#pacing

#pacing

But in Robert Icke's contemporary adaptation of the 2,400-year-old Greek tragedy, the real surprise is how long it takes to get there. Now at Studio 54, Oedipus arrives as the fall season's prestige import from abroad, bringing with it an imposing cast led by Mark Strong and Lesley Manville. It's sharply acted and conceptually ambitious. But the extended pacing dilutes the speed and compression that define Sophocles' original.

I got some flak last week for complaining about the increasingly notable absence of Pennywise on It: Welcome to Derry, but my objection is less about missing Bill Skarsgård (though I do!) and more about the ways this series - by virtue of being stretched out over eight hours - is forced to drag out its storytelling. And while this week's episode is better than the last, I'm struck even more strongly by a sense of wheel-spinning.

What makes a thriller thrill is pacing. The speed at which information emerges dictates the rhythm of our engagement; it's what keeps us coming back week after week. Most good thrillers escalate gradually, with each twist surpassing the last. The Girlfriend,a new Amazon Prime series based on Michelle Frances's book of the same name, directed by and starring Robin Wright,

Over the last several years, singer-songwriter Katie McTigue has steadily released songs under the name Pacing to a growing fanbase and increasing acclaim. Based in San Jose, McTigue started Pacing as a bedroom pop project, but it's grown into something more. Delicate, sardonic yet sincere, with each song crafted in a tongue-in-cheek style that pokes fun but invites further reflection, Pacing's music feels like the wind-down soundtrack to a night filled with adventure, like a