Retrospective articles usually aren’t very insightful and bear no news, but CNN‘s Mairy Mackay goes at it and has published a nevertheless nice retrospective piece about Quentin Tarantino, which doesn’t either. The article draws a line...
Quentin Tarantino’s relationship with his father Tony Tarantino has been subject to tabloid coverage for a long time, and Quentin is not particularly keen on talking about this, and probably understandably so. While some have expressed...
This weekend’s Rolling Roadshow “Leone Edition” in Almeria, Spain will be a pivotal event in the calendar of spaghetti western fans that can make it there, including myself and 4 other gringos from the Spaghetti Western...
One thing that has always bugged us, and me in particular, are fake news. Now some fake news is funny or satirical and not alltogether bad, but getting people’s hopes up, or confusign ill-informed web surfers,...
Oh my what have we heard about Inglorious Bastards over the years. It’s three scripts, it’s one script, it’s a remake, it’s a TV show, it’s a mini series (my favorite theory), it’s his next flick,...
Quentin Tarantino talked about all his movie influences at Cannes’ 2008 Master Class. Directors such as Brian DePalma, Mario Bava, Howard Hawks, Sergio Leone, Martin Scorsese and Jean Luc Godard were some of his biggest influences...
Many many years ago, Q took up a role in the broadway play Wait Until Dark, an adaptation of a novel of the same name. Critics ripped his performance to pieces. According to Dateline Hollywood, Quentin...
“Every summer, the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema takes to the road, departing from Austin, Texas on a whirlwind tour and hosting free 35mm screenings of famous movies in famous places. Known as The Rolling Roadshow Tour (click...
Students of our Kill Bill movie references guide (which will be getting an overhaul pretty soon, we promise!) will know, that one of the pivotal influences on Tarantino’s filmmaking are Spaghetti Westerns. One of them, or...
It’s hard to believe its been 15 years since True Romance was released. I still remember seeing the commercials for it on TV and feeling that I just had to go see it. Before I knew...
The Golden Schmoes , the annual awards from the folks over at Joblo .com, are way more democratic than, say, The Academy “Awards”. What makes the Schmoes great, are categories such as “best TnA” or “best...
If you haven’t heard of the world’s only available version of Grindhouse on DVD, then it’s about time. For about 100 dollars or 60 Euros, it’s yours. Japan is once again first in getting one crazy-ass...
The Hollywood Reporter writes that Quentin Tarantino has been selected to be one of the jurors of the Sundance Film Festival. Tarantino’s career more or less started after he caused controversy with Reservoir Dogs, which premiered...
… Death Proof erzählt die Geschichte eines Psychokillers in zwei Episoden. In der ersten Hälfte lernen wir eine Gruppe junger Frauen kennen, die sich in Austin, Texas die Nacht um die Ohren schlaegt, um dann von...
I told you I was gonna have something Tarantino-ish for you before christmas, my friends. It comes in the form of biker boots, legendary actors, dusty highways and loud choppers. HELL RIDE , the long-rumored biker...
What’s better than a bunch of great flicks under the christmas tree? Your younger siblings are in bed, you had a christmas dinner, and then you pop a great DVD into the player and enjoy a...
Chatting about Quentin on BBC radio
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