cinematical.com - 12/1/2008
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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 ways of modern American urban politics. It's a ...
bfca.org - 12/9/2008
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bfca.org —
Critics' Choice Awards The 14th Critics' Choice Awards
will be given on 8 January 2009 to honor...
the finest achievements in 2008 filmmaking . ** Click here to read the offical Press Release from BFCA and VH1 ** BEST PICTURE Nominees: • Changeling • ...
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The BFCA Critics' Choice Awards :: 2008
movies.nytimes.com - 11/26/2008
hollywoodreporter.com - 12/1/2008
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hollywoodreporter.com —
The specialty market featured an especially impressive opening
this weekend, as Focus Features milked its limited release...
of Gus Van Sant's "Milk" with stunning success. The biopic about assassinated San Francisco gay pol Harvey Milk tabulated $1.4 ...
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'Milk' draws big b.o. despite limited release
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Deep but Not Narrow
Carpetbagger —
Cinematical has a graceful, smart take on “Milk,” a graceful, smart movie that manages to wiggle out of the cause flick genre and into something far more universal, with much of the credit going to Sean Penn, but plenty left over for Gus Van Sant, who remembers that it’s okay for movies about serious matters to be fun to watch as well. Milk is adult and intelligent in ways many films are not, and it’s rousing and enthralling in a way few films are. It’s a minor miracle of sheer film making joy and determination, and one of the best American films of 2008. (A.O. Scott, in ...
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daily.greencine.com 11/29/2008 —
"While not up there in the annals of transformation with Robert De Niro 's poundage or Daniel Day-Lewis 's palsy, Sean Penn 's smile lines in Milk are a wonder," writes David Edelstein in New York . "They're not crinkles, they're furrows; they ...
A homosexual with power - that's scary!
cinevistaramascope.blogspot.com 3/18/2009 — 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 ...
MILK It.
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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 ...
Gus Van Sant's Milk Has Just Become So Much More Relevant
firstshowing.net 11/6/2008 —
It wasn't a victory for everyone yesterday. I really hate mixing politics and journalism, but I can't help it today, because I feel like I need to promote Gus Van Sant's Milk even more based on the results of the election in California. For ...
Milk - Twilight - Australia -- New York Magazine Movie Review
nymag.com 11/24/2008 — W hile not up there in the annals of transformation with Robert De Niro s poundage or Daniel Day-Lewis s palsy, Sean Penn s smile lines in Milk are a wonder. They re not crinkles, they re furrows; they seem to stretch all the way down to his soul. As ...
Milk | Overview
filminfocus.com 10/17/2008 — MILK Check out videos, photos, and behind the scenes information from the official film site for Milk, directed by Gus Van Sant and starring Sean Penn, Emile Hirsch, Josh Brolin, Diego Luna, James Franco. HOME STORY CAST AND CREW PHOTOS VIDEOS ...
Milk Review
movieblog.ugo.com 11/26/2008 — Like a good many film biographies, Milk reduces the struggles of its subject - gay-rights activist Harvey Milk (Sean Penn) - to a mostly inoffensive checklist. It’s a dispassionate piece of work that I suspect will have the firebrand emotion it so ...
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 ...
More Milk Praise
hollywood-elsewhere.com 10/13/2008 — "I was able to catch an early screening of Milk in Portland this weekend, and can confirm that it's stellar," a critic friend wrote last night. "It's impassioned and immediate, with beautiful use of light. It looks as if Gus...
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