Halloween at the Movies

Your ultimate guide to spooky season screenings in Austin

"...most perfect imaginable: a 50th anniversary retrospective screening of William Friedkin's The Exorcist at the Central Presbyterian Church. (Although..."

Oct. 13, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Exorcist: Believer

David Gordon Green moves from Halloween to another massive horror franchise

"...from the start. While it's a narrative sequel to William Friedkin and William Peter Blatty's genre-defining 1973 masterpiece, it..."

Oct. 6, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

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

Lynch/Oz

Is David Lynch's whole career an homage to The Wizard of Oz?

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

June 30, 2023 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

SXSW Film Review: You Can Call Me Bill

A meditation on death from the liveliest man you'll see

"...William Shatner is going to die, and he's made some..."

March 19, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Life, Loss, and William Shatner

In You Can Call Me Bill, documentarian Alexandre O. Philippe examines the philosophy of the man who keeps boldly going

"...O. Philippe would want to make a documentary about William Shatner. The Swiss director's filmography combines explorations of pop..."

March 10, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

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

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

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

Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on the Exorcist

The master filmmaker revealed, under the guise of examining his film.

"...opportunity: I was invited to spend an hour with William Friedkin to discuss his upcoming documentary, The Devil and..."

Nov. 20, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

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

The Devil and William Friedkin

The director's journey from The Exorcist to a real exorcism

"...William Friedkin sits back on a couch in the Four..."

Jan. 5, 2019 Screens Post 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

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

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

Survive Record Review

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"...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

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

The Connection

The French-made Connection owes much to The French Connection

"...A Gallic companion piece to William Friedkin’s seminal 1971 film, The French Connection, The Connection..."

May 29, 2015 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

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

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

DVDanger: Box Sets of Blood

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Nightbreed, and more Vincent Price

"..."I'm about ready to call a cop," gasps Kirk (William Vail) after he helps kick the maniac hitchhiker (Ed..."

Oct. 28, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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

Feeling Extra Queer

'Interior. Leather Bar.' highlights what it's like to be an extra in an explicitly gay film

"...It was the year that William Friedkin's Cruising was released to widespread critical derision, a..."

Oct. 11, 2013 Screens Feature by Andy Campbell

Austin Film Festival Drops and Gives Us 10

Lineup includes latest from Jonathan Demme, Alexander Payne

"...Vince Gilligan (Breaking Bad) hosting a screening of Billy Friedkin’s classic The French Connection; unofficial AFF mascot Shane Black..."

Aug. 19, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

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

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