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Gus Van SantFeatures
Talk, Talk, Talk: December 2008Just like the end of an inspiring speech that may or may not succeed in making its point, these final four weeks before 2009 tend to define or defeat the entire awards season purpose. [12 September 2008] Reviews
MilkMilk urges optimism and action, even as it also recalls the loss of its charismatic subject. [26 November 2008] 
Paranoid ParkVan Sant’s narrative prowess will never be favorably compared to that of Wilder, Ford, or Tarantino. His bailiwick is character, particularly those characters who exist on the fringes: users, hustlers, hitchhikers. [14 November 2008]
Paranoid Park (TIFF 2007)Gus Van Sant is concerned with portraying the developing moral compass of a jaded youth with a heartfelt sincerity and a steady hand. [14 March 2008]
Paranoid ParkThe movie realizes Alex's desperate, poetic subjectivity in layers. His halting voiceover is perfectly unmatched with the uneven editing and skips back and forth in time. [12 March 2008] 
Mala NocheMala Noche's original trailer boasts that it is a story of power, sex, money, and death. They weren’t kidding. [13 December 2007] 
Last Days (2004)A mediation on sadness, desire, lack of direction... and yes, Kurt Cobain, Last Days seems almost to stretch out its minutes. [5 August 2005] 
My Own Private Idaho: Criterion Collection (1991)Mike and Scott live a strangely lyrical credence. Simultaneously inviting and resisting interpretation, they move on. [7 March 2005] 
Elephant (2003)While the kids make dates and plans, you know, moment by moment, that catastrophe is imminent. [10 November 2003] 
Gerry (2002)By turns daunting and absorbing, the film is about movement that seems hopeless, that takes you nowhere, that's increasingly slowed but also increasingly urgent. [20 February 2003] Blogs
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