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Northwest Film Forum is having a Hal Ashby film series this summer. Even if you don't recognize his name, you've probably seen one of his movie as he was responsible for some of the most iconic movies made in ...

Hal Ashby's Commingling Seventies . Hal Ashby 's status in film-critic circles as an underrated genius has become, by now, somewhat overstated," writes Sean Nelson in the Stranger : If he was overlooked as film ...

"In the 1970s, Hal Ashby made a series of films so brilliant and yet so utterly different from one another that if you didn't know who the director was, you might not think they were made by the same person.... ...

It is a fun gallop with a myriad of notable actors and actresses. This is a slice of today's world seen through the eye of a gifted director Bess Wiley.

Soundtracks to 37-year-old movies on LP are generally relegated to the dollar bins if not a box in the attic.

Sometimes a good backstory is worth a few million dollars. Ed Ruscha 's "I Don't Want No Retro Spective" was expected to fetch $1 million to $1.5 million at a recent Sotheby's contemporary art auction.

“Shampoo"; and, well, we love it all. Here's a ticker-tape title tease: "Gimme Shelter”

We just got our hands on the Paramount Theatre's 2008 Summer Film Classics calendar, and, just like every year, we're going crazy circling must-see movies. via The Austin American-Statesman

DAY ... NIGHT! It's weekend of cult classics -- from `Harold and Maude' to Frank Zappa to Artful Dodger Posted by Plain Dealer Staff May 01, 2008 12:51PM "Harold and Maude" Treat yourself Saturday to a revival ... via Cleveland.com

Yeah, I know, I know. How is it possible? How could someone who claims to care about cult movies - and dares to sound off on them every week - not have seen Harold And Maude ? How can I speak with any authority ... via A.V. Club

“Alright, you can stay home on one condition.”

Photo courtesy of CBS Corporation Jason Segel, from "How I Met Your Mother" and "Freaks and Geeks" fame, wrote and stars in the latest comedy from the Judd Apatow factory, "Forgetting Sarah Marshall." Segel had ... via State Press

“I basically had to carry the ball during the entire conversation, which was tantamount to sitting with a sponge.”

Posted Apr 13th 2008 3:32PM by Monika Bartyzel Filed under: Celebrities and Controversy , Newsstand At the end of last month, an interview with classic Harold and Maude star Bud Cort popped up on the Austin ... via Cinematical

“Do you know how to sing and dance?”

Issue date: 4/11/08 Section: Arts & Living Media Credit: Courtesy Photo I couldn't help thinking of the recent movie "Driving Lessons," while I was watching the 1971 film "Harold and Maude." In "Driving ... via The New Hampshire

“Bud Cort, gasoline pumps and kid logic.”

Your View is your chance to share your opinion with the Statesman and our readers. via Austin American Statesman

"I want to be like a Hal Ashby and a Woody Allen and a Stanley Kubrick and, you know, Cronenberg, and then all of a sudden the band starts taking off." All those years, what he really wanted to do was direct ... via Adam Riff™ would rather be famo...

There are few filmmakers in Hollywood history as stylistically modest and cinematically successful as Hal Ashby. via Augusta Chronicle

“There he is, dude! 'Birthday Party Guest uncredited!' That's Bud Cort”

First things first. Bud Cort wants you to know that he does not have a bit part in Larry Hagman's 1972 magnum goopus Beware! The Blob . via The Austin Chronicle

“He had the paintings and whatnot.”

W himsy is wimpy. As an aesthetic, it doesn't have the umph of angst, agony or irony. via Boston Herald

“It's the music and the mood and Paris, and certain scenes that are incredibly vivid and wonderful for me. Like Marlin Brando talking to his dead wife.”

Asked to name her favorite movies to watch, Talk to Me director Kasi Lemmons offers a variety of genres in three personal categories. via NPR

Somewhere inside Jon Poll's Charlie Bartlett there's a great picture trying to get out. via Mountain Xpress

“Charlie Bartlett": Now who does he remind you of? (Ken Woroner - AP) COMMENT Sunday, February 24, 2008; Page M02 If moments in the movie "Charlie Bartlett”

Anton Yelchin in "Charlie Bartlett": Now who does he remind you of? COMMENT Sunday, February 24, 2008; Page M02 If moments in the movie "Charlie Bartlett" feel freakily familiar, there is a reason: The comedy ... via The Washington Post