Roy Scheider

“No One Is Just Anything”: In William Friedkin’s ‘Sorcerer’, Four Reduced Men Must Gamble with Life to Give It Value

Sorcerer original motion picture soundtrack cover art by Tony Stella, https://www.tony-stella.com/   By Tim Pelan   The film became an…

4 years ago

‘Jaws’: The Groundbreaking Summer Blockbuster that Changed Hollywood, and Our Summer Vacations, Forever

  By Sven Mikulec   It seems unbelievable, but it's been 46 years since Steven Spielberg's Jaws premiered in cinemas…

7 years ago

William Friedkin’s ‘Sorcerer’: Cautionary Tales Have Rarely Taken Such an Amazing Artistic Form

I'm very happy when films I've made are still recognized by whomever decades after they were made, but for most…

8 years ago

Philip D’Antoni’s ‘The Seven-Ups’: An Adrenaline-Packed, Violent Thriller That Gained Cult Following

Even though William Friedkin's celebrated adrenaline-ridden thriller The French Connection had its legitimate sequel in 1975, many consider The Seven-Ups…

8 years ago