Quentin Tarantino

By Eric D. Snider As you've probably already heard, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is shaking things up at this year's Oscars by having 10 Best Picture nominees instead of five, and by moving the honorary awards (read: the boring part of the show) to a special ceremony of their own. That cere...

By Elisabeth Rappe I think the mania for Sergio Leone is stronger than it's ever been. It's undoubtedly due to the championing of Quentin Tarantino, and films like Sukiyaki Western Django and The Good, the Bad and the Weird, which are driving fans to seek out where they borrowed their serapes and squints from....

By Jenni Miller Some super-fan made a crazy audio/video remix of scenes and sounds from Pulp Fiction that you have to check out. It's so good that it could be confused with an underground techno mash-up. The remix uses multiple split-screens with the sounds from the scenes remixed to a beat, like Jules's de...

By Elisabeth Rappe Great villains are scattered throughout the Westerns, but some of the most memorably savage come from the films of Sergio Leone. While Henry Fonda in Once Upon a Time in the West gets a lot of props for the way he mows down the McBain family (including its youngest and most adorable moppet), i...

By Elisabeth Rappe The energetic Quentin Tarantino was out and about promoting Inglourious Basterds in Italy, and seeing as he was in the homeland of his hostess spaghetti western, he teased everyone by promising Kill Bill 3. Again. Bad Taste reports that while on Italian talkshow Parla Con me, he prompted h...

By Jessica Barnes When you've got a a list of 50, there is plenty of wiggle room, and it's a pretty comprehensive list that manages to find room for cult faves and foreign flicks. But I'll admit, even though Chaos has put together a solid list, I was a little surprised that the #1 film for this decade is Quentin Ta...

By Jenni Miller Filed under: Box Office, Exhibition, The Weinstein Co., Brad Pitt, Quentin Tarantino, Movie Marketing Harvey Weinstein is even quoted as saying, "It was great working with Biz Stone at Twitter on Inglourious. It took the campaign to another level."

By William Goss I always trust that there are far more references crammed into a Tarantino film than I could ever acknowledge, and the extra wink-wink workings of Inglourious Basterds made that all but a guarantee. Luckily, the "video store nerds" (their words) over at Seattle's Scarecrow Video not onl...

By Jeffrey M. Anderson 1. Possible sequel. As of now, Tarantino has pretty much filmed all of the crackpot projects he has ever announced over the years, with the exception of two Elmore Leonard novels (Freaky Deaky and Bandits) and his prequel The Vega Brothers, which would "reunite" Michael Madsen's Vic Vega (...

By Elisabeth Rappe I realized there was a gulf of divide after my sister and I left Basterds. She was furious that the origin of Lt. Aldo Raine's scar was unexplained, no matter what Tarantino may have specified in the script. "I wanted to know what it was and why! It drove me nuts!" "It's a hanging scar. You don't exp...

By Todd Gilchrist recently sat down with Tarantino for a roundtable interview at the film's press day, where he discussed the process of giving birth to Basterds. In addition to discussing the general dynamics of his creative process, Tarantino talked about what war movie moments he did and didn't want in...

By Jessica Barnes As we all know, Inglourious Basterds is hitting theaters this week, and even though this might be one of Tarantino's first films without a 'popular' soundtrack, it did get me thinking about all the other great songs that he has included over the years. It seems that when it comes to music and...

By Todd Gilchrist Starting with a gobsmacked VHS screening of Reservoir Dogs way back in '92, I've seen every Quentin Tarantino movie dozens upon dozens of times, but Inglourious Basterds is the first I will have seen only once before writing about it. Like the absolute best entries cinema history has to of...

By William Goss Filed under: Action, Fandom, Brad Pitt, Quentin Tarantino, War, Posters

By Jette Kernion The event kicked off with Tarantino's latest film, Inglourious Basterds, introduced by Tarantino and Eli Roth, who has a role in the film. The Alamo offered Nazi Scal(lo)ps on the menu as an accompaniment to the film. And during a key sequence set in a movie theater, we all heard a loud thump a...

By Elisabeth Rappe If I know Cinematical readers, I know you'd like an early taste of Inglourious Basterds, even if you had to read it and are you in luck today! Quentin Tarantino handed Playboy Magazine a Nazi killing scene, and the picture-friendly magazine handed it to R.M. Guera. The result is six pages, and...

By Jette Kernion It seems like the perfect time to talk about From Dusk Till Dawn -- and naturally, fire up the DVD player and watch it again. Quentin Tarantino wrote the screenplay and acted in the horror film, and his movie Inglourious Basterds opens next weekend. On the same day, the family film Shorts, the...

By Jeffrey M. Anderson Of course, anyone can rent George Miller's Mad Max (1979) and there are a few others, such as BMX BanditsDead-End Drive-In, Howling III: The Marsupials, Long WeekendMad Dog Morgan, Patrick, Treasure of the Yankee Zephyr and Turkey Shoot, though some of the official DVD releases have go...

By Elisabeth Rappe Every day seems to bring a new channel for delivering great, unheralded film right to your television or laptop. The latest is Film Buff, a video-on-demand channel run by Cinetic, and overseen by Matt Dentler, former producer of the legend that is Austin's SXSW. Variety has the details gre...

By Jenni Miller When I read that Harvey Weinstein spectacularly dissed the movie in an interview with GQ, I was a little confused. According to WENN, Weinstein told GQ, "It isn't funny; it isn't exciting; it isn't a realistic war movie, yet neither is it an entertaining genre spoof or a clever counterfact...

By Elisabeth Rappe Sorry, Hugh Jackman ... I don't think its musicals that are back. I think it's the clink of spurs, and the fast draw that's enjoying a renaissance. I know, they say William Munny killed it along with Little Bill Daggett (and if so, it certainly went out with one hell of a last line), but then came The...

 CA The names include -- get ready for this -- Quentin Tarantino, Ernest Hemingway, Virginia Woolf, Jimi Hendrix, Yoko Ono, Ed Wood, James Dean, Pablo Picasso, Emily Bronte, Stanley Kubrick, Edgar Allen Poe, Marilyn Monroe, Marcel Proust, Michael Jackson, ...

By Erik Davis We get it: Some people liked it more than others, and it'll be interesting to see how (or if) Tarantino fine-tunes the film prior to its August release, especially if the Weinstein Co. is counting on this to be their big, squishy, box office teddy bear come late summer. In the meantime, though...

By Elisabeth Rappe Music lover and Quentin Tarantino did a guest stint on American Idol to "direct" the final seven competitors. Those hoping for an extra glimpse of Inglourious Basterds probably came away disappointed, although he did get a pretty fantastic introduction.

By Monika Bartyzel Hell Ride Presented by Quentin Tarantino, this Larry Bishop film was pretty much ravaged by critics (11% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes). But if you like the rumble of a bike barreling down the road, Hell Ride follows some badass bikers trying to avenge the death of one of their own by a rival gang. T...

By Erik Davis Filed under: Fandom, Brad Pitt, Movie Marketing, Images Obviously they're wasting no time spreading hype for this flick (but will Tarantino have it done in time for Cannes, like he previously said?). What do you think of Pitt? Doesn't he look dashing ...

By Peter Martin Take one renegade Japanese director, set him to work on a Spaghetti Western, add a cameo by a talkative American filmmaker, and what do you get? First place in the indie four-day weekend box office race. Sukiyaki Western Django, directed by the prolific and extremely versatile Takashi Mi...

By Eric D. Snider Filed under: Action, Animation, Comedy, Foreign Language, Independent, New Releases, Quentin Tarantino, Cinematical Indie, Indie SpotlightThe last weekend of the summer means the multiplexes will be crammed with Hollywood's leftover products, most of them rolled out without be...

By James Rocchi Hell Ride is a deliberate, calculated throwback, referencing and recycling the cheapie bike-sploitation flicks of the '60s and early '70s as a band of burly brothers roar, rage and ride their way through the American Southwest on a rampage of revenge. Written by, directed by and starrin...

By Matt Bradshaw Hell Ride No, he's not directing, but Quentin Tarantino is producing this one which should turn a few heads, as will the fact that this is a red band trailer that earns its crimson hue. Three bad ass biker types played by writer/director Larry Bishop, Michael Madsen, and Eric Balfour are out...

By Ryan Stewart Tarantino also talks at length about Grindhouse, admitting to being depressed and disappointed over how the film was received at the box office, but defending his longer, original cut of Death Proof as the definitive one and arguing that it stands on its own quite well. Tarantino also tal...

By Erik Davis If you haven't already noticed, today is Quentin Tarantino Day on Cinematical! This is the third time we've written about him -- first because of a scuffle in Park City, then a review of Hell Ride -- and now I bring you this pretty cool short film from Brazil called Tarantino's Mind. It's trip...

By Eric D. Snider The problem with making movies in the "grindhouse" style is that true grindhouse movies, almost by definition, were not seen by very many people. The target audience for a loving homage to the genre is therefore limited. Quentin Tarantino might adore the shlocky, violent capers of the 197...

By Kim Voynar Filed under: Sundance, Festival Reports, Quentin Tarantino, Cinematical IndieThe place to be Thursday night after the late press screeings was the Yarrow Bar, where Elvis Mitchell and Quentin Tarantino were holding court. The press crowd was rocking the bar; we had the guy with the gui...

By Jeffrey M. Anderson The most frustrating thing about the year is that three of my favorite movies didn't qualify for list consideration. David Lynch's Inland Empire opened in 2006 but didn't screen for the San Francisco press until early 2007. (You can look for it on my best-of-the-decade list instead.) Charl...

By Chris Ullrich In fact, the project was originally conceived as both a comic book and a movie from the beginning. At the moment, however, according to the actress herself, they are "still negotiating a few things and working to find a writer at the moment." So, apparently no firm deal is in place for the movi...

By James Rocchi Of all the guilty pleasures at Cannes this year -- and there were guilty pleasures at Cannes this year, for all of the art and drama -- surely the most tempting had to be the extended cut of Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof. Originally part of the vast and sprawling Grindhouse experiment, now...

By Patrick Walsh The Weinstein Company has publicly expressed unhappiness with the box office return for the Tarantino/Rodriguez Grindhouse, are they going to take a chance on similar material? Box office/schmox office, says Roth: "My feeling is that three and a half hours, it was a long time at the mov...

By Monika Bartyzel While talking to The Telegraph, Tarantino discussed his post-Grindhouse plans. Of course, first he has the WWII, "men-on-a-mission" film, Inglorious Bastards. But then, well, then he wants to create a whole new drama. He wants to take aspects of the spaghetti western, place it in the deep...

By Patrick Walsh Filed under: Action & Adventure, Horror, Independent, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Thrillers, Celebrities and Controversy, The Weinstein Co., DIY/Filmmaking, Quentin Tarantino Continue reading Director of $4,000 Film Called 'Grindhouse' Claims Tarantino Ripped Him Off!Permali...

By Jette Kernion Filed under: Action & Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, New Releases, Fandom, The Weinstein Co., Quentin Tarantino Continue reading Cinematical Roundtable: Four Of Our Writers Discuss 'Grindhouse'Permalink | Email this | Comments

By Jette Kernion Most of the three-plus hours of Grindhouse fly by, although I can't say I was never bored. I couldn't help but compare the two features included in the movie with the exploitation films to which Grindhouse pays homage. Would Grindhouse have the same hair-raising stunts, eye-rolling dialo...

By Kevin Polowy Maverick filmmakers Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez have been pals since meeting at the 1992 Toronto Film Festival, at which it's likely they bonded while simultaneously blowing each other's minds with their respective plans to ...

By Kevin Polowy Grindhouse isn't the first film that pits them as co-directors (that would be an unfortunate experiment called Four Rooms), but it's certainly the first film that pits them directly against one another as filmmakers. ...

By Ryan Stewart Filed under: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, New Releases, Theatrical Reviews, Critical Thought, Fandom, New in Theaters, The Weinstein Co., Quentin Tarantino Continue reading 'Grindhouse' Reviewed by Nick SchagerPermalink | Email this | Comments

By Jeffrey M. Anderson It's good to have friends, someone you can trust and who will lend you a hand. In Hollywood, it's more essential -- and far more difficult -- to have friends. Nearly every relationship is based around money and ego, and no two people alive can ever agree on how much of either is enough. Quentin Ta...

By Kevin Kelly Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez Continue reading Grindhouse Junket Report, Part 1: QT Talks Future Grindhouse Projects, Rose McGowan Talks 'Black Oasis,' Zoe Bell Talks Stunts, Jordan Ladd On 'Hostel II,' More!Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments