Al Pacino admits that his 1980 crime movie “Cruising” was “exploitative” — but “didn’t see it as that when I was doing it.” The William Friedkin thriller about a serial killer targeting gay men on the ...

Nearly 45 years ago, Al Pacino knew his controversial 1980 film Cruising wouldn’t age well. In his new memoir Sonny Boy, the Oscar winner admitted he found the movie “exploitative” to the LGBTQ ...

It's possible that no one has had a career quite like Al Pacino, who remains one of the greatest actors of his generation. The stage actor turned star, thanks to The Godfather (a project he didn't ...

In 1980, The Exorcist director William Friedkin made one of the most controversial and best movies of Al Pacino's career, ...

Ryan is a reporter at The Advocate, and a graduate of New York University Tisch's Department of Dramatic Writing, with a focus in television writin ...

The 1980 film "Cruising," starring Al Pacino, was the topic of a front-page story in our January 31, 1980 issue. Gay community members formed an ad hoc group to try and stop the film's release, which ...

Ryan is a reporter at The Advocate, and a graduate of New York University Tisch's Department of Dramatic Writing, with a focus in television writing and comedy. She first became a published author at ...