To come at a stubborn subject from multiple angles was a smart move, but Haynes is so enthralled by the stylistic opportunities that his plan affords, as he was in the fifties-hued "Far from Heaven," that he ends up more interested in the angles than in anything else, leaving the elusive Dylan, once again, to slip away.
Any viewer of Catherine Keener's lambent performance in "Capote" is prepared to believe that she possesses all these traits, but they would not naturally recommend her for an authentic portrayal of the plain and sometimes stubborn Harper Lee, the subject of Charles J. Shields's new biography, "Mockingbird" (Holt; $25).
Sozzani is a thoughtful, sometimes stubborn, sometimes droll subject who broke with Italian convention by annulling her first marriage after three months and running off to see the world – first to India, and then London in the late 1960s when it felt like the centre of the universe.
That discovery — and the tricky mixture of resistance and accommodation it provokes in this smart, stubborn girl — is the subject of Haifaa al-Mansour's sharply observed, deceptively gentle film, reportedly the first feature ever directed by a Saudi woman.
Beyond the extraordinary mastery of his art and craft, what makes Alfonso a great director is that sustained vision of his (stubborn, but not foolish), subject to a deep spirituality and a curious, provocative and restless intellect.
Justice Benjamin's stubborn refusal to recuse himself was the subject of a 5-to-4 United States Supreme Court ruling, which in 2009 sensibly required his recusal.
In the end Mr. Resnais's subject is less memories than the fragile, stubborn, tender minds that stir them up, confusing, blurring and forgetting them.
The same site is now the subject of another investigation sparked by a stubborn fire that has burning there since early Tuesday.
Gilman's stories are underscored with a stubborn hopefulness that is intensely moving and the relevance of her subject matter has not diminished.
Stubborn, high-spirited and carefully calculated rebellion is Mr. Ghobadi's subject, and also the prevailing ethic of his film.
Listen to other peoples arguments when debating, and don't be stubborn if you suddenly realize that you were wrong on a subject.
