The French Connection: The Greatest Car Chase in Film History, According to Critics

Long before high-speed CGI chases became a Hollywood staple, The French Connection proved that practical filmmaking could be ...
Rolling Stone

William Friedkin Did So Much More Than Invent the Horror Blockbuster

It’s not a movie chase scene so much as the movie chase scene: a breakneck race against time between a criminal on an elevated subway and a cop in a commandeered car, careening through the streets of ...
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Did Disney Censor ‘The French Connection’? Film Fans Furious About Missing Racial Slur Scene

Classic film fans are up in arms this week over the apparent censorship of the acclaimed 1971 crime thriller, The French Connection, on digital platforms—including the version of the film currently ...
NPR

William Friedkin, director of 'The Exorcist' and 'The French Connection,' dead at 87

LOS ANGELES — 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 ...
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Gene Hackman's Superpower Was Anger — 'The French Connection' Was His Rageful Masterpiece

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 ...