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Scarface

December 2023

  • Al Pacino in Scarface

    Scarface at 40: why is Al Pacino’s murderous kingpin still so idolized?

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

May 2020

  • Al Pacino in the 1983 version of Scarface, which is set to get a remake.

    Luca Guadagnino to remake Scarface with Coen brothers script

    Call Me By Your Name director to take on long-planned update of classic gangster film

November 2018

  • 2004, THE MERCHANT OF VENICE<br>AL PACINO Character(s): Shylock Film 'THE MERCHANT OF VENICE' (2004) Directed By MICHAEL RADFORD 03 September 2004 CTB7846 Allstar/SONY PICTURES (USA/UK/LU/IT 2004) **WARNING** This Photograph is for editorial use only and is the copyright of SONY PICTURES and/or the Photographer assigned by the Film or Production Company &amp; can only be reproduced by publications in conjunction with the promotion of the above Film. A Mandatory Credit To SONY PICTURES is required. The Photographer should also be credited when known. No commercial use can be granted without written authority from the Film Company.

    From the Godfather to Shakespeare’s mad king – Al Pacino takes on Lear

    Veteran aspires to acting kudos in British-made film adaptation

April 2018

  • At its release, Scarface was notorious for its language. The F-bomb is dropped 207 times, or 1.21 times per minute.

    Al Pacino on Scarface 35 years later: ‘Bombast was what we were trying to say’

    The team behind the crime classic reunited at the Tribeca film festival to celebrate the film’s 35th anniversary with some awkward moments

May 2017

  • 1983, SCARFACE<br>AL PACINO Character(s): Tony Montana Film 'SCARFACE' (1983) Directed By BRIAN DE PALMA 01 December 1983 SSY97780 Allstar/UNIVERSAL (USA 1983) **WARNING** This Photograph is for editorial use only and is the copyright of UNIVERSAL and/or the Photographer assigned by the Film or Production Company &amp; can only be reproduced by publications in conjunction with the promotion of the above Film. A Mandatory Credit To UNIVERSAL is required. The Photographer should also be credited when known. No commercial use can be granted without written authority from the Film Company.

    Scarface-off: why another reboot would be a shot in the dark

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

March 2017

  • Resurrected … Russell Crowe as Maximus in Gladiator. GLADIATOR<br>RUSSELL CROWE Character(s): Maximus Film ‘GLADIATOR’ (2000) Directed By RIDLEY SCOTT 01 May 2000 SSD13817 Allstar Collection/DREAMWORKS **WARNING** This photograph can only be reproduced by publications in conjunction with the promotion of the above film. For Editorial Use Only.

    From Gladiator to Scarface: five film heroes to bring back from the dead

    As Ridley Scott plans to revive his deceased Roman warrior for a follow-up to the historical epic, here are some other dead characters ripe for reincarnation

January 2017

  • Aspirational hoodlum … Affleck in Live By Night

    Live by Night: how the gangster film went from top of the world to sleeping with the fishes

    Mobster movies were once the pinnacle of film-making. Ben Affleck’s homage to the classics could sound the genre’s death knell

October 2016

  • Al Pacino as Tony Montana

    Tyson Fury responds to cocaine rumours with Al Pacino Scarface tweet

    The boxer superimposed his head on to an image of Tony Montana, the character portrayed by Pacino in the 1983 film, sitting in front of huge piles of cocaine

January 2016

  • Marco Rubio’s boots: one heel of a controversy.

    Devilish history of Cuban heels proves they're too sexy for Rubio's God squad

    The high heel has a storied past, championed by a who’s who of 20th century pop icons. No wonder the conservative base thinks Marco Rubio’s gone too far

December 2015

  • Robert Loggia as Frank Lopez, the cocaine smuggler, in Scarface, 1983

    Robert Loggia obituary

    Actor best known for his roles in Scarface, The Sopranos and Big

October 2015

  • Directors and writers, Jake Paltrow, Brian De Palma and Noah Baumbach attend "De Palma" during the 53rd New York Film Festival at Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center on September 30, 2015 in New York City.

    De Palma review – Scarface director reappraisal is a cinephile's nirvana

    Noah Baumbach and Jake Paltrow’s meticulous documentary splices film theory with juicy from-the-set gossip, reviving Brian De Palma’s polarising oeuvre

July 2015

  • Al Pacino, whose new film, Manglehorn, comes out in the UK in August.

    Al Pacino: ‘What’s the point of quitting?’

    The star of The Godfather and Scarface, who now supplements his income selling seats on his private jet and doing meet and greets, talks about marriage, ageing and death – and why, with his new film Manglehorn out in August, he has no intention of giving up acting

August 2013

  • Scarface - Al Pacino

    Why I love ...
    Why I love … the confident evil of Tony Montana

    Hamza Mohamed: Forget film heroes, it's villains who really devote themselves to a cause – none more so than Hollywood's greatest bad guy, Scarface

October 2010

  • Al Pacino in Scarface (1983)

    The 25 best crime films of all time
    Scarface: No 21 best crime film of all time

    Brian De Palma, 1983

August 2009

  • Scarface

    De Palma's film is now back on the big screen and looking better than ever, says Philip French

  • Al Pacino in Scarface (1983)

    Scarface review – Al Pacino is cock of the walk in brutally unsubtle gangster pic

    Brian de Palma's 1983 movie is still a must-see for Pacino's potent and influential performance
  • Timothy Olyphant in The Perfect Getaway

    The Guardian Film Show
    Film Weekly meets Timothy Olyphant and takes aim at Inglourious Basterds

    Jason Solomons talks to Perfect Getaway star Timothy Olyphant and to the director Antonio Campos, whose debut film, Afterschool, is out on Friday. Plus, reviews of Inglourious Basterds and a reissue of Scarface

September 2008

  • Scarface poster detail

    Poster service
    Scarface: a world of black and white - and red

    Paul Rennie

    This week Paul Rennie shows how the much-blu-tac'd poster for Scarface reflects the film's origins in the gangster genre

April 2000

  • The sound of violence

    Pop was pap until film-makers opened our ears to its subversive nature. Jonathan Jones trawls through the catalogue of sweet music and brutal images

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