In this issue: Quentin Tarantino on tape, the best film podcasts, Baz Luhrmann on Elvis, Warren Ellis on composing for film and Panah Panahi on Hit the Road. Plus: Black Film Bulletin, James Caan, Georges Méliès and more
“Videotapes are one of the most durable things that we’ve ever created to store a movie in. You have to take a hammer and fuck up a VHS tape.”
For our cover feature, Quentin Tarantino pays tribute to home entertainment’s least fashionable format, speaking to Farran Smith Nehme about his and Roger Avary’s new podcast, in which they reminisce about their formative years working in a video shop.
Elsewhere in this issue: we spotlight some of the finest film podcasts and hear from You Must Remember This’s host Karina Longworth; Baz Luhrmann on his dizzying biopic Elvis;Warren Ellis about his collaborations with Nick Cave, Andrew Dominik and Lucile Hadžihalilović; and Panah Panahi on Hit the Road, his blistering and beautiful debut feature.
