Features
Friday, February 1 2013
The Best DVDs and Blu-rays of 2012
From classics to contemporary television, the typical titles and the surprising outsider choices, the year in home video was just as divisive, and delightful, as the rest of our meaningful media.
Monday, January 9 2012
The Best DVDs of 2011
With the continuing rise of Blu-ray, this year sees a lot of repeat entries. Just because they're here again, however, doesn't mean they're any less special.
Columns
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.
Reviews
Wednesday, November 21 2012
Celebrating 20 Years of Quentin Tarantino's Irreverent Filmmaking: 'Tarantino XX'
His tributes to classic movies are stylish and entertaining but force us to ask ourselves: Is Quentin Tarantino a visionary? or a flat out plagiarist?
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.
Blogs
Thursday, October 13 2011
Why 'Jackie Brown' is Quentin Tarantino's Best Film
The typical Tarantino is like tightly wound TNT. But in Jackie Brown, the filmmaker is mellow. He's relaxed...and as a result, revelatory.
Wednesday, September 29 2010
Bye, Sally - Sally Menke (1953 - 2010)
Even in the middle of creative chaos, Tarantino was sure to always send his Sally a shout-out. Sadly, their subject can no longer hear them.
