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LOS ANGELES -- William Friedkin, the filmmaker behind 1973's adaptation of novelist William Peter Blatty's horror novel "The Exorcist," has died at age 87. Stephen Galloway, dean of Dodge College of ...
Quentin Tarantino has always been very serious about how movies should be watched. He strongly believes in real film, ...
Daniel is a University of Louisville graduate with an English degree, a sizable collection of Blu-rays, books, records, and a love of hiking. Friedkin's final film, The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial, is ...
On Friday, October 6, cinephiles were given a precious gift when Showtime dropped one last film by the late, great William Friedkin: an adaptation of Herman Wouk’s play “The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial ...
“I'll just tell you straight out, Killer Joe is the most disturbing film I've ever made,” William Friedkin admits. This is really something, coming from a filmmaker who has spent much of an eclectic ...
ROME (Reuters) - William Friedkin, director of the 1973 classic film "The Exorcist", is dealing with the devil again but don't expect more twisting heads, levitating beds or spurts of green vomit.