De Palma

Director Brian De Palma reveals tales and insights from his career

"...Brian De Palma is one of the great filmmakers of..."

June 24, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Carlito's Way

De Palma's film is anchored by an interesting story, fine performances, and is hoisted by an intoxicating field of vision that also maintains a sharply focused perspective.

"...Directed by: Brian De Palma. Starring: Al Pacino, Sean Penn, Penelope Ann..."

Nov. 12, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Obsessive

AFS Essential Cinema presents the early films of Brian De Palma

"...It's been 40 years since cinematic enfant terrible, postmodern jokester, and aspiring "American Godard" Brian De Palma appeared..."

Jan. 9, 2009 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Mission: Impossible

"...Directed by: Brian De Palma. Starring: Tom Cruise, Jon Voight, Emmanuelle Beart,..."

May 24, 1996 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Carrie

Sin never dies.

"...Grace Moretz, Julianne Moore, Judy Greer, Alex Russell, Gabriella Wilde, Portia Doubleday, Ansel Elgort and Barry Shabaka Henley...."

Oct. 25, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Obsession

"...Directed by: Brian De Palma. Starring: Cliff Robertson, Genevieve Bujold, John Lithgow..."

June 3, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Knife + Heart

Perfect postmodernism among Paris' porn scene in this retro-giallo

"...hurt me,” but it’s also a means of certain death. French writer/director Yann Gonzalez has followed up his dreamy,..."

April 12, 2019 Movie Review by Danielle White

Mission: Impossible III

It's all poppycock, of course, but done with great vim, vigor, and flair.

"...third director to helm this orgiastic action franchise (after Brian De Palma and John Woo), both recognizes that fact..."

May 5, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Tale of Two Sisters

Dread and mystery are the hallmarks of this South Korean psychological thriller.

"...the past 10 years. Let’s face it, the U.S. ideal of self-reflexive horror and action-inflected gore has now grown..."

March 11, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Femme Fatale

A triumph of style over logic, this is still one of the best films from this period of De Palma's career.

"...Directed by: Brian De Palma. Starring: Antonio Banderas, Rebecca Romijn-Stamos, Peter Coyote,..."

Nov. 8, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Mission to Mars

"...Directed by: Brian De Palma. Starring: Jill Teed, Elise Neal, Tim Robbins,..."

March 10, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Black Dahlia

Brian De Palma returns with a new crime thriller drawn from James Ellroy's fictional account of the notorious Los Angeles murder of a would-be Hollywood starlet dubbed the Black Dahlia.

"...Directed by: Brian De Palma. Starring: Josh Hartnett, Scarlett Johansson, Aaron Eckhart,..."

Sept. 22, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Snake Eyes

"...Directed by: Brian De Palma. Starring: Nicolas Cage, Gary Sinise, John Heard,..."

Aug. 7, 1998 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Raising Cain

De Palma once again blatantly borrows from other movies without shame and rubs your nose in every camera trick imaginable, but he also does something of which he's seldom been guilty: He ignores the fundamental principles of suspense.

"...Directed by: Brian De Palma. Starring: John Lithgow, Lolita Davidovich, Steven Bauer,..."

Aug. 14, 1992 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Comedian

De Niro plays an aging insult comic

"...Directed by: Taylor Hackford. Starring: Robert De Niro, Leslie Mann, Edie Falco, Harvey Keitel, Danny DeVito,..."

Feb. 3, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Redacted

Brian De Palma's film brims with spontaneity and fury regarding America's involvement in the war in Iraq. (Ends Monday.)

"...Directed by: Brian De Palma. Starring: Izzy Diaz, Daniel Stewart Sherman, Patrick..."

Jan. 4, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Casualties of War

"...Directed by: Brian De Palma. Starring: Michael J. Fox, Sean Penn, Don..."

Oct. 5, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Untouchables

"...Directed by: Brian De Palma. Starring: Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, Charles Martin..."

July 5, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Summer Sneaks

Apocalypse Whenever: Movies in the Season of Armageddon

"...the nuclear lizard in the ultra effects and thrills department are the dueling meteor movies Deep Impact (whose "killer"..."

May 22, 1998 Screens Feature

'Bacchae' to the Future

How in (a Greek) god's name can the Rude Mechs re-create Dionysus in 69 in '09?

"...to the crowd in the lobby of the B. Iden Payne Theatre last week, Richard Schechner could well have..."

Nov. 27, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Phantom of the Paradise

"...Directed by: Brian de Palma. Starring: Paul Williams, William Finley, Gerrit Graham..."

June 20, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Joachim Trier’s Thelma Is a Riveting Tale of Psychic-Sexual Coming of Age

Love makes the world burn down

"...world premiere during the festival. Later that month, his self-described "existential, supernatural horror film" would take its first U.S...."

Dec. 1, 2017 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

The New Girlfriend

A Frenchwoman discovers the secret hidden by her best friend's husband

"...Directed by: François Ozon. Starring: Romain Duris, Anaïs Demoustier, Raphaël Personnaz, Isild Le Besco, Aurore Clément and Claudine..."

Sept. 25, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Say Hello Again to His Little Friend

Scarface blasts its way back to the big screen

"...what's not to love? But let's face it, it's Brian De Palma's operatic 1983 Scarface that's withstood the test..."

Aug. 26, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

8 MM

"...Carter and Amy Morton. It used to be that Brian De Palma was the one who made folks antsy...."

Feb. 26, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Scanlines

The Muppet Movie

"...the Apes D: J. Lee Thompson, 1973 Roddy McDowall, Claude Akins Phantom of the Paradise D: Brian De Palma,..."

Sept. 18, 1998 Screens Feature

Scanlines

Virtual Graceland

"...which Elvis Presley has been immortalized reached new heights (depths?) with the CD-ROM tour of Virtual Graceland Three little..."

June 6, 1997 Screens Feature

Carrie: Special Edition

Some kind of first for nearly everyone involved, the incredible 'Carrie' is done justice by its incredible DVD extras

"...the immortal Carrie White, the avenging angel of all downtrodden and misunderstood teenagers. You know the story, so we..."

April 1, 2005 Screens Review by Stephen MacMillan Moser

The Wild Goose Lake

Chinese noir stumbles over its own remarkable style

"...most. Chinese writer-director Diao opens the followup his 2015 murder-mystery Black Coal, Thin Ice with a scene that is..."

March 27, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Grand Piano

Elijah Wood and John Cusack play cat and mouse in this concert-stage suspense dazzler.

"...Wood, John Cusack, Kerry Bishé, Alex Winter, Tamsin Egerton, Dee Wallace and Don McManus...."

March 7, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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