In 1997, director Kevin Smith told a story about a comic book artist, played by Ben Affleck, who falls in love with a lesbian, played by Joey Lauren Adams. The film, “Chasing Amy,” became a cultural ...
When 12-year-old Sav Rodgers saw the 1997 Kevin Smith film Chasing Amy for the first time, his life was forever changed. He developed not just a soft spot for the film, but a slight obsession as he ...
Sav Rodgers’ documentary Chasing Chasing Amy, and by extension his life, would probably look much different if filmmaker Kevin Smith hadn’t asked a simple question during shooting: What are your ...
Kevin Smith revealed that his 1997 movie “Chasing Amy” upset “the most famous lesbian in the world”: Ellen DeGeneres. In a clip for the documentary “Chasing Chasing Amy,” Smith, 54, discussed the ...
Smith, Joey Lauren Adams and other filmmakers and critics sit for trenchant interviews with director Sav Rodger in this documentary premiering at Tribeca. By Stephen Farber This month sees the ...
Johnson County-raised filmmaker Sav Rodgers first saw the 1998 romantic comedy "Chasing Amy" at the age of 12. Now he's prepared for the whole world to see his documentary, "Chasing Chasing Amy," ...
“Do you understand why I love this movie so much?” asks Sav Rodgers, the director whose adoration of Kevin Smith’s 1997 rom-com Chasing Amy has led them on a pilgrimage to parts of New Jersey so ...
Everyone has a Chasing Amy. The 1997 Ben Affleck-starrer was a successful, albeit controversial, indie flick directed by Kevin Smith that garnered a Golden Globe nomination for Joey Lauren Adams, who ...
Makuochi Echebiri is a News Writer for Collider. He has been interested in creative writing from as far back as high school, and he would consume pretty much anything that’s film or TV. However, his ...
"Seeing that movie helped me figure out: 'oh, that's me!'" This documentary is premiering soon at the 2023 Tribeca Film Festival this summer - check out it there if you're in town. Professional ...
Growing up as a queer kid in Kansas, Sav Rodgers often struggled for the exact words to define himself. He eventually found those words in Chasing Amy, the 1997 romance between a straight man, Holden ...
Britta DeVore is a Senior Author for Collider who has been known to dabble with Reality News as well. When she isn't sitting behind her laptop bringing readers her hot takes on upcoming projects or ...