Paul Thomas Anderson
Movie Review: Licorice Pizza
4 stars out of 5In the ongoing battle of the Andersons, Wes served first this year with The French Dispatch, but Paul Thomas has returned serve strongly with Licorice Pizza. Interestingly, both films are actually more collections of scenes rather than cohesive plot-driven narratives. And where Wes’s was studied and precise, P.T. throws it all […]
Movie Review: Phantom Thread
4 stars out of 5 Upon first seeing the trailer, I must admit I wasn’t too excited to see this. I often avoid period pieces — and I had no idea when this was set; upper-class England could be the 19th, 20th, or 21st century — and as anyone who’s ever looked at me could […]
Movie Review: A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence
4.5 stars out of 5 P.T. Anderson: Sure, I’m a fan. Wes Anderson, of course — huge favorite of mine. But who the hell is Roy Andersson? All I knew was that my friend Cat posted a movie trailer on Facebook and wrote “Amazin’.” She seems to like cool, quality things, so I clicked. I […]
Movie Review: Inherent Vice
3.5 stars out of 5 Twenty years ago, maybe a little more, I picked up a used copy of V. by Thomas Pynchon. I tried to read it, I really did. I like to see things through, you know? But it was really tough going; hard to understand. At some point, I put the bookmark […]
Movie Review: The Master
4 stars out of 5 In less capable hands, this could’ve been The All-New Odd Couple. “He’s Lancaster Dodd, charismatic buttoned-down charlatan! He’s Freddie Quell, drunken aimless rageaholic! It’s id vs. ego in a hilarious battle to the finish! Can these two take a cross-country trip without driving each other crazy?!?” Luckily, writer/director Paul Thomas […]
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