The filmmaker remembers Universal forgoing big marketing push due to a lack of known names and concerns over its depictions of sexuality.
Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982): 40th Anniversary (Today!) Director Heckerling and her Stars Discuss Concern Over Sexuality, Surprise Success, and Cult Status
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Daliland: Mary Harron’s Salvador Dali Biopic, Starring Ben Kingsley, Closing Night of Toronto Fest, Sep. 17
August 9, 2022 by
Canadian director Harron, best known I Shot Andy Warhol, will host Kingsley and her film’s cast, including Barbara Sukowa, Christopher Briney, Rupert Graves and Suki Waterhouse, at the Roy Thomson Hall screening.
International Box-Office: Bullet Train, Thor
August 8, 2022 by
Bullet Train, hyperviolent action thriller with Brad Pitt, racked up $32.4 million at the international box office.
Hollywood Scandals: Paul Haggis Case, Dismissed by Italian Court
July 31, 2022 by
A judge in the southern Italian city of Lecce has ruled there are no grounds to further pursue an investigation into allegations that the Oscar-winning director Paul Haggis had sex with a young woman without her consent.
Hollywood Scandals: Slapgate–Will Smith Apologizes and Explains
July 29, 2022 by
Will Smith says “there is no part of me that thinks that was the right way to behave in that moment” when explaining his decision to slap Chris Rock during the Oscars 2022 ceremony earlier this year.
