Most of Anderson’s whirlwind trips through the city he loves have received rapturous applause, and his fascination with California’s odd, tangled history is apparent in every one. However, few of his ...

is a total head trip of a movie that virtually defies categorization, feels like a total shaggy dog story, and will continue to polarize audiences for as long as people continue to discover it. Maybe ...

There are those who will observe—and have observed already—that Paul Thomas Anderson's adaptation of Thomas Pynchon's Inherent Vice is weird, rambling, fragmented, occasionally over the top and not at ...

Paul Thomas Anderson’s ‘Inherent Vice’ revitalized the classic Hollywood Neo-Noir thanks to Joaquin Phoenix’s quirky performance.

Why don’t Bond villains just shoot Bond? Why didn’t the Empire plug that troublesome exhaust port? Why didn’t the Eagles fly Frodo to Mordor? There’s a tedious school of movie criticism that asks such ...

NEW YORK -- The world premiere of Paul Thomas Anderson's Inherent Vice will screen as the Centerpiece of the upcoming 52nd New York Film Festival. Starring Oscar nominees Joaquin Phoenix and Josh ...

Every Wednesday in August, Vulture will choose a film to watch with readers as part of our Vulture Movie Club. This week’s selection comes from Vulture copy editor Christopher Stanton, who will begin ...

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Anderson's whimsical direction places Inherent Vice firmly within the lineage of unconventional detective stories from the 1970s. Filmmakers like Robert Altman, Peter Yates, and Alan J. Pakula all ...