At least once a year, I have been doing these features under a series I’ve called The Long Take, in which the premise is simple: choose a filmmaker I admire and gradually explore their work from beginning to end and then ultimately come forward with a definitive ranking of their films. This has mostly been…
Category: the long take
The Long Take: The Career of…Paul Thomas Anderson (1970 – present)
This is a new editorial series I am starting. Essentially, I choose a filmmaker and watch all of his or her films, and then review each of them. Once I have completed their filmography, I will write a piece, ranking their films and doing a general overview of their strengths and weaknesses as filmmakers, looking…
The Postmodern Pelican 