Grave of the Fireflies is an emotional experience so powerful that it forces a rethinking of animation... It belongs on any list of the greatest war films ever made.
It's rare to find a film that goes for broke and says, 'To hell with the consequences.'
Life is made up of challenges that cannot be solved but only accepted.
It is reckless to make broad generalizations about any group of people.
I lost faith in the Oscars the first year I was a movie critic - the year that Bonnie and Clyde didn't win.
Horror fans are a particular breed. They analyze films with such detail and expertise that I am reminded of the Canadian literary critic Northrup Frye, who approached literature with similar archetypal analysis.