William Friedkin

2012 Film Critics' Poll

The critics' picks from best film to best performers

Killer Joe's William Friedkin on what's wrong with Hollywood

Studio films "just aren't for me—comic book characters, video games, idiotic rom-coms," the director says.

Summer movie preview

A look ahead at the season's hottest films

Batman returns in disturbing but dazzling blockbuster

Heath Ledger's final role is as foil to the Dark Knight

William Friedkin's 'Bug' Gets Under the Skin

The director of 'The Exorcist' can still deliver the creeps, even on a budget

Hiroshima, Mon Ammo

The smoking gun is a mushroom cloud in Fukasaku's 'Yakuza'

What a Feeling

An Oak Street retrospective pulls us back to the flashy days of Eighties cinema

It's Giuliani Time

The new Shaft signs on to do the mayor's dirty work

Freeze Frame

Forget Fargo and A Simple Plan: A quarter-century ago, The Heartbreak Kid had Minnesota down cold

Mincing Words