Tag: paul thomas anderson
2025: A (Mostly) Lackluster Year in Film in Pretty Much Every Way Possible
Looking back at 2025, there were many lackluster elements about it (almost as many as there were “what the fuck?” elements). But most noticeably when [Read More…]
“Down to Be Wrong” (Said No Man Ever), Or: It Takes a Hotel Haunting to Make a Man See the Error of His Ways in HAIM’s Latest Video
Building on the themes of “Relationships” (Haim’s lead single from what has now been officially branded as I Quit), their third single (following “Everybody’s Trying to [Read More…]
A New, More Believable Harold and Maude: Licorice Pizza
It’s something few directors can do—keep a viewer engaged throughout a long, meandering story that ultimately brings one back to the start. The start, in [Read More…]
Dress You Up in My Mind Games: Phantom Thread
“You’ve got style, that’s what all the girls say.” And so they do of Reynolds Woodcock (Daniel Day-Lewis)–not the finest last name for a man [Read More…]
Has Paul Thomas Anderson Just Wasted All His Talent on the Video for “Present Tense”?
It’s generally accepted that Paul Thomas Anderson is, well, a genius. That being said, should a genius really be wasting his talents on the directing [Read More…]
