Brian de Palma

Critic's Notebook: Movie violence must not be stopped

2013-02-15 08:00:00

I abhor violence. As a rookie police reporter years ago I saw the damage guns, knives, broken bottles, metal pipes, hands — humans — can inflict. From the terrifyingly premeditated to the unfortunately accidental, those images still have the...

Pacino's 'Any Given Sunday' speech gets new life in Jeep ad

2013-02-19 14:48:00

Many actors are finding easy money in doing voice-over work for radio and television commercials. But it is very unlikely that anyone landed an easier gig than Al Pacino, who didn't lift a finger to get a plum voice-over spot with Chrysler Jeep. The...

Al Pacino to play Joe Paterno in biopic on Penn State coach

2013-01-17 12:34:00

Al Pacino will star as Joe Paterno in the movie "Happy Valley", a film about the life of former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno. Brian De Palma will direct the film, which is expected to come out in 2014, The movie will be based on the...

'Zero Dark Thirty' hunts for Bin Laden -- and more

2012-12-06 13:28:00

In 2008, the screenwriter Mark Boal sought an appointment with a retired special-forces operator. Boal was researching a movie about the fruitless search for Osama bin Laden in the caves of Tora Bora six years before, and he wanted insight into how U.S....

Our favorite Martians: The red planet, a pop culture history

2012-08-08 11:43:10

‘Carrie’ trailer: Chloe Grace Moretz ready for bloody revenge

2012-10-16 11:02:16

'Dragon Tattoo' girl is at heart of Ridley Scott's ‘Prometheus’

2012-06-07 16:39:39

Sue Mengers dies at 79; top talent agent

2011-10-16 19:28:00

Sue Mengers, an unapologetically brash talent agent who blazed a path for women in Hollywood and represented some of its biggest stars, died Saturday night at her Beverly Hills home after a long illness. She was 79. For two decades, Mengers was one of...

Around Town: Legendary films and Herb Ritts photos

2012-04-26 16:38:21

George Kuchar dies at 69; influential underground filmmaker

2011-09-10 00:00:00

George Kuchar was perhaps the most prolific and influential filmmaker most moviegoers have never heard of. With his twin brother, Mike — and later, alone — Kuchar made some of the earliest films in the 1960s explosion of underground movies....

The Morning Fix: RIP Sue Mengers. McDonald's TV! What now for Hulu?

2011-10-17 16:33:20

Sue Mengers, powerhouse Hollywood agent, dies at 79

2011-10-16 21:33:52

After the brutal violence in the pre-Code 1930 gangster film "Little Caesar" and 1931's "The Public Enemy," director Howard Hawks upped the body quotient in this vivid drama. But this time censors in various governmental bodies clamped down on the film.

2013-02-13 20:48:04

Cast: Chlo� Grace Moretz, Julianne Moore, Judy Greer, Portia Doubleday, Alex Russell, Gabriella Wilde Director: Kimberly Peirce ("Boys Don't Cry") What to watch for: Brian de Palma's 1976 adaptation of Stephen King's seminal novel "Carrie" still holds up as a horror classic.

2013-01-03 23:06:29

Director Brian De Palma has talked about the huge influence Bernard Herrmann's scores for Hitchcock had on him, and he actually hired the composer for this low-budget shocker at the outset of his career.

2012-10-24 13:07:00