Inglourious Basterds

In this World War II movie, Quentin Tarantino weaves together multiple storylines that coalesce into a literally explosive finale that daringly rewrites history.

"...II outing. Divided into chapters à la Kill Bill, Inglourious Basterds weaves together multiple storylines which coalesce into a..."

Aug. 21, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

'Inglourious Basterds' Equals Happy Jews

Harvey Weinstein comments on Inglourious Basterds

"...Asked for comment about Quentin Tarantino's new war movie Inglourious Basterds, which will premiere in Cannes in a couple..."

May 6, 2009 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Once Upon a War Story

Quentin Tarantino rewrites the spaghtetti western with a side of sour Krauts in Inglourious Basterds

"...at the Alamo Drafthouse with the local premiere of Inglourious Basterds, a World War II fantasia about American GIs..."

Aug. 21, 2009 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Operation Finale

Nazi hunting history may be accurate, but lacks tension or gravity

"...If you’re looking for Inglourious Basterds redux, then this bloodless historical drama isn’t for..."

Aug. 31, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Big Eyes

Amy Adams and Christoph Waltz play the Keane couple, the artists behind the craze of those ubiquitous portraits of wide-eyed waifs.

"...ground for Tim Burton, then, who casts Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds’ Nazi colonel) as the maniacally charming schemer Walter..."

Dec. 26, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Cinemapocalypse at the Alamo Ritz: Die, Nazi, Die!

Quentin Tarantino premieres Inglourious

"...said Eli Roth, by way of introducing Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds, which had its Austin debut as part of..."

Aug. 16, 2009 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

AFCA Announces 2009 Awards

The Austin Film Critics Association hands The Hurt Locker top prize

"...Southwest Film Festival. Other films receiving multiple nods include Inglourious Basterds (from Austin spiritual son Quentin Tarantino), Me and..."

Dec. 18, 2009 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare

A commando unit takes on the Nazis in this hyperviolent Guy Ritchie action-comedy

"...it had to be something more. There are unavoidable Inglourious Basterds parallels in plot and temperament – a bloodthirsty..."

April 19, 2024 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Good Liar

Mirren and McKellen cross paths in this retiree con flick

"...in a screening of Quentin Tarantino’s revisionist history lesson Inglourious Basterds of all things, one of many semi-subtle clues..."

Nov. 22, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Custody

A disturbingly honest portrayal of abuse and divorce

"...(tough guy Ménochet, best known to American audiences for Inglourious Basterds) looks outgunned, the only man in the room,..."

Aug. 3, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Screens Top 10s

"...8) 'INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS' If Tarantino had shown a little more restraint,..."

Jan. 1, 2010 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Screens Top 10s

"...9) 'INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS' Not just another badass Jews vs. craven Nazi..."

Jan. 1, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

AFCA Announces 2009 Awards

The Austin Film Critics Association hands 'Hurt Locker' top honors

"...Colin Firth, A Single Man Best Actress: Mélanie Laurent, Inglourious Basterds Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds Best..."

Dec. 16, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Screens Top 10s

"...Inglourious Basterds, District 9, Goodbye Solo, The Baader Meinhof Complex,..."

Jan. 1, 2010 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Django Unchained

As entertaining and subversive as Django Unchained is, Tarantino's latest also suffers from a certain slackness.

"...with another wish-fulfillment history adventure. Like his last picture, Inglourious Basterds, Django Unchained creatively rewrites the past in favor..."

Dec. 28, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Red Carpet Wrangle

Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds to premiere in Austin

"...both to the punch is the just-announced premiere of Inglourious Basterds on Aug. 15 at the Alamo Ritz. Basterds..."

July 27, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

What'cha Watchin'?

Account Executive Marisa Mirabal celebrates our First Plates issue with a menu of movies

"...to comedy, these films will satisfy any cinematic taste. Inglourious Basterds (YouTube, Amazon Prime)..."

July 30, 2021 Screens Column by Marisa Mirabal

Crime Month: Tarantino's Alternate History, Where Women Don't Get to Talk a Whole Lot

Parsing fact from fiction in Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood

"...real catharsis in how he torched Hitler alive in Inglourious Basterds, a giddy, over-the-top taking out of a man..."

July 30, 2019 Arts Post by Kimberley Jones

13 Minutes

A plot to blow Hitler up goes wrong

"...to die another day at the hands of the Inglourious Basterds and, more to the point, director Hirschbiegel’s 2004..."

July 28, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Fury

Brad Pitt commands a Sherman tank in the waning days of World War II, and teaches his men the simple algorithm of war: Kill or be killed.

"...Yet Pitt’s work here isn’t a stitch on his Inglourious Basterds Lt. Aldo Raine. It may be more realistic..."

Oct. 17, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Alex Cross

Stretching out of his Madea comfort zone to play James Patterson's FBI profiler is a courageous but misguided move on Tyler Perry’s part.

"...killer Picasso (Lost’s Fox, looking like a cross between Inglourious Basterds’ Cristoph Waltz and, um, me, apparently), a sadistic..."

Oct. 19, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Carnage

Roman Polanski directs this chamber piece about the demise of social decorum that's adapted from the play God of Carnage.

"...wickedly funny one-liners – and the German actor Waltz (Inglourious Basterds) is terrific as the only parent unburdened by..."

Jan. 13, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Beginners

Christopher Plummer and Ewan McGregor play father and son in this lovely drama about what happens to both after the older man discovers near the end of his life that he's gay.

"...pitching woo to a stunning French actress named Anna (Inglourious Basterds’ Laurent) seem wholly his own. It’s only when..."

June 24, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Water for Elephants

Based on a bestselling novel, this 1930s-set film stars Robert Pattinson, Reese Witherspoon, and Christoph Waltz.

"...ringmaster-with-rage-issues August (Waltz, in a colorless do-over of his Inglourious Basterds' charismatic diablo). Witherspoon plays August's star attraction and..."

April 29, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Jane Eyre

The foggy moors are palpable, the passions less so, but this new adaptation of Charlotte Brontë's oft-told story is a handsome addition to the canon.

"...talent, whom most will recognize from his work in Inglourious Basterds (but those who want to check out the..."

March 25, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Green Hornet

This Hornet's a cheesy and borderline-boring cream puff of a vigilante.

"...and attract the attention of Russian crime kingpin Chudnofsky (Inglourious Basterds' Waltz, who doesn't even bother to attempt an..."

Jan. 14, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Piranha 3D

Finally, 3-D is being put to its optimum use. Who cares how it holds up as a remake?

"...revisits nutty-scientist territory as an expository ichthyologist, and Roth (Inglourious Basterds) turns up in a cameo as a wet..."

Aug. 27, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

History's Morgue

We choose whether to let our stories live or die

"...is fittingly called "safety film." "In fact," says Alonzo, "Inglourious Basterds features a plot point that relies on blowing..."

June 4, 2010 Features Feature by Kate X Messer

Fish Tank

In this raw and award-winning film, a prickly British teenager hurls herself into scenarios fraught with danger.

"...years' time he's swung from Hunger's starved artistry to Inglourious Basterds' stiff upper lip – and his ease in..."

March 5, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

I Love You, Beth Cooper

Hayden Panetierre stars in this coming-of-age comedy about a high school valedictorian who proclaims his love for the school's hottest cheerleader during his graduation speech.

"...Rust's next gig is as one of Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds, and if that isn't a 180-degree résumé boomerang,..."

July 17, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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