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Brian DePalma and Screenwriter Oliver Stone’s 1983 update of the Howard Hawks gangster classic is one of our favorite furious films (READ OUR FULL REVIEW). The poster we’ve chosen is the alternate Australian design which recalls the illustrated kinds that were very popular in the 70s. We’ve also included the original iconic black and white poster that is an 80s New Wave spin on the film noir gangster aesthetic. [read...] 
BURBANK, Calif., March 11, 2013 – As part of the studio’s 90th Anniversary celebration, eight of Warner Bros. Pictures’ greatest gangster films – from Edward G. Robinson’s 1931 classic Little Caesar to Martin Scorsese’s Oscar®-winning masterpiece The Departed– will now be available in two Blu-ray™ sets May 21. Released to coincide with Father’s Day gift-giving, the WB genre greats, along with one of Paramount’s best gangster films, will be offered [read...] 
Over the years many films have been made about the legendary gangster Al Capone such as Scarface (1932), Al Capone (1959), The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre (1967) and Capone (1975). Although Brian DePalma’s The Untouchables (1987) isn’t focused solely on Capone it is one of the best films featuring the mobster ever made. The screenplay was written by David Mamet and based on accounts in Eliot Ness’ autobiography about his [read...] 
Brian DePalma’s trademark visual extravagance is matched with an equally flashy lead performance by Nicolas Cage in the 1998 conspiracy thriller Snake Eyes. Cage plays Rick Santoro, an Atlantic City police detective who lives life big and bold without any hinderances since “he IS the King”. The opening of the film features an extensive and ambitious DePalma-style tracking shot while we follow Rick around the floor of a popular boardwalk [read...] 
With his 1978 supernatural action-thriller The Fury, Director Brian DePalma dealt with a subject he had explored previously in Carrie: telekinesis. The story involves a newly retired special government agent named Peter Sandza (Kirk Douglas) whose teenage son Robin (Andrew Stevens) has special powers (although we aren’t sure exactly what they are at first). It’s soon apparent after Sandza’s associate/friend Childress (John Cassavetes) sets up a hit on him so [read...] 
FILM REVIEW The first time I ever watched Scarface was when I was 10 years old in 1984. I had heard about the film and knew of its controversial reputation even back then so I was really curious to see what it was all about. At the time VHS was the home video craze, I still remember the 2 tape mega box the film came in. Looking back, Scarface [read...] 
Brian DePalma’s Carrie. It doesn’t get much more cinematically furious than this one. Based on the book by Stephen King, it has become a true classic for horror film fans sitting alongside other 70s hits of its time like The Exorcist and Jaws. One thing that’s interesting about this movie, even though its considered part of the horror genre is the fact, it’s actually very funny. This is what Brian [read...] 
“I like to try to go back and develop pure visual storytelling. Because to me, it’s one of the most exciting aspects of making movies and almost a lost art at this point.” – Brian DePalma FILM REVIEW Brian DePalma’s 1981 conspiracy thriller Blow Out is probably more than anything else a masterpiece of purely visual storytelling. The opening sequence itself is a trick on the audience in the form [read...] 
In some exciting home entertainment news, Brian DePalma’s 1981 conspiracy-thriller masterpiece Blow Out is coming to the Criterion Collection in April! John Travolta stars as Jack Terry, an exploitation film audio engineer who witnesses the assassination of a politician one night while recording some outdoor sound effects. When the story is later covered up, Jack becomes obsessed with finding out the truth behind it all. Considered to be one of [read...] Ever since first seeing Brian DePalma’s film adaptation of Stephen King’s novel Carrie (a tale about a girl with supernatural mental powers), it has been one of my most favorite works of cinema. A group of high school girls are playing volleyball in gym class. One girl in the corner misses the ball when it’s hit towards her. The other girls taunt her and we see the innocent, shy freckle [read...] |
    
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