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Cameron Winter and Paul Thomas Anderson [Source Photos: Getty Images]

BY María José Gutiérrez Chávez

Right as awards season kicked up at the end of 2025, before Paul Thomas Anderson took home the Best Director Academy Award for One Battle After Another, he was taking in a concert at Carnegie Hall by singer-songwriter Cameron Winter.

He wasn’t in a seat, though—he was onstage, filming the show in 35- and 16-mm. The footage became........

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