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An intimate conversation between filmmakers, chronicling De Palma’s 55-year career, his life, and his filmmaking process, with revealing anecdotes and, of course, a wealth of film clips.
Find out more, including where to buy or rent De PalmaFailed college coach Norman Dale gets a chance at redemption when he is hired to coach a high school basketball team in a tiny Indiana town. After a teacher persuades star player Jimmy Chitwood to qui...
Find out more, including where to buy or rent HoosiersSummertime on the coast of Maine, "In the Bedroom" centers on the inner dynamics of a family in transition. Matt Fowler is a doctor practicing in his native Maine and is married to New York born Ruth...
Find out more, including where to buy or rent In the BedroomIn 1850s Louisiana, the willfulness of a tempestuous Southern belle threatens to destroy all who care for her.
Find out more, including where to buy or rent JezebelWhen rich Mr. Benjamin Ballon’s Spanish driver is found shot dead, Inspector Jacques Clouseau is the first official on the scene. All evidence suggests Maria Gambrelli, the maid, to be the murderer. B...
Find out more, including where to buy or rent A Shot in the DarkMatthew Bennell notices that several of his friends are complaining that their close relatives are in some way different. When questioned later they themselves seem changed, as they deny everything or...
Find out more, including where to buy or rent Invasion of the Body SnatchersAurora, a finicky woman, is in search of true love while her daughter faces marital issues. Together, they help each other deal with problems and find reasons to live a joyful life.
Find out more, including where to buy or rent Terms of EndearmentThe final entry in a trilogy of films produced for the U.S. government by John Huston. Some returning combat veterans suffer scars that are more psychological than physical. This film follows patients...
Find out more, including where to buy or rent Let There Be LightMolly, the eldest child of a group of orphans being used as slaves on a farm hidden deep in a swamp, must rescue the others when their cruel master decides that one of them will be disposed of.
Find out more, including where to buy or rent SparrowsA homeless woman named Florabelle becomes the unwitting guide to the streets for a New York social worker named Carrie who thinks she has lessons to offer the down-and-out clients she serves at the ho...
Find out more, including where to buy or rent Stone Pillow