Quentin Tarantino

Features

Remaking History: An Interview with Quentin Tarantino

By Rene Rodriguez

Tarantino talks about his decision to rewrite world history with Inglourious Basterds and the critical reaction to his recent films. [17 August 2009]

Digital Dynamite: The 30 Best DVDs of 2007

By PopMatters Staff

It was the year of the behemoth box set, the multi-disc triumph that tried to give long suffering fans everything their demanding little digital hearts ever desired. Here are PopMatters' 30 picks for the best DVDs of the year. [25 January 2008]

A Gallery of Good Works: The Best Films of 2007

By PopMatters Staff

From Julian Schnabel's artsy The Diving Bell and the Butterfly to the legendary Coen Brothers splendid adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's No Country for Old Men, PopMatters counts down the 30 best films of 2007. [11 January 2008]

The Best Big Screen Eye Candy of 2007

By Daynah Burnett

When flipping through my mental catalog of the year's films, certain scenes stand out. This past year offered a veritable feast of visual goodies. [4 January 2008]

Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez Talk Grindhouse

By Steven Rea

The celebrated directors discuss their new double-feature, a salute to the grindhouse film era, and offer a hit list of grindhouse classics for your viewing pleasure. [6 April 2007]

The PopMatters ‘Short Ends & Leader’ Spring Film Preview

By Bill Gibron

In order to separate the worthy from the worthless, PopMatters' "Short Ends & Leader" editor is highlighting 10 new films he's looking forward to this spring. [2 March 2007]

Columns

Dear Mr. Denby: In Defense of Inglourious Basterds

By Michael Brett

Quentin Tarantino drives critics nuts because he loves movies. 'New Yorker' critic David Denby drives The Rockist nuts because he hates movies. [27 August 2009]

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Reviews

Inglourious Basterds

By Cynthia Fuchs

Inglourious Basterds' interest in rumors and reputations and their effects is complicated, both narrative and thematic. [21 August 2009]

Grindhouse (2007)

By Cynthia Fuchs

Where the olden days movies were fierce, these are more nostalgic for a moment that's amplified in the remembering. These retreads are surely giddy, but they're also indulgent, just as they mean to be. [6 April 2007]

Sin City (2005)

By Cynthia Fuchs

Like the guys, the girls are undone by their reliance on conventional male power signs. [16 August 2005]

Sin City (2005)

By Cynthia Fuchs

Distraught, ornery, self-critical, these heroes are certainly more "anti" types than straight-ahead. [1 April 2005]

Kill Bill Vol. 2 (2004)

By Cynthia Fuchs

In her discernible contempt, Elle stands in some opposition to Beatrix, whose ferocity is less mean than resolute. [9 August 2004]

Kill Bill Vol. 2 (2004)

By Cynthia Fuchs

Beatrix's survival depends on her weird combinations of passion, dispassion, and compassion. [15 April 2004]

Kill Bill Vol. 1 (2003)

By Cynthia Fuchs

This is a movie about bodies, about what hurts them on screen and in viewing spaces. [9 October 2003]

Blogs

Short Ends and Leader: Inglourious Basterds: The Trouble with Tarantino

In the case of Quentin Tarantino’s Inglorious Basterds, the film doesn’t just have greatness in it, there’s mighty rivers of greatness simply leaking out of the thing. [21 August 2009]

Short Ends and Leader: War Games: ‘Bastards’ vs. ‘Basterds’

More than anything else, however, the original Inglorious Bastards endures. Indeed, it's the film that many thought Tarantino was making back when geek elite websites like Ain't It Cool News were tracking the proposed update's every move. [18 August 2009]

Mixed Media: “Inglourious Basterds” directed by Quentin Tarantino (videos)