The Cult of Paul Thomas Anderson

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Figuring out why Paul Thomas Anderson has cultivated such a dedicated film bro following!

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SOURCES:
Xan Brooks, “I can be a real arrogant brat” The Guardian (2003).

Critics At Large (Vinson Cunningham, Naomi Fry, and Alexandra Schwartz), “How to Watch a Movie,” New Yorker (2025).

Lynn Hirschberg, “His Way” The New York Times (1999).

Jesse Fox Mayshark, Post-Pop Cinema: The Search for Meaning In New American Film (2007).

Adam Nayman, Paul Thomas Anderson: Masterwords: A Filmmaker’s Creative Journey (2020).

Catherine Shoard, “Paul Thomas Anderson: ‘You can tell a lot about a person by what they order for breakfast’” The Guardian (2018).

Jason Sperb, Blossoms and Blood: Postmodern Media Culture and the Films of Paul Thomas Anderson. Texas University (2013).