Making Sense of the Many Father Figures of Paul Thomas Anderson
Fathers both real and surrogate play a prominent role throughout his films, though their relationship to his own remains mostly a mystery
Ghostly Fathers and Fatherly Brothers in Chloé Zhao’s American Heartland
There’s a reason the “Nomadland” director’s work is universally resonant
Was Howard Ratner a Bad Father, Or Just a Hopelessly Inept One?
Despite their excess, the free-wheeling fathers in the films of Josh and Benny Safdie are uncomfortably believable