Something to watch tonight: Tuesday 8 August

The French Connection is streaming on Disney+

William Friedkin passed away yesterday at the age of 87.

Best known for The Exorcist and The French Connection (for which he won the Academy Award for Best Director) his career actually went back to the early 60s as a documentarian and his last film, a remake of the The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial starring Kiefer Sutherland, won’t be seen until it premier…