Sentences with phrase «political bent»

Might it be because of a particular political bent?

While the story had a serious political bent, this movie threw that aside for insanely bad science and some weak attempts at action.

Much of your work of late has a definite political bent.

does deal with terrorist bombings, but there isn't much in the way of political bent.

Art with a more decidedly political bent is on view at Miami Dade College: Holoscenes features performers swimming in a 4,500 - gallon tank and performing daily activities, a reminder of climate change and rising sea levels.

Quebecor Media Inc. recently announced plans for a 24 - hours news channel with a conservative political bent, and a web poll conducted by COMPAS Inc. shows Canadian business leaders are somewhat mixed on the concept.

Three years after Roe v. Wade had made abortion on demand the most compelling moral issue of our times, 1976 was also the year a Southern Baptist of a different political bent, Charles Colson, Watergate villain turned prison reformer, published his own bestselling conversion story.

has toned down his earlier political bent, the globally televised awards gala itself did anything but.

«Last Flag Flying» has a caustic political bent, but in the end, it's more about these specific men than a broader indictment of war or «the system.»

Although Thelma & Louise has garnered accolades and acclaim, I feel the need to mention that it tends to strike certain demographics harder than others, which many works with a perceived political bent tend to do.

With The Book of Daniel, his third novel, Doctorow emerged as an important American novelist with a strongly political bent.

She's collaborated with Marc Jacobs at Louis Vuitton, and Issey Miyake; perhaps less known is that she once ran her own fashion label, the Kusama Fashion Institute, whose constant flow of press releases and marketing parodies had a fiercely political bent that, revisited today, make the work of post-internet slashies seem weak.

COMMODITY TRADE Pier 92 also features a rebooted Focus section: Once devoted to a single geographical region, it's now a more diverse affair with a subtly political bent.

Even abstract artists with a strong political bent have kept art and politics determinedly apart: Ad Reinhardt, for instance, was politically active as a citizen, but there's not a trace of politics in his monochrome paintings.

The «audit» of surfacestations is motivated by political bent more than scientific inquiry.

ARLINGTON ROAD does deal with terrorist bombings, but there isn't much in the way of political bent.

Though some went to organizations with no particular political bent, like the San Diego Public Library Foundation and a little even went to right - of - center groups like the Ripon Society and the Republican Main Street Partnership, the vast majority of that $ 13 million went to liberal and left wing groups that have nothing to do with education.

Her time - based program is entitled «ASSEMBLY» and takes a decidedly political bent.

The proposed solution, which really shouldn't be surprising given Jacobin's political bent, is unionization — that workers need to get organized and demand better treatment from management.

Sorry, but the chances are that your children and or grandchildren will fall victim to your political bent.

There is a whole world — actually, countless worlds — of boardgames out there that are perfectly suited to those with a political bent.

The leafy, suburban district is more moderate in its political bent.

However, a new study, led by Amodio, indicates that political bent «is not just a choice people have, but it seems to be linked to fundamental differences in the way people process information.»

(In London, the emphasis on social housing had a political bent, in light of Grenfell Tower, a public housing block in the city's Notting Hill district that caught fire in June, killing at least 80 people.)

The self - professed rapper - actor - activist has delivered a modern - day hip - hop answer to Marvin Gaye's «What's Going On,» tackling everything from romance to the wage gap to the lack of diversity in Hollywood with a political bent.

It's more of a case of the same few visual cues repeated ad nauseam, and ultimately little in the way of a message at all when it comes to its political bent.

Depending on your political bent or current mood based on the recent election, this film may not be for everyone, however.

The film is directed by Marc Forster («Finding Neverland,» «Quantum of Solace») and is similar in spirit to September's «Contagion» (from director Soderbergh and starring Damon) with its geo - political bent and the aspiration to deliver social messages amid the moans and screams.

Both stars have used their success in Hollywood to produce films that have more of a political bent, as well as pushing the boundaries of their commerciality to the extreme.

Demonstrations in France beginning about 1968 seem to parrot what was going on in America, at least according to a new film by Olivier Assayas, whose «demonlover» traced the efforts of two corporations competing to acquire manga pornography and whose TV series «Carlos,» about the Venezuelan revolutionary indicate the director's political bent.

And, for sure, HBO still invests in original films, usually with some kind of true - life or political bent, like Jay Roach's great «Recount» (2008) and «Game Change» (2012).

Steven Spielberg's «War of the Worlds» had a political bent, but Cameron's is blatant.

In short, as much as I have loved the show's political bent — and, truly, I do — more emphasis on character will be a good adjustment to the series.

Regardless of your political bent, watching Obama's team work is a wonderful civics lesson.

It is a dumb film, but in it's defense it wasn't going for profundity or any political bent.

This finding has no particular ideological or political bent; it is the result of careful and straightforward analysis of data.»

To knowingly elevate noisy data over more precise information is to pursue a «particular ideological or political bent.»

Taking into account the national papers» political bent, the results are hardly surprising.

If you like high fantasy with a dark and political bent (think Martin's Game of Thrones series), then you'll like this one even more, mainly because it's actually finished...

Whatever your political bent, her appearance (s) on Saturday Night Live cemented that fact.

And so ends the political bent of today's post.

Over 750 colossal puppets — often with a political bent — are paraded around the city.