The first clip has been unveiled for “Chasing Chasing Amy,” which will have its world premiere at the Tribeca Festival. In the feature documentary, Sav Rodgers takes a journey of self-discovery while ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Chasing Amy, which centered on a straight man (Ben Affleck) pursuing a relationship with a lesbian woman (Joey Lauren Adams), was praised upon its release for being that rare 1990s movie that featured ...

Smith, Joey Lauren Adams and other filmmakers and critics sit for trenchant interviews with director Sav Rodger in this documentary premiering at Tribeca. By Stephen Farber This month sees the ...

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 ...

Everyone has a Chasing Amy. The 1997 Ben Affleck-starrer was a successful, albeit controversial, indie flick directed by Kevin Smith that garnered a Golden Globe nomination for Joey Lauren Adams, who ...

As a 12-year kid from Olathe, Kansas, filmmaker Sav Rodgers watched a movie that would change his life. “Chasing Amy,” the 1997 romantic comedy about a straight dude and a queer woman who fall in love ...

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 ...