Chicago: Enter to Win Tickets for Screenings of "Inherent Vice" and "The Master" on 70mm

If you live in Chicago and like seeing movies on film, you probably already know about The Music Box Theatre's annual 70mm festival, which started after Paul Thomas Anderson brought The Master to town in August of 2012 for its second-ever public screening.

As it turns out, The Master is returning to The Music Box on 70mm for this year's festival, which kicks off this weekend. What's more, the rare 70mm blow-up print of Inherent Vice will also be shown.

And wouldn't you know it, we have a couple admit-two passes to give away.  So if you live in the Chicago area and are interested in seeing these movies on glorious 70mm, here are the instructions to enter:

Email us at cigscontest@gmail.com

Write "70mm Contest" in the subject line.

In the body of the email, include your name and the title of the movie you would like to win tickets to. If you would like to submit your name for both movies, include both titles in the body, but you can only win tickets to one of the movies.

THE MASTER showtimes:
Saturday, February 20, 7:00pm
Thursday, February 25, 9:30pm

INHERENT VICE showtimes:
Saturday, February 20, 10:30pm
Wednesday, February 24, 7:30pm

Winners will be emailed this Friday morning and will need to confirm their preferred showtime by 6:00 PM Friday evening. If a winner has not confirmed by that time, we will draw another name. Feel free to visit musicboxtheatre.com for more info on the theatre and festival.

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LISTEN: PTA Talks "The Big Short" With Adam McKay in 30-Minute Q&A

Via The Film Stage

PTA recently moderated a talk with The Big Short writer/director Adam McKay over at the DGA and the conversation is now online. The Q&A is surprisingly great, ranging from the topic of PTA missing out on producing Anchorman, to the two directors wishing they could make a movie a year like Woody Allen.

There are, of course, some slight spoilers in the talk if you haven't seen the movie yet. Listen to it in its entirety below. Special thanks to Jacob Viness for this.

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Merry Christmas! Watch PTA & Quentin Tarantino Discuss 70mm, Etc.

Good morning and Merry Christmas to those who celebrate it!

Enjoy a 40 minute conversation with PTA and Quentin Tarantino discussing all manner of film, including 70mm.

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PTA Produces Score-less Print of "Punch-Drunk Love" For Screening With Live Orchestra

- Having now done several successful screenings of There Will Be Blood with live orchestral performances, it would appear PTA is broadening the playing field a bit. Today, Wordless Music has announced there will be a pair of live performances of Jon Brion's original score for Punch-Drunk Love at screenings in Los Angeles and New York on March 5 and March 19, respectively.

What's more, Wordless Music has partnered with PTA and Sony Pictures to produce a special print of Punch-Drunk for the performances that has no score whatsoever (and can you imagine how that movie plays without music?)

Tickets for both the special engagements will go on sale this coming Tuesday, December 15. 

More details can be found here.

- Also passed our way recently: the great Prince Charles Cinema in London will be holding a PTA retrospective starting in January, with all seven feature films scheduled to screen. Though Hard Eight will sadly be a DCP presentation, all other movies will be shown on film (including, yes, The Master in 70mm.)

You can start snatching your tickets up for those showings here.

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"Junun" Now Available To Buy Or Rent On iTunes; New Outtake From Film Surfaces

Now that Junun's 30 days in the spotlight over at Mubi have lapsed, couple of you have been wondering what the fate of the film's availability moving forward will be -- and those folks should be pleased to know that the film (as well as the album) is now available for purchase on iTunes.

What's more, Nonesuch has released an outtake performance that didn't make the final version of the movie but is still remarkably beautiful/hypnotic/wonderful. Peep it here:

What's your favorite song/performance in Junun? We like "Mode," personally.

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PTA Reportedly Not Directing Robert Downey Jr.'s Live-Action "Pinocchio"

The word for now is that Paul Thomas Anderson will in fact not be directing Robert Downey Jr.'s live-action Pinocchio remake, via Wrap reporter Jeff Sneider. Since PTA's involvement as director of the picture was always indeterminate, we're going to assume he's still on board to pen the screenplay until further notice.

So, Movie 8 is, once again, anybody's guess... but isn't that the fun part?

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WATCH: PTA-Directed Music Video For Joanna Newsom's "Divers"

Now that it has completed its theatrical run, Paul Thomas Anderson's 7-minute video for Joanna Newsom's "Divers" has made its way online and can be viewed right up there.

Watch/listen/enjoy/tell us what you think.

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WATCH: "Bridge of Spies" Q&A with Steven Spielberg Moderated by PTA

Paul Thomas Anderson sure seems to be ticking big-ticket items off the "Movie Legends To Talk To In Public" list lately, with two Scorsese Q&A's in the last 4 years and a Francis Ford Coppola appreciation back in 2011. Now, in support of his acclaimed new espionage picture Bridge of Spies, Steven Spielberg has sat down with PTA for a post-screening Q&A at the Director's Guild.

You can and should watch the full 30+ minute talk right here.

(Thanks to Mr. Raymond Ash for helping us out on this!)

And hey, you guys watch Junun yet? Drop a comment with your thoughts!

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Two Trailers For "Junun" Arrive As Film Debuts on Mubi

...and just like that, barely a month after we even knew the thing existed,  a new film from Paul Thomas Anderson is available to stream over at mubi.com

To celebrate this occasion, two trailers have been released in support of the film and accompanying album, which PTA said was due out next month in this brief Q&A following the film's screening at NYFF last night.

Both of these trailers give you some sense of the hypnotic nature of the music and world that the film captures. Check them out before heading over to Mubi to watch the full 54 minutes. Or you could go in cold. Arguments can be made for both.