The latest adaptation of the famed courtroom drama The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial arrives under the cloud of a double sadness, for the dual losses of co-star Lance Reddick and director William Friedkin, both of whom passed away in the time between the film’s completion and its premiere on the Showtime cable network. In the case… Read More The Final Friedkin | The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (2023) on Showtime
Once at the top of Hollywood’s A-List, by the mid-1990s director William Friedkin hadn’t made a solid box office hit in over two decades. In desperate need of (in the terms of his favorite sport) an easy lay-up, the former Oscar winner was reduced to banging out a Basic Instinct knockoff that frankly seemed beneath… Read More Money, Sex and Power | Jade (1995)
William Friedkin, who passed away last week at age 87, was a provocateur who enjoyed nothing more than to make movies that would push people’s buttons. In that regard, perhaps no project of his was more challenging than Cruising. The subject of intense criticism and controversy in its day, the film is still a hard… Read More One Day This Whole City’s Gonna Explode | Cruising (1980) Blu-ray
With recent news that Disney, as current owner of the 20th Century Fox library, has censored Best Picture Oscar-winning police drama The French Connection across all streaming and TV broadcast outlets, fans and collectors have run to buy up uncensored physical media copies of the film wherever they can find them. Doing so will encounter… Read More A Public Advisory Regarding The French Connection (1971) on Blu-ray
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