Movies

September, 1994

During the opening credits of Pulp Fiction (Miramax), the screen displays a dictionary definition of the title as "lurid" material. Let that be a warning. Writer-director Quentin Tarantino's previous film, Reservoir Dogs, made faint hearts flutter. But Dogs and even Scorsese's violent Goodfellas look tame next to Tarantino's gory, bleakly comic slice of life about the Los Angeles underworld. Written with bite and brilliantly acted throughout, this anthology of overlapping stories about...