I recently stumbled on a Paul Thomas Anderson (PTA) interview about Boogie Nights from 1997 and began revisiting of his work. I’ve now seen all of his nine written-&-directed films, most more than once, and he’s certainly up there with the greatest of the active mid-career contemporary filmmakers. Since Boogie Nights he’s been compared […]
Paul Thomas Anderson and Quentin Tarantino — Friends and Cinematic Soulmates
June 30th, 2025 · 7 Comments · Movies
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Tom Wolfe Made Me Cry
June 17th, 2018 · 9 Comments · Merry Pranksters, Weird Things About Me
Tom Wolfe Made Me Cry . We’ve had a flood of famous & important people dying the last few years. 2016 was the recent one most think of as the mass kill-off year that had us all praying for it to end — which it did, sadly, in November, with democracy and decency being cremated […]
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