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"Inglourious Basterds" promotes English language domination.
Tue, Aug 25 2009 9:20 AM

Over the weekend, "Inglourious Basterds" went from a film with a mixed Cannes reputation as Tarantino's least-productively talky to being a box office conqueror. If critics are still split, the general public seems surprisingly united in loving it. As Sharon Waxman reports, the Weinsteins marketed a kick-ass action movie, and somehow, remarkably... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: Quentin Tarantino, Biz, Diane Kruger, Inglourious Basterds, Christoph Waltz, Funny People, Weinstein Company, CinemaScore

Cannes 2009: "Inglourious Basterds."
Wed, May 20 2009 5:08 AM

Quentin Tarantino's a great writer of dialogue, and no one's more convinced of the fact than Quentin Tarantino. The ratio of talk to action -- not gun fights or explosions, but just people doing stuff -- in "Inglourious Basterds" is, generously, nine to one. Again and again, characters sit down over drinks (whiskey, champagne, milk), and the... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: Festivals, Quentin Tarantino, Cannes 2009, Mike Myers, Diane Kruger, Inglourious Basterds, Michael Fassbender, Eli Roth, Brad Pitt, Mélanie Laurent, Christoph Waltz

August is finally over, and other bits and pieces.
Tue, Sep 2 2008 1:29 PM

August, it's been real. Jim Ridley on "Disaster Movie" at the Village Voice: "Best text message sent from my screening (it wasn't me, but I certainly sympathized): 'I want to die.' " But he's outdone by Nick Pinkerton, reviewing "College" at the same publication: "Nearly justifies traveling back in time to... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: Inglorious Bastards, Quentin Tarantino, Odds, Disaster Movie, College, Klaus Barbie, Diane Kruger, Helen Mirren