Quentin Tarantino

Pitt-Fassbender drama "Twelve Years a Slave' coming December 27

2013-04-02 11:34:00

The release strategy for Steve McQueen’s “Twelve Years a Slave” is coming into focus. Fox Searchlight announced Tuesday that it, not parent company 20th Century Fox, would be releasing the period drama. The larger studio has overseen...

Hollywood Film Awards announces date for gala

2013-03-28 14:04:00

The Hollywood Film Awards announced Thursday afternoon that the 2013 gala ceremony has been set for Oct. 21 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. The awards honor talent in front of and behind the camera. Over the last 10 years, 96 Oscar nominations and 34...

Quentin Tarantino, the persnickety poet of 'Django Unchained'

2013-02-07 05:00:00

Here are some things you need to know about Quentin Tarantino. He pens his screenplays longhand, not on a word processor. "I can't write poetry on a computer, man," he says. If you're an actor, don't expect to improvise. Ever. "You hire an actor to...

The 'Argo' factor in this year's Oscar fest

2013-01-17 12:23:00

In the week since Oscar nominations were announced, we've sat through two award shows — the Critics' Choice Awards, thrown by a group of junketeers who, according to Anne Hathaway at least, can't even spell the names of their winners right, and...

Oscar parties get ready to roll out the toasts

2013-02-21 16:54:00

Can't wait to roll out the fondue, sample ballots and Champagne for your own at-home Oscar party? You'll be in fine company as the stars roll out to their own celebrations surrounding the big show. Here are a few of the weekend's biggies: Starting out...

Chris Brown admits: Rihanna assault was his 'biggest mistake'

2013-02-27 14:31:00

Chris Brown considers the night he brutalized his girlfriend Rihanna "the biggest mistake" of his life. Acknowledging his actions that left Rihanna's face bloodied and bruised the night before the 2009 Grammy Awards, the 23-year-old opened up about...

‘DJesus Uncrossed’: Most blasphemous skit in ‘SNL’ history?

2013-02-18 09:33:14

Christ on the cross: a violent image as an act of commiseration

2013-02-15 12:00:00

No image I know in the history of Western painting is more brutal than the crucifixion scene in the Isenheim Altarpiece. Its violence would make Quentin Tarantino blush. When German Renaissance artist Matthias Gr�newald first set brush to limewood panel...

Thursday's TV Highlights: 'Community' on NBC

2013-03-20 20:00:00

Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of March 17 - 23, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies � -------------------- SERIES Community Dean Pelton (Jim Rash, above,...

Oscars 2013: Telluride festival emerges as best picture predictor

2013-02-18 11:40:00

Oscar pundits love to debate the best forecaster of the Academy Awards. Is it the Golden Globes, the Screen Actors Guild ensemble trophy or some obscure film critics organization?� Here's a new theory: the Telluride Film Festival. If "Argo" takes home...

'Bates Motel' opens for business on A&E

2013-03-14 07:00:00

The big screen's most formidable mama's boy is coming to TV. Norman Bates, the deranged character of "Psycho" fame, is proving movie stars aren't the only ones hunkering down to the small screen — some of cinema's fictional personas are also...

'Django Unchained' to be shown in China

2013-03-13 14:10:00

Quentin Tarantino's "Django Unchained" will debut in China on April 11, marking the first time a film by the writer-director will screen in that nation. The violent western, a box office hit for its backers Sony Pictures Entertainment and The...

@SpikeLee Director, "Do The Right Thing," "Bamboozled," "Oldboy" Why follow? The man speaks his mind and - in the case of his thoughts on Quentin Tarantino's "Django Unchained" - might speak what is on other people's minds, as well.

2013-03-19 00:00:00

Actress-stunt woman-producer Zoe Bell will attend the festival for a screening of Quentin Tarantino's "Death Proof," in which she starred.

2013-03-13 17:47:00

Quentin Tarantino wrote a role specifically for actor James Woods in his breakout film "Resevoir Dogs." Woods' agent returneed the script, never even showing it to Woods. When the film blew up, Woods found out what his agent had done and fired him. Good job, James. He turns 63 today. (Photo by

2013-03-11 17:33:00