As Julia Louis-Dreyfus tackles the death of her on-screen daughter in recent fantastical drama Tuesday, Guardian writers look back at the death scenes that ruined them

Endlessly postered and memed, the violent and tragic lead of Brian de Palma’s all-guns-blazing epic remains ever-present

The auteur’s dazzling 1981 masterpiece sees a never-better John Travolta find himself caught in a dangerous murder plot

Thirty years on, why was Brian De Palma’s star-studded adaptation of Tom Wolfe’s novel such a flop?

The director’s stylish Psycho homage remains a thrill yet continues to face accusations of misogyny and transphobia

With the release of 19-year-old Philip Youmans’s acclaimed festival hit Burning Cane on Netflix, here’s a look at other intimidatingly young directors

The veteran film-maker races to the bottom with an astonishingly amateurish crime thriller that bores, frustrates and bewilders in equal measure

Some coming-of-age films may feature happy endings, but Brian De Palma’s film depicts a bloody world of shame and unwanted power

Susan Lacy’s HBO documentary unites the director’s family, peers, critics and collaborators in an engaging look at his vast body of work

The superheroes saved by Mexico, the video-game spinoff that became China’s 12th biggest movie ever, and the British comedian worshipped by a secretive communist nation. We remember the films somebody else loved

Hollywood has already had two cracks at the gangster tale – here’s hoping they look to the 30s original, not De Palma, for inspiration