Algren
William Friedkin
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
Directed by
The Exorcist (2000 Version)
Directed by
Rules Of Engagement
Directed by
Jade
Directed by
Blue Chips
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Rampage
Directed by
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
Directed by
The Exorcist
Director
The Birthday Party
Directed by
Blog Posts That Mention William Friedkin
Features
It’s Just You and Me Now, Sport: On “Manhunter: The Final Cut”
Festivals & Awards
Tribeca 2026: The Documentaries
Tributes
Light the Fuse: Lalo Schifrin (1932-2025)
DVD/Blu-Ray
June 2025 Blu-Ray/Streaming Guide: “Drop,” “The Nice Guys,” “Dark City,” More
DVD/Blu-Ray
March 2025 Blu-Ray Guide: “Babygirl,” “Sing Sing,” “Den of Thieves 2,” “Moana 2”
Features
He Never Made the Same Choice Twice: 10 of Our Favorite Gene Hackman Performances
DVD/Blu-Ray
Criterion Adds Val Lewton Double Feature to the Collection
Features
“Risky Business” Remains One of the Most Daring Films of the ’80s
TV/Streaming
Home Entertainment Guide: May 2024
MZS
A Man Goes to the Movies: An Appreciation of Roger Ebert’s Top 10 Lists
Features
A Farewell from Our Literary Editor, Matt Fagerholm
Tributes
A Final Goodbye: Tributes to Some of the People We Lost in 2023
Chaz's Journal
Seasons Greetings from Chaz Ebert and All of Us at RogerEbert.com
Chaz's Journal
When A Film Critic Gets Married At The Movies
Festivals & Awards
Venice Film Festival 2023: Poor Things, Maestro, The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial, The Killer
Tributes
Print the Legend: On the Legacy of William Friedkin
Tributes
He Did It All: William Friedkin (1935-2023)
Chaz's Journal
R.I.P. Film and Opera Renaissance Director William Friedkin (1935-2023)
Interviews
Tapping Into the Infinite: Alexandre O. Philippe on Lynch/Oz
Festivals & Awards
Highlights of the 2023 TCM Film Festival
Tributes
The Consummate Collaborator: Bill Butler (1921-2023)
Interviews
Impulsive, Youthful, Necessary: Daniel Goldhaber on How to Blow Up a Pipeline
Tributes
Where the Action Is: Oliver Wood, 1942-2023
Features
Michael Kutza Details Legacy of Chicago International Film Festival in Starstruck
Tributes
The Connection to Old Hollywood: Peter Bogdanovich (1939-2022)
Festivals & Awards
TIFF 2021: Encounter, Earwig, Inexorable
Tributes
Richard Donner: 1930-2021
Features
Breaking In: On the 40th Anniversary of Tangerine Dream’s Thief Score
Tributes
Bertrand Tavernier: 1941-2021
Features
8 Films to See at the Nightstream Virtual Film Festival
Features
Happy Birthday Roger, June 18th, 2020 (Table of Contents)
TV/Streaming
Shudder Launches Clever Series About the Legacy of Cursed Films
Features
Krzysztof Penderecki: 1933-2020
Features
Max von Sydow: 1929-2020
Features
Seventh Row Publishes Beyond Empowertainment, a Critical Study of Feminism in Horror
TV/Streaming
Home Entertainment Consumer Guide: December 13, 2018
Festivals & Awards
CIFF 2018: Friedkin Uncut, The Great Buster
Festivals & Awards
45 Movies to see at the 54th Chicago International Film Festival
Festivals & Awards
Cannes 2018: Scorsese Honored at 50th Directors’ Fortnight; Rafiki, a Banned Kenyan Film, Screens
MZS
Partners in mind: Keith Carradine and Alan Rudolph
Festivals & Awards
The Power of Community: A Recap of the 2018 TCM Classic Film Festival
Features
Man on the Outside: The Films of Willem Dafoe
Festivals & Awards
The Big Knockover: “Noir City: Chicago” Brings Heist Films to the Music Box Theater
Features
Much More than “Star Wars”: The Cinema of ’77 Strikes Back at Film Society of Lincoln Center
Features
Jeanne Moreau: 1928-2017
Features
Revisiting “The Hidden,” the ‘80s “Twin Peaks” Doppelgänger
Features
Viva Bava, Celebrating a Master Craftsman
Features
William Peter Blatty: 1928-2017
Features
Meet the Writers: Scout Tafoya
Interviews
Like Going to Church: Joe Dante on “The Movie Orgy”
Features
Badass Intensity and Holy Cool: A Warren Oates Retrospective
TV/Streaming
Home Entertainment Consumer Guide: October 8, 2015
Features
Thumbnails 8/10/15
TV/Streaming
A Promise Unfulfilled: “My Beautiful Laundrette”
Chaz's Journal
Who’s Who In Reviews: Peter Sobczynski
Interviews
Interview: Thomas Haden Church on “Max,” “Killer Joe”
Festivals & Awards
Print the Legend: The 2015 TCM Film Festival
Features
“Evil Against Evil”: The Fascinating Incoherence of American Sniper
Roger Ebert
Beyond Narrative: The Future of the Feature Film
Interviews
Interview: Kevin Macdonald Sails the “Black Sea”
TV/Streaming
The Safe Dark: “Halloween: The Complete Collection” and “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: 40th Anniversary Edition”
Festivals & Awards
NYFF 2014: Help Us Out New York!
Features
Thumbnails 8/29/14
Features
Thumbnails 7/31/14
Features
Book Excerpt: “Film Firsts: The 25 Movies that Created Contemporary American Cinema” by Ethan Alter
Roger Ebert
You’ve Got Mail (From Roger Ebert)
Interviews
Interview: William Friedkin on “The People vs. Paul Crump”
TV/Streaming
Blu-ray Consumer Guide: May 2014
Festivals & Awards
Highlights of the Second Annual Chicago Critics Film Festival
MZS
The Unloved, Part 6: Sorcerer
Festivals & Awards
The Naked, Raw Anger of “Born on Fourth of July” at Ebertfest
Features
Thumbnails 4/9/14
Features
Thumbnails 3/13/14
Features
Thumbnails 12/11/2013
Features
Meet the Writers: Peter Sobczynski
Interviews
Matthew McConaughey discusses his role in “Dallas Buyers Club”
Features
Traditions of Quality: Mark Cousins’ “The Story of Film: An Odyssey”
Features
Susan Seidelman, Survivor
Features
Peter Bogdanovich on “At Long Last Love”
TV/Streaming
It Really Is De-Lovely: At Long Last, “At Long Last Love” Returns
Roger Ebert
The same old insensitivity makes Hollywood a target
Roger Ebert
The Best 10 Movies of 1971
Scanners
101 102 Movies You Must See Before…
Scanners
Blu-ray: Higher fidelity to what?
Scanners
In the Cut, Part III: Bullitt, The Lineup, French Connectionaka I Left My Heart in My Throat in San Francisco
Scanners
Drive: Yellow light, red light, blue light, pink light
Scanners
Can a movie ruin a good review?
Far Flungers
Los Angeles Film Festival 2012
Far Flungers
No Exorcist Can Handle Possession
Far Flungers
A man with storms in his head
Far Flungers
A sermon no one can sleep through
Festivals & Awards
Cannes #4: ‘Bug’ by Friedkin
Interviews
