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"There Will Be Blood" ... It Will Be Frightening

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Jeffrey Overstreet

06 Nov 2007
Filed under: On Movies & Media

Rabble-rousing film blogger Jeffrey Wells has unleashed a monster of a response to Paul Thomas Anderson's There Will Be Blood.

To sum up: Be afraid. Be very, very afraid.

Meet Me at the Edge of the World: the 2025 Nowhere Else Festival keynote address

Meet Me at the Edge of the World: the 2025 Nowhere Else Festival keynote address

Here is a revised, expanded version of the keynote address I delivered at the 2025 Nowhere Else Festival in Martinsville, Ohio on Labor Day Weekend.
08 Nov 2025 29 min read
Songlights: Lucinda Williams, Brandi Carlile, The Mountain Goats, David Bowie, Valerie June, and Elbow (live!)

Songlights: Lucinda Williams, Brandi Carlile, The Mountain Goats, David Bowie, Valerie June, and Elbow (live!)

Some of the music that’s kept me moving under dark clouds and torrential rain this last week.
02 Nov 2025 4 min read
You can still count on Lonergan

You can still count on Lonergan

A few notes on revisiting You Can Count on Me as we approach its 25th anniversary.
01 Nov 2025 3 min read
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