I'm one of few filmmakers to go to bat for Brian De Palma. It's so unhip to like his films, but I think he's churned out a number of underrated gems, including Casualties of War, Carlito's Way, even Snake Eyes. That said, he's helmed some misfires too, and The Black Dahlia is one of them. While beautifully filmed by the… read more!

I've been convinced that the next generation of film geeks will revere the work of Brian De Palma just as their counterparts of today do Sam Fuller, because De Palma is one of the only people making studio films that feel like true "B movies". Though his films have big (well, semi-big) stars and multi-million dollar budgets, there still seems… read more!