roman polanski: wanted and desired
Roman Polanski Kindly Asks For Official Removal of ‘Statutory Rapist’ From Resume
1:31AM STV | The documentary Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired wasn’t impressive enough for the Oscars or even a decent theatrical release, but its fugitive subject is confident the film at least has the legal power to exonerate him. And now, three decades after his conviction for having sex with a 13-year-old, Polanski is taking it back to court. More »
Summer Can Only Get Better as Let-Down Trifecta Storms the Multiplex
2:10AM Defamer Hollywood | Welcome back to another week of Defamer Attractions, your regular guide to the fresh hell of what’s new at the movies. After taking a Hancock holiday weekend to find ourselves, we’re back in full-on summer anguish mode as yet another massive comics adaptation hits theatres, Brendan Fraser goes a-spelunkin’ and Eddie Murphy returns with… we don’t even know. But! We also have our eyes on a few alternatives both at the theatres and in the comfort of our air-conditioned caves, so all is not lost. As always, our opinions are our own and elegantly spot-on — which, of course, you’ve come to expect and we’re happy to oblige! More »
Roman Polanski’s Victim Apparently a Fan of ‘Roman Polanski’ Documentary
8:50AM Defamer Hollywood | The curious path of the documentary Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired took another bizarre turn this week when HBO hosted an actual red-carpet “premiere” for the film in New York — the same city where it had attempted to secretly screen the doc for a week-long Oscar-qualifying run last month. Then, as Vulture noted today, things got even weirder when Polanski’s 1977 statutory rape victim, the then-13 Samantha Geimer, showed up as one of the guests: More »
