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Watch: 2 Episodes Of 'Scene By Scene' By Mark Cousins Featuring Brian De Palma & Bernardo Bertolucci

  • By Charlie Schmidlin
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  • June 17, 2013 10:42 AM
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News
In terms of the conflict between content and presentation, director and critic Mark Cousins is a singular case. Exampled most in his 15-hour documentary epic, “The Story of Film,” Cousins explores ideas surrounding film and its players with a personal, insightful ability, but also carries a lilting accented brogue (featured prominently) that is either irksome or accepted. However, his interviews are always topnotch, and that trend continues today with archival talks with two cinematic giants.
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More: Mark Cousins, Brian De Palma, Bernardo Bertolucci

Yes Please: Daft Punk Have Met With Brian De Palma For Some Mystery Project

  • By Drew Taylor
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  • May 14, 2013 1:44 PM
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  • 4 Comments
News
Next week sees the release of "Random Access Memories," the jaw-dropping new album by French electro robots Daft Punk. The album is a sprawling, visionary, singularly weird affair, elegantly toggling between at least a half dozen genres and styles, with live instrumentation that simultaneously suggests music's distant past while boldly pushing it forward. It's one of those timeless, album-with-a-capital-a albums, and in the lead-up to the release, the reclusive Frenchmen, who appear in public as glittery androids, have been granting some rare interviews. In one of these interviews, the pair suggest that they might be collaborating with one of their biggest heroes – director Brian De Palma.
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More: Daft Punk, Paul Williams, Brian De Palma

Al Pacino & Brian De Palma Reteam For Joe Paterno Story 'Happy Valley'

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • January 16, 2013 6:05 PM
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  • 2 Comments
News
Al Pacino has had a thing for playing real life figures lately. He earned critical acclaim for playing Jack Kevorkian in HBO's "You Don't Know Jack," he returned to the network for the upcoming and still untitled Phil Spector movie directed by David Mamet, and now he's taking on another big name, and reuniting with an old friend in the process.
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More: Al Pacino, Brian De Palma, Happy Valley

NYFF: Brian DePalma & Noah Baumbach Discuss Friendship, Fraternity & Filmmaking In A Career-Spanning Conversation

  • By Cory Everett
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  • October 10, 2012 10:02 AM
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News
At first glance, the idea of pairing filmmakers Noah Baumbach and Brian De Palma together for an onstage conversation doesn’t seem to make any sense at all. After all, what would the filmmaker behind intimate character pieces like “The Squid & The Whale” and “Greenberg” have to say to the master stylist responsible for “Scarface” and “Carrie,” whose career has been built on swooning, impossible camera moves and nail-biting suspense? This idea only appears unconventional until you see Baumbach (accompanied by girlfriend/actress Greta Gerwig) at two showings of DePalma’s latest, “Passion,” which is now screening at the New York Film Festival. As it turns out, the filmmakers are friends and mutual admirers, and organizers have been trying to coordinate an onstage pairing for years.
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More: New York Film Festival, Brian De Palma, Noah Baumbach

Venice Review: 'Passion' Has Flashes Of Classic Brian De Palma, But Often Feels Lackluster

  • By Jamie Dunn
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  • September 7, 2012 2:40 PM
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  • 15 Comments
Reviews
Like the waves that lap the beach by the Palazzo del Cinema in Venice, Brian De Palma is reassuringly steadfast. Over the years his Movie Brat brethren Scorsese and Spielberg have adapted their respective styles to align with evolving audience tastes and advancing technology, embracing 3D and motion capture with their most recent works. Meanwhile, Terrence Malick, the other New Hollywood veteran competing for this year’s Golden Lion, experiments in increasingly radical filmmaking syntax with each passing movie. But De Palma is dogged: he continues to explore themes and techniques that have obsessed him since his ‘70s/’80s salad days of “Carrie” and “Body Double."
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More: Venice Film Festival, Review, Passion, Brian De Palma, Noomi Rapace, Rachel McAdams

Watch: Rachel McAdams & Noomi Rapace Get Kinky & Creepy In Trailer For Brian De Palma's 'Passion'

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • August 23, 2012 11:34 AM
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  • 15 Comments
News
Depending on which side of the fence you're on, Brian De Palma hasn't made a good movie since the '90s, or he hasn't lost his touch. For everyone who dislikes a certain film, particularly recent pictures like "Femme Fatale" or "The Black Dahlia," there are just as many ready to find the merit and pleasures in the work. And judging by the first trailer for "Passion," that will probably be the case here.
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More: Passion, Film Trailers, Noomi Rapace, Rachel McAdams, Brian De Palma

New Photos: Brian De Palma's 'Passion' & Harmony Korine's 'Spring Breakers'

  • By Oliver Lyttelton
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  • August 14, 2012 12:08 PM
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News
The last major additions to this year's Toronto International Film Festival have been unveiled, and unsurprisingly, along with the new world premieres, there's several films from the Venice line-up, which kicks off the week before. Along with the already announced "The Master" and "To The Wonder," Torontoites will also get to see Brian DePalma's "Passion" and Harmony Korine's "Spring Breakers," both of which are set to bow on the Lido the week before.
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More: Passion, Spring Breakers, Harmony Korine, Brian De Palma, Rachel McAdams, Noomi Rapace, James Franco

10 Films To Check Out In Amazon's New 'Never Before On DVD' Section

  • By Cain Rodriguez
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  • May 27, 2012 10:15 AM
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News
Taking a page from the successful programs that Warner Bros. and other studios have launched, Amazon has unveiled their “Never Before on DVD” store, which will make DVD copies of films and television shows that have not yet made the leap to home video.
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More: Amazon Studios, Hal Ashby, Robert Altman, Brian De Palma, Paul Schrader, The Search

Lingerie, Masks & More Rachel McAdams & Noomi Rapace In New Pics & Poster From 'Passion'

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • May 15, 2012 11:30 AM
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News
Is it getting hot in here? If the first hot and bothered image from Brian De Palma's "Passion" starring Rachel McAdams and Noomi Rapace got your temperature rising, then these next images and new sales poster for the film may have you reaching for a cool drink.
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More: Passion, Rachel McAdams, Noomi Rapace, Brian De Palma

In Memory Of William Finley (1942-2012), 5 Things You Might Not Know About 'Phantom Of The Paradise'

  • By Oliver Lyttelton
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  • April 16, 2012 11:05 AM
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  • 11 Comments
Features
Sad news came in over the weekend, as it was announced yesterday that actor William Finley, best known for his work with Brian De Palma, had passed away on Saturdayat the age of 69. The actor was a long-time friend of De Palma, having appeared in his early films "Woton's Wake," "Murder a la Mod" and "The Wedding Party," before turning heads as Emil Breton, the husband of Margot Kidder's character, in the director's breakout picture "Sisters."
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More: On This Day In Movie History, Brian De Palma, Phantom Of The Paradise, William Finley, Edgar Wright

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