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Happenings || BY Frank DiGiacomo || 08 27 2012 1:00 PM

Leslye Headland Says Wes Anderson 'Saved Sex' For Her Thanks To 'Rushmore'

Leslye Headland Says Wes Anderson 'Saved Sex' For Her Thanks To 'Rushmore'

Leslye Headland won't forget her first time, but not for the reasons you might think. In a guest blog she wrote for The Film Experience, the playwright and filmmaker, whose buzzed-about debut, Bachelorette, opens theatrically on Sept. 7 wrote that while losing her virginity was "sort of a let down," the experience was salvaged by a post-deflowering viewing of Wes Anderson's iconoclastic teen romance story Rushmore.  more »

Festival Coverage || BY Brian Brooks || 06 15 2012 3:20 PM

Bachelorette: Not Your Norman Rockwell Wedding | Provincetown Film Festival

Bachelorette: Not Your Norman Rockwell Wedding | Provincetown Film Festival

Bachelorette was dubbed the "indie Bridesmaids" at Sundance. OK, maybe there are some similarities. There are females and there's a pending wedding and the proverbial "shit hits the fan," but that's about it. Based on a play of the same name by Leslye Headland who directed the screen version, the story is quite frankly not going to be a hit with everyone. But for the segment of the population that gets a thrill off of bad ass humor, Bachelorette offers up a load of laughs. John Waters appeared to enjoy himself at the screening of the film, which opened up the Provincetown International Film Festival this week, so that is a stamp of some sort of approval, right?
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