"captivating subject" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It can be used to describe a topic of conversation or an area of study that is particularly interesting or engaging. Example: "The professor's lecture on ancient art was a captivating subject."
Turner and Venice are "a major combination and one of the most romantically captivating subjects in art history," Mr. Potts said.
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The section devoted to games and toys is especially captivating, partly because of the subject matter, and partly because it contains a terrific mix of works by historical, modern and contemporary artists, including Elizabeth Catlett, Fairfield Porter, James Waller and George Benjamin Luks.
But I do know this - I respect the hell out of Mendes for being able to make such an elegant, captivating film from such limp subject matter, and I don't envy the next director who must try and accomplish this feat.
Like many writers before her, Jules-Rosette is clearly captivated by her subject, but she manages to temper her star-struck curiosity with impressive intellectual rigor.
Growing up as the daughter of a science teacher, she was captivated by the subject early on, but navigated social situations with exaggerated girlishness, "grooming myself and gossiping" and fearing that a woman is "something less than a man".
By dint of its subject's wildly captivating personality, "Theodore Rex" is able to combine the sweep of history and the complexities of statesmanship with the persuasive sense that you, the reader, are there.
Government obfuscation, in all its forms, and the drive for honesty and openness, is what's captivating not only on this subject, but also about coverage of America's growing drone program and all of its highly secretive military activity of the last decade.
"All the President's Men Revisited" is nonetheless well worth a look, less because it is so well made than because the subject is still so captivating.
