The first R-rated movie to win the Oscar for Best Picture, William Friedkin's 1971 crime thriller The French Connection, remains a milestone in movie history. It paved the way for a new era of gritty ...

Film fans are expressing their fury after a scene in The French Connection was censored without explanation. Those watching William Friedkin’s 1971 drama on US streaming platform Criterion Channel ...

Every great city has its signature film, from La Dolce Vita (Rome) to Run Lola Run (Berlin) and Les Enfants du Paradis (Paris). A new movie called The Connection now pays tribute to a city with a less ...

Because in French, they don't need to call it “The French Connection.” The fact-based tale of cops versus smack smugglers in 1970s Marseille may be familiar from a certain celebrated American film, ...