Focus Features

Movie Classics One Life to Lens: of Milk, Men, and Biopics

Turning the story of real person in a cinematic biography is not as easy as it looks. Scott Macaulay plumbs the genre’s pitfalls and looks at films, like Gus Van Sant’s Milk, that get it right.

People In Film Mighty Real: Gus Van Sant on Milk

Gus Van Sant has made his own reality, but in Milk he has taken on bringing history to life.

Inside Our Movies Milk has World Premiere In San Francisco

All of San Francisco crammed into the historical Casto Theater Tuesday night for the premiere of Gus Van Sant’s Milk, a portrait of Harvey Milk, the out San Francisco politician who was murdered with Mayor Moscone in 1978. This was a night of celebration and protest.

Inside Our Movies School's Out

New York's Harvey Milk High School, named after the slain politician, is the first LBGT educational institution. Felipe Tewes meets this year's graduating class.

Inside Our Movies Harvey Milk Lives

FilmInFocus visits the set of Gus Van Sant's Milk.

Great Directors Gus Van Sant: Swimming Against the Current

Graham Fuller interviews Gus Van Sant.

Inside Our Movies Where Are They Now?

Gus van Sant's Milk not only tells the inspirational story of Harvey Milk but of a whole team of people who helped him in his political ascent. FilmInFocus catches up with them here.

Inside Our Movies The Incredible True Stories from the Milk Mosaic

Harvey Milk's life touched and inspired thousands of people; here are just a few of them.

Inside Our Movies Podcast: Out of the Bars and into the Streets

In association with the new Inside Stories website, FilmInFocus presents an audio tour of Harvey Milk’s San Francisco featuring archival material and interviews with Milk’s friends and colleagues.