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 ...

In his real life, retired NYPD Detective Randy Jurgensen busted cop killers, drug dealers and street corner goons — but in his reel life he was the guy who whacked the godfather’s first born. During ...

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 death of Hollywood icon Gene Hackman saddened millions — and a legendary ex-NYPD detective who tutored him in his most famous screen role in “The French Connection” is feeling his loss more than ...

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