Paul Thomas Anderson

Thomas Pynchon's 'Inherent Vice' reported to begin filming

2013-05-01 14:26:00

Paul Thomas Anderson is getting back to work, according to /film. The director of "The Master," "There Will Be Blood," "Punch Drunk Love" "Magnolia" and "Boogie Nights" is beginning to film his adaptation of Thomas Pynchon's novel "Inherent Vice." It'...

'Spring Breakers' is one big disorienting party

2013-03-08 08:00:00

It remains to be seen whether "Spring Breakers" turns out to be one of the movies of the year, but it is without question a movie of its moment. It has been a source of intense interest since shooting first started around St. Pete Beach in Florida last...

Hollywood's outsiders come inside

2013-02-24 00:00:00

It's been nearly a generation since Quentin Tarantino burst on the scene with his raucous indie film "Pulp Fiction" in 1994, and Hollywood is a very different place. The once-vibrant independent film scene that Tarantino helped shape has shrunk to a...

Oscars 2013: At nominees lunch, a relaxed vibe and a surprise DJ

2013-02-04 17:29:00

Ben Affleck shared his tips for how to win an Oscar pool. Steven Spielberg hoisted an elaborate floral centerpiece off his table so he could better see his fellow lunch guests (including the youngest lead actress nominee, Quvenzhan� Wallis). And 66-year-...

Oscar 8-Ball: Paul Thomas Anderson's 'The Master'

2012-12-17 11:46:00

Thinking about our love for "The Master," we can't help but recall that early moment in the film when the military official tells the gathered veterans that "people on the outside will not understand the condition you have." Yes, academy members, we're...

Sundance 2013: David Gordon Green, back after 'Pineapple Express'

2013-01-22 00:00:00

PARK CITY, Utah — “It’s been awhile,” director David Gordon Green said as we shook hands on Sunday. Indeed it had. It was, in fact, 10 years almost to the day since I’d interviewed Green at the Sundance Film Festival, and...

Oscars 2013: Watch the Academy Award nominations live Thursday

2013-01-10 05:00:00

The nominations for the 2013 Academy Awards will be announced Thursday morning at precisely 5:38 a.m. and 30 seconds (yes, it's that precise). You can watch Seth MacFarlane and Emma Stone announce the Oscar nominations live above. The event at the...

Oscar nominations: No new faces in the supporting actor category

2013-01-10 08:00:00

For all five of this year’s supporting actor Oscar entries, nomination day must have felt like d�j� vu all over again. All the nominees – Christoph Waltz, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Robert De Niro, Alan Arkin and Tommy Lee Jones – have...

British Academy of Film and Television Awards complete nomination list

2013-01-09 05:00:00

Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln"� earned 10 nominations for the EE British Academy Film Awards early -- including best film, actor for Daniel Day-Lewis, supporting actor for Tommy Lee Jones and supporting actress for Sally Field -- while Tom Hooper's musical�...

Oscar 8-Ball: Tom Hooper's 'Les Miserables'

2012-12-20 11:22:00

Tom Hooper's adaptation of the tip-top pop opera "Les Miserables" has already racked top nominations from the Screen Actors Guild and Golden Globes voters. How will the academy respond? Time to check in with the Oscar 8-Ball, that magical portal into...

Spielberg, Affleck and Bigelow among DGA award nominees

2013-01-08 10:45:00

Four former winners and one newcomer were nominated for the 65th annual Directors Guild of America Award for directorial achievement in feature film for 2012. Steven Spielberg, 66, earned his 11th DGA nomination for "Lincoln," the acclaimed epic about...

Golden Globes nominations 2013: Arkin and Waltz, but no De Niro

2012-12-13 11:30:00

Three of Thursday’s five Golden Globe nominees for best supporting actor in a motion picture didn’t exactly come out of the blue – let’s just say that Alan Arkin, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Tommy Lee Jones are having a very good...

The movie's not for everyone. I think it's brilliant, and Anderson should have helped the film score nominations for Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and Best Picture. None of those? Are you kidding me?

2013-01-10 05:54:00

It's not an easy movie, but it is a spectacular one. Instead, Paul Thomas Anderson's film was left out of the Best Motion Picture race in favor of choices like "Life of Pi," which features a breathtaking second act and laughably bad storytelling, and "Django Unchained," Quentin Tarantino's latest

2012-12-13 08:01:00

``The Master�� takes place in 1950 as Hoffman�s character, the charismatic Lancaster Dodd, is releasing an important new book outlining his bold philosophy; that�s the same year Hubbard published his worldwide best-seller, ``Dianetics.

2012-12-05 23:42:00