Tag: Quentin Tarantino

• Cult Classics: Grindhouse

  

  The lurid exploitation films of the 60s, 70s, and 80s gave cheap thrills to filmgoing audiences looking to make out in the back seats of the theater or their cars, see a few gross kill-shots and grungy effects, or else enjoy the well-tread tropes and hackneyed cinematography that these films promised. Their enjoyment by cinephiles…

  Mike Gray

  January 31, 2023

  culture, film

  2007, cult, cult classic, Death Proof, Grindhouse, Planet Terror, Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez

• Perfect Movies: Pulp Fiction

  

  In 1994, shortly after I turned 12, my father took me to see Pulp Fiction in the theaters. He and I had both been raving for weeks about how great the movie looked based on the trailers airing on TV, and the reviews that came out only confirmed what we both assumed: that this was…

  Mike Gray

  March 28, 2017

  culture, film, Uncategorized

  1994, analysis, culture, film, Marsellus Wallace, Mia Wallace, perfect movie, Pulp Fiction, Quentin Tarantino, Vincent Vega