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Laurence Rittenband

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2010

    Polanski's Lawyers Try To Get Him Sentenced From Afar ... Again

    ​Attorneys for director Roman Polanski tried again this week to get their client sentenced from afar for his 1977 conviction on a charge of unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor. The legal team took its case to the state's 2nd District court of appeal and urged an "immediate review" of thei ... More >>

  • Film+TV

    March 11, 2010

    Ghosts of a Filmmaker's Past

    Why the film Roman Polanski finished from jail is his best in years

  • Blogs

    December 21, 2009

    Court Leaves Door Ajar For Polanski To Walk

    ​A state appellate court on Monday denied director Roman Polanski's appeal to dismiss the sex-with-a-minor-case that has clouded his career and character for more than 30 years, but it left the door open to the possibility that he could walk away from the chapter once and for all without even ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 1, 2009

    Polanski Case: Prosecutor's Dishonesty Challenged

    It's come to the point in Los Angeles where you can't even trust people to tell lies anymore. That's one of the bizarre situations spawned by the recent Swiss arrest of film director Roman Polanski. Last year an HBO-aired documentary, Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired, alleged that Polanski bolted ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 15, 2009

    Roman Polanski's Catch-22

    Next Wednesday fugitive film director Roman Polanski will get a hearing in Superior Court on his lawyers' request to have longstanding charges stemming from his having sex with a minor dismissed. How a judge will rule on the motion, given that the alleged crime occurred 32 years ago, is anyone's gue ... More >>

  • Film+TV

    July 10, 2008

    Wanted and Desired: Was Roman Polanski a Pedophile?

    New documentary focuses on Chinatown director’s 1977 rape trial

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