WATCH: Live Radiohead Performance Video Directed by PTA

Some late nite candy for y'all. Today, Radiohead posted a video on their official youtube channel of a live performance for their song "Present Tense" off their latest album A Moon Shaped Pool, and looky who the director is!

UPDATE: This Tweet from Radiohead's longtime producer Nigel Godrich has been brought to our attention... (thank you akash)

We done did this in PTA's garden ....https://t.co/lC4YqIRR9M

� nigel godrich (@nigelgod) September 16, 2016

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Focus Features Picks Up PTA's Fashion Film, Production to Begin Early Next Year

Via Deadline, Focus Features and Universal Pictures have secured international rights to Paul Thomas Anderson's forthcoming, still untitled fashion drama starring Daniel Day-Lewis! 

The project is expected to start shooting early next year and release late next year, with Megan Ellison's Annapurna Pictures still on board to produce. The report also makes an update about the movie: it will actually be set in the 1950s fashion industry of London, rather than early reports stating it would be set in New York. 

We're expecting news to start dropping a bit more precipitously now, so do keep checking back for more info as it becomes available. Folks... looks like this thing is really happening!

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WATCH: "There Will Be Blood" Q&A With PTA & Daniel Day-Lewis From 2007

It's been a couple slow news days of late as we wait for more details to trickle in about the supposed reunion project from Paul Thomas Anderson and Daniel Day-Lewis that is forthcoming.  In light of that, here's an hour-long Q&A with the There Will Be Blood pair from back in 2007 that we came across. 

Keep an eye out for the astonishingly endearing anecdote about DDL's personal relationship with the film Giant near the end.

Enjoy!

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Happy Birthday, PTA!

We here at C&RV wanted to send out some serious positive vibes to the man himself, who celebrates his 46th birthday today. Have a happy one, sir, and thank you for all that you have given us!

We'll leave you with a 30-minute commentary PTA did on the John Holmes documentary Exhausted, which he provided for the Boogie Nights laser disk back in the day.

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New PTA Project With Daniel Day-Lewis In The Works?

It was reported today that, while no studio or deal is currently signed, Paul Thomas Anderson and Daniel Day-Lewis have been in talks for a while on a new film set in the world of fashion. Variety says:

Sources say that Lewis, who hasn�t made a film since �Lincoln� in 2012, has been loosely attached to the project for some time. Anderson is still working on a script while meeting young actresses of Eastern European descent to cast supporting roles.

Megan Ellison�s Annapurna Pictures is producing and financing the untitled project. The film will be set in 1950s New York and revolve around the fashion industry, although the plot is under wraps.

Their full article can be found here but doesn't say much more.  So, more than likely, a new PTA film will be landing in selected theaters around the second half of December 2017.

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PTA's Radiohead Video Has Arrived

The gossip was true! Paul Thomas Anderson has directed a video from Radiohead's new album, which will be released digitally this Sunday! The track is called "Daydreaming" and you can watch the video now. Enjoy!

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PTA May Have Directed A New Music Video For Radiohead

It has been brought to our attention that this week's episode of the For Crying Out Loud podcast contains a very intriguing eight-minute story from co-host Stefanie Wilder-Taylor that involves Paul Thomas Anderson & co. recently shooting part of a new Radiohead music video in her Los Angeles home.

Needless to say, this is the first we've heard of such a project and we will report back here if and when more confirmation becomes available. If true though, this will continue PTA's strict diet of awesome music-related ventures since Inherent Vice's release, and -- just as noteworthy -- it provides the most concrete evidence yet that a new Radiohead LP is imminent!

You can listen to the podcast here - the PTA story begins around the 15-minute mark.

(Big ups to @gerrymaravilla on Twitter for his assistance with this!)

UPDATE: It appears the Radiohead section has since been edited out of the podcast by the folks over at For Crying Out Loud. This doesn't strike us as terribly surprising given that Taylor openly speculated several times in the episode that she may have been in violation of a non-disclosure agreement by relaying the story. By the same token, the omission only further validates the probability that the video is real and forthcoming. Stay tuned, folks.

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Chicago: Enter to Win Tickets for Screenings of "Inherent Vice" and "The Master" on 70mm

If you live in Chicago and like seeing movies on film, you probably already know about The Music Box Theatre's annual 70mm festival, which started after Paul Thomas Anderson brought The Master to town in August of 2012 for its second-ever public screening.

As it turns out, The Master is returning to The Music Box on 70mm for this year's festival, which kicks off this weekend. What's more, the rare 70mm blow-up print of Inherent Vice will also be shown.

And wouldn't you know it, we have a couple admit-two passes to give away.  So if you live in the Chicago area and are interested in seeing these movies on glorious 70mm, here are the instructions to enter:

Email us at cigscontest@gmail.com

Write "70mm Contest" in the subject line.

In the body of the email, include your name and the title of the movie you would like to win tickets to. If you would like to submit your name for both movies, include both titles in the body, but you can only win tickets to one of the movies.

THE MASTER showtimes:
Saturday, February 20, 7:00pm
Thursday, February 25, 9:30pm

INHERENT VICE showtimes:
Saturday, February 20, 10:30pm
Wednesday, February 24, 7:30pm

Winners will be emailed this Friday morning and will need to confirm their preferred showtime by 6:00 PM Friday evening. If a winner has not confirmed by that time, we will draw another name. Feel free to visit musicboxtheatre.com for more info on the theatre and festival.

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LISTEN: PTA Talks "The Big Short" With Adam McKay in 30-Minute Q&A

Via The Film Stage

PTA recently moderated a talk with The Big Short writer/director Adam McKay over at the DGA and the conversation is now online. The Q&A is surprisingly great, ranging from the topic of PTA missing out on producing Anchorman, to the two directors wishing they could make a movie a year like Woody Allen.

There are, of course, some slight spoilers in the talk if you haven't seen the movie yet. Listen to it in its entirety below. Special thanks to Jacob Viness for this.

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Merry Christmas! Watch PTA & Quentin Tarantino Discuss 70mm, Etc.

Good morning and Merry Christmas to those who celebrate it!

Enjoy a 40 minute conversation with PTA and Quentin Tarantino discussing all manner of film, including 70mm.

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PTA Produces Score-less Print of "Punch-Drunk Love" For Screening With Live Orchestra

- Having now done several successful screenings of There Will Be Blood with live orchestral performances, it would appear PTA is broadening the playing field a bit. Today, Wordless Music has announced there will be a pair of live performances of Jon Brion's original score for Punch-Drunk Love at screenings in Los Angeles and New York on March 5 and March 19, respectively.

What's more, Wordless Music has partnered with PTA and Sony Pictures to produce a special print of Punch-Drunk for the performances that has no score whatsoever (and can you imagine how that movie plays without music?)

Tickets for both the special engagements will go on sale this coming Tuesday, December 15. 

More details can be found here.

- Also passed our way recently: the great Prince Charles Cinema in London will be holding a PTA retrospective starting in January, with all seven feature films scheduled to screen. Though Hard Eight will sadly be a DCP presentation, all other movies will be shown on film (including, yes, The Master in 70mm.)

You can start snatching your tickets up for those showings here.

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"Junun" Now Available To Buy Or Rent On iTunes; New Outtake From Film Surfaces

Now that Junun's 30 days in the spotlight over at Mubi have lapsed, couple of you have been wondering what the fate of the film's availability moving forward will be -- and those folks should be pleased to know that the film (as well as the album) is now available for purchase on iTunes.

What's more, Nonesuch has released an outtake performance that didn't make the final version of the movie but is still remarkably beautiful/hypnotic/wonderful. Peep it here:

What's your favorite song/performance in Junun? We like "Mode," personally.

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PTA Reportedly Not Directing Robert Downey Jr.'s Live-Action "Pinocchio"

The word for now is that Paul Thomas Anderson will in fact not be directing Robert Downey Jr.'s live-action Pinocchio remake, via Wrap reporter Jeff Sneider. Since PTA's involvement as director of the picture was always indeterminate, we're going to assume he's still on board to pen the screenplay until further notice.

So, Movie 8 is, once again, anybody's guess... but isn't that the fun part?

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WATCH: PTA-Directed Music Video For Joanna Newsom's "Divers"

Now that it has completed its theatrical run, Paul Thomas Anderson's 7-minute video for Joanna Newsom's "Divers" has made its way online and can be viewed right up there.

Watch/listen/enjoy/tell us what you think.

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WATCH: "Bridge of Spies" Q&A with Steven Spielberg Moderated by PTA

Paul Thomas Anderson sure seems to be ticking big-ticket items off the "Movie Legends To Talk To In Public" list lately, with two Scorsese Q&A's in the last 4 years and a Francis Ford Coppola appreciation back in 2011. Now, in support of his acclaimed new espionage picture Bridge of Spies, Steven Spielberg has sat down with PTA for a post-screening Q&A at the Director's Guild.

You can and should watch the full 30+ minute talk right here.

(Thanks to Mr. Raymond Ash for helping us out on this!)

And hey, you guys watch Junun yet? Drop a comment with your thoughts!

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Two Trailers For "Junun" Arrive As Film Debuts on Mubi

...and just like that, barely a month after we even knew the thing existed,  a new film from Paul Thomas Anderson is available to stream over at mubi.com

To celebrate this occasion, two trailers have been released in support of the film and accompanying album, which PTA said was due out next month in this brief Q&A following the film's screening at NYFF last night.

Both of these trailers give you some sense of the hypnotic nature of the music and world that the film captures. Check them out before heading over to Mubi to watch the full 54 minutes. Or you could go in cold. Arguments can be made for both.

New PTA-Directed Joanna Newsom Video To Screen Theatrically This Month

Paul Thomas Anderson has quietly helmed another music video in support of Joanna Newsom's upcoming album Divers, and it is going to screen across the United States from October 16-22. The video is for the title track and, like PTA's video for Sapkanikan, it was filmed in New York City. However, instead of using bustling NYC streets for locales, this new video was reportedly shot in the studio of artist Kim Keever (via Pitchfork).

We will revisit this post with more information about the screenings as they become known.

In other news, three days until the world gets a hold of this...

UPDATE: Stereogum has a full list of participating movie theatres screening the video:

New York, NY @ IFC Center

Yonkers, NY@ Alamo Drafthouse Yonkers

Huntington, NY@ Cinema Arts Centre

Los Angeles, CA @ The Cinefamily

Los Angeles, CA @ Ahrya Fine Arts

Pasadena, CA @ Laemmie Playouse 7

San Jose, CA @ Camera Cinemas

San Francisco, CA @ Castro Theatre

San Luis Obispo, CA @ Palm Theatre

Grass Valley, CA @ Sutton Cinema

Grass Valley, CA @ Sierra Cinemas

Grass Valley, CA @ Del Oro Theatre

Nevada City, CA @ Magic Theatrea

Tucson, AZ @ Loft Cinema

Denver, CO @ Alamo Drafthouse Littleton

Boulder, CO @ International Film Series, UC Boulder

Miami, FL @ O-Cinema

Boston, MA @ Coolidge Corner

Seattle, WA @ SIFF � Egyptian Theater

Bellingham, WA @ Pickford Film Center

Portland, OR @ Cinema 21

Eugene, OR @ Bijou Cinemas

Pittsburgh, PA @ Regency Square Theater

Ashburn, VA @ Alamo Drafthouse One Loudon

Winchester, VA @ Alamo Drafthouse Winchester

Austin, TX@ Alamo Drafthouse Ritz

Austin, TX @ Alamo Drafthouse Lakeline

Austin, TX @ Alamo Drafthouse Village

Austin, TX @ Alamo Drafthouse Slaughter Lane

Austin, TX @ Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar

Dallas, TX @ Texas Theatre

Dallas, TX @ Alamo Drafthouse Richardson

Houston, TX @ Alamo Drafthouse Mason Park

Houston, TX @ Alamo Drafthouse Vintage Park

Laredo, TX @ Alamo Drafthouse Laredo

Lubbock, TX @ Alamo Drafthouse Lubbock

New Braunfels, TX @ Alamo Drafthouse Marketplace

San Antonio, TX@ Alamo Drafthouse Westlakes

San Antonio, TX @ Alamo Drafthouse Park North

San Antonio, TX @ Alamo Drafthouse Stone Oak

Kansas City, MO @ Alamo Drafthouse Mainstreet

Ann Arbor, MI @ Michigan Theater

Kalamazoo, MI @Alamo Drafthouse Kalamazoo

Columbia, SC @Nickelodeon Theatre

Nashville, TN @ Belcourt Theatre

Salt Lake City, UT @Salt Lake Film Society

Tulsa, OK @ Circle Cinema

Scottsbluff, NE @ Midwest Theater

Raleigh, NC @ Colony Theater

Winston-Salem, NC @ a/perture Cinema

Columbus, OH @ Gateway Film Center

Chicago, IL @ Music Box Theatre

Champaign, IL @ Art Theatre Co-Op

Paducah, KY @ Maiden Alley Cinema

Arhus, Denmark @ �st For Paradis

London, UK @ Rio Cinema

Munich, Germany @ Monopol

The video will also screen in the UK on October 27:

London, UK @ Clapham Picturehouse

London, UK @ East Dulwich Picturehouse and Cafe

London, UK @Greenwich Picturehouse

London, UK @ Hackney Picturehouse

London, UK @ Picturehouse Central

London, UK @ Ritzy Brixton

London, UK @ Stratford East Picturehouse

Bath, UK @ The Little Theatre Cinema

Bradford, UK @ Picturehouse at National Media Museum

Brighton, UK @ Duke�s at Komedia

Edinburgh, UK @ Cameo

Exeter, UK @ Exeter Picturehouse

Henley, UK @ Regal Picturehouse

Norwich, UK @ Cinema City

Liverpool, UK @ Picturehouse at FACT

Oxford, UK @ Phoenix Picturehouse

Southampton, UK @ Harbour Lights Picturehouse

Stratford-upon-Avon, UK @ Stratford-Upon-Avon Picturehouse

York, UK @ City Screen

"Junun" Set For Rome Film Festival

Following its world premiere at the New York Film Festival next Thursday (and its streaming premiere on Mubi the day after), it looks like Paul Thomas Anderson's Junun is bound for the Rome Film Fesitval, which runs later next month, from October 16-24. Via ScreenDaily.

Thank you to Luca Ottocento for bringing this exciting news to us!

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"Junun" To Stream Exclusively On MUBI Starting October 9th

Variety reports that subscription based streaming platform MUBI has nabbed exclusive streaming rights for Paul Thomas Anderson's new 54-minute documentary Junun, and it will be available to watch following the film's bow at New York Film Festival on October 8th. For those who don't know, MUBI functions sort of as an online movie theatre, where 30 films are available to stream at one time, with one dropping off and another replacing it each day.

In the Variety piece, PTA is quoted as saying, "We�re huge fans of MUBI and wanted to be a part of what they do. Hopefully people will discover both the music that�s been made by Shye and Jonny and a great place to watch films." Notably, this is the most overt embrace PTA has ever publicly given to viewing films in a digital format. 

So there you have it. A new film from Paul Thomas Anderson will be ready to be seen by the general public in just two short weeks. Now would be a good time to stroll over to MUBI.com and consider subscribing.

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New PTA Film, "Junun", To Premiere At NYFF

There's been a slight (and pretty cool) epidemic, as of late, of world class filmmakers slipping their movies completely under the radar until they are edited and finished and premiering at festivals (see: Noah Baumbach). The latest director to add to that list is one Paul Thomas Anderson whose mysterious India exploits with Jonny Greenwood were actually the fruits of his first-ever documentary.

That's right... PTA made a documentary! The film is called Junun and will premiere at the 53rd New York Film Festival in the Special Events category. It comes in just under an hour long and here's  NYFF website has to say about it:

Paul Thomas Anderson, USA, 2015, DCP, 54m

English, Hindu, Hebrew, and Urdu with English subtitles

Earlier this year, Paul Thomas Anderson joined his close friend and collaborator Jonny Greenwood on a trip to Rajasthan in northwest India, where they were hosted by the Maharaja of Jodhpur, and he brought his camera with him. Their destination was the 15th-century Mehrangarh Fort, where Greenwood (with the help of Radiohead engineer Nigel Godrich) was recording an album with Israeli composer Shye Ben Tzur and an amazing group of musicians: Aamir Bhiyani, Soheb Bhiyani, Ajaj Damami, Sabir Damami, Hazmat, and Bhanwaru Khan on brass; Ehtisham Khan Ajmeri, Nihal Khan, Nathu Lal Solanki, Narsi Lal Solanki, and Chugge Khan on percussion; Zaki Ali Qawwal, Zakir Ali Qawwal, Afshana Khan, Razia Sultan, Gufran Ali, and Shazib Ali on vocals; and Dara Khan and Asin Khan on strings. The finished film, just under an hour, is pure magic. Junun lives and breathes music, music-making, and the close camaraderie of artistic collaboration. It�s a lovely impressionistic mosaic and a one-of-a-kind sonic experience: the music will blow your mind. World Premiere

Notably, as you'll see in the photographs in the above link in this post, PTA shot this one (at least in part) digitally. We can't wait to see what his first outing in that format yielded. With Pinocchio potentially getting underway soon, the fact that PTA has kept busy with this and the Joanna Newsom music video is very exciting. Stay tuned!

(Thanks to Joe for the heads up)

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(This was updated to reflect the film's running time as well as a fuller synopsis)

UPDATE: AND TICKETS TO THE PREMIERE ARE AVAILABLE HERE.