Sentences with phrase «unlikely subject»

In the world of art, athletes and musicians may seem like unlikely subjects, but the truth is that they're some of the most fervent collectors around.

It looks like a promising year for musicals — not cheesy Disney adaptations or super-safe revivals, but interesting work tackling unlikely subject matters or experimenting with form.

It's about the history of an iconic, globally powerful brand that represents an unlikely subject for a product that has gone from highly controversial to somewhat of a commodity over the course of half a century.

A surprisingly enjoyable film about an unlikely subject that's brought to life through a clever script, understated wit, finely executed film editing, and excellent performances by Christian Bale, Steve Carell and Ryan Gosling.

Yet Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead have still managed to carve out their own little niche in the market with this film, a daring fusion of grindhouse genre fiction with indie romance that somehow uses those seemingly opposed elements to transcend and forge a tale about the power and uniting force of love, no matter how star - crossed and unlikely its subjects may be.

For as much sound and fury Deadpool makes about breaking the boundaries of superhero convention, Zootopia is a lot quieter about its story that manages to work as an allegory about — of all unlikely subjects — racial profiling.

Although the on - again, off - again romance between Johnny and June would seem like an unlikely subject to hinge the entire biography of Johnny Cash on, credit writer - director Mangold (Identity, Kate & Leopold) for making it work, as it really draws out who the man truly is in a way that no other angle seems satisfying enough to do.

NEW ORLEANS — One Wednesday afternoon last fall, teachers at Success Preparatory Academy gathered for a professional - development session on an unlikely subject: their grocery lists.

President Obama dedicated a significant portion of his State of the Union speech last night to the unlikely subject of preschool, calling for «states to make high - quality preschool available to every child in America.»

The methodical, multistep jailbreak might seem like an unlikely subject for a video game.

The scenarios involving nudes in these recent paintings also reflect his ability to convey bold, perhaps unpleasant truths through superficially clumsy, unlikely subjects.

The sculpture, video, photograph, and series of paintings in this Brazilian artist's second solo endeavor at Marianne Boesky Gallery together formed an arcadian vision starring an unlikely subject: cyanobacteria.

His unlikely subject pairing is what makes him one of the most exciting artists at the market.

British artist David Shrigley has chosen an unlikely subject for his sculptural commission outside the Bayerischer Hof Hotel in Munich: Michael Jackson's pet chimpanzee, Bubbles.

Archibald John Motley Junior (1891 — 1981) is the unlikely subject of the Whitney's first temporary exhibition...

He deftly forges strange, vicarious intimacies between viewers and the unlikely subjects of his paintings — from giants and insecure grasshoppers to an entire cast of fretting fowl.

Artist Julie Brookman has managed to find beauty in this unlikely subject: With the careful study of their forms, through

Artist Julie Brookman has managed to find beauty in this unlikely subject: With the careful study of their forms, through Brookman's lens, it is possible to find tragic grace.

Artist Julie Brookman has managed to find beauty in this unlikely subject: With the careful study of their forms, through Brookman's lens, it is possible to find

One of the nation's great televisual fascinations last week became the unlikely subject of an Administrative Court judgment that demonstrates the limits of common law standards of fairness, as well as the lightness of touch applied by the courts when reviewing the decision - making of the media regulator.