One Movie After Another: Paul Thomas Anderson's Casting Director Tells All

One Movie After Another: Paul Thomas Anderson's Casting Director Tells All

Paul Thomas Anderson is so accustomed to working with the same people on movie after movie that his Wikipedia entry has a special chart devoted to his frequent collaborators, ranging from actors Luis Guzmán and Philip Baker Hall and editor Leslie Jones (three movies each) to costume designer Mark Bridges and casting director Cassandra Kulukundis, credited with nine collaborations each. But when it comes to Kulukundis, Wikipedia is wrong: She’s a…

One Battle After Another

Leonardo DiCaprio unites with master filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson (Licorice Pizza, There Will Be Blood) and a remarkable ensemble for the much-anticipated One Battle After Another. Washed-up revolutionary Bob (DiCaprio) exists in a state of stoned paranoia, surviving off-grid with his spirited, self-reliant daughter, Willa (Chase Infiniti). When his evil nemesis (Sean Penn) resurfaces after 16 years and she goes missing, the former radical s…