It’s been a little while since we’ve seen a new project from iconic director Brian De Palma, but he’s finally got his eye set on a new film. Empire has reported that De Palma will be directing Mad Men’s Christina Hendricks and Game of Thrones‘ Nikolaj Coster Waldau in the thriller Domino. Domino will see Coster-Waldau as a Copenhagen-based police […]
Blu-ray Review – Raising Cain (1992)
Raising Cain, 1992. Directed by Brian De Palma. Starring John Lithgow, Lolita Davidovich, Steven Bauer, Frances Sternhagen, Gregg Henry, Tom Bower, Mel Harris, and Amanda Pombo. SYNOPSIS: The wife of a respected child psychologist starts to suspect that her husband’s obsession with their daughter’s behaviour may not be very healthy. Returning to the well of […]
Blu-ray Review – Body Double (1984)
Body Double, 1984. Directed by Brian De Palma. Starring Craig Wasson, Melanie Griffith, Barbara Crampton, Gregg Henry, Dennis Franz, Deborah Shelton, Guy Boyd. SYNOPSIS: An out-of-work actor becomes obsessed with a beautiful woman after spying on her through a telescope, leading to a series of nasty events. After beginning the 1980s with the triple-whammy of […]
Movie Review – De Palma (2016)
De Palma, 2016 Directed by Noah Baumbach and Jake Paltrow. SYNOPSIS: A documentary exploring the life, work and influences behind the films of Brian De Palma Brian De Palma may be popular among cineliterate enthusiasts but he’s never had the same popularity elsewhere. When you list his movies, it’s easy to imagine audiences being taken aback […]
Brian De Palma to direct The Truth and Other Lies
Acclaimed filmmaker Brian De Palma is set to get back behind the camera, with The Hollywood Reporter revealing that he’s set to direct an adaptation of Sascha Arango’s black comedy crime novel The Truth and Other Lies. The book, which was awards the Prix Européen du Polar du Point, the European prize for best literary […]
Brian De Palma to direct Chinese thriller Lights Out
Variety is reporting that Brian De Palma has signed on to direct the action thriller Lights Out, which is being financed by Aurora Alliance Films, a joint venture between Arclight Films and China’s Huace Pictures. Lights Out will follow “a blind Chinese girl unknowingly caught in a plot to expose a top-secret assassination program. Although blind, […]
