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Love Pours In
Hollywood Elsewhere —
Love Pours In "It's interesting to see how each of the actors exhibit their own distinct variation of portraying gay men," says a Playlist review of Gus Van Sant 's Milk (Focus Features, 12.5). " Diego Luna is the most flamboyant, James Franco is understated, and Emile Hirsch is the most precocious. And playing the father figure to these Lost Boys is Sean Penn , who has Milk's exaggerated podium gestures and Long Island accent down perfectly . "Penn does a magnificent job of dividing himself in two, as Milk had to also manage, splitting his time and attention ...
A COMMUNITY HAS GOT MILK
Filmmaker Magazine —
... One of the challenges any film faces these days is building a community of people around it -- an audience that is energized and inspired by not just the movie, when it comes out, but the idea of the movie before it hits the theaters. One film sure to draw passionate engagement is Gus Van Sant's upcoming Milk , and already its website is drawing moving and personal postings on Harvey Milk and his importance to multiple generations of gay and lesbian men and women. Check out the Milk site and read not only about Harvey Milk's life but also the lives ...
Milk premiere.
GreenCine Daily —
... for the San Francisco Chronicle. "It looked like a glamorous early start on Halloween, but actually it was a Hollywood affair complete with a red carpet and a who's-who invitation list. And, it was all devoted to a sold-out, one-night-only, world-premiere benefit screening of Milk, the hotly anticipated new film about the life, times and tragic death of controversial San Francisco Supervisor ...
Milk, round 1.
GreenCine Daily —
"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, charismatic San Francisco gay activist and politician of the 1970s, Harvey Milk, played with extraordinary depth and wisdom by Sean Penn. Milk resists bumper-sticker identifications: Yes, it's a biopic, a love story, a civil rights movie and sharp political and ...
GUS VAN SANT ON MAKING MILK
Filmmaker Magazine —
... . It's an interview with Gus Van Sant by Peter Bowen that appeared in the special Gotham Award tribute section, and I think it's an excellent look into Van Sant's creative process on his latest film, ...
Film Fan Fridays for Friday November 21, 2008
Movie Moxie —
... Gordon (The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters) Cast: Reese Witherspoon, Vince Vaughn, Robert Duvall, Sissy Spacek, Jon Voight, Mary Steenburgen USA/Germany Official Film Site(autoplays trailer), IMDb Page, Trailer Trailer is spoiler free Milk Dir: Gus Van Sant (Gerry, Paranoid Park, Good Will Hunting) Cast: Sean Penn, Emile Hirsch, Josh Brolin, James Franco, Alison Pill, Diego Luna USA Limited Release Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer You get the gist of the film by the ...
The Benefits of Talking to Me
Forward to Yesterday —
... Now, if Dustin Lance Black’s name is familiar to it’s because he is getting a great deal of attention now as the writer and executive producer of Milk, the much buzzed about biopic of on assassinated San Francisco politician and gay icon Harvey Milk, starring Sean Penn directed by Gus Van Sant. Terry Gross interviewed Dustin yesterday and you can read more about Dustin — who could not have been any nicer or more forthcoming when I spoke to him — and listen to his interview ...
Beautiful Dreamer: Milk—Take 1
The House Next Door —
... Milk, Gus Van Sant’s labor of love biopic about civil rights leader Harvey Milk (the first openly gay man elected to higher office in the United States and later gunned down, along with San Francisco Mayor George Moscone, three decades ago this month), is mainstream filmmaking at its finest and a perfect wedding of subject matter to director. For Milk, like Van Sant, was a former “radical” who learned to work within—even to embrace—the system, stealthily turning it to his advantage. What Milk is to extremist activists like Larry Kramer, Van Sant is to fellow ...
It Does No-Body Good: Milk—Take 2
The House Next Door —
... . Now Gus Van Sant is trolling for awards with Milk, a paint-by numbers biopic of the tireless activist that wastes the efforts of some fine actors, most notably Sean Penn, who strives to play Milk as a three-dimensional person with idiosyncrasies and failings even as the “let’s get from A to B” script by Dustin Lance Black boxes him into textbook sainthood. Penn manages to get some energy going in his public speeches, especially when he’s riling up a crowd in the Castro, the gay area of San Francisco where Milk served as unofficial Mayor and then elected official, ...
Out @ Theaters - November 28, 2008
GO TO MOVIES —
• Transporter 3 • Australia • Four Christmases • Milk
Film Fan Fridays for Friday November 28, 2008
Movie Moxie —
... Gordon (The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters) Cast: Reese Witherspoon, Vince Vaughn, Robert Duvall, Sissy Spacek, Jon Voight, Mary Steenburgen USA/Germany Official Film Site(autoplays trailer), IMDb Page, Trailer Trailer is spoiler free Milk Dir: Gus Van Sant (Gerry, Paranoid Park, Good Will Hunting) Cast: Sean Penn, Emile Hirsch, Josh Brolin, James Franco, Alison Pill, Diego Luna USA Limited Release Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer You get the gist of the film by the ...
2008 Gotham Awards & 2009 Spirit Nominations Announced
The Screengrab —
... Sean Baker, Darren Dean Producer: Darren Dean
"The Signal" Writer/Directors: David Bruckner, Dan Bush, Jacob Gentry Producers: Jacob Gentry and Alexander Motiagh
"Take Out" Writer/Directors/Producers: Sean Baker and Shih-Ching Tsou
"Turn the River" Writer/Director: Chris Eigeman Producer: Ami Armstrong
Best First Screenplay
Dustin Lance Black, "Milk"
Lance Hammer, "Ballast"
Courtney Hunt, "Frozen ...
REVIEW: Milk (B+)
Getafilm —
... Sean Penn practices his Oscar acceptance speech - just in case... Judging by the sniffling and cheering in the theater around me, it's clear that Milk has hit a cultural nerve in this country at this time, no ...
Quick Notes on MILK
Notes from Underdog. —
... Gus Van Sant's Milk manages to rise above the usual trappings, limitations of the biopic form -- for the most part. There are moments when Dustin Black's script offers up some telegraphing dialogue, lines where characters tell us what to expect even though we already expect it. And I did find the narrative device of having Milk (a sublime, magical Sean Penn) dictating his story into a tape recorder got a bit tired as it continued, especially since the energy level required of Penn for that scene is appropriately subdued, but so downbeat that they ...
Best of 2008: Yet another list.
Notes from Underdog. —
... Milk: A close call for me, as I found the film a fascinating glimpse into an important political history centered in my city, SF, brought fully to life by a superb cast. I also tired a bit of some of the standard biopic structure, the "this happened and then this happened" checklist of scenes. But even within that framework it comes alive, and Sean Penn's transformation is remarkable -- he is Harvey Milk. ...
Dearie Awards 2008: Movie of the Year
Movie Dearest —
This past election year, it was the best of times, it was the worst of times, and Gus Van Sant’s Milk caught that dichotomy perfectly. Milk is an incredibly moving biopic about an extraordinary man who did unheard-of things in the name of equality. All of the actors (James Franco, Emile Hirsch, Josh Brolin, et al) vanish into their roles, led by Sean Penn’s complex and intelligent performance in the lead. His triumphs over discrimination are so joyful, it makes his ...
Golden Globes – The Winners! (Yes, Mickey Rourke won!)
Film Gecko —
... ***Kate Winslet – Revolutionary Road
Anne Hathaway – Rachel Getting Married
Angelina Jolie – Changeling
Meryl Streep – Doubt
Kristin Scott Thomas – I’ve Loved You So Long
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
***Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler
Leonardo DiCaprio – Revolutionary Road
Frank Langella – Frost/Nixon
Sean Penn – Milk
Brad Pitt – The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Best Motion ...
