Subject: William Friedkin

• The Chips Are Down

  March 3, 1994

• Angst Among Thieves

  March 13, 1997

• Heart of Darkness: The Dark Knight

  Heath Ledger peers into the void as Christopher Nolan's Batman returns

  July 17, 2008

• Special Delivery

  September 27, 2007

• Bug

  Break out the citronella candle: This creepy thriller gets under the skin

  May 24, 2007

• Get Inside. It's Summertime!

  Your guide to the season's hottest films (and the other ones, too)

  June 14, 2007

• The Stunted

  Friedkin tries -- and fails -- to make a French Connection with The Hunted

  March 20, 2003

• Year of the Woman

  The big-screen dames of cinema 2003 will keep you watching

  January 23, 2003

• Devil Made Him Do It

  William Friedkin restores previously axed scenes in the superfluous director's cut of The Exorcist

  September 21, 2000

• The Boys in the Band

  June 11, 2009

• For Ramadan: Five Movie Muslims

  Ramadan is a time of reflection and prayer for the world's Muslim population. It is meant to teach them patience and self-restraint, and to bring them closer to Allah. We at Hair Balls know little of patience, and have never been good at self-restraint, but we're nothing if not equal-opportunity in our irreverence. So in lieu of fasting and good deeds, here's a list of some of the more memorable Muslim villains from the movies.A Salaam 'Alaykum.Salim Abu Aziz (Art Malik) -- True Lies (1994) "

  August 21, 2009

• Tonight: The Power Of Rocks Off Movie Night Compels You To Come See The Exorcist at The Mink

  ​ Tonight Rocks Off presents the 1973 exorcisploitation flick The Exorcist in all its glory for Rocks Off Movie Night at the Mink. The show starts around 9 p.m. and as always, is free-fifty-free. As part of our October Halloween film series, the film is sure to make you think twice about getting that bowl of split-pea soup the next time you hit up Jason's Deli.

  October 13, 2009