The Demise of Quentin Tarantino, Part 4: My Best Friend’s Birthday

Having chronicled Quentin Tarantino's career as the tragic demise of a talented young'n with lots of promise but no guidance to help him out of his immature, self-made noose, we thought we should end this cinematic analysis by going back to the beginning: Quentin's first, unfinished, and completely amateur "feature" made with his pals during …

The Demise of Quentin Tarantino, Part 3: Jackie Brown

In between Pulp Fiction and Kill Bill, a few things happened. First up was an overhyped side-project that completely bombed: Four Rooms, in which four indie darling directors made four short films all taking place in a hotel and starring Tim Roth. Of the four, only Robert Rodriguez' contribution is any good- in fact, it's …

The Demise of Quentin Tarantino, Part 2: Kill Bill Vol. 2

It's not that Kill Bill Vol. 2 is "bad" so much as it contains all the clues and seeds of Quentin's imminent self destruction. All the self-indulgence, all the voyeuristic hard-ons at watching _____ do _____ to each other, the utter lack of characters with any depth... it's all here, waiting to hatch. If QT …

The Demise of Quentin Tarantino, Part 1: Kill Bill Vol. 1

It's true- Movie Club usually avoids such mainstream fare as this, one of the biggest blockbusters from one of Cinemadom's biggest stars: Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill, Vol. 1. So why is it here? First of all, believe it or not, Kill Bill is "out-of-print" in the interwebs- that's right, you can't stream it, can't buy …

The Killer

It's hard to believe that the guy every 90's film student was obsessed over- John Woo- is fading into obscurity, but several of his most famous Hong Kong action flicks are out of streaming commission. Not the least of these is his Swan Song, The Killer, which probably still holds the record for most bullets …