Friday Matinee

Desperado

Antonio Banderas, Joaquim De Almeida, Salma Hayek, Cheech Marin, Steve Buscemi and Quentin Tarantino star in this stylish shoot-’em-up described as a south-of-the-border Pulp Fiction. Director Robert Rodriguez follows up his legendary debut film, El Mariachi, with this sexy sequel about a mysterious guitar player (Banderas) searching for vengeance against the men who murdered his girlfriend. (Sony Pictures)

“Sometimes a filmmaker gets so far inside the tawdry pleasures of B-movie conventions that the pulp comes out spicy and hot; it can tickle the taste buds of even the most jaded viewer. Desperado, a propulsive rock & roll spaghetti western, is that kind of movie.” – Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly