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Paul Thomas Anderson’s “One Battle After Another” comes available on home video without an ounce of bonus materials and not a single small beer.

By Douglas Davidson on February 9, 2026 • ( 0 )

After working on the script for roughly 20 years, filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson (Punch-Drunk Love; Boogie Nights) finally cracked his vision to adapt author Thomas Pynchon’s 1990 novel Vineland and, if one’s been following the awards circuit, the resultant film,… Read More ›

Life is little more than “One Battle After Another.”

By Douglas Davidson on September 30, 2025 • ( 1 )

Too often these days it seems like we’re living on the dumbest timeline. Regardless of one’s politics, when hypocrisy is high, there is no other way to process it than believing our lawns crave Gatorade for the electrolytes. The government… Read More ›

Robert Townsend’s satirical comedy and directorial debut “Hollywood Shuffle” is the first of his films to join the Criterion Collection.

By Douglas Davidson on February 22, 2023 • ( 2 )

Writer/director/actor Robert Townsend has played a solider, a superhero, an every man, and even himself. He’s made a point to create and tell stories that are not just specific to him and his worldview, but to the Black community, as… Read More ›

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Starletta DuPois

Paul Thomas Anderson’s “One Battle After Another” comes available on home video without an ounce of bonus materials and not a single small beer.

Life is little more than “One Battle After Another.”

Robert Townsend’s satirical comedy and directorial debut “Hollywood Shuffle” is the first of his films to join the Criterion Collection.