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Home » Django Unchained

Tag: Django Unchained

Posted inFilm

Once Upon a Time . . . in Hollywood indulges the fantasy of movie history when it could be questioning it

by Ben Sachs July 25, 2019August 18, 2021

Or, a collection of Quentin Tarantino’s favorite things about late-60s LA.

Posted inBlogs

What does Nat Turner have to say to today’s America?

by Michael Miner October 4, 2016August 18, 2021

On the culture’s current preoccupation with the eras of slavery and Jim Crow in the U.S.

Posted inFilm

Quentin Tarantino is still out of ideas

by Tal Rosenberg January 5, 2016August 18, 2021

It’s more of the same hatred for human progress in The Hateful Eight.

Posted inBlogs

I’ve seen your boobs, all right

by J.R. Jones February 26, 2013August 19, 2021

On the 1949 Oscar ceremony, and this year’s

Posted inBlogs

Gangster Squad is the most violent Hollywood movie in . . . two weeks

by J.R. Jones January 11, 2013August 18, 2021

Ruben Fleischer’s new gangster epic is gonna get even with you

Posted inBlogs

Controversy in action, and the rest of this week’s movies

by Ben Sachs January 4, 2013August 18, 2021

A rundown of Chicago film screenings for the week of January 4

Christoph Waltz and Jamie Foxx hunt racist whites in Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained.
Posted inFilm

Black and white and read all over

by Tal Rosenberg December 28, 2012August 19, 2021

As a radical account of American slavery, Django Unchained pales in comparison to Uncle Tom’s Cabin

Posted inBlogs

My favorite films of 2012

by Drew Hunt December 27, 2012August 19, 2021

Top Ten Films of 2012

Posted inBlogs

Mayor Rahm goes on vacation and the City Council undoes all his damage!

by Ben Joravsky December 26, 2012August 19, 2021

It’s all a dream . . .

Posted inBlogs

Reader’s Agenda, Christmas Day: New movies, Chinatown, and the Man in Black

by Drew Hunt December 25, 2012August 19, 2021

Presents opened? Christmas dinner consumed? Looking for something to do?

Posted inBlogs

Quentin Tarantino’s thousand-bullet clip, and the rest of this week’s movies

by J.R. Jones December 21, 2012August 19, 2021

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue

Posted inBlogs

Straight-Up Lincoln, and the rest of this week’s movies

by J.R. Jones November 9, 2012August 19, 2021

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue

Posted inBlogs

Quentin Tarantino at College of DuPage

by J.R. Jones August 22, 2012August 19, 2021

A new course surveys the director’s career as his latest feature, Django Unchained, nears release

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