Such examples explode the lazy assumption that intellectually ambitious programming forfeits popular appeal.

But even unfinished, it is a monumental work, intellectually ambitious and quite lovely to look at.

Erm, intellectually ambitious, irrepressible, an independent spirit, unimpeded by guilt issues.

That was some low-grade LA TV effort, but it happens with more intellectually ambitious films all the time...

Far from being considered the pleasure dome of boosters and hucksters, the movies had become a respectable field for the college-educated and the intellectually ambitious.

Formerly a women's college, it has been coeducational since 1979 and now prides itself on being "a modern, forward-looking, intellectually ambitious college".

The Times, which has a circulation of 15,000, has distinguished itself by running more intellectually ambitious articles than most suburban and rural newspapers.

Klass's writing isn't as elegant or intellectually ambitious as Pullman's, but it still has a wonderful energy and a lot of pop-cultural savvy.

Socially and intellectually ambitious, she strived to improve herself, and earned money for a trip through Europe.

And, for the intellectually ambitious, why it happened.