Chad Allen Articles

And Then Came Lola (top); Doris Day, Rock Hudson in Pillow Talk (middle); Raging Sun, Raging Sky (bottom) The Philadelphia QFest kicks off tomorrow, July 9, with a tribute to Chad Allen, followed by a screening of Jason Bushman's Hollywood, je t'aime, in which Allen is excellent as a pothead drug dealer who befriends a Frenchman roaming around Los Angeles. Among the other highlights of [...]

Jason Bushman Interview – Part I My favorite line in the movie has to do with the un-specialness of nonstop sunshine. You show a very deglamorized — i.e., very real — Los Angeles in Hollywood, je t'aime, e.g., people riding buses, homeless people in the streets, dingy motels, etc. Since you've referred to Hollywood, je t'aime as your "love letter" to LA, were you ever [...]

Writer-director Jason Bushman's feature-film debut, Hollywood, je t'aime was recently screened at the Los Angeles Film Festival. The tale of a Frenchman befriended by a handful of social outcasts while looking for Hollywood stardom, Hollywood je t'aime turned out to be a quirky, funny, touching revelation. The good news is that those who missed the film at LAFF will now get the chance to check [...]

Chad Allen, Eric Debets in Hollywood, je t'aime (top); Branson (middle); El General (bottom) Los Angeles Film Festival Sunday, June 21, highlights: One-hour "Coffee Talks" (W Los Angeles-Westwood Hotel, beginning at 11 am) with directors (Zach Helm, Todd Phillips, Jason Reitman), actors (Andre Royo, Melissa Leo, Freddy Rodriguez), composers (Harry Gregson-Williams, Lyle Workman, Christopher Young), and screenwriters (Nicholas Kazan, Robin Swicord, Alex Tse). Starring Eric [...]