PREVIEW: Licorice Pizza (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Alana Haim (film debut), Cooper Hoffman (film debut), Sean Penn (Mystic River), Tom Waits (The Ballad of Buster Scruggs), Bradley Cooper (A Star Is Born), Benny Safdie (Good Time), Emma Dumont (Inherent Vice), Maya Rudolph (Bridesmaids), Skyler Gisondo (Booksmart), Mary Elizabeth Ellis (Godmothered), Joseph Cross (Running with Scissors), Nate Mann (film debut), John C. Reilly (Stan & Ollie), Christine Ebersole (Richie Rich), Ray Chase (Malignant), John Michael Higgins (Pitch Perfect), Sasha Spielberg (The Company Men), Harriet Sansom Harris (Phantom Thread)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Paul Thomas Anderson (There Will Be Blood), director, writer, producer, cinematographer; Sara Murphy (Never Rarely Sometimes Always) and Adam Somner (Bridge of Spies), producers; Jonny Greenwood (Phantom Thread), composer; Michael Bauman (film debut), cinematographer; Andy Jurgensen (film debut), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

In 1973, child actor Gary Valentine (Hoffman) falls in love with 20-something photographer Alana Kane (Haim) in the San Fernando Valley, propelling them both on a journey that sees them start their own waterbed business, getting involved with politics, and interacting with Hollywood figures including Jon Peters (Cooper)…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Masterful auteur Paul Thomas Anderson is back with a bright, funny and utterly delightful coming-of-age story set amidst the ever-changing Hollywood climate, featuring two break-out turns from young leads Alana Haim (of the band Haim) and Cooper Hoffman, son of the late Philip Seymour Hoffman who was a prominent figure in PTA’s earlier works.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

SATURDAY 1ST JANUARY 2022

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

IN CINEMAS NATIONWIDE

 

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