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The 50th anniversary extended director’s cut of the 1973 tale of teenage possession still shocks

The movie is returning to theaters and there’s a new 4K Ultra HD package you can possess — unless it possesses you first.

Great movies have the power to withstand the test of time, and director William Friedkin's acclaimed 1971 crime classic, 'The French Connection,' is one of them. Here's why.

Letter: Gerry Harrison recalls working with the late American film director, and tells of his eccentric collection of charity boxes

He was known for his 1973 genre-changing horror, but many of the director’s shocking and electrifying films also reached deep into the American psyche

Exorcist director William Friedkin died at 87, drawing tributes from stars Ellen Burstyn, Linda Blair, and producer Jason Blum.

American director behind two of the great film cult classics of the 1970s: The French Connection and The Exorcist

In 1972, American cinema was ablaze with the energy of what later came to be called “The New Hollywood”. This was a group of film directors who were bringing a radical kind of cinema to the movie mainstream – movies with big budgets, edgy content and transgressive politics, all for…

The Godfather director said Friedkin’s work ‘represents true milestones in cinema’ and that all of his films were ‘alive with genius’.