Tag Archives: Paul Thomas Anderson

2025 National Society of Film Critics Awards

Posted on January 3, 2026 by sheila

It’s the 60th year of the National Society of Film Critics. We met up in New York / Los Angeles / Zoom to vote today. We also have a couple of fun categories – like Best Experimental Film – and … Continue reading →

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NYFCC 2025 winners

Posted on December 3, 2025 by sheila

We met yesterday to vote on the year’s best. It’s always a somewhat grueling process, because it’s about counting, and tallying up all the blind votes. We often go into multiple rounds. But we did eventually come up with the … Continue reading →

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September 2025 Snapshots

Posted on October 13, 2025 by sheila

Attended some of the press screenings at the New York Film Festival. I haven’t been in a couple of years, for various reasons, and it’s been so sad for me. I loved getting up in the morning and heading to … Continue reading →

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“The films that I love are very straightforward stories, like really old-fashioned stuff.” — Paul Thomas Anderson

Posted on June 26, 2025 by sheila

There are many good contemporary film-makers doing fascinating bold work but Paul Thomas Anderson is what you might call “touched”. What other filmmaker now would even dare to make something like Magnolia? Who could even think that up? How was … Continue reading →

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December 2022 Viewing Diary

Posted on January 7, 2023 by sheila

The Whale (2022; d. Darren Aronofsky) I thought it was appalling, and not for the obvious reasons. His body is viewed as literally a movie monster, with all these horror-movie shots of his gigantic ankles, etc.) It felt tired and … Continue reading →

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Falling in love in itty-bitty cars

Posted on December 15, 2022 by sheila

Claudette Colbert and Don Ameche, Midnight (1939; d. Mitchell Leisen) Daniel Day-Lewis and Vicki Krieps, Phantom Thread (2017; d. Paul Thomas Anderson)

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What’s back there? It’s nothing good.

Posted on December 29, 2021 by sheila

1. Inherent Vice (2014) 2. Ciao! Manhattan (1972)

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NYFCC 2021 Awards

Posted on December 14, 2021 by sheila

Early this month, the New York Film Critics Circle met up at Lincoln Center – in person – for the first time in over a year – to vote on our 2021 awards. The awards show is being held in … Continue reading →

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Rogerebert.com: The Ten Best Films of 2021

Posted on December 14, 2021 by sheila

The annual Rogerebert.com contributors’ collective Top 10. We each submit an individual list, and then we’re given assignments based on the tally. I wrote on Paul Thomas Anderson’s Licorice Pizza. You can read the full list here. I’ll be putting … Continue reading →

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November 2021 Viewing Diary

Posted on December 6, 2021 by sheila

The Wire, half of Season 3 This is the busiest time of year in re: film-critic-land, so had to stop my re-watch of The Wire to make room for new releases. I’ll get back to it! All Is Forgiven (2007; … Continue reading →

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