Despite being almost literally 90% dialogue, Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight reaffirms his acumen as a filmmaker first and a writer second by being one of the most visually fascinating films of 2015. Using the full range of his 70mm aspect ratio, Tarantino indulges in stark, horizontal compositions emphasizing space and distance—a remarkable feat considering almost the entire movie takes place in a cramped, one room haberdashery. It also helps that The Hateful Eight might be one of Tarantino’s top three greatest screenplays, a misanthropic locked-room mystery with one of the most nihilistic third acts in a Western since Sergio Corbucci’s The Great Silence (1968).
8/10
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