Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. We all have our problematic faves. Especially if you’ve been watching movies for longer than, say, yesterday. The #MeToo reckoning ...

Even before it premiered in 1997, Kevin Smith knew he, as a straight man, would face some backlash for writing and directing a movie with a queer character. And while Chasing Amy did garner criticism ...

In December 2018, a young Kansas-raised filmmaker named Sav Rodgers delivered a TED Talk titled "The rom-com that saved my life." This lecture by Rodgers, who identifies as queer, concerned ...

In 1997, director Kevin Smith told a story about a comic book artist, played by Ben Affleck, who falls in love with a lesbian, played by Joey Lauren Adams. The film, “Chasing Amy,” became a cultural ...

Kevin Smith revealed that his 1997 movie “Chasing Amy” upset “the most famous lesbian in the world”: Ellen DeGeneres. In a clip for the documentary “Chasing Chasing Amy,” Smith, 54, discussed the ...

Sometimes the cultural reevaluation of a film can go both ways: For as much as viewers can say “Yes, this movie is actually good,” they can also say “We see now it’s incredibly problematic.” Such is ...

A new documentary premiering this week at the Tribeca Film Festival delves into the complicated legacy of director Kevin Smith’s 1997 rom-com Chasing Amy—a film that many LGBTQ+ people now consider ...

“Chasing Chasing Amy” is an enticing new documentary that was written and directed by Sav Rodgers. This documentary had its world premiere on June 8 at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York. It ...

"I became the person that I became for the rest of my life because of that relationship," Smith says in 'Chasing Chasing Amy', in select theaters now Rodin Eckenroth/WireImage; Amy E. Price/Getty Left ...

In 1997, "Chasing Amy" felt like a revolution. Filmmaker Kevin Smith, known for his talky, male-minded comedies "Clerks" and "Mallrats," told a tender story about a heterosexual man (Ben Affleck) who ...

Sav Rodgers’ documentary Chasing Chasing Amy, and by extension his life, would probably look much different if filmmaker Kevin Smith hadn’t asked a simple question during shooting: What are your ...

“Chasing Chasing Amy” filmmaker Sav Rodgers has signed with Sandstone Artists for management representation. Rodgers enters the partnership as he looks to expand into scripted content while continuing ...