William Friedkin

My First R-rated Movie or... How I Became the James Bond of Covert Forbidden Film Viewing

Alex Simon | Posted 02.29.2012

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Alex Simon

For those of us who grew up in the suburbs in the pre-home video, pre-Internet and pre-cable TV 1970s and early '80s, there were few dangerous pleasures as heady as sneaking into an R-rated movie at the local multiplex.

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Live from Toronto Film Festival: Wednesday 9.14.11

Marshall Fine | Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: Rupert Everett, Rob Corddry, Jonathan Pryce, Woody Harrelson, Juno Temple, Toronto International Film Festival, Movies, Thomas Haden Church, The Messenger, Matthew McConaughey, William Friedkin, Robin Wright, Jennifer Garner, Killer Joe, Hysteria, World?S Greatest Dad, Marshall Fine Commentary, Ty Burrell, Anne Heche, Cynthia Nixon, Hugh Dancy, August Osage County, Butter, Alicia Silverstone, Joel Murray, Ned Beatty, Oren Moverman, God Bless America, Sleeping Dogs Lie, Bug, Oscar, Bobcat Goldthwait, Ice Cube, Marshall Fine Blog, Gina Gershon, Sigourney Weaver, Marshall Fine, Michele Bachmann, Emile Hirsch, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Tracy Letts, American Idol, Rampart, Entertainment News
Marshall Fine

Given the size of the Toronto Film Festival and the goals I have when I'm here (primarily to see movies that will be released so I can bank reviews fo...

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Matthew McConaughey Is The Standout in 79-Year-Old 'Exorcist' Director's 'Tarantinoesque' Comeback

The Huffington Post | Mallika Rao | Posted 11.08.2011

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Today in Venice Fest roundups: "Killer Joe," a Texas-set, New Orleans-shot black comedy starring Emile Hirsch, Thomas Haden Church, Gina Gershon and t...

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Gay Icons and American Dreams in New Documentary: Making the Boys

Penelope Andrew | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Natalie Wood, Michael Cunninghan, William Friedkin, Edward Albee, Terrence McNally, Mart Crowley, Paul Rudnick, Robert Wagner, Stonewall Riots, Judy Garland, Crayton Robey, Dominick Dunne, Peter White, Laurence Luckinbill, Bette Davis, Lauren Bacall, Roddy McDowall, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Marlene Dietrich, Tony Kushner, Entertainment News
Penelope Andrew

Crayton Robey's ambitious new documentary Making the Boys, about The Boys in the Band, chronicles the life, times and resonance of a cultural phenomenon.

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HuffPost Review: Making 'The Boys'

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

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Marshall Fine

Crayton Robey's documentary Making 'The Boys' chronicles changes in both gay culture and its acceptance by mainstream America, reminding us that 40 years ago, gays and lesbians had fewer civil rights than black people or women.

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Making Gay History -- Again

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Crayton Robey Interview, Twentieth Century-Fox, Mart Crowley Interview, Including Edward Albee, When Ocean Meets Sky, Bette Davis, Darryl F. Zanuck, Fire Island, Robert Wagner, Stonewall, Marshall Fine Interview, Marshall Fine, Natalie Wood, Gay Rights, William Friedkin, Tony Kushner, Terrence McNally, The Boys in the Band, Paul Rudnick, Larry Kramer, Making the Boys, Entertainment News
Marshall Fine

Making 'The Boys' blends several storylines, including the history of Mart Crowley's ground-breaking 1969 play The Boys in the Band, and the rise of the gay-rights movement in its wake.

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Your Weekend To-Do List: Dickens, Antiques, And Pie

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Polaroid, I Heart Pies, William Friedkin, James M. Cain, Slidepollajax, Torrance Antique Street Fair, Art Weekend La, Flavorpill, La Around Town, Riverside Dickens Festival, On the Bowery, Eagle Rock Brewery, LA Events, Franklin Canyon Park, Los Angeles News

Have yourself a quaint little weekend with a stint at the Charles Dickens festival in Riverside, some shopping at Torrance's antique fair, and a bite ...

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A Quiet Little Thriller

William Friedkin | Posted 05.25.2011

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William Friedkin

It has now been 27 years since Exorcist author William Blatty published a new novel, so as the director of the film derived from that novel, I chose to interview him about it.

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Michael Shannon Channels Kim Fowley in Runaways

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

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Marshall Fine

The Los Angeles punk music scene is at the center of The Runaways, which opened in limited release on March 19 and goes wider in a couple of weeks.

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"Inconvenient Truth" Opera's Director Quits

Variety | Posted 05.25.2011

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William Friedkin has inconveniently pulled out of directing "An Inconvenient Truth" at Milan's La Scala opera house. Friedkin cited "irreconcilable c...

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Inboxes in South Filled With Warnings About Aliens, Commies and Schizophrenia

Linda Hansen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Al Gore, Joe the Plumber, John McCain, Religion and Politics, Southern Politics, Sarah Palin, GOP Dirty Tricks, Offthebus, Bill and Hillary Clinton, Howard Dean, Howard Rich, Illegal Aliens, New Mexico, Hate Mail, John Kerry, William Friedkin, Nancy Pelosi, Roswell, Campaign 2008, Americans for Limited Government, Barack Obama, Home News
Linda Hansen

It's getting crazy down here in Dixie. When we're not talking to ourselves, we're talking to everybody else -- whether they want to listen or not. Yada-yada-Muslim, yada-yada-antichrist, yada-yada-doesn't-want-America-to-win, yada-yada-he's-a-commie-socialist!

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Right-Wing Intimidation Hits Home

William Friedkin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Howard Rich, Americans for Limited Government, Howie Rich, William Friedkin, Politics News
William Friedkin

I recently received a "Time Sensitive" letter from Howard Rich, a wealthy right-wing donor, that was laced with threats, false accusations, and un-American attempts to suppress speech. Here is my response.

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The Lords of The Fly

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Puccini, Carmen, John Gardner, Woody Allen, Ruxandra Donose, Theatre Du Chatelet, John Goldenthal, Across the Universe, The Fly, Nicholas & Alexandra, Howard Shore, Vincent Price, Beowulf, Deborah Drattell, William Friedkin, The Fly II, Jeff Goldblum, Madame Butterfly, Dante Ferretti, Batman Forever, George Langelaan, The Lion King, Ann Bogart, The Magic Flute, Return of the Fly, Lost in Space, Michael Collins, Opera, The Phantom of the Opera, Verdi, Playboy, Placido Domingo, David Cronenberg, Mozart, David Henry Hwang, La Boehme, Il Trittico, Beethoven, Julie Tamor, Daniel Okulitch, Heat, Geena Davis, Dorothy Chandler Pavillion, The Lord of the Rings, Grendel, Berlioz, Los Angeles Opera, Frida, Aida, Rasputin, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

The production contained some pre-requisites for the medium -- a tragic storyline that centered around love, sex and three principles, making it a theoretical candidate for an operatic treatment.

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Culture Zohn: Be Afraid, Be Very, Very Afraid!

Patricia Zohn | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Puccini, William Friedkin, Woody Allen, LA Opera, Placido Domingo, Jeff Goldblum, The Fly, Geena Davis, Met Opera, David Cronenberg, Movies, Howard Shore, Entertainment News
Patricia Zohn

2008-09-05-20080905BrundleVeronica3_pull.jpg David Cronenberg and Oscar-winning composer Howard Shore have gotten together to reconceive The Fly for the LA Opera.

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