THE DAILY MOJO by Adam Daniel

Gus Van Sant’s new film ‘Milk’, a biopic about the later life and assassination of San Francisco city supervisor/gay rights activist Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man in U.S. politics, is already generating serious Oscar buzz. The trailer gives you a good idea why:

Van Sant has assembled a brilliant cast, and all the major players are already receiving high praise. It looks to be more of a return to the kind of strong narrative filmmaking that served him so well with ‘Good Will Hunting’. Sean Penn has had an amazing run of performances in the last few years (‘The Assassination of Richard Nixon’, ‘Mystic River’ and ’21 Grams’ are all A+ films in my opinion); he’s definitely at the top of his game and ‘Milk’ looks set to continue this run.