It is human nature to look away from illness. We don't enjoy a reminder of our own fragile mortality.

Catholic theology believes that God gave man free will, and you can't give somebody free will and then send in a play from the sidelines.

I've been told that I am evil. I've been told that I am behind the persecution of millions of Americans. That I have encouraged hate toward gays. I've received both very brief and obscene messages, and very long and literate messages that tell me a vote for Crash was vote for homophobia.

Teenagers used to go to the movies to see adults having sex. Today adults go to the movies to see teenagers having sex.

Show me a sexual practice that involves ice cubes and hot sauce, and I will show you a sexual practice that would be improved without them.

But considering that I walked in expecting no complexity at all, let alone the visual wonderments, "Snow White and the Huntsman" is a considerable experience.

Samurai films, like westerns, need not be familiar genre stories. They can expand to contain stories of ethical challenges and human tragedy.