Thursday, October 20 2011
‘Jackie Brown’: Is a Love Story, a Heist Film, an Offbeat Crime Story Set to a Great Soundtrack
The intriguing combination of Elmore Leonard's voice with Tarantino's unique dialogue leads to his best film.
Tuesday, August 30 2011
...And the Men Are All the Same
Remember Tina Turner? In Pherone, creator Viktor Kalvachev delivers a tale every bit as powerful and evocative as Tina's eclipsing of the abusive Ike Turner.
Monday, August 29 2011
The 100 Essential Directors Part 9: Victor Sjöström to Luchino Visconti
Today we present a glorious spate of international auteurs that range from cinematic innovators from the silent era to those who continue to push the limits of film in their contemporary work.
Tuesday, August 9 2011
Quentin Tarantino’s Cinematic Reality
Quentin Tarantino is reliving his childhood cinema experiences, reinterpreting fractured moments of memory. Going to the movies is about an escape from our world, a mirror world at once familiar yet different.
The Noir Clichés and Conventions in ‘Blue Estate 5’
Five issues down and it simply should not be this easy to produce work verging on outright genius. And yet… This issue Kalvachev & co. present the tawdry machinations of "The Money Shot".
Tuesday, June 7 2011
Deadly Cocktail, Perfect Mix: Styles Clash in Blue Estate 3
Even in meeting the demands of the crime noir genre, and giving the story a cooling off period Viktor Kalvachev brings an intensity to Blue Estate.
Thursday, February 18 2010
Quentin Tarantino talks about the films that influenced ‘Inglourious Basterds’
Tuesday, February 9 2010
Inglourious Basterds
The bad news is that the Weinsteins may have been right about trimming some of the fat; the good news is that even a flawed Tarantino is better than a perfect most anyone else.
Monday, November 16 2009
Natural Born Killers: The Director’s Cut
Stone's pedigree secure, the Hollywood maverick turned on the system itself; tarring sensationalism, public bloodlust, and judicial entropy, seemingly with the same brush.
