DVDanger: Hellions

We binge-watch this month's horror for you

"...geniuses trip over their feet of clay. In 1989, William Friedkin was a cinematic hall-of-fame sure thing. Between canon..."

Feb. 7, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Discus Maximus

New and nifty dvds

"...spurts of blood, and a baby stroller. But it's William Friedkin's direction and Gene Hackman's acting all the time...."

Dec. 7, 2001 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

Valentine's and Beyond With This Weekend's Recommended Events

From dark stories to romantic dance

"...is currently on the road with Hamlet, one of William Shakespeare’s most popular (and lengthiest) plays. The Danish prince’s..."

Feb. 14, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

The Exorcism

A troubled actor begins to unravel while shooting a supernatural horror

"...of the MacNeil’s fancy home; Adam Goldberg plays a Friedkinesque director who is not above emotional abuse to get..."

June 21, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Pope's Exorcist

The true story of Father Gabriele Amorth gets a Conjuring-style makeover

April 21, 2023 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Fantastic Fest Review: Lynch/Oz

How the Wizard of Oz shaped the Blue Velvet director

"...dull, and his arguable Ph.D. defense, Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist, was wisely built on getting..."

Sept. 26, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Tribeca Film Festival Review: Lynch/Oz

Six different paths from Kansas to Wild at Heart

"...dull, and his arguable Ph.D. defense, Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist, was wisely built on getting..."

June 9, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Seventh Day

Training Day meets The Exorcist

"...Blame The Exorcist. Even William Friedkin does, because it feels like every exorcism drama..."

March 26, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Unbelievable Summers at the Paramount

The most unforgettable moments from this year’s classics of cinema

"...Thu., Aug. 30, 7pm, Paramount SorcererD: William Friedkin; with Roy Scheider, Bruno Cremer, Francisco Rabal, and..."

May 18, 2018 Screens Feature by Chronicle staff

Splinter

Apart from its shape-shifting fungal porcupines from outer space, this horror film has little else to recommend.

"...and Robert R. McCammon's Nightcrawlers (the latter adapted by William Friedkin for CBS' mid-Eighties Twilight Zone restart), and it..."

Oct. 31, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Getting Their Due

The 2003 Texas Film Hall of Fame Awards

"...Carson (Paris, Texas, Breathless, Perfume); and Academy Award-winning director William Friedkin (The French Connection, The Exorcist, Rules of Engagement)...."

March 7, 2003 Screens Feature by Margaret Moser

Paramount Announces Summer Classic Film Series Lineup

See the whole schedule and get some tickets to escape the heat

"...and Alex North’s weary, sweat-drenched score elevating the Tennessee Williams play to new heights. Taxi Driver and A Streetcar..."

May 16, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Tried and True: Auteurs Make a Return to Form

"...D: William Friedkin; Tommy Lee Jones, Samuel L. Jackson, Guy Pearce,..."

Feb. 25, 2000 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...A DRAGD: Peter Mackenzie Litten; with Thomas Arklie, Ian Williams, Dilly Keane, Tony Slattery, Jean Boht, John Altman. Blending..."

Oct. 13, 1995 News Feature

Scanlines

"...D: William Peter Blatty; with Stacy Keach, Scott Wilson, Jason Miller,..."

June 30, 1995 Arts Feature

Tobe Hooper, R.I.P.

Remembering The Texas Chain Saw Massacre director

"...William Tobe Hooper was a true product of Austin: born..."

Aug. 28, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Boy Wonder at 100

Alamo Drafthouse screens Orson Welles centennial retrospective

"...and filmmakers, including Richard Linklater, Steven Spielberg, Julie Taymor, William Friedkin, and Welles intimates Henry Jaglom and Peter Bogdanovich...."

April 3, 2015 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

SXSW 2012 Film Lineup Announced

'21 Jump Street' selected as Centerpiece Film

"...Kristen Connolly, Fran Kranz, Anna Hutchison, Chris Hemsworth, Jesse Williams, Richard Jenkins, and Bradley Whitford (World Premiere)..."

Feb. 1, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Paramount Summer Classic Film Series

"...The French Connection (D: William Friedkin, 1971): Tue, 8/13, 7:15pm; Wed, 8/14, 9:30pm..."

May 31, 2002 Screens Feature

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Tangerine Dream, Eastside Kings Fest, Magic Rockers of Texas, and more recommended shows

"...films and by the Seventies soundtracked German TV movies. William Friedkin's searing 1977 thriller Sorcerer bristled Tangerine Dream's synthy..."

Sept. 8, 2023 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Spirit Adrift, Austin Reggae Fest, Nilüfer Yanya, Amyl & the Sniffers, and more recommended shows

"...drivers transporting nitroglycerin through a South American jungle in William Friedkin’s lysergic makeover of French indelible The Wages of..."

April 22, 2022 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

July Is Crime Month: The Crime Blotter, Week 5

A curated guide to unlawful activities around town July 29-31

"...The French Connection Take in William Friedkin's 1971 crime thriller, then tell me which is..."

July 29, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

July Is Crime Month: The Crime Blotter, Week 4

A curated guide to unlawful activities around town July 22-28

"...To Live and Die in L.A. William Friedkin made something of a comeback with this 1985..."

July 21, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Survive Record Review

RR7349 (Relapse)

"...outright to seminal synth pioneers Tangerine Dream, who scored William Friedkin's 1977 remake by the same title of existential..."

Sept. 23, 2016 Music Feature by Neph Basedow

John Carpenter, Rock Star

Filmmaker as synth-pop pioneer horrifies the Moody Theater June 23

"...Never have, no. I just bought the score to [William Friedkin’s] Sorcerer and listened to it over and over..."

June 15, 2016 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Gems for the Taking

The Austin Film Society programs French films noirs

"...is releasing The Connection – the other side of William Friedkin's The French Connection – AFS picked some seminal..."

March 27, 2015 Screens Feature by Josh Kupecki

Here, the Writer Gets the Close-Up

'On Story' season four opens with Vince Gilligan

"...writers employed, even the technical, aesthetic, and sartorial influence William Friedkin's The French Connection had on the production (think..."

April 18, 2014 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Worldview to Produce David Gordon Green's 'Joe'

First 'Killer Joe,' now 'Joe'

"...Entertainment has had a busy year, what with producing William Friedkin's chicken-fried noir Killer Joe as well as Eli..."

Sept. 10, 2012 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

You Don’t Even Have to Go to the Movies Anymore

You really shouldn’t stop going to the movies

"...reason why we jumped at the chance to interview William Friedkin when Killer Joe came out a couple weeks..."

Aug. 16, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

A Movie-able Feast

Exploring Toronto's cinematic menu

"...Southern crime drama Killer Joe, which was directed by William Friedkin and scripted by Tracy Letts from his original..."

Sept. 23, 2011 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

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