With his seventh feature, Inglourious Basterds, due out from The Weinstein Company on August 21, this seemed like a good time to genuflect on the films of writer/director Quentin Tarantino. From humble beginnings as a video store clerk in Los Angeles, Tarantino developed into one of the more influential filmmakers of the past two decades, his name becoming synonymous with a style that features violence, black humor, and pop culture references in abundance.
His oeuvre of past films are all interesting, even if some weren’t as big commercial successes as others, and they frequently pay homage to obscure or forgotten genres—among them, blaxploitation, kung fu and samurai films, and B-grade slasher movies. This has fueled debate for years over whether Tarantino is a true artist who practices appropriating, or is merely a copycat.
Either way, I would argue that every film he has made is noteworthy in some way, »

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