Sleeper Awakened

WITHOUT FILM, SOMETHING SLEEPS INSIDE US AND SELDOM AWAKENS. THE SLEEPER MUST AWAKEN.

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ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (2025)

March 14, 2026 by Jacob Nelson in 2025, 9, ACTION, COMEDY, DRAMA, Oscars 2026, O

“one of my favorite times in a theater this year and probably my favorite film of the year”

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March 14, 2026 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Paul Thomas Anderson, Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, Benicio Del Toro, Teyana Taylor, Regina Hall, Wood Harris, Alana Haim, Shayna McHayle, Chase Infiniti, John Hoogenakker, James Raterman
2025, 9, ACTION, COMEDY, DRAMA, Oscars 2026, O
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LICORICE PIZZA (2021)

January 13, 2022 by Jacob Nelson in 2021, 8, COMEDY, DRAMA, L, Oscars 2022

“It's a God-awful small affair

To the girl with the mousy hair”

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January 13, 2022 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Paul Thomas Anderson, Alana Haim, Cooper Hoffman, Sean Penn, Tom Waits, John Michael Higgins, Mary Elizabeth Ellis, Maya Rudolph, John C. Reilly, Bradley Cooper, Benny Safdie
2021, 8, COMEDY, DRAMA, L, Oscars 2022
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PHANTOM THREAD (2017)

February 05, 2018 by Jacob Nelson in 2017, 9, P, ROMANCE, DRAMA, Oscars 2018
"There is uncomfortable squirm mixed with a warm treacle of soulmate level intimacy."
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Paul Thomas Anderson, Vicky Krieps, Daniel Day-Lewis, Lesley Manville, Camilla Rutherford
2017, 9, P, ROMANCE, DRAMA, Oscars 2018
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INHERENT VICE (2014)

October 31, 2015 by Jacob Nelson in 2014, 5, COMEDY, CRIME, DRAMA, I
"felt meandering and self-satisfied"
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October 31, 2015 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Paul Thomas Anderson, Katherine Waterson, Joaquin Phoenix, Josh Brolin, Eric Roberts, Maya Rudolph, Michael Kenneth Williams
2014, 5, COMEDY, CRIME, DRAMA, I
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