It took about two weeks and over $100 million in global box-office earnings, but conservatives have finally found Paul Thomas Anderson’s celebrated film One Battle After Another and they are, unsurprisingly, not happy about it. Based on Thomas Pynchon’s 1990 novel Vineland, the film is, at its core, a movie …
Read More »A Guide to the Revolutionary Music in 'One Battle After Another'
One Battle After Another, the sui generis 162-minute epic that’s now in wide release, is many movies in one. It’s writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson’s fiendishly inspired riff on postmodern master Thomas Pynchon’s 1990 novel Vineland; it’s a riveting action flick; it’s a hilarious stoner comedy; it’s a treatise on the …
Read More »'Get On to the Next Fight, Don't Give Up': P.T. Anderson and Leo DiCaprio on 'One Battle After Another'
“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 »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 »Paul Thomas Anderson Returns With Guns Blazing in 'One Battle After Another' Teaser Trailer
It’s been four years since Paul Thomas Anderson released his most recent feature film. But the director will return on Sept. 26 with One Battle After Another — and he’s coming back with guns blazing. The first-look teaser trailer for the film stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Teyana Taylor, and Chase Infiniti …
Read More »Paul Thomas Anderson Helms Music Video for the Smile's 'Friend of a Friend'
Radiohead side project the Smile have released a music video for their recent single, “Friend Of A Friend,” which was directed by filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson. The video premiered in 35mm alongside a surround sound album playback of the group’s new LP,Wall of Eyes,at a series of events at independent …
Read More »The Haim Sisters Are Banquet Hall Socialites in Paul Thomas Anderson-Directed 'Lost Track' Video
Haim settle for cutting their losses on their new single “Lost Track.” The song builds around the lyric “I’ll never get back what I lost track of,” written a year ago but turned into a complete song after inspiration struck on the set of a recent W Magazine cover shoot …
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