Quentin Tarantino Spotlight

Quentin Tarantino’s Jackie Brown: A Retrospective There is a lot to be said about writer-director Quentin Tarantino’s success as a filmmaker. His films have all been met with some degree…

The tradition of Nazis being villains in movies — and those movies inviting audiences to cheer for those Nazis’ defeat — is one that goes back nearly as long as…

The art of the showdown is an integral part of both westerns and samurai films. With Tarantino’s Kill Bill sharing equal parts of both genres, it makes sense that the showdown would be central to the tale of The Bride’s quest for revenge against those who wronged her at the outset of the film, and indeed it is. 

Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is the best film he’s made since Jackie Brown and his most emotional ever.

“Say what again… I dare you… I double dare you, motherf$ker!”

Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight (“The 8th Film From Quentin Tarantino,” as the opening credits remind viewers), is his most violent film. Every act of violence is similar to something…

With Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood out this week, our staff has been hard at work putting together some retrospective pieces on the filmmaker’s work. While many…

Quentin Tarantino Spotlight I’ve got Martin Scorsese and Quentin Tarantino on my mind these days, mostly because of a statement the younger filmmaker had made about Scorsese some years ago.…

Quentin Tarantino Spotlight What’s in a name? What kind of power and reputation does it hold? If a new movie is announced and it’s a whodunit western set in a…

A cinematic nod to films of the past that pushed boundaries and tested the artistic taste of both audiences and filmmakers alike.

From Dusk Till Dawn is a crime-ridden nightmarescape that never fails to excite.

Quentin Tarantino Spotlight “I think the gimp’s sleepin“ Everyone knows the scene. Two sweating, bleeding men with plastic red balls stuffed in their mouths awaken, tied to a chair. A…

Quentin Tarantino Spotlight Written by one-of-a-kind Quentin Tarantino (Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction) and directed by Tony Scott (Top Gun, Hunger, Crimson Tide), True Romance is if anything — consistently entertaining.…

What is there left to say about the first outing for director/ writer Quentin Tarantino?

Quentin Tarantino Spotlight If Tarantino’s films of the 1990s announced the writer-director as a phenom for writing formidably snappy dialogue that enhanced characterization, his films of the 00s, while continuing…