Photo: Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic Paul Thomas Anderson has been loathe to explain several aspects of One Battle After Another during the months he spent on the campaign trail for the film, preferring, not unreasonably, to let the work speak for itself. “I’m not a politician; but I’m a filmmaker, and try to do it through the…
In what is arguably his first backstage appearance this awards season, Paul Thomas Anderson fielded the hard questions about his socio political family action dramedy One Battle After Another. One journalist asked what One Battle After Another‘s message was to society, given that the Oscar Best Picture winner often tells the temper of our times….
In the best of all worlds, the Oscars are exciting: fun and suspenseful, moving and meaningful. At their most supreme, they leave you with the feeling that movies matter. In the worst of all worlds, the Oscars are boring: blasé and predictable, overrun by kitsch, with no seeming import. But then there’s the in-between version,…
