When The Exorcist, based on the best-selling book by William Peter Blatty ... a shocking 10 Academy Award nominations, becoming the first horror film ever nominated for Best Picture.

The first installment, also called “The Exorcist,” opens this year ... Lili” — Blatty decided it was time to turn to books. Years before, while a student at Georgetown, he read a newspaper ...

I was present for the first runs ... to see “The Exorcist” would have to bring body and soul, and I wasn’t sure I had enough of either. “What if I just read the book?” ...

Nat Segaloff: Most of us had read the book, as I had ... but think there are two main ways to interpret The Exorcist. The first is as a straightforward murder mystery, because you’re trying ...

Marlena Williams’ new book “Night Mother” is ... what is “The Exorcist” about, and what drew you to the movie in the first place? What made you an expert on “The Exorcist”?