Right: Zendaya in "Dune." Top: Sean Penn and Alana Haim in "Licorice Pizza," bottom: Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo in "Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar." Right: Warner Bros./Everett Collection. Top: ...

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Movie newbie Alana Haim is already an awards-season contender for her acclaimed performance in “Licorice Pizza.” But she was certain she would be canned from Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest film, which ...

1. “The Lost Daughter”: There’s an element of danger, real and theoretical, permeating every moment of Maggie Gyllenhaal’s electric adaptation of the Elena Ferrante novel. Despite the idyllic Greek ...

I’d like to think I wasn’t the only person who, upon hearing that Paul Thomas Anderson’s new film was called Licorice Pizza, thought the movie might contain a quirky scene involving someone eating a ...

Young love is never easy, especially when you’re only 15 and the girl of your dreams is 25 and well into adulthood. While that dynamic may seem creepy by today’s standards for obvious reasons, 2021’s ...

“Licorice Pizza” is a blast. That makes it sound like some sort of action-adventure flick. It is anything but. In fact, it is a warm, meandering look back at Paul Thomas Anderson’s version of 1970s ...

Not everyone has praise for this hit movie. Activist group Media Action Network for Asian Americans is urging the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to boycott Paul Thomas Anderson’s ...

“Licorice Pizza” begins with a bang: A cherry bomb goes off in a high school restroom. It ends with a detonation nowhere near as loud but with more shock waves. “I love you,” one character says to ...

Paul Thomas Anderson has surveyed L.A.’s San Fernando Valley from every angle in films like “Boogie Nights,” “Magnolia” and “Punch-Drunk Love.” For his latest, “Licorice Pizza,” which opens wide on ...

The Associated Press’ film writers, Lindsey Bahr and Jake Coyle, picked their best movies of 2021, with each listing their top 10. 1. “The Lost Daughter”: There’s an element of danger, real and ...