeon, a bird once so numerous that flocks would darken the sky for days on end. Protecting fragile bird species, one garden at a time Some reviewers said that, although he did not mention the tragedy on stage in Oslo, it lent a poignancy to songs like Worried About You and Miss You. Rolling Stones resume tour in Oslo 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z The part of Pa Kent was famously played by Glenn Ford in the Richard Donner Superman movie; the character suffered a heart attack, lending the movie some of its poignancy. Kevin Costner closes deal to join "Superman" 2011-03-18T01:07:30Z And the song is given added poignancy with a chorus featuring lovely harmony sung by Mr. Brooks’s wife, Trisha Yearwood, who adds a layer of empowered fatigue to Mr. Brooks’s knowing wink. Garth Brooks Is Back With a New Album, ‘Man Against Machine’ 2014-11-09T05:00:00Z He loves basketball - with the hoops lowered so he can dunk - and Katy Perry, but with the poignancy of a poor little rich boy who must play the adult in his public appearances. What is The Interview really like? 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z It's unlike anything Young has recorded in his long career — and that's saying something — a melding of fragility and violence that lends poignancy and gravity to songs about loss, confusion, mortality. Year's top albums in rock, pop 2010-12-04T06:00:00Z All credit to Marchánt Davis, then, for finding the deep pocket of poignancy in his beleaguered character, a Miami preacher and sidewalk revolutionary named Moses. ‘The Day Shall Come’ Review: The Revolution Will Be Compromised 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z But through the glass of my computer screen this beleaguered summer, it became a tableau of blindsiding poignancy, embodying the charged connection live theater can have when you’re in the room with it. Digital Theater Isn’t Theater. It’s a Way to Mourn Its Absence. 2020-07-08T04:00:00Z However, it is designed to provoke nothing but discussion with Goris instead focusing on the beauty and poignancy of the piece. Manchester International Festival's children's shows: a teenager's view 2013-07-17T14:57:15Z Here, the poignancy that attends all discarded photographs – remnants of another time, another life of which we know nothing – is literally covered over. Maurizio Anzeri's embroidered photographs make patterns of the past 2013-05-09T13:30:01Z These characters, we are not allowed to forget, are performers, too — but that bit of detachment only redoubles the poignancy of their struggles. Review: ‘Hamlet’ Boldly Engulfs the Metropolitan Opera 2022-05-15T04:00:00Z The poignancy isn’t in the timbre of her rising voice. Review | Kacey Musgraves made a divorce album that sounds like easy-listening 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z Her letting go — of money, of grudges, of herself — liberates her, and provides the film with its poignancy and charm. Michelle Pfeiffer brings sly elegance to the peculiar but charming "French Exit" 2020-10-11T04:00:00Z The heroism and the poignancy of the mission are qualities that shine through her work. Russian dance that's out of this world: Turin's Teatro a Corte 2011-07-13T11:36:09Z Naomi is a special concern for the family, and her efforts to re-enter a Western world of plenty without shocking her system add poignancy to the novel. Review | Marriage can’t quite bring two families together in ‘The Garden Party’ 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z Because at the dawn of time, it was apparently decided that there's poignancy, not yuks, to be found in a woman's sincere attempt to make herself more attractive. Look at him: Why can’t straight guys acknowledge male beauty without freaking out? 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z However, the poignancy of the lyrics shouldn’t be lost on any of us. I am a married grandmother but I feel so lonely | Mariella Frostrup 2017-03-26T04:00:00Z Like Burial and Joy Orbison before him, Latham finds poignancy in the neon haze of south London subways that drew him to the city from suburban Redhill. Music in 2011: skater hip-hop, dark 60s pop, Punjabi folk 2011-01-01T00:04:01Z “Black Feminist Video Game” aspires to this same degree of poignancy and ingenuity, but despite its cute gameplay, it can’t get past Level 1. ‘Black Feminist Video Game’ Review: Pixels and Polemics 2021-04-30T04:00:00Z Two of the best films use mixed-media and collage techniques to lend poignancy to true stories. | 'Nine Nation Animation': Worldwide Viewpoints With an Animated Edge 2010-09-28T23:10:00Z If Bolze's show explored ideas of co-operation and trust, then Mind The Gap's production takes on extra poignancy because this fine company is made up of actors with learning difficulties. This week's new theatre 2011-02-12T00:05:39Z But “Ride the Cyclone” never dawdles on such poignancy — in fact, it scrupulously avoids it. Review: Teenagers Sing to Survive in ‘Ride the Cyclone’ 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z Out in the postdivorce world, the publisher Sarah Crichton, in a tour de force of comedy and poignancy, describes the travails of dating again at almost 60. ‘The Bitch in the House’ Has a Sequel: ‘The Bitch Is Back’ 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z It was with great poignancy that I listened to Van Morrison sing: "Wouldn't it be great if it was like this all the time?" Family life 2012-06-29T23:05:03Z There’s poignancy in that, but it’s soothing, too, a calming act of imagination. Missing the Theater? Trade Playbills for These Novels 2020-04-02T04:00:00Z Her senile dementia is mined for poignancy: Queen Lear as your sad, vague Aunt Maggie. Meryl as Maggie in The Iron Lady: A Stunt of Genius 2011-12-29T16:59:44Z All that filler dims but can’t distinguish the poignancy of Griffin’s love for his father. ‘The Gargoyle Hunters,’ by John Freeman Gill: A love letter to New York City 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z This question-greeting is delivered as a statement, of course, but a certain poignancy can’t be ignored — especially if one considers the violent history of the Korean Peninsula. The Author of ‘The Vegetarian’ Takes on Korea’s Violent Past 2017-01-10T05:00:00Z Her work has always grappled with the vulnerability of life, but now the specter of mortality hangs low, and the poignancy of these pictures feels more acute. Tracey Emin and Edvard Munch, Leaning Into Pain 2020-12-03T05:00:00Z And the contrast between the chilly impersonality of the Avalon and the anguish of its human cargo lends the first half of the movie a desperate poignancy. Review: Two ‘Passengers’ Trapped on a Spaceship Find Love Amid Despair 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z He brought a special poignancy to the Noël Coward standard “If Love Were All,” a lament about the loneliness of celebrity. Review: Michael Feinstein’s Holiday Ode to Judy Garland 2016-12-16T05:00:00Z In a work suffused with poignancy, it was nice to smile. CBSO/Nelsons: Beethoven cycle, The Flying Dutchman; Eugene Onegin – review 2013-03-24T00:07:02Z And Grigorian’s final scene, which milks the unexpected poignancy of her simply changing in front of us from her habit into a sleek black cocktail dress and letting down her hair, is just as wrenching. At the Salzburg Festival, Riches, Retreads and Notes of Caution 2022-08-14T04:00:00Z Tied to the first movement by a darkly mournful line of brass, the Andante aches with a poignancy that is always gratifying, even in the most pedestrian of hands. Review: In Itzhak Perlman's hands, Mendelssohn steals the show 2011-01-31T22:00:07Z In power and poignancy, this segment of “Year One” is a match for end-of-the-world classics like Stephen King’s “The Stand,” Nevil Shute’s “On the Beach” and the better zombie apocalypses. From ‘Frankenstein’ to Nora Roberts in 200 Years 2017-12-26T05:00:00Z There is even a note of unexpected poignancy as we see the tousled, dashing corsair of the prologue succeeded for the main body of the opera by the much older, wiser Doge. Simon Boccanegra 2010-06-30T11:54:00Z Music of rare poignancy follows, leading to Arnold’s resolve to avenge his father’s death. Opera Review: Zurich Opera's 'Guillaume Tell' Is Tripped Up by Gimmickry 2010-11-23T12:40:00Z The first “Arthur,” the product of a less anxious age, managed to find a workable balance of poignancy and pixilation, making its hero at once a lovable free spirit and a pitiable lost soul. | 'Arthur': A Lush Life Revisited, With Nanny on Board 2011-04-07T21:14:56Z Still, there is real poignancy in this novel, as wounded characters struggle to regain childhood loyalties. A Widow Takes Her Grown Kids on a Cruise. What Could Go Wrong? 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z Indeed, much of the finale's poignancy involves protest, as Blanca joins ACT UP to push an HIV clinical trial to grant people of color equal access to lifesaving treatments. As "Pose" ends it reminds us that the dream New York is one rendered in color 2021-06-06T04:00:00Z But there is also poignancy here, and a sense of the ruthlessness of Hollywood, whose denizens are devastated when the industry almost inevitably turns away its gaze. The Brutal Logic of Stardom in “Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood” 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z Roy’s depiction of Tilo and Musa’s furtive romance in Kashmir has a cinematic quality — a reminder of her work as a screenwriter — as well as a genuine poignancy and depth of emotion. Arundhati Roy’s Long-Awaited Novel Is an Ambitious Look at Turmoil in India 2017-06-05T04:00:00Z Pomp and poignancy ... the Ground Zero memorial plaza in New York. Ground Zero 9/11 memorial flows with mournful splendour 2011-08-15T09:48:17Z Self-doubt is Brown’s specialty, and she delivers it with bittersweet poignancy. Joan Brown paintings at CB1-G gallery turn ordinary people into poignant stories of intrigue 2016-03-19T04:00:00Z The beauty, poignancy and breathtaking verve of this production are the product of a unique solidarity between troupers of different eras. 'Shuffle On' delivers a powerful kick from Broadway's musical past 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z This was Chudin and Bouder’s first rehearsal together; by the end of it the charm and poignancy of their scene was vividly clear. Nearly blind from an acid attack, the Bolshoi Ballet’s director still has an eye for beauty “The Skate” gets at both, as Ms. Childs runs a sly shell game with playfulness and poignancy. Review: ‘Bubbly Black Girl’ Lets a Smile Be Her Camouflage 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z Yet along with the sandpaper rasp in his voice, all traces of rawness and poignancy are gone. With a wink and a smile, Rod Stewart delivers polished soul at United Center 2011-04-10T14:49:00Z But the chief problem at Tuesday’s and Wednesday’s performances was the lack of tragic intensity or even poetic poignancy in the central performances. Dance Review: The Mariinsky Presents Its Shimmering ‘Swan Lake’ 2014-01-31T22:42:57Z The human condition was never portrayed with such poignancy. Stage reader review roundup: what have you seen this week? 2013-03-05T14:20:11Z Some of the most quotidian thoughts and expressions gain beauty and a great poignancy through time. Ask Amy: Teen girl is ready to have a baby, but is her guy? 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z Indeed, the drama’s poignancy draws from the script's interrogation of widely accepted notions surrounding winning and losing, right and wrong, good and bad. "Cobra Kai" returns: Will the "no mercy" way of fighting win? 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z It uses pop music ironically — “I Love a Rainy Night” by Eddie Rabbit as a character struggles across the parched Australian Outback — and with odd poignancy. ‘The Leftovers’ Leads Television’s Musical Golden Age 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z His death adds a layer of poignancy to the film. ‘Lucky’ director John Carroll Lynch on life, death — and Harry Dean Stanton 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z Does the poignancy of the husband's dream of the boat deflect our sympathy from the escaping woman? Poem of the week: Interstate by Anne-Marie Fyfe 2011-04-11T09:39:57Z Greer is an exceptionally lovely writer, capable of mingling humor with sharp poignancy. Do we really need another novel about a novelist? Yes — this one is delightful. 2017-07-11T04:00:00Z That, too, was a movie that found far more drama and poignancy and black comedy in the pantomime beefcake machismo. Magic Mike – review 2012-07-12T14:29:01Z USA Today said the revival mined the original's raw poignancy without sacrificing any of its wit or romanticism. Musical 'On The Town' sails back to Broadway 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z "He's such a masculine guy, but he's able to tap into a lovely poignancy and vulnerability – which I've got to see over the years, being his friend." Billy Bragg: Barking's Woody Guthrie on 30 years of songs and activism 2013-03-26T17:00:32Z As the woman, Takao, goes on a vacation in the country that brings back grade-school memories, Mr. Takahata finds a poignancy in milestones and ordinary moments alike, showing her sense of self deepening over time. Review: ‘Only Yesterday,’ Isao Takahata’s Time-Jumping Anime 2015-12-31T05:00:00Z There are also stretches of true poignancy and heroic singing, elements that Mr. Levine drew out from the enthused orchestra and the game young singers. Opera Review: Evening of Comic Opera From the Met and Juilliard 2014-02-12T22:23:45Z Paul Jasmin’s photographs are rich with the poignancy and potential of youth. | Paul Jasmin 2010-12-15T14:56:00Z Phelim McDermott’s staging combines homespun visual wit and wonder, playing especially on imagery of the newspaper Indian Opinion, with sequences of soaring poignancy and one of the great final scenes in all opera. 10 Classical Concerts to Stream in November 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z There’s a poignancy to his work, given that paper’s long role as the repository of cultural memory and accomplishment is being usurped by swift technological change. Can a Papermaker Help to Save Civilization? 2012-02-17T21:39:00Z There was extra poignancy in this year’s concert. Music Review: Saying Farewell to School, With Some Help From Brahms 2011-05-20T21:22:12Z He vividly conveys the declamatory thrust and poignancy of the music, bringing affecting dignity to his portrayal. Review: A New, Abstract ‘Guillaume Tell’ at the Met Opera 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z The film has added poignancy at this time, the actor said. Two films of Mandela's life set to go head to head at the box office 2013-06-14T16:39:13Z One of these details acquires hideous poignancy later when a soldier is shot in the head; he survives but his head assumes the "dented and misshapen" aspect of the moon. The human heart of the matter 2010-06-11T23:05:00Z A versatile character actor capable of menace, quiet poignancy and Cockney charm, London-raised Hoskins appeared in some of the most acclaimed British films of the past few decades, including gangster classic "The Long Good Friday." British actor Bob Hoskins dies at 71 2014-04-30T13:07:10Z He’s always had a tight turn-of-phrase, but with emotion driving his concepts, the clever wordplay cuts with poignancy. Queens of the Stone Age’s …Like Clockwork is Dark, Personal, and Heroic 2013-06-06T13:28:40Z Its poignancy becomes even more pronounced when the speaker shifts to a consideration of how a domestic landscape changes when the person at the center of it is gone. Review: Richard Maxwell Considers Life After Life in ‘Paradiso’ 2018-01-16T05:00:00Z The poignancy came with Blitzer’s farewell when he signed off before midnight. ‘Oh! So frustrating indeed!’: Not even Wolf Blitzer could take the agony of waiting for Iowa 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z It is a meditation on time, memory, the poignancy of married love and the inexplicable mystery of death — and very scary. The scariest horror films ever – ranked! 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z The terrific French actor, Vincent Lindon, usually plays brooding types with a menacing streak but here he imbues his Casanova with subtle poignancy. ‘Casanova, Last Love’ Review: Reappraising a Philanderer 2021-07-14T04:00:00Z Under Christina A. Coakley’s direction, able acting draws out the humor, poignancy and warmth of this work, helping the production get past touches of stiffness. Review | In ‘Airness,’ the axes are invisible but the play is loud 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z Other films use a freshly-dead parent as a trigger for poignancy. God’s Pocket: carrying corpse humour to the grave 2014-08-04T04:00:00Z This is all very far from the poignancy and complexity of “Lady Bird,” the unhinged adventures of “Superbad,” and the acerbic insights of “Mean Girls.” “Booksmart,” Reviewed: Olivia Wilde’s Toothless Teen Comedy 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z Noah Haidle’s “Birthday Candles,” which opened on Broadway Sunday night at the American Airlines Theater, tries to build poignancy and depth through moments that repeat like a record needle stuck in a groove. ‘Birthday Candles’ Review: Another Year, Another Cake, Another Profundity 2022-04-10T04:00:00Z He zipped among topics like a hummingbird, hovering on a subject just long enough to dip into its absurdity or poignancy before another more appealing option presented itself. How Noel Fielding Went From a Hedonist to a Host of ‘The Great British Baking Show’ 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z There was a poignancy in the visual of these kids growing up against the backdrop of an enormous, imposing factory. The J.J. Abrams Interview: Inside Super 8 2011-06-06T10:25:00Z But there’s self-flagellation, too, and ultimately a surprising poignancy, as she recounts a snarky piece she once wrote there, galumphing into a subculture that wasn’t hers. Review: ‘Aloha, Aloha, or When I Was Queen’ Takes On the Cringeworthy 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z With the tornado tragedy adding a heartbreaking poignancy to the requiem This Is All We Have Now and haunting encore Always There … in Our Hearts, this was truly memorable. The Flaming Lips – review 2013-05-22T17:23:36Z But Mr. Williams, the kinetic comic who has sometimes revealed a marshmallowy streak in movies, never indulges the audience’s hunger for displays of humorous invention or pinpricks of poignancy. | 'Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo': Ghostly Beast Burning Bright in Iraq 2011-04-01T02:01:01Z In fact, this chapter — a masterful short story, really — is almost too good, in that it casts a shadow over the others, which don’t attain the same level of complexity or poignancy. Francine Prose’s ‘Mister Monkey’ takes on the bananas world of children’s theater 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z Similarly, the preponderance of actors on this show who died not long after the shoot keeps adding a poignancy to the proceedings, which the creators are clearly exploiting — and not cheaply. ‘Twin Peaks’ Season 3, Episode 12: Hornes Aplenty 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z Selya displays a charming, been-around-the-block world weariness that invests his character with a bit of poignancy, a quality that is accentuated in his solo turn with "The September of My Years." Tharp delivers libido-charged Sinatra love letter 2010-03-25T22:43:00Z The devastation gives these immediate scenes a lingering poignancy. Review | In the galleries: Views of lost scenes from Syria 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z He's looking forward to next season, where he plans to delve more deeply in the character, probing "her pain and poignancies." 'Empire's' tough Cookie, Taraji P. Henson, always up for a challenge 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z These pictures and others, some of which first appeared in The Miami Herald in 2003, carry a particular poignancy. A Chronicler of Fashion Turns to the Heart 2010-11-25T05:10:00Z There is also a real poignancy running through the book. ‘The Fall of Princes’ review: the rise and fall of a Master of the Universe 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z But it couldn’t compete with the pristine integrity and shaggy poignancy of “Columbia Icefield,” often gloomy yet somehow never quite depressing. Review: The Prettiest, Most Progressive Campfire Music Ever 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z She closes on a scene of genuine and forceful poignancy: a construction site in the city where dispossessed men from the sticks like Natha are building luxury apartments, more ghosts than men. Film review: Peepli Live 2010-09-23T22:40:00Z A marvellous cast steers the evening away from indulgence towards parody and poignancy. Macbeth; Circle Mirror Transformation; The Paper Architect – review 2013-07-13T23:05:59Z Life seems tinged with loss, poignancy – and anger. My lesson in gun control 2012-12-18T01:00:00Z That it's so often achieved at the very point when the dancer's body begins to fail is one of ballet's great poignancies. The Sleeping Beauty/English National Ballet – review 2012-12-09T00:06:03Z The question has a special poignancy at the moment he asks it. ‘Queen & Slim’ Review: Love on the Run 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z This is unfortunate, because without deeper insight into Barnett’s pain, the book never quite achieves its potential poignancy. The Injustice Deep Within the Justice System 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z The virtuosity of the vocal part can overwhelm the poignancy of the moment, especially in staged performances. Review: LoftOpera’s ‘Lucrezia Borgia,’ With Flying Bottles of Beer and Poison 2015-04-06T04:00:00Z This is the source of the play’s boisterous comedy as well as its aching poignancy. Theater Review: Conor McPherson’s ‘The Night Alive,’ With Ciaran Hinds 2013-12-13T03:00:09Z He spent most of the decade as a leading man in films aiming at both humor and poignancy in their observations on romance, marriage, friendship, class and the meaningful life. George Segal, Veteran of Drama and TV Comedy, Is Dead at 87 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z And though what they say is thus incomprehensible to those who do not speak the language, it dramatizes with great poignancy the power of what we can sense but not understand. In a City of Monuments, History Lives Onstage and in the Streets 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z Still, his voice carried effectively in the house on Thursday, and he brought uncommon tenderness and poignancy to the role. Review: Spruce and Taut, the Met Opera’s ‘Fidelio’ Looks Good at 17 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z And Gat’s frequent silent sections — initially giving the setting a kind of haunting, heartbreaking poignancy — turned ponderous. Review: Dancing to Tears for Fears, Until They’re Worn Out 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z Embracing her identity and choices, putting her own vulnerability and pain on display, adds to the poignancy of her domestic scenes. Billie Zangewa Makes Art Where the Light is Best 2021-05-04T04:00:00Z Thus Ms. Mandel is able to tap into the poignancy of lives cut short at a terrible time — or, in one case, of a life that goes on long after wrongs could be righted. Emily St. John Mandel’s ‘Station Eleven,’ a Flu Apocalypse 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z The poignancy is only increased by the fact that the letters never get responses. The View on the Way Down by Rebecca Wait – review 2013-04-13T10:31:01Z Our reviewer, Patrick Abatiell, noted the novel’s “robust material” and “poignancy.” New in Paperback: ‘Say Nothing’ and ‘The Club’ 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z Or to imagine the poignancy for this ardent admirer of their work to be deprived, along with the rest of us, of live performance in the final months of her life. Perspective | Ruth Bader Ginsburg gave her life to the country — and her heart to the performing arts 2020-09-19T04:00:00Z This chorus of the unloved, their histories forgotten, lends a poignancy to the story of the doomed lovers who leave broken hearts and dashed dreams in the wake of their unstoppable grand passion. Tristan And Yseult, Fences, Widowers' Houses: what to see at the theatre this week 2013-06-15T04:59:01Z Ms. Radvanovsky brought tremulous poignancy to the aching phrases Norma sings over her sleeping children. Compelling Singers Lift a Muddled ‘Norma’ at the Metropolitan Opera 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z Mr. Oppenheimer and his collaborators pose it with renewed urgency and poignancy, and also suggest the ways that, in Indonesia, forgiveness is still premature. Review: ‘The Look of Silence’ Confronts Individuals and Ideology of Indonesian Massacre 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z This speaks to the podcast's emerging poignancy: Everyone dies with their stories, and here's at least one pocket of the entertainment industry still taking deposits. Gilbert Gottfried's 'Amazing Colossal Podcast' deep dives into showbiz lives 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z “Vessel,” the group’s new album, is full of tiny scenes that hit with incredible poignancy, from her New York childhood up through her uncertain 20s. Frankie Cosmos’s Small World Gets Bigger 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z The poignancy of “Accent Elimination” sneaks up on you. Nina Katchadourian’s Eccentric Existentialism 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z Mr. Butz plays guitar on and off, and sings in a gruff voice whose upper register keens with quivering poignancy that echoes great country balladeers like George Jones. Music Review: Norbert Leo Butz Sings in ‘Girls, Girls, Girls’ 2013-06-23T20:04:16Z That these fine singers are black artists lent additional poignancy to the occasion. Critic’s Notebook: The Pittburgh Symphony Orchestra Plays at Carnegie Hall 2014-05-11T21:00:39Z She’s less successful when she turns serious, trying for a poignancy that requires more acting skill than she possesses; several segments are more maudlin than moving. Review: ‘Not That Jewish,’ but Funny Just the Same 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z There is poignancy in Tindersticks' Cherryblossom, the flowers appearing just once, caught in the corner of the eye, a glimpse of beauty in the middle of the tale of a failing relationship. Readers recommend songs about flowers: The results 2010-06-10T21:30:00Z This highly promising production, which concluded its run on Wednesday night, is beautifully structured, with an impressive blend of poignancy and humor, nicely distinct performances, and respectfully playful direction by Audrey Alford. ArtsBeat: New York Fringe Festival Report: ‘Like Poetry’ 2013-08-15T20:10:08Z At the end of the day Life in a Day ODs on poignancy, and while I commend the optimism and the experiment, I was hoping for a little more tension and vitality. Life in a Day's blancmange offers sugar but little substance 2011-01-26T12:39:32Z The film ultimately boils down essential questions as it documents with poignancy the frustrations and ghosts of even a seemingly well-off group. Tribeca : In Tony Gonzalez doc, family subtleties amid NFL grandeur 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z Still, the film’s final images of him, totally dependent on his keepers, achieve a kind of morbid poignancy. Review: In ‘Caniba,’ a Killer Tries to Make His Case 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z For the council there is a particular poignancy. How The King's Speech has revived the British film industry 2011-02-11T19:32:41Z But it’s effective in this drama, lending the characters’ monologues both poignancy and also a light layer of satire. | 'My Generation': 10 Years After the Prom: Friends as Landmarks 2010-09-22T21:57:00Z Instead, Perry Farrell from Jane's Addiction sang Transmission, creating a mix of fury and poignancy. Ask the indie professor: My top 10 gigs of 2010 2010-12-22T11:48:26Z Related: Melissa Mathison, ET screenwriter, dies aged 65 in Los Angeles It is a stunningly simple and powerful metaphor for childhood unhappiness, the poignancy of the “imaginary friend” made flesh. Melissa Mathison: a masterful storyteller who brought ET to life 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z There was a special poignancy to that here. A ‘Streetcar’ that will move you 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z It can’t happen too late either, or it loses its poignancy. My end-of-summer ritual: Deciding when it is safe and appropriate to play this quintessential August song 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z None of this possesses the poignancy or complexity of which Conti is capable, far less rises to Shakespearean heights. Nina Conti – review 2013-05-10T17:01:44Z But "Continental Drift," like the rest of the "Ice Age" movies, is best when it leaves poignancy to the folks at Pixar. Review: Family tectonics shift in fourth 'Ice Age' 2012-07-12T13:43:08Z That suggests something about how this narrative flows — rushing from one anecdote to another, swirling past and present, constantly swelling with poignancy. Review | Ocean Vuong’s ‘On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous’ is permanently stunning 2019-05-28T04:00:00Z The child's performance can provoke moments of poignancy that help us retain — or regain — our sense of humanity. Child stars: The power and the price of cuteness 2022-10-03T04:00:00Z But I’ve lately been more than reconciled to the Zeffirelli, the age and familiarity of which have added a poignancy that enhances the piece — that, in some sense, completes it. ‘La Bohème’: Should Opera’s Most Beloved Classic Be Changed? 2017-10-27T04:00:00Z And Mr. Keenlyside brought a combination of muscular sound and poignancy to his impressive singing. Music Review: London Symphony Orchestra at Avery Fisher Hall - Review 2011-10-24T21:46:31Z His freedom and elasticity are not only influenced by the words he is singing but by a poignancy of feeling for the music itself. Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau: a guide in clips 2012-05-18T16:16:00Z His rich baritone is in full blossom, with a commanding low voice, an enveloping midrange and a top that he wields with heart-stopping poignancy. Review | A wide-ranging program of song at the Library of Congress 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z Interlaced throughout “School Girls” is a note of poignancy: for these girls, the pageant is not an example of female exploitation or marker of shabby Western values. Review | Mean girls are at home in Ghana, too 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z Frears’ chef-d’oeuvre has everything: accessibly rooted in a true story, it has a powerful but controlled display of emotions, is tempered with poignancy and wit, and has great performances from stars and supporting cast. Every Stephen Frears film – ranked! 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z There was a poignancy in the casting since the film's star, Lillian Gish, had acted with Carey Sr 75 years previously in DW Griffith's An Unseen Enemy. Letter: Harry Carey Jr and the golden era of American cinema 2012-12-30T18:01:33Z “It is a completely unbelievable but wholly captivating flight into fancy composed of unequal dollops of comedy, romance, poignancy, funny colloquialisms and Manhattan’s swankiest East Side areas captured in the loveliest of colors,” A.H. What’s on TV This Week: ‘True Lies’ and ‘Black Girl Missing’ 2023-02-27T05:00:00Z She delivers its many droll observations with flawless timing, while still conveying the some of the poignancy of a young woman becoming an adult. Review | Gore Vidal’s ‘Lincoln’ and other best audiobooks for summer’s end 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z And now that Summer is gone, it’s got an extra level of poignancy. Last Dance: Donna Summer?s Best Songs 2012-05-17T17:55:52Z Around this time Kuehn started to gravitate to portraiture, especially family portraiture; in these images the poignancy of his situation as a newly widowed father is fully apparent. Art Review: Heinrich Kuehn With Stieglitz and Steichen 2012-05-24T22:03:09Z And Hutton’s ability to find suspense, humor and poignancy in scenes of familial irritation is likely to strike a chord with every viewer. Review | The familial irritation in ‘Gulf View Drive’ is likely to strike a chord with every viewer 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z But in Vladimir and Estragon, Beckett also finds poignancy, humor and the last dregs of physical love, where Elliott and company find only horror. Review: ‘Waiting for Godot’ in the Bleakest Zoom Room Ever 2021-05-07T04:00:00Z The poignancy of both remembering and forgetting is what this book is all about ... Author Tan Twan Eng wins Scott prize for historical fiction 2013-06-14T22:44:59Z Nearly two decades after her mother’s death, when Chow was just 13, her family is still in deep mourning, an experience she documents with wit, poignancy and fresh insight and imagery. 8 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z Throughout these well-crafted stories, Vestal’s prose captures the gritty poignancy of western life. Divining darkness at the western edge 2013-04-10T18:13:54Z Kazan’s direction — and a “simply superlative cast” — are what made for “a motion picture that throbs with passion and poignancy,” Bosley Crowther wrote in his review for The Times. What’s on TV This Week: ‘The Celebrity Dating Game’ and a Father’s Day Special 2021-06-14T04:00:00Z In Ingram Marshall’s “September Canons,” the juxtaposition of human performer and electronics took on added poignancy. Review: Todd Reynolds, Live and Recorded, at the Jewish Museum 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z Mirrcandani deftly conveys the adventurousness and exuberance that temper Afzal’s conservatism: This character’s complex personality — which sometimes bemuses his daughters — supplies many of the play’s laughs and much of its considerable poignancy. Theater review: Ayad Akhtar’s ‘The Who & the What’ at Round House 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z The splendid, velvet-toned soprano Sally Matthews makes Daphne’s expression of grief a matter of deep poignancy, the high point of an impressive portrayal. Schoenberg’s ‘Gurrelieder’ in Full Glory 2014-09-15T04:00:00Z Touring churches, cathedrals and monasteries suited the hymn-like refrain, but also added poignancy to the Chernobyl and Holocaust museums. The evocative music that inspired my travels: readers' tips 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z The child died young, adding poignancy to this touching memorial. Review: Bronzino Emerges From Limbo 2010-11-16T08:30:00Z And there is a poignancy, too, to the deep and rueful knowledge of the ravages of alcohol laid so bare in “Big Blonde.” Elaine Stritch Gives New Voice to Dorothy Parker’s Tales of Social Life, and Private Pain 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z The dancers are a marvel of containment and precision: As often as they rise on demi-point — and it happens a lot, from still balances to turns — they convey a grounded poignancy. Molissa Fenley and Company at Judson Memorial Church 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z As always, Lent traces their progress with poignancy and tenderness in some of the most magnificent prose being written today. Jeffrey Lent’s ‘A Slant of Light’ chronicles a Civil War veteran’s return 2015-04-06T04:00:00Z Still, it's Nakamura and, especially, Kent who lend weight and poignancy to these flurries of activity. Whim W'Him's 'reSet' makes good second impression 2011-06-27T18:34:04Z “Aspects” opened on July 15 to strong reviews from critics, who generally concluded that the unvarnished staging put the poignancy of the relationships in sharp relief. David Babani?s Chocolate Factory Shines Up Old Shows 2010-07-23T02:10:00Z As a tale of an inanimate object outliving its usefulness but yearning to feel warmth again, it’s no match for the poignancy of “Toy Story 3.” | 'Clifford Chase's Winkie': A Teddy Bear on the Hot Seat, With Hysteria Swirling All Around 2011-03-13T21:45:10Z Daisy Goodwin, the TV producer who chaired this year's judges, praised The Lacuna's "breathtaking scale and shattering moments of poignancy" and said the winner was only ever between the three books. Kingsolver wins Orange prize 2010-06-09T19:37:00Z Petty manages to imbue this perfect song with enough specificity and antic poignancy that it still, after all these years, feels more personal than anthemic. 16 Songs to Soundtrack Your Fourth of July Barbecue 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z The “Oklahoma!” revival emphasizes the violence and danger of an American frontier community, while the authenticity of the “Fiddler” revival reinforces its poignancy. A Dark ‘Oklahoma!’ and a Yiddish ‘Fiddler’ to Close in January 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z There’s even a poignancy to how clueless they are. Now Playing Nightly on Instagram: Sketch Comedy’s Newest Star 2020-03-29T04:00:00Z The tone of subtle wit and steely stoicism enhance the poignancy of Wiesenthal’s experiences, achievements and immense, heroic ambition. 'Wiesenthal' documents one man's human frailty, tireless dedication 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z The show is suffused with a take-no-prisoners poignancy that spares no one, and that makes it sublime. “Louie” returns, as hapless and sublime as ever 2015-04-08T04:00:00Z There’s a poignancy to him remembering the first time he heard his stoic father laugh. On Keegan-Michael Key’s Podcast, a Provocative Case for Sketch Comedy 2021-01-27T05:00:00Z And as a singer, he moved fluidly from Motown pop to hard funk to Brazilian bossa nova, with a voice that was sure, expressive and flush with poignancy and drama. George Michael Preferred Music to Fame. The Doc He Made Does, Too. 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z The poignancy of “Letters” comes from the juxtaposition of Jackson’s jaunty social persona and the occasional searing glimpses of a profoundly vulnerable woman. Review | Shirley Jackson’s letters reveal the droll voice of an aggrieved working mother 2021-07-28T04:00:00Z “What We Leave Behind” insists upon power in stillness, and the poignancy in staying — and leaving. ‘What We Leave Behind’ Review: A Father’s Final Project 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z Fleischer says the case that sticks in his mind for its “poignancy” is one in which the Vidocq Society helped clear a man of murder. Murder on the menu 2012-11-22T14:00:00Z The structural ambition and the emotional poignancy of the writing have made giant steps. Cuarteto Casals – review 2012-10-11T16:44:30Z The appealing baritone Robert E. Mellon, a graduate of the school, sang with characterful flair and myriad shadings, imbuing the somber texts with poignancy and dramatic vigor in equal measure. Manhattan School of Music Symphony - Review?The Penal Colony? by American Opera Projects - Review 2011-10-03T22:40:28Z And Mr. Pigott-Smith finds a deep poignancy in the disconnect between the grandeur of Charles’s expression and the emptiness of his existence. ‘King Charles III’ and ‘The Ruling Class’ in London 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z Yet when Turandot melted at the thought of this young woman, she shaped the ascending phrase with aching poignancy, lingering on a sad and shimmering sustained tone. Review: Anna Netrebko Rings in the Year With a Met Gala 2020-01-01T05:00:00Z The extravagance of the fabrics, their abundance and abstract historicism, conveyed an uncompromising generosity, barely contained by the tiny space around them and imbued with the poignancy of the disappearing women inside. Magical Thinking at Céline and Comme des Garçons 2015-10-04T04:00:00Z Toss in a soundtrack rich with Hank Williams and Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys, stir in Robert Surtees’s breathtaking black-and-white cinematography, and you have a masterpiece of high-lonesome poignancy and 1970s disillusionment. ‘The Last Picture Show’ at MoMA 2014-06-15T04:00:00Z The director’s films find humor and poignancy in bad behavior. Sunday Reading: Hollywood Stories 2019-11-24T05:00:00Z But for many fans and critics, myself included, the show lost some of the graceful poignancy that made it, well, magical. “Game Of Thrones”: HBO throws out George R.R. Martin’s books — and saves the show 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z The poignancy then, of this phone call taking place when both are probably now in their 50s or even 60s is given added weight. Old music: Tom Waits - Martha 2012-05-30T10:03:50Z It's the collision between this humanity and the systematised inhumanity which confronts it that lends the proceedings much of their poignancy. How Never Let Me Go gave up and died 2011-02-14T13:07:30Z This year's chair of the Orange prize judges, TV producer Daisy Goodwin, paid tribute to the novel's "breathtaking scale and shattering moments of poignancy". Barbara Kingsolver: from witch hunt to winner 2010-06-10T17:36:00Z Another highlight was “I’ve Heard of a City Called Heaven,” in which she sang with both dramatic fervor and quiet poignancy. New York Festival of Song at Merkin Concert Hall 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z But if you start to see the unwieldiness as the product of an untried writer testing his skills — and trying to expiate some sins of youth in the process — then “Summer” acquires an unexpected poignancy. Review: ‘What I Did Last Summer,’ a Letter of Apology From an Ex-Teenager 2015-05-17T04:00:00Z Though I love Shakespeare as written, in this production the community involvement had so much to offer, from signing to drumming, and the songs, especially Viola's, as mentioned, had such verve and poignancy. Review: ‘Twelfth Night,’ Anything Goes in Love and Shakespeare 2016-09-04T04:00:00Z He imbued the Adagio with an arresting poignancy and a dignity that also rendered memorable the Busoni arrangements of two Bach Chorale Preludes, one performed before each sonata. Music Review: Paul Lewis at Zankel Hall With Beethoven and Bach 2014-03-27T22:36:02Z Often the music suggests the emotion the characters cannot show in public; the poignancy is overwhelming. Review: Washington Ballet Scales New Heights via the Classics 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z A tale of a family grappling with crises and mistakes, “Easy Women” offers some real poignancy, as well as moments of delectable humor scattered amid more obvious yuks. Review | ‘Easy Women Smoking Loose Cigarettes’ veers jarringly from comedy to darkness 2020-03-01T05:00:00Z A similar alchemy turned the closing Prokofiev into a convincing display of passion and poignancy. Review: Guest conductor leads a striking program at SSO 2010-12-10T18:49:00Z But coming to screens around the height of the pandemic, a comedy about death — and bridging the distance between the living and the digitized — had an unintended level of poignancy. Life Is More Like a Simulation. On These Shows, So Is Death. 2020-05-19T04:00:00Z The fact that one can only go forward and never know what might have been is part of what gives a story heft and poignancy. ‘Bandersnatch,’ ‘The Sopranos,’ and the Myth of Certainty 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z It's a subversive shambles, basically, and not for everyone, but peppered with real poignancy. Comedy Gold: Johnny Vegas's Live at the Benidorm Palace 2013-01-31T15:51:50Z There is some poignancy and dramatic edge to Smith’s disapproving mien. Maggie Smith's 20 best films – ranked! 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z Far above this level, however, there are works of great poignancy and depth. I nominate Japanese anime for most underrated genre 2011-02-25T12:38:19Z They provide all the history and poignancy the film needs. | '100 Voices': Cantors Try to Heal Rift Through Song 2010-09-21T22:06:00Z Raw Sound is anything but: this is a honed sound, powerful and polished, pristine in its poised, punchy poignancy. New band of the day (Knesset No 1,484) 2013-04-03T16:32:38Z There is a particular poignancy to the passing of Warda here in Egypt, her adopted country. Warda gave us a soundtrack for the Arab spring 2012-05-21T12:40:01Z But if there’s a certain depth missing in “The Amazing Catfish,” the film brings forth the small-scale pleasures and poignancy of an ambling short story. In ‘The Amazing Catfish,’ a Woman Is Thrust Into a Family 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z His section on seaside cafes has a special, almost eerie poignancy all of its own. The wonder of seaside cafes: neon, nougat and knickerbocker glories 2014-05-26T04:00:00Z Some viewers may find themselves a little impatient with the pacing, but "Betty" consistently delivers unexpected moments of poignancy, which come into plain view as the omnipresent weed smoke clears. HBO's "Betty" is a sun-soaked celebration of women who find freedom on skateboards 2020-06-07T04:00:00Z It’s a scene that both actors play with an extraordinary, understated poignancy—and that Shelton directs with a precise and dignified restraint. “Sword of Trust,” Reviewed: A Mumblecore Comedy That Takes on the Pro-Confederate Right 2019-07-12T04:00:00Z The rider of the title, Brady Blackburn, is played by Brady Jandreau, though “played by” doesn’t suggest the complexity and poignancy of his performance. ‘The Rider’ Review: A Cowboy Life in the Balance 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z And when solutions or explanations arrive, they add poignancy. Review: ‘Spectator’ at the Japan Society 2015-11-15T05:00:00Z There’s some poignancy and amusement in how the experiences of time and love transpire in the novel and in the readers’ lives. ‘Le Temps Perdu’ Review: Proust Club 2022-08-16T04:00:00Z Comedy and poignancy weave together in Mr. Virzì’s hands, but the maudlin meter only occasionally goes into the red zone. | 'The First Beautiful Thing': Family Portrait 2011-04-15T04:23:08Z This superbly conceived performance now assumes an almost unbearable, real poignancy: when I see the poster image of these men taking a knee at Norman’s graveside it is overwhemingly sad. Chadwick Boseman: the unbearable loss of a prince of American cinema | Peter Bradshaw 2020-08-29T04:00:00Z The film's only lasting poignancy is its connection with the site of the ape's demise: the World Trade Center. In Remembrance of Erratic Film Producer Dino De Laurentiis 2010-11-19T14:15:00Z They heard the song the same way and toyed with it, slowing a sequence of steps, for instance, to underscore its poignancy. Perspective | Peloton’s Cody Rigsby is powerfully predictable on ‘Dancing With the Stars’ 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z The poignancy of seeing what is now Cunningham's final work is intensified by the discovery that it contains some of the most limpidly beautiful movement of his career. Merce Cunningham Company ? review 2010-10-27T22:00:00Z The tour was mostly planned before the war, but the continuing devastation has added poignancy and meaning. A Ukrainian Orchestra on a Mission to Promote Its Country’s Culture 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z I wanted a little more poignancy and melting power in the richly expressive passages that sound like an extension of Brahms, Mahler and Strauss. Review: The Searing Beauty of Kentridge’s ‘Wozzeck’ at the Met 2019-12-29T05:00:00Z Capped by his singing of a wordless minor-mode melody, sometimes in duet with himself on the violin, the piece’s simplicity and poignancy were devastating. Daniel Bernard Roumain’s songs of protest at the National Gallery 2018-02-05T05:00:00Z His love of folk song and his natural lyricism produced song settings of wistful poignancy, especially the Ludlow Town poems of AE Housman. EJ Moeran: Complete Solo Songs 2010-05-22T23:05:00Z His father fakes a suicide note, and when it is leaked, the school magazine reprints the letter, its poignancy prompting a posthumous revision of everyone's former low opinion of the boy. Robin Williams: 'I was shameful, did stuff that caused disgust ? that's hard to recover from' 2010-09-20T07:00:00Z Moral expectations are inverted, too, to such a degree that, at the end, what should be a real tragedy lacks the poignancy required for a satisfactory conclusion. Laura Wilson's crime fiction roundup – reviews 2013-04-25T07:00:01Z After a shaky beginning, the mostly fine actors do well balancing the levity and poignancy of the play, whose temporal scope makes a balm of remembrance. In ‘A Wilder Christmas,’ Darkness Laced With Sentiment 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z In the grave, great slow movement, she played with restraint and poignancy. Review: Yuja Wang Tackles Beethoven’s ‘Hammerklavier,’ Assured to a Fault 2016-05-15T04:00:00Z We love its accuracy, poignancy and subtle sympathy with those still charged under English law with the "cure of souls" over every inch of the nation – whether it cares about us or not. Rev: The vicars' verdict 2010-08-02T10:00:00Z At her best, she uses her poetic instincts to load even simple moments with poignancy, such as when Abdul thinks of his mom. Sapphire's 'The Kid': The son of Precious Jones navigates the urban minefield 2011-07-14T21:10:28Z It’s a moving moment that derives its poignancy from the pragmatic negotiations that mask the passions of the characters. Critic’s Notebook: InsightALT, a Festival of Operas in Progress 2013-05-31T21:38:00Z Snyder, who also directed the superhero film "Watchmen," said he wanted to find a poignancy to add to the familiar story. 'Man of Steel' promises poignancy from Superman 2013-04-17T07:16:04Z But the song is still stunning, for the way in which its emotional core, one of poignancy, of hope, seems to have been channelled from the Beatles directly. Readers recommend songs about the Beatles: The results 2010-10-07T22:30:00Z At first, there is little tonal variation and sourness overwhelms the comedy, but it finishes with poignancy. Staircase ? review 2011-03-02T19:30:01Z It’s a poignancy both charming and almost unbearable to witness: a young woman arriving in the city and expecting it, even for a minute, to yield for her, to her. ‘Sweetbitter,’ by Stephanie Danler 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z But there is a palpable poignancy to I Miss the Music, charting a composer's dependence on his lyricist and underscored by our knowledge of Ebb's death during the show's production. Theatre review 2010-07-07T01:12:00Z The mixing on his tracks is excellent and enables him to blend power and poignancy. 9 of the year's best overlooked albums 2011-01-07T22:04:04Z But in this case, the Möbius strip approach worked, imbuing an already suspenseful and sad moment with deep poignancy and meaning. ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 6, Episode 5: Hold the Door 2016-05-22T04:00:00Z Jennifer, in one of the play’s rare moments of poignancy, thinks wistfully of “all the men who have fantasized about me” and wonders if they’re “all lonely, too.” Kieron Barry’s ‘Tomorrow in the Battle’: A Love Triangle 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z Indeed, the Piano Concerto sounds startlingly robust, even as its lyrical passages assume aching poignancy. CD review: An enlightened new recording of de Lalande 2015-09-18T04:00:00Z The book follows down the aisle among others, a young Christian woman who’s never kissed her fiancé and shows the poignancy in everyday love stories. New Books From Paul Theroux, Jeffrey Zaslow and Randall Silvis 2011-12-14T22:10:30Z What didn’t work as well for me was the central pairing of Carrie and Brody, which clearly was meant to invest the episode’s final minutes with poignancy. Homeland Watch: Into the Woods 2012-12-17T14:15:50Z For those who mourn the dead — scribes like the Greek poet Simonides, who wrote epitaphs for fallen warriors — your voice must tremble with poignancy, with a certain piteousness. Maaza Mengiste Sings a Modern Song of War 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z The films are chapters in a life, and their poignancy depends on having seen what came before. Watch List: Selections for Marathon Couch Time 2013-08-12T21:53:25Z Now he is 61, there is a real poignancy to the video in which the ageing rocker salutes a peer who never had the chance to grow old. Ozzy Osbourne covers John Lennon song for charity 2010-10-06T10:16:00Z Steinberg, Cunningham and Twombly died within a year of Ms. Dean’s filming them, adding to the poignancy of the unsung moments that she portrays as essential to the making of great art. Female Artists Occupy Main Galleries at the New Museum 2012-06-03T03:26:52Z It's a great episode with moments of surpassing poignancy and weirdness. Big Love: Shark-Jumping in Utah 2010-02-22T14:05:00Z Their melodies combine the poignancy of Sebadoh with the urgent impact of Guided By Voices, in a style they've named "wild pop" - bittersweet songs with an explosive, intense guitar sound. December's best music from across the MAP 2012-12-19T10:00:00Z On the smallest stage at 59E59 Theaters, with a nimble and inventive cast of four, it is a fast-moving comedy that dares to tip into poignancy. When Monsters Make the Best Husbands 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z Given this, there was tremendous poignancy hearing the men's words now. How the Rest Got Home 2010-06-03T06:59:00Z Throughout, both Clara and Nutcracker retain unusual qualities of poignancy and seriousness. Critic?s Notebook: The Smallest Dancers Steal Their Own Show 2010-12-22T23:06:19Z One lasting document from his time in Cleveland, still venerated for its delicate poignancy, was his solo turn in a recording of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 2, with Leon Fleisher at the keyboard. Jules Eskin, Cellist With Boston Symphony Orchestra, Dies at 85 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z TV viewers desperate to escape news of the presidential transition may yet find some residual hurt and mishandled poignancy in unlikely places these days — it’s hard to completely get away from it all. A month ago, ‘Incorporated’ would have felt different. Same with Dolly Parton’s Christmas movie. 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z With Portugal’s economy crumbling, there was a poignancy in experiencing the vestiges of its once vast empire through these fellow visitors. Frugal Traveler Blog: A Portuguese University Town, Both Familiar and Foreign 2012-01-03T21:32:27Z Alan Johnson's cameo appearance as the lone trade unionist took on a ghost-like poignancy after his resignation last week sounded another death knell for social equality. TV review: Posh and Posher: Why Public School Boys Rule Britain and Great White Silence 2011-01-27T07:59:01Z The actor’s personal lived experience has brought a poignancy to their performance. In ‘Some Like It Hot,’ J. Harrison Ghee Brings Their Whole Self 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z As the brothers see it, the capacity to experience pain, misery and humiliation is an endless and unifying source of both humor and poignancy. The Farrelly Brothers on Their ?Three Stooges? 2012-04-06T13:00:00Z One of Louis C. K.’s gifts is the ability to skate dangerously close to sentimentality while using his comic instincts to stay on the side of poignancy and honest emotion. Watching the Season 4 Finale of ‘Louie’ 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z Rachman works at that confluence of poignancy and sentimentality popularized by “Little Miss Sunshine.” Book review: ‘The Rise & Fall of Great Powers,’ by Tom Rachman Mr. Mengestu writes from the points of view of Helen and Isaac with poignancy and psychological precision, deftly evoking their very different takes on the world. Books of The Times: Dinaw Mengestu’s ‘All Our Names’ Describes Unexpected Love 2014-03-03T21:42:23Z Two dream ballets surge with poignancy that benefits from Kristin A. Thompson’s evocative lighting. Review | Everything but the continental breakfast at ‘Crystal Creek Motel’ 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z That flare of poignancy is missing from what should be the film’s strongest scene, when Hoover and Tolson—Truman Capote dubbed them “Johnny and Clyde”—briefly fight, and Clyde kisses Edgar on his bloody mouth. Clint Eastwood's J. Edgar: Yanking the FBI Chief Out of the Closet 2011-11-08T16:35:25Z Let’s have poignancy — but not skimp on the bare breasts. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z There is a certain poignancy to Manson's announcement. Marilyn Manson signs up for Sons of Anarchy white supremacist role 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z Less effectual are the film’s feints at poignancy in the final third. ‘The Death of Dick Long’ Review: About Last Night … 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z The return to live performance after a year and a half of lockdowns only increased the poignancy and delight of their obvious mutual love and respect. Review: Philip Glass and the Bangles, Mashed at the Symphony 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z While sold-out audiences across Europe find something sublime in his searching style, some classical critics disagree — like Ben Beaumont-Thomas of The Guardian, who says it’s nothing more than the “dashed-off poignancy of an Instagrammed sunset.” Ludovico Einaudi: A Classical Artist for the YouTube Age 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z But it has a little poignancy for the rest of us, whether parents or just former kids, who must try to get our own lives right in a single take. Review: In ‘The Rehearsal,’ All the World Is Staged 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z Wilson’s forceful take on the spectacularly gloomy tune was accompanied only by the Alice in Chains guitarist’s beautifully doleful strumming, the low-key setup lending added poignancy. Heart’s Ann Wilson and Alice in Chains’ Jerry Cantrell honor Chris Cornell at Rock & Roll Hall of Fame ceremony 2018-04-15T04:00:00Z |
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