Don't Worry, Gus Van Sant Won't Get Far on Foot

Oscar-nominated director talks his new cartooning biopic

"...Gus Van Sant isn't quite sure why the brilliant and..."

July 19, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot

Joaquin Phoenix creates a charming warts-and-all portrait of cartoonist John Callahan

"...Directed by: Gus Van Sant. Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Jonah Hill, Rooney Mara,..."

July 20, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Psycho

"...Directed by: Gus Van Sant. Starring: Vince Vaughn, Anne Heche, Julianne Moore,..."

Dec. 11, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Mala Noche

Van Sant's first major film is a gritty, low-budget take on unrequited love set in the skid row of Portland, Ore. The film is a mordant, black-and-white diamond in the rough.

"...Directed by: Gus Van Sant. Starring: Tim Streeter, Doug Cooeyate and Ray..."

Jan. 10, 1992 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Restless

Gus Van Sant hits a rare discordant note with this story about two death-obsessed teens that is twee and precious instead of genuine and candid.

"...Directed by: Gus Van Sant. Starring: Mia Wasikowska, Henry Hopper, Ryo Kase,..."

Oct. 7, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Finding Forrester

"...Directed by: Gus Van Sant. Starring: Sean Connery, Rob Brown, F. Murray..."

Dec. 29, 2000 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Views to a Kill

Gus Van Sant investigates school violence with 'Elephant'

"...Throughout his career, Gus Van Sant has always shown a special affinity for..."

Nov. 21, 2003 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

History Circles Its Tail

Gus Van Sant on the life of Seventies crusader Harvey Milk and the parallels between then and now

"...Gus Van Sant's new movie, Milk, isn't notable so much..."

Dec. 5, 2008 Screens Feature by Clay Smith

Gerry

"...Directed by: Gus Van Sant. Starring: Matt Damon and Casey Affleck. Gus..."

March 21, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Into the Pink

Interview With Filmmaker and Novelist Gus Van Sant

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Feb. 20, 1998 Screens Feature by Sid Moody

Mala Noche - Old Version

"...Directed by: Gus Van Sant. Starring: Tim Streeter, Doug Cooeyate and Ray..."

Nov. 3, 1989 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Let the Right One In

This multi-award-winning Swedish film might be summarized as a vampire tween romance, but that cheap and tawdry sum-up does zero justice to the magnificent emotional resonance of this gem. A discussion of the adaptation follows the film.

"...bracing honesty in these matters is on par with Gus Van Sant and Larry Clark. It's creepy in the..."

Nov. 14, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Laal Singh Chaddha

Indian remake of Forrest Gump even more cloying than the original

"...It’s more a reenactment than a remake, something like Gus Van Sant’s Psycho, but Gumpier...."

Aug. 12, 2022 Movie Review by Josh Hurtado

From the Vaults: The Roots of 'Promised Land'

Before John Krasinski and Matt Damon, it was Krasinski and Dave Eggers

"...The story starts back when the new Gus Van Sant movie Promised Land, which stars Matt Damon..."

Jan. 4, 2013 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

8 MM

"...modern private eye (the poor guy lives in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania), as well scare up some future funding for his..."

Feb. 26, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

2nd International Festival of Short Films

"...glop she yanks out of the sink drain; and Gus Van Sant's “Thanksgiving Prayer,” a three-minute masterpiece which superimposes..."

April 29, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Last Days

Gus Van Sant concocts an abstruse film "loosely inspired" by the end of Kurt Cobain’s life.

"...Directed by: Gus Van Sant. Starring: Michael Pitt, Lukas Haas, Asia Argento,..."

Aug. 12, 2005 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Elephant

Gus Van Sant examines the petri dish that grows the lethal seeds of high school disaster, à la Columbine.

"...Directed by: Gus Van Sant. Starring: John Robinson, Elias McConnell, Jordan Taylor,..."

Nov. 21, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

To Die For

"...Directed by: Gus Van Sant. Starring: Nicole Kidman, Matt Dillon, Joaquin Phoenix,..."

Oct. 6, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Milk

Gus Van Sant's deeply heartfelt Milk, which features a magnificent performance by Sean Penn as the crusading gay activist, is a finely wrought yet fairly standard biopic.

"...Directed by: Gus Van Sant. Starring: Sean Penn, Emile Hirsch, Josh Brolin,..."

Dec. 5, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Even Cowgirls Get the Blues

"...Directed by: Gus Van Sant. Starring: Uma Thurman, John Hurt, Rain Phoenix,..."

May 20, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Paranoid Park

Gus Van Sant's new film about young male skateboarders is breathtaking, heartbreaking, tragic, gorgeous, and psychically true all at the same time.

"...Directed by: Gus Van Sant. Starring: Gabe Nevins, Daniel Liu, Taylor Momsen,..."

March 21, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Good Will Hunting

"...Directed by: Gus Van Sant. Starring: Robin Williams, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck,..."

Dec. 26, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Promised Land

Matt Damon and John Krasinski star in this modern morality tale about fracking in America; Gus Van Sant directs.

"...Directed by: Gus Van Sant. Starring: Matt Damon, John Krasinski, Frances McDormand,..."

Jan. 4, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

My Own Private Idaho

"...Directed by: Gus Van Sant. Starring: River Phoenix, Keanu Reeves, James Russo,..."

Oct. 18, 1991 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

A Man of Character

State and Main star William H. Macy talks about his iconic position as America's indie darling, the state of indie filmmaking today, and what on earth Gus Van Sant was thinking.

"...anyone else: his note-perfect role of detective Arbogast in Gus Van Sant's bizarrely unfulfilling remake of Hitchcock's Psycho; family-man-cum-superhero..."

Jan. 12, 2001 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Psycho Analysis

An interview with Psycho scribe Joe Stefano

"...The Outer Limits), including retooling his original script for Gus Van Sant's recent remake of Hitch's classic. In town..."

Oct. 15, 1999 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Great Escape

Chain Gangs! Cast Aways! Kung Fu! Chocolate! ... It's Time for the Holiday Film Previews

"...Finding ForresterD: Gus Van Sant; with Sean Connery, Rob Brown, Anna Paquin,..."

Nov. 24, 2000 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...A MONTH BY THE LAKED: John Irvin; with Vanessa Redgrave, Edward Fox, Uma Thurman, Alida Valli, Carlo Cartier,..."

Oct. 13, 1995 News Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...TO DIE FORD: Gus Van Sant; with Nicole Kidman, Matt Dillon, Joaquin Phoenix,..."

Oct. 6, 1995 News Feature

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