

After an unsuccessful attempt at breaking into movies, he’s been relegated to playing the villain of the week on shows starring younger, hipper actors.

Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio) is a star, formerly the lead of a Western TV series called Bounty Law, but the sheen of fame around him has started to dull. in Hollywood celebrates movies, both as an art form and an industry, with a subdued, philosophical take that is at once beautiful and brutal. The ’60s-set drama doesn’t lack for Tarantino’s trademark motormouth dialogue or over-the-top violence, but that’s all secondary. “Tender” doesn’t spring to mind when it comes to the films of Quentin Tarantino, but that’s Once Upon a Time.
