Brian De Palma Made Fun Of The Force After The First Screening Of 'Star Wars'
What was Brian De Palma's Star Wars reaction after the very first screening of the unfinished film? He was caught up on the Force.
Read More
The Daily Stream: 'Blow Out' Is A Fourth Of July Movie That Builds To An Unforgettable Ending
(Welcome to The Daily Stream, an ongoing series in which the /Film team shares what they've been watching, why it's worth checking out, and where you can stream it.) The Movie: Blow Out Where You Can Stream It: The Criterion Channel The Pitch: John Travolta plays a movie sound effects designer who takes a microphone out…
Read More
'Mission: Impossible 2' Tried, And Failed, To Turn Tom Cruise Into An American James Bond
With its second entry, Tom Cruise's signature franchise tried to turn him into a suave American 007. It didn't work. This is Mission Impossible 2 revisited.
Read More
Brian De Palma Wrote A Novel That Sounds Exactly Like A Brian De Palma Film
Brian De Palma has a novel hitting bookshelves in 2020, and it sounds exactly like one of his movies.
Read More
'Domino' Trailer: Brian De Palma's Delayed Thriller Is Finally Being Released
Watch the trailer for Domino, the Brian De Palma thriller that the filmmaker seemed a bit unhappy about in the past.
Read More
Road To 'Fallout': How 'Mission: Impossible' Became The Best Modern Action Franchise
Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is read our retrospective of the Mission: Impossible franchise.
Read More
Brian De Palma Is Writing A Horror Movie That Features A Harvey Weinstein-Inspired Character. Says 'Domino' May Never Be Released
Are we about to see a Brian De Palma Harvey Weinstein movie? The director of Carrie and Scarface says he's writing a new horror film with a character that's inspired by the infamous producer.
Read More
'Scarface' Returns To Theaters For 35th Anniversary Celebration
A Scarface re-release has been set for the film's 35h anniversary. The screenings will also include the recent Tribeca talk featuring De Palma and the cast.
Read More
Chris Evangelista's Favorite Movies Of All Time
Here are Chris Evangelista's favorite movies of all time, including films by Spielberg, Scorsese, two different Coppolas, Kubrick, De Palma and more.
Read More
Brian De Palma Will Direct Christina Hendricks In 'Domino'
Nikolaj Coster Waldau (Game of Thrones) and Christina Hendricks (Mad Men) will star in the next Brian De Palma movie, Domino, which shoots this summer.
Read More
See How Directors Use Slow Motion In Different Ways On Film [Video Essay]
A new video essay examines how slow motion in movies can be used effectively as a tool of storytelling in a variety of ways by different directors.
Read More
Director Brian De Palma Will Expose 'The Truth And Other Lies'
Since directing 2012's Passion, Brian De Palma has lined up a few projects for himself, including a potential The Truth and Other Lies adaptation.
Read More
Brian De Palma's Next Film Is Chinese Thriller 'Lights Out'
Brian De Palma directing Lights Out will make for another thriller from the director. Written by Lamont Magee and Jeff W. Byrd, the film is set in China.
Read More
See An Early Draft Of The Original 'Star Wars' Opening Crawl
The opening crawl from Star Wars is familiar to most of our readers by now -- even the people who don't know it by heart would recognize the text immediately.
Read More
Brian De Palma And Al Pacino Reteam For 'Retribution'
The director and star of Scarface and Carlito's Way, Brian De Palma and Al Pacino, are teaming up again. Read more about Al Pacino Retribution here.
Read More
'Passion' Trailer: Rachel McAdams And Noomi Rapace Twisted In Violent, Sexual Mind Games
Brian De Palma returns with Passion, starring Rachel McAdams and Noomi Rapace as a successful exec and a new junior player, who become embroiled in sex and violence as corporate power games lead to intense personal manipulation. In reality, Passion has been kicking around for a while, as it started doing festival rounds last year. Response…
Read More
Brian De Palma And Al Pacino To Reunite For Joe Paterno Biopic 'Happy Valley'
Twenty years after Carlito's Way and thirty years after Scarface, Brian De Palma and Al Pacino are reuniting to tell the tale of a very complicated man. The pair have just signed on for Happy Valley, a drama about late, disgraced Penn State coach Joe Paterno. Dave McKenna (American History X) is nearing a deal…
Read More
'Passion' Trailer: Noomi Rapace And Rachel McAdams Get Kinky For Brian De Palma
After an uneven decade that included Redacted and The Black Dahlia, Brian De Palma is heading into the 2010s with this fall's Passion. A remake of Alain Corneau's Crime d'amour, the erotic thriller centers around a ruthless corporate executive named Christine (Rachel McAdams) and her bright but timid assistant Isabel (Noomi Rapace). Christine delights in manipulating…
Read More
The Best Movies With Ancient Greek Titles You Probably Haven't Seen
Draw a Venn diagram of film that has both mass appeal and is of interest to movie website editors and, dead center, you'll have Prometheus. Never in my sixty-eight years of writing professionally online have I banged out so much copy about one title. There is absolutely nothing left to scrutinize - that is, until,…
Read More
The Best 'New Hollywood' Movies You Probably Haven't Seen
I like the fact that the band is still called Sonic Youth, even though they're all in their 50s. Similarly, there's the term New Hollywood, which represents a very specific time in which the studio bosses gave free reign to independent-minded, radical filmmakers looking to push the artistic boundaries of film. It is a cinema…
Read More
Photos: 'Dredd', 'Passion', 'Now You See Me', 'Les Misérables', 'Beautiful Creatures'
We have quite a mixed bag of new images for you today, covering everything from supernatural teen romance to comic book adaptation. After the jump, get a look at the sci-fi not-quite-remake Dredd, the YA adaptation Beautiful Creatures, Tom Hooper's star-studded Les Misérables, Louis Leterrier's magician heist flick Now You See Me, and Brian De…
Read More
Brian De Palma Adds Dominic Cooper And Karoline Herfurth To 'Passion'
Briefly: Brian De Palma is nearly set to roll on Passion, his remake of Alain Corneau's thriller Love Crime, with Rachel McAdams and Noomi Rapace in the lead roles. The film watches as a young businesswoman turns murderess when her boss and mentor steals one of her ideas. Now Dominic Cooper (The Escapist, An Education,…
Read More
Brian De Palma And Jason Statham To Remake Burt Reynolds Thriller 'Heat'
Brian De Palma has been actively looking for new film projects, and it looks like he will shoot the film Passion in the next few months. But he's also setting up something to do later this year: if things work out, a deal in the works at the Berlin Film Festival will see the director…
Read More
Rachel McAdams And Noomi Rapace To Star In Brian De Palma's 'Passion'
It's a good time to get a little bit of Brian De Palma news out there. With Mission: Impossible talk flying left and right, some people are giving De Palma's '96 franchise kickstart another look and realizing "hey, this ain't half bad." Granted, of the five movies he's made since that film, only one (Femme…
Read More
Brian De Palma To Direct Thriller 'The Key Man'
The last decade hasn't been the most popular one for Brian De Palma, at least in a commerical sense. I do love his 2003 movie Femme Fatale a whole hell of a lot, but can't really get behind the James Ellroy adaptation The Black Dahlia, and feel like the minor Iraq War film Redacted might…
Read More
$999.99 'Scarface' Limited Edition Blu-Ray To Drop September 6
Sure, you might think you love Scarface. But do you really love Scarface? Like, say, to the tune of $999.99? That impressive figure is what it'll cost you to get the limited-edition Blu-ray of the gangster classic, dropping Sept. 6, and it's quite a jump from the $19.98 "Widescreen Two-Disc Anniversary Edition" DVD that's currently…
Read More
Brian De Palma To Direct 'Passion,' A Remake Of A French Thriller
Brian De Palma has made only a few features in the last ten years: the psycho-sexual thriller Femme Fatale (which I'll defend until death), a shaky adaptation of James Ellroy's novel The Black Dahlia, and the intriguing but not so successful Iraq war film Redacted. He's had a couple other directorial prospects, but now he…
Read More