Hal Ashby

EDINBURGH 2025 Q&A: Ned Van Zandt of Del Valle at The Orchard Project
by Joshua Wright - Jul 31, 2025

Ned Van Zandt was in the Chelsea Hotel the night of Nancy Spungen’s death, and he was with Sid and Nancy just before her sad demise. Ned was also an actor during the 1970s in Hollywood heyday and cavorted with Chaka Khan, Steely Dan, director Hal Ashby and others, he was away in San Francisco when a double murder occurred in his apartment in LA.

KAT KRAMER'S FILMS THAT CHANGE THE WORLD Presents CELEBRATING LAUGHTER, THE LIFE AND FILMS OF COLIN HIGGINS For 12th Installment
by A.A. Cristi - May 16, 2024

Celebrate the life and films of Colin Higgins at the 12th installment of 'Kat Kramer's Films That Change The World' on May 25th at NuArt Theater, featuring a red carpet reception and live performance by Ty Taylor.

Video: Theodore Releases Hal Ashby-Influenced Music Video for Art-Pop Single 'The Big Rip'
by Josh Sharpe - May 10, 2024

Theodore has released his new track 'The Big Rip,' along with its corresponding music video. The video features the beloved actress Maria Aliferi, the award-winning Dimitra Vlagopoulou (ANIMAL, 2023), and Theodore himself, who appears on a music video of his for the first time. Watch the video here!

HAROLD AND MAUDE 50th Anniversary Soundtrack Out Today
by Michael Major - Feb 11, 2022

Fifty years since its release, the original motion picture soundtrack for Hal Ashby’s 1971 classic cult film “Harold and Maude,” made up exclusively of songs by Cat Stevens, is now available in new 180g 1LP / 1CD / Digital release formats. The new edition of the soundtrack combines Cat Stevens’ nine original songs and dialogue from the film.

BWW Feature: THE MOST IMPORTANT THEATER CONVERSATION THIS YEAR IS NOW NOW NOW at Hollywood Fringe Festival
by Tracey Paleo - Aug 4, 2021

With every shift of the Covid-19 crisis, live stream, rather than continuing to be a bramble of thorns for theater, has become a way forward. NOW NOW NOW writer/director Tom Cavanaugh says, 'Embrace the Zoom!'

VIDEO: Jay Roach Announces Today's AFI Movie Club Pick BEING THERE
by Kaitlin Milligan - May 8, 2020

Jay Roach announces today's AFI Movie Club selection: BEING THERE.

Loudon Wainwright III Will Bring His Scripted One-Man Show SURVIVING TWIN to The Ridgefield Playhouse
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 20, 2020

Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Loudon Wainwright III brings Surviving Twin a scripted, one man show to The Ridgefield Playhouse on Thursday, March 5th at 8pm, in an evening of music and memories many years in the making. This 'posthumous collaboration' with his writer father, explores the question: What lives on between father and son? This event is part of the Doyle Coffin Architecture Singer Songwriter Series and Northern Trust Broadway & Cabaret Series with support from Teed & Brown. Visit TerraSole (3 Big Shop Lane, Ridgefield) for dinner before the show and get a free glass of house wine or dessert with your entrée when you present your tickets! Media partner for this event is WSHU - Connecticut Public Radio.

Photo Flash: Academy Award Winner Lee Grant Shines at Hope Runs High's Opening Night Bash For Film Forum's LEE GRANT: ACTOR. FILMMAKER Series
by Kaitlin Milligan - Dec 10, 2019

Film distributor Hope Runs High and production house Karmic Release Ltd. threw the opening night bash for Film Forum's LEE GRANT: ACTOR. FILMMAKER series. Running until February 12, 2020, it marks the first retrospective to celebrate Grant's work as both actor and director

KWFF 2019 Announces Golden Key Award Recipients
by Kaitlin Milligan - Oct 24, 2019

KEY WEST FILM FESTIVAL announced today that Kimberly Peirce and Tom Skerritt will receive the prestigious Golden Key Awards at this year's festival, running November 20-24, 2019.

Queer|Art|Film's Season At IFC Center Continues With FLOTILLA DEBARGE And UNTITLED QUEEN
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 6, 2019

Queer|Art, the New York City-based non-profit supporting the creative and professional development of LGBTQ artists, continues the Winter 2019 season of Queer|Art|Film at IFC Center on March 4 and April 8. Queer|Art|Film, presented by HBO, is a monthly screening series in which some of New York's most unique artists present and discuss the films that have most inspired them. This season Queer Art's flipping the script by inviting celebrated drag queens to present and discuss films that have inspired their craft in post-screening kikis. Curated by Adam Baran and Brooklyn drag diva Lady Quesadilla, this season entitled 'Winter's a Drag,' serves as the sequel to the 2014 Summer of Drag season. More info is below; screenings begin at 8pm.

Queer|Art Announces Queer|Art|Film 'Winter's a Drag' Season at IFC Center
by Kaitlin Milligan - Jan 2, 2019

Queer|Art, the New York City-based non-profit supporting the creative and professional development of LGBTQ artists, is pleased to announce the Winter 2019 season of Queer|Art|Film at IFC Center, presented by HBO. Queer|Art|Film is a monthly screening series in which some of New York's most unique artists present and discuss the films that have most inspired them. This season Queer Art's flipping the script by inviting four celebrated drag queens to present and discuss films that have inspired their craft in post-screening kikis. Curated by Adam Baran and Brooklyn drag diva Lady Quesadilla, this season entitled 'Winter's a Drag,' serves as the sequel to the 2014 Summer of Drag season. A full itinerary follows. All screenings begin at 8pm.

The Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival Announces Feature and Short Film Lineup
by Kaitlin Milligan - Sep 20, 2018

The Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival (HSDFF), presented by Mountain Valley Spring Water, announced today the official selections for this year's short and feature documentary lineups. This year's festival will include additional categories including U.S., International, Southern Stories, Sports, as well as a spotlight on films Made in Arkansas. Now approaching its 27th year, HSDFF is the longest running all-documentary festival in North America and is Academy Award®-Qualifying in the Documentary Short Subject Category.

VIDEO: Watch the Trailer for HAL, the Documentary on the Oscar�®-Winning Director Hal Ashby Directed by Amy Scott
by Kaitlin Milligan - Aug 17, 2018

Although Hal Ashby directed a remarkable string of acclaimed, widely admired classics throughout the 1970s—HAROLD AND MAUDE, THE LAST DETAIL, SHAMPOO, COMING HOME, BEING THERE—he is often overlooked amid the crowd of luminaries from his generation. Amy Scott's exuberant portrait explores that curious oversight, using rare archival materials, interviews, personal letters, and audio recordings to reveal a passionate, obsessive artist.

The 49th Annual Nashville Film Festival Announces The 2018 Documentary Special Presentations
by Macon Prickett - Apr 5, 2018

The 49th Annual Nashville Film Festival continues its rollout of film announcements with the seven selected Documentary Special Presentations that include the World Premiere of James Keach's Turning Point. Music journeys will also be depicted in The King, starring Alec Baldwin, Tony Brown, Chuck D, Emmylou Harris, Ethan Hawke and Radney Foster, It All Begins with a Song and Sammy Davis Jr.: I've Got To Be Me, starring Sammy Davis Jr., Harry Belafonte, Tony Bennett, Diahann Carroll, Billy Crystal and Quincy Jones. The 2018 Documentary Special Presentations will also include the Tennessee Premiere of Hal, starring Jane Fonda, Jeff Bridges, Jon Voight, Judd Apatow and Rosanna Arquette and the Southeast US Premiere of One Vote starring Warren Buffett.

The 49th Annual Nashville Film Festival Announces The 2018 Animated Feature Competition, Special Presentations
by Macon Prickett - Apr 4, 2018

The 49th Annual Nashville Film Festival continues its expansion of film screenings with an international roster of twenty-eight Special Presentations, Animated Feature, Spectrum and Spectrum Q films including the world premiere of BENCHED, produced by Robert Deaton and George Flanigen, ON CHESIL BEACH, starring Saoirse Ronan, fresh off her award winning role in Lady Bird, HOT SUMMER NIGHTS, starring Timothée Chalamet, whose role in Call Me By Your Name was critically acclaimed, BRAMPTON'S OWN, starring Rose McIver, Spencer Grammer and Jean Smart, as well as the 50th anniversary screening of ROSEMARY'S BABY, starring Mia Farrow, and a special screening of JURASSIC PARK, starring Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough, BD Wong and Samuel L. Jackson. Other leading talent include Daveed Diggs, Alexander McQueen, John C. McGinley and many more.