“I’d like a Coke, with ice,” Paul Thomas Anderson says, addressing the waiter standing before his table. “And I’d like a Coke, with ice,” Leonardo DiCaprio echoes, emphasizing the words to the point that the renowned filmmaker sitting to his right immediately starts laughing as the server walks off. Anderson …
Read More »'One Battle After Another' Is an Act of Resistance — and a Stone-Cold Masterpiece
These are curious and perilous times we live in, the kind that call for courage and perseverance on all fronts. It can be exhausting, even if you’re not trying to take down the establishment or have long since given up the righteous fight. Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another …
Read More »Wes Anderson's 'The Phoenician Scheme' Is One of His Best
There are dozens upon dozens of memorable eccentrics, delusional antiheroes, blustery authority figures, sad sacks, screw-ups and all-too-lovable schmucks that populate the 12 feature films and handful of shorts directed by Wes Anderson. It is safe to say that there’s nobody else like Anatole “Zsa Zsa” Korda in his back …
Read More »A Battered Benicio Del Toro Stars in Trailer for Wes Anderson's 'The Phoenician Scheme'
Focus Features dropped the star-studded trailer for Wes Anderson’s latest project, The Phoenician Scheme, which will be released in theatres on May 30th. The film follows a complicated father-daughter relationship between Zsa-zsa Korda, a mega-rich businessman, and Liesl, a nun. The campy preview begins with a reporter speaking on a …
Read More »Leonardo DiCaprio, Teyana Taylor Are Ready for Revolution in 'One Battle After Another' Trailer
Leonardo DiCaprio is ready to fight with the rebellion — but first must find his daughter. On Thursday, director Paul Thomas Anderson debuted the trailer for One Battle After Another, out Sept. 26, which gives a glimpse of DiCaprio playing a kooky, revolutionary also fighting for his family. The trailer …
Read More »See Justin Timberlake Debut New Song 'Selfish' at Intimate Memphis Gig
After spending the past week teasing a new album, Justin Timberlake returned to the stage Friday with a small hometown gig in Memphis, where the singer debuted a new song called “Selfish.” The track — not to be confused with “Selfish” by Timberlake’s former group NSync — is believed to …
Read More »Justin Timberlake Might Not Be as Innocent as He Seems in Mysterious 'Reptile' Trailer
A sinister edge emerges from Justin Timberlake in the first official trailer for Reptile, the forthcoming Netflix film directed by Grant Singer. Out Oct. 6, the film follows Detective Tom Nichols (Benicio Del Toro) as he works to uncover the mystery behind a young real estate agent’s murder. Timberlake stars …
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