Before Jaws made us afraid of the water, Hollywood made it the hottest place on Earth — filled with tans, tunes, and ...

The Beach Boys loom so large in our shared cultural imagination that it’s surprising to remember that the group only appeared in a single feature motion picture. Yes, the “beach party” movies of the ...

Salli Sachse, who appeared in lots of beach party movies and in the counterculture cult classics The Trip and Wild in the Streets as a contract player for American International Pictures in the 1960s, ...

Greek mythology holds that Calliope, the goddess of eloquence and epic poetry, is considered the chief of the Muses. She was the one to whom writers — such as me — would hopefully invoke for ...

You may have seen “Psycho Beach Party,” director Robert Lee King and writer Charles Busch’s wickedly funny send-up of classic Hollywood, while surfing on late-night cable channels in the early aughts.

An actress who had roles in a handful of beach party movies in the 1960s has died at the age of 82. Salli Sachse, who appeared in films such as Beach Blanket Bingo and Bikini Beach, died on September ...

Over 40 years after being pulled from MTV for being "too experimental," Cameron Crowe has released an extended version of his documentary with new 16mm film footage of the late musician. By Danielle ...

A contract player at American International Pictures, she also was in ‘Wild in the Streets’ and served as a photographer for Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. By Mike Barnes Senior Editor Salli Sachse, ...

Ahead of a 25th anniversary screening of the cult-beloved midnight movie satire of surf movies and the Gidget character originated by Sandra Dee, screenwriter Charles Busch tells IndieWire why the ...