Paul Thomas Anderson

The romantic listlessness of Paul Thomas Anderson’s The Master

By Jeremy Arblaster

As this Thomas Pynchon-inspired drama turns 10, its portrayal of post-war malaise still has an undeniable allure.

The 50 Best Films of the New Millennium (Not Based on Existing Intellectual Property)

By Little White Lies

In an ambitious venture, we count down our favourite wholly-original feature films of the last two decades.

‘We got this!’ Paul Thomas Anderson and Alana Haim in conversation

By Hannah Strong

The creator and star of Licorice Pizza take us on a tour through the San Fernando Valley and reveal why HAIM love to walk everywhere.

A brief journey through the Valley, Hollywood’s “real” next door neighbour

By Sabrina Cooper

From Valley Girl to Pulp Fiction and now Licorice Pizza, the San Fernando Valley is a familiar on-screen setting.

LWLies 92: The Licorice Pizza Issue – On sale now!

By David Jenkins

We’re hitting the San Fernando Valley hard for Paul Thomas Anderson’s laid back summertime romance.

Licorice Pizza

By David Jenkins

Newcomers Alana Haim and Cooper Hoffman shine in Paul Thomas Anderson’s most purely pleasurable film to date.

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Paul Thomas Anderson takes us back in time with the Licorice Pizza trailer

By Charles Bramesco

In ’70s SoCal, a tentative romance blossoms between cool girl Alana Haim and newcomer Cooper Hoffman.

Everything we know about Paul Thomas Anderson’s Licorice Pizza

By Charles Bramesco

The writer/director is returning to his SoCal roots for his hotly-anticipated next picture, which hit cinemas in November.

The 100 Best Films of the 2000s: 50-26

By Little White Lies

Our noughties ranking reaches the midway point, as Amélie, Oldboy and Spider-Man 2 all make the cut.

Paul Thomas Anderson wants Bradley Cooper for his ’70s high school movie

By Charles Bramesco

Every school has that one handsome teacher – could it be B-Coop?

Magnolia at 20 – In praise of PTA’s cathartic masterpiece

By Emily Cashen

Two decades on from its UK release, this sprawling epic still has much to teach us about the joys of letting go.

The Top 50 Non-IP titles of the New Millenium: the individual ballots

By Little White Lies

Find out how Little White Lies contributors voted in our critical survey of recent non-IP cinema.

Paul Thomas Anderson is going back to school for his next picture

By Charles Bramesco

Details have emerged of the US director’s ninth feature, about a California high school student.

Six times an on-set feud made a film more real

By Louisa Cavell

From Paul Thomas Anderson’s beef with Burt Reynolds to Peter Sellers and Orson Welles’ legendary spat.

Watch this hilarious deleted scene from Phantom Thread

By Little White Lies

Daniel Day-Lewis and Lesley Manville have an epic food fight in this outtake from Paul Thomas Anderson’s drama.

Catching up with the London Contemporary Orchestra ahead of Phantom Thread live

By Adam Woodward

Conductors and longtime friends Hugh Brunt and Robert Ames reveal how they helped bring Jonny Greenwood’s mesmerising score to life.

Frances McDormand and Guillermo Del Toro were the 2018 Oscars MVPs

By Hannah Strong

The world was watching a little more closely last night as the first post-Weinstein Academy Awards took place.

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