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“One Battle After Another” (aka “The Battle of Baktan Cross”) is a new live-action crime thriller, written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson (“There Will Be Blood”), inspired by Thomas Pynchon's novel “Vineland”, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Regina Hall, Sean Penn, Alana Haim, Teyana Taylor, Wood Harris and Benicio del Toro, releasing September 26, 2025 in theaters:

“…when their evil nemesis resurfaces after 16 years, a band of ex-revolutionaries reunite again…

“…to rescue the daughter of one of their own…”

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One Battle After Another will officially slug it out with the fall’s top awards contenders. On Thursday, Warner Bros. confirmed Paul Thomas Anderson’s new movie with Leonardo DiCaprio, initially dated somewhat perplexingly for Aug. 8, will arrive in theaters on Sept. 26 — a release date that all but assures Anderson’s latest of launching at one of the significant fall festivals in Venice, Telluride, or Toronto.

Still, regardless of its calendar placement, One Battle After Another was always considered one of the year’s top potential Oscar films, sight unseen. Anderson’s movies have racked up several nominations over the last two decades, as have DiCaprio’s many acclaimed features. It’s always possible that One Battle After Another is the exception, not the rule — especially because Anderson’s last dalliance with the work of Thomas Pynchon, Inherent Vice (more on that below), didn’t connect with the Academy significantly.

Warner Bros. Pictures has unveiled a first look at Paul Thomas Anderson's mysterious crime thriller One Battle After Another, which might well turn out to be one of this year's most surprising movies. The 21-second preview (video below) offers a glimpse of what's to come ahead of the official trailer that is set to release next week, and it seems that the modern take on Thomas Pynchon's 1990 novel Vineland is going to involve plenty of gunfire, as bullets fly around an all-star cast that includes Leonardo DiCaprio, Regina Hall, Teyana Taylor, and Sean Penn.

The gun-toting teaser opens with DiCaprio's character "Bob" enjoying a seemingly peaceful moment, which is abruptly interrupted by the sound of gunshots. The barrage of bullets is coming from a pregnant woman who is wielding a machine gun. The sound of the ammunition being fired from the weapon continues, triggering a montage of clips – one showing DiCaprio running,...

Paul Thomas Anderson is one of those filmmakers from whom you largely expect greatness – but beyond that, you never quite know what you’re getting. A sprawling tapestry of tales like Magnolia? The thunderous (and darkly comic) brooding intensity of There Will Be Blood? The intoxicating bad romance of Phantom Thread? Last time, he brought big hangout vibes to Licorice Pizza. His latest, One Battle After Another, seems to be another total pivot, going by its first teaser. This one seems to be a return to dark and dangerous territory, with Leonardo DiCaprio in the lead. Watch the teaser:

It’s just a very initial taste for now, ahead of a full trailer coming next week – but it’s mighty exciting to have Paul Thomas Anderson back in business. Between all that gunfire, talk of “what’re you gonna do about this baby?”, and a dose of screaming, our Spidey...

Gangster films have become an identifiable piece of American and international pop culture. The study of the human condition through criminality continues to fascinate audiences worldwide as the need to understand why people turn to lives of crime somehow helps people better understand themselves. With tons of big-name hits in the genre, such as The Godfather, Goodfellas and Scarface, it's easy to see why fans love the genre.

However, there are plenty of incredible films in the genre that, for one reason or another, aren't quite talked about as much as the iconic staples of gangster cinema. Films like Lawless and The Drop are underrated gems that deserve their day in the sun. Needless to say, more prominent names in the genre constantly overshadow multiple brilliant gangster flicks.

Updated on March 17, 2025, by Robert Vaux: The gangster genre is durable, and there is no shortage of brilliant gangster movies that never quite received their due.

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There are plenty of contenders for the greatest film of the 2000s decade. The first decade of the new century was absolutely stacked to the brim with instant classics in every conceivable genre, and fans have been relentless in their debate over the best of the best. Comedy fans come to the table with all-time greats like Superbad, Juno, and The Royal Tenenbaums. Action fans pull The Dark Knight, Kill Bill, and Children of Men out of their holsters. Finally, drama fans mention Academy Award-winning heavy hitters from 2007, like No Country for Old Men and There Will Be Blood. An often forgotten contender for best of the decade, however, comes in the form of a fellow 2007 release that was completely shut out at the 80th Academy Awards ceremony.

Zodiac is a 2007 mystery film directed by David Fincher that...

It’s hard to believe now but before taking 12 long years to follow 1987’s Full Metal Jacket with Eyes Wide Shut in 1999, the famously meticulous Stanley Kubrick was comparatively prolific — in the ’60s alone he released four of his 13 features. In these days of instant gratification, a director taking longer than three years is either deemed to be M.I.A. or about to pop up with a secret film made entirely under the radar. But absence does make the heart grow fonder, and these five directors can expect a warm welcome in 2025.

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Kathryn Bigelow made history in 2010 when she became the first woman ever to win the Oscar for Best Director (she won Best Picture too), but the California...

Five months from its planned theatrical release, mysteries still swirl around Paul Thomas Anderson‘s upcoming blockbuster at Warner Bros. But cross at least this mystery off the list, as a new WGA filing for the project confirms it’s “inspired by” Thomas Pynchon‘s 1990 novel “Vineland.” That makes the film the second time Anderson brings Pynchon’s work to the big screen, the first time being 2014’s “Inherent Vice.”

Read More: Paul Thomas Anderson’s Next Movie With Leonardo DiCaprio Slated For August 2025

But bear in mind “inspired by” is not synonymous with “adaptation.” But Anderson has had great success in taking liberties with novels before. 2007’s “There Will Be Blood” was originally an adaptation of Sinclair Lewis‘ “Oil!

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Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest film starring Leonardo DiCaprio — which, in quintessential PTA fashion, still doesn’t have an official title — packs a budget that’s not just several time higher than anything the 11-time Oscar-nominated director has ever worked with, but far bigger than his films have ever earned at the box office.

Some reports pegged it at $180 million, but an individual with knowledge tells IndieWire it’s actually $130 million. That almost as much as what Anderson’s most successful film to date, “There Will Be Blood,” made globally in 2007 ($76 million), if you factor in inflation ($143 million).

It’s also way more than the budget of his previous film, 2021’s “Licorice Pizza,” which seemed like a big gamble, even with $40 million. Turns out, it was: that film only grossed $33 million globally. But though Anderson has moved from MGM to Warner Bros., the same film chiefs gave Anderson both of...

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Movies serve as more than simply a medium through which we get experience; they are an emotion we like to incorporate into our lives. Numerous films are released each month on multiple streaming services, which is quite convenient for many of us. However, with so many alternatives at hand, it can be a hassle to pick the right film. To make things easier, we've compiled a directory of every film coming to major streaming services in March 2025, including Netflix, Prime Video, Hulu, and more.

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Here's every movie coming to Netflix in March 2025:

Annie (2014) — March 1

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Best Actor Oscar Winners List (Photo Credit – Instagram/Wikipedia)

The Academy Awards have long vaunted acting titans, and a rare few male actors have commandeered the Best Actor statuette more than once, with Daniel Day-Lewis scaling the peak thrice. From living legends like Tom Hanks to recent winners such as Adrien Brody, 10 men are trailing Day-Lewis’ record. Here is every name with two or more wins in this hallowed category.

1. Daniel Day-Lewis

Sir Daniel Day-Lewis stands alone with three Best Actor Oscars, a feat no other man has matched. His wins were facilitated thanks to dramatic transformations for My Left Foot, There Will Be Blood, and Lincoln—roles that exhibit him as an unforgettable chameleon. The Irish actor has retired since 2017’s Phantom Thread, but his five nominations out of fewer than a couple dozen movies certainly make us wonder whether Day-Lewis could come back for that gold once again...

Daniel Day-Lewis is a veritable screen legend, rightly regarded as one of the greatest actors of all time. Though famously picky with his roles, only appearing in one movie every few movies, and now mostly retired, Day-Lewis's filmography is still formidable. It very much leans toward drama, including classics like My Left Foot, Gangs of New York, and There Will Be Blood.

American Fiction director Cord Jefferson is set to follow up his 2023 Oscar-winner with a neo-Western: more here.

American Fiction – pictured – was one of 2023’s most critically adored films and ended up featuring in lots of awards conversations. Director Cord Jefferson has publicly mooted a couple of different genres for his next project, floating the possibility of an erotic thriller around a year ago but ultimately, it looks like he and his crew will be heading out west to shoot his next film.

Whether that actually means America’s geographical west, we don’t know but Jefferson’s next film certainly looks like it will be set in that part of the country, with Deadline (via World Of Reel) reporting that his next project is a ‘contemporary Western set in Arizona about two brothers searching for a third sibling.’

The idea of a neo-Western is another one that Jefferson has previously talked about,...

Earning his second Best Actor Oscar 22 years after his first, Adrien Brody entered the history books as the first leading actor to win two statuettes on his first two attempts on Sunday.

He won for his role as an ingenious, haunted architect in Brady Corbet’s epic, following his win in 2003 for Roman Polanski’s biographical World War II drama “The Pianist.”

And by wining Best Actor on Sunday, Brody not only made history but also preserved his place among Oscar milestones. Had 29-year-old Timothée Chalamet won in the category for “A Complete Unknown,” he would have become the youngest Best Actor victor ever, beating Brody’s own record from 2003.

Brody is the 11th leading actor to win twice in the top category.

“Acting is a very fragile profession,” Brody opened his acceptance speech. “It looks very glamorous, and certain moments it is, but the one thing that I’ve...

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This March, Paramount+ is bringing you a ton of entertainment with the much anticipated true crime drama series Happy Face and also the streaming release of the horror comedy film Rumours. However, for the purposes of this article, we are only including the films that are coming to Paramount+ this month and have a 90% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score. So, check out the 10 best films coming to Paramount+ in March 2025 with a 90% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score.

Up In The Air (March 1) Rotten Tomatoes Score: 90% Credit – Paramount Pictures

Up in the Air is a comedy-drama film directed by Jason Reitman, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Sheldon Turner. Based on the 2001 novel of the same name by Walter Kirn, the 2009 film follows Ryan Bingham, a man whose job is to travel places and fire people from their jobs.

In one of the opening scenes of the award-winning movie There Will Be Blood, Daniel Day-Lewis’ protagonist, Daniel Plainview, stands with his adopted son, little H.W., atop his shoulders, giving the movie’s famous “I’m an oil man” speech. Plainview uses H.W. as a prop to soften his image, describing himself as a family man, running a family business, as he lobbies to win new contracts for lucrative oil leases out West at the dawn of the gusher age.

The movie is loosely based on Upton Sinclair’s Oil,...

With the awards season well underway and the Academy Awards quickly approaching, it is time to revisit and reconsider the greatest movie acting performances of the 21st century. Whether it's a supporting role, or a lead role, a man or a woman, a blockbuster or an understated indie film, each and every award-nominated performance has something to appreciate. From Daniel Day-Lewis in There Will Be Blood to Charlize Theron in Monster, to Christopher Plummer in Beginners, to Da'Vine Joy Randolph in The Holdovers, there have been so many mind-blowing performances since the turn of the century, but only one of them can be the best. One particularly strong contender comes from the Best Supporting Actor category of the 83rd Academy Awards.

Christian Bale's first and only Oscar victory is also one of the best. In 2010, he took home the Best Supporting Actor award for his role in the Mark Wahlberg-led film The Fighter.

Paramount has announced the lineup of movies, TV shows and live sports coming to Paramount+ in March, which will mark the streaming service’s fourth anniversary. The Paramount Plus March 2025 schedule includes the updated Women Who Move Mountains collection, which shines a light on the real and fictional women who inspire.

For Women’s History Month, new additions to the collection include A League of Their Own, Annihilation, Blue Crush, Ex Machina, Failure to Launch, Julie & Julia, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, Lara Croft: The Cradle of Life, Marie Antoinette, Practical Magic, Room, Sugar & Spice, The Other Boleyn Girl, The Women and more.

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Speaking of strong leading ladies, don’t miss the premiere of the original series Happy Face, inspired by the true-life story of Melissa G. Moore (played by Annaleigh Ashford) who discovered that her once beloved father, Keith Jesperson (Dennis Quaid), was the prolific serial killer known as Happy Face.

Few movie stars compare to Humphrey Bogart. The tough-as-nails actor embodied the very idea of American film noir in the 1940s and 1950s, having made 16 noir films in his lifetime and proved himself to be just as adept at playing snarling villains as he was at playing a heroic, star-crossed lover. You may know him best as Sam Spade in "The Maltese Falcon" or Rick in "Casablanca," but if you know Bogart's full history, you know that he transitioned away from playing nastier characters to more classically "good guys" over time. If you're not quite ready to dive into his full career, it's not hard to blame you; although he died relatively young, at age 57, he appeared in 75 films across a few decades. So, you might ask yourself, where to start?

Certainly an easy way to start is by checking Bogart's page on Rotten Tomatoes. As ever, it's worth...

Exclusive: Veteran publicist Jill Rosen has joined Conscious Living PR as Regional Director of East Coast Operations. In her new role, she will lead business development on the East Coast, with a primary focus on expanding the film sector within the agency’s Conscious Hollywood division. Rosen will report directly to President and CEO Mona Loring in Los Angeles.

“Jill has been a valued collaborator, and I’ve spent the past few months considering the best way to officially bring her on board,” said Loring. “Her impressive track record in launching and executing successful film, and television publicity campaigns, combined with her extensive experience across studios, publishers, and agencies, makes her an incredible asset to our team. Her expertise will strengthen our strategic approach and support our continued growth. We’re thrilled to expand our east coast operations with her on board.”

With over 20 years in the entertainment industry, Rosen...

Robert De Niro won his second Oscar in 1981 for playing a boxing champ in Raging Bull. And now he has been chosen as the acting champ when it comes to Academy Awards.

His performance for the Martin Scorsese film from 1980 has been voted the greatest Oscar Best Actor winner ever, according to a Gold Derby ballot cast by 21 of our film experts, critics, and editors, who ranked all 97 male leading actors.

Anthony Hopkins finished second for The Silence of the Lambs (1991), with Marlon Brando following in third for The Godfather (1972). Daniel Day-Lewis for There Will Be Blood (2007), and Gregory Peck for To Kill a Mockingbird (1961) rounded out the top five.

At the bottom of the list of the Best Actor winners is Warner Baxter for In Old Arizona (1928). George Arliss in Disraeli (1929), Lionel Barrymore for A Free Soul (1930), Paul Lukas for Watch on the Rhine (1942), and Paul Muni for The Story of Louis Pasteur...

Robert De Niro won his second Oscar in 1981 for playing a boxing champ in Raging Bull. And now he has been chosen as the champ of all actors.

His performance for the Martin Scorsese film from 1980 has been voted the greatest Oscar Best Actor winner ever, according to a Gold Derby ballot cast by 21 of our film experts, critics, and editors, who ranked all 97 male leading actors.

Anthony Hopkins ranked second for The Silence of the Lambs (1991), with Marlon Brando following in third for The Godfather (1972). Daniel Day-Lewis for There Will Be Blood (2007), and Gregory Peck for To Kill a Mockingbird (1961) rounded out the top five.

At the bottom of the list of the Best Actor winners is Warner Baxter for In Old Arizona (1928). Just above that film performance in the rankings are George Arliss in Disraeli (1929), Lionel Barrymore for A Free Soul (1930), Paul Lukas for Watch on the Rhine...

Several years before Everything Everywhere All at Once cleaned up at the Oscars, winning best picture and director, among numerous others, directors Daniel Scheinert and Daniel Kwan (also known simply as the Daniels) made their feature length debut in 2016 with Swiss Army Man, and it's one of the best films you've likely never seen. And you can now check it out for free on Tubi. Starring Daniel Radcliffe, who became known for taking weirder roles in his post-Harry Potter years, the film centers on Hank, who is stranded on a desert island. Hopeless, Hank is about to hang himself when he notices a corpse, played by Radcliffe, washed up on the beach. He attempts to resuscitate the body, but finds it will only fart.

But then, something magical and utterly ludicrous happens: the corpse's flatulence propels it on the surface of the water like a jet ski, allowing Hank to...

2024 was a great year for cinema that saw the release of many films that are guaranteed to become future classics, but none have been instantly heralded as an all-time masterpiece in the same way as “The Brutalist.” Brady Corbet’s epic character study of a Hungarian-Jewish architect who immigrated to America is both a shocking examination of the cruelty of capitalism and an astounding examination of what the artistic process looks like. While “The Brutalist” will certainly be analyzed for years based on the density of its social and political commentary, it’s also a film that deserves to be celebrated for what an outstanding achievement it is for independent cinema.

Among the joys of “The Brutalist” is that it feels like an homage to a more classical form of storytelling that has become increasingly rare in modern Hollywood. In an era in which the industry has become even more...

Director Paul Thomas Anderson’s mysterious Leonardo DiCaprio-led 2025 movie could be the most surprising action movie, well, ever. The Academy Award-nominated filmmaker will join forces with the Academy Award-winning star for this year’s One Battle After Another, which has reportedly now had a test screening. And the results are...unexpected.

Known for the likes of Boogie Nights, Magnolia, and There Will Be Blood, One Battle After Another has now been described as the “closest we’ll ever get” to a Paul Thomas Anderson making a “full-on action movie.” The footage that was shown included “tentpole-level spectacle,” including “loads of action and car chases,” and a “phenomenal” car chase climax. According to The Film Stage and their sources, One Battle After Another could be the director’s most mainstream movie yet. “It could definitely appeal to a lot of people, starting with Leo and the scale that is present,...

Audiences are probably pretty accustomed to hearing something like "they just don't make 'em like they used to anymore" in regard to movies. It is definitely a different era of cinema where the big-budget blockbusters get all the attention while the independent and grounded genre films fall under the radar of larger audiences. What's interesting is that the blockbuster trend started some time ago in the late '70s and early '80s when directors like Lucas, Scott and Cameron changed the face of genre filmmaking. One of the genres most affected was science fiction, and it seems like most contemporary big blockbusters exist in this genre. However, popcorn movies are losing more and more substance as the years go by. The remakes and reboots are oversaturating the market, along with the newer interconnected universes.

Back when studios took chances on all kinds of movies, hidden gems and unexpected hits would delightfully find an audience.

Essex College is back in session with new shenanigans and chaos for the four roommates Kimberly Finkle (Pauline Chalamet), Bela Malhotra (Amrit Kaur), Leighton Murray (Reneé Rapp) and Whitney Chase (Alyah Chanelle Scott).

Sophomore year presents an endless array of parties and other events to attend at Essex, which means plenty of opportunities for needle drops in Season 3 of the series created by Mindy Kaling and Justin Noble.

The first episode starts off strong with a Chappell Roan song followed closely by a Cher anthem in a fun night out for the girls.

Find the full Sex Lives of College Girls Season 3 soundtrack below:

Episode 1 – “Welcome Back to Essex”

“BET” by Mette “For Keeps” by Preston Pablo “So Much” by Louis La Roche “Un Deux Trois, Ça Va?” by Teddi Gold “Don’t Stop (Gimme Some)” by Hotline “Talk to Me (feat. Bambie” by Fabich & Jafunk “Super Graphic Ultra Modern...

The 1992 movie The Last of the Mohicans, starring Daniel Day-Lewis, is still regarded by many as the best Western war movie of all time, more than three decades after its original release. Meanwhile, Irish-British actor Daniel Day-Lewis is one of the most celebrated actors in history. Day-Lewis is the only actor to win three Best Actor Academy Awards, for his roles in My Left Foot (1989), There Will Be Blood (2007), and Lincoln (2012). He has also received Golden Globe and BAFTA nominations for movies, including In The Name of the Father (1993) and Phantom Thread (2017).

In the early stages of his career, Day-Lewis starred in the Western war movie The Last of the Mohicans, also one of Michael Mann's best movies, for which he served as director. Based on the 1826 novel by James Fenimore Cooper, the movie received a highly positive reception from critics and was a commercial success, grossing $143 million at the worldwide box office.

Mark your calendars, Oscars fans, because the 97th Academy Awards will air on Sunday, March 2, 2025 on ABC. The annual star-studded ceremony will honor movies released in theaters within the 2024 calendar year of eligibility. AMPAS members will vote on the Oscar winners in 23 categories, including Best Actor. But who will win? Here at Gold Derby, thousands of users have been making and updating their 2025 Oscar predictions for Best Actor, so let’s take a look at all of the top contenders in our photo gallery below.

These 25 Best Actor hopefuls are listed in order of their racetrack odds, which are derived from the combined forecasts of four unique groups: experts we’ve polled from major media outlets, editors who cover awards year-round for this website, top 24 users who had the best accuracy scores last year, and the mass of users who make up our biggest predictions bloc.

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Dune: Part II has shown up on many critics' lists of the best films of 2024, including MovieWeb's list. It's an epic film from a great director who has been expanding our notions of what science-fiction films can be since Arrival and then Blade Runner 2049, and Denis Villeneuve had made tense masterpieces even before then. While he's too humble to include his own film, Villeneuve has revealed his own picks for the best movies of 2024.

Villeneuve's picks are fairly standard awards fare — they're neither too international or arthouse nor big blockbusters. He has chosen an historical epic that will likely sweep the Oscars (The Brutalist), a beautifully poetic indie about the lives of two Black men (Nickel Boys), a star-studded drama about religion and power (Conclave), a boundary-pushing adaptation with a subversive lead performance (Queer), and a controversial French film about a transgender crime lord (Emilia Pérez). Villeneuve told Total...

The Critics’ Choice Awards has been one of the entertainment industry’s major awards that honor both movies and TV shows. Since the event occurs earlier in the calendar year, it is generally an accurate predictor of Oscar wins. The Critics’ Choice Awards has become a standard by which the industry can measure quality.

Oppenheimer won the most number of Critics’ Choice Awards in 2024 | Credit: Critics Choice YouTube

Among the infinite talents who have graced this ceremony so far, there are two actors who can be considered the most successful in this regard for clinching three Critics’ Choice Awards in the Best Actor category each. These heavyweight performers have not only triumphed in award competitions but also revolutionized method acting and character portrayal in contemporary cinema.

Russell Crowe’s back-to-back Critics’ Choice Awards wins Russell Crowe in The Insider | Credit: Touchstone Pictures

Russell Crowe made a record by winning three...

Joe Alwyn has had an astonishing rise. After his breakthrough with Ang Lee, he wowed in Conversations with Friends and now stars in The Brutalist. Throw in his ex, Taylor Swift, and you have a redhot A-lister ready to go

If – as projected – The Brutalist goes to the 2025 Academy Awards and cleans up, there will be some knowing, told-you-so nods from critics and industry experts. A monumental epic, the film has already earned comparisons to Citizen Kane and the Daniel Day-Lewis masterpiece There Will Be Blood. Over an engrossing three and a half hours, with an intermission, The Brutalist wrestles with the American dream, the vagaries of capitalism, the immigrant experience and antisemitism. Everyone agrees its lead, Adrien Brody, who already has a little gold statue, has never been better. The film is shot entirely on an obscure retro format, VistaVision, that hasn’t been used on an American movie since 1961. Tick,...

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This January, Paramount+ is bringing you a ton of entertainment with the highly anticipated new film in the Star Trek universe alongside a great new series based on Sherlock by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. However, for the purposes of this article, we are only including the films that are coming to Paramount+ this month and have a 90% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score. So, check out the 8 best films coming to Paramount+ in January 2025 with a 90% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score.

Arrival (January 1) Rotten Tomatoes Score: 94% Credit – Paramount Pictures

Arrival is a sci-fi drama film directed by Denis Villeneuve from a screenplay by Eric Heisserer. Based on the 1998 short story titled Story of Your Life by Ted Chiang, the 2016 film follows Louise Banks, a linguistic expert tasked with interpreting the language of aliens who have come to Earth in a giant spaceship.

The cinematic masterpiece There Will Be Blood, starring Daniel Day-Lewis, is making its way to streaming.

Starting January 1, 2025, Paramount+ subscribers can experience this powerful exploration of ambition, greed, and the destructive forces of capitalism in early 20th-century America. Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood is widely regarded as one of the greatest films of the 21st century, delivering a haunting and unforgettable experience.

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Critical Acclaim and Awards

Released in 2007, There Will Be Blood earned universal acclaim for its breathtaking cinematography, gripping storytelling, and towering performances. The film was nominated for eight Academy Awards, winning two: Best Actor for Daniel Day-Lewis and Best Cinematography for Robert Elswit. Critics hailed it as a modern masterpiece,...

On Monday December 30 2024, Animal Planet broadcasts Naked and Afraid!

There Will Be Blood Season 17 Episode 2 Episode Summary

The upcoming episode of “Naked and Afraid,” titled “There Will Be Blood,” promises to be both intense and emotional. Airing soon on Animal Planet, this episode features an international tribes challenge that pushes survivalists to their limits. Set in the heart of the African bush, the environment will be as challenging as ever, with the added pressure of competing against other survivalists from around the world.

One of the key storylines in this episode revolves around a female survivalist who faces a unique challenge. As she navigates the wilderness, she must also cope with menstruation. This situation adds another layer of difficulty to her survival experience. The episode aims to highlight the physical and emotional struggles that come with such a natural process, especially in a harsh environment where resources are scarce.

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We are still reeling from the shocking narrative disruption of the third act of No Country for Old Men. The hauntingly ambiguous ending to the film by Joel and Ethan Coen left us in a complete daze. 2007, considered one of the canonically great years in movie history, featured a plethora of elliptical endings in bleak and unsettling films such as There Will Be Blood, Zodiac, and Michael Clayton.

It's not often that we get a monumental landmark in cinema in any given year, but 2007 gave us two such landmarks, in No Country for Old Men and There Will Be Blood. The twin masterpieces by the Coen Brothers and Paul Thomas Anderson, respectively, were both highly touted as the pinnacles of two careers of similar legacy yet vastly different methodology. Both were given major accolades by mainstream awards bodies, including a head-to-head Best Picture contest that No Country for Old Men ultimately won. But the connections between the two go even deeper than that, as the productions crossed paths with each other in a most unfortunate way that served as a funny speed bump on the road to glory.

If pressed to reveal their favorite Paul Thomas Anderson movie, or, rather, which one they consider their truest masterpiece, our readers would certainly have no shortage of amazing movies to pick from. After all, Anderson is, by far, one of the most artistically interesting names in our current cinematic landscape, directing sometimes divisive, but always impactful movies that range from Boogie Nights to Phantom Thread. And that's not to mention his beautiful music videos. With choices as different as Boogie NIghts, There Will Be Blood, Phantom Thread, and Licorice Pizza, it can be pretty hard to make a definitive choice. Still, many wouldn't blink an eye before going with one of Anderson's earlier films, a curious tale about loneliness, forgiveness, and death titled Magnolia.

On Monday, December 30, 2024, at 2:00 Pm, Naked and Afraid Season 17 Episode 2, titled There Will Be Blood, will showcase a challenging and emotional survival test. This episode features an international tribes challenge, where a survivalist faces a unique and difficult situation in the African bush. One of the tribe members must navigate the harsh wilderness while coping with menstruation, a challenge that adds a significant layer of difficulty to the already tough conditions of the challenge.

The episode brings attention to the real-life struggles many survivalists face when the natural elements and bodily functions collide. With limited resources, a lack of privacy, and the constant threat of wild animals, the survivalists must find ways to manage their physical needs while maintaining their focus on survival. This episode will highlight the mental and emotional resilience required to push through one of the toughest environments on earth. For viewers, this will be an...

[This story contains major spoilers from The Brutalist.]

Joe Alwyn first read the script for Brady Corbet’s 3.5-hour epic The Brutalist five years ago.

The pair met for coffee in New York. “I was such a fan of Brady and such a fan of the script,” the British actor tells The Hollywood Reporter. “It was this big, rigorous, detailed, old-fashioned epic.”

He was immediately game, though it would take another few years before the post-war piece landed on our screens. “Good for [Brady] for fighting tooth and nail to get it made,” Alwyn says.

The Brutalist has set the pace this award season, earning seven Golden Globe nominations and plenty of Oscar buzz. Corbet and his cast have built a masterpiece of cinema; with a built-in intermission and a sub-$10 million budget, critics have lauded Corbet for his achievement, and Alwyn is among one of his biggest fans.

The architecture-themed immigrant drama, penned by Corbet and his partner Mona Fastvold,...

As we wind down the year with holiday cheer and comfort viewing, IndieWire’s craft team picks the best TV cinematography of 2024. We weren’t seeking the slickest-looking eye candy, nor even the most elegantly shot series (although many of these projects are striking), but instead sought titles in which the cinematography was integral to the vision of its creator and elevated the storytelling of some of the year’s best shows.

While the long and repeated grind of television production can make the art of cinematography more of a team sport working under the umbrella of a series’ visual bible, in the age of limited series, there were a number cinematographers on this list who shot a vast majority, if not the entire series, and this list features a number of director/cinematographer combinations whose collaboration is more commonly associated with feature film production. Which also might explain the...

When watching classic films like Citizen Kane, Lawrence of Arabia, or even a modern gem like There Will Be Blood or Oppenheimer, grand epics that focus on the accomplishments of great men with gargantuan ambitions, it’s easy to think, “They rarely make movies like this nowadays.” That’s also the feeling one gets when watching Brady Corbet’s third film as director, The Brutalist, a 215-minute movie, complete with an opening musical overture and an intermission, shot on VistaVision, a film format that has rarely been used since the 1950s. Yet Corbet’s film, which he co-wrote with filmmaker, actress, and his wife, Mona Fastvold, manages to be both a throwback to this type of expansive yet personal storytelling, while also being incredibly modern in its form and experimentation. It’s a movie that warrants this level of scope and grandiosity, an ambitious, towering achievement of a film, even...

In January 2019, John Krasinski recalled how Paul Thomas Anderson taught him an important lesson regarding supporting other filmmakers. Per his own recounting, Krasinski once off-handedly told Anderson about a "subpar" artsy movie he'd just watched. The There Will Be Blood director then gently told this veteran of The Office, “Don’t say that. Don’t say that it’s not a good movie. If it wasn’t for you, that’s fine, but in our business, we’ve all got to support each other...you’ve got to support the big swing. If you put it out there that the movie’s not good, they won’t let us make more movies like that.” If only Anderson had been around in John Wayne’s time to offer such sage wisdom to this Western movie legend. In his time in Hollywood, Wayne was infamous for engaging in mean-spirited rhetoric about other movies.

We must be careful how we throw around the word "masterpiece," and yet it seems entirely appropriately for Brady Corbet's towering achievement "The Brutalist." Years in the making, Corbert's sprawling, nearly four-hour epic is cut from the same cloth (or perhaps I should say chiseled from the same stone) as great masterpieces like "Citizen Kane," "The Godfather," and more recently, "There Will Be Blood." And like those three movies, "The Brutalist" is a distinctly American masterpiece; a story that reflects the triumphs and horrors of the ethereal thing we call "The American Experience." These are stories of great men bursting with wild, potentially dangerous ambition and how they found a way to encase that ambition in the still-developing America of the past, an ever-changing, ever-growing thing impossible to pin down. 

All of Corbert's films are like mock history lessons; biopics for people who never existed, but feel real. His feature debut,...

Brian Cox reflects on Daniel Day-Lewis' method acting and how it affected their 1997 movie. Daniel Day-Lewis' method acting is well-known, with the actor fully immersing himself in the roles he plays. This approach has resulted in numerous performances that garnered critical acclaim, leading to six Academy Award nominations for Best Actor, and three wins. He first won Best Actor for his performance as Christy Brown in the 1989 movie My Left Foot, in which he plays a man born with cerebral palsy who is only able to move his left foot.

Day-Lewis' other Academy Award wins are for playing oilman Daniel Planview in Paul Thomas Anderson's 2007 movie There Will Be Blood and as Abraham Lincoln in Steven Spielberg's 2012 biopic Lincoln. His last movie, Phantom Thread, in which he reunited with Anderson and received an Academy Award nomination, marked the final role before his retirement. However, Day-Lewis is coming out...

There are stories of coincidence and chance, of intersections and strange things told…And Patton Oswalt has an amusing story of his own about working with Paul Thomas Anderson on Magnolia. For those who don’t know or haven’t seen it since he broke out, Oswalt played black jack dealer and scuba diving aficionado Delmer Darion, seen in the prologue that set up the themes of Magnolia. Only, Oswalt had no idea what he was even filming – he was just sort of up a tree.

Speaking on the Fly on the Wall podcast, Patton Oswalt remembered his early job on Magnolia as one that kept him in the dark. “It’s brilliant but anyone who works with Paul Thomas Anderson will tell you…they don’t give you the whole script, they send you your pages…So all I had was, I’m beaten up in a casino and...

Denzel Washington is on his way to making Oscar history for his performance as a former slave who plots to be the emperor of Rome in Paramount Pictures’ “Gladiator II,” the latest from director Ridley Scott. Right now, he has two Academy Awards to his name for “Glory” (1989) in Best Supporting Actor and “Training Day” (2001) in Best Actor. If he were to prevail for “Gladiator II” in early 2025, he would join an exclusive list of seven other people to win at least three times in the acting categories.

Here are the actors who have achieved this important Oscars milestone:

Katharine Hepburn (4)

Won Best Actress for “Morning Glory” (1933), “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” (1967), “The Lion in Winter” (1968), and “On Golden Pond” (1981)

Frances McDormand (3*)

Won Best Actress for “Fargo” (1996), “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” (2017), and “Nomadland” (2020). *She also has a fourth Oscar for producing “Nomadland.”

Meryl Streep (3)

Won Best Actress for “Sophie’s Choice...

While directors often get the brunt of credit, first assistant directors are arguably just as crucial in turning a vision into a reality. Many filmmakers and producers begin as assistant directors, while others are especially suited for that role, which combines the creativity of directing with the management of production. Adam Somner, who passed away this week on Nov. 27, 2024, was known as one of the best. He worked with Steven Spielberg, Paul Thomas Anderson, Martin Scorsese, Ridley Scott, Wes Anderson, and Alejandro G. Iñárritu, among others, and had an incredible filmography as a director and producer. He died of anaplastic thyroid cancer at the age of 59.

Spielberg referred to Somner as his "left arm," while Paul Thomas Anderson said in a tribute, "I would rank him in the Kobe Bryant, Mick Jagger, Winston Churchill category of Legends. And that would be under-selling it.” It's a testament to Somner's extensive career,...

Adam Somner, an award-winning assistant director, producer and longtime collaborator of Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese and Paul Thomas Anderson, has died. He was 57.

Somner died Wednesday of anaplastic thyroid cancer, a family spokesperson announced.

Born in the U.K., Somner built a successful career in Hollywood, working alongside Spielberg, Scorsese, Anderson, Alejandro G. Iñárritu and Ridley Scott. His most recent project was Anderson’s untitled Warner Bros. film, starring Leonardo DiCaprio.

Some of the movies Somner worked on with Spielberg throughout his career were West Side Story, Lincoln, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Ready Player One, Bridge of Spies and Munich. As for Scorsese, he worked on Killers of the Flower Moon and The Wolf of Wall Street. He collaborated with Anderson on Licorice Pizza, Phantom Thread, Inherent Vice, The Master and There Will Be Blood. Somner worked with Scott on All the Money in the World,...

Adam Somner, a respected assistant director and producer for filmmakers including Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, Paul Thomas Anderson, Alejandro Inarritu and Ridley Scott, died Wednesday of thyroid cancer in Studio City. He was 57.

Most recently, Somner served as producer and assistant director on Anderson’s upcoming Warner Bros. film starring Leonardo Di Caprio. He was part of the producing team for Anderson’s “Licorice Pizza,” which was nominated for a best picture Oscar.

Born in the U.K., Somner got his start assisting on films such as “Who Framed Roger Rabbit?” before moving into assistant directing. He was third assistant director on Spielberg’s “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade,” and continued working with the director on numerous films including “West Side Story,” “Ready Player One,” “Lincoln,” “Munich” and “War of the Worlds.”

Spielberg remembered Somner in a statement, saying, “The job title ‘assistant director’ is insufficient to describe what...