Hal Ashby liked characters—especially characters who were characters. Empathy was Ashby's ace in the hole. In a 1978 Minneapolis Star interview, Ashby admitted he didn't socialize with the set ...

Numerous landmark directors did remarkable work in Hollywood in the 1970s, but a convincing argument can be made that Hal Ashby and his films represented that decade at its best. As filmmaker ...

"He'd smoke some pot, and he would work all night." Oscilloscope Labs has unveiled an official full-length trailer for a documentary titled Hal, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival earlier ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. After being introduced to Ashby through her friends in film school, Scott continued her career as an editor, and when she read the ...

Hal Ashby directing a string of acclaimed movies in the 1970s, scoring an Oscar nom for Coming Home, but he’s largely overshadowed by the filmmaking kings of the Me Decade. Now a new documentary turns ...

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: ...

“Harold and Maude,” “The Last Detail,” “Shampoo,” “Bound for Glory,” “Coming Home,” “Being There” — Hal Ashby’s run in the 1970s is as stellar as any director of his era. Less celebrated or even ...

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 ...

When Touché Amoré announced their sixth album Spiral In A Straight Line alongside its opening track “Nobody’s,” one of the catchiest, punchiest songs the band has ever written. Today they’ve shared a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hal Ashby directing a string of acclaimed movies in the 1970s, scoring an Oscar nom for Coming Home, but he’s largely overshadowed ...