Features
Thursday, April 18 2013
Trouble Man: 'Django Unchained' and the Obliteration of Identity
In his latest work, Quentin Tarantino re-establishes his reputation as an experimental filmmaker, putting a revolver to the head of genre and gleefully pulling the trigger.
Friday, January 11 2013
The Chain of Damocles
Django Unchained is quite possibly the finest example of an adapted-from-film comicbook, except of course, it's really not, not entirely…
Wednesday, January 9 2013
The Best Male Film Performances of 2012
From diabolical tech terrorism to brutal slave ownership, the actors that make up this year's best traversed a wide canvas of creative and cinematic choices.
Tuesday, September 11 2012
The 2012 PopMatters Fall Film Preview - Part 4: December
The final players in the possible Awards Season set-up come to play, and there's plenty to look forward to, including the latest from Quentin Tarantino.
Columns
Monday, April 22 2013
Django May Be Unchained, But America Is Never Unshackled from Its Racist Past
Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained is at its strongest when it problematizes America's racist past.The destruction of Candyland not only vindicates Django’s revenge-fuelled quest, but also implies that slavery itself has been wiped off the face of the earth.
Thursday, January 24 2013
Violence Unchained
There’s a fine line between showing violence and fetishizing it. Have we crossed it?
Reviews
Friday, December 28 2012
'Django Unchained': Tarantino's Next Revision
As typical or archetypal as Samuel L. Jackson's Stephen may be, he is also and ever alone, for that is his definition, fearful and mean and produced by a fearful and mean system.
Blogs
Monday, January 21 2013
Award Season Rewind: 'Django Unchained'
As we continue with our look at some year end favorites, we stumble upon Quentin Tarantino's latest... and make no mistake about it, Django Unchained is a joy. It's fun and foolish, unhinged and unapologetic.
Tuesday, January 8 2013
Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz in Django Unchained
He won an Oscar for for Tarantino's last film, now Waltz is back in the conversation again for another audacious turn.
Wednesday, December 12 2012
Five Things About 'Django Unchained' You Need to Know
The standout Supporting Actor performance from Django belongs not to Leonardo DiCaprio...
News
Monday, April 15 2013
‘Django’ Among New DVD and Blu-ray Releases
Quentin Tarantino is one of the most maddening filmmakers around. He loves movies, loves them in an omnivorous way. There is no film so obscure,…
Friday, February 15 2013
Quentin Tarantino Lets It All Flow
LOS ANGELES — Here are some things you need to know about Quentin Tarantino. He pens his screenplays longhand, not on a word processor. “I…
