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William Friedkin

  1. movie review
    We Don’t Talk Enough About the Bizarre Exorcist FilmsThe franchise, including David Gordon Green’s Exorcist: Believer, is a case study in the perils of massive initial success.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  2. venice 2023
    William Friedkin’s Final Film Makes You Question EverythingThe Caine Mutiny Court-Martial sends you out interrogating your beliefs — about war, about service, about madness, even about right and wrong.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  3. remembrance
    A Hollywood Director PossessedWilliam Friedkin made movies like The Exorcist and Sorcerer his way, no matter what changes transformed his industry.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  4. tributes
    The Film Industry Remembers William FriedkinIncluding tributes from Guillermo Del Toro, Francis Ford Coppola, and Natasha Lyonne.
    By Bethy Squires
  5. rip
    William Friedkin, The Exorcist Director, Dead at 87The game-changing filmmaker won an Oscar for directing The French Connection.
    Rebecca Alter
  6. a long talk
    The Exorcist’s William Friedkin on the Terror of Filming an Actual ExorcismThe Devil and Father Amorth, in theaters this week, follows the titular Vatican exorcist as he performs his ninth exorcism on the same woman.
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  7. the vulture transcript
    Director William Friedkin on Rising and Falling and Rising in the Film IndustryHis thoughts on The Exorcist, Sorcerer, Cruising, Killer Joe, and more.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  8. interview
    Director William Friedkin on the Soundtrack to Cruising, His Most Vilified Film“I went around and heard the punk rock bands, I thought, Yeah, this is what I want in the picture.”
    By Eric Ducker
  9. the power of christ compels you
    The Exorcist Director William Friedkin Went to a Real ExorcismHappy Halloween!
    By Kaitlin Fontana
  10. unnecessary remakes
    The Exorcist Is Becoming a TV PilotThe power of money compels you!
    By Greg Cwik
  11. david edelstein
    Movie Review: Killer JoeIt’s all rave and rage and purge acting in this dark, Texas-set film.
    By David Edelstein
  12. toronto film festival
    What Was the Most Disturbing Movie Scene at this Year’s Toronto Film Festival?Congratulations, Matthew McConaughey and ‘Killer Joe,’ for what we’ll call the “fried chicken moment.”
    By Logan Hill
  13. the industry
    Industry Roundup: McConaughey, HirschPlus: A Garth Brooks song will become a two-hour Lifetime movie.
    By Josh Duboff
  14. quote machine
    The Writers’ Strike Won’t Stop Michael Bay From Delivering a Bad Script in a Timely FashionPlus: William Friedkin!