Owen Roizman

Rats In the Attic: William Friedkin’s ‘The Exorcist’

  By Tim Pelan   Forty-five years after its powerful debut, and with all the attendant publicity, analysis and second-hand…

3 years ago

Sic Transit Garber’s Subway: ‘The Taking of Pelham One Two Three’

    By Tim Pelan   Only the amazing reaction that that picture has gotten, because at the time I…

4 years ago

‘Network’: Sidney Lumet and Paddy Chayefsky’s Gruesome Prophecy Turned Reality

  By Koraljka Suton   Once it opened, everybody kept saying, ‘Oh, what a brilliant satire.’ But Paddy and I…

4 years ago

Sidney Lumet and Paddy Chayevsky’s ‘Network’: The Grim Prophecy that Was Once Just Brilliant Satire

  By Sven Mikulec What excited the general public and outraged horrified television moguls as a razor-sharp satire in 1976,…

7 years ago

William Friedkin’s ‘The Exorcist’: The Most Terrifying Film We Ever Laid Eyes On

It's difficult to think of a horror film that caused so much controversy and polarized the audience to this degree…

8 years ago

William Friedkin’s ‘The French Connection’: The Seventies’ Peak of Cinematic Excitement

  By Sven Mikulec One of the first things that come to mind when The French Connection is discussed is…

9 years ago