Henry: When this year started off with a trip over to the Netherlands for the Rotterdam Film Festival, getting to go to the BAFTA’s, and getting that accreditation for Cannes, all while finally having found the groove with the site, it seemed like it was about to be the best year for film yet. Then…
[written by Tilly Long] You may be forgiven for thinking that Paul Thomas Anderson takes a very dim view of his home team. Cult leaders, lovelorn stoners, suicidal porn stars, monomaniacal frock makers, women hating gurus, and psychopathic tycoons. These aren’t the bit players added to vitalise his narratives, but the main event and bedrock of…
[Written by Josh Ilan] In an interview in the build up to her new album, Fiona Apple said she quit cocaine after a night listening to her then boyfriend Paul Thomas Anderson and Quentin Tarantino both high on the drug in a private cinema. However, this is not the only thing that connects these auteurs.…
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The Academy Award-winner American Beauty didn’t make the list of our favorite films of 1999 (you’ll eventually find out who on our staff ranks it in their 5 worst films of all time), but here are our staff’s picks for the best of 1999, a monumental year in cinema: Magnolia In Magnolia, Paul Thomas Anderson’s…
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