Tag Archives: Jason Robards

The Epic Intimacy of Paul Thomas Anderson’s Magnolia (1999)

Posted on April 16, 2016 by Ross Birks

Following the critical and financial success of his second film Boogie Nights, New Line Cinema told 29 year old Paul Thomas Anderson that he could make whatever movie he wanted. That movie became Magnolia – a 3 hour+ epic which dissects the way … Continue reading →

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Wise Up – Magnolia (1999)

Posted on September 8, 2011 by Ross Birks

My love of Magnolia knows no bounds. Paul Thomas Anderson’s sprawling epic about a handful of San Fernando Valley residents searching for love and redemption is one of the most audacious and beautiful American movies ever made. It’s also one … Continue reading →

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“I’m Howard Hughes” – Melvin and Howard (1980)

Posted on May 16, 2011 by Ross Birks

Jonathan Demme’s criminally underrated Melvin and Howard opens with this great sequence in which down-on-his-luck Melvin Dummar (Paul Le Mat) picks up a grizzly old man (Jason Robards) he’s found lying on the side of the road in the middle … Continue reading →

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