GERMAN PRODUCTION WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY ANDREAS KRONECK, CURRENTLY STREAMING
Premiering last week and streaming for free (with ads) on the Roku Channel and other outlets, the German film Steal Her Breath is a De Palma-inspired movie that you are definitely going to want to watch, possibly more than once. It's written and directed by Andreas Kröneck (a longtime reader of this blog), and watching his new movie (it's his second feature), you can see and feel that he has more than a superficial understanding of De Palma's cinema. Steal Her Breath nods to De Palma all over the place, and you will recognize these for sure: Mission: Impossible (there is a sought-after "Nox List"), Femme Fatale, Carlito's Way, Passion, Dressed To Kill, Blow Out, and even The Bonfire Of The Vanities. But the film also moves in much the same way a De Palma film will move. It's a loving tribute, and the actors are very good, as is the music. It's not pure De Palma - Kröneck does have his own way with things, as one would hope - but it's a delight and highly recommended.
See also: Variety - Embracing Pulpy Genre, Germany’s Hnywood Aims for the Stars