The daring film-maker’s 2001 Hollywood-set thriller is as dazzling, and unknowably ambiguous, as everThe greatest films are often the ones that we don’t completely know, that tease the mind with question marks and ambiguities, and leave you circling ba…
The French Connection at 50: one of the greatest New York movies ever
William Friedkin peaked in 1971 with his thrilling crime drama, known for its show-stopping car chase, but elevated by so much moreThe advantage of shooting on location is that fiction films can have the texture of a documentary, preserving forever a s…