
William Friedkin
William Friedkin Movie Reviews


Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist
Himself

Friedkin Uncut
Himself

The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
Director

The Devil and Father Amorth
Director

Killer Joe
Directed by

Bug
Directed by

The Hunted
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The Exorcist (2000 Version)
Directed by

Rules Of Engagement
Directed by

Jade
Directed by

Blue Chips
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Rampage
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The Guardian
Written by

To Live and Die in L.A.
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Deal of the Century
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Cruising
Director

The Brink’s Job
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The Exorcist
Director

The Birthday Party
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Blog Posts That Mention William Friedkin

Print the Legend: On the Legacy of William Friedkin

He Did It All: William Friedkin (1935-2023)

R.I.P. Film and Opera Renaissance Director William Friedkin (1935-2023)

Interview: William Friedkin on “The People vs. Paul Crump”

Interview with William Friedkin

CIFF 2018: Friedkin Uncut, The Great Buster

William Peter Blatty: 1928-2017

Cannes #4: ‘Bug’ by Friedkin

Venice Film Festival 2023: Poor Things, Maestro, The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial, The Killer

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The Unloved, Part 6: Sorcerer

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In the Cut, Part III: Bullitt, The Lineup, French Connectionaka I Left My Heart in My Throat in San Francisco

Drive: Yellow light, red light, blue light, pink light

Can a movie ruin a good review?

March 2025 Blu-Ray Guide: “Babygirl,” “Sing Sing,” “Den of Thieves 2,” “Moana 2”

He Never Made the Same Choice Twice: 10 of Our Favorite Gene Hackman Performances

Criterion Adds Val Lewton Double Feature to the Collection

“Risky Business” Remains One of the Most Daring Films of the ’80s

Home Entertainment Guide: May 2024

A Man Goes to the Movies: An Appreciation of Roger Ebert’s Top 10 Lists

A Farewell from Our Literary Editor, Matt Fagerholm

A Final Goodbye: Tributes to Some of the People We Lost in 2023

Seasons Greetings from Chaz Ebert and All of Us at RogerEbert.com

When A Film Critic Gets Married At The Movies

Tapping Into the Infinite: Alexandre O. Philippe on Lynch/Oz

Highlights of the 2023 TCM Film Festival

The Consummate Collaborator: Bill Butler (1921-2023)

Impulsive, Youthful, Necessary: Daniel Goldhaber on How to Blow Up a Pipeline

Where the Action Is: Oliver Wood, 1942-2023

Michael Kutza Details Legacy of Chicago International Film Festival in Starstruck

The Connection to Old Hollywood: Peter Bogdanovich (1939-2022)

TIFF 2021: Encounter, Earwig, Inexorable

Richard Donner: 1930-2021

Breaking In: On the 40th Anniversary of Tangerine Dream’s Thief Score

Bertrand Tavernier: 1941-2021

8 Films to See at the Nightstream Virtual Film Festival

Happy Birthday Roger, June 18th, 2020 (Table of Contents)

Shudder Launches Clever Series About the Legacy of Cursed Films

Krzysztof Penderecki: 1933-2020

Max von Sydow: 1929-2020

Seventh Row Publishes Beyond Empowertainment, a Critical Study of Feminism in Horror

Home Entertainment Consumer Guide: December 13, 2018

45 Movies to see at the 54th Chicago International Film Festival

Cannes 2018: Scorsese Honored at 50th Directors’ Fortnight; Rafiki, a Banned Kenyan Film, Screens

Partners in mind: Keith Carradine and Alan Rudolph

The Power of Community: A Recap of the 2018 TCM Classic Film Festival

Man on the Outside: The Films of Willem Dafoe

The Big Knockover: “Noir City: Chicago” Brings Heist Films to the Music Box Theater

Much More than “Star Wars”: The Cinema of ’77 Strikes Back at Film Society of Lincoln Center

Jeanne Moreau: 1928-2017

Revisiting “The Hidden,” the ‘80s “Twin Peaks” Doppelgänger

Viva Bava, Celebrating a Master Craftsman

Meet the Writers: Scout Tafoya

Like Going to Church: Joe Dante on “The Movie Orgy”

Badass Intensity and Holy Cool: A Warren Oates Retrospective

Home Entertainment Consumer Guide: October 8, 2015

A Promise Unfulfilled: “My Beautiful Laundrette”

Who’s Who In Reviews: Peter Sobczynski

Interview: Thomas Haden Church on “Max,” “Killer Joe”

Print the Legend: The 2015 TCM Film Festival

“Evil Against Evil”: The Fascinating Incoherence of American Sniper

Beyond Narrative: The Future of the Feature Film

Interview: Kevin Macdonald Sails the “Black Sea”

The Safe Dark: “Halloween: The Complete Collection” and “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: 40th Anniversary Edition”

NYFF 2014: Help Us Out New York!

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Book Excerpt: “Film Firsts: The 25 Movies that Created Contemporary American Cinema” by Ethan Alter

You’ve Got Mail (From Roger Ebert)

Blu-ray Consumer Guide: May 2014

Highlights of the Second Annual Chicago Critics Film Festival

The Naked, Raw Anger of “Born on Fourth of July” at Ebertfest

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Meet the Writers: Peter Sobczynski

Matthew McConaughey discusses his role in “Dallas Buyers Club”

Traditions of Quality: Mark Cousins’ “The Story of Film: An Odyssey”

Susan Seidelman, Survivor

Peter Bogdanovich on “At Long Last Love”

It Really Is De-Lovely: At Long Last, “At Long Last Love” Returns

The same old insensitivity makes Hollywood a target

The Best 10 Movies of 1971

101 102 Movies You Must See Before…

Blu-ray: Higher fidelity to what?

Los Angeles Film Festival 2012

No Exorcist Can Handle Possession

A man with storms in his head

A sermon no one can sleep through

Director defends new `Exorcist’ cut

In film ‘Mac,’ John Turturro captures the certain nobility of everday life

Rambo lets his guns do the talking in sequel

‘The only great party is a boy and a girl and a whole cheesecake’: An interview with Groucho Marx

Would it kill a studio to reveal the names of actors?

The ‘Da Vinci’ woes

Movie Answer Man (10/08/2000)

Movie Answer Man (06/06/1999)
