Sam’s appearance on Wake Up Heavy! discussing Under the Silver Lake
I’ve been a big fan of the Wake Up Heavy! podcast for some time. So I was beyond excited when I got asked to be a guest and discuss Under the Silver Lake, one of my favorite movies from this year. Check it out — and listen to everything else on the show, I really love […]
Django Unchained (2012)
I’m fascinated by spaghetti westerns. How can Italian directors, many of whom never set foot on American soil, reinvent an entirely foreign genre, that of the Western? How can they take the basics of the John Wayne-style cowboy film and transform it into a world with no morality? All Italian Westerns owe a debt to […]
Exploring: Movies that influenced Quentin Tarantino
No matter how you feel about Quentin Tarantino’s films — obviously, I’m a fan — you have to admit that he’s been able to get more eyes on films that many folks would never watch otherwise. Thanks to The Quentin Tarantino Archives, The Grindhouse Archives and some other interviews spread all over the internet, I’ve been […]
Inglorious Basterds (2009)
Enzo G. Castellari’s The Inglorious Basterds — known in Italy as Quel Maledetto Treno Blindato or That Damned Armored Train — is a 1978 film that ran near constantly on cable throughout the late 70s and early 80s. In case you’re wondering just how important this film was to Quentin Tarantino, check out his excitement as […]
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