William Friedkin

William Friedkin's Self-Loathing Gay Protagonists

Spring Arts Guide: Six Films to See This Spring

Sundance 2013: Sex with James Franco, Sultry Scarlett Johansson, Daniel Radcliffe's Jew-Fro, and a Great Film From Jordan

James Franco Reimagines The Controversial Gay Movie Cruising

Here's Leonard Maltin's description of the 1980 William Friedkin film Cruising, starring Al Pacino. "Cop Pacino goes underground to ferret out bloody killer of homosexuals in this distasteful, badly scripted film. Gay world presented as sick, degrading, and ritualistic. Filmed on authentic N.Y.C. l ... More >>

The 2012 Voice Film Critics' Poll

See the full 2012 Voice Film Critics' Poll

Staring Down Death: The Singular Career of Max von Sydow

Cops and Novelists: Elmore Leonard, Donald Westlake, and other moonlighting screenwriters

The Most Outrageous Film Of The Year

Trailer trash Texans double cross each other in Killer Joe, the William Friedkin-directed film of the Tracy Letts play which brings skanking, shooting, and sex with fried chicken parts onto the big screen with unapologetic candor and dark humor. Whether you and your date like the film or not, you w ... More >>

The Lurid Pleasure of Killer Joe

Finger-lickin' wrong

William Friedkin Tells Us About Killer Joe and What's Wrong with Hollywood

On Its Centennial, Paramount Pictures Celebrates Its Peak: The 1970s

New Hollywood's apex

The French Connection

CAT AND MOUSE

Take a wild ride with the NYPD's drug squad

Revisiting a Queer Cultural Landmark in Making the Boys

The French Connection

Tribeca Film Festival 2009 Guide

The French Connection

Heath Ledger Peers Into The Abyss in The Dark Knight

Christopher Nolan's Batman returns, delivers the kick-ass goods

George Lois Covers the '60s

Vintage Esquire covers have their day at MOMA

Gay Old Time

Cruising had the city's gay community up in arms in '79, but what was all the fuss about?

Before Bourne . . .

There was Popeye Doyle

JitterBug

Break out the citronella candle: This creepy thriller gets under the skin

Keith Olbermann hits NYC!

Michael Shannon flies first-class in a new thriller; Olbermann gets an award named after a former thriller. Plus other gnats and tats.

Unshakable Gotham Vibe

Greatest and Leanest of Forgotten Noirs

Japanese Genre Firebombs Send Codes of Honor up in Flames

All You Have to Do Is Simply Ask to Get a Drink Around Here

Film

Rediscovered '60s Death-Row Doc Walks the Thin Blue Line

Film

They Stand Alone

John Frankenheimer's Lone Heroes Confront Communists, the French, and Themselves

Yesterday Once More

Queasy Riders Remember Old Glories

Man's Pest Friend

The Right Way to Infest

Taking Another Shot

'Hoop Dreams' Director Steve James Rebounds With 'Stevie'

Sales Pitches

Return to Paradise

The Reckless Moment

Two Pioneers of the New Queer Cinema Look Back on a Short-Lived Sensation

AMERICAN PSYCHOS

Idol Speculation

Notes on Hypothetical Hollywood