Milk

Show Versus Tell in Hollywood

Jerry Weissman | Posted 02.22.2009 | Entertainment


Jerry Weissman

Three different directorial approaches to cinema storytelling? Gus Van Sant's Milk, David Fincher's The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, and Woody Allen's Vicky Cristina Barcelona.

Oscar Noms: They Wuz Robbed!

Marshall Fine | Posted 02.22.2009 | Entertainment


Marshall Fine

Yes, Mickey Rourke and Marisa Tomei received acting nominations. But The Wrestler -- one of the fiercest, most moving, most resourceful independent entries of the year -- was shut out in the major categories.

OSCAR NOMINATIONS: "Benjamin Button," Heath, "Slumdog," Winslet, "Milk,"

AP | DAVID GERMAIN | Posted 02.22.2009 | Entertainment


BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" is the Academy Awards heavyweight with 13 nominations, yet the shadow of Batman lo...

Greening Hollywood: And The Awards Go To Leo (DiCaprio), Clint (Eastwood), Sean (Penn), Amy (Adams), Anne (Hathaway

Paige Donner | Posted 02.09.2009 | Entertainment


Paige Donner

The Palm Springs International Film Festival, now in its 20th year, will see more than 125,000 attendees from all over the globe during its more than 200-screening running.

Che The Movie, Exquisitely Detailed: It's Not Just One Film, It's Two, Though a Little Bit Overdone

Michael Russnow | Posted 02.06.2009 | Entertainment


Michael Russnow

Benicio Del Toro is magnetic and haunting as Che, but he has the difficult task of communicating to us through subtitles, as most of the film is told in Spanish.

Josh Brolin: Russell Crowe "An A-hole"

Fox News | Posted 02.06.2009 | Entertainment


Josh Brolin is one of my favorite actors because he speaks his mind. Last night at the New York Film Critics Awards dinner, at which Brolin won Best S...

The Value Of Milk, and The Best Gay-Themed Movies By Farr

John Farr | Posted 02.04.2009 | Entertainment


John Farr

For me, seeing Milk was a transformative experience because it restored my belief that Hollywood can make quality pictures that have broad appeal.

Oscar Contenders Dribble Out Slowly

New York Times | Posted 01.31.2009 | Entertainment


This year's movie awards season has played out like Oscar night at Minsky's. At least a dozen of the supposedly hottest contenders -- among them "The ...

Mickey Rourke: Sean Penn A "Homophobe" And "Average" Actor

Daily Beast | Posted 01.29.2009 | Entertainment


In a private text message obtained by The Daily Beast, Mickey Rourke bashes Sean Penn--his chief rival in the Oscar race--as a "homophobe" and an "ave...

What's for Dinner? Lead and Antifreeze -- Yum!

Christopher Gavigan | Posted 01.19.2009 | Green


Christopher Gavigan

Over the past couple of months, melamine has been heavy in the headlines... dairy products manufactured in China were intentionally contaminated with the chemical.

Save My Marriage From Irrelevance: Reverse Prop 8

David Quigg | Posted 01.15.2009 | Living


David Quigg

For all the bigoted blather about how gay people undermine the true meaning of marriage, I -- on a totally non-political, human level -- feel exactly the opposite.

AFI's Top 10 Films Of 2008

AP | Posted 01.15.2009 | Entertainment


LOS ANGELES — The Batman epic "The Dark Knight," the political biopic "Milk" and the gritty drama "The Wrestler" were among critical favorites t...

Marriott and Milk

Marc Gunther | Posted 01.14.2009 | Politics


Marc Gunther

What role should CEOS and big companies play when confronted with controversial issues? Ought they not take a stand on social issues, too?

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Posted 01.11.2009 | Entertainment


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"Milk" Named Best Picture By New York Film Critics

AP | JAKE COYLE | Posted 01.10.2009 | Entertainment


NEW YORK — Sean Penn and "Milk," Gus Van Sant's biopic about gay rights leader Harvey Milk, continued to gain awards momentum Wednesday, winning...

Critics' Choice Awards Nominations: Who's In, Who Was Snubbed

E!, AP | Posted 01.09.2009 | Entertainment


Brad Pitt versus Angelina Jolie. Heath Ledger versus Robert Downey Jr. Bruce Springsteen versus Miley Cyrus. Those are some of the matchups for the...

"Milk" Earns Its First Major Award

AP | Posted 01.08.2009 | Entertainment


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Milk: It Does a Revolution Good

Johnathan Wilber | Posted 01.05.2009 | Politics


Johnathan Wilber

Now that hope is no longer a nostrum so easily met with easy guffaws, it seems like just a hop, skip, and a walk down the wedding aisle for gays.

Milk, The Biopic and The Lesson

Josh Bolotsky | Posted 01.01.2009 | Entertainment


Josh Bolotsky

Milk manages to balance the needs of two very different films in its running time. It is, first of all, a superb biopic, as well as a meditation on the responsibility activists have to the people.

Channeling Harvey Milk: It's Coalition-Building, Stupid!

Torie Osborn | Posted 12.30.2008 | Politics


Torie Osborn

Yes, we've come a long way when we are fighting for the right to marry as opposed to defending the right of gay schoolteachers to work. But we could have beaten Prop 8 had we studied our own history.

Universal Health Care and the New America (with Respect to Harvey Milk)

Thomas DeLorenzo | Posted 12.29.2008 | Politics


Thomas DeLorenzo

We must fight for all Americans to be treated equally on every single level of their lives -- and this must include health care. We must fight every single day for this change.

Movie Review: Milk

Jonathan Handel | Posted 12.28.2008 | Entertainment


Jonathan Handel

One failing of the otherwise interesting film is that it never gives any insight into the reason behind Milk's rapid career change from insurance to gay insurgency. It's not too much of a stretch to say that Milk was born again.

"Milk"-ing the Gay Rights Setback to the Box Office?

Ted Johnson, Maegan Carberry, Teresa Valdez Klein | Posted 12.27.2008 | Entertainment


Ted Johnson, Maegan Carberry, Teresa Valdez Klein

With the release of Gus Van Sant's new bio-pic, MILK, covering the life and times of gay activist Harvey Milk, Prop 8 and gay rights are the focus of ...

Milk and Orange Juice: My Anita Bryant Experience, Part 1

Marshall Fine | Posted 12.26.2008 | Entertainment


Marshall Fine

There she was, on the screen, in Milk. Anita Bryant, speaking out about "the homosexual agenda." Back in 1977, she was hugely controversial.

"Milk" Review: Sean Penn Performance "Glorious"

AP | CHRISTY LEMIRE | Posted 12.26.2008 | Entertainment


Gus Van Sant has spent the past few years making dreamy, amorphous meditations on life and death that seemingly were intended for his hardcore fans, h...