In the current digital era, where every self-bloating site and social-media platform has made the lives of the painfully average into a constant news blast, it seems the stories of the truly remarkable among us have become overshadowed by the mundane. With those more worthy of memoir and memory in his mind, editor Patrick Grant — British fashion […]
We’ve been obsessed with Quentin Tarantino’s spaghetti western/slave vengeance/southern flick Django Unchained since it was first announced. We clearly had some strong opinions on it when we saw it (read our review), so it’s not surprising the film still dominates our thoughts. That’s why our ears perked up when we came across these action figures […]
Ever since seeing Django Unchained over the holidays, we’ve had a lot of Quentin Tarantino on the brain. Not only did I watch Pulp Fiction again recently, but I already lined up Jackie Brown on the old Netflix queue. What can I say, it’s one of my favorites. But as good as all of the above […]
One of the best films of all time, the phenomenal directorial debut of Terrence Malick, Badlands is getting the Criterion Collection treatment, including a full 4K digital restoration. The special edition will have an enhanced soundtrack and include a new documentary with the film’s stars Martin Sheen and Sissy Spacek. The credited inspiration for Quentin […]
Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained is, in a single word, brutal. Unflinchingly, gorily, misanthropically, even gleefully brutal, to a point that a couple scenes were so ruthless they will churn your guts. Now I survived Irreversible, so that’s saying a lot. This observation is neither a complaint nor praise, but rather a (obvious?) comment on a […]
We posted the trailer for Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained when it came out last June, and needless to say it had us already primed and ready for its release. Like we said, Tarantino is the uncontested World Champion of Pursuit of Vengeance movies and certainly Django Unchained fits the billing. Today a second trailer dropped, and […]
Is there anybody — and I mean anybody — on this God’s green Earth that better manifests a Pursuit of Vengeance flick better than the great Quentin Tarantino? Unleashing a slave seeking revenge, and freedom, on a bunch of plantation owners seems like such a Tarantino no-brainer that in hindsight it’s shocking he hasn’t done […]
Back in March we talked about that Quentin Tarantino vs Coen Brothers Art Show and now they’ve made a video of the show. Moreover, there’s also links now to buy both original works and also a full collection of high quality prints from the show via Spoke Art. Honestly some very clever artwork in there […]