Paul Thomas Anderson arrives this weekend with his tenth film, One Battle After Another, which has already garnered some of the best reviews of his career. The last Anderson film to hit the big screen was 2021's Licorice Pizza, so cinephiles everywhere are excited to see what the prolific director
Throughout all of our lives, there are people we grow close to who act as beacons, a light in human form that allows us to find our way through the darkness. Sometimes this light merely diminishes or changes, but other times these beacon friends can become anchors, as their influence exerts itself
Undertaking a story like The Odyssey on screen is a titanic trial. Like the trials that Odysseus faces in his return to Ithaca, Christopher Nolan's decision to make his next film based on Homer's epic poem was a choice. I come from a storytelling background, and I have a degree in screenwriting.
Though marital arts action cinema is vast and varied, it is rare for one to elevate the genre and push it forward. There have been few recently - The Raid comes to mind, and while not technically "martial arts" I'd argue John Wick counts - that feel as if something new and special is happening.
