quentin tarantino

Joaquin Phoenix stars in "Joker" (2019).

‘Joker’ Leads the Way With 11 Oscar Nominations

By JAKE COYLE / The Associated Press Jan 13, 2020 Martin Scorsese's "The Irishman," Quentin Tarantino's "Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood" and Sam Mendes' "1917" each earn 10 nods apiece. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Real Charles Manson

Dan O'Sullivan / Truthdig Sep 11, 2019 Quentin Tarantino's "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" offers a revisionist take on the California cult leader, but it's hardly the first. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

‘The Hateful Eight’ Film Review: This Flick’s Even Better on Second Viewing

By John Patterson Dec 25, 2015 With its overture, its intermission, its confined setting and its talkiness, Quentin Tarantino’s eighth film seems tedious when it’s not being Tarantino-esque. But it’s worth the price of two admissions. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

VIDEO: Actor Viggo Mortensen Defends Quentin Tarantino’s Criticism of Police Brutality

Staff / Truthdig Nov 9, 2015 With police unions calling for a boycott of the films of Quentin Tarantino, the award-winning director is refusing to back down from his criticism of police brutality. Actor Viggo Mortensen, defending Tarantino in a "Democracy Now!" interview, says, "You have to speak up." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

VIDEO: Head of NYPD Union Calls for Boycott of Quentin Tarantino’s Films

Staff / Truthdig Oct 27, 2015 The president of a union representing New York City police officers slammed the director for remarks he made Saturday at a rally against police brutality. "I'm a human being with a conscience," said Tarantino. "And if you believe there's murder going on, then you need to rise up and stand up against it. I'm here to say I'm on the side of the murdered." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Irresponsible ‘Basterds’?: Mulling Over Tarantino’s WWII Do-Over

Staff / Truthdig Aug 25, 2009 Quentin Tarantino certainly took full cinematic license and ran with it in his Nazi-bashing big-screen extravaganza "Inglourious Basterds," but as Entertainment Weekly's Owen Gleiberman explains, some people are getting pretty fired up about the film's convention-busting climax, worrying that it could lead impressionable future generations astray about what really happened at the end of World War II. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Lawrence Bender: The Truthdig Interview

Blair Golson / Truthdig May 24, 2006 Bender, the producer of every Quentin Tarantino movie, describes how he produced the Al Gore global warming documentary "An Inconvenient Truth." Check out: Why he thought a guy nicknamed "The Robot" would a compelling documentary subject His take on Gore's inability to capitalize on global warming when he was in office Bender's recognition that climate change barely registers on most voters' minds Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )