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My Dad Was One Battle After Another

By Deborah Goodwin | October 23, 2025

By Deborah Goodwin | October 23, 2025

My Dad Was One Battle After Another

Filmmaker Deborah Goodwin on the resonant parallels between her own family life and Paul Thomas Anderson's new movie.

Three Great Things: Craig Roberts

By Craig Roberts | October 9, 2020

By Craig Roberts | October 9, 2020

Three Great Things: Craig Roberts

The writer-director of Eternal Beauty, out now on digital and on demand, on some of the films and music that had the biggest impact on him.

What I Learned Working on There Will Be Blood

By Michael Tyburski | March 15, 2016

By Michael Tyburski | March 15, 2016

What I Learned Working on There Will Be Blood

A decade on, filmmaker Michael Tyburski recalls his experiences as a PA on Paul Thomas Anderson’s modern masterpiece.

Novelist and Screenwriter Bret Easton Ellis (The Canyons) Talks Paul Thomas Anderson’s Inherent Vice

By Bret Easton Ellis | December 12, 2014

By Bret Easton Ellis | December 12, 2014

Novelist and Screenwriter Bret Easton Ellis (The Canyons) Talks Paul Thomas Anderson’s Inherent Vice

One of Thomas Pynchon's novels is finally brought to the big screen, but can even of the greatest American cinematic visionaries do it justice?