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March at the Trylon
Raised in Studio City, Anderson has chronicled the rise of Los Angeles throughout his films, from the discovery of oil to the rise of (something like) Scientology to the messy present. With expertly crafted long takes and perfectly placed musical scores, PTA’s films are poignant, sweeping, and hysterically funny. He is, quite simply, one of the best American filmmakers of all time.
(2014, 148m) dir Paul Thomas Anderson w/Joaquin Phoenix, Josh Brolin, Katherine Waterston. Private detective Larry “Doc” Sportello (Phoenix) untangles a sprawling kidnapping conspiracy involving one of his old girlfriends. Anderson’s take on the Thomas Pynchon noir novel is a psychedelic trip equal parts funny and intriguing. This is our quarterly exclusive Trylon Club screening. Admission is free…
Screenings: February 26 7:00
(1997, 155m) dir Paul Thomas Anderson w/Mark Wahlberg, Julianne Moore, Burt Reynolds. Porn filmmaker Jack Horner (Reynolds) finds Eddie Adams (Wahlberg) working as a dishwasher and makes him into a star. Anderson’s smart and tragic film tracks the demise of the “golden age” of the adult-film industry and, perhaps by allegory, the New Hollywood. FRI/SAT/MON/TUE…
Screenings: February 28 7:00, March 1 7:00, March 2 3:00, 6:15, March 4 7:00, March 3 7:00
(1999, 188m) dir Paul Thomas Anderson w/Tom Cruise, John C. Reilly, William H. Macy. Intersecting stories of grief, fear, and estrangement—involving a misogynistic self-help guru (Cruise), his dying father, a terminally ill game show host, a cocaine addict, and an insecure police officer—come to a head. Anderson’s view of a Los Angeles populated with lost…
Screenings: March 7 7:00, March 8 7:00, March 9 3:00, 6:30, March 10 7:00, March 11 7:00
(2012, 138m) dir Paul Thomas Anderson w/Joaquin Phoenix, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams. Troubled veteran Freddie (Phoenix) is taken in by Lancaster Dodd (Hoffman), charismatic author and religious leader of The Cause. A marvelous, bravura piece of filmmaking featuring one of Hoffman’s greatest performances. FRI/SAT 7:00 SUN 3:00 5:45
Screenings: March 14 7:00, March 15 7:00, March 16 3:00, 5:45, 12:00
(2002, 95m) dir Paul Thomas Anderson w/Adam Sandler, Emily Watson, Philip Seymour Hoffman. Barry Egan (Sandler) is deeply lonely and takes solace in a phone-sex line. Dean Trumbell (Hoffman) runs the line and uses Egan’s info to extort him, just as Egan finally finds love. SUN 8:30 MON/TUE 7:00 9:00
Screenings: March 16 8:30, March 17 7:00, 9:00, March 18 7:00, 9:00
(2017, 130m) dir Paul Thomas Anderson w/Daniel Day-Lewis, Vicky Krieps, Lesley Manville. Renowned dressmaker Reynolds Woodcock (Day-Lewis) and his sister, Cyril, (Manville) are at the center of 1950s British fashion. His entire life is carefully planned and rigidly controlled by his work—until he meets the forceful Alma (Krieps). One of the most gorgeously staged and…
Screenings: March 21 7:00, 9:30, March 22 7:00, 9:30, March 23 3:00, 5:45, March 24 7:00, March 25 7:00
(2007, 158m) dir Paul Thomas Anderson w/Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul Dano, Ciarán Hinds. Daniel Plainview (Day-Lewis) is an oil man at the turn of the century. His acquisition of further fields, however, is hampered by the young pastor of the Church of the Third Revelation (Dano). Anderson’s masterpiece is a stunning story of greed and religion.…
Screenings: March 28 7:00, March 29 7:00, March 30 3:00, 6:30, 11:30, March 31 7:00, April 1 7:00, March 27 7:00
(2021, 133m) dir Paul Thomas Anderson w/Alana Haim, Cooper Hoffman, Bradley Cooper. A series of kind-of connected vignettes follows 15-year-old Gary Valentine (Cooper Hoffman, Philip Seymour’s son) as he bumbles along with get-rich-quick schemes and pines for 25-year-old Alana Kane (Alana Haim). Hey, it was the ’70s. At the Heights Theater! Tickets 7:30 $19
Screenings: March 31 7:30