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 ...

It’s not the first time someone has tried to squeeze another ... for reasons the author considers in the book’s more historical and analytic pages. Putting The Exorcist in the social context of an ...

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”?