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Ángel Gómez Attached to ‘The Pope’s Exorcist’ Movie — Film News in Brief

Oct 27, 2020

Monday, Oct. 26 Father Amorth Exorcism Movie Moving AheadSpanish director Ángel Gómez (“Voices”) has been attached to Screen Gems’ project “The Pope’s Exorcist,” based on Father Gabriele Amorth, the lItalian priest who performed over 100,000 exorcisms for the Vatican.Chester Hastings and R. Dean McCreary wrote the screenplay. Michael Patrick Kaczmarek, Jeff Katz of Worldwide Katz…

Streaming: the best of William Friedkin

Aug 15, 2020

A new-to-streaming documentary about the Exorcist director prompts a look through his fascinating back catalogueFor a director who hasn’t made a major film in nearly a decade, William Friedkin is undergoing something of a surprising revival. The 84-year-old American director’s up-and-down career has enjoyed a collective critical appraisal in recent years, while he has been…

45 Years After the ‘The Exorcist,’ William Friedkin Still Doesn’t Know Whether He Believes in Possession

Oct 25, 2018

Want to feel old? The above picture is what the girl from “The Exorcist” looks like today. (Kidding.) William Friedkin’s classic — recently named the fourth-best horror movie of all time by IndieWire — celebrates its 45th anniversary this year, and as part of the festivities, the director and his leading lady Ellen Burstyn recently…

Ayt Documentary Special: Discussing ‘Wild Wild Country’, ‘Garry Shandling’ & ‘The Devil And Father Amorth’ [Adjust Your Tracking Podcast]

Apr 28, 2018

Rule #1 if you’re choosing to tell a story: choose the appropriate medium, the one that tells your story the best…On this episode of Adjust Your Tracking, Joe and I get lost and attempt to find ourselves in the cult of nonfiction filmmaking. We find rewards, new meaning in our lives, but that’s before things…

William Friedkin Calls Film Critics “Schmucks” And Refuses To Discuss Harvey Weinstein

Apr 24, 2018

Recently, we were happy to share a clip of legendary filmmaker William Friedkin talking to director Nicolas Winding Refn. In the clip, it’s obvious that Friedkin suffers no fools and is not interested in wasting his time with idle chatter. So, when you see that he was brutally honest and open in a recent interview…

A Brief History of Movies So Unsettling They Caused People to Faint, Vomit, or Even Die

Apr 21, 2018

Among the many differences between William Friedkin’s newest film and his most famous, one is considerably more visceral than the rest: “The Devil and Father Amorth” probably won’t make anybody faint and/or vomit. The Academy Award–winning director has revisited “The Exorcist” 45 years later with a documentary about an actual priest who performs actual exorcisms,…

‘The Devil And Father Amorth’ Continues William Friedkin’s Obsession With Evil [Review]