Casualties of War (1989) – Review by Pauline Kael
24/01/2021
This movie about war and rape is the culmination of Brian De Palma’s best work. In essence, it’s feminist.
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Body Double (1984) – Review by Pauline Kael
21/12/2020
If Brian De Palma were a new young director, Body Double would probably be enough to establish him as a talented fellow. But, coming from De Palma, Body Double is an awful disappointment.
BLOW OUT (1981) – Review by Pauline Kael
17/07/2018
De Palma keeps our senses heightened that way all through Blow Out; the entire movie has the rapt intensity that he got in the slow-motion sequences in The Fury (1978). Only now, De Palma can do it at normal speed.
THE MAKING OF THE CONVERSATION. AN INTERVIEW WITH FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA
23/11/2017
“The Conversation” was very ambitious, and I hung in not because it was going right, but because I couldn’t accept within myself the judgment that I couldn’t succeed in doing it. It’s a funny thing, but I just couldn’t let the project go.”
SCARFACE (1983) – REVIEW BY PAULINE KAEL
12/05/2017
Pauline Kael reviews Brian De Palma’s ‘Scarface’