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PEL Presents PMP#210: One Paul Thomas An...

Mark Linsenmayer, Wes Alwan, Seth Paskin, Dylan Casey
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In light of One Battle After Another, Mark, Lawrence, Sarahlyn, and Al walk through the range of his films from his 1996 crime film Hard Eight through his much lauded Magnolia, Boogie Nights, Punch-Drunk Love, and There Will Be Blood and his more controversial recent ones like Licorice Pizza, The Master, The Phantom Thread, and Inherent Vice.

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