Reservoir Dogs

…made his directing debut with Reservoir Dogs, a violent film about a failed jewelry store robbery. Two years later he established himself as a leading director with Pulp Fiction. The provocative film, which featured intersecting crime stories, won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes film festival, and Tarantino later received…

Tarantino’s other films included Reservoir Dogs (1992), Jackie Brown (1997), Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003), Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004), Inglourious Basterds (2009), Django Unchained (2012), The Hateful Eight (2015), and Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood

…stylized neo-noir films, beginning with Reservoir Dogs in 1992, are characterized by dark humour, plot twists, pop culture references, and ridiculous levels of graphic violence. The Coen brothers also subverted classic noir themes and styles. Fargo (1996) features a wintery small-town Minnesota setting and an unflappable, cheerful, pregnant cop as…

…its characters with those in Reservoir Dogs and theories about the contents of the stolen briefcase, which are not revealed but give off a mysterious glow whenever the case is opened. (The glowing briefcase was, in fact, an homage to Robert Aldrich’s 1955 film noir drama Kiss Me Deadly, and…

…Cohen; Thelma and Louise (1991); Reservoir Dogs (1991), Quentin Tarantino’s violent film about a botched robbery; Bad Lieutenant (1992), an NC-17 crime drama about a corrupt police officer; and Jane Campion’s The Piano (1993).

Pink in Quentin Tarantino’s Reservoir Dogs (1992), a violent drama about a failed jewelry store robbery. The independent film became a cult classic and added more momentum to Buscemi’s career. He later appeared as a waiter dressed as Buddy Holly in Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction (1994), another hugely influential movie.…