Paul Thomas Anderson is no stranger to directing music videos. Hell, he’s basically the personal videographer for Haim. And while his videos for that band typically are fun, vibrant, and a little silly sometimes, he’s bringing a whole new vibe for his most recent music video, The Smile’s “Wall of Eyes.”

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In “Wall of Eyes,” the video is focused primarily on lead singer Thom Yorke.

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We are mere days away from the release of Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest film, “Licorice Pizza.” Well, in select theaters at least. (The full release isn’t until December 25, but I digress.) However, it appears we now have more details on what songs will accompany the feature as part of the period film’s ‘70s soundtrack.

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According to Film Music Reporter, the “Licorice Pizza” soundtrack will be released by Republic Records and feature a ton of great artists such as Nina Simone, Sonny & Cher, David Bowie, Paul McCartney, The Doors, and many more.

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Over the final few months of the year, as the Oscar season starts to heat up and frontrunners emerge from the pack, certain arthouse films find themselves as hyped as any Hollywood blockbuster. Such is certainly the case with Pablo Larrain‘s “Spencer.” The Kristen Stewart-led Princess Diana biopic has won hearts during each of its festival appearances; throw in a beloved composer like Jonny Greenwood and it’s no surprise that even the soundtrack is enough to generate buzz in certain circles.

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Premiering this week at the New York Film Festival, filmmaker Jane Campion’s mesmerizing neo-Western “The Power Of The Dog” is one of the year’s most anticipated films. Starring Benedict Cumberbatch as the cruel and fiercely repressed rancher Phil Burbank, it gracefully lays bare the emotion and agony of those living alongside him on a Montana cattle ranch in the 1920s. Through his fraught relationships with brother George (Jesse Plemons), his new wife Rose (Kirsten Dunst), and her delicate son Peter (Kodi Smit-McPhee), Campion’s story builds in force until it accrues the grand, gratifying weight of a Greek tragedy. 

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“I see this film as a departure from my other films, but it’s perhaps a nice bookend to ‘The Piano,’ which is from the feminine perspective,” said Campion during a Friday NYFF press conference in New York.

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How many filmmakers get to release two, technically three film and TV projects in a row? If you’re Chilean filmmaker Pablo Larraín, known for “Jackie” and “Neruda,” you get such a privilege, and or the stars just seem to align that way because of the pandemic. Earlier this summer, AppleTV+ released the adaption of Stephen King’s “Lisey’s Story,” which Larrain directed and then in August, his last feature, “Ema” co-starring Gael Garcia Bernal, was finally released theatrically in the U.S.

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Radiohead‘s Jonny Greenwood has been stretching his composing legs with scores for both “Power of The Dog” and “Spencer” with dual scores in a single year, putting him in a perfect place to land a second Oscar nomination. He’s already teasing a reunion with director Paul Thomas Anderson after previously working with the filmmaker on “There Will Be Blood,” “The Master,” “Inherent Vice,” and “Phantom Thread.”

READ MORE: Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood Has Scored Jane Campion’s ‘The Power Of The Dog’

While speaking with NME, Greenwood has dished about Paul Thomas Anderson already emailing him about upcoming projects giving some brief insight on what is next for the musician concerning film scores.

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If you have even the smallest dislike of the grotesquely redundant and regressive institution that is the British monarchy, one of the greatest pleasures of the shamelessly pleasurable, archly self-aware, high camp masterpiece that is Pablo Larraín‘s “Spencer,” is envisioning how it will play to the still-living people it glancingly portrays. Imagine the creasing of Royal brows sending Royal spectacles cascading down Royal noses! Picture the Royal flushes creeping up Royal necks!

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The ghost of a legendary cowboy named Bronco Henry haunts “The Power of the Dog,” an evocative, sensory psychodrama set in the American West of the 1920s. While Bronco is long gone and never seen on the screen, his spirit is felt everywhere in this soulful exploration of masculinity and repressed love, one that is equal parts untamed and delicate and wholly gorgeous.

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All that to say, let’s hope Jane Campion doesn’t deny us her graceful cinema for this long a stretch again.

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Director Jane Campion is back with the Netflix film “Power of The Dog” after a 12-year hiatus from feature-length filmmaking (she did make two “Top Of The Lake” series during this time). The western thriller has an impressive cast consisting of Benedict Cumberbatch, Kirsten Dunst, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Thomasin McKenzie, and Jesse Plemons.

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Terrence Malick’s “Radegund” is still without a release date, but that doesn’t appear to be stopping the acclaimed director from taking on some new, unique projects. Just a couple weeks ago, it was revealed that the filmmaker helmed a short commercial for the new Google Pixel 3 smartphone. However, the most recent directorial effort from Malick is something completely different and will allow viewers to experience something unlike anything else.

Continue reading Update: Terrence Malick Is *Not* Directing A Virtual Reality Experience Featuring Music From Wu-Tang Clan & Jonny Greenwood at The Playlist.

When Jonny Greenwood isn’t creating haunting melodies for Radiohead, he’s composing some of Hollywood’s most masterful and unsettling scores. The guitar maestro, most recently known for composing the scores for “You Were Never Really Here” and “Phantom Thread,” the latter of which earned him an Oscar nom, will now be bringing his iconic music to the New York Philharmonic.

Listen: Jonny Greenwood’s Score To Lynne Ramsay’s ‘You Were Never Really Here’

As part of their Art of the Score series, the NY Philharmonic will be screening Paul Thomas Anderson’s “There Will Be Blood” with a live orchestra performing Greenwood’s score on September 12th and 13th at Lincoln Center’s David Geffen Hall.

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Director Paul Thomas Anderson has a pension for toxic men and profound, clever women in his films. “Phantom Thread,” his latest, is no exception to this theme. While ostensibly a tug of war in a relationship cursed by control, PTA’s “Phantom Thread” is a threefold character study.

Audiences see Alma, Reynolds, and Cyril grow, confront one another, and fall prey to manipulative behavior, only to have the tables turned.

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No, Jonny Greenwood’s amazing score for “The Phantom Thread” didn’t win the Oscar last weekend, but that doesn’t diminish the incredible work he did for that film. After a string of successful pairings with Paul Thomas Anderson, the musician is back at work with another collaborator, Lynne Ramsay, for her next film, “You Were Never Really Here.”

For those that can’t wait to hear what Greenwood has cooked up for that film, the entire score is now available to stream, and it’s well worth a listen.

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Another year, another Academy Awards ceremony down, and it was one with plenty to be happy about: long-overdue recognition for tremendous actors like Sam Rockwell and Allison Janney, much-deserved writing prizes for Jordan Peele and James Ivory, a double victory for the beloved Guillermo Del Toro.

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That said, while it was a solid ceremony (as we covered in our Best & Worst Of The 2018 Oscar Ceremony), it perhaps wasn’t the biggest shocker — even an awards idiot like this writer who hasn’t been paying that much attention only missed a few times on his ballot.

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As we approach the Academy Awards ceremony in March, many filmmakers will be doing the rounds for various interviews and podcasts. Oftentimes, these interviews are very surface-level and don’t really shed much light on the films. Recently, on the Adam Buxton Podcast, “Phantom Thread” was featured in two (well, technically one-and-a-half) episodes, and they’re well worth a listen.

First, Buxton welcomed Jonny Greenwood for a quick chat.

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To survive the wasteland that defines new movie releases in January, it’s best to take refuge at the arthouse. Oscar contenders are expanding into more theaters at this time of year, and one movie you cannot miss on the big screen is Paul Thomas Anderson‘s “Phantom Thread.” The big draw, of course, is the double whammy of a new film from PTA and Daniel Day-Lewis‘ final performance.

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[Updated Feb. 4]

Winner predictions:
1. Alexandre Desplat, “The Shape of Water”
2. Jonny Greenwood, “Phantom Thread”
3. Hans Zimmer, “Dunkirk”
4. Dario Marianelli, “Darkest Hour”
5. John Williams, “Star Wars: The Last Jedi”

Current predictions:

Best Picture
Best Actor
Best Actress
Best Supporting Actor
Best Supporting Actress
Director
Original Screenplay
Adapted Screenplay
Editing
Cinematography
Production Design
Original Score
Best Song
Costumes
Sound Mixing
Sound Editing
Documentary
Foreign Language Film
Animated Feature Film
Makeup and Hairstyling
Visual Effects

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Given his work lately for Haim and Radiohead, and his terrific talent for marrying music and visuals, it was only natural that we asked Paul Thomas Anderson if he would ever make a full blown musical.

“I’ve always thought of doing a musical, but.. maybe one day. They’re fashionable right now, aren’t they?” he told us in a recent interview. Well, the director’s latest, “Phantom Thread,” may not feature any song and dance numbers, but it’s filled to near overflowing with music by Jonny Greenwood.

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On Christmas morning, cinephiles will be able to unwrap the cinematic treat of the year with Paul Thomas Anderson‘s “Phantom Thread.” However, with two long months to go until the film opens, there’s only so many times you can watch the terrific trailer. So, for those who have the ability to read sheet music, they can start learning the theme song to the movie.

READ MORE: Paul Thomas Anderson’s ‘Phantom Thread’: A New, Detailed Synopsis Revealed

Jonny Greenwood, who has scored every Paul Thomas Anderson movie since “There Will Be Blood,” is back for “Phantom Thread,” and has dropped the sheet music for the title song.

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Though it isn’t always the case every year, this spring on the Croisette there are high profile titles all the way until the final day of the Cannes Film Festival. And screening near the back-end of the schedule is Lynne Ramsay‘s “You Were Never Really Here,” and it certainly looks like something different from the filmmaker, if the first clip is anything to go by.

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With the festival featuring new movies from Fatih Akin, Bong Joon-Ho, Sofia Coppola, Michael Haneke, Todd Haynes, Yorgos Lanthimos, Ruben Ostlund, Andrey Zvyagintsev and Claire Denis, plus the return of “Twin Peaks” and “Top Of The Lake,” to name one project at Cannes that we’re most looking forward to is a difficult task. But if we were pushed, we might have to go with Lynne Ramsay’s “You Were Never Really Here.

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As you’re already well aware from the set photos floating around of Daniel Day-Lewis in costume, production has started on the new film by Paul Thomas Anderson. And now it’s official.

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Focus Features has formally announced that cameras are rolling on the movie, set in the world of fashion, which is currently untitled, but using the working title “Phantom Thread“ (cheeky). 

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With the first image of Daniel Day-Lewis on the set of Paul Thomas Anderson‘s new film making the rounds, we’re going to have to maintain our excitement about that film in measured doses. And while we don’t know yet if Jonny Greenwood will score another picture for the director, he’s taking a quick blast to the past for lucky audiences overseas.

READ MORE: Thom York & Jonny Greenwood Play ‘The Numbers’ In New Video Directed By Paul Thomas Anderson

The Radiohead guitarist, composer and musician is kicking off a brief, four-date UK tour starting tonight that will see him accompany screenings of “There Will Be Blood” while playing the score live with The London Contemporary Orchestra.

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As we all patiently await further news about Paul Thomas Anderson‘s Next Top Model, the director is continuing his chill hangs with his best buds Radiohead. He directed their video for “Daydreaming,” and got intimate lensing a spot for “Present Tense.” And now he’s getting even more laid back with “The Numbers.”

Just like “Present Tense,” this was shot live in Tarzana, California, with Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood and a Roland CR-78 jamming out the tune.

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The question has no doubt been keeping you up nights since we ran our 25 Best Movie Soundtracks of the Century: when the hell is the Playlist going to do scores? Well, here we are now, so quit your bellyaching. Of course, eagle-eyed observers may smell a rat: why was our Best Soundtracks list only 25 strong while this is one is twice as long? Well, simply put, as much as we appreciate the fine art of curation and understand how much a well-chosen pre-existing track can enhance the experience of a film and open up new avenues of music for us to explore, the even finer art of scoring —that is, creating music specifically tailored to the rhythms and cues of the film in question— is closer to our hearts.

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