william friedkin

The mid-budget crime thriller barely exists anymore. Where once it was the tentpole of mainstream adult cinema, now it is relegated to the odd indie movie rarely seen outside of festivals, the occasional Steven Soderbergh picture or, most…

In this special bonus episode, co-host Stephen Porzio chats with acclaimed documentarian Alexandre O. Philippe about his new film Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on the Exorcist. Now streaming on Shudder, it sees the director of the iconic…

William Petersen had to work hard to get the role of Gil Grissom in the original CSI. Grissom was a combination of lab scientist and field agent, two things Petersen embodied in his first two leading roles with the kind of smoldering…

Auteur. Agent Provocateur. Genius. Tyrant. Madman. All of these titles and more have been used to describe one of America’s greatest directors. William Friedkin is the man behind some of the best thrillers ever made. He made some of the…

It’s strange to write about the 20th anniversary of a film that is actually 45 years old. Released in cinemas in America on St. Stephen’s Day 1973 and around the world in early 1974, The Exorcist is celebrating an anniversary this year in…

It’s well known along the Headstuff corridors of power that I have a habit of rambling. Not today. If I have learned anything from watching William Freidkin’s latest film, The Devil and Father Amorth, it is how to be succinct as this is a…

William Friedkin's 2003 thriller The Hunted is not a remarkable film. The movie sees Tommy Lee Jones track rogue assassin Benicio Del Toro who in turn is hunting and killing the most dangerous game of all, man. It's a potboiler of a…