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LICORICE PIZZA – Review by Susan Granger

February 14, 2022February 14, 2022 Susan Granger Alana Haim, Cooper Hoffman, licorice pizza, paul thomas anderson

It’s the 1970s in the San Fernando Valley when 10th grader Gary Valentine (Cooper Hoffman) first spies Alana Kane (Alana Haim) working for a yearbook headshot photographer. He’s 15 and she’s in her mid-20s. But that doesn’t stop him from asking her for a date. How will he pay for it? she inquires. Not a problem. He’s a smooth-talking former child star, declaring: “I’m a showman. It’s my calling.”

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LICORICE PIZZA – Review by T. J. Callahan

December 22, 2021December 27, 2021 T. J. Callahan Alana Haim, Cooper Hoffman, licorice pizza, paul thomas anderson

Licorice Pizza, like all Paul Thomas Anderson films, is an acquired taste, but this film happens to be one of his easiest to digest. Set in 1973, this engaging coming of age dramedy is Dazed and Confused in Hollywood, as one young actor named Gary Valentine navigates his life and love during Fast Times in the San Fernando Valley.

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52nd New York Film Festival: Provocation and Pleasure – Rania Richardson Comments

October 15, 2014June 8, 2020 Rania Richardson (Archived Contributor) 0 Comments Alice Rohrwacher, ben affleck, birdman, blue room, citizenfour, david fincher, Gone Girl, inherent vice, Joaquin Phoenix, laura poitras, mathieu Amalric, New York Film Festival, nyff, paul thomas anderson, reese witherspoon, rosamond pike, the wonder

Many of the films in the recently concluded 52nd New York Film Festival will fill theaters, fuel discussions, and collect awards for months to come. Topping the list is Citizenfour, a late edition to the tightly edited festival’s main slate of 31 features. Other films of particular interest include Birdman, Inherent Vice, and The Wonder.