| 单词 | sly |
| 例句 | I gave him a sly grin and dipped my hand into my travel- sack, bringing out the bottle of brand I’d bought from the tinker. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He grinned a Coach Ted grin, small and sly, like a cartoon fox on a cereal box. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z He had a sly smirk on his face and was holding flowers in his hands, which was customary for portraits of Witchlings. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Much of the laughter had to do with her father’s sly wit and sharp tongue. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z He laughs again, and the nasty laugh admits I’m slyer than he guessed. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z “Somebody is thinking about you. 1 know you been horsing around on the sly, especially when 1 flew East in April to bury Grandpa.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “And yet,” Ximena pointed out, smiling in that sly way of hers, “you were still late today. Maybe we should charge you a dollar from now on?” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z She had a sly smile but didn’t appreciate sarcasm the way my mother did. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Her mom came back, set down the laundry basket she was carrying, leaned against the doorjamb, and folded her arms with a sly smile. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Camila snorts, putting her suits back in the bag and giving me a sly smile. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z But sometimes he slipped back into the habits of his earlier life, when he had been a sly and deceitful boy in order to survive. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z I have never seen a sly that color. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z ‘I never forgets a face, least of all when it’s as sly as that! ’Ee’s one of’em all right! Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z “Not Gilbert. Him. Maybe you’re all sly and shy ’cause you think he don’t feel the same. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “Thanks again, Bill,” my dad shouts to Burnside with a sly grin. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z He disliked Indians, he thought of them as sly, dishonest people. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He was growing sick of die man's sly answers. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I remembered his sly smile, the dragon-claw scar across his face. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Again the sly smile, the mischief in his glance. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z My girlfriends and I were very sly at keeping the objects of our affections on the down low. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z The music grew like a fog around the crowd, and then, with only a sly rim shot for warning, the drums kicked in full thrust. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z One day, as she struggled to weave a hard-toothed comb through my disobedient hair, 1 had a sly thought. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad didn’t seem to feel too bad about losing driving duties on Monday; he actually gave me a sly grin as I walked out the door. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Giving me a sly grin, Georgie licked the back of his hand and rubbed his face with it. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z “Heard you were back,” he said with a sly smile. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z I was annoyed by Dad’s sly request for vodka—tossing it out at the end of the conversation as if it were an afterthought, when I figured it was probably the purpose of the call. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z What’s more, he was staring at me with his moist, sly eyes. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z “Deirdre says she misses you,” he remarked with a sly grin. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z She still looks too sly for my taste. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “I guess this old temple of the soul has had it,” he began with his usual sly grin. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Her dragons were sly, spiteful creatures who stole peoples gold and killed people for malicious fun. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z A sly look came over Penelope’s face, and she dropped her washrag in the bucket at their feet. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z They stood watching it in fascination, as it moved blindly, in jerks, a sly, hesitating exploration. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t imagine a proper young lady like you would have come for the interview otherwise,” he said, giving her a sly, sideways look. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z There was a sly smile on his lips. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “I’ll try, but it was a very ungentlemanly thing to do, I didn’t think you could be so sly and malicious, Laurie,” replied Meg, trying to hide her maidenly confusion under a gravely reproachful air. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z A sly little smile spread across his lips. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Two girls sitting across the carriage look at me and then at each other, with a sly exchange of smiles. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The sly had lowered itself even more, and everything looked like we were seeing it from underwater in a greenish haze. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Nailer realized with a chill that sly Sloth was calculating the advantages. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z I can feel his sly smile, almost as if he's in the room with me. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “You sly creature! Of course we meant the young man,” exclaimed Miss Belle, laughing. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, okay,” Mrs. Moss said with a sly grin. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Mostly, too, these were middle-aged to old people, with grizzled faces, many teeth missing, and sly—occasionally almost giggling—smiles. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He watched me with his sly idiot’s eyes. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z He was a sly, balding man in his early fifties who had a reputation for being kind of a smart-aleck. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z His shrinking was so infinitesimal, so slow and so sly, that no one other than himself had noticed it. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Maddie was watching us with a sly little look on her face, so I cleared my throat and immediately put three feet between me and Sahil. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He had a sly smile on his face. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Now that I was seeing the Commander on the sly, if only to play his games and listen to him talk, our functions were no longer as separate as they should have been in theory. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z One corner of Lockton’s mouth turned up in a sly smile as a blushing soldier removed the shifts and underskirts. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z He is the father of monsters, the author of woes, the sly god. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z When I was a child, my grandmother told me that the sly speaks to those who look and listen to it. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z In the ring Woody’s smile looked sly and crafty; he hammed it up. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z They kneeled over the board, and Muti threw the wooden dice and moved his colored bean with a sly smile on his face. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z There were people jumpy with silly rhythms; broken rhythms; sly, secretive rhythms. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Pretty sly there, pretending your mother called to avoid Sam and them.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z This may explain the herbal tea: some younger, more vegetarian influence, in the studio, on the sly. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z A sly twist on the formulaic reporting and ponderous tone of conventional obituaries. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Laila had noticed the sly grins, was aware of the whispers in the neighborhood that the two of them were a couple. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z There's something about that sly grin that makes me sure that befriending Foxface would ultimately get me a knife in the back. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Ernie flashed a sly grin, one that Worked perfectly with his dark shades. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z She gave me one of those sly looks that always made me wary. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z How slight changes in accent or posture make a man seem oafish, or sly, or silly. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Litdefinger took a moment to adjust the drape of his cape, but lyrion had seen the flash of hunger in those sly cat's eyes. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “This is not a question for the microscope,” one of his protégés wrote—a sly barb directed at Bateson, Morgan, and de Vries. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z He was slim and fit, with salt-and-pepper hair and a sly smile. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Scurvy rats, hungry ferrets, sly weasels, bad stoats—exactly what he needed. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Sometimes it took many years to pay the roora; sometimes—there were several sly looks—it took no time at all. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z They like the fire-eater because he's like them—he whines, he's sly, and he bites.'' Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z So it’s interesting, and more than a little disturbing, to see how Barb turned out—that she’s meaner and slyer than I am, more cherishing of grudges, and not quite as smart as I’d hoped. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z "Anytime," the skipper called back, and I could make out his sly smile as he deftly coiled the rope. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z I was a little worried that the tinker might take offense at my wheedling, but instead he smiled a sly smile. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I was suddenly her focus of the general meaninglessness—not for myself, not for any quality of my large, shaggy body or my sly, unnatural mind. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z I know myself to be vengeful, greedy, secretive and sly. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “Feeling fine,” she replied while giving Roy Lee the sly eye. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z She’s got this smile, sly as the devil himself, stretched across her face. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z She regarded her visitors with a sly expression. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z “Not as many as you might think,” she said with a sly smile. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He had a sly look on his face. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Do my thoughts trade places like letters, on the sly? Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The young fox ambled along the dusty road to Redwall, the hedgerows echoing with the sound of his sly chuckles. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z He’s got this almost sly look in his eyes, like he gets whenever he tells one of his little jokes. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z She lowers her voice and gives me a sly smile. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z So my plan was to sneak into the Keys on the sly and see what I might do behind the scenes. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z He spent his time reading Jaime’s books, which Blanca brought him on the sly, and listening to the street sounds and to the whisper of the radio, which he kept at the lowest volume. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I stall like Lita used to, taking time to give each of them a sly smile. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z He passed by Bryant’s receptionist—attractive, with waist-length braided silver hair—and then the inspector’s secretary, an ancient monster from the Jurassic swamp, frozen and sly, like some archaic apparition fixated in the tomb world. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z “You know how it is,” Doc Daneeka had wheedled, with a sly, conspiratorial wink. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The land seemed full of creaking and cracking and sly noises, but there was no sound of voice or of foot. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z There was even a sly old woman with a barrel full of threave eggs. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Then her lips curl up at the ends, like she’s real sly. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z “You can be a sly fox in the head,” Daddy told Jermaine, “but you can man up too. You not gonna man up and free yourself from me?” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z A wonderful word for a wonderful idea, irony refers to a sly form of expression in which you say one thing and mean another. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Here she paused and offered a sly smile. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z I looked past Cotton, and there was a head full of tight curls poking out the passenger side window, a sly grin on her face. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z She was so different from us, sly and secretive, with a faintly contemptuous air about her which in her son was turned almost to insolence. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z When adults say, “Teenagers think they are invincible” with that sly, stupid smile on their faces, they don’t know how right they are. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z “The girl’s sly. Every time she tells us something, it turns out it’s only half true.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z He had expected to encounter antagonism, even confrontation, and instead was being offered sly, misguided collusion. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I cast a sly look to the girl standing next to me, dressed in a skirt suit, her young face caked with enough makeup to age her well beyond her years. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z She sat down on the stairs and opened a bottle of sly blue nail polish. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z If we had one, I could befriend an actor or two, and get them to keep training me on the sly. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The sly arrogance of the comment rankled him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He worked on the sly, off the books, so to speak, for the glass company on Lipowa Street. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z Even, to my astonishment, a sly smile spreading over my mother’s face. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z She thought of the photograph at the art museum, which now, in her memory, took on a secretive, sly tinge. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z But the sly dog dived, came up under the man-of-war, scuttled her, and down she went, with all sail set, ‘To the bottom of the sea, sea, sea’ where...” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m good. Slept it off. Now back for more,” Uncle Jet said with a sly smile. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z His denials, accompanied by a wistful smile which she interpreted as a sly one, only aggravated her suspicions. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z I am not sure if this is because they’re a bit defensive about their reputation, or if they just have a sly sense of humor. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z It was irritating, and it made me feel sly and alert. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I ought to have some dangly earrings, some bangles, a silver bow tie on a little chain, an outsized Isadora Duncan strangle-yourself-by-mistake scarf, a rhinestone brooch of the thirties, in sly bad taste. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “So, what is my next prediction?” he asked his audience with a sly twinkle in his eye. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z And I thought of Ben, too, with his narrow watery blue eyes, his sly idiot’s smile. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Isn’t she quaint, Luke would say to me, and my mother would look sly, furtive almost. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z The moment is ripe for some sly remark, but we’re both beyond that kind of thing now. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z He wasn’t going to let that sly Okie get the better of him. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Dad was standing in the doorway with his arms crossed and a sly grin on his face. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The sly looks in their eyes remind me of Fat Frankie, hustling me out of my pocket money—only these Harlem cats are classy. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z She took hold of the reins and looked down at him with a sly smile. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z “Tell the Father Abbot what you want, sly one.” she rasped sternly. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z She glanced up at him with sly, bright eyes. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z The girl was quick to obey, as ever, but Sansa decided there was something sly about her eyes. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The sly harp rasped like snakes in cattails, glorifying death. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z After a while I became aware of a sly, leaking noise. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z The sly old devil was definitely up to something, he was certain of it. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z But you can’t go on for years together without developing a different kind of language, one that was all sly grins and quick glances. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z The enduring mystery of her sly, almost smirking, smile. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z When Lyra was younger, he had taken an interest in her spiritual welfare, only to be confounded by her sly indifference and insincere repentances. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z “He wakes up in the morning like a sly old codger,” said Pollard. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Palmer stood back and gave a sly grin. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z Kwame, a kid with a sly twinkle in his eye, grins. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z “I’ll trade you Cookie’s homemade marshmallow recipe for a taste of the finished product,” Micah offers with a sly smile. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Then her eyes got a sly look, and she gulped. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “I’m supposed to put the milk out on the sly.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z His rimless square eyeglasses glinted with sly amusement as he gazed at Yossarian. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Henry’s still looking up at the statue, but Alex can’t stop looking at him and the sly smile on his face, lost in his own thoughts. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z I no longer sold to Biswas; there were several other shops in the town now where I was paid better, and where I did not have to endure the sly, spiteful observations he made. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z He's got a sly look to him, like a fox promising to be good around the hens. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z He said these things with a sly grin, knowing they would confound me as I mulled them until our next meeting. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z This was one sly bunch of fairies, hanging around for God knows how many millennia and still not one photo, not one frame of video. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z She shook her head, grinning a child’s sly smile. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z His hand falls to his side, and he brushes up against me, his sly way of trying to hold my hand. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z I have a gorilla’s shy gaze, a gorilla’s sly smile. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z Their eyes during these conversations look dewy, blurred, pulpy, easily hurt, like the eyes of blind baby kittens; but also sly and speculative, and filled with greed and deceit. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Few people can say the names of their home towns with such sly affection. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z These Meereenese were a sly and stubborn people who resisted her at every turn. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Come on, boy,” I whisper to Sherlock, and make a sly exit out the side door of the garage. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z “Look, I’m not here to bother you,” she said, giving me a sly smile that said otherwise. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z Methuselah was a sly little representative of Africa itself, living openly in our household. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She knew about thunder gods, earth-makers, wise crows, sly coyotes, and shadow souls. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z Frequently the Ancient joined them, bringing nelumbo nuts and his cackling laugh, and his sly, wise teasing. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z “I knew it. You two thought you were being so sly with your knock-knock jokes.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Later, since she never mentioned it, and also because she seemed quieter and rounder lately, he decided she was seeing some man on the sly. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z My grandmother’s face took on a sly, comical look. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z It would gaze at me with its sly brown eyes just as Hari had done. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z I peek around the statue just long enough to catch Penda’s sly smile. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z I look at her sideways and she gives me a sly smile. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z He watched her charming Lancel with eyes as green as the rope of emeralds around her slim white throat, and smiled a small sly smile to himself. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z In one of the windows he caught a glimpse of a sallow face with sly, slanting eyes; but it vanished at once. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z It’s only made them trickier, slier, more evasive, harder to read. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “You there!” she called again, but Matt was too sly and too clever to respond. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “What a sly fellow Laurie is! I said I wished bigger hats were the fashion, because I burn my face every hot day. He said, ‘Why mind the fashion? Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z To make matters worse, I looked over at Abuela, and she was watching me with a sly smile. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z But the attacks were sly, unpredictable, devastating; they sneaked up on him like bandits. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He had been a sly child, but after his mischiefs he always looked contrite; it was a gift he had. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z But when I held out my 15p he just did this sly grin and closed my fingers round my coins so it looked like he'd taken them. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z This Rowan Damisch was a sly one—an admirable trait when properly directed. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z She was ungovernable, flawlessly selfish, resentful, and sly. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Aisha resumed twisting, a sly smile on her face, and then asked, as if Ifemelu could not possibly understand how things were done here, “How long you in America?” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “What do they tell in Karhide?” he would say, rubbing his legs, which tormented him with aches and shooting pains, and turning to me his face with its shy, sly, patient smile. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z “You must have been looking at her, too, then,” she said, and Con raised his eyebrows at her in a sly smile. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Others of us thought one of the boys on the football team was putting the wood to her on the sly, and Forrest Evers wasn’t the only one trying to take credit for it. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z An attempt on his part, both sly and pathetic, to impress. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z I did this too, on the sly, until Mama asked me why my socks were always inside out, and why I was wearing nothing underneath my dress. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Ugwu disliked the sly twist of his lips; he always visited at mealtimes and then said “Oh! Oh!” in exaggerated surprise when Olanna asked him to join them in “touching their hands to their mouths.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “See how he handles it, the sly old buzzard!” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked at me with a sly smirk. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Inspector Thomas Mathew’s mustaches bustled like the friendly Air India Maharajah’s, but his eyes were sly and greedy. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z There had to be a simple connection I wasn’t making, a sly reference that I still wasn’t clever or knowledgeable enough to catch. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Had she followed me into the garden like a sly serpent? Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Now in the big Greek’s expression Singer thought that he could detect something sly and joking. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z He gave me a sly look, as if he knew something I didn’t. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z “I want to start with one of the songs we’ll sing that night. A new one. And”—she gave a sly smile—“we’ll do some arithmetic at the same time!” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z When I look at him with surprise he gives me a sly look. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z The high dead eyelids wrinkled more, the corners of his mouth snaked up as he chuckled, sly, hardly hiding his malice. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s a huge garden party at the White House, and Nora is there in a dress and blazer and a sly smile, pressing a kiss to the side of Alex’s jaw. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Cook was too busy, and Mama had her own tasks; Mrs. Caruthers was too mean, and her sly, handsome son was never around. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z “Excellent,” the principal said with a sly smile and a flickering series of eyelash flutters. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z Surely not, but the ladies still gave me sly glances and attempted to guess the aim of my desire. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z As she turns her attention to her gift, Dad catches my gaze with a sly grin. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z He looked about imploringly for help in defending his country’s future against the obnoxious calumnies of this sly and sinful assailant. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z He was certain that no one else could see the glitter of sly triumph in the depths of her beautiful eyes. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Played with a sly incandescence by Lynn Collins, Ashling colors her speech with generous emphasis, insisting that child care keeps her young and that she considers her role on par with a co-parent. ‘Lucy’ Review: There’s Something About the Babysitter 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z But their sly humour remains one of Kraftwerk's most enduring suits. Kraftwerk – review 2013-02-10T00:06:14Z Throughout the evening, women made sly references to the scandalous pay gap between male and female talent. Perspective | At the Golden Globes, a night of powerful symbolism. Now, for the substance. 2018-01-08T05:00:00Z That’s a sly pun on the ancient and modern meanings of “mere,” denoting both “lake” and “insignificant.” Review | The most surprising novel this year is a modern-day ‘Beowulf’ minus the macho hero 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z He’s as vain as they come; though he’s sly he is dumb, Mr. Donald Trump; Condescending, of course, but consider the source; He is Donald Trump. Style Invitational: It’s easy as 1-B-iii 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z She enlists the reluctant help of Nick Wilde — a sly, jaded scam artist of a fox fighting against his own species’ stereotypes — in a 48-hour bid to solve the case of the missing animals. Socially relevant ‘Zootopia’ wins Oscar for best animation 2017-02-26T05:00:00Z Corddry wears grotesque clown makeup and blood-drenched scrubs, yet when he shows up we are happy to see him; he uses his chipper unpredictability in pursuit of subversion and sly satire. Rob Corddry and the Healing Power of Laughter 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z "Complicated haircuts are a legacy of the decadent classes," rules ringleader Hongbao, but the sly local hairdresser claims his illiterate clientele won't be able to read the list of restrictions they've written. A Chinese Life by Li Kunwu and P Ôtié – review 2012-10-12T07:00:01Z But he knows how to deploy his half-dozen expressions — the sly grin, the single-eyebrow arch — and is still a welcome sight, where other actors might by this point be overexposed. Movie Review: ‘Fast & Furious 6,’ With Vin Diesel and Dwayne Johnson 2013-05-23T23:07:53Z This is a fine, sly beginning for a book that hasn’t even gotten moving. ‘The Happiest People in the World,’ Brock Clarke’s New Novel 2014-11-30T05:00:00Z I like the sly way you say that. Dianna Agron on embracing indies after "Glee": "When you ask for something, life can give it to you" 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z You miss the sly, sinuous process by which Antony descends from respectful to scornful iterations of the idea that Caesar was put to death for his “ambitious” spirit by the “honorable” Brutus. | 'Julius Caesar': Cry Havoc! The Blood Sport Called Politics 2011-07-31T22:23:03Z Where Brennan’s milk punch shouts its creamy hedonism, clarified milk punch is a slyer, subtler beast. This old-school holiday drink is cool again — and better than eggnog 2017-12-19T05:00:00Z You have Daniels as the acerbic, indignant and unshakably honorable Adams, Da Silva as the sly and charming but deeply idealistic Franklin and Howard as the quiet and cerebral Jefferson. Fourth of July viewing: Before there was “Hamilton,” there was “1776” 2017-07-03T04:00:00Z As he used to joke at gigs, The Man in the Iron Mask was the song that his fiercest, angriest, Trotskyist critics would ask him to play, on the sly. My favourite album: Life's a Riot With Spy Vs Spy by Billy Bragg 2011-08-24T14:13:00Z And in performance, he sold the music hard, with eyes bulging, hips swaying and a sly smile that indicated he knew just how much he was pushing the envelope. Chuck Berry, Fiery and Flinty Rock ’n’ Roll Innovator 2017-03-19T04:00:00Z He was similarly struck by Ms. Casel’s sly sense of cool, from her trademark hairstyle — a hybrid high bun, low ponytail — to her metallic silver oxford tap shoes, a departure from expected feminine heels. Ayodele Casel Is on Tap for ‘Funny Girl’ 2022-04-09T04:00:00Z A sly reprobate who wears his menace like the smartest cologne, Charlie ingratiates himself with India, treating her like the adult she wants to become while defending her against the schoolboys who bully her. Stoker: Gloom with a View 2013-03-01T04:30:31Z But the film isn’t on multiple film studies syllabi just for its sly one-liners. Why Harold Ramis’ “Groundhog Day” is a perfect guide to life 2014-02-25T16:32:00Z But the sly wit in Strauss’s admiring evocations of Jean-Baptiste Lully, and winking references to Wagner and his own earlier works, was equally telling. Music Review: Pratfalls From Haydn, Swing From Marsalis 2011-02-19T00:51:49Z De Vries’s books certainly respect the conventions of plot and character, but his heart is elsewhere — with his sly, even subversive wit that detonates paragraph after paragraph as the narratives unfold. The off-kilter universe of novelist Peter De Vries, back in print 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z Or Barrette Lewis, the celebrated ballerina who was seeing him on the sly? Theater Review: In the Musical ‘Murder for Two,’ One Man Is Many Suspects 2013-07-26T02:00:01Z Its Mahler First was an artful roller coaster of momentum, bursting with sly dances. 10 Days at the Salzburg Festival, Music’s Disneyland 2017-08-25T04:00:00Z The camera movements are minimal and precise, turning what might seem like ordinary shots into sly jokes. Review: ‘Rebels of the Neon God’ Gets a New York Screening 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z The Daily News dismissed it as “a grisly melodrama,” while, jumping on the movie’s bandwagon, Time magazine’s critic saw “a sly, jaundiced look at swinging youth and the pervasive American climate of violence.” In ‘Pretty Poison’ and ‘Gun Crazy,’ Femmes Fatales With Deadly Firepower 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z Ms. Schreck’s brisk declension, from outrage to sly satisfaction, underscores the quicksilver changes in feeling that are also a hallmark of the comedies. Theater Review: A ‘Comedy of Errors’ Unfolds in the ’40s, With Fedoras 2013-06-19T02:00:01Z Then it becomes a piano improvisation, full of sly timing, feints and weaves. Frank Harrison: Sideways ?review 2012-02-09T22:31:01Z That song, one of the sly anthems at the beginning of “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy,” feels like something you’d play when a new leader takes the stage. Trevor Noah’s “Daily Show” Début 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z Ms. Wolfe, who originally hails from Sacramento, has made her name in Los Angeles, and there’s a sly connotation of noir in her whole enterprise. New Music: Albums From Neko Case, Ariana Grande, Gorguts and Chelsea Wolfe 2013-09-02T21:24:22Z Like Perez, she also couldn’t resist slipping in a sly dig at Trump. Gotham awards: Helen Mirren and Rosie Perez provide gags alongside gongs 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z In a sly manner, they are strangers to the reader as well. In ‘Carnality,’ a Wild Ride Fueled by Rash Decisions 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z Lydia Davis, a writer of sly short stories, is herself sly: “I never realised until the latest collection how often fish reappeared in my stories.” Reconsidering 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z “Biscuits” is good, clean fun—lilting banjo arpeggio, stomping kick drum, a rush of “oooh”s in the backup vocals—but, apart from a sly reference to pot, it has been scrubbed of social commentary. Kacey Musgraves, Harper Lee, and the Home-town Dilemma 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z But what in the book is sly and intriguing becomes heavy and calculating: one after another, the tropes of international theatre come on to the stage. One Thousand and One Nights; The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle; South Pacific; Me, Myself and Miss Gibbs ? review 2011-08-27T23:06:19Z Since then, he’s succeeded by preserving some of that same immediacy in more polished environs, as on “Stitches,” one of last year’s slyest and most effective pop songs. The Playlist: A Punk Response to Violence and Neil Young’s Return to Love 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z But the production itself - the ugly sets, the sly and slimy sexual innuendos and the unfortunate drowning out of Radames - was so toxic that I've never been back to that opera house. Behind the Scenes of ‘Tosca,’ the Messiest Production in Met History 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z This is a strong postbop collective with plenty of moves at its command: advanced rhythmic calculus, sly harmonic implication, cohesive elasticity, brute force. Music Review: Tarbaby, Featuring Oliver Lake, at the Jazz Standard 2013-09-04T20:52:20Z One of the most widely praised releases of 2018 was “Whack World” by the singer and rapper Tierra Whack: 15 sly, smart songs, all accompanied by video clips, that each lasted only a minute. Pop in the Era of Distraction 2018-12-26T05:00:00Z Like most musicals, his and Bock’s keep circling the subject, but with a slyer view of the rage and redemption that go into it. Sheldon Harnick, Musical Theater’s Great Marriage Broker 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z The first state dinner of the Trump administration, executed by longtime White House executive chef Cristeta Comerford, also reveals some sly diplomacy. Analysis | The state dinner menu: Seasonal and modern, with no Trump wines in sight 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z Still, he frequently consults the poultry bible of breed standards, and lets us in on the protective yet sly nature of roosters and what raising chickens has done for his self-esteem. Review: ‘Chicken People,’ Pampering Royalty That Clucks 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z Through the smokescreen of a twisted fantasy teeming with centaurs, robot bandits and talking dogs who eat corpses, Sorokin smuggles in a sly critique of contemporary Russia’s turn toward totalitarianism. He Envisioned a Nightmarish, Dystopian Russia. Now He Fears Living in One. 2022-04-16T04:00:00Z Abed's non-epiphany on the "Cougar Town" set had a sly corollary in the cutaways to the other study group members awaiting Abed. "My Community Pulp Fictional Dinner with Andre" 2011-03-25T16:04:00Z But there are a few dozen ways to encounter Sondheim’s sly wit, melodic acumen and astonishing moral complexity from the comfort of your sofa. Stream These 7 Productions That Celebrate Stephen Sondheim’s Work 2021-11-27T05:00:00Z There is a sly humor to the project. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z Or when he was waiting in my office one morning with a sly smile on his face and flowers in his hands. Are Bitcoins More Real Than Boyfriends? 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z If in just the past few months you watched “Stranger Things,” you understood its sly Cars by way of “Fast Times at Ridgemont High” reference. A salute to Ric Ocasek and Eddie Money, who gave us the soundtracks to our soundtracks 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z But from the orchestra, at least, the company proved more than able to transmit Mr. Elkins’s sly humor with clarity and breadth. Review: Fall for Dance Opens With Miami Ballet and Che Malambo 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z And Mr. Broderick, whose default acting mode of sly timidity has seldom been better used, is first-rate. Review: ‘Evening at the Talk House’ Is Just the Dystopia Next Door 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z Natalie Bergman's sly, poised vocals suggest there's a lot more to these songs than first meets the ear, a hint of sophistication and nuance that puts the melodies a cut above. SXSW 2012: It's a wrap 2012-03-18T19:19:00Z Iván is sly and pretends to have this purist ideology about art, but the second you are distracted, he could steal your wallet. Penélope Cruz, Antonio Banderas and Their ‘Official Competition’ 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z Visconti and Escovedo put a shimmy in the step of the title track and “Party People,” accent the big beat of “Headstrong Crazy Fools,” and undergird “Common Mistake” with sly syncopations. Album review: Alejandro Escovedo, 'Big Station' 2012-06-04T21:25:00Z Mr. Dean’s final piece, “Engelsflügel 2,” begins with a series of soft, sustained cluster chords from which a sly melodic line emerges. Emanuel Ax Concert Pairs Brahms With New Works 2014-05-18T04:00:00Z Shipp’s rich radio voice and sly sense of humor made him appear much younger than 84 as he defended his perfectionism in the studio. A Gospel Revival in Memphis Breathes Fresh Life Into Sacred Sounds 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z His voice conveys the requisite pitch of menace and malice, at once impulsive and premeditated, as well as the sly humor that was a characteristic of so much of Highsmith’s fiction. ‘Killing People in Fiction Was Fun’: Mysteries That Have Stood the Test of Time 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z But what makes Negga’s performance so special is the way she shows, through her sly smiles and shy expressions, what a toll that steely determination to do what is right is taking on her. Best women: The 10 best actresses of 2016 2016-12-18T05:00:00Z There might have been sly digs at his brother Liam, who has vowed to continue a rump Oasis without Noel. Suede/Noel Gallagher | Pop review 2010-03-28T00:05:00Z He’s often a marvelous actor, in performances ranging from teasingly sly to stonily grave, but here, he’s so unreproachfully earnest that the movie sags around him. Once Cool Magnificent Seven Now a Middling Septet 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z This author’s sly debut, “The Expats,” was more notable for suspense and sub rosa ingenuity than for wall-to-wall action. Review: In ‘The Travelers,’ Danger at Every Destination 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z Indeed, with the tote and backpack, there’s a sly sense of overdesign, not unlike you might find with an overly worked designer handbag. On the Runway Blog: Planet Fashion Gets Some Fresh Looks 2012-05-17T22:33:44Z But while the young Barbra had wrung some ambiguous melancholy out of the song — as if still scarred by the unhappy days — Vanessa’s take was bright-eyed, triumphant and more than a little sly. The competition for Miss America 1984 was business as usual — until everyone got a look at Vanessa Williams 2021-08-20T04:00:00Z There's also a good streak of sly humour – the kind you laugh about half a page after you've read it. Guardian book club: Brooklyn by Colm T?ib?n 2010-09-07T09:32:00Z But the would-be deity was also a shrewd faker, a sly self-inventor – he was born, a little too drably for his own taste, as Edward Muggeridge in Kingston upon Thames – and a busy self-promoter. Eadweard Muybridge 2010-08-28T23:06:00Z One time, Bananas was thrown in a barrel during "The Challenge," a sly reference to the game "Donkey Kong," or perhaps the phrase "A barrel full of monkeys." When "celebrities" sue cartoons 2011-08-02T16:30:00Z Thus her ironic references to herself as "lady painter," a sly put-down she used knowing full well that her art deserved to hang alongside that of her more celebrated male contemporaries. Painter Joan Mitchell finally gets her due 2011-05-02T10:57:09Z A lot of vivacious production numbers, hokey gags and sly spoofing of the Cold War, and a spy plot that's, well, a mess. Review: 'Iron Curtain' turns Cold War into a splashy romp 2011-04-07T19:24:04Z Mr. Giffen brought new energy, imaginative artistic styles and sly wit to Marvel characters like the Silver Surfer, Nova and Thanos, as well as to DC institutions like Aquaman and the Flash. Keith Giffen, Comic Book Maverick for DC and Marvel, Dies at 70 2023-10-30T04:00:00Z Deserted by their enigmatic father, three brothers struggle with life in Kehlmann’s sly tragicomedy. 100 Notable Books of 2014 2014-12-02T05:00:00Z The surgery’s inclusion can be taken as evidence of Wiseman’s broad curiosity and of his sly sense of humor, a warning to anyone who would try to impose a unifying interpretation on the film. Review: ‘Monrovia, Indiana’ Is a Sharp, Lyrical Look at Small-Town America 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z While Jenkins spoke, I was reminded of a beauty salon I used to walk by in New York, called Black Hair Is . . ., its name a sly subversion of cultural stereotypes and blinkered thinking. ‘Madea,’ ‘Moonlight’ and the multitudes contained in black film 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z The latter, of course, is our speaker’s mother, a sly nod in a show peppered with personal details. Review: Isabella Rossellini as Ringmaster in ‘Link Link Circus’ 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z Yet she and the Australian players brought plenty of ebullience to the piece, especially in the dancing, sly finale. Review: Australian Chamber Orchestra Plays Haydn and Mozart 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z The show also doubles as a sly informal history of the Frye. Review: At the Frye, learn how discarded furniture in India finds its way to luxurious living rooms 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z Mr. Romano slips in a sly election joke that is the comic high point of the evening. | Kennedy Center Honors: Kennedy Center Honors Letterman and Led Zeppelin on CBS 2012-12-25T22:27:19Z "Seasickness and Being" is limited when tied to the sly sentiment of young love. 4 emerging composers' works shine in L.A. Phil Green Umbrella De Niro won an Oscar for his part in Francis Ford Coppola's 1976 film The Godfather Part ll, and The Family is full of sly references to the actor's iconic roles as a mobster. De Niro plays mobster for laughs 2013-11-22T07:35:46Z He captures the sly intellect of Yankovic's style through a seriously committed performance that edges towards buffoonish sweetness when it needs to, which only sells the surreality of "Weird" more effectively. “Weird: The Al Yankovic Story” is stranger than nonfiction 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z His sly, sniffing delivery actually fit the situation well. Sasquatch 2012 full review: Jack White and other highlights 2012-05-29T07:09:25Z Matilda is a sly, deliberate enigma, the one “every single person who walks into the restaurant is fascinated by.” Review: Getting Intimate at ‘Dr. Ride’s American Beach House’ 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z Although Mr. Greenwood brings a sly humor to his Chauncey-like role, this satire about the corruption of language registers only when Adan’s nonsensical slogans weirdly apply to the situation at hand. Movie Review: ‘And Now a Word From Our Sponsor,’ With Bruce Greenwood 2013-05-10T00:37:58Z But while the original series got by for years on its sly — and much-loved — subtext, a new reboot leaves no room for doubt. Xena comes out, finally: The rebooted “Warrior Princess” won’t just wink at her romantic relationship 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z And as the sly jester Touchstone, Darragh Kennan once again excels at making elaborate wordplay comprehensible to modern ears. 'As You Like It': Inconsistency slows this visit to the Forest of Arden 2012-06-08T20:27:04Z Cradling the twirling medallion, she began with a sly joke. Books of The Times: Glory and Misery on the Way to Stardom 2010-10-07T22:52:00Z "Last Week Tonight" retains its shape, structure and edge, and the freewheeling lunacy Oliver's digressive rants and sly digs are somehow augmented by the lack of in-house laughter to punctuate them. "Saturday Night Live at Home" shows us the honesty in live comedy without an audience 2020-04-18T04:00:00Z A Woman Who Showed It All Yet Hid Everything “Lovelace,” a movie about the chasm between public perception and private experience, pulls off a sly bait and switch. Movie Review: ‘Lovelace,’ About the Star of ‘Deep Throat’ 2013-08-08T22:39:00Z At their best, these interviews become sly parodies of interviews. Jon Stewart, capitalist stooge? 2012-07-25T21:00:00Z It’s tempting to read those protestations as sly bits of theatre. Alex Blumberg's podcast revolution is just beginning. NPR: this is your warning 2015-11-07T05:00:00Z There's a sly self-awareness to his carousing, as in the album's title track, which promises to commemorate a one-night stand with a song the woman might eventually hear on the radio. Jon Pardi joins country's party 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z The New Zealand poet and essayist writes many sly ars poeticas in her collection — a lovely, profound debut that spins metaphors of its own creation and the segmented identity of the essayist, that self-regarding self. 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z And the film reminds us of Lennon’s sly wit. The Week Ahead: NOV. 21 ? 27 2010-11-20T19:34:00Z More satisfying are the moments when Petri fuses her sly “Hamlet” allusions to a portrait of loneliness, companionship and power dynamics in the Internet age. Review | What would happen if Hamlet was a girl in the Internet age? 2017-07-26T04:00:00Z He called the book “egoless, sly, profound, funny, authentic and utterly mysterious.” New in Paperback: ‘Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath’ and ‘Sisters’ 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z But as befits its title, “Apologia” presents a sly defense of this gorgon mother, who seemingly abandoned her sons when they were children. Women Without Options and Spoiled for Choice 2017-08-07T04:00:00Z Each expression, gesture, artful hesitation and sly punch line is zeroed in on, framed for our appreciation. Springsteen on Netflix, Where Everyone Can Get a Ticket 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z The score could easily have been clunky and obvious, but Mr. Stucky’s music is subtle, sly and vividly colorful. 'The Classical Style,' an Opera Buffa at Zankel Hall 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z But that narrator is sly; withholding some details while providing others, until the book’s final pages seem to explode in light, like a bird flying into the sun. Kate Atkinson’s ‘A God in Ruins’: songs never sung 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z The approach is cheerfully candid and the humor often sly: as one sister-in-law warns of the financial stresses of child rearing, the camera pulls back cheekily to reveal a beautifully appointed mansion filled with toys. Movie Review : Nina Davenport Has a Baby on Her Own in ‘First Comes Love’ 2013-07-23T22:51:00Z The world premiere of the stage version of Philip Pullman's sly, sideways look at the Cinderella story should feature music, adventure and mysterious transformations, and plenty of visual spectacle, too. 2013 theatre preview: Helen Mirren gets another crack at the Queen and Peter Pan meets Alice in Wonderland 2012-12-30T19:30:01Z One of Smith’s sly moves with the original “Anthology” was that he “successfully desegregated the collection by not indicating whether the singers were white or black,” according to Cohen’s liner notes. The other side of America’s iconic folk anthology is entrancing — but also plenty disturbing 2020-10-20T04:00:00Z He delights in exploiting his age to sway the jury, enjoys playing the sly fox and generally gets his mojo back during the story. The Defense Rests? Scott Turow’s Favorite Lawyer Is 85 and Still Arguing 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z I asked him if this was a sly way for him to get her digits, but that possibility hadn’t occurred to him. Date Lab: ‘You’re a very lucky man,’ a stranger said 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z Fletcher, a sly charmer in the early scenes, becomes the least interesting member of Holiday’s entourage. ‘The United States vs. Billie Holiday’ Review: Singing for Her Life 2021-02-25T05:00:00Z In the context of an institution as august and heavily insured as the Met, the show’s title, “People Come First,” feels like a sly provocation. Perspective | Alice Neel was the greatest American portraitist of the 20th century. Her work continues to astonish. 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z "I'm the guy to save you … from all this awesomeness," he says with a sly smirk. 'Gone Girl' trailer: Ben Affleck a prime suspect in ominous new teaser 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z Ephron also wrote extensively about her own life, often in a sly, self-deprecating style. 'Sleepless in Seattle' writer Nora Ephron dies at 71 2012-06-27T01:41:54Z Haley is in the early stages of a literary career, and his work contains a number of sly references to McEwan's early books. Sweet Tooth by Ian McEwan – review 2013-06-02T09:00:01Z The genius of “The Butler” lies in the sly and self-assured way it connects public affairs to private experience. Movie Review: ‘Lee Daniels’ The Butler’ Stars Forest Whitaker 2013-08-15T16:52:46Z The screenplay has flashes of sly wit, like a tender moment when Liberace says to Thorson, “You’ve been good for me, Scott,” and the dim young man furrows his brow and asks, “When?” Television Review: ‘Behind the Candelabra,’ Starring Michael Douglas, on HBO 2013-05-24T21:15:57Z The pressures of modernity may be muffled by his penchant for sly understatement, but are palpable in almost everything he draws. Art Review: Edward Koren at the Wallach and Luise Ross Galleries 2010-05-20T21:44:00Z The sly, subversive and disturbing wit on display here will feel familiar to readers of Ashbery’s poems. Review | You can’t really know John Ashbery’s poems until you’ve seen his collages 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z “Wan — whose first sly shot is of a cracked, smiling face — sets a relentlessly uneasy tone that imperceptibly shifts between intense seriousness and lightly mocking,” Manohla Dargis wrote in her review for The Times. What’s on TV Thursday: ‘Spelling the Dream’ and ‘Rambo’ 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z And yet, he added, with a sly grin: “My voice is in every book I’ve ever written. And people who know me really well hear me. Now, that’s the mystical part.” David Ritz Opens Up About Aretha Franklin and Others 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z Until Mr. Norris shows up, the script’s efforts at sly comedy don’t work all that well, relying on obvious inside jokes and references to the various stars’ previous work. Movie Review: Movie Review: ‘Expendables 2’ Brings in Chuck Norris 2012-08-17T15:30:11Z It’s a wonderfully economic performance, all slouch and sloe eyes, offering a moral thermometer of the fallen world through which Raylan moves via Olyphant’s sly repertoire of expressions: grin, smirk, smile, hard stare, blank bemusement. ‘Justified: City Primeval’ Review: Raylan Redux 2023-07-17T04:00:00Z Perhaps even at the secret request of the "sly and scheming" Lifar. A few small steps from Ballets Russes ... one giant leap for dance historians 2011-02-02T18:23:55Z This was especially true during the encores, when the men’s sly sense of humor shone through as they playfully switched roles. Dance Review | New York Flamenco Festival: Flamenco Kept Simple, but Fun 2010-02-23T23:29:00Z Lee’s ongoing dramatic project is identity, and her sly, often difficult works, such as “Songs of the Dragons Flying to Heaven” and “The Shipment,” have placed her at the forefront of playwrights wrestling with stereotypes. ‘Straight White Men’ hits a sweet spot — and a nerve — at Studio Theatre 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z In an Oscars ceremony full of sly jokes told with baldfaced abandon, this was perhaps the most audacious. ‘Fight the Power’ Roars Back to Relevance at the Oscars 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z Mrs. Grade was so jealous of his time, Dr. Nadler said, that Grade would have to call him on the sly while his wife was out shopping. Chaim Grade?s Yiddish Manuscripts Unearthed 2010-05-17T21:21:00Z The male dancer is Serge Lifar, a performer admired but not greatly loved by Diaghilev, who according to his company manager described the 23-year-old as "sly and scheming, too ambitious and too fond of self-advertisement". A few small steps from Ballets Russes ... one giant leap for dance historians 2011-02-02T18:23:55Z Johnson is the young eyes and voice of the series, and what a sly comedian he is. Best Performances of 2020 2020-12-04T05:00:00Z In the end, the sly wit of lines like “dying took commitment. It was easier to go on living incompetently” may register better on the page than in the earbuds. Audiobooks for Summer Trips With the Kids 2018-05-28T04:00:00Z The sly final movement, “The Dance of the Other,” felt the most inspired. Review: At the Philharmonic, Contemporary Is King for a Week 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z "You" is a sly guilty pleasure as such things go. The latest "You" makes a killing in the 'burbs, fulfilling the dark fantasies we'd rather ignore 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z The lyrics were sly and funny but could also detour, like a fidgety schoolkid sitting by the window, into daydreams. ‘Schoolhouse Rock!’ at 50: Those Are Magic Numbers 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z Do what I did: pretend you want to do something else and write on the sly until you're free to do whatever you want! J.K. Rowling Had the Best Response When a Young Writer Asked for Advice 2015-08-15T04:00:00Z It will never be repeated, but the sly surprise almost stopped the show. Up, Up and Away: The Trippy Tales Behind ‘Flying Over Sunset’ 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z In one striking mosaic uncovered at Pompeii and now on display at the Ashmolean, a smiling skeleton carries two jugs of wine, a sly reminder to seize the day. How to Eat Dinner Like the Last Citizens of Pompeii 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z True, the car's leather trim meeting Dornan's leather jacket could be a sly hint at the flogging to come, but it's a whimsical reading at best. Fifty Shades of Grey: first film image appears, and it's not very sexy 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z Elsewhere, the productions provide lushness, clarity and some sly reminders of sounds from Ms. Jackson’s old hits. Review: Janet Jackson’s ‘Unbreakable’ Focuses on Love Outside the Bedroom 2015-09-30T04:00:00Z Pamela exclaims to her sister, but the sly joke here is that Ms. Ashe conforms more obviously to standard ideals of beauty. Review: In ‘Head Over Heels,’ Jukebox Musical Meets Elizabethan Romance 2015-08-17T04:00:00Z His last album remained somber and sly, still pithy and still skeptical about both the human and the divine; it was also attentive to musical detail. The Best Albums of 2016 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z Their obvious differences — Ms. Galás, the gloomy siren; Ms. Monk, winsome and whimsical — belie similarities: a shared edge of anxiety, sly humor and an ultimately reassuring grounding in the body and its processes. The Best Classical Music of 2016 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z Has Kissinger, sly and witty, revived the tale as a wink toward his elegists? How Do You Explain Henry Kissinger? 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z Her mural features a greyhound — a sly allusion to the lot’s past life as a bus depot. Art takes hold in one of downtown’s last gritty spaces — but only for a while 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z There’s something sly and fun about him that’s perfect for a trickster mastermind like Verbal. How we made The Usual Suspects 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z With Chalé Sauce tucked in the freezer, you have a sly shortcut to the bowl of comfort that is the Ghanaian stew nkrakra, or light soup. This one-pot chicken soup will do more than warm your soul 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z Robert Redford delivers a glorious, sly performance in a movie that masks its idiosyncrasy in brisk and breezy storytelling. The Best Movies of 2018 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z A healthy variety of tough, sly, vulnerable, funny, chilling female performances signals that the state of the cinematic union is strong. Oscar Spotlight: The Actresses 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z But the story of family bonds, guilt and sly gumption misses the snap of its nicely ramped-up opening scene in a Tbilisi gambling spot, which could be a short film in itself. ‘Brighton 4th’ Review: Family Bonds, Guilt and Gumption 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z Mr. Duwenhögger, now 60, is a sly, seductive storyteller adept in several mediums, especially figurative painting. Museum & Gallery Listings for June 3-9 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z Loyal listeners schemed to get their favorites recognized, while sly marketing efforts tried to put a heavy thumb on the scales. The Pop Charts Were Crazy This Year. Here’s Why. 2017-12-27T05:00:00Z Dunn’s sly, companionable collection, his 19th, is filled with an embrace of the everyday that reifies the epigraph from Emerson: “An actually existent fly is more important than a possibly existent angel.” New & Noteworthy Poetry From Sharon Olds, Paul Muldoon and More 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z Sissako’s symbolic vision reaches a sly satirical height in a scene that follows immediately on that unwanted visit. “Timbuktu” and “Girlhood” 2015-01-31T05:00:00Z At the same time, Fluxus preserved and cherished its distanced, critical status, as exemplified in its sly, funny sendup of corporate culture and its socialistic innovations. Art in Review: George Maciunas: ‘Anything Can Substitute Art: Maciunas in SoHo’ 2013-01-17T22:47:16Z In “The Lighthouse,” a sly American Gothic set in the late 19th century, the director Robert Eggers lights and frames the actors to emphasize every bony plane, every facial crease, hollow and pinprick of stubble. ‘The Lighthouse’ Review: Dark Nights, Troubled Souls, Hairy Men 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z I did so – but when he gave me back the bill I saw that he had doubled the amount on the sly. Istanbul: minarets and martinis 2011-02-27T00:05:21Z Here’s the sly superpower of “Hustlers”: It’s serving us a Hollywood stripper romp, but pivoting to show that life from the women’s point of view. The Sly Superpower of ‘Hustlers’ 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z I sometimes wonder whether Mr. Beeson was taking a sly dig at his more technologically inclined colleagues at the Columbia-Princeton center by combining live music and a tape recorder so mischievously. Remembering Jack Beeson, Composer and Teacher 2010-07-09T22:50:00Z It’s a modest, unassuming entertainment that’s motored by a sly sensibility. Review: Zootopia Gives the Old Teachable Moment a Jolt of Life 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z With a sly grin, he referred to “Don Carlos” as “my opera.” Postscript: Andrew Porter (1928-2015) 2015-04-04T04:00:00Z “Drunk people with their beers were hitting the stage while the violin solo was going on,” Tankian recalls with a sly grin. System of a Down's Serj Tankian goes classical with symphonic concerts in Northridge 2016-11-06T04:00:00Z “Arrested Development” began in 2003 as TV’s best satire of an earlier presidency — it was, in part, a sly commentary on the Iraq War. The Trump Administration Shakes ‘House of Cards’ Hard 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z One sly touch is the way a lively character from 1889 is parlayed into a place-name that the present-day locals take entirely for granted. Jonathan Evison's 'West of Here' spans a century of Olympic Peninsula history 2011-02-10T00:25:03Z Carroll said most of the works delivered a stream of sly humor with a big bucket of action. Science fiction satirist Harry Harrison has died 2012-08-15T21:24:11Z Is this part of the larger plot or just a sly instance of game recognition between “Fargo” and “Twin Peaks?” Perspective | ‘Twin Peaks’ made us weird. Was that a good thing or a bad thing? 2017-05-18T04:00:00Z Pfeiffer delivers a sly, elegant performance as Frances, which provides the chief pleasure of Azazel Jacobs' film, a melancholy farce adapted by Patrick DeWitt from his novel of the same name. Michelle Pfeiffer brings sly elegance to the peculiar but charming "French Exit" 2020-10-11T04:00:00Z Reagan is also sly, especially at outfoxing condescending liberals. How Ronald Reagan Triumphed 2020-08-18T04:00:00Z But he also has a sly wit about his change in fortune: “Some will call it luck, and some will call me up.” Review: Bryson Tiller Brings Fresh Success and Tart Sentiments to Radio City 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z The marvel of Mr. Eno’s voice is how naturally it combines a carefully sculptured lyricism with sly, poker-faced humor. Theater Review: ?Title and Deed,? by Will Eno, With Conor Lovett 2012-05-21T02:00:00Z Then again, maybe not; it’s hard to know, exactly, because of the film’s sly ambiguity, which is part of its pleasure, and because Welles did not actually finish it. Review: ‘The Other Side of the Wind’ Is Orson Welles’s Haunted Hall of Mirrors 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z “The sly and adroit Mr. Guinness plays eight Edwardian fuddy-duds with such devastating wit and variety that he naturally dominates the film,” Crowther wrote. A Comedy of Manners, and Multiple Homicide 2019-11-28T05:00:00Z And even Mr. Mac’s more discomfiting salvos are charged with sly purpose. Taylor Mac’s ‘A 24-Decade History of Popular Music,’ 1930s-1950s 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z Mr. Brooks’s book is a work of sly pseudo-history composed of data and anecdote drawn from an eerily recognizable future world. Movie Review: ‘World War Z’ Stars Brad Pitt Battling Zombies 2013-06-20T22:55:53Z It's a neat parallel, and one that Melody plays with a mixture of inconsequential charm and sly knowingness in a piece that is both startlingly bonkers and utterly ordinary at the same time. Major Tom – review 2013-05-12T14:00:21Z This winking update to “The Scarlet Letter” has much to recommend it, including the witty and quotable screenplay, the sly indictments of bullying and rumor-mongering and the deep bench of supporting players. The 50 Best Movies on Netflix Right Now 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z It manages to mock and celebrate musical-theater conventions in staging that is both tongue-in-cheek cheesy and polished, and storytelling that is blunt yet sly as a fox. "Book of Mormon" fresh, funny and sweet 2011-03-25T00:48:29Z These movies ushered in a loose, sly, smirking, improvisational style to mainstream Hollywood. An Appraisal: Remaking Film Comedy With a Straight Face 2014-02-25T05:00:10Z Looking at the majority of tweets, the main take-out has been one of sly admiration for Studio Canal. How my negative review of Legend was spun into movie marketing gold 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z He sits, with a sly smile and slicked-back hair, at the Cuban Casino nightclub. 'Beautiful Maria of My Soul': Oscar Hijuelos plumbs the story of 'Mambo Kings' ' beloved Maria 2010-06-23T23:37:00Z When in Paris, Allen's gimmicks coalesced into a sly, engaging romantic fantasy. Review: Allen's 'Rome' delivers lackluster love 2012-06-19T19:16:05Z The ensemble’s 11 men displayed some of the most dazzling breaking techniques I’ve ever seen, while Mr. Albright’s choreography possessed a sly humor and an adept sense of spatial composition. Dance Review: At BAM, DanceAfrica?s Links Between Traditional and Modern 2010-05-30T21:33:00Z Elsewhere the House tells an even shaggier-dog story: There are copies of ancient and medieval religious frescoes to provide evidence that since the Roman era artists have always had a sly, satirical streak. | Abroad: Take My Bulgarian Joke Book. Please. 2010-10-27T17:57:00Z “Within 10 years the payoff to the government was millions of dollars,” Robbins said with a sly grin. L.A. without the NEA: Tim Robbins on his $50-a-week first acting job, and why it proves the power of the NEA 2017-04-07T04:00:00Z It’s a sly comparison that befits Willems, who matches the verve of Dr. Seuss and empathy of Mister Rogers with his own contemporary sensibility. Uninvited Pigeon invades author Mo Willems’ TV special 2020-09-11T04:00:00Z At first, the comedy, cleverly constructed through sly directorial indirections, prevails: Cassius’s job interview, for instance, involves a deadpan, over-the-top display of his qualifications, which, we soon find out, is full of falsehoods. “Sorry to Bother You,” Reviewed: A Wild Workplace Comedy Energized by Righteous Anger 2018-07-03T04:00:00Z As ever, the tunes were standard Rollins fare – calypsos like Global Warming and a finale of Don't Stop The Carnival, tender ballads racked by sardonic diversions, barging runs and sly quotes. Sonny Rollins/The Bad Plus 2010-11-21T22:30:00Z This Haydn piece, though, begins with sly humor. Review: Andras Schiff Turns Mischievous at Carnegie Hall 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z Tolins' script sparkles with sly humor; the freedom he's created in his nutty premise lends a fresh giddiness to this work. Michael Urie superb in charming 'Buyer & Cellar' 2013-04-04T00:04:08Z The absurdity of the pitching process is presented in brilliantly understated fashion, and the art of the sly celebrity schmooze is just dead-on. 5 great movies about making movies 2012-11-21T22:31:05Z Ms. McTeer’s sly, exuberant performance is a pure delight, and the counterpoint between her physical expressiveness and Ms. Close’s tightly coiled reserve is a marvel to behold. | 'Albert Nobbs': ?Albert Nobbs? ? Movie Review 2011-12-20T16:46:28Z On the other side is Timothy Spall’s sly, jovial portrayal of Mr. Irving, who argued his own defense, as a canny trickster with an impregnable ego. Review: In ‘Denial,’ Confronting a Holocaust Revisionist in Court 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z As he consigns himself to that very past, perhaps the sly, silent smile of his extended leave-taking is his parting gift. Postscript: Manoel de Oliveira 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z The humor is sly and so slight you’ll barely know its there, but the universe is one that will leave you wanting more. Amazon's new pilots: Sevigny shines in standout show The Cosmopolitans 2014-08-29T04:00:00Z Mr. Howard adroitly plays both aspects of this man: the fearless, outspoken firebrand and the sly, cocky rogue. Movie Review: ‘Winnie Mandela,’ Starring Jennifer Hudson and Many Outfits 2013-09-05T21:38:48Z This sequence perfectly captures the sly sex appeal and carefree tone that made the Hudson-Day films such big hits at the time, and which lends them their charming mid-century appeal today. Pillow Talk to Bonnie and Clyde: the greatest Wayne Fitzgerald main titles 2019-10-02T04:00:00Z But the congressman finished up with a sly kicker. At the Gridiron dinner, a Republican governor roasted Trump 2022-04-03T04:00:00Z Grande told him in a welcome flash of her sly sense of humor. With Justin Bieber in tow, Ariana Grande plays the Forum 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z The "Classical" Symphony suddenly turned sly, sounding under Salonen like a buoyant distortion of the Classical style as apt musical representation for a revolutionary Russia in which there was no turning back. Salonen leads Yuja Wang, L.A. Phil through Russian turmoil 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z Nineteen years after it first delighted moviegoers with its sly and gory explorations — and nearly three years after the start of a long development process — "Scream" makes a return Tuesday. Creators of MTV's 'Scream' aim to scare up new glory with fresh blood 2015-06-29T04:00:00Z They would seem clunky here if not for Mr. Goodman’s sly delivery. Movie Review: ‘Drunkboat,’ With John Malkovich and John Goodman 2012-07-12T23:41:40Z Mr. Shorter had a sly, confiding style on the tenor saxophone, instantly identifiable by his low-gloss tone and elliptical sense of phrase. Wayne Shorter, Intrepid Saxophonist and Composer, Dies at 89 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z The result is a captivatingly sly, 70×70-inch oil-on-canvas work that depicts series stars including Anthony Anderson and Tracee Ellis Ross in character and part of a riff on the “sipping tea” meme. Johnsons are ‘sipping tea’ for ‘black-ish’ family portrait 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z Mann is particularly effective, a kind of old school character actor with his droopy dog appearance and sly twinkle. A blowhard lawyer? That's the joke in 'The Dock Brief' in Venice 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z He has a sly way of becoming the best part of whatever he’s in, however good or bad it may be. Bobby Cannavale, Tough Guy, ‘Can Handle a Pink Couch’ 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z “The Visit” explores our primal fears of aging with a sly comedic undertone, a necessary rebuke to the self-seriousness of the director’s earlier work. The problem with how “Split” handles sexual abuse: Surviving rape doesn’t always make you stronger 2017-02-12T05:00:00Z TikTok’s vignettes are a far more forgiving and creative playing field — a place for self-exploration, comedy, and learning on the sly. ‘WAP’ Is Good, Raunchy Fun. On TikTok, It’s at Home. 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z "I just got off the phone with my homeboy Tip, the king of Atlanta, and it's officially over," he said in the video, wearing his signature sly smile. Snoop Dogg apologizes, ends feud with Iggy Azalea 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z Conceptual notions about authorship zing around this show, including the artist’s sly reversal of painting’s “support and expression,” since the objects — or supports — are more expressive than the paint. Art In Review: Gaylen Gerber 2013-01-24T23:47:21Z There is a sly grace note tucked into “Upstairs Downstairs,” the sequel to the legendary series of the 1970s. Television Review: Like Old Times, Almost, In an English Household 2011-04-07T22:20:14Z From the moment Cyrano enters the action, his charisma and intelligence are on splendid display, and Dinklage — jaunty, melancholy, sly — takes possession of the movie. ‘Cyrano’ Review: Who Wrote the Book of Love? 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z Every time he detonated a culture-war bomb on Twitter, they suspected, it was a sly bid to divert the public eye from more serious news about his impending administration. Trump, Twitter and the Art of His Deal 2017-01-15T05:00:00Z But since it also contains some of Ashton's most inventive choreography and sly characterisations, it's a work for all seasons. Dance picks of the week 2010-04-09T23:07:00Z That being said, his Hughes is a marvellous creation: sly, paranoid but wistful and romantic, and still capable of dreaming big. Rules Don’t Apply: Howard Hughes is the enigma Hollywood still obsesses over 2017-04-17T04:00:00Z Sporting giant mutton-chop sideburns that make him look like a stock Gilbert and Sullivan character, Mr. Dennehy’s Sir Toby takes sly pleasure in egging on his addled friend to greater feats of foolishness. Critic?s Notebook: Brian Dennehy at Stratford Shakespeare Festival 2011-09-03T00:09:21Z Once Taylor bunts — eliciting a sly “S—” from the Yankees’ lanky shortstop — each second thereafter is just torturous, even if you’ve seen it a thousand times. The Top 10 Baseball Films of All Time 2015-04-06T04:00:00Z “You sure you wanna 69?” her man answered with a sly smile. Style Invitational Week 1356: Ask Backwards 38 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z I just adore how it seems to embolden Young, to make him brasher, slyer, swaggier. Trae Young: Your Hair Is an Unsolved Mystery. But a Magnificent One. 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z “Mammas” — a set of short films, two to three minutes each, appearing Sunday on the Sundance Channel and sundancechannel.com — reflects the distinctive character of its creator, Isabella Rossellini: a blend of innocence, sophistication and sly smuttiness. ArtsBeat: Isabella Rossellini’s Sly Maternal Instinct 2013-05-10T22:53:42Z Still, unabashed theater geeks will forgive the show’s flaws for the sake of the wacky yet insidery jokes, which include sly allusions to several local and national Shakespeare controversies and ventures. What do you get when you mash up Shakespeare and sci-fi? ‘Fear.’ 2016-08-08T04:00:00Z She’s smarter and more resilient than she lets on, though, and, like Hecht’s terrific performance, admirably sly. ‘Summer, 1976’ Review: The Path to Freedom Starts With a Friendship 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z Spend! – a less personal story, and more obviously populist, but told with sly wit. Your next box set: Jack Rosenthal at the BBC 2011-03-25T08:00:05Z The performance captured the contrasting moods of the four movements: the perky “Barn Dance,” the somber “Fawn,” the jaunty “Grey Mouse” and the sly “Tomcats.” Music Review: Unusual Sounds to Play in a Park 2011-07-20T22:11:40Z Funny, smart, sharp, sly — I should be so lucky when I'm that age. New in crime fiction: Elmore Leonard, Lee Child, Michael Connelly, more 2010-10-06T23:16:00Z Wining Boy’s sly scamming of Lymon, to whom he sells a slick suit that’s manifestly several sizes too big, marks the play’s comic high point. Theater Review: August Wilson’s ‘Piano Lesson’ at Signature Theater 2012-11-19T03:00:00Z A subterranean river of grief flowed underneath the plot's sly comedy from the beginning, although Harjo and the writers wait until the second season for it to soak into its loam. From beignet bites to a deadly dance, here are 2022's best TV episodes. Well, six of them, anyway 2022-12-10T05:00:00Z The sly and devastating ending makes the point: Ladies, you have been warned. The way of the world 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z It’s also a more stylish production, with camerawork that nicely serves the joke, including a close-up from the side, where his face is framed by candy-colored lights, a shot often employed after a sly comment. Jokes + Exasperation + Subtext = a New York Club Comic on the Rise 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z The sly four-eyed poet knows there are precious few safe places. A Poetry Collection That Squints Hard at the Culture, in Pain and in Joy 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z She has developed a distinctive improvising style that incorporates glissandos, pert slides and sly references to historical jazz licks. Bellevue Jazz Festival kicks off with African beat 2011-06-02T20:17:04Z What appears on the tables are compositions that, while serious, demonstrate a chef with a sly sense of humor. Plume at the Jefferson: A hushed escape, expertly handled A sly tease of a picture, it’s an instructive introduction to an enthralling show of 130 paintings and sculptures representing more or less ordinary objects dating from the turn of the 19th century to 1974. Four Rewarding Shows in Philadelphia 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z But it was the outerwear in crisp military lines, softened by buttery leather, and the sly references to equestrian elegance that gave such panache to the show. Fashion Review: Trousers Missing on the New York Autumn 2012 Runways 2012-02-13T16:51:14Z Fowler’s sly jokes never get in the way of his intricate plot, and the result is deeply satisfying. Cure for the post-holiday blues: captivating crime fiction 2014-01-08T23:06:28Z Her songs were sly and sometimes bracing, but they were most effective as a soundtrack for her real-time performance art. Review: Lana Del Rey, a Character No More 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z The closest Ms. Swift’s lyrics come to Mr. Adams’s core subject material is probably on “Blank Space,” but Ms. Swift’s original is sly and cheeky, while Mr. Adams’s interpretation is haggard. Teaming Up, Together (Drake and Future) or Apart (Ryan Adams and Taylor Swift) 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z The 53-year-old also took a sly dig at Lady Gaga, performing a mash-up of 1989 hit Express Yourself with Gaga's track Born This Way - which many critics and fans have claimed is strikingly similar. Madonna tour kicks off in Israel 2012-06-01T10:42:45Z In 1860 Vanity Fair characterised them as “vain, mean, selfish, greedy, sensual and sly, talkative and cowardly”. Inside the box 2014-05-01T04:00:00Z He was, by the age of 24, already Bob Dylan: smart, sly, implacable. Playlist: Younger Folk, Older Folk, Noises Tempered and Psychedelic 2010-10-15T16:58:00Z They meet up on the seafront on the sly to deliver some truly dreadful lines to each other. TV review: Into Orbit: A Culture Show Special; Secrets of Our Living Planet; True Love 2012-06-17T22:00:01Z The album begins with “Take Your Time,” a song where Hunt rattles off a series of sly pickup lines, but is soon dredging up deep truths from the murky end of the dating pool. Another country: Sam Hunt maps out Nashville’s bold new future The humor is sly, unwitting, and charged with social comment.” Kazuo Ishiguro is a rarity and now a Nobel Laureate 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z He was an ingenious comic god, imperious and sly. PearsonWidrig DanceTheater’s ‘Rapture’: A big jumble with a big heart This is a sly, glamorous blonde living in what she fully believed to be a man’s world, and making it spin to her own advantage. Review: ‘Can I Go Now?,’ a Biography of the Hollywood Agent Sue Mengers 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z “The Martini Shot,” the bracing and witty novella that closes Pelecanos’s first collection of stories, is a sly consideration of this mud-wrestling match between art and commerce. Book review: ‘The Martini Shot,’ by George Pelecanos 2015-01-11T05:00:00Z But their continued use by intelligence divisions is a metaphor for the lack of trust inherent in this work, a metaphor Alma Katsu employs in sly fashion. She Awoke in Central Park, Handcuffed to a Stranger. What Happened? 2021-03-19T04:00:00Z Ms. Llosa is a sly and careful storyteller, and she creates suspense by slipping between past and present, hinting at and withholding important bits of information. Review: ‘Aloft’ Trains an Eagle Eye on Human Misery 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z “Mr. Dean plays this curious villain with a stylized spookiness — a sly sort of offbeat languor and slur of language — that concentrates spite. This is a haunting capstone to the brief career of Mr. Dean.” What’s on TV Thursday: ‘The History of Comedy’ and ShondaLand 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z The mutual teasing and sly insults that make one couple feel more alive might have another reduced to fisticuffs in seconds. For Better, for Worse: Three Memoirs Report From Marriage Country 2017-05-16T04:00:00Z This might be blanched prose, but it also sounds like a sly subtweet of the Republican Party. Will Democracy Survive President Trump? Two New Books Aren’t So Sure 2018-01-10T05:00:00Z It also has quite a bit of sly humor, as in the scene when the model turns art critic and deems the painter’s morphine-aided work “artificial and uninspired.” DVD: New DVDs: ‘Midsomer Murders,’ ‘George Gently’ 2012-06-29T21:58:00Z As Max, Michael Weston is compelling, a go-getter who’s both hyper and sly. Theater Review | 'Extinction': Big Times for Buddies, Partying in Atlantic City 2010-03-01T05:45:00Z The strong points in his set pointed toward a capacity for sly humor and meticulous candor. Music Review: Sting at Roseland Ballroom - Review 2011-11-09T22:11:10Z Most of the hourlong dance cultivated a sly, arch demeanor, affecting a slick cleverness that didn’t quite pass for humor or style. Dance Review: Recalling a Collector of Bold Art and Life 2010-10-21T22:12:00Z It was hard not to root for the aliens during “Mars Attacks!,” since their music, for all its needling vehemence, was so delightfully sly. Review: ‘Danny Elfman’s Music From the Films of Tim Burton,’ Macabre Yet Sweet 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z He makes much use of the patented sly, witty smile, turning it on as if on cue, and imparts words of wisdom in gently rolling, master-thespian tones. 2009-12-11T03:16:00Z “Games Without Frontiers,” in many ways, *is* The Americans: tense, sly, sinuous, its lyrics contrasting the banal and the menacing, imagining world war as a kind of internationalist Lord of the Flies child’s game. The Americans Watch: It’s a Knockout 2013-05-02T09:45:37Z Radiating high outrage and sly humor, these now-classic gesture of Black feminist space-claiming feel years ahead of their time, as does a second major performance work of a couple years later. Bliss and Anger in Balance: The Art of Lorraine O’Grady 2021-03-11T05:00:00Z Eight years into her remarkable run, “Shake It Off” presents an artist gunning for sly transgression but instead landing on tone-deaf, self-absorbed teen regression, with music to match the vibe. Critic's Notebook: Taylor Swift's catchy, tone-deaf 'Shake It Off' 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z Hole-ridden tweed suits that looked like they'd been devoured by generations of moths opened the show with what seemed like a sly commentary on the French heritage label's amazing staying power. McQueen successor Burton carries on his legacy 2010-10-05T22:09:00Z But what she lacks in nuance, she makes up for in bravado, psychological acuity and sly wit. Battle of the Sexes? For This Voracious Heroine, It’s All-Out War. 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z “Sleep Dealer” is a sly commentary on immigration and labor policy. When American Filmmakers Try to Cross the Border 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z Directed by Don Hahn, the producer of “Beauty and the Beast” and “The Lion King,” the movie is a sly retrospective exercise in corporate self-congratulation masquerading as an insider’s tell-all. Movie Review | 'Waking Sleeping Beauty': Meeting Animators Behind a Decade of Disney Hits 2010-03-26T00:25:00Z In “Silverview,” le Carré untangles the life of Edward Avon, a sly former intelligence field agent emotionally scarred from harrowing experiences during the Bosnian conflict. Review | John le Carré left behind a novel, ‘Silverview.’ Does it live up to the spy master’s reputation? 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z At one point, Burger cautions Perry that “no one ever confesses on the stand” — a sly reference to the old series, in which that was pretty much all anyone ever did. Review: ‘Perry Mason’ Returns, Hard-Boiled and Warmed Over 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z Aloe Blacc played most of the album at Le Poisson Rouge on Thursday night, in a generally modest show with only the occasional sly nod to the present. Music Review: The Old-School Style, Unafraid to Be Imperfect 2010-11-19T22:45:00Z Even when he was painting mundane domestic scenes, his eye for the subject and his painterly treatment infused them with a sly, soft-pedaled, gently melancholy wonder. Review | Artist Noah Davis died tragically at age 32. A New York show reveals a great lost talent. 2020-01-29T05:00:00Z But that only makes their virtuosity all the more memorable, especially when the disarmingly sly Suzuki pushes them almost to edge while hardly seeming to move. Masaaki Suzuki and Bach Collegium Japan's impeccable taste shows at Disney Hall 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z The two men both started as performers and shared certain traits: a sly wit, an impeccable eye, a meticulous style and a blend of precision and improvisation in their directing styles. Director Joe Mantello, Broadway’s Invisible Wizard 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z And a duet between Ms. Davis and the alto-saxophonist Michaël Attias was full of reflective tension and sly allusions to the chord changes of “All the Things You Are.” Music Review: Tony Malaby?s Novela at Jazz Gallery - Review 2011-12-19T22:05:11Z Which isn’t to say that “Veep” isn’t still sharp, sly and frequently hilarious. On Season 6 of ‘Veep,’ Satire Meets Its Match 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z In her case, we get a disjointed narrative of visual puns, sly criticisms and uncanny juxtapositions, most with a distinct feminist slant. MoMA’s Art Treasure, No Longer Buried 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z On the sly, she placed bets for him based on the newspaper racing results. On Alcatraz, the island’s prison gardens are in full flower 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z He's very sly in this new movie -- he's older, he's more mature, he waits. Oliver Stone returns to "more complex" "Wall Street" 2010-10-14T03:30:00Z Xu’s series stages the childhood home as a site of sly subversion. A Chinese Photographer’s Secret Installations Inside His Parents’ Home 2019-08-03T04:00:00Z The story, skillfully mined from Mr. le Carré’s labyrinthine book and set in 1973, is a pleasurably sly and involving puzzler — a mystery about mysteries within mysteries. | 'Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy': ?Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy,? With Gary Oldman - Review 2011-12-09T00:00:43Z No. But for those so inclined, it makes for an entertainingly goofy, at times inspired, evening of sweetness and darkness, with a cryptload of sly punch lines and some irresistible performances and panache. A night with 'The Addams Family' scares up laughs 2012-10-27T02:16:04Z The meter is so tricky and incongruous that it becomes this sly, bravura book’s main witticism. Books of The Times: David Rakoff’s ‘Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish’ 2013-07-24T21:06:59Z Scott wrote that “Shirley is a mystery and a monster, and ‘Shirley’ is at once a sincere tribute and a sly hatchet job.” What’s on TV Saturday: ‘Shirley’ and Yvonne Orji 2020-06-06T04:00:00Z Mr. Garner said he learned to act from running lines with the stars and watching them perform, especially Mr. Fonda, another good-looking actor with a sly streak. James Garner, Witty, Handsome Leading Man, Dies at 86 2014-07-20T04:00:00Z Barely 20, he was a double threat even then: writing compositions of coiled energy and smartly woven rhythmic interplay, and improvising fiercely, cutting sharp turns and slipping into sly glissandos. Listen to the Essential Terence Blanchard 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z There are sly references to the debate in the first scene of “Kanata — Episode 1 — The Controversy,” but the first half of the production sets up promising characters. Review: In Robert Lepage’s ‘Kanata,’ the Director, Too, Plays the Victim 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z But during the night someone kills this generous soul and only Charles, as sly and secretive as he is “sensitive and solitary,” knows whodunit. Even on Christmas Eve, Criminals Don’t Take a Holiday 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z The irony is both sly and raucous, and as perfectly composed as the sincerity and sensitivity in an 1885 portrait of his fellow painter Émile Bernard. Review | Yes, Toulouse-Lautrec was an alcoholic cabaret creature. But his art ranged far beyond the demimonde. 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z What “Key & Peele”’s hypothetical older fan referred to was the show’s sly commentary on racism, achieved without specifically making the sketch series about race. No compromises, no regrets — Larry Wilmore and the price of “Keeping it 100″ 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z And his final Colbert Report was both a sweet ending and a perfect summation of the show’s spirit — smart and surreal, sly and sincere. 'Colbert Report' Ends After 9 Awesome Years 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z Lovecraft, opened the concert with an extravagance that offers proof of the survival of the orchestrational panache of the French tradition: its lurid lushness and sly squiggles, brassy explosions and sensual strings. Review: At the Philharmonic, a Taste of Holiday Bounty 2022-11-24T05:00:00Z And it is Ms. Rapace’s fierce and sly performance, more than the themes or the plot, that sustains “The Girl Who Played With Fire.” | 'The Girl Who Played With Fire': Stieg Larsson?s Second Novel Is Brought to the Screen 2010-07-08T22:57:00Z Electronic readers that are affordable and widely available have been a game changer, allowing readers the chance to enjoy something saucy on the sly. Why we're putting the 'missing' sex scenes back into Charlotte Brontë 2012-07-17T14:30:04Z It's a sly examination of art, inspiration, everyday magic and some seriously over-caffeinated painters. 'Sacr? Bleu': the color of creativity 2012-04-03T23:34:07Z What started as a sly poke at ridiculous figures of fun has become a new aspirational model. Why Absolutely Fabulous now looks absolutely prescient 2011-08-29T20:30:02Z Stories We Tell is blatantly sly, nudging the viewer to question everything they’re hearing and seeing. Stories We Tell: Sarah Polley’s Meta Masterpiece 2013-05-10T03:30:03Z But Goodwin can't resist a subversive little nonverbal kicker at the end — a sly reminder that boys will be boys. Review: 'The Two Gentlemen of Verona' ? bromancing buddies and their gals 2010-03-25T21:47:00Z And when these and other movies based on his properties hit theaters, Lee left his imprimatur through small cameo appearances, a sly gag that eventually became a staple of the films themselves. Comics pioneer Stan Lee has died. His legacy is already immortal 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z “Once you adjust to its stop-and-start rhythms and its scruffy looks, you can appreciate its wit, its beauty and the sly gravity of its emotional undercurrents,” Mr. Scott wrote in The Times in November. DVDs: New on DVD: ?The African Queen? 2010-03-20T04:51:00Z And without a whiff of the didactic, but with a bounty of sly black humor, the piece expressed the psychic toll of moral and financial recession. Risk-taking Seattle theaters offer wild surprises 2011-12-01T00:35:04Z As for the restaurant’s name, it’s a sly reference to the Mitsu, meaning honey, in the chef’s name. L’Abeille, Serving French Fare With Casual Elegance, Opens in TriBeCa 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z I like the snap and the sly heat of the coarse red sausage, from Kreuz Market, the esteemed barbecue joint in Lockhart, Texas. Review | If family-style takeout is on the menu, these 3 restaurants have a whole lot to offer 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z And what he produced is a terrifically charming film, a fish-out-of-water comedy that manages to be both a family-type tale about a miserable teenager and a sly tribute to New Zealand’s rugged outdoors. The best films of 2016 ... that you probably didn't see 2016-12-25T05:00:00Z From dreamy little girl to sly femme fatale, Ms. Maggart changed from one to the other and among other personas with subtle adjustments in body language and vocal timbre at Tuesday’s opening-night show. Music Review: Maude Maggart Explores Love at the Oak Room 2010-04-14T21:17:00Z It’s a sly and disturbing scene, and perhaps a step too far. Television Review: On ‘The Profit,’ Marcus Lemonis Rescues Small Businesses 2013-07-29T21:44:55Z It’s a simple declaration, but therein lies the sly power of “A Seat at the Table”—there’s little need to parse, only to sit and listen. Solange Knowles’s Album of Black Life in America 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z And amid the smart pastiche and the sly, carefully constructed jokes there is a thread of real emotion, a strain of melancholy deeper and more mysterious than mere sympathy. Movie Review: ‘Inside Llewyn Davis,’ Directed by Joel and Ethan Coen 2013-12-05T13:00:01Z This is a sly dig at Israel's neighbours in Mesopotamia, who boasted that their temple towers reached into heaven. The Book of Genesis, part 4: The problem and the answer 2011-01-03T10:00:02Z Mr. Broadbent excels at playing and, at times, overplaying flustered friendly types with sly, impish smiles. Movie Review: ‘Closed Circuit’ Features 2 Lawyers and a Terrorism Case 2013-08-27T21:36:54Z The sly references to Oxford’s historical connection to British espionage enhance the novel’s resonance with our own world. Philip Pullman’s ‘The Book of Dust’ is an enthralling prequel to His Dark Materials 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z West is sly and clipped, describing someone as "striped like a zebra/ I call that jungle fever." Jay-Z and Kanye West: Watch the Throne ? track-by-track review 2011-08-02T16:29:41Z It’s sly and smart, but the words I carried away from the show were ones I found in a gallery news release. Art in Review: ?BEAUTIFUL VAGABONDS?: ?Birds in Contemporary Photography, Video and Sound? 2011-08-11T21:15:27Z Here, ginger and the sly heat of a small chile pepper do the heavy lifting, flavorwise; the squash adds texture and a satisfying bulk. This creamy squash soup has kick, and a few surprises, too 2017-11-13T05:00:00Z “Real Eyes,” a performance merging stand-up comedy and contemporary dance, is a sly sendup of many aspects of the dance world that include talking about the choreographic process and pitching work to potential donors. Dance Review: Rebecca Patek’s ‘Real Eyes’ at Chocolate Factory 2012-06-03T21:19:26Z In the killer’s sly manipulation of her interrogators’ gender prejudices, juxtaposed with Cato’s perceptiveness, “Effigy” finds its clearest voice. ‘Effigy — Poison and the City’ Review: Death and the Matron 2020-12-17T05:00:00Z “Another gear in a big machine don’t sound like fun to me,” she sings in a characteristically sly reference to one of Music City’s dominant record labels. Kacey Musgraves is not here to flatter your progressivism 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z “I just did,” Helen says with a sly smile. 'Masters of Sex' recap: Racial tension flares at Bill's new hospital 2014-08-11T04:00:00Z Fry’s film is a sly satire that still resonates today. Get inspired for New Year’s Eve with these 10 outrageous movie party scenes 2016-12-31T05:00:00Z Still, this is an exceptional work, a memoir told with honesty, grit and a sly wit that continually takes readers to unexpected places. Review | ‘Three Girls from Bronzeville’ is a story about growing up on Chicago’s South Side — and so much more 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z I like to creep up on people, I'm very sly. 2010-01-28T08:23:00Z Ms. Monroe stars as a sly shoplifter who’s arrested and captured but not by the police. Netflix Roulette, Where the Movies Never End 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z The book is narrated by David Aaron Baker, a Southerner himself and an accomplished actor whose calm, rueful delivery accords with the sly humor of this terrifically entertaining book. Review | Gore Vidal’s ‘Lincoln’ and other best audiobooks for summer’s end 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z Yet despite this acclaim for its cast, what distinguishes the film is its tone: the light touch and sly wrongfooting. Ben Lewin on The Sessions: 'You can reach women without brute force' 2013-01-03T19:00:00Z The head spins with options, because Chekhov’s sly and subtle plays are awhirl with all these human contradictions, and beautifully so, when they work. Chekhov’s ‘Vanya’ rides again, with uncertain feeling 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z It's a comical spark -- the wily wink and sly nudge -- that is all too infrequent in this workmanlike but unexciting production. Few sparks in 'On the Razzle' at Theatre West 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z It isn’t sly, like the Pepsi “Choice of a New Generation” ads so masterfully skewered by David Foster Wallace, or reactionary or appropriationist, as Thomas Frank describes consumer culture in “The Conquest of Cool.” This Brand Could Be Your Life: David Shapiro’s “Supremacist” 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z Taking a sly, metaphorical dig at homeowners abandoning their friends for fast buyouts, “Bingo Hell” sprinkles hardship and loss on a story of oldster gumption. ‘Black as Night’ and ‘Bingo Hell’ Review: Marginalized Heroes 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z I give her credit for an unexpected sense of humor, and, perhaps, for a sly reference to her new job. Inaugural Fashion: White Is a Color of Mourning 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z Howard Thoresen ably handles the Squire’s villainy with a sly smile rather than a sneer. | 'The Drunkard': Saved, Before Alcoholics Anonymous 2010-10-04T21:32:00Z It “gradually reveals the extent of the women’s troubles with deft and sly humor,” Beatrice Loayza wrote when it showed at New Directors/New Films. New Fall Movies 2021: Here Are More Than 125 Coming Soon 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z The sly question teased in “Unbreakable,” the mystery that sets it apart from run-of-the-mill grandiose superhero fables, is whether Dunn is the real deal or if Glass merely wants a foil worthy of his self-aggrandizement. ‘Glass’ Movie Review: A Nutty Ride With M. Night Shyamalan 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z They visit each other on the sly, but when Francis and Uncle Charles find out they threaten to confine Verity to the house until she renounces the fellow. 'Poldark' Episode 2 Recap: Triumph v. Torment 2015-06-28T04:00:00Z Crucially, it contains both magic for the kids and enough in-jokes to keep grown-up balletomanes happy, with sly references to Ashton, Balanchine, Tchaikovsky, Minkus and more. This week's art diary 2011-03-01T22:30:00Z The sly, light “Pillar V,” with its cascades of chimes, leads to “Pillar VI,” more ruminative than the others; the shadowy tangle of “carTogRAPh”; and the fluttering hush of “Pillar VII.” One Composer, Four Players, ‘Seven Pillars’ 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z Its comments on our present moment are so deft and sly that when they turn earnest it’s deeply affecting: The refrain of “Move thoughtfully … and bring freedom to others” sometimes brought me to tears. Visit These Science-Fiction Worlds to Make Sense of Our Own 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z “Pow!” graphics splashed across the screen, but adults knew it was a sly satire. ‘Batman,’ the 1960s TV Series, Returns in a Collection 2014-11-05T05:00:00Z “It’s a group for ranting,” one of the participants told me with a sly smile. Fast food isn't cheap anymore. Here's why that's both good and bad 2023-11-05T04:00:00Z In a wholly different vein, Greg Kalleres’s sly and diverting dark comedy “Wrecked” also depicts characters determinedly rewriting adverse circumstances — in this case, the fallout from a disturbing car accident. Review | Anxious men and other world-builders at CATF 2019 2019-07-09T04:00:00Z “I think that is quite sly,” Ms. Swisher added. To Jesse Draper, the Laugh’s on Them 2012-06-29T20:47:20Z The show's creator, Matthew Weiner, found a sly, satirical way to revive the crudest forms of sexism and prejudice that were typical then but are nowadays carefully airbrushed out of television. 'Mad Men': Times change and a battle rages outside 2012-03-24T04:30:10Z It’s a statement of sly regret about how even the sort of love he was leaning on elsewhere on this album isn’t nearly enough in the end. New Music: Grace Woodroofe, Tim McGraw, Richard Galliano - Review 2012-01-23T23:00:11Z “I have my flourishes,” he continued, then threw me a sly grin. Rami Malek, Catching Mercury 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z Most of the Texas scenes are from Sarah’s point of view, too, although there are sly hints throughout that something bigger is happening. ‘The Last of Us’ Series Premiere Recap: Fungus Among Us 2023-01-15T05:00:00Z This sly piece emerges in fits and starts. Gidon Kremer and Daniil Trifonov Team Up at Carnegie Hall 2015-01-25T05:00:00Z There’s the sly riff on critics and their spouses, quoted above. Review: ‘Let Me Tell You’ Collects Early Works by Shirley Jackson 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z Chucho Valdés, the eminent Cuban pianist, bandleader and composer, carries himself with a sly balance of statesmanlike deliberation and youthful gusto. Chucho Valdés, the Pianist, Reflects on Irakere and His Career 2015-11-01T04:00:00Z His approach is sly, which makes his Zenith Gallery show the most complex among the unusually large number of current local exhibitions of representational painting. In the galleries: New perspectives on Old Masters 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z They don’t do so as self-righteous scolds or as stuffed shirts; they’re slyer than that, more entertaining. Jon Stewart, capitalist stooge? 2012-07-25T21:00:00Z It’s typical of how Mr. Marclay stitches time together, finding sly visual rhymes across clips. 24 Hours Inside the Christian Marclay Installation ‘The Clock’ 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z “Games Without Frontiers,” in many ways, is The Americans: tense, sly, sinuous, its lyrics contrasting the banal and the menacing, imagining world war as a kind of internationalist Lord of the Flies child’s game. The Americans Watch: It’s a Knockout 2013-05-02T09:45:37Z But while his underlying views were painfully dated, his conception of banter was entirely modern: a sly expansion of the word’s meaning, and a self-conscious contention that it provided an impregnable defence. The age of banter 2017-06-30T04:00:00Z Rub is still packed with celebrations of gender and sexual minorities, depictions of bedroom equality and sly pushback against the policing of women’s bodies. What Peaches Can Teach America Now 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z Driven by conga and bongos, topped with acoustic guitar and solos plucked on the tres, with trumpet cheekily answering the singers, it was sly, romantic, definitively Cuban and not just for local delight. Review: At Globalfest, a World of Cultural Keepsakes With a Dance Beat 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z And of course there are sly mentions of “Nicholas Nickleby” sprinkled throughout. Tom Rachmann: “I consider myself a realist – with a sprinkling of nostalgia” 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z Polished and sly, Ms. Majeski, a young American soprano, closed the program with the four songs that Britten wrote in the late 1930s for the singer and actress Hedli Anderson, to wry poems by Auden. Music Review: Amanda Majeski Sings Britten and Schumann in Concert 2014-02-11T21:54:15Z This novel is at once egoless, sly, profound, funny, authentic and utterly mysterious — without ever seeming to break a sweat. ‘In a World That Shouts, This Book Is a Song Played Softly,’ Ethan Hawke Writes 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z And yet, as a foul-mouthed, don’t-mess-with-me urban lady with sincere if hopeless dreams in her head, Lavin has never seemed more vital, sly and fearless. Review: ‘You Will Get Sick’ Tells the Untellable, for a Price 2022-11-06T04:00:00Z That adaptation found delicious crosscurrents of feeling, not to mention all sorts of sly commentary on male bonding, in the riverside antics of the time-honored characters. A London Musical With Energy to Burn, and Two Without It 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z In “Bunny,” a work of toothsome and fanged intelligence, the agons of ego and machismo are replaced by the sly and saccharine maneuvers of a femme-y clique who call themselves “Bunnies.” What Does It Mean to Be a “Real” Writer? 2019-07-03T04:00:00Z The play is especially effective in these sequences, using a sly theatricality to depict the patient-psychopharmacologist dynamic as a twisted romance. In this 'Next to Normal,' the message is loud but not clear 2016-08-26T04:00:00Z Seen in the context of her career the Taylor Dayne story becomes a sly tribute to the comic power of repetition, but it’s not only that. Critic’s Notebook: Tig Notaro Meets Taylor Dayne, Again and Again 2012-06-24T21:27:44Z Yet in a performance built around watching, listening and contemplating, Mr. Sparks injects laconic Ray with sly touches of prickly humor. Paul Sparks Hones Tragic Persona in ?Dusk Rings a Bell? 2010-06-19T06:39:00Z The sly speculative questions inevitably give rise to a few plot holes. ‘Jonathan’ Review: Ansel Elgort as Two Brothers Sharing One Body 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z These pieces share an unspoken emphasis on swinging rhythm and sly harmonic irresolution, as if to recall the earliest blush of free improvisation in the early 1960s. New Music: Kid Rock’s ‘Rebel Soul,’ and Alicia Keys’s ‘Girl on Fire’ 2012-11-26T23:07:45Z Often astringent and deliberately metronomic, these are not the prettiest Haydn recordings, but they are full of sly touches and offbeat choices. Jaap van Zweden: Before You See Him, Listen 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z At their best, Ms. Del Rey’s songs are both sly pop and whimsical commentary on pop, but at this show, she didn’t treat them as texts in need of reverence. Review: Lana Del Rey, a Character No More 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z The two short operas are an unusual pairing, but the productions were hits, and turning them into a double bill for the first time makes sly sense. L.A. Opera opens 30th season with Plácido Domingo staying busy 2015-09-13T04:00:00Z But they should figure that out because the title feels crucial to the aim of this movie, a sly, toasty, piquant consideration of Hammons’s conceptual art, the way it mocks and eludes easy ownership. ‘The Melt Goes On Forever’ Review: David Hammons Makes, and They Take 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z With a sly side-glance, she then broke into laughter. Encounters : Lisa Cooley, a Gallery Owner, Discusses a MoMA Show on Ileana Sonnabend 2014-01-15T23:18:24Z It’s hard to guess how Mr. O’Dowd’s sly tone and goofy asides will play for 3- or 4-year-olds, but any parents pressed into watching the show will notice and perhaps appreciate them. Review: ‘Puffin Rock’ Joins Parade of Shows Aimed at Youngest Viewers 2015-08-31T04:00:00Z On “Crystal Ball,” Nokes refuses to let the numbness paralyze her, retaining her sly sarcasm and perfectly boiling down her feelings into nuggets like “What a time to be barely alive.” With Sub Pop debut, Tacocat spikes beach balls at post-Trump depression 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z Hooper has produced a sleek and sly two-hander, a thriller almost, which sets everything out clearly for the reader and yet remains filled with uncertainty. The Engagement by Chloe Hooper – review 2013-01-25T20:00:02Z “These make me look like I have a little storage area,” I said to the salesclerk, a sly brunette in her 20s. Does This Swimsuit Make Me Look Fat? 2011-06-08T20:34:03Z What is crucially missing from Mr. Bent’s adaptation are the gentle humanity and sly, understated humor of the movie version, an Oscar nominee for best foreign film in 2002. | 'Elling': A Couple That?s Odd in More Ways Than Two 2010-11-22T03:01:00Z A hybrid of the two, “The American Duchess,” would have better described what Ms. Goodwin’s sly, glittery period piece is about. Books of The Times: Money May Not Buy You Love, but It Might Help You Land a Spouse 2011-06-26T21:00:06Z The play’s construction is sturdy and occasionally sly, but the dialogue lacks wit or drive. | 'Any Night': When Sleep Opens the Door to the Dark Side 2011-06-10T22:46:24Z It revealed espionage as the devious, sly, unscrupulous practice of deception and mendacity – all for Queen and country. Partners in crime fiction 2011-07-22T08:00:02Z Still, it produced a wonderful season on its outdoor stage, and a highlight was the soaring spectacle of Streb Extreme Action, a company known for performing daring feats with sly humor on bespoke contraptions. 5 Things to Do This Weekend 2021-12-30T05:00:00Z And he inflects the scene with a sly if subtle glimmer of ultimate redemption and deliverance. Delacroix's 'Greece on the Ruins of Missolonghi' as a rallying cry 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z I remember not getting invited to things just quietly on the sly. My friend is out of control 2013-01-14T01:00:00Z And while there’s nothing as directly political as “Same Love” here, there are sly moments of statement making. Albums by Mary Lambert, Nico & Vinz and Angaleena Presley 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z On the bookshelves is a spine marked "Latin"; another "Understatement": Perry's sly nod to the cultural capital hoarded by the chattering classes. Hogarth revisited: Grayson Perry uses tapestries to tackle taste and class 2012-06-05T23:01:03Z And yet this isn’t “The Jungle” for modern agricultural workers; there’s nothing polemic about “Delicious Foods” and its sly peek at a backwater farm without unions or labor laws. Novel will make you think twice about those beautiful fruits at the store 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z The way he deployed his guitar was twangy, sly and rigorously pithy, allowing no wasted motion. Robbie Robertson’s 16 Essential Songs 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z In 2013, she released the elegantly scarred “Like a Rose,” a striking album that showed her to be a sly, progressive songwriter and a nimble, tradition-minded singer. Review: Ashley Monroe Releases ‘The Blade’ 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z There's heart beneath his grit, a trustfulness and intelligence behind his sly grin. Farewell, Fred Ward, best buddy ever 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z In a sly nod to Bob Marley she's just announced her Crazy Baldhead tour. Populist: Items of interest this week 2012-11-10T00:04:02Z Zenón’s favorite misdirection devices are everywhere on this record — saxophone solos that cut and then bloom, tempos that fade and disappear, sly reharmonizations. The Playlist: Ashley McBryde’s Loner’s Lament, and 10 More New Songs 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z The idea of a chef-auteur is tenacious, and sly — it limits the narrative, and it sustains itself. Twilight of the Imperial Chef 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z So was that on the sly, or did everybody kind of know? ABC news anchor David Muir: ‘I’m having a conversation with America in a very polarized time’ 2019-07-22T04:00:00Z The interactive works promise to be a delight, as well as a sly introduction to the fundamental principles of choreography. 39 Dance Performances to See This Fall 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z On the sly, he began to teach himself to play the violin. Possessed: A Fashion Career Starts With a Violin 2011-08-26T22:51:54Z Faber's approach was more sly in Crimson Petal; imagining ourselves in 19th-century London felt like a collusion between narrator and reader to engage in the artifice of suspended disbelief for narrative purposes. Edinburgh international book festival: writers' picks 2011-08-12T21:55:15Z Humor should always be present or ambient, even if sly or slight. Lydia Millet: By the Book 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z “But Beth’s plays have always displayed a sly dark comic sensibility mingled with a warmer, more tender, quasi-naturalist feeling.” After “The Jacksonian,” Beth Henley recharges with slapstick “Laugh” 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z East of Borneo also offers a sly wink to L.A.'s West Coast location. East of Borneo: Where Wikipedia goes for SoCal art essays 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z Here are nine tracks that showcase the sly invention and dark poetics of Shorter’s compositions and saxophone sound. Wayne Shorter, a Jazz Hero Whose Goal Was ‘to Fear Nothing’ 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z Joe always seems to be able to get everyone around him to do his bidding, but his success often hinges on mean, mendacious trickery instead of sly, admirable cleverness. 'Halt and Catch Fire' Recap: Enter Donna, for Sanity's Sake 2014-06-22T04:00:00Z The first is a puree of mushrooms whose sly heat and subtle crunch set the bowl apart from the rib-sticking pack. Review | Urbano 116 looks like the real deal, but its food is a faint echo of Mexico 2019-03-05T05:00:00Z In Herbert’s title, there was a sly pun: Herbert, the Pole, was the barbarian; Europe was the garden. A Traveler to Troubled Lands, Called to Bear Witness 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z He was wily and sly and combustive and smooth, playing a person desperate to matter. Debating ‘Hamilton’ as It Shifts From Stage to Screen 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z Imagine a sharp episode of "The Office" — if that sly sitcom were a live-theater piece blending loony sight gags and spasms of inspired physical comedy with poetic reveries of existential angst. 'The Office' meets Chekhov in 'Suffering, Inc.' 2011-11-10T22:23:07Z In recent years, Tatum has carved out a niche for himself as a hunky action hero with a knack for sly comedy. Channing Tatum to play superhero Gambit, 'X-Men' producer says 2014-05-13T04:00:00Z Mr. Mitchell’s slim new novel, “Slade House,” is a sequel of sorts to “The Bone Clocks,” although it’s closer to being a sly footnote. Review: David Mitchell’s ‘Slade House’ Plunges Into a Battle of Immortals 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z As an actor, you project a sly sense of humor, and have an offbeat delivery – it is both forceful and playful. Thomas Haden Church on his offbeat new "Acidman" role: "There is clearly something wrong with Lloyd" 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z Blink and you may miss the sly joke that sets “The Good Dinosaur” on its enchantingly eccentric way. Review: ‘The Good Dinosaur,’ Pixar Human and Apatosaurus 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z Much of the slyest humor here — including the sexual frisson elicited by handcuffing our adversarial hero and heroine to each other — comes directly from Hitchcock’s movie. Review: ‘39 Steps,’ Frenetic Thriller Spoof, Rises Again 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z The sly versatility of his style has allowed him to cruise through many albums of collaborations, covers and tributes to vintage country music. Willie Nelson, Mali Music and Keith Jarrett and Charlie Haden 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z They do, four times in all, a little routine dance — walking, but with rhythmic upper-body gestures and the same fixed, sly smile and bright eyes — that leads them down into the auditorium. Dance Review: Tanztheater Wuppertal Revives Pina Bausch’s ‘1980’ in London 2014-02-17T22:50:55Z The sly marvel of “Chronicles” is how it insinuates its themes into your consciousness. Review: ‘Barber Shop Chronicles’ Offers an Exhilarating Sanctuary 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z Lenny Bruce was perhaps the ultimate example of this — he wasn’t particularly funny, just a sly and subversive observer. This is your brain on selfies: The science of self-portraits, faces, art and the mind 2017-01-08T05:00:00Z Not because it’s bad — friends, writing career, favorite pastimes, sly sense of humor . . . it seems objectively enviable to me — but because you want things it can’t give you. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Decades later, the ex won’t work together to save their son 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z As Cymbeline’s malicious queen, she prowls the stage in a spidery black dress with a sly smile, relishing her machinations. Review: ‘Cymbeline’ Unspools Its Many Plot Twists at the Delacorte Theater 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z Though his compositions nod to the work of great artists, it’s his sly, accessible sense of humor that paradoxically gives “Birds of Maine” its intellectual payload. After a Climate Catastrophe, These Birds Flocked to the Moon 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z Mr. Sexton, with hollow cheeks and graceful hands, is a sly jokester and a bewitching raconteur. Review: Ethan Hawke’s ‘Blaze’ Revisits a Country-Music Legend 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z It’s a sly film too, that satirises and glamorises in the same breath, where a hotel foyer full of high-society types is compared to a lunatic asylum. My streaming gem: why you should watch My Man Godfrey 2020-04-24T04:00:00Z He gave a sort of sly little smile. The First Great Designer of 2022 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z But “Pressure Machine” puts some pressure on the band to find a way to incorporate its slower, more introspective songs into a set list that usually features sonic bombast and sly humor. The Killers detour into a new and rich sonic landscape 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z There is a story, of course, a sly, searching, occasionally exasperating one. A Father-Son Novel Served With a Twist 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z Harris draws a sly connection between — I’ll put this delicately — the openness to sex and the openness to inspiration. Review: In ‘Black Exhibition,’ a Playwright Exposed 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z With its sly humor and trenchant vision, this genre-bending work finds sublime poetry in the world of mixed martial arts. 100 Notable Books of 2014 2014-12-02T05:00:00Z Newkirk on Hogan’s Heroes, but he was best-known as a sly, saucy daytime TV conversationalist on Match Game and, most famously, Family Feud. Richard Dawson, 1932–2012 2012-06-04T21:10:52Z NDiaye’s slim novel, first published in France in 1994 and translated by Stump in a sly, deceptive monotone, is a worthy addition to her oeuvre. Novels From Around the World Examine Kinship and Conflict 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z Barneys, which at its peak operated like an idiosyncratic boutique on a grand scale, found it difficult to remain the ne plus ultra of sly style. Barneys Is Gone. Where Should You Shop Next? 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z With their sly humor, the works, in the end, are tragicomedies. Wong Ping’s Candy-Colored, Taboo-Smashing World 2021-08-25T04:00:00Z But two years after his song "Accidental Racist" sparked a firestorm he said was the result of being misunderstood, Paisley -- one of Nashville's sliest, smartest songwriters -- is taking extra care to present his positions clearly. Plenty of beer -- and a bit of fear -- from Brad Paisley at the Bowl 2015-06-07T04:00:00Z His sly sense of humor is on show when a choir singing God's praises with their hands in the air transform into customers with their hands in the air. 'Bonnie & Clyde' has murderous leads, killer songs 2011-12-02T23:27:18Z No, the trouble lies in the less assured translation of Ms. Fey’s sly take on adolescent social angst into crowd-pleasing song and dance. Review: ‘Mean Girls’ Sets the Perils of Being Popular to Song 2018-04-08T04:00:00Z And so the concert went: complex ideas with a singularly Brazilian flavor, delivered with breezy tunes, sly patter and a glint of provocation. Review: Tom Zé Brings Brazilian Songs With Breezy Tunes and Sly Jokes to BAM 2017-06-04T04:00:00Z A traditional folk tale of an anti-hero Foxy, whose sly endeavours lead to his eventual downfall. Foxy! by Jessica Souhami - review 2012-08-27T11:00:00Z For years, I had what I thought was a sly way of handling this issue. This Life: Clothing Straddles the Line Between Sweet and Skimpy 2013-05-10T21:46:08Z There is a sly anarchy in Loznitsa’s methods: He wanders, with deceptive casualness, from episode to episode, leaving one story in the middle to follow a stray character into the next. ‘Donbass’ Review: War in Ukraine, the Prequel 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z These are the broad outlines of “Peerless,” the playwright Jiehae Park’s sly and polished adaptation of “Macbeth.” Review: In ‘Peerless,’ Elite College Admissions Are Something Wicked 2022-10-11T04:00:00Z This is art of sly, affectionate wit, though not exactly sunny. Robert Rauschenberg: It Takes a Village to Raise a Genius 2017-05-18T04:00:00Z There were moments on Tuesday when Ms. De Keersmaeker, a sly performer, flashed the audience a look that seemed to say, “Can you believe it?” Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker Reprises Her ‘Fase’ 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z And then there's the sly humour of When It Blows Its Stacks. Savage on Beefheart 2010-12-22T13:46:32Z This final collection is made up of headlong prose poems that amount to sly — and heartbreaking — metaphysical parables about mortality. New & Noteworthy Poetry From James Tate, Jana Prikryl and More 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z Certainly they are creepy, because crawly; but where foxes tend to be mostly cunning, cats sly and dogs loyal, bugs are more varied. Bugs Britannica by Peter Marren, edited by Richard Mabey 2010-06-11T23:15:00Z "What up, cuz?" they said with sly smirks on their faces as I opened the door. The Nas generation of scholars: Finally, a Grammy for the hip hop artist who led me to liberation 2021-03-20T04:00:00Z The show’s sly references to that country’s current administration, however, are receiving a somewhat different reception there. Russians love “Fargo,” after their censors scrub the Putin jokes 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z References to earlier performance art abound, though it's all too easy to miss Wilson's sly contextualisations. Manchester international festival: Room with no view 2011-07-11T20:30:01Z Written in Romanian, then rewritten in French, this sly little work of detonation was inspired by the non sequiturs used in an English-for-foreigners language program. The Week Ahead: Sept. 25 ? Oct. 1 2011-09-23T18:25:15Z But this premise is mostly loose scaffolding on which to arrange a short evening of sly and artful deceptions and effects. Review: Derek DelGaudio Sets Himself Apart From the Abracadabra Crowd 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z Or that the choice to play Sixpence None the Richer’s “Kiss Me” in the background is a sly sendup of cheesy first-time sex scenes from pop-culture history. Josh Thomas of 'Please Like Me' Breaks Down The Bold New Season 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z Where the network’s “True Detective” occasionally broke its dolefulness with the slyest, philosophically artful wink at an audience riveted by its mystery, “The Leftovers” grafts more unhappiness onto unhappiness. ‘The Leftovers’: A biblical event leaves a sorrowful mystery So does his sly humor, which accumulates slowly, like the toothsome crust at the bottom of a rice pot. Books of The Times: Feeling at Sea on the Roads of New China 2010-02-23T22:41:00Z It would be a celebration of theatrical power, an investigation of censorship, an elegy for the Yiddish stage, and a sly reimagining of female desire. With Her Eerily Timely “Indecent,” Paula Vogel Unsettles American Theatre Again 2017-05-12T04:00:00Z Ms. Skonberg, a trumpeter and vocalist, has a playful and warm-blooded take on cocktail jazz; her voice is sly and smoky, her horn playing strong and assured. Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z But it was also one of the most perfectly constructed pictures of the whole year, a taut, magnetic, visually splendid little package anchored by a sly star turn from Blake Lively. You Won't Actually Be Done With 2016 Until You Watch The Shallows 2016-12-28T05:00:00Z But anyone might appreciate the sly intelligence it flexes alongside its tearjerker machinery. Disney's defiant, talking-gorilla movie offers kid-friendly lessons in civil disobedience 2020-08-23T04:00:00Z There are signs of immaturity in its publicity material; the dancers look more posey, self-conscious and sly in photographs and video than they do onstage. Dance Review: A. O. Collective?s ?90 Ways to Wake From Drowning? 2010-08-01T22:25:00Z But he actually sang very well, his tenor voice sly and narrowed just like his recordings. Photos and lines: Rodriguez at the Showbox 2012-10-13T18:33:24Z One sly way the film does this is by turning the heroine into a frog, and keeping her that way for most of the movie. The kids are all wrong 2012-05-29T15:20:00Z At one point, in a sly reference to the 1862 Petipa ballet The Pharaoh's Daughter, we catch sight of him on a camel, passing the Sphinx. Swan Lake ? review 2011-08-27T23:06:34Z In the first two, Lage and Eldridge pass remarks back and forth, sometimes briskly and sometimes thoughtfully, and the third is a sly and drowsy meditation. Julian Lage and Chris Eldridge and Their New Record, “Mount Royal” 2017-02-25T05:00:00Z “I may have been putting bugs in people’s ears,” she said with a sly smile, “but they can never be reinforced too much.” Susan Graham, Opera’s Sweetheart, Tries Something New: Being Nasty 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z “Memoirs” is evocative, and sly, in its assessment of Lowell’s Boston Brahmin family. In Robert Lowell’s ‘Memoirs,’ Mental Illness, Creative Friends and a Takedown of Dad 2022-07-25T04:00:00Z Stephen King’s superb new stay-up-all-night thriller, “Finders Keepers,” is a sly, often poignant tale of literary obsession that recalls the themes of his classic 1987 novel “Misery.” Book World: ‘Finders Keepers’ by Stephen King 2015-05-25T04:00:00Z “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 Nifty visual touches include the sly UFO decor, innocent-looking posters and art such as the Grant Wood “American Gothic” parody with a Martian-faced farm couple in the frame. Review | Swipe right on the dating comedy ‘Other Life Forms’ 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z Her 2008 memoir is a sly and lucid meditation on what her passions and priorities were as she was pushing 90. Critics' Picks: Diana Athill's memoir; 'Fire it Up'; 'New Voices 13' 2012-08-08T23:23:04Z At its best, Durham’s work flares with blunt energy, the catharsis of sly wit and the subtle nuance of pressing if unanswerable questions. Jimmie Durham's art throws some well-aimed stones 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z But has the craftsmanship — wonderfully believable brotherly chat as a foundation; sly incongruity laid on top — ever been bested? Television: ?Leave It to Beaver? and Sitcom Craftsmanship 2010-06-25T21:35:00Z If signs point to a mismatched-buddy cop movie, well, that's sort of what you get, but nothing in this sly, wry little movie is quite what it appears. The Guard ? review 2011-08-18T21:25:01Z Nelsons took the second movement of the Sibelius, built on a deceptively simple rhythmic unit, at face value, without the pluck, personality or sly contentment others have mined in it. The Boston Symphony Finds Surprises and Strengths in New Music 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z And if Letterman's anything to go on, years and years of sly digs at NBC's expense. Conan O'Brien opens up about his "toxic" relationship 2010-05-03T12:01:00Z They become more tender, more shy, more sly—a delicious means of self-disclosure. A Brief Tussle with the Great American Songbook 2018-12-01T05:00:00Z His sly performance is so convincingly full of humor, warmth and vanity that it renders moot just about every other posthumous representation of the patriarch of psychoanalysis. | 'A Dangerous Method': ?A Dangerous Method,? by David Cronenberg - Review 2011-11-22T18:02:01Z Mr. Noah read his material with good timing, shifting from sly to authoritative to snarky. Review: Trevor Noah Keeps ‘Daily Show’ DNA in Debut 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z While Brosh’s sly, goofy style still appeals, and presents even more variety here, the stories are uneven. An Artist Whose Comics Tell Us What It’s Like to Be Depressed 2021-01-22T05:00:00Z And Wiest is sly perfection: Watch as Jennifer, drugged and smirking, spits an unprintable curse at her tormentor before putting her in a headlock. ‘I Care a Lot’ Review: The Art of the Steal 2021-02-18T05:00:00Z In this environment of unpredictable sounds, individual voices unfolded with quiet drama and sly wit. Review: A Quartet With Sunny Energy and Grunge-Band Grit 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z It was on Twitter, of course, where on Thursday Kutcher gave his followers a sly clue for what was coming. Can Kutcher man up and keep 'Men' a hit series? 2011-05-14T11:49:08Z Ms. Ephron also wrote extensively about her own life, often in a sly, self-deprecating style. Writer, filmmaker Nora Ephron of Sleepless in Seattle' dies at 71 2012-06-27T12:48:22Z That Stoppard’s haunting ode to the vanished Viennese Jewish world should play alongside Bernhard’s incendiary indictment of postwar Austrian repression and hypocrisy feels appropriate, in a sly and mischievous way. Drama, in German, in the Shadow of ‘Leopoldtstadt’ 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z Also, maybe you are a secret Twilight fan on the sly and you've never been able to admit it in public. Have men got the guts to enter the Twilight zone? 2010-06-24T13:10:00Z The operative metaphor isn’t Han Solo’s sly courtship of Princess Leia. George Lucas Is Ready to Roll the Credits 2012-01-17T16:33:29Z In the exhibition’s third room, dark and sly, a bank of video monitors surveils activity in the main gallery, another form of targeting. ‘Eckhaus Latta: Possessed’ Review: Sustainability for Sale 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z It’s a sendup of petulance and avarice so sly, it could be a millennial’s answer to Madonna’s “Material Girl,” a reference that makes Ms. Petras, 25, swoon. Kim Petras Just Wants to Be a Pop Star 2018-03-17T04:00:00Z And his blustery, blubbery charm, backed as it is by a sly and acute intelligence, is hard to resist. Review: ‘Darkest Hour,’ or the Great Man Theory of History (and Acting) 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z Improvising on the ragas — the melodic germs of Indian music — that form the work’s core, Anoushka Shankar, the composer’s daughter and a proselytizer for his music, was a magnetic soloist, her sound sprightly and sly. Review: A Concerto in Which East Meets West, and Peace Reigns 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z He insinuated all manner of sly caricature, disgust and fury into many of his renderings. Art Review | Otto Dix: At Neue Galerie, a Retrospective of a Deeply German Artist 2010-03-11T23:25:00Z Much like that image, Beyoncé appears as part goddess, part Virgin Mary with a sly, strong expression. Beyoncé shares glorious first photo of twins, racist haters spill bile 2017-07-14T04:00:00Z In Mr. Ricks’s sly 2004 book “Dylan’s Visions of Sin,” he persuasively compared Mr. Dylan at various points with personages as distinct as Yeats, Hardy, Keats, Marvell, Tennyson and Marlon Brando. Bob Dylan on the Page: Poetry and Prose to Match Any American Writer 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z But it is his voice that was perhaps the most inimitable thing about him, capable of conveying self-importance and sly, self-puncturing deprecation. Alan Rickman never disappeared into a role. But that’s what made him great. 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z After her divorce from Blake Shelton, she’s mostly kept a low musical profile, and her latest single, “Vice,” suggests she might be taking a more sly approach. Pop and Jazz Fall Preview: 105 Albums, Shows and Festivals 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z She draws the viewer, one sly step at a time, into her own richly conceived world. Dancer Amelia Reeber plays with puns and images in 'this is a forgery' 2010-04-23T18:24:00Z The same is true of this sly, admirable but single-minded bio-pic. Review: Trumbo Is a Vital Lesson in Democracy 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z With every flicker of expression or sly sideways glance, Marvel stunningly conveys her character's reptilian personality and resilience. Review: Timeless greed stars in 'The Little Foxes' 2010-09-22T19:44:00Z “Who am I kidding?” he asked the crowd, a sly smile on his face. Johnny Marr still has it on his own | Concert review 2013-04-16T18:01:18Z “Cunning is what counts in life, and even that you’ve got to use in the slyest way you can,” Smith says at one point. Alan Sillitoe, ?Angry? British Author, Dies at 82 2010-04-26T04:37:00Z Outstanding moments included a sly, mischievous “Getting Some Fun Out of Life,” which Ms. Carroll played and sang, infusing the word “fun” with a hint of defiance. Music Review: A Classicist Who Enjoys Wild Flights of Imagination 2011-06-23T21:58:13Z A handful of these poems are something akin to sly masterpieces. Books of The Times: Roberto Bolaño’s ‘Unknown University’ Collects His Poems 2013-07-09T18:50:31Z Mr. Hawkins accentuates the sly smarts in Stanley’s humor, and has a boyish face with a wide, lopsided smile. | 'A Streetcar Named Desire': Small Space, Big Egos: Something Will Explode 2010-06-18T23:18:00Z He spent the 1860s, the final decade of France’s glamorous and corrupt Second Empire, inventing a way of painting that was sly, sensuous, nonchalant, political, ardent and fresh — always fresh. Review | Édouard Manet spent his final days in excruciating pain — and creating his most thrilling art 2019-06-05T04:00:00Z For both shows, on Feb. 24 and 25, Morris will sing the medley of deliciously risqué songs from the 1920s and ’30s that accompany “Dancing Honeymoon,” a sly romp he created nearly 20 years ago. Mark Morris, taking a lyrical turn 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z She has a direct, Midwestern voice, a sly laugh and a wit, quick and dry. How Edye Broad's 'natural eye' drew her billionaire husband into the art world 2015-08-22T04:00:00Z Ives’ best-known previous works for the theater, including the popular one-act collection “All in the Timing,” showcase his sly, literate comic voice. ‘Venus in Fur’ at Seattle Rep: explosive tango for two 2014-02-14T02:10:42Z Soon they were offering a series of cards with sly political humor, e.g. Stationery stores are in trouble, but our love for Valentine’s Day cards burns hotter than ever 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z The Roots frequently make sly, often obscure, song choices as Fallon's guests are introduced. Roots welcome Bachmann with pointed song 2011-11-22T17:07:19Z Wigs worn by British judges and barristers were originally made from horse tails, as a sly commentary on the justice system. Style Invitational Week 1438: Nothing but the untruth 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z The handsome and charming actor Finn Wittrock plays a handsome and charming cad in the writer/director Stacy Cochran’s sly new film, “Write When You Get Work.” Finn Wittrock: “Maybe I hurt my career by not being ruthless” 2018-11-22T05:00:00Z "If it was a story," he says in his distinctive Bronx twang, with a sly look for my reaction, "it would be called '6 Columbus'." The American dream 2010-08-07T23:05:00Z Never at a loss for words, never losing his cool, he wears a sly smile. Jeff Goldblum Plays Jazz at the Café Carlyle 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z Directed with exceptional intelligence by Michael Greif, the show is on one level a sly romantic comedy, the story of a high school caper gone risibly awry. ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ radiates charm and wit, and that’s no lie 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z In a sly meditation on the art market, the body of a collector lay dead, face down, in a swimming pool, as in the opening scene of “Sunset Boulevard.” Elmgreen & Dragset’s ‘Tomorrow,’ at Victoria & Albert Museum 2013-12-09T23:11:08Z The script calls for two younger actors to play Li’l Bit’s classmates and also, in a sly subversion, her grandparents, but Gold and Myers make stiff impersonations of elders. ‘How I Learned to Drive’ Review: Many Miles to Go Before a Reckoning 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z I would listen to it on the sly. Q&A with Leslie Jordan: Why he made a country album, how Capote saved his life and spending time in the ‘pokey’ with Robert Downey Jr. 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z And, “I’m going to invest in stocks,” he said, sounding sly. Unlocking the Truth Is a Band That Rocks Beyond Its Years 2014-08-03T04:00:00Z He’s a sly craftsman with plenty of flair. ArtsBeat Blog: Gotye Fans Turn Out to Sing Along 2011-10-23T18:39:52Z But Barbara’s sly insults indicate her fear and speak to something far more complex. ‘The Good Fight’ Season 1, Episode 3: Who Voted for Trump? 2017-02-27T05:00:00Z Whether it’s an evisceration or a sly apologia will depend on whom you ask, but it’s a notable effort to wed the puckish to the plangent. A Punk Band That Knows “The Bar Is Low” for Straight White Men 2017-04-08T04:00:00Z It’s a sly story in the end and a big-hearted performance. Review | Nilaja Sun channels a village in her solo show ‘Pike St.’ 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z But if the script is overstuffed, “Kentucky” marks the full-length debut of a distinctive new voice — mouthy, sly and bourbon sweet, with the expected kick. Review: A Wedding Reunion Goes Down Like a Shot of Whiskey in ‘Kentucky’ 2016-05-01T04:00:00Z First it was brusque, then eerie and sly. Review: Julia Holter and the Spektral Quartet in the Ecstatic Music Festival 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z Take her recent contretemps with Rupert Murdoch, which showed the "Harry Potter" author's sly humor and public fearlessness. Why you should be following J.K. Rowling on Twitter 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z Like the sexism on “Mad Men” these details —a country club that bans Jews, a sly reference to “you people”— are intended by Mr. Glazer to be viewed cringingly through the prism of contemporary culture. ?Magic City,? Jewish Power Brokers in 1950s Miami Beach 2012-03-30T21:10:08Z Which, among other things, includes this sly touch: a reference to the snowglobe revelation with which the medical drama "St. Elsewhere" famously concluded a quarter-century ago. '30 Rock': Ending a 7-season marathon of mirth 2013-01-30T14:18:10Z The concert ended on a witty note with the final encore, Chopin’s “Minute” Waltz, which took an unexpected turn thanks to Mr. Hamelin’s sly, improvisatory interjections. Music Review: Marc-André Hamelin at the 92nd Street Y 2013-02-03T21:47:53Z So she had to be a little sly when it came time to perfect her Collard-Stuffed Wontons. Trisha Yearwood on making jerky, bacon straws and wontons 2021-10-13T04:00:00Z He also keeps encountering a sly fox who wants to eat him, which is disturbing. Television Review: ‘Peter Rabbit’s Christmas Tale,’ on Nickelodeon 2012-12-13T23:14:12Z Dylan is, by all reports, shy, sly, inveterately oblique. Bob Dylan as Richard Wagner 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z “The Leftovers,” one of TV’s most moving meditations, used some of the same devices and sly wit to examine how we muddle through a life that denies our most longed-for answers. Review: In Its Finale, ‘The Leftovers’ Crosses Beautifully to the Other Side of Grief 2017-06-04T04:00:00Z The film’s first hour, full of sly observations about how Cheney came to and wielded power, is downright hilarious. Adam McKay's "Vice": A sly, irreverent portrait of Dick Cheney's monstrous power 2018-12-24T05:00:00Z The puppets speak in English when not singing, and the libretto is a mischievous combination of traditional dialogue with contemporary double entendres, often sly, sometimes risqué. Review: 'Pulcinella Vendicato' is puppet opera at its magical best 2010-04-27T00:45:00Z Still, even through the layers of our contemporary hindsight, the slyest moments of Weinberger’s score make a convincing argument for the piece. 7 Things to Do This Weekend 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z It was a “sly” nod, he said, to their first date. Vibing on Art and Artists’ Books 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z Like the sly comment on fashion implicit in the set by the 85-year-old Italian artist Anna Paparatti that framed the show and was titled “The Game of Nonsense,” it represents progress. Dior and Saint Laurent Play Power Games in Paris 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z And, there’s no way to measure who is getting haircuts on the sly, or in a location that isn’t officially classed as a salon. Hair Salons Reopen, and Americans Rush Back 2020-06-12T04:00:00Z This Netflix series about a conniving congressman wasn’t realistic, but it was sly and knowing enough to pass as a naughty behind-the-scenes peek at government. Season 3 of ‘House of Cards’ Starts With More Policy Than Chicanery 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z But Lawrence had a sly eye, and there are many less obvious subjects, too. Review | These ‘missing’ Jacob Lawrence paintings are finally in a museum — and they’re masterpieces 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z An expectations-dasher from a major Swedish talent, this sly black comedy chronicles an ordinary skiing holiday that takes a turn for the worse. 10 films to see at the Chicago International Film Festival 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z Wearing, as it does, the guise of a diary, “The Folded Clock” is particularly dependent on the well-crafted persona of its narrator — witty, sly, critical, inventive and adventurous. ‘The Folded Clock,’ by Heidi Julavits 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z On the sly, he spends nights in his dressing room. Ed Dixon, now playing multiple roles for ‘Cloak and Dagger,’ has a past full of transformations She added with a sly smile, “If that’s upsetting — sorry, not sorry.” Amidst the chaos, Sara Bareilles finds a new voice 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z Lib and Sister Michael’s job is to watch the girl day and night, in eight-hour shifts, to make sure no one is slipping her chow on the sly. Stephen King Reviews Emma Donoghue’s Latest Novel 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z So I make him small and sly, like a snake, using a big voice to contrast with my small person. Music: Standing Small, Singing Big, All Sulfur and Zest 2011-02-20T02:01:27Z The film is sly in the way it plays with the age difference between them. 'Laggies' a lively break from the pressures of adulthood 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z This is the artist who made “Dottie’s Charms” what it is, a sly tragicomedy that is one of the most accomplished suites of songwriting so far this year. Jill Sobule: “There was a time I had this gig opening up for Don Henley” 2014-06-28T04:00:00Z “Lemon Pepper Freestyle” — from his new “Scary Hours 2” EP — is a relaxed classic of the form, full of sly rhymes delivered so offhandedly it almost obscures the technical audacity within. St. Vincent’s Synth-Funk ‘Pain,’ and 9 More New Songs 2021-03-05T05:00:00Z Sometimes she has a nice shy smile and hello, and sometimes she's furtive, sly, but at least she'll nod hi to me. Wings of desire: why birds captivate us 2013-07-27T07:00:07Z The Spanish film “Timecode,” about the clandestine activities of parking garage security guards, might seem equally slight, but it reveals itself to be a sly fable of creative resistance in the face of deadening routine. Oscar-Nominated Shorts: Unsung but Worth Your Time 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z A sly and skilled joke writer, she knows sex jokes get easy laughs, so she makes transgressive ones that look difficult to pull off. 5 Smart Comedy Specials From Veteran Standups 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z What he projects instead is composure and intensity, with hints of sly humor. Awkwardness as the Avenue to Success 2010-10-03T02:00:00Z In some cases, there are sly literary allusions that deliberately transpose gender. When Japan Had a Third Gender 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z His songs were concise and thoughtfully distilled, modest in bearing but often a gutpunch in content and sly in delivery. Tom Petty, an Unfussy Rock Star Who Kept His Tenacity Under Cover 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z But mostly, a sly and lovely humour dominates. This Is the Way by Gavin Corbett – review 2013-02-20T09:01:01Z This third installment in the Defenders series propels Luke a few months into the future, where he’s rebuilding his life on the sly by sweeping up at a Harlem barbershop and reading The New Yorker. ‘Marvel’s Luke Cage’ Sweeps From Barbershop to Neighborhood Battle 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z I heard in “Karawane” — its music more than its words — a sly musing on today’s religious tensions and so-called clashes of civilizations. Review: Philharmonic Goes Dada With Esa-Pekka Salonen’s ‘Karawane’ 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z As this tip-off to a slam-dunk New York debut makes clear, the playwright Candrice Jones excels equally in sly, sitcom humor and in the swift-tongued rhythms of teenage and athletic talk. Review: ‘Flex’ Hits the Right Rhythms on the Court and Off 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z Each one finds the individuality that Chekhov, with uncanny sympathy and sly gallantry, imparted to his female characters. Review: In ‘The Seagull,’ a Great Play, a Great Cast and Yet ... 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z Could it be possible that Mr. Godwin is delivering a sly treatise on pharmaceutical manipulation? Review: All’s Not Well in This ‘Cherry Orchard’ 2016-10-16T04:00:00Z It's a sly and ticklish satire on the constant quest for the new that takes its inspiration from The Emperor's New Clothes and Edward Lear's Dong With A Luminous Nose. This week's new theatre 2010-10-08T23:07:00Z It's also a sly acknowledgement that the "Oceans" roles are the ones they're best known for together, though they have played opposite each other in several other films. We need gender equality to make a rom-com work 2022-11-05T04:00:00Z Music and lyrics by Tim Minchin are probably at their best with the rousing and sly "Miracle," "Telly," "When I Grow Up" and "The Smell of Rebellion." Review: Broadway's 'Matilda' is blast of nasty fun 2013-04-12T00:20:09Z Humor in the later stories, while seldom entirely absent, is slyer and quicker. William Trevor, Spare Chronicler of Diminished Lives 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z Mr. Duwenhögger is a sly, seductive stylist and storyteller, adept at figurative painting as well as film, sculpture and suavely domestic installations — all guided by a decorative sensibility that is both between-the-wars and among cultures. Your Last Chance to See One of New York’s Great Gallery Spaces 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z As Jeremy, the white guy assumed to be terrible at hoops, Jack Harlow, in his film debut, lacks the sly goofball verve that Woody Harrelson exhibited in the original. In "White Men Can't Jump" remake, Sinqua Walls outshines Wesley Snipes' original basketball hustler 2023-05-18T04:00:00Z He’s sly on “Stylo,” which has an edge of French electronic music. Critics? Choice: New Music From Gorillaz, the Chieftains and Fenn O?Berg 2010-03-14T21:41:00Z But as Oscar becomes immersed in the life of a security guard, Ellis slowly introduces sly elements of the crime thriller that will bring the proceedings to a completely unexpected climax. Sundance film festival 2013: Metro Manila – first look review 2013-01-25T12:56:14Z It’s a sly reminder, and warning, that the past always troubles the present. ‘Candyman’ Review: Who Can Take a Sunrise, Sprinkle It With Blood? 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z It is certainly amusing: a sly assault on conceptual art, disparaging the movement’s didactic, text-heavy creations even as it doubles as a definitive example of one. John Baldessari: An Artist in a Class by Himself 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z Yet it was perfectly suited to the sly, cryptic tidings of his lyrics, which might invoke romance, dreams, spiritual quests or the convoluted plotting of film noir. Tom Verlaine’s 15 Essential Songs 2023-01-29T05:00:00Z Because this sly trickster who operates under multiple identities is not in it for the money, he couldn’t be called a criminal, and his puncturing of the pretensions of curators is perversely satisfying. Critic’s Notebook: The Tribeca Film Festival Begins Its 13th Season 2014-04-15T16:18:57Z It’s a casual and sly sportswriter’s memoir, albeit with a few egregious missteps that I’ll get to, one of those books that reminds you that good stories happen only to people who can tell them. Books of The Times: ‘His Ownself: A Semi-Memoir,’ by Dan Jenkins 2014-03-04T20:04:03Z Ana Steele is writing on Tess when she first encounters Christian, and perhaps EL James thought to make a sly wink at Tess's pious and emotionally limited husband, Angel Clare, in her choice of name. Fifty Shades of Grey's nod to Tess is a mark of guilt 2012-07-24T14:34:36Z "In both recent scandals, the evidence of sly, uncommunicative, nervously arrogant incompetence is simply too strong to ignore." Crisis at BBC: Media reaction 2012-11-12T12:27:45Z He delivers a glorious, sly performance in a gloriously sly movie that masks its idiosyncrasy in brisk and breezy storytelling. Review: “The Old Man and the Gun” Is a Peak in Robert Redford’s Career 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z Slowly they unfold into sly visual essays on the nature of photography, art and museums today. Art as a mirror of selfie culture? That's 'Cindy Sherman: Imitation of Life' 2016-06-11T04:00:00Z The same goes for the sly, delectable Miranda Raison, playing two striking different incarnations of the doomed Anne Boleyn in the Shakespeare’s Globe productions of “Henry VIII” and Howard Brenton’s “Anne Boleyn.” Theater Talkback: Answers to Your Questions About London 2010-08-04T16:29:00Z And the nighttime video shot on the sly? ‘Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood’ Review: Turning Tricks in Tinseltown 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z The drummer Paul Motian, who died last month at 80, was revered in jazz circles for the sly, suggestive economy of his playing and the stark, deceptive ease of his compositions. Music: Jazz Records Inspired by Paul Motian 2011-12-04T04:03:06Z Playwright Smith is a TV writer too, and having lived in Los Angeles for about four years, she sends up Angelenos with spot-on cultural references and sly but affectionate insight. The Silver Lake young(ish) professional, adrift in 'Icebergs' at the Geffen Playhouse 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z Which, among other things, included this sly touch: a reference to the snowglobe revelation with which the medical drama "St. Elsewhere" famously concluded a quarter-century ago. '30 Rock' ends a 7-season marathon of mirth 2013-02-01T02:55:15Z Saadawi’s tone can be sly, but his intentions are deadly serious. In ‘Frankenstein in Baghdad,’ a Fantastical Manifestation of War’s Cruelties 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z Another sly construction was this homage to Rene Magritte. His Three Loves: Photography, Art History and Lisa 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z As Mr. Olivera suavely handled its melody, the horns played sly modal asides, later bursting into riotous, gleeful polyphony. Music Review: Eddie Palmieri’s Retrospective at Jazz at Lincoln Center 2012-12-17T05:06:51Z She also became the first black female comic to host “Saturday Night Live,” bringing down the house with her infectious energy and sly advice for men accused of sexual misconduct. Tiffany Haddish on Nasty Men, Her ‘S.N.L.’ Feat and ‘Girls Trip’ 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z His sly insistence on making the most of the turbulent aftermath of the war gets under Simon’s skin, but the looted spoils he takes home are indispensable. | 'The Whipping Man': Candles, Matzo, Wine and Some Unusual Hosts 2011-02-02T03:30:37Z Spanning the millennia up to the digital age, “Recorded Attacks” is a sly way to contemplate a zombie virus. Perspective | Six graphic novels to read while you self-quarantine 2020-03-23T04:00:00Z The sly, suggestive orchestral music that establishes the mood of “Ballo,” a tale of conspiratorial intrigue at the court of King Gustavo III of Sweden, sounded curiously tentative. Review: James Levine Conducts a Noirish Verdi at the Metropolitan Opera 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z But he gamely executed his sly little shimmies: As a nondancer in a choreographer’s production, he did the opera world proud. Opera Review: ‘Damnation de Faust,’ Staged by Christian Spuck in Berlin 2014-02-24T16:23:16Z Simmering beneath Emojicon’s smiley atmosphere is a sly ulterior motive — a bid to pry open the emoji creation process and make it more accessible to the people who actually use them. Secrets of the Emoji World, Now With Its Own Convention 2016-11-07T05:00:00Z Despite the apparent technophobia of “Man Against Machine,” it’s not the pumped-up sound of modern Nashville that is the target of Brooks' war, but the sly, smart-alecky tone that now defines the genre. Still a maverick, Garth Brooks returns with 'Man Against Machine' 2014-11-10T05:00:00Z There is exaggeration and a trace of sly humor in the set design, the costumes, the sometimes jarringly jaunty music and the trembling close-ups of leaves, bugs and water. ‘The Duke of Burgundy’ Is an Erotic Hothouse Flower 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z The group plies a combination of pedagogy and provocation, undertaking educational projects in the Third Ward of Houston while exhibiting sly sculptures and installations at museums, galleries and festivals. Art Review: Drawings by Robert Pruitt at Studio Museum in Harlem 2013-08-08T21:56:25Z Through nods and winks and sly nudges, the show and its characters let on that they, too, know that this is a very silly fantasy about space. “Star Trek” vs. peak TV: How can the campy, hopeful space drama compete with “Game of Thrones” and “The Walking Dead”? 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z Now we all sort of know what Huff is getting at, but the worm in that apple is the sly "growing up". Sleepless in Hollywood: Tales from the New Abnormal in the Movie Business by Lynda Obst – review 2013-07-06T07:30:00Z "These women were sly and feminine but they were definitely in control," Kors said. NY Fashion Week: Kors, Maxwell, Lhuillier, Coach, Simmons 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z Two: at times he carries a sly air, so that he looks the least innocent person onstage. Dance Review: Tere O’Connor Dance at New York Live Arts 2012-11-28T23:05:30Z The album's centre is a song performed by Algerian rai guitarist Hakim Hamadouche; it is melancholic, haunting, and also, thanks to the sly addition of a tough, granular beat, distinctively Tricky. Tricky: Mixed Race 2010-09-23T22:00:00Z These works expand on the grandeur of nature with sly jokes, and they redesign its vistas into flattened shapes that keep elegance and bluntness in even balance. Art by Milton Avery, Joe Bradley and Chris Martin 2010-03-11T21:54:00Z And those sly guest star appearances are becoming a fad: Mary Tyler Moore made one on “Hot in Cleveland.” The TV Watch: Old Boys? Network? Hardly. How About Lots of Tired Geezer Channels? 2011-01-27T23:14:39Z Though Schloss reminisces about many friends she lost, and moments when she was overlooked, “The Loft Generation,” as the sly pun of its title suggests, is not dragged down by sorrow or regret. New York’s Midcentury Art Scene Springs to Life in ‘The Loft Generation’ 2021-11-21T05:00:00Z And with fewer dopey horndog compliments flying around, the sly ones would sound smarter. Books of The Times: One Man?s Gluddle-Luddle Is Another?s Squoosh Squoosh 2011-08-07T20:05:53Z Putting a sly emphasis on certain words, she makes it more than an invitation to go on an early-morning nature walk and scent the “woodbine spices” and “the musk of the roses.” Music Review: Maude Maggart’s ‘Into the Garden’ at Feinstein’s 2012-06-07T21:52:17Z The production ends with a sly concluding vision of ineffable beauty, in which slender columns of light slice through the pitch blackness. ‘Queens Row’ Review: Richard Maxwell on Life After Doomsday 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z To give Sam a child but avoid the risk of passing along mental illness, she enlists her friend Ned Darrell to get her pregnant on the sly. Review: 1 Actor, in 8 Roles, Wrestles Nuance From Eugene O’Neill’s ‘Strange Interlude’ 2017-10-22T04:00:00Z If you can’t find it, the cake will be more forthrightly sweet, lacking that sly note of brine. Angela Dimayuga’s 10 Essential Filipino Recipes 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z As in Downton, there are great characters, beautiful costumes, tons of attention to period detail and sly moments of levity to keep your attention off all the guts and discord. Mercy Street: PBS civil war hospital drama is ER version of Downton Abbey 2016-01-16T05:00:00Z With precision, gentle humor and some sly cinematic chicanery, Hogg and her brilliant actress turn something that looks ordinary into something quite extraordinary. Best Movies of 2022 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z The subjects of this sly satire are the hyper-progressive Eureka Day School board members, who deliberate by walking on eggshells and tripping over niceties. Review | Mosaic Theater’s ‘Eureka Day’ slyly takes aim at self-righteous liberalism 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z Mr. Harrison depicts the superficially cheery world inside the S.D.O., where Katha and Ryu move in the second act, with the same sly humor he brings to the urban angst of the first. | 'Maple and Vine': ?Maple and Vine? at Playwrights Horizons - Review 2011-12-08T03:01:15Z Mr. Berry said that this song — a sly and daring commentary on race relations — was written after an episode he witnessed outside a concert he was playing in California. 15 Essential Chuck Berry Songs 2017-03-19T04:00:00Z In December Manohla Dargis called this a superb adaptation of “a pleasurably sly and involving puzzler — a mystery about mysteries within mysteries.” DVD: John Ford?s ?Fort Apache? on Blu-ray From Warner Home Video 2012-03-25T01:23:02Z It's somewhat stiffly acted by non-professionals, and its earnestness might leave you with a hankering for the sly humour of mumblecores. Slackistan ? review 2010-12-02T23:16:00Z There was the phrasing so singular that Ms. Winehouse could stretch a note until it threatened to snap and then cap it with a sly vibrato quaver. A Bad Girl With a Touch of Genius 2011-07-27T21:06:38Z He admired his sly wit, his knowledge of art and literature. Darwin’s Dim View of the Second Sex 2021-02-05T05:00:00Z Austin is a cute, sly Southerner who once dated Marc Jacobs for three minutes and is coming back to N.Y. to resurrect his modeling career. "The A-List": The triumph of vacuous gay culture 2010-10-05T13:01:00Z But the real concern, in terms of America’s international relations, is its sly skewering of our European allies, whose work habits, vacation-taking and such are mocked relentlessly. Movie Review: ‘Muppets Most Wanted’ Pokes Fun at Europe 2014-03-20T21:55:47Z The Whistlers is a clear break from the garrulous, sly and sometimes wilfully pedantic arthouse he produced when he graduated as a leading light of the 00s Romanian new wave. Sing like a canary! The whistling consultant who taught Romanian noir gangsters a tune 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z Their specials are sly enough to satirize themselves. Stand-Up Sets Where You Can Choose Your Own Adventure 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z An eighth le Carré feature film, Tomas Alfredson’s “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy,” will be released on Dec. 9, and it’s a fair illustration of the fiendish difficulties this sly, subtle storyteller’s work presents to moviemakers. Adapting John le Carr? Novels for the Movies 2011-09-18T00:03:03Z And yet the review expressed one sly critique: a suggestion that this palace of gastronomy "needed a bit of Miles Davis." Who's rocking to the music? That's the chef 2012-04-26T04:30:48Z On his first releases since the back-to-back albums “Endless” and “Blonde” last year, Frank Ocean is sly, boastful and effortless. The Playlist: Feist Ponders ‘Pleasure,’ and Frank Ocean Delivers Another Surprise 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z A smart, sly comedy about what its director, Will Bakke, calls “the power of platforms,” “Believe Me” parodies the machinery of faith-based fund-raising with its heart on its sleeve and its jokes above the belt. ‘Believe Me,’ a Comedic Look at Religious Fund-Raising 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z Along the way, the series makes some sly points about who, in our society, cases do and don’t stick to. Review: ‘Poker Face’ Is the Best New Detective Show of 1973 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z He shows you women in motion and in revolt, fleeing and escaping and at times running sly, joyous circles around the men in their lives. ‘Lingui, the Sacred Bonds’ Review: Love, Ferocious and Limitless 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z Although Cleary never shied away from issues such as unemployment and divorce, she will be remembered for her sly, intelligent wit, which managed to be wicked and kind at the same time. Beverly Cleary Wrote About Real Life, and Her Readers Loved Her for It 2021-03-26T04:00:00Z It’s a tale that unfolds over 13 episodes with sly, convoluted twists on family politics, class and New Jersey corruption. | 'Lights Out': With a Life on the Ropes, Seeking Redemption in the Ring 2011-01-10T23:08:16Z In the course of the game, Joseph does something sly that defeats the other children’s expectations. This Week in Fiction: Fiona McFarlane on the Power of Beauty Withheld 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z The reasons are secret, but the pilot points up their bond: he, a sly criminal who left his family, she, a feisty agent whose criminal father abandoned her as a girl. The Blacklist: America’s Next Top Wicked Genius 2013-09-23T09:45:36Z “But beneath the languid tale of young campus love, he’s playing a shell game: The novel’s not only a forensic examination of our toxic politics, it’s also a sly sendup of literary culture.” 12 New Books We Recommend This Week 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z Bradley Peterson’s projections, which dominate the simple set, use images of nature to amplify the piece’s sly grandeur. Review: ‘Ipsa Dixit’ Makes an Unlikely Opera Out of Aristotle 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z The scene also serves as a sly metaphor for what happens when an aging dancer is confronted with a younger, fresher version of herself. Luca Guadagnino Unleashes the Witchy Power of Modern Dance 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z A slight pause for suspense … and then: It was true, he told me, with a sly smile on his face. The secrets of "Psycho's" shower scene 2010-06-26T01:01:00Z My specific beef, the doubt I am struggling with, regards my peers: middle-class suburban white women who have the means and education to access reproductive care easily, and do so on the sly. The white, conservative Southern women who asked me to keep their abortions secret 2022-09-24T04:00:00Z Yet Cusk provides sly commentary on the notion that she’s writing anything that resembles a diary. With ‘Kudos,’ Rachel Cusk Completes an Exceptional Trilogy 2018-05-21T04:00:00Z I think you and your pal were reaching for the same joke: that 88 might somehow look like 55 — only yours was sly, and hers was blunt. But We’re So Young 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z His voice is big, beefy and never forced; he sings with sly phrasing and droll comic timing. Review of Metropolitan Opera’s ‘L’Elisir d’Amore’ 2012-09-25T12:41:03Z But in “Cigarettes” he gives us a sly, inventive and entertaining novel which is a racy investigation of midcentury New York society. The Best Book That Amor Towles Ever Received as a Gift 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z No sly asides, no double entendres and nary a hint of modern-day gender politics dilute this poetically, if not prophetically, imagined storybook fable. In 'Cinderella,' goodness and fairy tale innocence rule 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z The four chapters that track the changing seasons are a sly joke about the weather, which is always perfect. Review: Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone Aswirl in ‘La La Land’ 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z Mr. Reid stamped its droning bass ostinato with a weighty authority, laying into an open string, while Mr. Lewis played a sly rhythmic game of tension and release. Kirk Lightsey Returns to the Village Vanguard After 25 Years 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z There's a sly nod to a gal-pal world of female secrets withheld from the hopeless guys who think they're in charge of everything. Nora Ephron was serious about comedy 2012-06-27T12:12:07Z A welcome heat announces itself in almost every dish, like a sly nudge in the ribs. Traditional Ethiopian Food in a Cosmopolitan Setting 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z That, Borda said with a sly laugh, allows her to exploit low expectations. The 'L.A. Phil Effect' hits New York, Cleveland and beyond 2017-10-02T04:00:00Z Mr. Cole’s novels assume the shape of travel writing, and they are sly commentaries on the genre. Books of The Times: ‘Every Day Is for the Thief’ by Teju Cole 2014-03-25T20:21:54Z There’s an equally sly process at work in “Funny Thing She Said,” a slow-drag ballad whose subject is the unraveling of a romance. Review: Ryley Walker Is Unsettled in a Chicago Way on ‘Golden Sings’ 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z It’s the kind of sly reversal that Müller clearly delights in; this is one of those rare books about a pressing subject that reads less like a forced march than an inviting stroll. Democracy Is for Losers (and Why That’s a Good Thing) 2021-07-06T04:00:00Z “I haven’t done the staging,” Audi, 64, said under his breath in an accent not quite British and not quite French, with a sly smirk and an apologetic shrug. A Behind-the-Scenes Eminence Shapes a Festival’s Future 2022-07-19T04:00:00Z Each character is a playing piece in his wicked little game, though Elle is more than just a sly amusement. Elle’s Belle: Huppert Resounds In Verhoeven's Latest 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z It’s sly and knowing: It invites, and pre-empts, the inevitable reassessment by posterity, while inserting yourself insistently, durably, into posterity. The Moral of These Stories? ‘You Are Not as Special as You Think’ 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z Pairing up in London, the duo immediately struck gold with a sly, sweaty funk track called Who Did That To You? John Legend talks 'Love In The Future' 2013-04-17T00:14:07Z “I have no idea what I’m going to play, but let’s go on a little journey,” he said from the piano with a sly but welcoming smile. Mezzrow Seeks to Fill a Jazz Niche in the Village 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z “I’m a little past the right age, but there’s the illusion theater provides,” he said, with a sly smile. George Takei on his life and career, subject of Sundance doc 2014-01-24T21:34:16Z “This was his grandest larceny by far,” she writes, “this sly theft of happiness from the very clutches of prohibition.” Review | In ‘Jack,’ Marilynne Robinson’s fourth Gilead novel, a lost soul embarks on an impossible love affair 2020-09-21T04:00:00Z In her new songs, she sets aside her sly character studies and minutely observed details for direct declarations and confrontations. Courtney Barnett Faces Doubts and Doubters on ‘Tell Me How You Really Feel’ 2018-05-16T04:00:00Z In The New York Times Book Review, Christopher Benfey called it a “sly and shimmering double helix of a novel.” Ali Smith Wins Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z I wish I could tell you that it’s a sly conceit, woven cunningly into a play that’s all about a noisy political culture rife with mixed signals. ‘Totalitarians’: Woolly takes a risk and stumbles badly with a murky political satire “I think they liked the fact that I was at least trying to be sly. I was doing something that maybe might be in their lexicon.” Ned Beatty, Actor Known for ‘Network’ and ‘Deliverance,’ Dies at 83 2021-06-13T04:00:00Z But if it’s actually a sly jab at us and our obsession with reheating gruesome deaths, then perhaps it’s Netflix’s smartest true crime saga of them all. The Confession Killer could well be Netflix's smartest crime saga yet 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z By presenting the gleeful idiosyncrasy of these artists’ flamboyantly poetic renderings of arch-prosaic subjects, Young and Whisenant confront colossal matters of aesthetic theory with a sly wink. Can a Musical Sponsored by a Toilet Manufacturer Be a Work of Art? 2018-11-27T05:00:00Z He was also sly and avuncular, making droll, deadpan comments in his sepulchral voice. An Appraisal: Leonard Cohen, Master of Meanings and Incantatory Verse 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z He’s not a funny writer, but he has a sly ear for local speech. Books of The Times: With No Father Around, a Youth and His Fists Fend for Themselves 2011-02-22T18:14:55Z Yet this sly, elegant picture is sympathetic to both men and women: each side has plenty to lose, and the final shot is a melancholy sonnet. The Beguiled Explores the Dark Side of Female Desire 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z Burden's remarkable final sculpture, which goes on view Monday at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, performs a sly and elegant reversal. Chris Burden's 'Ode to Santos Dumont' inspires wonder, delight 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z Bonuses: sly humor and a villain that ranks among the absolute worst. Critics' Picks: 'Game of Thrones,' video art, Chocolopolis 2012-04-04T23:26:05Z If you ever thought directors' works were written in their faces – gaunt, elegant Michael Haneke; impish, sly Roman Polanski; ascetic, introverted Andrei Tarkovsky – then Reygadas is the exception that proves the rule. Carlos Reygadas: in defence of Post Tenebras Lux 2013-03-14T18:00:09Z It is a remarkable and sly look at the intersection of technology and privacy, and if Sigurdardottir doesn’t soon find herself producing longform work there really is a grand conspiracy out there. Philip K Dick film festival: still dreaming of electric sheep 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z It’s a big, ambitious book guided by the same intelligence and sly prose that distinguished her portrait of Kingsley. ‘ Gentlemen’: a superb novel about Irish patriot Roger Casement 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z Variety called Grant's performance in the film "as sly an overthrow of a star's polished posh – and nice – poster image as any comic turn in memory". Englishmen at 50 2010-09-25T23:07:00Z “Hay Wire,” with sliding motifs in the violin and cello, sounded sly, folksy and somewhat inebriated. New Music From Locrian Chamber Players at Riverside Church 2014-08-29T04:00:00Z The sly reference wasn’t lost on social media, though. Popeyes is trolling Taco Bell over its 'Chicken Sandwich Taco' item, suggests alternate idea 2021-02-24T05:00:00Z The guitarist Bill Frisell receives due credit for many things — his fluidity, his whimsy, his sly mastery of timbre and color — but probably not enough for his rhythm. Music Review: Floating Along on the Rhythm While Staying Anchored to the Beat 2011-04-20T21:48:56Z In the finale, this emperor soloist tossed aside majestic reserve and engaged the musicians in a sly game of wits. Review: Strangers and Familiar Friends of Classical Music 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z An example of this book’s sly mundanity is Kate’s blah observation that the same window lock is used everywhere in Luxembourg. Books of The Times: ?The Expats,? a Thriller by Chris Pavone 2012-03-11T19:46:33Z The resulting audio quilt is most alive when Ms. Z’s own voice — sly and seductive, whether speaking or singing — is front and center. Forced Online, an Opera Festival Searches for Intimacy 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z “The right audiences are bound to appreciate the originality displayed here, not to mention the color, rage, nonchalance, sly humor and ferocious fashion sense,” Janet Maslin wrote in The New York Times. Revisiting the Downtown Scene Through Alien Eyes in ‘Liquid Sky’ 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z The tone and the themes of the movie—and its adherence to a sly, multifaceted female perspective—are signalled by the soundtrack. The Music of “Hustlers” and the Soaring, Stupid National Mood Circa 2008 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z Janis, meanwhile, is leaning against him – draped might be a better word – her head on his shoulder, her hand on his knee, her smile sly or victorious, I can't quite tell which. Man of letters 2010-10-09T23:06:00Z Where Mark is sly is that you find what he’s dealing with not only in the work, but in the titles. L.A.'s run of black artist shows is promising, but where are the women? Steven Nelson wants to know 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z Her intensity and her sly teasing, as well as the crisp snap of her legs, were as pointed as a laser. Dance Review: City Ballet in ?Jewels,? at David H. Koch Theater - Review 2011-09-29T21:25:15Z Her opening-night speech, ostensibly about her husband’s character and their relationship, was really a sly demonstration of criticizing without criticizing, rebutting by implication, slicing and dicing with a smile.* The Morning After: Michelle Obama, Between the Lines 2012-09-05T13:03:03Z A sly rebuke to celebrity culture, a paean to Austin weirdness. Choice Tables: Beyond Brisket and Burritos in Austin, Tex. 2013-12-03T21:04:26Z The style was the real story: a palimpsest of poems, prose, G-chats, essays and photographs that invoke the slacker novel, the expat novel, the manic monologues of Thomas Bernhard — infused with a sly stoner charm. Ben Lerner Imagines ‘Different Futures’ in His Novel ‘10:04’ 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z Pierce Brosnan, as Pastor Dan, who is trying to leverage his spiritual juice into lucrative real estate, has a hearty, sly allure that steers almost entirely clear of caricature. | 'Salvation Boulevard': An Evangelist, an Atheist and a Murder That Tests Faith 2011-07-14T23:06:36Z Whether villainous or heroic, romantic or sly, funny or frightening, he put that snarl to good use alongside his dark-brown voice and melancholy features in a wide range of parts. Michael Gough obituary 2011-03-17T19:38:43Z “Hindsight,” a clever, affecting and sly new show about bad choices begetting worse ones, begins somewhere near the intersection of romance and horror. ‘Hindsight’ Is a New VH1 Series 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z It’s also laugh-out-loud hilarious, a sly take on an objectification more usually embodied by a female chorus, and a witty amplification of the musical’s reimagining of the Cinderella myth. ‘The Doors Didn’t Open Easily’ on Her Path to ‘Cinderella’ 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z It turned out it was operating on the sly out of the think tank's back office. In first novel, Seattle's Peter Mountford takes a dazzling trip to Bolivia 2011-04-13T21:36:04Z It’s a sly comment on Abstract Expressionism and the cult of spontaneity. Cats, Monsters and Detonations at the Park Avenue Armory’s Print Fair 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z His well-honed chops and astounding musicality were evident from the opener, a slick blues piece on which he alternated double-time runs with sly pitch bends and double-stops that all but winked at the audience. Ambitious and rewarding show from jazz sextet Dial 251 honors two music legends 2016-09-25T04:00:00Z She’s quite good playing a desperate but sly operator who is trying to serve two masters, but ultimately looking out for herself. Shades of Blue – Jennifer Lopez's cop show is a criminal waste of her talent 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z But hold on: At the end of this sly, silly story, Mr. Clark lands you, and his characters, at a place you weren’t expecting. | 'Modern Love Is Automatic': A Nurse as Dominatrix 2010-08-20T01:21:00Z One’s soothing; one’s sly; and one’s downright uproarious. Brief Tales for New Readers and Little Listeners From Philip Stead and More 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z At the time, it sounded somewhere between false modesty and sly self-deprecation. From Top Gear to The X-Files: the six worst TV shows of 2016 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z Then, of course, there’s “Songs My Mother Taugh Me,” the sly, lurid autobiography that appeared just before Manso’s book in what appeared to be an attempt to steal that author’s thunder. Review: ‘Brando’s Smile: His Life, Thought, and Work,’ by Susan L. Mizruchi The sly grin that flickered across her lips rarely wavered as she and her pianist, Matt Kanelos, performed a far-reaching set of songs organized around the theme of spirituality and emptiness. Review: Carol Lipnik, a Bewitching Blend of Comedy and Mysticism 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z Or a sly dig at their school, perhaps? Stir-fried ice-cream: an ‘oddly satisfying’ Thai treat 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z Snoopy, ganglier and slyer, establishes himself as the strip’s real wise guy. ArtsBeat: Charlie Brown and the Gang Take Shape 2014-01-27T20:23:17Z Jason may be all kinds of sketchy, and his past is somewhat of a mystery — but one look at his sly smile and Alicia was gone. ‘The Good Wife’: Ranking the best recurring characters 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z Quieter, stealthier — and downright slow in parts — this sly dig at extreme parenting has virtually no blood and no weapon scarier than a hypodermic needle. Review: In ‘The Harvest,’ Love Is Wielded With a Chill 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z But by setting the drama in a struggling movie theater, Ms. Baker is also making a sly comment on what has become of our contemporary culture. Review: In ‘The Flick,’ Contemplating a Life of Stale Popcorn 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z “We Own This City” is still a very good show, with granular realism, a sly sense of humor and fine acting top to bottom. ‘We Own This City’ Review: Baltimore Police Problems, Rewired 2022-04-24T04:00:00Z Some instructions are biting and sly, pointing to the challenges residents face: “Tangram Mall celebrates its grand opening with exciting promotions, but unfortunately, your small business is suffering losses,” one card says, indicating a setback. Hidden in a Mini-Mall in Flushing, a Home for Art 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z But he has, it turns out, a sly and interesting mind. Books of The Times: Throwing Mud and Calling It Beautiful 2011-01-11T22:06:40Z Morton's cutting gaze, sly smile, and dangerously honeyed way of relaying Catherine's story establish an anxiety that buzzes with a seduction. In a TV landscape full of serious monarchs "The Serpent Queen" has bite, along with a good time 2022-09-11T04:00:00Z The suite of eight waltzes still sounds adventurous and even edgy, and Yarden seemed to revel in its quick shifts of light and dark, its shimmering textures and its playful, sly wit. Israeli pianist Einav Yarden at the Phillips 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z The themes of innocence and sin percolate in Mr. Gomes’s century-straddling, stylistically heterogeneous narrative, but he is interestingly sly about how they are distributed between past and present. Movie Review: Miguel Gomes’s ‘Tabu’ 2012-12-25T22:44:18Z Is he, in fact, tipping us a sly wink with Sam, the misunderstood artist whose modern experimental canvases are sold by the local postmistress? The Trouble With Harry: Hitchcock's lost masterpiece 2012-07-02T18:00:01Z The correspondence is distinguished by its sly philosophic humour and mandarin diversity of interests, ranging from the chivalric romances of Charlemagne to French structuralist theory. Italo Calvino: Letters, 1941-1985 – review 2013-05-29T13:42:12Z Ser“IOU” sly : The check is in the mail, I promise. Style Invitational Week 1359: Back up in the ‘air’ 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z In the first pages, Gordon plays a sly trick on her readers. What if We Pursued Vigilante Justice on Reality TV? 2020-09-14T04:00:00Z But she just as often flips into admitting, with a sly grin, her own accountability: Review: In ‘The Last of the Love Letters,’ Passion Is Inescapable 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z Foley’s adroit, sly, softly powerful style in Bottesini’s Double Bass Concerto No. 2 drew listeners to the edge of their seats despite a stylistically questionable habit of bending notes. Mostly Mozart’s Repertoire Broadens With Its Audience 2023-08-07T04:00:00Z The young Saint Laurent - timid but possessed of a sly charm and huge energy - became heavy and lethargic. Yves Saint Laurent: Fashion on film 2014-03-19T03:31:22Z But it turns out to be a fine taking-off point for a 75-minute exercise that subverts our faith in fixed identities through simple but sly theatrical devices. Review: ‘D Deb Debbie Deborah,’ a Dizzying Subversion of Identity 2015-05-26T04:00:00Z As an American, I'm very envious of those witty, sly, dry Ealing comedies. Readers' reviews: Postwar British cinema and Selena Gomez 2011-07-28T22:15:01Z Playing the director’s alter ego, Mr. Turner is a sly, agreeable presence. Review: With ‘Queen and Country,’ John Boorman Continues a Tale 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z This movie is an acceptable specimen of a currently popular genre, carefully trying to balance the sly humor and low-budget resourcefulness of earlier horror films with the bloodiness and digital showing-off currently in fashion. | 'A Nightmare on Elm Street': Freddy Krueger: Remember Him? 2010-04-29T23:37:00Z The graceful and sly Ms. Yeoh is the only star to return from the original. Review: ‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny,’ a Fight-Ridden Sequel 2016-02-28T05:00:00Z There’s a sly update on the Hostess CupCake, a tin of cookies, and a vanilla ice-cream sundae with pretzels, toffee and whatnot, modeled on the Dairy Queen Blizzard. ‘Vegetable Forward’ Chef Gets His Own Patch at Loring Place 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z The exuberant staging and Ms. Balan’s sly performance are the show here. Vidya Balan Stars in ‘Bobby Jasoos,’ a Bollywood Film 2014-07-06T04:00:00Z She adopts a slightly different style for each platform — her podcast is quieter, more thoughtful, her books chatty — but they all emerge from the same nervy and sly voice. Jen Kirkman Finds Material in the Single Life in ‘I’m Gonna Die Alone’ 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z But his great nephew nevertheless celebrated him, once writing: “With Eli, there is an impish, sly quality, not a self-conscious winking, exactly, but a palpable relish at the sheer fun of acting.” Eli Wallach, veteran character actor, dies at 98 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z Charting six decades of Irish history against his own life, O’Toole manages to both deftly illustrate a country in drastic flux, and include a sly, self-deprecating biography that infuses his sociology with humor and pathos. The 10 Best Books of 2022 2022-11-29T05:00:00Z Armendariz was best known for playing sly, sometimes cynical characters he endowed with wit and charisma. Mexican actor Pedro Armendariz Jr. dies at age 71 2011-12-27T02:46:04Z This ironic allusion to “the Chinese Dream” — President Xi Jinping’s national slogan — is just the kind of sly protest that keeps Yan’s novels suppressed in his native country. Review | ‘The Day the Sun Died’ is a social comedy that bleeds like a zombie apocalypse 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z I used to find him sly, but what is far more striking now is his impulsive, elusive eccentricity. A Pan-American Dance Sampler at the Joyce 2018-01-15T05:00:00Z According to Balram, a wealthy young Bangalore businessman, “the Indian entrepreneur” must be a combination of opposites: “straight and crooked, mocking and believing, sly and sincere.” ‘The White Tiger’ Review: Don’t Call Him a Slumdog 2021-01-21T05:00:00Z He’s the epitome of the strong, silent type, and Skarsgård plays this angle perfectly, partly as a sly joke and partly as a way of getting us to watch and listen. Review: The Legend of Tarzan Is Revisionist, Anachronistic, Weird and Beautiful 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z His art lies in the way these recordings are sliced, diced, reordered and juxtaposed, and in the sly sense of humor he brings to the process. CD Review: Noah Creshevsky?s ?Twilight of the Gods? 2010-06-18T15:24:00Z Like some other dancers in this exhibition, his weight is all on the right foot, and he creates a through-the-body line; but that line — sly, impish — is traced, not stretched. 3 Exhibitions Where Art Melds With Dance 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z It’s a sly moral fable about love and theft and guile and justice. Critic’s Notebook: A Splendid Little Book Club Has Ended Its Run 2013-04-24T21:59:48Z Marley’s original — the lyrics are drawn from a speech given by the Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie before the United Nations General Assembly in 1963 — moves with a sly breeze. The Night Sinead O’Connor Took on the Pope on ‘SNL’ 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z On Wednesday, her sly sense of humor certainly helped the medicine go down. Review | At the 9:30 Club, Noname proved she can out-rap most rappers — even when she’s sick 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z He contrasts effortlessly with the sly Mr. Rozakis, who may or may not be the hero of the title. Theater Review: ‘The Hero’ Reflects on War and Life in 1921 2014-03-10T22:18:41Z The first of this novelist’s books to be published here, “The Country Life” boasts pitch-perfect tonal control and humor of such sly subversion that the novel’s premise transcends mere skit. Notes From the Book Review Archives 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z “His Capote is wickedly funny, a sly imp ready to deliver an off-color joke about the Queen Mum, zing Robert Goulet or rhapsodize about the time he tap-danced for Louis Armstrong. …,” Robert Morse, two-time Tony-winning actor, dies at 90 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z It’s that Humbert-like voice — the flair for fresh imagery, ornate vocabulary and sly humor — that lures readers into this vile debut novel. Review | Sure, you may be grossed out, but ‘A Certain Hunger’ is a naughty pleasure 2020-12-10T05:00:00Z With a sly smile he told me of his background. Road Back to Russia, Paved With a Play 2011-08-21T03:30:33Z In this sly story, an aristocrat spends 30 years under house arrest in a Moscow hotel while the Soviet empire rises around him. 9 New Books We Recommend This Week 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z Grisham, whose yearly delivery of a legal thriller is as reliable as the sunrise, had written a little something extra on the sly: a lawyerless caper. Plot Twist! John Grisham’s New Thriller Is Positively Lawyerless 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z Bobb-Willis is interested in how these artists applied a sly sense of abstraction in their portraiture, pushing representation beyond realism and stereotype. Black Beauty: Photography Between Art and Fashion 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z A Romantically inclined, even sly rendition of the Gavotte en Rondeau from J.S. Brahms played brilliantly, with an L.A. back story to boot: Christoph Eschenbach at Disney Hall 2017-03-26T04:00:00Z But his provocations are delivered with a sly self-deprecating smile that lets you know he doesn’t take himself too seriously. A Lord of Fright Reclaims His Dark Domain 2011-06-24T20:53:53Z At the same time, this show maintains a sly modern perspective, drawing attention to the old-fashioned nature of many of its acts. Happenstance’s gleeful hat tip to vaudeville with a wink to the present-day 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z Scream, Clueless, films like that were just as sly and arch in their message as new films like Juno and Superbad, but without the irony. Stone Roses, Trainspotting and the grunge look: the 90s revival is here 2012-02-11T13:17:39Z If you squint hard enough, this movie is a sly satire of gender politics. Rewatching robo-sex: what can be learned from previous Westworlds 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z This limits Mr. Pullman’s opportunities to employ his sly, off-center humor, but he’s still an engaging audience surrogate. Review: Jessica Biel in ‘The Sinner,’ a Whydunit 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z The sly jokes about Issa’s being forced to speak for all black people at work come across as almost meta-commentary on the show itself. ‘Insecure’ Series Premiere: Single Black Woman 2016-10-09T04:00:00Z And if you’re collecting cigarette butts for evidence at the stadium, try to be a bit sly. Review: ‘Phantom,’ on the Trail of Mumbai Terrorists 2015-08-30T04:00:00Z But she’s a sensitive reader of her work and owns a sly wit. A Breezy Look at Eve Babitz, a Writer With a Born Feel for the Charms of Los Angeles 2018-12-31T05:00:00Z It may be more mainstream than the sly/ironic original, and more based on action movie convention. Make “Ghostbusters” great again? Reboot culture, male rage and the pathology of nostalgia 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z In its sly sultriness and emotional intricacy, the movie weaves an atmosphere of unnerving mystery. ‘The Lost Daughter’ Review: The Parent Trap 2021-12-30T05:00:00Z Another violinist might have tried for a more idiomatically French sound, but the middle movement, with its bluesy smudged slides, actually gained a certain sly sex appeal from the Perlman treatment. Itzhak Perlman Returns for Solo Recital at Lincoln Center 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z Some of the juiciest laughs come from Sonny’s interactions with the gnomic Knight, a showboating supporting role that Affleck embraces with a sly, vacant deadpan and tragically unhip styling. ‘Air’ Review: The Game Changers 2023-04-04T04:00:00Z Undaunted, Blue runs scams on the sly even as she works toward her undergraduate degree, confident that course work in game theory will help her achieve bigger and better scores. Theater Review: ‘Fast Company,’ Carla Ching’s Tale of Grift 2014-03-25T22:06:16Z In fact, the show was sly, hilarious, and unpredictable—it was, in a word, unprofessional, in the best sense. A Return to the Nostalgia of “The X-Files” 2016-01-23T05:00:00Z Memorably repetitive and rhythmical text, circular peepholes to anticipate what comes next and pictures packed with sly detail. Mal Peet's top 10 books to read aloud 2011-08-03T13:08:37Z For the last three decades, Panahi, now 62, has made playful, smart and politically bold movies that ingeniously meld day-to-day realism about Iran with sly meta-cinematic perspectives. What to Know About Jafar Panahi, the Imprisoned Iranian Filmmaker 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z “We’re going to get married on the sly in England with two best persons picked up at random on the street and a priest,” she said jokingly. Minutes Before a Lockdown, a Civil Ceremony in France 2020-04-24T04:00:00Z But this crackling play, staged with acerbic brio at Studio Theatre by the ace director David Muse, is a far slyer work. A bristling three-way tussle over ambivalent sexual identity A western fable with an often dreamlike vibe, "Slow West" proves to be a surprisingly sly tale of passion, greed and survival. 'Slow West,' with Michael Fassbender, a surprisingly sly western 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z That he will be doubted, deliver sly comebacks and eventually be proved right. Review: In Fox’s ‘Rosewood,’ a Cocky Crime Pathologist in Sultry Miami 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z Its 51 drawings, mostly in gun powder, tease sly, worldly words spelled out in either looping ribbon or folded pieces of paper into superb explorations of language, space and perspective. Last Chance: Warhol, Basquiat and Other History Lessons 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z But he said that he thought it would be foolish to try to recreate Mr. Casell’s “gravitas, dignity and sly humor,” and that the show would probably rethink the role. ArtsBeat: ‘Wait Wait’ Tells Us: Carl Kasell Is Stepping Down 2014-03-04T20:21:38Z Habits of the House is lacklustre, a pastiche without a purpose, lacking both the intellectual heft of Weldon's previous novels and their sly savagery. Habits of the House by Fay Weldon – review 2012-08-03T21:55:02Z These women were sly and feminine but they were definitely in control.” Michael Kors: Forget all your troubles, get happy! 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z Lebovitz explores with measured wonder and sly wit, covering a broad swath of food terrain. An engaging taste of French cooking “Gigi,” a feline confection—silken and sly—has had, to date, at least seven. Good, Clean, Fun: A Revival of “Gigi” 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z It’s a sly wine, catching your attention with the second or third sip, and your imagination by the fifth. At just $12, this Rhône grenache will grab — and keep — your attention 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z Instead, a silky Jonathan Groff now prowls around menacingly, his boyishness having been nicely weaponized for his role as a sly trickster. ‘The Matrix Resurrections’ Review: Slipping Through Dreamland (Again) 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z “I think sly is a good way to put it,” Black continued. Gil Birmingham Took the Road Less Traveled 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z A French movie, in other words, almost to the point of deliberate and sly self-parody. Strangeness and Daring at the New York Film Festival 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z Adults, though, may be intrigued to see Oates’s sly efforts to create a time-loop. Review | Joyce Carol Oates has seen hell, and it’s 1950s Wisconsin 2018-11-27T05:00:00Z His visually beautiful, sly and idiosyncratic biographical portrait of the great 17th-century Italian artist is an enduring delight, and particularly interesting relative to contemporary discourse concerning artists behaving badly. ‘Caravaggio’ and Other Pleasures and Provocations for Pride Month 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z Makumbi’s prose is irresistible and poignant, with remarkable wit, heart and charm — poetic and nuanced, brilliant and sly, openhearted and cunning, balancing discordant truths in wise ruminations. Set in Uganda, This Coming-of-Age Story Contains Universal Themes 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z This season she even brought a dash of Grace Kelly to the Stripper role in Balanchine’s “Slaughter on Tenth Avenue” — elegant, knowing and a little sly as she sliced her long legs into the air. A City Ballet Star Bids Farewell to the ‘Crazy Ballerina Life’ 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z James is very much his father's son, intelligent and cultured, with a sly sense of humour. It's a gut reaction: how other people's bacteria can cure us – extract 2013-03-31T00:05:02Z After Ms. Minaj took exception that her “Anaconda” visuals were not nominated for Video of the Year, despite the video’s sly politics and meme-ability, she made a structural critique of the industry: Three Approaches to Twitter Wars: Taylor Swift, Action Bronson, Drake 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z Also on the program, titled “Mischief, Mischief and More Mischief,” is the decadent “Walpurgis Night” and “Harlequinade,” a comedic romp starring sly commedia dell’arte characters. Dance Listings for May 20-26 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z It’s slippery and ornate, dealing with its sometimes heavy subject matter with a strange, often sly sense of humor. Neil Greenberg’s New Dance ‘Betsy’ Is a Wild Child 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z But compared to slyer satire of this season’s “The Convert,” the humor falls a bit flat. ‘The Mandalorian’ Season 3, Episode 5 Recap: Yo Ho Ho 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z Thompson’s sly asides, often in parentheses, can make her seem like a marquise at the party, behind her fan. ‘Heiresses’ Adds Up the Melancholy and Danger of Inherited Wealth 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z The parts blend into each other: the Filipino guide to the American guerillas, the Indian pal of the white scout, that Mexican guy with the big gut and sly sense of humor. Creating a spectacle of slaughter at the movies: Ambush at Kamikaze Pass 2019-08-17T04:00:00Z Dad gets lectured about his word choices, but the better justification for the line is the sly, self-aware, old-school delight in Mr. Williamson’s delivery. Review: In BET’s Police Drama ‘Rebel,’ Blaxploitation Matters 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z Finally, sensing victory in my discomfort, a sly grin springs up on Mara’s elfin, alabaster face. T Magazine: This is Rooney Mara 2013-08-22T19:30:38Z And the show ties up another loose end and leaves us with a sly joke on the series’s themes of friendship and ties to the land. 'Justified' Series Finale Recap: We Are Gonna End This 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z Sometimes people nod off at gaming machines, allowing men like Nattrour to withdraw cash vouchers on the sly. Homeless below the Las Vegas Strip: where city's vices exist in the shadows 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z It is tempting to wonder whether some curious misprints – "luther" for either; "bort" for both – constitute a sly joke about our own language-processing abilities. Steven Poole's non-fiction choice 2010-08-20T23:06:00Z The problem with melding a prim adulthood with a suggestion of sly puberty is that has been there so many times before. Special Report: Ballet Russes Takes a Bow 2010-09-21T10:50:00Z Your Old Droog rapped forcefully, in breathless complex rhyme, and with a sly, mildly scraped tone that to many, sounded a little too familiar. Your Old Droog Performs in Public for the First Time 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z You can see a little bit of a proto-Bill Murray in the dry, sly Maverick, and if Star Wars had been made 20 years earlier, Garner would have been your Han Solo hands down. James Garner, 1928-2014 2014-07-20T04:00:00Z This was especially the case with the two male leads, the bright tenor Paul Curievici as Jack and the baritone Benedict Nelson, slouchy and sly as Algernon. Review: Wilde’s Wacky ‘Earnest,’ Now With Arias 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z The result, he says, is a Clyde who’s stoic rather than sly. Emile Hirsch: 5 Things to Know 2013-11-07T20:32:30Z Closest to the mark here is Mr. Sowers, whose serene persistence with his reluctant bride carries a strain of sly humor and quiet indomitability. Theater Review: From Elegiac Appalachian Hollers to New Terrain 2011-05-30T21:33:12Z The other denizens of Middle Earth may be used to sly dragons, hideous goblins, giant spiders and mysterious elves, but Bilbo isn't, and neither are we. Martin Freeman as Bilbo Baggins, a match made in Hobbit heaven 2010-10-22T13:08:00Z It's an extraordinarily modern premise, and David Eldridge's superb new version plunges headfirst into its strange Freudian depths without neglecting its sly humour. The Lady from the Sea ? review 2010-10-19T20:30:00Z There’s a sly urgency in Jack DeJohnette’s backbeat, which combines a strong forward pull with something cagey and equivocal. Review: Jack DeJohnette’s ‘In Movement’ and ‘Return’ Show Sweep 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z Had he made a single sly remark about any element of any other nominated star’s persona, he might have earned the label of bad boy he keeps placing on himself. Review: Ricky Gervais Presides Over a Dire Golden Globes Ceremony 2016-01-10T05:00:00Z Partners in crime-solving and sly sex appeal, Nick and Nora don’t just love each other — they absolutely delight in each other’s company. What to Stream on Valentine’s Day 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z “Be Prepared” is a complete delight, from the first sly jokes about the American Girl-ish doll Complicity to Brosgol’s evocative artwork, which ranges from droll to wistful to outright lovely. When the Going Gets Tough, These Kids Find Their Way 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z I’m wondering if this use of two-dimensional alter egos isn’t some sly comment on how virtual reality is replacing real reality and how we have all become mere ghosts of our technological avatars. ArtsBeat: London Theater Journal: Familiar, but Far From Haunting 2011-07-20T16:30:02Z While a tune like “Huevos” has typically stormed from the gate in small group performances, Belisle-Chi’s version is a sly, patient route through the piece — emphasizing this music’s connection to earlier composer-improvisers, like Thelonious Monk. 5 Classical Albums to Hear Right Now 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z This move from cheek to chic did not reduce the designer’s sly wit. Special Report: Fashion: Gaultier: From Cheek to Chic 2011-01-27T18:38:23Z The Maze Runner has a sly way of seeming propulsive, even if not much happens. The Maze Runner review – the acting's great. Shame about the rest of it 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z With a sly grin Mr. Pruitt describes the show as an attempt to “stretch myself a little bit.” A Penitent Reflects on the Wilderness 2010-09-16T04:00:00Z As she showed in this coolly intoxicating set, she’s also working with a rare set of critical tools, and the ability to make a roomful of listeners feel like sly accomplices. All the Best Shows, of What the Critics Have Seen 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z Even the invitations, printed on metal squares with sharp edges, were a sly nod to Mr. Rabanne’s history of incorporating metal in his fashion to sometimes painful ends. On the Runway Blog: Paco Rabanne Returns With an Edge 2011-10-04T21:03:27Z Then that sly smile returned as he realized that he had just started a public spat with a Tony Award-winning playwright. Is He Mellower? Ask the Guy Missing a Hand 2010-03-03T00:02:00Z “Look at this,” she said, raising a sly eyebrow and springing from the couch. Kacey Musgraves’s Expanding Universe 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z Bruce Norris' sly, edgy gem has the same heat on it that Jon Robin Baitz's "Other Desert Cities" had when it opened in the winter. Who will win at the Tony Awards? AP predicts 2012-06-07T19:01:07Z Waller suggests that a tired-looking Wayne stop working nights, a sly reference to his after-hours shifts as Batman. Does 'Suicide Squad' Really Need That Post-Credits Scene? 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z The menswear designer has created a distinct image for Calvin Klein, and while it lacks that sly undercurrent of masculine sensuality once attached to the label, it has a clear dynamic. Special Report: Fashion: The Sporting Life 2011-06-20T11:43:45Z She’s a bit forced and shrill in her drunk scenes, but otherwise she underplays adroitly and flashes some sly humor. | 'A Beautiful Life': A Contemporary Romantic Melodrama 2011-05-20T00:08:33Z Even the obvious steals – Operation brazenly lifts the vocal melody and phrasing of Sonic Youth's Teen Age Riot – sound joyful and unfettered rather than sly and cynical. Yuck: Yuck ? review 2011-02-17T23:59:01Z Chinese movie star Fan Bingbing stars in this sly political satire about Chinese bureaucracy and gender dynamics. Teen Angst With a New Edge 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z The last movement was again a representation of momentum at work, but a sly one. L.A. Phil's Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla lights a fire at Disney Hall 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z Still, movie insiders recognized the touch of a sly and promising director. Jonathan Demme, Oscar-Winning Director, Is Dead at 73 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z It’s a sly trick that takes advantage of post-mortgage crisis financial rules. 4 disturbing reasons private prisons are so powerful 2014-05-03T14:00:00Z Variety called it “supremely singular” and “a wickedly funny protest against societal preference for nuclear coupledom that escalates, by its own sly logic, into a love story of profound tenderness and originality.” At Cannes, a Greek Filmmaker Explains Move to English-Language Film 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z Mr. Martin, whom Mr. Taylor introduced as “a banjo-playing fool,” led a bluegrass ensemble through “Foggy Mountain Breakdown” and leavened the evening with sly witticisms. James Taylor?s Singular Voice, Steeped in 120 Years of Music 2011-04-13T07:58:57Z The song was Simone at her best — a sly blend of the show tune, searing racial critique and apocalyptic warning. Nina Simone’s Time Is Now, Again 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z Everything here might also be taken as sly commentary on the religion of modernism. Art Review: Carol Bove Sculpture Shows at the High Line and MoMA 2013-07-25T20:55:54Z The series’ guide is Vann R. Newkirk II, a senior editor at The Atlantic, who narrates and interviews with a warm inquisitiveness and sly skepticism. The Best New Podcasts of 2020 2020-12-21T05:00:00Z The tale is laced with a deeply engaging humor and wit tinged with sly meta-omniscience. A case of shifting identities in Vendela Vida’s twisty new novel 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z The story soon jumps to Katharine, jolting out of a slumber, a sly preview of larger awakenings to come, both her own and that of the country. Review: In ‘The Post,’ Democracy Survives the Darkness 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z Madonna, 53, mixed hit songs over three decades in music with tunes from her recent album, "MDNA," before a packed audience, and she took a sly dig at younger diva, Lady Gaga. Kicking off tour, Madonna shows she's no lady (Gaga) 2012-05-31T22:20:47Z His temporal agent contains sly multitudes and could easily have become a gimmick, but Mr. Hawke brings enough pathos and soul to his performance that the conceit soon becomes a man — well, for starters. ‘Predestination,’ Starring Ethan Hawke 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z But it’s also remarkably sly, a superhero movie that raises an eyebrow at superhero movies, so bloody and brutal, so senseless and dreadful. Wonder Woman’s Unwinnable War 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z Evans' production takes a little while to catch alight – there is plenty of strenuous cockney capering – but its emotional texture gradually reveals itself with a sly, almost shy, power. My Fair Lady – review 2012-12-19T13:14:23Z Speaking fast and sounding passionate, he avoided negative attacks, other than sly references to the two "old parties". Newsbeat 2010-04-21T23:05:00Z Ruby Sparks was rather too hastily dismissed as a quirky romcom, when in fact it is a sly, intelligent commentary on men controlling women – in love, in fiction and in film-making. How female actors are rewriting Hollywood's script 2013-07-11T17:00:01Z As Lawrence went to leave, the show’s writers provided a sly fakeout: Suddenly, he got down on one knee and asked Issa to marry him. ‘Insecure’ Is Back. Here’s What to Remember for Season 3. 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z Their testimony represents the movie’s slyest joke and its most revealing fantasy. Review: Andy Samberg Spoofs Pop Stars Without Spite. And That’s 4 Real. 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z The Paris singer Camille is a sly innovator, reworking the traditional sounds of French pop into thrillingly unrecognizable forms. Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z “Who knows what I’ll do?” he asked, allowing himself a sly smile. Hans Haacke, Firebrand, Gets His First U.S. Survey in 33 Years 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z Looking at them is like meeting someone who is engaging, polite, kindhearted — and just a little sly. Review | In new show, photographer Deana Lawson explores black lives, black loves 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z A subtle autobiographical move, a sly wink or the work of a deranged egotist? Fantastic Mr Fox recap: Wes Anderson reworking well worth another look 2013-06-28T16:00:37Z The effect is of a sly, anthropomorphic comedy. Art Review: ?Colorful Realm,? Works by Ito Jakuchu at National Gallery 2012-03-29T21:27:01Z It's a sly reminder that there are few new ideas in Hollywood. makes no pretense that it's doing anything more than putting a new spin on an old theme. Horrible Bosses. So-So Movie. Excellent Jason Bateman! 2011-07-07T12:25:00Z Throughout the set Mr. Stewart was a dynamo, rumbling and thrashing with a sly but clear consideration of form. Review: John Scofield Reunion Looks to a Familiar Past 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z The sly, eccentric Italian industrial designer produced biomorphic buildings and interiors across booming postwar Turin, as well as furniture that now sells for millions. Times Critics’ Top Art Books of 2019 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z The walls reveal designers with a sly sense of humor. Review | Some like it hot. Pappe’s Indian fare is made for those who do. 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z The leg of a seated nude in one wonderfully sly piece bends in a physically impossible but graphically useful way to serve dual duty as ornamental border. Female sculptors, full of humor and verve, prove to be way more than 'All Right' 2016-04-23T04:00:00Z Ultimately, this offbeat travelogue is a sly parable about losing your sense of self while en route to elusive destinations. Karen Joy Fowler's fine new story collection, 'What I Didn't See,' moves from ordinary to fantastical and back 2010-09-29T21:40:00Z His approximate old-man dancing manages to be both touching and sly. Review: Douglas Dunn’s ‘Aidos’ Is Set to Bach at BAM Fisher 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z Others enjoy breaking the bread with lovers, family, or even, on the sly, with neighbours. Ancient mill rises as Britain bakes at home 2020-05-06T04:00:00Z He’s interviewed more than 200 people, and his closely observed accounts of dictators’ increasingly sly methods to control their populations are haunting and dispiriting. Books Of the Times: ‘The Dictator’s Learning Curve,’ by William J. Dobson 2012-06-10T20:56:47Z Jeffrey has a crazy plan to break into Dorothy's apartment and spy on her – a plan in which he tries to involve a local wholesome girl called Sandy, perhaps in sly homage to Grease. David Lynch's Blue Velvet: why I still can't take my eyes off it 2012-02-10T12:49:31Z There are slithering glissandos galore, but here they felt like earthy microcosms of the work’s sly transitions rather than gratuitous interpolations. Music Review: The Takacs Quartet Interprets Bartok 2014-01-21T22:03:40Z There are reserves of power in Mr Hough’s touch, and an ingrained refinement; his self-composed encores usually dissipate with sly comedy the high seriousness of his art. He’s the piano man 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z As a result, perhaps the biggest revelation of the album is the range and depth of his songwriting: the sly wit of “Rock and Roll Records” or the simple, classic beauty of “Magnolia.” Eric Clapton Gathers Stars for a J. J. Cale Tribute Album 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z This, she concedes, with sly mischief, will be deeply romantic: "I'm going for broke." Hilary Boyd and the rise of 'gran-lit' 2012-11-11T00:06:16Z Middle East politics took a backseat to the human comedy in a show that bridged divides through its sly multicultural score by David Yazbek and the graceful modesty of its book by Itamar Moses. Best theater in 2017: Our critic's top picks, including Midler, Metcalf and Bruuuuce 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z Among the coolest is Tommy Tucker, 77, noted for his sly style and vintage caps. Swing Dance Clubs Go Retro in New York City 2011-12-22T23:00:17Z For all the sly wit of some of these pictures, the knowledge that one of the titans of American art is now gone lends the series the ache of an elegy. Sally Mann’s Loving Study of Cy Twombly’s Last Years 2016-09-24T04:00:00Z “It is Ms. Rapace’s fierce and sly performance, more than the themes or the plot, that sustains” the movie, Mr. Scott wrote in The Times in July. DVDs: The Devil Inside and the Demon in Disguise 2010-10-23T05:00:00Z But it is also sly, daring, genuinely original and at times perversely brilliant. Movie Review: ?The Color Wheel,? Directed by Alex Ross Perry 2012-05-17T21:26:59Z It was somewhat confusing, considering that an intermediary passage had more big, graphic coats, with no sly sexual vibe nor any visible connection to the body. Special Report: Fashion: Burberry: A Crowd Pleaser 2011-02-21T18:29:01Z The film is not completely dour - there are moments of sly humor, and Reygadas cites silent comedian Buster Keaton as a major influence. Mexico's Reygadas brings surrealism to Cannes 2012-05-24T14:19:12Z It’s not hard to guess why: the setting amid the seedy underbelly of the Los Angeles suburbs; the screenplay filled with sly cinematic allusions; the hotshot young auteur, directing his second feature. The Best Movies and Shows on Hulu Right Now 2020-09-11T04:00:00Z Forms that repeat and can be read as something else are central to Schmidt's sly appeal. Transformation and transgression at M+B 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z The sly, smiley Charlie is the Commodore’s favorite and perhaps the movie’s, too, just because killing comes naturally to him. Review: Blood Is Never Simple in ‘The Sisters Brothers’ 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z The title was a sly pun: “Le Mouvement” announced that kinetic art — an art of movement — was itself a full-blown artistic movement. 'Kinesthesia' exhibit in Palm Springs spotlights kinetic art in breathtaking new dimensions 2017-09-27T04:00:00Z The second movement was more sly than sardonic; the climactic burst of dissonance in the third movement was beautiful, not brutal. Review: The Met Opera Reunites, With Mahler’s ‘Resurrection’ 2021-09-05T04:00:00Z They also join Rhiannon Giddens on a pair of vocal pieces by Duke Ellington: “Come Sunday,” imploring and formal, and “Rocks in My Bed,” stomping and sly. Review: Allen Toussaint’s Last Album, ‘American Tunes’ 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z Their pachydermous protagonist governs a benevolent plutocracy – but the books' great joy is the frequent sly and subtle lampooning of his capitalist pomp. JP Martin's elephant Uncle unforgotten in fan's republishing plan 2013-03-27T17:06:55Z Maclean’s film is lit with a glow, like a fable “to comment on storytelling and the myths of the west”, which he directly punctures with sly humor. 'The American epic': Hollywood's enduring love for the western 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z The slippery arithmetic and the sly system of measurement that converts bundles into manak boras into kilos is controlled by the contractors, and leaves plenty of room for manipulation of the worst kind. Arundhati Roy | Gandhi, but with guns | Part Two 2010-03-27T09:00:00Z He kept Disney at bay on "Escape From Tomorrow," a low-budget horror satire filmed on the sly in Disney theme parks. 'L.A. Plays Itself' is finally coming to home video. Here's how. 2014-07-26T04:00:00Z Besides, it is a promising moment for young New York rappers, from A Boogie and Don Q to sly ruffians like Young M.A. to sharp lyricists like Dave East. A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie Modernizes New York Hip-Hop 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z Yes, it draws on “The Three Billy Goats Gruff,” but adds female characters and a few sly twists: Instead of menacing, monstrous bridgekeepers, the trolls here are tenderhearted vegetarians. Events for Children in NYC This Week 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z He was riveting, but in the slyest possible way. 2010-02-15T01:06:00Z This triumphantly revitalized musical has its own sly message for an era in which celebrity is regarded as a constitutional right: Embrace fame at your peril. ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ Review: Jonathan Groff Feeds the Beast 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z The stolid Mr. Yen fits well in this scheme, but a much better actor like Simon Yam, who plays a factory owner, is largely wasted, given no opportunity to use his talent for sly comedy. | 'Ip Man': Mastering Martial Arts 2010-10-01T00:12:00Z Playing a raffish aesthete punch-drunk both on language and, yes, drink, Mr. McKellen allows his Spooner the occasional sly smile when he has let rip with an especially spry turn of phrase. In Pinter’s ‘No Man’s Land,’ Actor-Knights Wield Their Words 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z He was "wonderfully poised, informed," patient and kind and animated by a "markedly sly, sardonic and satiric" sense of humor. Joyce Carol Oates writes memoir of grief 2011-02-11T13:01:04Z In them, feminism, institutional critique, sly humor and self-possessed humility unite. An Artist Redefines Power. With Sanitation Equipment. 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z Beethoven makes a couple of sly appearances, with one variation summoning his Op. Marc-André Hamelin Performs Variations on Paganini 2015-10-11T04:00:00Z So there may be young people around by now who don't know the sly charmer he could be when he was young. David Thomson on Jack Nicholson 2010-08-05T21:22:00Z Murakami, whose main operating mode seems to be jovial insouciance tinged with a sly mischievousness, tells of the day he first entered Fuglen to approach them about starting a bar with him. | Culture Klatch 2014-03-05T23:13:43Z Their epilogue points a sly finger at privilege, and, perhaps, at the whole device of happy endings. Poem of the week: When that I was and a little tiny boy by William Shakespeare 2013-04-01T09:33:58Z His sly weave of craftsmanship and showmanship galls some and enthralls others. Paper Gallery: Art Books on Winslow Homer, Mati Klarwein and Gustav Klimt 2013-01-17T22:01:35Z Nothing is more certain this year than Pitt’s win for “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood,” a movie that perfectly showcases Pitt’s sly charisma. Oscar Predictions: Can ‘Parasite’ upset ‘1917’? 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z With beautiful prose and sly humor, Brandon leads his young protagonist through sundry dangers. 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z No one could tell if I was clever, or sly as my grandma had predicted while blowing Benson & Hedges smoke rings over my ma's swollen belly. The Guardian first book award: the shortlisted authors introduce their work 2012-11-09T22:50:02Z In her portraits of Tracy, Cwynar performs a sly bit of color correction herself. An Artist’s Meditation on Color Reveals a Secret History of Film 2017-04-30T04:00:00Z Still, the spirit of Hitchcock comes through in Hopkins' sly performance, and he captures the measured cadence of the filmmaker's speech even though he doesn't sound much like Hitchcock, either. Review: 'Hitchcock' is lightweight but fun study 2012-11-19T17:30:11Z The kids are who matter most here, and the rapport among Leo’s group of friends sparkles with sly energy. ‘The Main Event’ Review: A Kid Pro Wrestler, in a Magic Mask 2020-04-10T04:00:00Z According to the report, some franchises will still cook some of the less complicated breakfast items throughout the day, although the news outlet described this as being "on the sly." McDonald's customer calls police because she missed breakfast due to long drive-thru line 2021-01-24T05:00:00Z And the new season, crucially, does no favors to Comer, whose Emmy-winning performance as Villanelle has always been an exterior creation, a highly skilled collection of mannerisms, vocal inflections and sly mugging. Review: A ‘Killing Eve’ That No One Was Asking For 2020-04-10T04:00:00Z A fairy-tale atmosphere suffuses the four of bells, a sly fox striding a country lane, using two walking sticks, a sack filled with cockerels thrown over his shoulder. With These Cards, Every Hand’s a Winner 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z Stella may have been taciturn, but he had a sly sense of humor, too. When Walter Hopps Met Andy Warhol and Frank Stella 2017-06-05T04:00:00Z He also remembered to bring the joy — so much sly, sensual pleasure — as well as the devilish whimsy and vulnerability. Perspective | Little Richard would have been the first to say his style was fabulous. He was right. 2020-05-10T04:00:00Z Rossini’s overture is the work of a composer with a sly poker face. Review: In ‘Le Comte Ory,’ a Salacious Rossini Comes Through 2016-06-05T04:00:00Z A contested leadership election in a traditionally black dormitory sets in motion a plot that is full of intrigue and surprise in a mood of sly, knowing satire. New Directors/New Films Festival Opens With Bold Strokes 2014-03-18T21:30:55Z There are sly, discreet references to the scandal that put Watergate on the map. Does the Watergate Hotel need a younger, sexier scandal? 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z Climate change is more sly than time-lapse video of a disintegrating glacier. ‘Everything is not going to be okay’: How to live with constant reminders that the Earth is in trouble 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z In the above film you'll notice sly nods to 26 movies. Think you know your movies? Think again ? 2010-09-23T11:56:00Z Their byplay is vibrant, and it gets messy in fascinating ways; this is a sly, smart sex comedy that plumbs unexpected depths of sadness and despair. The Best Movies on Amazon Prime Video Right Now 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z A sly smile crosses Wallace’s face as he shows clips of O’Reilly berating guests on his top-ranked show, telling them to “shut up” and calling one guest a “coward.” How Mike Wallace created ‘a revolution’ in journalism — while battling depression 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z Then she casually winks, and a sly grin rises on her face. Why Kate McKinnon will be the breakout star of ‘Ghostbusters’ — and the election 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z Chamberlike and willowy, suffused with melancholy, it reflects her sly noncompliance with jazz and classical conventions, which has been a prevalent theme of her half-century career. Carla Bley, Still Improvising and Inspiring as She Turns 80 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z Each features two rainbows — one above the other, a little like film frames — in bright pastel, dotted with sly, reptilian eyes. Alexander Tovborg: ‘Eternal Feminine’ 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z In a sly trick of inversion, these companies are telling you: Don’t act now, but consider us when you want to act later. For tourist destinations during a travel ban, counterprogramming makes perfect sense 2020-05-14T04:00:00Z The sly details sometimes have a distancing effect, but they are consistently funny. Review | Lynn Nottage’s comic ‘Fabulation’ maps a slide down the social ladder 2019-08-28T04:00:00Z Nevertheless, his jowly face, with its boxer's nose and sly eyes, grew increasingly familiar, and his name in the opening titles usually promised good things ahead. Charles Durning obituary 2012-12-25T15:24:51Z It is the play’s slyest and richest joke that it takes a commoner, with great hair and a keen sartorial sense, to explain what royalty means today. ‘King Charles III’ and ‘The Ruling Class’ in London 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z The smile that accompanied that last part was friendly but sly, a reminder that when it comes to Mr. Taylor and his dances, there is always something lurking beneath the surface. Critic?s Notebook: In the Mysteries of Everyday Movement, Multilevel Stories 2011-03-06T22:56:33Z His innovations were often hidden within the dress, in sly cut and imperceptible, airtight construction. ‘James Galanos: Design Integrity’ Review: The West Coast King of Fashion 2018-11-10T05:00:00Z But I prefer Bezerra da Silva’s sly way of portraying things because it’s more amusing. Showing Off Eclectic Tastes 2011-07-21T22:17:11Z D'Erasmo displays a sly affinity for the sometimes twee magic of the contemporary music scene. 'Wonderland' vividly captures a rocker's comeback struggle 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z Quick as a rabbit, sly as a fox, he is the geek who would be king or just Bill Gates. | 'The Social Network': Millions of Friends, but Not Very Popular 2010-09-23T16:34:00Z It was an unexpectedly sly side of the normally reserved royal, who celebrated her Diamond Jubilee last month to mark her 60 years on the throne. Olympics inspire list of Queen Elizabeth II movies 2012-07-30T19:46:04Z And then there were the sly nods to his forebears. How George Michael Transformed Pop Music 2016-12-26T05:00:00Z “It is a necessary avoidance, a violent, sly, anguished or mocking smoke screen which keeps the other in its place.” Embattled and emboldened: Arts and culture in the age of Trump 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z But beneath a layer of sly, wickedly fun storytelling, "Only Murders" both indulges and interrogates the audience's fondness for the genre. “Only Murders” makes us question the ethically murky joy we derive from true crime 2021-09-05T04:00:00Z These episodes are never dull — Atkinson’s a sly and witty observer, with a gift for finding the perfect detail — but the reader can’t help noticing a lack of narrative momentum that begins to feel deliberate. Kate Atkinson’s ‘A God in Ruins’ 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z But it wasn’t until I looked at it again for our Weekend Watch that I realized that the director Gina Prince-Bythewood had given herself a sly cameo. The Director Gina Prince-Bythewood Has Always Had Game 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z Yet “Kings,” on the sly, is awfully funny. Review | Politics and religion are juicy topics in two 90-minute comedies on D.C. stages 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z He makes no sly comments about my wardrobe. First-time hunter vs. turkey: Thanksgiving dinner is on the line. 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z Ultimately, Garvey believes in a “love” that “opens the fist just enough for a hand, to slip into the hand,” a sly visual image of the human capacity for kindness. The genius of Elbow, the band Coldplay wishes it could be 2017-06-03T04:00:00Z They produce no-nonsense stompers, but also sly contemplation on friendship, relationships and self-worth. Pop Music Listings for Sept. 25-Oct. 1 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z This sly and defiant metafictional road movie, about two friends investigating the possible suicide of an aspiring actress, dramatizes unquestioned patriarchal tradition and desperate responses to its oppressive power. 2019 Has Already Been an Exceptional Year in Movies 2019-03-30T04:00:00Z If you agree, “Black History Month Spectacular” is a full serving of, if not always joy, at least consistently sly amusement. Review: ‘Sherman’s Showcase’ Tests Whether It’s OK to Laugh 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z He has lodged his tongue firmly in cheek with a sly performance in which “under-recognized artist” takes on literal meaning. 'Made in L.A. 2016': Hammer Museum biennial proves a thoughtful place to ponder the possibilities 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z In every way it evokes layers of classicism old and new, in which traditions deriving from ancient Greece and the Baroque are hugger-mugger with 20th-century jazziness and sly vaudeville fun. Dance Review: Wild and Tamed in Wheeldon?s ?Estancia? at City Ballet 2010-05-30T22:21:00Z Chekhov in Hell at the Drum in Plymouth is a sly and engaging satire on how the Russian playwright might view 21st-century British life; it's superbly staged and acted. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2010-11-19T16:12:00Z In contrast to Beatrice, Ms. Beck’s sly, slightly imperious Isabella keeps her would-be lovers more firmly in check. Review: ‘The Changeling,’ Where Murder Is the Natural Solution 2016-01-11T05:00:00Z The most standard of standard works, yes, but the pianist Marc-André Hamelin always has sly tricks up his sleeve. Classical Music This Week: A Jersey Search, Beethoven Galore and Schulhoff 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z One thing is for sure: a generation would have grown up less empathetic and less politically aware, not having been educated on the sly by a brilliant, accessible parable of our real-world complexities. Can you imagine a world without Star Wars, Harry Potter or Oasis? 2016-12-10T05:00:00Z Doors cautiously open to the outside world in sly melodies and then are slammed shut by militant march rhythms. Humble virtuoso Mark Robson's piano weaves his highly personal tales 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z Rylance gives a winning performance as Maurice, a cockeyed optimist who may be naïve, but has a sly quality about him. "Phantom of the Open" is Mark Rylance's winning film about the worst British Open golfer ever 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z I enjoyed some of the sly functionality of the Veilance line, but Arc’teryx’s performance pieces inspired more enthusiasm, more curiosity, more imagination. Where Enthusiasts of the Freeze Go for a Winter Coat 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z Tengo gets involved in an agreement to rewrite on the sly an imperfect novel about a community of little people entered by a teenager for a literary prize. Haruki Murakami's 1Q84 due out in English in October 2011-01-31T13:30:54Z All this might be news to Scott, whose cinematic gifts are for marshaling strong images around dead-serious stories and not for sly satire with a feygele touch. REVIEW: Don't Let Your People Go See Exodus: Gods and Kings 2014-12-13T05:00:00Z They have a sly way of looking at one another to communicate what does not need to be said. Kelly Reichardt's "First Cow" is a captivating and unhurried look at race & class in 1800s Oregon 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z “Cork Soles” is a postbop number with a sly, prowling bounce; the title track, one of the last in the series, proceeds almost as an elegy. Albums From Jesse Stacken and Norberto Lobo 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z Reality television series that rely on Southern and backwoods stereotypes work best if they keep you guessing: Is this show serious, or is it a sly parody? ‘Branson Famous’ Explores the Baldknobbers Jamboree 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z There are no llamas in the book, but the character Little E is much like Baby Llama and its creator: full of pluck, a sly smile and a knack for witty verse. The happy future of ‘Llama Llama’ after its creator’s death 2017-05-28T04:00:00Z And there are plenty of moments of sly humor. Lives of Returning Marines in ‘Basetrack Live’ at BAM 2014-11-12T05:00:00Z Decades later, Corrado still marvels over the film's "elegantly sinister domestic atmosphere" and "sly peeling away of sophistication and decorum to reveal a world of emotional blackmail, psychological gamesmanship." A passion for Pinter inspires 'Fortnightly' series at ACT 2011-06-22T19:33:05Z Whatever the genre, she is a sly writer with a delightful dark streak. ‘The Stories of Jane Gardam,’ and More 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z Mary the sly eccentric, Madeline the serene grown-up and Pamela the narcissistic beauty materialize both as fascinating specimens of their class — inhabiting great houses, commanding scores of servants — but also as complex, flawed individuals. Review | These three sisters were the one percent of the one percent — before it all crashed 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z “When I walked away from you, I turned my back on the devil/Turned my back on the angel too,” he intoned on “On The Level,” a sly sparkle in his voice. Leonard Cohen is gone: The broken-hearted scoundrel and master of lament dies at home, “writing up until his last moments” 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z A blunt and sly critique of American racism. Dystopia, Apocalypse, Culture War: 2018 or 1968? 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z The sly humor of “You Know That I Know” feels like familiar territory for Mr. White. Music: Bob Dylan Assembles ?The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams? 2011-09-23T19:16:45Z The thread of sly humour that runs lightly through the best of his stories only further increases the sense of foreboding. In praise of? MR James 2010-12-29T00:05:07Z The result is a sly conceptual coup d’art and a deeply sincere exploration of masculinity and its discontents. Movie Listings for March 14-20 2014-03-13T22:42:57Z Folded into the compressed, densely psychological portrait of this family is a whole universe: a parable of rising India, an indictment of domestic violence, a taxonomy of ants and a sly commentary on translation itself. A Great Indian Novel Reaches American Shores 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z Ms. Le Bon’s staccato vocals, paired with Mr. Presley’s chiming guitar, craft a sly, often eruptive friction. Pop & Rock Listings for Oct. 9-15 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z Ms. Salvant is a vocalist with a supple alto and a sly relationship to the historical repertory. Jazz Listings for May 27-June 2 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z But while "Chicago" taps into something essential about America's complex relationship with image, it is also a dark, self-aware and sly embrace of our love for the crucial role of image in theater. Review: 'Chicago' reminds us that image is everything 2010-11-26T05:01:00Z The beauty of Mantel’s prose, her sly, unexpected use of language, the emotional resonance braided into the narrative — all these propel you along. A Writer Who Stared Down Her Past, and the World’s, With Steely Resolve 2022-09-23T04:00:00Z If I cried, I cried on the sly. Rita Moreno reflects on tenacity, her career and Latinx representation: "Where is our 'Moonlight'?" 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z Among other things, the book is a sly tribute to the writer’s craft. Meryl Streep Wants to Tell You a Bedtime Story 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z “Now,” he says with a sly, self-satisfied smile, I’ll play it “16 beats to the bar.” ArtsBeat: Cannes Film Festival: A Sympathetic Tale of Marriage and Celebrity 2013-05-21T14:47:41Z Meanwhile, the sly, working-class Clodoaldo arrives in the area with a team of bruisers, offering night security to the residents. Neighbouring Sounds – review 2013-03-24T00:06:39Z Hutchinson's "Brahms Afoot" — which might be described as a suite of alternately sly and courtly male-female tussles — suits him well, he says. Local dancer Ezra Dickinson: What can't he do? 2012-01-19T20:45:04Z The marchlike Allegretto had sardonic humor, with its theme in sly staccato chords over a galumphing bass line. Music Review: Yuja Wang at Carnegie Hall - Review 2011-10-21T22:23:35Z The quest for a rebel pasha’s severed head serves as a darkly satirical symbol in this sly Albanian novel originally published in 1978, an allegorical fable about 20th-century authoritarianism. 9 New Books We Recommend This Week 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z He couldn’t share the data with me but added with a sly smile: “If he needs a new car, he’s good.” Please Take My Son’s Wallet 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z "Emanuel was restless, sly, casually abusive, and almost always willing to cut a deal," according to the book. No love lost between Emanuel and first lady? 2012-01-10T03:00:00Z The dance numbers hum with campy energy, and the quieter moments have a sly, relaxed humor. Review: ‘Magic Mike XXL,’ Fleshing Out a Sequel With Heart as Well as Pecs and Abs 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z But she was also good-humoured, with a great, uninhibited cackle and a sly sideways glance that suggested a fine sense of fun. Patricia Neal: a career in clips 2010-08-09T11:06:00Z Then she throws me one of her sly smiles and says in that make-no-mistake tone of voice: “I’m makin’ my own water.” T Magazine: The Real Housewife of Paris 2011-02-25T21:00:47Z They are raised in families and societies that preach the gospel of victimization and revenge, fear and distrust, quick fixes and sly moves. Her dad was a con man 2012-08-10T00:00:00Z In the beginning, Ms. Sturtevant’s work was praised for its wit, sly humor and desire to expose viewers to a blizzard of epistemological questions. Elaine Sturtevant, Appropriation Artist, Is Dead at 89 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z Depending on who’s looking, the piece is either barely there, or a sly celebration of material movement in space, of performance art without bodies. Art Review: ‘Fore’ at Studio Museum in Harlem 2012-11-29T22:40:44Z Crosby’s sly camera movements and pacing choices are funnier, however, than the dialogue — which isn’t hard when Mike is so passive, he barely speaks. ‘First Date’ Review: Modern Action Romance Propelled by a ’65 Chrysler 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z Manohla Dargis called the film “a sly rethink of the freakily morbid fairy tale” in The Times in March, adding that it “is at once direct, complex and peculiar.” DVDs: Thrills From British Vaults 2010-06-20T02:00:00Z Take "Codeine," a sly song about losing a girl to a guy who's got good drugs. Review: Mellow vibe for Isbell on 'Here We Rest' 2011-04-11T19:01:18Z Brick painted a ghostly white, concrete tiles and rattan lights shaped like beehives reveal a sly sense of style. Review | Mola adds a fresh splash of Spain to Mount Pleasant 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z This exuberant comic novel — involving explosions, secret agents, religious fanatics and a hapless narrator dragged around Europe by his long-lost aunt — is also a sly theological exploration of fate and predestination. New & Noteworthy, From Black Utopias to a ‘Little Women’ Tribute 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z A Star Is Born, in its original form, is a sly indictment of the toll Hollywood takes on men, and for extra measure it lobs some pointed jokes at Hollywood’s women. Female success and male decline: what A Star Is Born tells us about fame, fear and feminism 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z In dealing with others, Margie is combative, sly, nasty and tricky. | 'Good People': Been Back to the Old Neighborhood? 2011-03-04T03:09:46Z In this tentative but sly sidestepping routine, performed in profile, every movement seems essential, which isn’t always the case in “Screening Room.” Andrea Kleine’s Take on Yvonne Rainer at Chocolate Factory 2014-12-07T05:00:00Z The American title of the series is Heavy Haulers, which may have been intended as a sly reference to Jeremy being a person of weight. TV Review: The Man Who Moves Buildings 2010-07-23T05:45:00Z ‘Stories We Tell’ Sarah Polley’s sly, sensational investigation of family secrets and the camera’s ability to reveal and invent the truth. A. O. Scott’s Top Movies of 2013 2013-12-11T15:00:05Z The book had some sly touches for the adults who would be reading it to their children, including reproductions of an actual Pollock and a detail from an Edgar Degas painting. Ian Falconer, Creator of Olivia, the Energetic Piglet, Dies at 63 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z It isn’t surprising how effortlessly Bill Murray takes possession of Sofia Coppola’s gently comic “On the Rocks” — though this hijacking may be more of a sly directorial surrender. ‘On the Rocks’ Review: Daddy Dearest and His Late Bloomer 2020-10-01T04:00:00Z Then came the plot twist: She may have been a sly traditionalist all along. Maren Morris, a Pop-Curious Hitmaker, Is Country, After All 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z Ever the sly pianist, he got away with it. Russian pianist Alexei Lubimov fittingly honors the woman who insulted Stalin to his face 2016-03-01T05:00:00Z Mr. Atkinson’s buffoonery is sly and subtle, centered on his endlessly elastic face, especially his wide brown eyes and elevator brows that do comedic jigs. | 'Johnny English Reborn': ?Johnny English Reborn? Stars Rowan Atkinson - Review 2011-10-20T20:52:35Z And like its successor, it’s a black-and-white period drama whose stylistic austerity and quiet control gives way to reveal heart-rending emotions and a sly sense of humor. ‘Night Catches Us,’ ‘Ida’ and More Offbeat Streaming Options 2021-02-23T05:00:00Z There is an opportunity here, beyond doing the right thing and offering acolytes a sly nod to the superhero’s famously unorthodox gestation. Will Wonder Woman be the movies' first major gay superhero? 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z In a production that plays it straight, this can be an enjoyable and witty spoof whose sly wit lampoons a far more innocent era. This week's new theatre 2010-06-04T23:06:00Z With his sly smile and his sparkly eyes, he delivers the zingers with an easy grace, giving a nice silky consistency to shtick that, in more aggressive hands, might grow oppressive. Review: ‘An Act of God,’ With Jim Parsons as an Almighty Comedian 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z Alice Winocour’s “Disorder” is a tightly wound spring of a movie, a tour de force of sound design and sly editing that implies much more than it shows. Review: In ‘Disorder,’ Danger Lurks in Many Corners, or None at All 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z Bahamas, a Canadian group led by the songwriter Afie Jurvanen, opened the concert with sly, laconic songs about how many ways a guy can sabotage a relationship. Music Review: Michael Kiwanuka at the Highline Ballroom 2012-06-14T21:40:14Z Around that same time she snapped pictures of men on the street who whistled or cat-called when she passed, oddball mug shots that were also sly tributes to overlooked New Yorkers. Abroad: When Art and Energy Were SoHo Neighbors 2011-04-29T18:01:57Z His musical contribution was also sly, though a little more serious: he played “Blues Walk,” one of his enduring hard-bop tunes, with a taut, honking ease. Music Review: 2013 N.E.A. Jazz Masters Are Honored 2013-01-15T22:24:48Z Stories, in that sly way, are his thing, and in his daily life he’s not averse to mussing around with geological terms like “hornfels” and “gneiss.” He Can’t Save His Daughter. Can He Save Himself? 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z The theme pursued with the most energy and invention is the resentment of stereotyping, that sly and effective means of erasing individuality. Art Review: Mideast Photography at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 2013-12-26T22:22:28Z For the rest of this sly, brutal movie he will keep on staggering and falling, overcome by the harsh weather, the unforgiving land, his difficult venture and, most crucially, his vainglorious ego. ‘Godland’ Review: Another of God’s Lonely Men Goes Amok (Spiritually) 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z As sly and winning as the novel is stylistically, it’s not hard to imagine the sort of substantive riposte to it that Austen might make. The Ideal Marriage, According to Novels 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z The plot revolved around the determined efforts of an ambitious young window washer named J. Pierrepont Finch, played with sly humor by Mr. Morse, to climb to the top of the corporate ladder. Robert Morse, Impish Tony-Winning Comedy Star, Is Dead at 90 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z Each story, moreover, contains sly intertextual allusions to characters and elements from the others. Review | Oh, the places you’ll want to go! Two new books offer the most magical of escapes 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z Flowers’s graphic novel consists of eight stories that mix autobiography and fiction with sly humor and an ethnographer’s eye. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z Failed romances, Rilo Kiley's breakup, the death of her estranged father — the singer addresses them all in songs that blend bruising introspection with a sly sense of humor. With 'The Voyager,' Jenny Lewis feels the album magic 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z With her avid glare and jack-o'-lantern smile, Ms. Kendrick is not a classic Cinderella, but a sly, modern go-getter plotting her future. ‘Into the Woods,’ Disney’s Take on the Sondheim-Lapine Classic 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z Saskia Wickham conveys the strain of preserving the marital facade and there is a peach of a performance from Graham Seed as a sly blackmailer who veers between ingratiation and menace. Accolade 2011-02-04T01:15:21Z But with a wry smile, full of a sly bemusement, as if he were thinking, “Isn’t life odd that I would be treated so?” The Tender Side of Edward Albee 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z But that’s just one strand of McBride’s tour de force, a book resounding with madcap characters and sly commentary on race, crime and inequality. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z One frilly organza puffball was a sly homage to the performance artist Leigh Bowery. Desi Santiago Is an Artist in the Moment 2012-03-28T21:01:45Z Supreme A.I. queen Maeve is due back, and she’s forever endeared to him, so even if he might be more of a background player, humans would be wrong to underestimate this sly android ally. 10 Characters Who Could Run Things in Westworld's Season 2 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z It’s hard to tell whether he’s repeating himself, making a sly comment on how pervasive the dish is in New York, or both. Lost in New York at Public Kitchen 2017-10-10T04:00:00Z “Life is the same,” she said, a sly smile forming between her churlish lips. Up Close: Azealia Banks, a Young Rapper Taking Cues From the Street 2012-02-01T23:53:01Z The best of such cinematic monuments have banished the distraction of mimicry altogether: Witness Cate Blanchett’s sly, androgynous turn as Bob Dylan in the appropriately enigmatic, audaciously experimental biopic “I’m Not There.” Why music biopics so often fall flat 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z Some singers rose to the challenge with wit and abandon: I won’t soon forget the sly pleasure with which Ms. Crowe jiggles her tailbone as if to mark the badger’s lair. Review: The Berlin Philharmonic Stages a Musically Glorious ‘Vixen’ 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z Her structures skipped beats, made sly harmonic turns and took startling melodic leaps. Music Review: Her Folksy Parlor, Crowded With Family and Friends 2011-05-15T22:02:17Z Heymann has remained a devotee of Naharin’s work, admiring its sly political edge and the way it challenges the cult of Israeli machismo. The Secret History of the Israeli Choreographer Ohad Naharin 2017-02-01T05:00:00Z A sly grin spreads over Mr. Wilson’s face. A Collector Bets His Eye and His Gut 2013-12-06T23:12:40Z “Wolf” offers a brief on a slier brand of predatory masculinity: “Don’t wear no suit/We’re talking T-shirts.” New Releases From Conor Oberst and Brantley Gilbert 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z I'll say no more, and let viewers themselves pick up on those lovingly submerged pivotal moments Linklater so relishes, or the sly movie references he slips in like sugar lumps but never oversells. Before Midnight: 'what grown-up romantics have instead of lightsabers' 2013-06-17T05:00:00Z His ruminative deadpan meets a deceptively simple backdrop: some masterly guitar work, some drums and flute, all put together with sly serenity. Craig Taborn, Wayne Shorter and Bill Callahan Achieve 2013-12-13T18:35:06Z His publisher calls it “a sly international thriller,” although, while a thriller of sorts, it’s not really international and just what “sly” means becomes an increasingly interesting question. ‘Killer, Come Hither,’ a legal thriller set amid New York’s upper crust 2015-04-12T04:00:00Z In villages in the Schwarzwald, there are sneering houses: the little window in the roof is elongated like a sly eye. Man and Things 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z Women, sly creatures that we are, hide our erectile tissue inside our bodies. Looking for the key to good sex? Become clitorate! 2015-03-15T04:00:00Z When the latter was brought in to co-direct “The Lego Movie,” he recruited Patterson to conjure something that blended sly wit with the communal euphoria of the Lego world. ‘Everything Is Awesome’ for Shawn Patterson, the most unlikely of best original song Oscar nominees 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z Sacha Gervasi’s “Hitchcock,” about the director during the time of the making of “Psycho,” is by contrast an oddly sunny piece of work, filmed in bright color and filled with sly wit. ‘Hitchcock’ is surprisingly sunny 2012-11-30T03:28:09Z “What was apparent in the first meeting was that she was very smart, very strong, with a wry, sly sense of humor and built out of integrity,” he told The Post in December. ‘The messier, the better’: The righteously angry women who dominate this year’s Oscars 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z Shteyngart's background supplied him with the persona that is his camouflage and his sly revenge. 'America's top satirist' 2010-09-04T23:02:00Z Ms. Mazzoli deftly uses repetition to build up the listener’s expectation and sly wit to dash it, though she also serves up measured portions of real beauty. Music Review: Kronos Quartet at Carnegie Hall 2013-05-06T20:08:04Z Lovell, who has written entertaining biographies of the Mitford and Churchill families, knows how to render sly appraisals of her often complicated subjects. 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z Filming in Franco’s Spain with the sufferance of the Church, Buñuel set the action in pre-Civil War Toledo, but his sly, ironic fancies do the established order no favors. Movies 2014-07-21T04:00:00Z It has lost none of its sweep and sly humor. V.S. Naipaul, a Writer of Many Contradictions and Obvious Greatness 2018-08-12T04:00:00Z “You learn the federal issues and then the state issues, the reporters you like and the ones you don’t,” she said, with a sly smile. 2010-02-06T05:10:00Z “We’re all very eager and looking forward to being there,” Baltacigil says, adding with a sly smile, “To play in, after Benaroya, one of the finest concert halls in the U.S.? Why not?” Symphony cellist Efe Baltacigil takes on Dvorák concerto 2014-03-20T21:15:55Z It is sly and earnest, full of songs that move anxiously in several directions — punk, new wave, funk, soul, hip-hop — and full of agitated vocals from Mr. Williams and Mr. Haley. Happy No More, Pharrell Williams and N.E.R.D Want to Wake You Up 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z “Mr. Natural” is a sly satire on creative virility. Art in Review: ROCHELLE FEINSTEIN: ?The Estate of Rochelle F.? 2011-04-14T20:23:52Z Early word suggests a superior romcom full of pathos and sly humour. Summer 2017's best movies: from Scarlett Johansson's hen night to Morrissey's teen years 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z He has a smart, literate, sly voice on the page. In ‘Dirt,’ Bill Buford Goes in Search of French Cuisine’s Secrets 2020-05-25T04:00:00Z This sly actor recognizes the fantasy’s limits by giving Giovanni, a consummate holy fool, a nagging vacuousness. ‘Viva la Libertà,’ a Comedy Starring Toni Servillo 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z But what sticks with him now, long after he’s left, are the sly humiliations and social ostracizations. Dharun Ravi says he’s sorry 2012-05-30T15:30:00Z And that was a denouement very in much in keeping with the show’s patented balance of sentiment and sly self-awareness. The TV Watch: ‘How I Met Your Mother’ Ends With Twists Expected and Sweet 2014-04-01T04:10:26Z She’s a model of sly wit, of compassion and, yes, of integrity. Hillary Clinton’s Moment, and My Own 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z You can feel the joy he takes in summoning the characters into being as “Venice” begins, assessing the actors with sly and shy glances as they appear onstage. Theater Review: ‘Venice,’ by Eric Rosen and Matt Sax, Teems With Action 2013-06-14T03:18:01Z I was surprised, though, to discover that Lo is a reticent storyteller when the story is herself, because as a writer, she is forthright, funny and sly. For this top New York chef, an asparagus dish that ‘didn’t make sense’ led to a career without borders 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z He brought a touch of sly playfulness to the Allemande, and dispatched the syncopations in the snappy Courante with biting intensity. Noted Pianist Piotr Anderszewski Takes a Break From His Career 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z Perhaps in sly response to a movie that will feature a lot of action, Mr. Child begins “A Wanted Man” by confining Reacher to very close quarters. Books of The Times: ‘A Wanted Man: A Jack Reacher Novel’ by Lee Child 2012-09-10T02:06:18Z The music unfailingly suits the words with its airy lines, elegant ensembles and sly allusions: a whiff of “La Bohème” each time Lydia dreams of noble destitution, for instance. Opera Review: Bronx Opera Company’s ‘The Rivals’ at the Lovinger Theater 2014-01-13T19:15:13Z His is an artfully composed morphology, one without pretense or the sly retouching that portends that the faux is real. T Magazine: Jean-Paul Goude's Bodies of Work 2011-11-15T15:30:02Z These materials reappear in wall sculptures from 1972 that offer similarly sly exaggerations of gestural painting. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z While she had Mr. Phillips beat in volume, and maybe also in commitment, he was lithe and sly, performing as if there were no competition. Critic’s Notebook: American Idol Winner Phillip Phillips Is Known for His Modesty 2012-05-24T06:17:26Z With its sly implication that what other Indian restaurants are selling isn’t quite the real thing, “Unapologetic Indian” is a virtuoso piece of marketing. South Indian Food That Goes Back to Its Roots, at Semma 2022-01-10T05:00:00Z A recent alumna is Jessica Harrison, a contemporary British artist based in Scotland, known for her sly manipulations of mass-produced porcelain figurines. Where Artists Go to Play With Clay 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z Were they secreted away by a sly book bandit? Did a book bandit pilfer rarities from N.Y. Public Library? 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z There is a sly, unspoken literary prejudice at work in Britain today, and it is not against how the novel is written, nor what happens in it. Waterline by Ross Raisin ? review 2011-07-13T09:05:02Z A sly smile appears as she does just that. Taraji P Henson: 'Hollywood didn't grasp my talent' 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z Whether spectators see a sly political allusion or simply an icon of good-natured irreverence, the one-fingered hand would be a grand, brazen, unforgettable gesture. A Fine Italian Hand 2010-10-11T18:30:00Z Otherwise, employing her sly sweetness, her main tactic is going meta, leaning into her celebrity and reputation to bring attention to topics raging from the personal and innocuous to the unavoidably political. No more Jimmys on late night: Why we need more women comedians hosting now 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z Its prose can be sober, even urgent, but is also peppered with abundant sly humor. E. M. Broner, Jewish Feminist, Dies at 83 2011-06-23T05:09:08Z The piece is not without its trite plotlines, which also include a stumbling, limb-locked brawl between two buddies and a woozy foursome among the sly Michelle Fleet and three prowling men. Paul Taylor Dance Company at Lincoln Center Out of Doors 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z "He is a sly, manipulative sociopath, a con man with no soul." The art world's Bernie Madoff, and his deceptions 2010-10-23T16:16:00Z “There’s no more bad guys left in the world,” she said with a sly smile. Put Down Your Phone! It’s Patti LuPone. 2021-12-11T05:00:00Z The key is what he does on the sly: the way his subtle shifts of focus within a shot don’t just change the emphasis of the scene, but mirror quirks of consciousness. Review: ‘Marjorie Prime’ and Jon Hamm: Ceaselessly Into the Past 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z "Well, I hope not," he says with a sly grin. Peter Gabriel on 30 years of Womad – and mixing music with politics 2012-07-26T19:00:01Z When I asked him about that during a recent conversation, he said, “When I said that I don’t feel a responsibility, I was being a little bit sly and provocative on purpose.” Music: A Call for More New Music From New York Philharmonic 2012-01-06T17:00:00Z Ms. Terry’s performance offers a reminder, both sly and profound, that we all strike poses in the early phases of a romance. London Theater Journal: En Travesti, Both Sides Now 2015-08-25T04:00:00Z Between his temper flares and the sly evasions native to any former undercover narcotics cop, Holder seemed a likely candidate for Man Leading a Double Life. "The Killing's" real killer 2011-05-22T18:01:00Z Is this video a bizarre, sly nod to society’s obsession with celebrity in the social media age? Can You Spot All the Celebs in Maroon 5's New Music Video? 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z Sometimes Anwar, a slender, dapper grandfather with a jaunty walk and a sly, disarming smile, offers straightforward lessons in death-squad technique. Movie Review: ‘Act of Killing’ Re-enacts Indonesian Massacres 2013-07-18T16:01:22Z The sly novelty of this exchange is what sustains Amis' story: Few easy potshots are taken, despite the easily dismissible conceit. Martin Amis takes on Nazi love in 'Zone of Interest.' Really. 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z The fencing suggests a sly sense of displacement: “Walls are meant to exclude but also protect, and in this case they are used as veils and disguises,” Smith says, examining the image. An Artist Who Creates Joyful, Shimmering Images of West Indian Culture 2019-04-02T04:00:00Z “Don’t Think Twice” is a sly, heartfelt comedy about an improv troupe called The Commune. How Mike Birbiglia and Keegan-Michael Key found common comedy ground: “He helped me ‘make less’ of it” 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z One way to read “Eminent Outlaws” — a profitable way — is simply as an anthology of sly and sometimes X-rated anecdotes. Books of The Times: Christopher Bram?s ?Eminent Outlaws,? on American Gay Writers 2012-02-02T22:57:21Z The sly joke that Anger is the designated newspaper reader in the group? Review: 'Inside Out' Is the Craziest Movie Pixar Has Ever Come Up With 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z Wealth and privilege rarely seem as precarious as they do in "The Maid's Room," writer-director Michael Walker's sly, satisfying thriller about class, status and violence. 'The Maid's Room' adds suspense to class tensions 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z Both were formerly in the sales world, so their anticapitalist mind-set is backed up by specific insights into scarcity marketing and other sly tactics that make us all want to buy more stuff. 6 Podcasts to Help You Get Organized 2022-10-18T04:00:00Z Robins is both effusive and sly as Alice tries to keep one step ahead of her treacherous, bullying spouse. Review: 'Dance of Death' edgy as always 2013-04-19T02:50:09Z They want to attract audiences and keep them engaged as long as possible, concentrating this sly tactic into the one almighty "Next Episode" button. Netflix: Is mainstream content squeezing out the daring plots viewers originally fell for? 2023-02-20T05:00:00Z It’s an earthshaking, hair-raising performance, with an unprecedented honesty about eros — and the song’s sly subtext is that it could also be addressed to God. The All-TIME 100 Songs 2011-10-24T09:00:29Z There's always been something vulnerable about Faris, an ease of conveying innocence and decency, but she's also capable of very sly characterizations, like the unforgettable silly movie star in Lost in Translation. Movie review of What's Your Number starring Anna Faris 2011-09-28T11:05:00Z Atlanta has its own genealogy of stylists, which in the last few years has included the sly mumbler Gucci Mane and the lovelorn android Future. Critic’s Notebook: Young Thug’s ‘Black Portland’ Extends His Reputation 2014-02-05T21:42:57Z A sly subversive in structure, Mr. Ayckbourn sets time moving in several directions in “Time of My Life.” ‘Ayckbourn Ensemble,’ 3 Offerings by the British Playwright 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z Brecht’s famous drama “Life of Galileo” buys into that rumor and goes even further, painting a harsh portrait of a sly self-promoter who turns cowardly when it counts most. | 'Starry Messenger': Science and Religion on a Collision Course at Galileo?s Trial 2011-02-08T22:14:19Z That Cecil, whose brother marries Daphne, is a thoroughly unworthy subject lends power and irony to the book, sly in its mockery of historical certainty. Books of The Times: ?The Stranger?s Child? by Alan Hollinghurst - Review 2011-12-11T21:24:58Z |
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