Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, this week with special guest Darcie Faccio, The 250 is a (mostly) weekly trip through some of the best (and worst) movies ever made, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users. New episodes are released every second Saturday at 6pm GMT, with the occasional bonus episode between them.
This week, Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill, Vol. 2.
Having crossed two names off her list, the Bride continues her rip roaring rampage of revenge against the people who put her in a coma. As she finds herself on a collision course with her mentor and lover Bill, the Bride races towards a revelation that she could not possibly predict.
At time of recording, it was not ranked on the list of the best movies of all time on the Internet Movie Database.
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Show Notes:
- Recorded 2nd July 2025.
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- Shawn S. Lealos at Screenrant considers how Michael Parks came to play Esteban Vihaio in Kill Bill, Vol. 2, May 2025.
- Amy Archerd writes in Variety about the controversy over Tarantino’s use of the “n-word”, December 1997.
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- Theresa Duncan reviews Kill Bill for Artforum, September 2023.
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- Barry Courter at Chattanooga Times Free Press reports on Quentin Tarantino’s Tennessee roots, August 2019.
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- Quentin Tarantino talks to Entertainment Weekly about how Kill Bill developed through the time that he spent with Uma Thurman and Maya Hawke, April 2004.
- The Sydney Morning Herald reports on the separation of Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman, September 2003.
- Chris Rovzar writes at New York Magazine about Ethan Hawke’s marriage to his children’s nanny, September 2010.
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- Charlize Theron argues to The Hollywood Reporter that Uma Thurman deserved an Oscar for Kill Bill, May 2025.
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- Michelle Ruiz at Vogue reports on “the Golden Age of Keanu Reeves”, June 2019.
- Tim Grierson at Mel considers how the world’s opinion shifted on Keanu Reeves, March 2022.
- Quentin Tarantino talks to Rolling Stone about how the War on Terror did not affect his work, October 2003.
- Manohla Dargis writes at The Los Angeles Times about “the twinned themes of loss and vengeance” in Kill Bill, 21 Grams and Mystic River, November 2003.
- The Spirit considers how the War on Terror haunts contemporary cinema, 2003.
- B. Ruby Rich writes at The Guardian about the contemporary wave of revenge movies, November 2003.
- Amy Zalman describes “the War on Terror” as “the first postmodern war” in World Policy Journal, Winter 2006.
- Alex Hess writes at Esquire about how Kill Bill pushed Quentin Tarantino into full-blown postmodernism, October 2023.
- Jonathan V. Last at The Wall Street Journal considers Hollywood’s reaction to the Iraq War, October 2003.
- Kyle Wiggins talks to Boston University about the revenge narrative in American popular culture, August 2018.
- Swapnil Dhruv Bose at Far Out Magazine reports on how Jackass influenced Kill Bill, October 2024.
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