I am a big Quentin Tarantino fan.  Anything he does is cool.  I am eagerly looking forward to finding some Inglorious Basterds t shirts.   By the way, Tarantino's middle name is Jerome.  Here is a good Tarantino fan site which features Quentin dressed as a samurai doing a cell phone commercial in Japan.  

http://www.everythingtarantino.com/

Robert Rodriguez I have mixed feelings about. El Mariachi was amazing (see it in Spanish with English subtitles.  It works better IMO) and I loved the cheese of Dusk till Dawn, but give him a budget and he produces something horrible like Desperado.  Anyway, I think he did a good job here, but he seems to do his best work on a shoestring.

By the way, http://www.grindhouse.com/ refers to a theater that specializes in exploitation movies.  Check out that site for interesting info on Grindhouse theaters.