The South African setting hones the allegory of "District 9" to a sharp topical point.
He is thus coming at a very topical point rather indirectly, but because his story is so well-chosen, he leaves his audience with real food for thought.
Roman Abramovic's villainy is well-documented, although he'd be from one of the new films where they try to make some hamfisted topical point.
Sharp-edged humor relies on topical reference points.
And in showing the potential dispossession of a working-class family, Mr. Nichols, without banging a topical drum, points toward a social catastrophe that is all too real.
Each week, they will examine topical talking points and seek out some light-hearted and unusual stories from around the cricket world.
Each week, they will examine topical talking points and seek out some light-hearted and unusual stories from around the world.
Though Corb's version does win (very topical) eco-points for using nontoxic pigments.
Insisting that his "prime motive was the desire of a tale teller," Tolkien wrote that the trilogy "is neither allegorical nor topical" and pointed out that its composition began "long before the disaster foreshadowed in 1939".
The high-tech show is topical, to the point and cleverly written (in French).
Virginia Mecklenburg, curator of the exhibition, said Rockwell's pictures highlighted "topical issues" and pointed out similarities between the two directors and the illustrator.
