They called him Machete
If you hire Machete to kill the bad guy, make sure the bad guy isn’t you! Via our friends at Slashfilm and The Playlist, comes news that RobRod and his companero in the directing chair (Rodriguez...
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Wild cinema from down under
The wild documentary about classic Australian (“ozploitation” click here to read all about it) cinema, Not Quite Hollywood, will hit a few US theaters in a week or so. While it’s already out on DVD in...
Samm Levine is a Basterd – and so is Damo
We’ve been a bit quiet lately, and yes while there was stuff out there that I could’ve easily written about, I was a bit busy with other things, which gave you lots of opportunity to dive...
Filmnerd enough to be a Basterd?
Between now and the theatrical release of Inglourious Basterds (click here) in August, you’ll have enough time to catch up on your Macaroni Combat education. That’s right, you heard me, Macaroni Combat, not Spaghetti Western. Well...
Awarded Basterds
Much hailed by the critics already, Christoph Waltz won the Golden Palm for best performance for an actor at the Cannes Film Festival today. His performance as the evil SS Colonel Hans Landa in Inglourious Basterds...
Cannes Exclusive: Inglourious Basterds mini-review
You really thought we wouldn’t find a way to present you with an exclusive review of Inglourious Basterds directly from the Cannes Film Festival? Think again, my friends. Despite all odds, we dispatched the danger-man of...
Basterds back to the editing room? (updated!)
(We’ve updated this article, see paragraph below). As we’ve reported yesterday, the version of Inglourious Basterds shown at the Cannes Film Festival was missing the Maggie Cheung character and ran at a total of about 2.30....
Maggie Cheung is not a Basterd
Sad news for all you Maggie Cheung admirers out there. As China Daily reports, her parts in Inglourious Basterds have been cut from the final film for length reasons. Apparently Maggie was okay with it, yet...
Cannes – The Day After
What a night it must have been at the Inglourious Basterds premiere. Just to give you a few impressions, here’s a few things you can look at: a) Pictures from the premiere red carpet event, see...
Basterds clip from Cannes and more as the premiere is on the way
While I’m sitting here waiting for it to start raining, people in Cannes are probably half way through the first minutes of Inglourious Basterds already soaking up that good ol’ Morricone. But for you and me,...
Three new clips and reviews of Inglourious Basterds
Cannes is happening, my fellow Tarantinoites (or Tarantinophiles, in LeMonde’s words). There are three new clips from the movie up at movieweb.com that give a better impression of a) Brad’s accent and personality b) Diane Kruger’s...
Carribean Basterds, running times and last-minute excitement
Yes we wish we could be reporting live from the Croisette, but the world’s not a perfect place, and nothing’s ever honky dory. Instead, we’re giving you daily wrap-ups of the shit you just can’t miss,...
“over that mountain to see all the other mountains” – more Tarantino Cannes interviews
Suspense is increasing. Wednesday morning will be the first time Inglourious Basterds will be shown to insiders, critics and others, and Wednesday night will be the big premiere. The Hollywood Reporter, not exactly this website’s favorite...
“He gave me my movie back”
There’s a bit on Inglourious Basterds on Variety today where Quentin talks a little about some of his feelings and expectations towards this week’s world premiere of his WW2 epic. Not only does he reemphasize how...
Basterds site goes inglourious
Just hours after the french production notes leaked along with the complete list of the soundtrack, the Weinstein Company has put their interactive Inglourious Basterds site live. www.inglouriousbasterds-movie.com now offers the full Flash glory, with the...
