In 2003, Tarantino delivered ', a stylized "revenge flick" in the cinematic traditions of kung fu films and Japanese martial arts; ' followed in 2004. Tarantino next directed the exploitation slasher film "Death Proof" (2007), part of a double feature with Robert Rodriguez released in the tradition of 1970s grindhouse cinema, under the collective title "Grindhouse". His long-postponed "Inglourious Basterds" (2009) tells an alternate history of Allied forces in Nazi-occupied France, and was released to favorable reviews; it was followed by "Django Unchained" (2012), a Spaghetti Western set in the Antebellum South, to further critical favor, winning him his second Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. His next film, "The Hateful Eight" (2015), was a long-form Western initially screened in a 70 mm roadshow theatrical release. His most recent film, "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" (2019), recounts an alternate history of events surrounding the Tate–LaBianca murders. He published his first novel, a novelization of "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood", in 2021.