slammed Hollywood as a 'flavorless sausage factory' before revealing the one surprising film he has loved in the past six years.
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Tarantino Slams Hollywood, Backs Unexpected Film
Quentin Tarantino slammed Hollywood as a 'flavorless sausage factory' before revealing the one surprising film he has loved in the past six years. The 63-year-o...
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The 63-year-old director, who has , shared his thoughts in a fiery essay for Sight & Sound Magazine where he also called out 'audience pandering' and miscasting in recent movies.
The filmmaker wrote that he finds it 'almost impossible' to watch a movie nowadays but named the one 2026 project that kept him captivated from beginning to end: The Rip.
The thriller dropped on earlier this year in January with and in the lead roles.
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'A suspenseful new movie has come out that did grab me and held me for its entire duration,' Tarantino wrote.
'The film is an exciting cop thriller with a novel premise that manages to deliver the goods in really clever ways.'
Quentin Tarantino, 63, slammed Hollywood as a 'flavorless sausage factory' before revealing the one surprising film he has loved in the past six years; seen in 2025 in Hollywood
The filmmaker wrote that he finds it 'almost impossible' to watch a movie nowadays but named the one 2026 project that kept him captivated from beginning to end: The Rip (seen above)
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He further explained that 'the whole package worked' including director Joe Carnahan, the screenplay and also 'the splendid cast.'
Other stars that appeared in the film were Sasha Calle, Teyana Taylor, Steven Yeun, Kyle Chandler, Scott Adkins, and Catalina Sandino Moreno.
'The film is an exciting cop thriller with a novel premise that manages to deliver the goods in really clever ways,' the director added
The crime thriller dropped on Netflix earlier this year in January with Ben Affleck and Matt Damon in the lead roles; the two stars seen in January in NYC
'Flaws, implausibilities, audience pandering, miscast performers or just plain stupid s*** usually torpedoes every new movie coming out of the flavorless sausage factory that used to call itself Hollywood,' Tarantino said; seen in 2024 in NYC
'Which is fair enough, because by comparison the movies of the last six years make the 80s seem like the 30s.'
Tarantino did name a few other movie titles that he has enjoyed in recent years such as West Side Story (2021) starring Rachel Zegler and Ansel Elgort.
He also penned that he liked Kevin Costner's Western epics Horizon: An American Saga Chapter 1 and 2 which released in 2024.
Aside from The Rip, the star said that not much else has 'really held me in its grip and swept me away to the magical land of enjoyment that I use to visit regularly and was the reason I loved movies above all other artforms.
'These days I'd rather read a book,' Tarantino continued.
It is not the first time that the Oscar-winning director has called out Hollywood or some of its stars.
Late last year in December, Tarantino as an actor.
He made the comments during an appearance on The Bret Easton Ellis podcast at the time.
He also penned that he liked Kevin Costner's Western epics Horizon: An American Saga Chapter 1 and 2 which released in 2024 (seen above)
Tarantino had stated that the 'flaw' in the movie There Will Be Blood was Dano, who played twins Paul and Eli Sunday.
'Obviously, it's supposed to be a two-hander, but it's also drastically obvious that it's not a two-hander. [Dano] is weak sauce, man. He is the weak sister.'
He added, 'Austin Butler would have been wonderful in that role. [Dano] is just such a weak, weak, uninteresting guy.'
Celebrities quickly came to Dano's defense including Matthew Lillard, George Clooney and Dano's There Will Be Blood co-star Daniel Day-Lewis.
Earlier this year in January, Dano finally addressed Tarantino's comments and told Variety, 'I was incredibly grateful that the world spoke up for me so I didn't have to.'
Last month in May, Tarantino and Brad Pitt's by co-star Bruce Dern.
Pitt and Dern had been shooting a scene together and Pitt cut the camera, which did not sit right with Tarantino.
'When Brad Pitt wakes me up in Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood, I'm in the bed and I get up and I'm a little groggy and stuff and I just say, "I'm not really sure what's going on,"' Dern told People.
Late last year in December, Tarantino received backlash after calling There Will Be Blood star Paul Dano 'weak' and 'uninteresting' as an actor; Dano seen in April in NYC
Last month in May, Tarantino and Brad Pitt's clash on set of the 2019 film Once Upon A Time In Hollywood (seen above) was revealed by co-star Bruce Dern
'I'm looking at him. [Pitt] cut the camera. He cut the camera. The look on Quentin's face - I mean, he was insanely grave - and he said, "Brad, what did you just do?"'
Dern added, 'He said, "Well, I cut the camera." He said, "Never again in your life will you ever cut a camera or you'll be dead in this business. That's my domain. Don't stop behavior."'
The father of Laura Dern continued, 'So then we went on and did the scene and all Brad did was say to him, "Well, that wasn't in the script what he said."'
A source told the Daily Mail that despite the incident, Pitt and Tarantino have still maintained a close friendship.
Tarantino has been keeping busy with his upcoming project which is a swashbuckler play titled The Popinjay Cavalier which he is both writing and directing; seen in 2025 Burbank
'Quentin ranks among Brad's favorite directors, the two have a great rapport,' the insider said.
Tarantino has been keeping busy with his upcoming project which is a swashbuckler play titled The Popinjay Cavalier which he is both writing and directing.
The setting takes place in 1830s Europe and is set to premiere on London's West End in 2027.
Tarantino is known for stepping behind the camera for a number of films such as Reservoir Dogs (1992), Pulp Fiction (1994) and Django Unchained (2012).
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