My Own Private Idaho (1991). Among Portland’s most prominent local celebrities is Gus Van Sant, a leading New Queer Cinema voice whose early works were filmed across Oregon, often in the Rose ...

As Gus Van Sant releases his latest movie, here's a look at nine notable films from his nearly 40-year career. Amy Wang Gus Van Sant's new film tells the story of Portland cartoonist John Callahan ...

Matt Dillon sips from a Benson Bubbler right before he rips off a pharmacy on Northwest Glisan Street. That’s our opening for Drugstore Cowboy, Gus Van Sant’s 1989 directorial breakthrough ...

Director Gus Van Sant is the brains behind gems like Drugstore Cowboy, Good Will Hunting, and Milk. Since his debut in the late 1980s, he has always walked the line between the mainstream and the ...

Gus Green Van Sant, Jr. (born July 24, 1952) is an American director, screenwriter, painter, photographer, musician, and author. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Achievement in Directing ...

Filmmaker Gus Van Sant, best known for Oscar winners “Good Will Hunting” and “Milk,” has come on board to back psychosexual thriller “Antinous,” a modern-day drama inspired by the life ...

When Gus Van Sant made his experimental feature in response to the 1999 Columbine High School shooting, he said, he didn’t envision a future America with “an endless number of shootings.” By ...