PTA

Gentle Readers . . . and Maxwell,

PTA = PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON

Anderson is one of my favorite filmmakers. Recently, I was pleased to see him rack up some Golden Globe Awards for his 2025 movie, One Battle After Another (Rated R, 2 hours 41 minutes, Streams on HBO Max or whatever they're calling it now they can't make up their minds). 

This is a wild ride of a movie. It's a dark comedy, a thriller, has all sorts of crazy stuff going on. I won't even try to get into the plot. I enjoyed One Battle After Another and felt entertained throughout even though it's quite long.

I don't know if it's worthy of the 13 Oscar nominations it received. I wouldn't have given that Best Actor nod to Leonardo DiCaprio while leaving out Jesse Plemons in Bugonia.

I hope to see PTA win something.

Oh! I glimpsed Alana Haim a couple of times and was excited to see her. I thought she was wonderful with Cooper Hoffman in PTA's Licorice Pizza, but she really doesn't do anything in One Battle.

My favorite Anderson movie, and one of my favorite movies that I re-watch every few years, is 1999's Magnolia. It's Anderson's masterpiece––so far.

Who knows what Paul Thomas Anderson will bring us in the future?

Have you see One Battle After Another? Some people think it's overrated. What do you think? It also has seven Screen Actors Guild Award nominations.

Infinities of love,

Janie Junebug