CHICAGO – In 1963, Judy Garland had a CBS-TV variety series, and in December there was a Christmas episode featuring her kids … including Liza Minnelli. Playwright Desiree Burcum and the comedy troupe FAMOUS IN THE FUTURE have created (click link) ”A Judy Christmas” as a stage play.
The French Connection
Film News: DAY SIX of 54th Chicago International Film Festival Discovers ‘Friedkin Uncut’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on October 14, 2018 - 8:51pm- Blythe Danner
- Chicago International Film Festival
- Elizabeth Chomko
- Film News
- Friedkin Uncut
- Gala Presentations
- Hilary Swank
- HollywoodChicago.com Content
- International Competition
- Michael Kutza
- Michael Shannon
- New Directors
- Patrick McDonald
- Robert Forster
- The Exorcist
- The French Connection
- Wanted Cinema
- What They Had
- William Friedkin
CHICAGO – DAY SIX of the 54th Chicago International Film Festival (CIFF) on Monday, October 15th, 2018, features a tribute to the Chicago-born director William Friedkin (“The Exorcist,” “The French Connection”), two made-in-Chicago films and four films vying in the International Competition.
Blu-Ray Review: ‘The French Connection’ Loses None of Its Power, But Video Disappoints
Submitted by BrianTT on February 25, 2009 - 12:50pm Blu-Ray Rating: 3.0/5.0 |
CHICAGO – “The French Connection” is one of those rare movies that’s always better than I remember it to be. Not that I think poorly of William Friedkin’s masterful procedural, a multiple Oscar winner and game-changer in the world of detective cinema, but that it’s a film that blows me away every time see it. So why did William Friedkin have to mess with the picture?
