The French Connection Archives

25 Essential Films About Corrupt Cops & Police Brutality

June 25, 2020 2:26 pm

Months before the 2016 presidential election, Alternet writer Adam Johnson used the term “copraganda” to describe any media story that “that uncritically advances a police department's image or helps undermine...

The 35 Best Movie Car Chases

Jessica Kiang

April 10, 2017 4:04 pm

Features, News

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I don't like movie car chases. This makes me either the worst or the best person to be compiling this "Fate of the Furious"-inspired list (our nitrous-drunk review is here). I chalk it up to two things: first, ...

Listen: William Friedkin Talks ‘French Connection,’ ‘Sorcerer,’ ‘The Exorcist’ & More In Epic 2.5 Hour ‘WTF’ Podcast Interview

Rodrigo Perez

February 26, 2016 4:13 pm

News

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Listen: William Friedkin Talks ‘French Connection,’ ‘Sorcerer,’ ‘The Exorcist’ & More In Epic 2.5 Hour 'WTF' Podcast Interview

William Friedkin Defends Poor Blu-Ray Transfer Of ‘The French Connection’

Rodrigo Perez

March 3, 2009 7:47 pm

News

We can't really do this justice, so we're going to just post most of it, but the quick back story: Director William Friedkin recently butchered the look of "The French Connection" on DVD. Everyone pretty much a...

‘French Connection’ Photographer Haaaates The New Blu-Ray DVD

Rodrigo Perez

February 25, 2009 8:23 pm

News

"Atrocious," "emasculated" and "horrifying." He said that he "wasn't consulted" by Friedkin and he "certainly wants to wash my hands of having had anything to do with ." -- "The French Connection" cinematograp...

This Week In DVD’s- Horror Fans, Vehicular Aficionados Find Heaven

Gabe Toro

February 24, 2009 7:15 pm

News

Got a horror itch this week? DVD is inexplicably stepping up to the plate, providing a couple of lost classics for the true genre fan. Dario Argento's “Four Flies On Grey Velvet,” the Ennio Morricone-scored t...

Roy Scheider : 1932-2008

Rodrigo Perez

February 11, 2008 2:53 pm

News

Roy Scheider, a leading player in the 1970s American film renaissance, died of complications from a staph infection at the age of 75 on Sunday afternoon. Scheider had suffered from multiple myeloma, a cancer of...

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