Dumb Criminals and Brilliant Monsters: Tarantino’s Leading Men

Tarantino’s characters are dumb. Or, at the very least, many of his most recognizable characters, held in high esteem among the pantheon of cinema’s icons, are really super dumb. Look at the first three films of the beloved auteur’s career. Reservoir Dogs. Pulp Fiction. Jackie Read More …

Quentin Tarantino, The Most Interesting Screenwriter Alive

To say Quentin Tarantino is a controversial filmmaker would be an understatement. To some, he is the end-all, be-all of modern cinematic achievement, a shining prism through which the sum total of film history bends and refracts. To others, he is a problematic, culturally insensitive Read More …