THIS MONTH AT EMPIRE

IT’S 25 YEARS since Quentin Tarantino stormed Cannes with Pulp Fiction (which Empire, then only fourand-a-half years old, reviewed as “brilliantly written and unfathomably cool” before slapping it with five stars). Nearly three decades on, he’s back. And while a lot of things do change, have changed, some things don’t. Firstly, Quentin Tarantino is as singular, as sure as ever. And secondly, a new Tarantino movie is still a major landmark moment.

So when we found out Tarantino’s Once Upon A Time In Hollywood would be a meditation on the dying embers of Hollywood’s golden age, with Brad Pitt, Leonardo Dicaprio and Margot Robbie, no less, we had more than a few questions. Features editor Nick de Semlyen was dispatched to Los Angeles to sit with QT in the edit suite to get the inside story on one of the year’s most anticipated films. You can read his report on page 58.

Plus, this month Tarantino answers your questions, Kevin Smith and Robert Rodriguez reflect on their relationship with the director, we get the latest on Jon Favreau’s live-action Lion King, hang out with Ari Aster in New York, and the late Agnès Varda’s closest collaborators reflect on her incredible legacy. In other words: here’s to change! But also: here’s to things staying the same, sometimes, too.

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