Hal Ashby

2016-10-25

[...] that makes everyone in L.A. glitter and gleam like they’re in a shampoo commercial. Only Hal Ashby’s Shampoo, released three years earlier, and Paul Schrader’s American Gigolo, which [...]

Talks – Talkhouse

#318

talkhouse.com

2016-04-14

[...] of his screen time was pestered by a white angel-in-training who, like the landlord in Hal Ashby’s classic, in the end realizes his wings were imagined by an audience of funders he did not know [...]

Talks – Talkhouse

#318

talkhouse.com

2016-04-04

[...] , as is well documented, was a decade deluged with great American auteurs—Robert Altman, Hal Ashby, Peter Bogdanovich, Francis Ford Coppola, Brian DePalma, Stanley Kubrick, Terrence Malick, [...]

Taste of Cinema – Movie Reviews and Classic Movie Lists

#89

tasteofcinema.com

2016-03-22

[...] variety that have also centered around the struggles of being a teenage misanthrope, from Hal Ashby’s Harold and Maude and more recently, Richard Ayoade’s Submarine. Where Coconut Hero [...]

Scene Creek

#216

scenecreek.com

2016-02-18

[...] away from its central message and got lost in a macho bloodbath. 4. Harold and Maude (1971, Hal Ashby) Ebert’s rating: 1.5 Stars It’s almost impossible to think of the 70s without images of Hal [...]

Taste of Cinema – Movie Reviews and Classic Movie Lists

#89

tasteofcinema.com

2016-02-03

[...] been bastardised to signify material wealth and status symbols at any cost. 9. The Last Detail – Hal Ashby – 1973 The Last Detail could never fail, with Hal Ashby on directing duty, Robert Towne [...]

Taste of Cinema – Movie Reviews and Classic Movie Lists

#89

tasteofcinema.com

2015-12-30

[...] . After being shown, the film received a standing ovation. 7. Harold And Maude (1971) Hal Ashby’s cult film revolves around the young and rich Harold Chasen (Bud Cort, who was 21-years- [...]

Taste of Cinema – Movie Reviews and Classic Movie Lists

#89

tasteofcinema.com

2015-12-27

[...] A few other directors worth mentioning (because there are so many) also include John Cassavetes, Hal Ashby, Peter Bogdonovich and Michael Cimino. But here are the final ten. 10. Brian De Palma Most [...]

Taste of Cinema – Movie Reviews and Classic Movie Lists

#89

tasteofcinema.com

2015-11-21

[...] is tightly scripted, but feels completely free, almost improvised. There is the shagginess of a Hal Ashby film, the bite of an Elaine May film, the wildness of Cassavetes, all packed inside the [...]

Talks – Talkhouse

#318

talkhouse.com

2015-11-21

[...] (1970) If there was a director who was truly emblematic of New Hollywood, then that man would be Hal Ashby. An ultra-free spirit who totally embraced the Hippie lifestyle, Ashby had been a top film [...]

Taste of Cinema – Movie Reviews and Classic Movie Lists

#89

tasteofcinema.com

2015-10-24

[...] for just a short while. 7. Peter Sellers (Being There) Sellers’ final performance in director Hal Ashby’s black comedy satire on television and politics is memorable, ironically, for its sublime [...]

Taste of Cinema – Movie Reviews and Classic Movie Lists

#89

tasteofcinema.com