Tag Archives: Quentin Tarantino

Ask any heterosexual American female and she’ll verify the following: for whatever reason, the majority of men in the United States actively resist romance films. Sure, the more cerebral male viewer will defend this by questioning the merits of the ...

It is the holidays, when little silver balls are hanging from trees only to hunt you down and drain you of your very ruby essence. The Tall Man leaves all us little boils and ghouls gifts tucked away in local mausoleums ...

Within the past few years it has become undeniable that witches and witchcraft are in fashion, be it in film, television or culture at large (full disclosure: this author has even made a short that falls in the ‘witchsploitation’ sub-genre). ...

History: Nikkatsu, Japan, and the Studio System With the exception of Toho, Nikkatsu is perhaps the most renowned, important of all classic Japanese film studios. Founded in 1912, its also one of the earliest and oldest. Producing primarily realist cinema ...

As the camera fades up, the first image audiences are met with is a woman dressed in traditional garb, gesturing for the camera. It plays out like a parody of a bad sitcom, complete with cutesy gestures and goofy interactions complete ...

Download MP3 ​Much has been written about Quentin Tarantino’s influences – the Spaghetti Westerns of Leone and Corbucci; the French New wave, particularly Goddard’s Band of Outsiders and Breathless; and, more significantly McBride’s 1983 remake of Breathless. And let’s not ...

Kevin Smith has recently signed Jeepers Creepers actor Justin Long for his walrus-themed horror thriller Tusk. Long, who last worked with Smith on Zack and Miri Make a Porno, will be co-starring with Smith’s Red State alumna Michael Parks. Long ...

There are few figures in the entertainment industry as endearing and prolific as Lloyd Kaufman, the brain behind Troma studios for 40 years and counting. By establishing the iconic Toxic Avenger and Class of Nuke ‘Em High films, Kaufman cemented his legacy ...

Horror. To some, the genre is that of cheap thrills, startles and nightmare fodder to allow entertainment to be entertaining without the need to turn on one’s brain. To others, Horror is a conduit that our deepest fears, anxieties and ...

Horror. To some, the genre is that of cheap thrills, startles and nightmare fodder to allow entertainment to be entertaining without the need to turn on one’s brain. To others, Horror is a conduit that our deepest fears, anxieties and ...