Writing about Quentin Tarantino's ONCE UPON A TIME...IN HOLLYWOOD - #10 in Reverse Shot's ‘Best of 2019’
“Booth (Brad Pitt), the calmest powder keg you'll ever see, is the film's heart of darkness. He bears witness from his vantage point on Rick’s roof, then at Spahn Ranch he participates, becoming Hans Landa (as Samuel L. Jackson did in Django Unchained). And the dream will start to turn sour. More than a love letter, it's a eulogy: Tarantino joins Minnelli, Wilder, and Kazan in enriching the ambiguity of the Hollywood myth. If you think the old Cinema, the type we could all soon be lamenting, still has a purpose and value—to excite, provoke, transport, disturb, and enthrall—then don’t despair: it’s all here.”
A momentous year for the movies and sneaking in at number 10, a masterpiece from Quentin Tarantino. You can read my capsule on the film here.