Browsing the archives for the Milk tag

2009 Oscars

Just a few things to say on last night’s ceremony (which, in all honesty, I watched most of in about a half hour this morning courtesy of the DVRs fast-forward): My favorite three moments: Milk screenwriter Dustin Lance Black said this at the end of this acceptance speech for Best Original Screenplay:  “But most of [...]

Milk

“Never blend in.” That’s just one of the messages you get from the Gus Van Sant film Milk. It’s interesting, and sad, that we still need to hear that message 30 years after city supervisor Harvey Milk and San Francisco mayor George Moscone were murdered in City Hall. The film is as good as all [...]