Sentences with phrase «timely story of»

Set against the backdrop of South Africa where Ndzube was born, Bhabharosi tells the timely story of the hero's journey...
Ted Lewin's gorgeous sun - drenched paintings and Eve Bunting's sensitive text immediately put the reader into another child's shoes in this timely story of a young Muslim immigrant.
Fans of expertly crafted marriage thrillers will find a rewarding this timely story of a husband accused of harassment and the wife who chooses to stand behind him.
Fans of expertly crafted marriage thrillers will no doubt enjoy this timely story of a husband accused of harassment and the wife who chooses to stand behind him.
Thought - provoking without being didactic, this intense and timely story of an isolated, hockey - mad Swedish town is convincingly conveyed by narrator Ireland, from the opening gunshot to the unexpected but immensely satisfying conclusion.
With an impressive, extensive cast list, Battle of the Sexes is a timely story of the fight for gender equality.
The film, an adaptation co-written by Virgil Williams and Rees, is the timeless and timely story of two families — one black, one white — bound together by the farmland of the Mississippi Delta during the Jim Crow era.
«Bernard and Huey is a timely story of two men behaving badly, and the smart women who rein them in.»
Adapted by Don M. Mankiewicz from his own novel, Trial is a surprisingly timely story of how justice can sometimes be compromised by «special interests».

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In a world where financing for western startups has gotten notoriously tighter in recent months, it's a timely reminder of how far the Chinese consumer market growth story has to run.
In addition, every issue of the ABF Journal includes timely cover stories and articles authored by industry specialists, plus our regular features encompassing briefs of the top industry related news stories, exclusive interviews with industry leaders, notable ABL transaction summaries and commentary from our team of contributing writers on turnaround management, legal topics and case studies and other relevant insights from ABL industry practitioners.
The story is only timely because of the minister in Florida threatening to burn the Quran.
Devotion, by Adam Makos (Ballantine): The story of the U.S. Navy's first African - American carrier pilot, Jesse Brown, and his white squadron - mate and friend, Tom Hudner, is touching in its own right and a timely antidote to the politically - correct madness of recent months on campuses and elsewhere.
It seems to me, however, that these old stories speak to us in a surprisingly timely way, once we penetrate to their inner content through the enveloping layers of culturally alien materials.
When I haven't been blogging regularly, I like to share a round - up of interesting or important stories you may have missed: Parents are failing to recognize obesity in their own children, resulting in a failure to seek timely intervention.
Giving Birth with Confidence is an online community, created by Lamaze International, written for and by real women (and men) with a variety of trustworthy, timely and appealing stories, articles and tips related to pregnancy, birth and parenting.
While PFOA contamination is believed to have leeched into the ground water from the nearby Saint Gobain Plastics factory, this story is less about the polluter and more about whether the concerns from residents of a small town near the Vermont border were taken seriously in a timely enough fashion.
Also think about publishing something on your blog right away with a title that connects the breaking story with your own information — now that Google is including just - published stories in its main search pages, a timely post can rocket to the top of the results.
Admittedly, mistaking the personnel who attended this meeting wasn't some weeny, throwaway error, like the suggestion that Saddam Hussein could launch a chemical or biological attack in 45 minutes; and Alastair's timely correction may yet save a costly whitewash inquiry into the affair, as well as the prospect of anyone connected with the story committing suicide alone in the woods.
TimesLedger did not reach out to Sears in a timely enough manner last week for her to give her side of the story on the protest.
But for the grace of God I was slated to be one of them but for the timely intervention of my cousins on my mother's side who were non-Igbo and a friend of my elder brother, a sergeant major and a nurse in the Nigerian army, they made it possible for me as a eyewitness to begin to tell the story of those whose human and civil rights had been violently taken from them.
Stories from the Onondaga Nation near Syracuse, N.Y., tell of being rescued from famine by the timely emergence of periodical cicadas.
The commentary, by Lawrence Heaney of the Field Museum in Chicago, provides a timely reminder that Wallace was so much more than Darwin's sidekick or a footnote in the story of evolution.
The monthly email editions of our employee publications HUPdate, PresbyBulletin, What's New, and System News contain exclusive online - only photos, and timely announcements in addition to the stories in the print editions.
At first glance, the color story of the Issey Miyake X Iittala collection (out now exclusively on momastore.org) looks quite timely for those looking for a burst of spring hues to freshen up the tabletop, but the culmination of this partnership has been in the works for several seasons now — four whole years, to be exact.
Take Magazine features in - depth stories of people in New England who are making culture happen in the fields of visual art, music, design, literature, film, dance, food, fashion, and theater as well as the timely information you will need to plan your cultural consumption throughout New England.
To be sure, his story is extraordinary, thrilling, and tragic, familiar as old World War II movies and also terribly and apparently forever timely, focused as it is on torture and the limits of vision that might inform it.
Dee Rees's story of one black and one white family struggling in WW II - era South couldn't be more timely
In such a bleak story, the redemptive ending seems rushed and unconvincing, but director Oliver Schmitz has sent us a timely dispatch from a forgotten corner of the world that is honest above all.
Given the nature of its story, there's an obvious parallel to be made to the current United States administration and its strenuous relationship with the media, which is why Spielberg and his team felt it was so necessary to move swiftly and get it to the big screen while the material is still timely.
In a brisk, timely story about freedom of the press, «The Post» may be all - too - easy Oscar bait, but it's as satisfying and polished as you'd expect.
The setting is somewhere between a post-WWII Brigadoon and the environs of Marcel Carn classic «Children of Paradise,» but the story is as timely as this morning's news from Europe.
The Chi, Season 1: THE CHI is a timely coming - of - age story centering on a group of residents of the South Side of Chicago who become linked by coincidence but bonded by the need for connection and redemption.
If Polyarc can follow through with their (apparent) plans for timely episodic installments to the world of Moss, and continue building on this foundation, this could be the start of a world you'll look forward to losing yourself in any time there's a new story to be told.
Review of She's Beautiful When She's Angry by Associate Editor Brigid K. Presecky Mary Dore's timely documentary feels like a textbook come to life, following the story of the Women's Rights Movement from its conception to today's ongoing battle.
The story of the Washington Post's role in publishing the Pentagon Papers is a timely one, but I think All the President's Men and Spotlight are better newspaper films.
Based on a short story by Albert Camus, David Oelhoffen's classically conceived period Western is a tense and timely study of war's political and personal sacrifices.
Waithe starred in Steven Spielberg's Ready Player One, and serves as writer, creator and executive producer of Showtime's The Chi, a relevant, timely and distinctive coming - of - age story that follows six interrelated characters in Chicago's South Side that drew rave reviews and was quickly renewed for a second season.
Based on a true story, an idealistic young employee (Theo James) working at the UN investigates the grisly murder of his predecessor and uncovers a vast global conspiracy, that may even involve his own boss (Ben Kingsley), in this gripping and timely thriller.
because Spielberg felt that the story of newspapers trying to expose massive corruption in the White House was... you know... timely.
But it's not just that the story of down - and - out West Virginians scheming to hit it rich is relevant today; it also offers a timely addendum (or even reply) to Soderbergh's famous work, the Ocean's trilogy.
Battle of the Sexes is an entertaining and inspiring story about a dogged woman winning against men who don't take her seriously enough, and it's a timely story to be retold.
On its own merit, the film is quite staggering and very timely with other stories from the U.S. soil of similar nature.
An intriguing combination of drama and documentary, this Swiss film tells a simple story that's compelling and still timely, addressing issues of equality and prejudice from an often startlingly personal perspective.
It's a timely story, of course, but it's also a universal one that delivers a necessary message without shirking from the realities of breaking free from a lifetime of evil indoctrination.
A number of other major restorations will have their World Premieres at the Festival: Carol Reed's atmospheric Graham Greene adaptation of OUR MAN IN HAVANA (1959), set in Cuba at the start of the Cold War, makes timely viewing as US / Cuba relations thaw; Ken Russell's reworking of D.H. Lawrence scandalous classic WOMEN IN LOVE (1970) stars Oliver Reed, Alan Bates and Glenda Jackson and shows two couple's contrasting searches for love, and was restored by the BFI National Archive working alongside cinematographer Billy Williams; A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS (1966) is directed by Fred Zinnemann from a script by great British screenwriter, Robert Bolt from Bolt's play about Sir Thomas More, a perfect companion piece to Wolf Hall; Henry Fonda stars in the ripe - for - discovery WARLOCK (1959), a seething study of vengeance and repressed sexuality in a Utah mining outpost; and Bryan Forbes» THE RAGING MOON (1971) starring Malcolm McDowell and Nanette Newman in a tender story between two young people in wheelchairs which was ahead of its time in its attempts to change attitudes to disability.
Yet here is an old - fashioned, unapologetically sentimental update of a quintessentially British story that manages to seem by turns traditional and timely.
The feel - good nature of the story means that it's a fairly predictable journey for Carl, but Favreau takes a timely approach to the material with the whole food truck angle and the incorporation of social media.
He also felt the film's reboot was very timely, with its story of immigration in the age of «putting up walls.»
As with other reviews, my main issue with the film was the shallow take on the moral dilemma of the story with the timely spaceship mishap allowing a neat and tidy wrap - up.
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