Both a documentary and a personal statement; a skillful recreation of history and an analysis of what history means to us as a gay community. It is as much a story of the birth and emergence of gay pride and gay anger as it is the story of any one man.

| Sep 21, 2022

The subject commands more respect and affection than does the movie itself.

| Original Score: B- | Aug 31, 2022

Eloquent, insightful and narrated by Torch Song Trilogy's Harvey Fierstein.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 28, 2020

''The Times of Harvey Milk'' is anything but a dispassionate documentary.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | May 28, 2020

It brims with righteous indignation, particularly in relation to the leniency of Dan White's sentence.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 28, 2020

... an unremarkable documentary about the San Francisco politico...

| Jan 4, 2018

[A] lucid, empathic 1984 documentary ...

| Jun 19, 2017

a finely structured and deeply moving portrait of not just a man, but, as the title suggests, the times in which he lived and how he affected, and was affected by, them

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Mar 28, 2011

Thought-provoking look at a charismatic politician's life.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 31, 2010

A lot has happened in the 25 years between Rob Epstein's Oscar-winning 1984 documentary and Gus Van Sant's biopic, but the subject of the nation's signal gay rights leader is as relevant as ever.

| Feb 12, 2009

Superb documentary about slain political activist Harvey Milk.

| Original Score: A | Dec 8, 2008

Throughout the film, Epstein keeps Milk's political agenda in mind

| Original Score: B | Nov 22, 2008

...tremendously entertaining and surprisingly moving...

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Nov 5, 2008

A chronicle of a significant chapter in gay history as well as a portrait of an endearing figure.

| Original Score: B+ | Jan 9, 2007

Charismatic and outspoken, Milk was headed for the job of mayor, and deserves a place in the pantheon of specifically American radicalism.

| Jun 24, 2006

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 17, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 5, 2005

This is an enormously absorbing film, for the light it sheds on a decade in the life of a great American city and on the lives of Milk and Moscone, who made it a better, and certainly a more interesting, place to live.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Oct 23, 2004

Must-see for anyone interested in human rights.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Jul 23, 2004

A richly detailed film that takes the story beyond White to create a vivid impression of a specific time and place.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jun 25, 2004