Brian de Palma Vom psychoanalytischen Krimi zum puren Action-Movie: Die eklektische Karriere eines umstrittenen Regisseurs. Von Leonardo Gandini. Edition Gremese im Schüren Verlag, Marburg 2002. 128 S., zahlr. Fotos, 16,80 EUR. Zwischen Analyse und Voyeurismus gibt es erstaunliche Parallelen. Beide Haltungen kennzeichnet...

NYFF 45 The divisive director's new film is, he says, just one man's attempt to stop the war Brian De Palma - known for his perverse tales of voyeurism and violence, from Body Double to Scarface - may have found his dream...

When Brian De Palma hears that his new movie Redacted, which opens today, will make some viewers feel like they’ve been punched in the stomach, he seems happy about it. “Maybe because they’re finally seeing the truth, something they’ve been guarded from so often,”...

American and British films dominate this year's Venice film festival, including Brian De Palma's "Redacted" and Wes Anderson's "The Darjeeling Limited."Of the 22 movies vying for the Golden Lion, about half are either American or British. All are world premieres.The lineup was unveiled Thursday by...

De Palma sets us up with a cinematic technique in the same way Hitchcock sets us up for the shower scene in Psycho, with the rainstorm, the gothic setting, and the kinky motel manager with his stuffed animals, all of which play on negative predispositions in the audience's minds. In both cases, the directors have shown an awareness that the deepest impression comes not from the jolting, unprepared violence found in B-horror flicks, but from modulated variations, as extreme as some may be, which are a...

With an unconventional technique, including quick-cut editing and speeded-up locomotion reminiscent of the old silent comedies, plus an impromptu flavoring, ["The Wedding Party"] starts extremely skittishly, levels off appealing and comes in a neat winner. The opening chapter, with a formidable old country house swarming with wedding relatives and guests, bounces along with an arch, peppery detachment that gets a bit wearing, along with a frisky musical score heralding the humor. Some viewers ...

"Murder à la Mod," the first feature to be released here by de Palma, is [an] ambitious and abrasive work. It opens with an unseen director screen testing girls for the lead in a nudie murder mystery, which without the nudie element, becomes the frame for the film itself. It's as difficult to tell the difference between the reality and the illusion within the film as it is between the blood and catchup in the film-within-the-film.