PT Anderson is one of the last real United States studio-backed filmmakers left. When his films come out, it is still something of an event – an all-too tragically rare thing these days. When looking back at his career, you can pretty neatly divided into two distinct halves. Before Blood, he made a lot of notable films very well, but in retrospect, they do not overall stand out as much. From Blood on though, he really found his own distinct voice and visual style and has just been off to the races ever since. Continue reading Ranking the Paul Thomas Anderson Films
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There Will Be Movies – Episode 69: Boogie Nights

Ben Phillips & Matt Waters present 25 of their favourite movies from the 1990s.
We honestly did not plan for Paul Thomas Anderson’s porn epic to be our 69th episode, but sometimes life throws you a bone… and sometimes it throws Little Bill’s wife a bone while everybody watches.
Continue reading There Will Be Movies – Episode 69: Boogie NightsThere Will Be Movies – Episode 20: There Will Be Blood
Ben Phillips & Matt Waters present 25 of their favourite movies from a given decade, kicking things off with Volume 1: 2000 – 2009.
Can you believe Matt let Ben name this entire podcast after a film he hadn’t even seen? Grab a milkshake and come on over to Little Boston for some discussion of method acting, gun control and toxic masculinity. Continue reading There Will Be Movies – Episode 20: There Will Be Blood