Paul Thomas Anderson and Benny Safdie were conspicuously spotted filming indie rocker Cameron Winter’s sold-out Carnegie Hall performance last December, but precisely what they were making remained a mystery. Now there’s an answer—and an unexpectedly robust theatrical release to go with it. Janus Films and Criterion have acquired “Cameron Winter at Carnegie Hall,” a full concert film directed by Anderson, and will launch an exclusive North American 35mm tour on November 20.
Anderson directed and shot the film on 35mm and 16mm, documenting the then-23-year-old musician’s show following a months-long sold-out tour with his band Geese. As the wonderfully economical official synopsis puts it: “Cameron Winter, in December 2025, after a months-long sold-out tour with his band Geese, returned to New York to play a single show at Carnegie Hall. This is the movie.
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The music was recorded and produced by Grammy-winning producer Ariel Rechtshaid, whose credits include albums by Vampire Weekend and Adele. Rechtshaid also produced, mixed, and recorded Winter’s previously announced “Live at Carnegie Hall” album, which Partisan Records/Play It Again Sam will release on October 9.
Benny Safdie, who made his solo directing debut with last year’s “The Smashing Machine,” co-produced the concert film alongside producers Sara Murphy, Erica Frauman, and Maggie Ambrose.
Winter released his acclaimed debut solo album, Heavy Metal, in December 2024, while Geese’s Getting Killed was widely named among the best records of 2025. At 23, Winter was also one of the youngest musicians ever to headline Carnegie Hall, narrowly older than Bob Dylan, who performed there at 22 in 1963.
Anderson is hardly a stranger to the intersection of music and cinema. He previously directed “Junun,” the 2015 documentary about Jonny Greenwood, Shye Ben Tzur, and the Rajasthan Express recording together in India, as well as Thom Yorke’s 2019 musical short “Anima” (the Greenwood relationship is obviously deep; he’s scored every narrative feature film directed by PTA since 2007’s “There Will Be Blood”) He has also shot performance films for Radiohead and Haim and directed decades’ worth of music videos for Fiona Apple, Aimee Mann, Joanna Newsom (who has a small part in “Inherent Vice”), Radiohead, The Smile, and Haim. “Cameron Winter at Carnegie Hall” is therefore less an unexpected detour than Anderson’s most substantial return yet to a parallel musical filmmaking career.
Janus and Criterion will launch an exclusive North American 35mm theatrical tour on November 20, beginning in New York at Village East by Angelika and BAM Rose Cinemas and in Los Angeles at the Aero Theatre. Additional stops include Washington, D.C., San Francisco, Chicago, Atlanta, Dallas, Boston, Nashville, Austin, Portland, and more, with further cities still to be announced. FotoKem will produce the prints under the filmmakers’ supervision.
Tickets go on sale September 17 at Cameron Winter’s official film site. “Cameron Winter at Carnegie Hall” begins its 35mm theatrical tour on November 20.
