Worst director was Gus Van Sant for his extraordinary scene-for-scene remake of Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho.

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An earnest but shrewd drama of conscience, written by the actors Matt Damon and John Krasinski (from a story by Dave Eggers) and directed by Gus Van Sant.

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"Milk, " the biopic about pioneering gay politician Harvey Milk, earned nominations for star Sean Penn, director Gus Van Sant and its original screenplay as well as a best picture nod.

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Filkins (very menacingly played by Frost, the Columbine-style killer in Gus Van Sant's "Elephant") tries to run down the "Siamese triplets, " as he calls them, in his car, and skewer them with his samurai sword.

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Gus Van Sant has agreed to direct.

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Gus Van Sant is so mellow.

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What I'll remember most vividly about Gus Van Sant's extraordinary " Elephan t" is not the violent climax -- his film is a fictional evocation of the shootings at Columbine High School -- but the state of grace that precedes it.

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But the pleasure of "Birders, " elegantly crafted by Jeffrey Kimball, a first-time director and longtime local birder, who previously worked as a music supervisor on films by the likes of Steven Soderbergh, Gus Van Sant and John Sayles, is that the ultimate star is Central Park.

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