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(A version of this article originally appeared on kernelnow.com / mynewslike.com) There are few directors in modern cinema that can sell tickets to a movie on the value of their name alone, and at the head of that list sits one name: Quentin Tarantino. A man whose mystique precedes him – this being his ninth and, apparently, penultimate film – his unique appeal extends to casual cinema-heads and discerning film essayists alike. After two straight Westerns, Tarantino returns to the world of pure storytelling in  Once Upon A Time… In Hollywood , a genre-free film that does warp through as many different styles in 165 minutes as its creator has in 27 years. Through the guise of the dwindling career of Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his stunt double/driver/closest friend Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt), the film weaves through a Polaroid of 1960s Hollywood populated by the likes of Sharon Tate (Margot Robbie) as Rick tries to maintain his standing in a rapidly changing movie busi