For his ninth feature film, writer/director Paul Thomas Anderson (Boogie Nights, Punch Drunk Love, Inherent Vice, There Will Be Blood, Magnolia) turns his multiple talents to a story about negotiating the perils of first love in 1973 San Fernando Valley. This love letter to a place and an era in which Anderson grew up is a loose, playful amble that gets by your (okay, my) cynical defenses and embeds itself in your consciousness to the point where you feel a part of it. This is Anderson at the height of his creative powers.
Gary (Cooper Hoffman) is a real go-getter. When he sees the world, he sees opportunities for action. For example, when he encountered a waterbed for the first time (this is
The 30-year-old singer, acclaimed for her acting debut as a teenager's crush in "Licorice Pizza," discusses with sisters Este and Danielle playing together in the Grammy-nominated band HAIM, and their history with filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson.
Writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson (Hard Eight, Boogie Nights, Magnolia, Punch-Drunk Love, There Will Be Blood, The Master, Inherent Vice, Phantom Thread) helms this story about.