indeed, this is paul thomas anderson's film - paul thomas anderson's film liquorice pizza from a baseecollections and also the recollections of a friend he was a child star and they went on to become active in a producer and it starts cooper hoffman, son of philip seymour hoffman who works with paul thomas anderson a lot before he passed away, and this young chick he got gary is 15 years old and he thinks it's a good idea to chat up women of 25 who is here played by alana haim alana haim so the basic premise of will they want they came a conventionalfriendship premise of will they want they came a conventional friendship developing over time and it's a kind of episodic structure as you can see with a lot of cameos from the likes of bradley cooper and some of the characters are based on real life and some are not. there is a kind of hollywood personality in this, sean penn pops up, so it's got an unusual structure but it's a very light touch for paul thomas anderson i think is one of his lighter films. one of his letter feels but i feel really mixed about this because that central prem

this is set in 1973 and it comes from the great paul thomas anderson.ally, we're looking at a film starring benedict cumberbatch, the electrical life of louis wain. that looks like something for everyone. so, tell us about boiling point. this is a fascinating film. this was shot in one take in a london restaurant and the idea is that stephen graham plays a chef who's struggling. he's having a bit of a hard time with this family, with his financial woes, and then it's the busiest night of the year in this restaurant and it's really an ensemble drama, so you see everybody working together in this restaurant, trying to make a busy night work. let's have a look at a clip. 0k. hey, mad friday, it's going to be busy, which is good, and we picked some more covers up today. what? so, we're looking at about 100. so, we've got to turn the tables over but obviously not make people feel rushed, yeah? which we can do. we've got a proposal in tonight. they're going to he sat on here, table 13, so, yeah, treat them like royalty. and a celebrity chef in, alexander skye

punch—drunk love is the adam sandler movie that after having made magnolia they said to paul thomas anderson—hour masterpiece. he said, i'm going to make a 90 minute comedy with adam sandler, and he did. it's my other favourite paul thomas anderson film. i love this. it has turned out to be a marmite film and it's currently in the pack leaders for best film nominations. it looks beautiful. it's beautifully made and i love the two central performances. love them. let's consolidate that part of that we like. this might be do i need to watch it again? you gave it a fair hearing. hey, i just love it. it looks beautiful. i've seen it three times. yeah. we may never agree on that one. so, streaming, dvd? tragedy of macbeth has come to apple tv. i think it looks brilliant. it's been in cinemas for a couple of weeks. this is joel coen�*s adaptation of the shakespeare, obviously. i think it looks brilliant. it has got a look of a carl dreyer film, everything on sets, a bit of german expressionism in there, great cast, denzel washington, frances mcdormand — have you seen it? no, very recently seen a s

i get this email from paul thomas anderson. i open it up, it's a script. n. i don't know what time in l.a. i was like, maybe this feels a little creepy. i think i remember being like, yawn, paul, you're sending me these emails so early in the morning. but i love this script, yeah, there's a lot of character. she's something. she's a great gal. and i was like, who's going to play alana? i think he got mad because he was like, alana, who's going to play alana other than alana, you, of course, would you want to do it? i of course said yes. i hung up the phone and i was like, okay, time to go to bed. then i couldn't sleep. [ laughter ] i couldn't sleep, i was like, what did i get myself into? >> jimmy: did you tell your sisters immediately? >> i -- i mean, i thought that they also got the script. so i thought that they knew. and they had no idea. [ laughter ] i was like -- yeah, i was like, how did you like that script last night? they're like, what are you talking about? what script? and i was like, did paul only send to it me? but no, they were so happy. >> j

i love paul thomas anderson. i think it's a great coming—of—age movie. the valley in the 1970s. it's brilliant and i love the use of music in it. i think alana haim and cooper hoffman are brilliant in their first starring roles. i know that you don't like it. some of that i agree with. i think the two leads are just fantastic. both of them. and so captivating. the first 45 minutes to an hour, i was loving it. and then it dips in the middle, and i have spoken to a lot of people who do agree with me they think it's too long and could have done with some editing. and the fundamental problem with that central premise of a 15—year—old boy and a 25—year—old woman. who are not having a relationship. who aren't having a relationship. but i'm trying not to say anything... it's not a plot spoiler. it's not. she does say that. she has to get him off the phone and he finds her up and it's a really scary thing to do. let me ask you a question. did you like punch—drunk love? i can't remember enough about it, i'm afraid. punch—drunk love is that adam sandler movie afte

you know, it is kind of interesting the way it's dividing audiences but, you know, it's a paul thomas andersonice of dvd this week. yeah — well, this is streaming. i don't know it, but i'm interested. so, not dvd — streaming. streaming, streaming. ok, so but it is also in cinemas, but mainly streaming. so mass, which is on sky cinema — but is also in some cinemas. this is a forehander about two sets of parents meeting in a room in a church in the wake of the tragedy that has engulfed them and they are having the meeting in order to attempt to find some kind of reconciliation. and it's jason isaacs, martha plimpton, reed birney, ann dowd — really, really great actors. fran krantz is the writer—director — debut feature. i thought it was astonishingly good. i saw it a year ago when it played at sundance, which was the virtual festival, and it's kind of now got lost in all the awards. but it's an ensemble cast like you've never seen before, um... and i looked at it and wondered whether it had started life as a play, actually, because a couple of the american actors are real, classic stage actors —

this is set in 1973 and it comes from the great paul thomas anderson.

there's also director writer, paul thomas anderson's licorice pizza 70 said coming of age drama comedy starring cooper hoffman, the son of the late philip seymour hoffman and singer alana haim as a 15 year-old in 25 year-old respectively in a flirtation romance. it's my 5th favorite of the year. doing. >> mixed up with her at number 4, it's the netflix western drama. the power of the benedict cumberbatch kirsten dunst and newcomer kodi smit-mcphee star in the story about a domineering charismatic rancher, which is a war of intimidation. >> and his brother's new wife and her teen son the most talked about film at festivals around the world this year is the kenneth branagh directed belfast this black and white and 3 is his semi autobiographical telling of his own upbringing, terry family and friends apart and it's the violence in the northern ireland town during the 1960's and the 1970's. it's my number 3 pick for the best of 2021. and number 2, it's the steven spielberg adaptation of the classic stage and movie musical west side story. and although this is another example of moviegoers

. >> and paul thomas anderson called me, and he's a hero, i was going to give up acting.r give up. i don't want to be somewhere else when this movie is out and think i didn't try. he asked me to do a small role in the film. and i shot that during "nightmare alley." >> stephen: and that's "licorice pizza." >> that's "licorice pizza," yes. >> stephen: you play a part based on the real life of legendary producer john peters. here he is threatening to burn someone with gasoline. >> it's the gas crisis in the 70s in the valley, and his ferrari has run out of gas on his way to pick up barbra streisand to go to the movies. he was going out with barbra streisand. he was a hair dresser and became an infamous producer in hollywood and produced "a star is born," ironically enough. >> stephen: was he a fun guy to play? >> yeah ( laughs ). >> stephen: you must know him. >> yeah, i got to-- well, i had to-- i mean, the truth is, if it wasn't for john peters, i never would have been able to make "a star is born," because he deferd his grandfathered fee he could get. we made it on a rela

and coming up, we return to 1970s california in paul thomas anderson's liquorice pizza, and we'll bena smith thinks of that, and other major releases this week in the film review at 5.45. our top story this hour, sidney poitier, the first black man to win the oscar for best actor, has died aged 94. born in the bahamas, he won the academy award in 1964 for his role in lillies of the field. he was given an honory knighthood by the by the queen in 1974, and in 2016 he was awarded the bafta fellowship for his outstanding contribution to film. lizo mzimba looks back at his life. # in the heat of the night...# sidney poitier�*s virgil tibbs, a man of authority... i'm a police officer. ..intelligence and a steely determination, never to back down. the kind of qualities that defined sidney poitier on screen and off. he made his cinema debut playing a doctor, a man of status, something almost unheard of for black performers then. with roles like an escaped convict in the defiant ones, and a struggling husband in a raisin in the sun, he tackled prejudice head on. maybe i will get down on my bl

and it stars cooper hoffman, son of philip seymour hoffman who worked with paul thomas anderson a lote likes of bradley cooper and some of the characters are based on real life and some are not. there is a kind of hollywood personality in this, sean penn pops up, so it's got an unusual structure but it's a very light touch for paul thomas anderson. i think it's one of his lighterfilms. one of his lighter films, but i feel really mixed about this because that central premise of 15—year—old boy and a 25—year—old woman — that just doesn't work. that central conceit does not work, even though there are lots of other things about the film that are terrific, particularlyjust the way it feels and the way you feel. like, i was very young in the time it was set, but you feel everything you see and read about the '70s is that you're totally back in that period. it's very vivid, but i agree it is set up as a romantic comedy but it's not romantic to me because i didn't really believe in this relationship. you can't believe in it. this plays into stalker tropes as well because this boy who is a pe

you know, it is kind of interesting the way it�*s dividing audiences but, you know, it�*s a paul thomas andersons kind of now got lost in all the awards. but it�*s an ensemble cast like you�*ve never seen before, um... and i looked at it and wondered whether it had started life as a play, actually, because of the american actors are real, classic stage actors — martha plimpton among them. yeah, yeah — i mean, great performances. no, it didn�*t. and weirdly, enough, it is actually very cinematic when you consider that it is a film about four people in a room, talking. the other thing to say is the subject matter that it�*s dealing with may be very, very dark and very, very difficult, but it is a — it is not a film about despair, it is a film about hope, and that makes it quite a hard film to sell because it is dealing with some very, very dark subject matter — school shootings and, you know, tragedies like that — but the performances are brilliant — i mean, absolutely brilliant — and i saw it, knowing nothing about it other than a friend of mine had said "jason isaacs is in the best film i�*ve se