Movies: William Friedkin

A documentary about men who are courageous enough to risk their lives undertaking challenges, sports-related and not, that are at the limit of human capabilities....

An overview of the making of, and a look at the continuing popularity of, Stanley Kubrick's The Shining....

A documentary on the production of The French Connection (1971)....

A documentary film detailing the hunt for the holy grail of cinema: the legendary lost director's cut of Orson Welles' The Magnificent Ambersons....

A tribute of Howard Hawks by the British Film Institute....

Behind the scenes of The Hunted....

Horror documentary with interviews to William Friedkin, Stan Winston, John McNaughton, Tom Holland and Ridley Scott....

The magic and creation behind the making of William Friedkin's classic action film To Live and Die in L.A. (1985). It follows cast, crew and the director several years after the film sharing their experiences while working on the project, also includ...

An impassioned plea for the release of a young man sentenced to die in an Illinois prison....

The Counter Assault Tactical (C.A.T.) Squad investigates a spy who is supplying plutonium to the Sjambok, a racist South African paramilitary group that is working on a nuclear bomb. The American government, too, is investigating Sjambok, using the t...

A documentary featuring film historians, directors and authors discussing the making of Billy Wilder's "Double Indemnity."...

A discussion of "North by Northwest" and its influence....

Algren will spotlight the hard-knock life and authentic creative legacy of one of the most underrated writers of the twentieth century, Nelson Algren. Algren's brutally honest portrayal of the American underclass and his hard-nosed lifestyle became h...

In this documentary, we follow Stanley Kubrick as he creates one of the most controversial films of all time, one that retains its power to shock audiences, even after 35 years. At the time of its release, A Clockwork Orange created a firestorm of co...

Behind the scenes of The Hunted....

Before Prop 8, Milk or Will & Grace, before the AIDS epidemic, gay pride parades or the Stonewall uprising, "The Boys in the Band" changed everything. "Making the Boys" explores the drama, struggle and enduring legacy of the first-ever gay play and s...

William Friedkin and Nicolas Winding Refn discuss the production and the reception of Friedkin's movie 'Sorcerer'...

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2010 documentary on William Friedkin's 1973 horror classic, featuring the never before seen on set footage of cinematographer Owen Roizman....

An nnterview with director William Friedkin about The Guardian (1990)...