Sentence examples for But topical from inspiring English sources

It may well be that viewers, escaping the shrapnel of political commentary and advertising on TV, take refuge in cinema, craving anything but topical themes.

The reality-TV twist may seem incongruous, but topical satire was part of the Stooges arsenal; they often spoofed the westerns and war movies of the day.

I was going to add that the show is topical, but "topical" has become another of those contemporary vogue words, and, as an automatic value-enhancing adjective, it no longer means what it used to mean.

Best of all, they took a risk and nominated Demian Bichir for his emotional, fully realised turn in the uneven but topical A Better Life. 4. But here's what they missed out … Nothing at all for the clever, subtle Tinker, Tailor, Solider, Spy, which had one of the best casts of the year, and nothing for the strong casts of Margin Call, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo and Drive.

It's a cruel remark for Rivers to make about a baby, but topical nonetheless.

There's no cure for psoriasis, but topical treatments including nonprescription cortisone cream and exposing the skin to small amounts of natural sunlight can help ease psoriasis' symptoms.

The filmmaker's movies may not be overtly topical, but topicality is never far from his mind.

But the right topical topic can turn out to have a longer shelf life than expected.

But that topical plot is almost window dressing.

F. Scott Fitzgerald and Tennessee Williams have more cachet, but any topical news item or publicity-drenched cause will do.

It is to some degree geo-biographical – Leigh was born in nearby Salford, the son of a GP, in 1943 – but also topical.