The few negative reviews of “The Master” — and yes, there have been a few — have used adjectives like “oblique” and “opaque” to describe this often perplexing opus from writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson. More enthusiastic critics have described the film as “elusive,” “enigmatic” and “confounding.” One glowing review rhapsodizes that the movie “defies understanding.”If these seem like strange words of praise, you may need a crash course in new critical and directorial fashions. “The …

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