De Palma

De Palma is a documentary built around an extended conversation with the filmmaker Brian De Palma, who talks through his life and his long career in movies. Directed by Noah Baumbach and Jake Paltrow, the film grew out of interviews the two conducted with him over roughly a decade, and it follows his work from his early days through the decades that followed. De Palma speaks about his methods, his enthusiasm for cinema and his experiences in Hollywood, and the discussion is illustrated with clips from his films and with appearances by performers and colleagues drawn from archival footage.

The film sits in the middle of Baumbach's career as a director, arriving between While We're Young and The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected); for Paltrow it followed Young Ones and preceded June Zero. Baumbach and Paltrow also produced it together.

De Palma was released in 2016 and runs 108 minutes. On IMDb it holds a rating of 7.4 from about 6,600 votes, while on TMDB it stands at 7 from around 176 votes. A film critics' rating of 8 from 112 reviews places it above both audience scores, indicating stronger approval from reviewers than from general viewers.