Posts Tagged ‘Gus van Sant’

Underrated Movie of the Month Club: Birth

Birth, starring Nicole Kidman, was released to little fanfare in the spring of 2004. The movie received quietly mixed reviews, and a brief moment in the media spotlight for a controversial adult/child relationship between Kidman and a ten-year-old boy who claimed to be her reincarnated husband, specifically for a scene where the two share [...]

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Milk: Playing Gay

Milk’s double win at the Oscars Sunday night spawned a nation-wide discussion about the high incidence of winning an award for “playing gay”. But even before Tom Hanks took home a little gold man in 1994 for his portrayal of the ailing Andrew Beckett in Philadelphia, Oscar has been handing out golden statues to [...]

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