I remember very specifically the best part of going to see No Country For Old Men in theaters in 2007 was getting to see the There Will Be Blood trailer beforehand. I know because I went one night by myself and then I dragged a bunch of friends along with me the following night.

Yeah, man. I love Hannibal a whole of a fucking lot, but I kept wishing this last season was sexier or weirder or something. I had high hopes when the season began with Mads motorcycling in Europe, but the chases through the crypts and all of that wasn't my bag.

True enough. I lost track with Gwyenth Paltrow and Cate Blanchett in the mix, too. The movie was stuffed to the gills with great actors. I couldn't believe I had never seen it. It was like a condensed version of Todd Haynes' version of Mildred Pierce, but nine years earlier or something. I don't know, I just really…

For what it's worth, I only know that because he's mentioned that's the reason he was attracted to adapting the novel in the first place. Like, he's obsessed with the idea that Pynchon is still obsessed with post-Manson California.

I certainly don't want to oversell it and have you end up disappointed, but that's just the feeling I was getting during most of it. And it felt and looked big and expansive in that Malick way, I thought. It's not a cheap TV movie thing, it's the real deal.

Inherent Vice seems pretty fucking digressive (I mean, why would PTA spend his time making this movie - although that seems to be his very reason for making it: "Why would Pynchon concern himself with this stuff if he could write about literally anything else, given his talent?" - seems to be his attitude), but…

It's an incredible performance and I'm ashamed I had never seen it before. He's right about everything, basically, and yet he's still so infuriating and you want to see Matt Damon get away with it.

I think at this point the only news that will excite me about The Shining is getting to see in a drive-in theaters. I can't believe those assholes in Twister got to experience that.

I rewatched it about a month ago and I feel like it almost seems more radical now than it did then. Jonny Greenwood's score and Daniel Day-Lewis' performance are completely overwhelming. It's like The Shining or something. It will only seem better with age.

Definitely check out Punch-Drunk Love soon. It's lighter fare than those four and it has the best Adam Sandler performance and some moments that are utterly unique to rom-coms, including a graphically violent declaration of love that I think is just one of the best things PTA has ever done.

He's so good in that, man. And then Philip Baker Hall and James Redhorn just show up near the end like it's nothing? Just a loaded cast through and through.

There Will Be Blood should really just be called Daniel Plainview Completely Fucking Owns Eli Sunday. That said, it is an absolute throwdown of a movie, much in the same way Boogie Nights is. By the time the ending credits appear I just picture PTA in the theater with his dick out and a collection hat for his next…

Beasts Of No Nation gave me some strong Malick vibes, especially with the narration, outdoor photography, and how hazy the whole thing became to me by the end of it. Cary Fukunaga shot this thing beautifully. There's no way Idris isn't nominated for an Oscar for this, right? Right?

LD: Oh, I'm an asshole? Really? Well assholes don't go out with the disabled! Yeah, check that out. She's my date. And she's not my first. I date the disabled.

One way or another, he'll come out of this looking good.

He suggested the interview, which makes it even better.

If this can get Idris better work, I'm all for it no matter how grim it is.

Nah. Just call him Ishmael.

::leaves grocery store, resolves to buy pumpkin another day::

Yes, you should. You all should.