Love him or hate him, Quentin Tarantino has made a splashy, sometimes ingenious impact on modern film, and the auteur/egotist loves chattin' cinema at a rapid clip. Here's your chance to watch him do it in person! In celebration of his nonfiction debut Cinema Speculation, a blend of film criticism and theory covering key '70s American films, Tarantino will hit Portland for a talk with Hollywood Theatre head film programmer Dan Halsted and a book reading on November 9. The following night, Tarantino will read another excerpt from his book and screen '77 revenge thriller Rolling Thunder. (Tickets include a copy of Cinema Speculation.)