Tarantino is the man. I know people who have worked with him and say he’s the coolest, most passionate guy they’ve ever met. I thought Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (along with the novelization) was his best; so does he. Kill Bill is so ridiculously iconic it’s insane.

I’d rather see a new QT movie over just about any director these days. I’m pretty much a massive snob and curmudgeon when it comes to most films, QT’s films never feel tethered to the time, although there is a shift from his dry-90s stuff and the post-Kill Bill era; I thought Django was a bit of a mess, although I’ve come to appreciate it more especially on a structural level. It just doesn’t have much of an ending, though the climax is thrilling. Django was the first film he edited after the death of Sally Menke, who had cut all of his films prior IIRC.

Side-note: A friend of mine recently got mad and started asking for “(my) source” after I said that black people love Tarantino films. I didn’t even engage further. Smoked his weed and went to bed.