Posts Tagged ‘Paul Thomas Anderson’
Film Review – One Battle After Another
Writer/director Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another (2025) is a work that feels like a departure from the rest of his career, yet it contains all the quirks, eccentricities, and emotions that have long been associated with him. “PTA” has a reputation for bringing us into worlds…
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Film Review – Top Gun: Maverick
There has been a lot of talk lately describing Tom Cruise as “The Last Great Movie Star.” While that distinction can be debated, what’s hard to argue is that Cruise – who will be turning 60 this year – is the ultimate showman. Where other movies rely…
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Film Review – Uncut Gems
Taking a breather from both his multi-million dollar Netflix deal and basketball shorts, Adam Sandler again reminds us how good he can be outside of his Happy Madison orbit as Howard Ratner, a charmingly idiotic gambler and star of the Safdie Brothers’ Good Time follow-up,…
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Top 15 Films of 2017 – Allen’s Picks
When it comes to making these end of year lists, I usually take it in stride. I never really think about them for too long, since it’s just an exercise in futility. But 2017 was such a strong year at the movies, with good to…
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The MacGuffin’s Top 10 Films of 2017
One of the nicest things about writing for The MacGuffin is that all the film reviewers on this site have such varied tastes. Since we do not all live around the Los Angeles and New York City areas, the films that receive awards buzz may…
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Film Review – Phantom Thread
The latest film from writer and director Paul Thomas Anderson opens with the tonal resonation of a ringing sound. Like a tuning fork being struck, the sound carries out, as if to reverberate throughout the remainder of the movie. Not quite a formal note and…
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Film Review – Inherent Vice
And so it comes to pass that with hippies, drugs and secret societies wrapped in conspiracies of world madness, writer and director Paul Thomas Anderson has crafted one of the wildest and most important neo-noir films of the new millenia.
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Film Review – Young Ones
They shoot horses don’t they? That statement is not really so much a question, as it is a declaration of fate. The idea being, if a horse breaks its leg, it can’t be healed and is thus better to put the animal out its misery.…
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