An elite group of film directors have appealed directly to Warner Bros Picture Group chairman Toby Emmerich to try and save FilmStruck, the subscription streaming service that offers indie and prestige titles that are part of the Criterion Collection. This after WarnerMedia said it would shutter the service at the end…

Among this year’s batch of Oscar nominees, a few of the most-discussed surprises came in the form of several nods for Paul Thomas Anderson’s darkly comedic, high-fashion drama Phantom Thread. Among the six nods the film received—including for Best Director and Best Picture—one of those that surprised the least was a…

Reading Paul Thomas Anderson’s script for Phantom Thread for the first time, Oscar-winning costume designer Mark Bridges was reminded of the filmmaker’s seminal Boogie Nights, seeing another world of rich possibilities in front of him. Starring Daniel Day-Lewis as Reynolds Woodcock, a cutting couturier in ’50s…

Approaching renowned composer Jon Brion for Lady Bird, her directorial debut, Greta Gerwig didn’t get into the specifics of his many memorable scores, or which of his works was particularly compelling to her. For Brion, this was a breath of fresh air. Having composed for the likes of Paul Thomas Anderson, Charlie…

When it came to making a drama thriller about a perfectionist fashion designer, filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson reached out to his longtime costume designer of seven films Mark Bridges for Phantom Thread. The film follows Daniel Day-Lewis as British couturier Reynolds Woodcock, who lives a lonely life among his staff…

Jordan Peele’s Get Out has been named best picture of the year by The Boston Online Film Critics Association. Paul Thomas Anderson took the best director award for his Phantom Thread. BOFCA, established in 2012, consists of web-based film critics. A spokesman says this year’s best-of list honors films “running the…

Daniel Day-Lewis is being a bit enigmatic when he says Paul Thomas Anderson’s Phantom Thread shall be his exit from acting, especially as he mysteriously seems to be blaming the apparently disturbing experience of making the film as Exhibit A for his thespian finale. If that is the case, then at least we will always…

“There is an air of quiet death in this house,” says Daniel Day-Lewis’ Reynolds Woodcock in the first look at Paul Thomas Anderson and Day-Lewis’ reteam for Phantom Thread. That sentiment seems to be the vibe being woven into the There Will Be Blood duo’s reteam, which acts as their version of a love story. The pic…

EXCLUSIVE: Britain's Lesley Manville and up-and-coming European actress Vicky Krieps, who hails from Luxembourg, have joined Daniel Day-Lewis to star in Paul Thomas Anderson's untitled new film, which has now begun shooting in the UK. Focus Features holds worldwide rights to the film and will release the pic in the…

UPDATE: Focus confirmed Deadline’s scoop. Formal press release is viewable under the original story. EXCLUSIVE: Universal and Focus Features won a worldwide rights auction for an untitled film that Paul Thomas Anderson wrote and will direct, re-teaming him with There Will Be Blood star Daniel Day-Lewis. Focus won the…

EXCLUSIVE: As kind of a dream Christmas gift for film nerds everywhere (and especially me in that regard) I got to sit down with directors Quentin Tarantino and Paul Thomas Anderson on Christmas Eve in Tarantino’s home screening room to talk about the fate of 70MM, the future of film and memories of our greatest movie…

When Quentin Tarantino first discussed his vision with the Weinstein Co. to resurrect the roadshow picture for his eighth title The Hateful Eight in 70MM, there was one major hurdle to overcome: How could the cinema format be rebooted if most theaters don’t even have the equipment? In a digital cinema age, few…