Paul Thomas Anderson
The New Yorker Interview
Paul Thomas Anderson on What Makes a Movie Great
The director of “Licorice Pizza” discusses his writing process, choosing actors, and how you can tell when you are on a good film set.
By David Remnick
The New Yorker Radio Hour
Paul Thomas Anderson on “Licorice Pizza”
The filmmaker returns to his home terrain, where “Boogie Nights” and many of his other movies were set. Plus, millennial writers reflect on the particular sense of despair in their generation.
The Front Row
“Licorice Pizza,” Reviewed: Paul Thomas Anderson’s Thrilling Coming-of-Age Story
With audacity and insight, the filmmaker fuses a comedic romp of romance and self-discovery with a sharp debunking of classic Hollywood myths and heroes.
By Richard Brody
The Current Cinema
“Licorice Pizza” Is Paul Thomas Anderson’s Seventies Show
In the director’s Nixon-era coming-of-age tale, his mind’s eye is fixed on the past.
By Anthony Lane
Cultural Comment
Dancing with HAIM
In their music videos, the three-sister band turns the streets of Los Angeles, the city where, cliché has it, nobody walks, into places where pedestrians strut and sashay.
By Margaret Talbot
Culture Desk
Thom Yorke’s “Anima” Is His Best Solo Album
The title speaks directly to Yorke’s central thesis: cling to your soul, no matter how hard the modern world tries to wrench it from your body.
By Amanda Petrusich
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The New Yorker Recommends: The Still Splendid Drug-Deal Scene in “Boogie Nights”
I’ve watched Paul Thomas Anderson’s movie several times in the past two decades, but there is one particular moment that I’ve returned to, as a stand-alone, again and again.
By Naomi Fry
Culture Desk
Why “Phantom Thread” Is Propaganda for Toxic Masculinity
The film’s spectacle of male power was so embedded in its every fibre that it was largely missed.
By Aleksandar Hemon
Sidekick Dept.
A Shoemaker’s Acting Début in “Phantom Thread”
George Glasgow crafted footwear for Daniel Day-Lewis. Then the actor asked him to be in his movie.
By Rebecca Mead
Richard Brody
“Phantom Thread”: Paul Thomas Anderson’s Furious Fusion of Art and Love
By Richard Brody
On and Off the Avenue
Designing the Sumptuous Couture in Paul Thomas Anderson’s “Phantom Thread”
By Rachel Syme
The Current Cinema
The Claustrophobic Elegance of “Phantom Thread”
Although Daniel Day-Lewis looks ineffably dapper in it, Paul Thomas Anderson’s film is possessed by a fear that style alone can cramp the soul.
By Anthony Lane