Licorice Pizza: Not Your Average Pie

Paul Thomas Anderson has structured his new film almost as a series of episodes strung up along the love-hate relationship between the overly charismatic, 15-year-old Gary Valentine (if he were 15 years older, he’d come across as a total creep), and 25(?)-year-old Alana, a strong-willed young woman who works for the company taking yearbook photos … Continue reading Licorice Pizza: Not Your Average Pie

Once Upon a Time…In Hollywood: The Difference You Can Taste

Seeing a great movie hit the theater is enough to make you appreciate how rare it is that great movies actually come along. It’s refreshing and also a little bit disheartening when you realize how much time and money you’ve spent on movies you thought were “good” but were acutally just “fine” or “sub-par” by … Continue reading Once Upon a Time…In Hollywood: The Difference You Can Taste