There Will Be Blood
I've never seen ... There Will Be Blood
For years, men have ordered me to watch this work of stunning genius. Having finally succumbed, it turns out they were wrong
Elle Hunt
21, Apr, 2020 @8:51 AM
Why the best film of the 21st century is There Will Be Blood
Paul Thomas Anderson’s tragic parable of society’s addiction to oil, fuelled by a zealous Daniel Day-Lewis, is a burning indictment of male aggression and an apocalyptic warning
Peter Bradshaw
13, Sep, 2019 @5:00 AM
'An account of how insane we once were' – Paul Thomas Anderson on There Will Be Blood
The director explains why he won’t quibble with his film being named best of the century – but what makes it really great is Daniel Day-Lewis
Catherine Shoard
13, Sep, 2019 @5:00 AM
The 100 best films of the 21st century
Gangsters, superheroes, schoolkids, lovers, slaves, peasants, techies, Tenenbaums and freefalling astronauts – they’re all here in our countdown of cinema’s best movies since 2000
Peter Bradshaw, Cath Clarke, Andrew Pulver and Catherine Shoard
13, Sep, 2019 @5:00 AM
Who is the best Oscar winning lead actor of all time?
Stewart? Poitier? Scofield? De Niro? Day-Lewis? Our chief critic selects a winner from his nominees – and reveals who you chose as your people’s champion
Peter Bradshaw
21, Feb, 2018 @1:00 PM
Paul Thomas Anderson: ’You can tell a lot about a person by what they order for breakfast’
The director is back, with another charismatic obsessive – this time a 1950s couture designer – in Phantom Thread. But his brush with fashion has not left him with a taste for togs
Catherine Shoard
01, Feb, 2018 @2:00 PM
Cruise and Hanks: from golden boys to wasted talents
The two Toms are the last 80s superstars still able to open a movie on their name alone. But movies such as Inferno and Jack Reacher confirm their descent into dependability
Nicholas Barber
27, Oct, 2016 @4:08 PM
Mulholland Drive leads the pack in list of 21st century's top films
BBC Culture poll of 177 film critics around the world puts David Lynch’s 2001 surrealist masterpiece in top spot
Mark Brown Arts correspondent
22, Aug, 2016 @11:01 PM
Paul Dano on acting, love and embarrassing parents: 'They have way too many pictures of me'
He’s known for playing misfits in There Will Be Blood and Little Miss Sunshine – now the actor is turning his back on Hollywood to take on Tolstoy
Emma Brockes
18, Dec, 2015 @1:00 PM
Five best moments: Paul Dano
He is young – and looks younger – but the actor has 15 years of great roles behind him. As Love & Mercy, in which he plays the youthful Brian Wilson, hits UK cinemas, we look back at the highlights of his career
Steven Puddicombe
10, Jul, 2015 @12:04 PM
Paul Thomas Anderson: ‘Inherent Vice is like a sweet, dripping aching for the past’
Paul Thomas Anderson talks to Mark Kermode about his latest film, a nostalgia noir in which a stoned private eye hits the trail of his ex, and leads a homage to 70s California
Mark Kermode
28, Dec, 2014 @9:30 AM
There Will be Blood: my most overrated film
Daniel Day-Lewis may have won an Oscar for his bow-legged, Selleck-moustached performance, but don’t be fooled: Paul Thomas Anderson’s epic drama was truly awful, writes Peter Walker
Peter Walker
12, Nov, 2014 @3:52 PM
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