With more dramatic substance than Vol. 1, Vol. 2 shows that Tarantino has an unparalleled gift for dialogue and a sharp cinematic eye.
Author / Eternality Tan
Django Unchained (2012)
Continue reading →Tarantino’s latest overstays its welcome, but his astonishing marriage of dialogue and action continues to wow.
Hateful Eight, The (2015)
Its epic length may be of disservice to Tarantino’s latest work, but this is his most maturely-crafted film to date, though not necessarily one that is thoroughly compelling.
Lights in the Dusk (2006)
Continue reading →This minor work is also the weakest film in Kaurismaki’s “Finland” trilogy, taking itself more seriously than it ought to be.
Drifting Clouds (1996)
Continue reading →A compassionate if often amusing film centering on a couple facing unemployment that sees Kaurismäki in his own element.
Other Side of Hope, The (2017)
Continue reading →Takes a while to set off, but when it does, the film is Kaurismäki at his deadpan comedic best, with a touch of empathy for its characters.
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Still Tarantino’s most influential film to date, and one of the finest American movies from the ’90s.
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
Continue reading →Tarantino’s cracking debut establishes the style, tone, dialogue and violence that would make him arguably the most influential American filmmaker of the ’90s.
Calamari Union (1985)
Continue reading →A gang of shades-wearing weirdos attempt to create meaning out of a meaningless existence in this uneven absurdist work of comic nihilism.
