Don’t Worry He Won’t Get Far On Foot | Luna | til July 18 | ★ ★ ★ Gus Van Sant’s latest film seems like a gambit on his part, to attempt something new in a career peppered with cult favourites (My Own Private Idaho) and mainstream smash hits (Good Will Hunting, Milk). Assembling a cast […]
Tags: Beth Ditto, carrie brownstein, cinema, Film, Gus Van Sant, joaquin phoenix, john callahan, Movie, my own private idaho, rev film fest, Revelation Film Festival
9 Jul 2018 /
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Oscar-winning screenwriter Dustin Lance Black will be returning to the small screen with a new documentary drama series that focuses on the history of LGBT rights in the USA. When We Rise, an 8-part series directed by Gus Van Sant (Milk, My Own Private Idaho), Thomas Schlamme, Dee Rees and Black himself, follows a group of […]
Tags: civil rights movement, david hyde pierce, dee rees, denis o'hare, Dustin Lance Black, Gus Van Sant, Guy Pearce, kevin mchale, LGBT Rights, Mary Louise Parker, rachel griffiths, rob reiner, Rosie O'Donnell, thomas schlamme, when we rise, Whoopi Goldberg
22 Nov 2016 |
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Gus Van Sant’s My Own Private Idaho celebrates its 25th anniversary this week. Kyle J Kash is a young gay man who has just seen the film for the first time, Graeme Watson saw it when he was a young gay man. Kyle’s Thoughts This is a story not of dipping your toes into our […]
Tags: 25 years, anniversary, cinema, gay, Graeme Watson, Gus Van Sant, Keanu Reaves, kyle kash, LGBT, Movie, my own private idaho, queer, River Phoenix, Viper Room
21 Oct 2016 |
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Australian actor Guy Pearce is set to play LGBT rights activist Cleve Jones in a new US mini-series. Jones was an gay rights activist alongside Harvey Milk who also founded the Names Project AIDS Memorial Quilt and led the A National March for Equality in the USA in 2009. ‘We Will Rise’ will be based on […]
Tags: Carice van Houten, Cleve Jones, Dustin Lance Black, gay rights, Gus Van Sant, Harvey Milk, Jack Irish, LGBTI, Mary Louise Parker, Milk, Rachael Griffiths, We Will Rise
24 Mar 2016 |
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London’s LGBT film festival BFI Flare has released a list of its top 30 queer films, placing 2015’s ‘Carol’ in the top spot. Todd Haynes’ love story based on the 1952 novel ‘The Price of Salt’ by Patricia Highsmith landed at the top of a poll of queer cinema, celebrating the festival’s 30th year. More […]
Tags: Andrew Haigh, BFI, carol, Film, Gus Van Sant, happy together, my own private idaho, paris is burning, queer cinema, wong kar-wai
21 Mar 2016 |
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Screenwriter Dustin Lance Black and director Gus Van Sant are reuniting for a miniseries on the history of gay rights. The duo responsible for the Harvey Milk biopic, ‘Milk’, will be writing and directing an eight hour miniseries that follows the history of the gay rights movement, ‘When We Rise’. The premiere episode will focus […]
Tags: Dustin Lance Black, elephant, Gus Van Sant, I Am Michael, Milk, my own private idaho, when we rise
22 Dec 2015 |
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Gas Attack on Gay Nightclub A gay nightclub in Moscow was attacked with gas on Saturday November 23. It’s the fourth attack on the club since the country introduced it’s law against gay propaganda earlier this year. It’s been reported that Central Station club in the nation’s capital was attacked with a poisonous gas that […]
Tags: Bomb Scare, Central Station, Dustin Lance Black, Gas Attack, Gus Van Sant, Harvey Milk, Moscow, Side By Side Film Festival
26 Nov 2013 |
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