Director William Friedkin cast real-life detectives. Only one is still alive today.

French Connection II (1975) is a neo-noir action thriller film directed by John Frankenheimer. Serving as a sequel to the 1971-released French Connection, the movie sees detective Popeye Doyle ...

Zach Laws is a longtime entertainment journalist and movie features writer. He is also an independent filmmaker and member of the Screen Actors Guild based out of Los Angeles. Zach grew up watching ...

Gene Hackman, the two-time Oscar winning legend of the silver screen, was found dead in his New Mexico home at age 95, Variety reports. Hackman’s career as one of Hollywood’s most prominent actors ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — William Friedkin, the Oscar winning director who became a top filmmaker in his 30s with the gripping “The French Connection” and the horrifying “The Exorcist” and struggled in the ...

The Oscar winner "never played by the rules, often to my own detriment," he said. By Stephen Galloway William Friedkin, the Oscar winner behind The French Connection and The Exorcist who was one of ...

Reid Goldberg is a features writer for Collider. Having grown up in the Midwest, he attended the University of Wisconsin in Milwaukee. While he's begrudingly accepted that a FIlm Studies degree wasn't ...

He made his name with two of the biggest box-office hits of the 1970s. But despite some later successes, he never regained his early acclaim. By William Grimes William Friedkin, a filmmaker whose ...