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Sr 2022 Follow the tender but appropriately irreverent account of the life and career of Robert Downey Sr , the fearless and visionary American director who set the standard for countercultural comedy in the 1960s and 1970s

Licorice Pizza 2021 LICORICE PIZZA is the story of Alana Kane and Gary Valentine growing up, running around and falling in love in the San Fernando Valley, 1973 Written and Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, the film tracks the treacherous navigation of first love

Dont Play Us Cheap 1972 Film version of Melvin Van Peebles Broadway musical A pair of devil bats take human form and crash a Harlem house party in an attempt to break it up But somehow, their attempts to ruin the party fail

The Movies (2019 ) A look at the history of movies and their impact on our culture.

Anima (2019) In a short musical film directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, Thom Yorke of Radiohead scores and stars in a mind-bending visual piece. Best played loud.

Hard Eight (1996) John has lost all his money. He sits outside a diner in the desert when Sydney happens along, buys him coffee, then takes him to Reno and shows him how to get a free room without losing much money. Under Sydney's fatherly tutelage, John becomes a successful small-time professional

The story of a young man's adventures in the Californian pornography industry of the late 1970s and early 1980s.

Barry Egan hates himself and hates his life. The only male among eight siblings, Barry is treated poorly by his overbearing sisters. Despite owning his own business, he has gotten nowhere in life largely because of his insecurities. He leads a solitary life, which allows him to hide his violent outb

Phantom Thread (2017) Set in 1950's London, Reynolds Woodcock is a renowned dressmaker whose fastidious life is disrupted by a young, strong-willed woman, Alma, who becomes his muse and lover.

Magnolia (1999) 24 hours in L.A.; it's raining cats and dogs. Two parallel and intercut stories dramatize men about to die: both are estranged from a grown child, both want to make contact, and neither child wants anything to do with dad. Earl Partridge's son is a charismatic misogynist; Jimmy Gator

Returning from Navy service in World War II, Freddie Quell drifts through a series of breakdowns. Finally he stumbles upon a cult which engages in exercises to clear emotions and he becomes deeply involved with them.

A story of family, religion, hatred, oil and madness, focusing on a turn-of-the-century prospector in the early days of the business.

In a California beach community, private detective Larry "Doc" Sportello (Joaquin Phoenix) tends to work his cases through a smoky haze of marijuana. One day, Shasta, a former lover, arrives out of the blue to plead for Doc's help; it seems that Shasta's current beau, rich real-estate tycoon Mickey