Quentin Tarantino Articles

  Sally Menke, film editor on Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, both Kill Bill parts, Jackie Brown, and Inglourious Basterds, was found dead early Tuesday (Sept. 28) morning by searchers in the Hollywood Hills' Beachwood Canyon, according to a Los Angeles Times report. Menke was 56 years old. She and a friend had gone hiking with Menke's Labrador retriever on Monday, the hottest day [...]

The decision by Venice Film Festival organizers to enlist Quentin Tarantino as president of the 2010 jury and select (at least) three films made by friends of the Pulp Fiction and Inglourious Basterds director was controversial from the get-go. It has become more so following the Golden Lion given to Sofia Coppola's Somewhere, the choice of Álex de la Iglesia as best director and best [...]

Álex de la Iglesia's A Sad Trumpet Ballad (top); Vincent Gallo in Jerzy Skolimowski's Essential Killing (middle); Ariane Labed, Evangelia Randou in Athina Rachel Tsangari's Attenberg (bottom) Sofia Coppola Wins Golden Lion; Former Boyfriend Quentin Tarantino Must Explain Himself At the 2010 Venice Film Festival, the Silver Lion for best director and the Osella for best screenplay went to Spaniard Álex de la Iglesia for [...]

  Sofia Coppola's SOMEWHERE Wins Venice Film Festival's 2010 Golden Lion "This film enchanted us from its first screening," 2010 Venice Film Festival jury president Quentin Tarantino remarked at the closing ceremony on Saturday. "Yet, from that first enchanting screening, it grew and grew and grew in both our hearts, in our analysis, in our minds, and in our affections." Displaying a tenuous handle on [...]