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Articles for De Palma

The tragedy and triumph of Superman’s Margot Kidder
1 week ago

The tragedy and triumph of Superman’s Margot Kidder

The Independent  

Before she died in 2018 at the age of 69, Superman actor Margot Kidder told her friends her final wish. “She was bright, courageous, a brilliant actress with extraordinary energy and intelligence … it’s hard to know where the illness leaves off and the greatness begins.” Kidder’s personal struggles were largely kept out of the spotlight until the early Nineties, …

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‘De Palma saw horrendous things’: Inside the making of horror masterpiece Carrie
2 months, 1 week ago

‘De Palma saw horrendous things’: Inside the making of horror masterpiece Carrie

The Independent  

Back in the winter of 1976, Carrie White didn’t have all that much going for her. open image in gallery Bloodbath: Sissy Spacek in the horror classic ‘Carrie' Atwood is a huge admirer of the King novel, which she regards as being as much about “all-too-actual poverty and neglect and hunger and abuse” as it is about the “weird stuff” …

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Cubans! Cocaine! Pfeiffer!: How Scarface survived its nightmarish production… but only just
1 year, 2 months ago

Cubans! Cocaine! Pfeiffer!: How Scarface survived its nightmarish production… but only just

The Independent  

Brian De Palma knew how to sell his wares. Influential New Yorker critic Pauline Kael dismissed the film as “crude, ritualised melodrama” and complained that Pacino’s performance showed a “star whose imagination seems impaired”. In the Muni Scarface, Tony dies terrified and distraught “like a yellow rat” as he whimpers “don’t shoot, don’t shoot” at the cops who’ve already killed …

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Tom Cruise poses for a backstage snap beside glamorous Kate Hudson and Cate Blanchett
1 year, 9 months ago

Tom Cruise poses for a backstage snap beside glamorous Kate Hudson and Cate Blanchett

Daily Mail  

Tom Cruise appeared in great spirits on Saturday evening as he posed backstage beside Kate Hudson and Cate Blanchett at the 2023 Producers Guild Awards in Beverly Hills, California. Glamorous: Tom Cruise appeared in great spirits on Saturday evening as he posed backstage beside Kate Hudson and Cate Blanchett at the 2023 Producers Guild Awards in Beverly Hills, California The …

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The Difference Between Cheap And Expensive Candles
2 years, 1 month ago

The Difference Between Cheap And Expensive Candles

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING If you like to cozy up at home at the end of the work day and light a scented candle, you’re hardly alone. Price often reflects ingredient quality “Cheaper candles are made to be cost-effective for the manufacturer, so the quality of ingredients is lesser,” said Kate De Palma, founder and CEO of Scented Designs Candle Co. …

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Why Quentin Tarantino will never make a Marvel film: ‘I’m not looking for a job’
2 years, 1 month ago

Why Quentin Tarantino will never make a Marvel film: ‘I’m not looking for a job’

LA Times  

Quentin Tarantino at home in Los Angeles on Halloween, the eve of the publication of his first nonfiction book, “Cinema Speculation.” On the Shelf Cinema Speculation By Quentin Tarantino Harper: 400 pages, $35 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores. Neither of these movies is mentioned …

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Boogie Nights: How Hollywood and porn shaped each other
2 years, 2 months ago

Boogie Nights: How Hollywood and porn shaped each other

BBC  

Boogie Nights: How Hollywood and porn shaped each other Alamy As Boogie Nights, Paul Thomas Anderson's nostalgic portrait of the "Golden Age" of adult film, turns 25, Rachel Pronger explores the interrelated history of the pornography and film industries. There's a scene near the beginning of Boogie Nights, Paul Thomas Anderson's nostalgic portrait of the 1970s LA porn industry, in …

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Bérénice Bejo puts on a leggy display at Final Cut photocall at Cannes Film Festival
2 years, 7 months ago

Bérénice Bejo puts on a leggy display at Final Cut photocall at Cannes Film Festival

Daily Mail  

Bérénice Bejo put on a leggy display as she stepped out at the Final Cut photocall at Cannes Film Festival after the film's screening at the opening ceremony. Incredible: The French-Argentine actress, 45, gave a flash of her toned pegs through a split at the front of the jacket as she climbed on top of a fence to sit cross-legged …

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Mission: Impossible turns 25 — How Brian De Palma's spy thriller helped morph Tom Cruise into Hollywood's definitive action star
3 years, 7 months ago

Mission: Impossible turns 25 — How Brian De Palma's spy thriller helped morph Tom Cruise into Hollywood's definitive action star

Firstpost  

Brian De Palma didn’t imagine Mission: Impossible would kick off a whole franchise. The tension rises with each new detail De Palma introduces: a rat closing in on Krieger, and a single drop of sweat rolling down Hunt’s forehead. Mission: Impossible won’t be remembered as the definitive film of Brian De Palma’s directorial resume of course. But It will be …

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Tom Cruise says he nailed Mission: Impossible vault stunt on final attempt: 'Kept hitting my face'
3 years, 7 months ago

Tom Cruise says he nailed Mission: Impossible vault stunt on final attempt: 'Kept hitting my face'

Hindustan Times  

One of the most iconic shots from the first Mission: Impossible movie starring Tom Cruise nearly did not happen because he was having a difficult time pulling it off. According to The Hollywood Reporter, in a series of snippet interviews the star did with director-screenwriter Christopher McQuarrie for Paramount's anniversary Blu-ray of the 1996 film that kick-started the billion-dollar franchise, …

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‘As far back as I can remember...’: Goodfellas is still the greatest gangster movie ever made
4 years, 3 months ago

‘As far back as I can remember...’: Goodfellas is still the greatest gangster movie ever made

The Independent  

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse Loughrey Get our The Life Cinematic email for free Get our The Life Cinematic email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “I’d seen Ray Liotta in Something Wild, Jonathan Demme’s film; I …

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