Continuing a look at my favorite movie music scenes of 2025…
Paul Thomas Anderson has always had a gift for the perfect needle drop, whether it’s the wall-to-wall 70s and 80s pop hits of Boogie Nights, Shelly Duvall’s plaintive ‘He Needs Me’ in Punch-Drunk Love, or Neil Young’s gorgeous ‘Journey Through the Past’ in Inherent Vice.
He does it again a few times in One Battle After Another but the one that sticks with me the most comes after the film’s extended prologue when we jump ahead 16 years.
Meet Me In Montauk 