The Laissez-Faire Sexism of Kill Bill Redux
How Tarantino inspired the race fantasies of wanton boys. Source link
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Paul Thomas Anderson’s ‘One Battle After Another’ Submits in Comedy at Golden Globes, Poised to Join ‘Nashville’ and ‘Emilia Pérez’ in Record Books
Paul Thomas Anderson is ready to lean into the laughs with “One Battle After Another.” The acclaimed action thriller, loosely inspired by Thomas Pynchon’s novel “Vineland,” will compete in…
No, ‘One Battle After Another’ Is Not a ‘Left-Wing’ Movie
It’s no big shock to see that commentators on the right, the far right, and the extreme alt-right (I think that covers the waterfront), from Ben Shapiro to film critic Armond White, have…
The Real Battle of “One Battle After Another”
A first viewing of Paul Thomas Anderson’s “One Battle After Another” mainly sets up the pleasure of seeing it again. The movie, which runs two hours and forty-one minutes, is stuffed with…
Happy Gilmore 2: Golf and Unity
Sandler stares down Anderson. Source link
How ‘One Battle After Another’ Shot Across a ‘Tapestry of California’: Finding the Car Chase Hills, Filming Next to the Border Wall and Consulting With Real Weed-Growing Nuns
All Paul Thomas Anderson movies are layered with fascinating characters and distinctive looks, but “One Battle After Another” might be the most ambitious of them all in terms of its…
Box Office: ‘One Battle After Another’ Sets Off $8.8 Million Opening Day
Warner Bros.‘ “One Battle After Another” took $8.8 million across Friday and previews from 3,634 locations in North America. That haul includes grosses from advance fan-first screenings on…
‘One Battle After Another,’ With Its Thriller Vision of Authoritarianism, Is the Rare Movie That Could Rule the Cultural Conversation
There’s no one way to measure when a movie enters the cultural bloodstream — I mean, when it does so as powerfully as a shot of heroin. But when it happens, you can feel it. It used to…
Chase Infiniti Says Regina Hall Is the ‘Central Force’ of ‘One Battle After Another’ and Teyana Taylor Made Perfidia ‘Even More Colorful’
Chase Infiniti is living the dream she never fully believed would come true. The 24-year-old Indianapolis native makes her feature debut in Paul Thomas Anderson’s “One Battle After…
There Will Be Bloodlust in One Battle After Another
Anderson’s reckless ode to radical terrorism. Source link
Leonardo DiCaprio’s Ex-Agent Said His Name Was ‘Too Ethnic’ and It Should Change to Lenny Williams: ‘They’re Never Going to Hire You’
If history had gone differently, “Titanic” would’ve starred Lenny Williams. In a recent appearance on the “New Heights” podcast, Leonardo DiCaprio said an agent told him in his early teens…
Oscar Predictions: Best Director — Women Winners, Overdue Legends and Ryan Coogler’s Push for History Define the Race
Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars, Emmys,…
‘One Battle After Another’ Opens Galas as Pingyao Sets 2025 Lineup
“One Battle After Another,” Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest film, will open the Galas section of the 9th Pingyao International Film Festival, which has unveiled its 2025 official selection…
Leonardo DiCaprio on Being Nervous for First Day of ‘One Battle After Another,’ Taking Inspiration From ‘The Big Lebowski’ and Working With Paul Thomas Anderson: ‘I Would’ve Done Any Movie He Proposed’
Leonardo DiCaprio has been waiting to work with Paul Thomas Anderson since he famously turned down the leading role in “Boogie Nights.” So even with a lifetime of filmmaking between 1997…