If you have been meaning to revisit Ridgemont High, this is your heads up: The 1982 teen classic Fast Times at Ridgemont High ...

Cates got her big break at age 17 when she played teen queen Linda Barrett in the 1982 high school comedy Fast Times — a movie that would make her an ‘80s icon. Cates worked steadily throughout the ...

Fast Times at Ridgemont High helped redefine the coming-of-age movie. The teen comedy, which premiered 43 years ago on Aug. 13, 1982, follows a group of high school students navigating the ups and ...

Cameron Crowe has penned some of the greatest coming-of-age films of all time, but his follow-up to Fast Times at Ridgemont High is mostly forgotten.

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 ...

Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) is a quotable cult classic American coming-of-age comedy film. The film captured the cultural zeitgeist of the time with realistic portrayals of American youth as ...

No brunette beauty better represents the ’80s than Phoebe Cates. Whether she’s climbing out of a swimming pool in slow motion, donning a red bikini to the sounds of “Moving in Stereo” by The Cars, or ...

Fast Times at Ridgemont High helped redefine the coming-of-age movie. Earlier that same year, Penn recalled landing his breakout role as Spicoli, telling Jimmy Fallon that the audition went "terribly.

“I think of theater as what I like to do most. … I've only felt happy as an actress for about two years. I rarely watch my film work,” she admitted in 1988. The one-time teen idol kept busy personally ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X By the end of the ‘80s, Cates was mostly focused on stage work, having told the Chicago Tribune ...