The director and screenwriter of 'Fast Times at Ridgemont High' explain the film's negotiation between classic rock and new wave sounds. By Ron Hart Fast Times at Ridgemont High, released in theaters ...

Thomas Butt is a senior writer. An avid film connoisseur, Thomas actively logs his film consumption on Letterboxd and vows to connect with many more cinephiles through the platform. He is immensely ...

Liam Gaughan is a film and TV writer at Collider. He has been writing film reviews and news coverage for ten years. Between relentlessly adding new titles to his watchlist and attending as many ...

High school life isn’t always so straitlaced. These days, Hollywood has gone down that well dozens of times. Raunchy comedies about teenagers? Not exactly original, though sometimes done well. Back in ...

Follow this author to personalize your feed and get instant alerts. WHY FOLLOW? Custom Feed: See the stories that matter most to you. Smart Alerts: Get notified about major news as it happens. Update ...

But, as great as the movie is, some of the behind-the-scenes facts from the making of Fast Times at Ridgemont High are just as awesome, just as righteous, and just as entertaining as spotting a young ...

The sensitive, vulnerable, brutally frank '80s teen comedies didn’t begin with John Hughes. In this excerpt from Marc Spitz’s newly released "Twee: The Gentle Revolution in Music, Books, Television, ...