Film fans are expressing their fury after a scene in The French Connection was censored without explanation. Those watching William Friedkin’s 1971 drama on US streaming platform Criterion Channel ...

Early 1970s: Marseille on the picturesque Provence coast, a gritty city with charm. New York, a sea of buildings and even more grit. The drug trade is booming. Cops Buddy Russo (Roy Scheider) and ...

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 ...

Oscar-winning director William Friedkin, legendary filmmaker behind the 1971 crime thriller The French Connection, and 1973’s The Exorcist, among many others, died Monday in Los Angeles at the age of ...