Philip Seymour Hoffman is synonymous with Paul Thomas Anderson, TIFF 2021

Adam Nayman overviews the twodecade collaboration between director Paul Thomas Anderson and his great friend, the late Philip Seymour Hoffman from PTAs feature directorial debut, HARD EIGHT, to the culmination of their work together in THE MASTER (Andersons selfproclaimed favourite film that hes made). This November 2528, Adam Nayman returns to TIFF Bell Lightbox for the fourfilm programme Paul Thomas Anderson: Evolution of a Master. Size matters in the films of Paul Thomas Anderson, and the increasing visual and thematic scope of his work is illustrated by these 35mm and 70mm presentations tracing his evolution from big, unwieldy indiecinema talent to a refined, mature American master. From the pyrotechnical brilliance of his sophomore breakthrough, Boogie Nights, to the elliptical psychic case study of The Master, to the wry fairytale riffage of Phantom Thread, Anderson has always crafted images strong and detailed enough to match his ideas. With introductions by critic Adam Nayman, aut