Licorice Pizza

Paul Thomas Anderson is one of the most versatile and engaging directors working today. He is a visionary director, in the truest sense of the term, creating with unmatched bravado the era, feel, and mores of the time periods he explores. Few filmmakers in the history of the medium have…

In the wake of COVID and the slow trickle of movies released to theaters and on streaming in 2021, I’d like to take a look back at five movies that I sincerely love. Okay, so I used to write a year-end top twenty list of all the movies I saw…

I will be honest: I did not get what this film wanted from me. It’s one of those movies where I question the Academy’s decision-making process (but since I do that every year, I’m not sure it means much). The quirkiness that bled too much outside of the main characters…

Despite its seemingly familiar territory — young love in a summer hang out flick — Licorice Pizza is an odd film. If you read reviews, the divergence of opinion is conspicuously stark, people either hating it for being “pointless” (I’ll address moral critiques, the critical mode du jour, as well)…

My boyfriend and I recently saw the Oscar-nominated film ‘Licorice Pizza’ by Paul Thomas Anderson. Might I say that all in all I had a good time, unwinding to a rom-dramedy after work on a Friday night. However, despite some very cinematic moments and a good dose of 70’s nostalgia…

Paul Thomas Anderson’s return to cinema is highlighted by a brilliant script and directing showcase. The ending, however, leaves a bitter taste in my mouth in terms of my appreciation. I am late to the party but have now officially seen Licorice Pizza as part of…

coming home — a story from january. America forgets. America happens, and then amnesic totality takes over. I’m headed towards history.

Every now and then, I wish to watch a feel-good movie. And more often than not, I rarely find one that I haven’t seen before and end up doing what all of us do in situations like these, watching the same films I have seen a hundred times. It shows…