…shows, contributing songs to Anderson’sMagnolia (1999) and writer-director Judd Apatow’sThis Is 40 (2012). Her music has also been featured in such TV series asJoan of Arcadia,Girls,The Handmaid’s Tale,Euphoria, andTed Lasso.

…length of his next film,Magnolia (1999), put off some viewers, but its interwoven stories—set during one day in southern California’s San Fernando Valley—found critical acclaim.Magnolia earned Anderson his second Oscar nomination for best original screenplay, and his adept handling of the film’s diverse cast of characters evoked the…

…and Paul Thomas Anderson inMagnolia (1999). Italian directors have experimented with the epic form, as in Ermanno Olmi’sL’albero degli zoccoli (1979;The Tree of Wooden Clogs) and Bernardo Bertolucci’sNovecento (1976;1900) andThe Last Emperor (1987), and with narrative structure, as in

…out withBoogie Nights (1997),Magnolia (1999),Punch-Drunk Love (2002),There Will Be Blood (2008),The Master (2012), andPhantom Thread (2017). Also notable were Wes Anderson, director ofRushmore (1998),The Royal Tenenbaums (2001),

…guru in Paul Thomas Anderson’sMagnolia, for which he received an Academy Award nomination for best supporting actor.

…of the Affair and Anderson’sMagnolia (1999), Moore’s characters dealt with the ramifications of adultery. The former film earned her an Oscar nomination for best actress. In 2001 she assumed the role of FBI agent Clarice Starling—originated by Jodie Foster inThe Silence of the Lambs (1991)—in its sequel,Hannibal.…

…A Thousand Acres (1997), andMagnolia (1999).