The film, which also stars Cathy Moriarty and Siddharth Dhananjay, nods to "8 Mile" and "Precious," but its rags-to-artistic-riches narrative feels topical and fresh in its defiance of racial and gender stereotypes.
We wanted the film to feel absolutely topical and not dated in a time and place.
It all takes place in the fall of 2008, and the financial crisis and the presidential campaign are frequently glimpsed on television screens, intrusions that feel less topical than pretentious.
If it can scale, it will be one place for you to go for a quick look at how the masses (and your friends) feel about topical issues.
Troye Sivan is back with a new music video, and its heartwarming, all-inclusive message couldn't feel more topical. .
"What makes the story feel so topical is that it's fundamentally a story about race and the criminal justice system," says author and legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin.
Terry Hands's production adheres rigorously to period detail, but nonetheless feels extremely topical.
But the production at the Globe that felt most topical was, to my surprise, Shakespeare's "Merchant of Venice," performed as if it were the frothiest of comedies.
Bruce Norris's sharp-witted, sharp-toothed comedy of American uneasiness (the Pulitzer Prize winner in 2011) feels more topical than ever in this Broadway production, directed by Pam MacKinnon.
It's one that feels particularly topical in light of the current Labour leadership contest, as the party struggles to decide whether it should return to its socialist roots or sacrifice idealism for electability.
