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Dead Man’s Wire Review: A Debt to History

Gus Van Sant re-creates the look but not the meaning of a bizarre crime

by Richard Whittaker January 8, 2026

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

Oscar-nominated director talks his new cartooning biopic

by Richard Whittaker July 19, 2018September 30, 2025

From the Vaults: The Roots of ‘Promised Land’

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

by Marjorie Baumgarten January 4, 2013September 30, 2025

History Circles Its Tail

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

by Clay Smith December 5, 2008September 30, 2025

Got Harvey?

The first look at Van Sant’s new Milk biopic.

by Kate X Messer May 7, 2008September 30, 2025

Translate This

2003 in Film

by Marjorie Baumgarten, Kimberley Jones and Marc Savlov January 2, 2004September 30, 2025

Page Two

The United Way and the Boy Scouts have both acted admirably in their parting of ways; their decisions call for a sense of moral nuance that is lately all too rare.

by Louis Black November 28, 2003September 30, 2025

Video Reviews

A disturbing comedy that is both hysterical and wicked.

by Stephen MacMillan Moser May 4, 2001September 30, 2025

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