Milk (2008), directed by Gus Van Sant, is inspired by the life of Harvey Milk, a trailblazing gay rights activist and politician. It narrates his historic achievement as the first openly homosexual ...

GRAND RAPIDS -- Moving and compelling are the words that crossed Dotti Clune's mind Friday night minutes after viewing the biopic of gay rights activist Harvey Milk. "The movie elevates the whole ...

My name is Melissa and I would like to recruit you to watch this movie! Whether you are familiar with the gay rights movement of the 1970’s, or just like a good human rights story, you should check ...

Last night, following a screening of Focus Features’ upcoming “Milk,” the story of gay civil rights leader Harvey Milk, screenwriter Dustin Lance Black, producers Dan Jinks and Bruce Cohen and ...

Harvey Milk was far more than a gay-rights activist; he was a man who crossed the social stratum and became the epitome of a brave struggle for civil-rights and justice in the world. With his life he ...

When Sean Penn arrived at Frank Robinson's home last month, he wasn't interested in the world's greatest pulp magazine collection, a first edition of the Robinson novel that was the basis for "The ...

As awards season ramps up and big-ticket Hollywood franchises fill IMAX screens, don't overlook "Fairyland." The lovely, heart-on-its-sleeve drama captures the Castro District culture of the 1970s and ...

With Sean Penn, Emile Hirsch, Josh Brolin, Diego Luna, James Franco, and Alison Pill. The opening credits of Milk, Gus Van Sant’s biopic of the slain gay-rights leader Harvey Milk, play out against ...