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A homosexual with power - that's scary!
If I were to evaluate films solely on the importance of their ideas, Milk would be the best movie of 2008. Gus Van Sant's biopic of slain politician and gay rights activist Harvey Milk has been in development for over a decade and gone through multiple directors and stars only to be released ...
The Genius of Bad Writing
The Genius of Bad Writing
livingromcom.typepad.com —   Generally after teaching a screenwriting class, I feel a sense of positive accomplishment, however meager.  Something... 's been learned, even if it's as trivial as the proper formatting of sound effects.  But after my last ... (more) The Genius of Bad Writing
2008 in Review.
2008 in Review.
houseofmirthandmovies.wordpress.com — It took me forever, but I saw pretty much all of the 2008 films I was going... to see. So my lists! Exciting!! Bottom 5 of 2008 5. Journey to the Centre of the Earth (Eric Brevig) In a way, I feel bad for damning this film as it is completely harmless in every way. It doesn’t try to ... (more) 2008 in Review.
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Film Experience Blog — ... want to hump it BUT it does present a problem for me expectation-wise. How can I live in a world where this movie is anything less than a masterpiece? Uh-oh. Expectations too high too high too high. May the trailer be terrible so that I can find myself in a more reasonable pre-screening headspace. LiNKs FilmMaker a conversation with Todd Haynes and Richard Linklater. There's even a Madonna anecdote. Cinevistaramascope a smart review of Milk, now on DVD. Rope of ...

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cinematical.com 12/1/2008 — Milk is a well-intentioned film, but it's also well-made, and it never confuses nobility of purpose with narrative direction. It's full of inspiration and aspiration, but at the same time, it never kids itself -- or us -- about the tricky, twisty ...
This Is Why We Don't Drink Soy: 'Milk' Is A Full-On Winner
theplaylist.blogspot.com 10/29/2008 — Damn, check it. This just in from a tipster. Quite the fully-realized review. We managed to sneak in to see Gus Van Sant 's latest " Milk ," about former San Francisco city supervisor Harvey Milk, starring Sean Penn, James Franco, Josh Brolin , ...
Movie Review - 'Milk'
getthebigpicture.net 11/26/2008 — Sean Penn stars as slain gay activist and San Francisco politician Harvey Milk in a bio-pic that blindly stumbled into great timing with California's recent passage of Prop 8.
New Photos: Gus Van Sant’s Milk
slashfilm.com 10/14/2008 — Focus Features has released 13 new production photos from Gus Van Sant’s Milk. The film will premiere in San Francisco next week at the historic Castro Theatre. Check out 12 more photos after the jump. Official Plot ...
MILK and Irony
blog.spout.com 11/25/2008 — Irony held center stage at the press conference for Milk , Gus Van Sant’s passionate biopic about the first openly gay man elected to higher office in the United States, that took place at The Regency Hotel in Manhattan a little more than two weeks ...
MILK It.
mcnblogs.com 11/6/2008 — *************SPECIAL BULLETIN************* Proposition 8 Protest Rally & Street Closures - Wednesday, November 5th As deeply disappointed as we all are that California voters passed Proposition 8, we must not allow that disappointment to ...
Massawyrm calls MILK the most important civil rights film of the decade!!!
aintitcool.com 12/2/2008 — Hola all. Massawyrm here. I wish to god they had found a better name than Milk for this film. No, I know. The name is entirely appropriate, what with it being the last name of the title character. But it’s just not evocative. When I tell people ...
Milk, round 1.
daily.greencine.com 11/5/2008 — " Milk , written by Dustin Lance Black and directed by Gus Van Sant , is the first great film to look at civil rights from the perspective of the gay movement," writes the Hollywood Reporter 's Kirk Honeycutt . "The subject, of course, is the late, ...
Milk premiere.
daily.greencine.com 10/29/2008 — "The guests came to the Castro Theatre on Tuesday dressed in Levi's and designer dresses, '70s-chic velvet jackets and drag-queen heels and glitter," reports Steven Winn for the San Francisco Chronicle . "It looked like a glamorous early start on ...
Oscar Watch: Milk and Proposition 8
weblogs.variety.com 11/7/2008 — The odd thing about the unfortunate passing of the gay marriage ban Proposition 8 is that it could actually boost Milk's Oscar chances. So many people will see Gus Van Sant's biopic about gay activist Harvey Milk , which is ostensibly set in our ...