Dissolve On (12/3/2017-12/9/2017)
When the late, great website The Dissolve ended operations, its commenting community had The Solute…
Soundtracking #26: MAGNOLIA (1999)
The occasional podcast on music and movies. SPOILERS all over the place for this one.…
Scenic Route: THERE WILL BE BLOOD (2007)
There Will Be Blood, which has been getting some good notices lately, portrays a historical transformation…
Cinematography Round-Up Part Twelve: What Your Favorite Cinematographers Have Planned
Every movie news site (even the dearly-departed mothership), when it covers a upcoming movie, tends…
Film on the Internet: PUNCH-DRUNK LOVE (2002) on Amazon Prime
Barry Egan is a pure Adam Sandler character: emotionally stunted, prone to fits of rage…
But It Did Happen: The Short Works of Paul Thomas Anderson
(This is a review of the Paul Thomas Anderson shorts that are or were available for…
The foggy familiarity of INHERENT VICE
Less than two years after Altamont marked the end of the Hippy era, Rolling Stone…
A weekend of male ego, or: catching up with the best movies of 2014
Having finally caught up with a whole bunch of the year end’s critically acclaimed movies,…
Just Say Yes! The Politics of INHERENT VICE
You could make an entire film out of Joaquin Phoenix’s reaction shots, and Paul Thomas…