The Master

Guess Who!
Guess Who!
Guess Who!
It's Oscar season, so we're taking you back in time to visit the earlier roles of some of this year's nominees. In today's Way Back When, we look back at the early work of Joaquin Phoenix, who is nominated for his performance in 'The Master.'
National Society of Film Critics Names ‘Amour’ Best Film of 2012
National Society of Film Critics Names ‘Amour’ Best Film of 2012
National Society of Film Critics Names ‘Amour’ Best Film of 2012
As we rush headlong toward the Oscars, every award from every organization and critic group gives us a taste of what may be taking home the gold next month. Like many before it, the National Society of Film Critics has given their top prize to a film that is looking like a shoe-in for the Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award: Michael Haneke's 'Amour.'
Anti-Oscars
Anti-Oscars
Anti-Oscars
By all accounts, Joaquin Phoenix is considered an Oscar frontrunner for his performance in 'The Master.' The only problem is that Phoenix himself wants no part of it. When asked about the possibility of an Oscar nomination, Phoenix took the chance to call the Academy Awards the "stupidest thing in the whole world."
‘The Master’ Presents One Final, Long NSFW Trailer
‘The Master’ Presents One Final, Long NSFW Trailer
‘The Master’ Presents One Final, Long NSFW Trailer
There's been nothing normal about 'The Master's marketing campaign. The film has released clips (many of which were of scenes deleted from the finished film), and had numerous charity screenings, and now - a week after the picture went into wide release - they've released a four and a half minute trailer.
Weekend Box Office Report: ‘Resident Evil’ VS ‘The Master’
Weekend Box Office Report: ‘Resident Evil’ VS ‘The Master’
Weekend Box Office Report: ‘Resident Evil’ VS ‘The Master’
How do you define a hit? What's more important: total gross or actual audience enthusiasm? The answer to this question will help us decide who actually won the weekend. Call it the "Battle of the Paul Andersons": Paul WS Anderson's 'Resident Evil: Retribution' and Paul Thomas Anderson's 'The Master' both opened this week and both had completely different results, but they beg to be compa
The Strange Journey of Joaquin Phoenix
The Strange Journey of Joaquin Phoenix
The Strange Journey of Joaquin Phoenix
With fewer and fewer truly weird mainstream actors out there, it's a bad idea to take the ones we do have for granted. On that note, we look to Joaquin Phoenix, who has proven to be one of the strangest actors of his generation. With his supposedly career redefining performance in Paul Thomas Anderson's 'The Master' just around the corner, now's a good time to refresh ourselves on the history of t
‘The Master’ Review
‘The Master’ Review
‘The Master’ Review
The year is 1950. Lancaster Dodd (Philip Seymour Hoffman) has founded a new religious philosophy based on the notion that we can all be free of "past trauma" if we recognize that man is not an animal but rather a soul that lived through trillions of years and thousands of lifetimes. But if that's true, how do you explain Freddie Quell (Joaquin Phoenix), whose back is so hunched, whose sh
‘The Master’ Faces Increasing Opposition From Scientologists; Studio Hires Extra Security
‘The Master’ Faces Increasing Opposition From Scientologists; Studio Hires Extra Security
‘The Master’ Faces Increasing Opposition From Scientologists; Studio Hires Extra Security
It seems fairly obvious to anyone with a functioning brain that Paul Thomas Anderson's upcoming film 'The Master' is, in part, based on Scientology and its creator, L. Ron Hubbard. Unfortunately for Anderson, Scientologists are unhappy with this portrayal and they're railing against the film.
‘The Master’ Wins Big at the Venice Film Festival
‘The Master’ Wins Big at the Venice Film Festival
‘The Master’ Wins Big at the Venice Film Festival
How exactly can a film be too good for a film festival? This is the odd case for Paul Thomas Anderson's 'The Master,' which took home two major prizes at this year's Venice Film Festival and would've taken home three if the rules allowed it to do so.

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