Why a teddy bear choking on a bubble seemed appropriate subject matter, I can’t say. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I was surprised that he said it, because, naturally, I was just starting to work my way into that subject matter. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Mark still couldn’t tell if he was laughing at the subject matter or just at the sounds coming out of the Toad. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He toned the show down some, but the subject matter was the same. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

They require fundamentally different talents and attitudes toward material as well as subject matter. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unnerved, Oppenheimer confided that every other registered student had already done the same—the hall was filled with students auditing the course for no credit, struggling to understand the subject matter without risking a grade. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Have the objectives evolved since the last time the students engaged with this subject matter? Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

In so far as scientific research still continues, this is its subject matter. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The book’s subject matter is history, but the approach is that of science—in particular, that of historical sciences such as evolutionary biology and geology. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Have the objectives evolved since the last time the students engaged with this subject matter?Have the objectives evolved since the last time the students engaged with this subject matter? Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Another is a confusion of the writer’s subject matter with his line of work. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

The second subsection reviews three issues: the problem of focusing on a description of professional activity rather than an exposition of subject matter, the overuse of apologetic language, and the disadvantages of excessive hedging. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

The carving, to my taste, is beautifully done, as graphically elegant, despite the gory subject matter, as a Matisse. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

They serve as a kind of packing material in which academics, bureaucrats, and corporate mouthpieces clad their subject matter. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

The miniatures on the walls revealed their subject matter under closer observation. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

In experiments, children who are asked to read a passage and are then tested on it will invariably score higher than children asked to watch a video of the same subject matter. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The nature of the grammatical subject matters, too. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

A nationalistic approach also began informing his choice of subject matter, especially after the Germans defeated the French in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

The other was that I cared deeply about the subject matter of the book. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

Part of the song’s popularity is the subject matter. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

“The subject matter here is very intriguing. And the way you manipulate shadows is very impressive, especially for someone so young.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The subject matter was beyond obscure: a challenge even to the most experienced theoreticians in the world. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

The subject matter—the power and peril of sex, secrets and lies that spin out of control—speaks to high schoolers. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

The word “topic” in linguistics actually has two meanings.5 In this chapter we have been looking at the topic of a discourse or text, namely the subject matter of a series of connected sentences. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

It is there not just in the seemingly mundane subject matter, but in the almost realist style, a style that, in lesser hands, could teeter into kitsch or even folk art. George Shaw 2011-02-13T00:05:02Z

Clearly it furnishes her with multiple layers of interconnected subject matter. Lebanese-Syrian roots run deep in Mary Ann Peters' latest show 2012-10-18T20:19:12Z

“It’s got the mixed meters and the disguising of the beat. The subject matter is very prog metal. It was already partially there.” Attend the tale, and turn it up: New prog metal ‘Todd’ premieres in D.C.

“Nevertheless we found there was a spirit common to all these novels: though their subject matter might be turbulent, their power and range were life-affirming — a tonic for our times.” Man Booker Longlist Features Arundhati Roy and Colson Whitehead 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z

“Commodities, irrespective of their subject matter, are made, produced, and marketed to entice any and all consumers. Beyoncé’s audience is the world and that world of business and money-making has no color.” bell hooks vs. Beyoncé: What this feminist scholarly critique gets wrong about “Lemonade” and liberation 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z

If the subject matter wasn’t clear enough, red balloons in the shape of hearts floated along the back of the stage. Dance Review | Kosoko Performance Group: Dancers Compelled by Words of a Poet 2010-02-19T23:16:00Z

The comedy fulfills the festival's traditional mandate of opening with a Canadian film, but it has already received some criticism for its low-brow subject matter. Toronto filmfest hopes to buck up weak Oscar season 2010-09-07T19:50:00Z

The film industry is no different, with Hong Kong directors partnering with mainland studios and turning to subject matter more appealing to mainland audiences. 'Infernal Affairs' director tries hand at romance 2011-04-11T09:16:05Z

When it was included in the Whitney Biennial in 2017, there was an outcry over whether a white artist has the right to use such subject matter as source material. Julian Schnabel: ‘Why can’t a white person tell the story of a black person? Everyone is pink inside’ 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z

Given their mutual affinity for nature — he treats wood in an organic way, and her subject matter includes plants and insects — it’s a bit surprising that they’ve never done a big project together. | Chris Lehrecke and Gabriella Kiss 2013-05-17T13:00:24Z

Mr. Pelecanos makes great use of that freedom and many others that this new subject matter affords him. George Pelecanos Explores New Terrain in ‘The Martini Shot’ 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z

At first I wasn't sure it was dealing with the subject matter appropriately, but at the end I was left with questions about my original assumptions. Hauschka's cultural highlights 2013-03-17T00:05:24Z

For these men, there is an umbilical connection of form and subject matter. Margie Orford: 'Working with these men helped me understand why South Africa is so violent' 2010-05-15T23:07:00Z

I hadn’t seen the subject matter addressed in our in-your-face let’s-talk-about-this manner. Here's The Real Reason Why Taraji P. Henson Almost Turned Down 'Empire' 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z

Style really did seem to be her subject matter then. Dance Review: Shades of ?Godot? and Zombies, Not to Mention Balanchine 2011-04-27T22:04:19Z

Lyrically, most of the band’s songs rehash the same subject matter over and over again: loneliness; heartache; the overwhelming hugeness of the world. Do I Hate Coldplay? Or Just Think I Do? 2011-10-27T15:15:56Z

Whether it is hard-to-digest subject matter or shoestring budgets, these directors fought some epic battles on their way to Hollywood's biggest night. Foreign films navigate rough waters to reach Oscars 2011-02-27T00:26:51Z

His Wikipedia page, once a maelstrom of Bieber-trivia, is Shaved into, er, a maelstrom of trivia whose subject matter is unclear. Justin Bieber erased from the internet! 2010-05-27T12:28:00Z

He worked in a fairly traditional folk style — sort of an updated version of Grandma Moses — but also extended and refreshed it with urgent subject matter, visceral spatial twists and a sophisticated palette. ‘Willem van Genk: Mind Traffic’ and ‘Ralph Fasanella: Lest We Forget’ 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z

In “El Niño” this felt pleasantly teeming, with the myriad sources sharing the stage in a kind of party that suited the celebratory subject matter. Music Review: ‘The Gospel According to the Other Mary,’ by John Adams 2012-06-01T21:51:19Z

It may sound like grim subject matter, but the movie won the audience award at the Toronto International Film Festival last month, and has drawn applause and tears at early screenings. What to Do This Weekend 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z

This, after all, was a horror film released in February, and one that presented subject matter almost certain to prove unpalatable to some of the Academy’s less forward-looking voters. Radicalism lite: eight things we learned from the Oscars 2018 2018-03-05T05:00:00Z

Khar’s buoyant writing doesn’t get mired in her dark subject matter. She Took Her First Pill at 8. By 13, She Was an Addict. 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z

Cho struggled with whether to include a gun in a book for children, as well as with how to address the mature subject matter of violence and racism. John Cho’s Debut Middle Grade Novel Makes ‘Good Trouble’ 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z

"GUERRILLA FILMMAKING" It was the religious subject matter that got the film into trouble with state censors, whose approval is essential to being able to film on Cairo streets, Issawi said. Egyptian film hopes to be liberated by revolution 2011-04-26T03:04:57Z

In the end the subject matter doesn’t tell you much about the energy levels of these paintings: Ms. Kruglyanskaya’s are vigorous, Mr. Senior’s reserved. Art in Review: ELLA KRUGLYANSKAYAAND BENJAMIN SENIOR 2011-07-21T21:45:46Z

In fact, "The Beaver" will more likely been seen in smaller venues, given its dramatic subject matter, and Drake even said that Gibson's presence may help boost ticket sales in the low-budget film arena. "Beaver" maker Jodie Foster sees more directing ahead 2011-05-02T17:34:03Z

And her subject matter is far from blithe, in keeping with the recent wave of feminist teen-pop. Sure, Daya Wants to Visit the Club. But She Doesn’t Want to Live There. 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z

Entitled William Eggleston's Guide, it was the first show of colour photography at Moma, a decision that incensed the critics almost as much as the supposedly banal and vulgar subject matter. John Szarkowski 2010-07-20T11:05:00Z

A variety of factors probably contributed, including a lack of interest by women in the subject matter, terrible reviews and a release date when consumers were distracted with vacations or back-to-school preparations. ArtsBeat Blog: ?Conan the Barbarian? Sags at Box Office 2011-08-21T17:00:58Z

"To be thrust into a subject matter like that was really eye-opening, touching, grounding." 'Storied Streets' a family project, with Susan Sarandon guiding the way 2015-04-18T04:00:00Z

For Ancart, subject matter is just an “alibi” for making pictures, an excuse to work the pigment. Harold Ancart Brings His Kaleidoscopic Trees to Chelsea 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z

But with an arduous running time of over three hours and less attention-grabbing subject matter, its prospects remain unsure. Oscars 2016: How The Revenant, Creed, Joy and more will factor into the race 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z

At one point, the range of her roles reminded me of a playwright’s quote about choosing subject matter: “Nothing human is foreign to me.” Bonding With Léa Seydoux 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z

You get into a dangerous situation when you match contemporary subject matter with brand new music, because both of those things might lose their relevance in a few years.” And the Emmy goes to . . . music supervisor 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z

Her photographs are both highly personal — often depicting her naked body and using her own life as subject matter — and occasionally controversial. An Artist Shares Her Most Striking Images of the Decade 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z

I had read several articles about Lai before traveling to Wuzhen — plaudits for the range of subject matter and tonal control of his plays — but like most Americans I had never seen his work. Can a sleepy Chinese town become a cultural mecca? 2013-06-08T23:00:00Z

The current Biennial reflects the emergence of artists committed to political subject matter but unwilling to limit themselves artistically or to lecture viewers. Why the Whitney’s Humanist, Pro-Diversity Biennial Is a Revelation 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z

As he puts it, finding their own subject matter enabled them to be blues musicians without the carping about them being white and never having picked cotton. ZZ Top: Dalís of the Delta 2012-11-08T19:00:00Z

The Orange prize assumes there is a feminine subject matter – which I don't believe in.” How well do you know your Orange prize trivia? 2012-05-30T13:52:59Z

The formal looseness that makes Louis C.K.’s stand-up and his FX series so pleasingly unpredictable undercuts the gravitas of this show’s subject matter, which jumps from stories of suicide to abuse, racism and cancer. How ‘Horace and Pete’ Made the Network Suits Look Good 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z

Twenty-eight years in the making, Martin Scorsese's "Silence" premiered on Thursday, raising questions of faith over both the subject matter and in Scorsese's dedication to the project. "Silence" proves Scorsese's faith in passion project 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z

Rather, I’m trying to do two things: One is to try to use the language of contemporary art; two, to transmit a possibility to experience this subject matter in a new way. Cruising New York’s Waterways This Week: Portraits of Former Refugees 2018-09-24T04:00:00Z

Opera is generally good at taking naturalistic, even workaday, subject matter and heightening it into stylization; this last part of “Proving Up” does the opposite — to, I think, its detriment. Review: An Opera Reaches the American Dream’s Brooding Heart 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z

Because of the subject matter of “Billboards,” and because of the place of pain and sadness that this movie starts in, it had to be about humanity, about hope. With ‘Three Billboards,’ director Martin McDonagh shows his softer side 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z

Most of mine came when I criticized former president Donald Trump or his media allies, but the subject matter isn’t really at the core. Perspective | Online harassment of female journalists is real, and it’s increasingly hard to endure 2021-03-13T05:00:00Z

I’m not naive enough to believe that a movie with this subject matter and this setting will be a big hit or a major player in the Oscar race. “The Homesman”: Tommy Lee Jones and Hilary Swank are unforgettable in a ruthless, classic western 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z

Now, they present their latest with an aquamarine splash, even though the subject matter remains as grisly as ever. REVIEW: The Raveonettes Tackle Childhood Trauma on Pe'ahi 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z

But there is at the heart of Blackstock’s work a celebratory delight, no matter how unlikely the subject matter. Gregory Blackstock’s intricate world is a charming one, too | Art review 2012-12-13T22:17:36Z

The Pulitzer judges said "Next to Normal" expanded the scope of subject matter for musicals. The 2010 Pulitzer Prize winners 2010-04-12T22:55:00Z

Ross Raisin would seem to fit the bill: his novel God's Own Country has the authentically gritty language and grim subject matter. On the trail of Alan Sillitoe's angry young man 2011-08-15T20:30:03Z

She’s rhyming quickly, but also calmly and slightly dismissively, probably because of the subject matter. M.I.A. Takes Aim at Fame, and 7 More New Songs 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z

The magnitude of Faulkner’s subject matter is matched only by the immensity of his gifts. The Trauma of the Civil War Lives On in Faulkner’s Fiction 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z

"Plus the subject matter is botanical. It was a very happy collision of all the worlds that interest us." Huntington Library acquires rare Chinese illustrated book 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z

I don't feel uncomfortable with the subject matter, I'm not grossed out if she's singing about heartbreak – love and loss and heartache run through this record. It takes two: musical duos talk about working together 2013-04-11T18:00:00Z

In this documentary, Mr. Maupin explains, “I knew that I had landed on something that was going to make me famous because I had this subject matter that wasn’t being covered.” What’s on TV Monday: ‘The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin’ and ‘Lovesick’ 2018-01-01T05:00:00Z

Yet, asked by email what she thought was his signature style, Kelli O’Hara unexpectedly answered: “Joy. I don’t think the subject matters are always joyous, but the music-making is the healer. So yes. Joy.” One Opera Opening Would Make Any Composer Happy. He Has Two. 2022-01-21T05:00:00Z

Faulks's success and an abiding interest in the subject matter may guarantee an audience. Birdsong; On Ageing; The Big Fellah; Yes, Prime Minister 2010-10-02T23:07:00Z

Was it the subject matter that seemed impossible? Carey Mulligan, Facing the Fear of Being Alone Onstage 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z

I think it's because the subject matter is domestic. Gill Hornby: 'We all go slighty bonkers when our children are little' 2013-05-19T06:00:25Z

Despite the depressing subject matter and the seemingly bleak outlook, for Reed, there is hope that the US can change the Citizens United decision. Dark Money: how a documentary became a political thriller 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z

His political subject matter ranges from Stephen, a beautifully moving lament for a murdered Irish policeman, to She's Not the One, an anti-love song for Margaret Thatcher. David Ford 2010-07-13T20:45:00Z

I didn’t plan it this way, but looking over my favorites below, the subject matter includes class conflict, civil war, the threat to democracy and multiple pandemics. Best TV Shows of 2021 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z

He had to counter not just worries about his new film's controversial subject matter, but also Hollywood's perception of him as strictly a comedy director. Kevin Smith's Red State pickets the Westboro Baptist Church 2011-08-18T21:44:00Z

Though the subject matter differs from band to band and song to song, there are certain common characteristics. The New Punks of Los Angeles 2018-11-03T04:00:00Z

A Short Stay at Theaters Before the Oscars There is no dearth of troubling subject matter in the three-part “Oscar Nominated Short Films 2012,” especially in the documentary category. Movie Review: Three Programs in ?Oscar Nominated Short Films 2012? 2012-02-09T23:35:18Z

In the early days of cinema, when audiences had grown tired of seeing shots of everyday life, film-makers began looting the theatre, mythology, poetry, opera and Victorian melodrama for their subject matter. Super 8 ? review 2011-08-06T23:05:42Z

Because his best work takes place in Provincial America, critics often claim that his subject matter is “place.” Required reading in the Year of Trump: Winners, losers and the portrait of a town in decline 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z

Of course the main reason for comparing him to a phantom is that they were his favourite subject matter. Odilon Redon: Prince du R?ve - review 2011-04-12T13:01:37Z

But this show isn’t really about identity or narrative or even subject matter. Art Review: Two Meaty Visions of Flesh and Blood 2011-05-12T21:55:51Z

We decided to tear down the literal and figurative walls between print and digital, and reorganize the staff into teams based on subject matter, regardless of the platform. Wired Unveils Its State-of-the-Art Offices Designed by Gensler 2015-08-28T04:00:00Z

Parents claimed your books, with their gobby narrators and unflinching subject matter, contribute to the trend. Jacqueline Wilson: 'I just try to reflect what life can be like' 2010-10-16T23:06:00Z

Is all the subject matter that you choose for "Drunk History" that personal? "Drunk History" may be the most necessary show on TV now 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z

Everything else — subject matter, plot, “character” — is secondary. Richard Lloyd Parry: By the Book 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z

Mr. Hamilton is perhaps the only popular soul singer interested in class struggle as a subject matter, but he found ways to communicate his thoughts without preaching. Music: Kem and Jos? James Perform in New York 2010-08-10T22:28:00Z

They were highly stylized pictures with off-kilter set designs, innovative cinematography and chiaroscuro lighting that highlighted the nightmarish, dark and often perverse subject matters. LACMA spotlights '20s German Expressionist films 2014-09-20T04:00:00Z

“In a way, the subject matter is writing the melody.” Catch Gregory Porter at the Moore on June 17 2016-06-15T04:00:00Z

The poems are remarkably consistent and polished, whether the subject matter is childhood memories, nature or aging and death. Four new poetry collections 2012-08-29T19:22:04Z

High schools regularly face complaints and challenges from parents and others concerned about the suitability of certain musicals, most commonly shows with explicit language or subject matter like “Rent” and “Ragtime.” ArtsBeat: Following Complaints, Dalton School To Stage Revised ‘Modern Millie’ 2014-01-27T21:37:17Z

And because of the controversial subject matter the filmmakers headed to the first screening still unsure how the audience would react. Film: The Godfather?s Ghost Speaks French 2010-02-19T21:50:00Z

Something about the subject matter brought out their inner snobs. Slate, New York Times to fantasy buffs: Grow up 2011-04-16T14:01:00Z

This version, from 1986, is regarded as definitive, but it’s hardly ever been done: The forces it requires are immense, and its subject matter is bitter. Cuts, Big and Small, Transform Leonard Bernstein’s Final Opera 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z

As it is, The Arbor's method obscures its subject matter rather than illuminating it. Clio Barnard's The Arbor is out of lip-synch with reality 2010-10-25T10:06:00Z

Despite the dark and physically taxing subject matter they were portraying, the three said they had a relatively easy shoot in the woods of North Carolina. Jennifer Lawrence: 'Hunger Games' important for 'our generation' 2012-03-16T18:53:53Z

But the video, released last week, didn't win over one viewer with a particular investment in the subject matter. Laura Jane Grace criticizes Arcade Fire's transgender-themed video 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z

In the past two decades, as television rose to prominence on a wave of high-quality storytelling and acting, the shows began to take on subject matters that were closer to truth than wild fiction. Perspective | ‘Snowfall’ is compelling and believable — which is why it could use a disclaimer 2017-07-03T04:00:00Z

The notion of a subject, even one belonging to the natural world like a pepper or a seashell, being "completely outside subject matter" is intriguing. Edward Weston: the greatest American photographer of his generation? 2010-08-18T15:49:00Z

As difficult as the subject matter may be, the writing is radiant, showing how the worth of human beings can’t be dimmed by a border fence or hot-button politics. The best new poetry books for March 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z

The voice is less gravely than the Carlin we came to know, but the delivery and subject matter are there already. George Carlin’s dark genius: From his 1957 “dirty, stupid” cop take-downs to the jokes that 9/11 made too raw to release 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z

This maverick performer may deal in avant-garde instrumentation and arrangements, but his subject matter remains inviolable; the inarticulate speech of the heart. James Blake – review 2013-04-10T15:15:01Z

I turned that down several times, because I was scared of the subject matter. ‘The People v. O.J. Simpson’: Going Beyond the Verdict 2016-01-12T05:00:00Z

Despite the heady subject matter, “The Chair” is no homework assignment. Can Campus Culture Wars Be Funny? ‘The Chair’ Dares to Think So. 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z

His subject matter was tempered slightly, but his sonic approach changed drastically. ‘Starboy’ Places the Weeknd on the Sunny Side of Debauchery 2016-11-28T05:00:00Z

It came through in their vocals and subject matter, which both writers called unusually personal, taking on depression, suicidal thoughts and #MeToo. Sleater-Kinney Asked St. Vincent for a Creative Spark. The Trio Blew Up. 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z

“In asking those questions, we ask things that may make people ‘uncomfortable’ because the subject matter is uncomfortable and at times sensitive. Weinstein rape trial shows #MeToo accusers should prepare for courtroom grilling 2020-02-10T05:00:00Z

Mr. Auping sees clear parallels to O’Keeffe’s work in some of Ms. Rothenberg’s recent subject matter, like pottery shards and bones that recall the bones and skulls of O’Keeffe’s works. Susan Rothenberg, Another Painter in O?Keeffe Territory 2010-04-07T22:55:00Z

Curt Columbus, Trinity’s current artistic director, called Mr. Hall “a visionary artist, not only in the way he challenged the aesthetic limits of the stage, but also in the challenging subject matter he produced.” Adrian Hall, Who Invigorated Regional Theater, Dies at 95 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z

When the producers asked Mr. Letterman if he would participate in the series, they found he was eager to be involved and passionate about the subject matter. David Letterman (and His Beard) Shop at Target These Days 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z

Comparing and contrasting noticeably different artworks helps us learn to use our eyes, to look for ourselves rather than depend on labels, to see form itself rather than just subject matter and narrative. American Folk vs. Academic Art 2013-01-31T13:00:00Z

Anyango was determined not to allow the horror of the book's subject matter to overwhelm her drawings. Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness published as a graphic novel 2010-08-31T14:54:00Z

In his view, to be confined to black audiences, and hence to black subject matter, was to be a victim of racism all over again. Richard Pryor, Flame-Thrower 2015-03-04T05:00:00Z

The play’s nonchalant attitude to its subject matter may have been its most shocking quality. L.A. revival of 'A Taste of Honey,' the 1958 play that dared to make a gay character its moral center 2016-10-09T04:00:00Z

It can't be easy creating a musical out of this subject matter. Asylum-seekers' tales in 'Take Me America' 2011-09-28T21:18:04Z

He’s received resistance from some in the Arab world for his provocative subject matter, an echo of pushback he received in his prior life as an activist trying to engage in dialogue with Zionists. For Saint Levant, Sexy Music Is Personal, and Political 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z

The subject matter more often than not is the spirit world of mysterious beings who say mysterious things and do mysterious dances as much for themselves as for you. Noh theater: The world's oldest stage tradition is popping up everywhere 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z

“If the subject matter is difficult, you should probably feel difficult emotions in response to it,” he says. You don’t like violence but want to watch ‘Squid Game.’ These tips can help. 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z

We know what computer animation can and can’t do, and we always try to find subject matter that lends itself to our medium. ArtsBeat Blog: Pixar's John Lasseter Answers Your Questions 2011-11-01T12:00:21Z

Its files are classified by subject matter, and available for browsing on open shelves. Hands Off the Library’s Picture Collection! 2021-08-03T04:00:00Z

It was unparochial not only because of its subject matter and its Indian narrator, but because of its formal ebullience. Twelve of the best new novelists 2011-02-25T13:05:56Z

I am interested in more elusive and nebulous subject matter. Paul Graham: 'The photography I most respect pulls something out of the ether' 2011-04-11T06:00:06Z

The city picks up the slack, providing not just invigorating context for the Biennale but subject matter for some memorable entries. In Dakar, African Art Speaks in All Its Voices 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z

It is searchable by artist, weaver, subject matter and past owners. Antiques: Current Events Imperil Ukrainian Museum Show 2014-04-24T21:32:44Z

But the subject matter of "The Deep Blue Sea" is pretty sensational. Love tears Helen McCrory apart in 'The Deep Blue Sea' 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z

The subject matter might require trigger warnings for everybody. Jeff Daniels makes a powerful return to 'Blackbird' alongside a captivating Michelle Williams 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z

This tension, even more so than its subject matter, is what makes Mindhunter feel perfectly timed. Netflix’s 'Mindhunter' Is the Perfect Crime Drama for Our Times 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z

The subject matter, obviously, is a complication in a Broadway market dominated by lighter material. ‘Fun Home,’ the Musical, Takes Alison Bechdel’s Life to Broadway 2015-04-08T04:00:00Z

It's also difficult not to consider Lane's own work, especially her novels "Let the Hurricane Roar" and "Free Land," which show a strong similarity in subject matter and storytelling to "Little House." The reality behind Laura Ingalls Wilder's 'Little House' books 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z

With subject matter this engrossing, a play can easily be eclipsed by the discussion it sets in motion. With his first new play in nearly a decade, Tom Stoppard aims to 'stretch your mind just a little bit' 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z

Likewise, though its subject matter is the inevitability of death and the various afflictions, physical and mental, of old age, the novel is far from being morbid or depressing. Rereading: Memento Mori by Muriel Spark 2010-06-04T23:06:00Z

The opera’s subject matter has always been incendiary. Protests Over ‘Klinghoffer’ Planned for Met’s Opening Night 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z

This subject matter is a heavy lift for young readers. Brave Teenage Refugees Seek a Home of the Free 2020-06-27T04:00:00Z

Potential backlash from some critics who have yet to see it would dampen some of the buzz – but the timely subject matter coupled with passionate audience approval could take this ambitious epic the distance. And the Oscar might go to: the sure bets and underdogs critics have already seen 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z

My agents stated flatly, “It is just about impossible to sell a Negro writer to Hollywood or radio, and they use Negro subject matter very rarely.” Blacklisted from Birth: A Letter from Langston Hughes 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z

“We do a lot of art in science,” she said, adding that the interactive projects help keep the subject matter from getting boring. Mission accomplished: Sixth-grader wins contest to create KidsPost patch 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z

But even that first lady might have grown impatient with “The Conspirator,” and not only because the subject matter might have been personally painful. | 'The Conspirator': History?s Loose Ends, and a Tightening Noose 2011-04-14T22:29:34Z

“The careful focus on the contents, on the subject matter, is rich enough that it didn’t need this extra layer of abstraction.” Sally Mann Turns Her Lens to Friendship and Loss 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z

Her subject matter couldn’t be more suited to her creative process. REVIEW: Jenny Lewis Is Out of This World on The Voyager 2014-07-29T04:00:00Z

As the collection progresses, the writing becomes more accessible, and the subject matter — like grief itself — seems more bearable. Best new poetry for February 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z

And much to the dismay of my critics, I’m pretty sure that this is how and why I started putting very serious subject matter right alongside humor in my work. Madea Honored the Strong Black Women I Grew Up With, but It’s Time to Move On 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z

As an artist, he was particularly inventive with subject matter. Review | It’s easy to see Millet’s influence on other painters. It’s harder to see his genius. 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z

Add to that the controversial subject matter, and erring on the side of paranoia seems understandable. Fake parties, wet blouses and rivers of milk: life on the Four Lions set 2010-05-07T11:12:00Z

No subject matter is truly off-limits if — and this is important — the joke is constructed correctly. What happened to Dave Chappelle: The cruelty of "Sticks & Stones" is a sign of the times 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z

But the director’s status as an outsider is inseparable from his choices of subject matter, he insists. 'We can't wait for Hollywood to change' - the directors reframing black history 2017-04-01T04:00:00Z

There is plenty of feeling, but it is more about the how of making art than its subject matter. Art Review: What the Peripatetic Picasso Kept in His Closets 2011-03-10T23:11:06Z

I write the emotion that I know, not the subject matter or circumstances. "Standoff at Sparrow Creek": Michigan militia men unravel in this claustrophobic thriller 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z

Interest in this one surely depends on a feature of its subject matter that remains of enduring fascination – the potency of the black male. Blaxploitation spoof Black Dynamite may be witty, but is it racist? 2010-08-16T11:25:00Z

She continued her association with frank subject matter opposite Montgomery Clift in Freud. Susannah York - Life in Clips 2011-01-16T13:15:17Z

And often, Mr. Cole raps with a forceful tone at odds with his contemplative subject matter. Review: The Only Big Name Here Is Still J. Cole’s 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z

The “Fun Home” tour is more surprising news because of the show’s serious subject matter. 'Fun Home' and 'Something Rotten!' Plan to Tour 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z

But Swinton admits there were concerns about securing the funding because of the subject matter. Maternal torment 2011-05-16T08:23:43Z

Buyers weren't exactly jumping at the difficult subject matter, but upstart distributor Consolidated took U.S. rights and planned to release it, first in February, then March, April, and then July. Court halts release of Jim Carrey film 2010-06-03T04:31:00Z

The seriousness of the subject matter may seem forbidding, but the imagination of Hindemith’s sonic language — dissonant at times, but always rapturous and conceived with care — is so riveting, it actually sells the philosophical material. A Lot of Opera Is Now Streaming. Here’s Where to Start. 2023-07-06T04:00:00Z

Nevertheless, this artist + her current subject matter = required viewing. Look Ahead: The hottest Seattle events for June 2018 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z

From the 1950s on, many of America’s best artists took to treating “hot” subject matter with deadpan cool. Ed Ruscha’s stunning Sunset Strip art project lets you tour its full length, east to west — and back in time 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z

Or you can knuckle down and try to make a really great, different, classic, Kid A kind of thing, with commercial appeal and broad subject matter. Lupe Fiasco: 'I have the right to speak out' 2011-03-03T21:59:00Z

The stranded-hiker drama is a tough sell given its subject matter: Franco's character must amputate his own arm after it is crushed by a boulder. Overlooked "127 Hours" hopes for Oscar attention 2011-01-21T02:30:38Z

The year's best fiction films were extremely good: varied in subject matter and with a nice geographic spread. The best films of 2012: Philip French's choice 2012-12-15T22:00:01Z

The subject matter gets into you, and you have to live with it, but it was also difficult on a technical level. Nobody Makes Films Like Alex Garland. But He Might Stop Making Them. 2022-05-16T04:00:00Z

Her subject matter is no longer quite so rustic, although it’s hardly urban. A New Level of Ambition in Art by 3 Women 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z

Partly that’s because its subject matter is contained and domestic, and because, in a typical episode, not very much appears to happen at all. Better Things gets better: Pamela Adlon triumphs without Louis CK 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z

Along with the difficult subject matter, critics at the time noted the rawness of the aesthetic — the unbound hair, the absence of makeup, the emotional exposure. It Could Happen to You: A Raw, Pointed Revival at Alvin Ailey 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z

For all its extreme subject matter, this film has captured one particularly toxic dimension of the national attitude, a vitally relevant work of popular art for better and for worse. Forget Joker: here's the film you should see about an extremist loner 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z

For all these reasons — the high-minded ambition, the seriousness of subject matter, the melodic experimentation, the emotional discord — Mr. Sondheim’s shows, though mostly received with critical accolades, were almost never popular hits. Stephen Sondheim, Titan of the American Musical, Is Dead at 91 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z

Despite the heaviness of the subject matter, “Waters of the World” is an endlessly charming novel. Three Y.A. Novels About the Challenges and Charms of Growing Up 2021-11-09T05:00:00Z

On the less impressive side are enamels that seem to aspire to the condition of Modern easel paintings, encompassing subject matter both abstract and figurative. Craft & Folk Art Museum weaves 'Little Dreams in Glass and Metal' 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z

He makes dances that are primarily about dancing, except that in many of them he seems preoccupied by more specific subject matter. Dance Review: Enigmatic Choreographer Tells an Enigmatic Tale 2011-02-23T23:22:28Z

Griffith, notorious as a brilliant technical achievement applied to horribly racist subject matter. In Gary Simmons' hands, classic film titles ooze with racial history 2017-10-09T04:00:00Z

Looking back on them, most children will remember them for the adventure as much as the darker subject matter. Book doctor: Are children's books darker than they used to be? 2013-06-24T16:30:35Z

The more distant in time its subject matter, the less funny it is and the more you need verbal explanation fully to appreciate its humorous deformations. Art Review: ?Infinite Jest? at the Metropolitan Museum - Review 2011-09-15T21:19:50Z

That’s really a shame, because the subject matter was really important to me. Samantha Bee has few regrets following Ivanka Trump scandal: “It was incredibly overblown” 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z

Perhaps the subject matter – a comedy about grieving widows – was too dark. Tired of rewatching Fleabag? Here are 30 TV hidden gems to stream 2020-03-28T04:00:00Z

The titles of Kelly Link’s three previous collections — “Stranger Things Happen,” “Magic for Beginners” and “Pretty Monsters” — better suggest her deadpan tone and fantastic subject matter than “Get in Trouble.” Book review: Kelly Link’s fantastic, fantastical ‘Get in Trouble’ 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z

But overall, Fivio said with a politician’s on-message discipline, he is hoping to divorce drill’s distinct musical quirks from its expected subject matter. Fivio Foreign Had an Epiphany. Can He Change Drill Rap? 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z

Though its subject matter is rescue missions, Skye Fitzgerald’s Oscar-nominated short documentary “Lifeboat” has a patient pace and an emphasis on the sensory. The Screening Room: “Lifeboat” 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z

But many others found plentiful subject matter close to home: in Lower East Side tenements, along the Third Avenue El and on Coney Island. Art Review: ?The Radical Camera? at the Jewish Museum - Review 2011-12-22T23:21:54Z

It is also a little old-fashioned, not only because of its subject matter but because of its situational structure. Seeing Inside the Israeli Ultra-Orthodox Community on the Netflix Series “Shtisel” 2019-04-14T04:00:00Z

It's another podcast that seems to start with too much hokey chat, but actually gets into its subject matter pretty quickly. Rewind radio: If I Were You; TED Radio Hour; Stuff You Should Know; Stuff Mom Never Told You; Desert Island Discs – review 2013-07-27T17:05:00Z

But don't be put off by the subject matter. Your books of the year 2012-12-28T22:55:18Z

It’s a rare, impressive number for an original movie released in the summer and the star power of all three was undoubtedly a bigger factor then the subject matter. Summer box office 2019: what are the major lessons of the season? 2019-08-28T04:00:00Z

I wanted to do a series that tackled some real subject matter — subject matters, I guess. Chuck Lorre is a man of many sitcom hats 2014-09-27T04:00:00Z

Well, I think in my own work the subject matter usually deals with characters I know, aspects of myself, friends of mine – that sort of thing. Interview: Martin Scorsese 2010-11-21T00:06:00Z

Mr. Benjamin often said that his students’ work informed his vision as an artist, which he summarized as: “Color is the subject matter of painting.” Karl Benjamin, Rebel of Midcentury Art Scene, Dies at 86 2012-08-04T00:53:07Z

Van Etten acknowledges that “I get a little protective” when it comes to her songs, which is understandable given the subject matter: Most are highly personal accounts of relationships in turmoil. Sharon Van Etten learns how to share 2012-02-08T22:14:00Z

Despite having had a playboy reputation in Hollywood, Reynolds said the subject matter – based on the adult entertainment industry – made him uncomfortable. Burt Reynolds: 'I regret turning down Greta Garbo' 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z

These passages are blushingly florid but it's Sirees's light touch with his subject matter that lends The Silence and the Roar so much of its power. The Silence and the Roar by Nihad Sirees – review 2013-06-02T10:00:01Z

“There was a whole slew of films that dealt with this subject matter of male love affairs and friendship and that fine line between, ‘Well, we’re best friends but we kinda love each other.’ A festival hit waylaid by the virus, ‘The Climb’ peddles on 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z

To listen to their albums in the order of release — #1 Record to Radio City to Third/Sister Lovers — is to hear a loss of innocence, not only in the subject matter of the songs. Big Star: The Ultimate American Pop Band 2013-05-02T17:14:30Z

His success with underground mix tapes led to some flirtations with the mainstream business, but his quirkiness – his high-pitched voice, his sometimes discomforting or explicit subject matter, his flamboyant dress – made him a tough sell. Danny Brown finds success by rapping about being broke 2012-03-28T00:18:00Z

Australia's biggest city Sydney said it had canceled a concert commemorating the death of former Chinese communist leader Mao Zedong, citing safety concerns, after Chinese Australians complained the subject matter was insensitive. Exclusive: Australia's biggest city cancels Mao Zedong concert, citing safety concerns 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z

His approach was honed through trial and error and a passion for his subject matter. ‘Kings & Queens in Their Castles’ is an intimate look at LGBT lives 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z

Nonetheless, she is ambivalent about her subject matter. Future Tense: Celebrities Behaving Well 2014-03-07T21:36:13Z

Elsewhere, as in “Boys Don’t Cry” and “Transamerica,” the switch was grounded in subject matter that directly addresses sexual identity from a contemporary perspective. Arts & Leisure: Glenn Close as a Man in ?Albert Nobbs? 2011-12-09T13:00:00Z

One of the great virtues of botanical art, Ms. Woodin said, is “you’re never going to run out of subject matter.” A Lifelike Version of Nature, but Not to Scale 2018-05-08T04:00:00Z

The show, she said, lends itself particularly well to revival given its subject matter. Gilmore Girls: All of Rory's Exes to Return 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z

We felt Indonesia art was too much influenced by the West in terms of subject matter and medium. FX Harsono's Rebellious, Critical Voice Against 'Big Power' in Indonesia 2010-03-11T13:10:00Z

The latter was not informed of the film’s subject matter before allowing film-makers to use the location as a space for extras. Roe v Wade: an anti-abortion film of staggering ineptitude 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z

He was immersed in the medium, its materials and its history, and although his work was ostensibly traditional, it was also subtly pushing at the envelopes of subject matter, psychological expression and painting technique. Noah Davis Is Gone; His Paintings Continue to Hypnotize 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z

Eighty miles down the M4, the subject matter is rather more down to earth: roundabouts, car factories and the challenge of working-class family life in a provincial town following the death of heavy industry. Take your seats for Swindon: the Opera 2012-07-06T18:17:28Z

Open-air museums, as their name implies, display their collections outdoors, often because of the size of the artifacts — though there is a wide variety in subject matter. Everything Is Bigger at Open-Air Museums 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z

It's an uncomfortable experience, embarrassing for everyone involved not because of any squeamish subject matter – quite the contrary, seeing retirement-age characters are refreshing – but because the story structure is so fake and so plodding. And So It Goes: embarrassing for everyone – first look review 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z

The Tate stores most of the watercolours in big blue boxes, sometimes grouped together for subject matter, sometimes for design. How Turner's paintings inspired jazz composer Tim Whitehead's new record 2010-09-23T21:45:00Z

Because what they are attempting to communicate is difficult; because their subject matter necessitates complex or otherwise unusual modes of communication; because they want to get to something deep and true. It’s good to be pretentious! 2012-06-28T00:00:00Z

I’m passionate about that type of subject matter absolutely. 'Creed' Director Ryan Coogler on His Chemistry With Michael B. Jordan 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z

Perhaps that is not surprising, given the art world’s recent obsession with fashion as subject matter, but lately those model-chasing photographers are getting their own attention from museums. Highlights of Mario Testino Exhibition 2012-10-19T21:41:03Z

He describes “Adam Ruins Everything” as “a liberal arts comedy show” — everything is his subject matter. Adam Conover Turns a Skeptical Eye to the Presidential Campaign 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z

The emotions, the grit, the subject matter, the pain, and the humor was early rock and roll. “He stabbed a fork into my hand”: Dave Davies on The Kinks’ brotherly love 2017-07-29T04:00:00Z

“It has an equal weight to the visual components as subject matter.” Rodney Graham, Conceptual Artist Who Starred in His Work, Dies at 73 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z

For Week 1101, as we do every winter, we invited readers to enter, or reenter, any of the past year’s contests, with the option of using more recent subject matter. Style Invitational Week 1105: A lit obit of fun — write a poem for the late of 2014 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z

And nobody was seeing the subject matter as comic fodder. Can cancer ever be funny? Comedian Caitlin Brodnick thinks so. 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z

The experience was really funny, because even though the subject matter was dark and the atmosphere making the film was lighter. Matt Dillon on playing Lars von Trier’s psychopath in controversial “The House That Jack Buil... 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z

Despite its heavy subject matter, the novel is a light and easy read, the sort of book you’d pick up while kicking back in an Adirondack chair and sipping a gin and tonic. A Multitude of Hauntings 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z

He became one of the first white songwriters to popularise the documentary writing style, which adopts day-to-day trials and tribulations as subject matter. Woody Guthrie: a century of protest 2012-07-13T21:54:03Z

Each combination exhibits Mr. Taylor’s vaunted range of subject matter, tone and approach, but too many also show a range in quality, setting the unforgettable next to the best forgotten. Dance Review: Paul Taylor Evening Includes ‘Sunset’ and ‘Gossamer Gallants’ 2014-03-19T20:08:21Z

The video recorded the moment when selected viewers felt “the real-life emotions that this painting, its beauty and divine subject matter stirred in the people who came to see it,” according to the accompanying text. Get in Line: The $100 Million da Vinci Is in Town 2017-11-13T05:00:00Z

The main problem: the deeply uncomfortable subject matter. An Infamous ‘Lolita’ Musical Gets a Belated New York Debut 2019-02-18T05:00:00Z

Her spotted print built a bridge between pure abstraction, pinnacle of Modern art, and vernacular subject matter, a language emphatically down-to-earth. 'Someday Is Now' reflects influence of the '60s and Warhol on artist Sister Corita 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z

There's something fitting, then, in the subject matter chosen by the band playing to the packed crowd, happily jostling at the bar. The Antlers' kiss of death 2010-05-13T21:50:00Z

Theatrical distribution for exactly the type of movie the festival celebrates — documentaries and dramas from first-time filmmakers tackling complicated subject matter, without big stars or superhero special effects — has been decimated. Sundance welcomed back the crowds, but it felt like a rebuilding year 2023-01-29T05:00:00Z

When I asked Matthews about “Split,” he expressed an opinion that I heard from many other people I approached about the movie’s subject matter. Shyamalan takes an ax psychological atypicality in box office smash, “Split” 2017-02-04T05:00:00Z

Mr. Ishii said the collection took on a surreal tone, which seemed appropriate to the hybrid subject matter as well as the moment. A Prehistoric Sculpture Inspires a Tokyo Gallery 2022-10-19T04:00:00Z

Do not call Mr. Margolies’s subject matter kitsch: If you had even thought as much in his presence, you would have had another think coming. John Margolies, Photographer of Whimsical Architecture, Dies at 76 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z

"It can be the subject matter that attracts me or that perfectly written first sentence," she says. Is deep reading becoming a thing of the past? 2011-01-10T16:46:04Z

So "Homeland," O'Neil said, weaves sophisticated subject matter into an exciting thriller, with a snapshot of America today - all during an election year. Sixties out, CIA in? Looking for meaning in Emmys 2012-09-24T21:26:12Z

His favourite subject matter was the leafy suburbs around Impasse Malherbe – now named after Gauguin – where he made his home with his family. France's Rouen revisits its impressionist past 2010-07-20T13:00:00Z

"Hospice" served as a key time in the growth of the Antlers because of the attention the trio received along with the perception of being a "sad band" given the album's grim subject matter. A 'Familiars' story: Antlers' Peter Silberman finds spiritual center 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z

Balancing its heavy subject matter with a tone of airy resilience, “My Name Is Emily” follows two unhappy teenagers across Ireland and up to the doorstep of adulthood. Review: Saving Dad, and Finding Herself, in ‘My Name Is Emily’ 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z

On this pleasantly familiar if not especially imaginative new album, the band’s subject matter verges on the bittersweet, or just outright bitter, but still they grin. In Blink-182’s ‘California,’ a Melancholy Nostalgia 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z

Lauren Grossman, a senior figure on the Seattle art scene currently enjoying her first solo show with Platform Gallery, is something of a one-woman Wikipedia when it comes to subject matter for her sculpture. Lauren Grossman at Platform Gallery: leviathans and hellmouths 2012-04-05T19:30:11Z

“I didn’t want to be in a position of commenting, politically, on the subject matter, because the subject matter takes care of it,” he said in an oral history with the Directors Guild of America. Joseph Sargent, Emmy-winning director of TV and film productions, dies at 89 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z

It's very interesting that this is the subject matter we're focusing on, and people have been deeply affected by, but they can't pin the tail on the donkey on it. “Wealth is a higher power”: Amazon's “LuLaRich” & the ultimate suburban white women’s pyramid scheme 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z

It also said the book's style and subject matter resembled Rowling's work. JK Rowling revealed as writer of crime novel 2013-07-14T16:55:56Z

Werner Herzog, no stranger to applying fictional storytelling techniques to real world subject matter, got at this issue in a speech that he delivered to students in Milan after screening his documentary "Lessons of Darkness." In defense of film and TV "hoaxes" 2010-10-22T14:31:00Z

Owain Davies, Fender’s manager who was also born locally, said Fender’s songs were “emotive and powerful,” but their subject matter allows them to “speak for a lot of people up here — a lot of us.” Sam Fender, a Songwriter Caught Between Stardom and His Hometown 2021-12-30T05:00:00Z

She says she felt the timing of the show's subject matter, missing and murdered women, was timely and important, given the prevalence of these real cases today across America. Juliette Lewis on acting: "I'm able to tap into very primal or dark ranges of emotion" 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z

The big difference is the subject matter, but I approach it with the same type of zeal. Maggie Gyllenhaal on sexual liberation 2012-05-18T13:50:00Z

Eligible films must have production budgets of no more than $20 million and meet independent-cinema criteria that include uniqueness of vision and original, provocative subject matter. 'Artist,' 'Take Shelter' lead Spirit Awards noms 2011-11-29T18:29:10Z

He pushes on when the subject matter itself is resistant. Poem of the week: Vigil Strange I Kept in the Field One Night by Walt Whitman 2012-08-06T11:26:00Z

The global scope of such dire subject matter means that the experience of reading this book is a formidable exercise in cumulative disillusionment. ‘Atoms and Ashes,’ a Frightening Tour of Six Nuclear Accidents 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z

But until now, at least, Los Alamos wasn’t subject matter that lent itself easily to a television series. ‘Manh(a)ttan,’ Atomic Bomb Drama, on WGN 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z

“He was able to play fast and loose with Southern literary tradition and its subject matter in a way that some other writers were not.” Barry Hannah, Darkly Comic Writer, Dies at 67 2010-03-03T16:39:00Z

The selection also includes a few works whose technique, and sometimes subject matter, are traditional. Review | In the galleries: Artechouse’s ‘Infinite Space’ has waves of natural influences 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z

The subject matter, therefore, is kitsch, not because it’s fantasy but in the word’s original sense of mass-produced popular art, culture marketed for shopping. Review: Ratmansky’s Confectionery Shop Also Serves Ballet Poetry 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z

Luck, driven by Milch's passion for and knowledge of his subject matter, is more complicated than that. Your next box set: Luck 2012-11-08T18:29:00Z

With ease, the band plays to its strengths with these dramatic narratives, regardless of the subject matter. The National Breathes Confidence on Trouble Will Find Me 2013-05-23T11:00:22Z

In keeping with the subject matter at hand, write your comprehensive ideas on a Post-it Note and send them our way. What doesn’t fly these days? Puffery about comforts of flying 2014-09-06T04:00:00Z

So what an interesting choice of subject matter for this week's Readers Recommend, and what a great week for me, your visiting invigilator, to be sitting in the hot seat. Readers recommend: songs about visitors ? results 2011-08-25T13:46:52Z

Their subject matter is often wrenching, their mode is naturalistic and they seem devoted to probing the dark underbelly of human behavior as well as the weak spots in Europe's decaying social democracy. Cannes: A heart-rending take on a movie classic 2011-05-15T17:21:00Z

“Generally people don’t like to live with complicated subject matter,” Mr. Simons said. Warhol & I 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z

The film received a Special Mention at the Berlin Film Festival However, Promised Land caused controversy on its US release in December 2012 because of its subject matter. Matt Damon's Promised Land 2013-04-19T06:46:32Z

The dream notes and humor in “City” have been called self-protective, as though they were conveniently deployed for sensitive subject matter—an odd reading, considering Fellini’s other films. Fellini’s “City of Women” 2016-02-20T05:00:00Z

The subject matter – disability and sex surrogacy – may also have proved too niche for an ambitious release on more than 100 screens. Bad weather makes life Misérables for UK box office 2013-01-22T12:33:26Z

What is remarkable about McBride as an author is not her subject matter, but the style of her prose, which is almost alchemical in effect. Book Talk: Irish author was told 'didn't fit niche' 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z

Directors invoke such comparisons at their peril, but in Edwards's case there's something perversely admirable about daring to aim so high, proving that he's not frightened of taking his subject matter seriously. Godzilla review – Gareth Edwards's reboot shows an appreciation of Ishiro Honda's original 2014-05-18T04:00:00Z

Series creator Ryan Murphy, known for FX's "American Horror Story" and "American Crime Story" anthology series, said the show's subject matter is still relevant in present-day Hollywood. Bette Davis, Joan Crawford's bitter rivalry comes alive in 'Feud' 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z

The still life seemed to be Penn’s preferred subject matter, as might be expected from someone given to perfectionism and the meticulous rendering of surfaces. A photographer squanders his talent in fashion and magazines 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z

In tone and subject matter “Kingdom of Earth” feels like a loopier version of “Baby Doll,” perhaps Williams’s funniest work from his earlier years. Theater: New Light, Long After His Sun Set 2011-02-13T01:06:05Z

The awful subject matter dissolves into an unpredictable dance work of subtle beauty and mystery — dissolves but does not disappear. Review: This Dance About Refugees Has Flow and a Groove 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z

If you're not attracted to that, and want an explicit subject matter and message – which people often do today – these paintings are probably too subtle, ungiving. Knockout. Hero. Genius: Cy Twombly 2011-07-06T20:30:03Z

But given the current headlines, it’s hard not to notice the subject matter: a story of crime and betrayal rooted in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. REVIEW: The Honorable Woman 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z

The subject matter of artificial life is the making of computer programs that reproduce themselves, exhibit unexpected behavior and evolve. Considering Steven Levy and Artificial Life 2020-03-13T04:00:00Z

Now, in another publicity stunt, Jones himself is asking NBC to pull the interview, saying he was misled about the subject matter. Perspective | Exposing the evil of Alex Jones is crucial. A Megyn Kelly one-on-one isn’t the way to do it. 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z

Junejo, for example, came on board after other actors rejected the part because of its subject matter. An L.G.B.T. Pakistani Film, Banned at Home, Is Celebrated Abroad 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z

The novels on offer - The Dressmaker, The Bottle Factory Outing, An Awfully Big Adventure, Every Man for Himself and Master Georgie - span 25 years and a wide variety of settings and subject matter. Which Bainbridge novel should win the Best of Beryl Booker? 2011-02-08T14:23:37Z

Many other documentarians, including Ken Burns, have taken on the subject matter in a more extensive, detailed and, OK, better way. History's 'World Wars' makes for fine Memorial Day viewing 2014-05-26T04:00:00Z

The spirit of not getting stuck is an integral part of Mr. Kelly’s work, even more than his specialization in super-sexed subject matter. Review: R. Kelly’s New Album, ‘The Buffet,’ Offers Sex and Sentiment 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z

To start with, there is the subject matter, so well trod as to feel clichéd. Paul Weitz Directs ?Being Flynn,? Starring Robert DeNiro 2012-02-24T19:34:17Z

“It was shocking, and you could feel it in the room — the change and how people were sensitized to the subject matter,” Faris said. ‘Battle of the Sexes’ is about a tennis match — but it feels a lot like the 2016 election 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z

This is tough subject matter and Sen never for a moment shies away from it. Mystery Road - Sydney film festival review 2013-06-06T00:54:00Z

Not all of the films relate so directly to the song's subject matter, however. Goldfrapp tell tales in cinema project 2014-02-27T02:04:21Z

Though the subject matter is disturbing, the museum and memorial are “less about shocking people and more about careful and deliberate storytelling to start conversations,” Sanneh said. Tips for taking children to the new Legacy Museum and lynching memorial in Alabama 2018-05-19T04:00:00Z

This spunky film isn’t content with mere plaudits; it is full of history and context and has a sense of humor befitting its subject matter. Critic?s Notebook: Films Celebrate Bernie Mac and All Jokes Aside Comedy Club 2012-02-17T23:41:44Z

In ballet and modern dance, choreography is the shaping factor, the ingredient that brings music, subject matter and performance together into a whole; in a musical, that’s seldom so. Critic’s Notebook: The Choreography of Tony Nominees 2012-05-28T21:35:24Z

It has bits of sex, nudity and intimacy, all of them appropriate to the subject matter. Mark Ruffalo Stars in Larry Kramer’s ‘The Normal Heart’ 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z

Given its subject matter — gay parenting — the movie is, he said, “heavily charged politically, but at the same time it couldn’t be more apolitical.” An Afternoon With Mark Ruffalo: An Afternoon With Mark Ruffalo: Resisting a Hollywood Brand 2010-07-02T18:37:00Z

I don't know how we solve it, but I'm thrilled to be part of a project that's just dancing with that subject matter. True or false? AMC's "Quiz" goes inside the game show coughing scandal that tests confirmation bias 2020-05-31T04:00:00Z

The subject matter might be grim, but Kushner is warming up. Tony Kushner: 'It's a crazy time' 2010-08-31T20:30:00Z

They argue that "The Librarian of Basra" and "Nasreen's Secret School" contain subject matter too heavy for children, and promote "prayer to someone other than God." Children's books set in Afghanistan, Iraq challenged in Florida schools 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z

“Hamilton,” though, by virtue of its subject matter, extraordinary appeal and the inclinations of its creator and cast, has repeatedly ignored those norms and sought to have a public voice beyond the stage. The ticket ‘Hamilton’ is selling now? Biden-Harris. 2020-10-14T04:00:00Z

The lyrical subject matter is not so light in the case of the Vital, also of Long Beach but from the gritty north side. The New Punks of Los Angeles 2018-11-03T04:00:00Z

Every single frame of Django Unchained could be considered offensive: the subject matter, the metronomic use of racial insults, the violence – and occasionally the outfits – are all wildly provocative. Django Unchained, Djack Whitehall and Djames Delingpole 2013-01-13T20:00:00Z

Her subject matter, however, wasn’t always welcome at clubs early in her career. Talking with Dena Blizzard: How She Became ‘One Funny Mother’ 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z

To counterbalance this ancient and solid subject matter, he wanted something that “would convey the city’s flux”; a friend suggested that he turn the camera up, to the clouds floating above the city. New York City, in Between Rocks and Clouds 2016-08-21T04:00:00Z

But since their inception in 2000, the Folk awards have highlighted changes in the scene – and not just in subject matter. Never mind the birdlore: the new face of folk music 2013-01-27T16:59:01Z

It treats hip-hop as a guidepost and also a subject matter, while never losing sight of the genre’s baseline thrills. Daveed Diggs Jets From ‘Hamilton’ Into the Future With Clipping 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z

But it’s not the subject matter of her art that was affected, she said. The Secret Art Language of New York Playgrounds 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z

Organized largely according to subject matter, this show plays down that physical process and stints on Warhol’s influence on abstract painting. Art Review: ‘Regarding Warhol’ at the Metropolitan Museum 2012-09-13T21:37:57Z

While that's in no way relevant to its subject matter, it has helped cement the film's legendary status. DVDs you should have seen -- but didn't 2010-07-24T15:01:00Z

And perhaps, in subject matter, I wasn’t far off. “Mad Men’s” great influence: A show’s secrets, hidden in plain sight 2014-05-25T04:00:00Z

“When I realized that was my subject matter, I was terrified,” he said. A Debut Novelist’s Descent into Darkness 2017-08-27T04:00:00Z

Though artists and artisans of the time were inspired by classical subject matter, they were innovative and forward thinking in their own right. Ancient Greek Bronzes Go on View at the Getty in L.A. 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z

Photograph: Dea Picture Library/De Agostini/Getty Images Manet retained a detached relationship to the subject matter of paintings that challenged even the most sympathetically inclined of his contemporaries. Manet's portraits: the artist on the knife-edge of photography 2013-01-12T09:01:01Z

Lloyd has frequently returned to dolls for her subject matter, making detailed, unsettling sculptures in various media that conjure the often frightening parts of childhood. What to See in N.Y.C. Galleries Right Now 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z

According to his narration in “No Stone Unturned,” the director Alex Gibney stumbled upon the subject matter of this film while working on another documentary about the World Cup. Review: ‘No Stone Unturned’ Explores an Attack in Northern Ireland 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z

“In a sense, the subject matter is the vehicle for music,” he said. Past and Present, the Orpheus Myth Makes Us Rethink Music 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z

Increasingly concerned with Canadian subject matter, Mr. Snow and Ms. Wieland returned to Toronto in the early 1970s. Michael Snow, Prolific and Playful Artistic Polymath, Is Dead at 94 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z

Based on the subject matter, that decision may have been for the good of his own health. '7 Deadly Sins' review: Morgan Spurlock's latest goes to extremes 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z

South African writer Bruce's economical prose, arrogantly deluded narrator and subject matter inevitably invite comparison with Coetzee, although the novel lacks the latter's casual brilliance. First novels roundup ? reviews 2011-08-26T21:07:01Z

In its short life, for all its dead-serious subject matter, the program has developed the structure, rhythm and characters of a weekly reality show. President Trump’s Prime-Time Pandemic 2020-03-30T04:00:00Z

It helps that, in the early chapters, Hockney's parents provide subject matter almost as lively as anything their son delivers — especially his father, Kenneth, who was a conscientious objector during World War II. Hockney bio brings artist to dandified life 2012-06-13T20:48:04Z

He is at his most telling when he brings his subject matter closest to home. Review: James Cicatko draws on dark history for 'Conversations with Messerschmidt' 2011-03-17T20:05:20Z

He traveled through the countryside to find subject matter; one artists’ colony, on a riverbank near Lublin, allowed Jews and Christians to paint side by side. A ‘Moral Imperative’ to Recover a Lost Art Legacy 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z

Three of this year’s five Oscar nominees for best documentary are films by black directors about black subject matter, which is surely without precedent. “I Am Not Your Negro”: James Baldwin’s lesson for white America still hits home 50 years later 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z

Later, West led the crowd in a brief singalong that brought his typical humor to his latest subject matter: “Closed on Sunday,” he sang. Kanye West Teases ‘Jesus Is King,’ a New Album With No Cursing 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z

And in its subject matter, it draws on themes from the life of the South African poet Ingrid Jonker, without ever quite rising to the level of biography. Review: 3-D Enhances An Enigmatic New Opera 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z

From an outsider looking in, maybe you were looking to be entertained and the subject matter was not of interest. Review: John Leguizamo Goes for Easy Laughs in ‘Latin History’ 2017-11-15T05:00:00Z

His canvases tend to be huge and his subject matter also not easy to digest. Brothers Jerome and Joel-Peter Witkin and their 'Twin Visions' 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z

Make no mistake, this is at times crushingly heavy subject matter. Why Manchester By the Sea should win the best picture Oscar 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z

The incoherence is especially problematic considering the subject matter. Dance Review: Pavel Zustiak’s ‘Painted Bird’ Blurs Insiders and Outsiders 2013-07-02T21:27:31Z

It’s tempting, given Powell’s subject matter and personal history, to chart the milestones of his life against the history of AIDS. D. A. Powell’s Unruly Elegies 2015-01-19T05:00:00Z

“It’s the subject matter. This show will book differently because of Seth’s interests. He wants politicians and authors and sports figures and comedians.” Seth Meyers: Smart Guy in the Wiseguy Seat 2014-02-23T22:43:45Z

“By attacking these books, by attacking the authors, by attacking the subject matter, what they are doing is removing the possibility for conversation,” she said. Book Ban Efforts Spread Across the U.S. 2022-01-30T05:00:00Z

“This extraordinary breadth of subject matter and material is opened up. That’s the DNA. You turn a page — or click a mouse — and you’re in a totally different world.” Hamish Bowles Enters The World of Interiors 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z

Mr Sheffield said the work was "beautiful" despite its "ostensibly shocking" subject matter. Malkovich to tread London boards 2010-03-11T15:41:00Z

Attenborough returned to social-issue subject matter with Cry Freedom, aiming to do for South African apartheid what Gandhi had done for the Indian independence movement. Richard Attenborough – a career in clips 2014-08-24T04:00:00Z

Over the years Mr. Levine’s subject matter hasn’t changed much — he remains a distinctly urban poet — but his line has lengthened, and his edge has softened. A Gritty Voice of the Workingman to Be Poet Laureate : Voice of the Workingman to Be Poet Laureate 2011-08-10T02:20:31Z

In large oil paintings that are bright in color yet watery in texture, Dan Perkins combines a romantic sensibility with ordinary subject matter. In the galleries: ‘Spring Solos’ at Arlington Arts Center 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z

It is, dare I say it, entertaining, which is not a sign of disrespect to the subject matter but of engagement with it. ‘Impeachment’ Review: A She Said, She Said Situation 2021-09-06T04:00:00Z

Some people are like, “I want to hear more about that subject matter!” Laura Jane Grace of Against Me!: 'This Is How I Felt When I Was 19' 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z

Given its title and subject matter, you might expect it to be positively Dickensian. The Great Unexpected by Sharon Creech - review 2012-12-21T22:55:04Z

Despite the variety of Coleman’s music and subject matter, “The Best Is Yet to Come” tends to overdose on overbearing crescendos and throbby interpretations of the songs that would better suit a larger theater. | 'The Best Is Yet to Come': Brassy and Bawdy, With Fingers Snapping 2011-05-26T22:00:14Z

In Stella, Bennett balances the literary demands of dynamic characterization with the historical and social realities of her subject matter. A Novel Imagines the Fate of Twin Sisters, One Passing for White 2020-05-29T04:00:00Z

He’s initially put off by the apparently trivial subject matter but comes to admire what she does with it—and takes an interest in reading her unpublished writings, which she offers him. Everyone Is a "Trainwreck" 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z

Star power, strange subject matter - I get and enjoy. ‘Constellations,’ With Jake Gyllenhaal and Ruth Wilson, Opens on Broadway 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z

In style, sophistication and subject matter, “Michael Clayton” has become something of a gold standard for movies made for mature, discerning audiences. Perspective | Tony Gilroy and the ongoing battle for good movies for grown-ups 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z

The subject matter is largely celebratory, and the vocals are heavily processed and virtually post-human. Reviews: Jidenna, Chastity Belt, Sicko Mobb and Mickey Guyton 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z

Dean's film subject matter includes the effect of the 1999 solar eclipse on a farm in Cornwall, and the transition from day to dusk as a lighthouse near Berwick-upon-Tweed becomes illuminated. Tacita Dean chosen for Tate show 2010-12-14T16:24:13Z

Even harder to believe that the film manages to render a multidimensional portrait of a flawed man from this otherwise mundane subject matter. 6 Movies That Take Place in a Single Location (Mostly) 2020-06-21T04:00:00Z

I’d been a huge admirer of yours, first as an actor and with the foundation and all the work you’ve been doing, because it’s obviously an important subject matter to me. Geena Davis meets Paul Feig: ‘I had an audition cancelled when I wouldn’t have dinner with the producer’ 2017-12-02T05:00:00Z

This persuasive and blackly funny book of poems takes its tone and subject matter from old Hollywood movies, but the intensity of the attack is all Minnis’s. Times Critics’ Top Books of 2019 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z

She added that given its varied subject matter, “It is a kind of peep show, not so different from Zoom in a way.” A Panorama of Design 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z

Films also were uplifting then, he said, even when the subject matter was gritty, citing "The Grapes of Wrath" and "High Sierra" as examples. Robert Osborne takes center stage in TCM special 2014-01-06T14:35:55Z

As this book contains some inappropriate subject matter I would recommend it to children in year six and up. Finding Cherokee Brown by Siobhan Curham - review 2013-04-23T17:00:00Z

That 2005 discovery prompted him to contact longtime friend Arthur Jones, who was attracted as much by the subject matter as by Schwankert's enthusiasm, as witnessed on an early visit to Weihai. Answers sought in China's salvaging of British sub 2012-08-03T09:01:05Z

"It's a combination of the texture, the subject matter and the quality and clarity of the design," she said. Seattle sculptor wants to mold U.S. coin making into an art form 2011-07-25T17:40:55Z

Her subject matter — romantic disappointment, being left in the lurch — is the same, but the stakes are much greater now. Olivia Rodrigo’s ‘Vampire’ Takes a Note From Taylor Swift: Leave a Mark 2023-07-04T04:00:00Z

But that, given the subject matter, is exactly the problem. | 'In Darkness': ?In Darkness? From Agnieszka Holland - Review 2011-12-09T01:31:14Z

No matter how bleak the subject matter of the nominated films, no matter how intense the performances of the nominated actors, Oscar night is generally presumed to be a night for merriment. Time for a red carpet revolution: Stars have a huge platform to use — if they dare 2016-02-28T05:00:00Z

Comparisons to "Boogie Nights," both for the structure and the sexual subject matter, are inevitable. Review: Substance, sex appeal mix in `Magic Mike' 2012-06-26T19:37:15Z

The 23-year-old believes the importance of the subject matter lies in the lack of understanding many citizens have when it comes to the rights and duties of citizenship. H.E.R. among artists educating kids on civics in new series 2021-07-03T04:00:00Z

And today, in their casting and subject matter, Ms. Lovette, 25, and Mr. Peck, 30, are also responding to the contemporary world and putting it on the ballet stage. When Two Men Fall in Love on the Ballet Stage, and Why It Matters 2017-10-10T04:00:00Z

Authors who seemed “authentically” Japanese—who wrote in traditional forms on traditional subject matter—gained favor instead. The Startling Poetry of a Nearly Forgotten Japanese Modernist 2015-08-18T04:00:00Z

Because the nature and subject matter of productions vary, the District is not inclined to apply this criteria to all future productions.” TX school bans trans boy from playing "Oklahoma!" male lead, recasts with cisgender male student 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z

If you want your productions to be true reflections of real life, you must know your subject matter in the greatest possible detail. Want to be a theatre director? Here are my 10 top survival tips | John Caird 2010-03-23T12:12:00Z

She added that she’s excited for the subject matter as well. Jessica Williams Is Leaving 'The Daily Show' For Her Own Series 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z

“I’ve written a number of plays that I learned about the subject matter at the museum.” He's big in L.A.'s small theaters: Tom Jacobson, master of puzzles, surprises and brain-teasers 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z

Sitting on top of the charts for unsettling subject matter remains the related topic of necrophilia. God’s Pocket: carrying corpse humour to the grave 2014-08-04T04:00:00Z

They’re not remotely erotic or even particularly sensual, and they have nothing to do with the Greek mythological subject matter for which Canova remains best known. Art Review: ‘Antonio Canova: The Seven Last Works’ Debuts at the Met 2014-01-23T22:50:58Z

The show handles its subject matter with remarkable care as Derek faces new, sometimes upsetting situations this season. Netflix’s ‘Derek’ returns, handled with tender, loving care

“I’ve been doing work that the subject matters are quite serious,” she said, “and it was very nice doing something that was totally silly and not an ounce of subtlety in it.” Disney tells a different 'Nutcracker' story on the big screen 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z

In the song, Beyoncé mixes an unexpected sense of fun and brutal honesty in her approach to what might be otherwise pain-ridden subject matter. Sheltering in place with classic albums: Beyoncé's "Lemonade" 2020-05-02T04:00:00Z

Perhaps not surprising, given her subject matter, she wrote with a wooden baseball bat and a gun at hand, telling interviewers that she saw the world as a dangerous place. Ann Rule, Best-Selling Author of True-Crime Books, Dies at 83 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z

Crucially, the company’s dissident ethos extends to form as well as subject matter. Review: In This Eco-Thriller, the Animals May Be Having Their Revenge 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z

While it’s promising to see an acclaimed series tackle this type of difficult subject matter so deftly, attitudes about what constitutes “women’s entertainment” may also end up limiting the cultural impact. War at home: how Big Little Lies deftly dissects domestic violence 2019-06-17T04:00:00Z

It also sounds more joyful than “Emotion,” despite its generally sadder subject matter. Carly Rae Jepsen’s Ecstatic Hymns to Love 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z

As she shoulders her way towards the canvas, she allows no space between her subject matter and her self. This House; Scenes from an Execution; Damned by Despair – review 2012-10-13T23:06:27Z

It’s going to be very different in tone and subject matter. ‘This Story Transcends Race’: Kevin Kwan on the Appeal of ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ 2018-08-19T04:00:00Z

These are complimented by a looped screening of a film he shot on 16-millimeter film using a Bolex camera in 1968 featuring the same kids and subject matter, and bearing the same title. Larry Clark turns life into art for photo exhibit at new United Talent Agency gallery 2016-09-17T04:00:00Z

Hogenson said that the film needed this juxtaposition between its visual approach and the gravity of its subject matter. Life with Cancer in “Dani” 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z

Before beginning work on any given bag, workers determine the rough subject matter. Piecing Together the History of Stasi Spying 2021-08-10T04:00:00Z

Mr. Barney said he very much hoped visitors would see the sculpture before or after seeing the film, despite the film’s length and the uncompromising subject matter. Matthew Barney’s Most Punishing Tour: ‘River of Fundament’ 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z

Clearly, while the reclusive German artist's subject matter is rooted in his childhood, his concerns are far from mushy self-absorption or confession. Exhibitions picks of the week 2010-04-02T23:07:00Z

Given the turbulent nature of this subject matter, Crowell's tone is folksy but complicated. 'Chinaberry Sidewalks': Rodney Crowell's folksy, bittersweet, rollicking memoir 2011-02-04T20:16:07Z

Its powerfully spiritual subject matter may have something to do with its relative unfamiliarity to modern concertgoers, who may be inclined to worship Beethoven as much as the Almighty. Philharmonic to Perform Beethoven?s ?Missa Solemnis? 2010-06-18T14:41:00Z

Thanks to Waltz's performance and Menke's editing, almost unbearable tension was wrung out of the most ostensibly banal subject matter. Sally Menke: the quiet heroine of the Quentin Tarantino success story 2010-09-29T15:24:00Z

Recorded in her home studio, "Bionic" features "electronic and organic elements with subject matter ranging from playful to introspective," Aguilera said in a statement. Christina Aguilera sets June release for new album "Bionic" 2010-03-25T23:20:00Z

All three shows play a double game, noting either the absurdity or the sheer speculativeness of their subject matter while merrily fearmongering. Critic’s Notebook: On National Geographic Channel, No End in Sight for Doom 2012-11-30T23:21:41Z

Hamid's debut, Moth Smoke, was formally conventional, though its subject matter caused a stir – imagine a McInerney party novel, set in Lahore, with bootleg whisky, cheap heroin and nuclear neighbours. How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia by Mohsin Hamid – review 2013-03-28T08:00:02Z

Given his sharp wit and scholarly interest in the subject matter, Hitchcock seemed a natural choice to facilitate discussions with Boyd. Looking at, listening to 1967's London scene 2011-03-20T12:45:00Z

But “We Shall Not Be Moved” also attempts to bend the genre toward its subject matter. A Police Bombing, Homes on Fire and an Opera That Grapples With It All 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z

Van Hove is Belgian, and his European background made the subject matter intriguing. Heggie’s `Dead Man Walking’ gets Met Opera premiere in 20-21 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z

Ms. Brown, however, insists that the images are essentially playful puns, offering “heavy subject matter dealt with,” she said, “with a very light touch.” At These Exhibitions, Death Is a Lively Subject 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z

But on account of its subject matter, it was “Marilyn,” commissioned to honor the 50th anniversary of the New York City Opera, that made him known to the general public. Ezra Laderman,Weaver of Eclectic ‘Marilyn’ Opera, Dies at 90 2015-03-04T05:00:00Z

A source told the Hollywood Reporter in July last year that Paul Feig’s film would not be getting a release, but refused to confirm this was due to the movie’s spooky subject matter. Ghosts, liberated women and Morgan Freeman: the films banned for odd reasons 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z

“Anatomy of a Murder” hardly represented Preminger’s first challenge to the Production Code Administration or to local censorship boards, both of which tried to police the subject matter presented in movies. Looking for a Great Courtroom Drama? Start Here 2021-01-21T05:00:00Z

Picturehouse’s Binns,says: “Women are now just as keen to see and openly enjoy what was seen in the past as a ‘boys’ subject matter’.” Horrorwood! Will the new golden age of scary movies save cinema? 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z

For me, I discovered that I needed to approach the holidays not as the theme of the song, or the subject matter. "I went full Christmas": Rhett Miller on writing holiday songs for now and for the ages 2018-12-22T05:00:00Z

The Big C, subtitled "Time to grab life by the balls", is, surprisingly, given the subject matter, a comedy. Who's afraid of the big C? 2010-09-18T23:06:00Z

Storm Large was soloist in Kurt Weill's "Seven Deadly Sins," giving the gleeful impression of being better attuned to the subject matter than well tuned. At the Ojai Music Festival, Classical style takes a turn 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z

Yet his heart is in revealing how his chosen subject matter – whether, he says now, "honour killings, female infanticide or " – connects "to a flesh and blood human being". Nadeem Aslam: a life in writing 2013-01-26T10:00:03Z

But it is the subject matter – "two men in a room," said the winning writer David Seidler last night – that makes its global success remarkable. Baftas 2011: The King's Speech sweeps the board 2011-02-13T21:56:35Z

And it's really validating, this list, not just like in terms of confirming that people are reading, but in revealing the breadth of the subject matter that people are reading. Wil Wheaton, lifelong fan of PBS and libraries, has one book he can’t recommend 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z

“Making ‘The Day After Trinity’ was a pretty rugged ride — it’s pretty rugged subject matter,” Else said. ‘Oppenheimer’ Fans Are Rediscovering a 40-Year-Old Documentary 2023-07-27T04:00:00Z

With the Jokers, the boundary between detached observation and immersion in the subject matter became even more blurred. Joker in the pack 2010-06-21T13:52:00Z

As the label and its roster grew, so did the subject matter of the songs. 50 Years Later, Gamble and Huff’s Philly Sound Stirs the Soul 2021-02-25T05:00:00Z

When female artists mine nature as subject matter, they often address the gruesome rather than the pretty and the dainty. Two explorations of nature and centuries-old gender stereotypes 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z

It suits Mr. Ocean’s sui generis approach to celebrity, which is reclusive but also dependent on that isolation for its subject matter and tone. Review: Frank Ocean Transmits Intimacy on a Grand Scale 2017-07-30T04:00:00Z

His materials included soot and spit, and subject matters ranged from nonsensical configurations of letters and stylized portraits to interiors and landscapes, which reflected a sophisticated understanding of perspective. James Castle, subject of Smithsonian show, put ‘taught’ in self-taught

Did you have concerns about making films with queer subject matter in Mexico? “Mexico! Everything is something and its opposite at the same time!”: Luis Alberti talks about his sinister starring role in “Carmin Tropical” 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z

“I was just really inspired by the subject matter,” said Carlile, because, she added, “I’m part of a nontraditional family.” ‘Jam Van’ Dares to Ask: What if Family Road Trips Were Actually Fun? 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z

At the same time, Mr. Fischl’s scope and his ambitions, both in subject matter and the formal handling of paint, are rather narrow. | Long Island: A Review of ‘Eric Fischl: Beach Life,’ in East Hampton 2012-09-22T05:19:13Z

The investigation behind and the production of the series is stellar, but what separates it from other true crime or cult-focused podcasts is in Washington’s deep connection to the subject matter. The 10 must-listen podcast episodes of the decade 2019-12-29T05:00:00Z

“With some of the music I really contradicted the subject matter or the time that the poet wrote,” she said. From Natalie Merchant, a Literary Tour 2010-04-16T19:06:00Z

As the subject matter seeps through skin, the words, you realize, are only the beginning. Rachid Ouramdane?s ?Ordinary Witnesses? at New York Live Arts 2011-09-18T04:00:33Z

In addition to its beautiful writing, its subject matter is both enduring and timely. A Deadly Storm, a Witch Hunt and a Village Without Men 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z

“Gossamer” brings together work by 22 artists — including Louise Bourgeois, Sarah Lucas and Man Ray — who have made art using stockings as subject matter or as a material instead of, say, paint or steel. Pantyhose That Make You Think 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z

Everything about the series, from its star to its tone to its subject matter to its home, screams hourlong prestige. Finally some good news: TV dramas are getting shorter 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z

If the subject matter is also "edgy", Wenner and company probably drool as well. The Licentious Life and Times of Jann Wenner 2017-11-27T05:00:00Z

In “Supernatural Wife,” “The subject matter is primal: matters of birth, death, grief, mourning and the gods,” she said. Dance: ?Supernatural Wife,? a New York Dance Premiere 2011-11-27T05:10:08Z

This time, though, the American subject matter meant its notoriety was on a whole new level. Bernd Eichinger: a career in clips 2011-01-28T10:58:00Z

“These fights that I was having are fights that all of my friends are having, about almost the exact same subject matter,” she explains. What It's Like to Make a Movie With an All-Female Crew 2017-06-05T04:00:00Z

In the ’80s, Lüpertz drew inspiration from artists such as Gustave Courbet, Francisco Goya, and Nicolas Poussin and used mythology as his subject matter. German Artist Markus Lüpertz’s Life’s Work Is on View in Paris 2015-04-15T04:00:00Z

But, in terms of the stories that drove the most New Yorker subscriptions, the subject matter was refreshingly varied. The Top Twenty-Five New Yorker Stories of 2019 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z

Also they draw from the same subject matter. ArtsBeat: Movies, Memorabilia and Metallica 2012-11-27T14:00:59Z

But it did convey the emotionally charged — even uncomfortable — tenor of the evening, which, given the subject matter, seemed fitting. Tracing the Path of AIDS Through the Dance World 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z

It’s a trend that started in February 2017, for reasons that are probably obvious to all, and hasn’t really gone away, though the subject matter has expanded far beyond its origin. On this Runway, Black Lives Matter 2018-09-09T04:00:00Z

“He looks back and remains very calm and honest about the subject matter. He never rushes to judge.” Cambodia Vies for 1st Oscar With Missing Picture 2014-02-27T08:24:29Z

But all the songwriting by committee inevitably leads to homogenization, and it’s also constricting pop’s subject matter. Music: Want a Hit? Keep It Simple 2010-12-31T19:49:03Z

Jen Gunter is a good source of information, well informed, and able to put scientific subject matter in simple terms a high school student... Sex Hurts. Help! 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z

Her voice is unexpectedly soft and controlled, in stark contrast to the harsh subject matter of much of her work. For Karen Finley, Jackie O. is for outrage in 'The Jackie Look' 2015-11-21T05:00:00Z

But in reading “Bossypants,” it quickly becomes clear that in subject matter and tone, this one is for the ladies. Cultural Studies: Tina Fey and Me 2011-04-08T19:18:59Z

It got attention for Ms. Winfrey’s return to TV acting, but it was equally distinctive for its subject matter: a Christian megachurch and the travails and power struggles of the family that runs it. Where Is God on the Small Screen? 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z

Zokosky’s other works range from small exquisite silverpoint/goldpoint portraits on prepared paper to other oils on panel with equally startling subject matter. Some eerie, startling work at Prographica’s ‘Figures & Faces’ 2013-12-26T20:43:44Z

The serious subject matter is overshadowed by over-the-top acting and a bizarre twee song featuring the lyrics: “That’s how you got addicted to heroin”: The strangest Super Bowl spot we’ve ever seen 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z

“Ravenous” approaches the subject matter in a slightly more realistic style than other zombie movies, focusing on a group of non-zombies thrown together by fate and forced into a nomadic existence by the plague. Chipping Away at the Huge Block of Netflix Originals 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z

It seems like all the excitement is moving to TV because of the flexibility of the structure and the amount of subject matter we can pursue. How to Make a TV Drama in the Twitter Age 2013-08-09T14:51:02Z

Her subject matter is so appealing, it almost obscures the power and suppleness of her language. Looking at Gish Jen and the Conglomeration of Others 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z

Pollard presents the subject matter straightforwardly, occasionally dryly, with authors, historians and — in archival material — the players themselves sharing stories of team rivalries and of visionary owners. ‘The League’ Review: A Crucial Baseball Legacy 2023-07-06T04:00:00Z

Regardless of subject matter, all novels are fundamentally about time, writer Jonathan Lethem says. Festival of Books: Short stories differ from novels, but how exactly? 2015-04-19T04:00:00Z

Given the powerful importance of her subject matter, and the bravura with which she treats it, there should be conversation aplenty. Lebanese-Syrian roots run deep in Mary Ann Peters' latest show 2012-10-18T20:19:12Z

The subject matter of these noirs were dark, dangerous and psychologically complex. German emigres' effect on U.S. cinema saluted 2014-08-16T04:00:00Z

This is Rijneveld in short: an earthy and irreverent new voice, thrillingly uninhibited in style and subject matter. An Award-Winning Debut Novel About Innocence Shattered Offers Terror and Solace 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z

To answer the built-in difficulties of subject matter and a holiday weekend, the Philharmonic’s marketers took extra steps. New York Philharmonic Plans Ligeti?s ?Grand Macabre? 2010-05-23T22:39:00Z

Keegan: I think a lot of people were heartened too that a film led by a young woman on this subject matter performed quite well at the box office. Actresses on the power of empathy, Meryl Streep and virginity scenes 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z

The subject matter of my debut novel starts out dark, and then gets darker still. If you like books like these: dark teen reads 2012-05-31T10:17:09Z

It’s as if Knight were deflecting the mockery that the movie deserves with the solemnity of its subject matter. “Serenity,” Reviewed: An Earnestly Absurd Film-Noir Grab-Bag 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z

The circle-the-wagons approach fits the subject matter, with Grace documenting her gender transformation with sometimes harrowing honesty. Review: Against Me! singer chronicles her transgender blues 2014-02-10T17:15:00Z

But time, effort and serious subject matter are no guarantee of anything. Tate Britain's Watercolour: Awash with inspiration 2011-02-14T21:31:01Z

Advertisement Advertisement Dark though its subject matter is, “Eclipsed” has moments of warmth and even humor, as the women try to buoy one another’s spirits and maintain some modicum of civilization. Review: In ‘Eclipsed,’ Female Captives in Liberia’s Civil War Seek Sustenance 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z

They capture a moment when Lichtenstein, who died in 1997, was experimenting with Abstract Expressionism but using subject matter from comic books, which he explored in depth later in his Pop Art years. The Morgan Gets a Gift: A Lichtenstein Trove 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z

Whatever the subject matter for a creation, I try to find its own sauce. With a 7-Hour Saga, Robert Lepage Returns to Safer Ground 2020-03-06T05:00:00Z

Even when delivering voiceover about subject matter he's excited about in his own films, like the documentary "Cave of Forgotten Dreams," it's as if he's threatening us with world domination. Review: Cruise oozes low-key charisma as `Reacher' 2012-12-18T22:47:11Z

But don't let the subject matter fool you. The case for comic books 2011-07-25T22:14:03Z

But this overlong production, presented in a vignette form, meanders in a way that overwhelms the viewer — not in terms of subject matter, but in its repetitiveness. Review: ‘The Minstrel Show Revisited’ Confronts Racial Stereotypes 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z

But Green’s latest book, “Turtles All the Way Down,” is somehow far darker, not so much because of the subject matter — though that’s dark too — but because of how he chooses to write about it. In John Green’s ‘Turtles All the Way Down,’ a Teenager’s Mind Is at War With Itself 2017-10-10T04:00:00Z

Though some of the subject matter is thorny and emotional, Ms. Glucksman described the making of “Witness” as “the most joyful professional process I have ever experienced.” Katy Perry Woke Up. She Wants to Tell You All About It. 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z

For all the intensity of her subject matter, Abid is humorously self-deprecating in person. Humaira Abid’s masterful illusions spotlight political realities 2017-09-25T04:00:00Z

His subject matter, the art of growing up, may be timeless; his execution tips toward stale. Review: From Ailey II, Youthful Promise Caught in a Juvenile Setting 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z

Given the immediacy of its subject matter, it is an appropriately, though no less remarkably for that, non-political story. 'Last Days in Vietnam,' 'Kent State: The Day the '60s Died' on PBS 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z

Perfect for bibliophiles, her prints include colorful, hand-lettered book spines centered on one particular subject matter. Need some affordable artwork to spruce up your place? Try these websites. 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z

“Even if you can’t handle the subject matter, people will still feel compelled to look.” Story of Australian woman who skinned and cooked partner to be told in film 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z

Even if it's got a very interesting subject matter, it's lost because the film is too morbid to enjoy. 'Sapphires' actor O'Dowd on aboriginal similarity 2013-03-29T13:37:08Z

The subject matter of the selected imagery is as diverse as one might hope, ranging from global youth culture to civil unrest. Are These the Next Superstar Photographers? 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z

She said the project would likely air in "two or three years' time" but the subject matter remains under wraps for now. Sir David Attenborough lines up fresh BBC landmark series 2013-07-05T15:12:36Z

But in the hands of showrunner Ray McKinnon and his creative team, “Rectify” takes that same subject matter and makes it a quiet, thoughtful, emotionally rich drama. Poetic crime drama “Rectify” courts “Serial” fans with hard-nosed companion podcast 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z

This enormous and authoritative work of scholarship, nearly a decade in the making, covers nearly every aspect of its subject matter, from absinthe spoons to maceration to the Zombie. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z

Their melancholy seems as much a matter of form as of subject matter – a result of narrative compactness. Guardian book club: Lorrie Moore's Collected Stories 2010-04-02T23:06:00Z

The first monologue hits air pockets of wan laughter — maybe the audience was unsure what to expect, maybe it was jarred by the contrast between the grim subject matter and the punch lines. Review: How Do You Solve ‘The Problem With Jon Stewart’? 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z

“When done correctly, these kind of stories, the weight of the subject matter and what they’re trying to expose, makes them better pieces of entertainment.” ‘Dopesick,’ an opioid crisis story that needed ‘to be told’ 2021-10-13T04:00:00Z

"The subject matter is very close to my heart," Scorsese told Total Film earlier this year. Martin Scorsese's Silence lined up for Oscars... in 2016 2014-07-15T04:00:00Z

No longer is he making formal innovations and only occasionally is he expanding his subject matter. Music Review: Back From ?Vacation,? Lil Wayne Returns to Reclaim His Perch 2011-03-28T23:15:09Z

These five movies could hardly be more diverse in both subject matter and storytelling strategy. Captivating Films, Complicated Truths 2011-07-23T00:03:17Z

By contrast, in art about politics, the subject matter is the primary statement, which means what you see is mostly what you get. President Trump Has Inspired Art. That’s Not Always a Good Thing. 2019-02-22T05:00:00Z

In places they also invite comparison with Ms. Islam’s contemporary Tacita Dean, who shares her interest in the material history of 16-millimeter film but gravitates to more romantic subject matter. Art Review: The Magic of Movies, Born From a Single Snapshot 2011-08-18T22:24:34Z

“There are always going to be concerns about putting a work that has volatile subject matter on view,” Martin said. Painting of Yale namesake and enslaved child back on display 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z

But as we approach the 100th anniversary of Anarchism and Other Essays, her first and best book, what is astonishing is the continuing relevance of her subject matter. Emma Goldman: a thoroughly modern anarchist 2010-10-06T12:00:00Z

Its subject matter is anything and everything, a peevish interrogation of contemporary upper middle class overexamined life presented via a grab bag of previously published articles. In defense of Katie Roiphe 2012-09-04T19:52:00Z

The film and its heavy subject matter is not an easy sell. Cannes 2012: Reporter's Diary 2012-05-19T10:54:30Z

But her subject matter is tricky, and she does herself no favors by being overly literal. Dance Review: Megan Kendzior’s ‘Witness,’ a Dance Invoking the Holocaust 2013-12-20T21:26:26Z

But the subject matter might lure some of them in. Nobody wanted John Grisham’s first novel — but now it’s buried treasure 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z

It can be the subject matter, the technique. David Furnish on Food, Fizz and Fun in Las Vegas 2014-08-13T04:00:00Z

The series, which distinguished itself with a dark style and often-heavy subject matter, ran four seasons and won four Emmy Awards. ‘Batman: The Killing Joke’ Finds Kevin Conroy Back Under the (Animated) Cowl 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z

He said he's especially pleased by the judges' characterization of the play as "a powerful rock musical that grapples with mental illness in a suburban family and expands the scope of subject matter for musicals." Pulitzer-winning play got its start in Issaquah theater 2010-04-13T02:22:00Z

Using news as artistic subject matter is nothing new for Mr. Ortega, who during the 1980s was a political cartoonist in Mexico City. In Transit: At a London Exhibition, News Becomes Art 2010-10-14T10:00:00Z

Related: The American civil war then and now – interactive Despite the deep subject matter, I find The Civil War incredibly relaxing. Ken Burns's The Civil War: America's greatest documentary rides again 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z

Sophisticates, on the other hand, are supposed to attend to more or less abstract aspects like composition, color and style, without regard for subject matter or superficial feats of technique. Art Review: Sophisticates? Sketchbooks 2011-05-26T22:23:15Z

Granted, to some degree I invited this nosiness with the subject matter of Big Brother: obesity and our complex contemporary relationship to food. Lionel Shriver: 'If you're thin, you are a kook; if you're fat, you're a failure' 2013-05-11T07:00:27Z

The guilelessness of the subject matter is further heightened by the manicured neatness of the exhibition’s surroundings. | Simple Photos From South Korea Light Up the Grand Galleries of Versailles 2013-06-25T17:00:47Z

Satire has always been a way to deal with serious subject matter, and we wanted to honor the original source.” In Spike Lee's 'Chi-Raq,' It's Women vs. Men, With a Vengeance 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z

Lofthus, like Wolfe and Tommy Small, believes 11 treats its subject matter sensitively and, like them, defends the right of dancers, writers and lyricists to tackle the events of 9/11. 9/11 remembered at Edinburgh festival fringe as 10th anniversary approaches 2011-08-08T13:58:00Z

But I realise the fact that I have taken this as a subject matter is, in a sense, political, and if it prompts a wider awareness of mental illness, then so much the better. Jocelyn Pook: inspired by mental illness 2012-11-23T22:55:11Z

Rather like the Jungfraubahn cog railway, which misses the best of the scenery by making much of its steep ascent to the peak underground, the show doesn't always showcase its subject matter perfectly. TV review: The Secret Life of Rubbish; Falcón; Great Continental Railway Journeys 2012-11-29T23:00:03Z

But despite the shifting subject matter, a theme does emerge. Review | Jonathan Franzen has some baggage. Does his latest essay collection rise above it? 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z

It’s just going to be less relatable because of the subject matter. Bob Odenkirk, Five-Time Emmy Nominee, Isn’t Ready to Get Off the Ride 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z

Because not many producers would necessarily create a network series whose subject matter is rooted in, like you said, social justice. "Proven Innocent" and the power of social justice TV: "Audiences aren't dumb. They're fascinated" 2019-02-17T05:00:00Z

On “Little Seeds,” the pair’s fourth album of original songs, the two engage with a wide range of deeply-felt subject matter, including a song inspired by the church shooting in Charleston, S.C., last year. Pop and Jazz Fall Preview: 105 Albums, Shows and Festivals 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z

There’s also a tension in “Grunt” between Roach’s effervescent tone and the subject matter. Yes, there are maggots: Mary Roach's 'Grunt' delights in the physicalities of going to war 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z

Audiences and critics so ardently hated "The Idol" because the subject matter and behind-the-scenes drama were so hateable. Why "The Idol" being canceled is causing so much joy 2023-08-29T04:00:00Z

And for Sondheim, that meant never repeating himself in terms of subject matter, a point made by Jonathan Tunick, the composer's most prominent orchestrator, who spoke during the concert. Philharmonic celebrates Sondheim's 80th birthday 2010-03-16T11:52:00Z

It took some years before a few shows could profit from Twin Peaks' daring to be original in tone, sensibility and subject matter. Twin Peaks: 20 years on 2010-03-21T00:05:00Z

Nor have many filmmakers — over many decades — so completely adapted their signature subject matter to new styles and times. 5 Film Series to Catch in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z

Last August Kevin Reilly, Fox’s entertainment president, told reporters at the Television Critics Association tour that the rejection of the episode “was a business decision” because it represented “fragile subject matter at a sensitive time.” Banned ?Family Guy? Episode Gets New Life on DVD 2010-07-19T22:20:00Z

Jay Z and Will Smith are reuniting as producers, and this time, their subject matter promises to be much heavier than their 2014 remake of Annie. Jay Z and Will Smith Are Producing an Emmett Till Miniseries 2015-07-25T04:00:00Z

And yet, the following occurred yesterday, in the life of someone who makes a living writing columns and is perpetually in desperate search of subject matter: Perspective | Gene Weingarten: I’ve got a bad feline about this 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z

He independently released an album called Nothing Sacred: the songs were as crafted as anything on his major-label LPs, but the subject matter was of a decidedly different hue. What is the most offensive album of all time? 2010-10-21T22:00:00Z

Despite its heavy subject matter, "Reunion" is peppered with the sisters' wit. Judith Claire Mitchell explores a family curse in 'A Reunion of Ghosts' 2015-08-28T04:00:00Z

“All of this stuff just kills you over time,” Allison said of her chosen subject matter, “or it makes you a shell of a person, almost.” Soccer Mommy Is Pushing Through the Indie-Rock Growing Pains 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z

According to the production company, the contestants are judged on whether they have "successfully mastered the subject matter and creation of their piece," as well as on the concept that "leaves the greatest impact." Artists get the reality-show treatment in Bravo's 'Work of Art: The Next Great Artist' 2010-06-08T22:35:00Z

When he got home to Los Angeles, his ears and eyes peeled for new subject matter, a close friend called Barnett to tell him their child was transgender. 'Visibility is so important': trans teen athletes shine in new documentary 2019-05-03T04:00:00Z

When Mr. MacFarlane presented the concept to Fox, it warned him that the subject matter raised a red flag, but allowed him to produce the episode anyway. Banned ?Family Guy? Episode Gets New Life on DVD 2010-07-19T22:20:00Z

Historically, the subject matter of the arts has pushed at the limits of what is acceptable behavior within society. Perspective | This painting might be sexually disturbing. But that’s no reason to take it out of a museum. 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z

Griswold's defamatory portrait, along with the grim subject matter of Poe's stories and poems, still influences the way readers perceive him. How Edgar Allan Poe became the darling of the maligned and misunderstood 2023-01-21T05:00:00Z

But, Updike has that special sheen, a filigree of wisdom and style so pleasing that it transcends its subject matter. The Great American Novelist tournament 2013-01-22T12:51:05Z

In that regard, “The Glorious Heresies” remains unstintingly true to its own subject matter. ‘The Glorious Heresies’: A nasty world of faith and vice in 21st-century Ireland 2016-08-06T04:00:00Z

I don't think it's arrogant, by the way, to say you're selecting subject matter that's relevant to history and it just happens to have a coincidence. "Drunk History" may be the most necessary show on TV now 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z

Only once does the film really acknowledge the import of its subject matter. Why The Dictator isn't Great 2012-05-16T14:38:23Z

There is as well the brilliant but deliberately nonconformist staging that expands the subject matter in ways we may appreciate but not entirely comprehend. Is 'Hamilton' the top Broadway musical of all time? Not necessarily, this expert says 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z

And considering the subject matter, they figured, “We need someone who is just shy of putting our listeners to sleep.” Nick Offerman on his new show: “There’s no attempt to go with mainstream popular culture” 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z

The lyrics were fantasies and metaphors, rarely delving into personal subject matter — a disconnect that allowed her to go anywhere and write about anything. The Worse Things Get…: Neko Case’s Cathartic New Album 2013-09-06T15:46:23Z

As a foreign-language movie with no stars, modest production values and exceptionally tough subject matter, it has none. Pick of the week: A grueling, erotic shocker from Japan 2011-05-06T02:45:00Z

His story is riddled with conspiracy, controversy and politics surrounding a subject matter that truly affects us all.” 'Cool It,' Film Rival to 'An Inconvenient Truth,' Gets a U.S. Distributor 2010-09-01T18:58:00Z

Much of what touches me has in the end only a part to do with subject matter and a lot to do with form, and performance. Belief is unnecessary, but knowledge helps 2010-08-25T10:30:00Z

It’s a dangerous line to insert into such a tedious work, where the subject matter, which hints at the freedom and danger of taking flight, slips into melodrama, with couples bickering. Dance Review: Tiffany Mills Dance Company at Brooklyn Academy of Music 2013-06-04T22:11:54Z

The subject matter is painful: how 500 middle-aged policemen, mostly from Hamburg, descended into massacring Jews in Nazi-occupied Poland. New & Noteworthy, From Paul Krugman to the Romantic Age 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z

The director Stephen Johnson has said it took more than 20 years to get “High Ground” made, in part because of its subject matter. Australians Took Over Hollywood. Their Own Box Office Had to Wait. 2021-05-21T04:00:00Z

Now he was seeking “a complete blackout on objectionable subject matter,” according to the emails obtained by The National Enquirer and provided to The New York Times. The Path to Charlie Sheen’s H.I.V. Disclosure 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z

And subject matter, while it has to be good and you have to be able to justify everything, is just a vehicle for communication. Poetry's future 2010-06-18T07:30:00Z

“I just felt that with a painting like this, the subject matter it’s taking on, the world we’re in, we needed to be really thoughtful in how we prepared,” Ms. Wicha said. When the Painting Is Provocative but the Museum Is Cautious 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z

It brought me back to where I grew up and to a subject matter that I was close to through my best friend. Documentary "Audible" lets a Maryland School for the Deaf football player truly be see and heard 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z

It's a pity because the subject matter is not that simple either. Mondrian and De Stijl at the Pompidou Centre, Paris ? review 2011-01-11T14:00:19Z

Currently, two exhibitions in Vancouver and Victoria focus on what is arguably her most glorious subject matter: the landscapes of British Columbia. Vancouver Island, Through an Artist’s Eyes 2017-10-02T04:00:00Z

After reaching its peak in the early 1900s, verismo lingered into the ’20s, when its subject matter began to seem predictable, its music too unabashedly Romantic. Music Review: Melodramatic Sounds of Young Love 2011-05-25T22:22:09Z

Without her involvement, she added, the film, which cost under $15 million, “might not have been made at all, especially because of this subject matter, which in Hollywood is famously difficult.” Angelina Jolie?s First Directing Effort Is Serious 2011-12-06T23:28:47Z

“I was very interested in how he regarded his subjects, that they were people who were part of his lived experience, not just subject matter,” said the artist Charles Gaines, who taught Taylor at CalArts. The ‘Slow Burn’ That Is Henry Taylor 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z

The subject matter of Race is baldly stated in the title; November might just as well have been called Politics. Has David Mamet lost the plot? 2013-06-12T19:00:03Z

The idea was to finesse the script while getting a stamp of approval from Sundance to calm future backers’ potential jitters about the subject matter. The Birds and the Bees as Seen at 15, in ‘The Diary of a Teenage Girl’ 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z

Now, after many years writing novels, I deal with subject matter that is more personal. John L’Heureux on the Mystery of Grace 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z

Maybe they didn’t like the script either, but it certainly was the subject matter. Sigourney Weaver Has Us All Fooled: She’s Really Quite Silly 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z

The film is a quiet film, but it’s loud as far as the subject matter. Regina King: Speaking Truth to Power Through Her Art 2021-01-15T05:00:00Z

And he learned to choose subject matter that is "not only close to you and impacts you emotionally but subject matter that you are curious about." For 'Fruitvale Station' director, film school and football pay off 2013-07-25T14:11:50Z

But while the production is straightforward, the subject matter is just ambiguous enough to up the sex appeal. Here Are the 25 Best Songs of 2014 (So Far) 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z

In most Latin American bookstores, the volumes are not organized by subject matter, but by publisher. A legendary Mexican publishing house celebrates its 80th birthday 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z

Though it’s been likened to “The King’s Speech” and “Green Book,” two previous two-handers that won best picture, the subject matter of “The Two Popes” skews older and narrower. After Toronto, Is Tarantino Still the Oscar Favorite? 2019-09-13T04:00:00Z

Yet it isn’t just subject matter that accounts for Cyrus’ low-key presence. Miley Cyrus' New Surprise Album Is Miley As You've Never Heard Her Before 2015-08-31T04:00:00Z

“It’s about paint at the service of something else. It is not about gooey, chest-beating, macho ’50s abstraction that allows paint to sit up on the surface as subject matter about paint,” he said. Kehinde Wiley Puts a Classical Spin on His Contemporary Subjects 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z

Boyle’s achievement is to have made a wildly invigorating and enjoyable film about subject matter which is often so dark. ‘T2 Trainspotting’: The Early Reviews 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z

He navigates the void using a delicate, dappled line that constructs a sturdy visual architecture from the most fragile subject matter — orchids, a tropical flower with thousands of taxonomies. Uncharted seas in 'How to Build a Foghorn' at Samuel Freeman Gallery 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z

“You see someone and they get to Dr. King’s room and walk away” unmoved, without engaging with the subject matter. Painful but crucial: Why you’ll see Emmett Till’s casket at the African American museum 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z

But any lumping together of disparate writers by gender or perceived female subject matter separates the women from the men. Essay: ‘The Second Shelf’ 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z

Fashion, being a visual medium with a relatively niche audience, may not appear to be the most conducive subject matter for a podcast. 6 Podcasts for the Fashion-Conscious, and Curious 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z

But, from almost every interview that has come from Cronenberg, it seems that he does not have a single regret about plucking Patinson from teenage dreams to front such complex subject matter. Robert Pattinson: 'I want to strangle whoever invented that R-Patz thing' 2012-06-08T23:05:10Z

Their photographs and sculptures aren’t as gripping, as seen in this sampler of recent work at 303, but the subject matter still haunts and intrigues. Art in Review: Jane and Louise Wilson 2013-07-18T20:53:48Z

Given its transnational provenance – its Anglo-German source novel adapted by a British-Bengali screenwriter, its Australian director and its bleak Nazi-era subject matter – I'm reluctant to dub Lore a straightforwardly German movie. Lore: Cate Shortland's latest isn't your standard second world war movie 2013-02-18T16:00:00Z

Mr. Jordan acquired the painting in London at an auction of Phillips, where it was mistakenly labeled, both in terms of its subject matter and author. Historian Donates Velázquez to Prado 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z

The movie’s legacy, said Fox, gazing out on the sea of orange puffer jackets and Nike sneakers such as he wore 30 years before, was also a product of its subject matter. Michael J Fox on Back to the Future fans: ‘The most genuine people I’ve met’ 2015-07-19T04:00:00Z

Though the young women of Chicago’s drill scene can be as rowdy as their male counterparts, they’re also more diverse in subject matter and point to a possible way forward. Chicago Hip-Hop’s Raw Burst of Change 2012-10-07T04:49:05Z

The subject matter of "The Beast" strikes close to home for Cheng. A moment with Spectrum dancer Ty Alexander Cheng 2011-10-05T22:50:05Z

Even when there's compelling subject matter, it's often lost under layers of costumes, corsets, and accents. 2010-02-12T02:12:00Z

The subject matter doesn’t make for light reading; Polchin admits to feeling “haunted” by what he discovered in archives. The Theory That Justified Anti-Gay Crime 2019-06-26T04:00:00Z

I remember saying, this subject matter is like dancing on a razor blade: a brilliant feat if you can pull it off. The Battle of ‘Miss Saigon’: Yellowface, Art and Opportunity 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z

It's not like some serious — it is serious, the subject matter is serious — but there are moments in this film that are very light and entertaining because I think it's got a good balance. From hood films to a "The Banker," Nia Long wants to change the narrative for black dreams 2020-03-06T05:00:00Z

His aim, he declares, is to "hold the viewer's gaze and force a battle between the beauty of the image surface and the hatred of the subject matter depicted." 'Perspectives' at Foster/White looks at our world through photographers' lenses 2010-09-16T04:01:00Z

Never one to be coy about her subject matter, series creator and star Jennifer Saunders titled the episode after its subject, making it easy for a person to find years later. TV's changing view of the change: The menopause conversation is getting better, finally 2019-06-12T04:00:00Z

“Chemistry” never quite lives up to her reputation for excellence, though, and it fails to find a sound that fits the rawness of much of its subject matter. Kelly Clarkson’s ‘Chemistry’ Draws on Familiar Formulas 2023-06-26T04:00:00Z

They demand patience from addled minds primed to see such subject matter as a result of subtraction, the blank pages between chapters. The Case for Covering Your Ears in Noisy Times 2019-02-18T05:00:00Z

There was a remarkable consistency in Anderson’s work from his early stand-up to his later performances, in spirit and also in subject matter. Louie Anderson and the Compassion of America’s Eternal Kid 2022-01-21T05:00:00Z

The circle-the-wagons approach fits the subject matter, with Grace documenting his gender transformation with sometimes harrowing honesty. Review: Against Me! singer chronicles her transgender blues 2014-02-10T17:15:00Z

The subject matter is deftly handled, striking just the right balance between heartbreak and humour. Tired of rewatching Fleabag? Here are 30 TV hidden gems to stream 2020-03-28T04:00:00Z

The exhibition captures some of the thrill of its subject matter. In Venice, Center of Cruising, a Biennale Show About Hooking Up 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z

But there is always the danger of becoming too entangled with the subject matter. Review | Museums wants 2 show u memez now. They shud be careful. 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z

“We always have booked, and always will be booking, plays with Black writers and Black directors and Black subject matters,” said Robert E. Wankel, the chairman and chief executive of the Shubert Organization. Black Plays Are Knocking on Broadway’s Door. Will It Open? 2020-07-22T04:00:00Z

At almost eight metres long, the 2005 piece is as epic in scale as in subject matter, showing a frenzied Armageddon. Artist of the week 2011-03-10T16:29:20Z

In the postwar years, Auerbach found exhilarating subject matter in the bombed sites that still littered London, and evoked the city’s postwar reconstruction in dynamic compositions of thrusting diagonals and verticals balanced by geometric forms. At 91, Frank Auerbach Is Still Searching for the Perfect Image 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z

It is not for want of subject matter. Chronicles of the years of fire 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z

But my mum's a bit nervous, given the subject matter. Britain's cultural debutantes 2011-01-16T00:04:11Z

As you were putting together the collection, did you notice any patterns in what kinds of stories you’re drawn to writing, or how your style or subject matter has changed as time has gone on? Joseph O’Neill on Emotional Relationships Between Men 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z

It’s an almost subversive approach to using aesthetics to lure a viewer into dealing with subject matter that’s very difficult.” Ori Gersht: ‘History Repeating’ at Museum of Fine Arts in Boston 2012-08-26T03:54:34Z

Her use of old, often unwieldy, plate cameras and old printing techniques is arduous in the extreme but reflects the patience and rigour she undoubtedly applies to her interlinked subject matter. Through a lens darkly 2010-06-19T23:05:00Z

“The subject matter is extremely not traditional, so we want the opera to feel traditional,” Abels said. With Her First Opera, Rhiannon Giddens Returns to Her Roots 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z

But even such intense and volatile subject matter is presented with Thompson’s characteristic ambivalence. Review | Bob Thompson died young, but his colorful jazz- and Old Master-inspired paintings speak to the ages 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z

Critics thought he was too cold, too emotionally distant from his subject matter. Torture and silence: Photos by Andres Serrano confront what we don't talk about 2017-08-27T04:00:00Z

This is understandable, given his subject matter, but how you read the book will depend on the faith you place in these sources and in Hersh's own judgment about their veracity. 'The Killing of Osama Bin Laden' by Seymour Hersh details a grave threat to our democracy 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z

The food sounds great and I wish this young chef all the best, but this article feels like it treads on some pretty obvious stereotypes that have nothing to do with the subject matter. JJ Johnson Is a Young Chef on the Rise, to a Hip-Hop Beat 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z

The band had to match my energy; it was sort of dictated by the subject matter that I was tackling. "I'm a Scottish witch, I think": Shirley Manson on the prescient lyrics in Garbage's dark new album 2021-06-12T04:00:00Z

The various Bedtime Stories are all so different in terms of subject matter – what holds them all together? Tim and Eric reflect on their dark comedy: ‘Life is a real nightmare’ 2015-11-07T05:00:00Z

She appears to resent “Lolita” for depicting cruelty with charm, allusive style, and psychological acuity—for being beautiful, when its subject matter is not. The Salacious Non-Mystery of “The Real Lolita” 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z

For a band whose pet subject matter is how depressing and worthless life can seem, they create a sound that is about as affirming as it gets. “It’s OK to always be a loser”: Patrick Stickles reveals the secrets of Titus Andronicus 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z

But this story is so nonsensical that it, at best, exploits its subject matter and, at worst, insults it. Left brutalized by adaptation of Stephen King's 'Big Driver' 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z

The subject matter is about as grim as grim gets. A Gifted Writer Returns With a Supremely Harrowing Novel 2021-07-05T04:00:00Z

His thick black lines fused the graphical ideas of the past with the techniques and subject matter of a new age just on the horizon. The Faith Behind Aubrey Beardsley’s Sexually Charged Art 2016-06-14T04:00:00Z

And then the female friendship aspect, I liked that sort of more intense subject matter was infused in a sort of buddy comedy. Q&A: Dakota Johnson makes her producing debut at Sundance 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z

Parcast, based in Los Angeles, is one of several upstarts that are saturating the market with relatively cheaply produced podcasts, relying on lurid subject matter to draw in listeners. Pulp Nonfiction: Podcasts Go Mass-Market 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z

Your subject matter is closer in some ways to your brother's… I suppose it is. Gill Hornby: 'We all go slighty bonkers when our children are little' 2013-05-19T06:00:25Z

After graduation, her work wins praise for the very subject matter her art school professors derided. Review | An aspiring artist finds out it’s never too late to start over 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z

The #MeToo and Black Lives Matter movements have forced Hollywood and other artists and filmmakers to rethink their subject matter and casting practices. On screen and on stage, disability continues to be depicted in outdated, cliched ways 2020-12-28T05:00:00Z

With the exception perhaps of “Forum,” Mr. Sondheim’s shows had hefty ambitions in subject matter, form or both. Stephen Sondheim, Titan of the American Musical, Is Dead at 91 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z

His intentions and form are old-school — echoing the work of Robert A. Heinlein, Frank Herbert and Isaac Asimov, among others — but his subject matter and cultural attitudes are utterly au courant. Review | Neal Stephenson’s ‘Termination Shock’ is another prescient page-turner 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z

Like its subject matter, “The Big Short” is hard to describe. Steve Carell hopes you want to throw up after seeing ‘The Big Short’ 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z

We throw out random subject matter and sass each other while we're doing something, and I thought that was great. Matt Damon and George Takei, check out "White Savior," a samurai satire challenging beloved movies 2023-04-08T04:00:00Z

Fantasy dungeons-and-dragons subject matter alternates with themes touching on spirituality and mortality. Album review: Mastodon, 'The Hunter' 2011-09-26T04:27:00Z

They are radically different artists — two different rapping styles, two different subject matter obsessions, two different levels of seriousness. Beyoncé’s Dance-Floor Salvation, and 12 More New Songs 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z

Wilson’s usual signatures are here, including the somber subject matter related to Black disenfranchisement, prejudice, history and trauma — paired with witty, casual dialogue and flights into the surreal. ‘The Piano Lesson’ Review: August Wilson’s Phantom Notes 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z

Although “Side Show” closed after 91 performances, it is fondly remembered as a worthy endeavor whose subject matter scared away a wider audience. Music Review: Singing Henry Krieger’s Songbook at the Allen Room 2014-02-14T21:57:39Z

Why would the great composer spend his final years dealing with such piddly subject matter, instead of focusing on other, grander works he was working on then — the famed Ninth Symphony and the Missa solemnis? ArtsWest stages NW premiere of ‘33 Variations’ 2013-05-06T19:15:26Z

It wasn’t just that the films looked and felt different; the subject matter was radical, too. Ken Loach: ‘If you’re not angry, what kind of person are you?’ 2016-10-15T04:00:00Z

As an alternative, Valenti in 1968 introduced a new way of handling "mature" subject matter: a rating system that put the onus on exhibitors to bar people younger than 18 from watching certain movies. How Elizabeth Taylor silenced the censors 2011-03-30T23:53:15Z

After the restricted subject matter and exacting techniques of the Claude Master’s manuscript art, “A Dialogue with Nature” feels pleasantly liberated, even unhinged. Religious Miniature and Nature Drawings at the Morgan 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z

Were this merely a case of alighting on a single, spectacular word to both signal the subject matter within and kindle the curiosity to explore it, it would merit little comment. What Does It Take to Overcome Adversity? 2018-01-12T05:00:00Z

"The selection is diverse in technique, subject matter, geography and professional status, which reflects the increasing accessibility of new media technologies around the world," said Spector. YouTube and Guggenheim showcase video artists 2010-09-20T04:24:00Z

In the current manic news cycle, its subject matter has found new currency. 'Terrifyingly relevant': why Doug Liman had to recut Fair Game 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z

So would the look of mutual recognition — right up until the last two years of her life, when she slipped into a lasting depression, and her subject matter and approach changed. How Diane Arbus Became ‘Arbus’ 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z

It’s a remarkable show and it’s really a game-changer in terms of the subject matter. Show runners examine the ever-changing television landscape 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z

The most tantalizing subject matter on “Gaslighter,” however, surrounds something bad that happened on a boat. The ‘Dixie’ is gone. The Chicks are forever. 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z

In this assignment the subject matter is up to you, but ideally it should be a cohesive set of images. Top tips: depth of field photography 2012-11-30T16:34:04Z

Mr. Johnson, a maverick associate of the Abstract Expressionists in New York, found his subject matter in the joys and sorrows of ordinary people on the street. Lester Johnson, Expressionist Painter, Dies at 91 2010-06-09T00:46:00Z

Guston embraced dark political realities as subject matter for serious art, but he refused the moral high ground. Perspective | Anger at Donald Trump may turn great artists into political cartoonists. It’s happened before. 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z

But it feels like, when it comes down to it, with most of the music that I love, the subject matter ends up being fairly simple. Will Oldham barest interview: “I trust that there are people every day, finding their way to the pieces of work that are going to be important in their lives” 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z

Seasoned pros and creepy subject matter augur well for seasonal thrills and chills. The 99-Seat Beat: Ibsen's 'Enemy of the People' from a Chicana point of view 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z

In “Gueto,” which Mr. Vieira made last year, the same flaws are present and the subject matter — ghetto life — is treated more shallowly. Review: DanceBrazil Offers a Middle Passage Lesson at the Joyce Theater 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z

The track is haunting in every sense of the word, and it’s precisely the juxtaposition of Melly’s soulful crooning with the bleak subject matter that makes his music so compelling. The Happy-Sad Hooks of YNW Melly’s “We All Shine” 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z

Half a century before postmodernism, "Show Boat" showed how different musical styles and different kinds of subject matter might reflect off each other. 'Show Boat' keeps rollin' along fine style in San Francisco 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z

The subject matter here can grow fairly arcane, and the creators of the show know it. | 'House of Lies': ?House of Lies,? With Don Cheadle, on Showtime - Review 2012-01-07T00:39:31Z

In questioning, defense lawyer Damon Cheronis asked the author directly about the book, and she denied the subject matter that is clearly described on her own website. 12 jurors picked to hear sex-assault charges against Harvey Weinstein 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z

Although the musicals are quite different in tone and subject matter, they both benefit from strong titles, and each show was previously a popular movie. 'School of Rock' and 'The Color Purple' Off to Strong Starts on Broadway 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z

But the writing proved slow-going, and she churned through countless drafts without finding a connection to the subject matter. How Esperanza Spalding and Wayne Shorter Realized His Dream: an Opera 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z

On my first viewing, I filed it as a bizarrely joyous and exuberant picture, despite its harsh subject matter. Roof down, music up: American Honey and the neverending search for the American dream 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z

The subject matter of this year’s series encompasses both the Caribbean itself and the Caribbean diaspora. 4 Film Series to Catch in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z

The Orange prize assumes there is a feminine subject matter – which I don't believe in. AS Byatt says women who write intellectual books seen as unnatural 2010-08-20T18:37:00Z

And that wasn't just because the subject matter – a woman and child imprisoned for years in an 11ft by 11ft converted shed – is so horrific. Real-life tragedies for real-life cash 2010-08-13T08:13:00Z

Known for its often brutal subject matter and perverse sense of humor, Preacher won a Will Eisner Comic Industry Award for best continuing series in 1999. Steve Dillon, Comic Artist Who Helped Create ‘Preacher,’ Dies at 54 2016-10-23T04:00:00Z

Those big old iron horses always made for suitably impressive and technologically exciting cinematic subject matter, of course; but they also offered a compelling metaphor for the experience of cinema itself. Clip joint: Taking the train 2012-08-15T16:47:00Z

By painstaking layering of detail, scene by scene, he shows the complexity of his subject matter without passing judgment. Frederick Wiseman Turns to National Gallery in London for His Latest Documentary 2014-11-17T05:00:00Z

Following on from his hard-hitting crime drama A Prophet, director Jacques Audiard tackles a very different subject matter while applying his usual method of eradicating every trace of cliche. This week's new DVD & Blu-ray 2013-02-23T06:00:16Z

I think Marti Noxon hit a nerve with the subject matter — which was extremely personal to her. Lisa Edelstein Says Goodbye to Her ‘Girlfriends’ 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z

But it serves as a nice illustration of the way the viewpoint of the present reconstructs the past, which is the paramount subject matter of this intricate and absorbing novel. Wartime Acts, Postwar Retribution: A Mother’s Risky Legacy 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z

Not that the subject matter is any less carnal than the usual rock'n'roll concerns. New band of the day: Teleman (No 1,424) 2013-01-04T17:05:57Z

Call it "conflict chic" — combative subject matter handsomely rendered in elaborate, expensive styles. Roman floor mosaics with violent scenes pack a punch at Getty Villa 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z

“I actually think the show may be getting harder,” Davies wrote, noting that the subject matter covers an ever-wider range of material. ‘Jeopardy!’ Keeps Seeing Winning Streaks. Champions Ponder Why. 2022-01-09T05:00:00Z

The nominated novels are wildly diverse in subject matter. U.S. Authors Dominate Booker Prize Nominees 2022-07-26T04:00:00Z

He favored routine, School of Paris-type subject matter: generalized portraits, still lifes, the female nude and room interiors. Robert De Niro Sr.: ‘Paintings and Drawings, 1948-1989’ 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z

Still, despite the occasionally heavy subject matter, the band's sound is vigorously carefree. The New Pornographers lighten up while sharing life lessons 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z

Her subject matter — people going about their business, self-portraits, shop windows — suggests that the camera was her vehicle for framing and perceiving. An amateur photographer’s compelling life’s work 2013-02-07T23:22:18Z

In the 1970’s Mr. Mason found new subject matter in the mountains and vineyards of the Luberon, in Provence, where he owned a small farmhouse. Raymond Mason, Sculptor Who Focused on Street-Level Drama, Is Dead at 87 2010-02-25T05:42:00Z

That the subject matter concerned student activism in the 20th century didn’t help. Peter Maxwell Davies?s New Opera, ?Kommilitonen!? 2011-11-12T22:15:07Z

Regardless of the book’s subject matter, Ms. Hogan was intrigued. The Officiant Finally Becomes the Bride 2021-06-11T04:00:00Z

However the TV show was still an unexpected hit when it first aired in the UK, as producers did not expect the political subject matter to travel. Borgen spin-off to air on Radio 4 2013-11-27T12:06:04Z

On Twitter, Zirin offered some information about the book's subject matter, referring to Bennett with the defensive end's favorite nickname: Black Santa. Seattle Seahawks star Michael Bennett is writing a book: 'How to Make White People Uncomfortable' 2017-07-25T04:00:00Z

The book covers, in some 1,150 entries across 834 pages, nearly every aspect of its subject matter, from absinthe spoons to maceration to the Zombie. An Encyclopedic New Guide to Cocktails Stirred, Shaken, Rolled, Tossed, Swizzled, Muddled... 2021-12-13T05:00:00Z

Hall has said Campbell's play "possesses a subject matter that is important and prescient, his characters smack of authenticity and there's a searing emotional depth to the piece that is both arresting and heartbreaking". Addicts' hostel inspires debut play 2013-09-19T11:33:10Z

"While the same interesting group of detectives appears in each of the police procedurals, the subject matter of the stories varies greatly." Readers on the case: favorite mysteries set in Europe 2010-12-23T00:50:29Z

Appropriately — given the subject matter — the dark side wins. Dance in NYC This Week 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z

“Advice and Dissent” is not always easy reading—unless you relax by studying Gini coefficients and the Volcker Rule—and Mr. Blinder is candid about the complexity of some of the subject matter he discusses. ‘Advice and Dissent’ Review: What They Don’t Teach in Econ 101 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z

The advantage of Sondheim's subject matter over that of the oyster farmer, of course, is the frisson of celebrity. Stephen Sondheim: A life in music 2010-12-20T08:00:00Z

But others argue that it is possible to defend the Confederate memorials as art without defending the subject matter. Trump Aside, Artists and Preservationists Debate the Rush to Topple Statues 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z

Livesey's last major evening contribution – Bump Club – was a quite exceptionally badly thought-out piece of radio, with tone, time and presenter all wrong for the subject matter. Rewind radio: The Beatdown with Scroobius Pip; Phil Williams; Afternoon Drama: Kokomo – review 2013-06-08T17:00:01Z

“Far From the Tree” knits family ties, but it also tackles serious subject matter, including teen pregnancy and racial discrimination in foster care. In her sixth book for teens — 'Far From the Tree,' a National Book Award finalist — Robin Benway strikes at the heart 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z

The subject matter mainly consists of places or objects that have left a great impression on him. Artist moves up from cardboard paintings to murals 2014-05-26T04:00:00Z

“Camelot,” directed by Gary Griffin, more friskily forages in ancient history, taking a slyly humorous attitude toward its legendary subject matter. Critic?s Notebook: ?Jesus Christ Superstar? and ?Camelot? at Stratford 2011-08-29T21:59:36Z

While the military subject matter differs markedly from that of the fêtes galantes, there’s an allusive, bittersweet poetry about these early works that looks forward to the later scenes of pastoral dalliance. Watteau’s Peacefully Bittersweet War Scenes 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z

But as the group aged into more mature subject matter, its popularity waned. Chris Kelly of the Duo Kris Kross Dies at 34 2013-05-03T01:34:12Z

It may seem like strange subject matter for a young artist seeking to forge his own voice. Up Close: Lucien Gainsbourg’s Debut Album Is a Salute to His Father 2012-11-21T19:08:14Z

The subject matter is classic "TV Movie of the Month" fare and the film-makers are not averse to ladling on the saccharine when the moment arises. Mark Kermode's DVD round-up 2010-08-07T23:05:00Z

The prize is for that broaches environmental and social subject matter and this year's theme was Growth. Mitch Epstein is a worthy Prix Pictet winner 2011-03-18T15:43:20Z

Other peers like Megan Thee Stallion or Doja Cat have followed suit, putting a feminine spin on the heavily sexual subject matter included in rap music. While sexual attitudes change, society's objectification of famous young women remains 2021-04-10T04:00:00Z

"And it's just a bummer, especially when it's subject matter that you're so excited to see." Yes, Native American culture exists, and "Rutherford Falls" digs into our collective "blind spots" 2021-04-28T04:00:00Z

So they came up with their own, posting it online but also, in keeping with the subject matter, creating 500 print copies. Kinfolk Magazine, the Martha Stewart Living of the Portland Set 2014-04-25T22:19:56Z

The last significant romantic comedy to feature a loved one in a coma as its subject matter was 1995’s Sandra Bullock vehicle, While You Were Sleeping. Kumail Nanjiani: 'For a long time, there was one famous American brown actor' 2017-04-17T04:00:00Z

While Burtynsky is certainly coming to his subject matter through environmental activism, his photos are often breathtaking, and he clearly has an eye for a good shot. Striking Photographs of Humankind’s Impact on the Earth 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z

In the individual poems list there is both grim subject matter and humour, often coexisting. Judging the Forward prizes for poetry: my verdict 2013-07-08T13:00:01Z

Destroying the White House or other trappings of the presidency – most notably Air Force One – is not a new subject matter. White House Destruction Is Popular with Moviegoers; Why This is a Good and Bad Milestone 2013-04-01T17:20:40Z

Sure, someone might still end up getting punished for it as part of the season finale, but by now that’s a plot twist, not a sign engagement with the subject matter. ‘UnREAL’ Season 2, Episode 9: ‘This Is All We Need’ 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z

If “it’s important,” he said of the subject matter, “have the guts to let it be important. No jokes. Let everyone have a think about it.” The Carpetbagger: Adapting Big Questions for the Screen 2013-12-18T22:44:56Z

These paintings offer a sense of their time, and not merely because of the subject matter they depict. Another world, another time 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z

That willingness to address unusual subject matter makes her noteworthy. Why Japanese pop matters 2010-03-25T23:10:00Z

Despite its serious subject matter, the book is a rollicking read, full of amusing details and sarcastic humour. Mucky paps 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z

At one point they trace their own forms with pens onto the wall, and then Ms. Carson and Mr. Currie add further framing devices, authors trying to render elusive subject matter. Dance Review: Poetry in Motion by Anne Carson and Rashaun Mitchell 2010-07-21T22:15:00Z

But was Rafferty right to prize literary quality over dubious subject matter? Myra Hindley: a new chapter 2012-06-19T19:29:01Z

Its launch got plenty of attention, mostly because of Goldberg—and the cheerful but somewhat clumsy way he had of addressing his new subject matter. Bustle Has a Baby 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z

And he varied his style according to his subject matter, from the found visual poetry of location pieces like “The Virginian” to the verismo of “Red Dust.” Film: Pay Attention to the Man Behind the Camera 2010-02-27T03:00:00Z

He deals with quite risky subject matter sometimes — risky to himself.” Jeffrey Lewis, Singer and Illustrator 2011-11-22T23:09:54Z

A more recent review in the Washington Post says the show is obsessed with “high-end suffering” and suggests that the subject matter itself is well acted but also slight. War at home: how Big Little Lies deftly dissects domestic violence 2019-06-17T04:00:00Z

“The subject matter is serious,” Ms. Mack admitted, “but near the end, when your legs start burning, you can’t help but look at each other and smile.” Alvin Ailey Partners With Maker of Reyataz for a Dance 2011-11-29T23:13:04Z

Well, almost exclusively bad news, at least in terms of subject matter. 9 New Books We Recommend This Week 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z

Yet the urban, diagrammatic or photographic subject matter, together with an oblique and sometimes enigmatic conceptual edge, shifts these images firmly into modern and postmodern times. This week's new exhibitions 2011-02-05T00:05:42Z

Thus, scholarship, patriotism and professional pride compelled a change of subject matter. Gene Weingarten discovers the real origin story of Eve ... 2015-08-28T04:00:00Z

“This is terrific music and a great libretto, but the subject matter is just too explosive” for American audiences, he said. Revival of ‘Anna Nicole’ Opera Comes to London 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z

So, politics might be the subject matter, but only as raw material. Olive Senior: 'Literature is political because we are political animals' 2013-04-29T15:05:06Z

There is something very sentimental in the comedy, and despite the notional daring of the subject matter, it is a very conservative and complacent film. Loose Cannons ? review 2010-12-16T23:16:00Z

For despite its unlikely subject matter, “Fiorello!” was a solid hit when it opened on Broadway, and went on to win both the 1960 Tony Award for best musical and the Pulitzer Prize. Review: ‘Fiorello!,’ the Mayor Who Fought for the Little Guy 2016-09-10T04:00:00Z

Perhaps most surprising is how a relative paucity of subject matter inspired a profusion of imitations, variations and adaptations. Review | Ten Vermeers, but a whole world of Dutch art 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z

But it is their first opera, the one-act “Into the Little Hill,” from 2006, that most resembles “Picture a Day Like This,” in its size, duration and subject matter. An Opera Partnership’s Next Step: A Fable About Happiness 2023-07-03T04:00:00Z

Thanks to its lurid subject matter and its often easy-to-decipher morals, Mr. Bradbury’s work is often taught in middle school. An Appraisal: Ray Bradbury, Who Made Science Fiction Respectable 2012-06-07T02:58:01Z

Yet despite its tantalizing subject matter, “Confirmation” is surprisingly flat and uninspired, in every way that it shouldn’t be in 2016. The Anita Hill saga was so gripping in 1991. Why is HBO’s ‘Confirmation’ so flat? 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z

“This is real/This is your life/In a song,” Mr. Paisley sings in the title track, and his vision of “real life” is broader than stereotypical country subject matter. Arts & Leisure: Brad Paisley?s Country Underground 2011-05-14T04:00:07Z

Due to its ritualistic subject matter, aAs the chosen girl dances herself to death, Stravinsky found a musical language that broke all the barriers in terms of what an orchestra can sound like. The Rest is Noise festival: what's your favourite piece of 20th-century music? 2012-11-29T20:00:02Z

In addition to explaining its subject matter in accessible terms, “PBS Kids Talk About” teaches that authority must sometimes be challenged to defeat injustice. 7 Things to Do This Weekend 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z

But the subject matter caused consternation within the band. How we made: Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark on Enola Gay 2013-01-07T18:55:00Z

Over time, the subject matter expanded; the style became less bright and brittle. ‘Subtly Worded’ Brings Teffi to Non-Russian Readers 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z

The academics are recognizing the connections between what he was doing and what his forebears did, both in technique and in subject matter. Review: Norman Rockwell more than just an illustrator, Tacoma exhibition shows 2011-04-15T00:34:43Z

Except in this case, because of the subject matter and the timing – on Holocaust memorial day – the trademark Scarfean gore could, if you chose, have wider ramifications. Scarfe's Netanyahu cartoon was offensive? Hurrah 2013-01-29T18:30:02Z

But it is subject matter that some critics think Walls has worn out. Nicole & Co: Jeannette Walls — ‘Dysfunctional families are what I know’ 2013-06-20T00:00:07Z

Why were songs like “Talk Dirty” and “Wiggle,” though, so hot at the moment they were, and why was that same subject matter resonating across the industry? Jason Derulo: Meghan Trainor 'Insisted' on Singing My Name 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z

Why were you drawn to her personally as a subject matter and why did you decide to do a book on her now? "You couldn’t buy your way in": Anna Wintour biographer on her power, from the Met Gala to Wimbledon 2022-05-10T04:00:00Z

This movie is based on Hong Kong subject matter. 'Bodyguards and Assassins' dominates HK awards 2010-04-19T02:16:00Z

Considering the subject matter, these works appear remarkably nonviolent. Watteau’s Peacefully Bittersweet War Scenes 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z

Bani-Etemad, often known as the “first lady of Iranian cinema”, expressed confidence that Tales would get a distribution deal in Iran, despite its controversial subject matter. Iranian film director attacks US sanctions 2014-08-29T04:00:00Z

Your film and Oliver Stone's "Wall Street" sequel tackle approximately the same subject matter. "Inside Job": Global finance as a criminal conspiracy 2010-10-08T00:30:00Z

The designers drew on their subject matter for inspiration, exploring images of the bulb itself and the effect of electric light. The Week Ahead: Mar. 25 ? 31 2012-03-23T14:29:22Z

In the posters for which he became internationally famous by the mid-1890s, Toulouse-Lautrec captured the heady spirit of Montmartre’s night life, as much in form as in subject matter. Toulouse-Lautrec’s Groundbreaking Prints at MoMA 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z

“Is the form of opera appropriate for this subject matter?” A Police Bombing, Homes on Fire and an Opera That Grapples With It All 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z

While his subject matter was often deeply traditional, centred on an immemorial sense of the land and of rural life, Reddick brought a contemporary approach to his medium. Peter Reddick obituary 2010-11-24T19:16:00Z

For her solo debut at China Art Objects, New York-based painter Katherine Bernhardt shows 10 very appealing, mostly large canvases – as much as 8 feet by 10 feet – with casually familiar subject matter. Katherine Bernhardt takes a large look at consumerism 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z

It may be that if a woman writes about something like domestic life, it's the subject matter that denigrates it. Joyce Carol Oates, writer – portrait of the artist 2012-08-14T19:59:01Z

The subject matter a natural choice for TLC in its ongoing exploration of outside the box relationships, and a likely audience grabber. TLC’s latest crass stunt: “My Husband’s Not Gay” 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z

Made with welded-together scraps of metal, the series drew from both African sculpture and European and American modernism, perfectly conveying the awful, violent, twisted nature of its subject matter. Sculpture Transplanted to the Gardens 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z

Q. Did you see the subject matter being an obstacle? Ice Cube and the Obstacles Facing ‘Compton’ 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z

Some artists need protecting from time to time, when they stray into difficult or fraught subject matter. Review | Artist Sarah Lucas takes all the fun out of being naughty 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z

There's a lot of photographers who are working in subject matter like traditional documentary photographers. Lens Blog: Howard Greenberg's Personal Photo Collection on View 2012-09-24T09:00:34Z

“It’s easier to find subject matter you can make into a film” in liberal memories of, say, the civil rights struggle than in conservative arguments for smaller government, he theorizes. Hollywood Revs Up Partisan Films a Year Ahead of Election 2011-10-19T22:54:25Z

And then there’s the film’s explicit subject matter. Here Is What Happens When You Cast Lindsay Lohan in Your Movie 2013-01-13T17:37:08Z

The songs all glisten with an unctuous sheen, stuck in cheery mode even when the subject matter is slightly dark or troubled. Music Review: Aer, Hip-Hop and Reggae Duo, Plays Irving Plaza 2014-02-09T22:26:35Z

"This was a surreal approach to the subject matter," says executive producer Andre Singer. Oscars: Reporter's diary 2014-02-04T17:20:33Z

Bennett balances the literary demands of dynamic characterization with the historical and social realities of her subject matter. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z

She says opera is well-suited for the flood story’s heavy subject matter. Opera, orchestra team up to tell story of deadly 1913 flood 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z

The two men’s subject matter could hardly be more different but since the 1960s both have combined literary excellence with tireless productivity. Review | At 85, John le Carré emerges with a sequel to ‘The Spy Who Came in from the Cold’ 2017-08-28T04:00:00Z

Mr. Scott is compelled by the tone Mr. Kubrick brings to the controversial subject matter. Critics' Picks Video: 'Lolita' 2010-07-26T22:05:00Z

“Not in the style but the subject matter which were all about people living on the edge in the middle of the ghetto,” Mr. Nicholson-Smith said. A Comic Book Artist Who Makes the Invisible Visible 2018-03-25T04:00:00Z

Mr. West’s primary subject matter remains himself, both his internal life and his external character. Review: Kanye West’s ‘The Life of Pablo,’ Songs of Praise and Self 2016-02-14T05:00:00Z

Jen Gunter is a good source of information, well informed, and able to put scientific subject matter in simple terms a high school student will understand. Sex Hurts. Help! 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z

The resulting work, given the subject matter, is surprisingly funny. Theater Review: ‘Struck,’ by Tannis Kowalchuk, at Here Arts Center 2013-12-09T23:20:31Z

Obviously I’m taking a different tack in approaching this subject matter. Todd Solondz: I’m Judd Apatow’s dark side 2012-06-06T00:00:00Z

In terms of subject matter, he has always been drawn to wild corners and dark pockets, be it the Chauvet caves of southern France, bear-infested west Alaska or the fevered psyches of his fictional anti-heroes. Werner Herzog: 'I'm fascinated by trash TV. The poet must not avert his eyes' 2020-06-19T04:00:00Z

Given the melancholy nature‎ of the film's subject matter, the intimate songs were natural complements, attempting to enhance the feelings that characters were experiencing on screen. Indie musicians help movie soundtracks hit right emotional note 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z

"The piece of music acquired a subject matter and an identity without any intention on my part. The composition slid into being a memorial piece." Michael Nyman on Hillsborough Symphony 2014-07-04T04:00:00Z

But their subject matter couldn't be more different. Object Lesson: Two images, two photography roads taken 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z

Was it hard to refine what gets a laugh, considering some of the subject matter? ‘A Level of Abuse’: Laying Bare Theater’s Dirty Secrets 2021-06-23T04:00:00Z

Whereas the earlier books were pure journalism, he is now showing academic scholars how to write accessibly about subtle and even recondite subject matter. Niall Ferguson: By the Book 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z

As in the movies he reviews,the quality of his literary criticism often eclipses the subject matter of his focus. In His New Collection, ‘The Rub of Time,’ Martin Amis Takes On Everyone From Travolta to Trump 2018-02-28T05:00:00Z

In his own career, he is a rapper, too, and an intricate one, but his subject matter is even more provocative. Beyond ‘Hamilton,’ for Better and for Worse 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z

Anna, in some ways, in her style, she got limited by the subject matter, because it was a teen comedy. Can an indie director compete with a YouTube star? ‘The Chair’ tries to find out.

He tells Jason how Section 44 of the Terrorism Act 2000 makes the film's subject matter still sadly resonant today and why it's taken so long for the play to be transferred to film. Film Weekly meets Four Lions actor Riz Ahmed 2010-05-06T10:25:00Z

Some works were chosen for their subject matter and history. In London, Embassy Residence Is Showcase for American Art 2011-02-28T21:27:00Z

The rhythm is immediately locatable as Brazilian but, with an acoustic guitar and harpsichord chiming on top, it's an ornate, refined sound, perhaps at odds with the subject matter. Readers recommends songs about South America: The results 2010-06-24T22:00:00Z

Em’s music has posed countless moral quandaries over the years, but MMLP2 is never weighed down by its emotional heaviness or dubious subject matter. Eminem Follows His Own Lead on The Marshall Mathers LP 2 2013-11-05T10:45:08Z

His book is one in which the boundaries between narrator and subject matter are as treacherous as those between assertion and reality. Alexandria: The Last Nights of Cleopatra by Peter Stothard – review 2013-07-05T11:00:01Z

The contract also called for the buyer and seller to “safeguard and keep confidential all information regarding the subject matter of the scholarly research.” He Taught Ancient Texts at Oxford. Now He Is Accused of Stealing Some. 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z

It’s well meaning but dull, even though the subject matter is not. Review: ‘South of Gold Mountain’ Explores Chinese Roots 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z

I went last night, and whilst the play is timely in its subject matter, I now understand why it's referred to as a 'problem play'. Reader reviews: your take on Timon of Athens and Metamorphosis Titian 2012 2012-07-20T14:00:00Z

The film, directed by Nick Read, is full of sumptuous images — it’s more attractive than illuminating — yet despite the tabloid-bait subject matter provided by recent scandals, it’s surprisingly short on drama. Review: ‘Bolshoi Babylon,’ Russia’s Famed Ballet Troupe in a Scandal’s Glare 2015-12-20T05:00:00Z

And to say it’s a Holocaust movie is not so much to identify its subject matter as to specify its genre. Review: ‘Son of Saul’ Revisits Life and Death in Auschwitz 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z

Most of the time subject matter finds you, not the other way around. “I sold my book for $25,000″: A debut novelist’s experiment with radical honesty 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z

Indeed it is, until you realise that its sympathetic approach to such subject matter placed it in a category of one. Radio: Esther Waters, a gripping play about a Victorian girl's fight for survival 2013-03-09T06:00:06Z

Saying ‘Ciao Bye-Bye’ to Old Borders The movies contending for the Oscar for best foreign-language film are increasingly international in scope, both in terms of language and subject matter. Awards Season: The Golden Globes 2012-01-13T23:42:11Z

And yet, such hotly contested subject matter was always likely to engender fierce debate. New Black Panthers documentary tells the story behind the berets 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z

Given the subject matter, at least one of the exhibition’s backers was of interest: Qatar’s tourist board is an official sponsor. In Soccer, Power’s Always in Play 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z

The subject matter of every song I write has to do with love. Bubblegum pop: all the young dudes 2010-12-02T22:00:00Z

Turner-Smith said she hoped the subject matter started conversations for people. Director Matsoukas says 'Queen & Slim' debut tells story of 'my people' 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z

The terror and glamour of the Berserker fighters who tear off their clothing and run naked and blood-streaming into battle unites the books, which still boast a mythic grandeur in keeping with their subject matter. Old stories for young readers 2011-02-24T10:32:26Z

Our work has always been involved in different political issues, not only in its subject matter but often in ways related to the spaces where we show. Styles Q + A: Artist Eli Sudbrack’s Work Will Be on View in Soho This Week 2014-05-02T23:33:59Z

“It can model how institutions should and are capable of having complex conversations about fraught objects and their fraught subject matter,” Ms. Cullen-Morales said. An Exhibition Proposes Alternatives to Removing Contentious Statues 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z

Here, the subject matter is the hinterland between the urban and rural in an area of Germany then beginning to undergo a period of industrial decline. How Joachim Brohm set the world of landscape photography on fire 2013-03-28T11:25:50Z

It is a structure that brings to mind Walter Pater’s famous dictum that all art aspires toward the condition of music, a fusion of form and subject matter. Theater Review: ‘The Awake,’ by Ken Urban, With Consciousness in Limbo 2013-08-30T22:36:00Z

The subject matter is urgently topical, the themes raised eternal and universal. Of Gods and Men ? review 2010-12-05T00:05:00Z

Rivulets of teen pop, pop-punk, screamo and club music all feed these songs, which are propulsive and cheerful even when the subject matter is grim. Playlist: New Music From Breathe Carolina and Widowspeak 2011-09-03T00:14:47Z

“Making things a little off is what you do for a film that may become a cult film. It’s like a weirdly innocent childlike vision, although it’s not a childlike subject matter.” ‘The Greasy Strangler’: Just Maybe the Weirdest Movie Ever 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z

That’s partly the show’s fault and partly the fault of the subject matter. Review: In ‘Outcast,’ Hell, as a Plot Device, Has Its Limits 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z

Most Balanchine ballets are high poetry; but the creation of poetic art is the very subject matter of “Apollo.” Balanchine’s ‘Apollo’: On Gods, Ballet and the Creation of Poetic Art 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z

The subject matter of "Sacred Lies" is very timely, as we've learned so much about missing and murdered women, specifically indigenous women. Juliette Lewis on acting: "I'm able to tap into very primal or dark ranges of emotion" 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z

While this subject matter is delicate in its own right, there is particular concern about how it will be handled by Mr. Benioff and Mr. Weiss. ‘Confederate’ Poses Test Over Race for ‘Game of Thrones’ Creators and HBO 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z

Signing up such marquee names of the tattoo world was no easy feat, considering the delicate nature of the subject matter. DNA Tattoos Are the Final Frontier of Love 2017-12-09T05:00:00Z

Considering the heavy subject matter, the play is extremely lighthearted and life-affirming. ArtsWest stages NW premiere of ‘33 Variations’ 2013-05-06T19:15:26Z

The impulse to speak plainly comes not just from the subject matter, but from Wolfe’s chosen collaborators. A Composer Shifts Her Focus to Climate, With Help From Children 2023-05-31T04:00:00Z

As for subject matter, apples or skulls were all the same to him. The Books that Shaped Art History – review 2013-04-20T10:00:01Z

“Expectations that black directors have to make black films about black subject matter are, to me, kind of absurd,” he says. 'We can't wait for Hollywood to change' - the directors reframing black history 2017-04-01T04:00:00Z

“I sometimes wonder if the director got them to open up to him more” because of the subject matter, she said. ‘Respect the Feathers’: Who Tells Standing Rock’s Story? 2016-12-16T05:00:00Z

A release date has not been set, though given the serious subject matter and big names attached, an awards-season-friendly release at the end of 2015 would seem reasonable if the film is ready in time. Paramount closing in on Martin Scorsese religious drama 'Silence' 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z

While generally admired by critics, the drama, which opens in November during the heat of awards season, is notably muted in tone, despite its timely subject matter following the legalization of gay marriage in America. And the Oscar might go to: the sure bets and underdogs critics have already seen 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z

His style, like his subject matter, is coarse. James Ellroy’s ‘Perfidia’: dark doings on the eve of WWII 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z

The subject matter is matched by some bold stylistic choices. Kristen Stewart on her directing debut: 'The best female film-makers are compulsive freaks' 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z

Remarkably, given the subject matter, Manchester By the Sea is frequently funny. Why Manchester By the Sea should win the best picture Oscar 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z

The popular sit-com soared in the ratings, proving that TV viewers would find humor in subject matter that was usually off-limits on mainstream TV. TCA 2014: ABC President Paul Lee showcases more diverse lineup 2014-07-15T04:00:00Z

I find the book oppressive, not just because of the subject matter, but the heavyhandedness of the writing. Reading group: Is Hans Fallada's Alone in Berlin too crude for comfort? 2013-03-20T09:22:00Z

He has such buoyancy and wit that even when the subject matter is dark, he manages to bathe the stage in light. Review: Dressed Up in Saran Wrap and Ready to Dance 2022-09-23T04:00:00Z

And her subject matter has expanded to address issues like xenophobia, classism and mental health stigma. Why Franchesca Ramsey Is Done Feeding the Trolls 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z

But the subject matter of their songs is less likely to jolt traditionalists in the Islamic state. Iranian blues and jazz bands find fans in Tehran 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z

For the dead seriousness of the subject matter, “Green Book” is an often uproarious comedy, with Mortensen leaning into his persona as an unreconstructed goombah with obvious relish. Perspective | Theaters are filled with films telling black stories. It’s about time. 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z

"Emotional readiness and previous exposure to a similar type of subject matter - those seem like key elements to me in determining whether a young person can handle a book." Collins, Alexie make list of challenged books 2011-04-11T06:16:04Z

But if you focus on its fascinating subject matter and the dramatic revelations presented here with irrefutable impact, “Free the Mind” qualifies as a pioneering inquiry at the outermost boundaries of neuroscience. ‘Free the Mind’: Finding hope through meditation 2013-07-25T21:47:33Z

It’s in his subject matter, and it’s in his delivery — an indefatigable belief in the power of positive rapping. Chance the Rapper’s Odes to Joy 2019-07-29T04:00:00Z

In addition to its beautiful writing, its subject matter is both enduring and timely.” 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z

"It assumes there is a feminine subject matter," she said. I'm an Orange prize convert ? for all the wrong reasons 2011-03-16T15:38:09Z

All of this music was far more compelling than the nursery-rhyme subject matter would indicate. An evanescent French rarity by Chabrier returns to the stage 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z

“Own Side Now,” her first full-length, is more serious in every way — moodier subject matter; longer, more carefully structured songs; a more robust sense of heritage. Critics? Choice: New CDs 2011-03-14T23:23:56Z

Searches can be narrowed to individuals, works or subject matter. Mahler Said What to Whom? 2011-02-03T22:00:06Z

Where "The Shield" was a jittery, documentary-style, often hand-held look at one Los Angeles police station and the renegade unit within, "Chicago Code" is more epic, more cinematic, in its look and its subject matter. 'Chicago Code' shows city streets, corruption in vivid detail 2011-02-07T20:08:47Z

Beauty, in his work, is inclusive, and purity is a matter of compositional elegance rather than rarefied subject matter. Toshio Shibata's glorious photos find mystery where man meets land 2018-01-06T05:00:00Z

Hall's witty arrangement superbly evokes the awkward, lumbering subject matter. Readers recommend: children's songs ? the results 2011-02-17T16:01:23Z

This film has just the right mix of dark subject matter and an easily digestible message of humankindness to make it a clear winner in the category. Salon's totally (possibly) infallible Oscar predictions: Who will win? And who should win? 2023-03-11T05:00:00Z

Their difficulty comes by way of their subject matter: Across the album, Sternberg wades through feelings of profound loneliness, self-loathing and gender dysphoria. 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z

His memories of the immediate and the distant past are intertwined – a familiar device in contemporary fiction, but one that particularly suits the novel's subject matter. The Hired Man by Aminatta Forna – review 2013-04-21T08:00:02Z

Others noted that the subject matter should be off-limits for a fashion show. What the Redskins and fashion world share: Borrowing, sometimes badly, from cultures

I mean, every filmmaker comes to something with their own baggage and viewpoint in life, but I felt especially with this subject matter, it was really important to be as objective as one can be. "Hillary" director reflects on the "self-fulfilling prophecy" on women running for president 2020-03-08T05:00:00Z

The most remarkable thing about “The Lion’s Mouth Opens,” besides its subject matter, is its brevity: just 27 minutes, from title card to credits. Dying in America: Elegant and humane, “The Lion’s Mouth Opens” is TV’s latest close look at death 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z

“Half God” is unusual not only in its subject matter but also in its form. This Basketball-Loving Poet Resists Categorization 2020-09-26T04:00:00Z

At this point in his career, Earle — bespectacled, with a long salt-and-pepper beard — is a Renaissance man for whom mortality and addiction have been perennial subject matter. The Album Steve Earle Never Wanted to Make: A Tribute to His Son 2020-12-29T05:00:00Z

The titles — "Cosmic Flair," "Deep Space," "Black Holes with Converging Horizons" — vividly evoke their subject matter. Sculptor Philip McCracken's cosmic turn 2011-12-15T21:01:06Z

This is only problematic in that the piece came so alive that I found it, due to its subject matter, extremely difficult to watch. A powerful opera about a horrible subject 2016-06-12T04:00:00Z

Banner's preoccupation with traditionally masculine subject matter – war films, flying machines, the female nude – raises an obvious question: does she consider herself a feminist? Fiona Banner: fight and flight 2010-06-21T20:30:00Z

The painting's art historical fame is largely the result of the stark stylistic shift in propagandistic subject matter embodied with such power. Propaganda is here to stay. Is there a museum willing to tackle its complexity? 2015-12-12T05:00:00Z

When the interplay between Wiman’s textured sound and stolid subject matter is properly balanced, the emotional effect is magnified. Poetry review: Christian Wiman’s ‘Once in the West’ and Mary Oliver’s ‘Blue Horses’ 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z

Bloom approaches his subject matter from multiple angles: fighting hunger, promoting environmentalism and acting ethically. 'American Wasteland': a prescription for reducing waste in the food chain 2011-03-03T20:58:04Z

But "Rain Dragon" flirts with other subject matter, too, from an angle that's oddly difficult to read. 'Rain Dragon': searching for greener pastures (organic version) 2012-05-02T19:30:06Z

Let's hope any second opinions about the subject matter don't put the box office numbers into remission, and that the chemotherapy of indifference doesn't shrink the tumour of profit. Who's judging who at the Venice film festival? 2010-09-03T12:10:00Z

Bauer’s darkly comic ninth novel is her best and, improbably, her sweetest, given its subject matter. Review | Update your playlist with these great new audiobooks 2021-05-07T04:00:00Z

It’s possible that a breakthrough like “Parasite,” with its fleet editing and relatable subject matter, can help cultivate a new audience that had previously associated subtitles with glacially paced art films. In a Post-‘Parasite’ World, What Happens Next? 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z

When Everett's tricksy wisdom and wit rub against the right subject matter, the product is no ordinary spark. Vanished Years by Rupert Everett – review 2012-10-05T21:54:01Z

The subject matter of the play is their very existence.” In ?Red,? Molina Shares Stage With Rothko?s Art 2010-03-29T21:45:00Z

Eligibility is determined by "uniqueness of vision, original, provocative subject matter, economy of means and percentage of financing from independent sources." Make room for Indie Spirit Awards, Oscar's maverick cousin 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z

The nonfiction bestseller list is traditionally peppered with controversial figures and provocative subject matter. The year’s unlikeliest bestselling author: Hitler 2014-01-09T15:54:00Z

They frequently took as their subject matter sexual violence against black women and lynching. The Rape of Recy Taylor: behind one of the year's most vital documentaries 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z

Even something as everyday in its subject matter as Fleabag snowballed as it continued, with each episode drawing a more breathless reaction than the last. Make them wait! Why the age of bingewatching may finally be over 2019-09-02T04:00:00Z

But it may be the subject matter that’s putting him through the wringer. Sting and Jimmy Nail on the Musical ‘The Last Ship’ 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z

Beyond the silly lifestyle-style stuff, much of the subject matter explored here is far too meaty to be skimmed. Review | Do millennial women really need the book ‘How to Skimm Your Life’? Give us more credit. 2019-06-24T04:00:00Z

Despite the American Novels’ dark subject matter, their impact is exhilarating as well as scarifying. Review | Norman Lock’s ‘American Follies’ mines America’s flawed past for dazzling fiction 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z

In each case the satire is wrapped in an overall gentleness, perhaps out of some lingering timidity regarding the subject matter. ‘Rev.’ and ‘The Yard,’ Two Short Series on Hulu 2012-06-13T16:30:55Z

And the subject matter for any of the contests could be made more timely — as you’ll see. Style Invitational Week 1261: Post mortems — our annual obit poetry contest 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z

“The tone of his new music and the subject matter is the complete antithesis of what ‘Blurred Lines’ was.” Get them back: Where are Robin Thicke’s fans? 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z

Suffice it to say, though, that however edgy the subject matter, the familiar, slightly seedy, male crapness at the centre remains enjoyably familiar. Missing: Claudia Lawrence 2010-08-13T05:45:00Z

But that subject matter is mostly in the rear view on his stirring new 25-song double album, “The Guitar Song.” Back in Black: A Country Outsider 2010-09-26T03:00:00Z

“We loved that it was really playful and funny in dealing with serious subject matter,” Kate Loewald, the company’s founding producer, said. Jonas Hassen Khemiri, the Playwright Behind ?Invasion!? 2011-09-09T07:30:35Z

I think my subject matter — my idea of what a poem is — has finally grown because I believe I am able to embrace what “mental optics” meant to Phillis Wheatley. Five Poets That Yusef Komunyakaa Returns to Again and Again 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z

It's as if film's current artistic collective decided to figure out what subject matter works for contemporary audiences — whether it spans the years or zeros in on a particular critical event. Biopics find new life at the Oscars and beyond 2015-01-24T05:00:00Z

Far from anticipating revulsion against her subject matter, Rafferty's main worry was that she'd be beaten to it by "some young hotshot". Myra Hindley: a new chapter 2012-06-19T19:29:01Z

And Mr. Ariely is an acknowledged leader in the field; he is often cited as an authority by other authors who overmine the same subject matter. Books of The Times: ‘The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty’ by Dan Ariely 2012-06-28T19:44:45Z

The Blooms tried to collect all 83 photographs from Frank's book, inspired by their fascination with the subject matter stemming from their own travels across the country. Robert Frank photos from 'The Americans' to be sold by Ruth and Jake Bloom 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z

Writing about the racial past for a modern audience is fraught with challenges, especially when the writing is fiction and the subject matter remains deeply present. A novel about police brutality in 1948 Atlanta that sounds eerily relevant today 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z

Perhaps it's something to do with the subject matter. The Top 100 Cricketers of All Time by Christopher Martin-Jenkins 2010-05-07T23:14:00Z

Sian’s subject matter is about mothers, and that perhaps not everyone should be a mother. Allison Janney opens up: On being “fragile but tough on the outside” and the questionable things she’s done for love 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z

A Hologram for the King treads lightly and elegantly, considering its weighty subject matter: globalisation and its discontents, the downsizing and outsourcing of the American dream, real people lost in an increasingly virtual world. A Hologram for the King by Dave Eggers – review 2013-01-30T10:07:03Z

Stone’s last few movies were tepidly received; the source material and subject matter should up his game here. And the Oscar may go to … 40 key movies in contention for 2016 awards 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z

Its weird juxtaposition of subject matter and mood infect the whole song, which is possessed both of a beautiful melody and a lyric about people trying to escape a rioting city and drowning in sewage. PJ Harvey: Let England Shake - review 2011-02-10T15:29:01Z

The incongruity of offhand tone and grave subject matter is part of a fairly consistent worldview. Critic’s Notebook: Doug Stanhope’s ‘Beer Hall Putsch,’ a Stand-Up Album 2013-09-06T22:34:31Z

But therein lies the novel’s savvy: It adheres to a gay aesthetic tradition in which even the darkest subject matter isn’t too dark to be played for camp. How to survive a summer at gay conversion camp 2017-05-12T04:00:00Z

If all else fails, simply commit the visual details of the work to memory, its subject matter, or general color scheme, or surface texture. How to view art: Be dead serious about it, but don’t expect too much

Brazenly so – from its cast and crew to its subject matter, to the city in which its set. Atlanta star Brian Tyree Henry: if Trump gets elected 'it's going to be Mad Max' 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z

“The subject matter of the songs about heartbreak were usually about friendship,” said Blake. James Blake’s post-pandemic album finds clarity in chaos 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z

He is an outspoken secularist, equally critical of the East and West, and a poetic revolutionary of sorts who has tried to liberate Arabic verse from its traditional forms and subject matter. A Revolutionary of Arabic Verse 2010-10-17T22:03:00Z

The film, and book from which it is adapted, looks at the not-easily-definable contours of the relationship in compelling ways, but the subject matter is tricky to say the least. Ross Partridge on ‘Lamb’ and Uncomfortable Viewers 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z

So starting in August the Vatican is making two priests available to museum visitors, whether they are looking for spiritual advice or more basic iconographic information about the subject matter of a work of art. ArtsBeat: New Installation at Vatican Museums: Two Priests 2012-07-31T15:45:14Z

In interviews he speculated that it was his subject matter that kept him from being more widely read in the United States. Jorge Sempr?n, Author Who Blurred Line Between Novel and Memoir, Is Dead at 87 2011-06-10T20:37:18Z

“In the Waiting Room” was a poem written by a woman about a girl’s perceptions, but the “subject matter”—growing up, experiencing self-consciousness—was universal. Elizabeth and Alice 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z

It was a clear precursor to Happy Valley, in both its noirish tone and subject matter. From The Archers to HBO: how Sally Wainwright conquered TV 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z

Usually it's exotic subject matter and these days it's usually in color and often large. Lens Blog: Howard Greenberg's Personal Photo Collection on View 2012-09-24T09:00:34Z

Not to mention the show's subject matter itself. "Slumdog" helps usher in Hollywood's Indian era 2010-08-25T00:37:00Z

The film, whose style and subject matter — unusual for the time — attracted wide attention in the news media, starred Barbara Baxley as a divorced woman navigating the seamy underside of Los Angeles. Joseph Strick, Screenwriter, Is Dead at 86 2010-06-08T04:52:00Z

The book is divided under nine headings, including Touch, Stand, Tell and Point, each illustrating a shift in subject matter rather than style. Snaps by Elliott Erwitt – review 2013-04-01T08:00:02Z

Child’s writing seems unusually expressive in this novel, possibly because of its intimate subject matter. Cold Cases and Hot Emotions: Marilyn Stasio’s Crime Column 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z

The public response to Jamil’s appointment focused on her perceived lack of ties to its subject matter. Jameela Jamil comes out as queer after voguing show backlash 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z

Diorama groupings, a mismatch between mythic subject matter and amateur performances, even a skittish narrator giving a halting reading of stilted text — it was all there. Dance Review: Hula by Na Kinimakalehua at Montclair State - Review 2011-10-25T22:02:14Z

Ribalta’s “Christ” elevates the religious subject matter, creating a more baroque, lofty image of holy deification, in line with Catholic thought. Old Masters, Who Never Met, in Conversation 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z

“I used to worry about not having a signature style or central subject matter or a fixed character of poetry, and at some point the worry ceased,” he told PBS. Bill Berkson, Poet and Art Critic of ’60s Manhattan In-Crowd, Dies at 76 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z

I don't think anyone condescends to her because of her talent and her subject matter, which is so profound. Joyce Carol Oates, writer – portrait of the artist 2012-08-14T19:59:01Z

“It depends on the subject matter,” he says. Spike Lee: ‘Black men are still viewed as predators’ 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z

The subject matter ranges from spoilers for Hollywood films to American foreign policy, the state of the economy as well as personal relations. Paul Muldoon: a life in poetry 2013-03-31T05:59:01Z

They are museums for which, too often, trauma is the subject matter and crisis is the normal operating state. Black history is vital to understanding racial injustice. But the museums holding that history are under threat. 2020-11-24T05:00:00Z

"If I smell a fear in myself when I approach a subject matter, I'll go straight for it," he says. Shameless creator Paul Abbott: 'People are desperate to be scared' 2012-10-05T15:00:00Z

It’s also a tremendous tool for coping with the holiday blues, not only due to its subject matter but because of its platform, flawed as Facebook is. “Sorry for Your Loss,” an honest and real show about grief, actually uses Facebook for good 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z

David depicts Tyler and the revelations that slowly, painfully emerge throughout both books with extraordinary shades-of-grey subtlety – and a wry humour to leaven the depressing subject matter. YA fiction's knife crime lessons 2011-02-11T11:33:45Z

But it may also be a cautious way to broach the anxiety of an artist who uses the trauma of history as subject matter. It’s written all over their faces 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z

Impressionists did not shy away from modern subject matter such as rail transport and urban industrialization, as seen in Monet’s painting of Le Havre’s smokestacks. ‘Once visitors arrive, it’s easy to seduce them’: Le Havre celebrates its 500th year 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z

It’s all much more compelling than the subject matter has any right to be. 6 Podcasts to Help You Take an Actual Break This Summer 2023-07-03T04:00:00Z

But it drops the puppetry to explore its subject matter in a more sublimated, intuitive way. Crystal Pite ? no longer just a regional name ? visits On the Boards with her Kidd Pivot troupe 2011-02-14T22:38:04Z

Despite its bleak subject matter and slowly unfolding narrative, The Unloved, which is released on DVD tomorrow, garnered an audience of three million viewers when it was broadcast on Channel 4 last July. A powerful faith 2010-05-08T23:05:00Z

Occasional harsh, buzzing electronic tones, recalling the grim industrial production of West’s 2013 album “Yeezus,” offered glimpses of a grittier musical engagement with this subject matter. Kanye West Is Operatic. His Opera Isn’t. 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z

A useful approach is to note how the photographer’s technique, approach and subject matter developed. Exposed 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z

But this is TV to get excited about, that makes you think anything is possible in the medium, that expands TV’s range of subject matter, style and tone. Season Review: Transparent Is a Change for the Better 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z

And yet he never overwhelms his subject matter. Werner Herzog's cave art documentary takes 3D into the depths 2010-04-13T11:14:00Z

Franco bit because “he saw it as a challenge” to get financed given the subject matter, says Kelly. James Franco's gay porn drama: 'He loves his scandalous stories' 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z

She was concerned that Parker Sevak, the child actor playing Jimmy, would struggle with the subject matter. Maggie Gyllenhaal: 'There have to be consequences for disrespecting women sexually' 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z

Seeing the same subject matter covered makes you realize how common parallel thinking is in stand-up. A Netflix Experiment Gives Deserving Comics Their 15 Minutes 2018-07-03T04:00:00Z

A survey of PRB art feels more like a Victorian interior, with various shelves devoted to this or that, with no one theme or subject matter dominant. At Seattle Art Museum, ‘Victorian Radicals’ is certainly Victorian. But radical? Not so much. 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z

Bargeld said he tried to keep a distance from the "horrific" subject matter but the process was inevitably painful. German industrial band raises ghosts of World War One in 'Lament' 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z

Is it strange to work with the subject matter you are on a daily and weekly basis? Patricia Arquette on Her Oscar Speech: 'I Don't Think People Really Understood What I Meant' 2015-03-04T05:00:00Z

It is a valuable film that aspires to create an artistic response to its subject matter. Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow ? review 2010-10-13T20:50:00Z

The subject matter is at times very disturbing and saddening, and as it is narrated by the voice of Esther herself, I would suggest no one younger than 11 should read it. The Endless Steppe by Esther Hautzig – review 2013-07-05T14:00:00Z

Despite the fraught subject matter, he said, “we felt super-safe about it because we controlled everything.” Dave Navarro’s ‘Mourning Son’ Tells the Story of His Mother’s Murder 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z

“My entire career, I’ve only really worked with the same subject matter,” Bowie told The Associated Press in a 2002 interview. “I’ve only really worked with the same subject matter … isolation, abandonment, fear and anxiety — all of the high points of one’s life”: David Bowie dies at 69 2016-01-11T05:00:00Z

Perhaps the most time-tested, shopworn but reliable pop star subject matter is “How did I get here?” followed by “Will they let me stay?” Shawn Mendes, the Lonely, Uncertain Pop Heartthrob 2020-12-08T05:00:00Z

The subject matter was not discussed beforehand — her idea. Never Mind The Question, Here?s the Answer 2010-11-20T19:34:00Z

The subject matter hadn’t occurred to Vincent Lancisi, Everyman’s artistic director, when he was explaining the theater’s finances to members of its board of directors. Behind the Play: a Tragedy, a Gift, a Wish to Forgive 2019-02-06T05:00:00Z

It is also, improbably, the subject matter that two competing films, including “Lovelace,” are vying to bring to reputable theaters. Amanda Seyfried Plays Linda Lovelace in Biopic 2012-02-12T07:53:05Z

Jenkins understands a more detailed accounting will change this and allow for “a deeper dive into our subject matter, with documentation for those who deny the vast contributions made by women and marginalized people.” Perspective | Female-centered historical novels are dogged by questions of accuracy. Hence the author’s note. 2021-06-13T04:00:00Z

Dear Reader, am I being too squeamish about this episode’s tough subject matter? 'The Leftovers' Recap: Into the Dark, With a Cliche or Two 2014-07-13T04:00:00Z

A tedious respectability clings to this exhibition even though the subject matter is sex. Tracey Emin should have had more fun at the seaside 2012-05-25T15:16:36Z

But as the years went by, the formidable technical skills and the mastery of preparation became even more perfect, while the subject matter became ever more ambiguous. David Hare: my friendship with Patrick Caulfield 2013-05-25T08:02:04Z

The more serious problem was the subject matter. TV review: Michel Roux's Service and Arthur's Hell on High Water 2011-01-12T21:15:01Z

That's a very conscious choice in the context of this subject matter, to bring a little bit of levity into this discussion. "Disclosure" director Sam Feder on the trans TV experience: "People don't know what they don't know" 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z

Despite, or maybe because of, the grisly subject matter, Ms. Hardstark and Ms. Kilgariff talk freely about their personal lives, like friends at Sunday brunch. Grisly Murders and Serial Killers? Ooh, Tell Me More 2018-05-19T04:00:00Z

Contrary to most close-ups of an individual trans woman’s life, the documentary does afford Jenner the opportunity to weave its personal subject matter into larger political issues. I Am Cait panel review - five trans writers give their verdict 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z

Part detective story, part coming-of-age tale, Sánchez’s novel doesn’t shy from heavy subject matter. Love and Other Ties That Bind in This Fall’s Y.A. Novels 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z

Despite the praise for the novel, which is loosely based on real-life events in an ultraconservative Mennonite colony in Bolivia, the subject matter was a tough sell. ‘Women Talking’ and What a Post-#MeToo Future Looks Like 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z

“I just watched my own bits, given the whole subject matter, so pretty much every story line that didn’t directly involve my scenes, I’d never seen,” he said. In Its Final Season, ‘Happy Valley’ Grapples With Healing 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z

But “Saving Mr. Banks,” both due to its irresistible subject matter and its masterful cast, holds more magic than most movies this holiday season. ‘Saving Mr. Banks’: a magical valentine to ‘Mary Poppins’ 2013-12-12T21:08:25Z

“It’s tough in subject matter and it’s tough in that it’s not graphically readable.” It Didn’t Hit $1 Billion, but Rockefeller Sale Still Set a Record 2018-05-12T04:00:00Z

She didn't just change her subject matter when she took on the new book. Fans stand and cheer for author J.K. Rowling 2012-10-17T07:16:04Z

Prompted by the Jewish subject matter, a winding train of thought leading to this perspective might begin with the biblical injunction against graven images. Art Review: Hyman Bloom’s Rabbi Paintings at White Box 2013-08-29T22:07:24Z

With the Coens' films, the subject matter is almost always secondary to the technical excellence, the eccentric performances and the creative verve. "A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop": "Blood Simple," Hunan-style 2010-09-03T19:31:00Z

It's when dealing with these later events that the choice of subject matter as well as the stridency of the writing becomes unhinged, fitting uneasily with the more balanced approach of the earlier chapters. A People's History of London by John Rees and Lindsey German – review 2012-06-22T21:55:20Z

Though her books vary in their subject matter, style and tone, they are bound by recurring themes: her fascination with transformation and the unseen realm, with myths and archetypes. For Hilary Mantel, There’s No Time Like the Past 2020-02-24T05:00:00Z

Yes, it’s tough to dramatize creativity, but “Fosse/Verdon,” given such visual subject matter, should have a reasonable shot at it. Review: In ‘Fosse/Verdon,’ a Portrait of the Artist as Problematic Fave 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z

“I don’t gratuitously put in humor or put jokes in,” Leigh said of his trademark use of comedy in often very dark subject matter. Killed for asking for a vote: Mike Leigh brings 'Peterloo' to Venice 2018-09-02T04:00:00Z

But for decades the artist, date and subject matter were a mystery. Antiques: Notes to Lady Hamilton, Who Drove Admiral Nelson Wild 2011-02-10T21:35:33Z

She says cats make particularly good subject matter because of the opposing forces they often represent. Patrick Swayze with a cat, and other paintings you will see at L.A.'s second annual Cat Art Show 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z

There are echoes here of William Eggleston's heightened everydayness, but, if anything, Graham's gaze is even more democratic, his subject matter even more quotidian. Paul Graham: 'The photography I most respect pulls something out of the ether' 2011-04-11T06:00:06Z

And it epitomizes the artist’s enigmatic relationship with his subject matter. Charles Ray, Walking a Fine Line With a Hungry Lion 2018-05-13T04:00:00Z

One of the intriguing mysteries of the competition for the Academy Award for best foreign-language film is trying to figure out why certain groups of countries submit films that are so similar in subject matter. The Carpetbagger: Fighting on Many Fronts in Foreign-Language Entries 2012-01-04T15:00:57Z

Though artists and artisans of the time were inspired by classical subject matter, they were innovative and forward thinking in their own right. Ancient Greek Bronzes Go on View at the Getty in L.A. 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z

“I would be open to anything that Dan and David wanted to do—about Game of Thrones, or any subject matter,” Lombardo said. HBO head says “Game of Thrones” will be eight seasons or more: “There’s enormous storytelling to be mined in a prequel” 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z

The term RCA Black refers to the artists rather than their subject matter: the work doesn't have to speak of race, skin colour or ethnicity. RCA Black and the table that thinks it's a woman 2011-08-23T20:59:01Z

But at the same time there’s something prehistoric about his approach to people, even as his subject matter, from the post-Clinton White House to Facebook to TV journalism in 2012, becomes more and more modern. The smuggest superhero show on TV: “The Newsroom” blusters into its final season 2014-11-09T05:00:00Z

The subject matter, and Gallo's reputation as an uncompromising, eccentric artist, make it one of the more eagerly anticipated movies in competition. Venice film festival opens and gambles on youth 2010-08-31T22:59:00Z

It's all a bit witless but the performances aren't too bad, the subject matter just reminds you of something much more fun you could be doing instead of watching. Commonwealth Games 2010-10-02T05:45:00Z

That’s partly because of the way he relishes his public role, rarely shying away from sharing his views, and partly because the subject matter of his movies, including this one, is often explicitly political. Why ‘Do the Right Thing’ Is Still a Great Movie 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z

Where Ms. Minaj stumbles is that the more earnest her subject matter, the more direct and deliberate her flow. Review: Nicki Minaj’s ‘The Pinkprint’ 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z

The Sundance bill itself was packed with diversity of subject matter and in terms of who was making the films. Sundance 2016: six things we learned from the film festival 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z

“But I didn’t want to make art exclusively for Black people. My subject matter is Black, but I don’t only want to be in African-American museums or fairs.” From 2 Artists, 2 Ways to Tell Stories of Black America 2020-10-21T04:00:00Z

And while the subject matter no longer shocks, the dissonance, atonality and droning viola remain startling. Review: Box sets from Cash, Kiss, Jackson, others 2012-11-20T19:58:14Z

Then there’s his subject matter: not violence or drugs or street-corner bravado. Arts & Leisure Preview: The New Face of Hip-Hop 2010-06-09T19:29:00Z

Less contentious but with equally difficult subject matter is Five Daughters, a British film about the last weeks of the five women murdered in Ipswich in 2006. Raindance film festival announces controversial lineup 2010-09-07T15:10:00Z

Even without considering the subject matter, these 12 collages hint at history. In the galleries: No day at the beach 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z

Its subject matter is elevated, but its execution is whimsical, agile, antic; its primary medium is the rangy, fragile, perseverant human voice. She Tackled Aristotle in an Opera. Next Up: Medieval French Couplets. 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z

He turned to weightier subject matter with 2015’s “The Big Short,” a comic drama about the financial crisis. ‘Vice’ Director Adam McKay on His Cheney ‘Character Portrait’ 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z

The third reason was we wanted to do a freer film and talk about characters and the subject matter itself. Unsettling "Madre" plays with perception of madness to examine a woman "clinging to the impossible" 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z

It focuses attention as much on how we experience projected moving imagery and puzzle together narrative in our own minds as it does on its ostensible subject matter. Art Review: Youth, With Hopes and Bliss Intact 2011-05-27T23:41:29Z

“People call it a cult show because of the subject matter.” David Duchovny on the New 'X-Files' and Why Mulder Was a Terrible F.B.I. Agent 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z

There's no subject matter inherently taboo in humor – you can take the conceit of Hitler's last days in the bunker and make it entertaining. "Family Guy's" latest "shock" target: Veterans 2010-05-17T15:03:00Z

Its brevity gave the novel a lightness that counterbalanced the weight of its subject matter. Rereading: Pereira Maintains by Antonio Tabucchi 2011-01-04T14:26:37Z

A critical hit, Boogie Nights never-the-less did not sit well with its star, who had trouble with the subject matter and hated working with Anderson, who he thought cocky. Burt Reynolds, star of Deliverance and Boogie Nights, dies aged 82 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z

And my family didn’t go too deeply into uncomfortable subject matter. Pamela Adlon: The First Time I Ever Tried a Tampon 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z

WWE said in its SEC filing Wednesday that it has received voluntary and compulsory legal demands for documents "concerning the investigation and related subject matters." WWE boss Vince McMahon served with federal search warrant and grand jury subpoena, company says 2023-08-02T04:00:00Z

Both Mr. Seller and another producer on “The Last Ship,” Roy Furman, said they did not believe the fate of the musical signaled that shows with serious, mature subject matter were in trouble on Broadway. Producers Struggle to Fathom the Fall of Sting’s ‘The Last Ship’ 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z

Weekly hourlong segments provide laughs through candid conversations and explicit subject matter. Podcasts Inspired by Love and Relationships 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z

"But 127 Hours was the obvious choice for us – with film-making as bold and adventurous as its subject matter, it confirms Danny Boyle as one of the word's finest and most visionary directors." Danny Boyle's 127 Hours to close London film festival 2010-08-13T14:13:00Z

The subject matter of birds broadly appealed to me, as birds generally do. Exclusive: Jonathan Franzen sounds off on bird poaching, climate change and “performing love” 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z

In combination with vernacular subject matter, the mix sets his work apart. From brash Pop to a more complicated mix: Peter Saul at CB1-G 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z

“I had to pick a subject matter that would sell itself,” he said. Film: Cannes Honors Cult Filmmaker and an Original Hollywood Rebel 2011-05-19T11:16:14Z

Despite the grim subject matter, the film does not wallow in tragedy. ‘History Is Everything’: Making a Film About Black Maternal Mortality 2022-07-19T04:00:00Z

It really is in many senses a big traditional musical comedy, with, as you might expect, untraditional subject matter. "South Park" makers eye Mormon-inspired musical 2010-04-14T17:08:00Z

Mr. Lincoln, a British actor who is best known in the United States for the romantic comedy “Love, Actually,” said he was surprised when he learned of the subject matter. Television: The Zombie Attack as Stress Test 2010-10-22T18:23:00Z

“There’s something very romantic about doing independent films,” she reflects, “about doing a little movie with a little trailer and little time and little money, but sometimes not such little subject matters.” T Magazine: The Real Housewife of Paris 2011-02-25T21:00:47Z

Other art historians continue to wrestle with the series’ subject matter, with a long list of feminist scholars discussing the imagery in terms of violence against women. Sacred or Sexist? After a Brazen Theft, Seeing de Kooning in a New Light. 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z

It's a bold, unapologetic, entertaining film that reeks of its subject matter. Spring Breakers, a riotous take on modern America 2013-03-30T06:00:00Z

This contributes to the impression that Ms. Thater’s latest effort does little more than juggle a series of known quantities and conventions, from reliably sensational subject matter to technologically savvy video environment. Art in Review: Diana Thater: ‘Chernobyl’ 2012-11-15T23:27:10Z

“On the Run” won attention because of its timely subject matter — the lives of low-income black men and their interactions with the police — and vivid storytelling, based on six years of immersive fieldwork. Alice Goffman’s Heralded Book on Crime Disputed 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z

Poetic suggestion can frustrate literal-minded viewers who, confronted with politically charged subject matter, want exactitude: What is the actual complaint? Review | This 93-year-old artist has been taking on racism and sexism for decades — and is finally getting her due 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z

Best known for his time as lead singer of alternative rock band Bad Seeds, Cave said he struggled with the subject matter and the problem of expressing the feelings of soldiers at war. 'Shell Shock' opera brings trauma of World War One to stage 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z

Also gone was the picturesque subject matter: the street landscapes and polite courtships, the elderly couples and fumbling suitors and office workers trapped in suburban patterns, intruded upon by surrealism, like figures in Magritte paintings. The Accidental Perfection of the Beatles’ White Album 2018-11-10T05:00:00Z

The following poems are splendidly varied in subject matter, and full of excitements. Poetry workshop: a rectangular frame 2010-05-24T15:22:00Z

As with most conversations in bars, the subject matter drifted. | Kieran Culkin: Kieran Culkin: Savoring the Live Action 2010-07-30T20:22:00Z

“We felt an urgency about the subject matter,” Mr. Morris said. Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin, Together Again, in ‘Grace and Frankie’ 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z

Even given the charged nature of its subject matter, this is an exceptionally intense television show. Shots Fired: is this Black Lives Matter, the TV show? 2017-07-22T04:00:00Z

The range of subject matter and tone is immense. Ian McEwan: By the Book 2012-12-06T15:54:37Z

I don't get afraid in talking about subject matter that may spark controversy and I'm not afraid to not be liked. Jada Pinkett Smith candid on family, projects 2013-05-10T17:11:09Z

I want the work to be beautiful, but I don't want the subject matter to be idealised. Lucas Foglia: the photographer in search of off-the-grid Americans 2012-07-13T16:13:18Z

The spooky subject matter makes it inappropriate for the faint of heart. The 99 Seat Beat: Gay New Orleans, police shootings and 'Wicked Lit' 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z

His gestures and facial expressions are more vulnerable than his often indelicate subject matter might suggest. Glenn Ligon takes apart a Richard Pryor performance 2015-09-20T04:00:00Z

That Morris researched his subject matter so carefully is what makes this film so unexpectedly reverent – and, most shocking of all, sweet. This week's new DVD and Blu-ray 2010-08-27T23:05:00Z

And given the barrenness of the landscape, and of the subject matter, that's a lot to ask. 'Empty Quarter': A movie about nothingness 2011-04-07T19:09:04Z

After a successful three-week run in the fall of 1973 in Chicago and several other cities, the film disappeared from movie theaters, presumably because of its subject matter. Sam Greenlee, Writer, Producer, Government Agent, Dies at 83 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z

The third episode gets back to more frivolous subject matter, taking on the scourge of kale. Review: ‘The Carmichael Show,’ With Jabs and Jokes, Has Its Debut on NBC 2015-08-25T04:00:00Z

Old age — “my crone beauty, in its first youth” — has given her fresh subject matter, which she does not intend to waste. Sharon Olds, Laureate of Sexuality, Scrutinizes the Body in ‘Odes’ 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z

What’s more, “Prism” reflects Perry’s struggle though a recent divorce -- exactly the kind of heavy-duty subject matter that typically attracts Academy members. Grammys 2015: Beyonce, 'Frozen,' Coldplay among snubs and surprises 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z

The comparison with Carver clicks beyond subject matter. Review: ‘A Manual for Cleaning Women,’ Lucia Berlin’s Soul-Baring Stories 2015-08-18T04:00:00Z

Key to this is that the subject matter of women's writing is often perceived as frivolous and unimportant. Why we still need the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2021-09-18T04:00:00Z

The collection’s subject matter is quite diffuse, with photographs shot over three decades, in the United States and twenty foreign countries. Rosalind Fox Solomon, Inward and Out 2016-03-01T05:00:00Z

The movie marked Chen's return to the theme of traditional Chinese opera - a subject matter he first explored in "Farewell My Concubine," his 1993 Oscar-nominated drama about the relationship between two male performers. 'Concubine' director defends choice of projects 2011-03-22T16:00:13Z

It inspires me, even though the subject matter can be hard to take. Marc Swanson Draws Comfort From Rural Cemeteries and ’80s Club Music 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z

Her subject matter is almost entirely about heartbreak – both her albums document relationships gone wrong – but she refuses to be defeated by it. Adele's anti-diva routine a hit 2011-05-25T15:46:06Z

“Illuminate” represents the careful evolution of his digestible sound and subject matter, with much of the organic instrumentation and good-guy earnestness of “Handwritten” intact. Shawn Mendes, Pop Idol, Is Not Banking on a Gimmick 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z

And let's not forget the charged subject matter. Werner Herzog: a killer at the table 2010-06-22T20:31:00Z

"I also think that to everybody's credit, this was obviously subject matter in and of itself, whether it's race, faith or class, are not traditional in terms of what we consider entertainment." Envelope Screening: 'American Crime' team felt 'emotional responsibility' 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z

Yet the paintings never gave the viewer permission to condescend to the subject matter. Perspective | Wayne Thiebaud’s artistic eye was so much keener than pop art confections 2021-12-27T05:00:00Z

The subject matter is very close to my heart. Allison Janney softly speaks of her high-volume career 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z

At other times, the subject matter is completely foreign. Your next box set: Planet Earth 2011-03-11T08:00:01Z

The Trump era saw the peak of Teigen's online notoriety, and her brand of irreverent humor and punchy cyber takedowns thrived with no shortage of subject matter from the unhinged former president. Chrissy Teigen and the enduring, celebrity need to be relatable 2021-06-16T04:00:00Z

Romney cites Genius, a film made by Michael Grandage in 2016, as one that walked too far off the beaten path in its subject matter to find much of an audience. The minefield of fame: how accurate do biopics need to be? 2019-04-28T04:00:00Z

“The Father” is a wrenching film about an elderly man wrestling with dementia, and many voters told Barker and his co-president, Tom Bernard, the subject matter made them afraid to watch it. Inside Anthony Hopkins’s Unexpected Win at the Oscars 2021-04-26T04:00:00Z

And if his subject matter is sometimes brutal, the choreographic content is mostly firmly classical, though often extended into new expressive terrain. Kenneth MacMillan’s School of Ballet Sex, Neurosis and Grit 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z

Millet’s pursuit of humble subject matter and his skill as a draftsman would influence artists for decades. ‘French Pastels: Treasures From the Vault’ Review: Delicate and Delightful 2018-07-14T04:00:00Z

In addition to spicing up the subject matter to better reflect her reality, Ms. Trainor was also wary of resting too comfortably on the sweet sounds of doo-wop. Meghan Trainor Enters Spotlight With ‘Title’ 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z

I just wanted to make them aware that they were there so no one was caught off guard if a subject matter was going to be triggering for them. Zosia Mamet on pushing for a trigger warning for stories about food and feelings 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z

But "The Paradise Guest House," while crafted around a horrific event, is a good-hearted book, respectful of its subject matter. Review: Escape to `paradise' in Bali no easy trip 2013-03-25T18:22:13Z

But while Levinson is not working from his own history as in “Diner” or “Avalon,” “The Survivor,” partly because of its subject matter and postwar milieu, feels of a piece with those overtly personal films. ‘The Survivor’ Review: Clenched Fists 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z

On balance, I’m in favour of faithless adaptations: ones that set about their subject matter like creative vandals, freestyle and irreverent. Julian Barnes: 'I told the film-makers to throw my book against a wall' 2017-04-01T04:00:00Z

Ms. Mirabella seemed intent on having fun with her subject matter. Remembering Grace Mirabella and Her Inventive Magazine 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z

“But the subject matter of this story tonight was so pressing that we felt we could not wait to share it with you.” Review: ‘Wild: A Musical Becoming’ Is Finding Its Footing 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z

In 2018, the most popular cartoons ranged in subject matter from dogs to cats, from parents to children, and from normal, emotionally balanced people to Donald Trump. The Most Popular New Yorker Cartoons of 2018 on Instagram 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z

The final result was a production that reflected the sexual revolution of the 1970s, both in its language and subject matter. A Chorus Line musical to close 2013-06-25T08:31:17Z

We try to balance some darker subject matter with the absurdism of the show. “I like that spot where fear and laughter converge”: Carrie Brownstein on how “Portlandia” takes on aging, “Transparent” and channeling Sleater-Kinney on set 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z

He’s in charge of himself, and he lives with his subject matter every day. Mike Wallace, ?60 Minutes? Star Interviewer, Dies at 93 2012-04-08T14:57:40Z

It is similar in size — more than 3 feet by 4 feet — and subject matter to a series from the same decade hanging at the National Gallery in London. 2010-01-15T05:03:00Z

This was subject matter that did not come from books, was not already known, and although from a source without authority, was my own. From Hare to Hytner: leading cultural figures oppose the EBacc 2012-12-14T22:50:00Z

Along with this — as in the work of many Counter-Reformation painters, like Caravaggio — came a zest for mystical subject matter: visions, conversions, martyrdoms and miracles. | Connecticut: A Review of ‘Francesco Vanni: Art in Late Renaissance Siena,’ at Yale University Art Gallery 2013-12-27T21:22:23Z

But maps vary so wildly in shape, spirit and subject matter that the desire to lay eyes on them is irresistible. Books of The Times: ‘On the Map’ by Simon Garfield 2012-12-18T23:14:13Z

Throughout, jolting shifts in color, scale or subject matter encourage the heightened visual awareness that Mr. Koons’s work demands, and rewards. ‘Jeff Koons: A Retrospective’ Opens at the Whitney 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z

It is also a book whose subject matter calls for the open destruction of boundaries: in geography, in relationships, in language. Traveller of the Century by Andrés Neuman – review 2012-06-21T07:00:02Z

“As for the subject matter, there wasn’t the slightest hesitation about it,” Ivory said. James Ivory and the Making of a Historic Gay Love Story 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z

Hamilton will no doubt make more polished movies, but this one has unusual atmosphere and emotional depth, and tackles subject matter no mainstream American film would touch without Hazmat equipment. "Night Catches Us": A "Casablanca" for the Black Power era 2010-12-03T01:30:00Z

One could argue that the film’s intense subject matter might have hurt his chances—though it was far from the only top movie in 2015 that was difficult to watch. The 13 Biggest Oscar Nomination Snubs 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z

With art offerings incorporating such varied subject matter as artificial intelligence, brain waves, therapy and horror films, there's a Seattle exhibition to suit every taste this fall. From Polaroids to kid-friendly art, Seattle’s fall art shows have something for everyone 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z

Much of what is endearing arises from the core subject matter: aging. Review: Sarah Michelson’s Radical Sadness 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z

I wanted a title for the course that would capture the subject matter. Professor targeted by right for teaching course on “white racism”: “These folks are delusio... 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z

The subject matter leans toward the politically charged and emotionally brutal, extreme even by operatic standards of suffering. A Penetrating Cry in the Dark at the Prototype Festival 2023-01-08T05:00:00Z

He thinks Louis is a good-hearted guy, despite some of the subject matter. Marc Maron Discusses his Podcast Interview With President Obama 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z

Yet what initially attracted him to this project wasn’t the charged subject matter, but rather the prospect of working in an uncommon length. Meet the man who has finally explained O.J. Simpson to the world 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z

Although Hopton was pleased by the turnout at both screenings, he’s convinced that “some but not all” mainstream critics didn’t show up due to “Unplanned’s” subject matter. Perspective | Was ‘Unplanned’ a victim of media bias or an example of grievance-as-marketing? 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z

Hung in a single, compact gallery on the museum’s second floor, the show underlines the natural wealth of the American land, and Audubon’s remarkable talent for producing art as varied as his subject matter. ‘Audubon’s Aviary: The Final Flight’ Alights at the New-York Historical Society 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z

Our colleague Stephen Holden reviewed all three programs and wrote that “there is no dearth of troubling subject matter” in the series, particularly in the documentary category. The Carpetbagger: A Brief Look at Oscar-Nominated Shorts 2012-02-10T18:30:20Z

The subject matter is a departure for Kushell, who made his name on broad, family-friendly shows like Malcolm In the Middle and Third Rock From The Sun - where he learned his trade. Is assisted suicide appropriate for a sitcom? 2013-01-16T08:17:45Z

But that said, Mr. Tankersley was hardly inflexible as time passed, social attitudes toward ribald subject matter and language grew more relaxed, tolerance for violent imagery increased and entertainment programming veered more often into politics. William H. Tankersley, Watchdog for CBS Taste Standards, Dies at 98 2016-02-17T05:00:00Z

Such is the toxicity of the debate in the US, both say their mothers were concerned they would be attacked because of the show’s subject matter. Ctrl Alt Delete: the pro-choice comedy that's the bravest TV show in America 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z

“We were aware that we making a movie with controversial subject matter with non-famous people and were just pushing ourselves so hard,” said Duplass. Manson Family Vacation: a lo-fi, low-budget labor of love 2015-11-10T05:00:00Z

Frey appears to have found a canny solution to that conundrum, by picking a subject matter that can be guaranteed to goad the Christian right into providing helpful angry publicity. James Frey ignores publishing houses to release new book through art gallery 2011-03-15T17:38:01Z

This is some of the subject matter that BBC3 does the best. TV highlights 17/07/2013 2013-07-17T06:00:07Z

Okpebholo and Jaji drew their subject matter from “Freedom on the Move,” a database containing thousands of ads placed by slave owners in newspapers to track down enslaved people who had escaped their captors. Review: Songs That Defy the ‘Quotidian Nature of Evil’ 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z

Did the aforementioned books, dealing with such frivolous subject matter, really merit such prominence? Letters to the Editor 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z

Their inspired arrangements, coupled with the emotional subject matter, make for a bracing listen. Band To Watch: Ages and Ages Premiere New Track “I See More” 2014-02-06T17:37:08Z

For not only was the language changed, so was the subject matter. Lyrical Ballads by William Wordsworth and ST Coleridge, edited by Fiona Stafford – review 2013-07-16T11:35:07Z

I tend to arrange them according to subject matter and then I group authors together. Eddie Glaude Jr., an Expert on James Baldwin, Reveals His Favorite Baldwin Book 2021-07-22T04:00:00Z

"I was really interested in the idea of how to explore the subject matter in a different way, through characters, not through politics." Unlikely friendship explores humanity in Gitmo film 'Camp X-Ray' 2014-01-18T04:05:58Z

I mean, don't really . . . there's certainly not a subject matter I won't talk about. "That's where I draw the line": David Cross has words for comics who moan about cancel culture 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z

The center opened just as photography was gaining stature in the art world, yet it proceeded on a course parallel to the museum world — one in which subject matter took precedence over artistic intent. Reinventing the International Center of Photography for the Selfie Age 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z

Paper Towns, out July 24, grapples with less serious subject matter, and the difference is palpable on set. 14 Things You Learn on the Set of 'Paper Towns' 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z

But you could make the argument it did, by defending the right of the African-American artist to choose whatever subject matter and to choose whatever method he or she thought was most appropriate.” William Demby, 90, Novelist and Reporter, Dies 2013-06-01T01:38:33Z

Channel 4's representative said Kosminsky's previous work showed he had "an unrivalled track record of tackling sensitive subject matter". Channel 4 plans IS fighter drama 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z

Moss: A lot of the history I was doing for my degree was feminist history and revisionist history, so it chimed with how I was already approaching historical subject matters. The Making of ‘Six’: How Tudor Queens Turned Into Pop Stars 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z

But it’s easy for such subject matter to get stale. D?ja Hear the One About the Guy From Rochester? 2011-01-14T20:17:09Z

The lyrics he wrote for his band Sebadoh seemed to excavate the loneliest and weirdest secrets of his inner world — subject matter that invited Barlow’s listeners to form an unusually close relationship to its singer. The Folk Implosion’s Music From ‘Kids’ Is Returning. The Band Is, Too. 2023-09-04T04:00:00Z

If that’s their target subject matter, it’s critical it’s done well in order for its audience to walk away with positive messages, rather than the motto of “skinny is magic” that it repeats. Insatiable is just the latest example of Netflix not understanding teenagers 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z

Even if that isn’t entirely pleasant for the reader, Hyder’s tone of confused déjà vu seems appropriate for the subject matter. An Urdu Epic Puts India’s Partition Into Historical Perspective 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z

But the subject matter, it's the attorney general, Elliot Richardson, under Nixon, and it’s him reading his resignation letter. Interpol’s Daniel Kessler on recording “Marauder” on tape: “It forces you to be less prec... 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z

Tonally, I thought within this subject matter, some parts of it are really, really frightening and really sinister, and dark, and some of them are pathetic and even laughably pathetic and have comedy within them. Alex Garland on birth as horror in "Men" 2022-05-22T04:00:00Z

While this runs the risk of comedy clubs turning into Take A Break magazine with gags, the best of these shows use their traumatic subject matter to steer comedy into rewarding and entertaining new places. This week's new comedy 2011-01-01T00:05:55Z

“Are there any other painters who painted this subject matter, with the name E.W. Brooke, and with a Japanese lady and a baby?” The Hunt for Clarity About van Gogh’s Last Days Leads to Maine 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z

I knew it wasn’t really about the language, it was the subject matter. Angie Thomas Lets Hip-Hop Speak in Her New Novel, ‘On the Come Up’ 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z

These are films that generate passion or controversy by virtue of their troubling subject matter and their powerful images. How A Quiet Place became a cause célèbre for anti-popcorn crusaders 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z

The film’s subject matter is epochal, its delivery less so. Movie Review: ‘Mulberry Child,’ Documentary About China 2012-09-06T23:45:48Z

While he noted that its musical reference points date back to “Rumours,” the subject matter is “family and long-term relationships.” Lindsey Buckingham Has Survived It All 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z

It’s a bit of a lottery choice of subject matter. Frederick Wiseman on Censorship, Small-Town America, and Why He Dislikes the Word “Documentary” 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z

Exploring the seemingly endless conflict between Israel and Palestine at a time when the bloodshed there is again in the news, Hugo Blick's series both embraces and transcends its subject matter. TV Picks: 'Outlander,' 'Legends,' 'Dick Cavett's Watergate' 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z

The critic added that the collection was surprisingly kind considering its subject matter. Poet Sharon Olds wins T.S. Eliot award 2013-01-14T19:54:58Z

But to suppose “Unbroken”’s power lies in its fortuitous subject matter slights Hillenbrand’s artistry. 'The Stowaway: A Young Man’s Extraordinary Adventure to Antarctica' doesn't quite deliver on the glitter of its premise 2018-01-12T05:00:00Z

She came to her subject matter by way of an Internet meme made viral by the feminist website the Hairpin in 2011. Sheila Callaghan plays with gender identity in 'Women Laughing Alone With Salad' 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z

While Mr. Adams and Ms. Goodman had effectively handled similar contrasts of tone in their previous opera, “Nixon in China,” the subject matter there had been far less inflammatory. ‘The Death of Klinghoffer’ at the Metropolitan Opera 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z

“She jumped in and took the subject matter in her own direction.” | An 84-Year-Old Ceramist’s New York Moment 2014-03-03T23:45:27Z

“The conventional art world expected black painters to paint black subject matter; meanwhile the black community felt that the artistic community should create uplifting images of black people,” Ms Joyner says. Rediscovery 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z

Bacon's aperçus are as hard to match in critical prose as are the paintings themselves, with their swerves and elisions, their smeary frustration of interpretations based glibly on "grim" subject matter. Triptych: Three Studies After Francis Bacon by Jonathan Littell – review 2013-07-20T11:01:01Z

Ms. Herzog’s handling of this troubling subject matter is gentle, probing and unfailingly honest. Theater Review: ‘The Great God Pan,’ by Amy Herzog, at Playwrights Horizons 2012-12-19T03:00:00Z

"History, especially in the past 30 years, has vindicated Gershwin's idea that this is an opera, but an intrinsically American one — not just in subject matter but musically," Starr informs. Gershwin classic 'Porgy and Bess' to take stage at Seattle Opera 2011-07-24T02:05:27Z

I just needed to take a sidestep, hence the different subject matter on this one. dEUS's Tom Barman: 'I was fed up with singing about myself' 2012-07-04T11:41:37Z

Such searing, often painful subject matter makes for a curious mix of deadpan comedy and irony. Dear Boy by Emily Berry – review 2013-03-22T19:00:01Z

And the subject matter, with its very strong psychological elements but without a full narrative was always very compelling. 2010-01-29T20:06:00Z

There were calls for him to be removed from the show, particularly given that its subject matter concerns the abuse and exploitation of women. Maggie Gyllenhaal: 'There have to be consequences for disrespecting women sexually' 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z

It's cleverly constructed to complement the subject matter. Robert Moog: 'I wouldn't call this music' – a classic interview to mark a Google doodle 2012-05-23T10:54:12Z

Between the loose genesis and somber subject matter, the music on "The Messenger" is cohesive and engaging. "I went full Christmas": Rhett Miller on writing holiday songs for now and for the ages 2018-12-22T05:00:00Z

But viewers with an interest in the subject matter might still find the movie absorbing. What’s on TV This Week: ‘The Bachelor’ and ‘American Masters: Roberta Flack’ 2023-01-23T05:00:00Z

Spafford decided early in his career on both his subject matter and his approach. Michael Spafford, one of Seattle’s most respected artists, dies at age 86 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z

Despite its intense running time and disturbing subject matter, “Dead Souls” does not seek a complete accounting. ‘Dead Souls’ Review: Forgotten Victims of Mao’s Camps Speak 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z

Unforgiven won awards, and was a turning point for Wainwright, as she shifted from away from lighter drama and comedy towards darker subject matter. From The Archers to HBO: how Sally Wainwright conquered TV 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z

Ms. Robbins said that artwork should not necessarily be discarded because the subject matter or the artists’ personal history is offensive. Trump Aside, Artists and Preservationists Debate the Rush to Topple Statues 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z

The subject matter strays widely from traditional programs: Middle East period drama or romantic soaps. Saudi-owned TV drama fights Islamic State propaganda 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z

It's a great example of horrific subject matter written in a way that I entirely trusted what the writer was saying. Shaun Tan: 'I'd like to be Bilbo Baggins' 2012-08-24T15:17:56Z

And it does seem that many books have the Y.A. label slapped on them purely because of their subject matter. Henry James and the Great Y.A. Debate 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z

In other ways, the show could be said to hew too closely to Barr’s vision that American modern art was generally “representative in style and subject matter.” Art Review: ‘American Modern: Hopper to O’Keeffe’ Opens at MoMA 2013-08-22T22:04:13Z

It’s clear from his subject matter and phrasing that hip-hop in his DNA. R&B Blossoms, With Hip-Hop in the Rear View 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z

But it also embodies all the risks inherent in his willfully highbrow approach and polarizing subject matter, and it illustrates how a brand-name writer known for his prolific output can be his own greatest obstacle. Television: ‘The Newsroom,’ Aaron Sorkin’s Return to TV 2012-06-06T13:37:35Z

The subject matter may leave you feeling itchy, but with the delirious sensory overload the show provides, you’ll quickly forget the discomfort. ‘Bedbugs!!!’ the Musical Is at the ArcLight Theater 2014-09-15T04:00:00Z

Both the subject matter and the approach are fraught with danger. ‘Incitement’ Review: A Tense, Angry Reckoning With an Assassination 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z

It’s fun because we’re dealing with a lot of dark subject matter and death and violence and all this stuff on the show, but in between takes we’re making fun of each other. Eve Hewson of 'The Knick' on Working With Soderbergh 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z

After college, Ms. Mark traveled to Turkey on a Fulbright scholarship, an experience that provided some of the subject matter for her first book, “Passport,” published in 1974. Mary Ellen Mark, Photographer Who Documented Difficult Subjects, Dies at 75 2015-05-26T04:00:00Z

The subject matter is consistent, but the delivery varied. ArtsBeat: Phyllis Diller and Her Comic Craft 2012-08-22T16:23:43Z

It's a heartbreaking story, with the weight of the subject matter carried by the quality of the drawing. Michael Foreman: life through a line 2011-03-07T15:39:18Z

He's in charge of himself, and he lives with his subject matter every day. CBS correspondent Mike Wallace dead at 93 2012-04-08T14:45:00Z

Apart from thriller plots, comedy was the other sugar often offered to viewers to overcome their instinctive antipathy to the subject matter. Belfast-set thriller The Fall joins the few dramas to tackle the Troubles 2013-05-14T13:23:58Z

“I thought, this is a useful way of exploring this grim subject matter, but having a bit of lightness and a bit of playfulness also.” Shehan Karunatilaka Wins Booker Prize for ‘The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida’ 2022-10-17T04:00:00Z

It seems that writing this book comes with its risks, given the personal nature of it, the subject matter and your work in academia. A memoir of female lust 2013-06-09T00:00:00Z

But that gathering was a reminder to Ms. Mercein and Ms. Sanchez that the subject matter they were working with was rife with conflict, contradictions and deep emotions. ‘X’s and O’s (A Football Love Story)’ Examines a Sport’s Damage 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z

When white artists are seen as appropriating subject matter about the painful experiences of Native peoples without including them in the work’s conception, reactions can be strong. A Canadian Museum Promotes Indigenous Art. But Don’t Call It ‘Indian.’ 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z

And its subject matter -- the private and public melodramas of high school students and teachers -- is the stuff that dismissive reactions are made of. Why "Glee" is this century's "Twin Peaks" 2010-06-08T17:10:00Z

What’s more, The Wire rewrote the rules of television drama with regard to tone, subject matter and narrative scope. The Wire, 10 years on: ‘We tore the cover off a city and showed the American dream was dead’ 2018-03-06T05:00:00Z

I did have to do a lot of research, but that's true of any book even if you're really familiar with your subject matter. When love and perfume lead to "a side hustle in murder for hire" 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z

The one thing I can say for The Slap is to defend it against anyone who would condemn it for its subject matter. Review: The Slap Beats Its Viewers Over the Head 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z

“We see a real opportunity for attracting young people who are politically aware due to the timeliness of the subject matter,” he added. Box Office: 'Jumanji' dominates MLK weekend, 'The Post' leads newcomer 2018-01-14T05:00:00Z

“Since I am a pluralist, I am inspired by very diverse subject matter,” he says. 2009-11-01T04:00:00Z

“Certain cities are much more conservative in nature, and that subject matter is harder, particularly in more religious communities,” said Karen Azenberg, artistic director of the Pioneer Theater Company in Salt Lake City. ‘Fun Home’ Finds That Winning a Tony Is the Best Way to Market a Musical 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z

Despite its more relaxed pace, however, the new record’s sound and subject matter pick up not far from where Kiss left off. How Carly Rae Jepsen Got the Coolest People in Music to Work on Her New Album 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z

Ward is not very sentimental about his subject matter. Once upon a time, rock-and-roll was strange, wild and dangerous 2016-12-12T05:00:00Z

Related: Gods of Egypt review – ridiculous, offensive and tremendously fun The top five was rounded out by impressive newcomer Eddie the Eagle, surprisingly picking up a US audience despite its Brit-centric subject matter. Deadpool still on top as 'whitewashed' Gods of Egypt sinks at US box office 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z

“I am not the subject matter of mothers and daughters or Chinese culture or immigrant experience that most people cite as my domain,” she writes in her new book. Amy Tan: Still ‘Joy Lucky’ after all these years 2017-10-10T04:00:00Z

This sort of subject matter is nothing new for Reed, who has been on intimate terms with transgression since he wrote Velvet Underground classics such as “Heroin,” “Sister Ray” and “Venus in Furs.” Album review: Lou Reed and Metallica, 'Lulu' 2011-10-28T05:34:00Z

And producers will “commit to hiring creative talent from historically excluded and underrepresented groups in our industry on every new creative team, regardless of the subject matter of the show.” New York theater leaders agree on a New Deal for Broadway 2021-08-23T04:00:00Z

That, however, is as close as Prince-Bythewood’s varied back catalogue gets to the kind of serious historical subject matter –– Selma, Harriet, 13th –– for which female African-American directors are most often celebrated. Gina Prince-Bythewood: 'Films about black women are the hardest to get made' 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z

The subject matter seen in "Dog Sweat" is forbidden in Iran. "Dog Sweat" shows secret life of rebellious Iranians 2011-11-16T19:25:04Z

The film, inspired by the screenwriter Will Reiser’s real-life story of being given a cancer diagnosis in his mid-20s, treats its subject matter as he did in real life: as dreadfully serious and dreadfully funny. The Carpetbagger: For '50/50's' Writer, the Hardest Part Was the Drama 2012-01-13T19:56:38Z

All in all, this subject matter seemed to ordain him to be misunderstood. Colin Wilson, Author of ‘The Outsider,’ Dies at 82 2013-12-12T17:03:34Z

ITV was praised for taking a "risk" by tackling "difficult subject matter", which seems odd. Haven't we had enough of murder on the telly? 2012-06-03T19:00:06Z

It shakes you up, but it also challenges your ideas about the intersection of race, justice and mass incarceration in the United States, subject matter that could not sound less cinematic. Review: ‘13TH,’ the Journey From Shackles to Prison Bars 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z

The documentary draws a distinct boundary around its subject matter, ending in 1966. New Ron Howard-directed Beatles doc will highlight the touring years 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z

For years, as a writer on the show, that was the failures and ineptitude of the Bush administration, but it wasn't always subject matter that Oliver relished. An Englishman in New York 2011-07-23T23:04:11Z

As with the most affecting novels, "Daisy Jones and the Six" isn’t really about its stated subject matter at all. "Daisy Jones and the Six": A behind-the-music novel that nails the truth about rock 'n' roll 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z

The most obviously relevant aspect is the subject matter. TV for the fake news generation: why Westworld is the defining show of 2016 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z

Mulan was always an offbeat subject matter for a Disney animated film, and the fact that this isn’t as well known a story as some of its competitors should help fend off audience fatigue. Back for the future: rating Disney's slate of live-action fantasy remakes 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z

They are tragic images and, despite their subject matter, are very much about human suffering. Artists helped make the Mexican revolution an international phenomenon 2016-12-26T05:00:00Z

Street photography and its subject matter of life caught unmediated and unawares was then the dominant genre. 'Robert Mapplethorpe: The Perfect Medium' is an impressive dual-museum overview 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z

He found his natural subject matter in the history and geography of Scotland, and in particular Glasgow. Edwin Morgan obituary 2010-08-19T17:23:00Z

The individual essays not only carom around the world in subject matter, they also vary greatly in quality. Books of The Times: Nicholson Baker, ‘The Way the World Works’ 2012-08-12T20:34:47Z

It’s got familiar subject matter, and Mr. Brice is no radical, either in voice or in ideology. Albums From Banks, Lee Brice and Matthew Shipp 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z

The subject matter that often looms large in memoirs of childhood – intense friendships and betrayals, yearning for acceptance, hankering for special possessions, self-consciousness about appearance and dress – is conspicuously absent here. Nowhere Ending Sky by Marlen Haushofer – review 2013-07-13T07:30:01Z

The style of Picasso’s blue paintings matches their subject matter: It is similarly facile, too easy and fluid to capture all the ways we humans know how to suffer. Even the ‘Wrong’ Picasso Can Be So Right 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z

They began playing a tape Allen Ginsberg had sent from somewhere upstate for the occasion, reading his poetry in his distinctive cadences, cheerful no matter the subject matter. A very 60s Christmas 2018-12-24T05:00:00Z

Our finalists range in age from 23 to 71, and their subject matter spans lofty peaks and watery depths. The 2015 Travel photo contest announces its winners and finalists 2015-08-19T04:00:00Z

Della presents her proposed takeover as a way to better handle the “sensitive nature” of the subject matter. ‘Perry Mason’ Season 2, Episode 6 Recap: The Smoking Gun 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z

So even with subject matter as dark as capital punishment, one can come away from “Dead Man Walking” oddly soothed. 'Great Scott,' an opera about opera, shows what makes Jake Heggie so popular 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z

The subject matter often redeems the presentation, however, no more so than in this study of victims of post-traumatic stress disorder among returning soldiers. TV listings and previews: plan your week's viewing - 12-16 November 2012-11-12T08:09:51Z

The violence of the subject matter is indisputable. The Heart-Stopping, Nerve-Shredding Race to Be America’s Deadliest Combat Pilot 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z

The gift for Mr. Costa was an idea for new subject matter. Lav Diaz and Pedro Costa: Slow Cinema on the Cutting Edge 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z

But their subject matter, and hence, their lyrics, are diverse. From “Bent” to “Fancy”: What the past 10 songs of the summer say about us 2014-09-01T04:00:00Z

Despite the difference in subject matter, the view of the Haarlem countryside shares an uncanny kinship with Van de Cappelle’s marine work. Art Review: Dutch Masterpieces, Assembled by Art Lovers 2011-04-22T11:00:04Z

Blowfly was a loose-tongued character, but even though his subject matter was provocative, his early music was as disciplined as Miami’s mainstream soul; it was often played by the same musicians. Clarence Reid, Singer and Songwriter Also Known as Blowfly, Dies at 76 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z

It was a bizarre world – Noon says he is more interested in "subject matter and atmosphere than character and plot" – yet an exuberantly propulsive story ran through it. Jeff Noon: a life in writing 2013-04-20T07:29:01Z

The subject matter is an unflinching look, from four cultural and musical points of view, at a sex trafficking scandal uncovered 13 years ago in the San Diego strawberry fields.  Unflinching 'Cuatro Corridos' opera comes to Zipper Concert Hall 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z

“Envisioning 2001” shows Kubrick as a director in command of all aspects of filmmaking, and it suggests that he and Clarke were no small obsessives when it came to understanding their subject matter. The Making of ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ Was as Far Out as the Movie 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z

One decision, the subject of much internal debate, was to mute the microphones of Trump and Biden when their opponent was giving a two-minute answer at the introduction of a new subject matter. Disastrous first debate is one rerun Fox’s Wallace avoids 2020-11-24T05:00:00Z

Next To Normal was praised for "expanding the scope of subject matter for musicals". Mental health drama wins Pulitzer 2010-04-13T15:29:00Z

I don’t think any story is off limits, but I do think every story and subject matter deserve scrutiny. Some Like It Not: Are Men in Dresses Still Funny? 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z

Trevor Noah is facing the gauntlet between impossible expectations and thorny subject matter, and he knows it. “I don’t strive to be offensive”: Trevor Noah tells Salon how his “Daily Show” will be different from — and similar to — Jon Stewart’s 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z

While “American Hustle” and “The Wolf of Wall Street” have the kind of grandiose titles, A-list actors and based-on-a-true-story subject matter associated with prestige dramas, they are, at their best, flamboyantly savage comedies. ‘American Hustle’ and ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ as Brutal Comedies 2014-01-24T21:39:56Z

The artist’s training as a tattooist is evident in both subject matter and treatment. Top draw: artists pushing the boundaries of drawing 2013-07-02T00:29:00Z

In a sense, then, the necessity of talking about his physical affinity with The Sessions's subject matter must be frustrating. Ben Lewin on The Sessions: 'You can reach women without brute force' 2013-01-03T19:00:00Z

It’s not just subject matter that makes such works so potent. The Many Styles of Emma Amos, and Her Drive to Get Free 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z

The novel is funny and chilling by turns, and because of its subject matter, necessarily dark. Sex and Texas: Drew Nellins Smith on fiction, fact and his debut novel, 'Arcade' 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z

Dorling is that rare university professor: expert, politically engaged and able to explain simply why his subject matters. In praise of ? Danny Dorling 2010-04-29T23:05:00Z

She soon expanded her subject matter and evolved in how she approached it. Janet Malcolm, provocative author-journalist, dies at 86 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z

Wei found his subject matter and his signature style within a few years of arriving in the U.S. from China in 1989. Z.Z. Wei: Palouse landscapes that stretch and swirl 2012-09-10T20:39:04Z

It’s hard subject matter, but there’s a beautiful message in the film. Ross Partridge on ‘Lamb’ and Uncomfortable Viewers 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z

Later, hip-hop birthed its own class of singers — tough talkers with smooth edges — who did the work of softening that the samples once did while serving up more simpatico subject matter. Bryson Tiller and Other Singers Are Bringing Hip-Hop Into R&B 2016-01-12T05:00:00Z

Sometimes it’s the subject matter that seems absurd. Weeding the Worst Library Books 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z

But creative elements including Trent Reznor's aggressively techno soundtrack and less inherent interest in the subject matter would seem to represent obstacles to overcome in luring older patrons. Moviegoers will friend "The Social Network" 2010-09-30T23:39:00Z

When he switched to traditional songs, the subject matter ranged from an unhappy marriage to a hanging. Sam Carter – review 2013-03-24T17:54:27Z

The run was far from a defeat: All four shows sold out, and the breadth of subject matter and tone gave the performers a sense of what was possible. No Script, No Roles: It’s No Problem for the Actors of ‘Stolen House’ 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z

There was grotesque subject matter and mundane subject matter. Music Review: Face Paint and (Playful) Fistfighting for This Tribe in Brooklyn 2010-06-15T23:02:00Z

Both are exhibiting oils in this show though subject matter couldn’t be more different. Oils that are different, yet complementary, at Prographica 2014-04-03T20:49:48Z

Without straying too far from the casually debonair style of Porter and Kern, he tweaks their sound and updates their subject matter. Music Review: ?Prima Donna,? by Rufus Wainwright, Makes American Debut 2012-02-20T23:24:50Z

Barack Obama was a fine president, but he’s lousy subject matter for disparaging, telltale best-sellerdom. Letters to the Editor 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z

It was considered risky in part because of its racially charged subject matter. 'Straight Outta Compton' Tops Box Office 2015-08-16T04:00:00Z

Photograph: Murdo Macleod Despite its subject matter, your piece, to me, ends up feeling very uplifting. MJ Hyland: why I had to write about my MS 2012-08-11T23:27:00Z

And though the book is perhaps not for the scientifically faint-of-heart, Olson is a crisp writer who brings clarity to complex subject matter. A Forgotten Town at the Center of the Manhattan Project 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z

The impulse that seems to be most frequently rewarded is the attempt to juxtapose highbrow subject matter with marshmallow-based sculptural matter. Peeps Dioramas and Their Surprisingly Long Prehistory 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z

Given the complexity of the subject matter, the remarkable thing is that Weller has produced a book that manages to be both compelling and resolutely evenhanded. A gutsy trio of newswomen in Sheila Weller's 'News Sorority' 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z

It’s the kind of subject matter that isn’t an obvious fit for children. Lois Lowry in Conversation With a 10-Year-Old Reporter About Her New Book 2020-03-30T04:00:00Z

Despite its workaday subject matter, this volume arrives as if it were grander than the average pop psychology walkabout. 'How We Are,’ by Vincent Deary, Mixes Psychology and Philosophy 2014-12-30T05:00:00Z

As a result of this loaded subject matter, "Truth" was a source of controversy in Busan even before it was screened. Documentary about Sewol ferry sinking roils South Korea film festival 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z

Taken together, these titles arguably stand for a bold new wave of British filmmaking: cinematically confident, generically tricksy, compelled by disturbing, ambivalent subject matter. Katherine Butler: the gambler behind Film4's low-budget features 2012-08-30T16:02:14Z

"What Woody Allen does is so specifically Jewish," Salinas says, "but sometimes the subject matter hits the heart, whether you're black, white or Asian." Culture Clash adds more bite in 'Chavez Ravine: An L.A. Revival' 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z

Because of the sometimes-explicit nature of the film's subject matter, casting directors made sure actors who auditioned were 18 years of age or older. 15 quick facts about "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" 2022-04-25T04:00:00Z

It’s slippery and ornate, dealing with its sometimes heavy subject matter with a strange, often sly sense of humor. Neil Greenberg’s New Dance ‘Betsy’ Is a Wild Child 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z

Love the Way You Lie," which features Rihanna and chronicles an abusive relationship, "Marshall wrote it with Rihanna in mind and hoped that she was open to taking on that subject matter. Eminem, clean and sober, draws on new inspiration 2010-06-25T23:23:00Z

But its aftermath provides the opportunity to depict a subject matter not seen enough in television: male vulnerability. ‘Outlander’ Season 2, Episode 2: The Wounds We Carry 2016-04-16T04:00:00Z

There will always be an addictive quality to Future’s syrupy flows, which have inspired so many rappers to replicate the duality of charming euphony attached to dreary subject matter. The Happy-Sad Hooks of YNW Melly’s “We All Shine” 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z

Mr. Bonovitz said Mr. Pierce’s “extraordinary range of subject matter, brilliance in composition and carving, and very direct presentation” were what appeal to him, adding, “What you see is what you get.” Elijah Pierce, Outsider Artist, Finds a Spotlight at the Right Time 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z

Handler’s eponymously named talkshow, which she launched with the express purpose of moving away from celebrity gossip and towards more socially conscious subject matters, was a mixed bag, often funny but generally pedantic. David Letterman's comeback: can his Netflix show take him back to the top? 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z

USA shows, such as “White Collar,” generally shy away from gritty subject matter, but “Graceland” features brutal slayings, fatal overdoses and protagonists committing legally and morally questionable acts. ‘Graceland’ brings Southern California to Florida 2014-06-10T04:00:00Z

I’m not sure it totally landed, but it’s important subject matter and I appreciated the attempt. Art Outings: 2 Seattle Times writers test out the new happy-hour tour at the Frye Art Museum 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z

To me, reading comic books and graphic novels should be a joyful experience, even when the subject matter is incredibly grim. “It feels like we’re watching misery porn”: Salon’s “The Walking Dead” experts break down the show’s issues with race and representation 2016-10-23T04:00:00Z

Hurtado also incorporated womb imagery into her work before the feminist art movement made popular the same subject matter in the late ’70s. This Pioneering Artist Is on the Brink of Her First Big Retrospective, at 98 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z

They're all different subject matter and different styles and different feelings. Rolf Harris unveils retrospective 2012-05-18T15:46:36Z

“We kind of took some cues from movies like ‘Manhattan’ and ‘Annie Hall,’ where Woody Allen was taking contemporary subject matter and putting Gershwin behind it. And the Emmy goes to . . . music supervisor 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z

To call this a bargain as the world slowly, anonymously slides into dystopia is a manifest absurdity, let alone the subject matter of the painting. Leonardo da Vinci Painting Sells for $450.3 Million, Shattering Auction Highs 2017-11-15T05:00:00Z

Somehow, that only made the subject matter all the more clearly insoluble, and agonising. Kids in care and The Invention of Dr Nakamats 2010-10-06T07:00:00Z

To some extent, this reflects the unusual subject matter of these stories set during the first infernal arrangements between the British and the natives along Ghana’s coast. ‘Homegoing,’ by Yaa Gyasi: A bold tale of slavery for a new ‘Roots’ generation 2016-06-13T04:00:00Z

Before its premiere, “Stiffelio” was decimated by censors because of its religious subject matter. 2010-01-12T23:25:00Z

And her latest novel, "The Last Runaway," takes on similarly fascinating and little-known subject matter - the Quakers' role in the Underground Railroad during the mid-1800s. Review: Chevalier's latest novel disappoints 2013-01-22T19:01:05Z

Osborne’s oblique approach to this subject matter is ideal. Let’s not mince words: Lawrence Osborne’s ‘Beautiful Animals’ is a great book 2017-07-11T04:00:00Z

Ms. Yee’s subject matter might put people off — people like me. Review: ‘In a Word’ Grapples With Loss and Language 2017-06-28T04:00:00Z

What you’re more likely to notice through the first three episodes, though, is how resolutely timid and unfunny it is, as if Lorre and his writers are scared laughless by their subject matter. Fall TV Reviewed: Detectives, Sci-Fi and an Attempt at Romance 2019-09-22T04:00:00Z

When it’s fiction, then I look for resource materials centered around the subject matter. Edward James Olmos on ‘Mayans M.C.’ and How Art Informs Activism 2018-09-04T04:00:00Z

Hip-hop dance can successfully address such heavy subject matter, but not like this. Illstyle and Peace’s ‘IMpossible IZZpossible’ at BAM Fisher 2015-01-18T05:00:00Z

At any rate, the secret of Gilbert's book was not so much in the subject matter or the story but in the execution. "Eat, Pray, Love": A phenomenon goes bust 2010-08-13T00:20:00Z

Maybe because Duran wasn't "a well-rounded character"? Next time choose a reviewer familiar with the subject matter of the film. Review: ‘Hands of Stone’ Returns Robert De Niro to the Ring but Pulls Its Punches 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z

She is self-aware about the weirdness of her subject matter, but believes that we should lean into what makes us uncomfortable. Yes, Books Were Bound in Human Skin. An Intrepid Librarian Finds the Proof. 2020-10-20T04:00:00Z

But at the same time, as I delved into the subject matter, I realized how sensitive and actually interesting and profound and valuable was the information I was uncovering. It’s a “touchy” subject: “Sticky: A (Self) Love Story” wants to get us talking about solo sex 2016-02-07T05:00:00Z

Beyond the silly lifestyle stuff, much of the subject matter explored here is far too meaty to be skimmed. Do millennial women really need the book ‘How to Skimm Your Life’? Give us more credit. 2019-06-28T04:00:00Z

The subject matter, the animal world, is familiar, creating a remarkable feeling of connection with the distant past. The Chauvet Cave’s Hyperreal Wonders, Replicated 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z

The hospital provided this, and subject matter, too. 4 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now 2021-03-24T04:00:00Z

It's a very interesting and vital subject matter to be concerned and talked about. South Africa's censors ban film about predatory teacher as 'child porn' 2013-07-22T15:48:27Z

But its subject matter was anything but commercial fodder for the time. To Kill a Mockingbird: the case for the defence 2010-07-09T13:49:00Z

Not that Magazine Wars is a lemon ­– but is its subject matter entirely worthy of the resources brought to bear in relating what is, essentially, a sordid story of opportunism and excess? Paper Giants: Magazine Wars - TV review 2013-06-02T15:04:00Z

Such weighty subject matter might sound like a heavy lift. Mexico’s War on Its Citizens’ Bodies 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z

Broderick’s rapport with his co-host, the British journalist Luke Bailey, keeps the tone light and accessible even when the subject matter is complex. 6 Podcasts About the Dark Side of the Internet 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z

Yet “The Gifted School” is clearly the work of someone who has been steeped in his subject matter and feels strongly about the urgency of his message. What Wouldn’t a Parent Do to Get a Child Admitted to ‘The Gifted School’? 2019-07-02T04:00:00Z

The working-class subject matter was new in the mid-1800s, when Whistler produced “The Pool” and “Black Lion Wharf,” Ms. Chalif said. | Long Island: ‘Rabble-Rousers: Art, Dissent, and Social Commentary,’ at the Heckscher Museum of Art 2013-12-27T21:15:33Z

He mentioned that contemporary animators frequently crave the opportunity to make movies about more mature subject matter but are rarely given the chance. Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg on ‘Sausage Party,’ Their R-Rated Animated Film 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z

Certainly if he sticks around long enough and becomes even a little successful, the subject matter of his music will change. Chicago Hip-Hop’s Raw Burst of Change 2012-10-07T04:49:05Z

Despite its uncommercial subject matter, it's got Plan B into the charts: the preponderance of good tunes suggests it might well repeat the trick. Plan B: The Defamation of Strickland Banks 2010-04-08T14:27:00Z

Rasoulof said the film would never be shown in Iran due to its subject matter. Iran filmmaker gets standing ovation for secret film at Cannes 2013-05-24T17:10:50Z

Personally, I’ve always thought our primary subject matter was masculinity: what it means to be a man, what we can and can’t say. Saying Goodbye to “Key & Peele” 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z

The play doesn’t sink with the gravity of its subject matter; it finds moments of levity without minimizing the tragic parts of the story. ‘How I Learned to Drive’ Review: Many Miles to Go Before a Reckoning 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z

There was a huge range of subject matter. North of Nowhere competition – read the winning entry 2013-05-16T09:40:40Z

“For us, it’s really important to present works that are varied in terms of disciplines, subject matter and cultural perspective,” said Kristin Marting, the Here Arts Center’s artistic director. 2010-01-08T03:16:00Z

Movies from India and Israel, and two French films dealing with Iranian subject matter, were selected in part with Long Island demographics in mind, said Sean McPhillips, the festival’s senior programmer. Year One of Festival: 65 Films in 5 Days 2011-05-29T02:40:05Z

Oddly, this medium becomes a catalyst for an array of imaginary landscapes, suggesting that ambiguity is the subject matter of this exhibition. Young arts critics competition 2010: the winning entries 2010-10-20T22:00:00Z

Sadly, the film does not carry the emotional punch that the subject matter warrants. ‘The Wind & the Reckoning’ Review: A Hawaiian Story of Resistance 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z

Unlike “Fauda,” the hit Israeli drama that deals with some of the same subject matter, it is unlikely to get picked up by Netflix. No ‘Fauda’: Hamas TV series glorifies fight against Israel 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z

Other oil paintings declare their subject matter in their titles — “Thicket,” “Cascading Forest Grass” — though the imagery itself pushes all naturalistic detail to the farthest edge of the impressionist spectrum. Ed Kamuda, Dion Zwirner: Nature rules in Lisa Harris show 2014-01-24T01:37:10Z

The unorthodox subject matter, derived from a story by Nikolai Gogol and redolent of the writer’s uniquely Russian brand of humor, may formerly have kept theaters at bay but no more. Opera Review: 'The Nose' Pared Down to Its Essentials 2011-09-27T10:47:47Z

While her meticulous painterly flair is evident from the start, her early choice of subject matter is far removed from the later landscapes. 40 years of Gayle Bard’s art in Bainbridge Island show 2013-12-12T20:53:56Z

So bizarre is the subject matter that no literary tropes are needed to bring it alive. Pride and promiscuity 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z

It's been a long, long road for us, and this is obviously difficult subject matter, so just getting it made was hard, just getting the money to make it was hard. "Rabbit Hole" shoot a harrowing time for Kidman 2010-12-09T05:36:00Z

“The subject matter is not easy; it’s complex,” said Joshua Chuang, an independent curator who organized the show. A Photographer Whose Subject Is Everyday Life 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z

By Hallman’s admission, Baker is the sort of “noncanonical” writer who is widely admired within literary circles but whose mannered style, not to mention quirky taste in subject matter, precludes broader fame. ‘B & Me: A True Story of Literary Arousal,’ by J.C. Hallman 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z

Her bold colors make the subject matter feel like a celebration rather than something quiet and private. 2 Graphic-Style Guidebooks to Calm Kids’ Social Butterflies 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z

DUNCAN: Miriam was exploring the feminist roots of decoration, dealing with craft, women’s work, sewing and patterns and decoupage — they all fed into her subject matter. Remembering Miriam Schapiro: The unheralded legacy of a CalArts pioneer 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z

Some are portraits, whose figurative subject matter — including various saints and the late artist Franz West, Stingel’s friend — are a compelling counterpoint to the sea of textures.. | A Magic Carpet Ride in a Venetian Palazzo 2013-06-05T17:47:17Z

The goal was to draw like a child who never stopped drawing that way even as he aged and his subject matter became not childish. Remembering Saul Steinberg 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z

Alas, its subject matter proved no less politically risqué during the Restoration than during the 1780s, when Mozart wrote his opera. Opera Review: Riccardo Muti in His Element With Further Adventures of Figaro 2011-06-14T11:30:06Z

Despite its shattered state and its unpromising subject matter, or possibly because of them, represents Wallace's finest work as a novelist. Unfinished Business 2011-03-31T11:15:00Z

And entertained, which, given the subject matter, is no small feat. To Respect the Earth’s Limits — or Push Them? 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z

And in fairness, the Hollywood Reporter’s script review appeared to confirm the controversial subject matter. Adam McKay defends Ronald Reagan 'Alzheimer’s comedy' 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z

But Underwood says their subject matter is moving away from that. First sight: Big Deal 2010-09-02T21:32:00Z

The twin sisters also push their subject matter to new territory, revisiting the darker moments of their sibling relationship on songs like the devastating piano ballad “100x.” Tegan and Sara on Queering Pop and Ditching Guitars 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z

In his journal, he wrote, "It is classic, completely satisfying – a pepper – but more than a pepper: abstract, in that it is completely outside subject matter." Edward Weston: the greatest American photographer of his generation? 2010-08-18T15:49:00Z

The book relates to “predatory older men,” but she denied the subject matter, even though her website described it as such. Harvey Weinstein defense team can cite ‘loving emails’ from accusers in opening statements, judge rules 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z

In his view, Mr. Coates’s inattention to the Black Lives Matter movement and political activists in “Between the World and Me” “shows a certain distance” from his subject matter. Ta-Nehisi Coates and the Making of a Public Intellectual 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z

Formally, too, the book echoes the makeshift subject matter and turns her limitations into advantages. 'It was like a journey into the unknown': self-publishing photographers 2013-04-13T23:05:25Z

Clues as to the subject matter and tone of Swift's first feature film may be found in her past videos, many of which display a surprising side of the singer of often-earnest, heartbreaking songs: humor. Why Taylor Swift could succeed as a director and what to expect from her first film 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z

His paintings, whatever their subject matter, are structured as rows of highly contoured forms, with exaggerated chiaroscuro to mimic three-dimensionality. The Bump and the Hollow of Thomas Hart Benton 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z

How does subject matter, however veiled, become universal? Dance Review: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, at City Center 2013-12-11T22:17:24Z

HD Eloisa James PD James EL James Who said the Orange Prize was 'sexist' and 'assumes there is a feminine subject matter – which I don't believe in'? Equal writing: International Women's Day quiz 2013-03-08T13:56:00Z

Much was made in the programnotes about the serious subject matter of the two new works, but when an audience can’t follow the words, it becomes an exercise in frustration. Review | Shift festival illustrates a clutch shortfall in today’s symphony culture 2017-04-02T04:00:00Z

And this sort of subject matter was not the best foot forward at that time. ArtsBeat: ‘I Thought I Was Bulletproof’: William Friedkin Looks Back on the ’70s 2013-04-29T19:01:16Z

Given the turbulent nature of this subject matter, Mr. Crowell’s tone is folksy but complicated. Books of The Times: Sad and True Love Story, Worthy of Its Soundtrack 2011-01-12T22:25:13Z

What was your personal connection to the subject matter of this series? "Proven Innocent" and the power of social justice TV: "Audiences aren't dumb. They're fascinated" 2019-02-17T05:00:00Z

It deals with a tricky, knotty subject matter that would have been handled much less ornately a decade ago. Sorry For Your Loss: has Facebook created its first great TV show? 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z

A work of American Post-Impressionism, it contains the essence of Hopper’s style, but only part of his subject matter. Art Review: ‘Hopper Drawing,’ at the Whitney Museum 2013-06-06T21:44:48Z

There may be a whiff of stodginess about its basic subject matter – and indeed, Brexit-endorsing little-Englanderness – that puts it in the same bracket as Darkest Hour. Why Dunkirk should win the 2018 best picture Oscar 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z

To Wu, the female leadership in creating the movie was made all the more important given the subject matter. 'Hustlers' stars JLo and Constance Wu talk empowerment at Toronto... 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z

Frannie dislikes the subject matter but prefers the scientific work to anything else she might be allowed to do. Review | Sara Collins’s ‘The Confessions of Frannie Langton’ is a startling debut 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z

A few years ago, he would have rendered this subject matter through gloomy smears of R&B; last year, it would have been ecstatic, shimmering pop. The Playlist: Danny Brown and the Weeknd Serve Up Twists and Turns 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z

If we assume that subject matter is what defines a book as “young adult,” it doesn’t make much sense to discourage adults from reading a book with that label. Henry James and the Great Y.A. Debate 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z

Right now in contemporary art, of course, everything is subject matter. The Cézanne We’ve Forgotten How to See 2021-06-27T04:00:00Z

They felt that the book was "so accessible, and the subject matter was so relevant that if any poetry book could capture the spirit of life in 2011, this would be it". Jo Shapcott takes Costa book of the year award for Of Mutability 2011-01-25T20:30:16Z

The Europeans and artists from Kinshasa who helped found the collective are emphatic that they do not coach the artists regarding subject matter, titles and other creative decisions. Chocolate Sculpture, With a Bitter Taste of Colonialism 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z

Her limited engagement with her subjects and subject matter is evident throughout. Personal Stories From the Refugee Experience 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z

It is a beautifully realised project, despite its visceral subject matter, and fully deserves the prize. Torgovnik's powerful portraits from Rwanda take top prize at Arles 2012-07-09T13:27:15Z

“I just felt that with a painting like this, the subject matter it’s taking on, the world we’re in, we needed to be really thoughtful in how we prepared,” Wicha said. How to display a KKK painting? Very carefully 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z

The subject matter also sailed over the heads of the BBC censors, who only balked at the lyrical mention of Coca-Cola, which violated its rule about commercial insertions. Ray Davies on 50 Years of ‘Lola’ 2020-12-01T05:00:00Z

Given the book’s subject matter, this seems rather fitting. Julian Barnes: 'I told the film-makers to throw my book against a wall' 2017-04-01T04:00:00Z

And its subject matter may also provide the perfect excuse to use PBS as a political football yet again. Congress hasn’t come for PBS…yet. Trump transition team’s plans guarantee that it will 2017-01-22T05:00:00Z

As the film progressed, the subject matter became darker and so did the costumes. Clothes and Character: Colleen Atwood on 'Into the Woods' and 'Big Eyes' 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z

“There is much to admire here,” Ben Kenigsberg wrote in The Times, “but the sheer scope of the subject matter might be even better served by the capaciousness of a mini-series.” What’s on TV Monday: ‘Latin History for Morons’ and ‘Full Frontal With Samantha Bee’ 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z

Yet what makes it such a gamble is the subject matter. HBO bosses take a gamble with apocalyptic grief and loss in the Leftovers 2014-07-05T04:00:00Z

Less surprisingly, given the subject matter and potential, there is already plenty of interest from potential writers and directors. First The Lego Movie, And Now Minecraft 2014-02-28T12:33:43Z

The subject matter of his movies is often disturbing -- jealousy, insanity, conspiracy, the triumphs of chaos and evil -- but his style is usually conservative, with a touch of elegance. 9. "The Ghost Writer" 2010-12-30T14:04:00Z

Over time, his relationship with the subject matter has become more about the sociopolitical context of the shops and the details of the interiors, like in 2023’s “Skiffle.” For Hurvin Anderson, the Barbershop Is Haven and Inspiration 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z

The ultimate banality of the subject matter is an ideal foil for Craven’s painterly emphasis. Ann Craven, across many moons 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z

If you haven't checked it out because you hate country music, give it a shot: like the show it most resembles, Friday Night Lights, Nashville transcends its subject matter to tell a complicated, compelling tale. From Game of Thrones to Revolution: the best and worst of US TV in 2012 2012-12-31T16:19:34Z

“It’s just the nature of being in a small industry. People are precious about subject matter.” ‘Daily Show’ Successor Trevor Noah Finds Himself Catching Criticism, Not Dealing It Out 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z

The choice of subject matter will come as no surprise to Mitchell’s longtime readers. David Mitchell Brings His Novelistic High Jinks to the Swinging ’60s 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z

Q. Like “The Hangman’s Daughter” books, your latest, “The Castle of Kings,” is set far back in German history but it’s a significant departure for you in terms of the plot and subject matter. Oliver Pötzsch: German Author Finds International Success on Amazon 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z

Yet something about this subject matter remains elusive. How Wit Reveals the Trickster Beauty of Our Garbage World 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z

Your style and subject matter, which is often deemed “retro,” hasn’t shifted too much over the decades. Kenton Nelson’s “The Acrobat” 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z

Their subject matter may be grim — suicide, grief, violence, murderous dictators — but his constructions of found footage and appropriated narration are inviting and accessible. | 'The Darkness of Day': How to Make the Grim Appear Artfully Beautiful 2010-10-12T22:49:00Z

Deadlines were pushed back several times, and rumors about proposed subject matters swirled, including, at one point, that it would be based on Stephen Hawking’s science book “A Brief History of Time.” Osvaldo Golijov’s New Opera for the Met is Called Off 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z

But despite misgivings about the subject matter — the books tell the tale of a dominant-submissive affair between a manipulative millionaire and a naïve younger woman — library officials feel that they need to make it available. ‘Fifty Shades of Grey,’ by E. L. James, in Demand at Libraries 2012-05-21T22:00:24Z

Q: Did the first film get any religious support or push back because of the subject matter? Filmmaker Eli Roth returns for another "Last Exorcism" 2013-02-28T22:51:01Z

She left Detroit in 1933 confident that she was an artist in her own right, having found her subject matter in her ambivalent reactions to the United States. Frida Kahlo in ‘Gringolandia’ 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z

This was neither the sound nor the subject matter that audience members at the 1983 premiere at the Houston Grand Opera were expecting. ?A Quiet Place? Of Dysfunction And Dystopia 2010-10-22T08:06:00Z

It’s hard to imagine what newcomers to Dylan’s music might think as they hear that ancient rasp, but it somehow suits the subject matter of these songs. Album review: Bob Dylan, 'Tempest' 2012-09-07T16:48:00Z

The subject matter that they dealt with - particularly in their movies, The Life of Brian and certain segments of The Meaning of Life - was very, very dark and very controversial. Is assisted suicide appropriate for a sitcom? 2013-01-16T08:17:45Z

What’s most exciting about this album is hearing him apply his old techniques to new subject matter. Critic’s Notebook: New Nas Welcomes the Nas of Old 2012-07-18T22:26:11Z

Many readers will find the subject matter sufficiently attractive to overlook the faults. The Life and Times of China’s Pirate Queen 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z

The blockage — the obligation of earning a living and tending children, the “immersion” in caring that was a source of fulfillment as well as frustration — was the subject matter. Tillie Olsen Captured the Toll of Women’s Labor — on Their Lives and Art 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z

“We happened to pick an incredibly challenging subject matter where there was a huge community – a community that was not our own,” Winkler told the Guardian. 'It brought me a sense of community': the fight to save US skating culture 2019-02-17T05:00:00Z

Ms. Platten is at her best when she relies more on shorthand pop gestures and less on subject matter. Review: Rachel Platten Experiments With ‘Wildfire’ 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z

He organizes them by material, color, designer, nationality and subject matter. When Form Meets Function: Cuff Links Throughout the Centuries 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z

"But that is the subject matter you find at a thrift store." Art swap: That 50-cent thrift-store painting? It might be a Lorenzo Hurtado Segovia original 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z

It’s easy to enlist him in 21st-century engagements with race and technology and climate, especially when so many museums now treat subject matter as art’s principal appeal, and color, line and shape as expendable. J.M.W. Turner: The Romantic Turns Reformist 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z

Or should it somehow be balanced — in length, weight, subject matter, mood and aesthetic impact — to make a unified statement? Review: Ahead of ‘My Fair Lady,’ Two Operatic Pygmalions 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z

This insistence on subject matter brings Mr. Thiebaud closer to Pop, especially where the still lifes are concerned, undercutting recent arguments that he is more of a classicist in the tradition of Morandi and Chardin. Art Review: Wayne Thiebaud Retrospective at Acquavella Galleries 2012-11-08T23:37:53Z

In any case, Ms. Berry does a decent job with the role, and the film treats its subject matter respectfully, but the overall package doesn’t rise above ordinariness. Movie Review: ‘Frankie & Alice,’ Released Briefly in 2010, Returns 2014-04-03T22:43:09Z

Only when Hollywood consistently recognises that supposedly “niche” subject matter is no barrier to a film’s ability to connect can it truly claim to reflect our changing world. Why Call Me By Your Name should win the 2018 best picture Oscar 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z

This subject matter was a new thing for the songwriter, although a reflection of how in recent years he's opened up and been more public about his own mental health. "I went full Christmas": Rhett Miller on writing holiday songs for now and for the ages 2018-12-22T05:00:00Z

It’s not very surprising, either — at least if you’re acquainted with the man’s subject matter. David Lynch's Crazy Clown Time Is Just as Creepy As You Thought It Would Be 2011-11-08T10:00:41Z

Brownstein: The album is very celebratory and the songs overtook the subject matter. Four women unafraid to rock (just don't call them ballsy) 2011-09-10T16:01:00Z

The soldiers-in-the-shower subject matter of the coming example could prove a turnoff, though. Art Market, Hoping the Good Times Keep Rolling, Prepares for N.Y. Sales 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z

The book's subject matter didn't make Flynn's husband flinch, she said. Flynn's 'Gone Girl' poised to be summer thriller 2012-06-22T17:02:13Z

Ms. Ruehl, in an interview, said that she noticed such reactions at most performances and that people spent more of the show quietly taking in the subject matter than laughing uproariously. Neil Simon?s ?Prisoner? Is Released in London 2010-07-30T17:24:00Z

The subject matter included everything from Shakespeare to baseball to Kushner’s grim but compassionate story of a woman inmate in a Bay Area facility. Rachel Kushner among finalists for book critics prizes 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z

The thriller genre is premised less on subject matter than on the direct promise of a sensational response. An Elegant, Ice-Cold Thriller Served Straight Up With a Twist 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z

"With the subject matter and everything, the way it plays, I thought it was fantastic," he said. The Carpetbagger: Dancing With Jamie Foxx and Quentin Tarantino 2012-12-14T17:30:59Z

I didn’t appreciate the ready-made importance or seriousness that seemed to be conferred by the subject matter. Hanya Yanagihara’s “Sex and the City” 2015-12-14T05:00:00Z

Indeed, the most subversive facet of Soderbergh’s approach to the subject matter is the way he slowly inoculates us to the “magic” of Club Xquisite. Magic Mike: The Sexy, Sad Lies We Tell Ourselves 2012-06-28T20:15:18Z

I know that you seem to be constantly beating down metaphorical readings that your subject matter is a dark commentary on consumer culture or childhood or America itself. For Joyce Pensato, It’s Not the Same Without the Ambient Muck 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z

For some, Sundance was an obvious choice because of the subject matter. At Sundance, powerhouse documentaries will be everywhere 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z

Though, to Vázquez’s credit, the contrast between the film’s grim subject matter and its bubbly, expressive 2D animation style is a big part of what makes the film so creepy. ‘Unicorn Wars’ Review: Teddy Bears in Battle 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z

His voice — crisp and articulate, just a tad piercing, cagily pitched to the subject matter and inflected with a precisely calibrated measure of enthusiasm — was as recognizable as a theme song. Art Gilmore, the Voice of Coming Attractions, Dies at 98 2010-10-03T03:50:00Z

“Denial” is a hard book to read, in part because of its subject matter, in part because Ms. Stern’s id floats very near the surface. Books of The Times: Jessica Stern?s ?Denial? Returns to a Dark Past 2010-06-24T20:41:00Z

Enter a generation of Mexican women who helped bust those preconceptions wide open with work that pushed the boundaries of both materials and subject matter. Firecrackers, a striptease scandal and more moments of change from the Hammer's 'Radical Women' 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z

She denied that her book related to the subject matter of the case, noting that the conduct in her story is “consensual.” Harvey Weinstein appeals sexual assault conviction with focus on juror who penned novel 2021-04-05T04:00:00Z

Equally bleak in subject matter, David Means's The Spot continues his ongoing fascination with the forsaken and destitute. A quick look at 2010 in short stories 2010-12-30T09:00:05Z

Reviewers were enthusiastic about Spafford’s work, noting that his painterly approach embodied in its rough, conflicted surfaces the very stresses it strives to depict, and finding a contemporary relevance in his epic subject matter. Michael Spafford, one of Seattle’s most respected artists, dies at age 86 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z

Some say the subject matter is beyond parody but Morton's comedy isn't just about the ridiculous "decisions by committee" culture of government bodies. Have you been watching ? Twenty Twelve? 2011-04-04T14:37:06Z

She writes and talks about her subject matter with such child-like enthusiasm, it’s infectious. The truth about poo: we’re doing it wrong 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z

In either situation, a desire to join the conversation is signaled by an attentive expression, followed up with more active participation in the subject matter. Perspective | Miss Manners: On awkwardly waiting to join a conversation 2018-04-01T04:00:00Z

With the switch in subject matter, she said, “the greatest offender had become the greatest bandwagoneer.” The 2016 Pirelli Calendar May Signal a Cultural Shift 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z

It was radical, not just because of the subject matter but because it was one of the first times people in America were seeing real people and their real stories. From phone sex to webcamming: Capturing the evolution of sex 2014-01-05T01:00:00Z

Too nice, really, for its apocalyptic subject matter. 'Seeking a Friend for the End of the World': Have a nice doomsday 2012-06-20T22:26:04Z

The feeling of satisfaction when you finally triumph is one of the reasons to love this game; the other is its subject matter. ArtsBeat: Game Theory: The Best of 2013 2013-12-31T13:01:14Z

That show typifies everything that I love about Sondheim: the melodies, the strange subject matter, the weird sources of adaptation, the really idiosyncratic, disturbing, bizarre and beautiful. How Stephen Sondheim’s Work Did (and Didn’t) Translate to the Screen 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z

Often she will apologize for something -- not making a video the week before, the general awfulness of the ones she does make, her inconsequential subject matter, her dorkiness. TV Picks: Communitychannel, 'Doctor Who,' 'Poirot: Curtain' 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z

But the less expensive the movie is, the more interesting the subject matter. Film: Joel Schumacher on ?Twelve,? Starring 50 Cent 2010-07-23T21:51:00Z

Have you actually seen "Selma"? It really does deserve all the acclaim it's received, not so much on account of its subject matter but rather because of the intelligence of its execution. Golden Globe Awards Winners Include ‘Boyhood’ and ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’ 2015-01-11T05:00:00Z

When the subject matter is slim in the book’s reportage sections, Roach’s signature travelogue-style of recounting her personal journey of intellectual discovery as she digs up information can drag. Yes, there are maggots: Mary Roach's 'Grunt' delights in the physicalities of going to war 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z

If I was interested in shooting a particular subject matter," she recalls, "he would say, 'Well then you should look at all these artists.' Yoko Ott: always looking at art outside the frame 2013-01-13T06:35:36Z

“This Bridge” is something that she hasn’t seen before, she said, both in terms of its cast and its subject matter. A Choreographer Gives In to His Ambition of Recklessness 2019-01-04T05:00:00Z

With the celebrity cameo and the topical subject matter, it felt like a cold open – it even ended with a fake “Live from New York” – and probably should have been. Melissa McCarthy steals the show as Sean Spicer on Saturday Night Live 2017-02-05T05:00:00Z

The magazines are also providing platforms for art forms beyond writing, and oftentimes subject matter or perspectives that wouldn’t get as much prominence in Western publications. The New Magazines and Journals Shaping Africa’s Literary Scene 2021-07-17T04:00:00Z

As a bonus, this is a warmer James in tone, even for the dark subject matter. Review | The ultimate holiday gift: Rereading ‘Little Women’ 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z

But she also applied her declaration to maintaining that movement’s firm renunciation of any subject matter other than painting’s own material conditions. Berkshire Tour: Formalism Relaxes, Handcraft Goes Digital 2017-08-30T04:00:00Z

“Finding your subject matter is probably the hardest part of any artist’s job,” he says. Jarvis Cocker was one of the voices of Britpop. He’s still the voice for England’s disaffected who just want to dance. 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z

The sheer range this year, it seems to me to be as far-ranging in subject matter as I can recall. Debut novel by former warehouseman wins place on Man Booker longlist 2011-07-26T19:23:35Z

Hopping around, A$AP Rocky vacillates between hardcore, bass-bombing anthems and slow jams, yet the subject matter--and direct hooks--remain consistent. Pitchfork Day 1 wrap-up: Feist, Japandroids, Big K.R.I.T., rain 2012-07-14T05:09:00Z

Death isn't a subject matter for us, really. Dinos Chapman: 'Our work is horrible and gleeful at the same time' 2013-05-25T23:05:03Z

But the subject matter, a medical drama that by definition ends with the death of its star, was not always considered palatable. The Carpetbagger: ‘Dallas Buyers Club’ Puts McConaughey on Oscar Track 2014-02-05T22:57:52Z

Hollywood, in Boyd's view, still needs to do more to bring more diversity to the film industry and to tackle the tougher subject matter of racism. Hollywood reflects on race in year of black, civil rights films 2013-08-26T13:14:40Z

Weighty subject matter, but given his previous work Jenkins looks the perfect director to tackle them. The most exciting films of 2018 by big-name directors 2017-12-29T05:00:00Z

So when we talk about subject matter within these books, they’re all different. ‘A Conflicted Cultural Force’: What It’s Like to Be Black in Publishing 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z

“Concerns about the public perception of this subject matter” emerged, Mr. Sichak said. New Jersey Symphony President Richard Dare Quits 2013-01-12T01:27:04Z

In one series, the black and gray tones — and subtle symbols of black subjugation and resistance — ground the delicious subject matter: a couple in the full swing of romance. Seattle Art Museum’s ‘Figuring History’ a powerful look at who is represented in art 2018-02-14T05:00:00Z

He sees "Shelter" as "becoming the spearhead of this important subject matter." CalArts' 'Shelter' gives voice to the Central American kids fleeing to the U.S. without their parents 2016-04-01T04:00:00Z

The music varies little from traditional bounce music, except, occasionally, in subject matter. Music Review: Dance Lessons From Big Freedia at Bar 13 2010-05-21T22:55:00Z

So yes, this is a show about difficult subject matter. With ‘The Trade,’ Matthew Heineman Puts a Human Face on a Divisive Issue 2020-03-06T05:00:00Z

Many successful modern astrologists adopt a wry distance to their subject matter, a departure from the sincere and anodyne advice of traditional newspaper astrologers. How Astrology Took Over the Internet 2018-01-01T05:00:00Z

His musicality here is in the vein developed by Antony Tudor, choosing subject matter intension with concert-hall music so that dance and music often are simultaneously eloquent but on separate wavelengths. Dance Review: At Royal Ballet, Debuts by Liam Scarlett and Wayne McGregor 2012-04-06T22:17:43Z

The director Dana Adam Shapiro grapples with those contradictions in compelling fashion, transforming subject matter that could have been the target for snickering into a razor-sharp examination of a culture in flux. ‘Margaret,’ ‘American Animals’ and More Streaming Alternatives 2021-01-25T05:00:00Z

I think the main reason for the hesitation of an adaption is the subject matter: The sexual exploitation and violence against children and the people , rich and poor, took pleasure in it. How ‘The Alienist’ Finally Found a Screen 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z

Both traverse the same subject matter — more money, more problems; untrustworthy partners and the loyal ones who make up for it; skepticism about just how steady their perches are. Rod Wave and Lil Tjay, Two Brands of Sing-Rap With Different Bite 2021-04-13T04:00:00Z

Despite the often gloomy subject matter, the interrupters enjoy a fair share of triumph in quelling volatile situations on Chicago's streets, which the filmmakers found inspiring. "Interrupters" film looks at stopping city violence 2011-08-11T18:39:39Z

“Such a tough subject matter, so brilliantly handled by Jenkins. She told me quite a few years back that she was determined to make an “action movie”, even though we ladies aren’t allowed. Other stories: why now is the time for a new movie canon – chosen by women 2017-11-03T04:00:00Z

“When you look at a Warhol of Jackie O., 10 or 20 years from now it will mean something else because of the subject matter,” Mr. Kelly said. Art and Design: Ellsworth Kelly?s Wood Sculptures in Boston 2011-11-27T05:07:13Z

In songs like “Playboy of the Western World,” “Roving Woman,” and “The Clover Saloon,” she upends and transmutes the traditional format and subject matter of the song form. Connie Converse’s Time Has Come 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z

Despite the subject matter of his music, it was always tempered by his manly persona — he dressed in full charro regalia, took swigs from fans’ bottles and performed atop his horses. Vicente Fernández, the King of Machos and Heartbreak 2021-12-13T05:00:00Z

He insisted that the best works, regardless of their subject matter, would find sponsors. Britain plans dramatic cuts in the arts 2010-08-06T23:35:00Z

Do you think going forward you’ll gravitate towards that subject matter? Aaron Paul on Breaking Bad's 'Darkest Season Yet' 2012-07-13T14:00:21Z

“I wanted to make art with a subject matter that could potentially be interesting to all sorts of people,” said Holzer. Fort Worth’s Modern Museum of Art hosts exhibit of ’80s New York art

In terms of subject matter, I was primarily interested in male-female relationships. 'The mystery is enough': Susan Lipper on the Grapevine series 2010-10-13T11:07:00Z

To combine those is very hard, never mind the subject matter…it was tricky. Humor and the Holocaust? Documentary explores the boundaries of comedy and tragedy 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z

It was Detroit’s central role in the creation of modern life — “a symbol of our greatness,” Mr. Moore said — that initially attracted him to the city as potential subject matter. Capturing the Idling of the Motor City 2011-08-21T04:00:08Z

Other than practical issues of which players will be available, Dubinets explains, SSO commissions afford composers “full freedom” as to subject matter, form and style for the piece. The next ‘Become Ocean’? Seattle Symphony to unveil new commissions 2016-09-18T04:00:00Z

In other words, it's an excellent subject matter for a reality series, and each episode of Nation's Best Am Dram features a handful of guffaw-worthy moments. Catch-up TV guide: from Sons Of Anarchy to Simon Amstell 2013-01-05T00:06:15Z

Moore, in an interview, noted her “trepidation” about the film’s subject matter. This Crazy, Campy Movie Stars Two Oscar Frontrunners 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z

With around 300 pieces in all, the show includes works whose groundbreaking, cross-cultural aesthetics and subject matter stemmed from the trade itself — like Christian artworks painted in Asian port cities. What's on This Week Around the World 2015-07-03T04:00:00Z

This track originally recalled echoes of the Red Scare of the 1950s, but its subject matter is equally applicable to the conversation around Muslim-Americans today. Preview NYC Winter Jazzfest in 7 Tracks 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z

I also knew that I wanted each section to be fairly short and that I wanted to wait to introduce any sort of personal connection to the subject matter. Steven Church talks essays, and his new book 'Ultrasonic' 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z

It's fabulous to watch – not just because of Cockerell's fine work, but mainly because of the subject matter. Boris Johnson: The Irresistible Rise; Wodehouse In Exile – TV review 2013-03-26T07:00:03Z

But in a reflection of the sensitivity of the subject matter there are almost no objects Hitler might himself have touched. Germany's first Hitler exhibition opens in nervous Berlin museum 2010-10-14T15:39:00Z

One of the reasons why the album continues to connect is because of its versatility in subject matter and style. "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill" turns 25: A tribute to the album that refined hip-hop and feminism 2023-08-27T04:00:00Z

The similarity in subject matter and formal approach of these four novels is uncanny. The way we live now? Follow the money back to Anthony Trollope? 2012-02-12T00:06:17Z

Three-dimensional space may be the subject matter of maps, but time is ultimately what they’re all about. Maps new and old offer shelter-in-place globe-trotting — and lessons in human history 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z

I made a choice before 'Little Earthquakes' ... that I wouldn't walk on eggshells as far as subject matter, and that I was really motivated by women. Tori Amos puts new spin on old songs for "Gold Dust" 2012-10-25T22:13:20Z

Most of them are drawn to her willingness to broach difficult subject matter with authority and clarity. Meet Yrsa Daley-Ward, the Bard of Instagram 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z

The form of Myles’s work rivals its subject matter in intimacy. From an Iconoclast and an Icon, Poems of Personal and Public Transformation 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z

Because of his subject matter, Mr. Blake has been branded a Pop artist, but Mr. Gayford said that label had never really suited him. Peter Blake, ‘Sgt. Pepper’ Artist, Still Going In and Out of Style 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z

There’s something about Jones’s work that shows a passion for the photographs and the subject matter.” Arresting black-and-white photos expose the beauty of ordinary vegetables 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z

Harrison Birtwistle's dramatic cantata Angel-Fighter, first performed at the Leipzig Bach festival last year, is his third recent work to be based on biblical subject matter. BBC Singers/London Sinfonietta/Atherton ? review 2011-08-22T14:57:59Z

I wrote at the time that the decision was ridiculous—and aimed more at protecting parents’ tender sensibilities than kids’—even if, given the subject matter of her show, unavoidable. PBS, You Don’t Need to Protect Us From Fred Willard 2012-07-20T15:44:58Z

The presentation and subject matter couldn't be more different from last year's big success story, a retrospective of Alexander McQueen, the Met's most popular fashion exhibit ever. Fly on the wall at Prada and Schiaparelli's table 2012-05-08T18:39:13Z

The subject matter of their conversations runs the gamut. 7 Podcasts for Parents Who Need a Break 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z

There is much to admire here, but the sheer scope of the subject matter might be even better served by the capaciousness of a mini-series. Review: In ‘This Is Congo,’ Four Lives Shaken by Conflict 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z

It could mark a major, positive culture shift at CBS that could impact everything from casting and which producers and directors the network hires, to the subject matter of its programming. Les Moonves resigns from CBS, but is it a true #MeToo victory if he reaps a payout? 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z

Co-writer Lopez said the musical would be, "in many senses a big traditional musical comedy with, as you might expect, untraditional subject matter". South Park duo pen Broadway show 2010-04-15T10:35:00Z

This subject matter is so challenging to market and to get butts in the seats. Schwimmer puts 'Trust' in family drama 2011-03-30T13:12:00Z

I had been playing live for so many years, and there were all these songs wanting to be written -- notions turning into theories turning into subject matter for lyrics. Johnny Marr interview: A guitar hero who serves the song 2013-04-18T21:32:00Z

As dark as the subject matter gets, the show always has an undercurrent of hope — it’s an ideal companion as we all try to move on from the manifold losses of the past year. 7 Podcasts to Soothe Your Back-to-Normal Anxiety 2021-05-28T04:00:00Z

That’s far from light subject matter, but it’s also far from a foreign subject for American audiences. The 19 Netflix original series to be excited about in 2019 2018-12-31T05:00:00Z

His bizarre harmonic explorations, along with his attraction to lurid or mystical subject matter, could get him into trouble. Why music from 1594 still moves us in 2016: The deep meaning of 'Tears of St. Peter' 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z

He set out his subject matter from the very start and has never deviated from it: the rage against death, the longing to love forever. Why I've joined Damien Hirst's bad taste party 2010-09-28T14:07:00Z

I’ve always been a fan of ’70s genre films in the U.S. — movies that spoke to deeper subject matter, but disguised under the mask of genre. ‘Desierto’: Action thriller or political parable for our troubled times? 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z

I wouldn’t know how to begin writing the subject matter of “The Great Gatsby,” whereas this is what I was interested in. Coming to the L.A. Times Festival of Books: Atticus Lish 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z

“She’s also fearless around big, difficult provocative subject matter,” Smith says. Lillian Hellman is once again a presence in Washington 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z

The same may be true of today's subject matter. Book doctor: Are children's books darker than they used to be? 2013-06-24T16:30:35Z

The subject matter was vile, bestial or just plain dumb. Review | This is not the Magritte we know 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z

The work’s true disappointment lies in how it misses the big opportunity of the uncommon subject matter to force ballet into some new expressiveness. Review: ‘Titicut Follies’ Tries to Deliver a Shock to Ballet 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z

The subject matter is still topical today because until America wants to deal with what slavery meant to this country we will keep traveling down this same road. "MLK/FBI" director: "White men in power are frightened of losing their control of America" 2021-01-12T05:00:00Z

The interviews are filmed with an artful precision that seems, at first, at odds with the willingness the participants show in plumbing uncomfortable subject matter with candor. Yance Ford’s Powerful Cinematic Memoir, “Strong Island” 2017-01-24T05:00:00Z

Her "Beastly Territory" features subject matter that breathes an atmosphere of folk magic. Art show shows off Neddy winners 2012-07-10T21:27:04Z

The ex-con is teased about his subject matter: “Please, Bob,” someone says. John Grisham Returns to Camino Island, This Time in Hurricane Season 2020-04-27T04:00:00Z

Nonetheless, Kemper is well used to defending the show against the criticism that it mishandles a serious subject matter. ‘Oh my gosh, I love that question!’: Why Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt’s Ellie Kemper is TV’s happiest star 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z

Sometimes tattoos are poorly done or the subject matter calls into question a lot of stuff. A visit to the set of 'Portlandia' 2011-12-28T21:43:05Z

The collection of about 25 prose poems hs been a staple of meditative types for generations, and Hayek has assembled a movie based on eight of them, ranging in subject matter from love to childhood. Cannes 2014: With 'Prophet,' Salma Hayek seeks to realize a vision 2014-05-18T04:00:00Z

His subject matter is nothing so complicated as the brutal underbelly of American excess — it’s as if he’s turning over a rock in the woods and seeing what neon horror crawls out. Peter Saul Doesn’t Want Any Advice 2021-07-13T04:00:00Z

Thematic installations work only with a sure balance of form, style and subject matter, which doesn’t always happen here. A Trans-Atlantic View of Modernism 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z

Harris, who has written more than 10 volumes on the origins and development of black food in America, believes resistance to the subject matter is rooted in unease. Carla Hall is ‘the most visible black person in food.’ Now she wants to take soul food mainstream. 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z

This malleability between forms and subject matter sums up the way Crossing the Line views a modern artist. Time to Put Choreography Back on Its Feet 2010-09-03T15:19:00Z

“The subject matter is important to me personally,” she explained over lunch one day. The Age of Laura Linney 2010-07-28T20:52:00Z

“He is knowledgeable about the subject matter, a great believer in process, a writer about process,” he said. Museum of Arts and Design Hires a Critic as New Leader 2013-09-04T17:23:19Z

His exquisite technique is, as usual, in taut ironic contrast with his uproarious subject matter. Some smashing ceramics are on view at Bellevue Arts Museum's "Clay Throwdown!" 2010-09-02T19:20:00Z

Despite the potentially frightening subject matter, this engaging, educational museum is routinely packed with local schoolchildren. 36 Hours in Kobe, Japan 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z

Perhaps because my life has gone through phases of being quite settled, and that's not very rich subject matter, you channel other people's stories. Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt: Everything but the grief 2010-05-26T20:45:00Z

While the whole film is professionally executed and goes down smoothly enough, the underlying stupidity of its subject matter can't help but show through in the end. "X-Men: First Class": Slick, dumb big-screen candy 2011-06-02T00:30:00Z

Published in the UK as Children of the Revolution, the novel appeared in the US as The Beautiful Things that Heaven Bears – somewhat bizarrely, given its downbeat subject matter. New Yorker's 20 under 40: a diverse and interesting line-up 2010-06-04T17:47:00Z

“If you’re shocking by subject matter alone, it’s not enough, and it never was enough,” he said. Shock Me if You Can 2012-09-14T22:36:46Z

On Wednesday, even when the subject matter was dark, he had his chest puffed out on songs like “Viktorious” and “Hometown Hero.” Music Review: Jay Electronica and Big K.R.I.T. Rap for Purists 2010-07-02T22:14:00Z

Not surprisingly given its doo-wop-era subject matter, the opening-weekend audience for "Jersey Boys" skewed older; nearly three-quarters of those who saw it were over 50. 'Jersey Boys' proves again that movie musicals are risky business 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z

Unfortunately, because of the massive cast and crew necessary to depict the subject matter, production is on hold until it's safe to have people together for the undertaking. "Everything is changed": Star Jonah Hauer-King on the WWII drama "World on Fire" and Season 2 plans 2020-05-17T04:00:00Z

The Communist party, which might, perhaps, have shown more sympathy for the subject matter, despised her for treating Chinese peasants as individuals rather than a suffering class. Burying the Bones: Pearl Buck's Life in China by Hilary Spurling 2010-04-02T23:07:00Z

The attention to period detail is not incidental, given the explosive nature of the subject matter: the African slave trade and the Middle Passage to the French colonies. Swashbuckling Nautical Adventure Meets the 18th-Century Slave Trade 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z

He seems unlikely to revisit the style and subject matter of “Jesus’ Son” any time soon. It’s time to embrace Denis Johnson’s beautiful corruption 2014-11-02T04:00:00Z

It takes several clear themes — recurring subject matter; a unified color palette, and a visual vocabulary of vertiginously tilted planes and angles and snaky organic curves — and works a sequence of variations on them. Oh, the humanity: Jacob Lawrence’s ‘Migration Series,’ reunited 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z

The difficult subject matter and innovative layouts gave hints as to where Steranko might be heading next – sequential art for an adult audience. Jonathan Ross meets Jim Steranko, his comic-book hero 2010-07-20T23:10:00Z

It's a subject matter that was integral to my life. SAG Awards 2015: Ethan Hawke on coming full circle with 'Boyhood' 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z

And so I think that watching so many just British comedies influenced this movie a lot, which sounds probably very strange considering the subject matter of the film and what it ended up being. Big Mess on Campus: Making ‘Emergency’ 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z

Q: Does your dark subject matter ever depress you?  Book Talk: Patricia Cornwell on writing about darkness, loss 2014-12-25T05:00:00Z

Film-makers need some money, some space to experiment and no limitations put on their subject matter. Why British film is all kitsch 'n' sink 2013-06-22T16:45:01Z

I knew then that it would be difficult going for lots of viewers — not because of the subject matter, but because of the tone and pace. Hank Stuever on TV: It’s okay to stop watching ‘The Leftovers’

But the dual subject matter of “The Last Resort” is strong enough to withstand this. ‘The Last Resort’ Review: A Photographer’s Paradise Lost 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z

It was a brutal story about the war on drugs—one famous incident involved a man throwing two children off a bridge—and he didn’t want to revisit that subject matter. How to Write a Novel About the Bloody War on Drugs 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z

That proximity to the escalators is also a symbolic and physical link to the lower floors of the museum, where the subject matter deals with history in more strictly narrative and evidentiary ways. Review | Breonna Taylor’s image adorned T-shirts, signs and street murals. Now her portrait is in the Smithsonian. 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z

“I have never been approached by so many audience members afterward, largely because of the subject matter,” Ms. Metcalf said in her dressing room after a rehearsal. Laurie Metcalf, on Broadway in ‘The Other Place’ 2012-12-27T16:27:16Z

I suppose what attracted me was that it appeared to promise absolutely no point of contact between its subject matter and our own confused and confusing times. For Honour and Fame: Chivalry in England, 1066-1500 by Nigel Saul – review 2012-06-26T10:45:01Z

There's a sharp remark by Harold Pinter about the risk a successful author runs of becoming a prisoner of style and subject matter. Bad Monkey by Carl Hiaasen – review 2013-07-10T11:00:09Z

And for all its dark subject matter, it ultimately concerns itself with human relations. Daveed Diggs: ‘Days before I started on Hamilton, I got thrown against a fence by police’ 2018-10-06T04:00:00Z

But film distributors say selling China's movies to the world is hampered by subject matter that doesn't travel well, different storytelling methods and the sheer size of its own market. China's homegrown hit films struggle overseas 2013-03-19T08:46:04Z

“They had a really interesting way of telling stories about dark subject matter that pulls you in and takes you on a journey.” A U.F.O. Podcast Zooms Past the Competition 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z

Because especially for this time period and this subject matter, it’s kind of hard to make this subject matter something you want to come back to. John Legend and Aldis Hodge Discuss ‘Underground’ 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z

I guess I am over-reacting to what was meant as a frivolous and fun article, but in some ways, I found the subject matter obscene. What’s Cooking in That Egg Spoon? A Bite-Size Culture War 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z

I don't think I ever had the confidence or the subject matter. Gill Hornby: 'We all go slighty bonkers when our children are little' 2013-05-19T06:00:25Z

Once again, his choice of subject matter is environmentally urgent, but Siegel is a solution-savvy filmmaker who favors hope over gloom. 'Queen of the Sun': Documentary hopes to ease sting of honeybee crisis 2011-03-03T21:01:09Z

"Other less-finessed writers would probably have gone in those directions. She seemed to have a lot of control over her subject matter." 'Excavation' digs up memories of an illicit child-teacher relationship 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z

Ms. Buffman said that her husband’s proudest achievement was producing a revival of “Oklahoma!,” because of its subject matter. Zev Buffman, Prolific Theatrical Producer, Is Dead at 89 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z

"I didn't have problems switching back and forth from the sad subject of suicide and then inappropriate behavior. It's getting people to know that it's OK to laugh at such a serious subject matter." Courteney Cox puts her money where her heart is for 'Just Before I Go' 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z

Still, the urgency of this novel’s subject matter goes a long way to compensate for its flaws. A Timely Novel of Anti-Progress by Louise Erdrich 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z

This genre of paintings didn’t really depict history as we think of it today, but rather subject matter that was taught as history in the 17th century: Old Testament stories, mythology and allegory. A Homecoming for Dutch Masters, Thanks to an American Billionaire 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z

Given the subject matter of the paintings, the imagery is necessarily gothic, glorious but also dark. Fashion Review: Reviews of McQueen, Ala?a, Herm?s, Vuitton, Miu Miu and Valentino 2010-03-11T23:19:00Z

This grim and graphic subject matter is scripted with knowing nuance by King, a former operation officer with the CIA’s Counterterrorism Center. Best graphic novels of 2016 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z

The environment evoked a traditional triptych format used for centuries in spiritually minded, publicly displayed Western European paintings — albeit without their aristocratic or religious subject matter. John M. Miller, artist behind painstakingly painted geometric abstractions, dies at 77 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z

Serious subject matter aside, the movie is as bogus as Alex’s prospects of being an astronaut. ‘Space Oddity’ Review: Failure to Launch 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z

Women get boxed into being these personal writers and not treated as experts on subject matters. "I'm not getting over violence against women": Rebecca Solnit discusses her new anti-memoir 2020-03-10T04:00:00Z

Soraya Ben Hadj, a digital marketing consultant who grew up in Tunisia but now lives in Paris, said a friend chided her once because of the subject matter of her Instagram account, @doorseverywhere. The ‘Doortrait’ Artists of Instagram 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z

These photographers’ styles are as varied as their subject matter, but each has the talent vital to any documentarian: to find the pieces that help us see the whole more clearly. Our Favorite Documentary Photographs of 2015 2015-12-19T05:00:00Z

“I’m bewildered by the view that this great institution of the Butler would censor this collection … because of the subject matter of the paintings and the ownership of the collection,” Gold said. Art museum delays decision on accepting Rockwell paintings 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z

There has always been a place for shows with different subject matter on Broadway. Green Day spice up Broadway with sex, drugs and punk 2010-04-17T23:08:00Z

In retrospect, a big part of it was the subject matter: it's about inter-generational neglect, and how it's important to understand it. Guardian First Film award: The Arbor 2011-01-27T21:59:00Z

So what attracted her to the subject matter? The Last Message Received: the Tumblr of people’s final communications 2015-12-06T05:00:00Z

I tend not to classify literature as different bodies of subject matter. Camille Bordas on Family Secrets 2019-05-13T04:00:00Z

“It’s also a major competitive victory over Washington D.C., the presumed launching pad for the ‘Hamilton’ tour, given the show’s subject matter.” Fall tour of hit political musical ‘Hamilton’ isn’t premiering in D.C. 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z

In 2011, he told PBS that the content of all of his poems, no matter their precise subject matter, is “language, landscape and the idea of God.” Who Is Charles Wright, the New Poet Laureate? 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z

And typically I get that comment which I think is code for "I'm not quite comfortable with this subject matter yet." Golden Globes 2015: 'Transparent' team is 'flying on a spaceship' 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z

Why it might win: The ensemble cast offers sparkling performances and the subject matter has Academy appeal. Oscars: Best picture nominees 2012-01-24T17:21:48Z

House M.D. writers have always treaded carefully around this subject matter, presumably because they didn’t have an end date for the show and so couldn’t give away the secrets of his personality too soon. House Watch: The Clowning Around Edition 2011-11-15T15:00:08Z

It’s not as easy as saying certain content and subject matter = offensive. What We Should Be Thinking About Pop-Culture Violence, and What We Will Probably Do Instead 2012-12-20T13:00:20Z

She’s also been choosing guests who push her not just in terms of subject matter, but also in terms of cool. Ariana Grande Prepares ‘My Everything’ 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z

The subject matter of the horror film “Jennifer’s Body,” which Kusama directed when her son was 11 months old, kept her from bringing him to set. You can direct a movie while pregnant. But Hollywood’s not going to make it easy. 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z

Chaucer's poem is a fine example of his application to classical subject matter of the technique he learned from French poetry, to create a poetry that is distinctively English. Poster poems: Translation 2010-08-20T09:42:00Z

Clive James got it right: "Voznesensky's poetry has the same limitations as most other Soviet literature which has ever been officially published … what ought to be his main subject matter is hardly there." Andrei Voznesensky obituary 2010-06-03T18:01:00Z

Advertisement Advertisement Despite its often grisly subject matter, Ms. Keily said she wanted to avoid whetting the public’s appetite for sordid details, and aimed instead to shed light on the development of detective work. ‘Black Museum’ Emerges From Britain’s Shadows 2015-10-11T04:00:00Z

In the past year, it feels as if it has finally struck, in the process swallowing up every worn-out assumption about casting, subject matter, programming, leadership, inclusion — and criticism. Review: ‘Collective Rage’ Is ‘The Vagina Monologues’ Times 5 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z

In a YouTube world, the slicing and dicing of this subject matter may also provide other marketing opportunities. Unusual Film Gets Innovative Marketing 2010-09-29T22:34:00Z

His subject matter was also relatable, and often hilarious: In his last tune, the main lyric was, “Somebody got to be the President of hell, because there’s a whole lot of people down there!” At Strathmore, James Blood Ulmer delivers songs both accessible and scintillating 2019-01-19T05:00:00Z

In just those few nonfiction books, you have a choice from a wide range of subject matter. 8 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-12-30T05:00:00Z

But despite the subject matter there aren’t really any layers to unearth in this drama, which in the second act moves into familiar father-daughter-angst territory. Theater Review: ‘Your Mother’s Copy of the Kama Sutra’ at Playwrights Horizons 2014-04-22T02:00:02Z

With its serious subject matter, that is not a given. Christmas movies vying for Oscar voters' attention 2014-12-27T05:00:00Z

At 826, we train our tutors to be encouraging of young writers, no matter how unusual the subject matter or where their writing skills are. Dave Eggers: By the Book 2012-07-12T20:05:01Z

British author Lucy Hughes-Hallett, who chaired the judging panel, said the “hypnotically compelling” book was both “appalling” and poetic, “entering the reader’s consciousness at a level that bypasses rationality and transcends the subject matter.” David Diop wins International Booker Prize with WWI story 2021-06-02T04:00:00Z

No, the subject matter didn’t frighten me as much as doing a one-woman show. Carey Mulligan, Facing the Fear of Being Alone Onstage 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z

Given the brutal subject matter, the opera stays remarkably agile, avoiding sentimentality even as it embraces frank sentiment. A Hotbed of Operatic Innovation Wins With Tradition 2018-09-24T04:00:00Z

More likely the joy and the subject matter are indivisible, each dependent on the other. Roof down, music up: American Honey and the neverending search for the American dream 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z

More often, their mix of superior musicianship and dorky subject matter suggests a hybrid of Flight of the Conchords and Spinal Tap. Dead Cat Bounce 2010-08-25T21:01:00Z

Some said the subject matter felt too raw and painful, and that they couldn’t see a market for it. A Wave of 9/11 Novels Seeks a New Audience: the Young Reader 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z

Tell me about your own upbringing and experience with the general subject matter discussed in the series. Comics Resist: Secessionist Californians battle Trumpism in “Calexit” 2017-06-28T04:00:00Z

Despite its slightly depressing subject matter, Ask is the Smiths at their most upbeat. The Smiths: a beginner's guide 2013-02-25T10:46:07Z

In The Post, the poetic humor you seek’ll Most likely, in quality and subject matter, be fecal. Style Invitational: Gaaah! It’s Limerixicon XII 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z

As “The Case Against” makes abundantly clear, this is fact-based, political subject matter—a search for evidence that contains commentary on the criminal justice system, trials in small towns, and the arbitrariness of death row. Poetic crime drama “Rectify” courts “Serial” fans with hard-nosed companion podcast 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z

Some object to its subject matter, and the way it portrayed a painful event so soon after it happened. Met’s ‘Death of Klinghoffer’ Remains a Lightning Rod 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z

But for this particular subject matter, he believes, streamlining or simplifying the stage action would be the wrong choice. It's complicated: Spectrum Dance Theater explores Africa in Donald Byrd's 'The Mother of Us All' 2011-03-01T06:20:01Z

But subject matter, too, comes to bear on the look of a series, and more or less presupposes that it differ visually from the kinds of shows that preceded it. Aesthetic excellence: how cinematography transformed TV 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z

Sadly, though, the appeal is only in the details when the subject matter is so familiar and the production nondescript. Freddie Gibbs: Str8 Killa 2010-09-30T22:59:00Z

It's just a pity that the subject matter gets crowded out by the other bells and whistles in this production. The Irish Giant – review 2012-06-02T23:05:38Z

In an interview in the show’s catalog, she recalls asking herself, “What is the subject matter that women never do?” A ‘Nasty Woman’ of Contemporary Art Fearlessly Renders the Body 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z

There are echoes of Updike in the rhythms and observations of that sentence, but such are the multitudes of subject matter, place and structures in this collection that Pearlman finally seems beyond compare. Binocular Vision by Edith Pearlman – review 2013-02-28T10:00:01Z

If not for its subject matter, you would call it a festival. Music Review: ?The Music of Terezin? at 92nd Street Y 2012-01-20T23:54:05Z

Though the album's subject matter is familiar territory for Lopez, the purpose and confidence in which she sings are new. Jennifer Lopez, at peace with herself 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z

I handed in the collection and it felt incomplete — both in subject matter and in length. Author Sloan Crosley 2010-07-14T08:00:00Z

Irons' lively approach to the subject matter dovetails with the goal of "Shakespeare Uncovered" as described by producer Denton. Shakespeare, his work, come to life in PBS series 2013-01-25T17:20:14Z

This approach, through appearance and illusion, also suits the subject matter of Mr. William, who was born in Haiti. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z

Not rated; some films contain brief, mild profanity or mature subject matter, otherwise suitable for general audiences. 'Oscar-nominated Short Films 2012': See all 10 at Seattle's Varsity 2012-02-09T21:53:11Z

His earliest photographs, posted on Instagram, were close-up shots of jumbles of trash that he encountered; I found them arresting and artful, in spite of their subject matter. 5 Art Accounts to Follow on Instagram Now 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z

Its tone is gentle rather than stridently satirical – understandable given the subject matter – but the gags are strong, the performances are likeable and the issues depicted could not be more timely. Partridge, politics and period pomp: the must-see TV shows of 2019 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z

As a young poet, Mr. Hollander fell under the influence of W. H. Auden, whose experiments in fusing contemporary subject matter with traditional metric forms he emulated. John Hollander, Poet Known for His Range, Dies at 83 2013-08-18T22:06:10Z

It features one of Marr's most hypnotic melodies and Morrissey's tongue-in-cheek observation that "some girls' mothers are bigger than other girls' mothers" provides some relief from the heavier subject matter of The Queen Is Dead. The Smiths: a beginner's guide 2013-02-25T10:46:07Z

Ms. Buchloh-Kollerbohm, who is also the museum’s head of education, told me that she was mindful of the potential awkwardness of combining nudism with the exhibition’s serious subject matter. I Went Naked to a Museum, and It Was … Revealing 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z

You can’t have this both ways; if he’s going to use political change, war and revolution as set decoration, the show should be taken as seriously as its subject matter. Downton Abbey, I Am Too American to Love You 2013-01-04T18:45:35Z

Collings has a wonderfully simple and direct mode of address that gets to the crux of his subject matter without compromising it. Renaissance Revolution: Bosch 2010-10-23T05:45:00Z

In addition, the exhibition includes 15 contemporary artworks linked to the subject matter. Dutch Golden Age Art Wasn’t All About White People. Here’s the Proof. 2020-03-13T04:00:00Z

This genre is starting to resemble its subject matter: It is everywhere, often quite boring and repetitive, and not as good as it used to be. A Book About Nature That Is So Much More 2020-09-11T04:00:00Z

All of those paintings have a certain currency because of the subject matter, and because he found a wide variety of ways of presenting them. When Walter Hopps Met Andy Warhol and Frank Stella 2017-06-05T04:00:00Z

Will.I.Am says James Cameron will direct their 3D tour film Following his blockbuster film about tall blue aliens, James Cameron's next movie has an even more ridiculous subject matter: the Black Eyed Peas. Black Eyed Peas and James Cameron team up for 3D concert film 2010-07-02T09:33:00Z

Deakins bathes everything with a soft, warm sense of nostalgia and melancholy, which may seem like an unusual choice given the violent subject matter. 5 examples of cinematographer Deakins' best work 2012-11-08T21:23:14Z

The eccentricity lies principally in its subject matter. ‘Sunset, o639 Hours,’ a BalletX World Premiere 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z

Elderfield’s take is that the paintings’ power stems in large part from their particular combination of a classic medium and aggressive subject matter. Sacred or Sexist? After a Brazen Theft, Seeing de Kooning in a New Light. 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z

In which direction will things set off, what will be the principal dynamics and from where will the subject matter be born? İnci Aral: The future of the novel 2013-02-28T14:00:02Z

Muirhead’s prints are simpler in subject matter yet dazzlingly complex in execution. Review | In the galleries: Matt Wilt wields a deft hand for his ceramic creations 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z

Where Halsey sets herself apart is in her subject matter and manner of delivery. Halsey’s Second Album: Something New, but a Lot Borrowed 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z

Do we judge the subject matter or the art, and are they different things? Kenneth MacMillan’s School of Ballet Sex, Neurosis and Grit 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z

“There is little time for, frankly, auditing the book. You have editors that may not be deeply immersed in the subject matter.” Who Owns a Recipe? A Plagiarism Claim Has Cookbook Authors Asking. 2021-11-29T05:00:00Z

A natural connectivity between the subject matter and all these comedians because all these comedians are just talking about life. "The New Negroes": The comedy you get "if you say 'James Baldwin' 3 times in the bathroom mirror" 2019-04-19T04:00:00Z

It was from a “freelance book reviewer” requesting an interview and noting that while her work was well written, it was not the subject matter he would like to read about. Kate Baer Is Speaking Truth. From Her Minivan. 2021-03-13T05:00:00Z

“We were able to chart his movements on the island based on the subject matter and their dates,” said Bailly, former assistant curator of American art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. The quest to retrace the tracks of seascape painter Childe Hassam 2016-09-24T04:00:00Z

Their sense of humor and production values were that right blend of really gorgeous cinematography with really crass tongue in cheek subject matter. The poster girl for period sex: “I think it’s unfortunate that women often think their vagina’s kind of disgusting” 2015-08-26T04:00:00Z

Whether photographing elemental landscapes, sculptural nudes or everyday objects, Weston's formal brilliance was allied to a democratic approach to his subject matter. Edward Weston: the greatest American photographer of his generation? 2010-08-18T15:49:00Z

“That if you just continue to dig into your subject matter, it’s eventually going to reveal some cool story to you.” In ‘Extrapolations,’ Scott Z. Burns Dramatizes Some Inconvenient Truths 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z

“I’ve always believed that it was going to be a great show because the people who worked on it are too smart and the subject matter is too good,” he says. Lil Dicky on Dave: 'Everything the show says about my penis is true' 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z

Doc Brown is 35, with a wife, two kids, and a promising career in comedy, twinning his macho artform with softie subject matter. Doc Brown – review 2013-04-18T16:36:59Z

Lewis emphasized Fauset’s indispensability to Du Bois; he also regards her novels as notable, albeit more for their subject matter than their literary merit. The Forgotten Work of Jessie Redmon Fauset 2017-02-18T05:00:00Z

This line from Oliver Sacks sums up some of this book’s subject matter: “One does not see with the eyes; one sees with the mind.” ‘What We See When We Read,’ by Peter Mendelsund 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z

The film was a box office hit despite its graphic subject matter and even scored Oscar nominations for Best Picture and Best Director. Unpublished "Clockwork Orange" sequel discovered — here are the first details 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z

Something in the texture of her writing – its conversational ease, high spirits, bourgeois-domestic subject matter – confounds the heavy machinery of the academic critical apparatus. What Matters in Jane Austen? by John Mullan – review 2012-06-15T21:55:14Z

The pay was low, she said, and she faced almost constant online harassment because of the subject matter she was covering. How Quitting a Job Changed My Personal Finances 2022-08-22T04:00:00Z

And his subject matter is usually more approachable than the original pop songs. The Internet Should Have Killed Weird Al. It Only Made Him Stronger 2014-07-21T04:00:00Z

The spring acquisitions “constitute a broad span of subject matter across a range of mediums, schools and eras,” Gallery Director Earl A. Powell III said in a statement. National Gallery of Art acquires 16 new works

It's an exotic image for Europeans, but Hartley said that despite her "thoroughly American" subject matter, O'Keeffe is an artist of the world. New Mexico on Thames: Georgia O'Keeffe gets big London show 2016-07-04T04:00:00Z

Nationality, gender, subject matter, language – all put a fence around prizes. Orange is not the only fruit: why book prizes, not sponsors, matter to writers 2012-05-22T12:00:28Z

KB: Well the book engages a very dark subject matter, certainly. “Obviously, we all die”: On rejecting the cult of positivity and embracing the joy of darkness 2016-04-19T04:00:00Z

Wyoming, meanwhile, reserves the right to screen all potential questions before a media interview, and to end an interview if it strays off of the approved subject matter. Will prisons ever open up to journalists? 2013-01-02T16:53:00Z

Few writers offer such a richly complex subject matter. Time present and time past 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z

I am drawn to it because it's just such an intense subject matter. Behind the scenes of "Fire Island," from filming sexy rain encounters to endearing dance-offs 2022-06-12T04:00:00Z

As for the song’s bold subject matter, many stories have been told over the years about its inspiration. Ray Davies on 50 Years of ‘Lola’ 2020-12-01T05:00:00Z

The current crop of novels handles the dark subject matter more delicately, focusing on character development and relationships against the backdrop of a global calamity. ‘Station Eleven’ Joins Fall’s Crop of Dystopian Novels 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z

There is nothing new about the landscapes, still lifes and interiors that are her subject matter. Art in Review: Helen Berggruen: ‘The Open Window: Objects, Rooms and Landscapes’ 2013-05-16T20:44:31Z

Though its subject matter often stems from life’s struggles, Memphis soul sounds a lot like strutting. Dee Dee Bridgewater Throws Herself a Memphis Soul Party 2017-11-23T05:00:00Z

This has as much to do with her unholy mix of styles as her subject matter. Artist of the week 85: Lisa Yuskavage 2010-04-28T14:29:00Z

“For a long time, the art world wanted black artists to do black subject matter,” she said. Righting Wrongs and Generating Attention for Art of the African Diaspora 2016-10-16T04:00:00Z

"In 1990, our episode Falling In Love Again was set in Berlin, was 90-minutes long and broadcast on the 25th. That made it a Christmas special - even though the subject matter wasn't remotely Christmassy." Making a Christmas special 'special' 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z

The Wire met with nowhere near as much fanfare as The Sopranos, and was a far bolder project in terms of its realism, educational aspect and demanding subject matter. The Wire re-up: season five, episode seven ? The Wire v The Sopranos 2010-03-29T23:15:00Z

Katz was wide open, playing with color, space and subject matter, and about as unfashionable as an artist could be. Alex Katz at 88: Portrait of the artist unable to slow down 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z

If it does find something new and interesting to do with its basic subject matter of aliens and androids, it could be a deep, interesting mystery. Extant series premiere: Halle Berry's space conception is not immaculate 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z

In what is in all likelihood a Sundance first, two films about the same subject matter played at the festival – both examining what led Chubbuck to kill herself for the world to see. Sundance 2016: six things we learned from the film festival 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z

You've done other films based on true events, but this one is unique because of the subject matter and because of the character that you're playing in particular. "Your worst nightmare is to lose your child": Amy Ryan on her new Netflix film "Lost Girls" 2020-03-13T04:00:00Z

It’s also starting to become a pattern with how the show treats certain kinds of subject matter. 'I Am Cait' Episode 4 Recap: Here Come the Kardashians 2015-08-17T04:00:00Z

But the book, despite its subject matter, he said, reflects the core characteristics of Archie and the other characters. In ‘Afterlife,’ Archie Comics Veers into Horror 2013-10-08T14:54:09Z

What is being lost here is a distinction that James himself insisted upon, between the artist’s subject matter and his treatment of that matter. Henry James and the Great Y.A. Debate 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z

While these shows deal with dark subject matter, they somehow maintain a sunny optimism, perhaps a response to the stereotype of the sad clown, but just as likely, a reflection of personal taste. Make Way for the Carnal Clowns of Stand-Up 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z

Zahedi was promised "no restraints at all" on subject matter, tone or style, even though the festival's official theme was "art as a subversive act." 'The Sheik and I': Filmmaker's artistic freedom put to the test 2012-11-15T21:33:10Z

Collapsing space and subject matter into densely layered images of body parts, food, electronics and more, they’re informed by a certain internet aesthetic. 5 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now 2020-12-09T05:00:00Z

How do you decide to dive so deeply into what might seem like random or perhaps un-zeitgeisty subject matters like Mensa, “Lolita” or “Cathy” comics? Aack! A Millennial’s Audio Odyssey Through the ‘Cathy’ Comic Strip 2021-10-18T04:00:00Z

But whatever the subject matter, Scorsese said he felt drained by these films, usually near their conclusions, when he inevitably found himself butting heads with studio executives who wanted the running times shortened. Martin Scorsese Is Letting Go 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z

This said, there's no mistaking the subject matter: keep your eye on that six-foot prop in the background. Eurovision 2010: (more) ones to watch Eurovision 2010: (more) ones to watch 2010-05-28T12:25:00Z

Edith Sheffer has written a book that defies easy categorization — an appropriate, if perhaps inadvertent, response to her fascinating and terrible subject matter. Once Viewed as a Savior of Children, Hans Asperger Is Now Called a Nazi Collaborator 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z

Some of the subject matter in this film is so intense, but we had a really good time. Emily Blunt on taking a hit, training with the FBI and her Taylor Swift moment 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z

The gentleness of film allies perfectly with the subject matter he sensitively conveys. New York Galleries: What to See Right Now 2019-10-02T04:00:00Z

“Having time helped us rewrite all the sequences — you can sound pretentious on the drama side, and you can go to the other extreme, which is trivializing a very important subject matter.” Can the Makers of ‘Money Heist’ Mint Another Hit With ‘Sky Rojo’? 2021-03-19T04:00:00Z

Cabaret, he said, isn’t about wallowing in the past but looking to the future and expanding the boundaries of self-expression and subject matter, which, he insisted, is good for everybody. Isaac Mizrahi Pushes Cabaret Into a New Age of Candor 2017-02-06T05:00:00Z

“It’s not really subject matter that I would bring up if I met someone at a party.” Blake Mills Releases His Second Album, ‘Heigh Ho’ 2014-09-15T04:00:00Z

Has the show, and its subject matter, made you more nervous about your own personal security? Christian Slater on His Teen Idol Status: 'Why’d You Take the Poster Down?' 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z

“Why did I constantly choose the least profitable subject matter?” he wonders, though the trade-off doesn’t appear to truly trouble him. Review | Talib Kweli’s ‘Vibrate Higher’ is a plain-spoken striver’s tale 2021-02-15T05:00:00Z

We assert that the subject is crucial and only that subject matter is valid which is tragic and timeless.” Art Review: Scavenger Hunt at Met, Courtesy of Oberlin College 2010-04-22T22:36:00Z

The prettiness may seem surprising given the violence of the subject matter, but this is tempered by a growing sense of unease, and it grows in power with repeated listens. Laurel Halo: Quarantine – review 2012-05-31T20:49:01Z

Ultimately, I think that the environmental satire “Don’t Look Up” prevails because of its topical, urgent subject matter. Oscars 2022 Predictions: Who Will Win Best Picture, Actor and Actress? 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z

This presupposes, of course, an audience drawn to a filmmaker's subject matter, be it food, nutrition, race cars or wrestling. Game brings film festival to your home 2010-11-19T03:46:00Z

There’s a marked change in tone, and subject matter. A free-wheeling medium for a free-wheeling country 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z

And that episode needs to be long due to its subject matter: its title is "Change." Adam Conover on demystifying government on an Obama-produced show: "It was my primary misgiving" 2022-05-29T04:00:00Z

As for subject matter, the series wasn’t interested in merely providing a surface look at the deaf and hearing-impaired world. ‘Switched at Birth,’ a Series Illuminating a World Without Words 2017-01-30T05:00:00Z

I had a lot to learn about this subject matter. Luke Wilson: How it feels to be America's boyfriend 2010-08-04T11:01:00Z

As a writer, he homes in on his obvious subject matter: Aldo. ‘Quicksand’ review: A zany, and trying, tale of a man who can’t catch a break 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z

In an art world where women had been treated as second-class citizens and were discouraged from dealing with overtly sexual subject matter, she quickly assumed an emblematic presence. Louise Bourgeois, Influentual Sculptor, Dies at 98 2010-05-31T21:24:00Z

“South Park” is often at the center of controversy given its reputation for tackling controversial subject matter. “South Park” airs child abuse episode, Catholic League president slams Trey Parker and Matt S... 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z

You know, whatever the normal subject matter is about being on the road. Mike Mills on R.E.M's "New Adventures in Hi-Fi" at 25: A record "infused by being on the road" 2021-11-20T05:00:00Z

The subject matter, camera angle and lighting are all strictly established beforehand, and once he starts scanning they can't be altered. Photographer captures curious power of common items 2012-01-13T18:22:42Z

In the U.S., which fixates on race as a proxy, it’s not just ethnicity or even subject matter that makes a culture “diverse,” but the overarching perspective. The next “Serial” could be way less white: A new wave of multicultural podcasts amplifies a tide of break-out voices 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z

And despite the program’s well-chewed-over subject matter — the Bronco! the glove! Review: ‘The People v. O.J. Simpson,’ Seen This Time in Double Vision 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z

"It's a very challenging song, subject matter and it's super bleak." Natalie Merchant on overcoming pain, roadblocks to produce the "best-sounding record I've ever made" 2023-04-16T04:00:00Z

"Its subject matter touches on problems facing modern society - ethnic Chinese communities everywhere are dealing with skyrocketing property prices, tough labor markets, a breakdown in intergenerational communication." Johnnie To collaborator delivers HK thriller 2011-03-10T14:16:04Z

And I do think that it is important for the multi-cultural ethos of the country to be reflected in popular culture and cinema when it lends itself to the subject matter so easily and beautifully. "Patriarchy knows no religion.": director Alankrita Shrivastava discusses “Lipstick Under My Bu... 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z

Some of them have to do with subject matter; others explore patronage or technique. Art Review: ‘Renaissance Venice’ at the Morgan Library & Museum 2012-05-31T21:44:28Z

There were a lot of obstacles to overcome, trying to make a transition to things that were grittier and had heavier subject matter. Nick Jonas: I Want a Career Like Elvis Presley 2014-08-27T04:00:00Z

When Sergio told me the subject matter, I was in tears. Music helped treat her father's dementia, and that's why Shohreh Aghdashloo made "The Cuban" 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z

But most people familiar with the men agree that its subject matter was likely chosen by Kerouac. Two Rebel Figures, One Traditional Painting 2011-06-08T22:47:38Z

The subject matter of most photos in Carucci’s series “Midlife” is unremarkable: a smudge of lipstick; the knuckles of a hand; a gray hair; a ripple of cellulite. A Photographer’s Intimate Self-Portrait of Womanhood in Middle Age 2019-09-04T04:00:00Z

I hope that younger audiences aren't scared away by the subject matter - the sound is entirely contemporary, it's very funny, and as my 16 year old son said, "That was like a rock concert!" Review: ‘Old Stock,’ an Immigrant Love Story Set to Klezmer 2018-03-19T04:00:00Z

The comic possibilities of the subject matter were just too ripe not to pick and, while Morris may seem utterly fearless at first glance, the film is not as controversial as you'd think. Four Lions: Laugh? I roared 2010-05-07T10:20:00Z

Those of us who write about food tend to feel defensive about our subject matter, which has always been taken less seriously than other forms of cultural criticism. What Jonathan Gold Meant for Food Writing 2018-07-24T04:00:00Z

But neither the setting nor the subject matter leaves you unaware for long. Review: ‘Badke,’ a Contemporary Spin on an Arabic Folk Dance 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z

Given Mr. Pierce’s subject matter and his approach, an exhibition in 2020 couldn’t be more timely. Elijah Pierce, Outsider Artist, Finds a Spotlight at the Right Time 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z

“We see a real opportunity for attracting young people who are politically aware due to the timeliness of the subject matter,” he added. Box Office: 'Jumanji' dominates MLK weekend, 'The Post' leads newcomer 2018-01-14T05:00:00Z

Blank trolled for subject matter on the American periphery, in cultural pockets where the tradition is long but the exposure limited. Icon of Indie films Les Blank dies 2013-04-08T04:13:39Z

Whatever the subject matter, Pennebaker never lost his faith in the power of the documentary medium. DA Pennebaker obituary 2019-08-04T04:00:00Z

“My struggle — struggle might be the wrong word; my development — was trying to move through subject matter into sculpture,” he says now. Charles Ray Is Pushing Sculpture to Its Limit 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z

“Our subject matter is as much an eye looking as the thing being looked at,” said Trevor. The Scan: Science Events: Unusual Vision and D.I.Y. Neuroscience 2014-04-28T17:45:47Z

Especially given the subject matter, the performances are restrained and breathtakingly believable, even within the fictional limits of a town in which, apparently, there is no media, social or otherwise. A&E's eerie 'The Returned' veers far from usual zombie tale 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z

“Well, that’s an awkward subject matter for me, because I know all of them,” Mr. Cavett, 81, said on a recent sunny Thursday afternoon at his sprawling country house in Connecticut. Dick Cavett in the Digital Age 2018-08-04T04:00:00Z

In search of a sound as organic as his subject matter, Elvrum recorded on to analogue tape, and the album crackles with warm-sounding fuzz and distortion throughout. Hidden treasures: The Microphones – The Glow Pt 2 2013-03-12T15:45:19Z

There’s distance too between Mr. Friedlander and the social and political subject matter that captivated Mr. Frank. Art Review: Landscapes Framed by a Chevy 2010-09-02T22:45:00Z

At the time, I wondered if he might be too young for a movie with that subject matter and thought perhaps it was better if he didn’t see it. Coming out to nieces and nephews: How to talk to kids about LGBTQ family members 2018-06-03T04:00:00Z

Mr. Gilmartin was inspired by the scenery and the subject matter, he said, and wanted to create a building with world-class aspirations of its own. At the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Museum, All Athletes Are Equal 2020-10-21T04:00:00Z

Given the subject matter of Winslow's latest, the Mexican-American drug war, neutral ground seems a better bet — in this case downtown's Los Angeles Athletic Club. Such a nice guy, such savage books: Don Winslow and 'The Cartel' 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z