Weekend debuts are minimal as the film industry’s gravity heads north to the Toronto International Film Festival, though some roll outs hope to fill a narrow vacuum of new specialties in the ...

For a director who had one of the greatest cinematic runs in history, Hal Ashby really ought to be more of a household name. Certainly just as much of one as his New Hollywood peers from the ‘70s: ...

Ashby would never lose his vibey guru mien thereafter, and through the Me Decade, he turned out a remarkable stretch of socially conscious, bitingly funny and character-rich pictures — including “The ...

Like many people, Amy Scott first came to the work of iconoclastic director Hal Ashby through “Harold and Maude.” The singularly joyful and macabre love story has been a staple of repertory theaters ...

Director Amy E. Scott is turning her longtime love of director Hal Ashby, who brought us “Harold and Maude” and “Coming Home” and a dozen other gems in the 70s and 80s, into a feature-length ...

Hal Ashby made seven classic films in ten years, a string that few filmmakers can match. Yet the dawn of the 1980s also marked the end of his career, and the longevity of directors such as Martin ...

The story of the filmmaker, "Once I Was," has raised $50,000 from Indiegogo to begin production. By Roy Trakin Hal Ashby - H 2014 First-time director Amy Scott has been editing social issue ...

Like many people, Amy Scott first came to the work of iconoclastic director Hal Ashby through “Harold and Maude.” The singularly joyful and macabre love story has been a staple of repertory theaters ...

Here comes Amy Scott’s Hal, one of eight, count ‘em, eight feature documentaries scheduled to open in theaters on Sept. 14. This one is about the (sometimes) brilliantly off-center film director Hal ...

For one, nine-year period in the 1970s, Hal Ashby was touched by magic like no director before him. Everything he created turned to gold: “Harold and Maude,” “The Last Detail,” “Shampoo” “Bound for ...

Hal Ashby would've celebrated his 90th birthday on September 2, 2019. With his long hair, sunglasses and bellbottoms, he was the epitome of the 1970s flower child, even though he was a decade older ...