Brian De-Palma: Last News

Peter Debruge Chief Film CriticBuckle up. “Black Box” is the kind of smart, taut conspiracy thriller Hollywood used to consistently make, only this one hails from France, which has been beating the American studios at their own game lately in the good-movies-for-grown-ups department.

Peter Caranicas Deputy EditorCinematographer Stephen H. Burum will be honored at EnergaCamerimage with the festival’s Lifetime Achievement Award.Set to run in Torun, Poland, on Nov. 12-19, Camerimage, which focuses on films and cinematography, will celebrate its 30th anniversary this year.Burum is best known for his collaborations with director Brian De Palma, which yielded such classics as “The Untouchables” (1987), a tale of the battle between good and evil; Vietnam War drama “Casualties of War” (1989); ”Carlito’s Way” (1993), which portrayed deep social divides; the iconic “Mission: Impossible” (1996); “Snake Eyes (1998); and “Mission to Mars” (2000).

Bruce Springsteen fans were treated to some of the rocker’s unreleased outtakes at a Mexican radio conference this weekend, thanks to his longtime engineer.Toby Scott was a guest at this past weekend’s SoundCheck Xpo in Mexico City; during his presentation he offered up some snippets of a few old recordings that Springsteen recorded in the early 1980s.During his 87-minute presentation, the engineer played a few different takes of the Boss recording ‘Born In The U.S.A.’. One of the versions was the solo-acoustic demo that Springsteen recorded in 1982, during the Nebraska era – this version ended up on his 1998 box set ‘Tracks’.Scott also played a bluesy, full-band take of the iconic anthem that has not previously been heard. You can hear it around the 23:49 mark in the video below. In other Bruce Springsteen news, Courteney Cox has reflected on auditioning for her iconic cameo in Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Dancing In The Dark’ video.The Friends star made a legendary appearance in the 1984 video, which saw Cox be invited on stage to dance with The Boss.Speaking to Howard Stern on his SiriusXM radio show last month, Cox reflected on her nerves about the appearance, and remembered her audition for the part.“Bruce Springsteen is such an amazing… God, he’s so incredible.

Sometimes the best movie looks come right off the shelf.

Nearly 40 years after her iconic role in the gangster epic Scarface, Michelle Pfeiffer revealed an interesting detail about her iconic sunglasses.The 63-year-old actress made an appearance on Live With Kelly and Ryan on Friday, promoting her Showtime series The First Lady, where she plays Betty Ford, premiering on Sunday, April 17.She was asked about a photo of her playing Elvira in director Brian De Palma's iconic classic, revealing the sunglasses were her own, that she bought at a drugstore. Live:The 63-year-old actress made an appearance on Live With Kelly and Ryan on Friday, promoting her Showtime series The First Lady, where she plays Betty Ford, premiering on Sunday, April 17 Drugstore:She was asked about a photo of her playing Elvira in director Brian De Palma's iconic classic, revealing the sunglasses were her own, that she bought at a drugstoreSeacrest called the sunglasses, 'epic' while Ripa commented they are 'so chic' before the actress revealed where she bought them.'Those I bought at a drugstore for like three dollars,' she said, and when asked if she still had them, she said she did not.

Francis Ford Coppola is opening up about the legacy of his beloved "Godfather" film trilogy. The "movie brats" troupe member — which includes the likes of "Star Wars" collaborators George Lucas and Steven Spielberg, Brian De Palma, Martin Scorsese and John Milius, respectively — received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Monday.

Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Dancing In The Dark’ video.The Friends star made a legendary appearance in the 1984 video, which saw Cox be invited on stage to dance with The Boss.Speaking to Howard Stern on his SiriusXM radio show this week (March 2), Cox reflected on her nerves about the appearance, and remembered her audition for the part.“Bruce Springsteen is such an amazing… God, he’s so incredible. I love that song,” Cox told Stern.

Courteney Cox's audition for Bruce Springsteen's music video was awkward to say the least. During a recent chat on SiriusXM's , the 57-year-old actress recalled auditioning for Springsteen's 1984 video for «Dancing in the Dark.»«I thought I was in the wrong place,» Cox said of showing up to the audition and being surrounded by professional dancers. «I was like, 'I don't know what they're doing, but I can't even bend my leg.

Clayton Davis One of the quintessential movie stars of the 1990s, Kevin Costner is celebrating his birthday Tuesday, Jan. 18, with a treasure trove of memorable and dynamic performances in his arsenal.The California-born actor has run the gamut of blockbusters and hard-hitting dramas.

Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, FilmEXCLUSIVE: Mindful that David Mamet gave me the best quote I’ve ever gotten in 30 years of trade reporting, I have been chasing him down to try to get him to answer a question on my mind. What does it feel like for a great writer of dialogue to have an actor like the late Sean Connery — who won his only Oscar with the Mamet-scripted Brian De Palma-directed drama The Untouchables — elevate the words like Connery did as the rough and tumble Irish cop Jim Malone? Or, for that matter, when Alec Baldwin and the other stellar stars turned Glengarry Glen Ross in a master class in toxic testosterone.

Geno Silva, who is best known for his role as The Skull in Brian De Palma’s “Scarface,” died on May 9 in Los Angeles of complications from frontotemporal degeneration. He was 72.

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Luca Guadagnino will be directing the upcoming reboot of Scarface!

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Morricone died in Rome following complications from a fall last week in which he broke his femur.The Oscar winner, who took home the Academy Award in 2016 for his work on Quentin Tarantino’s 2015 film The Hateful Eight, had scored over 400 films over his career.When accepting his Oscar, Morricone told the audience: ‘There is no great music without a great film that inspires it.’The composer was also was nominated for Oscars for his original scores for Terrence Malick’s Days of Heaven (1978), Roland Joffe’s The Mission (1986), Brian De Palma’s The Untouchables (1987), Barry Levinson’s Bugsy (1991) and Giuseppe Tornatore’s Malena (2000) and earned an Oscar for lifetime achievement in 2007.He first rose to