A dramatized real-life scandal of 1980s prep-school drug dealing plays like a tepid compilation of fictive cliches in “The Preppie Connection.” Joseph Castelo’s third feature stars Thomas Mann (“Me ...

IFC Films acquired North American rights to Joseph Castelo’s drama “The Preppie Connection” starring Thomas Mann, Variety has learned exclusively. “The Preppie Connection” had its world premiere on ...

ONE minute, Derek Oatis, 17, was handing over $5000 to three armed men in exchange for 350 grams of cocaine. The next, he’s facing 15 years in jail. The night before, the 17-year-old was sitting, ...

You know a guy. You know this guy. He’s the prep-school drug dealer, and he’s bad news dressed up like good news. He’s a type, whether he’s battling the snow in a liberal-arts college in The Rules of ...