Tag: Inglourious Basterds
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Weekend Box Office: ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’ Nabs $40.3 Million, Tarantino’s Highest Debut
Quentin Tarantino’s ninth film, a foot-heavy fantasy film by the name of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, was a bit of a departure for the filmmaker, release-wise, as the first in his career distributed outside the Miramax/Weinstein Company umbrella and only the second, besides Inglourious Basterds, to get a summer release. Well, it looks…
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Seven Great Film Performances By Actors Playing Other Actors
With the release of this week’s “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” Quentin Tarantino is pairing his love of pop culture references with his penchant for historical revisionism in a sprawling portrait of the film industry in 1969. While Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio play fictional actors, the film features characters such as Sharon Tate,…
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‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’: Tarantino’s ‘Inglourious Basterds’ Easter Egg Explained
[Editor’s note: The following post contains spoilers for Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.”]Quentin Tarantino doesn’t hide the fact his movies exist in the same cinematic universe. The connections that run through the writer-director’s filmography can be big (John Travolta’s “Pulp Fiction” character is the brother of Michael Madsen’s “Reservoir Dogs” character) or…
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End of the affair: why it’s time to cancel Quentin Tarantino
Whatever the merits of his new film, Tarantino’s films have revelled in extreme violence against female characters. This has to stopWhen news broke early last year that Quentin Tarantino had cajoled Uma Thurman into driving an unsafe car during the filming of Kill Bill which resulted in a crash, the director called it “the biggest…
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‘Three Peaks’ Trailer: Bérénice Bejo & ‘Inglourious Basterds’ Alexander Fehling Star In Jan Zabiel’s Tense, Family Drama
German writer/director, Jan Zabiel likely is not a name that rings a bell with most film buffs, but there’s a chance that could change soon, given the actors attached to the former cinematographer’s upcoming and critically acclaimed new project. Starring Academy Award nominee Bérénice Bejo and Alexander Fehling, “Three Peaks,” which is being hailed as…
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Tarantino, Malick, Banderas: A Dozen New Oscar Contenders, Courtesy of Cannes
Launching a film at the Cannes Film Festival is equal measures honor and risk. For every “The Artist,” there’s a “Grace of Monaco;” others are happy to leave unscathed. Historically it’s a relative few who leave poised for Oscar consideration, but 2019 proved to be a strong year.Among these are the two splashiest festival debuts,…
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Quentin Tarantino Says He May Recut ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’ to Make it Longer
Quentin Tarantino is not wedded to the Cannes cut of “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.” He and editor Fred Raskin worked hard to finish it in time to world premiere at his favorite festival on May 21, and Tarantino told me he wouldn’t have shown it if he wasn’t ready. As soon as he…
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‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’: Quentin Tarantino Begs Cannes Crowds to Avoid Spoilers
Quentin Tarantino wants Tuesday’s Cannes Film Festival premiere of “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” to be a spoiler-free zone. The director took to Twitter on the eve of the red carpet debut to implore media and others attending the hot-ticket event to avoid giving away too much about the film.“I love cinema, You love…
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5 Burning Questions for Quentin Tarantino’s ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’ in Cannes
On Tuesday, Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” will make its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival. So what do festivalgoers most want to know about the movie’s debut in the south of France?1. How long will Tarantino’s standing ovation be?It’s not a question about if a movie will get a standing…
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Tribeca Film Review: ‘Georgetown’
What must it be like to play poker with Christoph Waltz? For all his charms, subtlety doesn’t seem to come naturally to the German actor. Granted, Waltz was a revelation as the unnervingly charming Nazi colonel in Quentin Tarantino’s “Inglourious Basterds,” but in most of the roles that have followed, he’s tipped his hand with…