Some great new production stills, alongside a new poster, for “Dead Man Down” have been added to the gallery with many thanks to Marina for sending them in. Also, a new still from “Passion” has been added with many thanks to Lindsey. Edit: More stills from “Dead Man Down” have been added with many thanks to Daphne. There’s also a new poster from Italy and a new poster for “Passion” from Hong Kong.

“Passion”, directed by Brian De Palma and starring Noomi Rapace and Rachel McAdams, will be released in Belgium and France on 13 February 2013 as well as in the Netherlands and Germany on 21 February 2013. After its world-premiere at the Venice Film Festival and screening in Toronto and New York, an American release date has not been set yet.

Five new production stills from “Passion” have been added to the gallery, with many thanks to Lindsey for sending them in.

The New York Times has written an interesting piece on “Passion” after its premiere at the New York Film Festival this week, also including a video interview with Brian De Palma. Three new stills from the film have been added to the gallery.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Canadian distributor Entertainment One has acquired the North American rights to Brian De Palma’s Passion from SBS Productions. Passion portrays a deadly power struggle between two women in the dog-eat-dog world of international business. “Rachel McAdams and Noomi Rapace performances are captivating and De Palma delivers another great thriller that audiences have already embraced at Venice and Toronto,” David Reckziegel, president of eOne Films North America, said Friday. The deal was negotiated by ICM Partners along with SBS Productions’ Saïd Ben Saïd and Sejin Croninger, and Reckziegel for Entertainment One.

Over the last couple of days, additional pictures of Noomi’s appearance at the Venice Film Festival have been added to the gallery. Check out the previews below. “Passion” also premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival this week. Unfortunately Noomi didn’t attend (she’s still in London, as you can see in the next update), but her co-star Rachel McAdams was there. On September 29, “Passion” will be shown at the New York Film Festival.

Over 100 additional pictures of Noomi’s appearance at this year’s Venice Film Festival, to celebrate the world-premiere of Brian De Palma’s “Passion”, have been added to the gallery. More information, reviews and videos can be found below.

The first reviews are coming in as well. De Palma a la Mod has a wonderful collection of reviews that give more insight on the film. A few excerpts are below, please beware of spoilers. The Hollywood Reporter‘s Neil Young calls Passion a “convoluted Euro-thriller” that “represents a disappointingly anaemic stab at a comeback from Brian De Palma.” Young suggests that while the star presence of Rachel McAdams and Noomi Rapace should garner distribution in the U.S., the film is likely headed for cult status. Regarding Karoline Herfurth’s character, Young writes, “the emergence of Dani in the picture’s second half ranks alongside the script’s few welcome surprises.” Young adds, “By this point, however, proceedings have taken a wayward turn down some unfortunate dead-end alleyways. A grisly murder, the ensuing police investigation – featuring some blundering but impeccably Anglophone cops – and the questionable mental state of a key character are cues for De Palma and his veteran Spanish cinematographer José Luis Alcaine to unleash all manner of distorted lighting-effects and camera-angles.” Screen Daily‘s Lee Marshall feels that “De Palma glues together what feel like two different films in the remake [of Love Crime]: a female rivalry drama-thriller, and a murder mystery. And although the exercise carries an undertow of tongue-in-cheek pastiche, this is so inconsistently applied that if feels like an escape clause.” Marshall appreciates Donaggio’s score, “with its nods at seventies and eighties Italo genre fare,” but is unimpressed with the split-screen sequence, calling it “a waste of the technique, as there is little dramatic or thematic connection between what we see on each side of the split.” Marshall also writes that some of the dialogue provoked bursts of laughter during the press screening.

Today, “Passion” has had its premiere at the Venice Film Festival. Noomi and director Brian De Palma were in attendance and a first batch of pictures have been added. The new albums includes images from the photocall, a sighting at Lancia Cafe as well as the film’s gala premiere. More pictures and videos will follow with the next update.

Here’s the complete information on the film, according to NYFF: Brian De Palma exhibits great panache and a diabolical mastery of frequent, small surprises in his cinematically most ingenious movie since his magical comedy-of-coincidences, Femme Fatale. With tongue planted in cheek, or maybe not – it’s up to you to decide – De Palma turns French director Alain Corneau’s 2010 Love Crime into a droll, erotic tale of female competition. Noomi Rapace more than matches her performance in the original Girl with the Dragon Tattoo as the assistant to an unscrupulous advertising honcho (Rachel McAdams), who steals her ideas and acts as if it’s all good sport. It’s great fun until De Palma zeros in on the fury in Rapace’s eyes.