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Licorice Pizza

Licorice Pizza
Where: In theatres
What: Movie, 133 mins.
When: Now
Genre: Coming-of-age
Why you should watch: Paul Thomas Anderson’s fast-paced, dreamlike coming-of-age tale evokes a bygone era of film in more ways than one. Its plot is an irresistible love letter to the California of the ’70s, but on another level, the film itself just is a type of movie that we don’t get to see much anymore: A lighthearted mid-budget comedy that’s sharply written, expertly directed and full of stars on the rise. The film certainly isn’t free of controversy — it centres around a love story between a 15-year-old boy and a woman in her mid 20s, for one — but your time won’t be wasted on this film, no matter what you think of it.