Vintage directors out to prove they're still hot in their seventies

By Mark Juddery
October 10 2012 - 3:00am

In 50 years as a film director, Brian De Palma has created an impressive range of Hollywood hits, including Carrie, Scarface, The Untouchables and Mission: Impossible. His more recent movies, including The Black Dahlia and Redacted, prove that he still knows how to direct. But at 72, he isn't proving it quite so often.