Paul Thomas Anderson's "Cameron Winter at Carnegie Hall" premieres at New York Film Festival

Left"Cameron Winter at Carnegie Hall", directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, had its world premiere at the New York Film Festival on 2 October 2026. 1 2 LeftThe film records the solo performance Cameron Winter, the Geese frontman, gave at a packed Carnegie Hall on 11 December 2025. 1 LeftVariety says it runs 75 minutes and consists entirely of Winter at a Steinway grand piano singing; Rolling Stone describes the show as little more than a man, a piano and two taped-together microphones. 1 2

LeftSongs named in the reviews include "It All Fell in the River", "If You Turn Back Now", "$0", "Take It With You", "The Rolling Stones" and "Cancer of the Skull". 1 2 LeftVariety's Owen Gleiberman calls it a "rhapsodic" solo concert movie, praising its sound and Winter's baritone, comparing the singer to Bob Dylan and Thom Yorke, and noting that Anderson frames the piano from different angles in a yellow-orange glow. He says the film might be a touch lugubrious were it not for Winter's voice, and that Geese have been overpraised compared with Winter's 2024 solo record "Heavy Metal". 1 LeftVariety also notes this is Anderson's second music-performance film, after "Junun" in 2015. 1

LeftRolling Stone's David Fear asks whether it is one of the best concert movies ever, saying it captures a performance and elevates it, and likening its closeness to Jonathan Demme's "The Perfect Kiss" video for New Order more than to "Stop Making Sense". 2 LeftRolling Stone reports that Benny Safdie worked as both cameraman and producer, and that Anderson and Winter had been seen filming with Panavision rigs at the Carnegie Hall show, prompting online comment at the time. 2 LeftAt the premiere, Anderson and Winter appeared on stage and thanked festival director Dennis Lim; Winter also thanked "Andrew" (as in Carnegie), and Anderson joked "You don't talk so much" to the near-silent Winter. Rolling Stone says the audience watched in hushed reverence. 2