Long before high-speed CGI chases became a Hollywood staple, The French Connection proved that practical filmmaking could be just as thrilling. According to Collider, the film's legendary pursuit ...

William Friedkin's 1971 action thriller features a famous chase scene that has gone down as one of the best in cinema, but filming the scene was quite risky. Friedkin's The French Connection opened to ...

About 28 years ago, producer Phil D'Antoni told me the story of The French Connection. It was then a book he had just optioned, based on the true story of an important narcotics investigation that ...

Zach Laws is a longtime entertainment journalist and movie features writer. He is also an independent filmmaker and member of the Screen Actors Guild based out of Los Angeles. Zach grew up watching ...

What’s the greatest chase scene in American movies? One could easily make a convincing argument for the lengthy action sequence that anchors Buster Keaton’s “The General,” or for the kinetic urban set ...

The film's cinematographer breaks down the filming of the chaotic subway ride that was "too much" for Spike Lee.

Long before high-speed CGI chases became a Hollywood staple, The French Connection proved that practical filmmaking could be just as thrilling. More than 50 years after its release, the Oscar-winning ...