With Pride Month coming to an end, we figured there was no better time in our 2008 retrospective to revisit Gus Van Sant’s “Milk,” starring Sean Penn, Emile Hirsch, Josh Brolin, Diego Luna, and James Franco. Written by Dustin Lance Black and heavily influenced by the Oscar-winning 1984 documentary “The Times of Harvey Milk,” the film, which was released after the passage of Proposition 8 in California, was met with a strong sense of urgency and deep passion at the time for its political relevance as well as its filmmaking. It went on to win Best Original Screenplay at the Oscars and a second Best Actor win for Sean Penn, who garnered some of the best reviews of his career. Nearly 20 years later, how does the film hold up? Please tune in as Sara Clements, Josh Parham, Dan Bayer, Aaron Isenstein, and I talk about the film’s screenplay, Gus Van Sant’s direction, the performances, the editing, the film’s awards season run, and more in our SPOILER-FILLED review. Please check out our past reviews for “Frost/Nixon,” “Doubt,” “Changeling,” “Revolutionary Road,” and “WALL-E.” We appreciate your support and hope you enjoy our review!
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