★★★★☆The hallowed cult status, the distinctive aesthetics, the eat-your-greens aversion to commerciality — it’s not hard to see why there has been such an enduring relationship between Radiohead and Paul Thomas Anderson. The director of Magnolia and Phantom Thread has shot several videos for the band and their guitarist Jonny Greenwood has composed the scores to four of Anderson’s films. Now Radiohead’s singer, Thom Yorke, precedes his solo album Anima by starring in a 15-minute short film of the same name directed by Anderson. Featuring several songs from the album, it’s a striking mix of dystopian dream imagery and convulsive dance routines featuring zombified wage slaves that touches on the drudgery, competition and oppression of modern life. Business as usual, then, for the happy-go-lucky Yorke.…

Source: The Times June 26, 2019 16:07 UTC