It chronicles his foray into city politics, and the various battles he waged in the Castro neighborhood as well as throughout the city, and political campaigns to limit the rights of gay people in 19 run by Anita Bryant and John Briggs. Milk begins on Harvey Milk's 40th birthday (in 1970), when he was living in New York City and had not yet settled in San Francisco. Much of Milk was filmed on Castro Street and other locations in San Francisco, including Milk's former storefront, Castro Camera. Various scripts were considered in the early 1990s, but projects fell through for different reasons, until 2007. Ultimately, it received eight Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, winning two for Best Actor in a Leading Role for Penn and Best Original Screenplay for Black.Īttempts to put Milk's life to film followed a 1984 documentary of his life and the aftermath of his assassination, titled The Times of Harvey Milk, which was loosely based upon Randy Shilts's biography, The Mayor of Castro Street (the film won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for 1984, and was awarded Special Jury Prize at the first Sundance Film Festival, among other awards).
The film was released to much acclaim and earned numerous accolades from film critics and guilds. Directed by Gus Van Sant and written by Dustin Lance Black, the film stars Sean Penn as Milk and Josh Brolin as Dan White, a city supervisor who assassinated Milk and Mayor George Moscone. Milk is a 2008 American biographical film based on the life of gay rights activist and politician Harvey Milk, who was the first openly gay person to be elected to public office in California, as a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.
The film was the only UK-based production to feature in the world drama category at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the world cinema directing award. The plot follows a young sheep farmer in Yorkshire whose life is transformed by a Romanian migrant worker. The film stars Josh O'Connor and Alec Secăreanu. God's Own Country is a 2017 British drama film written and directed by Francis Lee in his feature directorial debut. It was selected as the Brazilian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards, but was not nominated. The film won two awards at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival the FIPRESCI Prize for best feature film in the Panorama section and the Teddy Award for best LGBT-themed feature. It ranked as the 5th most viewed film in the country on its first day of release. The film was met with positive reviews from critics and audiences both groups praised Lobo, Audi, and Amorim's performances, Kerchove's cinematography, the soundtrack, and Ribeiro's direction. It was released to cinemas in Brazil on 10 April 2014. The Way He Looks opened in the Panorama section of the 64th Berlin International Film Festival in February 2014. It was directed, written and co-produced by Daniel Ribeiro, and stars Ghilherme Lobo, Fabio Audi, and Tess Amorim, reprising their roles from the short. Swift was inspired to write the song after watching Someone Great, which - in a weird loop of breakup art inspiration - was inspired by Swift's 1989 album, which Someone Great writer/director Jennifer Kaytin Robinson's listened to on repeat following her own breakup.The Way He Looks ( Portuguese: Hoje Eu Quero Voltar Sozinho – literally, "Today I Want to Go Back Alone") is a 2014 Brazilian coming-of-age romantic drama film based on the 2010 short film I Don't Want to Go Back Alone (Eu Não Quero Voltar Sozinho). For an even deeper emotional punch, put on Taylor Swift's "Death by a Thousand Cuts" after you watch. LaKeith Stanfield plays her ex, Nate, who haunts Jenny at every turn as she tries to enjoy her last few days in New York with her best friends Blair ( Brittany Snow) and Erin ( DeWanda Wise). Not everyone feels enamored with love on Valentine's Day, and for those who are looking for something a little bittersweet to go with their SweeTarts Sweethearts and chocolate Kisses, there's Netflix's Someone Great. It stars Gina Rodriguez as Jenny, an aspiring music writer struggling to deal with the end of a nine-year relationship as she prepares to move across the country to start the next phase of her career.