There was a time when I would tell friends I was covering South by Southwest (SXSW) in Austin, TX, and I’d get a blank stare. Now I get a glare of envy. SXSW has been evolving and growing by leaps and bounds for a number of years now, to the point of becoming a household […]
Thank you, Quentin. Thank you for everything. Thank you for “Jungle Boogie” on Pulp Fiction. Thank you for directing Uma and John Travolta dancing together. Thank you for the 5, 6, 7, 8’s in Kill Bill Vol. 1, and for reminding us of Nancy Sinatra’s tale of childhood love and its ominous signifiers in Vol. […]
Kill Bill, Volume 1. (2003, Quentin Tarantino) Oh, how happy am I to be able to type that name as the director of a movie again. Tarantino, it’s been too long. But the master of American independent film is back, going over budget and over time in magnificent, gore-filled style. Uma Thurman is The Bride, […]
