Thanks to everyone who's been reading these recaps and contributing to the comments, which have been invariably smart, entertaining and, not the least, civil.
A formidable talker who is invariably smart, candid and acerbic, De Palma is a person of considerable self-confidence, and listening to him hold forth gives us an always-involving glimpse inside a singular cinematic mind".
At 7 p.m., Rubin Museum of Art, 150 West 17th Street, Chelsea, (212) 620-5000, rmanyc.org; $20. (Chinen) Ben Waltzer Trio (Friday) The pianist Ben Waltzer favors both lyricism and exploration in his music, and he invariably assembles smart rhythm partners — in this case, the bassist Matt Penman and the drummer Otis Brown III.
In France, ordering the plat du jour at lunch time is invariably a smart move, and the price rarely exceeds €15, except at the most expensive restaurants.
Black characters are invariably street-smart, hip and aggressive.
The patients have been described in medical papers as if they were superior beings, almost invariably the smartest, most sensitive, and best assimilated children in their families.
Though the king made secret visits to the troops and Elizabeth made a point of visiting places that had been bombed, invariably wearing a smart dress and pearls, they were relatively unaffected personally until Sept. 13, 1940.
That meant that I was less compelled to compare myself to the men she saw who were invariably tall, handsome, smart, successful, impossibly well-endowed.
Smart technologies invariably require the collection of large amounts of data often of a personal nature.
His editing invariably made arguments sharper, smarter, and more firm in their defense of Cheney's executive powers, a former military official who worked with him said.
"Some of the musicians who worked with him hated her, but they invariably point out she's smart, sometimes intimidatingly so, and utterly devoted to Bowie.
