Erika Milvy is a freelance writer in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Erika Milvy's Salon stories

Sunday, Dec 9, 2007 05:00 PST

The "Kite Runner" controversy

Khaled Hosseini explains why the movie version of his bestselling novel should not be reduced to a single rape scene.
Saturday, Sep 4, 1999 09:00 PDT

Bud Cort

A quirky black comedy called "Harold and Maude" made him the poster boy of midnight movies. Thirty years later he said,"I've had moments where I wished I'd never done it."
Friday, Oct 30, 1998 09:12 PST

Movie Interview: "I wanted to make a beautiful movie"

"Life Is Beautiful" director Roberto Benigni talks about the Holocaust, Charlie Chaplin and how he was haunted by the idea of a happy man in a Nazi concentration camp.

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