Whatever else Mr. Verhoeven winds up being assailed for, with a film that is as violent and misogynistic as it is sexually frank, he hasn't pulled his punches.

People said, "Gossett towers over the cast of this sexually frank but lax melodrama."

"Monster's Ball" is in some ways a harsh, sexually frank update of the interracial bridge-building movies of the 1960's.

She's sexually frank.

With her words, Ms. Phair has created an appealing, determinedly modern persona: a smart, sexually frank woman who tries to learn from her mistakes.

Fans of her brashly poetic, sexually frank 1993 epic, "Exile in Guyville," thought they knew her intimately.

Alongside it is Hong Sangsoo's "Woman Is the Future of Man," a low-key, sexually frank study in disconnection and romantic frustration.

"Art for Teachers of Children" is Ms. Montgomery's autobiographical, sexually frank account of a high school student who has an affair with a married teacher.

Coco is trying to write a first novel after previous success publishing a collection of sexually frank short stories.

This beginning hints at Letty's capacity to be sexually frank, along with her steadfast desire to act with commonsense.